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TULSA BALLET ANNUAL REPORT 2014/2015 Season

1 A WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CONTENTS Dear Friends, 3 A Word from the Artistic Director As I reflect on my 20th season as Artistic Director of our wonderful organization, I ask myself what are the tools, and the order of importance of 4 2014/2015 Season such means, that allow this organization to drive forcefully and successfully forward? I believe that, without doubt, the first and foremost reason for our 6 Tulsa Ballet Main Company success is our repertory, followed closely by the ability to recruit, retain and enable the dancers who are charged with bringing these works to the stage. 7 Tulsa Ballet II Next is the capacity to create a team atmosphere in the studio and in the offices, a culture of excellence that puts the success of the company above 8 Center for Dance Education the success of any individual dancer or administrator. 9 Community Outreach Just as important is the ability of an artistic leader to model a company where the sum of its parts is superior to the sum of the value of each individual member of the company. Add in fiscal responsibility, a good 10 Education Outreach financial plan to see the artistic goals through, a strong Board with vested interest and pride in the success of the organization and you get... Tulsa Ballet! 11 Backstage at the Ballet, Any Given Child When it comes to repertory, balance is the key word. The company’s repertory needs to allow for dancers’ growth: technical growth, artistic growth and extension of one’s versatility. At the same time it needs to give 12 Icons & Idols our marketing department the tools to attract new audiences, retain current audiences and electrify our supporters. In all that, we need to keep in mind our national and international status, which is achieved by 13 XX Anniversary performing both the “first tier” repertory, that of the top dance makers of the world, and by creating new works. Creating art and exporting it outside the boundaries of our state is what makes an organization 14 Donor Recognition relevant to the development of the art form. Achieving all these goals in each and every season is my ultimate MISSION STATEMENT goal. 18 Integrated Campaign: To serve as an essential asset of our region through If we look at the 2014/15 season, I hope you will agree with me that we are on the right path. Adam Hougland’s exciting internationally-acclaimed artistic excellence Defining The Furture Cripple and the Starfish, Luciano Cannito’s Romeo and Ashley Page’s The Grammar of Ornament , the three and exemplary education and outreach. creations that opened our 14/15 season, were just off the charts. Each and every one of these works was 20 2014/2015 Financial Information superb in quality and entertainment value, and most importantly they worked perfectly together. Three world 22 Board of Directors renowned choreographers, all in Tulsa, creating new works for our company. We commit to 23 Personnel Carmina Burana offered us another opportunity to gather, under the auspices of Tulsa Ballet, the Tulsa Preserve the tradition of classical ballet Symphony Orchestra, Tulsa Opera and the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus. Nicolo Fonte’s Bolero provided the perfect opening delight for this mesmerizing evening. Promote the appreciation of contemporary dance Our The Nutcracker was the highest netting Holiday Season’s classic since the inception of the company in 1956, that alone is a milestone worth celebrating, while The Sleeping Beauty provided a true benchmark for the Create works of superior and enduring quality level of the company. The Sleeping Beauty is the ultimate test for the classical strength, quality and sophistica- tion of every ballet company. I think our dancers did a marvelous job tackling this masterpiece. Educate through exceptional dance training, The Three Musketeers by Andre Prokovsky offered our audience the opportunity to enjoy a modern classic, a performances and outreach programs work filled with male virtuoso dancing and accessible humor. Of course our Lorton performances closed the season with a bit of old, a bit of new and something to rejoice: Going for Baroque, the first work I commissioned during my 20th years in Tulsa, Age of Innocence, one of my favorite works of the past decade, and Blue Flame, the latest creation by Ma Cong. VISION STATEMENT To underscore the success of the 2014/15 season we need to point out the To be an innovative leader, powerful partner and record breaking success of Icons & Idols as well as the great attendance global cultural representative of a community in which at the dinner celebrating 20 years of collaboration between the Ballet and the performing arts are valued and promoted as an me. Can we repeat the success of such a season? Of course we can! Of course we will! The Tulsa Ballet team is an unstoppable force in the MARCELLO ANGELINI indispensable resource. cultural life of our community, our state and our country. And we wouldn’t George Kaiser Family Foundation want it any other way!! Artistic Director

Diana Gómez in Carmina Burana photo by J. Shelton Photography 2 3 2014/2015 SEASON

CREATIONS IN STUDIO K September 26-28 & October 2-5 – Studio K The Grammar of Ornament - Ashley Page Cripple and the Starfish - Adam Houghland Romeo - Luciano Cannito

CARMINA BURANA October 31-November 2 – Tulsa PAC Featuring Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Choreography by Ma Cong Music by Carl Orff with Bolero – Nicolo Fonte

THE NUTCRACKER December 12-14 & 19-21 – Tulsa PAC Choreography by Marcello Angelini Music by Peter Tchaikovsky

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY February 20-22, 2015 – Tulsa PAC Chorography by Marcello Angelini after Marius Petipa Music by Peter Tchaikovsky

THE THREE MUSKETEERS March 27-29, 2015 – Tulsa PAC Choreography by Andre Prokovsky Music by Giuseppe Verdi

XX (TWENTY) May 8-10 & 15-17, 2015 – Lorton Performance Center Going for Baroque – Val Caniparoli Age of Innocence – Edwaard Liang Blue Flame – Ma Cong

Gabriela Gonzalez, Beatrice Sebelin & Jami Cullen - photo by J. Shelton Photography 4 5 TULSA BALLET MAIN COMPANY TULSA BALLET ARTISTIC STAFF

Hyonjun Rhee Youhee Son Norton Fantinel Madalina Stoica Diana Gómez Principal | Korea Principal | Korea Senior Soloist | Brazil Senior Soloist | Romania Soloist | Colombia Marcello Angelini Daniela Buson Susan Frei Alfonso Martin Ma Cong Artistic Director Ballet Mistress Ballet Mistress Ballet Master Resident Choreographer

TULSA BALLET II

Buse Babadag Kevin Cosculluela Anna Craddock Luis Delcid Nikolas Gaifullin Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey Hometown: Miami, FL Hometown: Long Island, NY Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Hometown: Tulsa, OK 1st Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII 2nd Season with TBII

Bobbie Lynn Kandravi Jessica Payne Minori Sakita Julia Turner Hometown: Houston, TX Peter Kurta Hometown: Hometown: Washington, D.C. Hometown: Chicago, IL Hometown: Canandaigua, NY 2nd Season with TBII San Clemente, California 1st Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII Karina Moreira Erin Pritchard Andrew Silks Shion Yuasa 1st Season with TBII Corps de Ballet | Brazil Corps de Ballet | USA Corps de Ballet | USA Corps de Ballet | Japan

Sarah Steele Jesus Arroyo Navarro Mary Cooper, Apprentice Hunter Finnegan Maine Kawashima Xavier Nuñez Hometown: New York City, NY Hometown: Granda, Spain Hometown: Tulsa, OK Apprentice | USA Apprentice | Japan Apprentice | USA 2nd Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII 1st Season with TBII 6 7 CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Tulsa Ballet is proud to offer Partners in Art and Hope for the Holidays to social service agencies Numbers in the Tulsa area. With these programs our organization is able to provide the excitement of ballet to members of the community who may not otherwise have the chance to attend a ballet performance. Our staff and volunteers are delighted each year to see the excitement of the children and adults who 378 are thankful to have the opportunity to attend the ballet. Last year, Tulsa Ballet provided more Enrollment than 7,200 free tickets throughout the season to various performances. 35 Hope for the Holidays is a benefit Scholarships performance of the holiday classic, The Nutcracker, staged especially for the clients 137 of Tulsa-area social services agencies. (3 Countries, 12 States) Since 2000, Tulsa Ballet has provided this Pointe To The Future Students program to see The Nutcracker at no cost to thousands of individuals in the Tulsa community. For one magical night each December, Tulsa Ballet opens its doors to non-traditional audiences many of whom are physically, emotionally or cognitively challenged. They experience their first live performance of The Nutcracker, complete with juice and cookies for the family and a 2014-2015 was another busy and exciting year for take home holiday gift. Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education! Here are a few of the highlights:

We were happy to announce the promotion of Mary Cooper, TBCDE graduate, into Tulsa Ballet II, Tulsa Ballet’s pre-professional ensemble.

Our students had the privilege of working alongside the main company dancers during performances including The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker.

Performance is a large part of each dancer’s education, whether alongside the main company or in school performances. Our students had the opportunity to do both as well as learn from company members.

Students at TBCDE had the special opportunity to learn and perform cutting-edge choreography by Ma Cong, Resident Choreographer for Tulsa Ballet, as well as learning company repertoire from retired Tulsa Ballet Principal, Alexandra Bergman.

8 9 EDUCATION OUTREACH BACKSTAGE AT THE BALLET

Leaps Ahead and Leaps in Motion are two of Tulsa Ballet’s More than 4,500 students saw Tulsa Ballet II, Tulsa Ballet’s major outreach programs. The programs were designed pre-professional ensemble, perform Backstage at the Ballet, to expand the arts education school curricula. In the 2014- a 50-minute introduction to ballet and the craft of live per- 2015 season, the programs introduced 768 students to the formance for students. Through live narration and physical conditioning of classical ballet and ballet training engaging video, students learn about a dancer’s life and all traditions that help develop concentration skills, strengthen the behind-the-scenes action that goes into staging a live visual and aural memory, accept without judgement verbal performance for the audience. 2014-2015 marked the corrections, and cooperative learning. Participating schools second year of Tulsa Ballet’s partnership with Any Given in Leaps Ahead and Leaps in Motion have student Child, an arts initiative of the Kennedy Center. During this populations with 89% qualifying for the income-based, year Tulsa Ballet served every 5th grade student in the Tulsa free-lunch program. Public School system.

Total Students Served: 5,349

Leaps Ahead and Leaps in Motion: 768 ANY GIVEN CHILD Backstage at the Ballet: 4,581

Number of Schools Served: 62

Leaps Ahead and Leaps In Motion Participant Demographics: Any Given Child, an initiative of The Kennedy Center in White: 23.5% Washington, D.C., is expanding arts education to all K-8th American Indian: 5.4% grade students in Tulsa Public Schools. Tulsa is one of only African American: 41% eleven cities nationally awarded this program. Hispanic: 23% Between Leaps Ahead, Leaps in Motion and Any Given Asian: .7% Child, Tulsa Ballet has provided a live arts experience to Mixed Race or Other: 8% 5,349 students. Enrolled in Free/Reduced Lunch Program: 89.2% Students with a Learning Disability: 9% Students with a Physical Disability: 2% Parents with some College Education: 2% 10 11 ICONS & IDOLS XX ANNIVERSARY DINNER

The 4th Annual Icons & Idols was held at the Cox Business This special one-time event created and organized Center on February 7, 2015. through a committee of current and former board members was more than a fundraising sucess. Icons & Idols is Tulsa Ballet’s only major fundraising event. In the past four years, Icons & Idols has raised nearly $3 million to • It celebrated 20 years of vision, passion and fund Tulsa Ballet’s company of 28 highly-skilled professionals transformation under the leadership of representing ten different countries. Marcello Angelini

This fantastic evening consisted of cocktails, dinner, a • An evening of friends and supporters, past and fabulous live auction and raffle, and a live ask, which helped present, raised new funds totaling $101,000 fund our education and outreach programs that serve over 5,000 students annually. • In continuing Marcello’s dream of building a premier ballet company, it set the stage for the Patrons were also treated to a special, table-side approaching 60th anniversay year one-night-only performance by Tulsa Ballet. XX ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE ICONS & IDOLS COMMITTEE BILLIE BARNETT STACEY JENKINS BONNIE KLEIN, Honorary Chair DONNA BOST SUZANNE KNEALE SUZANNE & JIM KNEALE, Event Chairs MARY WHEELER BROWN MICHAEL NOLAND CASSIE REESE & ANDY KINSLOW, Patron Co-Chairs CHERYL CHAMBERS BETH RAINEY CHARLOTTE EDMUNDSON & KATHY WEST, Auction CHERYL FORREST GEORGIA SNOKE Co- Chairs JANIE FUNK BARBARA SYLVAN MARIAN MCCARTHY, Communications Chair JACQUI HAGLUND LEANNE HELMERICH, Past Presidents Chair BILLIE BARNETT, Honorary Advisor Icons & Idols

Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Artistic Director Marcello Angelini

A record shattering event featuring food, wine and decor honoring Marcello’s birthplace and celebrating his forever home, Tulsa Ballet

$1,359,216 Total Raised

560 Guests

Joshua A. Stayton & Beatrice Sebelin - photo by J. Shelton Photography 12 13 DONOR RECOGNITION DONOR RECOGNITION

$50,000 and above L. Avery and H. Michael Julia and David Harper ‡ ^ XX § Julia and Ralph Evans ^ WPX Energy ‡ ^ Amy and John McReady ^ The Judith and Jean Pape Adams Krimbill ‡ ^ XX Leanne Helmerich ‡ ^ XX Raymond Feldman ‡ XX Linda and W. Scott Young ‡ Jose R. & Laura B. Medina Charitable Foundation Lisa Owens ‡ ^ XX David O. Hogan ‡ ^ § Cheryl and John Forrest ‡ ^ XX § Rachel Zebrowski and Ben Foundation ‡ Barnett Family Foundation ‡ ^ XX § Susan Parrott ‡ ^ XX § Sandy and Steve Holloway ^ The Sharna & Irvin Frank Foundation Costello ‡ ^ § MidFirst Bank ^ Billie and Howard Barnett ‡ ^ XX § Ludmila and Frank Robson ^ Inasmuch Foundation § Martin Frey ‡ Nicole and Matt Morgan ‡ + ^ § The Albert and Hete Barthelmes Lynne and Bill Schonacher ‡ ^ § Industrial Oils Unlimited, LLC Hall Estill ^ $2,500 to $4,999 Mary Murrays Flowers Foundation, Inc. § Selser Schaefer Architects § Andrew Kinslow and Russ Michelle and Jeff Hartman ‡ ^ Lindsay Alexander ‡ ONE Gas, Inc. ^ Margery Mayo Bird Foundation § Sky Fitness & Wellbeing Kirkpatrick ‡ ^ § Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Judy and Ron Altman ^ XX Virginia Mayo Ownby Charitable The Mervin Bovaird Foundation § Georgia and Kenneth Snoke ‡ ^ XX § Suzanne and Jim Kneale ‡ ^ Peggy Helmerich ‡ ^ § Alison Anthony and Mark Wilson ‡ § Trust H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Sheri and Charles Stinson ‡ ^ § Leslie and David Lawson ^ Hispanic American Foundation Jennifer and Jonathan Anthony ‡ ^ § Jennifer and Tom Palmer ^ Charitable Trust § Roy “Skip” Teel, Jr. ‡ ^ XX Marian and James McCarthy ‡ ^ XX Cherine and Howard Janzen ‡ ^ Lisa and Steve Antry ‡ ^ Janice and Joe Podpechan ^ The Mary K. Chapman Foundation § Susan and Bill Thomas ‡ ^ § Mary McMahon and Lon Jim Norton Toyota Lucy and John Barker ^ Jensica and David Ragland ^ Ann Graves ^ § Marian and Max Vowel ‡ ^ § Foster ‡ ^ XX § Soohyun and Marvin Jin ‡ ^ XX § BKD Foundation ^ Stephanie and R. Thomas Seymour ‡ Hardesty Family Foundation, Inc. § The Williams Companies, Inc. ‡ § James D. & Cathryn M. Moore Carol Bailey Kamp ‡ Anna and Gary Black ‡ + Kim Smith and Robert Stanley ‡ Helmerich Trust ‡ Patti Johnson Wilson Foundation Foundation ‡ ^ The Kerr Foundation, Inc. ^ Kerri and John Bowen ‡ ^ § Sneed Foundation, Inc. ‡ George Kaiser Family Foundation + John Steele Zink Foundation Vincent Mulford Foundation Kirkpatrick and Kinslow Productions ^ John A. and Donnie V. Brock Jane Sneed ‡ Bonnie Klein ^ XX § Debbie Zinke ^ National Endowment for the Arts Kivisto Family Foundation Fund Foundation ‡ ^ Target Suzanne and Jim Kneale Family Rodney Pratz ‡ + ^ XX Tracy and David Kyle ^ Pat Bryson and Mike Kojundic ‡ ^ § Barbara and John Turner ‡ Foundation ^ § $10,000 to $24,999 Patricia Pape Savage ^ XX Geneva and Kirby Lehman ‡ ^ § Susan and Mark Butterworth ‡ ^ University of Tulsa ^ The Meinig Family Foundation ‡ § Shelly and Alan Armstrong ^ SJS Hospitality, LLC Mariner Wealth Advisors § Lisa and Dennis Cameron ‡ ^ Cassandra Wilkinson ‡ ^ § Lou and Connie Miller Charitable The Asbjornson Foundation ^ Alexa Fioroni Slaughter and Matrix Service Company ^ Kirk Clausing ‡ Pam and Allen Williford ^ Foundation ‡ ^ § Avcom Philip Slaughter ^ Loaine and Michael McWilliams ‡ Commerce Bank ^ Noah Wood ^ Oklahoma Arts Council Bank of Oklahoma ‡ ^ Janet and Don Stucky ‡ Nancy and Peter Meinig ‡ Connie and Jeffrey Cope ^ Will Woodring Betty and Stephen Pirnat ‡ ^ XX § James E. & Mary M. Barnes The Robson Companies, Inc. Ruth Nelson and Thomas Murphy ‡ ^ The Cuesta Foundation, Inc. Paul Woodul ‡ Hannah and Joe Robson ‡ ^ XX § Foundation ‡ ^ Sam Viersen Family Foundation, Inc. Cindy and Michael Noland ‡ ^ XX § Kay Dixon ‡ ^ Debbie and Terry Zanovich ‡ Charles and Lynn Schusterman Grace and Franklin Bernsen Susie and Don Wellendorf ‡ ^ § ONEOK, Inc. ‡ ^ Chrystal and Jake Dollarhide ‡ ^ § Christine and William Zollinger ‡ ^ Family Foundation ^ Foundation Bobbie and Wally Whaling ‡ ^ Donna O’Rourke and Thomas Carol Ann Drummond ‡ ^ Jill and Robert Thomas ‡ ^ § Joyce Bright and Norman Marydith and Paul Williams ‡ ^ § Twomey ‡ ^ § Patty Lou Floyd ‡ $1,000 to $2,499 C.W. Titus Foundation Asbjornson ^ Rita Willis ‡ The Oxley Foundation ^ Lou Ann and David Gibson ‡ ^ § Caroline Zink-Hott Abbott ^ § Kayla and Scott Vaughn ‡ ^ § Sanford P. and Irene F. Burnstein Diana and Milton Wolff ‡ ^ XX § Kathleen Page and Michael Jane Grimshaw ‡ Anne and Brent Adams ^ Kathy and Bob West ‡ ^ XX § Charitable Foundation ‡ Karen Young ‡ ^ XX § Graves ‡ XX Helen Jo and James Hardwick ‡ ^ § Arvest Bank ‡ § Mollie Williford ‡ ^ XX § Cheryl and Larry Chambers ‡ ^ XX § Maxine and Jack Zarrow Frauke and Oscar Quiroga ‡ Bonnie and Frank Henke ‡ The Bama Companies, Inc. ^ Monica Williford and Erin and Donald Chappel ‡ ^ § Family Foundation Elizabeth and James Rainey ‡ ^ XX § Dede and John Hewitt ^ Adrienne Barnett ^ Steve Bayles ‡ ^ § Karen and Carlin Conner ^ The Zarrow Families Foundation ^ Maggie and Pete Roth ‡ XX HoganTaylor LLP ^ Dana and Kent Basnett ^ Rita Willis Trust ‡ Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Janet Selser and Robert Jewish Federation of Tulsa ‡ ^ Nan and Steven Bertone ^ The Anne and Henry Zarrow Anderson L.L.P. $5,000 to $9,999 Schaefer ‡ ^ XX Laurel Johnson and Brandon Black Optical ^ § Foundation § Connie and Terry Doverspike ‡ AT&T Foundation Louise Short ^ Rule ‡ ^ § Donna Bost ^ XX Drummond Law Firm ‡ ^ § Mary and James Barnes XX Rita Singer § Kenco Engineering ^ Jessica and Phillip Bowman + ^ $25,000 to $49,999 Wendy and Gentner Patricia and David Bowman ‡ ^ § Julie and Kenneth Smith ‡ ^ § Lydia and Ted Kronfeld ‡ ^ Robert Brooks ^ Jo and Jack Babbitt ‡ ^ Drummond ‡ ^ XX § Elise and Terry Brennan ‡ ^ § William Smith ^ Thomas Landrum ‡ + ^ § Bundren Law Firm P.C. ^ Linda and Ray Booker ‡ ^ XX § E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Mary Ann and John Bumgarner ^ Spirit AeroSystems Langdon Publishing Mary and Clark Bundren ^ Mary Wheeler and Spencer Foundation ‡ ^ Irene and Stan Burnstein ^ Belynda and Weldon Spitzer ‡ ^ § Jay and Edward Lawson ‡ Carol and William Burnett ‡ ^ Brown ^ XX § Charlotte and Wade Rosalie Childs ‡ ^ § Linda and Bruce Stoesser ‡ Marti and Andrew Levinson Patricia and Joseph Cappy ^ L. Virginia Davis Charitable Trust Edmundson ‡ ^ § Barbara and Kevin Coffman ‡ ^ XX Barbara and David Sylvan ‡ XX § Lucia and G. Michael Lewis ‡ Patricia Chernicky ^ Katrine and Ramez Hakim ‡ XX § Pam and Lee Eslicker ^ Commonwealth Foundation Tallgrass Prairie Table Anne and Phil Marshall ‡ ^ Donna and Jerry Clack ^ IBC Bank ^ § Flint Family Foundation Crossland Construction Company ^ Sylvia and Edward Taylor ‡ ^ Mary Lhevine and George Combined Technology KKT Architects, Inc. ^ § Janie and Earl Funk ‡ ^ XX § Marilyn Inhofe Davis ‡ § Mary Townsend and Burt Holmes ‡ Schnetzer ‡ ^ Continuum Energy Teresa Knox and Ivan Acosta ‡ ^ Gelvin Foundation ‡ Nanu and Frederic Dorwart ^ Walton Family Foundation, Inc. Pat and Terry May ^ Patricia and Leonard Eaton Jacqueline Kouri and GlobalHealth ^ § Dunitz Family Charitable Foundation§ Becky and Bill Warnock ‡ § Janet McGehee and Bryan Close ^ Becca Eckstein + Gary Paxton ‡ ^ XX § Jacqui and Roger Haglund ‡ ^ XX § Andrea and Dan Ellinor Kathleen Patton Westby Foundation § Kathleen McKeown and Gary Betow ^ Hope Egan ‡ 14 15 DONOR RECOGNITION DONOR RECOGNITION

Marion and William Elson ‡ John Roberds Rita Levit ‡ Theresa and Raymond Cope Allison and Mark Lauinger Beth and Randall Snapp ^ Fabricut, Inc. ^ Sol Robinowitz Foundation ^ Luna Sol Consulting Brenda and Mark Craige Wesley Lawhorn + Carolyn Snively Toby Fell ^ Juley Roffers and Jim Langdon ^ Andrew Malati + ^ Jan and Dwight Creveling Amanda and Kenneth Lawrence Robert Sutton ^ Margaret and Scott Filstrup Saks Fifth Avenue Wesley Maples Michael Criss + Madalyn Lester Lacey Taylor + ^ Marnie and John Flegler Charles F. Scott ^ Amy and Chad Mariska ^ Jacque Croudy + Bob McCormack Studio Tom Taylor II + ^ Leigh Ann and Chuck Fuller ^ Tamra and Robert Sheehan ^ Grace McMahon Sherry Duvall Diane and John McCormack Allie Thomas + Sarah Jane and Matt Gillett ‡ ^ Ginger and Terry Spencer ^ Amy Miller and Robert Raskin + Leslie and John Enlow Tyler McKeon ^ Judith and David Thompson Beverly Bost Golden XX Robert Stewart XX Calvin Moniz + ^ Chris and Dallas Ferguson Susan Meeker + Ralph Urmson-Taylor Jeannie and David Guthery Tanner Sturm + Katie Oliver + Sherri and Stuart Goodall Annette Miller Utica Physicians Association Ann and James Halligan ^ T.D. Williamson, Inc. Natalie and Chad Osgood ^ Tuesday and Clay Guthery Debra and Keith Montgomery Leanna and Tom Van Eman Sarah Hansel and Michael Cooke ^ Nancy and Phil Tholen Mia Mascarin Oven and Audra Hamilton Leigh Ann Moss and Eric Sherburn Tom Warburton ^ Susan Harrill-Wallace and Kathryn Thomas ‡ ^ Herbert Oven ^ Carol Hanson nJoy Vision – Tulsa + Barbara and Peter Wilson Thomas Wallace ^ Tricorn Foundation, LLC ‡ Laura Parrott ^ Janet and Alan Hasegawa Viola Pitts Rick Wooldridge Shiela and Ted Haynes ^ Unit Corporation Lynn and Bill Peacher Gail and Jeff Huber Martha and Jeffrey Roblyer Deb and Rudy Herrmann Lisa and Michael Webb ‡ ^ Maurine Perry ^ Anna Inhofe + Jean and Wilfred Sanditen ‡ = Founders’ Society Barbara Hess ^ Patricia Wheeler ‡ Heather and BJ Pohl ^ Marilyn Inhofe-Tucker and Ralph Sue and Kent Schobe + = Barre Society Hewlett Packard Sales & Service Willbros USA, Inc. RECO Construction Company ^ Tucker April Schweikhard + ^ = Icons and Idols Catherine and Steven Hickman Blair and Bob Williams ‡ Marcialyn and Bernard Robinowitz ^ Jeanette and Terence Kern John Senger ^ XX = Anniversary Dinner Lynne Imhoff and Luiz Weksler ^ Richard Allen Williford, Jr. ^ Helen Savage Hannah and W. H. Kopczynski + Gary Shaffer + § = Integrated Campaign Donor Lyndsay and Peter Janzen ‡ § Josephine Winter ^ Helen Savage Family Fund Marjorie and David Kroll Anna and Andre Siegenthaler Paul Johnson ‡ + ^ Kent Schell Bette Jones ‡ $500 to $999 Ann and Bryan Smith Susie and A. D. Kahan ^ Tami Anderson and Raul Velarde James Swindle Randa and Alex Kronfeld + Jill Balch ^ The Dance Insider Carol and Ken Lackey ^ Micah Barnard + Amy and Clark Tingleaf ^ Merry and Victor Lahti Betsy and Charles Blue The Robert S. and Helen Grey Trippet Lois Lee Brier Law Firm, PLLC ^ Foundation, Inc. Irene and Frank Letcher ‡ Taylor Carpenter + ^ Tulsa Opera + Lewis Foundation ‡ Tami and Brady Carson Paula and Mike Viseur ^ Linn Energy Lindsey and Scott Caswell ^ Elena Waechter + Phil Maltby ^ Janet Cheek Sandra Wood Nancy and Tom Mason ^ XX Cimarron Technology, Inc. ^ Ryan McDaniel ‡ + ^ § John Cowling ^ $250 to $499 Barbara and Charles McEntee ^ Christy Craig and Dustin Thames + Janet Anduss Tami Melhart + Nancy Eggen and Mark McElmurry Michael Balp + Robert Middleton ^ Shelley Floyd BancFirst Millie Millspaugh ^ Diane Glass Alison Barto + Kathy and Djahan Mostofi ^ Linda Goldsmith Rebecca and Anthony Bascone ^ Dennis Neill and John Southard ‡ § Jeanne Hayes ^ Sharon Bell and Gregory Allen Gray Julie and John Nickel ^ Nancy and Bill Hermann ^ Mary and Roger Blais Gary Novak Hilti Corporation Catherine Bollinger ^ Frances O’Hornett ‡ Hodges Transportation, Inc. Cherry and James Bost Hillary and Kayvon Olomi ‡ Stephanie and Greg Horne Bright Beginning Learning Center Victoria Owen Paula Jenkins Blair and Todd Brockman Jennifer Pilant ‡ Patti and Franklin Kastl Marcia and Dan Brueggenjohann ^ Jane and Henry Primeaux ^ Kimberly-Clark Foundation Robert Bull ^ Linda Qualls and James Monroe Adriane and Phil Lakin ^ Stephanie Cameron + ^ QuikTrip Corporation Denise and Steven Landgarten Robin and Alex Carson + Raymond James Trust N.A. ^ Martha and Richard Laughlin Hillary and Jonathon Cinocca Cassie Reese + Holbrook Lawson and Rick Holder ^ Lisa and David Clark ^ Francine Ringold ‡ Jenny Lessley ^ Kathleen Coan Hyonjun Rhee & Youhee Son in The Sleeping Beauty photo by J. Shelton Photography 16 17 INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN

For the 2014/2015 fiscal year, Tulsa Ballet was in the quiet phase of itsDefining the Future Integrated Campaign, the largest fundraising initiative in the history of the organization. The Campaign is part of a long-range financial plan for the organization that will create opportunities for increasing earned revenues through ticket sales, school tuition, investments, and audience development.

On May 20, 2015 Tulsa Ballet announced that the Hardesty Family Foundation had donated a gift of 13.72 acres of land to support the development of a Tulsa Ballet satellite school in Broken Arrow. The future site of the Hardesty Center for Dance Education is located just east of the intersection of Aspen Ave (145th) and 101st (New Orleans). The generous lead gift for this project, valued at $4.185 million, is one of the largest gifts ever awarded by the Foundation and its founders, Roger and Donna Hardesty.

Providing a combined $16 million in lead gift com- mitments for Defining the Future are: The Hardesty Family Foundation; E. Ann Graves; Mollie Williford; Bonnie Klein; H.A. & Mary K. Chapman Charitable Foundations; The Maurice DeVinna Charitable Trust; The Margery Mayo Bird Foundation; The Anne and To kick off its 60th anniversary season in 2016, Tulsa Ballet will open Henry Zarrow Foundation; Kathy and Bob West; the doors to The Hardesty Center for Dance Education, to be located Selser Schaefer Architects; Hannah and Joe Robson. in Broken Arrow, just east of the intersection of Aspen Ave (145th) and The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation has awarded a 101st (New Orleans). $1 million challenge grant, which is contingent on raising the balance of the funds. The facility has been designed by Selser Schaefer Architects, and the structural and civil engineering has been provided by KKT Architects. Major gift donors pledging a combined $1.7 million in contributions include: The Albert and Hete The 21,000-square-foot facility will house the Ann and Jack Graves Barthelmes Foundation; Barnett Family Studios. Each studio will feature a professional basket-woven sprung Foundation; Billie and Howard Barnett; floor with Marley covering, ten-foot mirrors and a state of the art sound system. Administrative office space, separate dressing areas for boys Katrine and Ramez Hakim; Suzanne and Jim Kneale Family Foundation; Lou and Connie Miller and girls, and a spacious lobby to accommodate waiting parents are all Charitable Foundation; Meinig Family Foundation; The Mervin Bovaird Foundation; Kayla and Scott part of the floor plan. Marcello Angelini says, “Our initial design called Vaughn; Monica Williford and Steve Bayles; Jill and Robert Thomas; Susan and Bill Thomas; Kinslow, for a nicely equipped, relatively large, but reasonably modest, structure. Keith and Todd; GlobalHealth; David Hogan; IBC Bank; Jackie Kouri and Gary Paxton; Betty and Steve Thanks to Ann Graves’s visionary support, we will be able to offer a Pirnat; Susan Parrott; Patsy Savage; Karen Young. much larger facility with plenty of space to accommodate future expansion, a great improvement from our original goal. This facility will DEFINING THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP be able to serve local area children for decades to come.” The site will also include The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation Performance KAYLA VAUGHN, Campaign Chair Studio, which will serve as a performance venue for ballet students and HANNAH ROBSON, Honorary Chair educational outreach programs, as well as a functioning dance studio. BILLIE BARNETT, Chairman of the Board Tulsa Ballet II, the organization’s pre-professional ensemble and JACKIE KOURI, Campaign Advisor performing arm of the Center for Dance Education, will also offer DR. KIRBY LEHMAN, Building Committee performances in the Zarrow Studio. MARCELLO ANGELINI, Artistic Director SCOTT BLACK, Managing Director

18 19 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Season ASSETS 2014-2015 2013-2014 SEASON FINANCIAL INFORMATION Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $2,244,187 $189,943 Pledges receivable $560,775 $4,814,243 Temporary cash investments, at cost $322,046 $84,557 Prepaid expenses and other $156,736 $216,443 OPERATING INCOME Total Current Assets $3,283,744 $5,305,186

Fundraising Events $ 1,540,229 Pledges Receivable - Long Term $5,172,835 $310,000 28% Beneficial Interests in Trust Assets $1,572,831 $1,568,975 28% Private Gifts $ 1,498,403 Investments $6,008,307 $5,444,504

23% Ticket Sales $ 1,224,696 Net Property and Equipment $12,334,203 $8,214,712

Center for Dance Education $ 525,459 TOTAL ASSETS $28,371,920 $20,843,377 10% LIABILITIES 4% Campaign Gifts $ 239,050 Current Liabilities Line of Credit $300,000 $600,000 Current maturities of long-term debt $74,948 $71,656 3% Endowment / Interest $ 181,555 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $325,395 $254,720 Deferred performance revenue $461,494 $441,539 2% Sales and Rentals $ 128,043 Total Current Liabilities $1,161,837 $1,367,915

Long Term Debt $900,630 $975,145 2% Government Grants $ 98,273 TOTAL LIABILITIES $2,062,467 $2,343,060

TOTAL: $ 5,435,708 NET ASSETS Unrestricted $13,604,272 $7,043,871 Unrestricted - Board Designated $300,000 Temporarily restricted $6,171,252 $6,747,185 OPERATING EXPENSE Permanently restricted $6,233,929 $4,709,261

TOTAL NET ASSETS $26,309,453 $18,500,317 62% Artistic / Production $ 3,275,177 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $28,371,920 $20,843,377

13% Administration Salaries $ 693,777 STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES Season Changes in Unrestricted Net Assets 2014-2015 2013-2014 Revenues and Gains 8% Development $ 414,529 Contributions $5,473,732 $2,328,734 Ticket sales $1,192,887 $1,081,423 Net Investment income (Loss) $226,088 $433,755 8% Marketing $ 406,349 Building rental operations $246,039 $269,565 Center for Dance Education $525,460 $504,535 Other income $116,644 $122,275 5% Center for Dance Education $ 277,625 Net assets released from restrictions $5,313,043 $609,062 Total Revenues and Gains $13,093,893 $5,349,349

Program and Supporting Expenses 5% Administration $ 246,577 Artistic fees $1,808,045 $1,715,653 Production $1,119,148 $1,039,075 Marketing and promotion $809,775 $776,201 TOTAL: $ 5,314,034 Administrative $922,579 $794,840 Center for Dance Education $611,630 $650,357 Depreciation and amortization $450,188 $455,110 Building rental operations $319,745 $302,015 Contributed services $123,908 $134,232 INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN Interest $68,475 $65,385 Total Program and Supporting Expenses $6,233,493 $5,932,868

55% Capital $ 4,903,691 Increase/(Decrease) in Unrestricted Net Assets $6,860,400 ($583,519)

Increase/(Decrease) in Temporarily Restricted Net Assets ($575,933) $4,814,716 26% Endowment $ 2,352,260 Increase in Permanently Restricted Net Assets $1,524,669 $250,000

Operating $ 1,645,719 Increase in Net Assets $7,809,136 $4,481,197 18% Net Assets, beginning of year $18,500,317 $14,019,120

TOTAL: $ 8,901,670 Net Assets, end of year $26,309,453 $18,500,317

Jonnathan Ramirez Mejia & Madalina Stocia in Blue Flame photo by J. Shelton Photography 20 21 BOARD OF DIRECTORS TULSA BALLET STAFF

Artistic Board President Marcello Angelini, Artistic Director Administration Billie Barnett Daniela Buson, Ballet Mistress Scott Black, Managing Director Susan Frei, Ballet Mistress Stacey Jenkins, General Manager Immediate Past President Alfonso Martín, Ballet Master & TBII Artistic Manager Kay Wulf, Director of Finance Bill Schonacher Ma Cong, Resident Choreographer Cheri Barrington, Accountant Daiva Neal, Company Manager Jessica Novak, Marketing & Sales Manager Presidents Emeriti Andrew Lahti, Principal Company & CDE Pianist Kara Przybyl, PR/Communication Manager Cheryl Forrest • Leanne Helmerich • Jackie Kouri • Betty Pirnat Yee Sik Wong, Company & CDE Pianist Julie Shelton, Graphic Designer/Marketing Assistant Hannah Robson • Bill Schonacher • Georgia Snoke • Skip Teel • Mollie Charlotte Brown, Marketing Associate/Group Sales Williford Production Shannon Huntley, Box Office Coordinator Daniel Wellman, Director of Production Jill Thompson, Senior Development Manager Jerry Wolf, Costume Department Manager Erin Hauser, Development Manager Elected Directors Amy Zvacek, Wardrobe Supervisor Brian Parker, Development Manager Alison Anthony Bonnie Klein Madison Rice, Costume Assistant Anna Potts, Database Administrator Jennifer Anthony Suzanne Kneale Billie Barnett Thomas Landrum Colette Wellman, Office & Facilities Manager Gary Black Phil Marshall Center for Dance Education Kerri Bowen Nicole Morgan Colleen Lahti, Education and Outreach Manager Pattie Bowman Donna O’Rourke Elise Brennan Jennifer Pilant Lauren Trew, Administrative Assistant Tulsa Ballet Dennis Cameron Rebecca Pohlenz Anita Winn, Administrative Assistant 1212 East 45th Place South Larry Chambers Cassie Reese Pia Russo, School Principal Rosalie Childs Janet Selser Tulsa, Oklahoma 74105 Kathleen Coan John Southard Stephanie Murrish, CDE Faculty p: 918.749.6030 Charlotte Belynda Spitzer Daniil Gaifullin, CDE Faculty Edmundson Barbara Sylvan www.tulsaballet.org Sarah Jane Gillett Kayla Vaughn Jacqui Haglund Bill Warnock Julia Harper Kathy West Soohyun Jin Monica Williford Paul Johnson Milt Wolff Andy Kinslow Rachel Zebrowski

Advisory Directors Presidential Appointees Caroline Abbott Helen Jo Hardwick Kevin Coffman Jo Babbitt Peggy Helmerich Hope Egan David Hogan Dr. Robert Brooks Lou Ann Gibson Mary Wheeler Brown Lou Kerr Pat Bryson Nancy Meinig Lyndsay Janzen Mark Butterworth Beth Rainey Kirby Lehman Don Chappel Brandon Rule Ryan McDaniel Kirk Clausing Patsy Savage Susan Parrott Randall Snapp Becky Dixon Rodney Pratz Jake Dollarhide Ed Taylor Wendy Drummond Max Vowel Susie Wellendorf Jane Emanuel Lisa Webb Cassandra Wilkinson Lon Foster Karen Young Linda Frazier Chris Zollinger Janie Funk Ann Graves Leadership Intern Katie Sawicki Ava Weber DaeHan Na, Jonnathan Ramirez, Norton Fantinel, & Cavan Conley in The Three Musketeers photo by J. Shelton Photography 22 23 George Kaiser Family Foundation Artistic Director