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Choreography by W. Earle Smith, Artistic Director

Overture Center for the Arts • December 15-24, 2012 Music......................................................................................Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography and Stage Direction........................................................ W. Earle Smith Set Design.................................................................................................Joseph Varga Costume Design....................................................................................... Tracey Lyons Additional Costume Design......................................................Karen Brown-Larimore Lighting Design................................................................................Kenneth Ferencek Wig and Make-Up Design...............................................................................Jan Ross Set construction and scenic painting by Hawkeye Scenic Studios, Construction Center for the Performing Arts (CLO), I. Weiss Chris Bonner Kathleen Rock Billy Larimore

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The sets and costumes for The Nutcracker were acquired through a generous grant from American Girl’s Fund for Children.

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W. Earle Smith, Artistic Director W. Earle Smith has over 25 years of professional experience choreographing, teaching and performing. This is Mr. Smith’s 14th season with Madison Ballet as Artistic Director. As a dancer, D Magazine called Mr. Smith “meticulously chosen and prepared … who knows Balanchine.” The Wisconsin State Journal hails his choreography as “imaginative and … rhythmically smooth and lively,” with The Capital Times saying Artistic Director W. Earle Smith “more than delivered on every level.”

Some of Mr. Smith’s principal and soloist credits with Texas Ballet Theater (formerly known as Fort Worth Dallas Ballet) include Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Four Temperaments and Who Cares, and Meija’s Sonata, Eight by Adler, Sarasate, Seasons, The Nutcracker and Cinderella.

Favorite corps de ballet roles at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Fort Worth Ballet include Stowell’s Ravena, The Nutcracker (with sets and costumes designed by Maurices Sendak), Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Rubies, Western Symphony, Prodigal Son, Brahms Schoenberg, Agon, Concerto Barocco, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Square Dance and Scotch Symphony, and Meija’s Brahm’s Waltzes, Les Noches, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

Mr. Smith’s preparation for his role as Artistic Director goes beyond the traditional. He worked as a program counselor for inner-city youth in New York City, as a financial and buiness analyst, and as director of special projects for a national membership association.

Currently, Mr. Smith’s passion is passing on his knowledge and art through teaching and choreographing in the performing arts. He has taught workshops, conferences and master classes in the Balanchine technique and style both nationally and internationally, including guest teaching at Ballet Arizona, Ballet Pacifica and Ballet Chicago. Mr. Smith’s choreography credits in New York, New Orleans, Hawaii, Seattle, Texas and Madison include Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Night Dances, Le Luce d’ Amore, and Four Movements.

Mr. Smith has long believed that collaborating with other performing arts organizations not only expands his own personal artistic growth, but strengthens the performing arts community as a whole. His work as choreographer in Children’s Theater of Madison’s Hello Dolly, Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Viennese Ball and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s Halloween Concert demonstrates this commitment to collaboration.

W. Earle Smith’s passion is sharing his love for ballet with young people. An important part of his artistic vision is to develop and expand education and outreach programs, making ballet affordable and accessible to all.

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About Madison Ballet MADISON BALLET

As the curtain rises on the 2012-2013 season, Madison Ballet celebrates thirty-one years of bringing the exquisite art of ballet to audiences in south-central Wisconsin. Now the second largest dance organization in the state, Madison Ballet stages professional-caliber public performances, operates a bustling dance school on Madison’s west side, and offers engaging outreach programs in area schools, libraries and community centers. Madison Ballet is proud to be one of Overture’s ten resident arts companies.

The Ballet’s history began well before its incorporation in 1981 under the Wisconsin Dance Ensemble name (the current name was adopted in 2000). In the 1960s, Tibor Zana founded the Wisconsin Ballet Company and the Madison School of Ballet. In 1968, he staged the community’s first production of The Nutcracker at Madison West High School.

Wisconsin Ballet Company’s roughly eighteen annual Nutcracker performances took place in Wisconsin communities from Rhinelander to Beloit. The production boasted about 70 local performers and many more contributors behind the scenes.

From those roots to today’s production of the timeless holiday classic, Madison Ballet’s Artistic Director, W. Earle Smith, dubs The Nutcracker a “full-blown community event” made possible by the professional company, those who rehearse the youth performers, production staff and stagehands, and roughly 300 volunteers who help mount the production.

Smith, who has served as Artistic Director since 1999, brings thirty years of professional experience as a choreographer, teacher and performer to his role. During his tenure, he has added over fifteen new works to Madison Ballet’s repertoire, including Cinderella, Peter Pan and Peter Anastos’ clever adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Smith’s repertoire works, such as Night Dances, Expressions, and Le Luce de Amore, have delighted audiences with their athleticism and roots in the Balanchine style.

Over the last three decades, over 220,000 people have attended Madison Ballet’s Nutcracker. During the 2011-2012 season, over 21,000 residents saw a performance, participated in an educational or outreach program, or studied at the School of Madison Ballet. While The Nutcracker remains the linchpin of Madison Ballet’s schedule each year, performances such as Pure Ballet and An Evening of Romance show audiences a different side of the art form. Dracula, Smith’s most ambitious production to date, is set to premiere in March of 2013 and will feature steampunk style sets and costumes and a rock music score composed by Mike Massey, all of which create the perfect backdrop for Smith’s dynamic choreography. Dracula is sure to become a favorite in Madison Ballet’s impressive repetoire.

In September of 2005, Madison Ballet opened its School of Madison Ballet. Annual enrollment is at 450 and growing. Alumni of the school and studio company have gone on to a number of prestigious companies and schools, such as Sacramento Ballet, Miami City Ballet, School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and Ballet Chicago.

At the heart of the organization’s work is its mission to promote appreciation for and access to the art of ballet. Madison Ballet’s education and outreach programs—collectively called “Discover Dance”—are presented to the community throughout the year, many times free of charge to participants. From “Movement in Your World,” the successful creative movement program for Head Start students to “Behind the Curtains,” Madison Ballet’s Nutcracker performance exclusively for school children, Madison Ballet continues to delight both the young and young-at-heart, providing new perspectives on this timeless art form.

“Our role is to promote dance throughout the community by providing performing opportunities for dancers and quality productions for audiences,” Smith said. “We want to continue those important traditions and, at the same time, strengthen the organization both artistically and financially.”

With smart planning and high artistic ambitions, Madison Ballet is poised for many more years of bringing dance to south-central Wisconsin. As Susan Kepecs wrote in the January 2005 issue of Dance Magazine, “The organization is charting new ground.” With thirty one years of fertile ground now below its feet, Madison Ballet promises to keep on its toes and delight audiences for years to come.

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Jacob Ashley Jacob Ashley is a Chicago native who began his dance training in 2002 at the Chicago Academy for the Arts under the instruction of Randy Duncan, Guillermo Leyva, Sandra Kaufmann, and the late Anna Paskevska. In 2006, he attended Columbia College Chicago’s modern dance program under the direction of Margi Cole, Natalie Rast, Carrie Hanson, and Emily Stein.

He later on became an apprentice for Luna Negra Dance Theater. He also attended Ballet Chicago’s summer program under the intense training of Daniel Duel and Patricia Blair. Jacob has been a guest artist for such companies as, the West Indian Folk Dance Company, Momenta, Ballet Chicago, Chicago Festival Ballet, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Madison Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, and San Diego Opera.

Brittany Benington Brittany Benington began her dance training in Huntington Beach, CA. When she was 16 she traveled to San Francisco to train with the San Francisco Ballet School. Brittany has also studied during the summers with American Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. She began her professional career dancing with the City Ballet of San Diego. Brittany went on to dance with the Los Angeles Ballet where she performed roles in ballets such as: Concerto Barocco, Agon, Rubies, The Four Temperaments, and Who Cares. In addition, she has performed with Ballet Tucson in Arizona. Recently, Brittany has appeared dancing in television and film. She danced in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as well as the television show House.

Rachelle Butler A Madison native, Rachelle is excited to be a part of Madison Ballet’s new season. Formerly with Sacramento Ballet, her training includes dancing with Ballet Chicago, Miami City Ballet School and The Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet. She has enjoyed performing previously with Madison ballet in its productions of The Nutcracker and Cinderella. Her favorite roles include principle couple in Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante, Second Violin in Balanchine’s Concerto Barrocco, and Who Cares? pas de deux. Rachelle would like to thank her mother, father and sister for their constant support and Earle Smith for his guidance and support.

Katy Fredrick Katy is originally from Memphis, TN where she received her training at Ballet Memphis under the direction of Janet Parke and Associate Artistic Director Karl Condon. She also attended summer intensives with Boston Ballet and American Ballet Theater. After performing ten years with the Ballet Memphis Junior Company, she was invited to join the main company.

While at Ballet Memphis, she performed in Mark Godden’s What Can I Tell My Bones and Joseph Jeffries’ Cinderella, along with many more works by the artistic staff. She danced a season with Nashville Ballet before moving to Chicago, where she danced with Chicago Ballet, Civic Ballet of Chicago, Chicago Freelance Dance, and Dance in the Parks. This is Katy’s fourth season with Madison Ballet. While at Madison Ballet she has performed Peter Anastos’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Earle Smith’s Cinderella, Evening of Romance, and The Nutcracker.

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Marguerite Luksik Marguerite Luksik is a native of Johnstown, PA. She trained with the Allegheny Ballet Academy under Deborah Anthony and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program. In June 2002, Ms. Luksik participated in an exhibition performance at the USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. This is Marguerite’s fourth season with Madison Ballet, where she is on faculty. While at Madison Ballet her repetoire includes Puck in Peter Anastos’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spring Fairy in W. Earle Smith’s Cinderella, as well as Clara in Smith’s Nutcracker. She has also danced with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin, Chicago Ballet, and Peoria Ballet, performing works by choreographers such as Steven Mills, Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, Terrence Orr, Thaddeus Davis, and Paul Gibson.

Jessica Jaye Mackinson Jessica received her training at the Milwaukee Ballet School. She has also studied with the School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet School, the Vail International Dance Festival, and was a member of the ProTrack dance program at BalletMet Columbus. Jessica has performed with the Milwaukee Ballet Company, BalletMet Columbus, Chautauqua Ballet Company, and the Rockford Dance Company. She was the recipient of the 1999 Peter Schetter Scholarship at the Milwaukee Ballet School, and was awarded 1st place at the 2001 Carey Rose Winski Dance Scholarship Competition.

Jessica received a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology & Sociology at Rockford College in 2009, and later served as an adjunct faculty member at the College where she taught ballet and jazz for the Performing Arts Department. This is Jessica’s first year in Madison and she is delighted to be a part of Madison Ballet.

Phillip Ollenburg Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Phillip trained with Milwaukee Ballet School and then at YoungDance Academy under Sandra Young, Lisa Price and Laura Faria-Sciortino. Mr. Ollenburg graduated with a B.S. in microbiology and a minor in dance from the University of Iowa, where he worked under such artists as George de la Pena, Alan Sener, Deanna Carter, Bill Young and Donald McKayle and was a guest with the university’s Dancers in Company performing George Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie. He also pursued outside work with Duarte Dance Works, Kayle + Company, Dance Theatre of Iowa and Ballet Quad Cities. Phillip spent a season with Ballet Austin, appearing in Stephen Mill’s The Nutcracker as the Rat King and in Thang Dao’s Quiet Imprint. Mr. Ollenburg has worked with River North Contemporary Dance Chicago, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Jaxon Movement Arts and Madison Ballet performing works by Frank Chaves, Lise Houlton, Hope Boykin, Jiri Kylian, Sir Frederick Ashton, Jacqueline Stewart, W. Earle Smith and Peter Anastos. He is in his second season with NoMi Dance Company and this is his third season with Madison Ballet.

Shannon Quirk Shannon Quirk, from Orange, California, began her classical training with Orange County Regional Ballet and continued her studies at the University of California, Irvine where she earned a BFA in Dance Performance. During her tenure, she worked with distinguished faculty members David Allen, Evelyn Cisneros, Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, and Donald McKayle and performed various works by William Forsythe, Jodie Gates, and Molly Lynch. After graduating, she worked with Pasadena Dance Theatre under the direction of Cynthia Young and Laurence Blake. Additional training also includes Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Austin. She is excited to be returning to Madison Ballet for the season.

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Brian Roethlisberger Growing up in Verona, WI, Brian received his formal training from W. Earle Smith at the School of Madison Ballet and Daniel Duell and Patricia Blair at Ballet Chicago. He has danced professionally with Sacramento Ballet, and has toured to China, Mexico, Hawaii, and the South Pacific, performing roles in George Balanchine’s Who Cares, Tarantella, Allegro Brillante, Western Symphony, Scotch Symphony, Symphony in C, and Donizetti Variations; Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty; Ron Cunningham’s A Streetcar Named Desire; Stephen Mills’s Taming of the Shrew; Ron DeJesus’s 7 Vignettes; and Peter Anastos’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, among others. He has also performed with California Music Circus in Hairspray and as a lead singer with Holland America Cruise Line. Brian currently lives in New York City and is pursuing his B.A. through the LEAP program. He would like to thank his family for their love and support.

Yu Suzuki Yu Suzuki, a native of Japan, received her B.F.A. in theatre arts from Northern Illinois University where she studied under Randy Newsom. Her early training began at Faubourg School of Ballet under Watmora Casey and Avnun Yakubov, continued at several studios in Japan. She has danced with Radio City Rockettes for four seasons, as an original cast of first national arena tour, and also a current company member of Elements Contemporary Ballet in Chicago. She has competed in many competitions and won prizes, including prestigious USA International Ballet Competition in 2010. Yu has performed with Madison Ballet in their production of Cinderella, Evening of Romance, and as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is her third season with Madison Ballet.

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Genevieve Custer Weeks Genevieve Custer Weeks was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin.

She took her very first ballet lessons with Sharon Butler, and received her early training primarily from Kate McQuade and Charmaine Ristow. At the age of fifteen she moved to Chicago to study at the School of Ballet Chicago with Daniel Duell and Patricia Blair, and that same year became a founding member of the Ballet Chicago Studio Company. Additionally, Ms. Weeks supplemented her training with study at the San Francisco Ballet School, American Ballet Theatre, and in the Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell program at the Kennedy Center. In the fall of 2002, Ms. Weeks accepted a contract with the Oakland Ballet. While with that company, Ms. Weeks performed a variety of wonderful roles, including the bride in Nijinska’s Les Noces, and had a number of works created on her, including a pas de trois in Donald McKayle’s Ella. After the dissolution the Oakland Ballet in 2006, Ms. Weeks made the decision to freelance throughout North America, and has performed extensively with Madison Ballet ever since. Ms. Weeks currently lives in San Francisco with her husband, Andrew Weeks -a photographer- and their son, Sullivan; she serves as the founding director of Tutu School Franchises (TutuSchool.com). This run of The Nutcracker will be Ms. Weeks last performances before retiring from her performing career. She is very grateful to W. Earle Smith for the role he has played in her blessed career, as well as for the opportunity he has given her to come back home and say goodbye 22 years after she first performed in The Nutcracker as a child growing up in Madison.

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McKenna Collins, Apprentice McKenna began ballet at age 3 with Ms. Virginia Davis in Madison. After joining the School of Madison Ballet at age 10, she began spending summers away from home and training with national ballet companies such as American Ballet Theater, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet Chicago, Joffrey Midwest and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She attends Waunakee High School and has performed with the State Champion Dance Team and appeared in a country music video this year for Rachele Lynae. She currently teaches ballet classes at Spotlight Dance Academy. She is honored to be Madison Ballet’s first Apprentice Ballerina.

Cody Olsen, Apprentice Cody is from New Orleans, and a recent graduate of Northwestern State University of Louisiana where he graduated with Honor’s Degrees in both Musical Theatre and Dance. He just finished his first season with TEXAS! the Musical in which he was a featured dancer. In addition to TEXAS!, Cody worked at The Lost Colony for two seasons as a dancer, and also appeared in The Wizard of Oz, The Tale of the Frog Prince, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oklahoma! Cody also studied at the American Dance Festival and the Paul Taylor Summer Intensive, and has danced with 2B Tribe Dance Theatre in New Orleans and draMAStic dance works in Virginia.

Sam White, Drosselmeyer Sam D. White is excited and honored to get his fourth turn at Drosselmeyer in this magical holiday tradition. Sam’s been “doing theater” in and around 77 Square for more than 35 years. His last “gig” was Forward Theater’s monologue festival, Soul Food. He was featured as both an actor and playwright. Recent directing credits include a short play in Edgewood College’s COR Stories, an event celebrating the opening of their beautiful new theater, as well as Picasso at the Lapine Agile at Alley Stage in Mineral Point last summer. His original play Oatesland was an award-winner in the 2011 Wisconsin Wrights New Play contest and is scheduled for staging by Madison’s Bricks Theatre in early 2014.

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John DeMain, Music Director Now in his 17th season as Music Director of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, John DeMain is noted for his dynamic performances on concert and opera stages throughout the world. “A gifted orchestra builder,” according to the New York Times, DeMain has built the MSO into one of America’s leading regional orchestras.

In addition to overseeing its move into the magnificent Overture Hall and expanding the subscription season to triple performances, he has steadily elevated the quality of the orchestra, creating exquisite performances of ever more challenging and virtuosic works. “…It was tempting,” said The New York Times, “to compare this regional orchestra with a major international ensemble…the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.”

DeMain’s active conducting schedule has taken him to the stages of the National Symphony, Seattle Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Boston Pops, Aspen Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of Seville and the Leipzig MDR Sinfonieorchester. He has also been a regular conductor with Mexico’s Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional and National Opera of Mexico in Mexico City.

DeMain also serves as Artistic Director for Madison Opera and, until recently, for Opera Pacific, where he led an unprecedented seven-company co-production of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking in 2002. He is a regular guest conductor with Washington National Opera, New York City Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre and Los Angeles Opera, to which he returned in 2006-2007 to conduct highly acclaimed performances of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, the opera that has become his signature work.

DeMain was invited by Leonard Bernstein to conduct the world premiere of the composer’s last opera, A Quiet Place, and he has since conducted the American premieres of works by Philip Glass, John Adams, Carlisle Floyd and Sir Michael Tippet.

Recent guest conducting appearances include Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut with Porgy and Bess and a return to San Francisco Opera. He also conducted the Canadian premiere of John Adams’ Nixon in China with Vancouver Opera as part of the Cultural Olympiad that accompanied the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

During his celebrated tenure with Houston Grand Opera, DeMain led a history-making production of Porgy and Bess, winning a Grammy Award, Tony Award and France’s Grand Prix du Disque for the RCA recording. His critically acclaimed New York City Opera production of the opera was televised on National Public Television’s acclaimed Live from Lincoln Center series and garnered an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Classical Music & Dance Program.”

Live from Lincoln Center also presented many of DeMain’s other productions, and National Public Television celebrated his contributions to the series in their 30th Anniversary Broadcast, which featured excerpts of his New York City Opera Porgy and Bess performance and of “No Puede ser” with the legendary tenor Plácido Domingo. DeMain has worked extensively with Domingo in concerts throughout the world, most notably in the celebrated 1992 Concert for the Planet Earth from Rio de Janeiro.

DeMain was recently named a Fellow by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. He resides in Madison with his wife Barbara.

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The Orchestra MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Violin 1 Suzanne Beia Concertmaster Leanne Kelso League Huy Luu Alice Bartsch Eleanor Bartsch Deanndra Deblack Violin II Xavier Deblack Erica Cross Rachel Hauser Olga Draguieva Rolf Wulfsberg Viola Christopher Dozoryst Katrin Talbot Diedre Buckley Renata Hornik Cello Karl Lavine Karen Cornelius Jordan Allen Bass Carl Davick Zachary Betz

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Trombone Joyce Messer Michael Allsen Tuba David Spies Timpani John Jutsum Percussion Geoff Brady Harp Karen Beth Atz Celeste Jess Salek Staff Kathryn Taylor Librarian Alexis Carreon Personnel Manager John Straughn Properties Manager

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Nutcracker Synopsis MADISON BALLET

The Nutcracker is a holiday fairy tale about a young girl, Clara, and her favorite Christmas. Her Godfather, Drosselmeyer, is a magical, mysterious character in her life. This Christmas he has a special gift for her—a beautiful Nutcracker doll. She receives the present from him at the annual family party. Very excited about the new doll, Clara wants to stay up all night with it, but her family sends her off to bed. After everyone has left and the family is asleep, Clara sneaks downstairs to look at her Nutcracker doll. She eventually falls asleep and, with a little help from Drosselmeyer’s magic, her dream begins.

Clara is awoken and startled to see mice in her room. The Rat King tries to kidnap her and take her to his kingdom. Clara frantically searches for her Nutcracker doll, but it it nowhere to be found.

Suddenly, the Christmas tree grows to an enormous height and everything in the room seems out of proportion. Life-size toy soldiers come to her rescue, followed closely by a life-size Nutcracker!

An exhausting battle ensues and the Nutcracker saves Clara from the Rat King while his soldiers defeat the army of rats.

In a cloud of smoke, Clara is magically transformed into a young woman, and her Nutcracker Prince offers his hand, taking her on a journey to his magnificent palace in a special land. Their journey takes them through the glistening Land of the Snowflakes and, finally, to an enchanted garden. There they meet new friends from Russia, Arabia, Spain and Siam—all places represented by the party-goers of earlier in the evening. They also meet the beautiful Waltzing Flowers and the playful Pulcinellas. Clara does not want to leave her handsome Prince or this beautiful garden, but on Christmas Day she awakens under the Christmas tree with all her new friends gone and her family around her.

All that remains of her adventure is her Nutcracker doll and the wonderful memories of her most magical Christmas.

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Nutcracker Casting MADISON BALLET

Act I Clara Nutcracker Young Clara Drosselmeyer Frau Stahlbaum Herr Stahlbaum Fritz Maid Russian Mother Spanish Mother Scottish Mother Italian Mother Siamese Mother English Mother Indian Mother Chinese Mother Chinese Father Siamese Father English Father Scottish Father Indian Father Russian Father Italian Father Spanish Father Grandmother Grandfather Spanish Girl Scottish Girl English Girl 1 English Girl 2 Italian Girl Siamese Girl 1 Siamese Girl 2 Indian Girl Chinese Girl 1 Chinese Girl 2 Siamese Boy 1 Siamese Boy 2 Chinese Boy 1 Chinese Boy 2 English Boy 1 English Boy 2 Italian Boy Scottish Boy Indian Boy Spanish Boy

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Dec. 14, 11:00 am Dec. 15, 7:30 pm Dec. 22, 7:30 pm Dec. 24, 1:00 pm Marguerite Luksik Brian Roethlisberger Sophie Stalker-Herron Sam White Katherine Alice Reuhl Tom Walker Charlie Omohundro Stefanie Merucci Kenzie Merucci Melissa Olsen Kat Stiennon Sandy Tarver Angela Babler Suzanne Thuecks LeAnn Conrad Natalia Biakina Jackie Ramin Eric Pantano Elton Crim Kenneth Karsten Rich Bolton Paul Houseman Alec Moeser Greg Peterson Brett Clark Mayra Linares Peter Kuzma Anna Thomley Michelle Adler Miranda Moore Diana Walker Alexa Wedig Lillian Thompson Callie Moyer Youkyoung Jeong Sydney Bruce Cindy Stefanek Amelia Hoffman Luca Pantano Rachel Foldy Ryan Thompson Mary Clark Emma Peterson Charlie Binzley Erik Stewart

Dec. 15, 2:00 pm Dec. 16, 2:00 pm Dec. 23, 2:00 pm Marguerite Luksik Brian Roethlisberger Campbell Hackbart Sam White Elena Poznakhiriha Tom Walker Eli Kuzma Stefanie Merucci Kenzie Merucci Karen Kleine Kat Stiennon Sandy Tarver Angela Babler Suzanne Thuecks Regina Vidaver Natalia Biakina Jackie Ramin Eric Pantano Elton Crim Kenneth Karsten Rich Bolton Paul Houseman Alec Moeser Greg Peterson Brett Clark Mayra Linares Peter Kuzma Lilly Crochet Giorgia Hughes Claire Bolton Colleen Scerpella Mary Elizabeth Raasch Ruby Sutherlin Sovern Lily Freeland Lara Banks Laura Stewart Maggie Guetschow Eva Peterson Brady Clark Spencer Vestin Jetta Forsythe Gabriella Loureiro Ben Brown Patrick Clark Kai Gerou

Dec. 14, 11:00 pm Dec. 16, 2:00 pm Dec. 24, 1:00 pm

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Grace Parker Sean Clark

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Nutcracker Casting MADISON BALLET

Doll Soldier Doll Rat King

Baby Mice

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Dec. 15, 2:00 pm Dec. 16, 2:00 pm Dec. 23, 2:00 pm

Brittany Benington Phillip Ollenburg Kerry Dennis

McKenna Collins Phillip Ollenburg John Crim

Dec. 14, 11:00 pm Dec. 16, 2:00 pm Dec. 24, 1:00 pm Evangeline NevilleRhody Harper Blackmore Taylor DuVarney Abigail Toney Katherine Francesca Bautista Sadie Ludgate Ava Bachhuber Zoe Tikkun Jenna Geisler Sasha Vakar

Dec. 15, 2:00 pm Dec. 22, 2:00 pm Lela Storm

Dec. 15, 7:30 pm Dec. 23, 2:00 pm Sophie Elsdon

Tess Kenney Addison Wurth Sara Mettner Hannah Mason

Genevieve Raasch Molly Anderson Annie Gendreau Julie Kleiber

Cecilia Hackworthy Madeline Wuthrich Talia Richmond Sophia Geenen Marlowe Knight

Dane Peterson Marishka Kaufman Kaitlin Williams Lucy Fath Emma Kleine

Dec. 14, 11:00 am Dec. 15, 7:30 pm Dec. 22, 7:30 pm Dec. 24, 1:00 pm

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John Crim Noah Guthier Cecilia Monroy Ximena Linares Sydney Peterson Emma Omohundro Karen Walker Eryndae Thorvaldsen Maja Peterson Hartman Heidi Jennifer Henry Katelynn Anderson Emmy Anderson Mira Deutsch Allison Thomley Emma Neumann Elise Woloshin Avery Opland Mariah Wuthrich Sadie McCaulley Ivie Rhyne Cole Pantano Sophia Guthier Maurissa Powell Dante Diaz Abigail Meronek

Kerry Dennis Katherine Bekasova Natalie Asmus Hazel Brown Margaux Sorenson Jillian Veldey Aly Rutherford Sophia Pricer Leah Paape Jon Stewart Jennifer Henry Serena Jordahl Yasmine Calado Sarah-Kate Kenney Maggie McNulty Tessa Baranski Elise Woloshin Ella Gotzler Tatum Jaye Danielle Crim Taylor Welsh Kya Vivian Lily Edgar Logan Beilke-Skoug Izzy Grudzinski Olivia Vassallo

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Ethan Holmes

Anthony Gendreau

Anselm NevilleRhody

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Dancer: Yuki Clark Photo: Rick Brodzeller

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Christopher Henry Sophie Elsdon Genevieve Raasch Anthony Gendreau Molly Anderson

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Annie Gendreau Julia Kleiber Dane Peterson Marishka Kaufman Kaitlin Williams Lucy Fath Emma Kleine Maddie Reuhl

Evangeline NevilleRhody Hayat Brahmer Harper Blackmore Taylor DuVarney Ari Blehert Katherine Francesca Bautista Abigail Toney Sadie Ludgate Ava Bachhuber Zoe Tikkun Jenna Geisler Anselm Neville- Rhody Sasha Vakar Madelaine Pare Dec. 14, 11:00 am Dec. 15, 7:30 pm Dec. 22, 7:30 pm Dec. 24, 1:00 pm

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Madison Ballet wishes to acknowledge the dance studios who have been represented in the very talented cast of A Step Above Dance Studio Allegro Dance Theater Ballet University Brodhead Dance Academy Capitol Dance Revolution Dells Dance Center Elevation Dance Studio Forte Studios Kanopy Dance Kehl’s School of Dance KP School of Dance Madison Dance Academy Madison Professional Dance Center Mary’s School of Dance Move Out Loud Premier Dance Academy School of Madison Ballet Southwest Academy of Ballet Arts Spotlight Dance Academy Storybook Ballet Stoughton Center for the Performing Arts Studio One Dance Studio Synergy Dance Academy Virginia Davis School of Dance YMCA-Dane County

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Faculty & Staff MADISON BALLET

Madison Ballet Staff W. Earle Smith Artistic Director Gretchen Bourg General Manager Sarah Melli Ballet Master Anna White Production & Events Coordinator Robin Baldah Operations Manager Alyssa Gunsolus School Registrar Marguerite Luksik Education & Outreach Coordinator Cody Olsen Office Assistant Aaron Heaps Office Assistant Perry Bourg Facility Maintenance

Faculty Clarissa J. Booth Alissa Bratz Rachelle Butler Katy Fredrick Alyssa Gunsolus Maelanie Kuzma Marguerite Luksik Jessica Jaye Mackinson Sarah Melli Emily Plotkin Shannon Quirk Music Staff Marina Hegge Principal Accompanist Janelle Barlass Bernie Brink Patrick Christians Stacy Fehr-Regehr Olivia Montgomery Rehearsal Assistants Kelle Adams Maelanie Kuzma Marguerite Luksik Sarah Melli

Production Staff Ken Ferencek Lighting Designer Brian Weinkauf Production Manager Billy Larimore Technical Director Kathleen Rock Stage Manager Karen Brown-Larimore Costumer Jen Trieloff Property Master Louis Kreienkamp Assistant Lighting Designer Rod MacDonald Master Carpenter Heather Bannister Assistant Stage Manager Brenna Farmer Jenni Schwaner Ladd Sharon White Wardrobe Assistants Heather Bannister Properties Assistant

Madison Ballet graciously thanks Leah Olson Graphic Design, Hype Communications and David Wells Creative Services for their special contributions to the 2012-2013 Season.

Board of Directors MADISON BALLET

Robert Cottingham Board President Wipfli, LLP, Partner Corkey Custer Board Treasurer Custer Financial Services, Managing Partner

Frank Gambino Board Vice President Senior Portfolio Manager, Robert W. Baird & Co Leigh Mills Board Secretary NBC15, Evening News Anchor

Annette Grosz-Ringdahl Dean Health Plan Inc, Director of Speciality Markets

David Nissenbaum Sport & Spine Clinic of Madison, Partner/ Director

Paul Houseman Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives

Sverre Roang Whyte Hirschboeck & Dudek S.C., Attorney

Scott Knapp CUNA Mutual Group, Director of Investment Strategy– Retirement Plan Services Division

Martha Schram Aegis Therapies, President Patricia Struck WI Department of Financial Institutions, Administrator The Nutcracker

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A Tradition of Support MADISON BALLET

We are proud to acknowledge the wonderful generosity of the individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies woh support Madison Ballet. Every gift plays an important part in allowing Madison Ballet to continue offering exciting performances and excellent educational and outreach activities. We gratefully recognize the gifts received to our Annual Fund between December 1, 2011 and November 25, 2012.

Producer: $20,000+ Anonymous American Girl Fund for Children Madison Community Foundation Smith, Bock, Brooks and Longo Family Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Director: $15,000-19,999 Full Compass Systems Artist: $10,000-14,999 CUNA Mutual Group Midwest Family Broadcasting Tom Walker and Jill DalSanto Walker W Jerome Frautschi

Charitable Unitrust Premier: $5,000-9,999 Amgen Foundation Baird (HGMR) Chad and Melissa Thomley Frank J Gambino Robert and Ann Cottingham Sverre Roang Thad Schumacher and Michelle Chui Thrivent Financial Walter A & Dorothy Jones Frautschi Charitable Trust Wipfli LLP Wisconsin Arts Board Principal: $2,500-4,999 Annette and David Ringdahl Betty and Corkey Custer Custer Financial Services 28

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Dane Arts Dayle Haglund Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Lisa and David Rutherford Ruffin It Resort Scott and Heidi Knapp Vince and Kim Hartmann Corps: $1,000-2,499 Avendula Massage Therapy Eliot and Julia Mason Jackie A Ramin JoAnn Six Plesko Joe Melli Kathy S Stewart Madison Arts Commission Ms Jan Terry New Reach Media Patricia Hackworthy Renee Knight Robb A Warren Sarah and David Kruger Stephanie and Dusty Hackbart Vicki and Jim Johnson Enthusiast: $500-999 Total Care Dental Alliant Energy Foundation Amy Campbell BR Diamond Suite Creative Mode Doug and Debbi Harris Earle and Sandra Smith Leigh Mills Liz Douglas Patricia Struck & Lawrence Bechler Rogers Memorial Hospital Trek Bicycle Corporation

Contributor: $250-499 Badger Utility/Moore Trucking Carolyn Averill Cherokee Country Club David Nissenbaum Dentistry for Madison George Warren Larsen Portrait Design Mansion Hill Inn Maple Bluff Country Club Milio’s - Westgate Richard Bolton Sport and Spine Clinic Steve Davis Terry Family Foundation Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Wisconsin Parkour Patron: $100-249 Amy Grinnell Anonymous Ardith J Thomas Aurora Stankow-Mercer Birthday Party Ballerina Chazen Museum of Art Childrens Theater of Madison Christian Westleigh Christine Senty Eryndae Miller- Thorvaldsen George and Patricia Whitely Grant Sovern and Lara Sutherlin Hotel Red Inner Fire Yoga Jennifer Alderman Jennifer Post Tyler Kat Stiennon Kate Ludgate Ken Kushner Laurie and Simon Peek

A Tradition of Support MADISON BALLET

Patron: $100-249 Linda Lenzen Livingston Inn Lululemon Athletica Madison Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Marcia Heupel Michelle Mettner Monkey Bar Gym Naomi Mercer Natalie Asmus Neena Dakua Paul Douglas Perry and Gretchen Bourg Ravenworks Reba McKamy Richard Slayton Roger T and Kristi A Williams Rosalind and Ron Zerofsky Rosy Cheeks Ruth, Kevin, and Maggie Shelly Silver Leaf Design Gallery Standard Imaging Jonathan and Susan Lipp Tabby and Jacks Tara Girard The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governors Club Theresa Pyle-Smith Tracy and Paul Wrycha Ultimate Spa and Salon Vintage Brewery Co While You’re Out Llc Babysitting Zucca Pilates Friend: $99 or less Ale Asylum Amanda Wegner Amy Kenney Anonymous Barriques - Monroe St

Basics Cooperative Benvenutos Benvenuto’s Italian Grill Betty Lou Crusies Bloom Bake Shop Blue Moon Bar and Grill Brocach Capital Brewery Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Company Comedy Club on State Dawn Berney Edenfred Gymfinity Happy Pastime Gift & Collectibles Harmony Bar Helen Baldwin Helen R Schmedeman Hody Bar & Grill Holly Walker Hubbard Avenue Diner Jan Mason Jane Banks JB’s Italian Grille & Cardinal Nest Sports Bar Jeff Richard Jeffrey and Erin Gelhausen Jennifer M Asmus Johnson Block and Company, Inc June Spencer Just Nails Laura Engan Laurel Tavern Lee M Parrott Linda Thompson Logan Beilke-Skoug Madison Children’s Museum Mary Mably Mediterrean Hookah Lounge & Cafe Megan Purtell Michelle Crompton Mother Fool’s Mustard Museum Neena

Olbrich Botanical Society Orange Tree Imports Pizza Brutta Prime Quarter Steak House Rabeh Bnyat Roy Sutcliffe Sarah Marty Stalzy’s Delicatessen Steven Przybyl Strictly Discs Sundance Cinemas Tammie Moyer The Roman Candle Pizzeria Tis the Season Twin Valley Clay University Bookstore Villa Dolce Village Green Bar & Grill Vitense Golfland Weary Traveler

Madison Ballet thanks each and every one of you!

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Great Performance Fund Great Performance Campaign Diane Ballweg, Honorary Chair

American Girl AnchorBank Corporation Douglas R. Andrews and Maureen Murphy Anonymous Norma V. Arvold Associated Bank Waltraud A. Arts George Austin and Martha Vukelich-Austin Valerie Bailey-Rihn and David Rihn Helen Bakke Diane Ballweg Angela and Jeffrey Bartell Marjorie Berlow & Stanley Berlow, M. D. Bennett Berson and Rebecca Holmes Philip and Katherine Blake Bob and Anne Bolz Frank Burgess Jim and Cathie Burgess Jim and Sue Bakke Capital Newspapers, Inc. Chamberlain Research Consultants, Inc. Peter C. Christianson Nicolas Cindric James and Lauri Cole Jane Taylor Coleman Marvin and Mildred Conney Robert J. Cottingham William and Judith Craig Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc. CUNA Mutual Group Betty and Corky Custer Frank J. Daily John J. Dawson Kevin A. Delorey Mary DeNiro and Robert F. Berns Sandra Derer Nancy Cross Dunham and Michael H. Dunham Julie Ebert Eugenie Mayer Bolz Gregory T. Everts Family Foundation, Inc. Fiore Companies First Business Bank First Weber Realty Group Flad & Associates, Inc. Rockne and JoAnne Flowers 30

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Foley & Lardner James D. Friedman Fred Gants Roberta A. Gassman and Lester A. Pines The Gialamas Company Linda and Bob Graebner Fritz and Janice Grutzner Terry L. Haller Peggy Hedberg Hooper Foundation J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. Marie and Ralph Jackson John A. Johnson Foundation Kim Johnson Peter Johnson Johnson Bank Lee and Rosemary Jones Terry and Mary Kelly Kenneth R. Kimport David L. Kinnamon Kraft Foods Ron and Lois Krantz Deirdre W. Garton Bill Kraus and Toni Sikes Michael and Kathleen Laskis Fred G. Lautz Lee Foundation Ruth and George Lewis Ruth Ann and Jack Loew Peter and Jill Lundberg Nancy and Dennis Lynch Richard and Mary Lynch Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. Madison Investment Advisors Inc. Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc. Len and Luann Mattioli Hal and Christy Mayer Marie S. McCabe Walter A. and Jean Meanwell Margaret Metcalfe Michael Best & Freidrich LLP Lauri D. Morris Mortenson Family Foundation Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Park Bank W. Stuart Parsons Terrance D. Paul Donna Peters

John Peterson Jim Picard Evan F. Pizer Thomas and Janet Plumb Potter Lawson, Inc. Carol Prange Quarles & Brady LLP David and Kim Reinecke James K. Ruhly Patrick M. Ryan Marianne and Stephen Schlecht Donald K. Schott Carol Schroeder Anne and Charles Scott Nicholas and Wendy Seay Marti Sebree Mary Ellyn and Joseph Sensenbrenner David and Margaret Sharpe Terry and Sandy Shockley Mr. & Mrs. Marcus G. Singer The Stark Company Joseph and Jamie Steuer Kent W. Stevens John and Mary Storer William and Audrey Strang John Taylor Gamber and Audrey Tegtmeyer, Jr., M.D. Thomas Terry Todd and Elizabeth Tiefenthaler William J. Toman Judy and Nick Topitzes US Bank James and Sylvia Vaccaro Chris Hamacher Vincent and Ron Vincent Virchow, Krause & Co., LLP Wahlin Foundation, Inc. Ellis and Katie Waller Ronald L. Wallenfang Michael S. Weiden Dr. Carl and Susan Weston Stephen R. White John T. Whiting and Mary S. Olen Elyn L. Williams Wingra Technologies, LLC Wisconsin Energy Corporation WISC-TV 3 Kathleen E. Woit, Ph.D. Paul and Tracy Wrycha Sue and Michael Zaleski Zander’s Interiors, Inc.

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