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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 36 company members, 16 second company members, and a thriving academy that trains dancers of all ages, many of whom have gone on to professional careers with Ballet West and companies around the world, Ballet West ranks among the top professional ballet companies in America. Since its inception, the Company has had five artistic directors—its founder Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks, John Hart, Jonas Kåge, and currently Adam Sklute, each of whom has helped to build Ballet West’s unique and expansive profile.
For 60 years, Willam Christensen and Ballet West have developed and influenced innumerable great artists in the ballet world. Some notable figures include Bart Cook, Finis Jhung, Jay Jolley, Victoria Morgan, Tomm Ruud, Michael Smuin, Richard Tanner, and Kent Stowell.
With an eclectic and ever expanding outlook, Ballet West is truly an American pioneer in the world of dance.
Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra and Choir
Conductors: Jared Oaks, Gabriel Gordon
Vocal Soloists: Seth Keeton, Melissa Heath, Christopher Puckett, Jin-Xiang Yu
Pianists: Ruby Chou, Nicholas Maughan, Whitney Pizza, Vedrana Subotic
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Solo Piano: Nicholas Maughan
Choreography: Gerald Arpino
Music: Douglas Adamz and Russ Gauthier
This program lasts approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes with two intermissions.
Welcome to The Wedding, a program of three Ballet West premieres that takes us on a journey through the history of ballet. All three works have, in their own way, redefined our approach to classical ballet as we move further into the 21st century. They also, in different and unexpected ways, speak to the ideas of marriage, relationships, and human union.
We open with the powerful Les Noces (pronounced “Lay Noss”), which means “The Wedding” in French. This year marks the 100th Anniversary of this startling creation’s premiere in 1923, commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes, the ballet company he founded in Paris in 1909. It became the hallmark of avant-garde that changed the face of classical ballet by combining new and experimental artists like Picasso, Matisse, and Bakst, with renowned composers of the day such as Igor Stravinsky, Debussy, and Poulenc, and emerging new choreographers Fokine, Massine, and the great star dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, to name a few.
Stravinsky had come forward with a new composition for a ballet about a Slavic peasant wedding – an oratorio that combined a chorus of 40 with 4 solo singers, accompanied by 4 grand pianos and percussion. It was an unprecedented score, and Diaghilev pushed forward his dancer, Nijinsky’s sister, Bronislava Nijinska, to choreograph it. She had begun to make a name for herself as a choreographer in her own right. Diaghilev also commissioned the Russian ex-patriot experimental artist Natalia Goncharova to design the sets and costumes. Thus began a unique collaboration for the time between a woman choreographer and a woman designer.
Through many elaborate iterations by both Stravinsky and Goncharova, Nijinska’s uncompromising vision to make this ballet a minimalist and stark piece of art prevailed and Les Noces premiered as a major work that was outwardly unemotional but deeply moving. At once tragic and celebratory, this oratorio in four tableaux shows the grief of the bride and her mother as the bride prepares to leave her home, the terror of the groom as he must wed someone he doesn’t know, and the raucous celebration of the community. There is no actual libretto; more a narrative designed by Stravinsky and Nijinska to immerse the audience in a world of anecdotes and comments – as if we were at a wedding celebration overhearing bits and pieces of discussion. The ballet creates a world that was never before experienced and never has been since. Because of the size and scope of this monumental work - 36 dancers and the huge musical accompaniment—it is rarely done. It’s an honor to revise it and celebrate the brilliance of Bronislava Nijinska’s vision, which inspired and paved the way for so many wellknown neoclassical choreographers, such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Gerald Arpino.
Next on the program is Jerome Robbins’ elegant and subtle 1970 ballet for six dancers and a piano, In the Night. Robbins became world famous primarily as a Broadway chorographer with such works as West Wide Story, Gypsy, and Fiddler on the Roof, but he was, from the start, a ballet dancer and creator of ballets. In the late 1960’s after working on Broadway for over a decade, Robbins returned to the ballet stage of the New York City Ballet as resident choreographer alongside the renowned George Balanchine. During this period, he created a series of works to well-known solo piano pieces, ranging from Bach’s Goldberg Variations to creations from Frederick Chopin.
One of these, In the Night, became an instant success and remains enduring for its intimate and romantic depiction of three couples and how they navigate their personal
relationships, all danced to Chopin’s dreamy Nocturnes. As you watch this minimasterpiece, imagine you are at a soirée in Europe in the late 19th Century. Among the guests are three couples. The first you encounter are newly engaged, passionate about each other, and dance with a delicate abandon that reflects their new love and excitement. The next couple you meet is a stately, noble pair – perhaps he is a military man—and they deign to visit with you. Finally, you encounter a married couple who are clearly bickering. Embarrassed, you don’t wish to intrude as they quarrel, but you quietly watch them ultimately resolve their differences as the woman wisely breaks the tension by reconciling with the man. This is Robbins’ genius, how he draws us in by immersing us in the world of the characters and making us at once voyeurs and accomplices as an audience. At first glance, In the Night can look like a traditional, classical work but upon looking closer, we see a completely unique approach to dance storytelling. Filmic and theatrical, it redefined how we see ballet. Finally, we present the Ballet West premiere of Gerald Arpino’s Light Rain. Ballet West has performed the central Pas de Deux (duet) at galas and events for a number of years, but this is the first time we premiere the full work that the Joffrey Ballet premiered in New York in 1981. It is a celebration of human union, joy, and youth, inspired by the score. Gerald Arpino discovered the musicians playing on the floor of a San Francisco coffee house. They had created a new sound for the time – a mix of Eastern music played on Western instruments. It was an unprecedented sound, and Arpino immediately commissioned them to create a score for a ballet. The ballet, in three movements, was an instant success and quickly became a signature work for The Joffrey, and until 2007, it was presented around the world to great acclaim by that company. With its unparalleled speed, energy, and Arpino’s specific combination of ballet technique and a modern dance use of the torso, it helped usher in a new approach to classical ballet that has illuminated dance in the 21st Century. I was fortunate to dance several roles in this delightful work when I was a dancer with The Joffrey, and it is a thrill to finally present the complete work to our Ballet West audiences and as a fitting finale to this remarkable journey I am calling The Wedding.
Thank you for joining us and enjoy the Journey!
Sincerely,
Adam Sklute Artistic Director Ballet WestSince 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.
Our 59th season is coming to a close, sadly, and what an amazing season it has been with productions showing the breadth of our dancers’ artistry and audiences turning out in record numbers. I count myself extremely fortunate to be able to come to work every day and be part of a legacy of great art and training that has put Ballet West and Utah on the map in a number of ways.
This program, featuring Les Noces, or The Wedding, gives our audiences the opportunity to see three works never presented by Ballet West. Created 100 years ago by the legendary Bronislava Nijinska, Les Noces is a massive work that calls for a large cast of dancers, four pianos, a sizeable percussion section, a large chorus and four soloists. The sheer magnitude of the work is a key reason it has been neglected. Ballet West’s remounting of this work prompted an invitation from the Guggenheim Museum’s “Works and Process” that will feature excerpts of the work performed by our dancers, along with a panel discussion featuring Nijinska scholar Lynn Garafola.
In stark contrast is the energetic Light Rain, one of Gerald Arpino’s most popular works, created for The Joffrey Ballet’s silver anniversary in 1981, and the sublime In the Night by the legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins. This program, which shows the versatility of Ballet West’s dancers, has become one of the company’s hallmarks and is a fitting conclusion to a season that has had audiences respond enthusiastically and with great support.
Looking ahead, demand for subscriptions for the 60th Anniversary has been robust. All of us at Ballet West appreciate such strong interest in our company year after year, which we do not take for granted. Ballet West constantly strives to meet the needs of our audiences in all that we do. We encourage you to reach out to us and share your experiences with us in order to help us remain good stewards of the legacy started by Willam Christensen some 60 years ago. The pride Utahns take in this company is not only heartwarming, it is why we are privileged to earn your generous support year after year.
Please accept my sincere thanks and gratitude for your commitment to our superb company.
Best wishes for a relaxing off-season!
Enjoy the show!
Warm wishes,
Michael Scolamiero Executive DirectorMichael 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.
Dr. Judy Watts Brady, longtime supporter of Ballet West, passed away in February due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She and her husband, Drew Browning, shared a love of the arts as evidenced by their enormous generosity to Ballet West and other arts organizations over the years. As longtime subscribers of Ballet West, Judy and Drew often returned to enjoy multiple casts of productions following opening night, which they both took great joy in attending. Judy also had a keen interest in the dancers and was pleased, with Drew, to sponsor dancers over the years.
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Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Scenic and Costume Design: Natalia Goncharova
Lighting: Kevin Dreyer, after Craig Miller
Staging: Howard Sayette and Cameron Basden
Scenic Artist: Dusty Terrell
Vocal Soloists: Seth Keeton, Melissa Heath, Christopher Puckett, Jin-Xiang Yu
Pianists: Ruby Chou, Nicholas Maughan, Whitney Pizza, Vedrana Subotic
Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra and Choir
Conductors: Jared Oaks (4/14-4/15), Gabriel Gordon (4/20-4/22)
World Premiere: June 13, 1923, Ballets Russes, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris
Utah Premiere: April 14, 2023, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City
This ballet in four scenes depicts a Russian peasant wedding at the beginning of the Christian era, when pagan rituals were still retained as family traditions.
First Tableau: Benediction of the Bride
While friends braid her hair, the young Bride laments the uncertainty of her arranged marriage. Though the maidens try to comfort her, the Bride sobs with fear. Her parents bless her.
Bride: Victoria Vassos/Anisa Sinteral (4/20, 4/22 MAT)
Bride’s Parents: Katlyn Addison, Brian Waldrep
Bride’s Friends: Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Schuyler Lian, Rylee Ann Rogers, Tatiana Stevenson, Claire Wilson
Second Tableau: Benediction of the Bridegroom
In the company of friends, the Bridegroom celebrates prior to his wedding day. His parents bless him.
Bridegroom: Dominic Ballard
Bridegroom’s Parents: Olivia Gusti, Tyler Gum
Bridegroom’s Friends: Beau Chesivoir, Anderson Duhan, Robert Fowler, Tyler Gum, Jacob Hancock, Elijah Hartley, Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Willam Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Jake Preece, Loren Walton
Third Tableau: Departure of the Bride from the Parental Home
The bride is escorted from her parents’ home by her friends and by her four matchmakers. The Bride’s mother laments the loss of her child.
First Tableau Cast with: David Huffmire, Chelsea Keefer, Kristina Weimer, Joshua Whitehead
Fourth Tableau: The Wedding Feast
Inside the “izba,” the newlyweds bid farewell to their parents in their new home. Villagers and guests celebrate the wedding feast. The Bridegroom promises the Bride a life of happiness.
Bride’s Friend: Jenna Rae Herrera
Bridegroom’s: Friend: Jordan Veit
Entire Cast with: Nicole Fannéy, Amber Miller, Kazlyn Nielsen, Anisa Sinteral / Victoria Vassos (4/20, 4/22 MAT)
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Music: Frédéric Chopin
Costume Design: Anthony Dowell
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Lighting Recreation: Jim French
Staging: Christine Redpath
Piano Soloist: Nicholas Maughan
World Premiere: January 29, 1970, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York City
Utah Premiere: April 14, 2023, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City
Costumes Courtesy of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
Peter Boal, Artistic Director
Jerome Robbins’ elegant and subtle 1970 ballet for six dancers and a piano, In the Night, is an intimate and romantic depiction of three couples and how they navigate their personal relationships. The work presents themes of harmony, passion, and naïve young love to Chopin’s Nocturnes for solo piano.
Couple #1
Amy Potter, Hadriel Diniz
Couple #2
Emily Adams, Adrian Fry
Couple #3
Katlyn Addison and Brian Waldrep/ Chelsea Keefer and Tyler Gum (4/20, 4/22 MAT)
Choreography: Gerald Arpino
Music: Douglas Adamz and Russ Gauthier
Costume Design: A. Christina Giannini
Lighting: Kevin Dreyer, after Thomas R. Skelton
Staging: Cameron Basden
World Premiere: November 1981, Joffrey Ballet, City Center, New York City
Utah Premiere: April 14, 2023, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City
Light Rain sparkles and glistens in this third Ballet West premiere of the evening’s repertoire. The music was a new sound for the time - a mix of Eastern music played on Western instruments, set to the backdrop to Gerald Arpino’s dynamic ode to youth and all its passions.
Emily Adams, Hadriel Diniz
Beckanne Sisk*, Chase O’Connell* (4/20, 4/22 EVE)
Dominic Ballard , Nicole Fannéy, Adrian Fry/Jake Preece (4/20, 4/22 MAT), Jenna Rae Herrera, David Huffmire, Chelsea Keefer/Tatiana Stevenson (4/20, 4/22 MAT)
Vinicius Lima, Joseph Lynch, Kazlyn Nielsen, Amy Potter, Jordan Veit, Kristina Weimer
*Guest Artists, Courtesy of Houston Ballet, Former Ballet West Principal Artists
Les Noces, Bronislava Nijinska once remarked about her 1923 masterpiece for the Ballets Russes, was the only ballet in which Serge Diaghilev allowed the choreographer “to have a deciding influence over the entire production.” With music and lyrics by Igor Stravinsky and scenery and costumes by Natalia Goncharova, Les Noces (which means The Wedding in French) was transformed by Nijinska into a brilliant piece of dance theater, free of plot and folklore, dynamic in its treatment of space, and infused with a tragic, female sensibility. A charter member of the Ballets Russes and the sister and artistic helpmate of the celebrated Vaslav Nijinsky, Nijinska spent most of World War I and the revolutionary period that followed in Kyiv. Here, in 1919, she established the School of Movement, a studio where she carried out her earliest choreographic experiments. With the young dancers of her school, she made her first plotless dances, envisioning space as an architecture of geometric forms and the moving ensemble as an orchestra of choreographic voices, capable of great expressive power. By the time Nijinska left Kyiv for the West, she had absorbed a wide range of avant-garde ideas that culminated in Les Noces
Les Noces has four tableaux: At the Bride’s Home, At the Groom’s Home, The Departure of the Bride from her Parents’ Home, and The Wedding Feast. But what drives the ballet is the fusion of Stravinsky’s propulsive score with Nijinska’s dynamic, architectural masses. The result is a wedding that is anything but festive. At Nijinska’s insistence, Goncharova replaced the sumptuous Russian costumes she had designed with simple garments, identical in cut and color, the uniform of a society without individuals. Partly because of her own unhappy marriage – at the time of Les Noces she was a single mother with two young children and a mother to support – Nijinska identified strongly with the Bride. “The young girl knows nothing at all about her future family nor what lies in store for her,” she wrote in the 1960s. In scene after scene, feeling bleeds through the abstraction of the choreography.
If Les Noces reveals the impact of Nijinska’s encounter with the Russo-Ukrainian avant-garde, the ballet is also an early example of neoclassicism, premiering the same year as Fyodor
Lopukhov Magnificence of the Universe in Petrograd and five years before Balanchine’s Apollo.
In Les Noces, unlike most of the Diaghilev ballets that preceded it, all the women dance on pointe. Even if they hold their hands in fists, their arms and steps are classical, albeit stylized. In Les Noces, modernism gives birth to neoclassicism before our eyes.
Paris wits decried Les Noces as bad for the institution of marriage. Even if that were true, ballet is all the richer for Nijinska’s vision, which remains as compelling today as when the ballet was made 100 years ago.
TIMPANI
Ken Hodges Principal
PERCUSSION
Heath Wolf Principal
Darren Bastian*
Chelsea Jones*
Shane Jones*
Ben Kipp*
Anthony Thackeray*
PIANO
Ruby Chou*
Nicholas Maughan
Whitney Pizza*
Vedrana Subotic
*Substitute Musician
CHORUS
SOPRANO
Sarah Carrut
Ali Engebretsen
Sarah Fawcett
Angela LeBaron
Emily Nelson
Tara Wardle
Rachel Brown
ALTO
Ruth Angerbauer
Michelle Blauer
Annalise Ford
Cherie Hall
Kelly Nelson
Chelsee Rowberry
Cait Clawson
TENOR
Eric Bloomquist
Clifford King
Ryan May
David McMurray
Zach Pearce
Andrew Wardle
BASS
George Angerbauer
Charles Hamilton
Brian Pappal
Ricky Parkinson
Matt Robertson
Bob Stevens
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.
Choreographer, Les Noces
Bronislava Nijinska (1891 – 1972) was a Russian-born dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She trained at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg and joined the Mariinsky Theatre company in 1908. She then danced with the Ballets Russes in Paris from 1909, alongside her brother, Vaslav Nijinsky. She choreographed several ballets for the company, including Les Noces (1923), The Blue Train (1924), and Les Biches (1924). During the 1920s and 1930s, she created works for other companies, including her own (1932–37). In 1938, she moved to Los Angeles, where she opened a school while continuing to work as a guest choreographer into the early 1960s.
Composer, Les Noces
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 Ballet 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 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 Stravinksy’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.
Natalia Goncharova (1881 – 1962) was a leading avant-garde artist in early 20th-century Russia. She gained recognition in the West through her set and costume designs produced for Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes. A painter, stage and costume designer, printmaker, and illustrator, Goncharova’s work spanned a range of modernist styles, including Futurism, Cubism, Rayonism, and Neo-Primitivism, finding inspiration in Russian folk art and often depicting group scenes of women.
Choreographer, In The Night
Jerome Robbins is world-renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater, movies and television. His Broadway shows include On the Town, Billion Dollar Baby, High Button Shoes, West Side Story, The King and I, Gypsy, Peter Pan, Miss Liberty, Call Me Madam, and Fiddler on the Roof. His last Broadway production in 1989, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, won six Tony Awards, including best musical and best director. Among the more than 60 ballets he created are Fancy Free, Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, Dances At a Gathering, In the Night, In G Major, Other Dances, Glass Pieces and Ives, Songs, which are in the repertories of New York City Ballet and other major dance companies throughout the world. His last ballets include A Suite of Dances created for Mikhail Baryshnikov (1994), 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), West Side Story Suite (1995) and Brandenburg (1996). In addition to two Academy Awards for the film West Side Story, Mr. Robbins has received four Tony Awards, five Donaldson Awards, two Emmy Awards, the Screen Directors’ Guild Award, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Mr. Robbins was a 1981 Kennedy Center Honors Recipient and was awarded the French Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur.
Composer, In the Night
Frédéric Chopin, (1810 - 1849), a Polish and composer and virtuoso pianist, is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music. Chopin was composing at age six and gave his first public concerto performance at the age of eight. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Jozef Elsner. His major piano works included mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, the instrumental ballade, études, presludes, and sonatas.
Costume Design, In the Night
Regarded as one of the 20th century’s most distinguished classical dancers, he spent most of his career with The Royal Ballet. Anthony trained at the School and was a Principal with the Company. He created many significant roles for Ashton and MacMillan and had an acclaimed dance partnership with Antoinette Sibley, which was launched when they created Titania and Oberon in The Dream in 1964. In addition to making guest appearances around the world, he was a guest artist with ABT during the 1978/79 season. In 1986, he became Director of The Royal Ballet, a post he held for 15 years, during which time he created new productions of Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. He also designed costumes for the Company’s premiere of In the Night, ‘Meditation‘ from Thais and Symphony in C. He has staged The Dream for companies
including American Ballet Theatre, Dutch National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, K-Ballet and Tokyo Ballet and A Month in the Country for the National Ballet of Canada and Birmingham Royal Ballet. He has narrated in The Wind in the Willows (Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London), A Wedding Bouquet and Oedipus Rex (Metropolitan Opera, New York). He was made a CBE, 1973, and awarded a knighthood, 1995.
Gerald Arpino (1923-2008) was the Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of The Joffrey Ballet, the company he co-founded with Robert Joffrey in 1956. Born on Staten Island, New York, he trained with Mary Ann Wells and May O’Donnell and became a principal dancer with the original Joffrey company. As resident choreographer, Arpino created over one third of the commissioned repertory for the Joffrey Ballet, and choreographed for Broadway, television, and opera.
Arpino directed the Joffrey Ballet from 1988 until 2008, continuing Joffrey’s vision of excellence in historical reconstructions and groundbreaking commissions such as Billboards (1993), the hit rock ballet to music by Prince. In 1995, he moved the Joffrey Ballet from New York to Chicago, where he established the Joffrey as a world-class company in the heart of the American Midwest. His 1974 Dancemagazine Award citation read, “more than any other choreographer, he has recognized the spirit of the times. His work speaks clearly of the anguish and the joy of being young in America today.” And Arpino’s timeless ballets continue to move audiences around the world to this day.
Doug Adamz and Russ Gauthier are considered pioneers of what has come to be known as “World Beat” music. They bring together an array of experience with instruments including guitar, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica, and banjo. The two met in San Francisco in the early 70’s when Doug was assembling an ensemble named Light Rain which specializes in exotic melodies floating over Arabic rhythms and percussion. Gerald Arpino, of the Joffrey Ballet, heard the group and was inspired to choreograph his own “Light Rain”, a ballet staged by The Joffrey which came to be known as his signature work. Arpino’s Light Rain was featured in the Robert Altman film, “The Company” and has been staged by many ballet organizations, and now-notably-by Ballet West. The musical group, “Light Rain” has four albums; Dream Dancer, Dream Suite, Valentine To Eden and Dark Fire, all featuring sensuous melodies woven over the rhythms of doumbec and finger cymbals. With their unique hybrid of Arabic and American musical sensibilities, Doug and Russ have made a niche of their own in our diverse musical world.
An award-winning costume and set designer, A. Christina Giannini’s career has encompassed nearly 60 years of expertise in her respective fields. She currently excels as the owner of Studio Giannini in New York, a business that supports costume and set design. She also lectures on the art of ballet costume design. Ms. Giannini’s extended portfolio has included contributing to over 10 ballets with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City, five ballets at Joffrey Ballet with Gerald Arpino, and a oneyear apprenticeship with the Zurich Opera. She designed costumes for the 1965 Broadway production of Me & Thee for Roundabout Theatre, the 1969 Broadway production of Three Men on a Horse and the 1981 production of A Taste of Honey. Most notably, she collaborated for eight years with Vicente Nebrada at the Ballet Nacional in Caracas, Venezuela, for which she was awarded three Oscar Awards for Best Costume Design. In 2019, she was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Fini Festival.
Howard Sayette has enjoyed a distinguished career as a dancer, teacher and ballet master. Born in Los Angeles, his link to the ballets of the Diaghilev era began when he was a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, dancing in some of the great ballets of Massine, Fokine, and Balanchine. He continued his dancing career as a soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and has worked with some of the 20th Century’s greatest choreographers, including Antony Tudor, Bronislava Nijinska, John Butler, Alvin Ailey, and Katherine Dunham.
In 1972, Mr. Sayette began a 25-year association as ballet master for the Oakland Ballet Company, one of the few companies in the world to revive and maintain many of the great ballets of the Diaghilev repertoire. Among those works were five ballets by Nijinsky’s sister, Bronislava Nijinska, with whom he worked as guest artist for the Buffalo Ballet in 1969. He has since staged Nijinska’s Les Noces and Les Biches for many companies around the world, including the Mariinsky Ballet, a performance conducted by the theatre’s artistic director Valery Gergiev. Howard has also staged Eugene Loring’s Billy the Kid and Ruthanna Boris’s Cakewalk for major companies in the U.S. and abroad.
In the Night
Christine Redpath danced with the New York City Ballet where she created roles in Robbins’ An Evening’s Waltzes (1973) and the Balanchine-Danilova revival of Coppélia (1974). She also appeared in numerous premieres, including Richard Tanner ’ s Concerto for Two Solo Pianos (1971) and Octandre (1971), Lorca Massine’s Printemps (1972), and Jacques D’Amboise’s Saltarelli (1974). She also danced in Balanchine’s Western Symphony, Symphony in C, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, and most notably in Symphony in Three Movements (1972). Redpath trained with Robbins during the 1970s when Robbins produced In the Night. Redpath later became Robbins’ Ballet Master and Repertory Director in 1985 and is now one of four Ballet Masters designated by the late choreographer Jerome Robbins to stage his ballets.
Staging, Les Noces, Light Rain
Cameron Basden brings passion and spirit to her art as well as a keen sense of organization and integrity to the projects she undertakes. As a répétiteur for The Arpino Foundation she stages Arpino works throughout the U.S. Basden is co-founder and artistic/executive director of Miami Dance Hub, an organization created to unify the south Florida dance commonwealth, grow audiences, promote dance and to provide resources for dance related endeavors. After a performing career with the Joffrey Ballet, Basden served as rehearsal director and co-associate director of that company and then director of dance at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Basden was a muse for Gerald Arpino in the creation of his ballets and danced in a variety of styles by many noted choreographers. She participated in historical reconstructions as well as in new choreographic creations.
Basden worked on the PBS filming for their Dance in America series of Billboards, and oversaw the filming and staging of the ballets in Save the Last Dance. Basden’s television credits include the Dance in America series Homage to Diaghilev and The Search for the Rite of Spring. She portrayed herself in Robert Altman’s movie, The Company. While continuing her role as master instructor, director and répétiteur, Basden serves on the board of The Arpino Foundation, the advisory board for DanceNow! Miami, and served on the Cultural Arts Committee for the World OutGames Miami 2017. She is the dance writer for miamiartzine and Artburst Miami.
Lighting , Les Noces, Light Rain
Kevin Dreyer is on the faculty of the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame where he serves as Director of Theatre, teaches and designs Lighting. During the late 1970s he served as Production Stage Manager for the Nikolai’s Dance Theatre where he was responsible for recreating all of Alwin Nikolai’s designs while literally touring the world. He left the company in 1984 to launch a freelance design career which took him all across the U.S. and overseas. He joined Joffrey Ballet of Chicago as Lighting Director during its 40th anniversary season. During his almost 10 years with the company he oversaw all of the lighting, including in the Robert Altman film, The Company, and designed Gerald Arpino’s last works. Most recently he has designed for Notre Dame Theatre, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare, and Giordano Dance in Chicago. He last worked with Ballet West during their performances at Wolf Trap, VA. Kevin lives in northern Indiana with his wife and three daughters.
Lighting Design, In the Night
Jim French designs lighting for the performing arts and live events, with work seen in 25 countries around the globe. Highlights of Jim’s work in dance include over 15 world premieres for San Francisco Ballet, nine seasons as resident designer for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and long-running collaborations with the choreographers Val Caniparoli, Pascal Rioult, and Amy Seiwert, with vertical dance company Bandaloop, and with Ballet West. At home in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has collaborated with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, RAW Dance, Shotgun Players, Kronos Quartet, Joe Goode Performance Group, ODC Dance, Post:Ballet, SF Danceworks, Imagery, Sacramento Ballet, Marin Theater Company, West Edge Opera, and has been house LD at SF Jazz. Favorite credits from further afield include Finnish National Ballet, Ballett Basel, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Playwright’s Horizons, Carte Blanche, Royal Ballet of Flanders, and LA Dance Project. Jim designed lighting for the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, and volunteers for Dancers Responding to AIDS and Bike East Bay.
Jennifer Tipton is well known for her lighting for theater, opera and dance. Her recent work in theater includes Pictures From Home on Broadway, To Kill a Mockingbird for London and on tour, Beckett’s First Love for Zoom and all of Richard Nelson’s Rhinebeck plays. Her recent work in opera includes Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel with libretto by Lynne Nottage, based on her play by the same name, at the Lincoln Center Mitzi Newhouse Theater. Her recent work in dance includes Liz Gerring’s Harbor at ICA in Boston and Amy Hall Warner’s Somewhere in the Middle for the Paul Taylor Company. Recently she created her own installation at the Baryshnikov Art Center, Our Days and Night. Among many awards, she has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003 and in 2008 she was awarded the USA “Gracie” Fellowship, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
Solo Pianist
Dr. Ruby Chou is a classical pianist and educator based in Salt Lake City who has been in the nonprofit arts sector and higher education for the past several years. She recently moved into the leadership and development field with FranklinCovey, a company built upon Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Dr. Chou earned a doctorate degree at UT Austin, a Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Utah. She emigrated to the US from Taiwan at the age of six and speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Vocal Soloist
Soprano Melissa Heath enjoys a varied career of opera, concert, and recital work. Hailed as a “soaring, sparkling soprano” with “vivacious stage presence,” recent opera roles include Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème, Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen. In 2017 she was the soprano soloist with Ballet West in choreographer Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, a role she reprised with both Ballet West and Nevada Ballet Theater in 2022. Ms. Heath is an Associate Professor of music and the Voice Area Coordinator in the Department of Music at Utah Valley University.
Vocal Soloist
Bass-baritone Seth Keeton’s performances have been described by The New York Times as “driven,” and “emotionally pointed,” and “stentorian” by Opera News. He has performed roles on the stages of opera companies throughout the United States, and Theater Bremen in Bremen, Germany. In 2006, he was a national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received awards from the Sullivan Foundation and the
Eleanor McCollum Competition.
Dr. Keeton received his Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota and is an Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Utah.
Piano Soloist
Nicholas Maughan enjoys working as the full time Company Pianist at Ballet West, where he’s able to incorporate all kinds of musical favorites into his playlist for Company class. Dancers might hear anything from Scarlatti & Chopin to Jerome Kern & Katy Perry. Special projects during the 20222023 season include performing the premiere of Alfonso Tenreiro’s Piano Concerto 1 with Dr. Michael Palumbo and Chamber Orchestra Ogden and expanding Maughan’s original score for choreographer Jessica Baynes’ modern dance piece, Bloom, a Grantee of Salt Lake City’s Arts Council’s 2022 Artist Career Empowerment Grant. You can hear Maughan on Aubrey Adams-McMillan’s 2021 album, Beautiful Dreamer, and Ginger Bess’s 2014 album, Give Me the Simple Life.
Solo Pianist
A Salt Lake City native, Whitney Pizza received a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, after completing a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in piano performance from the University of Utah. Her teachers include Dr. Vera Oussetskaia Watanabe, Dr. Marc Silverman, and Dr. Bonnie Gritton. Dr. Pizza is on the piano faculty at the Gifted Music School and currently serves as chair of the piano department. She previously held adjunct faculty positions at Utah Valley University and Snow College.
Vocal Soloist
Tenor Christopher Puckett is thrilled to return to Ballet West after appearing last season as the tenor soloist in Nicolo Fonte’s production of Carmina Burana, a role which he then reprised at Nevada Ballet Theatre. Other recent credits include the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with Salt Lake Choral Artists, as well as both the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah at the 138th Annual Messiah Festival of the Arts. Equally at home on the operatic stage, Dr. Puckett has sung leading roles in such operas as The Turn of the Screw, Così fan tutte, Cendrillon, La Sonnambula, Don Giovanni, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Studies at Westminster College.
Piano Soloist
Pianist Vedrana Subotic is the Director of Intermezzo Concert Series and a Professor-Lecturer at the University of Utah, where she teaches students in the piano performance programs. A native of the former Yugoslavia, Dr. Subotic came to the United States after winning the top prize in its national piano competition. She is a Steinway Artist and performs in dozens of concerts every year as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist, in the US, Europe, North and South Americas, and Asia. Subotic holds five performance degrees including a Doctor of Music and Artist Diploma from Indiana University.
Vocal Soloist
Raised in Japan, 郁金香 (Jin-Xiang Yu) is a soprano with roots from China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. She grew up in a family of musicians and painters, speaking Japanese and Mandarin Chinese and learning English and Spanish at international schools. After over a decade of studying, performing, and teaching languages and musical arts in New York City, she has recently decided to call Cottonwood Heights, Utah, her new home. Last year, she performed the one-woman opera, Chhlong Tonle (Crossing the River), with the support of the Opera America IDEA Grant and recently debuted the role of Nedda in Pagliacci. As a linguist, JinXiang is passionate about telling stories through music.
EMILY ADAMS
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Ballet West II 2005, Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2011, Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2015
SPONSORED BY THE JANET QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION
KATLYN ADDISON
Ontario, Canada
Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Artist 2015, Demi-Soloist 2018, Soloist 2019, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY EMMA ECCLES JONES FOUNDATION
ADRIAN FRY
Omaha, Nebraska
Artist 2010, Soloist 2012, First Soloist 2014, Principal Artist 2017
SPONSORED BY MARCIA AND JOHN PRICE
Ontario, California
Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2015, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY BEANO SOLOMON
Roanoke, Virginia
Ballet West II 2011, Artist 20122014, Soloist 2021, Principal Artist 2022
SPONSORED BY CAROLE WOOD AND DARRELL HENSLEIGH
Seattle, Washington
Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2016, Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2022
SPONSORED BY THEODORE SCHMIDT
TYLER GUM
Calhan, Colorado
Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist
2018
SPONSORED BY JOHN C. AND ANDREA MILLER
CHELSEA KEEFER
Huntsville, Utah
Ballet West Academy/ University of Utah Trainee 2010, Artist 2014, DemiSoloist 2017, Soloist 2018, First Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY JUDY AND LARRY BROWNSTEIN
DAVID HUFFMIRE
Reno, Nevada
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2014, Ballet
West II 2016, Artist 2018, Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY THE FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION
BRIAN WALDREP
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY JUDY BRADY AND DREW W. BROWNING
Albury, NSW, Australia
Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY KENT AND MARTHA DIFIORE
Tampa, Florida
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2016, DemiSoloist 2022
Spanish Fork, Utah
Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2014, Demi-Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY JONATHAN AND ELIZABETH SLAGER
Vancouver, Canada
Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2019, Demi-Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY THEODORE SCHMIDT
Princeton, New Jersey
Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022
SPONSORED BY MARK AND MELANIE ROBBINS
Chesapeake, Virginia
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2009, Ballet West II 2010, Artist 2012, DemiSoloist 2016
SPONSORED BY SHARI AND DAVID QUINNEY
Germantown, Maryland
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021
Rockville, Maryland
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2021
LILLIAN CASSCELLS
Washington, D.C.
Artist 2017
SPONSORED BY BRAD AND LINDA WALTON
Cary, North Carolina
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020
BEAU CHESIVOIR
Washington, D.C.
Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020
SPONSORED BY KENT AND MARTHA DIFIORE
ROBERT FOWLER
Kennewick, Washington
Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY NANCY AND ROBERT STAGGERS
ISABELLA CORRIDON
Westport, Connecticut
Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021
Lehi, Utah
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022
Carlsbad, California
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2020
Vitoria, Brazil
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020
SPONSORED BY JEANNE POTUCEK
CONNOR HAMMOND
Coos Bay, Oregon
Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021
JOSEPH LYNCH
Cumberland, Rhode Island
Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019
SPONSORED BY JULIA WATKINS
Prosper, Texas
Artist 2016
Orem, Utah
Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022
Parker, Colorado
Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015-2019, Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY MICHAEL BLACK AND KIMBERLY STRAND
Cortlandt Manor, New York
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2018, Ballet
West II 2020, Ballet West 2022
Switzerland/Greece
Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019
SPONSORED BY VILIJA AVIZONIS AND GREG MCCOMAS
Austin, Texas
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022
Longview, Texas
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021
SPONSORED BY ALLYSON AND JIM LARKINS
AMBER MILLER RYLEE ANN ROGERS ANISA SINTERAL TATIANA STEVENSON VICTORIA VASSOS LOREN WALTON CLAIRE WILSONSTELLA BIRKINSHAW
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021
MICHEAL BUSHMAN
Manhattan, New York
Ballet West II 2022
KYE COOLEY
Bowie, Maryland
Ballet West II 2021
ANDERSON DUHAN
Holliday, Texas
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021
MAREN FLORENCE
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021
LUCA FREUDENBERG
London, England
Ballet West II 2022
VICTOR GALEANA
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022
SPONSORED BY SHARI AND DAVID QUINNEY
ELIJAH HARTLEY
Bend, Oregon
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021
SCHUYLER LIAN
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Ballet West II 2022
WILLIAM LYNCH
San Diego, California
Ballet West II 2021
JONAS MALINKATHOMPSON
Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021
LEXI MCCLOUD
North Salt Lake, Utah
Ballet West II 2022
JULIA OUTMESGUINE
Los Angeles, California
Ballet West II 2022
KENNEDY SHERIFF
Dallas, Texas
Ballet West II 2021
REBECCA TROCKEL
Palo Alto, California
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021
KAELI WARE
Alexandria, Virginia
Ballet West Academy
Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022
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. The Ballet West Academy and its distinguished faculty are led by Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, an ever-growing and dynamic leader in the international field of dance. 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.
We are thankful for all the medical professionals who are committed to helping our dancers perform their best and stay injury-free.
Dr. Claire Gross, MD, CAQSM
Jennifer Bentley, PT, DPT, OCS
Tony Kemmochi, Psy. D.
Betsy Johnson MS ATC, Pilates
Ashley Hagensick, Dietitian Tristin Turner, PT, DPT
Tony Kemmochi, PsyD
Dr. Jeremy Wimmer Mallory Berge, L.Ac.
We thank the following community partners for their generous contributions.
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation
C. Comstock Clayton Foundation
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Intermountain Health
Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)
Utah Division of Arts & Museums
Utah Office of Tourism
Utah State Board of Education - Professional Outreach Programs in the School (POPS)
$25,000 - 99,999
BMW of Murray
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation
Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation
Form Derm Spa
The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation
Utah Governor’s Office Of Economic Development
The Grand America Hotel*
InterWest Moving & Storage*
David Kelby Johnson Memorial Foundation
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
The Kahlert Foundation
The John C. Kish Foundation
Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation
Mark Miller Toyota
McCarthey Family Foundation
O.C. Tanner Company
S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation
The Rea Charitable Trust
The Shubert Foundation
Sorenson Legacy Foundation
Summit County Cultural RAP Tax
$10,000 - 24,999
B. W. Bastian Foundation
Beaver Creek Foundation
CompuNet, Inc.
Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation
Dominion Energy
Every Blooming Thing*
Goldman Sachs
Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation
Promontory Foundation
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Salt Lake Power Yoga*
Simmons Family Foundation
Summit Sotheby’s International Realty
Dr. Jeremy Wimmer with Elite Chiropractic Center*
$5,000 - 9,999
R. Harold Burton Foundation
Maverik
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House*
Salt Lake City Arts Council
U.S. Bank Foundation
Visit Salt Lake
Workers Compensation Fund
Zions Bank
$1,000 - 4,999
Mallory Berge, L.Ac.*
Closets By Design*
Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Charitable Foundation
Gourmandise*
The Painted Pony Restaurant*
Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation
Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation
Theory Brand Agency*
The above lists includes corporate, foundation, and government support received as of March 22, 2023.
*Indicates contribution made in-kind
HELLE LERETTE PRESIDENT
JENNIFER MALHERBE VICE PRESIDENT
ELLEN TOLSTAD SECRETARY
DEE GAUSS TREASURER
ANNE NEELEY
PAST PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP
JEANNE POTUCEK & JULIE TERRY SHULIMSON
DANCER LIAISONS
KATHLEEN GARDNER & TAMI HANSEN NOMINATION CHAIRS
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.
B. W. Bastian Foundation
Peggy Bergmann
Val A. Browning Foundation
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
Marriner S. Eccles Foundation
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation
Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation
The Meldrum Foundation
John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation
Shari and David Quinney
Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
Beano Solomon
James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation
Wells Fargo
HERITAGE CLUB
We thank our loyal Heritage Club patrons for their generous annual support.
MR. C. AND MRS. WALLACE
$25,000 AND ABOVE
Peggy Bergmann
Drew W. Browning
DiFiore Family
John and Andrea Miller
John and Marcia Price Family Foundation
Shari and David Quinney
Eileen Ragsdale
Theodore Schmidt
Teresa Silcox
Jonathan and Liz Slager
Beano Solomon
Brad and Linda Walton
Anonymous
PRINCIPAL AND FIRST SOLOIST
$10,000 - 24,999
Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas
Clisto and Suzanne Beaty
H. Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley
Michael Black and Kimberly Strand
Judy and Larry Brownstein
Leslie and Myles Culhane
Willard and Julie Dere
W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation
Erik and Uzo Erlingsson
Marc and Cammy Fuller
Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation
George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose
Jennifer Horne-Huntsman and Scott Huntsman
Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince
Eli Madrigal-Paredes
Caryl Marsh
Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp
Jeanne Potucek
Jennifer Price-Wallin and Tony Wallin
Mark and Melanie Robbins
Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder
Ashley and Ryan Smith
The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation
Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate
Sarah Eccles Taylor and Gary Taylor
Roy and Lisa Vincent
Julia S. Watkins
Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh
Anonymous
SOLOIST AND DEMI-SOLOIST
$2,500 - 9,999
Cole Adams
Peter and Alexandra Agrapides
Samantha and Jordan Atkin
Kathleen and Andy Blank
Gordon Bowen
Brett Campbell
Carol T. Christ
Cecile and Harold Christiansen
Frank Corbett
Melissa H. Cutler
Linda S. Daines
Robert S. Devens
J. Chase Dreyfous Jr.
Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation
John and Joan Firmage
Barbara W. Frazier
Charlie and Shannon Freedman
Meghan Gallivan Stewart
Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert
Dr. Martin I. and Sheila G. Gelman
David and SandyLee Griswold
John and Ilauna Gurr
Stephanie and Tim Harpst
Drs Marc and Mary Carole Harrison
Kimberly Heglar
Cindy and Howard Hochhauser
Kathie and Charles Horman
Tina Howard
Robert and Dixie Huefner
Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson
David and Linda Irvine
Gordon Irving
Brent and Maren Jensen
Adam and Jessie Justis
Jeanne M. Kimball
Carole Klein and Brad Chesivoir
The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family
James R. Kruse and Mary Jo Smith
Shari and Bruce Lindsay
Katherine Daines Lindsay
James MacInnes
Thomas and Mary McCarthey
Anne Neeley and Ila Neeley
Bronwyn Newport-Bradley and Todd Bradley
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
Irwin and Harriet Ross
Chris and Ellen Rossi
Margaret P. Sargent
Sandefur Schmidt
Laura Scott and Rodney Mena
Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom
John Sklute
Sue and Jack Stahl
Kristin and Tom Stockham
Eddie Stone
Jonathon Tonioli
Brad Tuthill
Susan Warshaw
Beatryx and Vincent Washington
Jay and Alicia Wilson
Edward Zipser
$1,500 - 2,499
Fran Akita
Alta’s Rustler Lodge
Stephen Anderson
Bené Arnold
Carol Baer
Greg and Marsha Baird
Ballet West Guild
Marcy Barlow
Frances and Jerome Battle
Gary Beers
Vicki and Bill Bennion
Ginny Bostrom
Patricia Buckley
Carol Carter
Rebecca Marriott Champion
Drs. Joan L. and William J. Coles
Elinor and Martin Colman
Donna Conway
Wilma Corkery and John R. Corkery III M.D.
Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett
Matt and Nancy Dorny
Metta Driscoll
Natalie DuPaix
John Eckert
Sissy Eichwald
Joseph and Audri Ence
Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape LLC
Tracy Frankel
Karen L. Freed
Dee Gauss
Bob and Mary Gilchrist
Julie and Devon Glenn
Andrew and Barbara Goldberg
Natalie and Ted Grandy
Kenneth and Kate Handley
Jon and Tami Hansen
David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs
Marilyn and Chester Johnson
G. Frank and Pamela Joklik
John S. Karls
Lawrence and Linda Kelley
Scott and Allison Kendell
Katherine Probert Labrum
Cynthia Lampropoulos and Dr. George Gourley
Helle Le Rette
Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe
David and Colleen Merrill
John and Bria Mertens
Jan Alsobrook Mitchell
Louis and Carolyn Mizell
Trevor Nielson
Kirsten Novak
Earthology Landscape
Richard and Lois Peterson
Katie Marie Pollard
Suzanne and David Razor
Joy Rocklin
Carol Ann Saikhon
Mark and Linda Scholl
Robert and Nancy Schumacker
Michael Scolamiero
Shiebler Family Foundation
Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry
David Gray Porter
Lou Ann Stevens
Cyndie Taylor
Toni Tietjen and Michael K. Wolfe
Kevin Voyles
Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson
Mark Weisbender
Sarah and Rich West
Elizabeth Whaley
Jo-Ann Wong
Anonymous
The above list includes individual donations received as of March 22, 2023.
We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above.
$500-1499
Ausitn Allman
Sara Jane Anderson
Lester Aoki
Ronald and Kathy Aoki
Hanna Baskerville
Ernest and Jane Bebb
Dr. Ann Berghout Austin
Kenneth and Melinda Birrell
Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake
Marie Bohata
Joan and Bryan Bowles
Susan Chilton
Janice and Richard Coleman
Rachel and Travis Colledge
Brandi and Clayton Cullimore
Philip Dachenhausen
A. John Dansie
Debbie Davis
Suzanne P. Day
Carrie and James Dean
Dr. Michael and Carol DeCaria
Lee Dever and Carolyn Nichols
Dr. Frances Dolloph and Aleisa Barber
Paul and Terrell Dougan
Richard and Pamela Dropek
Eric and Shellie Eide
In Memory of Lela and Reid Ellsworth
Joseph Foutz
Dr. Nancy Futrell, M.D.
David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner
Cathy Gelwix
Ann and Rick Gold
Mary Gootjes and John Davis
Scott and Loree Hagen
Elizabeth and Jack Hammond
Scott Hansen and Peggy Norton
Katherine Harney
Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper
Jason and Amy Hawkins
Drs. Ivonne and Stevan Hobfall
Julie Hopkins
Jackie A. Huff
Elise Hutchings
Janette and Brent Sonnenberg
Judy Jones
Helen Kennedy
Rich and Jill Kesten
Sheryl Scott and Richard Koehn
Eric Kreutzer
Anne Lawrence
Katherine and Harold Liddle
Kathy Lynch
David and Donna Lyon
Courtney Maclean
Jessica Mathewson, Deanna Kerr, Jayne Carney, and Sheryl A. Scott
Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill
Keith and Donna Mercer
Elia Miller
Kevin Mook
Chris and Henry Morrison
Anne M. and William C. Nelsen
Maura and Serge Olszanskyj
Tomi Jean Ossana and Chris Proctor
Ronald and Camille Parker
Adam and Rebecca Paulson
Mrs. Elodie Payne
Tim Payne
Linda S. Pembroke
Greg Petersen
Leslie Peterson and Kevin Higgins
Lana and Boris Petkovic
Sandra Covey
Ken Potter
Melanie Preece
Corey Rammell
Dan Reeb
Delia and Craig Reece
Marcia JS Richards
Sonja Rife
Scot and Celeste Roberts
Gene Sartain
Brylan Schultz
Kenneth Shelley
Marilyn Smolka
Kenneth W. Spitzer and Diana Stafforini
Kevin and Alice Steiner
Don Stromquist and Regina Rosenthal
Annie and Cory Strupp
Summerhays Music
Joan Swain
Jefforey and Jane Thorpe
Dongngan Truong
Bruce and Leigh Washburn
Alan H. Weinhouse
Judith W. Wolfe
Richard and Marsha Workman
Neeley Wright
Ms. Trisha Young
Jolene Zito
Anonymous (10)
The above list includes individual donations received as of March 22, 2023.
We thank our Park City Ballet Corps for their support in bringing world-class ballet to Summit County.
EN POINTE
$25,000 AND ABOVE
Hank and Diane Louis
PIROUETTE
$15,000 - $24,999
Keith and Nancy Rattie
Lois Zambo
ALLEGRO
$5,000 - $9,999
Howard and Kathy Rothwell
Summit Sotheby’s International Realty
TENDU
$1,500 -$ 2,499
Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Rich and Cherie Meeboer
The above list includes individual donations received as of March 22, 2023.
We thank the below donors for their contributions to the Ballet West Artistic Impact Fund. Each gift was made specifically in support of one of three initiatives: Commissioning New Works, Commissioning New Productions, or Sponsoring National and International Touring.
Peggy Bergmann
George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation
John and Andrea Miller
We thank those who have contributed to the Ballet West Academy Scholarship Fund, spanning all four Academy campuses, with generous donations of $1,000 and above.
In Memory of Robert Arbogast, from Friends, Family, and the Ballet West Guild
Cole Adams
Bronwyn Newport-Bradley and Todd Bradley
Judy and Larry Brownstein
George Cardon-Bystry
Vaughn Carrick
Leslie and Myles Culhane
Brian Davis
Allison DeBona
Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert
Carolyn Guss
Gordon Irving
Josh and Marina James
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
Barbara Levy Kipper
Jinna Lee and Nathan Thomas
Kate Lieberth Lytton Education in Dance Fund
Jon Monk
Park City Community Foundation: The Solomon Fund
David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Silveira
Gabrielle Patterson
Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation
Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince
Ryan Sargent
Sandefur Schmidt
Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder
Teresa Silcox
Jonathan and Liz Slager
The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation
Brad and Linda Walton
Anonymous
The above list includes individual donations received as of March 22, 2023.
We honor those individuals who have made a meaningful commitment to the future of Ballet West by including the company in their estate planning.
Bené Arnold
Gladys Banks*
Berenice J. Bradshaw*
Judy Brady* and Drew W. Browning
Val A. Browning*
Kenneth P. Burbidge, Jr.*
Dr. Robert H.* and Marianne Harding Burgoyne
Mary Elizabeth Colton*
Orlando Coryell
Debbie Davis
The Donna L. Dell Trust*
Kent and Martha DiFiore
The Zorka D. Divich Trust*
Richard and Pamela Dropek
Dolores Doré Eccles*
Virginia Fackrell Estate*
Sid W. Foulger*
Dee Gauss
Dr. Esther S. Gross* and Dr. George D. Gross*
Merribeth Habegger-Anderson*
Stephanie and Timothy Harpst
Melissa A. Herbst*
Geoffrey C. Hughes*
Johann Jacobs and David Heuvel
Grace Jackson*
Flemming and Lana Jensen
Sara Kaplan
Dennis L. Kay Trust*
Barry L. Keller*
Cynthia Lampropoulos Family Trust
Gaye Herman Marrash*
Willis McCree and John Fromer
Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson
Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel
Joy Rocklin
Marian Ream*
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
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 Ray E. Andersen
Sara Andersen
In Memory of Gladys Banks
Ballet West
In Memory of Janice Ione Berghout
Ann Berghout Austin
In Memory of Bessa
Colleen Hansen
In Memory of Earle Robert Bevins III
Linda M. Thorn Bevins
In Memory of Judy Brady
Ballet West
In Memory of Megan Leigh Brown
Marie Brown
In Memory of Joseph Casalino, Jr.
Jaynann Charlesworth
Gary and Fran Lapin
Alan Kirshner
Ed Kirshner and Barbara O’Hearn
Vicky Turel
In Memory of Alvin and Gloria
Charnes
Steve C. Hegerfeld
In Memory of Samantha Clausing
Kathleen Phillips
In Memory of Jack Edwards
Andrea Edwards
In Memory of Lela and Reid
Ellsworth
Janet Ellsworth
In Memory of John H. Firmage, Jr.
Katherine W. Lamb
In Memory of Deborah Dubinski
Flamish
Ballet West Guild
In Memory of Mark Fry
Ballet West
In Memory of Marla Gault
Ballet West Guild
PIWA
In Memory of Roxanne Christensen
Lazzara
Ballet West
Linda Forsey
Ingrid Andrews
In Memory of Jon Le Rette
Nina Jonas and Andreas
Heaphy
Ballet West Guild
In Memory of Emily Line
Mark Ott
In Memory of Terri Love
Bill Love
In Memory of Dorothy McBride
William and Joanne Shiebler
In Memory of Robert Blaine Merkley
Chelsea Burbidge Merkley
In Memory of Lynette Myler
Marie Bohata
In Memory of Sara Nelson
Brad and Teresa Nolen
In Memory of Emily Johnson Ott
Mark Ott
In Memory of Lucy Dodge Poindexter
Sandy Dodge
In Memory of Carol Ann Robertson
Anonymous
In Memory of Roy W. Ryan
Shirley Veit
In Memory of Rulynn Skidmore
Andrea Skidmore
In Memory of Walter Stoker
Julie Lewis
In Memory of Barbara L. Tanner
Ballet West
In Memory of 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 Abbigail Carpenter
Lynn and Sharee Birrell
In Honor of Peter Christie
Joel and Frances Harris
In Honor of Shelly Cordova
Ballet West Senior Steps
Participants
Art and Janet Mueller
Celia Ward
In Honor of Rachael Darden Harper
Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper
In Honor of Madeline Howell
Karen Freed
In Honor of the Huntsman Family
Rich and Nancy Potashner
In Honor of Barbara Levy Kipper
Melissa Farruggia
In Honor of Sebastian and Costello
Mitchell
Carol Loucks
In Honor of Marilyn Peek
Christine Althouse
In Honor of Joy Rocklin
Mary Gootjes and John Davis
In Honor of Sadie and Grace Shipp
Nathan Shipp
In Honor of Adam Sklute
Anonymous
In Honor of Kassidy Snow
Eric Kreutzer
In Honor of Dean and Dina Tilton
Carol Ann Saikhon
In Honor of Jaclyn Weisenbeck
Anonymous
In Honor of Wilkes Family
Barbara Silberzahn
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 2022-23 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 been in 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.
In the event of an emergency, please REMAIN SEATED and listen to information given by management and ushers.
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.
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Liz Crawford
chief financial officer
Misha Eady-Harbold
director of company management & touring
Felicia Cowan
director of human resources
Teri Percy
assistant to the executive director and board liaison
Jennifer Bailey
senior accounting manager
Sophia Ashaboglu
accounting coordinator
Pamela Robinson-Harris
principal rehearsal director
Jane Victorine Wood
interim principal rehearsal director
Calvin Kitten
director of ballet west ii / rehearsal director
Bruce Caldwell
rehearsal director and company archivist
Reuben Lehr
artistic operations manager/
assistant to the artistic director
Courtney Hellebuyck
students rehearsal director
James Payne
trainee coordinator
Nicolo Fonte
resident choreographer
Jason Hadley
director of costume production
Cindy Farrimond
costume shop manager
Barbara Arcolio
head stitcher
Mary Kay Feicht, Vicki
Goslin Raincrow
stitchers
David Heuvel
director of costume production
emeritus
Peter Christie
director of education and outreach
Dana Rossi
education associate /assistant director, i can do
Heather Fryxell
creator and founder movement
mentor
Audrey Dodd
associate director movement mentor/adaptive dance
Shelly Cordova
assistant director senior steps/ forward steps
Silas Campos
manager, education and outreach
virtual and technology programs
Shelly Cordova, Ashley Creek, Lauren Devall, Audrey Dodd, Karen Dodge, Jennifer Heighton, Wendee Fideledey-McCulloch, Daisy Jeffers, Moisés Próspero, Nanette ReimschusselChertudi, Anne Marie Smith, Elease Stice, Alicia Trump, Ashlee Vilos, Hannah Willis, Trisha Wilstead
educators
Andrew Goldberg
senior director external affairs
Angela Krull
director of major gifts and corporate sponsorships
Dana Rimington
senior manager communications and publications
Austin Anderson Development data manager
Teagan Jung manager special events & benefits
Jessica Magelsen
manager of foundations and government giving
Carissa Klitgaard
marketing and revenue manager
Lisa Jensen
retail sales and boutique manager
Beau Pearson
photographer and videographer
Beth Icard
digital marketing coordinator
Matthew Barrett
graphic designer
Deanna Richardson
project manager external affairs
BALLET WEST ACADEMY
Evelyn Cisneros-Legate
director ballet west academy
Sarah Taylor
director of business operations
ballet west academy
Allison DeBona
principal peggy bergmann park city campus
Katherine Lawrence principal
jessie eccles quinney ballet
centre and trolley corners campuses
Heather Thackeray
principal utah county campus
Eunice Stafford
associate principal trolley
corners campus
Michael Scolamiero EXECUTIVE DIRECTORTHE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR
Catherine Batcheller
principal faculty and artistic engagement coordinator
Stacey Mahan
principal faculty and associate director of curriculum
James Payne
principal faculty and trainee coordinator
Jeffrey Rogers
principal faculty and director of academy men’s program
Jessica Baynes
full-time faculty
Jordan Debona
summer intensive coordinator
Jennifer Hildreth
senior academy operations manager
Jenny Lowell
trolley corners campus operations manager
Rex Tilton
park city campus operations manager
Hannah Lowell, Sasha
Lowell, Samantha
Abrahamson, Samantha Gomm, Avery Websler
administrative assistants
Izzy Arrieta, Silver Barkes, Hannah Brandt, Jamie Butler, Jazz Bynum, Bruce Caldwell, Dantzel Cherry, Nanette Reimschussel
Chertudi, Natalie Desch, Mariah Edmunds, Jennifer Fjeldsted, Sammy Gomm, Tyler Gum, Jake Hancock, Eunice Kim Stafford, Calvin Kitten, Vera Kotova, Justine Sheedy-Kramer, Lindsey Larsen, Deborah Latimer, Stephen Legate, Vinicius
Lima, Amber Miller, Katelyn Milner-Packer, Jaiden Morley, Bridget Payne, Kendra Rangel, Ashleigh
Richardson, Autumn
Ryskoski, Samira Saeed, Mary Ann Shaefer, Heidi Slagle, Connie Smith, Kramer Snead, Stefanie Spiece, Kristen Stringham, Scout Sutton, Jessica
Harston Thompson, Rex Tilton, Kristina Weimer, Elizabeth Weldon, Bashaun
Williams, Jane Wood, Nichele Woods, Kyohei
Yoshida
instructors
Maggie Wright-Tesch
u of u/bw joint trainee liaison
MUSIC
Jared Oaks
music director
Seretta Hart
orchestra manager
Nicholas Maughan company pianist
Max Hall
principal academy pianist
Penelope Brown, Lisa
Haddon, Jim Kuemmerle, Sarah Lund, Brian Pappal, John Rukavina, Heidi Slagle, Kimball Whitaker
pianists
Michael Andrew Currey
director of production
Michael McCulloch production
stage manager
Angelina Pellini
stage manager and production
operations coordinator
Robert Clifford
technical director / head carpenter
Joshua Belka
assistant carpenter
Jeff F. Herbig
properties master
James K. Larsen
head electrician
Corey Cresswell
assistant electrician
Emily Fowler
wardrobe supervisor
Lizzie Mickelsen
Wardrobe Assistant
Yancey J. Quick
wig master
Heidi Belka
pyrotechnician
Members of IATSE Local 99 Run of Show Crew
PATRON SERVICES
Jack E Stahl
associate director of technology and ticketing
Natalie Thorpe
senior manager of patron services
Jane Harris
patron services and group sales lead advisor
Andrew Wilson
assistant manager, patron services
Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) company.
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