PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEO
LISA DIXON FRENCH, COO
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Presented to the Nashville community through the generosity of LAURIE AND STEVEN ESKIND, GLORIA AND PAUL STERNBERG, JOYCE A. VISE and SHIRLEY ZEITLIN AND FAMILY
FEBRUARY 9-11, 2018 TPAC’S POLK THEATER Concept and Choreography by Stephen Mills Assistant to the Choreographer Michelle Martin Music by Steve Reich, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Gordon, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass* Set and Costume Design by Christopher McCollum Lighting Design by Tony Tucci Media Design by EXOPOLIS Original production funded in part by a Ballet Austin Foundation Endowment through the generosity of Jennene and K. Ray Mashburn Original presenting sponsor: The Fifth Age of Man Foundation
This regional premiere of Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is made possible in part by our generous sponsors. PRESENTING SPONSOR:
SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
*I. Tehillim by Steve Reich, by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner. II. Music by Evelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song), by arrangement with Keyboard Percussion Publications. III. Music by Michael Gordon, by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. IV. Music by Arvo Pärt, by arrangement with ECM Records, publisher and copyright owner. V. Music by Philip Glass performed by Dennis Russell Davies, by arrangement with Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
LIGHT / THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT CAST
Mollie Sansone (Fri. & Sun.) or Katie Vasilopoulos (Sat.) Denise Eason* Sarah Cordia, Julia Eisen, Katie Eliason, Keenan McLaren Hartman, Alexandra Meister, Julia Mitchell, Kayla Rowser, Lauren Terry, Daniella Zlatarev Logan Hillman, Nicolas Scheuer, Brett Sjoblom, Christopher Stuart, Bridge Taylor, Owen Thorne*, Jon Upleger, Judson Veach, Gerald Watson, Nathan Young *Guest artists
CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE “Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a story of survival. Situated during the catastrophic events of the Holocaust, this work strives to illustrate the courage, resilience, and sometimes pure luck required to endure and rebuild life after unimaginable and devastating loss. I am grateful to Naomi Warren and the many survivors who shared their testimony during the creation of this work. I am forever changed by this knowledge and hope that by my sharing Naomi’s story, others will be affected to fight indifference and intolerance when witnessed. Past is present and not to be forgotten.” – Stephen Mills, Choreographer
SYNOPSIS The work unfolds as a survivor reflects on her life. Section I Steve Reich (Tehillim, Track 1) Life begins with man and woman, Adam and Eve. Civilization develops; families and cultures evolve to include a pattern of daily life and valued traditions, a wedding. As this section ends, change is imminent. Section II Evelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song) Those deemed “different” become exploited. What is familiar slowly disappears. People retreat from one another, beginning to socially isolate; to hide in hopes of survival. Section III Michael Gordon (Weather, Track 3) No longer seen as individuals, life or death is determined by powers outside of their control. People are treated as property and transported to camps. Many do not survive the trip. Section IV Arvo Pärt (Tabula Rasa) How do relationships develop within confinement? The circle of life is complex with acts of kindness, rescue, survival, frustration and anger. We enter and leave alone. Section V Dennis Russell Davies (Performs Philip Glass, Movement 2) The final section represents the power of the human spirit to cling to hope. Survivors create new relationships; build families and careers, and productive lives.
Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is 90 minutes with no intermission.
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How are the issues of the Holocaust relevant in our community today? What is our responsibility when confronted with acts of bigotry and hate? What actions will we take to promote understanding in our community? POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK
Stay after the performance for a talkback with Ballet Austin Artistic Director/Choreographer Stephen Mills, Nashville Ballet Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling and Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director Beverly Watts. Attendees are invited to relocate to the first 10 rows of Polk Theater’s orchestra level to participate. Please line up behind a microphone in the aisles of the theater to ask a question or make a comment. A moderator will cue questions from the audience.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a full-length contemporary ballet and Holocaust education partnership that promotes tolerance and the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate through art, education and public dialogue. This performance is the culmination of weeks of educational community programming. We would like to thank our community partners for making these efforts possible. Lead Partner Tennessee Human Rights Commission Community Partners Belcourt Theatre, Fisk University, Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Williamson County Performing Arts Center at Academy Park
VIOLINS OF HOPE
Nashville Ballet is a partner of Violins of Hope, a community-wide Holocaust and human rights education initiative. The Violins of Hope are a collection of instruments played by musicians interned in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Nashville Symphony is bringing these instruments to Nashville to facilitate a citywide dialogue about music, art, social justice and free expression. The sound, presence and stories of these instruments will drive the creation of new music, visual art, live performances, public conversation and interfaith dialogue, reading and educational activities throughout Middle Tennessee. Learn more and view upcoming community events at violinsofhopensh.com.
NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP & STAFF PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling’s artistic career begin at age 10 when he started studying piano, then expanded at age 16 when he started dancing. From this start, Mr. Vasterling landed at Nashville Ballet where he became a company dancer, teacher, ballet master and choreographer. He stepped into the role of Artistic Director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, and was promoted to CEO for the ballet in the spring of 2010, at the board’s request. His choreography maneuvers between classical full-length story ballets, contemporary one-acts set to the music of local artists and everywhere in between. He has a particular penchant for collaborating with nationally and internally renowned composers, songwriters and institutions such as Nashville’s own Bluebird Cafe, Ben Folds, Matthew Perryman Jones, Fisk Jubilee Singers and others. His artistry as a storyteller has led him to create pieces such as Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan and Layla and the Majnun. Beyond his own choreography, Mr. Vasterling has expanded the company’s repertoire to include works by Salvatore Aiello, George Balanchine, James Canfield, Lew Christensen, Twyla Tharp and Jirí Kylián, among many others. In addition, he has edited and updated classic productions of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. In 2004, Mr. Vasterling received a Fulbright Scholarship that enabled him to work with three different companies in Argentina, paving the way for Nashville Ballet’s tour there a year later. His ballets have also been performed internationally in Asia as well as across the U.S. to great acclaim, including a debut appearance on stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April 2017. Most recently, Mr. Vasterling was selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017-18 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Loyola University, Mr. Vasterling has set a new standard for arts development. Under his leadership as CEO, the company’s operating budget has doubled and Nashville Ballet became the first local performing arts organization to purchase its own building. He oversaw a capital campaign to raise $5.8 million to renovate and reopen as The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet in 2015. He has transformed a troupe of 12 professional dancers into a company of 25, and his commitment to developing the dancers of tomorrow inspired him to establish a second pre-professional company of over 20 dancers. Mr. Vasterling has shaped Nashville Ballet into a company high on artistry and dramatic power as well as commanding technical ability and virtuosity. LISA DIXON FRENCH, COO Lisa Dixon French recently moved to Nashville following a successful tenure as Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. While in Portland, Mrs. French led a highly inclusive strategic planning process that focused the organization on service to the community by enriching lives through music. Mrs. French also strengthened the orchestra’s financial stability, with increased contributed and earned income, increased endowment funds and five years of balanced operating budgets that grew from $2.5 million to $3.3 million from 2010-2015. Originally from Edina, Minn., Mrs. French went to Portland from her role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. French is also a graduate of an executive level orchestra leadership program through the League of American Orchestras. This intensive one-year fellowship program included residencies with the Boston Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Memphis Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Mrs. French graduated from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in clarinet performance and music education, and received an Arts Leadership Program Certificate. Mrs. French has also served on the Board of the Maine Association of Nonprofits and the Board of Visitors for the University of Southern Maine. SHARYN MAHONEY, Director of Artistic Operations Sharyn Mahoney joined Nashville Ballet as a company dancer in 1989. Since her retirement from performing, she has continued to work with the organization as School of Nashville Ballet faculty member, Artistic Associate, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Ballet Master and currently, Director of Artistic Operations. During her nine years as Director of Education and Community Engagement, Mrs. Mahoney worked closely with Artistic Director Paul Vasterling to develop and fine-tune NB2, Nashville Ballet’s official second company. While in that same position, she initiated the ballet’s Community Engagement program, which has grown tremendously and now proudly reaches more than 43,000 children and families each year. As Director of Artistic Operations, she works closely with Mr. Vasterling to supervise the company’s artistic endeavors, overseeing the company and Community Engagement.
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NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP & STAFF (CONT’D) TIMOTHY RINEHART YEAGER, Ballet Master A native of Washington, Pa., Timothy Yeager received his dance training at Sally Miller Dance, Third Street Music School Settlement, Syracuse University and North Carolina School of the Arts. Mr. Yeager spent 10 seasons with the North Carolina Dance Theatre where he achieved the rank of principal artist. While there, he starred in ballets by Salvatore Aiello, Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes De Mille, David Parsons, Peter Pucci and Paul Taylor, among others. He has also performed as a guest artist with The Dancers Ensemble, Chautauqua Ballet Company and Tampa Ballet. Mr. Yeager has taught master classes and led intensive arts residencies throughout the eastern United States. Before joining the staff of Nashville Ballet in 2001, he served as the Ballet Master with the Moving Poets Theatre of Dance in Charlotte, N.C. From 2003 to 2010, he was also Ballet Master for Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, a summer season company located in Asheville, N.C. Mr. Yeager has the honor of being a repetiteur of the Salvatore Aiello Trust and has been staging Aiello’s ballets since 1996. ALLISON ZAMORSKI, Ballet Master Originally from Virginia, Allison Zamorski began her formal dance training with the Virginia Ballet Theatre. She was an honors graduate from the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts High School Dance Program, majoring in both ballet and modern dance. In 1999, after being awarded a scholarship with School of Nashville ballet, Allison relocated to Nashville to train under the direction of Adam Sage. She danced in NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company, developing her skills as an apprentice, and was promoted to full company member in 2002 under Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Allison danced professionally with Nashville Ballet for four years and had multiple ballets set on her including Vasterling’s Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. After retiring as a dancer in 2006, Allison continued her expression of dance as a faculty member with School of Nashville Ballet, teaching a variety of dance classes to children and adults including ballet, pointe, modern, character, improvisation and repertory. She has worked extensively with the Education and Outreach Department, exposing approximately 30,000 Middle Tennessee residents to the art of dance. Now, as Ballet Master with Nashville Ballet, Allison assists in the staging and rehearsals of various main company performances. She also oversees all youth casts in Nashville Ballet productions. Also, Allison has the distinct honor of being entrusted to set the works of Paul Vasterling in Nashville, throughout the country and internationally. Outside of Nashville Ballet, Allison has attended the Regional and National High School Dance Festivals to teach master classes and act as adjudicator multiple times. DENISE EASON, Associate Ballet Master/Guest Artist Denise Eason returned to Nashville after a 20-year residency in Hartford, Conn., where she was with the Hartford Ballet and, after retirement, an adjunct professor of dance at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. Mrs. Eason was a Nashville Ballet company dancer from 1989-1994, and she returned to Nashville Ballet in 2016 as a company teacher, coach and faculty member. Mrs. Eason moved to Connecticut to join the Hartford Ballet in 1994 under the direction of Kirk Peterson where she danced many principal and soloist roles by George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh and Peterson, to name a few. Among her favorites were Tall Girl Principal in Balanchine’s Rubies, Sanguinic and Choleric in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Third Movement Principal Girl in Choo-San Goh’s In the Glow of the Night, Myrtha in Peterson’s Giselle, and Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in Peterson’s American Nutcracker. Prior to joining the Hartford Ballet, she danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Chautauqua Festival Company, Michigan Opera and Septime Webre Dance. Mrs. Eason has been a faculty member of academies affiliated with professional ballet companies, and she brings with her a career of more than 30 years of professional ballet and teaching experience. SCOTT LEATHERS, Resident Lighting Designer Scott Leathers has served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Ballet since 1987. He has also served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Children’s Theatre since 2003, Kentucky Repertory Theatre (‘04-’08), Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and Ballet Tennessee. He periodically serves as interim Lighting Director for the Ryman Auditorium. Mr. Leathers has designed lighting for theatre, opera, ballet and modern dance since 1981 to critical acclaim. His design experience includes work with the Nashville Repertory Theatre, Opera Omaha, Studio West Dance Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Theatre Craft, Stage One, American Negro Playwrights Theatre, Amun Ra Theatre, Musical Theatre Louisville, Karen Steele Dance Quintet, Ballet Omaha, Ballet Austin, Cumberland County Playhouse and Dollywood. He has also worked internationally with performing arts organizations such as Tanz Ensemble Cathy Sharp (TECS-Switzerland) and Ballet Manila (Philippines). He has also designed scenery for numerous productions including Nashville Ballet’s productions of Robin Hood, Postcards from the Boys, The Bell Witch, Harvest Home, Western Stars and Fête Champêtre.
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NASHVILLE BALLET GUESTS STEPHEN MILLS, Ballet Austin Artistic Director/Choreographer Known for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has work in the repertories of companies across the U.S. and around the world. From his inaugural season as Artistic Director in 2000, Mills attracted attention from around the United States with his world-premiere production of Hamlet, hailed by Dance Magazine as “...sleek and sophisticated.” The Washington Post recognized Ballet Austin as “one of the nation’s best-kept secrets” in 2004 after Ballet Austin performed Mr. Mills’ world premiere of The Taming of the Shrew, commissioned by and performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Company was first invited to perform at Kennedy Center in January of 2002 with the Mills production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and at The Joyce Theater (NYC) in 2004. In 2005, after two years of extensive research, Mills led 13 organizations through a community-wide human rights collaboration that culminated in the world premiere work Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, after which he was awarded the Austin Anti-Defamation League’s Audrey & Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award. In 1998, Mr. Mills was the choreographer chosen to represent the U.S. through his work, Ashes, at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. Most recently, Mr. Mills was awarded the Steinberg Award, the top honor at the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur International Choreographic Competition for One/The Body’s Grace. Mr. Mills has created more than 40 works for companies in the United States and abroad. His ballets are in the repertories of such companies as The Hong Kong Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, The Atlanta Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet, Washington Ballet, Cuballet in Havana, Cuba, BalletMet Columbus, The Dayton Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Ballet Pacifica, Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Louisville Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet and The Sacramento Ballet. He has worked in collaboration with such luminaries as the eighttime Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel, Shawn Colvin and internationally renowned flamenco artist José Greco II. As a dancer, Mr. Mills performed with a wide variety of companies such as the world-renowned Harkness Ballet and The American Dance Machine under the direction of Lee Theadore. He also performed with the Cincinnati Ballet and The Indianapolis Ballet Theater before becoming a part of Ballet Austin. Mr. Mills has danced principal roles in the Balanchine repertoire as well as works by Choo-San Goh, John Butler, Ohad Naharin, Vicente Nebrada, Domy Reiter-Soffer and Mark Dendy. In addition to his work as a choreographer, Mr. Mills is a master teacher committed to developing dancers. He has been invited as guest faculty at many pre-professional academies including Jacob’s Pillow, Goucher College; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas; The Virginia School of the Arts; The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts; Stephens College and Point Park College in Pittsburgh. Mr. Mills is a member of the national dance service organization Dance/USA and has served both in leadership roles and on the Board of Trustees for the organization. MICHELLE MARTIN, Ballet Austin Associate Artistic Director/Stager Michelle Martin had her early dance training at the Alberta Ballet School and danced with the Alberta Ballet Company for four years before joining the Indianapolis Ballet Theatre (IBT) in 1982. While with IBT and, subsequently, the Hartford Ballet in Connecticut, she performed leading and soloist roles in Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and The Moor’s Pavane as well as creating roles in many original works. Ms. Martin’s teaching credits include guest-teaching engagements at schools and universities in Canada, South Carolina, Michigan, and throughout Indiana and Texas. She was on faculty at Butler University in Indianapolis for five years. Ms. Martin began her tenure with Ballet Austin in 1991 as a dancer with the Company and in 1992 she was appointed ballet mistress and curriculum director of the Academy. In 1999 she founded Ballet Austin II, Ballet Austin’s apprentice program, providing professional development for the 10-member second company and designing educational programming for presentation in the community. Ms. Martin has served on the Texas Commission on the Arts advisory panels for Arts Education, and Music and Dance. She is also a recipient of the Austin Under Forty award for contributions in the area of the Arts and Entertainment. Ms. Martin was appointed Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Austin in 2000. ALLISYN PAINO-MARTIN, Ballet Austin Rehearsal Director/Stager Allisyn Paino-Martin started her dance training in New York with Ali Pourfarrokh and Kaleria Fedicheva. She has performed principal roles with the Fedicheva Ballet Company, The Indianapolis Opera and Butler Ballet. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. from Butler University. Since joining Ballet Austin in 1996, Ms. Paino-Martin has performed works by many choreographers including Stephen Mills, George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Thaddeus Davis, Twyla Tharp, and David Parsons. She has danced the roles of The Chosen One in Mills’ The Rite of Spring; Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Painter in Cult of Color: Call to Color. In 2005, Ms. Paino-Martin had the honor of dancing the role of The Survivor in the award winning Light / The Holocaust and Humanity Project. In May of 2009, she retired from the stage dancing the lead role in Stephen Mills’ Cinderella. Her teaching credits include being on faculty of the Ballet Austin Academy and working as guest faculty at Butler University. Since her retirement, she has joined the Ballet Austin Artistic Staff as the Rehearsal Director.
NASHVILLE BALLET GUESTS (CONT’D) TONY TUCCI, Lighting Designer Now residing in Austin, Texas, Mr. Tucci has created lighting designs for the current Ballet Austin repertory and West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line and Sound of Music for Austin Musical Theatre. He is the recipient of the B. Iden Payne Award for lighting (Gypsy). He also designs for Bruce Wood Dance Company, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Ballet Arlington, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Houston Ballet, Fort Worth Opera and Casa Manana Musicals. Other works include American Ballet Theatre’s Configurations choreographed by Choo-San Goh with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the video Baryshnikov, The Dancer and The Dance, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre’s Carmina Burana, Cynthia Gregory’s staging of Swan Lake and Fernando Bujones’ dances for Ballet de Monterey. For the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mr. Tucci designed lighting for the Cultural Olympiad, which showcased six national and international companies. Internationally, Mr. Tucci’s work includes Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom (Geneva Ballet), Flemming Flindt’s Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer’s Daughter (Royal Danish Ballet). CHRISTOPHER McCOLLUM, Set & Costume Designer Christopher McCollum is a designer and faculty member at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. As a freelance designer, he was based for many years in his hometown of Austin, Texas. He designed both sets and costumes for most of the performing arts companies located there, and several across the United States. He designed the first major production of the opera Little Women by Mark Adamo at Houston Grand Opera, which was later broadcast by Great Performances. During the early part of his professional career, he assisted many notable American and European designers both here, and in Germany and Switzerland. Prior to joining the faculty at Incarnate Word, he taught and designed at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. He also served as the Resident Scenic Designer at Theatre Memphis for six seasons, designing more than 60 productions. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. christophermccollum.carbonmade.com BEVERLY WATTS, Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director/Guest Talkback Speaker Nashville native Beverly L. Watts was appointed the Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission in July 2007. Prior to her current appointment, she served as Special Advisor to the Chair at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for state and local relations. She has more than 30 years of experience in civil rights enforcement and education in the public and private sector. She served as the first Executive Director of the National Fair Housing Training Academy in Washington, D.C. Dir. Watts has served as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights; Director of Management Advisory Services for the Ralph G. Moore and Associates; Regional Director of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Executive Director, Illinois Minority and Female Business Enterprise Council and as one of the first Title IX coordinators in the country during her tenure at the U.S. Office for Civil Rights. She was an adjunct faculty member at Spalding University. She has made presentations to numerous organizations on civil rights, diversity, and leadership at the national and international level. Dir. Watts is a Past President of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) where she represented IAOHRA throughout the U.S., Canada and at the UN World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa. She currently serves as the IAOHRA Southern Region Representative and Annual Conference Planning Chair. She has served as Chair of Women Executives in State Government and currently serves as the Mission Advisor to the Cable Board and on the board of the YWCA of Middle Tennessee and is a life member of the NAACP. Dir. Watts is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 NAACP Frances Dancy Hooks Award, 2014 ECHO Dreamers Award, 2014 YWCA Carrie Hull Award, the City of Louisville Martin Luther King award and induction into the KY Civil Rights Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University, Southern Illinois University, and has completed Executive leadership programs at Duke University and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. OWEN THORNE, Guest Artist Born in New Orleans, La., Owen Thorne studied ballet at School of Nashville Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and as a trainee with San Francisco Ballet. After dancing professionally with Houston Ballet and Ashley Page’s Scottish Ballet, Mr. Thorne performed as a Principle Guest Artist with Joburg Ballet in South Africa in 2016 and as a freelance artist with the Royal Opera, DeNada Dance, Nashville Ballet, Boca Ballet Theatre, The Peter Schaufuss Company and Antonia Franceschi Dance. His repertory includes works by renown choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Bruce, Elo, Forsythe, Kylián, MacMillian, Page, Possokhov, Pastor, Tetley, Van Manen, Vasterling and Wheeldon. Performance highlights include James in Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Stanley Kowalski in Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire, White Swan pas de duex at The International Ballet Stars Gala in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Brighella in Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Chekhov Festival in Moscow. Recently, Mr. Thorne performed with Nashville Ballet at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
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Resident Lighting Designer Scott Leathers
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Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 COMPANY MEMBERS
SARAH CORDIA From Atlanta, Ga. With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education Metropolitan Ballet Theater, NB2 Awards National Endowment for the Arts Young Artists Merit Scholarship Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
ALEXANDRA MEISTER From Aurora, Ohio With Nashville Ballet since 2008 Training and Education Houston Ballet, training with Ana Lobe, NB2 Competitor in 2010 USA International Ballet Competition, 2011 Boston International Ballet Competition, 2016 Varna International Ballet Competition Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
JULIA EISEN From Chapel Hill, N.C. With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education The Ballet School of Chapel Hill, North Carolina School of the Arts, Richmond Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, NB2, National Choreographer’s Initiative Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
JULIA MITCHELL From Hingham, Mass. With Nashville Ballet since 2011 Training and Education Boston Ballet, Exploring Ballet with Suzzane Farrell, Miami City Ballet, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
KATIE ELIASON From Manchester, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education Hartford Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
KAYLA ROWSER From Conyers, Ga. With Nashville Ballet since 2007 Training and Education Magdalena Maury School of Classical Ballet, Georgia Youth Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Washington Ballet, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice, Charleston Ballet Theatre
KEENAN MCLAREN HARTMAN From Boston, Mass. With Nashville Ballet since 2011 Training and Education Boston Ballet Previously Dayton Ballet, Ballet Fleming, Ballet Montana, Ballet Austin II
MOLLIE SANSONE From Jacksonville, N.C. With Nashville Ballet since 2004 Training and Education The Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 Also With Piedmont Dance Theater, Quixotic Fusion and MOTION Dance + Theater Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
LOGAN HILLMAN From Mt. Vernon, Va. With Nashville Ballet since 2016 Training and Education Virginia Ballet, Kirov Academy, Akhmedova Ballet Academy Previously Atlantic City Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet, Richmond Ballet 2
NICOLAS SCHEUER From Joinville, Brazil With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Bolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Boston Ballet School, New English Ballet Theatre London Competitor in 2016 Varna International Ballet Competition Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 COMPANY MEMBERS
BRETT SJOBLOM From Columbia, Mo. With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Columbia Performing Arts Center, Virginia School of the Arts, The Boston Conservatory, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
JUDSON VEACH From Columbus, Ohio With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education Columbus Dance Theatre, School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Julliard School Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
CHRISTOPHER STUART From Sandy Hook, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2003 Training and Education North Carolina School of the Arts, NB2 Awards 2010 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship Choreographed Emergence series, Ballet Ball 2013-2017, various music videos, Under the Lights, Seven Deadly Sins, The Raven Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
GERALD WATSON From St. Petersburg, Fla. With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Academy of Ballet Arts, Boston Conservatory Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
JON UPLEGER From Sterling Heights, Mich. With Nashville Ballet since 2000 Training and Education Virginia School of the Arts Also With Terpsicorps Theater of Dance Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
NATHAN YOUNG From Little Rock, Ark. With Nashville Ballet since 2014 Training and Education Arkansas Festival Ballet, The University of Oklahoma Previously Dance Theater of Tennessee
KATIE VASILOPOULOS From Rockville Centre, N.Y. With Nashville Ballet since 2008 Training and Education Maple Avenue Dance in Rockville Centre, Ballet Academy East, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice
DANIELLA ZLATAREV From Walnut Creek, Calif. With Nashville Ballet since 2014 Training and Education Contra Costa Ballet Centre, School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, NB2 Previously Company C, BalletMet, Ballet Austin II, Oakland Ballet, MOTION Dance Theatre
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Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 APPRENTICE MEMBERS
JACKSON BRADSHAW From Los Angeles, Calif. With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Program, Colburn Dance Academy Previously Boston Ballet Trainee
LINNEA SWARTING From New Canaan, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2013 Training and Education The Washington Ballet, Nashville Ballet Professional Training Division, Boston Ballet School Previously NB2
SARAH PIERCE From Cambridge, Mass. With Nashville Ballet since 2016 Training and Education Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Program, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua School of Dance Previously NB2
BRIDGE TAYLOR From Juneau, Alaska With Nashville Ballet since 2015 Training and Education Next Generation Ballet, Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Program Previously NB2
AARON STEINBERG From Tenafly, N.J. With Nashville Ballet since 2016 Training and Education Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, Hamburg Ballet School, Sarasota Ballet Previously Kansas City Ballet 2
LAUREN TERRY From Virginia Beach, Va. With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education East Virginia School for the Performing Arts, The HARID Conservatory Previously NB2
“COUNTDOWN TO KENNEDY” SUPPORTERS! Nashville Ballet was honored to make its debut performance at The Kennedy Center in April 2017. This opportunity would not have been possible without the support of our community. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given. To learn more and read reviews, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/kennedy-center. Anonymous Ms. Kate Abrams Ben and Nancy Adams Brandee Anderson and Andrew Commiskey Carol Arendall Ms. Melissa Bahan Ms. Anoosh Bahiraei Mr. Adam Balfour and Ms. Michelle Drinkard Balfour Anita and Don Baltimore Mr. Carlysle Barfield Ms. Jeanette Barker Yuki Beach Jeremiah Beaty Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Ms. Kelley Ann Bell Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry Ms. Aimee Bobbitt Dr. and Mrs. Mark L. Born Ann and Frank Bumstead Mrs. Kristy Cason and Mr. Tim Wise Ima Lee Catinna Barbara and Eric Chazen Ms. Anne Christeson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton Courtney and Chase Condon
Ms. Joyce Cook Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton Ms. Heather Cramsie Bonne and Gary Crigger Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Ms. Anna Linn Currie Suann and Ralph Davis Dr. James Dedmon Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Emery Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Ms. Julie Eskind Laurie and Steven Eskind Karyn M. Frist Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Galletti Jeannie and Alan Gaus Margaret and Robert Gibbons Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Sammie Griffin Ms. Marjorie Haines Charlsie and John Halliburton Garrett and Jennifer Hamilton Mr. William L. Haralson Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Janet and Jim Hasson Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III Anna Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz
Drs. Nan and Duane Holland Mr. David Hormby Ms. Marcia Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Mark Humphreys Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Melanie A. Jarzynka Lynda J. Kelly Mr. Dax Langford Marianne and Charles Leach Tara and Geoffrey Little Helen Logvinov Frances and Eugene Lotochinski Ms. Mary Magada-Ward Mr. and Mrs. David J. Mahanes III Ed R. Mayers, Jr. McNutt Pediatric Dentistry Adrienne and Richard McRae, III Samuel and Sandra McSeveney Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller James and Patricia Munro Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nelson Ms. Melanie G. Nenni Kimberly Novosel Ms. Sandy Obodzinski Ms. Charlotte Parker Gus and Jennifer Puryear Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Reisner Anne and Charles Roos
Mrs. Ceci Sachs Ms. Kimberly Shadwick Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle Marc Siegel J. T. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith Elaine and Robert Smyth Sally Solesby Sarah Stamps Ms. Leigh Anne Strickland and Mr. Shane Hutton S. S. Swarting Noelle and John Tabor Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thienel Heather and Curt Thorne Mr. Louis Todd, Jr. Flynn Tracy Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Ken and Sandy Upleger Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mr. and Mrs. Brian Watson Ms. Katherine Davis Wells Lisa Wheeler Donna and Jim Zamorski Mrs. Martin Zeitlin
Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 SECOND COMPANY MEMBERS NB2: Nashville Ballet’s Pre-Professional Company
Second Year Women (L-R): Mallory Williams, Elena LaMadrid, Manuela Lavalle, Stephanie Dyke, Elisabeth Johnson, Emma Matthews
First Year Women Back Row (L-R): Skyler Levine, Alexandra Hutchinson, Erin Williams, Lauren Thompson, Emily Ireland-Buczek, Colette Tilinski, Molly Yeo, Cecilia Hoffman First Year Women Front Row (L-R): Ashleigh Sewell, Johanna Crick, Leah Hiller, Imani Sailers, Sabrina Benavides, Kennedy Brown, Caitlin Elledge, Emilia Sandoval Not Pictured: Emma Town
Men (L-R): Sean Daly, Talbot Rue, JonPaul Hills, Addison Goodwin, Tanner Blee, Aleksandr Schroeder, Abram Bagwell
NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS! Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for its Benefactor’s Society members, Ambassador’s Society members, Ballet Ball 2017 and 2018 supporters and in-kind donations. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given ($250+ from 12/01/2016 to 01/08/2018). If you are interested in supporting Nashville Ballet, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/giving. $100,000+ Ballet Ball 2017 Ingram Charitable Fund, Inc. Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission Phase 3 Marketing & Communications $50,000 - $99,999 Selby and Richard McRae Foundation The Shubert Foundation Susan Underwood Physical Therapy Tennessee Arts Commission $20,000 - $49,999 Anonymous Mr. Lance Bloom and Ms. Brittany Denham Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund Climb Nashville Brad and Laura Currie Maureen and James Danly Dedmon Chiropractic Deloitte and Touche LLP Dollar General Literacy Foundation Laurie and Steven Eskind Mr. and Mrs. Mark Humphreys Mrs. Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. and Mrs. Howard McLure Mrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late Ronnie Scott SP+ Parking Heather and Curt Thorne Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. $10,000 - $19,999 21c Museum Hotel Nashville Anonymous Ms. Christine Barggren Caterpillar Financial Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee CoreCivic Corner Partnership, LLC Brownlee Currey Foundation Dollar General Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Jere Ervin Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Friends of Nashville Ballet The Frist Foundation Google, Inc. Mr. William L. Haralson The HCA Foundation HCA/TriStar Health Hotel Indigo Ingram Industries Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Karen and Sylvain Lapointe League of Women Voters
$10,000 - $19,999 (cont’d) Lipman Brothers and the R.S. Lipman Company The Memorial Foundation Patricia and James Munro Paramount Extrusions Company Publix Super Markets Charities Gus and Jennifer Puryear Simply Balanced Dan, Lisa, Sam and Jake Slipkovich Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sohr Julie C. Stadler Gloria and Paul Sternberg SunTrust Foundation Shirley Zeitlin and Family $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Advance Financial Benefits, Inc. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust Mr. Charlie B. Carlisle and Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Dr. Elizabeth Cato The Honorable Karl F. Dean and Ms. Delta Anne Davis Caroline and Rascoe Dean Element Salon Brian Fitzpatrick Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Karyn M. Frist Google Fiber Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hayden Anna Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunter Hill Martha and Gavin Ivester Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Loeb & Loeb LLP M.A.C. Cosmetics Mr. and Mrs. David J. Mahanes III The Mall at Green Hills Market Sheet Enterprises Adrienne and Richard McRae, III New York Choreographic Institute Regions Financial Corporation Mr. and Mrs. D. Tate Rich R. J. Young Company Mary and David Rollins Sandra Schatten Michael Schlosser and Kerri Cavanaugh SESAC Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell Catherine Cate Sullivan SunTrust Bank Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance Mr. Louis Todd, Jr.
$5,000 - $9,999 (cont’d) UBS Financial Services Vaco Vanderbilt University Waller Washington Foundation Dallas and Fleming Wilt $2,500 - $4,999 Nancy and John Abbott Drs. JJ and Rachel Ailor Aladdin Industries Foundation AT&T Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ashley Baker Mrs. Meera Ballal and Dr. Seenu Reddy Bart Bowling CapStar Bank Mr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Community Choice Financial, Inc. Monica Cintado-Scokin and Daniel Scokin Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Crumbo Cumberland Skin Surgery and Dermatology Cumberland Trust and Investment Co. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dashiell Ms. Gail Danner Suann and Ralph Davis Mr. Charles W. Dunn DVL Seigenthaler Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr. Erie Insurance Ernst & Young Lisa and Michael French Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, III Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Hensler Mark and Amber Holm Carlene Hunt Bud Ireland Karyn Photography Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ketchel III Mr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee Pratt Ms. Natalie C. Levy-Sousan Lewis Thomason King and Krieg Frances and Eugene Lotochinski Mr. Donald R. Moody and Ms. Tyler L. Riggins Roger E. Moore and G. Brian Jackson Morgan Stanley Mr. and Mrs. Cameron L. Munson
$2,500 - $4,999 (cont’d) Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Peluso Pine Haven Foundation Trust Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Reisner G. Kyle Rybczyk Salem Media Group, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sandahl Dr. Norm Scarborough and Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, III Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle Shepherd Therapeutics Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith J. T. Smith in Memory of Diane L. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Spalding Ms. Ashley Stringfellow Ms. Angie M. Swinford Lori Tigert Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd Patricia A. Todd and Sean C. Kelly U.S. Bank Foundation U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management Jane Vandeventer Mr. and Mrs. Bart E. Verhulst Volkswagen of Cool Springs Mrs. Johnna B. Watson Wells Fargo Bradley D. Wensel $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous Mrs. Hunter Armistead Anita and Don Baltimore Mr. and Mrs. John Barker barre3 Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Carl and Susan Becker The Bentley Family Annie Laurie Berry Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry Best Brands Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. Ann and Frank Bumstead Business Center Partners, LP Caterpillar Foundation Veta Cicolello and Theodore Antoniadis Dr. Aaron Coffey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Corcoran Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton Bonne and Gary Crigger Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, III Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dasal Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon Emmely and Michael Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Mr. Michael Fluck
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NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS! $1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d) Margaret and Robert Gibbons Barbara and Greg Hagood Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Janet and Jim Hasson Dr. Celeste Hemingway Ashley and Douglas Henry Mr. David Hormby Houston Howell and Jessica Osaki Ms. Laura E. Hutfless Jacqueline and Robert Hutton Shane Hutton and Leigh Anne Strickland Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic and Mr. Christian Ilic Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Lipscomb Jarman Mr. and Mrs. William Owen Joyner Dr. and Mrs. Howard Kirshner Heloise Werthan Kuhn Ken and Bev Leiser Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Lucas Mr. and Mrs. David L. Manning Richard and Sheila McCarty Mr. and Mrs. M. F. McNamara III Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Dianne Neal Anne and Peter Neff Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel Noteable Blends, Kristen and Scott Davis OBX, Inc. Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy Simons Mr. and Mrs. James Pardo Pinnacle Financial Partners Mr. and Mrs. Steven Powers Adam Ragauskis Red Light Management Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Richter Anne and Charles Roos Salt and Vine, LLC Samuel A. Santoro and Mary M. Zutter Mr. and Mrs. William E. Saunders Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Mr. and Mrs. David S. Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. John S. Scott Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Marc Siegel Mr. Donald K. Skelton Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation Ray D. Smith and Michael H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Speyer Mr. and Mrs. B. Finn Swarting Noelle and John Tabor Rebecca and William Taylor Peggy and Tim Thomson in Honor of Elizabeth Thomson Josh and Brooke Trusley The Tyrrell Family
$1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d) Ken and Sandy Upleger Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio Verchota Floors Inc. William Verheide Village Real Estate Services Joyce A. Vise Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Walgreens Mr. and Mrs. Brian Waller Mr. and Mrs. Scott Williams Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Mr. Scott A. Wood Mrs. Carol Yarbrough Manuel Zeitlin Architects $500 - $999 Anonymous Stephen Abelman and Robin Holab-Abelman Angie Adams AmazonSmile Foundation Ms. Jeanette Barker Mrs. Patricia F. Belcher Betty C. Bellamy Mr. Charles C. Blackburn and The Honorable Marsha Blackburn Ms. Shirley Blackburn Angela and Jerry Bostelman Richard and Judith Bracken Mr. and Mrs. P. James Brady III Kathy Callaghan and Wayne Edwards Cindy Campbell Mr. and Mrs. John Chadwick Drs. Ravi Chari and Sharon Albers Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Clifton Mr. and Mrs. John Cline Chase Cole Lisa and Jonathan Cole Ronald and Brenda Corbin Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Dale The Eden Foundation Robin and Joshua Embry Jane and Richard Eskind and Family The Farmer’s Florist Mary Gale and Gerry Gaintner Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ghertner Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gold and Family Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grace Sammie Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Chris F. Harwell Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes Mrs. Lisa Henderson Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt Mr. and Mrs. M. Wright Hickerson, III Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hicks J. Michaels Clothiers Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Houff The Huggett Family Audrey and Frank Jones Clint and Lisa Kelly
$500 - $999 (cont’d) Linda R. Koon Marianne and Charles Leach Ms. Ellen Lehman Wendy and John Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman Dr. and Mrs. James Loden Ms. Arnita Long and Mr. Tim Ozgener Joseph and Lynn May Foundation Mrs. Laura and Mr. Thomas Moran Chris and Whitney Morris Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moses Nashville Zoo at Grassmere Leslie and Scott Newman Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson Nunley Newt and Jill Ogden Susan and Rick Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Jason Padgett Mrs. Mary Sarratt Perkins Mr. and Mrs. M. Cameron Plato Mr. Alan Poenitske Sharon and Douglas Pugh Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Lockwood Ross III Mr. and Mrs. Jordan M. Schneider Ms. Kimberly Shadwick Alix Weiss Sharp Mrs. Judy F. Simmons Steve Sirls and Allen DeCuyper Victoria and John Slater Rich and Lucy Smith Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smothers Libby and Shooter Stein TapSnap 1208 Chris and Allison Thompson Mr. and Mrs. James S. Turner, Jr. William W. Wade Andrew and Alice Wall Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Wendel Joni Werthan K. Janelle Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson Donna and Jim Zamorski $250 - $499 Anonymous Adventure Science Center Mr. and Mrs. T. Clark Akers Mrs. Rachel Allen Brandee Anderson and Andrew Commiskey Carol Arendall Mr. Adam D. Balfour and Ms. Michelle D. Balfour The Barr Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Bearden Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Bunting Mr. Robert H. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Rawls Butler Carden Avenue Barbara and Eric Chazen Ms. Elizabeth J. Chernau
$250 - $499 (cont’d) Ms. Anne Christeson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton Ms. Valorie W. Cole Mr. Robert Covington Ms. Kelly Pappas Crockett Ms. Linda Dyer Susan Fleschner Mr. Fletcher Foster Jeannie and Alan Gaus Molly and Nicholas Golinvaux Mr. Michael B. Goodloe Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Gordon Mr. Chris Guthrie and Mrs. Tracey George Ms. Marjorie Haines Charlsie and John Halliburton Mr. and Mrs. James Haltom Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hand Haymakers and Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Holland, Jr. The Home Edit Ms. Mari-Kate Hopper The Hermitage Hotel Mr. Jay Joyner Anne Knauff Alicia Leadford Andree and Alan LeQuire Ms. Andrea O. Lindsey Lindt Chocolate Elizabeth and Samuel Marney, Jr. Ed R Mayers Jr Karen and Scott McKean McNutt Pediatric Dentistry Col. and Mrs. William H. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Mueller Kent and Alice Ann Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nelson Mr. Chris F. Pair Dr. Megan Parker Peters Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Pass Dr. C. Wright Pinson The Poland Family in Honor of Dianna Schwarz George L. Ritzen Ms. Kathleen E. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rouch Dr. Stephanie Schultz Mrs. Herb Shayne Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Sisk Gabriel Smith Dr. Kara Smith Tonya and Walker Stevens Tom and Keipp Talbot Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thienel Kent and Karen Weeks Westerfield Family Eleanor Whitworth Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Willis in Memory of Jennifer Willis Mr. William H. Woerner Vivian R. and Richard A. Wynn
Many thanks to our ELEVATE donors. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given above $1,320. Founder’s Circle ($100,000+) Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. Mr. Brownlee O. Currey In Honor of Agneta Currey Earl Swensson Associates Inc. Laurie and Steven Eskind The HCA Foundation The Martin Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Martin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. McRae III Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Elaina and Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury III Daniel, Lisa, Sam and Jake Slipkovich Leah and Jim Sohr In Honor of Paul Vasterling Curt and Heather Thorne Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Todd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. James Stephen Turner Foundation Artistic Director’s Circle ($25,000-$99,000) Anonymous Angie and Maggie Adams Belmont University Bridgestone Americas Corner Partnership, LLC The Currie Family Annette S. Eskind Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind Herb and Barbara Fritch Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III Anna R. Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Hensler Jacqueline and Robert Hutton I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc. Ingram Civil Engineering Group, LLC Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Kidman Urban Family Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman Lovers of Movement Mrs. Ellen Harrison Martin Mr. and Mrs. Howard McLure The Memorial Foundation James and Patricia Munro Mrs. Emily Jordan Noel Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IV Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rechter
Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Spalding Shirley and Stuart Speyer Claire Whitfield Tucker Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio Toby Wilt Family Foundation Choreographer’s Circle ($15,000-$24,999) Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Allen Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr. Mrs. Jane M. Fabian Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Ben Folds Michelle Gaffney MJ Graves Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Lee Pratt and Neil Krugman Nashville Ballet Staff and Dancers 2013-2015 Mr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr. Regions Mr. and Mrs. David Rollins Dallas and Fleming Wilt Principal Dancer’s Circle ($10,000-$14,999) ACU Signs In Memory of Ian Merrill-Facio The Band Perry Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. In Honor of Elaina and Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II The Cintado-Scokin Family Jane and Richard Eskind and Family The Fugitive Foundation Bill Haralson Chris and Gina Keaton Heather and David Lang Lynn and Ken Melkus Jayne Menkemeller Donald R. Moody Anissa Nelson-Carlisle and Charlie Carlisle Donald R. Moody David Randolph Smith and Catherine Gemmato-Smith Gloria and Paul Sternberg SunTrust Foundation Betsy and Ridley Wills III Soloist’s Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker Jeremiah Beaty Ann and Frank Bumstead Drs. Keith and Leslie Churchwell Lisa and Jonathan Cole
The Container Store Brenda and Ronald Corbin Kim and Jim Crafton Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Dale James and Maureen Danly The Danner Foundation Dr. and Mrs. James Dedmon Pat and Kitty Moon Emery Brian Fitzpatrick Karyn McLaughlin Frist Gerry and Mary Gale Gaintner Cindee and Michael Gold Elizabeth and Lynn Greer In Honor of Mollie Sansone Ashley and Douglas Henry Mr. and Mrs. Matt A. Holst Martha and Gavin Ivester Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Kraft CPAs PLLC Mr. Paul H. Kuhn, Jr. Robert S. Lipman Eugene and Frances Lotochinski Mr. and Mrs. Walker C. Matthews McNutt Pediatric Dentistry The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Mills Family LLC Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Richter Richters - Corzines Dr. and Mrs. Gregg Shepard Joe and Joanne Sowell Hope and Howard Stringer Joyce A. Vise Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Weigel Corps de Ballet ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Anita and Don Baltimore Russell and Oguz Bates Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Crabb III Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dickerson Emmely and Michael Duncan Amy S. Eskind Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan Amos E. Gott Ms. Terry Hardesty Mr. and Mrs. Rick Horne Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Jarman Dr. Lois Jordan Mr. Edward Wade Joyner III Molly and John Kelly Kelly Construction, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Kestner Heloise Werthan Kuhn Robert and Marlene Eskind Moses Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nicol The Honorable Gary Odom Michael Schlosser and Kerri Cavanaugh Dr. and Mrs. Steven B. Shankle Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Luke and Susan Simons Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spitz Suburban Asset Management In Honor of Lauren Thompson Ms. Betsy Taylor Mr. Tom Walker Louise B. Wallace Foundation Bradley Wensel Ms. Rachel Zamata Tutu Society ($1,320-$2,499) Anonymous Mrs. Hunter Armistead Ms. Cassidy Bentley Suann and Ralph Davis The Ferre Family Susan and Frank Hammer Mr. and Mrs. Houston W. Howell Mr. Mark Humphreys Dr. Mitchell D. Korn Ms. Alena Kozunda and Mr. Pavel Bukengolts Heather and Paul Lefkowitz Dr. and Mrs. Mason Joseph and Lynn May Foundation Patrick and Ellen McIntyre Christopher and Patricia Mixon Ms. Kathryn Sevier Phillips Mr. Kevin Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Schneider Dr. Wesley and Mrs. Sheila Thayer Lori Tigert Mr. Scott A. Wood
For a full listing of ELEVATE donors, please visit our website at www.nashvilleballet.com/elevate.