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Carmina Burana and Glass Pieces

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Sponsors

Ballet West

Board of Directors

About Ballet West

Carmina Burana with Glass Pieces

From the Artistic Director

From the Executive Director

Glass Pieces

Glass Pieces Casting

In Focus: Lost and Found

Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana Casting

Carmina Burana Chorus

Ballet West Orchestra

Profiles

Wellness Partners

Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support

Individual Donors

Artistic Impact Fund Donors and Academy Scholarship Fund Donors

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Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor

Ballet West Staff

House Rules

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About Ballet West From Balanchine to Bournonville, and Petipa to Tharp, Ballet West boasts a rich and varied repertoire, elegant and versatile artists, and an American style and legacy that is as dynamic, expansive, and unexpected as the Rocky Mountain region it represents. Ballet West has toured the world several times over, presenting the very best in American classical ballet.

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Ballet West was established in Salt Lake City in 1963. Willam F. Christensen was the company’s first artistic director, co-founding the company together with Utah’s “First Lady of the Arts,” Glenn Walker Wallace. In 1951, Christensen had established the first ballet department in an American university at The University of Utah, and with the tireless assistance of Mrs. Enid Cosgriff, this program grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation. But this was not the first ballet company Willam Christensen founded. Along with his brothers, Lew and Harold, Christensen made history by establishing the oldest ballet company in the western United States, the San Francisco Ballet. There, he went on to create the first full-length American productions of Coppélia, Swan Lake, and his evergreen production of The Nutcracker, which remains in Ballet West’s repertoire to this day. With 37 company members, 16 second company members, and a thriving academy that trains dancers of all ages, many of whom have gone on to professional careers with Ballet West and companies around the world, Ballet West ranks among the top professional ballet companies in America. Since its inception, the Company has had five artistic directors—its founder Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks, John Hart, Jonas Kage, and currently Adam Sklute, each of whom has helped to build Ballet West’s unique and expansive profile.

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For more than 50 years, Willam Christensen and Ballet West have developed and influenced innumerable great artists in the ballet world. Some notable figures include Bart Cook, Finis Jhung, Jay Jolley, Victoria Morgan, Tomm Ruud, Michael Smuin, Richard Tanner, and Kent Stowell. With an eclectic and ever expanding outlook, Ballet West is truly an American pioneer in the world of dance.

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GLASS PIECES

CARMINA BURANA

Choreography: Jerome Robbins Music: Philip Glass

Choreography: Nicolo Fonte Music: Carl Orff** (see page 21)

World Premiere: May 12, 1983, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York City, New York

World Premiere: November 13, 2017, Ballet West, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Premiere: April 1, 2022, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra, conducted by: Music Director Jared Oaks

This program lasts approximately 1 hour 45 minutes, with one intermission

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From the Artistic Director Welcome! Ballet West premiered Nicolo Fonte’s monumental Carmina Burana in the fall of 2017, and it became an immediate success. The way Nicolo chose to interpret the score for the dancers choreographically—staging it with the full chorus above and behind the dancers, singing directly out at us, the audience—and how he incorporated the solo singers into the action, created a new and dynamic approach to this piece of music theater that has a long history with Ballet West. In 1974, our Founder Willam Christensen took an enormous risk when he presented our Salt Lake City community with John Butler’s production of Carmina Burana. The libretto deals overtly with the battle between the sacred and the profane. Carl Orff’s iconic score, that is so recognizable now through television and film, is an oratorio for a huge chorus, three solo singers, and dancers. It tells the story of 11th century monks who leave their monastery to experience the outside world around them. What they discover is a world of sensual pleasure, a world of great danger and hatred, but ultimately a world of great piety and soul. From these experiences, they return to their monastery with a greater understanding of humanity and the Lord. Carmina Burana initially shocked audiences, but it quickly grew to be the most requested non-full-length ballet in Ballet West’s repertoire. Nicolo’s Carmina Burana takes place in a timeless realm. He creates a world of movement and music that celebrates the darkness and the celestial light with moments of intense passion and power, joyous levity, and glorious spirituality. Nicolo, the singers, the orchestra, and the dancers take us on an unforgettable hour-long journey, sometimes mirroring the libretto, sometimes simply following the music’s almost overwhelming power. To open the program, I am thrilled to introduce our audiences to Jerome Robbins’ pulsating and sleek 1983 creation to Phillip Glass music Glass Pieces. With a cast of nearly 60 dancers set against a stark backdrop reminiscent of graph paper, wave after wave of people cross the stage to the pulsating 14

From the Artistic Director minimalist orchestral score. Out of the masses, individual dancers appear and dance together, unseen by the ever-moving hordes, as if they are invisible spirits. In the second movement, a quiet hypnotic repeated rhythm is highlighted by the endless continuation of bodies now in silhouette as a couple dance together in the light. The final movement brings the ensemble together in a powerful, almost ritualistic, and driving dance. The whole ballet creates an aura of perpetual motion, mirroring the energy of the score where we the audience feel swept up in the exhilaration of the huge cast. Each work on this program, indeed every work this season, has been designed to celebrate our ability to be back together in large-scale and grand ways. As always, we are grateful for your patronage.

Adam Sklute Artistic Director Ballet West

Since 2007, Adam Sklute has expanded Ballet West’s outlook, repertoire, and visibility with exciting Company and world premieres, increased touring, heightened public exposure, and greater focus on the Ballet West Academy. He began his career with The Joffrey Ballet, rising through the ranks from dancer to Associate Director. His stewardship of Ballet West has been marked by both financial growth and elevated artistry, and was the subject of The CW Network’s docu-drama, Breaking Pointe, which aired for two seasons. From September 2016 to October 2017, Sklute took on the dual position of CEO and Artistic Director overseeing both administrative and artistic operations of Ballet West. An internationally sought after teacher and adjudicator, Sklute has received numerous awards, including Utah’s Enlightened 50 (2014), The Bronze Minuteman Award for Outstanding Service to Utah and The Nation (2015), and Utah Diversity Connection’s Business Award for outstanding commitment to diversity initiatives. Most recently, Sklute was included in Deseret Magazine’s 25 Changemakers of the West for his efforts to build greater equity and inclusion in classical ballet.

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From the Executive Director The return of Carmina Burana to Ballet West’s repertoire after more than four years brings back fond memories for me. The world premiere of Nicolo Fonte’s epic work marked my first program upon joining Ballet West as executive director in October 2017. That opening night revealed to me a company with remarkably versatile dancers—artists who were equally as proficient at dancing George Balanchine’s early masterpiece, Serenade, as they were at bringing Nicolo’s sultry, athletic, and pulsating choreography to life. I knew I had landed with a company of extraordinarily high standards, and I was excited to set to work and share my enthusiasm by expanding our audiences and community support for this gem of a company. Fast forward to today, and Ballet West continues to impress and inspire audiences. Emerging from the dark days of a pandemic unprecedented in modern times, Ballet West is stronger and more committed than ever to bringing great art to our city, state, and country. In fact, our virtual footprint has enabled ballet fans worldwide to enjoy our programs. Yet as we approach a milestone 60th season in less than two years, Ballet West has much more to share with audiences. Our ambitious plans for future projects and initiatives are designed to preserve Ballet West’s history while looking ahead to expanding our footprint in the community with new work, exceptional training at the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, and a renewed commitment to making our programs accessible to all.

From the Executive Director Although Carmina concludes the 2021-22 subscription series, there is more to anticipate as our annual choreographic festival opens in May—showcasing Ballet West’s commitment to new work, which is vital to keeping dance fresh and relevant. We are grateful to be able to perform for you live and in our beloved Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre. Your love of Ballet West has been demonstrated by packed houses and robust contributed support this season. Turning the corner would not have been possible without you—our loyal audience and patrons who have stood by us year after year. Thank you for joining us for this series and for making Ballet West, and the arts, a priority in your lives. Warm regards,

Michael Scolamiero Executive Director

Michael Scolamiero joined Ballet West in 2017 after an extensive international search led by Michael Kaiser, President Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Scolamiero previously served as Executive Director of Miami City Ballet for three years, during which time the organization achieved a significant reduction in debt, as well as robust growth in ticket revenue, contributions, and touring income. Prior to Miami City Ballet, Mr. Scolamiero was Pennsylvania Ballet’s Executive Director for 17 years, the longest tenure in the Company’s history and among the longest of any leader of a major ballet company. During his tenure, Mr. Scolamiero led the organization’s first capital campaign that raised $11.9 million (against a $10 million goal) to build an endowment and fund repertoire expansion. At Ballet West, Mr. Scolamiero is set to implement a newly completed strategic plan and excited to guide a growing and robust Company.

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principal artists emily adams & adrian fry rehearsing glass pieces | photo by beau pearson

GLASS PIECES UTAH PREMIERE Staging: Philip Neal Costume Design*: Ben Benson Scenic Design*: Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Lighting Re-Creation: Les Dickert Choreography: Jerome Robbins Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust *Glass Pieces Costumes and Scenery Courtesy of San Francisco Ballet

Like beams of sunlight reflecting off a crystal chandelier, choreographer Jerome Robbins’ ballet Glass Pieces propels dancers across the stage in a series of hypnotic rhythms reminiscent of the random movements of New York commuters passing through Grand Central Station. Glass Pieces features the music of avant garde composer Philip Glass, whose score is typical of his hypnotic compositions that he calls “music with repetitive structures.” A favorite with both dancers and their audiences, Glass Pieces is influenced by other postmodern dances and depicts the driving energy of metropolitan life as the dancers build to a grand finale at an electrifying pace. 18

Casting CAST FOR 4/1 EVE, 4/2 EVE, 4/7 EVE, 4/9 EVE Movement 1 Katlyn Addison & Dominic Ballard Amy Potter & Hadriel Diniz, Jenna Rae Herrera & Jordan Veit with Artists of Ballet West, Ballet West II, and Ballet West Academy Movement 2 Emily Adams & Adrian Fry with Artists of ballet West, Ballet West II, Ballet West Academy Movement 3 Alladson Barreto, Lillian Cascells, Beau Chesivoir, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Nicole Fanney, Robert Fowler, Olivia Gusti, Conner Hammond, Jacob Hancock, David Huffmire, Noel Jensen, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Amber Miller, Kazlyn Nielsen, Jake Preece, Joshua Shutkind, Anisa Sinteral, Victoria Vassos, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead, Claire Wilson, Severina Wong

CAST FOR 4/2 MAT, 4/9 MAT Movement 1 Chelsea Keefer & Joshua Shutkind, Kristina Weimer & David Huffmire Kazlyn Nielsen & Jake Preece Artists of Ballet West, Ballet West II, and Students of Ballet West Academy Movement 2 Beckanne Sisk & Chase O’Connell Artists of Ballet West, Ballet West II, and Students of Ballet West Academy Movement 3 Alladson Barreto, Lillian Cascells, Beau Chesivoir, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Nicole Fanney, Robert Fowler, Olivia Gusti, Elijah Hartley, Conner Hammond, Jacob Hancock, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Amber Miller, Rylee Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Tatiana Stevenson, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Victoria Vassos, Loren Walton, Joshua Whitehead, Claire Wilson, Severina Wong CARMINA BURANA WITH GLASS PIECES 21-22 SEASON

In Focus: Carmina Burana Lost and Found By Joshua Jones

The Carmina Burana’s journey from obscurity to Ballet West’s stage is as interesting as an Indiana Jones movie, filled with mystery and scandal. In 1803, in a dusty monastery in Bavaria, a librarian re-discovered a manuscript not seen since the 13th century. Later named the Carmina Burana, the manuscript contained 254 poems and dramatic texts. Believed to be the works of student and clergy, researchers date some of the texts back to the 11th century. Curators who started to transcribe the Latin, German, and French works were surprised to find irreverent, satirical, and sometimes risqué themes, abounding throughout the Carmina Burana.

In 1936, Carl Orff set 24 of the poems to music, quickly turning it into a popular piece of classical repertoire. Just over an hour long, the composition has been featured in film, television, video games, and covered or sampled by Michael Jackson, and even Ozzy Osbourne. During World War II, Orff remained in Germany and continued writing music until his death in 1982, but he never found success again as he had with Carmina Burana. When John Butler first set Carmina Burana on dancers at the New York City Opera in 1959, it became an instant success, although it was sometimes controversial. Ballet West Founder Willam Christensen first staged Butler’s Carmina Burana in 1974. Some audience members walked out, but those who stayed gave the piece a prolonged standing ovation. “When we went for the bow, the audience was going wild. It was intense, emotional, and very powerful,” said Bruce Caldwell, Ballet Master and Archivist. Now, 47 years later, Bruce says Carmina Burana has been performed by Ballet West more than 100 times, making it one of the most popular pieces in the Company’s repertoire.

principal artist beckanne sisk with artists of ballet west rehearsing carmina burana | photo by beau pearson

CARMINA BURANA Costume Design: Christine Darch Scenic Design: Michael Korsch Lighting Design: Michael Korsch Chorus Master: Steve Durtschi Choral Specialist and Contractor: Jane Fjeldsted Carmina Burana is a co-production of Ballet West Cincinnati Ballet Adam Sklute, Director Victoria Morgan, Director **Used by arrangement with European American Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, Germany, publisher and copyright owner.

In tackling an iconic score, such as Carl Orff's 20th Century masterpiece Carmina Burana, one of my first considerations was scale - how to match the massiveness of this powerful music. I had always envisioned an integrative production where both music and dance share equal parts. A world of visual beauty set in the lyricism and audacity of this scenic cantata, I liken my version to a medieval etching blasted with 21st Century speed. –Nicolo Fonte CARMINA BURANA WITH GLASS PIECES 21-22 SEASON

Casting CAST FOR 4/1 EVE, 4/2 EVE, 4/7 EVE, 4/9 EVE Allison DeBona, Nicole Fanney, Olivia Gusti, Jenna Rae Herrera, Chelsea Keefer, Kazlyn Nielsen, Amy Potter, Beckanne Sisk, Kristina Weimer Dominic Ballard, Robert Fowler, David Huffmire, Joseph Lynch, Chase O’Connell, Joshua Shutkind, Rex Tilton, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead Soprano: Melissa Heath Tenor: Christopher Puckett Baritone: Christopher Clayton Choir: Cantorum Chamber Choir and Additional Professionals O Fortuna......................................................................................Ensemble Fortune plango vulnera.....David Huffmire, Joshua Shutkind, with Ensemble Veris leta facies.......................................... Allison DeBona, Chelsea Keefer, Amy Potter, Beckanne Sisk, Kristina Weimer, Dominic Ballard, Rex Tilton Omni Sol temperat.......................Chase O’Connell and Christopher Clayton Ecce gratu ................................................................................... Ensemble Tanz.................................Chelsea Keefer, David Huffmire, Joshua Shutkind Floret Silva........................................... Beckanne Sisk, with Ensemble Men Chramer, gip die varwe mir..................... Rex Tilton with Ensemble Women Swaz hie gat umbe......................................Chase O’Connell with Ensemble Were diu werlt alle min.................................... Chase O’Connell, Amy Potter, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead Estuans interius....................................Jenna Rae Herrera, David Huffmire with Nicole Fanney, Olivia Gusti, Kazlyn Nielsen, Dominic Ballard, Robert Fowler, Joseph Lynch, and, Christopher Clayton Olim lacus colueram......................................Beckanne Sisk with Rex Tilton, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead, Christopher Puckett

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Casting Ego sum abbas......................................................... Rex Tilton, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead, and Christopher Clayton In taberna quando sumus..................................................... Ensemble Men Amor volat undique..................................Chelsea Keefer, Joshua Shutkind with Allison DeBona, Jenna Rae Herrera, Amy Potter, Kristina Weimer, and Melissa Heath Dies, nox et omnia..... Kristina Weimer, David Huffmire with Allison DeBona , Dominic Ballard, and Christopher Clayton Stetit puella ...........................................................................Melissa Heath Circa mea pectora..Rex Tilton, Amy Potter, Jordan Veit, Jenna Rae Herrera, with Chelsea Keefer, Joshua Shutkind, Kristina Weimer, Dominic Ballard, Allison DeBona, David Huffmire, and Christopher Clayton Si puer cum puellula..............................................................Beckanne Sisk Veni, veni, venias ......................................................................... Ensemble In trutina..................... David Huffmire, Joshua Shutkind, and Melissa Heath Tempus est iocundum ................................................................. Ensemble Dulcissime.....................Beckanne Sisk, Chase O’Connell and Melissa Heath Ave formosissima.......................................Beckanne Sisk, Chase O’Connell O Fortuna...................................................................................... Ensemble

Casting CAST FOR 4/2 MAT, 4/9 MAT Emily Adams, Katlyn Addison, Allison DeBona, Nicole Fanney, Olivia Gusti, Jenna Rae Herrera, Chelsea Keefer, Kazlyn Nielsen, Kristina Weimer Dominic Ballard, Hadriel Diniz, Robert Fowler, Adrian Fry, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Jake Preece, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead SOPRANO: Melissa Heath TENOR: Christopher Puckett BARITONE: Christopher Clayton CHOIR: Cantorum Chamber Choir and Additional Professionals

O Fortuna......................................................................................Ensemble Fortune plango vulnera............. Vinicius Lima, Jake Preece with Ensemble Veris leta facies..................... Emily Adams, Katlyn Addison, Allison DeBona, Chelsea Keefer, Kristina Weimer, Dominic Ballard, Hadriel Diniz Omni Sol temperat................................Adrian Fry and Christopher Clayton Ecce gratum.................................................................................Ensemble Tanz..........................................Chelsea Keefer, Vinicius Lima, Jake Preece Floret Silva.......................................... Katlyn Addison, with Ensemble Men Chramer, gip die varwe mir................. Hadriel Diniz with Ensemble Women Swaz hie gat umbe.............................................. Adrian Fry with Ensemble Were diu werlt alle min...........................................Adrian Fry, Emily Adams, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead Estuans interius........ Jenna Rae Herrera, Vinicius Lima with Nicole Fanney, Olivia Gusti, Kazlyn Nielsen, Dominic Ballard, Robert Fowler, Joseph Lynch, and, Christopher Clayton Olim lacus colueram............. Katlyn Addison with Hadriel Diniz, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead, Christopher Puckett

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Casting Ego sum abbas..................................................... Hadriel Diniz, Jordan Veit, Joshua Whitehead, and Christopher Clayton In taberna quando sumus..................................................... Ensemble Men Amor volat undique............ Chelsea Keefer, Jake Preece with Emily Adams, Allison DeBona, Jenna Rae Herrera, Kristina Weimer, and Melissa Heath Dies, nox et omnia........Kristina Weimer, Vinicius Lima with Allison DeBona, Dominic Ballard, and Christopher Clayton Stetit puella........................................................................... Melissa Heath Circa mea pectora ......................... Hadriel Diniz, Emily Adams, Jordan Veit, Jenna Rae Herrera, with Chelsea Keefer, Jake Preece, Kristina Weimer, Dominic Ballard, Allison DeBona, Vinicius Lima, and Christopher Clayton Si puer cum puellula.............................................................Katlyn Addison Veni, veni, venias .........................................................................Ensemble In trutina..............................Jake Preece, Vinicius Lima, and Melissa Heath Tempus est iocundum .................................................................Ensemble Dulcissime............................. Katlyn Addison, Adrian Fry and Melissa Heath Ave formosissima............................................... Katlyn Addison, Adrian Fry O Fortuna......................................................................................Ensemble

Principal Artists

EMILY ADAMS

KATLYN ADDISON

Ballet West II 2005, Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2011, Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2015

Artist 2011, Demi Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2021

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Ballet West II

ALLADSON BARRETO

MACKENZIE BARTLETT

STELLA BIRKINSHAW

KYE COOLEY

Ballet West II 2019

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2020

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021

Ballet West II 2021

ANDERSON DUHAN

MAREN FLORENCE

JACOB HANCOCK

ELIJAH HARTLEY

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West 2021

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021

WILLIAM LYNCH

JONAS MALINKATHOMPSON

RYLEE ROGERS

GABRIELLA SCHULTZE

Ballet West II 2020

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020

REBECCA TROCKEL

LOREN WALTON

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2020

Natal, Brazil

Holliday, Texas

San Diego, California

Plymouth, Michigan

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West II 2021

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Dallas, Texas

Ballet West II 2021

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Cortlandt Manor, New York

Salt Lake City, Utah

Lehi, Utah

Orem, Utah

Palo Alto, California

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Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020

Bowie, Maryland

Bend, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Austin, Texas

Carmina Burana Chorus Steve Durtschi, Chorus Master Jane Fjeldsted, Choral Specialist and Contractor Lisa Baldwin, Chorus Manager SOPRANO

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Kiersten Allen *Ruth Angerbauer Peter Asplund *George Angerbauer *Marlies Anderson *Lisa Baldwin Eric Bloomquist *Steve Durtschi Sarah Asplund *Meika Boogert *Glen Cooper Yvette Gilgen Stacie Berrardi *Marlie Buhler *Drew Graham *Stephen Gordon Sara Carruth *Ashley Eyre *Tracy Hall *Robert Hall Jennifer Erickson Annalise Ford Clifford King *Scott Hillstrom Jessica Erickson Dacia Gray James Mangan *Layne Hoyt *Olivia Gledhill Rachael Gull David Martin *Christian Koehle *McKenna Gordon Julie Hansen *Ian McDougal *Tanner Linton *Fiona Judd *Megan Long *Steven Nordstrom *Quin Monson *Chelsea Lindsay *Margot Murdoch Zach Pearce Andrew Parker Samantha Paredes Kelly Nelson *Tim Walker Ricky Parkinson Angela Parker *Danya Paxman Andrew Wardle *Devin Spann Alison Unsworth *Heidi Spann Sam Thomas Tara Wardle Daniel Tuutau *BJ Zeyer * Cantorum Chamber Choir

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Ballet West Orchestra Seretta Hart ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Jared Oaks MUSIC DIRECTOR

1ST VIOLIN Emily Day-Shumway Acting Concertmaster Nathan Mueller Associate Concertmaster Kathy Langr Peggy Wheelwright Marcel Bowman Katherine Kunz Melissa Draper* Kasia Sokol-Borup*

BASS Matthew Shumway Principal Lola Maxham Elizabeth Lambson

TRUMPET Kyra Sovronsky Principal Seretta Hart* Lisa Verzella*

FLUTE Alison Olsen Principal Sally Humphreys Christina Castellanos*

TROMBONE Steven Hunter Acting Principal Neil Hendriksen Craig Moore*

OBOE Susan Swidnicki Principal Justin Torres Karen Hastings*

TUBA Michael McCawley Principal

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CLARINET/SAXOPHONE Erin Voellinger Principal David Feller Henry Caceras* BASSOON Brian Hicks Principal Christopher Egbert Robert Bedont* HORN Laurence Lowe Principal Nathan Basinger Steve Park Anita Miller*

TIMPANI Ken Hodges Principal PERCUSSION Heath Wolf Principal Chelsea Jones* Mike Sammons* Tony Thackeray* Sam Bryson* HARP Janet Peterson Principal PIANO Vedrana Subotic* Principal SYNTHESIZER/CELESTE Nicholas Maughan Principal

*Substitute Musician

Profiles JEROME ROBBINS

Choreographer, Glass Pieces Jerome Robbins is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony Awards including best musical and best director. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances At a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces and Ives, Songs, which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. His last ballets include A Suite of Dances created for Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995) and Brandenburg (1996). In addition to two Academy Awards for the film West Side Story, Mr. Robbins has received four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Mr. Robbins was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur. Mr. Robbins died in 1998.

PHILIP GLASS

Composer, Glass Pieces Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Philip Glass is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, Glass spent two years of intensive study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and, while there, earned money by transcribing Ravi Shankar’s Indian music into Western notation. By 1974, Glass had a number of innovative projects creating a large collection of new music for The Philip Glass Ensemble and for the Mabou Mines Theater Company. This period culminated in Music in Twelve Parts and the landmark opera Einstein on the Beach, for which he collaborated with Robert Wilson. Since Einstein, Glass has expanded his repertoire to include music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, orchestra and film. His scores have received Academy Award nominations (Kundun, The Hours, Notes on a Scandal) and a Golden Globe (The Truman Show). Glass’s memoir Words Without Music was published by Liveright Books in 2015. Glass received the Praemium Imperiale in 2012, the U.S. National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama in 2016, and 41st Kennedy Center Honors in 2018. Glass’s recent works include Symphony No. 12, a completion of three symphonies based on David Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, CARMINA BURANA WITH GLASS PIECES 21-22 SEASON

Profiles Glass’s first Piano Sonata, and a circus opera Circus Days and Nights. Glass’ upcoming 85th Birthday season will feature programming around the globe, including three world premieres of Symphonies No. 13, 14 and 15.

PHILIP NEAL

Stager, Glass Pieces After a 23-year tenure with New York City Ballet, 17 years as a Principal Dancer, Philip Neal was invited by The George Balanchine Trust and The Jerome Robbins Rights Trust to become a repetiteur. He stages the legendary choreographers’ works throughout the world. Neal has embarked on choreographic ventures, having crafted five original commissions for Richmond Ballet. From 2010-2013, Neal directed development, fundraising, board trustee recruitment and special events in Palm Beach for Miami City Ballet. In 2015, Neal was appointed the Artistic Director of Next Generation Ballet (NGB) & Dance Dean of the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center in Tampa FL, one of the largest performing arts center in the United States. The preprofessional training division touts graduates in prestigious companies such as The Royal Ballet School, New York City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and The Royal Danish Ballet. His website is philipnealdance.com.

NICOLO FONTE

Choreographer, Carmina Burana Choreographer Nicolo Fonte is known for his unique movement language as well as the highly developed fusion of ideas, dance and design that is a hallmark of his work. A first generation American, Fonte–whose parents emigrated to the US from Argentina–started dancing at the age of 14. He studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet and also completed a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase. His dance career took him from Peridance in NYC, to Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and, ultimately to Nacho Duato’s Compañia Nacional de Danza in Madrid. Mr. Fonte received a Choo San Goh award for Almost Tango, his 2002 choreography for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Almost Tango was also voted as one of Dance Europe’s “Best Premieres” when it was re-staged for The Australian Ballet in 2004. His very first full-length work Re: Tchaikovsky, created for The Gothenburg Ballet in 2005, appeared on the “Best of 2005” lists of both Ballett-Tanz and Dance Europe. Since that time, Fonte has created an additional two full-evening works, both for BalletX (Philadelphia): Beautiful Decay (2013), and Beasts (2015). Fonte’s choreography has been performed by companies large and small all over the globe – from Het National Ballet in Amsterdam to the National Dance Company of El Salvador. In addition to his three original full-length ballets, 38

Profiles re-invigorated versions of classic scores, and extraordinary collaborations with artists across many disciplines are all well represented in Mr. Fonte’s work over the past twenty years. From 2002 to 2006 Nicolo enjoyed an ongoing creative partnership with The Gothenburg Ballet in Sweden, and has been an important contributor to the repertories of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and BalletX in Philadelphia. He is currently the Resident Choreographer for Ballet West in Salt Lake City and has contributed numerous successful works to the repertory of this acclaimed ensemble.

CARL ORFF

Composer, Carmina Burana Orff studied at the Munich Academy of Music and with the German composer Heinrich Kaminski and later conducted in Munich, Mannheim, and Darmstadt. He edited some 17thcentury operas and in 1937 produced his secular oratorio Carmina Burana. Intended to be staged with dance, it was based on a manuscript of medieval poems. This work led to others inspired by Greek theatre and by medieval mystery plays, notably Catulli Carmina (1943; Songs of Catullus) and Trionfo di Afrodite (1953; The Triumph of Aphrodite), which form a trilogy with Carmina Burana. Orff’s Schulwerk, a manual describing his method of conducting, was first published in 1930. This system of music education for children, largely based on developing a sense of rhythm through group exercise and performance with percussion instruments, has been widely adopted. In 1924 in Munich he founded, with the German gymnast Dorothee Günther, the Günther School for gymnastics, dance, and music.

BEN BENSON

Costume Design, Glass Pieces Ben Benson succeeded Barbara Karinska as head of the legendary New York City Costume Shop. As a designer, he has created numerous costumes for theater and dance. As a close partner of the New York City Ballet, he created the designs for George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina, Chamber Music No. 2 and the final version of Who Cares?. For Jerome Robbins he designed the costumes for Glass Pieces, Opus 19: The Dreamer, Andantino, Piano Pieces and Allegro con Grazia. Ben Benson also worked with Peter Martins, Jacques d’Amboise, Helgi Tómasson and Lew Christensen in New York and with Paul Mejia in Chicago.

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Profiles RONALD BATES

Scenic Design, Glass Pieces Bates was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1932. He studied scenic design at Los Angeles City College after serving in the Navy. He worked as a stage manager while still in college and, after two years of doing so in California, came to New York and worked in that capacity on opera productions for Lincoln Kirstein, City Ballet's co-founder. Bates began working for New York City Ballet in 1957 as a production stage manager. After working at the Stratford, Connecticut Mozart and Shakespeare Festivals and for the NBC Opera Company in New York City, he joined NYCB at Kirstein's invitation and remained as production stage manager for over 20 years. His duties included planning and executing the technical aspects of staging the ballets at the New York State Theater, of which he was also technical director. He also was in charge of the transportation of lights and scenery for the production of ballets at the company's summer home in Saratoga Springs as well as on tour both stateside and overseas. Bates was resident lighting designer for City Ballet and a close collaborator with founding ballet master (and co-founder) George Balanchine and co-founding ballet master Jerome Robbins. He was an authority on dance floors and stage floor construction and renovated the Palm Beach Auditorium for the Palm Beach Festival. He traveled internationally to direct technical production and reproduce his lighting designs for NYCB productions staged by other companies, especially at the Zurich Ballet, where former NYCB principal dancer Patricia Neary was artistic director. Along with Balanchine and Perry Silvey, Bates developed the "Balanchine basket-weave floor," which helped reduce injuries for dancers.

Profiles JENNIFER TIPTON

Lighting Design, Glass Pieces Jennifer Tipton is known for her designs for dance and is the principal lighting designer for the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Choreographers she has worked with include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jiří Kylián, Dana Reitz, Jerome Robbins, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Dan Wagoner, and Shen Wei.

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Tipton has designed lighting for the American Ballet Theatre since A Soldier’s Tale (1971). She designed the lighting for Baryshnikov’s production of The Nutcracker, both for the stage and for television. Her first lighting design for Broadway was in 1969 for Our Town, and her most recent, in 2018, for To Kill a Mockingbird. In 2001, Tipton was awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. In January 2008, she designed a large lighting display for the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. In September 2008, she won a MacArthur Grant. She has served as Professor (Adjunct) of Design at the Yale School of Drama since 1981. Tipton trained many lighting designers, including Donald Holder, Christopher Akerlind, Michael Chybowski, M.L. Geiger and Robert Wierzel. 2006 Tony award winner Howell Binkley assisted her for many years.

LES DICKERT

Lighting Re-Creation, Glass Pieces Les Dickert designs for a diverse range of live performance, spanning contemporary and Shakespearean theater, modern dance, classical ballet, and international performance art. He has been a regular designer for Tulsa Ballet since 2004. Recent projects include Breakin’ Bricks (Tulsa Ballet), Persuasion (Bedlam / Off-Broadway), and Minimalism and Me (Twyla Tharp) Broadway: Wrong Mountain (Assistant), High Society (Assistant). Off-Broadway: Bedlam, Atlantic Theater, Rattlestick Theater, P73, Theater Row, Ensemble Studio Theater, InViolet Rep, others. Regional: Shakespeare and Company, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Geva Theater, Perseverance Theater, Syracuse Stage, Triad Stage, Arden Theater, others. Dance: White Oak Dance Project, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Joffrey Ballet. International: Centre Pompidou, La Scala, Staatsballet Berlin, Bayerische Staatsballet, and the National Ballets of England, Denmark, Australia, Belgium, Canada and Russia. He has lectured at Yale, Cornell, and New York Universities, Connecticut College, and the Beijing Dance Academy. Awards and nominations: Henry Hewes, Mahindra, Ovation, Stanley McCandless. Mr. Dickert was recently featured in Forbes Magazine as one of Broadway’s Best Lighting Designers, and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. CARMINA BURANA WITH GLASS PIECES 21-22 SEASON

Profiles CHRISTINE DARCH

Costume Design, Carmina Burana Christine Darch has been commissioned by Ailey II, Astana Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Hawaii, Ballet Memphis, Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Houston Ballet, Imagery, Kansas City Ballet, Marin Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Le Ballet Nice Mediterraneé, Oklahoma City Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Parsons Dance, Philadelphia Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Post:Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Washington Ballet and BalletX. She designs and builds costumes for Julia Adam, Jorma Elo, Nicolo Fonte, Jae Man Joo, James Kudelka, Gabrielle Lamb, Trey McIntyre, Matthew Neenan, Dwight Rhoden, Amy Seiwert, Septime Webre, Andrew Winghart, and Yin Yue. Her full length, sometimes classical works include Julia Adam’s The Nutcracker (Marin Ballet), Karen Burke’s The Sleeping Beauty (Dayton Ballet), Nicolo Fonte’s Carmina Burana (Ballet West), Rebecca Moore’s The Nutcracker (Columbia Dance), Matthew Neenan’s Sunset 0639 and Twelve Bells (Balletx), Dwight Rhoden’s Othello (Charlotte Ballet), and Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker (Ballet Hawaii). She is the resident designer for Complexions Contemporary Ballet and designs from her studio in East Northport, NY where she resides with composer Matthew Pierce.

Michael Korsch

Scenic Design/Lighting, Carmina Burana Michael Korsch is a lighting, projection and scenic designer based in Philadelphia, PA, where he earned his BA in theatre from Temple University. He has worked with numerous directors and choreographers, creating hundreds of visual designs for dance, theatre and other live performances throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Michael has been the resident lighting designer for Complexions Contemporary Ballet since 1998, Ballet Arizona since 2001, and the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center since its inception at the University of Southern California. He has also been the lighting/technical director for the Laguna Dance Festival since it began in 2005. In addition, Michael has created designs for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Backhausdance, BalletMet, Ballet Nice Méditerranée, Ballet West, BalletX, Carolina Ballet, Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre), Cincinnati Ballet, Cleveland Play House, DanceBrazil, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Disney Creative Entertainment, English National Ballet, FELA! The Concert, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, Oakland Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Royal Danish Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, and Washington Ballet among others. 42

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Profiles STEVE DURTSCHI

Chorus Master, Carmina Burana Artistic Director, Cantorum Chamber Choir Steve Durtschi is conductor and artistic director of Cantorum Chamber Choir and director of choirs at Timpanogos High School in Orem, Utah. A former member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Salt Lake Vocal Artists, Durtschi was also an inaugural member of the Bells on Temple Square, accompanist for the International Children’s Choir, assistant conductor of the Wasatch Chorale, and the conductor for the 2016 Utah Honor Choir Men’s Chorus. He was also the 2019 recipient of the Sorenson Legacy Award for excellence in Arts Education. Durtschi earned his Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Brigham Young University and his Bachelor of Arts in music education from Utah State University. He has also been active as an organist and member of the American Guild of Organists. Durtschi is committed to inspiring a new generation of musicians and fostering a high-level of artistry in our community.

DR. JANE R. FJELDSTED

Choral Specialist and Contractor, Carmina Burana Dr. Jane R. Fjeldsted is the director of choirs at Westminster College where she conducts the Chamber Singers and Westminster Community Choir. She is the founder and conductor of Salt Lake Singers as well as VOCALIS, a small select ensemble. Since 2015 she has been conductor of the Davis Interfaith Choir & Symphony, a community music organization of 375 members, created to unify people of different faiths. As a studio and recording professional, she is both singer and conductor for independent commercial ventures recording scores for movies, television, and online games. She recently taught choir for at-risk students at Mountain High in Davis School District. With a wide variety of ensembles, Dr. Fjeldsted has had the opportunity to compose and arrange music specifically for these groups, recently completing several successful commissions. Dr. Fjeldsted has served on boards of both the Utah Music Educators Association and American Choral Directors Association of Utah.

Profiles CHRISTOPHER CLAYTON Baritone, Carmina Burana

Baritone Christopher Clayton is quickly establishing himself as a rising talent on the operatic stage. He has appeared with companies such as Utah Opera, Opera Birmingham, Portland Opera, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Sacramento Opera, Chautauqua Opera, the Skylight Opera, and Opera Idaho. Recent engagements include a role debuts as Il Conte di Luna in Trovatore with St. Petersburg Opera, and in the title role of Rigoletto, a return to Tonio as well as a role debut as Alfio in Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana with Cedar Rapids Opera, Alvaro in Catan’s Florencia en el Amazonas and Frank in Die Fledermaus with Utah Opera, Falke in Die Fledermaus with Opera Theatre of the Rockies and the Imperial Symphony and Giorgio Germont in La Traviata with the Imperial symphony. On the concert stage he has recently appeared as a soloist in Ravel’s Enfant et les Sortilèges, Bernstein’s “Mass” and in Händel’s Messiah with the Utah Symphony, as the Baritone soloist in Carmina Burana and Hayden’s Creation with Utah Voices and as the soloist in Cimarosa’s Il maestro di cappella with the Walla Walla Symphony. He has also appeared as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with Ballet West and the Cincinnati Ballet.

MELISSA HEATH

Soprano, Carmina Burana Soprano Melissa Heath enjoys a varied career of opera, concert and recital work. Hailed as a “soaring, sparkling soprano” with “vivacious stage presence,” recent opera roles include Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. Recent concert work includes Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and both Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in C minor with the Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square, Handel’s Messiah with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and both Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate and Barber’s Knoxville, Summer of 1915 with Sinfonia Salt Lake. With Utah Symphony, Ms. Heath has performed both Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3 and Handel’s Messiah. In 2017 she was the soprano soloist with Ballet West in choreographer Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a role she will reprise with the company in 2022. Ms. Heath has soloed on Salt Lake City’s NOVA Chamber Music Series and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, with the Blacksburg Master Chorale in Blacksburg, VA, and has given recitals in New York, Seattle and Leipzig. In 2019 she sang the role of The Water in Utah Opera’s Production of The Little Prince, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with Salt Lake Symphony, and soloed with Utah Symphony in their Deer Valley Concert Series. In 2020, she appeared with Utah CARMINA BURANA WITH GLASS PIECES 21-22 SEASON

Profiles Chamber Artists in Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 and in Carmina Burana with Brigham Young University choirs and orchestra. In 2022, Ms. Heath will appear in Poulenc’s Gloria with the Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square and with Nevada Ballet Theater in their production of Carmina Burana. Ms. Heath was a district winner in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions, and was a two-time regional finalist in the National Association of Teachers of Singing’s biennial art song competition. Ms. Heath is an Assistant Professor of music and the Voice Area Coordinator in the Department of Music at Utah Valley University. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in voice from Brigham Young University, and her Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in voice from the University of Utah.

CHRISTOPHER PUCKETT Tenor, Carmina Burana

Tenor Christopher Puckett has maintained an active career as both a performer and teacher over the last decade. He made his professional operatic debut in 2008, singing Wolfram in The Tales of Hoffmann as a member of the Gerdine Young Artist’s Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Other operatic credits include leading roles in Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Turn of the Screw, Così fan tutte, Street Scene, Cendrillon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Sonnambula, Don Giovanni, Little Women, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Susannah. Equally at home on the concert stage, he has performed roles in a variety of oratorios, including Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and Missa in tempore belli, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. A frequent interpreter of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, he appeared as the Evangelist in the St. Matthew Passion at the Southwest Area Choral Director’s Association Regional Conference in 2016 and again at the 138th Annual Messiah Festival of the Arts in 2019. Dr. Puckett is also a champion of new music, having performed in a variety of world and regional premieres. He debuted the role of Sergeant Edward Younger in the world premiere of Timothy C. Takach’s oratorio We, the Unknown with the Heartland Men’s Chorus of Kansas City, and also sang the Alabama premiere of Evan Mack’s A Little More Perfect in a newly-composed version for tenor and chamber orchestra. In addition to Bach, Dr. Puckett is an ardent interpreter of the music of Benjamin Britten and also holds a particular interest in both the study and performance of the music of modern LGBTQ+ composers. Dr. Puckett holds degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, the University of Northern Colorado, and Wright State University. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Vocal Studies at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT. 46

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Individual Donors FOUNDER’S CIRCLE We thank our Founder’s Circle donors, each of whom has given significantly to the company throughout its history, either through collective annual giving or extraordinary, onetime gifts. B. W. Bastian Foundation Peggy Bergmann Val A. Browning Foundation George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation The Meldrum Foundation John and Marcia Price Family Foundation S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Shari and David Quinney Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Beano Solomon James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation Wells Fargo

Erik and Uzo Erlingsson Marc and Cammy Fuller Samantha Topping Gellert Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose Cindy and Howard Hochhauser Jennifer Horne-Huntsman and Scott Huntsman Impart Group, Inc. Loren and JoAnna Larsen Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince Caryl Marsh Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp Dan P. Miller David E. Quinney III Chris and Ellen Rossi The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate Beatryx and Vincent Washington Julia S. Watkins Jacquelyn Wentz Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Anonymous

SOLOIST AND DEMI-SOLOIST $2,500 - 9,999 Marcy Barlow Clisto and Suzanne Beaty Trenton Behunin MR. C. AND MRS. WALLACE Kathleen and Andy Blank $25,000 AND ABOVE Gordon Bowen Peggy Bergmann The Brown Family Foundation Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning Carol Browning, Céline & Nathan DiFiore Family Browning, and Rete & Rikki The Meldrum Foundation Browning John and Andrea Miller Bradley and Mary Ann Cassell John and Marcia Price Family Carol T. Christ Foundation Barbara B. Christensen Shari and David Quinney Cecile and Harold Christiansen Theodore Schmidt Frank Corbett Jonathan and Liz Slager Leslie Culhane Beano Solomon Linda S. Daines Krista and Jim Sorenson J. Chase Dreyfous Jr. Brad and Linda Walton Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Anonymous Family Foundation John and Joan Firmage PRINCIPAL AND FIRST SOLOIST Barbara W. Frazier $10,000 - 24,999 Bob and Mary Gilchrist Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas David and SandyLee Griswold H. Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley John and Ilauna Gurr Michael Black and Kimberly Strand Stephanie and Tim Harpst Judy and Larry Brownstein Marc and Mary Carole Harrison Melissa H. Cutler Kathie and Charles Horman Willard and Julie Dere Larry and Tina Howard W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation Robert and Dixie Huefner HERITAGE CLUB We thank our loyal Heritage Club patrons for their generous annual support.

Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson Brent and Maren Jensen Adam and Jessie Justis Jeanne M. Kimball Carole Klein and Brad Chesivoir Mary B. and Lindon Leader The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family James R. Kruse and Mary Jo Smith Shari and Bruce Lindsay Katherine Daines Lindsay Thomas and Mary McCarthey Anne Neeley and Ila Neeley Stephen and Melina Nicolatus Trevor and Amy Nielson David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Silveira Lana and Boris Petkovic Jeanie Pollack Richard and Nancy Potashner Shauna Bamberger Priskos Convergence Planning Erin and Bryan Riggsbee Mark and Melanie Robbins Margaret P. Sargent Sandefur Schmidt Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder Teresa Silcox Harris and Amanda Simmons Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom John Sklute Abigail Smith Sue and Jack Stahl Kristin and Tom Stockham Cyndie Taylor Sarah Eccles Taylor and Gary Taylor Tracy Family Roy and Lisa Vincent Susan Warshaw Jay and Alicia Wilson Edward Zipser Anonymous (2) CORPS DE BALLET $1,500 - 2,499 Peter and Alexandra Agrapides Fran Akita Alta's Rustler Lodge Stephen Anderson Bené Arnold Jordan Atkin Carol Baer Greg Baird David Barber and Greg Geilmann Liesl Basile Frances and Jerome Battle Gary Beers Vicki and Bill Bennion Joseph Broom Alison Bulson

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Individual Donors Jim and Barbara Clark Drs. Joan L. and William J. Coles Elinor and Martin Colman Wilma Corkery and John R. Corkery M.D. Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett Devin Callaway and Sarah Dehoney Metta Driscoll John Eckert Sissy Eichwald Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape LLC Jason Flower Tracy Frankel Karen L. Freed David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner Marla M. Gault Julie and Devon Glenn Jon and Tami Hansen Sandra and David Haughey Julie Hopkins Dominique Ingegneri Gordon Irving David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs Marilyn and Chester Johnson G. Frank and Pamela Joklik Kristine Jordan John S. Karls Katherine Probert Labrum Cynthia Lampropoulos and Dr. George Gourley Roxanne Christensen Lazzara Helle and Jon Le Rette David E. and Helane B. Leta Kathy Lynch Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill David and Colleen Merrill Jan Alsobrook Mitchell Edward Moreton Scott and JoAnn Narus Kirsten Novak and Mark Martinez Earthology Landscape Linda S. Pembroke Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Katie Marie Pollard Jeanne Potucek Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Nebeker Family Foundation Ogden Suzanne and David Razor Barbara Snarr Reid Vincent and Megan Rogers Howard and Kathy Rothwell Carol Ann Saikhon Mark and Linda Scholl Robert and Nancy Schumacker Michael Scolamiero Shiebler Family Foundation 50

Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry Sascha and Richard Shutkind Lou Ann Stevens Summerhays Music Brenda Thompson Raymond Vismantas Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Alan H. Weinhouse Sarah and Rich West Elaine Wolbrom Anonymous (3) The above list includes individual donations received as of March 1, 2022. MEMBERSHIP We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above. DIRECTOR $900-1499 Kenneth and Melinda Birrell Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake Louisa and Robert Boswell Brett Campbell Janice and Richard Coleman A. John Dansie John Bohnsack and Rebecca Day Teresa Edwards Eric and Shellie Eide William Etnyre and Michael Lonesome-Etnyre Elizabeth and Jack Hammond Kenneth and Kate Handley Scott Hansen and Peggy Norton Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper Jenna Herrera and Alex MacFarlan David and Linda Irvine Keefer Family Jessica and Reese Kidman Jana Leavitt Julie Lewis David and Donna Lyon Elizabeth Marcus, MD and Ira Belcove Natalie Oaks Maura and Serge Olszanskyj Elodie Payne Tim Payne Andrea and Don Peterson Kyndra and Douglas Peterson Joy Rocklin Kathe Rogers Genevieve Maire Rosol Diana Major Spencer

Heidi and Scott Spencer George and Chris Tobler Mr. and Mrs. William L. Townsend Ed Turner and Steve Baker Kevin Voyles Helen Ward Rochelle Warner Dave and Jerre Winder Anonymous (5) PRODUCER $500-899 Sara Andersen Christine B. Anderson Julia Anderson Amanda Baer Nancy and Lewis Baker Chris and Robin Bateman Keith Bateman Thomas and Mary Ann Bauman Chandra and Eric Bergeson Sharon and Michael Bertelsen Marie Bohata Ronald and Tracy Bolander Joan and Bryan Bowles Helen W. Brown Judith and Jan Brunvand Donna Burroughs Richard and Judith Cannon Linda Jo Carron Matthew Castillo Darrell and Sharon Child Susan Chilton Carol Ann Clark Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Clark Donna Conway Richard Cook Holly Cooper Ann Darling Debbie Davis Eydie and Brad DeBry Dr. Michael and Carol DeCaria Dr. Frances Dolloph and Aleisa Barber Nancy and Matt Dorny Paul and Terrell Dougan Margaret Drake Shellie Drake Richard and Pamela Dropek Jeffrey and Sarah Jane Dunn Natalie DuPaix Carole Farr Angelina Feichko Sandra Ficke-Bradford Jane Freeman Caren Frost Dr. Nancy Futrell, M.D. Dr. Martin I. and Sheila G. Gelman Geurts Family Ann and Rick Gold

Individual Donors Ceselie Goodwin Mary Gootjes and John Davis Natalie and Ted Grandy The Kent Green Family Debra and Stephen Guthery Scott and Loree Hagen Barbara Hall and John Eicholtz Michael Halloran Cynthia Hamman and Robert Robbins Katherine Harney Joel and Frances Harris Frank Heyman Laurie Hillier Drs. Ivonne and Stevan Hobfoll William K. and Janeal P. Hodges Mark and Wendi Holland Barbara Horwitz Linda Hull Elise Hutchings Karen P. Hyde Beth and Carrie Icard Jeanne Jackson Jacobs Family Judy Jones Denis Deck and Sandra Jones Helen Kennedy Timotha Ann Kent Gene and Richard Klatt Trevor Kobe Nathan Thomas and Jinna Lee Thomas and Valerie Lindley Daniel and Deena Lofgren

Carla and Brian Lynch Susan Maclean Dr. and Mrs. Ned L. Mangelson Howard Mann Amanda Maughan Susan McHugh Heather McMaster Elisabeth McOmber Traci Memmott Keith and Donna Mercer Elia Miller Heather Dawn Miller Carolyn Mizell Pat and Jim Morgan Chris Morrison Kevin Murray Marilyn Neilson Anne M. and William C. Nelsen Jack and Kathy Newton Diana Nicholson JoAnn G. Robertson Steven L. and June Anne Olsen Ronald and Camille Parker Leslie Peterson and Kevin Higgins Sandra Covey Casey Preece Revolution Gear & Truck Parts Delia and Craig Reece Scot and Celeste Roberts JoAnn Robertson Carla Rowe Barbara and Steven Schamel Laura Scott and Rodney Mena

Antonia Sears Dr. Bernard Simbari and William Barnett Anne Smith David Gray Porter Siobhan Smith John Sonnenberg Robert and Arita Sparks Kenneth W. Spitzer and Diana Stafforini Kevin and Alice Steiner David Sundwall Merlin and Joan Taylor Jefforey and Jane Thorpe Janet and Herbert Trayner Austin Tyler Rick and Chris Veit Megan Ware Mark Weisbender James Wells Donald West Sue Wilkerson Judith W. Wolfe Michael and Judith Wolfe Barbara Wolin Mary Bird and Lance Wood Richard and Marsha Workman Jolene Zito Anonymous (6) The above list includes individual donations received as of March 1, 2022.

Park City Ballet Corps We thank our Park City Ballet Corps for their support in bringing world-class ballet to Summit County. EN POINTE $25,000 AND ABOVE Hank and Diane Louis PIROUETTE $15,000 - $24,999 Keith and Nancy Rattie Lois Zambo

ALLEGRO $5,000 - $9,999 Howard and Kathy Rothwell Summit Sotheby’s International Realty

TENDU $1,500 -$ 2,499 Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Rich and Cherie Meeboer The above list includes individual donations received as of March 1, 2022.

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Artistic Impact Fund Donors We thank the below donors for their contributions to the Ballet West Artistic Impact Fund. Each gift was made specifically in support of one of three initiatives: Commissioning New Works, Commissioning New Productions, or Sponsoring National and International Touring. Peggy Bergmann Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe

John and Andrea Miller

Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker

Academy Scholarship Fund Donors We thank those who have contributed to the Ballet West Academy Scholarship Fund, spanning all four Academy campuses, with generous donations of $1,000 and above. In Memory of Robert Arbogast, from Friends, Family, and the Ballet West Guild Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas Marie Brown Samantha Topping Gellert Gordon Irving

Barbara Levy Kipper Maidee Kirkeby Dorothy McBride Jon Monk Park City Community Foundation: The Solomon Fund Courtney Rae Convergence Planning

Ryan Sargent Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder Jonathan and Liz Slager The above list includes individual donations received as of March 1, 2022..

Encore Society We honor those individuals who have made a meaningful commitment to the future of Ballet West by including the company in their estate planning. Bené Arnold Gladys Banks* Berenice J. Bradshaw* Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning Val A. Browning* Kenneth P. Burbidge, Jr.* Dr. Robert H.* and Marianne Harding Burgoyne Mary Elizabeth Colton* Orlando Coryell Debbie Davis The Donna L. Dell Trust* Kent and Martha DiFiore The Zorka D. Divich Trust* Richard and Pamela Dropek Dolores Doré Eccles* Virginia Fackrell Estate* Sid W. Foulger* Dee Gauss

Dr. Esther S. Gross* and Dr. George D. Gross* Merribeth Habegger-Anderson* Stephanie and Timothy Harpst Melissa A. Herbst* Geoffrey C. Hughes* Johann Jacobs and David Heuvel Grace Jackson* Flemming and Lana Jensen Sara Kaplan Dennis L. Kay Trust* Barry L. Keller* Cynthia Lampropoulos Family Trust Gaye Herman Marrash* Willis McCree and John Fromer Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Joy Rocklin Marian Ream*

Teresa Silcox Steven P. Sondrup* Margot Shott* Norman C. Tanner* and Barbara L. Tanner* David Tundermann* Oma W. Wagstaff* Mrs. Glen Walker Wallace* Gladys Walz* Susan Warshaw Afton B. Whitbeck* Carole M. Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Marelynn Weiss Zipser* and Edward Zipser *Indicates donor has passed away

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Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor We thank those donors who have made a gift to Ballet West in memory or in honor of the individuals listed below. IN MEMORY In Memory of Ray E. Andersen Sara Andersen In Memory of Gladys Banks Ballet West In Memory of Maxine Barnes Teresa Edwards In Memory of Janice Ione Berghout Ann Berghout Austin In Memory of Earle Robert Bevins III Linda M. Thorn Bevins In Memory of Megan Leigh Brown Marie Brown In Memory of Kevin Brown Ballet West Alvin and Gloria Charnes Steve C. Hegerfeld In Memory of Willam Christensen David Barber and Greg Geilmann In Memory of Karen Coleman Ballet West In Memory of Jacqueline Cronsberg Sandra Jennings In Memory of Donna L. Dell Ballet West In Memory of Lela and Reid Ellsworth Janet Ellsworth In Memory of John Englund Chris Jorgensen In Memory of John H. Firmage, Jr. Katherine W. Lamb In Memory of Deborah Dubinski Flamish Ballet West Guild In Memory of Mark Fry Sabrina Ahern Jerry and Karen Authier Curtis and Donna Ball Ballet West Guild Erica and Travis Barker Mary Barnes Roger and Barbara Beau George and Ellen Berg Jack Berg Gayle and Richard Berg Nora Bergan Steven and JJ Burnham John Cavanah Diane Christy Chris Costello Gordon and Teresa Doig Libby Dreier Colleen Dwars Donald and Gwen Eels Lon and Roseanne Ewing 54

Shane D. Feiman Arnold and Joyce Fencl Robert and Linda Fischer Wyeth Friday and Donna McCullough Clark Fry Wenda Fry David and Susan Fuls David and Sue Gates Sharon and James Gelhaus Thomas and Ann Gordon Mary K. Grande Nancy Greenberg Tyler and Mari Hamm Mark and Carolyn Hansen Elizabeth Harrison James and Joan Hyde Sarah Jee Rebecca Johnston Jill and Kirk Kinnear James and Rita Koll LuAnne Lathrop Kevin Lincoln Ronald and Sheila Lund Craig and Cheryl Lyon Kathryn Magli Maxine Manni Michelle Mapes Kari Marks Gary and Lori May Carol Mosley Joel and Jerlene Mosley Chaz, Shawn, Ashton, Preston and Colton Parmley Jean Peterson Sharyl Peterson John and Ardis Reiss Nancy Richardson Penni Jo Romero Paige Schladetsch Stanley and Malia Schleifer Kristy Schweitz Marci Sesker Kevin and Roxanne Straub Larry and Elizabeth Strenge Nina Swanson Stephen and Kaye Van Gilder David and June Voldseth Wayson Family Farms Kathleen and Thomas Weichel Don and Peggy Weideman Yvonne Weideman Eugene and Nancy Wehrheim Marlene Whiting Julie Whitworth

Susan Wilson Howard and Carol Zehntner Bethany Lutheran Church Ponderosa Elementary School "Quest for Authentic Manhood" Brothers at Bethany Lutheran in Elkhorn, Omaha, NE Trinity Lutheran Church Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Yoked Parish Churches Anonymous In Memory of Dorothy Lee Erkelens Gibby Robert R. Gibby In Memory of Rozell Henrie Karen Nichols In Memory of Joann Jensen Paul R. Johnson In Memory of Tony Lazzara Ballet West In Memory of Dorothy McBride William and Joanne Shiebler In Memory of Wendy Barlow McNatt Patricia Barlow In Memory of Peter Durkee Meldrum Ballet West In Memory of Anne Merrick John Merrick In Memory of Jed Moss Ballet West Betsy Hijazi In Memory of Lynette Myler Marie Bohata In Memory of Sara Nelson Brad and Teresa Nolen In Memory of Emily Johnson Ott Mark Ott In Memory of Rhoda Ramsey Rochelle Warner In Memory of Luana G. Richards Cassie Mosier In Memory of Carol Ann Robertson Anonymous In Memory of Roy W. Ryan Shirley Veit In Memory of Rulynn Skidmore Andrea Skidmore In Memory of Steven P. Sondrup Ballet West In Memory of Walter Stoker Julie Lewis In Memory of Min and Raymond Stevenson Tamara Denning

Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor In Memory of Barbara L. Tanner Ballet West In Memory of Reagan Tolboe Jim and Barbara Clark Thomas and Mary McCarthey Dennis Rocheleau The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation Leslie Stone In Memory of David Tundermann Ballet West In Memory of Walker Wallace Ballet West IN HONOR In Honor of Bruce Caldwell Kenny and Janeal Hodges In Honor of Abbigail Carpenter Lynn and Sharee Birrell In Honor of Peter Christie Joel and Frances Harris In Honor of Carmelita Clawson Michael Clawson In Honor of Jennifer Clayton David Clayton, MD In Honor of the Curtis Children Robert and Caprene Curtis

In Honor of Shelly Cordova Ballet West Senior Steps Participants In Honor of Linden Ebling Carol Clasby In Honor of Aerilyn Grotepas Tonya Grotepas In Honor of Rachael Darden Harper Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper In Honor of Dr. Joel M. Harris Carolyn and Dennis Bernard In Honor of Lucas Horns Gordon Irving In Honor of Madeline Howell Karen Freed In Honor of Johann Jacobs Gerald M. Lazar In Honor of Jennifer Malherbe Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker In Honor of Elliott Mumm Anita Harding In Honor of Joy Rocklin Mary Gootjes and John Davis In Honor of Nicole Ryujin Ravindra Gangadat In Honor of Judith C. Scott Douglas Scott

In Honor of Anne Marie Smith and Family Laura and Martin deLannoy In Honor of Susan Torgesen Smith Joshua Smith In Honor of Adam Sklute Anonymous In Honor of Dean and Dina Tilton Carol Ann Saikhon In Honor of Alexis and Talia Thorum Julie Thorum In Honor of Jaclyn Weisenbeck Anonymous In Honor of Isabel Wilcox Amy Wilcox In Honor of William Wood Jr. John and Michelle Flynn In Honor of the Gifted Artists of Ballet West Michelle McDonough In Honor of Jared Oaks and the Members of the Ballet West Orchestra Kenny and Janeal Hodges

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Liz Crawford, Chief Financial Officer Misha Eady-Harbold, Director of Company Management & Touring Felicia Cowan, Director of Human Resources Teri Percy, Assistant to the Executive Director and Board Liaison Jennifer Bailey, Senior Accounting Manager Madeline Harris, Accounting Coordinator

ARTISTIC STAFF

Pamela Robinson Harris, Principal Rehearsal Director Jane Victorine Wood, Interim Principal Rehearsal Director Bruce Caldwell, Rehearsal Director and Company Archivist Calvin Kitten, Director of Ballet West II and Assistant Rehearsal Director Nicolo Fonte, Resident Choreographer Reuben Lehr, Artistic Operations Manager Courtney Hellebuyck, Academy Artistic Liaison

COSTUME PRODUCTION

Jason Hadley, Director of Costume Production Cindy Farrimond, Costume Shop Manager Barbara Arcolio, Head Stitcher Mary Kay Feicht, Vicki Goslin, Raincrow, Stitchers David Heuvel, Director of Costume Production Emeritus

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Peter Christie, Director of Education and Outreach Dana Rossi, Education Associate /Assistant Director, I CAN DO Heather Fryxell, Associate Director, Adaptive Dance Shelly Cordova, Assistant Director, Senior Steps/ Forward Steps Silas Campos, Manager, Education and Outreach

Virtual and Technology Programs Jessica Baynes, Shelly Cordova, Ashley Creek, Lauren Devall, Jennifer Heighton, Sarah Lovett, Stacey Mahan, Wendee Fideledey-McCulloch, Moisés Próspero, Elease Stice, Alicia Trump, Ashlee Vilos, Trisha Wilstead, Educators

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Andrew Goldberg, Senior Director, External Affairs Natalie Cope, Director of Development Jyn Van Putten, Manager of Foundations and Government Giving Bretleigh Sandorf, Annual Giving Manager Deanna Richardson, Project Manager, External Affairs Heather Nowlin, Senior Manager of Communications and Publications Lisa Jensen, Retail Sales and Boutique Manager Beau Pearson, Photographer and Videographer Matthew Barrett, Graphic Designer

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Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, Director, Ballet West Academy Sarah Taylor, Director of Business Operations Katherine Lawrence, Principal, Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre Campus Heather Thackeray, Principal, Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation Thanksgiving Point Campus at Lehi Allison DeBona, Principal, Peggy Bergmann Park City Campus Catherine Batcheller, Principal Faculty and Artistic Engagement Coordinator Courtney Hellebuyck, Children’s Rehearsal Director Stacey Mahan, Principal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Faculty, Associate Director of Curriculum Coordinator Jeff Rogers, Principal Faculty Director of Academy Men’s Program Christopher Sellars, Principal Faculty, and Trainee Coordinator Jessica Baynes, Full-time Faculty and Costume Coordinator Jennifer Hildreth, Senior Academy Operations Manager Jenny Lowell, Trolley Corners Campus Operations Manager Kendra Rangel, Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation Lehi Campus Administrator Jordan DeBona, Summer Intensive Coordinator Hannah Lowell, Sasha Lowell, Administrative Assistants Samantha Abrahamson, Katlyn Addison, Silver Barkes, Jazz Bynum, Bruce Caldwell, Silas Campos Jenna Clark, Natalie Desch, Jennifer Fjeldsted, Adrian Fry, Samantha Gomm, Kimberly Hansen, Jenna Rae Herrera, Chelsea Keefer, Lindsey Larsen, Deborah Latimer, Vinicius Lima, Alex MacFarlan, Kathryn Morgan, Hope Parker, Shelby Rambo, Ashleigh Richardson, Rylee Rogers, Abby Rubin, Autumn Ryskoski, Samira Saeed, Caedy Sajdowitz, Mary Ann Schaefer, Connie Smith, Stefanie Spiece, Eunice Kim Stafford, Scout Sutton, Layla Terrell, Jessica Thompson, Rex Tilton, Jordan Veit, Kristina Weimer, Elizabeth Weldon, Natalie Whitney, Claire Wilson, Nichele Woods, Faculty Nicholas Maughan, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, Max Hall, John Rukavina, Joshua Whitehead, Rob Wood, JamieLynn Zollinger, Accompanists Maggie Wright-Tesch, U of U/BW Joint Trainee Liaison

MUSIC

Jared Oaks, Music Director Seretta Hart, Orchestra Manager Nicholas Maughan, Company Pianist Grigoriy Ayrapetov, Principal Academy Pianist, Associate Rehearsal Pianist Rob Wood, Company Class Pianist Max Hall, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, John Rukavina, Brian Rappal Kimball Whitaker, Academy Pianists

TECHNICAL PRODUCTION

Michael Andrew Currey, Director of Production Michael McCulloch, Production Stage Manager Angelina Pellini, Stage Manager and Production Operations Coordinator Robert Clifford, Technical Director / Head Carpenter Joshua Belka, Assistant Carpenter James K. Larsen, Head Electrician Corey Cresswell, Assistant Electrician Cory A. Thorell, Properties Master Jacquelin Bryce, Wardrobe Supervisor Emily Fowler, Wardrobe Assistant Yancey J. Quick, Wig Master Members of IATSE Local 99 Run of Show Crew

TICKETING AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

Jack E Stahl Associate Director of Technology and Ticketing Natalie Thorpe, Senior Manager of Patron Services Jane Harris, Patron Services, and Group Sales Lead Advisor, Andrew Wilson, Assistant Manager, Patron Services Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) company.

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House Rules To ensure the enjoyment of the majority of our patrons who arrive on time, and in deference to the artists, latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium until there is an appropriate pause in the performance. During some productions, this pause may not occur until the end of the first act. • Ballet West places the highest priority on the health and safety of our patrons, dancers, and staff. We are thrilled to welcome back live audiences! For the 2021/22 Season, face masks are required for all attendees, regardless of age or vaccination status. Ballet West reserves the right to change or amend the health policy for performances in the future. • All casting is subject to change. • For your own safety and the safety of other patrons, please do not exit the Theatre before the house lights are up. • Any use of cameras and recording equipment in the Theatre, which is not authorized by the management, is strictly prohibited. • No smoking, eating or drinking is permitted in the auditorium. • Lost articles may be claimed at security. • Anyone expecting emergency calls is urged to leave their seat locations and cell phones with the house manager.

• Please silence all electronic time pieces and cell phones for the period of the performance. • Masks covering the mouth and nose must be worn at all times in Capitol Theatre and during the performance. • At the conclusion of the performance, please remain in your seats.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION INFORMATION

In the event of an emergency, please REMAIN SEATED and listen to information given by management and ushers. ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre offers assistive listening devices free of charge and may be checked out at the coat check counter located in the lobby.

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