NOV 30 – DEC 2 Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center
Miami City Ballet
Photos: Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine© The George Balanchine Trust. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
Note from the
PRESIDENT & CEO 2018/2019
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Lisa Specht Board Chair
Robert J. Abernethy Cindy Miscikowski Vice Chairs Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer ith this 16th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, we are presenting companies that are dancing physically challenging choreography across multiple genres, from contemporary to story ballet. This engagement of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® by Miami City Ballet is no exception. While many consider The Nutcracker ballet to be simply magical, which indeed it is, the George Balanchine version features stunningly powerful and complex choreography, which is much more than a mere spectacle. You will witness that in these beautiful yet technical performances, made even more magical with the fanciful costumes and set designs by fashion and artistic power-couple Ruben and Isabel Toledo who have reimagined the production. How fortunate we are to be able to bring this company and this rich choreography back to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage for what I hope is becoming a cherished holiday tradition for many in Los Angeles County. Many of us grew up loving Tchaikovsky’s score for The Nutcracker ballet, which we are presenting in this engagement with live orchestra. Yet, with Mr. Balanchine’s choreography, the ballet itself plays a central role as it is the visual expression of the music. He advises both the audience and the dancers to, “see the music, hear the dance.” That is indeed the case with his The Nutcracker as the choreography gives a voice to the dance, which itself is incredibly musical. All who grace the stage for this presentation must dance, even the youngest performers, and none of the steps are easy. In fact, it takes 97 hours of rehearsal for each child to learn his or her role! So, as we sit in the audience and “hear” the dance, we are guaranteed an incomparable experience, transported to another world where the timeless “Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy” becomes a visual and aural treat. After our presentation of The Nutcracker, we take a short break in our dance series until April 2019 when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The Ailey company, which is celebrating its 60 th anniversary, will perform three different programs of mixed repertory with classic Ailey works, contemporary masterworks and West Coast premieres, along with the American masterpiece Revelations. This celebratory performance, which runs from April 3-7, 2019, is not to be missed! I hope you will also join us for more holiday experiences as we light up the night with Grand Park’s Winter Glow, a new month-long, 12-acre immersive nighttime art experience, taking place each night from now through December 25, 2018; the L.A. County Holiday Celebration live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on December 24, 2018, from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; and Grand Park + The Music Center’s N.Y.E.L.A. on New Year’s Eve. You can find more information about these free events at musiccenter.org and grandparkla.org My warmest wishes to you and your family for a wonderful holiday season and a happy, healthy New Year. As always, I value your support and welcome your ideas. Warmly,
Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
MEMBERS AT LARGE Charles F. Adams
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Rory Pullens
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Kimaada M. Brown
Jay Rasulo
Dannielle Campos
Joseph Rice
Greg T. Geyer
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Lisa Gilford
Lisa See
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Catharine Soros
Maria Rosario Jackson
Marc I. Stern
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Philip A. Swan
Cary J. Lefton
Cary H. Thompson
David Lippman
Walter F. Ulloa
Richard Lynn Martinez
Timothy S. Wahl
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RACHEL S. MOORE PRESIDENT AND CEO THE MUSIC CENTER
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RAISE THE PLAZA Thanks to a unique public-private partnership between the County of Los Angeles and visionary arts philanthropists, The Music Center is managing a major renovation of The Music Center Plaza. In addition to the generous contributions of $30 million from the County of Los Angeles, The Music Center in turn seeks to raise $10 million in capital gifts and $5 million to fund free and low-cost community programs that will bring the new plaza to life and further its mission to deepen the cultural life of every resident of Los Angeles County.
This project will quite literally raise the plaza to one level, connecting The Music Center’s iconic venues — Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre — in a meaningful way by providing a lively cultural destination that is befitting for Los Angeles, which is already known as the “creative capital” of the world. This improved infrastructure will create a fifth venue for The Music Center and its resident companies, providing opportunities to expand public programming and serve significantly greater numbers of people.
With the new design, The Music Center will have a true front door on Grand Avenue to welcome visitors, with an open invitation to the community to enjoy this beautiful public space. A welcome center will heighten the guest experience by providing an inviting point of contact where guest information on The Music Center, performances and activities and the downtown landscape will be offered. In addition, The Music Center will be introducing dining options at a variety of price points, with dining spaces that offer uniquely expansive views of Grand Avenue and Grand Park.
The newly renovated plaza will be a warm, inviting public space that is vibrant and alive with activity. From encountering pop up experiential art, to seeing the pride on school children’s faces as they perform during an arts education festival and joining family and friends for an evening of dancing to the melodic rhythms of Cumbia — the possibilities for this important civic space are endless. We look forward to welcoming you to the new plaza in fall 2019!
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MEET THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE MUSIC CENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Music Center Board of Directors welcomes four new esteemed members of the community to the board.
CHARLES “CHUCK” F. ADAMS Partner, Goldman Sachs Charles Adams is responsible for Goldman Sachs’ West Region Advisory business, which includes healthcare investment banking. Prior to joining the firm, Adams was a managing director at Morgan Stanley and a senior member of the firm's healthcare investment banking group. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 as a managing director and was named partner in 2010. He works with many of the firm’s largest healthcare clients in the medical technology, biopharmaceutical, life science tools and diagnostics sectors.
President Barack Obama. A strong advocate for the arts and recipient of numerous awards, Beasley was honored in 2013 by the California African American Museum with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Arts & Arts Advocacy at their CAAM Gala. Beasley served on the Board of the Savannah College of Art and Design and devoted 15 years as a commissioner on the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. In February 2015, Governor Brown appointed Beasley to the California Arts Council. In November 2017, she was elected chair, board of trustees, of the California State Summer School for the Arts. She is also a member of the board of directors of The Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts and Education.
PHILIP A. SWAN Phil Swan Five, LLC LISA SEE Author
PHOEBE BEASLEY Artist Phoebe Beasley is an acclaimed collage artist who has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad and was honored by the State Department for her participation in the Art in Embassies program. Her art has been accorded the Presidential Seal twice, in 1989 and 1993. In 2012, Beasley was one of 44 artists commissioned to create a collage on a life-size bust of the 44th
the companion guidebook for Angels Walk L.A. She was honored as National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women in 2001, was the recipient of the Chinese American Museum’s History Makers Award in 2003 and received the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in 2017. She sits on the boards of the LA Opera and the National Historic Preservation Trust. See is a member of The Trusteeship, an organization comprised of preeminent women of achievement and influence in diverse fields.
Lisa See is the The New York Times bestselling author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, On Gold Mountain, Peony in Love, Shanghai Girls, Dreams of Joy, China Dolls, and The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane for which she has won numerous awards domestically and internationally. She wrote the libretto for the LA Opera based on On Gold Mountain, which premiered in June 2000 at the Japan American Theatre. See also served as guest curator for an exhibit on the ChineseAmerican experience at the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and helped develop and curate the Family Discovery Gallery at the Autry Museum. She designed a walking tour of Los Angeles' Chinatown and wrote
Philip Swan is a Los Angeles and Pasadena native. He has had a career in the investment management industry as a sales and client service executive including 27 years with the Capital Group and five years with the private equity real estate firm Griffis Residential. In 2017, Swan established PHIL SWAN FIVE, LLC, which represents several artists, assisting them with the sales and marketing of their work. He has varied outside interests and serves on a number of nonprofit boards, including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, his alma mater Colorado College, the National Audubon Society, the Board of Overseers of the Huntington Library and the Della Martin and Ann Peppers Foundations.
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center Presents
November 29 – December 2, 2018 Performed by Miami City Ballet
Support for this presentation is provided, in part, by: Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation • Center Dance Arts • Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund • Elisabeth Katte Harris • The Music Center Foundation • The Music Center Annual Fund Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine© The George Balanchine Trust. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
A Ballet in Two Acts, Four Scenes and a Prologue Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (1816)
Photos © Alexander Iziliaev.
SYNOPSIS Act I Scene i ▸ A holiday party at the Stahlbaum home Scene ii ▸ The battle scene; Marie's dreamland Scene iii ▸ A winter wonderland Act II The Land of the Sweets
ACT I Scene i It is Christmas Eve. A blanket of snow covers the city of Nuremberg, and a bright Christmas star glows in the sky. As George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® opens, Dr. and Frau Stahlbaum add last minute decorations to the magnificent tree in their living room. Their children, Marie and Fritz, are in the drawing room, playing and waiting for family and friends to arrive. When they do, the parents are the first to gather in the living room. They call the children in and watch their excited reactions to the tree and the fancy wrapped gifts surrounding it. The tree is a marvel, with branches full of sugar plum candies, wooden toys, sparkling candles and marzipan animals. The children have to wait for Fritz and Marie's grandparents to arrive before gifts will be distributed, so they go back to play. Dr. Stahlbaum starts them off, leading the boys in a military march around the room. That turns into a dance for the children and Frau Stahlbaum, with the fathers joining in. When the Stahlbaum grandparents arrive, the adults toast the elders and then — finally — give the children their gifts. The presents are traditional and very much appreciated: beautiful dolls for the girls and toy bugles and drums for the boys. In the midst of the excitement, the grandfather clock begins to chime and startles the children. A mysterious-looking man enters the room, cloaked in an enormous black cape and top hat, and wearing a black patch over one eye.
Oh, it's only Herr Drosselmeier! He's an inventor, a magician and Marie's godfather. Tonight, he has brought more than his usual array of strange gadgets — with him is his handsome young nephew. Marie seems bashful when they are introduced, but she keeps her eye on the princely boy after she runs back to her mother. Noticing her shyness, Herr Drosselmeier pulls a fascinating little watch from his pocket (besides inventing gadgets and toys, Drosselmeier also fixes clocks). He leads Marie to the Stahlbaum's grandfather clock, which he synchronizes to the watch. Marie grabs the watch out of his hands and runs to show it to her friends, who then pester the inventor. The children eventually quiet down after Drosselmeier performs a magic trick for them, which is just the beginning of his "show." To the party he has brought three large gift boxes, tied with satin bows. From the first two, he and his nephew remove life-sized dancing dolls, Harlequin and Columbine. The third box yields a toy soldier, who thrills everyone with his military maneuvers. Once the dolls are returned to their boxes, Drosselmeier brings out more gifts for Marie. The first is a hobby horse, which becomes the center of a struggle between Marie and her brother, won by Fritz. Drosselmeier organizes a tug-of-war to try to smooth things over (silly Drosselmeier!), and then unveils his final gift for Marie. The gift is a charming wooden doll with big expressive eyes, a fuzzy white beard and a special talent for cracking nuts. Drosselmeier demonstrates its abilities before giving the
Nutcracker to Marie. As she admires the Nutcracker's dashing uniform, the very jealous Fritz pulls the wooden figure away. He runs across the room, throws the Nutcracker to the floor and stomps on it! Drosselmeier scolds Fritz and then tries to comfort Marie. He carefully wraps the Nutcracker's now-broken jaw with his handkerchief and returns the doll to the heartbroken little girl. Her friends cluster around her, and Drosselmeier's nephew presents Marie with a special bed for the injured Nutcracker. The boys return one last time to disrupt the girls, but their play ends when Dr. Stahlbaum invites everyone to dance a final dance of the evening, in tribute to Fritz and Marie's grandparents. When the dance ends, the guests bid farewell and the children reluctantly leave. Marie and the nephew are the last to say goodbye: they reach toward each other, but Herr Drosselmeier and Frau Stahlbaum separate the pair. Her mother sends Marie upstairs and turns out the lights. As midnight draws near, only the sweet sounds of a violin are heard, floating through the darkened house.
ACT I Scene ii The excitement of the evening has been too much for Marie, who is unable to fall asleep. She sneaks downstairs to visit her beloved Nutcracker and finally falls asleep on the couch with the doll clutched to her heart. Within moments, a dark shadow — Drosselmeier — crosses the room. He looks for the Nutcracker in the special bed, but it's not there. He notices Marie on the couch and moves to her side. Drosselmeier loosens the Nutcracker from her grasp, waves his hands as if performing more magic to repair the doll, then carefully replaces the Nutcracker beside her.
rabbit drummer, the soldiers look to Marie for a command. She points them toward the mice, then wakes the Nutcracker so he can assume command of his troops. The Nutcracker leads charge after charge. He orders his troops to fire the cannon, but it doesn't shoot a cannonball...it shoots cheese, and the mice grab the food and return to the fight. The Nutcracker organizes one last charge into the heart of the army, but the mice surround the soldiers and carry them all away — all but the Nutcracker and the rabbit. Without warning, the King of the Mice appears, jumping toward Marie. He's an ugly fellow with a crown on his head and seven smaller heads all around. Drawing his saber, the Nutcracker protects Marie, but the Mouse King returns the attack, swinging a gigantic sword of his own. The Nutcracker jumps on the creature's back but is thrown off and trapped on the ground by the Mouse King's sword. From behind, the rabbit pulls the Mouse King's tail, causing the royal mouse to about-face. The Mouse King draws his sword but misses the rabbit. Thankful for the rabbit's diversion and back on his feet, the Nutcracker returns to battle the Mouse King but is again driven down. In desperation, Marie throws her slipper at the evil rodent. He turns and chases her to the Nutcracker's bed where she faints. Her brave act has saved the Nutcracker, who plunges his sword through the Mouse King's heart. As the wicked brute lies dead on the floor, the Nutcracker cuts off the King's crown and walks to the bed where Marie is sleeping.
ACT I Scene iii The Nutcracker beckons Marie's bed to follow him on a journey. Moving on its own, the bed transports the sleeping Marie into another world, where the Nutcracker is magically transformed into a prince. He wakes Marie and presents her with the crown he captured in battle.
All of a sudden, the lights flicker and wake a startled Marie. She sees Drosselmeier, perched on top of the grandfather clock! She runs to hide behind the Christmas tree but a huge, ragged-looking mouse enters the room and frightens her terribly! Marie dodges the mouse, but another mouse follows, jumping past Marie's head. A third comes and a fourth!
Together, they behold a breathtaking scene — a winter forest come to life in a sparkling dance of snowflakes. They pass through the flurry and begin their journey to the Land of the Sweets. As they walk, Marie notices that the Prince bears a striking resemblance to Drosselmeier's nephew.
As she backs away, the room starts to spin. The Christmas tree trembles and starts to grow. Life-sized soldiers appear, and then a rabbit, a sentry and a bugler emerge from the shadows. Marie runs to protect her Nutcracker and manages to place him safely in his bed at the foot of the tree. She looks up to the tree for reassurance, but it, too, continues to change, growing bigger and bigger. Glancing back, she sees that the Nutcracker's toy bed has been replaced by one that is human-sized, and the Nutcracker in it is larger than she is!
INTERMISSION — 20 MINUTES
An entire army of mice soon appears. With a toot on his horn, the bugler calls the toy soldiers to war. Led by the sentry and the
ACT II Golden-winged angels await the arrival of the Sugarplum Fairy, who reigns over the Land of the Sweets. She soon enters and, bearing her magic wand, sweetly dances with the little angels before summoning the other members of her kingdom to join her. The Sugarplum Fairy welcomes Marie and the Price to the Land of the Sweets and invites him to tell his tale. He describes the battle: how the toy soldiers fought the mice, and how he accepted the Mouse King's challenge to fight
PROGRAM for Marie's safety. Finally, he demonstrates how Marie saved his life. The Sugarplum Fairy praises the Prince and his Princess and then leads them to a throne specially positioned to give them the best view of the celebration which is about to begin. It's a celebration of all things delicious! Sumptuous Spanish Hot Chocolate heat up in a spicy fandango...Arabian Coffee moves languidly through a Middle Eastern dance... three Chinese Teas leap acrobatically around a lacquer box. Candy Canes exuberantly prance before their royal guests, led by an athletic Peppermint Stick who jumps through a whirling hoop. Marzipan Shepherdesses remind Marie of the decorations on her Christmas tree and, with great fanfare, Mother Ginger reveals miniature Italian polichinelles who dart out from under her huge skirt and dance in pairs. Next, a beautiful group of dancing flowers make their entrance. Marie and the Prince taste sugar petals while the honey Dewdrop spins through the blooms in the Waltz of the Flowers. Now comes the time when the Sugarplum Fairy, in a mint-green tutu, is escorted by her Cavalier to perform for her guests, begining their classical pas de deux with soft adagio movements and building to an exciting crescendo. Holding hands, Marie and the Prince are overwhelmed, hoping someday to dance as magically as that. Everyone joins in for a lively finale, a blaze of color and celebration. As the time to leave draws near, the Sugarplum Fairy leads her guests to a magic air balloon. The Prince and Princess wave goodbye and are flown to where the moon meets the sun. Daybreak awaits and Marie will soon wake. It is Christmas Day. — Adapted from a note by Madeline Pober The performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, 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.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Lourdes Lopez ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Lourdes Lopez has become one of the ballet world’s most prominent and accomplished contributors. Dance Magazine named her a 2018 recipient of its prestigious Dance Magazine Awards, choosing Lopez for her “…admirable stewardship of Miami City Ballet, building upon the company's Balanchine legacy while also embracing the local culture and community of Miami,” and as “…an exemplary leader, someone whom dancers look up to and are inspired by.” In 2017, the magazine also named her one of “The Most Influential People in Dance Today.” She became artist director of Miami City Ballet in 2012, bringing with her a nearly 40-year career in dance, television, teaching and arts management. As a soloist and principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Lopez danced for two legends of the art form, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Under Lopez’s direction, Miami City Ballet has become one of the country’s premier ballet companies. According to The New York Times, “This troupe [is] at the forefront of all those dancing choreography by George Balanchine today…. Bold, light, immediate, intensely musical, the dancing of Miami City Ballet flies straight to the heart.” Born in Havana, Cuba in 1958 and raised in Miami, Lopez began taking ballet lessons at the age of five, on the recommendation of a doctor.
At the age of 11, she received a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, splitting the year between Miami and New York City. At 14, she moved to New York permanently to devote herself to full-time studies at SAB, and shortly after her sixteenth birthday, joined the corps de ballet of New York City Ballet. Under the direction of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, her star rose quickly at New York City Ballet. In 1984, she was promoted to soloist, performing countless featured roles including Balanchine’s Violin Concerto, Liebeslieder Walzer, Firebird, Serenade, Symphony in C, Agon, The Four Temperaments; and Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, Glass Pieces, Fancy Free, In the Night, Four Seasons and Brandenburg. Upon retirement, Lopez joined WNBC-TV in New York as a cultural arts reporter, writing and producing feature segments on the arts, artists and arts education. She was also a full-time senior faculty member and director of student placement, student evaluation and curriculum planning at New York’s Ballet Academy East. She served on the dance faculty of Barnard College and guest taught at numerous dance institutions and festivals in the United States. In 2002, Lopez became the executive director of The George Balanchine Foundation, which works to educate the public about dance and to further the art of ballet, with a special emphasis on the work and achievements of George Balanchine. In this position, she oversaw the 2004 Balanchine Centennial Celebration, a worldwide festival honoring the choreographer and his legacy. Lopez co-founded The Cuban Artists Fund, which supports Cuban and Cuban-American artists in their endeavors. In 2007, she received an award from the American
Immigration Law Foundation honoring Cuban Americans for their accomplishments and contributions to American society. She also co-founded Morphoses with Christopher Wheeldon in 2007 — a New Yorkbased dance company aiming to revitalize dance through innovative collaborations with important artists from the worlds of music, visual arts, design, film and fashion; and by inviting younger and broader audiences to engage in and actively experience dance. In 2014, Lopez was elected to serve on the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees, marking the first time an artist was elected to serve on its board, and, in 2011, she received the prestigious Jerome Robbins Award for her years in dance. She has served as a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Lopez is married to investment banker George Skouras. They are the parents of two daughters: Adriel and Calliste.
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tania Castroverde Moskalenko joined Miami City Ballet as executive director in August 2018, bringing with her more than 20 years of experience leading successful performing arts institutions. Most recently serving as chief executive officer of Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Castroverde Moskalenko worked to revitalize the organization’s financial health and oversaw a dramatic increase in programming, ticket sales and philanthropic support. In 2017, she was named “Chicagoan of the Year for Dance” by the Chicago Tribune.
Prior to her tenure at Auditorium Theatre, Castroverde Moskalenko spent four years as the president and CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation in Indiana, where she provided both the artistic vision and the strategic direction for the organization. She created and implemented a strategic plan resulting in new programming that expanded the Center's reach, engaged a broader audience, increased board membership and engaged new partners. Before that, she spent seven years as the executive director of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre in Tennessee, where she erased an operating deficit, created a reserve fund, completed a strategic plan, and increased individual and institutional philanthropic support. She successfully implemented strategies to diversify programming and audiences, and increased community programs by 279%. She also established a youth symphony orchestra, which she led on an educational and cultural tour of China. Castroverde Moskalenko holds a BFA from the University of Memphis and is currently finishing a master’s degree in philanthropic studies from Indiana University. In October 2013, she was honored with a Women of Influence award by the Indiana Business Journal. She serves on the board of directors of the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. Castroverde Moskalenko returns to Miami after 30 years where she and her family arrived as political refugees from Cuba when she was six years old. She grew up in the city and her parents and extended family continue to live here. She studied classical ballet in Miami and is married to former Russian ballet dancer, Alexei Moskalenko, who is assistant artistic director of the Youth America Grand Prix.
John Hall PRODUCTION & LIGHTING DIRECTOR John Hall joined Miami City Ballet in 1995 and is responsible for coordinating all production, lighting and scenic design elements for the Company. Some of his lighting design highlights since joining the Company include George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jewels and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Giselle, Coppélia, Edward Villella’s The Neighborhood Ballroom, Twyla Tharp-Elvis Costello’s NIGHTSPOT, and Liam Scarlett’s Viscera and Euphotic. Hall and his wife Shannon have two sons, John and William.
Gary Sheldon PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Gary Sheldon returns for his ninth season as principal conductor for Miami City Ballet. He previously held positions with San Francisco Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Ballet Met. He has guest conducted for numerous ballet companies throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, as well as at the Aspen Festival, Artpark, Grant Park Concerts, Spoleto Festival, Meadowbrook Festival and Tanglewood. Sheldon was a prizewinner in the BBC's Rupert Competition and the American Symphony Orchestra's Stokowski Competition, and he recently
won top prize in the American Prize for Orchestral Conducting Competition. Sheldon currently holds positions with the Lancaster Festival in Ohio (artistic director) and the Festival at Sandpoint in Idaho (principal conductor). He is a native of Bay Shore, N.Y., and a graduate of the Juilliard School and Institut de Hautes Etudes Musicales in Montreux, Switzerland.
Roma Sosenko PRINCIPAL BALLET MASTER Roma Sosenko is a former soloist with New York City Ballet, with whom she performed for 18 years. During her dancing career there she was featured in Jerome Robbins’ The Four Seasons, The Goldberg Variations and Interplay, as well as George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina, Symphony in C, Chaconne, Coppélia, Jewels, and Scotch Symphony. In all these roles, and many others, she consistently stood out with the clarity of her dancing and her piquant charm. She has been seen on PBS in several productions: Balanchine’s L’Enfant et les Sortiléges, A Lincoln Center Special: A Tribute to George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, Live From Studio 8H and as “Columbine” in the film of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ®. Since 2001, she has been a key member of Miami City Ballet, teaching class, re-staging ballets and supervising almost the entire repertory. She and her husband — Miami City Ballet Principal Dancer Renato Penteado — share their lives with Cruiser and Beamer, their much loved golden retrievers.
Francisco Rennó COMPANY PIANIST Francisco Rennó is the winner of several major piano competitions and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in North and South America. He has given solo and chamber-music recitals throughout the two continents, including appearances at Carnegie Recital Hall and The Phillips Collection. For ballet performances, he has performed as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Kansas City, St. Louis, Berkeley, Naples, and on tour with Miami City Ballet at The Kennedy Center, Torino Danza in Torino, Italy and at Les Étés de la Danse in Paris. Rennó was company pianist for the Kansas City Ballet from its inception in 1981, joining Miami City Ballet in 1999. He composed the music to Edward Villella’s THE WALTZ: Our Lady of Oblivion.
Joan Latham BALLET MASTER Joan Latham joined Miami City Ballet in 1992 as a dancer and now serves as ballet master, responsible for re-staging and rehearsing the dancers in much of the Company’s repertoire. She began her dance training with Damara Bennett at City Ballet School in her native city of San Francisco. She also studied at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, where she performed
and toured with their company. As a soloist with Miami City Ballet, she performed soloist and principal roles in much of the Balanchine repertory including Apollo, Symphony in C, Agon, Divertimento No. 15, Scotch Symphony, Valse Fantasie, the “Sugarplum Fairy” in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, and others. She was also featured in works by Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and Edward Villella, as well as classics such as Swan Lake, Giselle, and Coppélia. Latham and her husband Arnold Quintane have three children: Emma, Olivia and Arthur.
Arnold Quintane BALLET MASTER Arnold Quintane is a native of France, former principal dancer for Miami City Ballet and is now responsible for directing the dancers during rehearsals. Quintane was trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School under the direction of Claude Bessy. After graduating he went on to dance with Belgium’s Royal Ballet of Wallonia, under the direction of Afro Cuban choreographer Jorge Lefebvre, where he gained prominence as a principal dancer. In 1991, he was invited by Edward Villella to join Miami City Ballet, where he danced principal roles in most of the company’s repertory. After retiring from the stage in 2001, he earned his BFA from New World School of the Arts/ University of Florida and an MFA from Hollins University. During this time, he was a teacher at The New World School of the Arts, where he was a rehearsal director on pieces by choreographers such as Garth Fagan, Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor, as well as creating several new works of his own.
WHO'S WHO
PRINCIPALS
TRICIA ALBERTSON
Santa Cruz, Calif. Joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the Corps in 1997. Promoted to principal in 2006.
KATIA CARRANZA
Monterrey, Mexico Joined Miami City Ballet as a member of the Corps in 1998. Promoted to principal in 2004. Rejoined the Company in 2017.
RENAN CERDEIRO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as school apprentice in 2009. Promoted to principal in 2013.*
JEANETTE DELGADO*
Miami, Fla. Joined Miami City Ballet as a company apprentice in 2003. Promoted to principal in 2008.*
JOVANI FURLAN
Joinville, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as school apprentice in 2011. Promoted to principal in 2017. — Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient — Company Representative
RAINER KRENSTETTER
Vienna, Austria Danced with Vienna State Opera Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Joined Miami City Ballet as a principal in 2014.
JENNIFER LAUREN
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Danced with Alabama Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as member of the Corps in 2007. Promoted to principal in 2017.
SIMONE MESSMER
Minneapolis, Minn. Danced with American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as a principal in 2015.
RENATO PENTEADO
Sao Paulo, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as member of the Corps in 1999. Promoted to principal in 2004.
KLEBER REBELLO
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2010. Promoted to principal in 2013.*
REYNERIS REYES
Pinar del Rio, Cuba Danced with the National Ballet of Cuba, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Boston Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as principal in 2010.
WHO'S WHO
PRINCIPAL SOLOISTS
NATHALIA ARJA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as school apprentice in 2009. Promoted to principal soloist in 2016.*
DIDIER BRAMAZ
Geneva, Switzerland Danced with American Ballet Theatre. Joined Miami City Ballet as member of the Corps in 1996. Promoted to principal soloist in 2008.
LAUREN FADELEY
Orlando, Fla. Danced with New York City Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as a soloist in 2016. Promoted to principal soloist in 2017.
ALEXANDER PETERS
State College, Pa. Danced with Kansas City Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as a principal soloist in 2017.
SOLOISTS
EMILY BROMBERG
Boston, Mass. Danced with Festival Ballet Providence, Colorado Ballet and Ballet San Jose. Joined Miami City Ballet as member of the Corps in 2010. Promoted to soloist in 2015.
SAMANTHA HOPE GALLER
Bedford, Mass. Danced with Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet and Alabama Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2014. Promoted to soloist in 2018.
SHIMON ITO
New York, N.Y. Danced with Ballet San Jose. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2011. Promoted to soloist in 2016.
ASHLEY KNOX
Shelby Township, Mich. Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2002. Promoted to soloist in 2017.*
JORDAN-ELIZABETH LONG
Blacksburg, Va. Danced with Dutch National Ballet and Royal Swedish Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as soloist in 2014.
CHASE SWATOSH
Westlake Village, Calif. Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2010. Promoted to soloist in 2016.
WHO'S WHO
CORPS DE BALLET
ALAINA ANDERSEN
Milwaukee, Wis. Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2014. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2016.*
JULIA CINQUEMANI
Dallas, Texas Danced with Los Angeles Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2017.
NINA FERNANDES
Rio de Janerio, Brazil Danced with Houston Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2018.
AARON HILTON
Washington, D.C. Danced with Boston Ballet II. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2017.
ALEX MANNING
State College, Penn. Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2014.*
— Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient
ERIC BECKHAM
Columbia, S.C. Danced with The National Ballet of Canada. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2017.
ADRIENNE CARTER
Kennesaw, Ga. Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2010. Promoted to member of the Corps de Ballet in 2011.*
BRADLEY DUNLAP
ELLEN GROCKI
Cleveland, Ohio Joined Miami City Ballet as school apprentice in 2005. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2008.*
Damascus, Md. Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2014.*
— Company Representative
— Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient
MAYUMI ENOKIBARA
Rio de Janerio, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2015.*
SATOKI HABUCHI
Osaka, Japan Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2018.*
— Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient
Miami City Ballet’s Apprentice Program 2018/19 season has been made possible with a generous gift from Patricia McKay Verbeeck in memory of Hope Eric Verbeeck. *Miami City Ballet School Alumni The Toby Lerner Scholarship Award is given every year to one of Miami City Ballet School’s most promising dancers to help underwrite the cost of their training.
SUZETTE LOGUE
Sarasota, Fla. Danced with Pennsylvania Ballet and Boston Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as a company apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2011.*
PETRA LOVE
New York, N.Y. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2018.*
MADISON MCDONOUGH
Miami Beach, Fla. Danced with Los Angeles Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2018.*
HARRISON MONACO
New Berlin, Wis. Danced with Pennsylvania Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2017.
WHO'S WHO
GUSTAVO RIBEIRO
Vitoria, Brazil Danced with Washington Ballet II, Alberta Ballet and Kansas City Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2018.
LEANNA RINALDI
Frisco, Texas Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2013. Promoted to member of the Corps de Ballet in 2014.*
ÉMILIEN RIVOIRE
Lille, France Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2014.*
ARIEL ROSE
New York, N.Y. Danced with Boston Ballet, Ballet Municipal de Lima and Richmond Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2013.
HELEN RUIZ
San Juan, Puerto Rico Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2007. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2009.
ALYSSA SCHROEDER
Portland, Ore. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2017.
CHRISTIE SCITURRO
Sterling Heights, Mich. Joined Miami City Ballet as a school apprentice in 2006. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2008.*
CHRISTINA SPIGNER
Paradise Valley, Ariz. Joined Miami City Ballet as company apprentice in 2012. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2013.*
ERIC TROPE
Poolesville, Md. Danced with Pennsylvania Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2013.
— Company Representative
LUIZ SILVA
Barra Mansa, Brazil Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2015. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2016.*
RAECHEL SPARREO
Buffalo Grove, Ill. Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2014.*
NICOLE STALKER
St. Petersburg, Fla. Joined Miami City Ballet as a company apprentice in 2008. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2009.*
ELLA TITUS
Clearwater, Fla. Joined Miami City Ballet as an apprentice in 2013. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2015.*
AO WANG
Beijing, China Danced with The Washington Ballet Studio Company. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2016.
AMIR YOGEV
Kibbutz, Israel Danced with Pennsylvania Ballet. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2016.
DAMIAN ZAMORANO
Havana, Cuba Danced with Compañia Nacional De Danza. Joined Miami City Ballet as Corps de Ballet in 2013.* — Toby Lerner Scholarship Award Dancer and Staff Headshots: Photos © Alberto Oviedo and Alexander Iziliaev.
Recipient
MIAMI CITY BALLET STAFF Lourdes Lopez Artistic Director Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Executive Director ARTISTIC Director of Artistic Administration Anne-Camille Hersh Principal Ballet Master Roma Sosenko Ballet Master Joan Latham Ballet Master Arnold Quintane Company Manager Michael Sebesto
Wardrobe Mistress Jennifer Conrad Costume Shop Coordinator Pamela Tarantino School Wardrobe Mistress Ibis Hernandez Seamstresses Julia Villalobos Carmen Wilson Make-up Artist Carol Raskin ADMINISTRATION Associate Executive Director Alfredo Garcia Human Resources Director Lina Aguirre
MUSIC Principal Conductor Gary Sheldon
Office Manager and Executive Assistant Joy Stanfield
Company Pianist Francisco Rennó
FINANCE Director of Finance John J. Shumaker, C.P.A
PRODUCTION Production and Lighting Director John Hall Production Stage Manager Kelly Brown
Senior Accountant Jesus Valdes Payroll Coordinator Margarita Porta
Assistant Stage Manager Gabe Friend-Jones
Staff Accountant Francisco Albornoz
Head Carpenter Brian Harris
DEVELOPMENT Interim Director of Development Peter Hansen
Assistant Carpenter/Flyman James Sampedro Property Master Marc Stoudt Assistant Property Master Gary Darling Head Electrician William Schwendel Assistant Electrician Apon Nichols
Senior Gifts Officer Orene Tross-Harris Grants Development Director Michele Scanlan Grants Writer Melissa Rosko Director of Events Lisa Pollack
Sound Engineer Sean M. Deceunick
Annual Giving and Membership Manager Gradon Hadaway
Projection Operator Steve Covey
Donor Relations Manager Christine Peters
In Memorium Richard Carter
Development Assistant Desiree Arauz
WARDROBE Director of Costume Department Eleanor Wolfe Wardrobe Master Ricardo Asturias
Development Consultant Ruth Robinson Development Consultant Susan Galler Development Consultant Glenn Kaufhold
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Chief Marketing Officer Julii Oh Assistant Director of Marketing: Caroline Murray Graphic Designer Stefanie López Marketing Coordinator Maggie Adler Digital Marketing Specialist Amelia Arce Box Office Manager Matt Saurusaitis Box Office Supervisor Mariajose Bodden-Miranda Assistant Box Office Manager Maritza Castro Outbound Sales Manager James Perez MCB Store Manager Susan Black Olson Customer Service Representatives Raul Isturiz Roger Mejia Kaaren Mils Sergio Rodriguez Karen Silva COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Senior Director of Community Engagement AnaMaria Correa Community Engagement Programs Manager Tharesa Z. Perry Ballet Bus Group Leaders Leigh Ann Carracio Blaire Andrews MIAMI CITY BALLET SCHOOL Chair Lourdes Lopez Director of Faculty and Curriculum Arantxa Ochoa School Operations Manager Jessica Bork School Programs and International Relations Manager Stella Ford School Administrative Coordinator Tainisel Rodriguez Psychologist Dr. Migdalia Figueredo Student Life and Housing Manager Roslyn Ruiz
Principal Faculty Alexander Iziliaev Faculty Mariana Alvarez Brake Kris Arias Kareen Pauld Camargo Claudia Lezcano Rafi Maldonado-López Maribel Modrono Herman Payne DeAnn Petruschke Reyneris Reyes Emily Ricca Francis Veyette Antonella Vichidomini Pianists Freda Afonin Marianela Castro Juvenal Correa-Salas Maria Eugenia Del Frade Gladys Fariñas Vivian Gonzalez Yraima Menendez Teresa Valdivia Egusquiza PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS Employment and Labor Law Lisa Berg, Esq. – Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Immigration Law Glenn Rissman, Esq. – Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Public Relations Tadpole Communications WOW MKTG HR Consultants Belinda Turner Lawrence Lisa Nass Photographers Alexander Iziliaev Daniel Azoulay Auditor Robbins and Moroney, P.A. MEDICAL PROVIDERS Company Physician Kathleen Davenport MD Director of Dance Medicine Kathleen Bower PT, DPT, MTC Physical Therapist Elizabeth Maples PT, DPT Massage Therapist Alexis Somoano LMT
Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
GIFTS
GEORGE BALANCHINE'S THE NUTCR ACKER® GIFTS Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ® is made possible by the extraordinary philanthropic investment of the following individuals, foundations and community leaders. Thank you.
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky* Children staged by Sandra Jennings Costume Design by Isabel Toledo Set and Properties Design by Ruben Toledo Lighting Design by James F. Ingalls Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington *The Nutcracker, Opus 71 Costume Credits: Costume Construction by Arnold Levine, Betzabé Pujaico, Caryn Wells, Catafagno Productions, Cygnet Studio, Euro Co Costumes, Inc., Isabel Toledo Entreprise, Inc., Joe Scafati, Lynne Mackey Studio, and Miami City Ballet Wardrobe Consulting by Andrea Spiridonakos Scenic Credits: Scenic Design Assistant Robert John Andrusko Projection Programming by Paul Vershbow Lighting Design Assistant Heather Graff Scenery Construction by I. Weiss Theatrical Solutions Scenic Painting by Scenic Art Studios Properties construction General Scenery, Orlando, Fla. The performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ®, 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. Miami City Ballet would like to acknowledge the Colburn School students who appear in this production.
LEAD BENEFACTORS $500,000
PARTNERS $15,000 – $24,999
Claudia and Steven Perles Mary Spencer
Funding Arts Network Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners
SUGARPLUM FAIRY $100,000 – $249,999 Deborah and Charles Adelman B Carlin Foundation • Judy Werner, Trustee Trish and Dan Bell Margarita and Armando Codina Jeffrey Davis and Michael Miller Kathy and Steven Guttman Kristi and Dean Jernigan John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Susan D. Kronick and Edward Manno Shumsky The Music Center ANGELS $50,000 – $99,999 Olga and Alex Blavatnik Aaron Lieber and Bruce Horten SOLDIER $25,000 - $49,999 James Ansin Stephanie Ansin and Spencer Stewart Tatiana and Andrew Ansin Toby Lerner Ansin and Sanford Evans Broward Cultural Council The Charlesmead Foundation CMC Group • Sara and Ugo Colombo Swanee and Paul DiMare Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation • Tina and William Lane Janice and Emma Feirstein Lawrence Herbert Michele Herbert Raymond James The Kirk Foundation • Pamela J. Garrison and R. Kirk Landon* Kinga and Edward Lampert Dominick and Meike Miniaci Rose Miniaci Christy and Earl Powell Terra • David and Christina Martin Wells Fargo Private Bank
COSTUME UNDERWRITING SUPPORT $10,000 – $14,999 Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir • Sugar Plum Fairy Dr. Margaret and Mike Eidson • Coffee Arabian and Hot Chocolate Lead Jamie and Asha Elias • Soldiers Margot and Allen London • Flowers Toni and Martin Sosnoff • Angels, Dewdrop, Sugar Plum Fairy $5,000 – $9,999 The Adler Family • Angel & Party Girl Fern G. Rose* • Harlequin $1,000 to $2,500 Winston Lett and Frank Benoit • Marie (Nightgown) The Cooper Family • Angel Jo Ann Engelhardt • Hot Chocolate Mamie and Tarmo Jõeveer • Polichinelles Ana Martin-Lavielle • Chinese Tea Alfred A. Lewis • Marie (Nightgown) Dr. Elisabeth A. McKeen • Angel Judith and Marvin Weinstein • Bunny Child *Deceased
Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN I
Diana Wade
OBOES
TROMBONES
Roberto Cani Concertmaster
Karie Prescott Kate Vincent
Leslie Reed Principal
William Booth Principal
Armen Anassian Associate Concertmaster
Carolyn Riley
Jennifer Cullinan
Alvin Veeh
Aaron Oltman
Sarah Beck
Marisa Sorajja Assistant Concertmaster
Karolina Naziemiec
English horn
Terry Cravens Bass trombone
Margaret Wooten
CELLOS
CLARINETS
TUBA
Olivia Tsui
John Walz Principal
Stuart Clark Principal
James Self Principal
Helen Z. Altenbach
Laura Stoutenborough
Associate Principal
Josh Ranz Bass clarinet
Hana Won Kim Dongfang Ouyang Lucinda Chiu Radu Pieptea Heather Powell Nina Evtuhov Tamara Hatwan
Nadine Hall Ira Glansbeek Maggie Edmunson Roger Lebow
VIOLIN II
BASSES
Ana Landauer Principal
Nathan Farrington Principal
Kathleen Sloan Associate Principal Florence Titmus Leslie Katz Michele Kikuchi Cynthia Moussas
Frances Liu Wu Assoc. Principal Don Ferrone Tim Eckert James Bergman
Tina Chang Qu
FLUTES
Lorรกnd Lokuszta Ina Veli
Ben Smolen Principal
Irina Voloshina
Angela Wiegand
VIOLAS
Sarah Weisz Piccolo
Shawn Mann Principal Andrew Picken Associate Principal
BASSOONS William May Principal
HARP JoAnn Turovsky Principal CELESTE
Judith Farmer
Jeremy Frank Principal
HORNS
TIMPANI
Jenny Kim Principal
Gregory Goodall Principal
Katie Faurado Kristy Morrell Associate Principal James Atkinson TRUMPETS
PERCUSSION Theresa Dimond Principal John Wakefield
Ryan Darke Principal
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER
Steve O'Connor
Brady Steel LIBRARIAN KT Somero
Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
THE GABRIELLA FOUNDATION / THE COLBURN SCHOOL STUDENT DANCERS Addison Molly Moss Agnes Aju Huskey Alex C. Cronin Alexa Dollar Alexis Escuadro Allison Hidalgo Amy Sierra Angélica Zamora Reyes Ashley Dietrich Aubry Deetjen Audrey Bovet Ava Grossi Ayne Kim Bear Larsen-Gill Bethany E. Laluces Bridget Duffy Caitlin Berry Chloe Dahm Chloë Hunter Chloë Liskey Dagmar Ayoung Huskey Grace Fayette
THE GABRIELLA FOUNDATION
A program of The Gabriella Foundation, everybody dance! provides high-quality daytime and after-school dance training to underserved youth ages 4 to 19. During the school day, everybody dance! offers a creative outlet for students, using dance as a tool for learning by incorporating movement into academic curriculum. everybody dance! after-school provides youth a safe space at the most vulnerable time of day, and teaches discipline, teamwork and a focus on technical mastery of dance forms. In both models, our professional dance instructors inspire students to achieve their very best by teaching life skills and instilling selfconfidence, creative exploration, and a commitment to dance. Tina Banchero, artistic director, is delighted for everybody dance! students, "This is such an extraordinary opportunity for our dancers. They are so excited to be a part of The Nutcracker and we are truly grateful to the Colburn School and The Music Center for making this possible!"
THE COLBURN SCHOOL
The Colburn School comprises four academic units united by a single philosophy that all who desire to study music and dance should have access to top-level instruction. The degree granting conservatory of music, a preeminent training ground for professional musicians; the Community School of Performing Arts, a vital entry point for the study of music and drama; the Music Academy, which prepares pre-college musicians to study at top conservatories; and the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute, which includes the elite Dance Academy pre-professional program, all provide performing arts instruction to over 2,000 students from around the world. The renowned teachers and scholars that make up Colburn’s faculty serve as invaluable mentors to guide students’ artistic development. Colburn’s robust community engagement initiative delivers performing arts education to low-income students, and each season, the school presents over 300 concerts and performances at its Downtown Los Angeles home and throughout Southern California.
Greta Lippmann Hailey Montano Hannah Chae Harper Madeleine Powell Haylie Sarahí Rivera Hiver Von Johnston
Isabella Anaya Taglioli Isabella Barajas Garcia Josephine Kim Lila Morgan Lou Davidson Mackenzie Nicole Younker Madeleine Li Marlo E. Cronin Mars Engel Dixon Matthew Angulo Mercedes Angulo Mia Escobar Michelle Lopez Miku Moore Mila Dahm Naya Sevilla Olivia Ben-Ari Opal Rierson Reila Post Rhianna Cohen Roen Helena Magni Scott Sky Yordan Sophia Nguyen Huynh Stella Keyes Tulia Temple Yosef De Leon Zi Kala Diaz
THE COLBURN SCHOOL AND THE GABRIELLA FOUNDATION'S everybody dance! PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS Jenifer Ringer, Dean Kelly Ann Sloan, Chair Katherine Cowgill, Faculty Genevieve Labean, Faculty Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at The Colburn School
DANCE COACH Jenifer Ringer, Dean Trudl Zipper Dance
Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Jacqueline Green. Photo by Andrew Eccles.
STUDENT DANCE MATINEE As part of championing arts education, The Music Center welcomes thousands of students from throughout Los Angeles County every year to experience live professional dance performances and to empower teachers to incorporate dance into their curriculum. The organization engages students, educators and the community through all its programs, including The Music Center's Very Special Arts Festival, The Music Center's Spotlight program, The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival, The Music Center on Tour, Arts Integration Partnerships, Professional Development for Educators and the Student Dance Matinee program. This year third, fourth and fifth grade students from across the county were brought to The Music Center as part of the Student Dance Matinee program for a performance of Act II of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. This program encourages students to engage with dance and movement, visual storytelling, diverse perspectives and cultures, self-expression and the creative process. Prior to students attending the performance, their teachers attended an orientation session to help prepare their students to have the best possible experience. The teachers came to The Music Center and spent an afternoon with Music Center master teaching artist Madeleine Dahm, who worked with them to learn more about George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker©, Miami City Ballet and The Music Center; and to actively build skills in dance and gain strategies for using dance in their classrooms. As Dahm explains, “classical ballet is theatrical storytelling at its best. Driven by
wonderful characters, themes and glorious music, ballet is an ageless classic that celebrates imagination.” The orientation not only focused on learning and teaching dance, but also the importance of experiencing it for oneself. The partnership between The Music Center and teachers continues even after the performance is over. All teachers are provided a comprehensive study guides to share with their students both to learn about the dance company, style, and choreography, and to explore the meaning of the experience and its relevance to students' own lives. Last year, The Music Center partnered with more than 750 schools and served over 165,000 students, educators and community members across its many educational offerings. Thank you to all of our donors who make it possible to share the love of dance and the arts with the children of Los Angeles!
Special thanks to Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl for support of the student matinees.
STUDY GUIDE EXAMPLE Hey kids of every age! Here are questions we give students and teachers to get the most out of the show. Answer them after the show and share them with your friends and family. 1. What did I know about The Nutcracker before coming to the performance? 2. What did I learn from watching the performance? 3. How did movement without dialogue tell the story in a different way than reading or watching the story? 4. What was most memorable or inspiring? Interested in partnering with The Music Center? Visit musiccenter.org and explore our education section for more information.
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Diavolo previews Voyage at their studio
Diavolo hosted Center Dance Arts members at their studio on October 2 in Downtown Los Angeles for an up-close-and-personal preview of Voyage. Jacques Heim, Diavolo's artistic director offered attendees insight on the full program that would take the stage at The Music Center's Ahmanson Theatre the weekend of October 12. Members also learned about The Veterans Project — Diavolo’s program that uses movement to give veterans a sense of belonging and purpose.
CENTER DANCE ARTS 2018-19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Catharine Soros Chair JoAnne Bourne Vice President Treasurer Diane Wittenberg Vice President Joan Herman Secretary Jane Jelenko† Founding President Liane Weintraub† Founding Chair Jane Arnault-Factor, Ph.D† Susan Baumgarten Homeira Goldstein Hany Haddad Liz Levitt Hirsch† Patrick Kinsella Nigel Lythgoe Steven Neu Judith Reichman, MD Dominique Shelton Julia Strickland Bradley Tabach-Bank Sue Tsao
CENTER DANCE ARTS 2018-19 MEMBERS DANCE AMBASSADORS ($10,000+) Jane Arnault-Factor Susan Baumgarten JoAnn Bourne Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Walter Chameides Helen Funai Erickson Richard E. Fiock and Diego Castrejón Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D and Robert N. Braun, M.D. Homeira and Arnold Goldstein Hany G. Haddad / U.S. Bank Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Liz Levitt Hirsch† Freya and Mark Ivener Jane Jelenko† Carol and Patrick Kinsella Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl Nigel Lythgoe MaddocksBrown Foundation Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven Neu Judith Reichman, M.D. Marie H. Song Catharine and Jeffrey Soros Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Sue Tsao Ron Watson Alyce Williamson Diane Wittenberg and David Minning
DANCE PACESETTER ($5,000 – $9,999) Charlene Achki-Repko Libbie Agran Richard and Karla Chernick Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes Patricia Devin Elizabeth and Brack Duker Lisa Field Gerald D. Friedman June Li Anita Lorber Sherry Martin LEAD DANCE PATRON ($2,500 – $4,999) Donna M. Altmann Barry Baker Irene and Stuart Boyd Elizabeth and Otis Chandler Catherine Cristall Lynne and James DeWitt Jennifer Diener Judith Douglas Susan Friedman Frederick and Leslie Gaylord Beth and Leslie Michelson Renae Willaims Niles and Greg Niles Jerry Rosenstock Helene Rosenzweig, M.D. Mpambo and David Shaw I.H. Sutnick Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz
DANCE PATRON ($1,000 – $2,499) Shirley Ashkenas Paul N. Barkopoulos, M.D. Lillian Chin Allison Clago Sharon Darnov Rafael de Marchena-Huyke Elisabeth Familian Martin Freedman Genevieve and Lewis Geyser Anne Grausam Marcy Gross Claire and Robert Heron Christine M. Hessler Barbara and Richard Kernochan Jerry Luedders and Joseph Gilbert Carla Malden and Normal Beil Patrick Morrow Ellen Pansky David Richard Pullman Hadley and Lee Rierson Maxine Savitz Sherie and Alan Schneider Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Daniel and Janice Wallace Susan and Stuart Warren †
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18/19 CENTER DANCE ARTS MEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR January 2019* Dance Salon Dance salon with choreographer Ryan Heffington March 2019* Dance Salon “Sports and Dance” salon
Remembering
Arthur Mitchell
(1934 – 2018)
By Karen Ballenger
In the early 60s as a young soloist with the San Diego Ballet, I was invited by Jillana, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (NYCB) and, at that time, a friend, mentor and teacher for the San Diego Ballet, to see a performance of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Hollywood Bowl. In the cast that night was Arthur Mitchell performing the role of “Puck.” The evening was wondrous, inspiring and memorable.
Thursday, April 4, 2019 Student Matinee Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater student matinee performance
Then years later in January 2005, to my great delight, my husband Bruce and I attended a Center Dance Arts Meet the Artists reception at the lovely home of Catherine Paura honoring Arthur Mitchell. Mitchell was in Los Angeles to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Blacks in Dance.
Saturday, April 6, 2019 Meet the Artists Post-performance reception with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Arthur Mitchell was the first African-American man to become a permanent member of a major ballet company when he joined NYCB in 1955; he was the first black man to reach principal dancer status at NYCB. In 1968, with Balanchine’s support and encouragement, Mitchell left NYCB to start a troupe of his own, dedicated to offering opportunities in ballet to disadvantaged youth. Like Balanchine, Mitchell opened a school. Dance Theatre of Harlem was founded in 1968. Its school opened in 1969. The company’s first professional performances began in 1971.
Friday, July 5, 2019 Rehearsal Technical rehearsal for The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling Saturday, July 6, 2019 Meet the Artists Reception with The Royal Ballet For event details, contact the membership office: cda@musiccenter.org (213) 972-3359 *Dates to be determined. All events and artists are subject to change.
During the evening of the Center Dance Arts reception, I had a much anticipated opportunity to talk with this legend of dance who, in his wonderful humor and memory, recalled that 60s Hollywood Bowl performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with me. Jimmy Doolittle was at that time an important dance presenter in Los Angeles, and he produced this run at the Hollywood Bowl. Mitchell recalled that Doolittle kept wanting him to do the splits, and, that it was warm and sunny while rehearsing “Puck” on stage during the daytime — but, when the sun went down, it was really cold and the “Puck” costume did not provide much warmth! Dancers always have the memory of the dance, but it is surely the interesting tidbits of the classes, rehearsals and performers that fuel the merriment of the dancer’s life. Having had the opportunity to meet and talk with the artists is truly priceless. I’ll never forget meeting Arthur Mitchell more than 13 years ago. He was then, and will continue to be, priceless!
Introducing THE MUSIC CENTER ARTS This past October, The Music Center made an unprecedented move in its history with the launch of The Music Center Arts, a new division designed to propel its artistic work as it seeks to achieve its vision of deepening the cultural lives of all in Los Angeles County. The Music Center Arts, which will complement the organization’s operations division, known as The Music Center Ops, validates the organization’s commitment to excellence in dance, public programming and arts education and its work to ensure its programming is relevant and accessible to all. The Music Center named nonprofit arts sector trailblazer Josephine Ramirez as executive vice president to lead The Music Center Arts, where she will be responsible for guaranteeing The Music Center’s artistic staff will curate, commission and create programs of the highest caliber with a comprehensive and strategic focus on engagement. Ramirez contributes an extensive understanding of arts engagement that fosters greater relevance and access, not only through program production and presentation, but also as a central organizational commitment. She will supervise The Music Center’s artistic presentations and productions, public programming, arts education, government relations and work in programming and operating Grand Park, and will also oversee The Music Center’s Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series alongside The Music Center President & CEO Rachel Moore. A long-time arts administrator and strategic consultant with experience in arts leadership, philanthropy and production, Ramirez is no stranger to The Music Center. Most recently she was the former arts program director for the James Irvine Foundation, where she conceived and implemented a new strategic direction for Irvine’s arts investments: supporting organizations to undergo programmatic, organizational and business model change that sustains their engagement with/by/for low-income and diverse communities. Prior to that, Ramirez served as vice president of programming and planning for The Music Center, where she led the creation and launch of Active Arts, a major initiative that animated underused spaces at The Music Center with participatory arts experiences such as The Music Center’s Dance Downtown. She initiated the first Grand Avenue Festival and launched a groundbreaking concert series in The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall that profiled pop music reflecting Los Angeles’ immigrant communities. Previously, Ramirez was with the Getty Foundation, managing funding in the areas of arts leadership development, Los Angeles cultural organizations, arts education research and arts policy. She has also consulted for numerous cultural organizations around the country, including the National Endowment for the Arts, and has been as a producer of both large- and smallscale performance events. She has extensive experience in local and regional government, including serving as the community arts coordinator for the King County Arts Commission in Seattle, as vice president of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission, as chair of the city’s Cultural Master Plan Advisory Committee, and as a founding commissioner of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. Under Ramirez’s direction, The Music Center Arts will play an important role in the launch of and ongoing programming of The Music Center’s renovated plaza, which is anticipated in open in late summer/early fall of 2019.
CREATE YOUR LASTING LEGACY The Dorothy B. Chandler Legacy Society honors and recognizes the generous individuals who have made a legacy commitment to furthering the arts in Los Angeles through The Music Center. When the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion opened in 1964, Dorothy Chandler knew she was taking the first step in harnessing the transformative power of the arts to impact generations of Los Angeles County residents. The arts campus has since expanded to four world-renowned resident companies — Center Theatre Group, LA Phil, LA Opera, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale — as well as Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center. Today, each company performs across all of our venues and not only serves tens of thousands of residents annually, but reaches even more each year through arts education and free to low-cost community programs. Whether you are a dance season subscriber, a school teacher who has benefitted from our arts education professional development program, or your child was entertained and educated by one of our many free school assemblies, you support the arts because you know it made a difference in your life. Imagine the impact your legacy gift can make on others! By becoming a member of the Dorothy B. Chandler Legacy Society, you are furthering the arts in Los Angeles and the arts impact on generations to come. To become a member of the Dorothy B. Chandler Legacy Society, or to request more information, please visit musiccenterlegacy.org or contact Dasha Thomas at (213) 972-3353 or dthomas@musiccenter.org.
The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of October 31, 2018
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS $1,000,000 and above Robert J. Abernethy Wallis Annenberg Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation Merle and Peter Mullin Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski $250,000–$999,999 Fredric M. Roberts Lisa Specht $100,000–$249,999 Helen and Peter Bing The Blue Ribbon Dorothy B. Chandler Program Fund Edgerton Foundation Helen Funai Erickson Kiki and David Gindler Gerry Ibañez / The See Change Foundation Freya and Mark Ivener Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D Kohl David and Jody Lippman Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Barbara and Joel Marcus Jeffrey S. Saikhon Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl $50,000–$99,999 Field Family Foundation Lauren Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine Family Foundation Marcia Israel Foundation Charlotte and Leslie Moore Foundation Jerry Moss Teresita and Shelby Notkin Barbara and Jay Rasulo Allison and Richard Roeder Alyce Williamson $25,000–$49,999 Pamela and Dennis Beck Jane Centofante Elizabeth and Kirk Day / Norman F. Sprague Jr. Foundation
Lisa and Andrew Gilford Nancy and Michael Harahan Gloria and Glen Holden Tylie Jones and John Towey Lee Graff Foundation Marla and Cary Lefton LSMK Investments Maddocks Brown Foundation Diane G. Medina Beth and Leslie Michelson Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt Max Ramberg Laura and James Rosenwald Lisa See and Richard Kendall Marie H. Song Catharine and Jeffrey Soros $10,000–$24,999 Gay and Harry Abrams Stevie Ellison and Lawrence Adamo Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Jane Arnault-Factor Beverly and Frank Arnstein Susan Baumgarten Lynn A. Booth JoAnn and Wayland Bourne Claire and Brad Brian Maynard and Linda Brittan / Traub-Brittan Family Foundation Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Tony and Cindy Canzoneri Walter and Ruth Chameides Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes Ana and Robert Cook Mark H. Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell Jennifer Diener Dorskind Family Foundation Michael Dreyer Maxine Dunitz Dr. Annette Ermshar and Mr. Dan Monahan Maude and Richard Ferry Richard E. Fiock and Diego Castrejón Joan A. Friedman, Ph.D and Robert N. Braun, M.D.
Michael Gendler and Jessica Teich Vera and Paul Guerin Ariella Herman Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Liz Levitt Hirsch Darryl Holter and Carole Shammas Jane Jelenko Randi and Richard Jones Carol and Patrick Kinsella Kent Kresa James D. Laur LLWW Foundation Anita Lorber Cathy and Mark Louchheim Nigel Lythgoe Malouf Foundation Rao Makineni Maria V. Altmann Foundation Linda May and Jack Suzar Barbara and Buzz McCoy Ann and Greg Myer Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven Neu The Estate of Robert W. Olsen Amy B. Ortner Otis and Elizabeth Chandler Foundation Rose and Michael Pagano Anne and Arnold Porath Judith Reichman, M.D. Rosemary Ringwald Marna and Rockwell Schnabel Simms/Mann Family Foundation Gayle Stettler Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Sally and James Thomas Sue Tsao Ron Watson Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut The Wetsman Foundation / Janis and William Wetsman Wendy and Jay Wintrob Diane Wittenberg and David Minning Orna and Keenan Wolens Family Foundation $5,000–$9,999 Charlene Achki-Repko
Libbie Agran Dean V. Ambrose Barry Baker Maralee Beck and Andrew Safir Ben/Joyce Eisenberg Foundation Rosanna Hirshon Bogart Sonia Boyajian Joan and Allan Burns Richard and Karla Chernick Patricia Devin Lynne and James DeWitt Erica and Vin Di Bona Elizabeth and Brack Duker Roni and Ethan Eller Joan and Larry Flax Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Gerald D. Friedman Clifford and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie Homeira and Arnold Goldstein Louis Goren Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, M.D. Betty Hayman Barbara and Dan Horwitz Joan and John F. Hotchkis Stanley Iezman and Nancy Stark Suzanne and Richard Kayne Ellie Kitta and Ron Goldie Rini and Arthur Kraus Carl W. Large June Li Dr. Debra Luftman and Mr. Harlan Gibbs Bill Maldonado and Charles P. Souw Sherry Martin Nancy and Patrick McCabe Irene Mecchi Darrell Douglas Miller Molly Munger and Stephen English Ellen Pansky The Albert Parvin Foundation Phyllis Parvin Travis Powers & Jeanne McDonald-Powers Phyllis and Henry Present The Rauch Family Foundation Carol Saikhon Loren Schlachet and Brooke Elliott Fredric Rosen and Nadine Schiff Joni J. Smith
THE MUSIC CENTER SUPPORTERS $5,000–$9,999 cont. Clare Phillips Tayback and Christopher Tayback $1,000–$4,999 Keith and Ingrid Agre Alice and Julius Kantor Charitable Trust Donna M. Altmann Sasha and William Anawalt Vivian Irene Anderson Avi and Joyce Arad Shirley Ashkenas Howard Banchik Sandy and Dan Bane Roy Manning Barber Mary Jane Boggs Barger Paul N. Barkopoulos, M.D. Laurel Beebe Barrack Margaret and David Barry Avery and Andrew Barth Josephine Baurac Paul M. Beigelman, M.D. Joni and Miles Benickes James E. Berliner Lanie Bernhard Katherine Beyda and Michael Amundson Lucas and Alexander Bierlein-George June and Paul Bilgore Debra and Norris Bishton Yvonne Bogdanovich David C. Bohnett Mary Lou Boone Irene and Stuart Boyd Geri Brawerman Debbie and Jim Burrows C&R Newman Family Foundation Marcia Caden Reynolds Cafferata Anthony T. Campagnoni, Ph.D. Catherine Carlile Judy Carroll Fanya Carter Constance Chesnut and Sheldon Benjamin Lillian Chin Allison Clago Pamela and V. Shannon Clyne Jane and Lawrence Cohen Ann and Philip Colburn Eleanor Congdon David Conney, M.D. Catherine Cristall Alison Bryan Crowell and Richard Crowell Sharon Darnov Suzanne and Robert Davidow Nadine and Harold Davidson Nancy and Donald de Brier
Rafael de Marchena-Huyke Paulette and Audney DePaulo Laura Donnelley Elizabeth and Ken Doran Dody Dorn Judith Douglas Betty J. Dranow Phyllis and Jim Easton Jerrold Eberhardt Elisabeth Familian Leah and Sam Fischer Nanette and Burton Forester Harold Frankl Martin Freedman Susan Friedman Diane Futterman Hilary D. Garland Frederick and Leslie Gaylord Susan and David Gersh Genevieve and Lewis Geyser Gladys Turk Foundation Doris Gold Ilene and Stanley Gold Elaine Goldsmith Marjorie Goodson Gary Gordon Anne Grausam Tricia and Richard Grey Marcy Gross Madeline Gussman Penny Haberman Maria Hall-Brown Roberta and Bruce Hammer Donna Handel Kevin Patrick Hanley Lisa and Steven Hansen Jeanne and Michael Harris Drs. Vikki and Sidney Helperin Diane J. Henderson Phyllis and Michael Hennigan Claire and Robert Heron Gail Hershowitz Christine M. Hessler Anita Hirsh Linda Joyce Hodge AC Hoffing Valerie Foster Hoffman Ann and Robert Holder Katinka and Eugene Holt Katie and Philip Holthouse The Estate of Rubi Hori William H. Isacoff, M.D. Nancy Israel Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. Daniel Jaffe and Cynthia Monaco Ruth M. Jones Janet & Marvin Jubas Mary Ann Rosenfeld Kadish and Sheldon Kadish Gerald Katell Don Kates
Anita and Fred Kemmerling Barbara and Richard Kernochan Bettina Korek Greg Korman Joanne Kozberg Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald Kathleen and John Lacey Ellen and David Li Lee Mee Mong Lee Aliza and Mike Lesser Linda Levie Barbara Levinson Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine Joanne and Ethan Lipsig Chris Lloyd and Arleen Sorkin LLWW Foundation Marlene and Sandy Louchheim Lillian Lovelace Elizabeth and Robert Lowe Jerry Luedders and Joseph Gilbert Kirk Luetkehans Dr. Thomas and Marie Maclennan Carla Malden and Normal Beil Pauline Marks Ilene and J. Howard Marshall III Mary and David Martin Jane and Edward McAniff Janis B. McEldowney Beth McGlynn and James Zapp Linda and Sheldon Mehr Vibiana Molina Haydee and Carlos Mollura Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation Patrick Morrow Diane Morton Carol and Jerome Muchin Muriel F. Siebert Foundation The Muriel Pollia Foundation Diane Naegele David Drew Neer Chris and Richard Newman Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles Philip J. Nuxhall Myrna Oken Alan Oppenheimer Hedy Orden Nina and Leo Pircher Lori and Kenneth Polin Laura Pope CC Pulitzer-Lemann and Monte Lemann II David Richard Pullman Pun'kin's Feiman Family Foundation Joyce Rey Hadley and Lee Rierson Sharon and Nelson Rising Ann and Robert Ronus Ropolo Charitable Trust
Donna and Harvey Rosen Jerry Rosenstock Beverly and Melvin Rosenthal Helene Rosenzweig, M.D. Richard S. Roth Susan and Marvin Rothenberg Linda and Tony Rubin Peggy and Harvey Saferstein Thomas Safran Ariane & Lionel Sauvage Maxine Savitz Mariette and Alexander Sawchuk Alexandra Scharff and Tom Pierson Linda and Peter Schlesinger The Schlum Charitable Trust Kim Schneider Sherie and Alan Schneider Lynne & Barry Scholer Sandra and Vin Scully Joan and Arnold Seidel Stanley E. Sellers, Jr. Jane Semel Dr. and Mrs. P.K. Shah Mpambo and David Shaw Margarete Sikand Rosemary Simmons Maggy and John Simon Lucerne Snipes Terry and Dennis Stanfill Richard Stone and Marjorie Bender I.H. Sutnick Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz Traci Takahara Slacum Brad and George Takei Elinor and Rubin Turner Mary Lu Tuthill Catherine and Leonard Unger Gretchen Garrett Valentine Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Meredith and Jan Voboril Selina and Brian Boxer Wachler Ann Wagner Daniel and Janice Wallace Susan and Stuart Warren Hope Warschaw Dennis Wasser and Ruth Roberts Wasser Marcia and Charles Wasserman Ph.D. Aviva Weiner and Paulino Fontes Sheila and Wally Weisman Wells Family Charitable Foundation Luanne Wells Robert Willett Patty and Richard Wilson Barbara and Stanley Zax Ellen and Arnold Zetcher And those who wish to remain anonymous
The Music Center strives to acknowledge all of our supporters appropriately. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3362.
The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of October 31, 2018
CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS
$1,000,000 and above The Ahmanson Foundation The Annenberg Foundation County of Los Angeles The James Irvine Foundation Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski The Rose Hills Foundation
$250,000–$999,999 The Getty Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation $100,000–$249,999 Bank of America / Cary H. Thompson / Dannielle Campos J.P. Morgan Chase / Susan M. Wegleitner Wells Fargo Bank / Joseph Rice $50,000–$99,999 CC Capital Entravision Communications Corporation / Walter F. Ulloa Los Angeles County Arts Commission Moss Foundation The Music Center Foundation Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP U.S. Bank / Darrell Brown $25,000–$49,999 Amgen Foundation / Cynthia M. Patton The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation California Arts Council The Capital Group Companies / Kimaada Brown City National Bank / Michael Pagano City of L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles Costa de Oro Television David Geffen Foundation Dizzy Feet Foundation Dwight Stuart Youth Fund Fox Rothschild LLP / Darrell D. Miller Grand Park Foundation The Greenbrier Companies Guggenheim Partners Hearst Foundation HUB International Insurance Services, Inc. James A. Doolittle Foundation
KPMG LLP / Greg Geyer The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Macy's Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP National Endowment for the Arts The Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Superior Grocers Union Bank
$10,000–$24,999 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation D&B Audiotechnik Corp Edison International Hollywood Foreign Press Association I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Louis and Harold Price Foundation The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP The Sidley Austin Foundation $5,000–$9,999 Chevron Corporation Colburn Foundation Gladys Turk Foundation Kaiser Permanente The Private Bank at Union Bank Socius Group, LLC Stanford University Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation $1,000–$4,999 Alphonse Burnand & Charles Partridge Scholarship Trust Buchalter Nemer David & Sylvia Weisz Family Foundation Deloitte, LLP Discovery Management Farwest Insulation Contracting Fauci Companies, Inc. Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. IATSE Local 33 Library Foundation of Los Angeles KPMG Community Giving M.A.C. Cosmetics Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation See's Candies, Inc. St. Nick's Christmas Lighting Service
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: JANICE HAHN, Fourth District; KATHRYN BARGER, Fifth District; SHEILA J. KUEHL, Third District, Chair; HILDA L. SOLIS, First District; and MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS, Second District