Firebird

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With and the World Premiere of

FEVER DREAM

Ballet West The Firebird

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Sponsors Ballet West Board of Directors About Ballet West Firebird From the Artistic Director From the Executive Director Casting Ballet West Orchestra Profiles Dancer Profiles Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy Wellness Partners Corporate, Foundation, and Government Individual Donors Academy Scholarship Fund Donors Encore Society Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor Ballet West Staff House Rules

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PRODUCTION SPONSORS We sincerely thank our generous sponsors for making this production possible.

Ballet West dedicates this production to the memory of Herbert Livsey, a longtime advocate for Ballet West known for his service to the community.

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Adam Sklute

THE COMPANY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Michael Scolamiero EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

THE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

PRINCIPALS

Emily Adams, Katlyn Addison, Hadriel Diniz, Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, Jenna Rae Herrera, Amy Potter, Jordan Veit FIRST SOLOIST

Chelsea Keefer SOLOISTS

David Huffmire, Kristina Pool, Victoria Vassos, Brian Waldrep DEMI-SOLOISTS

Dominic Ballard, Nicole Fannéy, Olivia Gusti, Vinicius Lima, Kazlyn Nielsen, Jake Preece ARTISTS Stella Birkinshaw, Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Beau Chesivoir, Kye Cooley, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Anderson Duhan, Maren Florence, Robert Fowler, Jacob Hancock, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Rylee Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Tatiana Stevenson, Loren Walton, Claire Wilson BALLET WEST II

Olivia Book, Alexis Bull, Kai Casperson, Jaya Dhand, Luca Freudenberg, Lund Fuller, Victor Galeana, Mikayla Gyfteas, Schuyler Lian, Lexi McCloud, Andre McGregor II, Philipp Mergener, Anna Murray, Kaeli Ware

ARTISTIC STAFF Jared Oaks

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Pamela Robinson-Harris PRINCIPAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Jane Victorine Wood

INTERIM PRINCIPAL REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Michele Gifford

ASSISTANT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Nicholas Maughan

PRINCIPAL COMPANY PIANIST

Bruce Caldwell

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR AND ARCHIVIST

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DIRECTOR OF BALLET WEST II/ REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Michael McCulloch

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Reuben Lehr

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS MANAGER/ ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Michael Andrew Currey DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION

Jason Hadley

DIRECTOR OF COSTUME PRODUCTION

Liz Wiand

STAGE MANAGER/ PRODUCTION OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Courtney Hellebuyck

STUDENT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

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Board of Directors OFFICERS: Chair Shari H. Quinney*

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Vice Chair Sarah Eccles Taylor* Ballet Instructor

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Secretary Rachele McCarthey* Psychiatrist University of Utah Artistic Director Adam Sklute* Ballet West Executive Director Michael Scolamiero* Ballet West BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT LARGE: Cole Adams CEO Fat Fish Media

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About Ballet West From Balanchine to Bournonville, 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 as unexpected as the Rocky Mountain region it represents.

From its humble beginnings in 1963 as the only professional ballet company between Chicago and the West Coast, Ballet West has grown into one of America’s leading ballet companies.

For 60 years, the Salt Lake City-based Company has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting the great classical story ballets, including America’s first and longest-running version of The Nutcracker, revivals of rarelyseen historical masterpieces, works by some of the world’s most renowned artists, and new cutting-edge creations by emerging choreographers. The Company also regularly tours both nationally and internationally.

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Ballet West was established in Salt Lake City by co-founders Willam F. Christensen, often called the “Godfather of American ballet,” and Utah’s “First Lady of the Arts,” Glenn Walker Wallace.

In 1951, Christensen established the first ballet department in an American university at The University of Utah. Over time, this program grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation. Prior to that, along with his brothers, Lew and Harold, Christensen made history by establishing the oldest full-ballet company in the western United States, the San Francisco Ballet.

Since its inception, Ballet West has had five artistic directors, who have each helped build the Company’s unique and expansive profile – its founder, Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks, John Hart CBE, Jonas Kåge, and for the past 16 years, Adam Sklute, who has overseen the artistic product for the longest sustained growth of the Company since its founding. Ballet West continues to grow and evolve with 38 company members, 14 second company members, a thriving Academy, and one of the world’s largest ballet-based Education and Outreach programs, reaching over 100,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year.

The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West (BW) Academy builds future ballet and dance artists and audiences by providing training in classical ballet, flamenco, character, contemporary, hip-hop, and theatrical dance training. The BW Academy has over 1,000 students between its four campuses, Salt Lake City, Trolley Corners, Park City, and Utah County. With newlyrenovated student housing, the BW Academy is home to local, national, and international ballet students, with more than 50% of BW Academy students joining Ballet West.

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With this eclectic and ever-expanding outlook, Ballet West is truly an American pioneer in dance. By honoring the history and traditions of our great artform, while constantly moving forward with new and untried concepts, we continue to keep ballet in Utah and the world alive and thriving into the 21st Century and beyond.

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THE FIREBIRD

Choreography: Willam Christensen Music: Igor Stravinsky Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Music Director: Jared Oaks Intermission

FEVER DREAM

Choreography and Musical Composition: Joshua Whitehead Intermission

STARS & STRIPES

Choreography: George Balanchine Music: John Phillip Souza, as arranged by Hershy Kay Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Conducted by Jared Oaks (11/3, 11/9, 11/11 (EVE.) Guest Conductor: Gabriel Gordon (11/4, 11/11 (MAT.) This program lasts 1 hour and 52 minutes, with two intermissions Ballet West dedicates this program to the memory of Herbert C. Livsey

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From the Artistic Director Welcome to the second program of our 60th Anniversary season, which is also a tribute to our founder, Willam Christensen (Mr. C).

Firebird is a triptych of works that celebrate the scope and vision of Mr. C, who was known internationally as the “Godfather of American ballet.” Born and raised in Brigham City, Utah, the Christensen brothers studied ballet and social dance from an early age. In the 1920s, they toured America with their wives in Vaudeville. They trained with renowned choreographers and teachers of the day such as Michel Fokine a young George Balanchine, and in the late 1930s, Mr. C founded the first full ballet company in America, the San Francisco Ballet, with the support of the famed founder of the San Francisco Opera, Gaetano Merolo. In San Francisco, Mr. C created the first American productions of Swan Lake, Coppelia, and The Nutcracker. In the early 1950s, Mr. C moved back to Utah, founding the first full ballet program in any university, The University of Utah’s Ballet Department - out of which was born The Utah Civic Ballet in 1963, later renamed Ballet West – to serve the entire Intermountain Region. For 60 years now, Ballet West has followed Mr. C’s lead to bring the highest quality, most diverse repertoire to the public in Utah and around the world, so I have selected this program’s repertoire to celebrate and honor that broad vision.

The program opens with Mr. C’s own version of the historic masterpiece, The Firebird.

Based on the traditional Russian fairy tale of a magical red bird who rescues a prince from monsters and then leads him to the woman he ends up marrying, The Firebird was originally commissioned in 1910 by the great Serge Diaghilev for his groundbreaking Paris company, Les Ballets Russes. The work had extravagant costumes by Avant Garde artist of the time Leon Bakst, a now-iconic musical score by a young Igor Stravinsky, and choreography by Ballets Russes’ most celebrated choreographer, Michel Fokine. The work was an instant hit. In 1949, George Balanchine produced a version of this now-revered ballet as a way of building audiences for his newly-established New York City Ballet. For this production, Balanchine used spectacular designs by Marc Chagall. In 1967, Mr. C, who had been a pupil of both Fokine and Balanchine, decided to produce his own version of The Firebird. I think it’s one of Mr. C’s best works, with sets and costumes by Ronald Crosby and his special brand of theatricality and showmanship. It has been lovingly re-staged

by BW Archivist and Rehearsal Director Bruce Caldwell, who celebrates his own landmark 62 years with Mr. C and Ballet West.

In a very different way, I chose to celebrate Mr. C with the world premiere of former Ballet West Demi-Soloist Joshua Whitehead’s creation, Fever Dream. For this work, Whitehead, who began with Ballet West as one of our very first Ballet West Academy Trainees, went on to have an extensive and powerful career as a dancer with the company for 12 years. Whitehead is a multi-talented individual as a photographer, videographer, and composer, actually composing the music for this new work, along 16

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From the Artistic Director with the choreography. Fever Dream is a non-narrative work that immerses us in the world of dreams and the distorted and exaggerated way dreams represent our very common feelings and experiences. He first produced this ballet as a draft for the Ballet West Academy/artÉmotion 2022 Choreographic Workshop. I was so taken with his artistic voice that I commissioned him to fully produce Fever Dream on the main Ballet West company. I wanted to recognize Mr. C›s commitment to new works by producing this creation. He was always championing new choreographers, working to expose our audiences to the very best of ballet, be it classic or contemporary.

Finally, we close the program with our revival of George Balanchine’s unabashed celebration of America, Stars & Stripes, created in 1958. This joyous, high energy, and technically demanding one-act ballet is a tour-de-force showpiece for any company and really shows off the strength on the entire ensemble. With music by the “March King” John-Philip Souza, as arranged by Hershy Kay, it is both pure classical ballet and tongue-in-cheek hijinks both elegant and funny. On a poetic note, at Ballet West’s first formal performance, Mr. Balanchine sent his principal artists, Melissa Hayden and Jacques D’Amboise, the original leads in Stars & Stripes, to perform the featured pas de deux on that opening performance. I also programmed this ballet to celebrate the world class company that Mr. C created and hopefully honor him as we move his company into the next 60 years.

Willam Christensen’s story is uniquely American and his company in turn is a reflection of that pioneering spirit. All of us at Ballet West are proud to honor Mr. C’s achievements and consider his legacy with every forward, future step we take.

Thank you for your support and patronage,

Adam Sklute Artistic Director, Ballet West The Willam Christensen Director’s Chair Sponsored by Peggy Bergmann

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 This series of three vastly different works marks the second season in which Ballet West has followed its opening program with a mixed repertoire program.

This represents an exciting period of growth for the organization, bringing more dance to our audiences and giving our incredible artists an opportunity to showcase their versatility and musicality, not to mention their incredible technique. Equally exciting is how quickly the public has embraced the expansion of Ballet West’s season, with subscriptions growing robustly year after year. Ballet West audience trends are not only encouraging, they are at odds with what many arts organizations are facing since bringing their art back to live audiences after the pandemic. Clearly, Utah wants live performances and especially those offered by their beloved Ballet West!

In putting together this special anniversary season, Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute has programmed a mix of familiar and new as well as audience favorites. This evening’s program pays tribute to our founder, Willam Christensen, with his 1967 The Firebird, set to Stravinsky’s iconic score. Former demi-soloist Josh Whitehead, also an accomplished composer in addition to being an innovative and talented choreographer, brings us Fever Dream, a work that originated as a commission from the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy artÉmotion for its choreographic workshop in 2022 and which he now reimagined for our company Closing the program is the popular Stars & Stripes by George Balanchine, a colleague and friend of Mr. C who supported Christensen’s work in the field in many respects. With its large cast and rousing patriotic score by John Philip Souza and arranged by Hershy Kay, Stars & Stripes will have you leaving the theater humming.

Looking ahead, the Company’s long-awaited return to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts later this month kicks off The Nutcracker season. All told, Ballet West will delight audiences with 35 performances of the nation’s first Nutcracker in Washington, D.C., Ogden, and Salt Lake City. Sales for the run at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre are strong, so delay getting your tickets at your own peril!

The excitement around the 60th anniversary is palpable in so many ways. Aside from the electric performances by our dancers and strong demand for tickets, our work in the community remains more vibrant than ever. Ballet West serves more than 100,000 children and adults annually in schools, retirement communities, substance abuse treatment centers, and at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre. Ballet West is an integral part of the fabric of life in Utah and none of what we do would be possible without your tremendous support and generosity. All of us at Ballet West salute the

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From the Executive Director role you play in making our beloved company one of America’s most highly respected and cherished dance organizations. Thank you for 60 wonderful years and we hope we earn your continued support for many years to come.

With sincere gratitude,

Michael Scolamiero Executive Director Michael Scolamiero joined Ballet West 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, which raised $11.9 million (against a $10 million goal) to build an endowment and fund repertoire expansion.

At Ballet West, Mr. Scolamiero has played a key role in transforming the organization’s financial health.

No longer using external financing to meet cash needs, Ballet West’s balance sheet is strong after realizing operating surpluses for three consecutive fiscal years. Mr. Scolamiero is currently working with the Board and management on a new strategic plan that will serve as a blueprint for Ballet West’s aspirations as the organization enters its 60th season and beyond.

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In Memory Herbert C. Livsey, friend and supporter of Ballet West for over 30 years, passed away on Sept. 12, 2023. Herb was born August 20, 1941 and grew up in Salt Lake City. He attended the University of Utah and obtained his Juris Doctor from S.J. Quinney College of Law. He also obtained a Master of Laws LLM at New York University. He and Wilma Smith Livsey had six children. As a lawyer at Ray Quinney & Nebeker, Herb was handpicked by Joe Quinney to help administer the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Family Foundation. Herb also provided legal services for the Janet Q. Lawson Foundation, Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation, and the JoAnne L. Shrontz Foundation.

Herb loved the arts and served on the Utah Opera and Utah Symphony Board. Although no one can be certain, and perhaps it was a dare, many years ago, Herb was casted as one of the Toreadors (living stage prop) in Bizet’s Carmen.

Sometime in the early 2000’s Ballet West desired to construct a new dance academy in Sugarhouse. The Quinney family, as well as others pledged their support for its design and construction. Through that process, Ballet West began to envision a dance academy next to the Capital Theatre instead of the Sugarhouse location. At that time the Capital Theatre was about to celebrate its 100 anniversary and was showing its age. Additionally, the Theatre had limited restrooms and ADA accessibility. A vision of what we all enjoy today was hatched.

With tax credits about to expire, Herb worked with the Ballet and Salt Lake County to create a novel solution that married donors pledge agreements with new long-term financing. After all this work, there was a monetary shortfall and the project appeared doomed. As often happens in the best stories, at the darkest moments something magical happens. In this case, donors who believe in this community and the importance of the arts stepped forward. One after another they increased their support and backed Herb’s solution. And as they like to say, the rest is history. The Ballet is grateful to Herb and so many others who continually support our mission and vision forward.

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Casting

THE FIREBIRD Choreography: Willam Christensen Music: Igor Stravinsky Staging: Bruce Caldwell Scenic and Costume Design: Ronald Crosby Lighting Design: James K. Larsen Masks: Logan Long Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Conducted by Music Director: Jared Oaks World Premiere: October 25, 1967, Ballet West, Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Synopsis In a deep forest, encircled by a carved golden wall, is the castle of the sinister King Kostchei. In front of the wall are rows of statues – knights turned to stone while attempting to rescue their sweethearts, held hostage by the corrupt King Kostchei.

Outside this wall grows a tree of golden apples.

Ivan Tsarevich, a young prince, enters the garden. As he examines the gigantic wall, a remarkable bird flies down to feed on the golden apples. The bird is like no other, bearing feathers of flame and emanating an aura of magic. Ivan, fascinated by the illuminated creature, succeeds in catching her. She begs for freedom and, in a measure of kindness, he releases her. In gratitude, the Firebird gives Ivan one of her feathers and tells him that if he is ever in trouble, he need only wave it to summon her.

As the Firebird flies away, the gates in the wall open, ushering in 13 beautiful princesses to dance and play in the moonlight. The evil King Kostchei allows his captive maidens one hour of freedom each day. If they do not return, they will die.

The Tsarevna, the loveliest of all the princesses, entrances Ivan, and he leaves his hiding place to meet her. They dance together and then part with a vow of love as the princesses return to the depths of the castle.

Ivan, determined to save his beautiful Tsarevna, attempts to open the gates when suddenly the garden is filled with grotesque monsters who seize him. King Kostchei appears and begins to turn Ivan to stone. In desperation, Ivan waves the Firebird’s feather. The wonderous bird arrives and lulls the monsters to sleep. She reveals the hiding place of a great egg, which holds the soul of Kostchei’s power. Ivan breaks the egg, thus destroying King Kostchei and freeing the princesses.

The evil kingdom vanishes and the enchanted statues of the knights come back to life and reclaim their princesses as Ivan and Tsarevna are married.

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Casting 11/3, 11/9, 11/11 (EVE.) Scene I: The Enchanted Forest The Firebird ........................................................................................... Katlyn Addison Ivan Tsarevich (Prince)................................................................................Hadriel Diniz The Tsarevna (Princess).............................................................................Emily Adams The Kostchei (Evil Magician).................................................................. Dominic Ballard Princesses................................... Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Nicole Fannéy, Olivia Gusti, Kristina Pool, Rylee Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Tatiana Stevenson, Victoria Vassos, Claire Wilson Monsters...........................................Beau Chesivoir, Anderson Duhan, Jacob Hancock, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Jake Preece, Loren Walton Wolves.......................................................................Stella Birkinshaw, Maren Florence Insects......................................................................Luca Freudenberg, Kai Casperson, Mikayla Gyfteas, Kaeli Ware Scene II: Coronation Scene The Firebird, Ivan Tsarevich, The Tsarevna, Princesses, plus: The Priest................................................................................................ Robert Fowler Princes................................................................ Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, David Huffmire, Vinicius Lima, Jordan Veit, Brian Waldrep Pages..................................................... Elaina Blackburn, Lilia Horrocks, Nora Jeppsen, Ana Soares (11/3, 11/4), Micah Rose Walter (11/9, 11/11)

11/4, 11/11 (MAT.)

Scene I: The Enchanted Forest The Firebird ................................................................................................. Amy Potter Ivan Tsarevich (Prince)................................................................................. Jordan Veit The Tsarevna (Princess).......................................................................... Kazlyn Nielsen The Kostchei (Evil Magician)............................................................................Tyler Gum Princesses................................... Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Nicole Fannéy, Olivia Gusti, Kristina Pool, Rylee Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Tatiana Stevenson, Victoria Vassos, , Claire Wilson Monsters.............................................. Beau Chesivoir, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler Jacob Hancock, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Loren Walton Wolves.......................................................................Stella Birkinshaw, Maren Florence Insects......................................................................Luca Freudenberg, Kai Casperson, Mikayla Gyfteas, Kaeli Ware Scene II: Coronation Scene The Firebird, Ivan Tsarevich, The Tsarevna, Princesses, plus: The Priest................................................................................................... Jake Preece Princes........................................................... Dominic Ballard, Hadriel Diniz, Adrian Fry, David Huffmire, Vinicius Lima, Brian Waldrep Pages................................................... Elaina Blackburn, Lilia Horrocks, Nora Jeppsen, Ana Soares (11/3, 11/4), Micah Rose Walter (11/9, 11/11) 23–24 SEASON

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FEVER DREAM Choreography: Joshua Whitehead Musical Composition: Joshua Whitehead Costume Design: Jason Hadley Lighting Design: James K. Larsen World Premiere: Nov. 3, 2023, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah Fever Dream is an enthralling contemporary ballet that takes the audience on a journey through a dreamlike world. Sequel to Whispers of the Sandman, Fever Dream delves into the surreal and sometimes unsettling realm of the subconscious mind. The story revolves around a dreamer who is torn between his desire to escape from the mundane aspects of his day-to-day life and the eerie allure of the dream world.

With evocative choreography that seamlessly blends classical ballet with elements of hip-hop and contemporary dance, the audience is mesmerized by the fluidity and artistry of the dancers. The distinctive use of the color red to represent key characters adds a visually striking element to the production. As the dreamer navigates through this hypnotic and mysterious landscape, the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, leaving both him and the audience captivated in this compelling Fever Dream.

11/3, 11/9, 11/11 (EVE.) Hadriel Diniz, Jordan Veit Emily Adams, Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Beau Chesivoir, Amelia Dencker, Nicole Fannéy, Robert Fowler, Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, Olivia Gusti, Vinicius Lima, Kristina Pool, Amy Potter, Jake Preece, Rylee Ann Rogers, Tatiana Stevenson, Loren Walton, Claire Wilson

11/4, 11/11 (MAT.) David Huffmire, William Lynch Katlyn Addison, Dominic Ballard, Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Isabella Corridon Amelia Dencker, Anderson Duhan, Maren Florence, Tyler Gum, Jacob Hancock, Jenna Rae Herrera, Joseph Lynch, Kazlyn Nielsen, Anisa Sinteral, Victoria Vassos, Jordan Veit, Loren Walton, Claire Wilson

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STARS & STRIPES Choreography: George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust Music: John Philip Sousa, as arranged by Hershy Kay Staging: Colleen Neary Costume Design: Karinska Lighting Design: James K. Larsen Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra conducted by Music Director: Jared Oaks (11/3, 11/9, 11/11 EVE.) Guest Conductor: Gabriel Gordon (11/4, 11/11 MAT.) World Premiere: Jan. 17, 1958, New York City Ballet, New York Utah Premiere: Sept. 28, 1983, Capitol Theatre, Revival April 2010 The performance of Stars and Stripes, a Balanchine Ballet® is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust® and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service Standards® established and provided by the Trust.

This ballet, more than any other, symbolizes George Balanchine’s deep love and respect for America. He and Hershy Kay selected several of John Philip Sousa’s marches and used them in working out what can only be described as a balletic parade. The Five Campaigns, or movements, of this ballet use the following marches: Corcuran Cadets (1st Regiment), Thunder and Gladiator (2nd Regiment), Rifle Regiment (3rd Regiment), Liberty Bell and El Capitan (Pas de Deux), Stars and Stripes (Finale). This is quintessential Balanchine – pure, elegant, challenging, classical ballet presented with lighthearted and fun-loving showmanship.

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Casting 11/3, 11/9, 11/11 (EVE.) First Campaign: Corcoran Cadets Kristina Pool Stella Birkinshaw, Olivia Book, Jazz Khai Bynum, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Jaya Dhand, Maren Florence, Schuyler Lian, Lexi McCloud, Anna Murray, Kazlyn Nielsen, Tatiana Stevenson Second Campaign: Thunder and Gladiator Amy Potter Alexis Bull, Lillian Casscells, Kye Cooley, Nicole Fannéy, Mikayla Gyfteas, Olivia Gusti, Callie Herbert, Riley Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Victoria Vassos, Claire Wilson, Kaeli Ware Third Campaign: Rifle Regiment Tyler Gum Dominic Ballard, Beau Chesivoir, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler, Luca Freudenberg, Jacob Hancock, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Jake Preece, Loren Walton Fourth Campaign: Liberty Bell and El Capitan Jenna Rae Herrera, David Huffmire Fifth Campaign: Stars and Stripes Full Cast

11/4, 11/11 (MAT.) Frist Campaign: Corcoran Cadets Jenna Rae Herrera Stella Birkinshaw, Olivia Book, Jazz Khai Bynum, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Jaya Dhand, Maren Florence, Schuyler Lian, Lexi McCloud, Anna Murray, Kazlyn Nielsen, Tatiana Stevenson Second Campaign: Thunder and Gladiator Katlyn Addison Alexis Bull, Lillian Casscells, Kye Cooley, Nicole Fannéy, Mikayla Gyfteas, Olivia Gusti, Callie Herbert, Riley Ann Rogers, Anisa Sinteral, Victoria Vassos, Claire Wilson, Kaeli Ware Third Campaign: Rifle Regiment William Lynch Dominic Ballard, Beau Chesivoir, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler, Luca Freudenberg, Victor Galeana, Jacob Hancock, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Jake Preece, Loren Walton Fourth Campaign: Liberty Bell and El Capitan Emily Adams, Hadriel Diniz Fifth Campaign: Stars and Stripes Full Cast

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Ballet West Orchestra Jared Oaks MUSIC DIRECTOR

Seretta Hart ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Nicholas Maughan ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER

Piano Soloist Vedrana Subotic

Bass Matthew Shumway Principal Lola Maxham Liz Lambson

Trombone Will Kimball Principal Steven Hunter Neil Hendriksen

Flute/Piccolo Alison Olsen Principal Sally Humphreys Drew Powell* Oboe/ English Horn Karen Hastings* Justin Torres

Euphonium Matt Boehme*

1st Violin Emily Day-Shumway Acting Concertmaster Kathryn Langr Peggy Wheelwright Marcel Bowman Melissa Draper* Amy Oswald* Micah Fleming* Shenea Anderson* 2nd Violin Krista Utrilla Principal David Price Rachel Karr Ann Cox Gail Picha Donni Evans* Viola Sunny Johnson Principal Katie Bradford Candace Wagner Devan Freebairn Mallory Todd* Cello Lauren Posey Principal Cassie Olson Robin Dunn Hannah Brown Megan Richards*

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Clarinet Erin Voellinger Principal David Feller Henry Caceras* Bassoon Brian Hicks Principal Christopher Egbert Horn Laurence Lowe Principal Steve Park Nathan Basinger Anita Miller* Trumpet Kyra Sovronsky Principal Sara Marchetti Seretta Hart* Lisa Verzella*

Tuba Michael Mccawley Principal Timpani Anthony Thackeray* Piano Kimi Kawashima* Percussion Heath Wolf Principal Kenny Hodges Nathan Hurst* Harp Janet Peterson Principal *denotes substitute musician

Ballet West Orchestra Jared Oaks, one of the leading young ballet conductors in the United States, is Music Director of Ballet West. Since joining the company in 2008, Jared has maintained a rigorous conducting schedule, in addition to playing for rehearsals and classes. He has conducted performances for Houston Ballet and The Sarasota Ballet, and he has worked with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, among others.

Jared’s numerous compositions include an oratorio about Joan of Arc, with poems by Suzanne Lundquist, and chamber ballets for Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, and Mid-Columbia Ballet. Jared is also a fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and co-founder of the Composer Discovery Initiative.

Gabriel Gordon made his professional conducting debut in 1998 and has since enjoyed a varied career conducting across the United States, Australia, and Europe. Mr. Gordon has conducted the Santa Fe Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, Santa Fe Opera, NEXT Ensemble, NOVA Chamber Series, Chamber Orchestra Ogden, and made his Ballet West debut last year. He currently is Cover Conductor for Ballet West, conducts The New American Philharmonic, is the Orchestra Director at Syracuse Arts Academy, is the Artistic Director for the Ogden Bach Festival, and is a Board Member of the Davis Arts Council.

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Profiles WILLAM CHRISTENSEN

Choreographer, The Firebird

Recognized as one of the leading pioneers in American dance, Willam Christensen, known affectionately as “Mr. C,” played a key role in the artistic contributions to Utah and to the United States. Along with brothers Lew and Harold, Mr. C began his career with dance lessons from his uncle at the Christensen Academy in Brigham City, Utah. Together, the brothers went on to a professional career in Vaudeville, and then in 1937, they established the oldest ballet company in the United States, the San Francisco Ballet. While with the San Francisco Ballet, Mr. C choreographed the first full-length version of The Nutcracker ballet ever performed in the United States.

In 1951, he founded the first ballet department at an American university, the University of Utah. Shortly thereafter, in 1953, he formed the University Ballet Theatre, the first ballet company ever incorporated into a university. In 1963, Willam Christensen, in conjunction with Glenn Walker Wallace, founded Ballet West under the name Utah Civic Ballet. He served as artistic director for Ballet West until 1978. Mr. C’s contributions to dance also include producing the first full-length version of Coppélia ever to be mounted by an American choreographer and producing the first full-length Swan Lake in the United States. In addition, Mr. C produced the first American Cinderella and his version of Stravinsky’s Firebird.

JOSHUA WHITEHEAD

Choreographer and Music, Fever Dream

Joshua Whitehead, from Chesapeake, Virginia, joined the Ballet West main company in 2010 and was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2016. As a professional dancer, Joshua was drawn to the world of ballet and spent countless hours exploring all aspects of the art form such as choreography, music, and capturing movement with his camera, perfecting his craft.

Joshua’s style of choreography is a unique blend of classical and contemporary dance, infused with his own personal hip-hop freestyle understanding. His performances are characterized by their fluidity, grace, and emotional depth, and he has a gift for captivating audiences. He has also worked as a dance instructor, sharing his knowledge and love for the art form with students of all ages.

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Profiles GEORGE BALANCHINE

Choreographer, Stars & Stripes

George Balanchine is regarded as one of the foremost contemporary choreographers in the world of ballet.

He came to America in 1933 and established the School of American Ballet in 1934. In 1948, Balanchine established the New York City Ballet and presented its first program consisting of Concerto Barocco, Orpheus, and Symphony in C. Balanchine served as ballet master for the New York City Ballet from 1948 until his death in 1983, choreographing the majority of their productions introduced by the company since its inception. An authoritative catalogue of his works lists 425 pieces created by Balanchine in his lifetime. Balanchine’s style has been described as neoclassic. A gifted musician himself, his response to Romantic Classicism was to de-emphasize the plot in his ballets, preferring to let “dance and music be the star of the show.” Nevertheless, tantalizing hints of a story color his works in such ballets as Apollo, Harlequinade, Liebesliede Waltzer, and La Sonnambula. The New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet remain dedicated to the preservation of Balanchine’s ideals.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Composer, The Firebird

Born in Russia, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) did not discover his musical talent until he enrolled in law school.

There, under the influence of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky soon found the limelight in composing for the Ballets Russes: Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913). The latter work caused a celebrated scandal at its first performance and remains one of the best-known and most influential pieces of 20th-century music. Stravinsky drew inspiration from a wide range of music, including contemporary artist Pablo Picasso, jazz movements in the United States, and a continuous interest in baroque and classical pieces. The restless, “spiky” rhythms and sharp, pungent harmonies run through Stravinsky’s work like an indelible musical fingerprint. These elements of his style, and the versatile ways in which he used them, help to explain his status as one of the 20th century’s greatest composers.

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Profiles JOHN PHILIP SOUSA

Composer, Stars & Stripes Photo by Elmer Chickering

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), the “March King,” was an important figure in the history of American bands and American band music. He enlisted as an apprentice in the Marine Band in 1868, serving for almost seven years.

He joined Offenbach’s orchestra in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In 1880, at the age of 25, he became the leader of the United States Marine Band, a post he held for more than 12 years. A Sousa concert usually consisted of 25 to 36 pieces, one of which was, inevitably, “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

HERSHY KAY

Music Adaptation & Orchestration, Stars & Stripes

Hershy Kay (1919-1981) established himself as a preeminent orchestrator of musicals with Leonard Bernstein’s On The Town in 1944. In addition to Stars & Stripes, his works for the ballet include Cakewalk, Clowns, Western Symphony, Who Cares, and Union Jack. His works for the musical theater include Peter Pan, Once Upon a Mattress, Candide, A Chorus Line, Evita, and Barnum. A composer in his own right, Hershy Kay also reconstructed Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Grande Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra, which later became the Balanchine ballet Tarantella. Mr. Kay’s work also includes a children’s record, Mother Goose.

BRUCE CALDWELL Staging, The Firebird

Bruce Caldwell began his ballet career in 1961 in the children’s roles of Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker.

He joined Ballet West as an apprentice in 1968 and rose through the ranks to become a Principal in 1972, a position he held for 18 years before joining the artistic staff in 1990. In 1989, he received the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Excellence in the Arts Award, presented by the Utah Arts Council. Caldwell was appointed to his present position of Rehearsal Director in 1997 and assumed the additional role of Company Archivist in 2007.

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Profiles COLLEEN NEARY

Staging, Stars & Stripes

Colleen Neary’s career in performing, teaching, and staging ballets has been nothing short of stellar. Born in Miami, Florida, Neary trained at School of American Ballet and Harkness House, both in New York City. She danced as a soloist from 1969 to 1979 in New York City Ballet under the direction of George Balanchine, and had numerous roles created for her by George Balanchine, Peter Martins, Jacques d’Amboise, and others.

From 1975 to 1979, she was a faculty member at School of American Ballet and company teacher for New York City Ballet. She was invited in 1979 to be ballet mistress and choreographic assistant for the Zurich Ballet. During this period, she also staged Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote and Manfred for La Scala de Milan, Zurich Ballet, and Vienna State Opera. She also performed as a guest artist in Hamburg, Munich, Berlin and Lisbon. In 1984, she was invited to be Principal Guest Artist and company teacher for Maurice Béjart’s Ballet du XXième Siecle where he created several roles for her, among them The American Jury in Le Concours. In 1986, she joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as Principal Dancer, and in 1992, she joined The Royal Danish Ballet as Ballet Mistress and company teacher, and later became First Ballet Mistress in charge of productions.

In 2004, Neary, along with her husband and Co-Artistic Director, Thordal Christensen, founded Los Angeles Ballet, now in its 14th season. Colleen Neary is a member of the George Balanchine Trust and has staged many of his ballets for companies all over the globe. Neary is the author of an essay on Balanchine’s Brahms Schoenberg Quartet in the book Balanchine: Celebrating A Life In Dance. (Tide-mark Press, 2003)

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Profiles RONALD CROSBY

Scenic and Costume Design, The Firebird

Ronald Crosby graduated from the University of Utah, and received advanced training form the Art Students League in New York. Returning to Utah in 1966, he became the graphics, set, and costume designer for Ballet West, designing among others The Nutcracker and Giselle.

Crosby was also Pioneer Theatre’s scenic designer from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, designing over 20 shows during his tenure, including Carousel, Showboat (featured in TIME magazine), Oklahoma, and others. His film work, as art director, included Death Wish Club (1984) and Night Train to Terror (1985). Crosby passed away January 8, 2017 in California.

JAMES K. LARSEN Lighting Design

James is a Utah native, dipping into theatre when he was a young kid, learning then that theatre was his passion.

He continued that pursuit into completing two degrees and venturing into the professional world. James has been designing for Ballet West since 2010, designing ballets such as: Nicolo Fonte’s Piece of my Heart, Family Series – Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Glass Slipper – plus several contemporary works by company dancers in the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy Contemporary Showcase, Innovations, and Choreographic Festival. Larsen has also designed for Repertory Dance Theatre, Salt Dance Co., Salt Lake Acting Company, Ririe Woodbury Dance Company, Tandy Beal and Co., Utah Symphony, Children’s Dance Theatre, and a few touring years around the globe with Lindsey Stirling.

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Profiles JASON HADLEY

Costume Design, Fever Dream

Jason Hadley started dancing at age three and danced in Ballet West’s The Nutcracker starting at age eight. He was in the original production of Ballet West’s Abdallah and was one of the last male dancers to be trained

by Mr. C., Ballet West’s founder. Hadley danced as an apprentice in many Ballet West productions, including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Rosalinda, Giselle, and Alice In Wonderland. He moved to New York City in 1996 and danced with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo from 1998 – 2005, extensively touring nationally and internationally and performing in such theatres as The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Royal Albert Hall in London, the Chatelet Theatre in Paris, The State Theatre in Sydney, the Edinburgh Festival in Scottland, and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan.

In 2005, he retired from ballet and worked at the prestigious Barbara Matera LTD costume shop and the world-famous New York City Ballet costume shop.

In 2008, Hadley was promoted to Costume Shop Manager, working with such designers as Valentino, Carolina Herrera, Iris Van Herpen, Giles Deacon, Stella McCartney, Zac Posen, and Thom Browne. In 2020, he moved to Salt Lake City and became the Director of Costume Production at Ballet West.

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Profiles KARINSKA

Costume Design, Stars & Stripes

Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska (October 3, 1886 – October 18, 1983), was an Oscar-winning costumier of cinema, ballet, musical and dramatic theatre, lyric opera, and ice spectacles. Over her 50-year career, which began at age 41, Karinska earned legendary status time and again through her continuing collaborations with stage designers including Christian Bérard, André Derain, Irene Sharaff, Raoul Pêne du Bois and Cecil Beaton; performer-producers Louis Jouvet and Sonja Henie; and ballet producers René Blum, Colonel de Basil and Serge Denham. Her longest and most-renowned collaboration was with choreographer George Balanchine for more than 70 ballets. The first known work was “The Celebrated Popoff Porcelain,” a one-act ballet for Nikita Balieff’s 1929 La Chauve-Souris with music by Tchaikovsky for which Karinska executed the costumes design by Sergey Tchekhonin. She began to design costumes for Balanchine ballets in 1949 with Emmanuel Chabrier’s Bourrèe Fantasque for the newlyfounded New York City Ballet. Their final collaboration was the 1977 Vienna Waltzes. Balanchine and Karinska together developed the American (or “powder puff”) tutu ballet costume, which became an international costume standard. She was the first costume designer to win the Capezio Dance Award, in 1962, for costumes “of visual beauty for the spectator and complete delight for the dancer.”

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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

SPONSORED BY THE JANET QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

HADRIEL DINIZ

ADRIAN FRY

Artist 2015, Demi-Soloist 2018, Soloist 2019, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021

Artist 2010, Soloist 2012, First Soloist 2014, Principal Artist 2017

Newtown, Pennsylvania

Minas Gerais, Brazil

SPONSORED BY EMMA ECCLES JONES FOUNDATION

Ontario, Canada

Omaha, Nebraska

SPONSORED BY MARCIA AND JOHN PRICE

Principal Artists

TYLER GUM

JENNA RAE HERRERA

Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2023

Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2015, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021

SPONSORED BY JOHN C. AND ANDREA MILLER

SPONSORED BY BEANO SOLOMON

AMY POTTER

JORDAN VEIT

Ballet West II 2011, Artist 20122014, Soloist 2021, Principal Artist 2022

Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2016, Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2022

SPONSORED BY CAROLE WOOD AND DARRELL HENSLEIGH

SPONSORED BY THEODORE SCHMIDT

Calhan, Colorado

Roanoke, Virginia

Ontario, California

Seattle, Washington

First Soloist

CHELSEA KEEFER Huntsville, Utah

Ballet West Academy/ University of Utah Trainee 2010, Artist 2014, DemiSoloist 2017, Soloist 2018, First Soloist 2022

Soloists

DAVID HUFFMIRE

KRISTINA POOL

VICTORIA VASSOS

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2018, Soloist 2022

Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022, Soloist 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019, Soloist 2023

Reno, Nevada

SPONSORED BY THE FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

Princeton, New Jersey

SPONSORED BY MARK AND MELANIE ROBBINS

Switzerland/Greece

SPONSORED BY VILIJA AVIZONIS AND GREG MCCOMAS

BRIAN WALDREP

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Soloist 2022 SPONSORED BY DREW BROWNING IN MEMORY OF JUDY WATTS BRADY

Demi-Soloists

DOMINIC BALLARD

NICOLE FANNÉY

OLIVIA GUSTI

Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020, Demi-Soloist 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2016, DemiSoloist 2022

Albury, NSW, Australia

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Cary, North Carolina

Tampa, Florida

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VINICIUS LIMA

KAZLYN NIELSEN

JAKE PREECE

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020, Demi-Soloist 2023

Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2014, Demi-Soloist 2022

Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2019, Demi-Soloist 2022

SPONSORED BY JONATHAN AND ELIZABETH SLAGER

SPONSORED BY THEODORE SCHMIDT

Vitoria, Brazil

SPONSORED BY TERESA SILCOX

Spanish Fork, Utah

Vancouver, Canada

Corps Artists

STELLA BIRKINSHAW

JAZZ KHAI BYNUM

LILLIAN CASSCELLS

BEAU CHESIVOIR

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

Artist 2017

Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020

Salt Lake City, Utah

Germantown, Maryland

SPONSORED BY SHARI AND DAVID QUINNEY

KYE COOLEY

Bowie, Maryland Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

Washington, D.C.

SPONSORED BY BRAD AND LINDA WALTON

Washington, D.C.

SPONSORED BY KENT AND MARTHA DIFIORE

ISABELLA CORRIDON

AMELIA DENCKER

ANDERSON DUHAN

Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2021 SPONSORED BY JAY AND KIMBERLY HEGLAR

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

Westport, Connecticut

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Rockville, Maryland

Holliday, Texas

MAREN FLORENCE

ROBERT FOWLER

Kennewick, Washington

Lehi, Utah

JACOB HANCOCK

JOSEPH LYNCH

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2021

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019

Salt Lake City, Utah

SPONSORED BY SHARI AND DAVID QUINNEY

Cumberland, Rhode Island

SPONSORED BY JULIA WATKINS

Corps Artists

WILLIAM LYNCH

San Diego, California Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

JONAS MALINKATHOMPSON Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

RYLEE ANN ROGERS

ANISA SINTERAL

Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015-2019, Artist 2021

Orem, Utah

SPONSORED BY EILEEN RAGSDALE

TATIANA STEVENSON LOREN WALTON Cortlandt Manor, New York

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

Austin, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

Parker, Colorado

SPONSORED BY MICHAEL BLACK AND KIMBERLY STRAND

CLAIRE WILSON Longview, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021 SPONSORED BY ALLYSON AND JIM LARKINS

Ballet West II

OLIVIA BOOK

ALEXIS BULL

KAI CASPERSON

JAYA DHAND

Ballet West II 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2023

Ballet West II 2023

LUCA FREUDENBERG

LUND FULLER

VICTOR GALEANA

MIKAYLA GYFTEAS

Ballet West II 2022

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

SCHUYLER LIAN

LEXI MCCLOUD

ANDRE MCGREGOR II

PHILIPP MERGENER

Ballet West II 2022

Ballet West II 2022

Ballet West II 2023

Ballet West II 2023

ANNA MURRAY

KAELI WARE

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022

Ontario, Canada Ballet West Academy Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

London, England

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Salt Lake City, Utah

North Salt Lake, Utah

Boston, Massachusetts

Logan, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Savannah, Georgia

Alexandria, Virginia

San Diego, California

Anchorage, Alaska

Seattle, Washington

From its humble beginnings in 1963 as the only professional ballet company between Chicago and the West Coast, Ballet West has grown into one of America’s leading ballet companies. For 60 years, Ballet West has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting the great classical ballets, new cutting-edge creations, and historical masterpieces, including America’s first and longest-running version of The Nutcracker.

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1942

Willam, Harold, and Lew Christensen purchase and rename The San Francisco Ballet.

2020

1971 1963

Christensen and Walker Wallace establish the Utah Civic Ballet and begin K-12 education programs throughout Utah.

1968

First overseas tour: France, Spain, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia.

Company changes name to Ballet West.

2015 1988

Ballet West Orchestra was formed.

Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre opens.

Ballet West adopts groundbreaking diversity and inclusion policies.

2012 1983

First performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

2007

Family Series added to programming and Breaking Pointe television series airs.

Adam Sklute named Artistic Director.

1944

San Francisco Ballet stages Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker, the first complete production presented in America.

2017 Performance as part of the 2002 Cultural Olympics Event in Salt Lake City.

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation leads funding of a new 75th Anniversary Nutcracker production.

* THE NUMBER OF MOMENTOUS OCCASIONS IN BALLET WEST’S RICH HISTORY FAR EXCEED THE HIGHLIGHTS LISTED.

Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, the official school of Ballet West, is Utah’s premier source of dance training, providing the highest caliber of ballet instruction to professionally-bound students, as well as to those who simply wish to enjoy this beautiful and athletic art form. Academy students experience a structured curriculum offered in a nurturing, respectful, and positive environment, celebrating and exploring each student’s individual strengths and abilities.

frederick quinney lawson ballet west academy director evelyn cisneros-legate | photo by beau pearson

The Ballet West Academy and its distinguished faculty is led by Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, recently honored as one of Utah Business’s Women of the Year. Pre-professional students are given the unique opportunity to be observed regularly and take classes with Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute, and are considered for future positions with Ballet West. Avocational students build strength, coordination, and confidence through focused and joyous top-level dance education.

Classes begin at age three and are available at four locations including: Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre, Trolley Corners, Utah County, and Park City.

frederick quinney lawson ballet west academy ballet centre and trolley corners campuses principal katherine lawrence | photo by joshua whitehead

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Wellness Partners We are thankful for all the medical professionals who are committed to helping our dancers perform their best and stay injury-free.

OFFICIAL HEALTH PARTNER OF BALLET WEST Dr. Claire Gross, MD, CAQSM Jennifer Bentley, PT, DPT, OCS Betsy Johnson MS ATC, Pilates

Dr. Jeremy Wimmer

Ashley Hagensick, Dietitian Tristin Turner, PT, DPT Tony Kemmochi, PsyD

Mallory Berge, L.Ac.

Learn more at www. b a l le twest gu i l d . org Council Chairs Kathleen Gardner Jeanne Potucek Julie Shulimson Membership Chair Anne Neeley Nominating Chairs Daniel Darger Tami Hansen Outreach Chair Doyle Clayburn Park City Membership Chair Franki Loftus Parliamentarian Lois Peterson PR Chair Tika Beard Young Patrons Chair Thomas Bath Awards Chair Dancer Liaisons

L e a de rs hi p C ou n ci l 2 02 3 - 202 4 Executive Committee President Helle LeRette VP Communications Jennifer Malherbe VP Programs Laurie Hofmann Secretary Ellen Tolstad Treasurer Cyndalynn Tilley

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Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support We thank the following community partners for their generous contributions.

$500,000 AND ABOVE Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Utah State Board of Education Professional Outreach Programs in the School (POPS) $250,000 - $499,999 George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Intermountain Health

OOCL USA Inc.* The Rea Charitable Trust S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation The Shubert Foundation Sorenson Legacy Foundation Summit County Cultural RAP Tax Grant

$10,000 - 24,999 Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation B. W. Bastian Foundation $100,000 - 249,999 Beaver Creek Foundation Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation Hilton Downtown Salt Lake City* C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Hotel Monaco* Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Cache Valley Bank Utah Division of Arts and Museums CompuNet, Inc. Utah Office of Tourism Dominion Energy Dr. Jeremy Wimmer with Summit $25,000 - 99,999 Chiropractic and Wellness* Bank of America Every Blooming Thing* BMW of Murray Fat Fish Media The Church of Jesus Christ of The Framing Establishment Latter-day Saints Foundation Goldman Sachs David Kelby Johnson Memorial Incredible Dwellings* Foundation The Jerome Robbins Foundation Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation Legacy Foundation Grand America Hotel & Resorts* McCarthey Family Foundation InterWest Moving & Storage* Prince Family Charitable Giving Fund Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation Promontory Foundation The John C. Kish Foundation R. Harold Burton Foundation The Kahlert Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Simmons Family Foundation Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Mark Miller Toyota Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

$5,000 - 9,999 American Endowment Foundation Bambara* Berenice J. Bradshaw Charitable Trust Clyde Companies Inc. Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation J. Wong’s* Merit Medical Systems, Inc. Norman C. Tanner and Barbara L. Tanner Second Charitable Support Trust O.C. Tanner Company Pathway Associates Ruth’s Chris* Salt Lake City Arts Council Squatters* $1,000 - 4,999 3M Health Information Systems Adcentives West Aqua Terra Steak & Sushi* Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation Friends of Ballet West Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation Shiebler Family Foundation Theory Brand Agency* The above lists includes corporate, foundation, and government support received as of October 10, 2023. *Indicates contribution made in-kind

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Individual Donors H. Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley Michael Black and Kim Strand Drew W. Browning Judy and Larry Brownstein Frank and Leslie Corbett Leslie and Myles Culhane J. Chase Dreyfous, Jr. B. W. Bastian Foundation W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation Peggy Bergmann Marc and Cammy Fuller Val A. Browning Foundation Kimberly and Jay Heglar George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose Foundation Allyson and Jim Larkins Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Eli Madrigal-Paredes Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Caryl Marsh Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation de Kamp The Meldrum Foundation Park City Community Foundation: The John and Marcia Price Family Solomon Fund Foundation Jeanne Potucek S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Shari and David Quinney Matthew Prince Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson Beano Solomon Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder James Lee Sorenson Family Jonathan and Liz Slager Foundation Ashley and Ryan Smith Wells Fargo Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate HERITAGE CLUB Sarah Eccles Taylor and Gary Taylor We thank our loyal Heritage Club Roy and Lisa Vincent patrons for their generous annual Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin support.

Julia S. Watkins Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh MR. C. AND MRS. WALLACE Anonymous $25,000 AND ABOVE Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas SOLOIST AND DEMI-SOLOIST Peggy Bergmann $2,500 - 9,999 Bronwyn Newport-Bradley and Todd Peter and Alexandra Agrapides Bradley Samantha and Jordan Atkin Willard and Julie Dere Kathleen and Andy Blank The DiFiore Family Gordon Bowen Samantha Topping Gellert and John Brett Campbell Gellert Carole Klein and Brad Chesivoir Scott Huntsman and Jennifer Horne- Carol T. Christ Huntsman Cecile and Harold Christiansen Hank and Diane Louis Donna Conway John C. and Andrea Miller Melissa H. Cutler John and Marcia Price Family Linda S. Daines Foundation Robert S. Devens Shari and David Quinney Susan and Joel Eaton Eileen Ragsdale Weston Firmage Theodore Schmidt Barbara W. Frazier Teresa Silcox Karen L. Freed Beano Solomon Charlie and Shannon Freedman Brad and Linda Walton Dee Gauss Anonymous Dr. Martin I. and Sheila G. Gelman David and SandyLee Griswold PRINCIPAL AND FIRST SOLOIST John and Ilauna Gurr $10,000 - 24,999 Drs Marc and Mary Carole Harrison Cole Adams Cindy and Howard Hochhauser Clisto and Suzanne Beaty Kathie and Charles Horman 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, one-time gifts.

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Robert and Dixie Huefner Gordon Irving Brent and Maren Jensen Adam and Jessie Justis Jeanne M. Kimball James R. Kruse and Mary Jo Smith Katherine Daines Lindsay David Luker Paul and Melanie Lyon James MacInnes Thomas and Mary McCarthey Laura Scott and Rodney Mena Anne Neeley and Ila Neeley Stephen and Melina Nicolatus Elizabeth and Vincent Novack David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Silveira Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Jeanie Pollack Rich and Nancy Potashner Shauna Bamberger Priskos Lee Quinney Mark and Melanie Robbins Chris and Ellen Rossi Irwin and Harriet Ross Margaret P. Sargent Sandefur Schmidt Michael Scolamiero Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom John Sklute Krista and Jim Sorenson Sue and Jack Stahl Meghan Gallivan Stewart Kristin and Tom Stockham Eddie Stone Nadine Tang Jonathon Tonioli Brad Tuthill Kevin Voyles Kathy Warren Susan Warshaw Beatryx and Vincent Washington Jay and Alicia Wilson Edward Zipser CORPS DE BALLET $1,500 - $2,499 Alta’s Rustler Lodge Stephen Anderson Bené Arnold Carol Baer Ballet West Guild Greg and Marsha Baird Marcy Barlow Frances and Jerome Battle Vicki and Bill Bennion Melissa Blair Ginny Bostrom Carol Carter

Individual Donors Rebecca Marriott Champion Elinor and Martin Colman Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett Matt and Nancy Dorny Metta Driscoll Natalie DuPaix John Eckert Sissy Eichwald John and Joan Firmage Shiebler Family Foundation Tracy Frankel G. Frank and Pamela Joklik Keith Frederick Bob and Mary Gilchrist Julie and Devon Glenn Andrew and Barbara Goldberg Natalie and Ted Grandy Kevin and Donna Gruneich Elizabeth and Jack Hammond Kenneth and Kate Handley Jon and Tami Hansen David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape LLC Marilyn and Chester Johnson John S. Karls Scott and Allison Kendell Helen Kennedy The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family Katherine Probert Labrum Cynthia Lampropoulos and Dr. George Gourley Earthology Landscape Helle Le Rette Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe David and Colleen Merrill John and Bria Mertens Louis and Carolyn Mizell Trevor Nielson Kirsten Novak Linda S. Pembroke Richard and Lois Peterson Katie Marie Pollard David Gray Porter Suzanne and David Razor Leena Rinne Carol Ann Saikhon Mark and Linda Scholl Brylan Schultz Robert and Nancy Schumacker Lou Ann Stevens Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry Cyndie Taylor Toni Tietjen Dina Tilton Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Mark Weisbender Sarah and Rich West

Michelle Wheeler Jo-Ann Wong Anonymous The above list includes individual donations received as of September 20, 2023.

MEMBERSHIP We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above.

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER $500-1499 Eric Ahlstrom Austin Allman Sara Jane Anderson Lester Aoki Ronald and Kathy Aoki Dr. Ann Berghout Austin Michael and Jacqueline Bailey Dr. Frances Dolloph and Aleisa Barber Hanna Baskerville Ernest and Jane Bebb Jae Behrmann Kenneth and Melinda Birrell Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake Marie Bohata ChaRee Bradley Alexandra Brown Robyn Brown Susan Chilton Janice and Richard Coleman Rachel and Travis Colledge Sandra Covey Brandi and Clayton Cullimore Dr. Nancy Futrell, M.D. Philip Dachenhausen A. John Dansie Debbie Davis Mary Gootjes and John Davis Carrie and James Dean Erika Dean Ashby and Anne Cullimore Decker Richard and Pamela Dropek Melvin and Barbara Echols Eric and Shellie Eide Janet Ellsworth Joseph Foutz Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Cathy Gelwix Ann and Rick Gold Adam Green Scott and Loree Hagen Katherine Harney Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper Sandra and David Haughey

Jason and Amy Hawkins Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill Leslie Peterson and Kevin Higgins Drs. Ivonne and Stevan Hobfall Mark and Wendi Holland Julie Hopkins Jackie A. Huff Suzanne Malloy and Gary Jensen Judy Jones Jill Keagy Rich and Jill Kesten Sheryl Scott and Richard Koehn Eric Kreutzer Anne Lawrence Kathy Lynch David and Donna Lyon Dr. Ned L. and Mrs. Alene Mangelson Elia Miller David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner Kevin Mook Chris and Henry Morrison Ross and Rita Murray Anne M. and William C. Nelsen Lee Dever and Carolyn Nichols Maura and Serge Olszanskyj Ronald and Camille Parker Revolution Gear & Truck Parts Mrs. Elodie Payne Tim Payne Greg Petersen Lana and Boris Petkovic Convergence Planning Melanie Preece Meleah Pustelak Corey Rammell Dan Reeb Marcia JS Richards Sonja Rife Genevieve Maire Rosol Barbara and Steven Schamel Sallie Shatz Marilyn Smolka Janette and Brent Sonnenberg Kenneth Spitzer Kevin and Alice Steiner Annie and Cory Strupp Joan Swain Jefforey and Jane Thorpe Patricia Troseth Bruce and Leigh Washburn Alan H. Weinhouse Judith W. Wolfe Richard and Marsha Workman Neeley Wright Jolene Zito Anonymous (7) The above list includes individual donations received as of October 10, 2023 23–24 SEASON

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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.

Cole Adams In Memory of Robert Arbogast, from Friends, Family, and the Ballet West Guild Arthur Bingham George and Matthew Cardon-Bystry Mike Caldwell Vaughn Carrick Frank and Leslie Corbett Leslie and Myles Culhane Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert Jay and Kimberly Heglar Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation Josh and Marina James

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Barbara Levy Kipper (Adam’s 10th: and the Kipper Family Foundation) John and Sonia Lingos Family Foundation John C. and Andrea Miller Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Park City Community Foundation: The Solomon Fund Gabrielle Patterson Alice and Frank Puleo Shari and David Quinney Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson Kevin Rogge Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder

Sarah Senft Teresa Silcox David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Silveira Don and Teresa Skaggs The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin The above list includes individual donations received as of October 10, 2023

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

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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 Adrienne Larson* Gaye Herman Marrash* Willis McCree and John Fromer Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Joy Rocklin

Marian Ream* Pamela A. Scarpelli* Michael Scolamiero 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

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 OF Betty Allen Friends and Family of Betty Allen Doris Atkinson Shanna and Ben Harper Gladys Banks Ballet West Earle Robert Bevins III Linda M. Thorn Bevins Judy Watts Brady Drew W. Browning Ballet West Joseph Casalino, Jr. Jaynann Charlesworth Gary and Fran Lapin Alan Kirshner Ed Kirshner and Barbara O’Hearn Vicky Turel Samantha Clausing Kathleen Phillips Lela and Reid Ellsworth Janet Ellsworth Deborah Dubinski Flamish Ballet West Guild Mark Fry Ballet West Marla Gault Ballet West Guild PIWA Bill LaMeres Brian LaMeres Roxanne Christensen Lazzara Ballet West Linda Forsey Ingrid Andrews Jon Le Rette Nina Jonas and Andreas Heaphy Ballet West Guild

Terri Love Bill Love Dorothy McBride William and Joanne Shiebler Robert Blaine Merkley Chelsea Burbidge Merkley Lynette Myler Marie Bohata Sara Nelson Brad and Teresa Nolen Emily Johnson Ott Mark Ott Gwen Payne Cliff Payne Pat Peterson Ann and Alan Miller Virginia W. Robinson Christine Young Roy W. Ryan Shirley Veit Rulynn Skidmore Andrea Skidmore Walter Stoker Julie Lewis Barbara L. Tanner Ballet West Reagan Tolboe Monte Caldwell Jim and Barbara Clark Kristin Cowan Thomas and Mary McCarthey Dennis Rocheleau The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation Leslie Stone Ballet West Guild Ballet West John and Michelle Flynn

IN HONOR OF Abby Carpenter Lynn and Sharee Birrell Peter Christie Joel and Frances Harris Shelly Cordova Ballet West Senior Steps Participants Art and Janet Mueller Celia Ward Sandy Gillings Amy Lloyd Rachael Darden Harper Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper Madeline Howell Karen Freed The Huntsman Family Rich and Nancy Potashner Sebastian and Costello Lauren Carol A. Loucks Vaughn Mathis Meleah Pustelak Odessa Sonya Fiske Marilyn Peek Christine Althouse Joy Rocklin Mary Gootjes and John Davis Sadie and Grace Shipp Nathan Shipp Adam Sklute Jim and Julie Crittenden Anonymous Kassidy Snow Eric Kreutzer Dean and Dina Tilton Carol Ann Saikhon The Wilkes Family Barbara Silberzahn

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Ballet West Staff Adam Sklute

Michael Scolamiero

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

THE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Elizabeth Crawford chief financial officer Misha Eady-Harbold director of company management & touring Felicia Cowan director of human resources Victoria Rodriguez executive assistant and board liaison Jennifer Bailey senior accounting manager Sophia Ashaboglu accounting coordinator ARTISTIC Pamela Robinson-Harris principal rehearsal director Jane Victorine Wood interim principal rehearsal director Calvin Kitten director of ballet west ii and assistant rehearsal director Bruce Caldwell rehearsal director and company archivist Michele Gifford assistant rehearsal director Reuben Lehr artistic operations manager/assistant to the artistic director Courtney Hellebuyck student rehearsal director COSTUME PRODUCTION Jason Hadley director of costume production Cindy Farrimond costume shop manager Barbara Arcolio head stitcher 54

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Mary Kay Feicht Vicki Goslin Raincrow stitchers David Heuvel director of costume production emeritus

Dana Rimington director of communications and publications Mika Seltenrich marketing and revenue manager Lisa Jensen EDUCATION & OUTREACH retail sales and boutique Peter Christie manager director of education and Deanna Richardson outreach project manager Dana Rossi Beau Pearson education associate / photographer and assistant director i can do videographer Heather Fryxell Matthew Barrett creator and founder graphic designer movement mentor Amy O'Connor Audrey Dodd annual giving manager associate director movement Sierra Crawford Masuda mentor/adaptive dance external affairs database Shelly Cordova coordinator assistant director senior steps/forward steps FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON Silas Campos BALLET WEST ACADEMY manager education and Evelyn Cisneros-Legate outreach virtual and director ballet west technology programs academy Shelly Cordova, Jenny Sarah Taylor Bradley, Ashley Creek, director of business Lauren Devall, Audrey operations ballet west Dodd, Karen Dodge, academy Jennifer Heighton, Wendee Allison DeBona Fiedeldey-McCulloch, Daisy principal peggy bergmann Jeffers, Amanda Kindt, park city campus Moisés Próspero, Nanette Rex Tilton Reimschussel-Chertudi, Interim principal peggy Anne Marie Smith, Elease bergmann park city campus Stice, Alicia Trump, Ashlee Katherine Lawrence Vilos, Trisha Wilstead principal jessie eccles educators quinney ballet centre and trolley corners campuses EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Heather Thackeray Andrew Goldberg principal utah county senior director of external campus affairs Eunice Stafford Angela Krull associate principal trolley director of major gifts and corners campus and student corporate sponsorships life manager

Ballet West Staff Catherine Batcheller principal faculty and artistic engagement coordinator Courtney Hellebuyck principal faculty and student rehearsal director Stacey Mahan principal faculty and associate director of curriculum Bridget Payne principal faculty and costume coordinator James Payne principal faculty and trainee coordinator Jeffrey Rogers principal faculty and men’s program director Jessica Baynes full-time faculty & adult program coordinator Jordan Debona senior manager of student life and summer intensive coordinator Jennifer Hildreth senior manager of academy operations Samantha Taggart utah county campus administrator Hannah Lowell peggy bergmann park city campus administrator Jenny Lowell trolley corners campus administrator Ada Comer, Sasha Lowell, Abrahamson Chase Petersen, Avery Webster administrative assistants Hannah Argyle, Izzy Arrieta, Silver Barkes, Jamie Butler, Claire Campbell, Bruce Caldwell, Dantzel Cherry, Nanette Reimschussel Chertudi, Natalie Desch, Ivy Drumm, Mariah Edmunds, Isabella Flanigan, Jennifer Fjeldsted, Sammy Gomm, Tyler Gum, Hannah Higgs, David Huffmire, Daisey

Jeffers, Wyatt Johnson, Calvin Kitten, Vera Kotova, Lindsey Larsen, Nicole Lawrence, Deborah Latimer, Stephen Legate, Katelyn Milner-Packer, Jaiden Morley, Kendra Rangel, Ashleigh Richardson, Autumn Ryskoski, Samira Saeed, Mary Ann Shaefer, Heidi Slagle, Connie Smith, Kramer Snead, Andrea Speakman, Kristen Stringham, Samantha Taggart, Jessica Harston Thompson, Rex Tilton, Barbara Valles, Elizabeth Weldon, Ella Whitney, Hannah Willis, Bashaun Williams, Jane Wood, Kyohei Yoshida instructors Maggie Wright-Tesch u of u/bw joint trainee liaison MUSIC Jared Oaks music director Seretta Hart orchestra manager Nicholas Maughan principal company pianist Max Hall principal academy pianist Penelope Brown, Hope Dalton, Lisa Haddon, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, Brady Giles, John Rukavina, Heidi Slagle, Kimball Whitaker academy pianists TECHNICAL PRODUCTION Michael Andrew Currey director of production Michael McCulloch production stage manager Liz Wiand stage manager and production operations coordinator Bella Dixon stage management intern

Robert Clifford technical director/ head carpenter Joshua Belka assistant carpenter Jeff F. Herbig properties master James K. Larsen lighting supervisor/ head electrician Juliana Hedges assistant electrician Emily Fowler wardrobe supervisor Lizzie Fisher wardrobe assistant Yancey J. Quick wig master Heidi Belka pyrotechnician TICKETING AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Jack E Stahl associate director of technology and ticketing Natalie Thorpe senior manager of patron services Tyson Baker assistant manager, patron services Jane Harris lead patron advisor Ben Roopra patron loyalty specialist 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.

• Although masks are not required while attending Ballet West performances for the 2023-2024 season, we encourage patrons who wish to wear a mask to do so. If you are feeling unwell, experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or have had close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19, we ask that you follow CDC quarantine and isolation guidelines and prioritize your health and the health of your fellow audience members and stay home.

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 babes in arms.

• No smoking is permitted in the auditorium.

• Outside food and beverages are not allowed in the auditorium; as a courtesy to all patrons in attendance, food consumption is discouraged in the theatre during the performance.

• 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 timepieces and cell phones for the period of the performance.

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 that may be checked out at the coat check counter located in the lobby.

Advertiser Support This playbill would not be possible without the advertisers who support it. Their patronage means information is available to you without cost to Ballet West. We extend our gratitude and encourage you to thank them as well.

Ballet West’s playbill is published by Mills Publishing. To reach our audience with your message via Ballet West’s playbill, please contact Dan Miller at 801-467-9419 or dmiller@millspub.com.

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