Thank You

FESTIVAL SPONSORS Cambria Wines The Gallegos

Corporation GMC Moving Mountains Nature Valley Pacifico TIAA Bank Town of Avon Town of Vail Vail Resorts Vail Honeywagon

LODGING PARTNERS Christiania at Vail Manor Vail Sonnenalp The Tivoli Lodge Grand Hyatt Vail Vail Realty Vail Management

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Alonzo King LINES Ballet Kansas City Ballet, James Jordan The Keith Haring Foundation The George Balanchine Trust

VAIL DANCE FESTIVAL STAFF Mike Imhof, President & CEO, Vail Valley

Foundation Sarah Johnson, Sr. VP of Philanthropy &

Vail Dance Festival Damian Woetzel, Festival Artistic Director Roya Abab, Guest Lighting Designer &

Lighting Director Sierra Adams, Education & Arts Grant Director Harper Addison, Sr. Development Coordinator Lexa Armstrong, Social Media Marketing

Assistant Betsy Ayer, Guest Stage Manager Lisa Babb, Sr. Manager of Hospitality &

Volunteer Relations Sarah Bahr, Costume Director Brandon Stirling Baker, Resident Lighting

Designer Tricia Bancker, Controller

Greg Bloom, Sponsorship Sales Director Martha Brassel, Senior Director of Development Lisa Briner, Transportation & Lodging

Coordinator Amber Brown, Costume Assistant Dionne Drugan Brown, Office Manager

Erik Brown, Director of Special Projects &

Infrastructure Javier Cendejas, Pianist

Amy Cochran, VDF Volunteer Coordinator Kurt Crowley, Music Director Stacey Davila, Costume Assistant Jacqueline Deveric, Assistant Controller Colton Dodd, Asst. Music Director Dave Dressman, VP of Sponsorship Sales Kristen Dudding, Sr. Marketing Manager Christopher Duggan, Festival Photographer Heidi Elzinga, Asst. to the President Bob Ford, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Franke, VP of Marketing & Operations Kyle Grant, Director of Production Erin Hall, Accounting & Finance Manager Joseph Van Harn, Operations Assistant Russell Kaiser, Head of Artistic Planning &

Rehearsal Director Joanna Kerwin, VVF Volunteer Coordinator John Kolbinski, Audio Assistant

Lisa Leonhardt, Production Stage Manager Alexa Maestranzi LPC, Empowering Boys in

Dance Program Consultant Olivia Maggi, Sr. Development Coordinator Nicole Mitchell, Asst. Director of Production Carlos Molina, IT Manager

Cameron Morgan, Festival & Operations

Manager Melissa Meyers, Development Events Manager Brian Muller, Sr. Director of IT & Special Projects Liz Nguyen, Carpenter/Stagehand Becky Nussbaum, Electrician

Heather Olcott, Asst. Stage Manager Angelina Pellini, Asst. Stage Manager Kate Penner, Social Media Manager Kendra Powell, Donor Relations Manager Stefanie Price, Sr. Director of HR Tatyanna Rodriguez, Carpenter/Stagehand

Kevin Romero, Technical Director Gail Russell, Accounting & Finance Manager Joe Samala, Audio Head Chris Sannino, Audio Assistant Gabe Shalley, Development & Data Admin Joel Solari, PR Contractor Jessica Stevens, Sponsorship Sales Director Nel Shelby Productions, Festival

Videographer Michael Sheridan, Asst. to the Artistic Director Mia Silvestri, Festival Coordinator Timothy Smith, Master Electrician Tricia Toliver, Production Consultant Margaret Tracey, Teacher and Repetiteur Liz Tsurusaki, Electrician

Angela Tucker, Sr. Development Manager Peggy Wolfe, Director of Operations

A special thanks to James Leitner, the Production Lighting Designer that has extraordinarily illuminated our stages for 23 years! GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER (GRFA) & BOX OFFICE STAFF Peter Blosten, GRFA House Manager Tom Boyd, Senior Director of PR,

Communications & GRFA Operations Tim Felton, GRFA Box Office & Front of House

Asst. Manager Lauren Gary, Senior Box Office Manager &

Asst. Director of the GRFA Jake De Valle, GRFA Production Manager

FESTIVAL INTERNS Hanna Bailey, Marketing Intern Lauren Carmen, Costume Intern

Chyna Clark, Artist Services Intern Nadia Conway, Venue Management Intern Sydney Cox, Venue Management Intern Sydney Dietz, Development Intern Harry Jaffe, Marketing Intern Sara Komatsu, Marketing Intern Serena Kozusko, Venue Management Intern Charlotte Parker, Food & Beverage Intern Gillian Reinhard, Development Intern Emmy Wildermuth, Artist Services Intern Colby Wilson, Marketing Intern Liv Wymbs, Artist Services Intern

FESTIVAL AMBASSADORS Tricia Swenson, Ambassador Program Advisor Kimberly Mayorga, Co-Coordinator Emmie Urquhart, Co-Coordinator Addie Strickler Jillian Lee Azul Meza Jordan Biggers Breanna Hayes Lauren Walker Charlotte Frampton Paige Rosener Gracie Johnson

JUNIOR AMBASSADORS Avery Begg Cooper Dozois Deniz Nalbantoglu Emma Garcia-

Harrison Kylie Kirkham Serra Nalbantoglu Willow Uzdavinis Zoe Larese

YOUTHPOWER���’S CELEBRATE THE BEAT STAFF Kris Ashley, Celebrate the Beat Manager,

YouthPower365 Tracy Straus, Artistic Director Tony Kieraldo, Musical Director Hannah Finnegan, Teaching Artist Joslyn Sanchez, Teaching Artist

Emma Stedman, Teaching Artist Gerald Watson, Teaching Artist

On behalf of the Vail Dance Festival and Vail Valley Foundation, thank you to our dedicated team of volunteers!