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CONTENTS Letter From the Director...........................8 Dracula Returns..........................................12 Program Following page.........................17 2021-2022 Season Retrospective...........24 Cover Photo: Ariel McCarty by Rachel Neville COLORADO BALLET PUBLICATION 2021/2022
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to our final production of the 2021/2022 season, Ballet MasterWorks. This year, our annual repertory program features three world-renowned masterpieces that broadened the boundaries of this beloved art form. From classical and contemporary ballet to ballroom dancing with a modern flair, Ballet MasterWorks offers something for everyone. I hope that seeing these monumental works performed live will give you an unforgettable experience of artistic inspiration, sparked by the expression, innovation, and incredible versatility of dance. Ballet MasterWorks opens with Theme and Variations, a virtuosic ballet created by the legendary George Balanchine. This work features some of the most challenging choreography in the 20th century repertoire, and beautifully merges masterful technique with crisp musicality and supreme artistry. Danced with joyful expression and elegant precision by our Company, Theme and Variations is a true testament to the exceptional talent of our Artists. Following Theme and Variations is Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort. This is the second time that Colorado Ballet will perform a Kylián ballet, and it is my pleasure to bring his exuberant and mesmerizing work back to Denver once again. Intricate choreography pairs with Mozart’s melodic piano concertos and the unique use of props for a one-of-a-kind performance that you’ll remember for years to come. If you love Petite Mort, you won’t want to miss the Colorado Ballet premiere of Kylián’s work Sinfonietta next year, which was choreographed to the stunning musical work by Leoš Janáček of the same name. Today, our program finishes with Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs. I am thrilled to present this world-renowned piece for the first time in my 16-season tenure as Artistic Director. Featuring the swinging music of Frank Sinatra, Nine Sinatra Songs follows seven couples in various phases of their romantic relationships, and each song paired with choreography is a unique vignette that presents its own take on love and connection. Colorado Ballet wouldn’t be where it is today without you. Our return to the stage wasn’t without its challenges but seeing all of you in the audience again is an inexpressible joy, and I can’t tell you what an honor it has been to bring live performances back to Colorado. I am grateful for the many adventures we’ve shared this season—from experiencing the ethereal heartbreak of Giselle, to debuting our new Nutcracker sets and costumes, to falling head-overheels on the streets of Romeo and Juliet’s fair Verona, and dancing down the Yellow Brick Road. I offer you my most heartfelt thanks for your continued support of Colorado Ballet, and I look forward to presenting another spectacular five-production season in 2022/2023. Friends and supporters, please enjoy today’s performance of Ballet MasterWorks. Until we meet again.
Gil Boggs Artistic Director
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the Company will present The Nutcracker, featuring our stunning new sets and costumes for the second time. Rounding out the season in 2023, the production line-up will include Lady of the Camellias, Cinderella and Ballet MasterWorks. With both Dracula and The Nutcracker on the horizon, we invite you to secure your tickets early to guarantee the best available seats before our season goes on sale to the public on July 15, 2022. Both these productions historically sell out early! Avoid disappointment next season — keep reading to learn how you can secure your seats now and enjoy 25% savings over single ticket prices for these fan-favorite productions.
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DRACULA
OCTOBER 7-16, 2022
Back by popular demand, this spooky and blood-curdling drama makes a tantalizing return to the stage. Based on Bram Stoker’s classic gothic horror story, Michael Pink’s Dracula features captivating sets and costumes, spine-tingling special effects, and Philip Feeney’s original score performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. This eerie retelling of the immortal Count Dracula will enthrall audiences until the last bite.
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NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 24, 2022
The Nutcracker returns to spark delight and joy for the holiday season. For the second year, audiences will see this beloved tradition brought to life by Colorado Ballet’s new sets and costumes, created especially for the Company by internationally renowned designers Holly Hynes and Thomas Boyd. Join Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, and her army of toy soldiers once again as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
LADY OF T H E C AME L L I AS
FEBRUARY 3-12, 2023
Colorado Ballet will treat audiences with a Denver premiere of Val Caniparoli’s full-length ballet Lady of the Camellias. Based on the romantic novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, Lady of the Camellias tells the story of love, loss, and betrayal made famous by other adaptations including Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata and the film Moulin Rouge. Caniparoli’s ballet follows Marguerite and Armand, a beautiful courtesan and a young gentleman who fall passionately in love, much to the dismay of his family and her jealous protector, the Baron de Varville. Experience the beauty and heartbreak of Lady of the Camellias, featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, scenic design by David Gano, and costume design by Robert De La Rose.
CINDE RELLA
MARCH 10-19, 2023
A classic fairytale, Cinderella returns to Colorado Ballet for the first time since 2014. Families, children, and those young at heart alike will enjoy this enchanting story of true love brought to life by Ben Stevenson’s mesmerizing choreography, Sergei Prokofiev’s famous music, and dreamy sets and costumes. Brimming with fairy godmothers, evil stepsisters, and spellbinding magic, Cinderella will make you believe in happily ever after.
BAL LE T MAST E RWOR KS
APRIL 14-23, 2023
To close the 2022/2023 Season, Colorado Ballet presents monumental 20th century repertoire in MasterWorks, with live music performed by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. The program will feature Jirí Kylián’s Sinfonietta, choreographed to the stunning musical work by Leoš Janácek of the same name, as well as two other repertory works. Kylián’s ballet will finally make its celebratory appearance in Denver as the rescheduled presentation from March 2020.
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Founders Lillian Covillo and Freidann Parker Artistic Director Gil Boggs Ballet Masters Sandra Brown, Lorita Travaglia, Maria Mosina Music Director and Principal Conductor Adam Flatt Associate Conductor Catherine Sailer THE COMPANY Principals Dana Benton, Jennifer Grace, Mario Labrador, Jonnathan Ramirez, Yosvani Ramos, Asuka Sasaki Soloists Leah McFadden, Christophor Moulton, Nicolas Pelletier, Kevin Gaël Thomas, Sarah Tryon Demi-Soloists Mackenzie Dessens, Sean Omandam, Melissa Zoebisch Corps de Ballet Joshua Allenback, Liam Hogan, Ever Larson, Bryce Lee, Francesca Martoccio, Ariel McCarty, Christopher Mitchell, Jessica Payne, Alexander Roy, Jeremy Studinski, Sara Thomas, Alexandra Wilson Apprentices Catherine Aoki, Alexandra Gilliom, Sheridan Guerin, Catherine McGregor, Patrick Mihm, Jacob Ray Studio Company Roman Aldrete, Lily Bines, Mylie Buck, Vanessa Childress, Claire Curran, EmmaRose Forbus, Leopold Foster, Jacqueline Gionet, Kyra Hughes, Fiona Hutchens, Cate Jesser, Hannah Lesold, Stefanee Montesantos, Ryan Nemmers, Gabriela Rodriguez, Sonata Ross, Timothy Ruelas, Tate Ryner, Lili Travaglia, Ali Walters, Leah White Colorado Ballet | 1075 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204 | 303-837-8888 | COLORADOBALLET.ORG Out of courtesy to the dancers, the taking of photographs of any nature is strictly prohibited during performances. Please silence all cellular telephones, pagers and audible devices. Colorado Ballet productions are made possible in part by funding from the citizens of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District. The Dancers of Colorado Ballet are represented by The American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO; the union that represents Artists in the fields of opera, ballet, modern dance and choral presentations.
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BALLET MASTERWORKS April 15–24, 2022 Ellie Caulkins Opera House THEME AND VARIATIONS
Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staged by Miranda Weese Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major Lighting by Todd Elmer Costume Design by Theoni Aldredge Production Courtesy of American Ballet Theatre The performance of Theme and Variations, a Balanchine Ballet®, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
PETITE MORT
Dance Production / Choreography by Jiří Kylián Assistant to the choreographer: Lorraine Blouin Music: W.A. Mozart, performed by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra I Piano Concerto in A Major KV 488, Adagio II Piano Concerto in C Major KV 467, Andante Set Design: Jiří Kylián Costume Design: Joke Visser Light Design: Jiří Kylián (concept), Joop Caboort (realization) Technical supervisor light/set: Joost Biegelaar World Premiere: 23 August 1991, Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg-Austria Nederlands Dans Theater Production Courtesy of Boston Ballet
NINE SINATRA SONGS
Choreography by Twyla Tharp Staged by Shelley Washington Original Costume Design by Oscar de la Renta Lighting originally by Jennifer Tipton, recreated by Todd Elmer Music by Frank Sinatra with appreciation to Sinatra Enterprises and the Frank Sinatra Foundation Original Set Design by Santo Loquasto Production Courtesy of Miami City Ballet © Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
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CASTING Theme and Variations Casting for April 15–17 Performances Principals Jennifer Grace and Mario Labrador (4/15, 4/17) Dana Benton and Jonnathan Ramirez (4/16 mat) Asuka Sasaki and Mario Labrador (4/16 eve) Demi-Soloist Ladies Leah McFadden, Mackenzie Dessens, Jessica Payne and Sarah Tryon (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Ariel McCarty, Alexandra Wilson, Melissa Zoebisch and Sara Thomas (4/16 mat) Corps de Ballet Ladies Catherine Aoki, Catherine McGregor, Ariel McCarty, Alexandra Wilson, Alexandra Gilliom, Francesca Martoccio, Sara Thomas and Ever Larson (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Gabriela Rodriguez, Lili Travaglia, Fiona Hutchens, Stefanee Montesantos, Sonata Ross, Kyra Hughes, Lily Bines, Hannah Lesold (4/16 mat) Demi-Soloist Men Kevin Gaël Thomas, Bryce Lee, Nicolas Pelletier and Sean Omandam (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Jeremy Studinski, Bryce Lee, Patrick Mihm and Sean Omandam (4/16 mat) Corps de Ballet Men Alexander Roy (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17), Leopold Foster (4/16 mat), Jacob Ray, Liam Hogan, Patrick Mihm (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17), Timothy Ruelas (4/16 mat), Christopher Mitchell, Jeremy Studinski (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17), Ryan Nemmers (4/16 mat), Tate Ryner, Roman Aldrete
Theme and Variations Casting for April 22–24 Performances Principals Asuka Sasaki and Mario Labrador (4/22) Dana Benton and Jonnathan Ramirez (4/23) Jennifer Grace and Mario Labrador (4/24) Demi-Soloist Ladies Leah McFadden, Mackenzie Dessens, Jessica Payne and Sarah Tryon Corps de Ballet Ladies Catherine Aoki, Catherine McGregor, Ariel McCarty, Alexandra Wilson, Alexandra Gilliom, Francesca Martoccio, Sara Thomas and Ever Larson Demi-Soloist Men Kevin Gaël Thomas, Bryce Lee, Nicolas Pelletier and Sean Omandam Corps de Ballet Men Alexander Roy, Jacob Ray, Liam Hogan, Patrick Mihm, Christopher Mitchell, Jeremy Studinski, Tate Ryner, Roman Aldrete
All performances of Theme and Variations conducted by Adam Flatt, Music Director and Principal Conductor.
Please note that all casting is subject to change. For the most up-to-date casting, please visit COLORADOBALLET.ORG/BALLET-MASTERWORKS
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Petite Mort Casting for April 15–17 Performances 1st Pas de Deux Mackenzie Dessens and Bryce Lee (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Francesca Martoccio and Christopher Mitchell (4/16 mat) 2nd Pas de Deux Leah McFadden and Sean Omandam (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Sara Thomas and Kevin Gaël Thomas (4/16 mat) 3rd Pas de Deux Sarah Tryon and Liam Hogan (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Jessica Payne and Jacob Ray (4/16 mat) 4th Pas de Deux Dana Benton and Jonnathan Ramirez (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Asuka Sasaki and Jeremy Studinski (4/16 mat) 5th Pas de Deux Ariel McCarty and Nicolas Pelletier (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Jennifer Grace and Mario Labrador (4/16 mat) 6th Pas de Deux Melissa Zoebisch and Patrick Mihm (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Alexandra Wilson and Nicolas Pelletier (4/16 mat)
Petite Mort Casting for April 22–24 Performances 1st Pas de Deux Mackenzie Dessens and Bryce Lee (4/22, 4/24) Francesca Martoccio and Christopher Mitchell (4/23) 2nd Pas de Deux Leah McFadden and Sean Omandam (4/22, 4/24) Sara Thomas and Kevin Gaël Thomas (4/23) 3rd Pas de Deux Sarah Tryon and Liam Hogan (4/22, 4/24) Jessica Payne and Jacob Ray (4/23) 4th Pas de Deux Dana Benton and Jonnathan Ramirez (4/22, 4/24) Asuka Sasaki and Jeremy Studinski (4/23) 5th Pas de Deux Ariel McCarty and Nicolas Pelletier (4/22, 4/24) Jennifer Grace and Mario Labrador (4/23) 6th Pas de Deux Melissa Zoebisch and Patrick Mihm (4/22, 4/24) Alexandra Wilson and Nicolas Pelletier (4/23)
All performances of Petite Mort conducted by Adam Flatt, Music Director and Principal Conductor.
Please note that all casting is subject to change. For the most up-to-date casting, please visit COLORADOBALLET.ORG/BALLET-MASTERWORKS
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Nine Sinatra Songs Casting for April 15–17 Performances Softly Dana Benton and Bryce Lee Strangers in the Night Melissa Zoebisch and Mario Labrador One for My Baby Francesca Martoccio and Liam Hogan Something Stupid Mackenzie Dessens and Jeremy Studinski (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Catherine Aoki and Alexander Roy (4/16 mat) All the Way Jennifer Grace and Nicolas Pelletier Domani Leah McFadden and Sean Omandam (4/15, 4/16 eve, 4/17) Sara Thomas and Kevin Gaël Thomas (4/16 mat) That’s Life Asuka Sasaki and Jonnathan Ramirez
Nine Sinatra Songs Casting for April 22–24 Performances Softly Dana Benton and Bryce Lee Strangers in the Night Melissa Zoebisch and Mario Labrador One for My Baby Francesca Martoccio and Liam Hogan Something Stupid Mackenzie Dessens and Jeremy Studinski (4/22, 4/24) Catherine Aoki and Alexander Roy (4/23) All the Way Jennifer Grace and Nicolas Pelletier Domani Leah McFadden and Sean Omandam (4/22, 4/24) Sara Thomas and Kevin Gaël Thomas (4/23) That’s Life Asuka Sasaki and Jonnathan Ramirez
Please note that all casting is subject to change. For the most up-to-date casting, please visit COLORADOBALLET.ORG/BALLET-MASTERWORKS
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Gil Boggs, Artistic Director
ARTISTIC STAFF
Gil Boggs began his dance career with the Atlanta Ballet. He joined American Ballet Theatre in New York in 1982 and was promoted to soloist dancer in 1984 and principal dancer in 1991. Boggs was a member of the company for 17 years. Boggs also performed with the Twyla Tharp Dance Company, Baryshnikov and Company, Nureyev and Friends, and made several guest appearances around the world. During his career with ABT, he was recognized as both an accomplished virtuoso and one of the company’s most popular performers. Boggs has worked with numerous noted choreographers, including Agnes de Mille, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jerome Robbins and Merce Cunningham and has an extensive performance repertoire of both classical and contemporary works. Boggs accepted the position of Artistic Director with Colorado Ballet in the Spring of 2006. In Boggs’ tenure with Colorado Ballet he has restaged full-length productions of Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote and Coppelia along with adding new full-length productions of Romeo & Juliet, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan. Boggs has also presented 15 world premieres and 15 Colorado Ballet premieres by such renowned choreographers as Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, Anthony Tudor, Val Caniparoli, Dwight Rhoden and Lynne Taylor-Corbett.
Sandra Brown, Ballet Master/Assistant to the Artistic Director Sandra Brown joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in 1987 under the directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov and was promoted to soloist in 1992 where she remained until 2003. During that time, she danced not only numerous classical full length principal roles, but gained recognition for her leading contemporary roles as well. Most notably, she created and danced the world premiere role of Desdemona in Lar Lubovitch’s full-length Othello in 1997 and appears in ABT’s film productions of Romeo and Juliet, Le Corsaire, and the documentary Ballet. In 2000, Brown was featured in the movie Center Stage and appears in the film The Company. Brown also holds the honor of appearing on Broadway as the original Louise Bigelow in the Tony Award-winning 1994 revival of Carousel, directed by Nicholas Hytner and choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan at the Lincoln Center Theater. In 2003, Brown left ABT to pursue work as a freelance artist with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Stiefel and Stars, Vladimir Malakhov, Peter Boal and Company, Chamber Dance Project, Dancers Patrelle, Ballet Hawaii and Madison Ballet. During this time, she also was asked to perform as a guest artist at the Vail International Festival, became certified to teach Pilates, taught for the ABT Summer Intensive, and choreographed the ballet Synchronicity. In 2006, she joined her husband, Gil Boggs, to work with Colorado Ballet. Since then, she has assisted staging the full-length productions of Giselle, Don Quixote, and Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Brown has also assisted with choreographing and staging of The Nutcracker, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. In addition, she assisted staging Lar Lubovitch’s Smile with My Heart, Dwight Rhoden’s Ave Maria, Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods. Brown restaged her ballet, Synchronicity, for Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company. In 2007, she was asked to stage Smile with My Heart for the
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Joffrey Ballet. In 2013, she staged Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk at the University of South Carolina and in 2014 at NBA of Japan. In 1989 and 1990, she was chosen by Mikhail Baryshnikov to choreograph for the American Ballet Theatre Choreographic Workshop. During her tenure, she has choreographed for the Bal de Ballet, an event hosted by the Denver Ballet Guild. Her creations are From Within, Crimson Surges, Unforgettable, Grand Pas Fantastique, Heart Strings, One by One, Set Fire to the Rain, The Secret Garden, Young and Beautiful, The Charleston, Scheherazade, and Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2014, she gained critical acclaim for the ballet The Last Beat, which she created on the dancers of Colorado Ballet to the music of DeVotchKa.
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Lorita Travaglia, Ballet Master Lorita Travaglia is originally from New Zealand. She received her ballet training at the National School of Ballet and later the Royal Ballet School in London. Lorita made her debut as a professional dancer with the Berlin Ballet. After six years with the Company, she moved to the United States where she worked with Princeton Ballet, Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and International Ballet Rotaru, dancing solo and principal roles in a wide range of repertoire. Her favorite roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Cinderella, Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Paquita. In 1992, Lorita returned to New Zealand, but continued to perform as a guest artist with companies in the United States as well as Company Z, a contemporary dance company in New Zealand. Lorita began teaching in 1988 while still performing and studied the Vaganova methodology. She was the principal teacher for a professional training program in Auckland, New Zealand and later, as artistic director of Canyon Concert Ballet in Fort Collins, Colorado, she set up a similar aspirant program. In 1999, Lorita joined Colorado Ballet as director of the Apprentice Program and company repetiteur, and has been ballet master since 2006. Her choreography includes Equanimity, Aspects, Pictures at an Exhibition, Piazzolla and, most recently, The Angel of Buenos Aires for Colorado Ballet and a full-length The Nutcracker for Canyon Concert Ballet. Lorita graduated from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2000 and has a private practice in Denver. She is an avid tango dancer and is the Creative Director of Parasol Arts.
Generously supported by Raydean Acevedo Maria Mosina, Ballet Master Maria Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia. Upon graduation, Maria joined the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company and immediately was chosen for principal roles. She toured the world appearing on all major European, American, African and Asian stages. In 1995, Maria was invited by Colorado Ballet to join as a leading principal dancer. She performed all major parts in classical productions and also had the chance to show her talent in neoclassical, modern and contemporary choreographed master pieces. Maria was a featured dancer on the cover of Dance Magazine and has been featured in other magazine articles. She holds a bachelor’s
ARTISTIC STAFF degree in methodology and pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. She is also an active ballet instructor throughout the United States. She participated as a master teacher and judge for the Youth American Grand Prix. Maria performed leading roles in all major productions as a member of the Company, as well as a guest artist with many other festivals, galas, and companies. After 21 seasons as a principal dancer with Colorado Ballet, she retired at the end of the 2016/2017 season. She has now joined the artistic staff of the company.
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Adam Flatt, Music Director & Principal Conductor Adam Flatt has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of Colorado Ballet since 2007, conducting hundreds of performances in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and leading the Colorado Ballet Orchestra to a widely recognized period of excellence. Well known to Colorado audiences, Adam served as Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, where he led over 250 concerts in an acclaimed five-year tenure, and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra for seven years, leading that orchestra at home in Denver and on international tours. In addition to his work at Colorado Ballet, Adam is Music Director of the Newport Symphony Orchestra on the Oregon coast, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. As a guest conductor he has led performances with orchestras all over the United States and productions for the major ballet companies of Portland and Salt Lake City. He has served on the musical faculties of both the Rocky Ridge Music Center and Summerfest at the Curtis Institute of Music. Adam Flatt has his bachelor’s degree in music with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, and his master’s degree in instrumental and opera conducting from the Indiana University School of Music. Adam Flatt and his family make their home in Denver. www.adamflatt.com
Catherine Sailer, Associate Conductor Catherine Sailer, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver, conducts the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Women’s Chorus and the Evans Choir. She is also the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. She was named the winner of the Robert Shaw Fellowship in 2005, chosen by Chorus America and supported by Warner Brothers and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her other awards include first place at the American Choral Director’s Association Conducting Competition. Conducting Credits include the Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the National Opera of China, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra and the Central City Opera. Sailer has been a conducting fellow with the Dale Warland Singers, the Kansas City Chorale, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Carnegie Hall Workshop Chorus, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She has collaborated as conductor or chorus master with singers William Warfield and Marilyn Horne and conductors Victor Yampolsky, Marius Szmolij, Stephen Alltop, David Amram, Tan Dun, David Fanshawe, and Marin Alsop. Sailer was invited to conduct in the National Conducting Institute with the National Symphony Orchestra as a student of Leonard Slatkin. She also conducted performances of the festival chorus and orchestra at the Oregon Bach Festival under the tutelage of Helmuth Rilling. Catherine Sailer received the Doctor of Music with honors in conducting from Northwestern University and the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance and Conducting from the University of Denver. She has served as Assistant Conductor of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, the Denver Young Artists Orchestra and as Music Director of the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra. She is an active guest and festival conductor for choir and orchestra and her collegiate ensembles have appeared at Colorado Music Educator’s Association and Southwest divisional conferences of the American Choral Director’s Association.
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DANCERS PRINCIPALS Dana Benton Dana Benton was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and at the age of 9, she was accepted to the National Ballet School in Toronto where she trained for eight years. Dana graduated from the National Ballet School with Honors in Academics and was awarded the Peter Dwyer Award for Excellence in Dance. Upon graduating in 2000, Dana received a contract with Alberta Ballet Company in Canada. She spent one year with the Company as an Apprentice. In 2001, she joined Colorado Ballet and she has performed many Soloist and Principal roles with the Company. Dana was promoted to Soloist in 2007 and then to Principal in 2014.
Generously supported by Jane and Skip Netzorg Jennifer Grace
Jennifer Grace was born in Bozeman, Montana. She trained at The Dance Center in Bozeman, The Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia and Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy in Southern California. Jennifer was hired by Tulsa Ballet’s Second Company in 2013 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in November of that same year. By 2017 she was a Soloist with the company and had performed many Principal and Soloist roles. She has had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers such as Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane, Ben Stevenson, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Wayne McGregor and Alejandro Cerrudo. Jennifer was Pointe Magazine’s August/September 2018 Cover Star.
Generously supported by Ann and Ford Frick Mario Labrador
Mario Vitale Labrador was born in Antioch, CA. At the age of 10, he began his ballet studies under the tutelage of Ronn Guidi. At the age of 19, Mario decided to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. During his time at the Academy, Mario performed as the lead in many school productions, including their production of La Fille Mal Gardee, Paquita, Harlequinade and Classical Symphony. In 2012, Mario graduated top of his class and received an invitation to join the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia, where he eventually became a Soloist. While there, he had the opportunity to work with world famous choreographers Nacho Duato and Lar Lubovitch. He also danced a number of lead roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Chippolino, and Giselle. Other notable ballets in his repertoire are The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardee, Don Quixote, Flames of Paris, Class Concert, Romeo and Juliet and The Bronze Horseman. In 2016, Mario left the Mikhailovsky Theatre, where he took a two year break from ballet. In 2018, Mario joined Central West Ballet as a Principal, where he danced the leads in all the ballets. His favorite role to dance while at Central West Ballet was Dracula in Rene Daveluy’s
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World Premiere production of Dracula. This is his first season with Colorado Ballet.
Generously supported by Mary Ellen and David Wright Jonnathan Ramirez
Jonnathan Ramirez is originally from Cali, Colombia. At the age of 8 he began his training at the Colombian Institute of Ballet, Incolballet. After graduating at 16, he moved to New York City where he received a full scholarship to continue his training at American Ballet Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet. In 2007 he danced with Cincinnati Ballet for two seasons, then in 2009 he joined Houston Ballet. In 2010 Jonnathan joined the Tulsa Ballet Theatre where he performed numerous soloist and principal roles over ten consecutive years before joining Colorado Ballet in 2020.
Generously supported by Lynnette Morrison Yosvani Ramos
Yosvani Ramos was born in Camagüey, Cuba and trained at the National Ballet School. In 1998, he went on to dance with Jeune Ballet de France and Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris. He joined English National Ballet as a Soloist in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2000, then Principal dancer in 2003 after his performance as Franz in Coppélia. He danced with ENB until 2008, when he joined The Australian Ballet as a Principal Artist, where he remained until April 2013. He spent several months guesting then joined the Cincinnati Ballet as Principal Dancer in 2014. Yosvani joined Colorado Ballet in 2015 as a Principal Dancer.
Generously supported by Katherine and Michael Whitcomb Asuka Sasaki
Asuka Sasaki was born in Nagano, Japan. She trained at the Emiko Kojima Ballet School, Yo Ballet Academy in Japan and Beijing Dance Academy in China. After Beijing Dance Academy she joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet as an Aspirant. She started dancing with Colorado Ballet in 2005 as a member of the Corps de Ballet, was promoted to Soloist in 2010 and then to Principal in 2017. With Colorado Ballet, she has worked with accomplished choreographers such as Val Caniparoli, Derek Deane, Septime Webre, Eldar Aliev, Michael Pink, Ben Stevenson, Lynn TaylorCorbett, Martin Fredmann, Lila York, Jessica Lang, Dwight Rhoden, Edwaard Liang and Amy Seiwert.
Generously supported by Debby Herz
DANCERS SOLOISTS
Kevin Gaël Thomas
Leah McFadden
Kevin Gaël Thomas is from France and studied at Rosella Hightower’s International Ballet Center and at Canada’s National Ballet School, where he received a full scholarship and graduated in 2006, with honors. Kevin also graduated with honors from the Music Conservatory in France for piano. He danced for a year with Houston Ballet II, then joined Colorado Ballet in 2007. Since joining the Company he has performed many soloist and leading roles. Kevin was chosen to represent France at the New York International Ballet Competition in 2009 and at the USA Jackson International Ballet Competition in 2010. He was promoted to Soloist in 2016.
Leah Rose McFadden grew up in a small town called Dowagiac, MI. At age 11, she began training with Southold Dance Theatre, a pre-professional ballet school in South Bend, IN. During Leah’s six years at Southold, under the direction of Erica Fischbach, she participated in YAGP and received a number of awards. Leah also attended summer intensives at Gelsey Kirkland Academy, Grand Rapids Ballet, Miami City Ballet and Colorado Ballet. In 2015, she joined Miami City Ballet’s Pre-Professional program yearround. During her time there, Leah also performed with Miami City Ballet’s company as well as touring with them to New York and Chicago performing various works. Leah joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2016 and was promoted to the main company in 2018.
Generously supported by Douglas Richards Christophor Moulton
Christophor Moulton was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and began his training with Rozanne David at the Dance Center of Colorado Springs and continued his training in Colorado with German Zemuel. He graduated from the Harid Conservatory in Florida, where he trained under Svetlana Osiyeva, Olivier Pardina and Victoria Schnider. During his years at Harid, Christophor performed numerous roles including Siegfried in Swan Lake and the lead in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. He also studied for a year at the Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis School under Franco Devita. Christophor joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2009, was promoted to the Company in 2010 and then to Soloist in 2017.
Generously supported by Peggy Goldman Nicolas Pelletier
Nicolas Pelletier was born in Quebec City, Canada. He moved to California when he was eight, where he attended the San Francisco Ballet School for 10 years. He completed his training with Canada’s National Ballet School in 2010 and joined Alberta Ballet in 2011. During his six years with the Company, he had the opportunity to dance many principal roles. He also had the pleasure of working closely with Jean Grand-Maître in the creation of many new works throughout his time at Alberta Ballet, including pas de deuxs and solos. He joined Colorado Ballet in 2017.
Generously supported by Carla Dore
Generously supported by Elizabeth Katkin-Waryn and Richard Waryn Sarah Tryon
Sarah Tryon was born in Hanmer, Ontario, Canada and started ballet at the age of 12 with Canada’s National Ballet School. During her six years with NBS, Sarah was selected to partake in exchange programs with various international schools including Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle, École Supérieur De Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes France, and Tanz Akademie Zurich in Switzerland. After graduating in 2010, she moved to New York City to train with world-renowned coach Edward Ellison. In 2013, Sarah joined the Sarasota Ballet from school as a corps de ballet member. Since joining Colorado Ballet in 2015, Sarah has performed an extensive array of notable soloist and principal roles including; Juliet in Derek Deane’s Romeo and Juliet, Giselle in Giselle, Mina in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Aqua in Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto, Dark Angel in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Princess Florina in The Sleeping Beauty, In Trutina and Dulcicisseme in Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana, Clara in The Nutcracker, Red in Twyla Tharp’s Brief Fling, Wendy in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, Amour, Flower Girl, and Gypsy in Don Quixote, Red Couple in Lila York’s Celts, Second Pas in Val Caniparoli’s In Pieces, Amy Seiwert’s Traveling Alone, Jirí Kylián’s Petite Mort, and Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods.
Generously supported by David Bayendor
DEMI-SOLOISTS Mackenzie Dessens Mackenzie Dessens is from New Orleans, Louisiana where she began her training at Giacobbe Academy of Dance and privately with Kimberly Beck. She attended summer programs in New York with the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Mackenzie continued her training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and upon completion, joined Cincinnati Ballet’s second company. In 2015, she joined Colorado Ballet.
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DANCERS Sean Omandam Sean Omandam is from Fresno, California, where he began his training with Shirley Winters. He later went on to train on full-scholarship at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida. Upon his graduation in 2004, he joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, and was promoted into the Company in 2005. With Colorado Ballet, Sean has performed a variety of soloist and principal roles. His repertory also includes featured roles in works by Lar Lubovitch, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Edwaard Liang, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Dwight Rhoden, Darrell Grand Moultire, and Jessica Lang, among others.
Osiyeva. Following graduation with accolades in modern dance,Liam spent a year with the Washington Ballet Studio Company under the direction of Julie Kent. While dancing with the Washington Ballet, Liam was coached by Victor Barbee and Julie Kent. He also had the opportunity to work closely with choreographer Marco Pelle who set the pas de deux Libera! on him performing in multiple venues, including the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Liam was also honored to have Marcelo Gomez choreograph on him for the world premiere of his ballet Outset. Notable works include “Molly Pas de Deux” in John Neumeier’s Yondering, Libera! by Marco Pelle, Outset by Marcelo Gomes, and Minor Threat by Mark Godden. Liam joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2018, was promoted to Apprentice in the Company in 2019 and promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2020.
Generously supported by Cheri and Alan Rubin
Generously supported by Cari and Mark Spiecker
Melissa Zoebisch
Ever Larson
Melissa grew up in Mexico and studied at the Chamber Ballet of Jalisco. She received a scholarship to attend the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Madame Sizova’s class and, after a year, returned to Mexico to graduate. Throughout her school years, she participated in many workshops around the world including: Cuba, Canada, Austria, Spain and the United States. In 2005, Melissa joined the National Dance Company, where she danced soloist roles. She has also danced principal roles in classical ballets, original contemporary choreographies, and many others. She freelanced with her husband around the country before joining Colorado Ballet in 2014.
Ever Larson, from Chicago, began her formal training at Ballet Society of Colorado Springs before relocating to Denver for Colorado Ballet Academy’s full-time Pre-Professional program. Under the direction of Valerie Madonia and Erica Fischbach, she competed at YAGP, placing 1st in Senior Women’s Classical, and twice earned her way to YAGP Finals in NYC as a soloist. Ever attended many summer programs including Paris Opera Ballet, Académie Princesse Grace, San Francisco Ballet, Colorado Ballet, American Ballet Theatre NYC, and Kaatsbaan. Notable performances under Erica’s leadership include Odette in Swan Lake and Giselle in Giselle. Colorado Ballet performances include George Balanchine’s Serenade, Nikiya from La Bayadère, and other Corps de Ballet roles. Ever joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2019, was promoted to Apprentice in 2020 and to Corps de Ballet in 2021.
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CORPS DE BALLET Josh Allenback Josh Allenback, a native of Colorado, has been dancing since he was four years old. He has studied on scholarship with American Ballet Theatre, The Rock School and Joffrey Ballet. He was a member of Houston Ballet II as well as Ballet San Antonio. Josh has performed many principal roles. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2013 and was promoted into the Company in 2014.
Generously supported by Rita and Brad Sonnenberg Liam Hogan
Liam Hogan grew up in Houston, Texas where he began his ballet training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the guidance of Claudio Muñoz and Andrew Murphy. Liam completed his training at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida under the guidance of Meelis Pakri and Svetlana
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Generously supported by Casey Carson and Josh Majchrzak Bryce Lee
Bryce Lee was born in Missouri and started his professional training at 12 at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy in Laguna Hills, CA. In the summer of 2011, he attended School of American Ballet, then was asked to stay for the Winter Term program from 2011-2012. He attended several summer courses on full scholarship including SAB, Miami City Ballet and Colorado Ballet. Bryce has received several awards in classical and contemporary forms of dance as well as 1st place, semi-finalist at YAGP Europe and two-time YAGP Finalist Qualifier. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2013 and was promoted to the Company in 2015.
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DANCERS Francesca Martoccio
Jessica Payne
Originally from Miami, Florida, Francesca Martoccio received her early ballet training at Thomas Armour Youth Ballet and at the New World School of the Arts. In May 2016, Francesca graduated from SUNY Purchase where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance with a Ballet Concentration. She performed several roles with Purchase Dance Company. In 2014, Francesca was chosen by the faculty to study abroad in Hong Kong, China at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. After graduating, Francesca joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2016, was promoted to Apprentice in the Company in 2017 and then to the Corps de Ballet in 2019.
Jessica Payne is from San Clemente, California. She received her training at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy under Dmitri and Jennifer Kulev in southern California. In 2015, she joined Tulsa Ballet’s second company and was promoted into the main company the following year, where she continued to dance until joining Colorado Ballet in 2020.
Generously supported by Adrienne Toon Ariel McCarty
Originally from Allen, TX, Ariel McCarty began dancing/ballet at the age of three. At the age of nine, she began training in Dallas at Texas Ballet Theatre under the direction of Jan Miller and Lyndette Galen. Ariel relocated to Denver to begin training with Colorado Ballet Academy’s PreProfessional program under Valerie Madonia and Erica Fischbach. While in the Academy, she had the opportunity to perform in numerous pieces and excerpts including as Swanilda in the Academy’s full production of Coppelia. As a part of her training, Ariel attended many summer intensives including TBTS, ABT, Boston Ballet, Ballet West, Colorado Ballet, School of OBT and Dance Theatre of Harlem, where her well-rounded training continued. In 2017, she was promoted to Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company and then to Apprentice in 2018. Ariel was promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2020.
Generously supported by Yvette and Chris Frampton Christopher Mitchell
Christopher Mitchell was born in Denver, Colorado and began his training at Denver Ballet Theatre Academy at the age of 15, where he studied for two years. At age 17, he moved to New York City to study under Edward Ellison at Ellison Ballet. During his time in school, he performed many roles from the classical repertoire including Prince Seigfried from Swan Lake, Prince Desire from The Sleeping Beauty, Cavalier from The Nutcracker, among many other roles. Upon graduation in 2020, he began his career at the Junior Company of Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam where he was able to enhance his contemporary skills and performed in ballets by Ted Brandsen and Hans van Manen. His favorite ballet is La Bayadère. This is Christopher’s first season with Colorado Ballet.
Generously supported by Wendy Williams and Noel Kullavanijaya Alexander Roy
Alexander Roy is from Chicago, Illinois and received his training from the Chicago High School for the Arts. As a student he performed lead roles in ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and Paquita. In 2016 Alexander joined The Joffrey Academy of Dance as a Trainee on a full scholarship. While at Joffrey he performed soloist and ensemble roles in Swan Lake, Symphonic Variations and Napoli. In 2018 Alexander joined Atlanta Ballet as a Second Company member under the leadership of Gennadi Nedvigin and Sharon Story. In 2019 Alexander Joined Colorado Ballet as an Apprentice. During his first season with Colorado Ballet, Alexander had the pleasure of performing Demi-Soloist and Corps de Ballet roles such as Red Man in Lila York’s Celts, as well as Russian and Warrior in The Nutcracker. Alexander is a two-time Youth America Grand Prix finalist and has choreographed two of his own ballets. This is Alexander’s second season with Colorado Ballet.
Generously supported by Michael Bena Jeremy Studinski
Jeremy began his training at the age of nine at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance in Broomfield. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2012 for one season where he performed in ballets by Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, and Glen Tetley. He then went on to join Orlando Ballet II in 2013 and was promoted to their main Company in 2015. He rejoined Colorado Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member in 2017 and has enjoyed dancing notable roles for the company in productions like Dracula, The Nutcracker and Romeo and Juliet.
Generously supported by Rachel and Yuval Moskovich
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DANCERS Sara Thomas Sara Thomas is originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She began her ballet training at the age of 12 with Metropolitan Ballet Academy. While in school, she was selected by Roy Kaiser to perform in Pennsylvania Ballet’s The Nutcracker as Spanish. Sara spent summers training with BalletX, Washington Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet. She joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2012. Sara then danced with Nashville Ballet under the direction of Paul Vasterling for a few seasons. In 2015, she returned to Colorado Ballet and joined the Studio Company where she had the opportunity to perform some of her favorite ballets with the Company. Sara was promoted to the main Company as an Apprentice in 2017 and then the Corps de Ballet in 2019. In 2021, Sara choreographed an original piece, Embrace It or Erase It, on the Company.
Generously supported by Colleen Curran and Stephen Boane Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson was born and raised in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She began training with the Colorado Ballet Academy at age 9, spending her summers training on scholarships across the nation. Alexandra competed in Youth America Grand Prix and was awarded First Place Classical in Denver leading her to the New York Finals. At age 16, Alexandra accepted an invitation to train full-time on scholarship with the Kirov Academy of Ballet. During her final semester with the Kirov Academy, Alexandra was selected by the artistic director of the Universal Ballet Company to travel to South Korea and perform in their full-length production of Swan Lake. Upon graduation, Alexandra returned to South Korea, joining the Corps de Ballet of the Universal Ballet for their 2016/2017 season. After returning to the states, she joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company and was promoted to Apprentice in the Company in 2019 and then to Corps de Ballet in 2020.
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APPRENTICES Catherine Aoki Catherine Aoki is from Los Angeles, California and began dancing ballet at age six. She started at a local ballet school in Ogden, Utah and went on to dance in the Professional Training Division at Ballet West. She also spent her summers training at notable schools such as the Royal Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and Atlanta Ballet. She participated in both the American Ballet Competition and the Youth American Grand Prix, winning numerous awards and scholarships. Catherine moved to Denver to begin training with Colorado Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional Program under Erica Fischbach. She was then selected to join the Colorado Ballet Studio Company in 2018 and was promoted to Apprentice
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in the company for the 2020 season. Since joining Colorado Ballet, she had the opportunity to perform in a variety of works including George Balanchine’s Serenade, Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana and Michael Pink’s Peter Pan.
Generously supported by The Patrick Keleher Family Alexandra Gilliom
Alexandra Gilliom was born in Denver, Colorado. After moving to Costa Rica at the age of six, she started pursuing ballet more seriously at a small studio called Happy Feet. Her training here enabled her to gain acceptance into the Denver School of the Arts, so at the age of 11, she moved back to Denver to study both there and at the Colorado Ballet Academy. Throughout her time at Colorado Ballet Academy, she was able to perform in various academy productions as well as productions with the company including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland, among others. Alexandra was also able to participate in the Denver Ballet Guild during her time with Colorado Ballet Academy where she finalized twice after training under Heather Prokhnitski. In 2019, after seven years at both the Denver School of the Arts and Colorado Ballet Academy, Alexandra was offered a studio company contract with the Colorado Ballet. As a member of Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, she performed in various productions including Dryads and Fandango in Don Quixote and Corps de Ballet roles in The Nutcracker. In 2021, Alexandra was promoted to Apprentice.
Generously supported by Heather and Conor McCallin Sheridan Guerin
Sheridan Guerin was born in Ft. Worth, Texas and began her training at age 12. She trained under Lisa Slagle at Ballet Academy of Texas. She has attended American Ballet Theatre’s summer intensive in New York for four years in a row and was nominated to be their National Training Scholar for two years. She has competed at YAGP and has placed 1st overall in both contemporary and classical divisions. She has also had the opportunity to perform at YAGP New York as a finalist. In 2017 Sheridan was accepted as a Studio Company member at Oklahoma City Ballet where she had the opportunity to perform in ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and The Little Mermaid. In 2018 Sheridan went on to join Atlanta Ballet’s school under the leadership of Sharon Story. At Atlanta Ballet she had the opportunity to perform in Yuri Possokhov’s world premiere of The Nutcracker. Sheridan was then hired as a Studio Company member for Colorado Ballet’s 2019/20 season and was then promoted to Apprentice in the main Company in 2020.
Generously supported by Christie and Joe Del-Ciotto
DANCERS Catherine McGregor
Jacob Ray
Catherine McGregor was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She began her training at the age of five and trained in Jacksonville until the age of sixteen. During her training, Catherine spent many of her summers at notable schools, such as Houston Ballet, Orlando Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and The HARID Conservatory. In 2016 she was offered a scholarship to attend the HARID Conservatory year-round in Boca Raton, Florida. After graduating from the HARID Conservatory in 2018, she was offered a Studio Company position with the Colorado Ballet and was promoted to Apprentice for the 2020/2021 season. Since joining Colorado Ballet, Catherine has had the opportunity to perform in a variety of works including, George Balanchine’s Serenade in the Vail Dance Festival, Michael Pink’s Peter Pan and Fernand Nault’s Carmina Burana.
Jacob Ray was born in Irvine, California and moved to Michigan at an early age. He began his dance training at age eight, focusing primarily on ballet at the age 10 at the Grand Rapids Ballet Company under the artistic direction of Patricia Barker. There he was a member of the Grand Rapids Ballet Junior Company under the direction of Attila Mosolygo, performing in several productions with the company. After moving back to his hometown in California, Jacob began training at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy under the artistic direction of Dmitri and Jennifer Kulev. In 2017, Jacob received a First Place Award in Men’s Senior Classical Ballet at Youth America Grand Prix regionals Los Angeles, where he went on to compete at finals in New York. Jacob also spent summers training at intensives such as American Ballet Theatre in Irvine and The Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in New York on full scholarship, receiving an invitation by academy teachers for full-time study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2018, Jacob also had the honor of being chosen as a ballet semi-finalist in the Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight Awards. In 2019, Jacob joined the Colorado Ballet Studio Company and was excited to be promoted to Apprentice in 2020.
Generously supported by Patty Lorie Patrick Mihm
Patrick Mihm was born in Dubuque, Iowa and began his training at the Dubuque City Youth Ballet at the age of 11 where he studied for three years. At the age of 14, he moved to southern Florida to begin his training at the HARID Conservatory. After staying at the school for two years, he decided to move to New York City to finish his training at Ellison Ballet. During his time in school he performed many roles from classical repertoire including Albrecht in Giselle, James in La Sylphide, Cavalier in The Nutcracker, as well as Basilio in Don Quixote. Upon graduation in 2020, he began his career with Colorado Ballet in the Studio Company. After one year in Studio Company, Patrick was promoted to Apprentice.
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CHOREOGRAPHERS THEME AND VARIATIONS George Balanchine, Choreographer George Balanchine transformed the world of ballet. He is widely regarded as the most influential choreographer of the 20th century, and he co-founded two of ballet’s most important institutions: New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet. Balanchine was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1904, studied at the Imperial BALANCHINE is a trademark of Ballet School in St. Petersburg, The George Balanchine Trust. and danced with the Maryinsky Photo by Tanaquil LeClercq. Theatre Ballet Company, where he began choreographing short works. In the summer of 1924, Balanchine left the newly formed Soviet Union for Europe,
where he was invited by the impresario Serge Diaghilev to join the Ballets Russes. For that company, Balanchine choreographed his first important ballets: Apollo (1928) and Prodigal Son (1929). After Ballets Russes was dissolved following Diaghilev’s death in 1929, Balanchine spent his next few years on a variety of projects in Europe and then formed his own company, Les Ballets 1933 in Paris. There he met American arts connoisseur Lincoln Kirstein, who persuaded him to come to the United States. In 1934, the pair founded the School of American Ballet, which remains in operation to this day, training students for companies around the world. Balanchine’s first ballet in the U.S., Serenade, set to music by Tchaikovsky, was created for SAB students and premiered on June 9, 1934, on the grounds of an estate in White Plains. Balanchine and Kirstein founded several short-lived ballet companies before forming Ballet Society in 1946, which was renamed New York City Ballet in 1948. Balanchine served as the Company’s ballet master from that year until his death in 1983, building it into one of the most important performing
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CHOREOGRAPHERS arts institutions in the world, and a cornerstone of the cultural life of New York City. He choreographed 425 works over the course of 60-plus years, and his musical choices ranged from Tchaikovsky (one of his favorite composters) to Stravinsky (his compatriot and friend) to Gershwin (who embodied the choreographer’s love of America). Many of Balanchine’s works are considered masterpieces and are performed by ballet companies all over the world. Courtesy of New York City Ballet.
PETITE MORT Jiří Kylián, Choreographer Jiří Kylián (Czechoslovakia, 1947) started his dance career at the age of nine, at the School of the National Ballet in Prague. In 1962 he was accepted as a student at the Prague Conservatory. He left Prague when he received a scholarship for the Royal Ballet School in London in 1967. After this, he left to join the Stuttgart Ballett Photo by Anton Corbijn led by John Cranko. Kylián made his debut as a choreographer here with Paradox for the Noverre Gesellschaft. After having made three ballets for Nederlands Dans Theater (Viewers, Stoolgame and La Cathédrale Engloutie), he became artistic director of the company in 1975. In 1978 he put Nederlands Dans Theater on the international map with Sinfonietta. That same year, together with Carel Birnie, he founded Nederlands Dans Theater II, which served as a bridge between school and professional company life and was meant to give young dancers the opportunity to develop their skills and talents and to function as a breeding ground for young talent. He also initiated Nederlands Dans Theater III in 1991, the company for older dancers, above forty years of age. This three dimensional structure was unique in the world of dance. After an extraordinary record of service, Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999, but remained associated to the dance company as house choreographer until December 2009. Jiří Kylián has created nearly 100 works of which many are performed all over the world. Kylián has not only made works for Nederlands Dans Theater, but also for the Stuttgart Ballet, the Paris Opéra Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsoper Münich, Swedish television and the Tokyo Ballet. Kylián has worked with many creative personalities of international stature – composers: Arne Nordheim (”Ariadne” 1979), Toru Takemitsu (”Dream Time” 1983) - designers: Walter Nobbe (”Sinfonietta” 1978), Bill Katz (”Symphony of Psalms” 1978), John Macfarlane (“Forgotten Land” 1980), Michael Simon (”Stepping Stones” 1991), Atsushi Kitagawara (”One of a Kind” 1998), Susumu Shingu (”Toss of a Dice” 2005), Yoshiki Hishinuma (‘’Zugvögel’’ 2009). In the summer of 2006, together with Film Director, Boris Paval Conen, he created the film Car-Men. It was choreographed “on location” on the surface brown coal mines of the Czech Republic. In 2010, Kylián served as Mentor in Dance in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. In 2013, together with Boris Paval Conen and NTR, he created the film Between Entrance & Exit which was nominated as one of the contestants for the ‘Gouden Kalf’ award during the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. For the Aichi Trienalle 2013 in Nagoya, Japan, he created the full-evening dance/film production, East Shadow, which was dedicated to the victims of the Tsunami in Japan. Together with the Czech film director, Jan Maliř, he made the films Schwarzfahrer (2014) and his most recent film Scalamare (2017) which was filmed on the steps of the famous Monumento ai Caduti in Ancona, Italy. In the course of his career, Kylián received many international awards including: “Officer of the Orange Order”- Netherlands, “Honorary
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Doctorate” - Julliard School New York, three “Nijinsky Awards” - Monte Carlo (best choreographer, company and work), “Benoit de la Dance” - Moscow and Berlin, “Honorary Medal” of the President of the Czech Republic, “Commander of the Legion d’honneur” France, and in 2008 he was distinguished with one of the highest royal honours, the Medal of the Order for Arts and Science of the House of Orange given to him by Her Majesty the Queen Beatrix from the Netherlands. Kylián received the Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of dance and theater by the Czech Ministry of Culture in Prague and in this same year the documentary Forgotten Memories received the Czech Television Award. During the Celebrating Kylian! Festival in 2017, Kylián received the prestigious gold penning as honorary citizen of The Hague, the Netherlands. In September 2017, Kylián was awarded with the honorary Life Time Achievement Prize, the Positano Premia La Danza Léonide Massine Award. In March 2019 Kylián was inaugurated as a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris. This highly prestigious recognition was complimented with the Academy’s decision to change its statutes and add a special seat for ‘dance’. In September 2021, Kyliàn received the Gratias Agit Award in Prague for extraordinary achievements in advocacy of Czech culture, heritage and language.
NINE SINATRA SONGS Twyla Tharp, Choreographer Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than one hundred sixty works: one hundred twenty-nine dances, twelve television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines. She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Twyla Tharp by Richard Awards, nineteen honorary doctorates, Avedon, Courtesy of The the Vietnam Veterans of America Richard Avedon Foundation. President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1965, Ms. Tharp founded her dance company, Twyla Tharp Dance. Her dances are known for creativity, wit and technical precision coupled with a streetwise nonchalance. By combining different forms of movement – such as jazz, ballet, boxing and inventions of her own making – Ms. Tharp’s work expands the boundaries of ballet and modern dance. In addition to choreographing for her own company, she has created dances for The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Today, ballet and dance companies around the world continue to perform Ms. Tharp’s works. In 1992, Ms. Tharp published her autobiography PUSH COMES TO SHOVE. She went on to write THE CREATIVE HABIT: Learn it and Use it for Life, followed by THE COLLABORATIVE HABIT: Life Lessons for Working Together. In 2019, her fourth book was published, Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life. Today, Ms. Tharp continues to create.
REPETITEURS Miranda Weese, Theme and Variations
Lorraine Blouin, Petite Mort
Miranda Weese began her studies at Laguna Dance Theatre in Mission Viejo before joining the School of American Ballet in 1990. Weese became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1991 and a member of the corps de ballet in 1993. Weese was then promoted to soloist in 1994 and principal in 1996. While at New York City Ballet, Weese danced leading roles in George Balanchine’s Apollo, Concerto Barocco, Divertimento No. 15, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, Rubies, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations and many more; Peter Martins’ The Sleeping Beauty, Ash, Fearful Symetries and Swan Lake; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, Goldberg Variations and The Four Seasons; Richard Tanner’s Ancient Airs and Dances; and Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia, as well as originating principal roles in his Macurial Manouvers, Evenfall and Shambards. She also originated a principal role in Twyla Tharp’s The Beethoven Seventh. In 2007, she left New York City Ballet and performed as a guest artist with Pacific Northwest Ballet before joining as a principal. During her stay at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Weese made debuts in Kent Stowells’ Swan Lake, Edwaard Liangs’ Fur Alina and George Balanchine’s La Sonnambula. Weese also danced the role of Odette/Odile on the nationally televised broadcast of Peter Martins’ Swan Lake on PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center as well as the May 2004 Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100, dancing in Balanchine’s Liebeslieder Walzer. Weese was also a recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation - USA Dance Fellowship for 1995-1996 and the Jerome Robbins award in 2011. After retiring in 2010, Weese began teaching full time at The National Museum of Dance School of the Arts in Saratoga Springs, New York and many schools throughout the Capital District. In addition, she has taught for various summer programs that including The Rock School of Dance and most extensively the New York State Summer School of Arts program for nearly twenty years.
Lorraine Blouin was born in Montreal, Canada. She started her dance training at the National Ballet School in Toronto at the age of 13. After a short apprenticeship with the company, she was invited to join the National Ballet of Canada in 1981, where she became a soloist in 1987. In 1988 she joined the Desrosiers Dance Theatre also in Toronto and in 1990 left Canada to join Nederlands Dans Theater I. Her performing career with NDT ended in 2004 when she became rehearsal director for NDT I. After eleven years in this function Lorraine left NDT to become a certified Body Stress Release practitioner. Aside from her professional bodywork, she also occasionally sets works for choreographers such as Jiri Kylian and Lightfoot/Leon.
Shelley Washington, Nine Sinatra Songs Shelley Washington studied with Twyla Tharp at Wolftrap Academy, American University, prior to being invited to join Twyla Tharp Dance Company in 1975. She had previously danced as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Ms. Washington furthered her training at the Juilliard School. In 1977 she performed in the film “Hair” and in 1985 in “Singin’ in the Rain” on Broadway and served as Dance Captain for that Production. In 1987 she was honored with a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance. From 1988 to 1992 Ms. Washington joined the American Ballet Theater in Association with Twyla Tharp as a Soloist and Rehearsal Director. In 1993 she was the Rehearsal Director for Twyla Tharp’s “Cutting Up” tour starring Ms. Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp and Dancers City Center Season in New York City and Tharp Dances’ International Tour. Ms. Washington continues to work with Ms. Tharp as a Repetiteur, Setting, Staging and Directing Ballets for various companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Australian Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Rambert, Ballet San Jose, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet Company, Colorado Ballet, Dutch National, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Sarasota Ballet and Zurich Ballet. In 2021 Shelley became a board member at The Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
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COLORADO BALLET STUDIO COMPANY
From Left to Right: Lily Bines, Kyra Hughes, Leah White, EmmaRose Forbus, Lili Travaglia, Ali Walters, Timothy Ruelas, Gabriela Rodriguez, Vanessa Childress, Leopold Foster, Mylie Buck, Stefanee Montesantos, Roman Aldrete, Sonata Ross, Hannah Lesold, Ryan Nemmers, Claire Curran, Cate Jesser Not Pictured: Jacqueline Gionet, Fiona Hutchens and Tate Ryner.
Generously supported by David Andrews
COLORADO BALLET ORCHESTRA Adam Flatt, Music Director & Principal Conductor | Catherine Sailer, Associate Conductor
First Violin Lydia Sviatlovskaya Concertmaster Takanori Sugishita Gyongyver Petheo Annamaria Karacsony Callie Brennan Robyn Sosa Chris Menter Benjamin Tomkins Second Violin Margaret Soper Gutierrez Principal Phyllis Carlson Leslie Sawyer Michelle Davis Stephanie Bork Susie Peek
Viola Stephanie Mientka Principal Lora Stevens Andrew Krimm Aniel Caban Cello Jeff Watson Principal Charles Lee Trevor Minton Erin Paterson Bass David Crowe Principal Andy Holmes Brian Knott Flute Paul Nagem Principal Elizabeth Sadilek Labenski Olga Shilaeva
Piccolo Olga Shilaeva Oboe Lauren Blackerby Principal Kathryn Dupuy Simpson
Horn Devon Park Principal Stuart Mock John McGuire Steve Simpson
English Horn Miriam Kapner
Trumpet John King Principal Derek McDonald
Clarinet Michelle Orman Principal Heidi Mendenhall
Trombone William Stanley Principal Rob Olds
Bassoon Kaori Uno-Jack Principal Brian Jack
Bass Trombone Andy Wolfe
Piano Soloist Sara Parkinson
Tuba Michael Dunn Principal Percussion Peter Cooper Principal Scott Higgins Mark Foster
Colorado Ballet Orchestra members are represented by the Denver Musicians Association, Local 20-623 of the American Federation of Musicians.
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Artists of Colorado Ballet
Th a nk you to our patro ns, suppo rters , st a ff a n d t a lented d a n cers for m akin g o ur return to the stag e t r u ly u nfo rg ett a b le. Photos by Mike Watson
Colorado Ballet Education & Community Engagement
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HAND IN OUR SUCCESS! Because of your generous donations, Colorado Ballet: • Hosted three student matinee productions where 3,909 students
experienced live ballet at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House • Presented 17 performances on the tour of our assembly program in 13
schools near and far around Colorado • Completed 27 Every Body Dance! afterschool dance class sessions with
over 300 students • Live Streamed our productions of Giselle, The Nutcracker, and The Wizard of Oz
to over 37,000 people in 48 states. Donate now to help us continue this essential programming.
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The Nutcracker Campaign
We gratefully acknowledge our lead donors who supported new sets and costumes for our beloved production of The Nutcracker: Party Scene
Land of Snow
Sandy Elliott
Liz and Bill Armstrong
Kingdom of the Sugar Plum Fairy Mary Ellen and David Wright
Clara
Nutcracker Prince
Sugarplum Fairy
Anne and Jim Hillary
Julie C. Van Kamp
Duke and Pam Hartman
Sugarplum Fairy’s Cavalier
Dewdrop
Lynnette Morrison
Lisa Levin Appel
Party boys and girls Colorado Ballet Auxiliary
Flowers Sally Murray
Mice Holly Baroway and Erik Cederlund
Columbine Doll Backstage Barre
Mother Ginger and Polichinelles Jean and Hugh Armstrong
Grandfather Clock Colleen Curran and Stephen Boane Sleigh Jane and Skip Netzorg
Nutcracker Doll Alyson and Chris Graves
Snow Denise and Jim Sanderson
Clara’s and Prince’s Throne Joanne Posner Mayer Arabian Carriage Brent and Melanie Backes Chinese Dragon Marlene Siegel
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