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IN CREASES CHOREOGRAPHY: Justin Peck MUSIC: Philip Glass LIGHTING DESIGN: Mark Stanley COSTUME DESIGN: Justin Peck LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT: Dr. Michelle Schumann and Faith DeBow ©2007 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by permission. Costumes courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet | Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director

SHADE CHOREOGRAPHY: Pam Tanowitz MUSIC: David Lang LIGHTING DESIGN: Clifton Taylor COSTUME DESIGN: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Music by arrangement with G. Schirmer Inc., publisher and copyright owner. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

KAI CHOREOGRAPHY: Stephen Mills MUSIC: John Cage LIGHTING DESIGN: Tony Tucci COSTUME DESIGN: Monica Guerra Music by arrangement with C.F. Peters Corp.

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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 non-profit fundraising/ management and has served as executive director of Ballet Austin since 1999. She holds 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 citywide 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, she served four years on its board of directors. Ruiz is president of the board of Texans for the Arts and serves on the boards of Dance/  USA, the Performing Arts Alliance, the Mayor’s Better Austin Foundation, HousingWorks Austin, 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.

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, Allisyn 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, Allisyn had the honor of dancing the role of The Survivor in the 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 faculty of the Ballet Austin Academy and working as guest faculty at Butler University. Following her retirement from Ballet Austin, Allisyn joined the Ballet Austin artistic staff and now serves as rehearsal assistant. 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.

Tony Tucci, Lighting Designer: Kai Residing in Austin, Tony Tucci has been resident lighting designer for Ballet Austin’s repertory for over 25 years and also currently serves as resident lighting designer / director for Ben Stevenson’s Texas Ballet Theater and Bruce Wood Dance Project. Tucci has created lighting designs for these 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, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballet Contemporaneous de Caracas, Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom for the Geneva Ballet, Flemming Flint’s Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer’s Daughter for the Royal Danish Ballet. Tucci has also designed for musical theater, including the Austin productions of Damn Yankees, Carousel, West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line and The Sound of Music, as well as Charles Duggan’s productions of Dames at Sea in San Francisco and at the Goodspeed Opera House. For the 1996 Summer Olympics, Tucci designed for the Cultural Olympiad, showcasing six national and international companies. He is the recipient of two B. Iden Payne Awards and Critics Table awards for lighting in Austin.

Alexey Korygin, Wardrobe Master Alexey Korygin was born in Donetsk City, Ukraine. He earned a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Kiev State Ballet School of the Ukraine, and following his graduation in 1984, he danced with Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as a soloist and toured extensively throughout the USSR, Europe and United States. In 1992 after auditioning in New York, Korygin joined and danced for four seasons with Ballet Austin. At the same time, he began designing and building costumes for the company. In 1996, Korygin finished his dancing career and assumed the position of Ballet Austin’s wardrobe master. His costumes can be seen in Stephen Mills’ My Wall of Names and Bolero, as well as Lambros Lambrou’s Remembrances, Lady of the Camellias, Evolution of An Angel: Part II, Homecoming and Ulysses. He is also credited for his costumes in Ballet Austin’s production of Fokine’s Les Sylphides, Balanchine’s Pas de Dix, the pas de deux from Le Corsaire, and the principal costumes for Ballet Austin’s Swan Lake production. In 1996, Ballet Austin unveiled a new production of The Nutcracker with costumes designed by Tommy Bourgeois; Korygin masterfully constructed 40 of the new costumes, while also building all of the costumes for Not Afraid of the Dark—The Show that Glows!® in 2001. Additionally, Korygin has served as resident costume designer and co-designer for Ballet Austin’s New American Talent / Dance competition and has designed and co-designed costumes for 32 fulllength and one-act ballets, while supervising costume construction and wardrobe operations for more than 100 Ballet Austin productions.

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Justin Peck, Guest Choreographer: In Creases Justin Peck is the resident choreographer and a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet. He began choreographing in 2009 at the New York Choreographic Institute. In 2014, after the creation of his acclaimed ballet Everywhere We Go, he was appointed as resident choreographer of New York City Ballet. He is the second person in the institution’s history to hold this title. Peck joined New York City Ballet as a dancer in 2006. As a performer, Peck has danced a vast repertoire of works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, and many others. In 2013, Peck was promoted to the rank of soloist. Peck has created more than 30 ballets, 16 of those for New York City Ballet. His works have been performed by Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, LA Dance Project, Dutch National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet, to name a few. In 2014, Peck was the subject of the documentary Ballet 422, which followed him for two months as he created NYCB’s 422ND original dance, Paz de la Jolla. In 2015, his ballet Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes won the Bessie Award, the dance industry's equivalent of an Academy Award, for Outstanding Production. Peck choreographed the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel and choreographed and consulted on the 20 TH Century Fox feature film Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton. The movie was directed by Francis Lawrence and is due in theaters in early March 2018.

Pam Tanowitz, Guest Choreographer: Shade Pam Tanowitz has been making dances since 1992. The company has performed at The Joyce Theater, Peak Performances at Montclair State University, The Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process program, ICA Boston, Bard’s Summerscape festival and Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. Tanowitz has been invited to create new work for the Vail International Dance Festival (2015, 2017) and New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival (2015). She has set work on The Juilliard School, Ballet Austin, New York Theater Ballet and Saint Louis Ballet, and has been a guest choreographer in the dance departments at Barnard College, Princeton University, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, Marymount Manhattan College and Purchase College. Tanowitz is the recipient of the Baryshnikov Arts Center's Cage Cunningham Fellowship (2017–18), Two Bessie Awards (2009, 2016), a New York City Center Choreography Fellowship (2016), The Center For Ballet and The Arts Fellowship (2016) Princeton’s Hodder Fellowship (2013), Two Joyce Theater Residency Program Fellowships ( 2012, 2014) Guggenheim Fellowship (2011) and a Foundation of Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists Award (2010). She currently teaches at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and holds dance degrees from The Ohio State University and Sarah Lawrence College.

Christian Tworzyanski, Stager: In Creases Christian Tworzyanski is originally from Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., and grew up in Columbia, S.C. He started dancing at age 3 at the Calvert Brodie studios. In 2000, he returned to New York and began his apprenticeship at the School of American Ballet. In 2002, he joined the New York City Ballet as an intern and transitioned to a professional career with the company one year later. Tworzyanski has performed the repertoire of a "who’s who" of accomplished choreographers, including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Wayne McGregor and Douglas Lee. In 2013, he entered Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo under the direction of JeanChristophe Maillot and has danced many of his works, including La Belle, Vers Towards A Wise Country, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker Company, Cinderella, Almost Nothing and The Dream. While staging works for Justin Peck, Tworzyanski also collaborates with other dance makers and guest choreographers, including William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Marco Goecke, Natalia Horecna, and Jeroen Verbruggen.

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Dr. Michelle Schumann, Guest Accompanist: In Creases Winner of the 2006 Janice K. Hodges Competition for Contemporary Music, Dr. Michelle Schumann’s programs feature meticulously integrated selections of classic and contemporary repertoire. Since 2006, Schumann has served as artistic director of the Austin Chamber Music Center, where she “is fearlessly expanding our definition of chamber music.” (Austin-American Statesman) Following her ground-breaking first season, she won multiple awards from the Austin Critics Table, including the coveted award for Body of Work / Season. Schumann’s specialty is developing unexpectedly integrated and thoughtprovoking programs. Recent international performances have taken her to the City de la MusiqueParis, Conservatoire de Gabriel Faure, and conservatoire de Maurice Ravel in France; Birmingham Conservatory and St. Mary’s Cathedral-Haxby in England; the Roxy Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland; and the Salzburger Dom Cathedral and Konzervatorium Wien in Austria. Schumann is artist-in-residence and professor of piano at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor where she is the founder and artistic director of the Hillman Visiting Artists Series. She received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin and additionally holds a Young Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Performance Diploma from the Vienna Conservatory.

Faith DeBow, Guest Accompanist: In Creases Faith DeBow is sought after for both solo and collaborative performances as well as choral accompaniment and teaching. She has performed in more than a dozen states and eight countries and has played solo concerts at the National Conservatory of Panama and for the U.S. Ambassador to Panama. DeBow’s playing has been heard in outer space at the International Space Station, performing Christmas music on video for astronauts working there during the holiday season. DeBow has performed with opera singer Renée Fleming; conductors Peter Bay, Anton Coppola, Craig Hella Johnson, and Sebastian Lang-Lessing; and has performed the works of composers Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, Roberto Sierra, and Michael Schelle. She has also premiered works by Donald Grantham, Cary Ratcliff, Jake Runestad, and John Muehleisen. In 2012, DeBow commissioned and premiered Brilliant Sky, a solo piano work by Colin Sorgi. She has served as a rehearsal pianist in premieres composed by Stephen Paulus, Kevin Puts, Nico Muhly, Tarik O’Regan, Dan Welcher, Eric Banks, and Robert Kyr. Her performances have been broadcast on PBS, NPR’s Performance Today, Georgia Public Radio, KPAC San Antonio, KMFA Austin, and Victoria Public Radio. DeBow has a longstanding collaboration with the Grammy ®-winning choral ensemble, Conspirare and appeared in the group’s one-hour television special for PBS broadcast nationally in March 2009; the CD of that concert, A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert, was nominated for a 2010 Grammy® Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

Mark Stanley, Lighting Designer: In Creases Mark Stanley, resident lighting designer for New York City Ballet, has designed more than 200 premieres for NYCB’s repertoire, including Paul McCartney’s Ocean’s Kingdom. He has worked with choreographers around the world, including Peter Martins, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Justin Peck, William Forsythe, Kevin O’Day, Susan Marshall, Christopher d’Amboise, and many others. His designs are in the repertoire of The Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Het Nationale Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Kevin O’Day-Ballett Nationaltheatre Mannheim, La Scala Ballet, Mariinsky Ballet, Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Boston Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, The Joffrey Ballet, and other ballet and dance companies in North American and Europe. Stanley previously served as resident designer for the New York City Opera. His theatre work includes the Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theater, Goodspeed Opera House, Ordway Music Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, Maurice Sendak ’s Night Kitchen and off-Broadway. His designs for George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and Peter Martins’ Romeo and Juliet, among others, have been seen on Live from Lincoln Center and Great Performances. Stanley heads the MFA Design and Production programs as well as the Lighting Design Program at Boston University and is on the board of directors of the Hemsley Lighting Programs.

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Clifton Taylor, Lighting Designer: Shade Clifton Taylor’s work has been featured at the Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Lar Lubovitch, Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco, Sardono Dance Theater, and Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia. Taylor has created lighting, projection and scenic designs for theater, dance and opera companies around the world. Broadway credits include Jay Johnson: The Two and Only (Ovation Award & LA Drama Critics Circle Nomination), Frozen (Lortel Nomination), and Hot Feet (Henry Hewes Nomination). Taylor is a teacher and lecturer on theatrical lighting especially in the area of color.

Melissa Toogood, Stager: Shade Melissa Toogood is a Bessie Award-winning performer. She has been a member of Pam Tanowitz Dance since 2006, became rehearsal director in 2012, and has been assistant to the choreographer for many Tanowitz projects. Toogood was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, has taught Cunningham Technique and repertory internationally since 2007, is a licensed stager for the Merce Cunningham Trust, and is a 2013 ad 2015 Merce Cunningham Fellow. She has performed with Kyle Abraham /A   braham.In.Motion, Kimberly Bartosik, Michelle Dorrance, Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Miro Dance Theater, Stephen Petronio Company, Sally Silvers, Christopher Williams, The Bang Group:Tap Lab and many others.

Peter Bay, Music Director / Conductor: Shade Maestro Peter Bay became music director and conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra in 1998. He is also music director of the Hot Springs Music Festival (Ark.), and conductor of the Big Sky Festival Orchestra (Mont.). Bay has appeared with 80 different orchestras including the National, Chicago, St. Louis, Houston, Dallas, Baltimore, New Jersey, North Carolina, San Antonio, Tucson, West Virginia, Colorado, Hawaii, Sarasota, Fort Worth, Bochum (Germany), Carinthian (Austria), Lithuanian National, and Ecuador National Symphonies, the Minnesota and Algarve (Portugal) Orchestras, the Louisiana, Buffalo, Rhode Island and Boca del Rio (Mexico) Philharmonics, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Eastman (Postcard from Morocco) and Aspen (The Ballad of Baby Doe) Opera Theaters, and the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center. Summer music festival appearances have included Aspen and Music in the Mountains (Colo.), Grant Park and Ravinia (Ill.), Round Top (Texas), OK Mozart (Okla.) and Skaneateles (N.Y.). Bay is the primary conductor for Ballet Austin. For Austin Opera he has conducted A Streetcar Named Desire, La Traviata, Turandot, and The Marriage of Figaro. Other positions held by Bay have included music director of the Erie Philharmonic, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Breckenridge Music Festival (Colo.), Britt Festival Orchestra (Ore.), and posts with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Richmond Symphony.

THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MAESTRO PETER BAY Violin 1

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Eugene Gratovich Molly Emerman Karen Stiles Eun Mi Lee Sophie Verhaeghe Paula Bird Megan Zapfe David Delambre

Richard Kilmer Shana Bey Tracy Seeger Helen Cooper Joseph D. Smith Caleb Polashek Steven Hakel

Bruce Williams Lana Harris Alejandro Duque Marth Carapetyan Eugénie Edmonds Emma Martin

Anna Park Sara Nelson Frank Jenkins Carolyn Hagler Matthew Armbruster

Bass Jonathan Rouse Christopher Flores Jessica Gilliam-Valls

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SYNOPSIS IN CREASES CHOREOGRAPHY: Justin Peck MUSIC: Philip Glass LIGHTING DESIGN: Mark Stanley COSTUME DESIGN: Justin Peck LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT: Dr. Michelle Schumann and Faith DeBow ©2007 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc. Used by permission. Costumes courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet | Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director

CAST: Hailey Dupont, Courtney Holland, Oren Porterfield, Brittany Strickland Kevin Murdock-Waters, Preston Andrew Patterson, Morgan Stillman, Christopher Swaim

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SHADE CHOREOGRAPHY: Pam Tanowitz MUSIC: David Lang LIGHTING DESIGN: Clifton Taylor COSTUME DESIGN: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung Music by arrangement with G. Schirmer Inc., publisher and copyright owner. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

CAST: Hailey Dupont, Courtney Holland, Aara Krumpe, Grace Morton, Elise Pekarek, Oren Porterfield, Chelsea Marie Renner, Brittany Strickland, Jaime Lynn Witts Orlando Julius Canova, James Fuller, Oliver Greene-Cramer, Kevin Murdock-Waters, Preston Andrew Patterson, Morgan Stillman, Christopher Swaim

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KAI CHOREOGRAPHY: Stephen Mills MUSIC: John Cage LIGHTING DESIGN: Tony Tucci COSTUME DESIGN: Monica Guerra Music by arrangement with C.F. Peters Corp.

CAST: Jaime Lynn Witts, Oliver Greene-Cramer Paul Michael Bloodgood, James Fuller, Grace Morton, Elise Pekarek, Chelsea Marie Renner, Ashley Lynn Sherman

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Ian J. Bethany BAII: 2008–2009 | Joined Company: 2009 Ian 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 performed 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, and the Bluebird Pas de Deux in The Sleeping Beauty. He has performed with project-based company Performa / Dance, has sung with the Austin Opera, was seen in ZACH Theatre's Mary Poppins, in Zilker Theatre Productions' Oklahoma! as Dream Curly, and does numerous juggling gigs around Austin. Ian has choreographed and taught for the Ballet Austin Academy, for Harmony School of Creative Arts, and for Agni Entertainment.

Paul Michael Bloodgood Joined Company: 2002 Now in his 19TH and final professional season, Paul Michael Bloodgood trained on full scholarship under Don Snyder and is a graduate of PNBS. Hailing from Seattle, he has performed with PNB, Ballet Pacifica, Terpsicorps, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, with tour highlights to Europe, Israel, Puerto Rico, the Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, and most recently a 14-city tour of China. Past repertoire as the principal male: Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, The Taming of the Shrew, Swan Lake, The Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty, The Rite of Spring, La Sylphide, Coppelia, Cinderella, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Nutcracker, Liaisons, and as a principal in Balanchine’s Episodes, Allegro Brillante and Agon, Tudor’s Sunflowers, and Goh’s Double Contrasts. Paul was one of two dancers to originate the role of The Beast in Stephen Mills' Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast. Previous rep: Tharp, Taylor-Corbet, Fonte, Rhoden, Lopez Ochoa, and many others, with over 50 original works. A three-time Austin Critics Table Award recipient, Paul is a union member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, appearing in film and television. He holds the rank of pum dan in Tukong Moosul martial arts and holds a B.A. from SEU. His studio band, Floating Pockets, has an album on iTunes / Amazon / Pandora Radio. Trenches of Rock, Paul's premier film as director, had its world premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival and has received eight accolades throughout its current worldwide film festival circuit from London to Hollywood, including "Best Feature Documentary," "Best Director" and "Best Editor." Paul would like to thank God, his wife Anne, his 2-year-old son Michael, and his family.

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, Edward received his first 12 years of ballet training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School. He continued his training post high school at Canada’s National Ballet School and had the privilege to work with choreographers such as James Kudelka, Toer van Schayk, and Rudi van Dantzig. Edward moved to Austin in 2006 to attend Ballet Austin’s trainee program and joined the main company in 2008 after a season as an apprentice. He has been featured in Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs, Jennifer Hart’s To Here, Pam Tanowitz’s Early that Summer, Nicolo Fonte's Left Unsaid and Lasting Imprint, portrayed Claudius in Stephen Mills' Hamlet, Tybalt in Mills’ Romeo & Juliet, originated roles in Mills' Angel of My Nature, Though the Earth Gives Way, and premiered as The Beast in Mills' Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & The Beast. Edward also teaches in the Ballet Austin Academy and works with local choreographers. In 2014 Edward and local choreographer Jennifer Hart co-founded Performa / Dance, a project based contemporary dance company whose inaugural production garnered two Austin Critic’s Table Awards.

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.

Hailey Dupont BAII: 2016–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Hailey Dupont is originally from Lafayette, La., and has been promoted to the main company after dancing as an apprentice with Ballet Austin II since 2016. Dupont 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).

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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 Raised in Marlboro, Vt., Oliver’s early training took place at the Brattleboro School of Dance and Burklyn Ballet Theatre. He graduated cum laude with a BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College where he performed in works by Merce Cunningham, George Balanchine and Lar Lubovitch, among others. Immediately after graduation, Oliver had the honor of joining the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company with whom he continues to perform, most recently at the American Dance Festival. Since joining Ballet Austin he has been featured in works by Stephen Mills, Pontus Lidberg, Pam Tanowitz, Nelly van Bommel, Jimmy Orrante and Jennifer Hart. In addition to work with Ballet Austin, Oliver performs regularly with Austin based company Performa / Dance. In the spring of 2016, he was a part of the acclaimed Illusory Impressions Project: An Invitation to Shift. Recently Oliver has also had the pleasure of working with John Gardner and Amanda McKerrow on a duet from Antony Tudor’s The Leaves are Fading.

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. During her time at NBS, Courtney attended various summer intensives through an exchange program which included École Supérieure de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France, San Francisco Ballet school, Houston Ballet and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. After graduating from NBS in 2010, Courtney moved to New York City to continue her training at the Dance Theatre of Harlem on full scholarship. In June 2012, she was a finalist at 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 was invited to join 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. Courtney feels very blessed to have the love and support of her family.

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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.

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.

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Kevin Murdock-Waters BAII: 2013–2015 | Joined Company: 2015 Originally from Roseville, Calif., Kevin Murdock-Waters began his training at Hawkins School of Performing Arts. He went on to train at the San Francisco Ballet School where he performed roles in multiple main company ballets, including works by Helgi Tomasson, John Cranko, Rudolf Nureyev and Christopher Wheeldon. During the SFB student showcase, Kevin performed the second movement principal in George Balanchine’s Western Symphony. With Ballet Austin II, he enjoyed performing as Hansel in Nelly van Bommel’s Hansel and Gretel, the judge in Nick Kepley’s Season of Innocence, and in Stephen Mills’ Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & The Beast. Since joining Ballet Austin’s main company, Kevin has enjoyed dancing in Stephen Mills’ Bounce and Pontus Lidberg’s Stream.

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 formative 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, Lar Lubovitch, George Balanchine, Pam Tanowitz, and Septime Webre. She participated in the National Choreographer's Initiative 2017 and enjoyed dancing works by Christopher Stuart and Suzanne Haag. Elise was nominated for the 2016 Austin Critic's Table award for Outstanding Dancer for her work in choreographer Michelle Thompson's Illusory Impressions. In 2017, she performed Thang Dao's award-winning choreography, We Circle The Night, for the Danz in Arte a Pietrasanta festival in Pietrasanta, Italy. Elise has completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration through Columbia College of Missouri and teaches classes for Ballet Austin's Pilates Center.

Oren Porterfield BA Trainee: 2002–2003 | BAII: 2003–2004 | Joined Company: 2009 Oren Porterfield hails from Dallas, Texas, where she trained with Tanju and Patricia Tuzer of Tuzer Dancenter. She continued to study under revered master teacher Truman Finney as a trainee and an apprentice with Ballet Austin. Oren has danced with Ohio Ballet and Dayton Ballet where she enjoyed the roles of Lucy Westenra in Stewart Sebastion’s Dracula and as “Blanche DuBois” in Karen Russo-Burke’s adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. She has been a guest artist with Verb Ballets, Motion Dance Theatre and Performa / Dance wherein she originated the role of Camille Claudel in Jennifer Hart’s Camille: A Story of Art and Love. Oren has performed as a part of the Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America series and has had the honor of touring to Israel with Stephen Mills’ Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. In her time with Ballet Austin, Oren has enjoyed working with choreographers Stephen Mills, Nicolo Fonte, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Loni Landon, Jennifer Hart, James Gregg and Pontus Lidberg. She’s been featured in roles such as Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, and the iconic pas de deux in George Balanchine’s Agon.

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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 in Stephen Mills' Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, The Magic Flute, Kai, Hamlet, and as Flower Waltz soloist in The Nutcracker, along with George Balanchine's Agon, Nicolo Fonte's Lasting Imprint, and works by Nelly van Bommel, Gregory Dolbashian, Gabrielle Lamb and Jimmy Orrante. 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 son, Landon, who turned 2 in April, and running her home-based skin care business with Rodan & Fields. Chelsea would like to thank her husband, Aaron, her parents, and her grandparents for their endless love and support.

Ashley Lynn Sherman Joined Company: 2002 Ashley Lynn Sherman returns to the stage for her 16 TH season after she and husband, Joshua welcomed their son, Theo, in October 2017. Originally from the Chicago area, she received her pre-professional training from Ms. 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 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 Lubovich’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, a member of the Ballet Austin Academy faculty, and a private yoga instructor with specialization in Restorative and Ayurveda.

Morgan Stillman Joined Company: 2017 Morgan Stillman is originally from Fort Wayne, Ind., and joins Ballet Austin for the 2017/18 season after dancing three years with Nevada Ballet Theater where he was featured in a variety of classical and contemporary roles. Morgan received most of his training at Indiana University Ballet Theater under the guidance of Michael Vernon, Violette Verdy, Jacques Cesbron, Guo Ping Wang, Victoria Lyras, and Shawn Stevens.

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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. When she is not dancing, Jaime enjoys spending her free time with her husband and daughter, Evaline.

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2017 / 18 BALLET AUSTIN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President

Chair

Treasurer

At Large Members

Jennifer Guthrie

Sarah Butler

Kristen Day

Immediate Past President

Jason R. Wills

Bliss Burdett Dan Byrne Richard J. Groos Nikelle Meade Everett Plante

Secretary

Alexander C. Ladage

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hunter Armstrong Becky Beaver Mike Blue Paula N. Boldt Marla Bommarito-Crouch Nikki Bryant Irion W. Andy Buchholz, M.D. Cass Burton Greg Casas Socar Chatmon-Thomas Rich Cleary Jeff Coddington Ada Corral Priscilla Cortez Mark Cravotta Steve Dalbey Robert Dintzner

Cliff Ernst Kathleen Farlow Cynthia D. Fresch Renee Gallagher Jennifer Garcia, PE, CFM Wade Giles Christopher Y. Han Chris Hendel E.D. Hill Blake K. Holman Aileen Hooks Chris Hosek Bruce Irick Jannette Keating Craig Kuglen, M.D. Ava Late Nora Linares-Moeller

Suzanne Mackowiak Dr. Marcella Madera Kristin Marcum Dr. George Martin, Ph.D. Jennene Mashburn Michael Matula Andrea McWilliams Emily Moreland Nidhi Nakra Deborah Portman Elizabeth T. Powdrill Forrest Preece Deanna Rankin Ryann Reaud Stephen Redman Edie Rogat Shon Saliga

Pilar Sanchez Cord Shiflet Polly Shrewsbury Jare Smith Matt Swinney Judge George C. Thomas Brenda Thompson Cathy Thompson Jeffrey M. Trigger Council Member Ellen Troxclair David Webber Tom Welch 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

Vice President of Ballet Austin Support

Vice President of Member Events

Ingrid Sprangle

Ashley Yong

Marianna Symeonides

Vice President of Communications

Vice President of Membership

Secretary

Lorrie Garcia

Suzanne Mackowiak

Parliamentarian

Taylor Calvin Treasurer Araceli Tapia

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Vice President of Fundraising Events

Becky Herrington

Vice President of Merchandising Deborah Sztejnberg

Cassie King Polidori

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION ANNUAL SUPPORTERS SEASON UNDERWRITER

SEASON PRESENTER

The Wallace Foundation

Google

SEASON SPONSORS Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Select Physical Therapy

Silicon Laboratories The Shubert Foundation Inc Workplace Resource

THE NUTCRACKER UNDERWRITER RetailMeNot.com

EXIT WOUNDS WORLD PREMIERE Commissioned by Dr. Beverly Dale

Original score funded in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts

PETER PAN UNDERWRITER Moreland Properties

PRODUCTION SPONSORS Austin Energy Clara & Paul Bancroft Boulette, Golden & Marin L.L.P. Sarah & Ernest Butler Ernst & Young The Fifth Age of Man Foundation

Greenberg Traurig LLP H-E-B JW Marriott Austin Lazy 8 Ranch Specialty Food Co. Courtyard & Residence Inn by Marriott Austin Downtown

Maxwell Locke & Ritter Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Austin Sterling Events Trammell Crow Company

MEDIA SPONSOR Austin American-Statesman

IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SPONSORS Leaps & No Bounds and Dance in the Classroom A Glimmer of Hope Austin 3M Michael & Alice Kuhn Foundation

Dizzy Feet Foundation Stantec Texas Commission on the Arts

NIGHT OF COMMUNITY SPONSORS Wells Fargo Bank, Whole Foods Market

THE NUTCRACKER SCHOOL SHOWS SPONSOR H-E-B Tournament of Champions

ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR Webber Family Foundation

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ACTIVE LIFE WORKSHOPS SPONSOR Health’s Angels, a program of St. David’s Foundation Community Fund

PINK PILATES PROGRAM SPONSORS

COME DANCE! SPONSOR

NXP Semiconductors, Texas Oncology

Junior League of Austin

PARTNER’S CIRCLE SPONSORS King Florist, Sterling Events, TWIN Liquors

NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK—THE SHOW THAT GLOWS! © SPONSOR Trammell Crow Company

QUIET IMPRINT SPONSORS Applied Materials Foundation, Powell Foundation

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 3M Amazonsmile Foundation Anderson’s Coffee Aquasana Austin Community Foundation Austin Fashion & Style Events Ballet Austin Foundation Ballet Austin Guild Bancroft-Clair Foundation Bank of America Charitable Foundation Blue Whale Moving Company, Inc. Brunetti Foundation Combined Federal Campaign Communities Foundation of Texas David Yurman Austin

Dell Fritz, Byrne, Head & Gilstrap, PLLC Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody H-E-B Hopper Mikeska PLLC Housing Authority of The City of Austin I Live Here, I Give Here IBC Bank IBM Matching Grants Michael & Alice Kuhn Foundation Mindpop National Instruments PayPal

Ride Share Austin Royal Blue Grocery Silicon Laboratories Southwest Community Foundation St. David's Foundation Strong Events Texas Coffee Traders The Trudy Foundation TWIN Liquors U.S. Bank Foundation United Way Wells Fargo Bank Wells Fargo Foundation Whole Foods Market

Acupuncture: Andra Millian, M.S., L.Ac., C.H. Chiropractic Care: Dr. Rosanne Butera Counseling: Shelley Graham, Ph.D., LPC Dentistry: Robert F. Jansa, D.D.S., Chris Gorham, D.D.S.–Round Rock Family Dental Center Nutrition: Sally Bowman, M.Ed., RD, LD, Michelle Cross, LMSW, RD, LD, Laura Gruber, RD, LD

Orthopedics: Robert Dehne, M.D. Pharmacy: 38TH Street Pharmacy Physician: Dr. Eric J. Lambeth, Red River Family Practice Podiatry: Dr. Gary D. Prant

HEALTHCARE SUPPORT Consultant Ann H. Messer, M.D.

Chief, Ballet Austin Medical Services Jeffrey Padalecki, M.D.

Physical Therapy Select Physical Therapy, Official Physical Therapy Provider for Ballet Austin Vanessa Muncrief, P.T., D.P.T.– Onsite Medical Officer

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2017 / 18 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

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 •

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 2017/18 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

*At

PARTNER: $1,500+

Long Center Performances

Complimentary VIP self-parking* Special recognition at your seat* • All Corps benefits • •

PARTNER’S CIRCLE SPONSORS

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2017 / 18 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 Virginia & Gilbert Burciaga Annie Chandler

E.D. & Joe Hill Kodosky Family Foundation John Mahan

Linda Ball & Forrest Preece Vicki Roberts / Lexus of Austin and Lakeway

FOUNDERS $7,500+ Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn

Cathy & Dwight Thompson

PREMIER PARTNERS $5,000+ Becky Beaver & John Duncan Brenda & Mike Blue Paula & Bob Boldt Marla Bommarito-Crouch & Michael Crouch Nikki Bryant Irion & Terry Irion Josh Canova Jeffrey P. Coddington Ann & James Downing Matt & Shana Dudley, Ph.D. with Yaya & Elliot Moulton Kathleen & Robert Farlow Renée Gallagher

Carlos & Jennifer Garcia Jennifer Guthrie Georgia & Don Henrich Blake & Joan Holman Aileen Hooks & Ray Donley Katie & Jordan Jaffe Dr. & Mrs. Craig C. Kuglen Alexander C. Ladage Dr. Marcella Madera Julia Marsden Judy & Michael Matula Maryanne McKenzie The Monday-Yankus Family

Kimberly & Tatum Moore Emily Moreland Jerome Murray & Jason Gallaher Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham Jani & Shon Saliga Carolyn & Marc Seriff Natasa & Michael Valocchi Tom & Sally Welch Jason Wills

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Hunter Armstrong Eric Behrens Elizabeth & Andy Buchholz Bliss Burdett Cass Burton Darlene & Daniel H. Byrne Mary & Greg Casas Socar Chatmon-Thomas Victoria Cheney Rich Cleary Ada Corral & Matthew Ames John-Michael & Priscilla G. Cortez Monica & Mark Cravotta Charlotte & Steve Dalbey Aaron & Kristen Day

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Robert Dintzner Marsha & Michael Dyson Martha & Cliff Ernst Wade Giles & Jeff Schab Joani & Richard Groos Harvey Guion & Kathleen Callahan-Guion Christopher Y. Han Chris & Abby Hendel / Neiman Marcus Chandra & Chris Hosek Beverly & Bruce Irick Jannette & Patrick Keating Ava & Steve Late / Rolls-Royce Motors Cars of Austin Nora Linares-Moeller & Mike Moeller

Kristin & Ryan Marcum Dr. George Martin & Eva Muñoz Andrea & Dean McWilliams Nikelle S. Meade Drs. Cathy & Rodney Nairn Dr. Tanuj & Nidhi Nakra Mandy & Everett Plante Deborah S. Portman Elizabeth & Brent Powdrill Deanna & Marc Rankin Ryann Reaud & Jorge Rangel Steve Redman Wanda A. Reynolds Cookie & Phil Ruiz Jenna Salwen Pilar Sanchez & John Hernandez

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PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ (cont’ d) Quata Schoolar Annie & Cord Shiflet Dr. Polly Shrewsbury Jare & Jim Smith Matt & Kara Swinney

Judge George C. Thomas & Jolsna John Thomas Brenda Thompson Kathy Steele & Jeff Trigger Ellen & Caleb Troxclair

David Webber & Ransom Baldasare Eva & Marvin Womack Sarah & Scott Yarborough

PREFERRED PARTNERS $2,500+ Dr. Maureen Alexander Paula & George Baldwin Cheryl & Robert Butler Dr. & Mrs. Gil Cloyd Emily & Ryan Deiss Hollis & Robert Gaston Cyndi & Jon Holman Michael Baryshnikov Le Burkien

Melanie Lewis Mickey Mann Movin' Easy MariBen Ramsey & Karen Kahan Mr. & Mrs. W.S. Romney Ana & Alejandro Ruelas Danny Snyder

Lonnie Karotkin Taub & Albert Taub Valerie & Craig Tyler Dr. Christy Sue Waters Betty Marie Welch Polly & Jay Westbrook

Dr. Wylie Jones Jordan Mark Kernan Flo & Ren MacNary Arthur J. Manson, III Monica & Jonathan Marler Brian & Rosa McCormick Lorelei & Patrick McDevitt Betty & Charles Oltorf The Pacey Family Foundation Francine & Robert Paino David Plaut & Jane Webre Shalini Ramanathan & Chris Tomlinson Carrie & Taylor Riché Edward Z. Safady

Nancy Scanlan Ms. Kathryn Scarborough Carol & Frank Sheppard Karen & William Steakley Stephanie Steenstrup Drs. Cynthia Tays & Rodney Schmidt Frances & Robin Thompson Sue & Terry Tottenham Tiffany Walker J. Craig Wallace Stephanie & Bill Whitehurst Dr. Joseph & Ran Willman Hilary & Stan Young

Evie & David Feltoon Cynthia D. Fresch Kelvon Hansen & Neil Ely— In honor of Frank Shott Sean & Teresa Henry Amy Hiemstra Mike Hondorp Diane Humphreys Brian Kieley Cynthia and Eric Korman Ms. Anna Lee Candice & Clayton McKay Chad Neely Ghadeer Okayli

Kate & Hector Perez Jim & Rebecca Popp Joanne M. Ravel Ellen Sauer Karen Sonleitner Natalie & Charles Thornburgh Mr. Greg Underwood Dr. Desmar Walkes Watkins Insurance Group Connie & Dan Weaver Carol J. Welder Karlan & Cam Witt

PARTNERS $1,500+ A Friend Delores Baccus Mr. & Mrs. Darnese A. Bell, Jr. Dahl & Joyce Black Sabrina Brown & Sam Taylor Tracy Burgess Sharla & John Campbell Betty Edmond David A. & Constance B. Elko Rose & Carey Epps Iris Groten Debra Haas & Marty Hood Dr. Brent Hasty & Stephen Mills Becky & Richard Herrington Will & Alison Herrington

CORPS $1,000+ In honor of Brittany Harpole Jenny & Brandon Aghamalian Juliana & Bryan Azar Danny Babineaux & Alan Carsrud Barnhart Family Patrick Beathard Sandra Begalke Dr. Rosanne Butera Lynn Carter & Alan Moore Adam Chibib Rebekkah & Tyson Cole Becky & Tom Cook Dr. Harvey Evans & Gloria Evans

Please review the benefits of giving on page 51. Listing reflects current cash and in-kind gifts to Ballet Austin’s Annual Campaign as of Jan. 4, 2017–Jan. 4, 2018.

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CONTRIBUTORS $500+ In honor of Hailey Dupont In memory of Regine Schumaker Lou Agnese Jim & Debbie Alsup Anne Marie & Paul Michael Bloodgood Betsy & David Buttross Orlando Julius Canova Elisabeth & Paul Carrell Patricia Cherico Tana & Joe Christie Cory Covert Barbara & Alan Cox Mr. Ryan Cradeur Christi Cuellar Lotz & David Lotz Susan & Claude Ducloux Stacy & Richard Dunavan Janet Eaddy Thomas Edwards Amy & Randall Erben

The Fern Family Ryan & Juliet Foster Allison & Matthew Friedlander Tia & Adam Garaas Justin, Kathryn & Brooklyn Garrett Adriana & Jonathan Graf Marilyn Halpin Wendy Harvey Margaret Herman Jeanne & Van R. Hoisington Jodi & Rocky Holland JoAnn & Kenneth Johnson Caroline Jones John Kirkpatrick Aara & Ambrose Krumpe Sebastian Lanphier Amanda & Roy Leatherberry Adrienne Longoria SGT William & Rene Macafee

Dr. Howard Marcus James Martin Michelle Martin Anne & John McKinnerney Nicki Mebane Mr. & Mrs. John Moragné Hannah & Cameron Nokes Tom Noonan Mark & Vicki Parsons Michele Pellman Bill Piner Daniel E. Rodriguez Jennifer & Kirk Schell Dr. Richard Shea & Estela Shea Vlada & Gennadi Sheber Katie Starley Nicole & Adam Swies Elizabeth & Lars Wiedenhoefer Sherry & Richard Wilkison Phil Wood

Jan & Orion Knox Dr. & Mrs. Robert Laibovitz Cassie LaMere Natalie & Carl Lauryssen Georgia Lochridge Marie & Demosthenes Lyriotakis Jane-Elizabeth Madison Nancy & Aaron Marcus Laura McPartland Matz Suzanne & John McFarlane Kristen & Steve McPike Laura Merritt Jeff & Tracy Miller Virginia Miracle Nancy & Leo Mueller James F. O'Leary Michael Owen Michael Ellwood Owens Parsons i.d.

De Peart Darlene & Phillip Plyler Michele & Gary Prant Harper Rehme Michele Schwartz Elizabeth & Anthony Siela Charles & Carole Sikes Tracy and Jerry Stendara Chris & Quenby Swinson-Mitchell Deborah Sztejnberg Tabrizi Family Donald Tietjen & Susan Sprague Phyllis & Eric Waelder Mary Walcutt Leslie & Dianne White Paula Wood & Family Lital & Arik Yaacob

Xavier Bell Beth Bergen & Jay Weiner Billie Bledsoe Lesley Nowlin Blessing Ursula Brinkmann Cynthia Brown Joanne Bruce Judy Bush Sarah Capp Linda Cartwright

Deborah Casati Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan & Anna Charnitski Frank Cheff & Sharon Shuppert Martha Clark Barbette & John Cooper Leslie Cox & Duane Sanford— In Memory of Alexei Bauereis Mr. Kevin Coyle Angela Craig

SUPPORTERS $250+ Jolene Bean Mr. Monte Bisher Rosalie & Jim Boldin Julia & Bill Buchholz Ms. Elizabeth Christian Coleen O. Cleeve C. Countryman Monica Cunningham Jill Fatzer Emma Garcia De Alba & Joe Salinas Claudia Garvey Anne J. Gray & David J. Carr Rich Gregasko Aubrey Erin Groves Katie & Tim Hanus Sharon & Ken Herman Brooke & Levi Holmes Sara J. Jones

PATRONS $100+ In honor of Esther Alston In honor of Cookie Ruiz Calita Aguirre R. Bours Stephanie & Darren Albrecht Eugene Alvarez Linda Ashton Christopher Beck David Beck Anne Beckner

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PATRONS $100+ (cont’ d) David de la Pena Beth Domel Connie & Charles Doubrava Jim Durkin Sarah Edgerton Ingeborg L. Eichberg Jeanne Ellenstein Carol & Mark Fernandez Mark Gagnon Charles & Dora Gembinski Fred Gibson Brian Gleason Priscilla Gonzales Lois & Ira Goodman Louise & Scott Haigler Ms. Joanne Hanifan Judy & David Harris Anne Marie Harrison Kathleen Hausenfluck Elizabeth Hendrix Mrs. Deborah Hensley Peijen Hsu Donna Jackson Vickie Jacobson Paula & Parker Jameson Krystin C. & Michael B. Johnson Mr. Scott Joslove Linda & Peter Kangos Kellye King Beverly Kuenast Kurt & Ulrike Lapham Mary & Christopher Larosa

Laraine Lasdon & Associates, Inc. Michael & Shelley Lee Sandra Littlejohn Dell Marcoux Marion Mark Molly & Terry Martin Natalie & Joseph Mattingly Niccole Maurici Mr. Brad McCabe Margaret Miller David & Laura Mills R. John & Melanie Miner Laurie Modrey Susan Morehead Mona Morgan Judy Morris Edna Nation Alicia & Robert Nellis Katie & Jesse Newland Leslie Noble Connor Noonan Laquieta O'Dell Anne Marie Olson Joyce & David Orr Michael Angel Peña Virginia Phillips Joan Pinkham Coralie & Jim Pledger Talina Prow & Brett Nemeroff Cristina Rangel Marianne Reat & Mark Estes Sharon & Katie Reeves

Marnee Jane Richardson Justin Robbins Debra Russell Yolande & Glenn Rusyn Dr. & Mrs. M.R. Sack Alissa Saenz—In honor of Brett Smith Jennifer Schwenker Susan Sheppard Keith & Paige Smith Laura Galt & Mike Snavely David Starr Ron & Jo Ann Stehle Kimberley Stengel Marianna Symeonides & Carlos Quesada Maria Talamo Vickie & Rex Taylor Lindsay Titualer Sarah Tober & Robert Tober Daylia Vaughan Jyll Vertuno Michael Walters Chris & Darcie Ward Thomas Wilson Suzanne & Marc Winkelman Margaret Wofford Carol Wood Joelyn Wooldridge Irene Xie & Junjie Li Debbie Zappen

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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

$25,000+ Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Martha & Cliff Ernst In Memory of Marilyn H. Ferguson 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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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 Becky & Richard Herrington Terry & Nikki Bryant Irion 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)

Jonathan Alexander

Max Azaro

Katherine Deuitch

Dallas Finley

New York, NY

Princeton Junction, NJ

St. Paul, MN

Sarasota, FL

Matthew Gattozzi

Jake Howard

Elizabeth Kanning

Elizabeth-Jane Moller

Boston, MA

Jacksonville, FL

Redmond, WA

Staten Island, NY

Paige Russell

Anna Schmidt

Marya Thorstensen

Chevy Chase, MD

Tulsa, OK

Norwich, VT

ENDOWED BY SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER THROUGH THE BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION Maxim Bleeker Jacy Fletcher

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Samantha Howe 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

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 Lauren Adams, Development and Special Events Manager Anne Marie Bloodgood, Audience Content Coordinator Sarah Brazier, Audience Services Manager Emma Garcia De Alba, Accounting/HR Assistant Diana Lynn Gembinski, Audience Sales & Services Manager

Brooke Holmes, Senior Development Manager Jordan Moser, Audience Content Coordinator Maria Murphy-Mayberry, Grants Writer Arminé Olivas, Senior Marketing Manager Kylie Phillips, Community Education Associate Lily Pipkin, Development Administrator Kent Pool, Facilities Manager

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