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Peter Bay, music director/conductor “Worlds aPart” Friday & saturday, april 12 & 13, 2019 michael & Susan dell Hall, 8:00 p.m. William Hagen, violin rOSSini William Tell Overture mOZart Violin concerto no. 4 in d major, K. 218 dVOráK Symphony no. 9 in e minor, From the New World ^
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“a shakesPearean evening” Friday & saturday, May 17 & 18, 2019 michael & Susan dell Hall, 8:00 p.m. chorus austin and children’s chorus; robert Faires, actor BerliOZ excerpts from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 WaltOn Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario “the BroadWay soPrano” featuring lisa vroman Friday & saturday, May 31 & June 1, 2019 palmer events center, 8:00 p.m.
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ZACH’s Annual Fund Donate today and join the community of individuals who provide substantial financial support to ZACH Theatre. With special behindthe-scenes events, and exciting benefits like free parking, festive parties, and access to the Serra Skyline Lounge, there has never been a better time to become a member of the ZACH family.
The art of theatre inspires our imaginations, enhances our life experience, and helps us to see our world and fellow humans in a different light. We have been entertained and enlightened by what we have seen on ZACH’s stages, and want others—especially young people—to have that Jan Pickle, Board Trustee same opportunity.
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FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, BALLET AUSTIN HAS BUILT AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION. Now, the Ballet Austin Foundation is undertaking a permanent fundraising effort to raise endowment and legacy gifts that will set in motion a bold vision for Ballet Austin’s future. Gifts made today will create a permanent impact beyond our lifetimes, ensuring that future generations will benefit from a legacy that you can create. Ballet Austin is here to INNOVATE, here to TEACH, and here to SERVE… We are Here for GOOD.
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Jon Nakamatsu, piano Chorus Austin (Ryan Heller, director) SCHUBERT Magnificat in C Major, D. 486 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 DURUFLÉ Requiem, Op. 9
Matt Haimovitz, cello FRANCK Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman) SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
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Lior, vocalist MOZART Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 MOZART Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425, Linz WESTLAKE-ATTAR Compassion (A Song Cycle in Seven Movements)
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Orion Weiss, piano BRAHMS-Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
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TBA, visual artist Jessica Mathaes, violin VIVALDI The Four Seasons, RV. 293, “Autumn” HINDEMITH Symphony: Mathis der Maler MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
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Vadim Gluzman, violin Wendy Warner, cello ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major, Op. 39 BRAHMS Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102 CHABRIER Joyeuse marche BEETHOVEN Turkisch Marsch from Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 PALMGREN Exotisk Marsch, Op. 46 J. STRAUSS, JR. Ägyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 CHOPIN-Elgar Marche funèbre from Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave, Op. 31 John Novacek, piano COPLAND Suite from The Heiress GOULD Interplay GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GROFÉ Grand Canyon Suite TBA, soloists Conspirare Symphonic Choir (Craig Hella Johnson, director) HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D Major, London BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, Choral S A R A H & E R N E ST B U T L E R
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Masterworks Series Jessica Mathaes, violin Music of Vivaldi, Hindemith, Mussorgsky
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Masterworks Series Vadim Gluzman, violin n Wendy Warner, cello n Music of Elgar, Brahms, Beethoven, more
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texas young Composers Concert Friday, July 26, 2019 michael & Susan dell Hall, 7:30 p.m. Bring your friends, family, and co‑workers for a special evening of music! Hear compositions by some of texas’ most elite young composers performed by your austin Symphony Orchestra under the baton of peter Bay. you won’t want to miss this electrifying concert showcasing some of texas’ talented young composers. the program notes for each piece (written by the composers themselves!) will be projected on a screen while the orchestra performs it live for the first time! #aso108
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CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN MILLS INSPIRED BY THE ARTWORK OF NATALIE FRANK MUSIC: Graham Reynolds DRAWINGS, TEXTILES & PROP PAINTING: Natalie Frank SCENIC / PROP DESIGN: George Tsypin COSTUME DESIGN: Constance Hoffman LIGHTING DESIGN: Tony Tucci PROJECTION DESIGN: Howard Werner DRAMATURGE: Edward Carey COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT: Lily Prentice ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGNER: Lianne Arnold Snow White costumes constructed by Eric Winterling Inc. The Frog King and The Juniper Tree costumes constructed by Colin Davis Jones Studios Headpieces and Boar costume constructed by Mio Design NYC LLC | Textiles painted by Jeff Fender Studio Wigs constructed by Wendy Sanders | Scenery and props constructed by Dynamic Duo
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The project is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. This project is also funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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Stephen Mills, Sarah & Ernest Butler Family Fund Artistic Director Known for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has works in the repertoires of companies across the United States and around the world. From his inaugural season as Artistic Director in 2000, Mills attracted attention from around the United States with his worldpremiere 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 ballet secrets” in 2004 after Ballet Austin performed 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 the Kennedy Center in January of 2002 with 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 a community-wide human rights collaboration that culminated in the world premiere work Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. In 2006 Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project was awarded the Audrey & Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award by the AntiDefamation League. In September of 2013, the work made its international debut with a tour in three cities across Israel. In October 2016, Mills led his company of dancers through another "first," a 16-city tour of the People's Republic of China, which included performances in China's largest city, Shanghai, an international economic and cultural center. In 1998, Mills was the choreographer chosen to represent the United States through his work, Ashes, at les Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. Mills was awarded the Steinberg Award, the top honor at le Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur International Choreographic Competition for One / the body’s grace. Mills has created more than 40 works for companies in the United States and abroad. His ballets are in the repertoires of such companies as Hong Kong Ballet, Ballet Augsburg, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Washington Ballet, Cuballet in Havana, Cuba, BalletMet Columbus, Dayton Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Louisville Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, The Sacramento Ballet and Dance Kaleidoscope. He has worked in collaboration with such luminaries as the eight-time Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel, Shawn Colvin and internationally renowned flamenco artist José Greco II. As a dancer, 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 Theodore. He also performed with the Cincinnati Ballet and The Indianapolis Ballet Theatre before becoming a part of Ballet Austin. 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, 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 University in Pittsburgh. 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. In 2013, Mills was a participant in the Chief Executive Program of National Arts Strategies.
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Cookie Gregory Ruiz, C.F.R.E., Executive Director Cookie Gregory Ruiz has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development, and nonprofit fund-raising/ management. Since 2002, she has held the professional designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (C.F.R.E.) by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Her community honors include Austin Business Journal’s "Profiles in Power" Award, Leadership Austin’s Polly Scallorn Community Trustee Award, Austin Community Foundation’s Beverly S. Sheffield Award for Excellence as a Nonprofit Executive, The American Red Cross "Clara Barton Medal of Honor," Volunteer of the Year for the Austin Independent School District, the Lone Star Girl Scout Council "Women of Distinction" Award, the Junior League of Austin’s Volunteer Extraordinaire Award and is a 2016 Austin Arts Hall of Fame inductee. Ruiz served as the city-wide Chair of CreateAustin, a City Council appointee to ImagineAustin’s Citizen’s Advisory Task Force, and is a graduate of the Austin’s City Works Academy. As a graduate of Leadership Austin, Ruiz served four years on its board of directors. Ruiz is a currently president of the board of Texans for the Arts, a member of the executive committee of the board of trustees and former national chair of Dance/USA, the national board of directors of the Performing Arts Alliance, the board of directors of Housing Works Austin, the president of the board of directors of the Mayor’s Better Austin Foundation, and is a member of the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO). She is also a Fellow of the National Arts Strategies International Chief Executive Program. Ruiz joined the staff of Ballet Austin in 1996 as Development Director, became General Manager in 1997, and Executive Director in 1999.
Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director Michelle Martin had her early dance training at the Alberta Ballet School and danced professionally with the Alberta Ballet Company, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Austin. During her tenure with these companies she performed soloist and principal roles in a range of classical, contemporary and modern works. Martin’s teaching credits include guest teaching engagements in Canada and across the nation, as well as five years on the faculty of Jordan College at Butler University in Indianapolis. 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, followed by the Trainee Program (now the Butler Fellowship Program) in 2000. In addition to her work in the rehearsal studio, Martin supervises the curriculum and faculty of Ballet Austin Academy, designs arts education and audience engagement programs and writes grants. She has served on the Texas Commission on the Arts peer panels for Arts Education, and Music and Dance and has been a juror for the American Ballet Competition for the past nine years. Martin was the 2001 recipient of the Austin-Under-40 award for contributions in the area of Arts and Entertainment.
Allisyn Paino-Martin, Rehearsal Assistant 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 Bachelor of Fine Arts from Butler University. Since joining Ballet Austin in 1996, Paino-Martin has performed works by choreographers, including Stephen Mills, George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Thaddeus Davis, Twyla Tharp, David Parsons and Agnes DeMille. She has danced 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, Paino-Martin debuted the role of The Survivor award-winning Light/The Holocaust & 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 the faculty of the Ballet Austin Academy and working as guest faculty at Butler University and Austin Metamorphosis Dance Ensemble. In 2015, she co-created Dancing Into Science, an interactive workshop that teaches physics to elementary school students through dance.
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Bill Sheffield, Director of Production / Stage Manager Bill Sheffield’s long tenure with Ballet Austin extends back to the late 1980s when he served as the first director of production for the organization. Sheffield rejoined the company as production stage manager in 2002 and added the duties as director of production in 2006. An Austin native, Sheffield also produced the summer musicals at Zilker Park, including the recent hits: Seven Brides, Annie Get Your Gun, Into the Woods and the award-winners Crazy for You and Big River. Sheffield formerly worked with the Austin Musical Theater, where he was stage manager for many of their productions. He has worked with many Austin arts groups, serving as stage manager, lighting designer or master electrician. Some of these groups include Austin Opera, Bruce Wood Dance, Conspirare, Roy Lozano Ballet Folklorico, ZTP, Austin Shakespeare Festival, Slavin-Nadal Dance, ADE, ART, ZST and Tapestry.
Natalie Frank, Visual Artist Natalie Frank explores contemporary discourse on feminism, sexuality, and violence. Recent drawings and books The Story of O and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Princeton University Press, 2017) use literature as inspiration. Her gouache and chalk pastel drawings of the unsanitized Brothers Grimm tales, brings back, with Jack Zipes’ translations, aspects of sexuality and physical violence left out of our familiar stories. In Frank's 2015 exhibition at The Drawing Center, N.Y., Grimm's Fairy Tales, and in her accompanying publication Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Drawings by Natalie Frank (Damiani), Frank drew the unsanitized tales with a feminist interpretation, emphasizing the roles of women. The exhibition traveled to the Blanton Museum of Art (University of Texas at Austin) and the Kentucky Art Museum. Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 2002, and Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in 2006. She is a Fulbright Scholar, Oslo, Norway. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney and the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Rose Art Museum, and the Yale University Art Museum.
Graham Reynolds, Composer Called "the quintessential modern composer" by the London Independent, Austin-based composer/bandleader Graham Reynolds creates, performs and records music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs and concert halls with collaborators ranging from Richard Linklater and Jack Black to DJ Spooky and Ballet Austin. Heard throughout the world in films, on TV, on stage and on radio from HBO to Showtime, Cannes Film Festival to the Kennedy Center, and BBC to NPR, he recently scored the film Bernie, featuring Jack Black, as well as the Hulu TV series "Up To Speed" and his score to the Robert Downey Jr. feature, A Scanner Darkly, was named "Best Soundtrack of the Decade" by Cinema Retro magazine. With Golden Arm Trio, Reynolds has repeatedly toured the country and released five critically acclaimed albums including the simultaneous release of The Difference Engine: A Triple Concerto and DUKE! Three Portraits of Ellington on Innova Records with distribution by Naxos, the world’s biggest classical label. As co-artistic director of the 501(c)3 Golden Hornet Project with Peter Stopschinski, Reynolds has produced more than 50 concerts of world-premiere, alt-classical music by more than 60 composers, as well as five symphonies, two concertos and countless chamber pieces of his own. With Forklift Danceworks, Reynolds has scored pieces involving 18 trash trucks, 200 two-steppers, a solo work for "traffic cop" and most recently PowerUP. Reynolds is an active company member, sound designer, and composer with the internationally acclaimed Rude Mechanicals and resident composer with Salvage Vanguard Theater. He has received more than a half dozen Austin Chronicle "Best Composer" wins and has been involved in projects supported by the MAP Fund and NEA.
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George Tsypin, Scenic/Prop Design George Tsypin is an American stage designer, sculptor, and architect. He was an artistic director, production designer and coauthor of the script for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. Tsypin was born in Kazakhstan and studied architecture in Moscow and theater design in New York. He has worked for many years with renowned directors and composers, such as Julie Taymor, Peter Sellars, Francesca Zambello, Pierre Audi, Jurgen Flimm, Philip Glass, John Adams, Kaija Saariaho, and Andrey Konchalovsky. He has a longstanding creative association with the conductor Valery Gergiev. He has won many awards, including the International Competition of "New and Spontaneous Ideas for the Theater for Future Generations" at Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. His designs for opera have been produced all over the world, including Salzburg Festival, Opera de Bastille in Paris, Covent Garden in London, La Scala in Milan, Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and Metropolitan Opera in New York. Tsypin has worked in all major theaters in the United States, as well as in film and television. His sculpture received its first one-man gallery show in 1991 at the Twining Gallery in New York. He created the Planet Earth Gallery, one of the Millennium Projects in England: a major installation of moving architectural elements, videos, and 200 sculptures. Tsypin was chosen to exhibit his work at the Venice Biennale in 2002. His monograph, GEORGE TSYPIN OPERA FACTORY: Building in the Black Void, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2005. Tsypin's Broadway debut as a set designer for a musical was Disney Theatrical's production of The Little Mermaid, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. He designed the set for the new musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark for which he won Outer Critics Award and received Tony Award nomination. Additionally, Tsypin designed the SeaGlass Carousel for Battery Park next to the World Trade Center site.
Constance Hoffman, Costume Design Constance Hoffman has designed costumes for opera, dance, and theatre regionally, internationally, and in New York City. Her credits include collaborations with theatre artists such as Mark Lamos, Julie Taymor, Eliot Feld, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, opera directors Robert Carsen, David Alden, Christopher Alden, Keith Warner, and entertainer Bette Midler. Her work has been seen on many stages in New York City, including the Public Theatre, The New Victory Theatre, The Second Stage, The Theatre for a New Audience, Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, The Joyce, and The New York City Opera. On her Broadway debut, she earned a Tony nomination and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her designs for The Green Bird, directed by Julie Taymor. Hoffman’s collaborations in opera have taken her to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Paris Opera, the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and The Tokyo Opera Nomori, among others. In the United States, she has designed costumes for the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the Minnesota Opera, the Portland Opera, the Opera Theatre of St.Louis, the Lincoln Center Festival, and she has had a long association with the Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, New York, whose productions have traveled regularly to the New York City Opera. At the New York City Opera, Hoffman’s designs for the critically acclaimed Paul Bunyan, Tosca, and Lizzie Borden have been televised in the Live from Lincoln Center Broadcasts.Regionally, she has designed in theatres such as the Guthrie, the Hartford Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., The Center Stage in Baltimore, The Alley Theatre in Houston, Goodspeed Musicals and the Prince Music Theatre. In addition to her Tony Nomination and Outer Critics Circle Award for The Green Bird in 2000, Hoffman was honored in 2001 with The Theatre Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award, and in 2003, 2007, and 2011 with an invitation to exhibit her work in the Prague Quadrennial. She is currently engaged at the Tisch School of the Arts as an Associate Arts Professor in the Department of Design for Stage and Film, and holds an MFA as an alumna of that program.
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Tony Tucci, Lighting Designer Residing in Austin, Tony Tucci has been the resident lighting designer for Ballet Austin’s repertory, for more than 25 years and also currently serves as resident lighting designer/director for Ben Stevenson’s Texas Ballet Theater and Bruce Wood Dance. Tucci created the lighting designs for Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Long Center in June 2018. In September 2018, Tucci will design a new production of Cinderella, choreographed by Ben Stevenson for the National Ballet of China. Tucci has created designs for national and international dance companies: Mejia International Ballet, Washington Ballet, Houston Dance Salad, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Cirque Ziva, the Golden Dragon Acrobats, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Danish Ballet, Winnipeg and Swedish Ballets, Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas, Christopher Bruce's Kingdom-Geneva Ballet, Flemming Flindt's Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer's Daughter-Royal Danish Ballet. Tucci has designed for musical theater, including Austin productions of Damn Yankees, Carousel, West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line, and Sound of Music as well as Charles Duggan’s productions of Dames at Sea in San Francisco and at the Goodspeed Opera House. For 1996 Summer Olympics, Tucci designed for the Cultural Olympiad, showcasing national and international companies. He is the recipient of two Iden Payne Awards and Critics Table awards for lighting in Austin.
Howard Werner, Projection Design A BFA graduate of the University of Illinois and a product of the burgeoning theatre movement of the 1980s, Howard Werner has developed from a young Chicago lighting designer into a multi-talented, many-faceted lighting, projection, and multimedia design leader. Often found at the apex of the Broadway design world, he is just as likely to be found ground level, lighting a plaza, illuminating an historic building, or exercising his genius for exhibit design. His award-winning work spans theatre, architecture and event categories, and his expertise has brought him recognition as a Live Design Master Class presenter for Broadway Projections.
Edward Carey, Dramaturge Edward Carey is a writer and illustrator who was born in North Walsham, Norfolk, England. He attended Pangbourne Nautical College and afterward, he joined the National Youth Theatre and studied drama at Hull University. He has written plays for the National Theatre of Romania and the Vilnius Small State Theatre, Lithuania. In England, his plays and adaptations have been performed at the Young Vic Studio, the Battersea Arts Centre, and the Royal Opera House Studio. He is the author of the novels Observatory Mansions and Alva and Irva: The Twins Who Saved a City, and of the YA Iremonger Trilogy. He has taught creative writing and fairy tales on numerous occasions at the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa, and at the Michener Center and the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin.
GRIMM TALES original score by Graham Reynolds, featuring these artists: FEATURED VIOLINIST: Alexis Buffum SPECIAL GUESTS: INVOKE—Nick Montopoli, Zach Matteson (Violins), Karl Mitze (Viola), Geoff Manyin (Cello) THE ENSEMBLE: Peter Stopschinkski, Graham Reynolds (Piano & Keyboards), Andrew Nolte (Guitar & Keyboards), Bryson Kemp (Computer & Keyboards, Jeremy Bruch (Drum Kit), Jeff Owen (Mallets), Chuck Fischer (Mallets & Percussion), Daniel Chrisman (Bassoon & Contrabassoon), Amy Burgus (Oboe), Helen Cooper (Violin 1), Paul Robertson (Violin 1), Haley Dietz (Violin 2), Leah Nelson (Viola), James Burch (Cello), Jessica Valls (Contrabass) MUSIC EDITING, SCORE EDITING AND MIXING: Adam Sultan, Bryson Kemp, Nick Montopoli, Steve Sachse, Ashely Tran, Buzz Moran, Chris Ozley, James Parker
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CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY BY STEPHEN MILLS INSPIRED BY THE ARTWORK OF NATALIE FRANK MUSIC: Graham Reynolds DRAWINGS, TEXTILES & PROP PAINTING: Natalie Frank SCENIC / PROP DESIGN: George Tsypin COSTUME DESIGN: Constance Hoffman LIGHTING DESIGN: Tony Tucci PROJECTION DESIGN: Howard Werner DRAMATURGE: Edward Carey COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT: Lily Prentice ASSISTANT PROJECTION DESIGNER: Lianne Arnold Snow White costumes constructed by Eric Winterling Inc. The Frog King and The Juniper Tree costumes constructed by Colin Davis Jones Studios Headpieces and Boar costume constructed by Mio Design NYC LLC Textiles painted by Jeff Fender Studio Wigs constructed by Wendy Sanders Scenery and props constructed by Dynamic Duo
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THE FROG KING PRINCESS: Jaime Lynn Witts FIRST SISTER: Grace Morton (Mar. 29 and 31) / Courtney Holland (Mar. 30)* SECOND SISTER: Brittany Strickland (Mar. 29 and 31) / Constance Doyle (Mar. 30)* KING: Christopher Swaim FROG KING: Oliver Greene-Cramer There was a king who had three daughters, the youngest of which was as beautiful as the sun. Her favorite toy was a golden ball. One day, the princess tossed her ball and it landed in a deep well. Suddenly, a frog appeared, who agreed to retrieve the ball if the princess agreed to take him home with her. Thrilled to have her toy back, he princess ignored the frog and returned to the castle only to find the frog followed her home to dinner. Hearing the frog’s story, the king insisted that his daughter keep her promise. In frustration, the princess threw the frog against the wall with all her might. The frog transformed into a handsome prince with beautiful eyes, and the princess recognized him to be her true love and life’s companion.
SNOW WHITE SNOW WHITE: Ashley Lynn Sherman GHOST MOTHER: Katherine Deuitch (Mar. 29 and 31) / Hailey Dupont (Mar. 30)* QUEEN: Aara Krumpe HUNTSMAN: Preston Andrew Patterson BOAR: Max Azaro FIRST WOODSMAN: James Fuller SECOND WOODSMAN: Morgan Stillman THIRD WOODSMAN: Paul Martin FOURTH WOODSMAN: Kevin Murdock-Waters (Mar. 29 and 31) / Orlando Julius Canova (Mar. 30)* SNOW WHITE AS A CHILD: Charlotte Prodel A queen wished for a daughter and soon gave birth to a princess called “Snow White.” The queen died after the child was born, and the princess’ father took another wife who was beautiful. She couldn’t stand anyone who was more beautiful than she, and every morning, she looked into a magic mirror asking this question: “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who in this land is fairest of all?” The mirror always answered that the queen was the most beautiful, until one day, when Snow White had grown up, the mirror answered differently: “You, my queen, are fair; it’s true. But Snow White is a thousand times fairer than you.” The queen was so jealous that she ordered a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart. The huntsman set out as commanded, but took pity on the princess and let her escape. Instead, he killed a boar and took its heart back to the queen, who celebrated by eating what she thought was the dead girl’s organ. Meanwhile, Snow White found shelter in the cottage of woodsmen. When they returned home from work and found her asleep, they agreed to let her stay. The evil queen soon learned that Snow White was alive. Three times she disguised herself and attempted to kill Snow White, first with a corset laced too tight, then with a poisoned hair comb, and finally, with a poisoned apple. This third time the woodsmen could not revive Snow White, however as they prepared to lay her to rest in the forest, they dislodged the poisoned apple she had swallowed. Snow White came back to life. To punish the evil queen, the woodsmen brought forth a pair of iron shoes, heated by coals, and forced her to put them on and dance until she died.
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THE JUNIPER TREE MOTHER: Katherine Deuitch (Mar. 29 and 31) / Hailey Dupont (Mar. 30)* FATHER: Edward Carr DAUGHTER: Chelsea Marie Renner STEPMOTHER: Elise Pekarek SON/BIRD: Ian J. Bethany There was a rich man whose wife hoped for a baby. Time passed, and the woman did give birth to a boy but died immediately after the delivery. Her husband buried her under a juniper tree near their house. He later married another woman and had a daughter with her. The boy’s stepmother treated the boy badly, and one day, overcome with evil thoughts, the stepmother lured the boy to lean over a big chest of fruit, slammed the lid on him, and cut off his head. She convinced her daughter to help her cook the boy into a pie, which she served her husband for dinner that evening. The man found the pie delicious, throwing his son’s bones under the table as he consumed the entire pan. The daughter gathered her brother’s bones and placed them under the juniper tree. The tree began to move and a fiery mist appeared from it. A beautiful bird emerged from the fire. The bird flew around the countryside, explaining its plight, and eventually returned to the juniper tree with items collected on its journey. Though the return of the bird filled the stepmother with dread, the father was happy to see him. The bird gave the father a golden chain and the daughter a pair of shoes, but when the stepmother came outside, the bird rolled a millstone on her head, crushing her to death. With that, the bird transformed back into the boy, and joyfully greeted his father and sister.
*The cast for Saturday, March 30, will perform during Ballet Austin's Night of Community dress rehearsal on Thursday, March 28.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Max Azaro BAII: 2017–2018 | Joined Company: 2018 Max began dancing under Risa Kaplowitz, Director of Princeton Dance and Theater (PDT) Studio in Princeton, N.J. In 2014 Max began studying at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School after winning a full scholarship through Youth American Grand Prix. He trained at the JKO School from 2014–2017, first under Franco De Vita and then Cynthia Harvey. In 2016 Max was awarded the prestigious Northern Trust Scholarship. Max spent his summers at PDT, Orlando Ballet School, the Chautauqua Institute, and American Ballet Theatre, N.Y. He also studied at the Amsterdam International Summer School, IBStage in Barcelona, and International Ballet Masterclasses in Prague. He began performing at age 12 with Princeton Youth Ballet. While at the JKO school, Max performed Jeremy McQueen’s original work, Garden of Dreams, at the Ballet Across America Gala. He performed the Paquita Grand Pas de Deux and George Balanchine’s La Source at JKO’s year-end performance.
Ian J. Bethany BAII: 2008–2009 | Joined Company: 2009 Ian Bethany is from Long Island, N.Y. He started dancing as a tap and jazz student at Robert Mann Dance Centre. He started ballet at Tap to Pointe Dance Center, continuing at the Frank Ohman School of Ballet, the School of Ballet Chicago, Ballet Academy East, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. With Ballet Austin, Ian has been featured in George Balanchine’s Agon and Allegro Brillante, Nicolo Fonte’s Lasting Imprint, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Requiem for a rose, Gabrielle Lamb’s Dovetail, Bradley Shelver’s The Last Just, Stephen Mills’ Carmina Burana, The Magic Flute, and The Nutcracker, as the Master of Ceremonies in Mills' Cinderella, in the Bluebird Pas de Deux in The Sleeping Beauty, as the White Rabbit in Septime Webre's Alice (in wonderland), and as Peter Pan in Paul Vasterling's Peter Pan. He has performed with project-based company Performa/Dance, ZACH Theatre, Zilker Theatre Productions, has sung with the Austin Opera and does numerous juggling gigs around Austin. Ian has choreographed and taught for the Ballet Austin Academy, the ZACH Theatre PreProfessional Company, for Harmony School of Creative Arts, and for Agni Entertainment.
Orlando Julius Canova Joined Company: 2005 Orlando began his ballet training with Lawrence and Sarma Rosenberg at the Anaheim Ballet School. At age 16 he moved to New York City to train at the School of American Ballet (SAB). There he received a full tuition merit scholarship and was sponsored by Debbie Allen. Orlando furthered his ballet training with Miami City Ballet School. In 2001, Orlando became an Arpino Apprentice with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and in 2003 he joined as a full company member. While at Joffrey, Orlando played the part of apprentice in Robert Altman's film The Company. At Ballet Austin, Orlando has danced lead roles in The Nutcracker, Cult of Color: Call to Color, Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project, Romeo & Juliet, Nine Sinatra Songs, silence within silence, and The Magic Flute. He has worked with such choreographers as Stephen Mills, Twyla Tharp, KT Nelson, Dominic Walsh, Nicolo Fonte, Sonya Delwaide, Toni Bravo, Michelle Thompson, Reginald Harris, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Orlando has also danced for Molly Lynch’s National Choreographers Initiative in 2012 and 2013. There he worked with Darrell Moultrie, Melissa Barak, Val Caniparoli, Frank Chavez, Kitty McNamee, and Susan McCullough. In addition, Orlando teaches dance at Ballet Austin Academy, The Butler Center for Dance & Fitness, Saint Mary’s Hall, Austin City Ballet, and Alamo Heights High School.
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Edward Carr BA Trainee: 2006–2007 | BAII: 2007–2008 | Joined Company: 2008 Growing up in Pittsburgh, Penn., Carr received his first 12 years of ballet training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School. After graduating high school, he continued his training at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto, where he had the privilege to work with choreographers including James Kudelka, Toer van Schayk, and Rudi van Dantzig. Carr moved to Austin in 2006 to attend Ballet Austin’s trainee program and joined the main company in 2008 after one season as an apprentice. Since joining Ballet Austin, he has been featured in Stephen Mills’ Light / The Holocaust and Humanity Project, premiered as The Beast in Mills' Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast, and has been featured in work by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, Pontus Lidberg, Nicolo Fonte, and Jennifer Hart. Carr recently appeared in visual artist Rodney McMillian’s film Untitled (neighbors), part of McMillian’s first solo exhibition Against a Civic Death at The Contemporary Austin. Carr also serves as the associate director to local contemporary dance company Performa/Dance, founded in 2014 by Carr and local choreographer Jennifer Hart. Performa/Dance continues to expand its reach and produce dance for the Austin scene and has been recognized with several Austin Critics Table Awards.
Katherine Deuitch BAII: 2016–2018 | Joined Company: 2018 Katherine is originally from St. Paul, Minn. She began her pre-professional training at Minnesota Dance Theatre under Lise Houlton. She became an apprentice with MDT in 2013, where she danced in works by Loyce Houlton, Lise Houlton, Elliot Feld, and Emery LeCrone, among others. In 2014, she was invited to attend the School of American Ballet. While at SAB, she participated in multiple Choreographic Institute’s where she originated roles by Dana Genshaft and Peter Walker. She also appeared in SAB’s annual Workshop performance in Jerome Robbins' Fanfare as well as George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments. As an apprentice with Ballet Austin, she has had the opportunity to dance in works by Stephen Mills, Michelle Thompson, Thang Dao and Septime Webre. Most recently, she appeared in Jennifer Hart’s Fellow Travelers with Performa/Dance.
Constance Doyle BAII: 2015–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Born in Frankfurt, Germany, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Constance trained until age 17 under Gigi Hyatt and Janusz Mazon. At 17, she was invited to study year-round at the School of American Ballet in New York City, where she was thrilled to complete her final years of training. She performed George Balanchine's Serenade, Western Symphony, and Valse Fantaisie during the school's Workshop performances, featured in a 2015 PBS Live from Lincoln Center national broadcast. She was repeatedly invited to dance in the annual New York Choreographic Institute and to participate as both dancer and choreographer in SAB's Student Choreographic Workshop. In 2015 she began her apprenticeship with Ballet Austin, and 2017 was invited to join the main company. At Ballet Austin, she has particularly enjoyed dancing the principal couple in Stephen Mill's Touch, George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, and was honored to join the company in their monthlong tour of China. She is thankful to her parents, whose love and sacrifices made her career possible, and she dances to glorify God and magnify His beauty.
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Hailey Dupont BAII: 2016–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Hailey Dupont, originally from Lafayette, La., began her ballet training at The Ballet Studio and later at Lafayette Ballet Theatre. She attended the summer programs of American Ballet Theater, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, the School of American Ballet (SAB) and Ballet Austin. At age 15, Hailey was awarded a full scholarship to study year-round at SAB where she trained for three years. There she performed in the Student’s Annual Workshop performances and performed "Dance of the Little Swans" in George Balanchine’s Swan Lake, and danced in Balanchine’s Danses Concertantes and The Four Temperaments as well as Jerome Robbins’ Fanfare. She also participated in SAB’s Student Choreographic Workshop and was selected to participate in lecture demonstration programs for New York Public schools. Hailey has been featured in lead roles for Ballet Austin II performances, including Michelle Thompson’s Planets and has danced corps de ballet roles in Ballet Austin main stage productions, including The Nutcracker, The Magic Flute, and ALICE (in wonderland).
James Fuller Joined Company: 2010 James Fuller is from Irvine, Calif., and was trained at Ballet Pacifica Conservatory. In 2004, James received a Youth America Grand Prix scholarship to study at the Boston Ballet School, where he completed his final year of training. James apprenticed with Oregon Ballet Theatre for a year before enrolling at Harvard University. At Harvard, James performed works by choreographers such as Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, George Balanchine and Alvin Ailey. In the summers, James studied modern dance with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Dance Festival, and Beijing LDTX. James directed the Harvard Ballet Company in 2009 and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of the Arts in Philosophy, a secondary field in dramatic arts, and a language citation in Urdu-Hindi. Since joining Ballet Austin, James has performed in original works by Stephen Mills, including Luminaria and Though the Earth Gives Way, danced in Balanchine’s Agon, performed with the National Choreographers Initiative, and choreographed for Houston City Dance.
Oliver Greene-Cramer BAII: 2013–2014 | Joined Company: 2014 An Austinite by birth, Oliver was raised in southern Vermont and received his early training at the Brattleboro School of Dance and Burklyn Ballet Theatre. He graduated from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance with a BFA—Ballet Concentration and was given the award for Outstanding Senior in Modern Dance. While at Purchase, Oliver danced in works by George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Nicolo Fonte, John Heginbotham, and Gabrielle Lamb. Immediately after graduation, he joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in New York City. Since joining Ballet Austin, Oliver has been featured in works by Stephen Mills, Lar Lubovitch, Pontus Lidberg, Pam Tanowitz, Septime Webre, Jimmy Orrante, and Nelly van Bommel. In the summer of 2017, he toured Thang Dao's award-winning duet We Circle the Night to the Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta Festival in Italy. Oliver was recently a performer in Rodney McMillian's Untitled (neighbors) as part of Against a Civic Death funded by the inaugural Susan Deal Booth Art Prize exhibited at the Contemporary Austin. He is also a member of Performa/Dance, an Austin-based dance company directed by Jennifer Hart and Edward Carr.
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Courtney Holland Joined Company: 2016 Courtney Holland was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, and at the age of 11 began her professional training at Canada’s National Ballet School. After graduating from NBS in 2010, Courtney moved to New York City to continue her training at the Dance Theatre of Harlem on a full scholarship. In June 2012, she was a finalist at the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition. She was awarded a full scholarship to the Banff Centre’s Professional Dance Program where she appeared as a guest artist in the Arts Summer Festival, performing George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Christopher Wheeldon’s Souvenirs. In 2013, Courtney joined Charlotte Ballet II where she performed works by George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Sasha Janes, Mark Diamond and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. There she had the privilege to perform featured roles in The Nutcracker and the role of the Autumn Fairy in Cinderella, under the direction of Kennedy Center Honoree Patricia McBride. Since joining Ballet Austin in 2016, Courtney has had the pleasure of dancing several of Stephen Mills’ ballets as well as works by Septime Webre and Pam Tanowitz. She enjoyed performing Justin Peck’s In Creases and was featured in Paul Vasterling’s Peter Pan as Tinker Bell. Courtney feels very blessed to have the love and support of her family and is excited for her third season with Ballet Austin.
Aara Krumpe BAII: 1999–2001 | Joined Company: 2001 Aara Krumpe is originally from Corpus Christi, Texas. She received her early training from Nancy Sulik and studied for three years at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School under David Holladay. Since joining Ballet Austin, Aara has enjoyed dancing in many Stephen Mills ballets, including the title roles in Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & The Beast, Romeo & Juliet, The Firebird and The Taming of the Shrew, as well as the Desire Pas de Deux, Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Gertrude in Hamlet, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella and The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has also danced the principal roles in the classics Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Bournonville’s La Sylphide. Aara is most thankful for the opportunity to perform the role of the Survivor in Mills’ Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project in Austin, Miami and Israel. Aara and her husband, Ambrose, are the proud parents of two wonderful boys, Leo and Lucas.
Paul Martin BAII: 2015–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Paul Martin has been promoted to the main company after joining Ballet Austin II in 2015 and dancing as an apprentice for two years. Paul began his ballet and dance training in West Des Moines, Iowa, under the tutelage of Hank and Beth Adams. With their guidance, Paul earned scholarships to notable summer intensive programs, including Kansas City Ballet School, Nutmeg Conservatory, San Francisco Ballet School and Ballet Austin. In 2014, Paul received a scholarship to study full time at Kansas City Ballet School where he advanced his training, culminating in a performance opportunity with Kansas City Ballet II. As a Ballet Austin II apprentice, Paul performed lead roles, such as The Judge in Nick Kepley’s Season of Innocence and The Prince in Nelly Van Bommel’s Snow White. Additionally, he’s performed in Jennifer Hart’s Spaces and Stephen Mills’ Touch and The Nutcracker.
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Grace Morton BAII: 2012–2013 | Joined Company: 2013 Grace Morton is from Seattle, Wash. She received her early training at Dance Fremont under the direction of Vivian Little and Mary Reardon. In 2010, she continued her study under Damara Bennett in Oregon Ballet Theater’s professional division. As a member of Ballet Austin II, she enjoyed performing featured roles in Stephen Mills’ Luminaria, Jennifer Hart’s Wavemakers and Nelly van Bommel’s Snow White. After joining the company, Grace has appeared in lead roles such as Snow Queen and Lead French in Stephen Mills’ The Nutcracker, Puss ‘n Boots in The Sleeping Beauty, and has also been featured in Stephen Mills’ One / the body’s grace and CARBON53. She has had the pleasure to appear in repertoire by George Balanchine, James Gregg, Jennifer Hart, Gabriel Lamb, Pontus Lidberg and Pam Tanowitz. Grace has danced in project-based company Performa / Dance, and appeared in Zilker Theatre Production’s presentation of Oklahoma! as Dream Laurie. She is also a teacher in the Ballet Austin Academy.
Kevin Murdock-Waters BAII: 2013–2015 | Joined Company: 2015 Originally from Roseville, Calif., Kevin began his dance training at The Hawkins School of Performing Arts. He then went on to train at the San Francisco Ballet School for six years, with teachers such as Lola De Avila, Jean-Yves Esquerre, Parrish Maynard, and Jeffrey Lyons. Kevin then joined Ballet Austin II, and later the professional company. He has enjoyed dancing in roles such as Mercutio in Stephen Mills' Romeo and Juliet, the Dodo Bird in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland), as well as other works by Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, Pontus Lidberg, and Justin Peck. Kevin has also worked with the Austin-based company Performa/Dance under the direction of Jennifer Hart and Edward Carr.
Preston Andrew Patterson BAII: 2008–2010 | Joined Company: 2010 Preston Andrew Patterson was born in Atlanta, Ga., and began his dance studies at the Ballethnic Academy of Dance. At age 17, he attended the School of American Ballet and later the National Ballet School of Canada. As a member of Ballet Austin, Preston Patterson has had the privilege of performing in Stephen Mills’ Wolftanzt, Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & The Beast, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, the Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle and the Blue Bird in Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty.
Elise Pekarek BA Trainee: 2007–2009 | BAII: 2009–2011 | Joined Company: 2011 Elise Pekarek is originally from the Chicago area and began her early ballet training with the Judith Svalander School of Ballet under the direction of Judith Svalander and Greg Begley. Since joining the company in 2011, Elise has been honored to have been featured in several works by Stephen Mills' as well as Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, George Balanchine, Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, Septime Webre, and Jimmy Orrante. She participated as a dancer in the National Choreographer's Initiative in 2017 and 2018. Elise has also performed in Austin-based projects such as Michelle Thompson's Illusory Impressions as well as with Performa/Dance, directed by Jennifer Hart and Edward Carr. In 2017, she performed Thang Dao's award-winning duet, We Circle The Night, for the Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta festival in Pietrasanta, Italy. Elise teaches classes for Ballet Austin's Pilates Center.
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Chelsea Marie Renner BA Trainee: 2005–2007 | BAII: 2007–2008 | Joined Company: 2008 Chelsea Marie Renner, originally from Bozeman, Mont., received her early training from Ann Bates of Montana Ballet and Campbell Midgley of Queen City Ballet. Since joining Ballet Austin's main company, Chelsea has enjoyed performing principal roles in Stephen Mills' The Nutcracker as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Paul Vasterling's Peter Pan as Wendy. She has also enjoyed performing in Stephen Mills’ Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, The Magic Flute, Kai, Hamlet, and as Rosalyn in Romeo & Juliet, along with George Balanchine's Agon, Nicolo Fonte's Lasting Imprint, and works by Nelly van Bommel, Gregory Dolbashian, Gabrielle Lamb, Jimmy Orrante, and Pam Tanowitz. In June of 2013, Chelsea was honored to travel to Washington, D.C., to perform Stephen Mills' Hush for Ballet Across America III at The Kennedy Center, and in September of that year joined the company in Israel for a three-city tour of Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. Chelsea was the first recipient of the Sarah and Ernest Butler Scholarship in 2006. When not in the studio, Chelsea loves spending her time with her three-year-old son, Landon, her husband, Aaron, and running her home-based skin care business with Rodan & Fields. Chelsea would like to thank Aaron, her parents, and her grandparents for their endless love and support.
Ashley Lynn Sherman Joined Company: 2002 Originally from the Chicago area, Ashley received her pre-professional training from Sherry Moray. She began her career with Alabama Ballet under the direction of Wes Chapman and Roger Van Fleteren. Since joining Ballet Austin, her personal highlights have been dancing the roles of Giselle, Odette/Odile, Juliet, and Ophelia in Stephen Mills’ Hamlet, receiving an Austin Critic’s Table Award for her performance. Ashley had the honor of originating the role of Pamina in Mills’ The Magic Flute, as well as premiering many of his contemporary works, and touring with the company to China, Israel, Italy, Slovenia, The Joyce Theater, and The Kennedy Center. She has also danced the principal pas de deux in Balanchine’s Agon, Lar Lubovitch’s Dvořák Serenade, and Pontus Lidberg’s Stream. Ashley has made guest appearances with National Choreographer’s Initiative, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, and Performa/Dance. She is an alumna of St. Edward's University, and a private yoga instructor with specialization in Restorative yoga and Ayurveda. When she is not dancing or teaching, Ashley enjoys spending time with her new baby boy. She would like to thank her husband, Joshua, and her family for their generous support.
Morgan Stillman Joined Company: 2017 Morgan Stillman began his ballet training with Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, Ind., and attended Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. In 2014, he joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and performed principal and soloist roles in James Canfield and Balanchine repertoire. Morgan joined Ballet Austin's professional company in 2017.
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Brittany Strickland BA Trainee: 2007–2008 | BAII: 2008–2010 | Joined Company: 2010 Brittany Strickland is originally from Winston-Salem, N.C. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts (now the University of NCSA) from 2001– 2007, where she trained under Melissa Hayden, Nina Danilova, and Kee-Juan Han. With NCSA, Brittany was privileged to perform George Balanchine’s Serenade at the Hollywood Bowl, as well as performing featured roles in The Nutcracker, La Fille mal Gardee, La Sonnambula and Jardin Anime. Following graduation, she continued her training with Ballet Austin under full scholarship. With Ballet Austin II she was privileged to perform featured roles in works such as Thang Dao’s Quiet Imprint and Stephen Mills’ Touch, as well as performing with the company in Mills’ Coppelia and his world premiere of The Firebird. Since joining the company, she has enjoyed performing in works such as Mills’ The Taming of the Shrew, The Nutcracker, Carmina Burana, and Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. In her free time, Brittany also teaches in the Butler Center for Dance & Fitness.
Christopher Swaim BAII: 2004–2006 | Joined Company: 2006 Christopher Swaim is originally from Bryant, Ark., where he began his training with Kirt and Linda Hathaway at the Academy of Ballet Arkansas. He then went on to graduate with distinction from the University of Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Ballet Pedagogy. Christopher has danced principal roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Agon and Valse Fantaisie, and has been featured in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Stephen Mills, Thaddeus Davis, Amy Seiwert, James Clouser, Miguel Terekhov, Septime Webre, Nelly van Bommel, Gina Patterson, Nicolo Fonte, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Jimmy Orrante and Ben Stevenson. He has also performed at the 2010 San Francisco International Arts Festival as a guest with Amy Seiwert’s company, Imagery, with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in 2008 and again in 2013 with Ballet Across America III, with Ballet Arkansas as a guest in 2012 and 2014, and at the 2011 Festival des Arts de SaintSauveur. Christopher teaches in the Butler Center for Dance & Fitness and Ballet Austin Academy and has guest taught across the country.
Jaime Lynn Witts BA Trainee: 2001–2003 | BAII: 2003–2004 | Joined Company: 2004 Jaime Lynn Witts is originally from Bucks County, Penn., where she received most of her training from Maxim Ponomarenko, Oleg Briansky and Mireille Briane. She attended summer programs at CPYB, Boston Ballet and Ballet Austin. There, she continued her studies with Truman Finney in Ballet Austin’s Trainee program and as a member of Ballet Austin II. Since joining the company, Jaime has performed in works by numerous choreographers, including Pontus Lidberg, Pam Tanowitz, KT Nelson, Nicolo Fonte, Loni Landon, Jennifer Hart, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Gabrielle Lamb. She has enjoyed performing principal roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and Agon. She has also performed the title roles in The Firebird and Cinderella, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, for which she earned her second Austin Critics Table Award. Most recently, she has made her premiere as Ophelia in Mills’ Hamlet. Jaime has also had the honor of performing the role of The Survivor in Mills’ Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project in Austin and on tour in Miami and Israel.
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2018 / 19 BALLET AUSTIN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President
Chair
Treasurer
At Large Members
Jennifer Guthrie
Sarah Butler
Kristen Day
Hunter Armstrong RenĂŠe Gallagher Blake K. Holman Kristin Marcum Polly Shrewsbury
Long Center Liason
Secretary
Alexander C. Ladage
Everett Plante
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Becky Beaver Mike Blue Paula N. Boldt Marla Bommarito-Crouch Nikki Bryant Irion Andy Buchholz, M.D. Bliss Burdett Dan Byrne Greg Casas Socar Chatmon-Thomas Rich Cleary Jeff Coddington Ada Corral Priscilla Cortez Steve Dalbey Robert Dintzner
Cliff Ernst Kathleen Farlow Cynthia D. Fresch Jennifer Garcia, PE, CFM Wade Giles Richard J. Groos Chris Hendel E.D. Hill Aileen Hooks Chris Hosek Bruce Irick Jon Ivester Jannette Keating Craig Kuglen, M.D. Nora Linares-Moeller Suzanne Mackowiak Dr. Marcella Madera
Dr. George Martin, Ph.D. Jennene Mashburn Michael Matula Andrea McWilliams Nikelle Meade Emily Moreland Nidhi Nakra Paul B. Nelson, M.D. Vishal Pahwa Charles A. Phillips Deborah Portman Elizabeth T. Powdrill Forrest Preece Deanna Rankin Ryann Reaud Matthew Redden Stephen Redman
Edie Rogat Shon Saliga Pilar Sanchez Cord Shiflet Jare Smith Matt Swinney Judge George C. Thomas Cathy Thompson Jeffrey M. Trigger Natasa Valocchi David Webber Tom Welch Jason Wills Scott G. Yarborough
BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION Chair
Trustees (cont'd)
Advisory Council
Legal Advisor
Sarah Butler
Craig Kuglen, M.D., Secretary Diane T. Land Jennene Mashburn, Vice Chair Emily Moreland Edie Rogat *, Treasurer
Mike Blue Paula Boldt * Blaine Bull Dorothy Drummer Alexander C. Ladage* Ryann Reaud Stephanie Whitehurst Tom Welch
Derry Swanger Giordani, Swanger, Ripp & Jetel, L.L.P.
Trustees Kristen Day Cliff Ernst *, The Legacy Circle Chair Jennifer Guthrie *Denotes
Financial Advisors Lana Macrum-Craig, Gideon Derr, J.P. Morgan
Here for Good Leadership Team Member
BALLET AUSTIN GUILD OFFICERS President
Treasurer
Suzanne Mackowiak
Araceli Tapia
President-Elect
Vice President of Ballet Austin Support
Vice President of Fundraising Events Shane Manning
Jennifer Millspaugh
Ann Russell
Parliamentarian
Cassandra King Polidori
Betty Oltorf
Vice President of Communications
Secretary
Lorrie Garcia
Suzanne White
Vice President of Membership/Events
Vice President of Merchandising Taylor Calvin
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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
SEASON UNDERWRITERS
SEASON PRESENTER
Silicon Laboratories, The Wallace Foundation
SEASON SPONSORS The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Baylor Scott & White Rehabilitation
THE NUTCRACKER UNDERWRITER
PIECES OF PASSION UNDERWRITER
RetailMeNot.com
David Booth
GRIMM TALES World Premiere Commissioned by the Butler New Choreography Endowment
GISELLE PRESENTER
GISELLE UNDERWRITER
St. David's Healthcare
Moreland Properties
PRODUCTION SPONSORS Clara & Paul Bancroft David Booth Boulette, Golden & Marin L.L.P. Sarah & Ernest Butler Dr. Beverly Dale
Ernst & Young The Fifth Age of Man Foundation Greenberg Traurig LLP The Guild
H-E-B JW Marriott Austin Maxwell Locke & Ritter QuadJobs Sterling Events
MEDIA SPONSOR Austin American-Statesman
COMMUNITY EDUCATION SPONSORS The Powell Foundation, Bank of America
IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SPONSORS Leaps & No Bounds and Dance in the Classroom Texas Women for the Arts 3M
Texas Commission on the Arts Michael & Alice Kuhn Foundation
NIGHT OF COMMUNITY SPONSORS The Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund of the Austin Community Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank Reaud Charitable Foundation
THE NUTCRACKER SCHOOL SHOWS SPONSOR H-E-B Tournament of Champions
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BALLET-O-MANIA SPONSOR Junior League of Austin
ACTIVE LIFE WORKSHOPS SPONSOR Health’s Angels, a program of St. David’s Foundation Community Fund
PINK PILATES PROGRAM SPONSORS NXP Semiconductors, Texas Oncology
COME DANCE! SPONSOR Junior League of Austin
PARTNER’S CIRCLE SPONSORS Botanical No. 9 Floral & Design, Sterling Events, TWIN Liquors, Whim Hospitality
BEWELL TALKS SPONSOR Texas Mutual Insurance
GOVERNMENT FUNDING Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department, Texas Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts
OTHER CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & IN-KIND SUPPORT Amazonsmile Foundation Anderson’s Coffee Austin Community Foundation Bancroft-Clair Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund Bento Picnic Brunetti Foundation The Dianne Smith Goggan Foundation I Live Here, I Give Here IBM
Junior League of Austin North Italia Randall’s Good Neighbor Program Ride Share Austin Royal Blue Grocery Stark Martin Charitable Trust Texas Coffee Traders The Trudy Foundation United Way Uplift Desks
HEALTHCARE SUPPORT Consultant Ann H. Messer, M.D.
Chief, Ballet Austin Medical Services Jeffrey Padalecki, M.D.
Physical Therapy Baylor Scott & White Rehabilitation, Official Physical Therapy Provider for Ballet Austin Vanessa Muncrief, P.T., D.P.T.–Onsite Medical Officer
Acupuncture: Andra Millian, M.S., L.Ac., C.H. Chiropractic Care: Dr. Rosanne Butera Counseling: Shelley Graham, Ph.D., LPC Nutrition: Sally Bowman, M.Ed., RD, LD, Michelle Cross, LMSW, RD, LD, Laura Gruber, RD, LD Orthopedics: Robert Dehne, M.D. Physician: Dr. Eric J. Lambeth, Red River Family Practice Podiatry: Dr. Gary D. Prant
For this production, a special thank you to Texas Orthopedics Sports and Rehabilitation Associates for their attendance in support of the dancers.
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DONOR BENEFITS YOU KEEP US DANCING! Ticket sales cover only a portion of the cost to bring productions to the stage. Your generous support helps bridge the gap so we can continue to stage the classics, unveil innovative new work and incubate the next generation of dancers. In appreciation of your gift, you will enjoy a comprehensive collection of carefully selected benefits designed to bring you closer to the art form and offer VIP behind-the-scenes access to the works you see on stage.
FOUNDER: $7,500+
CORPS: $1,000+
Personalized benefits package including lunch with Artistic Director Stephen Mills and the opportunity to watch a performance backstage • All Premier Partner benefits
Complimentary Champagne Intermission at all productions* • Concierge ticketing service • All Contributor benefits
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PREMIER PARTNER: $5,000+ Production Sponsorship Opportunity— Be recognized for the production of your choice and join us behind the scenes • Invitation to a complimentary pre-performance appreciation dinner at The Long Center • All Principal Partner benefits •
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CONTRIBUTOR: $500+ Invitation to Intermission reception during The Nutcracker • Invitation to a special donor ballet class taught by a Company dancer • All Supporter benefits •
SUPPORTER: $250+ Studio rehearsal viewing followed by lunch and a Q&A session with Company Dancers • All Patron benefits •
PRINCIPAL PARTNER: $3,500+ Complimentary VIP valet parking, with expedited service* • Opportunity to watch Company Class at the Long Center prior to a performance • All Preferred Partner benefits •
PREFERRED PARTNER: $2,500+ Post-Performance Parties with Company dancers in the Kodosky Donor Lounge (All parties for The Nutcracker will be held during intermission) • Invitation to a final dress rehearsal • All Partner benefits •
PATRON: $100+ Name listed in the Season Program Invitation to a studio rehearsal viewing • All Member benefits • •
MEMBER: $50+ •
Updates from the studio prior to each Production • Name listed in the Season Finale Program
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PARTNER: $1,500+
Long Center Performances
Complimentary VIP self-parking* Special recognition at your seat* • All Corps benefits • •
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2018 / 19 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN DONORS Ballet Austin donors support the annual budget of the organization with a yearly gift.
$150,000+
$90,000+
Ballet Austin Foundation
Ballet Austin Guild
PREMIER FOUNDERS $20,000+ David Booth
Sarah & Ernest Butler
Dr. Beverly Dale
The Fifth Age of Man Foundation
PREFERRED FOUNDERS $10,000+ Clara & Paul Bancroft Annie Chandler Kodosky Family Foundation
John Mahan Sissi & Gerard O’Reilly Charles A. Phillips
Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham Dr. Christy Sue Waters
Linda Ball & Forrest Preece Carolyn & Marc Seriff
Cathy & Dwight Thompson
FOUNDERS $7,500+ Renée Gallagher Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn
PREMIER PARTNERS $5,000+ Becky Beaver & John Duncan Brenda & Mike Blue Nikki Bryant Irion & Terry Irion Victoria Cheney Jeffrey P. Coddington Ann & James Downing Kathleen & Robert Farlow Carlos & Jennifer Garcia Jennifer Guthrie Georgia & Don Henrich
E.D. & Joe Hill Blake & Joan Holman Aileen Hooks & Ray Donley Beverly & Bruce Irick Jannette & Patrick Keating Dr. & Mrs. Craig C. Kuglen Alexander C. Ladage Sue Littlefield & Joe DiQuinzio Dr. Marcella Madera Angie Marozzo & Todd Brinkmeyer
Judy & Michael Matula Nikelle S. Meade The Monday-Yankus Family Emily Moreland Dr. Tanuj & Nidhi Nakra Jani & Shon Saliga Tom & Sally Welch Jason Wills
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ Anonymous Hunter & Maggie Armstrong Paula & Bob Boldt Bommarito Group Elizabeth & Andy Buchholz Bliss Burdett Darlene & Daniel H. Byrne Mary & Greg Casas Socar Chatmon-Thomas Rich Cleary Ada Corral & Matthew Ames John-Michael & Priscilla G. Cortez Charlotte & Steve Dalbey Aaron & Kristen Day Robert Dintzner Martha & Cliff Ernst Wade Giles & Jeff Schab Joani & Richard Groos
Chris & Abby Hendel / Neiman Marcus Chandra & Chris Hosek Jo & Jon Ivester Debi & Panos Kalaritis Tadd S. Lazarus, M.D. Nora Linares-Moeller & Mike Moeller Kristin Marcum Dr. George Martin & Eva Muñoz Andrea & Dean McWilliams Drs. Cathy & Rodney Nairn Paul Nelson, M.D. & Jessica Shadoian, Ph.D Vishal Pahwa & Sabrina De Veylder Pahwa Mandy & Everett Plante Deborah S. Portman Elizabeth & Brent Powdrill
MariBen Ramsey & Karen Kahan Deanna & Marc Rankin Ryann Reaud & Jorge Rangel Matthew Redden Steve Redman Wanda A. Reynolds Cookie & Phil Ruiz Jenna Salwen Pilar Sanchez & John Hernandez Quata Schoolar Annie & Cord Shiflet Dr. Polly Shrewsbury Jare & Jim Smith Matt & Kara Swinney Judge George C. Thomas & Jolsna John Thomas Kathy Steele & Jeff Trigger Natasa & Michael Valocchi
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PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ (cont’ d) David Webber & Ransom Baldasare
Eva & Marvin Womack Sarah & Scott Yarborough
PREFERRED PARTNERS $2,500+ A Friend Dr. Maureen Alexander Rick Bennett Cheryl & Robert Butler Jessie & Bret Curtis Emily & Ryan Deiss Matt & Shana Dudley, Ph.D. with Yaya & Elliot Moulton David A. & Constance B. Elko Hollis & Robert Gaston
Dave Harrington Michael Baryshnikov Le Burkien Melanie Lewis Mickey Mann Julia Marsden Lisa & Scott Miller Movin' Easy Kate & Hector Perez Mr. & Mrs. W.S. Romney Carol & Frank Sheppard
Danny Snyder Stephanie Steenstrup Lonnie Karotkin Taub & Albert Taub Carolyn & Eric Thompson Valerie & Craig Tyler Betty Marie Welch Polly & Jay Westbrook
Becky & Richard Herrington Will & Alison Herrington Robert & Aubyn Howe JoAnn & Kenneth Johnson Mark Kernan David Kozak Pamela & Don Leighton-Burwell Jeff Mace Flo & Ren MacNary Arthur J. Manson, III Monica & Jonathan Marler Linda McDavitt Nate & Robin Michel Betty & Charles Oltorf The Pacey Family Foundation Mark & Vicki Parsons David Plaut & Jane Webre Shalini Ramanathan & Chris Tomlinson
Carrie & Taylor Riché Ann Riopel-White & Nikolas White Edward Z. Safady Nancy Scanlan J.B. & Traci Hughes Sigmon Frances & Robin Thompson Sue & Terry Tottenham Tiffany Walker Dr. Desmar Walkes J. Craig Wallace Connie & Dan Weaver Stephanie & Bill Whitehurst Dr. Joseph & Ran Willman Melissa Wilson Hilary & Stan Young
Marsha & Michael Dyson Cynthia D. Fresch Kelvon Hansen & Neil Ely— In honor of Frank Shott Mr. Richard Hartgrove Sean, Teresa, Lilli & Kate Henry Lauren Jones-McClain Cory Laurel Candice & Clayton McKay Jeff & Tracy Miller Mona Morgan
Alicia & Robert Nellis Rosie & Roger Oberg Jim & Rebecca Popp Shannon Ross Allen Rothman & Carolyn Brooks Chris & Donna Scheetz Karen Sonleitner Watkins Insurance Group Karlan & Cam Witt
PARTNERS $1,500+ Danny Babineaux & Alan Carsrud Delores Baccus Mr. & Mrs. Darnese A. Bell, Jr. Dahl & Joyce Black Tracy Burgess Dr. Rosanne Butera, Chiropractor Dr. & Mrs. Gil Cloyd Amber Collins Betty Edmond Rose & Carey Epps Dr. Harvey Evans & Gloria Evans Carol & Mark Fernandez Iris Groten Jeremy Guiberteau & Dan Jackson Debra Haas & Marty Hood Dr. Brent Hasty & Stephen Mills
CORPS $1,000+ Anonymous In honor of Hailey Dupont In memory of Regine Schumaker Sandra Begalke Rena Bitter Casey Blass & Lee Manford Myra & Blaine Bull Lynn Carter & Alan Moore Joe & Susana Castro Rebekkah & Tyson Cole
Please review the benefits of giving on page 52. Listing reflects current cash and in-kind gifts to Ballet Austin’s Annual Campaign as of Feb. 22, 2018–Mar. 5, 2019.
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CONTRIBUTORS $500+ Jim & Debbie Alsup Carter Bailey Kristy & Adam Battani Rachel & Bill Blackstone Chris & Angela Bradley Brendan Bujold Cora & Clayton Bullock Orlando Julius Canova Patricia Cherico Tana & Joe Christie Alyssa & Casarae Clark Patti & Todd Clayton Rachel Cloyd Barbette & John Cooper Barbara & Alan Cox Mr. Brian Cruver Christi Cuellar Lotz & David Lotz Roberto Rondero de Mosier Kelle Deeter Liam & Kelly Dohn Stacy & Richard Dunavan
Janet Eaddy Thomas Edwards The Fern Family Emma Garcia De Alba & Joe Salinas Adriana & Jonathan Graf Louise & Scott Haigler Marilyn Halpin Judy & David Harris Margaret Herman Amy Hiemstra Jeanne & Van R. Hoisington Wendy Howell Paula & Parker Jameson Krystin C. & Michael B. Johnson Sara Jarvis Jones Caroline Jones Scott Joslove Ashley Kelsch Ali & Nahid Khataw John Kirkpatrick Chrissy & Jay Kleberg
Aara & Ambrose Krumpe LDA Family Limited Partnership Julie & David Loignon Kevin & Mary Lyons SGT William & Rene Macafee Nancy & Aaron Marcus James Martin & Sky Benson Michelle Martin Laura McPartland Matz Suzanne & John McFarlane Randall & Meredith Owens Kilyong Natho Rocco Piazza Bill Piner Louis Renaud Daniel E. Rodriguez Terri & Ira Rush Vlada & Gennadi Sheber Anderson Smith Chris & Quenby Swinson-Mitchell Sherry & Richard Wilkison
Sharon & Ken Herman Garrett C. Higley Brooke & Levi Holmes Issa Kafena Lori A. Keller Jan & Orion Knox Lauren & Lucas Lee Sandra Littlejohn Jane-Elizabeth Madison Mr. Neill Masterson Mia & John McCord Kristen & Steve McPike Mallory Miller John & Melanie Miner Susan Morehead Judy Morris Nancy & Leo Mueller Michael Owen Michael Ellwood Owens Jessica Phillips Robbie Jane & Daniel Pope Cristina Rangel Chuck & Kathy Rothstein
Deena & Michael Santori Michelle Schumann & Matt Orem Michele Schwartz Elizabeth & Anthony Siela Charles & Carole Sikes Nicole & Adam Swies Tabrizi Family Maria Talamo The Taylor Family Ashley Thomas Bill & Mary Throop Mary & Lillian Torkelson Virginia Urban Phyllis & Eric Waelder Mary Walcutt Michael Walters Wiatrek Family Carol Wood Lital & Arik Yaacob Armando Zambrano
Lisa Ashby Daphney Lee Augustin Ed & Lanie Bailey Cassie & Scott Bale Salmern Barnes
David Beck Michelle, Sidkid, Savanah & Xavier Bell Rebecca Bell-Metereau & Jean-Pierre Metereau
SUPPORTERS $250+ In honor of Marc & Deanna Rankin Faires Beale Jolene Bean Beth Bergen & Jay Weiner Billie Bledsoe Rosalie & Jim Boldin Adrienne Bosh Cynthia Brown Pei-San & Daniel Brown Julia & Bill Buchholz Frank Cheff & Sharon Shuppert Cassandra Collections Monica Cunningham Dale & Marlyn Davis Jill Fatzer Mark Gagnon Claudia Garvey Ms. Bonnie Glass Delilah Grad Anne J. Gray & David J. Carr Mr. Daniel Gunter Ms. Joanne Hanifan
PATRONS $100+ In honor of Brooke Holmes In honor of Cookie Ruiz The Abbotts Eugene Alvarez Rick Anderson
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PATRONS $100+ (cont’ d) Leslie Nowlin Blessing Marybeth & Tom Bolerjack Ursula Brinkmann Julia Brown April Busby Judy Bush Deborah Casati Alania Cater Flesher Ernest Cerda Laura & Peter Cesaro Michael A. Chesser Michael & Robin Clark Susan M. Coe Michele Connors Ms. Stacia Crescenzi David de la Peña Joan Dean Lisa & Paul Delacruz Linda DeMayo Mary Dickerson Ms. Sharon Dockery Beth Domel Connie & Charles Doubrava Christopher Dragomanovich Mr. & Mrs. Michael Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. D'Souza Jim Durkin Ingeborg L. Eichberg Jeanne Ellenstein Amy Evors Edie Finch Amy Finley Dan & Jacque Fowler Lauren Frey Lorrie & Carlos Garcia Charles & Dora Gembinski Fred Gibson Ms. Dawn Ginestra Priscilla Gonzales Lois & Ira Goodman Mrs. Shelby Goodrum Ann S. Graham & Arlen Johnson
Becky Gregory Carla & Douglas Greenleaf Aubrey Erin Groves Anne Marie Harrison Elizabeth Hendrix Jodi & Rocky Holland Mitch & Jennifer Holt Laura Jackson Linda & Peter Kangos Brittany Keyland Kellye King Cassie LaMere Kurt & Ulrike Lapham Mary & Christopher Larosa Loriann Lavallee Jessica & Andrew Lee Josue Limon Howard & Margaret Marcus Ms. Alissa McCain Kat McCartney David Mellencamp Laura Merritt Margaret Miller David & Laura Mills Sonia Molad-Einstein Mary Ellen Mondi Maureen Mulrooney Kaleigh Nance Edna Nation Katie & Jesse Newland Leslie Noble & Chris Brown Teresa O’Connell Laquieta O'Dell Fay Osborn Betty L. Patterson Parsons i.d. Michael Angel Peña Virginia Phillips Joan Pinkham Lily Pipkin Coralie & Jim Pledger Debra Sabah Press Marcia Raff
Marianne Reat & Mark Estes Sharon & Katie Reeves Frank Roan Tara Jean Rosado Rachel Rosen Alissa Saenz— in honor of Brett Smith Chris Scheetz Jennifer Schwenker Marilyn Sharratt Marilyn Simpson Mr. Gerardo Soto Ron & Jo Ann Stehle Kimberley Stengel Jamee & Charlie Stewart Kay Taebel Mona Taylor & Family Mr. Phillip Taylor Vickie & Rex Taylor Sarah Tober & Robert Tober Kathryne Tovo Daylia Vaughan Mr. Shan Wang Chris & Darcie Ward Diane Warren Milissa & Gary Warren Louise & Steven Weinberg Barbara Wensel Donald R. Wertz Birdie White Elizabeth & Lars Wiedenhoefer Erin Marie Williams Bill & Gertie Wilson Thomas Wilson Margaret Wofford Joelyn Wooldridge Tammie Workman Irene Xie & Junjie Li Homer, Katie & Ailyn Yarchak Bradley Young Coralinn Young Debbie Zappen Michaela Zwinakis
Please review the benefits of giving on page 52. Listing reflects current cash and in-kind gifts to Ballet Austin’s Annual Campaign as of Feb. 22, 2018–Mar. 5, 2019.
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VISION To build the financial base and secure the future of Ballet Austin.
FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, Ballet Austin has built an international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. Now, the Ballet Austin Foundation is undertaking a permanent fundraising effort to raise endowment and legacy gifts that will set in motion a bold vision for Ballet Austin’s future. Gifts made today will create a permanent impact beyond our lifetimes, ensuring that future generations will benefit from a legacy that you can create. Ballet Austin is here to INNOVATE, here to TEACH, and here to SERVE…We are Here for GOOD.
BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION THANKS OUR ENDOWMENT DONORS!
$5,000,000+ Dr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Butler
$100,000 + Anonymous Ballet Austin Board of Directors Mr. & Mrs. Joe Long
$50,000+ Anonymous (2) Ballet Austin Guild Dr. & Mrs. Craig C. Kuglen Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham Dilum & Surangi Chandrasoma in honor of Jennifer Guthrie
$25,000+ Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Martha & Cliff Ernst In Memory of Marilyn H. Ferguson In loving memory of Martha B. Harrington Jo & Jonathan Ivester Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Emily Moreland / Moreland Properties Cathy & Dwight Thompson
Learn more about supporting Here for Good by contacting Ballet Austin Development Director Christi Lotz at christi.lotz@balletaustin.org or 512.476.9151, ext. 124
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2019 Ballet Austin Foundation Trustees and Advisory Council Members
THE LEGACY CIRCLE The Legacy Circle invites donors to include the Ballet Austin Foundation in their wills, life insurance, retirement plans, charitable remainder or charitable lead gifts to help preserve the future of Ballet Austin, enriching the lives of future generations.
BALLET AUSTIN THANKS THE LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS! Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Becky Beaver & John Duncan Rick Bennett Paula Boldt Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Butler Darlene & Dan Byrne Ann & Jim Downing Martha & Cliff Ernst Dr. Harvey Evans & Gloria Evans Malcolm Ferguson Jennifer Guthrie Dave Harrington Becky & Richard Herrington Terry & Nikki Bryant Irion Caroline C. Jones Alexander C. Ladage
Laraine & Leon Kentridge Lasdon Mike Baryshnikov Le Burkien Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Helen G. Miller Michael Ellwood Owens Forrest Preece & Linda Ball Joanne Ravel Wanda A. Reynolds Cookie & Phil Ruiz Peter Schram & Harry Ullmann Rosemarie L. Schwarzer Jare & Jim A. Smith Karen Sonleitner Mary & Bruce Walcutt J. Craig Wallace Bill & Stephanie Whitehurst
Please contact the Development Office at 512.476.9151, ext. 1 24 if you would like to have a conversation about a gift or charitable planning.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES ENDOWED BY SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER THROUGH THE BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION
REHEARSAL ASSISTANTS Christopher Swaim (Left) Alexa Capareda (Right)
Anabel Alpert
Maxim Bleeker
Jasmine Getz
Dylan Hesser
Delray Beach, FL
Novato, CA
Sleepy Hollow, IL
El Paso, TX
Samantha Howe
Elizabeth Kanning
Kelsey Minzenmayer
Elizabeth-Jane Moller
Deerfield, MA
Redmond, WA
San Angelo, TX
Staten Island, NY
Isabella Phillips
Leilani Tian
Union City, CA
Stanford, CA
ENDOWED BY SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER THROUGH THE BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION
Ryanne Anderson Ellis Broderick Casey Cisler Keegan Daley
Jacy Fletcher Craig Freigang Kellie Fulton Lexi Garden
Chloe Hebdon Eva Kahn Lucia Lorenzo Megan McKelvey
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BALLET AUSTIN STAFF ARTISTIC TEAM Stephen Mills, Sarah and Ernest Butler Family Fund Artistic Director Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director Eugene Alvarez, Company Manager
Allisyn Paino-Martin, Rehearsal Assistant Paul Michael Bloodgood, Creative Brand Producer & Licensing Manager
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Cookie Gregory Ruiz, C.F.R.E., Executive Director Billie Bledsoe, Director of Business Development Pei-San Brown, Community Education Director Tony Casati, Operations Director Christi Cuellar Lotz, C.F.R.E., Development Director Julie Loignon, Audience Engagement Sales and Services Director
Vicki Parsons, Butler Center for Dance & Fitness Director William Piner, Academy Director Gail Romney, Finance Director Bill Sheffield, Production Director / Stage Manager Lital Yaacob, Executive Administrator
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Anne Marie Bloodgood, Digital Content Coordinator Sarah Brazier, Audience Services Manager Emma Garcia De Alba, Accounting & HR Manager Diana Lynn Gembinski, Audience Sales & Services Senior Manager Brooke Holmes, Associate Director of Individual Giving Jordan Moser, Creative Content Producer Maria Murphy-Mayberry, Grants Manager
Arminé Olivas, Senior Marketing Manager Kylie Phillips, Community Education Associate Lily Pipkin, Development Administrator Kent Pool, Facilities Manager Nina Staeben, Audience Services Manager Erin Marie Williams, Development & Special Events Manager Boo Wong, Business Development Manager
PRODUCTION TEAM* Bill Sheffield, Production Director / Stage Manager Steven Myers, Technical Director Tony Tucci, Lighting Supervisor Alexey Korygin, Wardrobe Master Conrad Haden, Head Carpenter Ryan Gallagher, Master Electrician C.J. Swinburn, Master Electrician Valerie Sadorra, Props Mistress Bill Mester, Head Audio Joan Miller, Head Wardrobe
Wendy Sanders, Head of Wigs and Makeup James Cameron, Assistant Carpenter George Wenning, Props Assistant Larry Jameson, Flyman Glenn Dunn, Flyman Benjamin Taylor, Ballet Austin II Wardrobe Master Brad Wilson, Assistant Production Manager Elizabeth Arlene Waghalter, Lead Stitcher * Stage employees of Ballet Austin are represented by I.A.T.S.E. Local 205.
BALLET AUSTIN ACADEMY Bill Piner, Academy Director Michelle Martin, Curriculum Director Janet Alvarado, Academy Administrator Katelyn Yeary, Program Coordinator & Faculty Member
Jennifer Hart, Levels 1–5 Curriculum Director Joan Wolfe, Creative Movement Curriculum Leader Joshua Piper, Pianist Coordinator
BUTLER CENTER FOR DANCE & FITNESS Vicki Parsons, Butler Center for Dance & Fitness Director Vlada Sheber, Pilates Program Director Stephanie Albrecht, Senior Manager Melody Abraham, Customer Experience Team Michelle Ballesteros, Customer Experience Team Mykaela Johnson, Customer Experience Team
Monica Martinez, Customer Experience Team Michael Owens, Customer Experience Team Mariya Raleigh, Customer Experience Team Rachel Rosen, Customer Experience Team Studio Manager
ACADEMY AND BUTLER CENTER INSTRUCTORS Jenny Alperin Nicole Del Bene Ian J. Bethany Toni Bravo Hannah Brightwell Pei-San Brown Dane Burch Isabelle Burnetta Orlando Julius Canova Alexa Capareda Lisa del Rosario Danielle Ehoff
Laura Beth "LB" Flett James Fuller Emily Furillo Tyler Guthrie Jared Hale Amir Hammoudeh Arletta Howard Logan Libby James Elizabeth Kanning Vivian Kaw Jean Claude Lessou Prakash Mohandas
Mia Moi Allyson Morales Grace Morton Christian Nevarez April Nygaard Selena Offenberg Lauren Parra Elise Pekarek Lucy Record Adam K. Roberts Francis Rodriguez Morgan Stillman
Brittany Strickland Christopher Swaim Jonas Vezia Ramsay Wall Kelsey Walsh Taylor Williams Carla Wright Terri Lynn Wright Erick Yanez Erikka Youngstrom
Rob Greenfield Stevie Hawes
Louis Ray Hughston Kamila Swerdloff
Corinne Vassallo Trevor Villwock
ACCOMPANISTS Tom Clear Shawn Ellison
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THANK YOU We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our Underwriters and Sponsors...
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Ballet Austin annually raises almost $2 million to produce works brought to the stage, to reach more than 50,000 people through community engagement and educational programming, and to award more than $350,000 in scholarships. Consider a gift to Ballet Austin and enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, bringing you closer to the art form and VIP behind-the-scenes access to our productions. Every gift makes a difference. GIVE ONLINE at BALLETAUSTIN.ORG/CONTRIBUTE or call 512.476.9151
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THANK YOU We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our Underwriters and Sponsors...
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PIECES OF PASSION Four Dances by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
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ADDITIONAL FUNDING The project is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. This project is also funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
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