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Contents 6 Sponsors 8

Ballet West

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Board of Directors

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From the Artistic Director

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From the Executive Director

17 Onegin 18

Casting

22 Synopsis 24

About Ballet West

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Ballet West Orchestra

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Profiles

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Tatiana’s Letter to Onegin

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Onegin’s Letter to Tatiana

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In Rememberance of Peter Meldrum

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Medical Providers and Ballet West Guild

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Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support

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Individual Donors

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Artistic Impact Fund Donors

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Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor

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Encore Society

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Ballet West Staff

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principal artists beckanne sisk and chase o’connell | photo by beau pearson

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Adam Sklute Artistic Director

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PRINCIPAL ARTISTS

Emily Adams - Adrian Fry - Katherine Lawrence - Chase O’Connell Christopher Ruud - Beckanne Sisk - Rex Tilton - Arolyn Williams FIRST SOLOISTS

Katlyn Addison - Allison DeBona - Tyler Gum - Sayaka Ohtaki Beau Pearson - Christopher Sellars SOLOISTS

Katie Critchlow - Jenna Rae Herrera - Chelsea Keefer Alexander MacFarlan - Jordan Veit DEMI SOLOISTS

Lindsay Bond - Hadriel Diniz - Trevor Naumann - Emily Neale Gabrielle Salvatto - Joshua Whitehead ARTISTS

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David Heuvel Director of Costume Production Calvin Kitten Director of Ballet West II and Assistant Ballet Master Lindsey Gänder Production Management Coordinator

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From the Artistic Director Dear friend of Ballet West, Welcome to Onegin, considered by many to be one of the world’s greatest ballets. It is quite an honor for Ballet West to be granted permission to present it.

Based on Alexander Pushkin’s passionate verse novel Eugene Onegin, Onegin was conceived and choreographed by genius choreographer John Cranko in 1965. Cranko selected music

by Tchaikovsky to accompany the ballet, in a wonderful arrangement by Kurt Heinz-Stolze. Tchaikovsky had written Eugene Onegin the opera in 1879, which has since grown to become a classic. However, for his ballet, Cranko chose not to use any of the music from the opera. Instead, with great innovation, he selected various pieces from the composer’s sublime and prolific orchestral repertory. The result, Onegin, became an instant hit, catapulting Cranko’s company, the Stuttgart Ballet, to international fame.

So what is Onegin about? Well, how many of us, when we were young, fell in love with an unattainable person? Perhaps it was the most beautiful girl in school, or the captain of a varsity team. Imagine writing them a note professing your love, only to have them ignore you... or worse, mock you. Then, years later, when you are successful and in a relationship, the old crush, who was previously oblivious and mean, comes back into your life to say you are the only one for them. You still have feelings for this person but… it is too late. The moment has passed. This time, it is you who breaks their heart. In brief, that is the story of Onegin.

Pushkin’s original verse novel was published serially from 1825 to 1832, in pre-revolutionary Imperial Russia. Not dissimilar from Jane Austen’s 1813 English novel Pride and Prejudice, Onegin follows a dark and brooding nobleman from the city (Onegin) who moves out to the provinces, befriends a lighthearted country nobleman, and meets the nobleman’s fiancée and her older sister, Tatiana. This is where the Russian tale takes on a darker hue than its gentler English counterpart does —Tatiana instantly falls in love with Onegin and, after their first meeting, writes him a passionate letter professing her undying love. Onegin rejects her as being too boring and rips up the letter. He is uninterested, and condescending. Worse yet, through a series of events, he ends up killing Tatiana’s soon-to-be brother-in-law in a duel.

Tatiana cannot forgive him, but she goes on with her life, marrying a prince. Onegin suffers, experiencing deep guilt for killing his friend, and never finds another woman who loves him as much as Tatiana did. Years later, he is invited to a royal ball, and does not realize at first that Tatiana is the prince’s elegant wife. They are shocked to see each other.

Now, Onegin writes a letter declaring his undying love for

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Tatiana, begging for her forgiveness. She refuses him and rips up his letter; they will never see each other again. While Tatiana has had a happy ending, it becomes clear Onegin will never find happiness in his life.

Onegin is filled with the perfect material for a dramatic ballet. And in my opinion, no choreographer was better suited to interpret this intense story than John Cranko, who possessed a gift for storytelling through movement. Cranko knew how to give his dancers deep emotions and serious acting to “sink their teeth into.” He was also a master choreographer, in particular in his astonishing pas de deux, which feature intricate and spectacular maneuvers.

At the heart-melting end of Act I, in which Tatiana writes her love letter to Onegin, Cranko ingeniously conceives of Onegin as appearing in a dream to her after she falls asleep. In her dream, he is everything she wants him to be: loving, romantic, kind. As the ballet continues, again through Cranko’s deft handling of Pushkin’s story, we come to find that Onegin is not any of these things Tatiana imagines. At the end of the ballet, Cranko conceives of another pas de deux in which Onegin begs for Tatiana’s forgiveness. Now, as very real, mature, and flawed human beings, Onegin and Tatiana repeat many of the maneuvers from the Act I dream scene but with a more grounded, earthier and, at times, broken quality. These are just several of Cranko’s innovations throughout the ballet.

I was lucky to dance both leading and supporting roles in a number of Cranko’s ballets, but never in Onegin. Perhaps this is why I have been so passionate about it throughout my career. Tragically, Cranko died unexpectedly in 1973, only eight short years after creating this masterpiece of a ballet. I often wonder where his creative process would have taken him next, had he lived longer. Still, in his absence, we are left with a body of work that boggles the mind. I am grateful to Jane Bourne, who staged Onegin on Ballet West; to Reid Anderson, who coached the company in the ballet; and to Dieter Graefe, who oversees Cranko’s legacy through the late choreographer’s trust. I’m also particularly grateful to you for joining us for this brilliant ballet. I hope you leave the theater as inspired as I am every time I see Onegin.

Thank you for your patronage,

Adam Sklute Artistic Director

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 most recently Utah Diversity Connection’s Business Award for outstanding commitment to diversity initiatives.

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From the Executive Director Welcome to our temporary home, The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater. Over the next six months, the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre will undergo an exciting transformation. In November, audiences will enjoy widened seats and larger aisles, providing several more inches of legroom. (The Grand Tier will follow at a later date). Those tight confines have long been a source of frustration for many patrons and I am thrilled Salt Lake County continues to improve our historic facilities.

Onegin has been in my ballet ‘bucket list’ for more than two decades. I am excited to finally watch the great John Cranko’s brilliant work, performed by this talented company. Since Onegin requires the highest level of artistry, athleticism, and theatrical skills, few ballet companies in the world receive permission to perform this work. It speaks to Adam’s energy, drive, and devotion (along with our dancers’ talent and passion) that our community gets the opportunity to see this spectacular work.

You will continue to view dramatic and daring new ballets next season as Ballet West’s 56th year is filled with world premieres and rare works that will delight our patrons. From a groundbreaking retrospective of early-Balanchine works to Snow White, a new Family Classics ballet performed by Ballet West II. Season subscriptions are now available and since single tickets do not go on sale until the fall, subscribing today is the best way to ensure you have the best seats.

As I look forward to next season, I want to thank everyone who has helped to bring this massive production to the stage.

Ballet speaks to the human condition; it explores our hopes and fears, and brings us entertainment and joy. For whatever reason you support Ballet West, thank you for your patronage.

Sincerely,

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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Ballet by John Cranko Based on the verse-novel by Alexander Pushkin Choreography: John Cranko Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arrangement and Orchestration: Kurt-Heinz Stolze Sets and Costumes: Santo Loquasto Lighting: James F. Ingalls Staging: Jane Bourne Supervision: Reid Anderson Copyright: Dieter Graefe Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Conducted by Music Director: Jared Oaks Scenery and Costumes Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada

World Premiere: April 13, 1965, Stuttgart, Germany Premiere of the revised version: October 27, 1967, Stuttgart, Germany Ballet West Premiere: April 5, 2019, George S. and Dolores DorĂŠ Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah This performance lasts approximately two hours and ten minutes, with two intermissions.

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Casting 4/5, 4/11, 4/13 EVE Onegin............................................................................................................................... Rex Tilton Lensky, Onegin’s friend..................................................................................Alexander MacFarlan Madame Larina, a widow............................................................................................ Emily Adams Tatiana, Madame Larina’s daughter...................................................................... Arolyn Williams Olga, Madame Larina’s daughter.....................................................................Katherine Lawrence Nurse................................................................................................................................Jane Wood Prince Gremin, a friend of the Larina family................................................................Lucas Horns Neighbors and relatives of Madam Larina, and guests of Prince Gremin in St. Petersburg: Paige Adams, Dominic Ballard, Kimberly Ballard, Lindsay Bond, Lillian Casscells, Kyle Davis, Hadriel Diniz, Tyler Gum, Olivia Gusti, David Huffmire, Vinicius Lima, Amber Miller, Trevor Naumann, Emily Neale, Kazlyn Nielsen, Jake Preece, Jordan Richardson, Gabrielle Salvatto, Christopher Sellars, Anisa Sinteral, Joshua Shutkind, Jordan Veit, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead Old Women......................................... Katlyn Addison, Lindsay Bond, Sayaka Ohtaki, Jane Wood Old Men............................... Tyler Gum, Christopher Ruud, Christopher Sellars, Joshua Shutkind Footmen.................................................................Students of Ballet West Academy Professional Training Division

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Casting 4/6, 4/13 MAT Onegin..................................................................................................................... Chase O’Connell Lensky, Onegin’s friend...................................................................................................Jordan Veit Madame Larina, a widow.........................................................................................Katlyn Addison Tatiana, Madame Larina’s daughter..........................................................................Beckanne Sisk Olga, Madame Larina’s daughter............................................................................. Chelsea Keefer Nurse................................................................................................................................Jane Wood Prince Gremin, a friend of the Larina family..............................................................Ronald Tilton Neighbors and relatives of Madam Larina, and guests of Prince Gremin in St. Petersburg: Paige Adams, Kimberly Ballard, Lindsay Bond, Lillian Casscells, Kyle Davis, Hadriel Diniz, Tyler Gum, Olivia Gusti, Lucas Horns, David Huffmire, Vinicius Lima, Alexander MacFarlan, Amber Miller, Trevor Naumann, Emily Neale, Kazlyn Nielsen, Jake Preece, Jordan Richardson, Gabrielle Salvatto, Christopher Sellars, Anisa Sinteral, Joshua Shutkind, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead Old Women.............................................Paige Adams, Lindsay Bond, Sayaka Ohtaki, Jane Wood Old Men......................... Tyler Gum, Alexander MacFarlan, Christopher Sellars, Joshua Shutkind Footmen.................................................................Students of Ballet West Academy Professional Training Division

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Casting 4/10, 4/12 Onegin.............................................................................................................................. .Adrian Fry Lensky, Onegin’s friend..........................................................................................Joshua Shutkind Madame Larina, a widow............................................................................................ Emily Adams Tatiana, Madame Larina’s daughter........................................................................Katie Critchlow Olga, Madame Larina’s daughter........................................................................Jenna Rae Herrera Nurse................................................................................................................................Jane Wood Prince Gremin, a friend of the Larina family.........................................................Dominic Ballard Neighbors and relatives of Madam Larina, and guests of Prince Gremin in St. Petersburg: Paige Adams, Kimberly Ballard, Lindsay Bond, Lillian Casscells, Kyle Davis, Hadriel Diniz, Tyler Gum, Olivia Gusti, Lucas Horns, David Huffmire, Vinicius Lima, Alexander MacFarlan, Amber Miller, Trevor Naumann, Emily Neale, Kazlyn Nielsen, Jake Preece, Jordan Richardson, Gabrielle Salvatto, Christopher Sellars, Anisa Sinteral, Jordan Veit, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead Old Women......................................... Katlyn Addison, Lindsay Bond, Sayaka Ohtaki, Jane Wood Old Men........................................ Tyler Gum, Christopher Ruud, Christopher Sellars, Jordan Veit Footmen.................................................................Students of Ballet West Academy Professional Training Division

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Synopsis ACT I Scene One: Madame Larina’s garden Madame Larina, her daughter Olga and the nurse are sewing the party dresses for Tatiana’s birthday and gossiping about the upcoming festivities. Madame Larina speculates on her daughters’ future. Girls from the neighborhood arrive and play an old folk game: whoever looks into the mirror will see her beloved.

Lensky, a young poet engaged to Olga, arrives with a friend from St. Petersburg. He introduces Onegin, who, bored with the city, has come to see if the country can offer him any distraction. Tatiana, full of youthful and romantic fantasies, falls in love with the elegant stranger, so different from the country people she knows. Onegin, on the other hand, sees only a coltish girl who reads too many romantic novels.

Scene Two: Tatiana’s bedroom Tatiana, her imagination aflame with impetuous first love, dreams of Onegin and writes him a passionate love letter, which she gives to her nurse to deliver.

ACT II Scene One: Tatiana’s birthday The provincial gentry have come to celebrate Tatiana’s birthday. Onegin finds the company boring. Stifling his yawns, he finds it difficult to be civil; furthermore, he is irritated by Tatiana’s letter, which he regards merely as an outburst of adolescent love. In a quiet moment, he seeks out Tatiana and, telling her that he cannot possibly love her, destroys her letter. Tatiana’s distress, instead of awaking pity, merely increases his annoyance. Prince Gremin, a distant relative of Madame Larina’s, joins the party. He is in love with Tatiana and Madame Larina hopes for a brilliant match; but Tatiana, troubled with her own heart, hardly notices her kind relative.

In his boredom Onegin decides to provoke Lensky by flirting with Olga, who lightheartedly joins in the teasing. Lensky takes the matter with passionate seriousness and challenges Onegin to a duel.

Scene Two: The duel Tatiana and Olga try to reason with Lensky, but his high romantic ideals have been shattered by the betrayal of his friend and the fickleness of his beloved; he insists that the duel take place. Before Tatiana’s eyes, Onegin kills his friend.

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Synopsis ACT III Scene One: St. Petersburg Years later Onegin, having travelled the world in an attempt to escape from his own futility, returns to St. Petersburg. He is received at a ball in the palace of Prince Gremin. Gremin has married, and Onegin is astonished to recognize in the stately and elegant princess, Tatiana, the uninteresting little country girl whom once he rejected. The enormity of his mistake and loss engulfs him. His life now seems even more aimless and empty.

Scene Two: Tatiana’s boudoir Onegin has written to Tatiana revealing his love and asking to see her, but she does not wish to meet him. In vain, she pleads with her unsuspecting husband not to leave her alone this evening. Onegin comes and declares his love for her. In spite of her emotional turmoil, Tatiana realizes that Onegin’s change of heart has come too late. Before his eyes, she tears up his letter and orders him to leave her forever.

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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.

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 42 company members, 14 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.

For more than 50 years, Willam Christensen and Ballet West have developed and influenced innumerable great artists in the ballet world.

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Principal Artists

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Emily Adams

Adrian Fry

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

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

Omaha, Nebraska

Newtown, Pennsylvania

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Katherine Lawrence Fairfield, Connecticut

Artist 2004, Demi-Soloist 2005, Soloist 2007, Principal Artist 2011

sponsored by the janet quinney lawson foundation

Chase O’Connell Fredericksburg, Virginia Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2015, Principal Artist 2016

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Principal Artists

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Christopher Ruud

Beckanne Sisk

Artist 1998, Soloist 2001, Principal Artist 2004

Ballet West II 2010, Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2012, Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2015

San Francisco, California

Longview, Texas

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Rex Tilton

Arolyn Williams

Artist 2008, First Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2014

Ballet West II 2004, Artist 2006, Demi-Soloist 2010, Soloist 2011, Principal Artist 2013

Marcos, California

Rowe, Massachusetts

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First Soloists

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Katlyn Addison

Allison DeBona

sponsored by First Soloist 2018 paul & cheryl huntsman

Beau Pearson

Ontario, Canada Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018

Sayaka Ohtaki

Tokyo, Japan Artist 2010, Soloist 2013, First Soloist 2015

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2011, Soloist 2013, First Soloist 2015

San Francisco, California Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2010, Soloist 2011, First Soloist 2013

sponsored by john c. & andrea miller

Tyler Gum

Calhan, Colorado Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016,

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Christopher Sellars

Huntington Beach, California Ballet West II 2005, Artist 2006, Demi-Soloist 2008, Soloist 2010, First Soloist 2013

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Soloists

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Katie Critchlow

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Cardiff, California Artist 2006, Demi-Soloist 2012, Soloist 2016

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Alexander MacFarlan

Nashville, Tennessee Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2009, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016

Jenna Rae Herrera

Ontario, California Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2015, Soloist 2016

sponsored by theodore schmidt

Jordan Veit

Seattle, Washington Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2016, Soloist 2018

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Chelsea Keefer

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

Demi-Soloists

Lindsay Bond

Hadriel Diniz

Emily Neale

Gabrielle Salvatto

Modesto, California Ballet West II 2008, Artist 2009, Demi-Soloist 2013

Acton, Massachusetts Ballet West Academy Trainee 2015, Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2016, Demi-Soloist 2018

Minas Gerais, Brazil Artist 2015, Demi-Soloist 2018

Bronx, New York Artist 2014, Demi-Soloist 2017

Trevor Naumann

New York City, New York Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2016

sponsored by shari & david quinney

Joshua Whitehead

Chesapeake, Virginia Ballet West Academy Trainee 2009, Ballet West II 2010, Artist 2012, Demi-Soloist 2016

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Artists

Paige Adams

sponsored by kent & martha difiore

Newtown, Pennsylvania Ballet West Academy Trainee 2010, Ballet West II 2011, Artist 2013

Dominic Ballard

Kyle Davis

Olivia Gusti

Chicago, Illinois Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2017

Amber Miller Prosper, Texas Artist 2016

Albury, NSW, Australia Artist 2017

Tampa, Florida Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2016

Ryo Munakata

Sendai Miyagi, Japan Artist 2018

Kimberly Ballard

Lillian Casscells

sponsored by the frederick quinney lawson foundation

David Huffmire

San Bernardino, California Ballet West Academy/ University of Utah Trainee 2009, Ballet West II 2011, Artist 2013

Lucas Horns

Salt Lake City, Utah Ballet West Academy Trainee 2012, Ballet West II 2013, Artist 2015

Kazlyn Nielsen

Spanish Fork, Utah Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2014

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Washington, D.C. Artist 2017

Reno, Nevada Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2018

Oliver Oguma

New York City, New York Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015

Artists

Jordan Richardson

Joshua Shutkind

Ronald Tilton

Kristina Weimer

Boulder, Colorado Artist 2011

San Diego, California Ballet West II 2010, Artist 2012

New York City, New York Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2016

Anisa Sinteral

Parker, Colorado Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015

Princeton, New Jersey Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2017

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Beau Chesivoir Washington, D.C.

Jordan DePina

Ballet West II 2018

Seal Beach, California Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2017

Robert Fowler

Noel Jensen

Kennewick, Washington

Ballet West II 2018

Jake Preece

Vancouver, Canada Ballet West II 2016

Carlsbad, California Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2017

Ashleigh Richardson

Kaysville, Utah Ballet West Academy Trainee 2015, Ballet West II 2017

Cy Doherty

Raleigh, North Carolina Ballet West II 2017

Vinicius Lima

Vitória, Brazil Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018

Alexandra Terry New Canaan, Connecticut

Ballet West II 2016

Brigitte Edwards

Nicole Fannéy

San Diego, California Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018

Cary, North Carolina Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018

Savannah Lyle

Joseph Lynch

Payson, Utah Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018

Victoria Vassos

Arbedo, Switzerland Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2017

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Cumberland, Rhode Island Ballet West II 2017

Severina Wong West Hills, California

Ballet West II 2018

Ballet West Orchestra Jared Oaks

Music Director

Ken Hodges

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Don Basinger

Orchestra Manager Emeritus

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cello

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Aubrey Woods Concertmaster Emily Day-Shumway Associate Concertmaster Kathryn Langr Peggy Wheelwright Marcel Bowman Amanda Kofoed Katherine Kunz Andrea Ashdown

Joyce Yang Principal Cassie Olson Associate Principal Monika Rosborough Bowman Robin Dunn Lauren Posey

Laurence Lowe Principal Steve Park Nathan Basinger Anita Miller

2nd violin Krista Utrilla Principal Kristiana Henderson Associate Principal David Price Ann Cox Gail Picha Melissa Draper

viola Michele Gardiner Principal Kathleen Bradford Associate Principal Candace Wagner Sunny Johnson Jacob Davis

bass Matthew Shumway Principal Lola Plumb Elizabeth Lambson

flute/piccolo Alison Olsen Principal Sally Humphreys

oboe Susan Swidnicki Principal Justin Torres

clarinet Erin Voellinger Principal David Feller

bassoon Brian Hicks Principal Christopher Egbert

trumpet Kyra Sovronsky Principal Sara Marchetti Lisa Verzella

trombone Will Kimball Principal Steven Hunter Neil Hendriksen

tuba Michael McCawley Principal

timpani Ken Hodges Principal

percussion Heath Wolf Principal Douglas Wolf

harp Janet Peterson Principal

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Profiles John Cranko Choreographer

John Cranko was born on August 15, 1927 in Rustenburg, South Africa. He received his dance education mainly at the University of Cape Town, where he also choreographed his first ballet to Stravinsky’s Suite from The Soldier’s Tale. In 1946, he continued his studies at the Sadler’s Wells School in London and shortly afterwards became a member of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (subsequently the Royal Ballet). In 1947, Cranko made an acclaimed choreography to Debussy’s Children’s Corner for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet; from 1949 on he devoted himself exclusively to choreography, producing extremely successful ballets - mostly for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet. In 1955, he choreographed La Belle Hélène for the Paris Opera Ballet and in 1957 he created his first full-length ballett, The Prince of the Pagodas, for the Royal Ballet.

In 1961, John Cranko was appointed ballet director in Stuttgart

by Walter Erich Schaefer, the General Director of the Wuerttemberg State Theatre (today’s Stuttgart State Theater).

At the beginning of his time in Stuttgart, Cranko created short ballets and gathered together a group of dancers, among them Ray Barra, Egon Madsen, Richard Cragun, Birgit Keil and, most importantly, a young Brazilian dancer named Marcia Haydée who was to become his prime muse and inspiration.

The breakthrough for Cranko came in December 1962 with the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet, which was highly praised by critics and audience alike. In Stuttgart, Cranko created many small choreographic jewels such as Jeu de cartes and Opus I, as well as his symphonic ballet Initials R.B.M.E., but it was with his dramatic story ballets such as Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, Poéme de l’Extase, and Traces that Cranko secured his place in the pantheon of great choreographers. In addition, he encouraged young dancers in his company - including Jiří Kylián and John Neumeier - to try their hand at choreography.

Cranko’s idea to establish a ballet school in Stuttgart became reality on December 1, 2971. Today more than half the company’s dancers are graduates of the John Cranko School.

John Cranko died unexpectedly at age 45 on June 26, 1973, on a return flight from a successful U.S.A. tour. In his 12 short years as a director he laid the foundation for what was to become one of the world’s leading ballet companies, a company with a tremendously diverse repertory and world class dancers.

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Profiles Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) studied at the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, where George Balanchine later studied piano in addition to his studies in dance. Tchaikovsky is one of the most popular and influential of all romantic composers.

His work is expressive, melodic, and grand in scale, with rich orchestration. His output was prodigious and included chamber works, symphonies, and concerti for various instruments, operas, and works for the piano. His creation for the ballet, composed in close partnership with Marius Petipa, include Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty.

Jane Bourne Staging

Born in Lincoln, England, Jane Bourne trained at the Benesh Institute of Choreology in London and worked with Leonide Massine notating La Tricorne for the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet). Following her graduation, Bourne spent some time with The Royal Ballet’s educational touring unit, Ballet for All, notating Birth of The Royal Ballet and Harliquinade.

In 1974, Bourne joined the Stuttgart Ballet as Choreologist to assist in the completion of the notation scores of the John Cranko repertoire. While at Stuttgart, she also notated new productions, working with choreographers Sir Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier, Glen Tetley, William Forsythe, and Uwe Scholz.

Bourne has staged Cranko’s ballets (Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Lady and the Fool, Jeu de Cartes, Brouillards) for companies around the world, including the Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Australian Ballet, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Bolshoi Ballet, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro dell’Opera Rome, Teatro Municipale Chile, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Paris Opera Ballet, National Ballet of China and The Royal Ballet.

In 1991, Bourne was awarded a fellowship of the Benesh Institute.

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Profiles Reid Anderson Staging

Reid Anderson has had a long and successful career as a dancer, ballet master and artistic director.

Anderson was born in 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia/Canada, and began his dance training at the Dolores Kirkwood Academy in Burnaby, B.C. He was given a grant at the age of 17 which allowed him to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, England. One year later, in February 1969, he joined the Stuttgart Ballet upon the invitation of John Cranko. During his 17-year career as a dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet, Anderson, who was promoted to Soloist in 1974 and to Principal Dancer in 1978, danced in a wide range of classical and contemporary ballets and worked with many of the leading choreographers of the 20th century, such as Kenneth MacMillan, Glen Tetley, John Neumeier, William Forsythe and Jiří Kylián, all of whom created roles for him.

From August 1987 to June 1989, Reid Anderson was Artistic Director of Ballet British Columbia in Vancouver and in July 1989 he was appointed Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto. In 1996, Reid Anderson returned to the Stuttgart Ballet as Artistic Director and was appointed “Intendant” at the end of that season. From the very outset, Reid Anderson followed a repertoire policy which placed equal weight on preserving and cultivating the Cranko legacy and promoting the works of established contemporary choreographers as well as on discovering and nurturing new talent. Between 1996 and 2018, Anderson commissioned over 130 world premieres, including eight new full length ballets from choreographers such as Mauro Bigonzetti, David Bintley, Bridget Breiner, Edward Clug, Jorma Elo, Itzik Galili, Marco Goecke, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Douglas Lee, Wayne McGregor, Kevin O’Day, Uwe Scholz, Cayetano Soto, Christian Spuck, and Demis Volpi. Under Anderson’s leadership, the Stuttgart Ballet was invited to perform at – among others - the Bolshoi Theater, the Palais Garnier in Paris, the Colisseum in London, and the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.

Reid Anderson is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes such as the John Cranko Prize, the German Dance Prize, the Federal Cross of Merit as well as the Golden Stauffer Medal from the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. In December 2013, the Stuttgart Ballet was awarded the European Culture Award for Dance.

Reid Anderson stages and rehearses John Cranko’s masterpieces for renowned ballet companies all over the world.

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Profiles Santo Loquasto Sets and Costumes

Santo Loquasto is a designer for dance, theatre, and film. He has collaborated with choreographers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, James Kudelka, Kenneth MacMillan, Agnes de Mille, Mark Morris, Jerome Robbins, and Twyla Tharp. In 1989, Loquasto won both the Tony and Drama Desk awards for his set design of the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Cafe Crown, and, in 1990, he again won both the Tony and Drama Desk awards for his costume design for Grand Hotel. He received his first Tony in 1977 for costume designs for The Cherry Orchard. For other work in the theatre, he has received an Obie, the Joseph Maharam Award, and both Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desks awards. Other productions for which his set designs have received Tony nominations are That Championship Season, What the Wine-Sellers Buy, The Cherry Orchard, American Buffalo, The Suicide, Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Glengarry Glen Ross. For film, Loquasto has received Academy Award nominations for his production design for Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway and Radio Days, and for his costume design for Allen’s Zelig. Other film credits include Desperately Seeking Susan, Big, Crimes and Misdemeanors and Husbands and Wives.

Kurt-Heinz Stolze

Arrangement and Orchestration Kurt-Heinz Stolze was born 1926 in Hamburg and studied piano, organ and conducting with Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg at the conservatory in Hamburg.

His first engagement was as Kapelmeister and répétiteur at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen. In 1957 he started working as opera and ballet répétiteur in Stuttgart. In the following years he increasingly concentrated on ballet music and became John Cranko’s closest musical adviser. He conducted many ballets, including Swan Lake, arranged Vivaldi’s concert cycle L’estro armonico for Cranko and orchestrated and arranged the music for Cranko’s Onegin after motifs from Peter I. Tchaikovsky’s complete works. He also worked for radio and film. In 1969 he arranged and orchestrated the music for Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew after music by Domenico Scarlatti. That same year he joined the Stuttgart Ballet on its first successful tour to the U.S.A. He died in 1970 in Munich.

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Tatiana’s Letter to Onegin I write to you - what more is needed?

This said, have I not said enough?

And you are free now, I concede it, To crush me with a chill rebuff.

Yet if one droplet may be pleaded Of your compassion for my plightYou will not cast me from your sight.

At first I would have sooner perished Than spoken of it, and I claim You never would have known my shame, Could I have confidently cherished Some hope that, though but once a week, You’d call on us, I’d hear you speak, Just hear your voice in friendly greeting, Perhaps exchange a word with you, Then ponder ever and anew One thought - until another meeting.

But you are hard to meet, they say, The rustic backwoods simply bore you, And we don’t shine in any way, have but a hearty welcome for you.

Why did you ever come to call?

In our remote and sleepy borough, Not having known of you at all, I would be spared this bitter sorrow.

I might in time - who knows, tomorrowHave stilled the soul’s young urge and strife, Have let my heart seek out another; I would have been a loving mother And a devoted, faithful wife.

Another! . . . No - my heart could never Become another’s here! Not mine, A higher Will, once and forever must have decreed it - I am thine.

All my past life was but a token Our faithful meeting to portend; I know thou art by God bespoken To have and hold me to the end. . .

In dreams of mine you kept appearing And, sigh unseen, were dear to me, Your gaze has worked its spell on me, Your voice resounded in my hearing So long . . . No phantom did I see!

I knew you well at first beholding, My cheeks caught fire, my knees were folding, I whispered to myself: It’s he!

Am I not right - you used to cheer me, Commune with me by mute caress

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When I have alms? Did you not hear me Each time I prayed for someone near me To soothe the stricken soul’s distress?

And at those very moments, surely ’Twas your dear form I saw obscurely Out of the limpid dusk appear And softly lay your head beside me, And none but you who seemed to guide me With whispered words of love and cheer?

My angel then, my preservation, Or the fell demon of temptation, Which are you? Make my doubts depart; All this, it may be, is misguided, Delusion of a callow heart, And Fate has otherwise decided . . .

But be it so! What is in store For me is now in your safekeeping, And your protection I implore As though I stood before you weeping . . .

Consider: I am here alone, And everyone about mistakes me, My understanding, too, forsakes me, In silence must I be undone.

I await your word: One intimation My hope to hearten and revive, Or this oppressive dream to rive, Alas, with earned humiliation!

I close-and dare not to reread These lines, by shame and terror haunted. . . .

But let your honor for me plead, To it I trust my fate undaunted. . .

alicia amatriain and friedemann vogel in john cranko’s onegin

© stuttgart ballet

Onegin’s Letter to Tatiana I doubt not: I shall give offense By baring secrets dark and painful; What glances bitterly disdainful Your haughty eye will now dispense!

What do I seek? For what employment Do I expose my soul to you?

And how much mischievous enjoyment, It may be, give occasion to?

When chance that summer willed our meetingThough conscious in you of a fleeting Fondness for me, I would decline To yield, to let dear habit sway me: Afraid of love lest it betray me Of that chill freedom that was mine.

Then a dark shadow fell to blight us: When Lensky, luckless fate! Succumbed, All tender urges that delight us I stifled in my breast and numbed.

All ties cast off, as in repentance, I thought detachment, calm, would pass In place of happiness. Alas!

How wrong I was; how harsh my sentence!

Grope of detachment while I languish, Sense, while my flesh is parched with thirst; To long to clutch your knees and, sobbing, In supplication bent, confess With pleas, avowals, prayers throbbing, All, everything I might express; Instead, with lying self-possession To armor daily speech and gaze, Hold converse in well-tempered phrase, And meet you with a gay expression! . . .

No-come what may, I am unfit To spite my whole self any longer; My lot is cast-you are the stronger, And to your sentence I submit.

I know now: always to behold you, Devoutly follow all your steps, With loving scrutiny enfold you When you look up or move your lips; Be drinking in your voice, be bathing My soul in your loveliness Writhe in your sight with torment scathing, Wane, be extinguished-there is bliss!

And I am cheated of such bliss, My random quest of you pursuing; Each day I grudge, each hour I miss, In fruitless pining wasted; ruing The precious time allowed me yet, Mortgaged before this by regret.

My span grows short, I need no warning, But lest it be cut off outright, I must be certain in the morning That day will cheer me with your sight . . .

Your bitter virtue may be deeming My meek entreaty false, I fear, The subterfuge of wicked scheming; Your stern rebuke rings in my ear.

But if you knew my mortal anguishTo be with love’s wild fever cursed,

alicia amatriain and friedemann vogel in john cranko’s onegin © stuttgart ballet

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In Remembrance, Peter Meldrum Peter Meldrum received awards and plaques that could line hallways during his life. He had the ear of presidents, built an empire at Myriad Genetics, and was named one of the most visionary scientists of our time. Through it all, Peter remained humble and earthbound, even though his hobbies—from climbing mountains to supporting dance—took him skyward.

As Ballet West Board President, Peter led the search for a new Artistic Director in 2007, while also guiding the company during a financial tsunami. “Beginning with Mr. C, Ballet West has had an excellent reputation. Under Adam Sklute, it is recognized as one of the leading ballet companies in the country,” said Peter in 2016. “In fact, it is more recognized today than ever before… we have dancers on the cover of international magazines, articles in The New York Times, and we’re touring the country—and this season to Cuba!”

After his tenure as Board President, Peter and Cathie continued to actively promote and support the company through The Meldrum Foundation and helped launch the Innovations series, which developed into the Choreographic Festival. Peter was proud of his Scottish heritage, so it is a serendipitous coincidence Adam invited the Scottish Ballet to the third annual Choreographic Festival, which is posthumously being staged in his honor.

“I remain eternally grateful to Pete. He headed the search committee that hired me for Ballet West,” recalls Artistic Director Adam Sklute. “Later, he was a remarkable, committed, and hands-on Chairman of our Board and he mentored me on so many levels. He was a champion of my work, indeed he was a champion of all arts, theater, and music both locally and abroad.

Our Choreographic Festival would not have come to fruition without his passion for new and innovative work. I can honestly say I would not be the Artistic Director I am today without Pete’s guidance. I will miss him tremendously.”

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B. W. Bastian Foundation Peggy Bergmann Val A. Browning Foundation George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Huntsman Foundation Barbara Barrington Jones Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation The Meldrum Foundation John and Marcia Price Family Foundation Shari and David Quinney S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Beano Solomon James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation Wells Fargo HERITAGE CLUB We thank our loyal Heritage Club patrons for their generous annual support of $1,000 and above.

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Individual Donors Ginny Bostrom Robert Chamberlain Rebecca Marriott Champion Carmen Chirinos Cecile and Harold Christiansen Jim and Barbara Clark Drs. Joan L. and William J. Coles William and Melissa Connelly Meri Crandall Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett Willard and Julie Dere Meredith and Stephen Drechsel John Eckert Sissy Eichwald John and Joan Firmage Tracy Frankel Karen L. Freed Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner Marla M. Gault DeGauss Ann and Rick Gold David and Sandylee Griswold Jon and Tami Hansen Sandra and David Haughey Connie C. Holbrook Julie Hopkins Daniel Horns and Renee Zollinger Larry and Tina Howard Robert and Dixie Huefner Scott and Heidi Ingham David and Linda Irvine Gordon Irving David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs Anne and Conrad Jenson Marilyn and Chester Johnson G. Frank and Pamela Joklik Howard A. and Lou Ann B. Jorgensen John S. Karls Scott Kirkpatrick The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family Carol and Guy Kroesche Katherine Probert Labrum Roxanne Christensen and Tony Lazzara Bruce and Sheryl Lefavi David E. and Helane B. Leta Kathy Lynch Richard Mandahl and Franci Leary Dr. John and Colleen McCarter

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Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill David and Colleen Merrill Sheri P. and Ted Morgan Carolyn Nebeker Oren and Liz Nelson Karen Nichols ONTOUR Pictures LLC Joanne Parrish Linda S. Pembroke Andrea and Don Peterson Troy and Helena Piantes Kyle and Brenda Powell Lee Quinney Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Suzanne and David Razor Victor and Susan Rickman Mark and Linda Scholl Robert and Nancy Schumacker Katherine Scott Laura Scott and Rodney Mena Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry Beth and Randy Siebert Teresa Silcox Lou Ann Stevens Jennifer Strachan and Tom Biersbach Cyndie Taylor Raymond Vismantas Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Sue Wilkerson Mr. & Mrs. Jay Edward Wilson Mary Bird and Lance Wood Kathryn Zwack and Brian Allison Anonymous MEMBERSHIP We thank our Members at the Producer level for their generous annual support of $500 and above.

Angela Adams Jordan Atkin Vicki and Bill Bennion Ronald and Tracy Bolander Lee and Deann Broadbent Allen Chantry Pat and Frank Child Susan Chilton James M. and Sherise G. Clayton Wilma Corkery and John Ripley Sandra Covey Jason Crethar

John Bohnsack and Rebecca Day Lee Dever and Carolyn Nichols Paul and Terrell Dougan Eric and Shellie Eide Barbara W. Frazier Mark and Wenda Fry Dr. Nancy Futrell, M.D. and Dr. Clark Millikan, M.D. James Halliday Cynthia Hamman and Robert Robbins Kenneth and Kate Handley Scott Hansen and Peggy Norton Joel and Frances Harris David and Sheila Hayes Moore Mark and Wendi Holland Barbara Horwitz Cynthia Huntsalong Elise Hutchings Scott and Allison Kendell Timotha Ann Kent Marvin Kimball Alisha Knight Dr. Hank and Marty Lamb Than Larsen Helle and Jon Le Rette Mark Love David and Donna Lyon Dr. and Mrs. Ned L. Mangelson Howard Mann Drs. Daniel and NoĂŠmi Mattis Tracy NcNally Keith and Donna Mercer Marilyn Neilson Kathy G. Oakley Carol M. Oliver Ronald and Camille Parker Tim Payne Vantage Point Advisors Joy Rocklin Rob and Susan Rodgers Jared Ruga Paul and Carol Sonntag Kevin and Alice Steiner Dave and Jerre Winder Richard and Marsha Workman Anonymous The above list includes individual donations received between March 1, 2018 and March 5, 2019.

Artistic Impact Fund Donors We thank the donors below 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.

Kathie and Charles Horman Barbara Barrington Jones Barbara Levy Kipper

Hank and Diane Louis Sascha and Richard Shutkind Visit Salt Lake

Elaine Wolbrom

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 or above.

Bud and Janet Blackmore Marie and Kevin Brown John and Kristi Cumming Barbara Barrington Jones Scott Kirkpatrick Susan and Chris Lockwood

Jenny and Joe Maffuccio Jan Mitchell Park City Community Foundation: The Solomon Fund Promontory Foundation

Shari and David Quinney The above list includes scholarship donations received between March 1, 2018 and March 5, 2019.

Gifts Made in Honor of Bruce Caldwell’s 50th Anniversary with Ballet West We thank the individuals below for their contributions honoring Ballet Master and Company Archivist Bruce Caldwell at this monumental milestone in his career.

Kamar and Sally Aulakh Amanda Baer Ballet West Guild Will and Julie Dere Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Marla Gault Pamela Hawker Julie Hopkins Chester and Marilyn Johnson Pam Joklik John Karls

Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Katherine Lawrence and Aaron Orlowski Tomi Jean Ossana Michael and Cindy Palumbo Ann Pearce Jeanne Potucek Marilynn Roskelley-Dorius Michael Scolamiero Julie Terry and Aharon Shulimson

Lou Ann Stevens Lewis and Betty Stone Jeff Van Niel and Nancy Rapoport In Honor of Claire Elizabeth Wilson Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Mary Bird Wood

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Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor We thank the donors who have made a gift to Ballet West in memory or honor of those listed below.

In Memory In Memory of Megan Leigh Brown Kevin and Marie Brown In Memory of Rowland Butler Linda Forsey In Memory of Sue J. Ellis Ballet West In Memory of Loraine Felton Anonymous In Memory of Helen Haff Rebecca Johnston In Memory of Ray Hansen The Thornock Family Fund In Memory of Paul Hutchings Elise Hutchings In Memory of Peter Durkee Meldrum Ballet West In Memory of Jenniffer Michaelson Ballet West

In Memory of Gary L Stewart David G. Del Colletti and Barbara D. Austin Rodney Ferrell Barbara Freidly-Keesey and Rob Roberts Beth and Kevin Hassett Board of Directors, HomeAid Sacramento Edward Hook Cynthia Lucas Bryan Merica Marnie and Dent Shuey

In Honor of Ryan Lenkey Attila Lenkey

In Memory of Kathy Hillis Wood Ballet West

In Honor of Anne Marie Smith and Family Laura and Martin deLannoy

In Honor In Honor of Peter Christie Joel and Frances Harris In Honor of Barbara Crafts Joshua and Angelina Reinbolz

In Honor of John and Andrea Miller Lucynthia Rockwood In Honor of Christopher Ruud Mary Gootjes and John Davis In Honor of Joshua Shutkind and the Shutkind Family Arthur and Joanie Cooper Family Foundation In Honor of Adam Sklute Anonymous

In Honor of Arolyn Williams and Ballet West Jim and Julie Crittenden

In Honor of Lucas Horns David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Silveira

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.

BenĂŠ Arnold 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* The Donna L. Dell Trust* Kent and Martha DiFiore The Zorka D. Divich Trust* Richard and Pamela Dropek Dolores DorĂŠ Eccles* Virginia Fackrell Estate* Sid W. Foulger* DeGauss

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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 Gaye Herman Marrash* Willis McCree and John Fromer

Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Margot Shott* Norman C. Tanner* and Barbara L. Tanner Oma W. Wagstaff* Mrs. Glen Walker Wallace* Gladys Walz* Susan Warshaw Afton B. Whitbeck* Carole M. Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Marelynn and Edward Zipser *Indicates donor has passed away

Ballet West Staff Adam Sklute, Artistic Director | The Willam Christensen Artistic Director Chair, Sponsored by Peggy Bergmann Michael Scolamiero, Executive Director | The Elizabeth Solomon Executive Director Chair ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Liz Crawford Chief Financial Officer Felicia Cowan Director of Human Resources Sarah Taylor Associate Director of Artistic Operations Jennifer Bailey Accounting Manager Teri Percy Assistant to the Executive Director and Board Liaison

ARTISTIC STAFF Pamela Robinson Harris Principal Ballet Master Jane Victorine Wood Ballet Master Bruce Caldwell Ballet Master and Company Archivist Nicolo Fonte Resident Choreographer Cristin Carlin Assistant to the Artistic Director Calvin Kitten Director of Ballet West II and Assistant Ballet Master Peggy Dolkas Associate Director of Ballet West II Heather Thackeray Student Ballet Master and Academy Artistic Liaison

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

DEVELOPMENT Sarah West Chief Development Officer Jyn Van Putten Manager of Foundations and Government Giving Nicole Levy Individual Giving Manager

Amy Falls Development Coordinator

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 Temria Airmet, Nikki Bybee, Kira Coelho, Shelly Cordova, Ashley Creek, Jennifer Heighton, Sarah Lovett, Stacey Mahan, Wendee Fiedeley-McCulloch, Audrey Olsen, Moisés Próspero, Alison Russell, Amy Simkins, Anne Marie Smith, Joni Taylor, Ashlee Vilos, Krista Widdison, Trish Wilstead Educators

FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON BALLET WEST ACADEMY Peter LeBreton Merz Director, Ballet West Academy Shawn Spainhour Managing Director Heather Fryxell Principal, Ballet West Academy at Salt Lake City Maricar Drilon Principal, Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation Ballet West Academy at Thanksgiving Point Cati Snarr Principal, Peggy Bergmann Ballet West Academy at Park City Cynthia Ridler Principal Faculty and Assistant to the Student Ballet Master Peggy Dolkas, Calvin Kitten, Jeffrey Rogers, Heather Thackeray Principal Faculty Shazell Ellerbeck Head Academy Administrator Leslie-Ann Campbell, Sandy Flury Academy Administrators

Joey Alatorre, Christa Anderson, Silver Barkes, Alexx Baxter, Tonia Blomquist, Brenda Butcher, Bruce Caldwell, Natalie Desch, Wilson Domingues, Lindsay Folkman, Adrian Fry, Jenna Rae Herrera, Brittany Holt, Lisa Hoyt, Eldon Johnson, Katie Johnson, Chelsea Keefer, Alexa Knutzen, Abbey Lasley, Deborah Latimer, Ginger Leishman, Oliver Oguma, Hope Parker, Michelle Player, Sawyer Player, Joanne Rupinskas, Christopher Sellars, Anne Marie Smith, Connie Smith, Jessica Thompson, Chelsea Weidmann, Jaclyn Weisenbeck, Natalie Whitney, Alena Wilson, Elise Wood, Jamie Lynn Zollinger Faculty Maggie Wright-Tesch U of U/ BW Joint Trainee Liaison Katherine Lawrence Summer Intensive Coordinator Shanika Ells, Tori Holmes, Lindsay Preece, Cole Walkenhorst Administrative Assistants

MARKETING Sara M. K. Neal Chief Marketing Officer Joshua Jones Director of Communications Lisa Jensen Retail Sales and Boutique Manager Alex Moya Graphic Designer Beau Pearson Photographer Marissa Hodges Marketing Coordinator

MUSIC Jared Oaks Music Director Ken Hodges Orchestra Manager George Shevtsov Company Pianist Grigoriy Ayrapetov Principal Academy Pianist, Associate Rehearsal Pianist Rob Wood Company Class Pianist

Max Hall, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, John Rukavina, Academy Pianists TECHNICAL PRODUCTION Kimberly Petersen Director of Production and Lighting Michael McCulloch Production Stage Manager Lindsey Gänder Production Management Coordinator Robert Clifford Head Carpenter/Technical Director Josh 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 Heidi Belka Pyrotechnician Members of IATSE Local 99 Run of Show Crew

TICKETING AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Jack E Stahl Associate Director of Technology and Ticketing Natalie Thorpe Manager of Patron Services Jane Harris Lead Patron Advisor Hilary Hancock Patron Services Coordinator W. Powell Smith Patron Advisor Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Company.

Ballet West is an American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Company.

Ballet West is an 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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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