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Joseph Volpe Executive Director
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Character Principal Ricki Bertoni
Soloists
Marco Alessandro Corcella, Marijana Dominis, Yuri Marques, Richard House, Ryoko Sadoshima
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Arcadian Broad, Asia Bui, Luis Gonzalez, Janae Korte, Lauren Ostrander, Daniel Pratt, Ivan Spitale
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Executive Director Welcome to the fifth Program of The Sarasota Ballet’s 2021-2022 Season. As we resume our longstanding tradition of hosting another dance organization as a major component of our Season, we are honored to present the internationally renowned Mark Morris Dance Group. Through performance of Mark Morris’ intricate yet approachable choreography, The Dance Group has established itself over the past 42 years as a preeminent modern dance group of its time. Their founder and Artistic Director, Morris has been praised as “the most successful and influential choreographer alive” by the New York Times. He is known as an intensely musical choreographer with an undeviating devotion to music. Live music is such a vital component of the Dance Group that they tour with their own musicians, the MMDG Music Ensemble. We are thrilled to bring Mark Morris and his company to Sarasota. It is so important that audiences and dancers alike are exposed to different disciplines and styles that encompass dance. Continuing our celebration of Morris’ creative output, this April, as a part of our final Program, The Sarasota Ballet will bring Morris’ The Letter V to the Opera House stage for the first time. We hope you enjoy this truly unique performance by the Mark Morris Dance Group.
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Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP MICA BERNAS KARLIE BUDGE BRANDON COURNAY DOMINGO ESTRADA, JR. LESLEY GARRISON SARAH HAARMANN AARON LOUX TAÍNA LYONS* MATTHEW McLAUGHLIN DALLAS McMURRAY BRANDON RANDOLPH NICOLE SABELLA CHRISTINA SAHAIDA BILLY SMITH NOAH VINSON MALIK Q. WILLIAMS *apprentice
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Artistic Director MARK MORRIS Executive Director NANCY UMANOFF Official Sponsor
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group Words Music: Felix Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words Costume Design: Maile Okamura Lighting Design: Nick Kolin Georgy Valtchev, violin; Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano Mica Bernas, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Sarah Haarmann, Aaron Loux, Taína Lyons, Matthew McLaughlin, Christina Sahaida, Billy Smith, Noah Vinson, Malik Q. Williams Premiere: October 8, 2014 – New York City Center, Fall for Dance Festival, New York, New York Commissioned by New York City Center for the 2014 Fall for Dance Festival
Jenn and Spencer Music: Henry Cowell – Suite for Violin and Piano Largo, Allegretto, Andante tranquillo, Allegro marcato, Andante calmato, Presto
Costume Design: Stephanie Sleeper Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski Georgy Valtchev, violin; Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano Karlie Budge, Brandon Randolph Premiere: April 3, 2013 – James and Martha Duffy Performance Space, Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, New York Music by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc. publisher and copyright owner.
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Gloria Music: Antonio Vivaldi – Gloria in D (RV589) Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski Mica Bernas, Karlie Budge, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Sarah Haarmann, Aaron Loux, Dallas McMurray, Brandon Randolph, Christina Sahaida, Billy Smith, Noah Vinson Premiere: December 12, 1981 – Bessie Schöenberg Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, New York City, New York Revised: November 28, 1984 – Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group MARK MORRIS was born on August 29, 1956, in Seattle, Washington, where he studied with Verla Flowers and Perry Brunson. In the early years of his career, he performed with the companies of Lar Lubovitch, Hannah Kahn, Laura Dean, Eliot Feld, and the Koleda Balkan Dance Ensemble. He formed the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) in 1980 and has since created over 150 works for the company. From 1988 to 1991, he was Director of Dance at Brussels’ Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, the national opera house of Belgium. In 1990, he founded the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Much in demand as a ballet choreographer, Morris has created 22 ballets since 1986 and his work has been performed by companies worldwide, including San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Noted for his musicality, Morris has been described as “undeviating in his devotion to music” (The New Yorker). He began conducting performances for MMDG in 2006 and has since conducted at Tanglewood Music Center, Lincoln Center, and BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). He served as Music Director for the 2013 Ojai Music Festival. He also works extensively in opera, directing and choreographing productions for the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, English National Opera, and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, among others. He was named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1991 and has received eleven honorary doctorates to date. He has taught at the University of Washington, Princeton University, and Tanglewood Music Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, and has served as an Advisory Board Member for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Morris has received the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society, the Benjamin Franklin Laureate Prize for Creativity, the International Society for the Performing Arts’ Distinguished Artist Award, Cal Performances Award of Distinction in the Performing Arts, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Gift of Music Award, and the 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2015, Morris was inducted into the Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York. Morris opened the Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 2001 to provide a home for his company, subsidized rental space for local artists, community education programs for children and seniors, and a school offering dance classes to students of all ages and levels of experience with and without disabilities. Morris’s memoir, Out Loud, co-written with Wesley Stace, was published in paperback by Penguin Press in October 2021.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group The MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP was formed in 1980 and gave its first performance that year in New York City. The company’s touring schedule steadily expanded to include cities in the United States and around the world, and in 1986 it made its first national television program for the PBS series Dance in America. In 1988, MMDG was invited to become the national dance company of Belgium and spent three years in residence at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. The Dance Group returned to the United States in 1991 as one of the world’s leading dance companies. Based in Brooklyn, New York, MMDG maintains strong ties to presenters in several cities around the world, most notably to its West Coast home, Cal Performances in Berkeley, California, and its Midwest home, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MMDG also appears regularly in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Fairfax. In New York, the company has performed at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, regularly performs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’s Mostly Mozart and White Light Festivals, and collaborates yearly with BAM on performances and master classes. From the company’s many London seasons, it has received two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Critics’ Circle Dance Award for Best Foreign Dance Company. Reflecting Morris’s commitment to live music, the Dance Group has featured live musicians in every performance since the formation of the MMDG Music Ensemble in 1996. MMDG regularly collaborates with renowned musicians, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and jazz trio The Bad Plus, as well as leading orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, and the London Symphony Orchestra. MMDG frequently works with distinguished artists and designers, including painters Robert Bordo and the late Howard Hodgkin, set designers Adrianne Lobel and Allen Moyer, costume designers Martin Pakledinaz and Isaac Mizrahi, and many others. MMDG’s film and television projects include Dido and Aeneas, The Hard Nut, Falling Down Stairs, two documentaries for the U.K.’s South Bank Show, and PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center. In 2015, Morris’s signature work L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato had its national television premiere on PBS’s Great Performances. While on tour the Dance Group partners with local cultural institutions and community organizations to present arts and humanities-based activities for people of all ages and abilities. The MMDG MUSIC ENSEMBLE, formed in 1996, is integral to the Dance Group. “With the dancers come the musicians…and what a difference it makes” (Classical Voice of North Carolina). The Ensemble’s repertory ranges from 17th and 18th century works by John Wilson and Henry Purcell to more recent scores by Ethan Iverson, Lou Harrison, and Henry Cowell. The musicians also participate in the Dance Group’s educational and community programming at home and on tour. The Music Ensemble is led by Colin Fowler, who began to collaborate with MMDG in 2005 during the creation of Mozart Dances.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group COLIN FOWLER (music director) began his musical study at the age of five in Kansas City and went on to study at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy. He continued his education at The Juilliard School, where he received his Bachelor of Music in 2003 and his Master of Music in 2005. While at Juilliard, he studied piano with Abbey Simon, organ with Gerre Hancock and Paul Jacobs, harpsichord with Lionel Party, and conducting with James dePriest and Judith Clurman. A versatile musician and conductor, Fowler works in many areas of the music scene in New York City. He is a veteran of numerous Broadway shows, most recently performing in the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys. A seasoned church musician, Fowler has led services at numerous houses of worship, including Trinity Wall Street, St. Thomas Church, Marble Collegiate Church, and Park Avenue Synagogue. As a classical soloist and collaborative artist, he has performed and recorded with many world-renowned musicians and ensembles, including Deborah Voigt and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He began to collaborate with the Mark Morris Dance Group in 2005 and has since then performed over 40 pieces with the company on almost every keyboard instrument possible, including the harmonium and toy piano, and has conducted performances of Mozart Dances, Acis and Galatea, and The Hard Nut. Praised by the New York Times as “invaluable” and “central to Morris' music,” he was appointed Music Director in 2013. SAM BLACK (company director) is originally from Berkeley, California, and received his B.F.A. in dance from SUNY Purchase. He first appeared with MMDG in 2005 and danced with the company until 2019, when he became the Rehearsal Director. He was promoted to Company Director in 2021.
MICA BERNAS, originally from Manila, Philippines, received her training at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Dance School. She later joined Ballet Philippines as a member of the corps de ballet, performing as a soloist from 2001-2006. Since moving to New York in 2006, Bernas has worked with Marta Renzi Dance, Armitage Gone Dance, Gallim Dance, Barkin/Selissen Project, and Carolyn Dorfman Dance (2007-2013). She was a guest artist with the Limón Dance Company, performing at the 2013 Bienal Internacional de Danza de Cali in Bogotá, Colombia; Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater; and at The Joyce Theater for the company’s 70th anniversary in 2015. Bernas also teaches at the Limón Institute and has been on the faculty for BIMA at Brandeis University since 2011. She joined MMDG as a company member in 2017
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group KARLIE BUDGE grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, training and performing with the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble. She attended Case Western Reserve University on a full scholarship from the department of dance, graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in dance and a B.S. in statistics in 2016. Budge has performed with Graham 2, Merce Cunningham Trust, and in her own solo and duet choreography. Budge joined MMDG as an apprentice in September 2018 and became a company member in November 2019. BRANDON COURNAY is originally from Walled Lake, Michigan, and received his B.F.A. from The Juilliard School. As a freelance artist, he has performed with the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Morphoses, the Metropolitan Opera, New York Theatre Ballet, The Chase Brock Experience, Schoen Movement Company, Dance Heginbotham, and KEIGWIN + COMPANY. TV/film/industrial credits include PBS’s Great Performances, Musical Chairs (HBO), Puma, Sesame Street, and Target. As an educator and répétiteur, he has worked with The Pennsylvania Ballet, Whim W’Him, The Juilliard School/Nord Anglia Education, and universities nationwide. Offstage, he has worked with companies in multiple capacities from artistic direction to administrative management. For many years, he was the Rehearsal Director and Associate Artistic Director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. In addition, he has assisted numerous choreographers on creative projects in theatre, film, and dance. He joined MMDG as a company member in 2018. DOMINGO ESTRADA, JR., a native of Victoria, Texas, studied martial arts and earned his black belt in 1994. He danced ballet folklorico through his church for eleven years. Estrada earned his B.F.A. in ballet and modern dance from Texas Christian University and had the honor of working with the late Fernando Bujones. During his undergraduate studies, he attended the American Dance Festival where he had the privilege of performing Skylight, a classic work by choreographer Laura Dean. He debuted with MMDG in 2007 and became a company member in 2009. Estrada would like to thank God, his family, and all who support his passion. LESLEY GARRISON grew up in Swansea, Illinois, and received her early dance training at the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. She studied at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie in The Netherlands and holds a B.F.A. from Purchase College. She first performed with MMDG in 2007 and became a company member in 2011. Garrison is fully certified in mat and equipment Pilates through the Kane School of Core Integration. She teaches Pilates and modern dance at The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center and in masterclasses worldwide. Garrison has had the honor of being a teaching artist for the renowned Dance for PD® program since 2011.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group SARAH HAARMANN grew up in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and received training at the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts under the direction of Kimberly Maniscalco. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.F.A. in dance from Marymount Manhattan College in 2012. Haarmann has had the pleasure of performing with Pam Tanowitz Dance, Jessica Lang Dance, Dylan Crossman Dans(ce), Pat Catterson, Denisa Musilova, and Bill Young. She joined MMDG as a company member in 2017. AARON LOUX grew up in Seattle, Washington, and began dancing at the Creative Dance Center as a member of Kaleidoscope, a youth modern dance company. He began his classical training at the Cornish College Preparatory Dance Program and received his B.F.A. from The Juilliard School in 2009. He danced at the Metropolitan Opera and with Arc Dance Company before joining MMDG in 2010.
TAÍNA LYONS is a San Pedro, California, native who began her dance training at the San Pedro Ballet School at the age of four. Her professional dance training started at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, eventually being mentored by Debbie Allen herself. She graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a B.F.A. in dance and a minor in Spanish in 2020. There she performed in guest works by Ronald K. Brown, Wayne McGregor, and Lar Lubovitch. In the spring of 2019, she also had the pleasure of studying abroad at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. Since graduating, she has had the honor of being a founding member of the Limón Dance Company's Limón2 (L2) company, an apprentice with Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence, as well as performing and touring with Kyle Marshall Choreography. She joined MMDG as an apprentice in 2022.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group RYAN MacEVOY McCULLOUGH (piano) was born in Boston, raised behind the Redwood Curtain of northern California, and has developed a diverse career as a soloist, vocal and instrumental collaborator, composer, recording artist, and pedagogue. McCullough’s growing discography features many world premiere recordings, including solo piano works of Milosz Magin (Acte Prealable), Andrew McPherson (Secrets of Antikythera, Innova), John Liberatore (Line Drawings, Albany), Nicholas Vines (Hipster Zombies from Mars, Navona), art song and solo piano music of John Harbison and James Primosch with Lucy Fitz Gibbon (Descent/Return, Albany), and art song by Sheila Silver (Albany, also with Fitz Gibbon). He has also appeared on PBS’s Great Performances (Now Hear This, “The Schubert Generation”) and is an alumnus of NPR’s From the Top. McCullough has appeared as a concerto soloist with major orchestras, including with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and has worked with such conductors as Gisele Ben-Dor, George Benjamin, Fabien Gabel, Leonid Grin, Anthony Parnther, Larry Rachleff, Mischa Santora, and Joshua Weilerstein. He lives in Kingston, New York, with his wife, soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon. For additional information and curios, visit www.RyanMMcCullough.com. MATTHEW McLAUGHLIN discovered movement at age one and danced hula in Hawaii until age four. As a child with parents in the military, he moved and traveled frequently and explored many different sports and art forms. He graduated from SUNY Purchase with a B.F.A. in dance. During this time, he performed works by Aszure Barton, Kevin Wynn, Kyle Abraham, George Balanchine, and Doug Varone. In 2018, he had the opportunity to perform in the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company’s 50th anniversary celebration. He joined MMDG as an apprentice in 2019 and became a company member in 2021. McLaughlin would like to thank his family for their love and inspiration. DALLAS McMURRAY, from El Cerrito, California, began dancing at age four, studying jazz, tap, and acrobatics with Katie Maltsberger and ballet with Yukiko Sakakura. He received a B.F.A. in dance from the California Institute of the Arts. McMurray performed with the Limón Dance Company in addition to works by Jiří Kylián, Alonzo King, Robert Moses, and Colin Connor. McMurray performed with MMDG as an apprentice in 2006 and became a company member in 2007.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group BRANDON RANDOLPH began his training with the School of Carolina Ballet Theater in Greenville, South Carolina, under the direction of Hernan Justo. At age 14, he was accepted into the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, where he studied with Stanislav Issaev and Bobby Barnett. Randolph received his B.F.A. in dance from Purchase College in 2012. There he had the opportunity to perform with Dance Heginbotham as well as repertory by Stephen Petronio, Lar Lubovitch, Paul Taylor, and George Balanchine. Randolph began working with MMDG in 2013 and became a company member in 2014. NICOLE SABELLA is originally from Clearwater, Florida, where she studied at the Academy of Ballet Arts and the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School under Suzanne B. Pomerantzeff. In 2009, she graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earning her B.F.A. in modern dance performance and the “Outstanding Performance in Modern Dance” Award. She was a performer with Zane Booker’s Smoke, Lilies, and Jade Arts Initiative. Sabella first performed with MMDG in 2013 and became a company member in 2015. CHRISTINA SAHAIDA grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began her early dance training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. In 2012, she graduated with honors from Butler University, receiving a B.F.A. in dance performance. She has worked with Ballet Quad Cities, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and most recently the Big Muddy Dance Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Sahaida joined MMDG as an apprentice in 2017 and became a company member in 2019. BILLY SMITH grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and attended George Mason University under a full academic and dance talent scholarship. He graduated magna cum laude in 2007 and received achievement awards in performance, choreography, and academic endeavors. While at George Mason, he performed the works of Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Lar Lubovitch, Doug Varone, Daniel Ezralow, Larry Keigwin, Susan Marshall, and Susan Shields. Smith’s own piece, 3-Way Stop, was selected to open the 2006 American College Dance Festival Gala at Ohio State University, and his original choreography for a production of Bye Bye Birdie garnered much critical praise. An actor as well, Smith’s regional theater credits include Tulsa in Gypsy, Mistoffelees in CATS, and Dream Curly in Oklahoma! Smith danced with Parsons Dance from 2007-2010. He joined MMDG as a company member in 2010.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group GEORGY VALTCHEV (violin) has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages as a soloist, with orchestras, in recitals, and as a chamber musician. In the United States, he has appeared at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, New York's Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the 92nd Street Y, and Chicago's Cultural Institute. In Europe, he has appeared at venues such as Wigmore Hall and the Barbican Centre in London; La Cité de la Musique in Paris; Amsterdam’s Royal Carré Theatre; and Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. He has toured Asia, Australia, and Israel with performances in Beijing Cultural Arts Center, Guangzhou Opera House, Sydney Opera House, Tel Aviv Opera House, Taipei Cultural Center Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. A dedicated collaborative musician, Valtchev enjoys frequent performances with distinguished international artists and ensembles in the United States and Europe. As a principal member of the MMDG Music Ensemble, he frequently travels around the world. Valtchev has been honored to lead several major symphony orchestras as guest concertmaster, most notably the London Philharmonic and the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Madrid. He is a founder and artistic director of the Unbeaten Path chamber music festival in Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria, and a founding member of the chamber music series Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York. NOAH VINSON is originally from Springfield, Illinois, and received his B.A. in dance from Columbia College Chicago. He was named a Dance Magazine “Dancer on the Rise” in 2009 and assisted Mark Morris in the creation of The Letter V for Houston Ballet. He began dancing with MMDG in 2002 and became a company member in 2004.
MALIK Q. WILLIAMS is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was awarded the Lynn Swann Scholarship to attend the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre during the 2006-2007 season. He graduated from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida, as a dance major in 2013, where he worked with Troy Powell, Christopher L. Huggins, Billy Bell, and Margo Sappington. He then went on to The Juilliard School, where he graduated with a B.F.A. in 2017 under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. At Juilliard, he worked with the choreographers Takehiro Ueyama, Loni Landon, Zvi Gotheiner, Matthew Neenan, and Gentian Doda. He has performed works by Martha Graham, Paul Taylor, and Nacho Duato. Since graduating, Williams has danced with the Limón Dance Company, National Dance Company of Wales, and Lydia Johnson Dance. During this time, he has performed works by José Limón, Caroline Finn, Yin Yue, Caitlin Javech, and Lydia Johnson, among many others. He joined MMDG as an apprentice in 2020 and became a company member in 2021.
Program 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP PRODUCTION AND ARTISTIC STAFF Director of Technical Production Johan Henckens Lighting Supervisor Mike Faba Costume Coordinator Stephanie Sleeper Wardrobe Supervisor Sarah Knight Director of Artistic Engagement Jen Rossi Company Manager Julia Weber Music Director Colin Fowler Company Director Sam Black Thanks to Maxine Morris. Sincerest thanks to all the dancers for their dedication, commitment, and incalculable contribution to the work. The Mark Morris Dance Group gratefully acknowledges contributions from individuals, private and government foundations, and corporations whose annual support makes our work possible. For a list of our supporters visit mmdg.org/support Words © 2014 Discalced, Inc. Jenn and Spencer © 2013 Discalced, Inc. Gloria © 1981 Discalced, Inc.
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LUMINARY CIRCLE $100,000+ Our Special Angel Jean Weidner Goldstein In Loving Memory of Alfred Goldstein Sydney Goldstein Patricia Golemme and Timothy Fullum Ernie Kretzmer In Loving Memory of Alisa Kretzmer Frank and Katherine Martucci Paul and Sharon Steinwachs Jean Weiller BENEFACTOR CIRCLE $75,000 - $99,999 Mark Famiglio Pat and Ann Kenny Phil and Kim Lombardo In Loving Memory of Robert & Jeanne Zabelle GUARDIAN CIRCLE $50,000 - $74,999 Jan and Bill Farber Karol Foss Julie A. Harris Joe and Mary Kay Henson Richard S. Johnson In Loving Memory of Marsha Johnson Harry Leopold and Audrey Robbins Rosemary and Lou Oberndorf Mercedita OConnor Eleanor Schmidt In Loving Memory of Bert Schweigaard-Olsen Bud and Betty Shapiro Hillary Steele CONNOISSEUR CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Anonymous James and Maryann Armour Family Foundation Bob and Ginger Cannon Bailey Isabel Anchin Becker
David Beliles In Loving Memory of Ruth & for Kate Eliza P. Culverhouse Sherry and Mike Guthrie Huisking Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County Robin Klein-Strauss and Michael Strauss Richard and Cornelia Matson Richard March In Loving Memory of Helen March Joan Mathews Claudia McCorkle and BEAU Peter B. Miller and Dr. Martha Harrison Bill and Linda Mitchell Dr. Bart Price Rosemary Reinhardt and David Welle Micki Sellman In Loving Memory of Jerry Sellman Toby and Noel Siegel Melliss Swenson In Loving Memory of Curt Swenson Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain In Loving Memory of Ethel & Ron Taub Jean Volpe Matt and Lisa Walsh AFICIONADO CIRCLE $15,000 - $24,999 Anonymous Paul Cantor and Michelle Roy Neil and Sandra DeFeo Fred and Lynda Doery Frances D. Fergusson and John Bradbury Amy Harding JoAnn Heffernan Heisen In Loving Memory of David Lenihan Barbara Jacob Elaine Keating In Loving Memory of Dr. Sidney Katz Tina and Rick Lieberman Bill and Annette Lloyd Donna Maytham In Loving Memory of Walter Maytham
Dorothy O'Brien and Richard Antoine Kimberley Anne Pelyk Marilyn and Steve Rothschild Judy Rudges In Loving Memory of Stan Katz Rich and Clare Segall Alison Gardner and Jan Sirota Tom and Maureen Steiner Lois Stulberg Jared Winters PATRON CIRCLE $10,000 - $14,999 Anonymous Peggy and Ken Abt Robert and Sara Arthur Shari and Steve Ashman Bodil Braren Jonathan Strickland Coleman and Rick Kerby Kay Delaney and Murray Bring Bruce Ensinger and Clark Denham Eleanor Faber Laura Feder Linda A. Fiorelli Marnie and Stephen Grossman Renee Hymson Waldron Kraemer and Joan Lovell Mary Ann and John Meyer Stu and Gini Peltz Rose Marie Proietti Mary Jo Reston Gail and Skip Sack Hon. John Schultz & Gary Hill, Co-Founders: Schultz-Hill Foundation In Loving Memory of Masayasu Tamatani Sallie Carter Tyler Beth Uffner and Robert Goldfarb Thomas and Gwendolyn Watson Susan and Charles Wilson DEVOTEE CIRCLE $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous Kay Aidlin In Loving Memory of Stephen Aidlin George Allison, ASID and Alan Watkins, ASID
Margaret Barbieri Patricia Belote Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein Family Foundation Peter and Judy Carlin Stephen and Mary Ellen Cease Bonnie and William Chapman Margie and Kelvin Cooper Georgia Court Wendy and Jim Cox Donna Cubit-Swoyer Robert Davies In Loving Memory of Gail Davies Shirley Fein Laurie Fitch Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation Herman and Sharon Frankel Mario J. Gabelli Micki H. Gamer In Loving Memory of Ronald Gamer Valerie Gill Ellen Goldman Gerald and Deborah Hamburg Family Foundation Ineza Hart Ann and Robert Jackson Anne Klisurich Lydia Landa Peter G. and Patricia D. Laughlin Dr. Bart and Joan Levenson Peter and Teresa Masterson Betty Menell James and Stephania McClennen Carla and Michael Miller Elizabeth Moore Drs. Joel and Gail Morganroth Gloria Moss In Loving Memory of Eugene Noble Dr. Sarah H. Pappas Paige Petersen and Curtis Jordan Marilynn Petrillo In Loving Memory of Marsha Johnson Edwin and Maureen Schloss Gabriel and Valerie Schmergel John and Rita Steele Joan and Jim Stewart Greg Stikeleather
Tom and Teresa Walsh William and Karen Watt Richard Wires Fremajane Wolfson In Loving Memory of Blair Wolfson Charles O. Wood, III and Miriam M. Wood Foundation Sheila and Merrill Wynne Sora Yelin In Loving Memory of Cary F. Yelin GOLDEN CIRCLE $3,000 - $4,999 Anonymous Christopher and Natalie Armstrong Jerry and Gay Bowles Natalie and Alan Cohen Syble Dolan-Di Girolamo Ronald and Sharon Erickson Graham and Linda Fell Bruce and Betsy Finley Kevin Fulcher and Kim Deme-Fulcher Patsy and Ed Garno Merrill Kaegi Henry Kahwaty and Mary Dooher Erika Kahwaty Thomas I. and Linda Z. Klein Philanthropic Fund Peter E. Kretzmer Joan Switt Langbord Margaret Maguire Louis and Carolou Marquet Anne Musekamp Charles and Charlotte Perret Peter and Joanne Powers Susan Rawson Pamela Revels Teresa and Clive Samuels Barbara Staton Ed Town and Steve Rubin Karen Vereb and Bud Blanton Adrienne and Gianluigi Vittadini Florence Wildner SILVER CIRCLE $1,000 - $2,999 Anonymous Peggy C. Allen and Steve Dixon Caroline Amory and Marjorie Floyd
Charlie and Heather Annaloro Alexandra Armstrong Carol Arscott Ronelle Ashby Margaret and Isaac Barpal James and Lynnette Bennett Jon and Kris Berg Linda Berliner Barbara Blumfield Linda and Glen Bodzy Ina and Carl Born Marty and Barbara Bowling Barbara Brizdle James Brooks Beverly and Michael Budin Diana Cable Judy Cahn In Loving Memory of Charles Cahn Louise Cashman Bob and Jan Clark Diana Smith and Barry Cohen Kim and James Cornetet Katie Couchot Robin and Chase Curtis Jeanie Davis Mary and Peter Davis Sona and David Degann Amy and Michael Drake Murray Duffin John and Patricia Dupps Rosalyn and Joel Ehrenpreis Edward and Annette Eliasberg Douglas Engebretson Barbara and Bill Epperson Robert and Iris Fanger Steve and Wendy Fisk Paul Francis and Lolli Zarlin Michael and Jean Freed Rhoda and Stuart Friedman Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner Wanda Garofalo Donald and Phoebe Giddon Matt and Kristin Glavin Roz Goldberg Jane C. Gould and Stephen W. Fillo Helen and John Habbert
William and Jo Haraf Janet Hyman D'Anne Hurd Stephen and Lila Huse Barbara Jacoby Elizabeth Johnston Alison Jones In Loving Memory of Thomas H W Jones Anne E. Jones Andrea Justiniano Joseph and Teresa Kadow Deborah Kalb Richard Kemmler Phillip King Norma and James Koppel Vivian Kouvant Tassana and Michael Landy Dorothy Lawrence Ron and Katherine Lee Melvy Erman Lewis Guy and Maria Mandler Judith Marquis Dr. Noralyn Marshall Jean M. Martin Mary Alice McGovern Tim Metz and Geraldine Fabrikant Carolyn Michel Eric and Mafalda Neikrug Sue and Doug Neumann Howard and Barbara Noble, Jr. Charmian and Earl Noel Paula Norwood John and Barbara Overstreet Lenee and Conrad Owens Jeffrey Peterson Megan Powers Linda Prowten and George Mitchell Sara and Benjamin Robinson Susan L. Robinson Bob and Diane Roskamp Wylie and Nancy Royce Brian and Jean Rushton Sam Samelson William and Marge Sandy Eva Saunders Amy and Oscar Schachter
Abby Sherry In Loving Memory of Murray Sherry Barbara B. and Jeffrey C. Shivers Arthur Siciliano and B Aline Blanchard Nancy Smith and Fred Frankel Jake and Paula Sorg Malcolm Stevenson Elizabeth Stewart Peggy Sweeney Joan Tatum Jacqueline and John Thompson Anna Maria Troiano Sandy Ullman Joan Volpe and Ronald Kluck Michael and Mary Beth Walden Bernard and Lauren Walsh Thomas Weisman Jacqueline and Robert Whitaker ENTHUSIASTS $500 - $999
Anonymous Kyuran Ann Choe-Albano, MD Peter H. Amster DJ Arnold and Richard Prescott Sumner and Irene Bagby Ruth Barker Gaele Barthold and Larry Weiss Lenore Shapiro and Glen Behrendt Marc Behrendt In Loving Memory of Everett and Shirley Behrendt Richard Belle Charlotte Bimba Marty and Barbara Bowling Claudia Cardillo Alexander and Irene Cass Lynn Chancer Louis and Marianne Cohen Naomi and Saul Cohen Stanley and Norma Cohen Neal Colton Glenn and Evelyn Cooper Patricia Corson and Martin Goldstein William Cotter Sandra Cronsberg Robert and Linda Crootof Cynthia Cuminale Dan Denton Irene Dignan
Douglas Endicott Sandra Fink Barry and Judy Fireman Alfred Garrett In Loving Memory of Jennifer Gemmeke Gerald Genova Maria Georgiev Hermione Gilpin In Honor of Marcia Jean Taub and Peter Swain David Glorius Bonnie and David Goldmann James Grace Barbara K. Grauer Barney and Judy Greenhill Carla S Guarascio Joelle R. Hamovit Dr. Barbara Hajjar Beverly Harms Alene Hazeltine Dr. Audrey Heimler Bob Hemingway Allen and Stephanie Hochfelder Stephanie Horeis Peter and Bonnie Hurley Barbara Hyde Robert Jones Frank Kistler Ronald and Rita Karns Marlene Kitchell Robert Kloss Judith and Ike Koziol Randi and Donald Kreiss Barbara Lasker RIchard Leebove Bruce Lehman Alan Lenowitz and Terri Glasser Sandra Levy Evie Lichter Terrance Lane Lindemann John Lindsey Kathleen and Erin Long Dorothy L. Lutter Gerda Maceikonis Julius and Kay Marcus Albert and Marita Marsh Henry and Ellen Mason Lynn and Gary Massel Kay Mathers David McLernon Dianne McLoughlin
Nancy Milbauer Sharon Miller Michael and Michelle Morris Paul and Karen Morton James Newman Susan Newsome In Loving Memory of Jon Newsome Lee and Jan Peakes Christine Perkins Lynne Pettigrew and Jay Plager Dr. Richard L. Prager Robert B. Radin Elizabeth Reese Pamela Reiter Peter Rittner Karen Roosen Stanley and Jo Rutstein Lawrence V. Sage John and Mayra Schmidt Susan Serling and David Kessler Elizabeth Shalett Jane Sheridan Frances and Steve Siegler Ira and Carole Singer Thomas and Carol Smith George and Rochelle Stassa Louise P. Stevens Audrey and Walter Stewart Hadassah Strobel In Loving Memory of Martin Strobel Lance Stubbs Cynthia Swanson and Michael Kutner Diran and Virginia Tashian Penny and Paul Thomas The Tucker Family Charitable Fund Robert Tutnauer Emily Walsh Leslie Weinstein Robert J. Wilk Ann Williams In Honor of Kelly Williams Carol B. Williams Jane Woods Stanley Zielinski Gifts are current as of February 23, 2022. Gifts and pledges (of $500 or more) received after this date will be recognized in future Performance Programs.
Institutional Support Foundation & Public Support $100,000+ Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation U.S. Small Business Administration The Muriel O’Neil Fund for the Performing Arts at The Community Foundation of Sarasota County
Corporate Partners Corporate Sponsors $10,000 + Assured Guaranty BMO Wealth Management GG Bailey Morton’s Gourmet Market & Catering
$50,000+ Alfred & Ann Goldstein Foundation – Jean Allenby Goldstein Touring Fund Community Foundation of Sarasota County Gulf Coast Community Foundation Tourist Development Tax paid for in part by Sarasota County
Corporate Principal Circle $7,500-$9,999 Freed of London Mariner Wealth Advisors Serbin Print Marketing & Publishing Williams Parker Attorneys at Law
$20,000+ Bank of America Client Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Culture Builds Florida – Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs Lela D. Jackson Foundation for the Arts Shubert Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation $10,000+ Charles Henry Leach II Fund Harry Sudakoff Foundation The Exchange Schultz - Hill Foundation $5,000+ All Faiths Food Bank* Cordelia Lee Beattie Foundation Jerome Robbins Foundation $1,000+ Dancing Angels Foundation Fay A. Schweim Memorial Children's Dance Fund Gilbert Waters Charitable Fund II Jelks Family Foundation Neuro Challenge Foundation, Inc Tidewell Foundation *In kind donation
Corporate Devotee Circle $5,000-$7,499 1st Source Bank Fifth Third Bank Michael’s on East Corporate Platinum Circle $3,500-$4,999 Cumberland Advisors Peter G. Laughlin Group Selva Grill Corporate Golden Circle $2,500-$3,499 Eurotech Cabinetry, Inc. Concierge Medical Services Sarasota Bay Club White Oaks Wealth Advisors Corporate Silver Circle $1,000-$2,499 Beneva Weddings & Events Dex Imaging FushiPoké Goldman, Babboni, Fernandez, Murphy & Walsh New York Dancewear Company The DanceWear Shoppe Corporate Enthusiasts Circle $500-$999 Mauldin & Jenkins Parker Group - UBS Financial Services Sights and Sounds Willis Smith Construction
UP C O MING E VE N TS Friends of The Sarasota Ballet Luncheon 14 March 2022 @ 11:30am Michael's On East Friends of The Sarasota Ballet's Showcase Luncheons feature programs designed to enhance your understanding of the inner workings of the Company and, in addition, give you the opportunity to interact with other people who share your enthusiasm for The Sarasota Ballet. We invite you to join us on March 14th for another exciting Luncheon this Season! Purchase your tickets online or by contacting Rachael Fisk at 941-225-6519 or email rfisk@sarasotaballet.org
Planning The Future 23 March 2022 @ 5:00pm Virtual Event Explore planned giving at The Sarasota Ballet! We invite you to join us for an exciting panel discussion as we review the building blocks of estate planning and how to build a meaningful legacy. This virtual event is free for anyone to attend. Please RSVP to events@sarasotaballet.org to receive your Zoom link.
Program 6 - A Comedy of Errors World Premiere 25 - 26 March 2022 Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Program 6 brings the World Premiere of A Comedy of Errors, a full-length balletic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s iconic comedy The Comedy of Errors, to the stage. Sir David Bintley, one of today’s most sought-after choreographers, puts his personal touch on this beloved story, with a score commissioned from renowned composer Matthew Hindson and sets and costumes by celebrated designer Dick Bird. “Matthew, Dick, and I have dreamt of bringing our dance version of Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy to the stage for almost a decade now,” explains Bintley. “I hope that it will provide a wonderful vehicle for the vibrant and energetic dancers and musicians of The Sarasota Ballet, and that Floridians will love its humor and joy – something which we desperately need after the past year.”
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Honorary Chairs: Bud and Betty Shapiro The Crystal Gala Committee: Ricki Bertoni, Danielle Brown, Victoria Hulland, and Ricardo Rhodes Performance by The Sarasota Ballet Dinner by Michael’s on East Desserts and Dancing in Five Points Park Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 5:00 PM | Sarasota Opera House