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– WELCOME | BIENVENIDO Happy holidays continue to wear her art on our stages and welcome year after year. to ’s The This season, we are delighted to Nutcracker®. welcome an exclusive new partnership with Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, This season, which will allow us to perform The we perform this Nutcracker for an even larger, more beautiful ballet in diverse audience. This collaboration tribute to Cuban- will help Nicklaus Children's Hospital American designer and MCB fulfill the mission of sharing Isabel Toledo, art in every corner of our community in who was revered order “to be where the children are.” all over the world This sponsorship enables us to expand as one of the Nicklaus Children's Hospital’s mission great fashion designers of the last to “inspire hope and promote lifelong two decades, and who designed the health… to every child.” Working with costumes of our new Nutcracker, with the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Dance her husband, Ruben Toledo, designing Medicine Program, dancers in Miami the sets. City Ballet School and students in our Community Engagement program will As we reflect on the life and work of help extend the magic of Nutcracker Isabel, as both a friend and an artist, throughout South . we are reminded of all the beautiful, tender moments when she and Ruben May the year ahead be filled with good were in our Miami City Ballet studios tidings and much joy. and how full of joy she was to see her designs move across the studio and Warm regards, stage as our dancers danced. Isabel was beloved by MCB dancers and staff alike. We were thrilled by her unique and vivid sense of style, her meticulous Tania Castroverde technique and her deep reservoir of Lourdes Lopez Artistic Director Moskalenko creativity. She was always welcoming, Executive Director thoughtful and gracious, and she brought a tremendous generosity of spirit to every encounter. We were so very fortunate to have these moments in our hearts and feel privileged to now

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THE COMPANY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR –SOLOISTS Lourdes Lopez Samantha Hope Galler – Ashley Knox Jordan-Elizabeth Long – –EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tania Castroverde Moskalenko –CORPS DE BALLET Alaina Andersen – Itzkan Barbosa – Eric Beckham Bianca Bulle – Adrienne Carter –MUSIC DIRECTOR Cameron Catazaro – Julia Cinquemani AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Bradley Dunlap – Mayumi Enokibara Gary Sheldon Samivel Evans – Nina Fernandes Maddie Goodman – Julian Goodwin-Ferris Ellen Grocki – Anna Grunewald – Satoki Habuchi – Aaron Hilton – Benjamin Lepson – Suzette Logue PRINCIPAL BALLET MASTER Petra Love – Alex Manning – Madison McDonough Harrison Monaco – Gustavo Ribeiro – Ariel Rose Roma Sosenko Helen Ruiz – Alyssa Schroeder – Christie Sciturro Luiz Silva – Christina Spigner – Nicole Stalker Ella Titus – Eric Trope – Ao Wang – Amir Yogev –BALLET MASTERS Damian Zamorano Joan Latham – Arnold Quintane

–GUEST ARTISTS –COMPANY PIANISTS Didier Bramaz – Reyneris Reyes John Camacho – Francisco Rennó

–FOUNDER PRINCIPALS – Toby Lerner Ansin Tricia Albertson – Katia Carranza Renan Cerdeiro – Rainer Krenstetter –FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jennifer Lauren – Alexander Peters Carlos Quenedit – Kleber Rebello

–PRINCIPAL SOLOISTS “Miami City Ballet, Nathalia Arja – Emily Bromberg a JUBILANT and Lauren Fadeley – Shimon Ito ENDEARING Chase Swatosh company, refreshes the eyes and spirit.” New York Times 5 MIAMI CITY BALLET

THE COMPANY DANCERS

PRINCIPALS–

TRICIA ALBERTSON KATIA CARRANZA Santa Cruz, CA Monterrey, Mexico Joined MCB as a member Danced with Ballet of the Corps in 1997. de Monterrey. Promoted to Principal Joined MCB as a member in 2006. of the Corps in 1998. Promoted to Principal in 2004. Rejoined MCB in 2017.

ALEXANDER PETERS CARLOS QUENEDIT State College, PA Havana, Cuba Danced with Danced with San Francisco and . Ballet, Ballet de Monterrey and National Ballet of Cuba. Joined MCB as a Principal Soloist in 2017. Joined MCB as a Principal in 2019. Promoted to Principal in 2019.

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RENAN CERDEIRO RAINER KRENSTETTER JENNIFER LAUREN Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vienna, Austria Tuscaloosa, AL Joined MCB as a School Danced with Vienna Danced with . Apprentice in 2009. State Opera Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Joined MCB as a member of Promoted to Principal the Corps in 2007. in 2013.* Joined MCB as a Principal in 2014. Promoted to Principal in 2017.

KLEBER REBELLO Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Principal in 2013.*

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THE COMPANY DANCERS

PRINCIPAL– SOLOISTS

NATHALIA ARJA EMILY BROMBERG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Boston, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Festival School Apprentice Ballet Providence, in 2009. and . Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2016.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2010. Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2019.

LAUREN FADELEY SHIMON ITO CHASE SWATOSH Orlando, FL New York, NY Westlake Village, CA Danced with New Danced with Ballet Joined MCB as a York City Ballet and San Jose. Company Apprentice Pennsylvania Ballet. in 2010. Joined MCB as a Joined MCB as member of the Corps Promoted to Principal a Soloist in 2016. in 2011. Soloist in 2019. Promoted to Promoted to Principal Principal Soloist Soloist in 2019. in 2017.

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SOLOISTS–

SAMANTHA HOPE ASHLEY KNOX GALLER Shelby Township, MI Bedford, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Boston Company Apprentice Ballet, Cincinnati in 2002. Ballet and Alabama Ballet. Promoted to Soloist in 2017.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2014. Promoted to Soloist in 2018.

JORDAN-ELIZABETH KATHRYN MORGAN LONG Mobile, AL Blacksburg, VA Danced with New York Danced with Dutch City Ballet. National Ballet and . Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2019. Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2014.

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THE COMPANY

DANCERS

CORPS– DE BALLET

ALAINA ITZKAN ERIC BECKHAM BIANCA BULLE ADRIENNE ANDERSEN BARBOSA Columbia, SC Queensland, CARTER Milwaukee, WI New York, NY Australia Kennesaw, GA Danced with Joined MCB Joined MCB as The National Danced with Joined MCB as an Apprentice a member of the Ballet of Canada. The Los Angeles as a Company Ballet. in 2014. Corps in 2019.* Joined MCB as Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to a member of the Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet Corps in 2017. a member of the Promoted to in 2016.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps de Ballet in 2011.*

NINA MADDIE JULIAN ELLEN GROCKI ANNA FERNANDES GOODMAN GOODWIN- Damascus, MD GRUNEWALD Rio de Janerio, New Bern, NC Pittsburgh, PA FERRIS Joined MCB Brazil Houston, TX as an Apprentice Danced with Joined MCB as in 2013. . Danced with a member of the Joined MCB as . Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet a member of the a member of the in 2014.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps in 2018.

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CAMERON JULIA BRADLEY MAYUMI SAMIVEL EVANS CATAZARO CINQUEMANI DUNLAP ENOKIBARA Santa Fe, NM Canton, OH Dallas, TX Cleveland, OH Rio de Janerio, Brazil Danced with Joined MCB as Danced with Joined MCB . a member of the The Los Angeles as a School Joined MCB Corps in 2019.* as an Apprentice Joined MCB as Ballet. Apprentice in a member of the 2005. in 2013. Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Promoted to Corps in 2017. Corps de Ballet Corps de Ballet in 2008.* in 2015.*+ Company Representative

SATOKI AARON HILTON BENJAMIN SUZETTE LOGUE PETRA LOVE HABUCHI Washington, D.C. LEPSON Sarasota, FL New York, NY Osaka, Japan New York, NY Danced with Danced with Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Boston Ballet II. Joined MCB as Pennsylvania a member of the a member of the a member of the Ballet and Corps in 2018.* Joined MCB as Boston Ballet. Corps in 2018.* a member of the Corps in 2019. Corps in 2017. Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2011.*

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ALEX MANNING MADISON HARRISON GUSTAVO ARIEL ROSE State College, PA MCDONOUGH MONACO RIBEIRO New York, NY Miami Beach, FL New Berlin, WI Vitoria, Brazil Joined MCB Danced with as an Apprentice Danced with Danced with Danced with Boston Ballet, in 2013. The Los Angeles Pennsylvania Kansas City Ballet Municipal Ballet. Ballet. Ballet. de Lima and Promoted to Richmond Ballet. Corps de Ballet Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Joined MCB as in 2014.* a member of the a member of the a member of the Joined MCB as Corps in 2018.* Corps in 2017. Corps in 2018. a member of the Corps in 2013.

NICOLE STALKER ELLA TITUS ERIC TROPE AO WANG AMIR YOGEV St. Petersburg, FL Clearwater, FL Poolesville, MD Beijing, China Kibbutz, Israel Joined MCB Joined MCB Danced with Danced with Danced with as a Company as an Apprentice Pennsylvania The Washington Pennsylvania Apprentice in 2013. Ballet. Ballet Studio Ballet. in 2008. Company. Promoted to Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Promoted to Corps de Ballet a member of the Joined MCB as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2015.* Corps in 2013. a member of the Corps in 2016. in 2009.* Corps in 2016.

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. Miami City Ballet’s 2019/20 season Apprentice Program has been made possible with a generous gift from Patricia McKay Verbeek in 12 memory of Hope Eric Verbeek. 2019/20 SEASON

HELEN RUIZ ALYSSA CHRISTIE LUIZ SILVA CHRISTINA San Juan, SCHROEDER SCITURRO Barra Mansa, SPIGNER Puerto Rico Portland, OR Sterling Heights, Brazil Paradise Valley, AZ MI Joined MCB Joined MCB as Joined MCB Joined MCB as a Company a member of the Joined MCB as an Apprentice as a Company Apprentice Corps in 2017. as a School in 2015. Apprentice in 2007. Apprentice in 2012. in 2006. Promoted to Promoted to Corps de Ballet Promoted to Corps de Ballet Promoted to in 2016.* Corps de Ballet in 2009. Corps de Ballet in 2013.* in 2008.* Company Representative

GUEST– ARTISTS

DAMIAN DIDIER BRAMAZ REYNERIS REYES ZAMORANO Geneva, Pinar del Rio, Havana, Cuba Switzerland Cuba Danced with Danced with Danced with the Compañia National Ballet Nacional De Theatre. of Cuba, Royal Danza. Winnipeg Ballet Joined MCB as and Boston Joined MCB as a member of the Ballet. a member of the Corps in 1996. Corps in 2013.*+ Joined MCB as Promoted to Principal in 2010. Principal Soloist in 2008.

*Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient Dancer headshots: photos © Alberto Oviedo and Alexander Iziliaev. 13 MIAMI CITY BALLET ON POINT WITH… – TRICIA ALBERTSON Company Position: Principal Years with Company: 22 Hometown: Santa Cruz, California

Tricia Albertson may exude a “cool eloquence,” (New York Times) on stage, but behind the curtain is a warm, sweet, soft-spoken woman who has spent years developing her craft with a dedication few can attest to.

With the season of giving in full swing, we did a little Q&A with Tricia to talk about the special gifts of being a dancer.

What is the greatest gift given to you as it relates to dance? Wow! I could go so many directions here. The first thing that comes to mind is my freedom, my identity. Dance gave me my voice.

What inspires you to keep giving of yourself as an artist? There was a time when I felt very stuck. I joined the Company at 17. I was a kid. A fast dancer. I always danced youthful roles. Nothing that carried much gravitas or was very mature. When Lourdes came on [as Artistic Director in 2012] she saw me with fresh eyes. She saw me in much more mature roles, and I didn’t know that side of myself. Her sitting me down and saying, “You are Tricia, you’re not any other dancer and can’t pretend to be any other dancer.” She said to me, “You have to acknowledge your strengths and let them shine.” Those first two seasons with Lourdes were a huge moment of growth for me and inspiration.

You first performed Sugarplum Fairy about 15 years ago. How do you keep the Sugarplum Fairy alive so many years later? The kids get to do a few rehearsals with us. When I get out there with my wand and all the little angels are around, I can see how excited they are. I always try to go around to each one and tell them to have fun, to smile. I give them a magic wand tap. That’s when it feels really special to me.

Any special plans this holiday season? Yes! My parents and my grandparents just moved to Fort Lauderdale, and my sister and her husband already live here. This Christmas will be the first time in twenty years that my entire family will be together.

Tricia Albertson and Rainer Krenstetter in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo 14 © Daniel Azoulay. 2019/20 SEASON

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A Ballet in Two Acts, Four Choreography by George Balanchine Scenes and a Prologue. Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (1816).

The original production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® was generously underwritten by The State of Florida Department of Cultural Affairs, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation.

Miami City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® is dedicated to Toby Lerner Ansin, whose energy, enthusiasm and support provided the spark that ignited Miami City Ballet.

Miami City Ballet premiered The Nutcracker on November 23, 1990 at the Hayes Hall, Artis Theatre; Naples, Florida.

ACT– I – Scene i children in and watch their excited reactions to the tree and the fancy wrapped gifts It is Christmas Eve. A blanket of snow surrounding it. The tree is a marvel, with covers the city of Nuremberg, and a bright branches full of sugar plum candies, Christmas star glows in the sky. wooden toys, sparkling candles, and marzipan animals. As George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® opens, Dr. and Frau Stahlbaum add last The children have to wait for Fritz and minute decorations to the magnificent tree Marie’s grandparents to arrive before gifts in their living room. Their children, Marie will be distributed, so they go back to and Fritz, are in the drawing room, playing play. Dr. Stahlbaum starts them off, leading and waiting for family and friends to arrive. the boys in a military march around the When they do, the parents are the first to room. The march turns into a dance for gather in the living room. They call the the children and Frau Stahlbaum, with the fathers joining in.

Miami City Ballet dancers in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. 16 Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. 2019/20 SEASON

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

When the Stahlbaum grandparents arrive, inventor, a magician, and Marie’s godfather. the adults toast the elders and then – finally Tonight, he has brought more than his usual – give the children their gifts. The presents array of strange gadgets – with him is his are traditional, and very much appreciated: handsome young nephew. Marie seems beautiful dolls for the girls, and toy bugles bashful when they are introduced, but she and drums for the boys. keeps her eye on the princely boy after she runs back to her mother. In the midst of the excitement, the grandfather clock begins to chime, and Noticing her shyness, Herr Drosselmeier it startles the children. A mysterious- pulls a fascinating little watch from his looking man enters the room, cloaked in pocket. (Besides inventing gadgets and an enormous black cape and top hat, and toys, Drosselmeier also fixes clocks.) He wearing a black patch over one eye. leads Marie to the Stahlbaum’s grandfather clock, which he synchronizes to the watch. Oh, it’s only Herr Drosselmeier! He’s an Marie grabs the watch out of his hands and

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runs to show it to her friends, who then When the dance ends, the guests bid pester the inventor. farewell and the children reluctantly leave. Marie and the nephew are the last to say The children eventually quiet down after goodbye. They reach toward each other, Drosselmeier performs a magic trick for but Herr Drosselmeier and Frau Stahlbaum them, which is just the beginning of his separate the pair before her mother sends show. He has brought three large gift Marie upstairs and turns out the lights. As boxes tied with satin bows to the party. midnight draws near, only the sweet sounds From the first two boxes, he and his of a violin are heard, floating through the nephew remove life-sized dancing dolls, darkened house. Harlequin and Columbine. The third box yields a toy soldier, who thrills everyone ACT– I – Scene ii with his military maneuvers. The excitement of the evening has been too Once the dolls are returned to their boxes, much for Marie, who is unable to fall asleep. Drosselmeier brings out more gifts for She sneaks downstairs to visit her beloved Marie. The first is a hobby-horse, which Nutcracker and finally falls asleep on the becomes the center of a struggle between couch with the doll clutched to her heart. Marie and her brother, won by Fritz. Drosselmeier organizes a tug-of-war to try to Within moments, a dark shadow – smooth things over (silly Drosselmeier!), and Drosselmeier – crosses the room. He looks then unveils his final gift for Marie. for the Nutcracker in its special bed, but it’s not there. He notices Marie on the The gift is a charming wooden doll with couch and moves to her side. Drosselmeier big expressive eyes, a fuzzy white beard, loosens the Nutcracker from her grasp, and a special talent for cracking nuts. waves his hands as if performing magic to Drosselmeier demonstrates its abilities repair the doll, then carefully replaces the before giving the Nutcracker to Marie. Nutcracker beside her. As she admires the Nutcracker’s dashing uniform, the very jealous Fritz pulls the All of a sudden, the lights flicker and wake wooden figure away. He runs across the a startled Marie. She sees Drosselmeier, room, throws the Nutcracker to the floor, perched on top of the grandfather clock! and stomps on it! She runs to hide behind the Christmas tree but a huge, ragged-looking mouse enters Drosselmeier scolds Fritz and then tries the room and frightens her terribly! Marie to comfort Marie. He carefully wraps the dodges the mouse, but another mouse Nutcracker’s now-broken jaw with his follows, jumping past Marie’s head. A third handkerchief, and returns the doll to the comes and a fourth! heartbroken little girl. Her friends cluster around her, and Drosselmeier’s nephew As she backs away, the room starts to spin. presents Marie with a special bed for the The Christmas tree trembles and starts to injured Nutcracker. grow. Life-sized soldiers appear, and then a rabbit, a sentry, and a bugler emerge from The boys return one last time to disrupt the shadows. Marie runs to protect her the girls, but their play ends when Dr. Nutcracker and manages to place him safely Stahlbaum invites everyone to dance a final in his bed at the foot of the tree. She looks dance of the evening, in tribute to Fritz and up to the tree for reassurance but it, too, Marie’s grandparents. continues to change, growing bigger and

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bigger. Glancing back, she sees that the Without warning, the King of the Mice Nutcracker’s toy bed has been replaced by appears, jumping towards Marie. He’s an one that is life-sized, and the Nutcracker in ugly fellow with a crown on his head and it is larger than she is! seven smaller heads all around. Drawing his saber, the Nutcracker protects Marie An entire army of mice soon appears. With but the Mouse King returns the attack, a toot on his horn, the bugler calls the toy swinging a gigantic sword of his own. The soldiers to war. Led by the sentry and the Nutcracker jumps on the creature’s back but rabbit drummer, the soldiers look to Marie is thrown off and trapped on the ground by for a command. She points them toward the Mouse King’s sword. From behind, the the mice, then wakes the Nutcracker so he rabbit pulls the Mouse King’s tail, causing can assume command of his troops. The the royal mouse to about-face. The Mouse Nutcracker leads charge after charge. He King draws his sword but misses the rabbit. orders his troops to fire the cannon but it doesn’t shoot a cannonball...it shoots Thankful for the rabbit’s diversion and back cheese, and the mice grab the food and on his feet, the Nutcracker returns to battle return to the fight. The Nutcracker organizes the Mouse King but is again driven down. one last charge into the heart of the army, In desperation, Marie throws her slipper at but the mice surround the soldiers and carry the evil rodent. He turns and chases her to them all away – all but the Nutcracker and the Nutcracker’s bed, where she faints. Her the rabbit. brave act has saved the Nutcracker, who plunges his sword through the Mouse King’s

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20 2019/20 SEASON heart. As the wicked brute lies dead on Sumptuous Spanish Hot Chocolate the floor, the Nutcracker cuts off the King’s heat up in a spicy fandango – Arabian crown and walks to the bed where Marie Coffee moves languidly through a Middle is sleeping. Eastern dance. Three Chinese Teas leap acrobatically around a lacquer box. Candy

ACT– I – Scene iii Canes prance exuberantly before their royal guests, led by an athletic Peppermint The Nutcracker beckons Marie’s bed to Stick, who jumps through a whirling hoop. follow him on a journey. Moving as if by Marzipan Shepherdesses remind Marie of magic, the bed transports the sleeping the decorations on her Christmas tree, and Marie into another world, where the with great fanfare, Mother Ginger reveals Nutcracker is magically transformed into a miniature Italian Polichinelles who dart out prince. He wakes Marie and presents her from under her huge skirt and dance with the crown he captured in battle. in pairs.

Together, they behold a breathtaking scene Next, a beautiful group of dancing flowers - a winter forest come to life in a sparkling make their entrance. Marie and the Prince dance of snowflakes. They pass through the taste sugar petals while the honey Dewdrop flurry and begin their journey to the Land of spins through the blooms in the Waltz of the Sweets. As they walk, Marie notices that the Flowers. the Prince bears a striking resemblance to Drosselmeier’s nephew. Now comes the time when the Sugarplum Fairy, in a mint-green tutu, is escorted by ACT– II her Cavalier to perform for her guests, Golden-winged angels await the arrival of beginning their classical pas de deux with the Sugarplum Fairy, who reigns over the soft adagio movements, and building to an Land of the Sweets. She soon enters and, exciting crescendo. Holding hands, Marie bearing her magic wand, sweetly dances and the Prince are overwhelmed, hoping with the little angels before summoning the someday to dance as magically as that. other members of her kingdom to join her. Everyone joins in for a lively finale, a blaze of color, and celebration. The Sugarplum Fairy welcomes Marie and the Prince to the Land of the Sweets, and As the time to leave draws near, the invites him to tell his tale. He describes Sugarplum Fairy leads her guests to a magic the battle: how the toy soldiers fought air balloon. The Prince and Princess wave the mice, and how he accepted the goodbye and are flown to where the moon Mouse King’s challenge to fight for Marie’s meets the sun. safety. Finally, he demonstrates how Marie courageously saved his life. Daybreak awaits, and Marie will soon wake. It is Christmas Day. The Sugarplum Fairy praises the Prince and his Princess, and then leads them to a -- Adapted from a note by Madeline Pober 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!

Mayumi Enokibara in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. 21 MIAMI CITY BALLET

CREDITS

GEORGE– BALANCHINE’S SCENIC– CREDITS ® THE NUTCRACKER Scenic Design Assistant Robert John Andrusko Choreography by George Balanchine Projection Programming by Paul Vershbow © The George Balanchine Trust Lighting Design Assistant Heather Graff Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky* Scenery Construction by I. Weiss Theatrical Staged by Miami City Ballet Solutions Children staged by Sandra Jennings Scenic Painting by Scenic Art Studios Costume Design by Isabel Toledo* Properties construction General Scenery, Set and Properties Design by Ruben Toledo Orlando, Florida Lighting Design by James F. Ingalls Projection Design by Wendall K. Harrington Children’s Ballet Masters Maribel Modrono and *The Nutcracker, Opus 71 DeAnn Petruschke Audio Description provided by Sara Zajic COSTUME– CREDITS The performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, Costume Construction by a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with Arnold Levine The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in ® Betzabé Pujaico accordance with the Balanchine Style and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by Caryn Wells the Trust. Catafagno Productions Miami City Ballet would like to acknowledge Miami City Cygnet Studio Ballet School students who appear in this production. Euro Co Costumes, Inc. Isabel Toledo Entreprise, Inc. The Balanchine ballet presented in this program is protected by copyright. Any unauthorized recording is Joe Scafati prohibited without the expressed written consent of The Lynne Mackey Studio George Balanchine Trust and Miami City Ballet. and Miami City Ballet Wardrobe Consulting by Andrea Spiridonakos

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Miami City Ballet School students in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. 22 Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. 2019/20 SEASON GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER® 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.

Raymond James FOUNDING– ANGELS– The Kirk Foundation BENEFACTORS $50,000–$99,999 Kinga and Edward Lampert $500,000 Olga and Alex Blavatnik Dominick and Meike Miniaci Claudia Perles Dr. Bruce Horten and Rose Miniaci Steven Perles Aaron Lieber Christy and Earl Powell Mary Spencer Terra – David and Christina Martin SOLDIER Wells Fargo Private Bank SUGARPLUM– FAIRY $25,000–$49,999 $100,000–$249,999 James Ansin – Deborah and Charles Adelman Stephanie Ansin PARTNERS B Carlin Foundation and Spencer Stewart $15,000–$24,999 Judy Werner, Trustee Andrew Ansin Funding Arts Network Trish and Dan Bell and Tanya Yarashevich Miami-Dade County Margarita and Armando Codina Toby Lerner Ansin Tourist Development Jeffrey Davis and and Sanford Evans Council, the Miami-Dade Michael T. Miller Broward Cultural Council County Department of Kathy and Steven Guttman The Charlesmead Foundation Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Kristi and Dean Jernigan CMC Group Affairs Council, the Mayor, John S. and James L. Sara and Ugo Colombo and the Miami-Dade Knight Foundation Swanee and Paul DiMare County Board of County Susan D. Kronick Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation Commissioner and Edward Manno Shumsky Tina and William Lane The Music Center Janice and Emma Feirstein Lawrence Herbert Michele Herbert

COSTUME– UNDERWRITING SUPPORT $10,000–$14,999 $5,000–$9,999 Mamie and Tarmo Jõeveer Polichinelles Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir The Adler Family Sugarplum Fairy Angel & Party Girl Ana Martin-Lavielle Chinese Tea Dr. Margaret and Mike Eidson Fern G. Rose* Arabian Coffee Harlequin Alfred A. Lewis and Hot Chocolate Lead Marie (Nightgown) Jamie and Asha Elias $1,000–$2,500 Dr. Elisabeth A. McKeen Soldiers Winston Lett and Frank Benoit Angel Margot and Allen London Marie (Nightgown) Judith and Marvin Weinstein Flowers The Cooper Family Bunny Child Toni and Martin Sosnoff Angel

Angels, Dewdrop, Jo Ann Engelhardt Sugarplum Fairy Hot Chocolate *Deceased

23 MIAMI CITY BALLET INSIDE ISABEL TOLEDO’S LAND OF SWEETS

Isabel and Ruben Toledo fit a young MCB School student. Over 100 area children perform in MCB's Nutcracker.

Isabel Toledo burst onto the fashion color and the use of beautiful soft- scene in 1985, immediately drawing pastels – because of the candy land, praise from the fashion industry and children, and the idea of Miami elite for her bold shapes and expert sunsets and sunrises, the sherbertness pattern cutting tinged with an of it all – one beautiful vision.” explicit femininity. Known as the ‘radical classicist,’ Vogue, a longtime Throughout her career, Isabel made supporter, labeled her “a designer’s the statement, “Fashion is what time designer,” stating, “she let fabric looks like.” This sentiment is brought and material guide her, draping in to life in staggering proportion with ingenious and elegant ways." the 200 costumes she created for MCB. Isabel and Ruben frequently This design genius is on full display expressed the importance of tapping in MCB’s production of George into “all the possibilities of what Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. makes children’s imaginations so vivid Isabel, with her husband Ruben (who and alive.” Look closely, and you will designed the sets) always by her see a Land of Sweets so remarkable, side, created a magical dreamscape so attentive to detail, that it is near to revel in for generations to come. impossible not to lose yourself in Or, as Ruben explains, “Through Isabel’s snapshot of time.

24 Lourdes Lopez, Isabel Toledo and Ruben Toledo with Miami City Ballet dancers. Photos © Alexander Iziliaev. 2019/20 SEASON

Isabel and Ruben Toledo place Mother Ginger's headpiece on dancer.

Lourdes Lopez and Isabel Toledo share a tender moment Isabel Toledo shares her creative process behind at MCB's Ballet Barre. the costume.

25 MIAMI CITY BALLET BIOS WENDALL HARRINGTON JAMES INGALLS PROJECTION DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER

Wendall K. Harrington received the Drama James F. Ingalls designed MCB’s The Fairy’s Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and American Kiss, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky. Theatre Wing awards for “The Who’s Tommy.” Her Broadway credits include: Designs for dance include Unbound (San “All The Way,” “Grey Gardens,” “Putting Francisco Ballet’s New Works Festival); It Together,” “The Capeman,” “Ragtime,” several pieces for Paul Taylor’s American “Company,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “The Will Modern Dance including Concertiana, Rogers Follies,” “The Heidi Chronicles,” Continuum, The Weight of Smoke, The “My One and Only” and “They’re Playing Beauty of Gray and Half Life; many pieces Our Song.” Work in opera includes: for Mark Morris Dance Group including “Werther,” “The Grapes of Wrath,”“Nixon Layla and Majnun, Mozart Dances, The In China,” “A View from the Bridge,” Hard Nut and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il “The Photographer” and “The Magic Moderato; ’s 50th Anniversary ® Flute;” in ballet Cinderella, Pictures at an Tour; George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Exhibition, Firebird, Anna Karenina, Seranata () and John Cranko’s Ratmansky, Ballet Mecanique as well as A Onegin (National Ballet of Canada). Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Fairy’s His designs for opera include Orfeo et Kiss at Miami City Ballet. She is the head of Euridice (Metropolitan Opera); Idomeneo the projection design concentration at the and La Clemenza di Tito (Salzburger Yale School of Drama. Festspiele), several world premieres by John Adams and Kaija Saariaho, all directed by Peter Sellars and Il Farnace and Kat’a Kabanova, both directed by Garry Hynes (Spoleto Festival/USA).

His recent work in theatre includes Richard III (White Light Festival/NYC), The Beacon (Druid Theatre/Galway, Ireland) and Ghosts with Uma Thurman (Williamstown Theatre Festival). He often collaborates with the Wooden Floordancers in Santa Ana, CA.

26 2019/20 SEASON BIOS GARY SHELDON PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR

Gary Sheldon returns for his tenth season as principal conductor and was recently appointed Music Director for Miami City Ballet. He previously held positions with , 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. He also 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, NY. and a graduate of the Juilliard School and Institut de Hautes Etudes Musicales in Montreux, Switzerland.

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In 2002, she became the Executive Director of The George Balanchine Foundation, where among other things she oversaw the 2004 Balanchine Centennial Celebration. Lopez co-founded The Cuban Artists Fund, which supports Cuban and Cuban-American artists in their endeavors, and has served as a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. She also co-founded Morphoses with — a New York- LOURDES LOPEZ based dance company aiming to revitalize ARTISTIC DIRECTOR dance through innovative collaborations. Lourdes Lopez became Artistic Director of In 2011, she also received the prestigious Miami City Ballet in 2012, bringing with her Award for her years a nearly 40-year career in dance, television, in dance. teaching, and arts management. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1958 and raised in Miami, In 2014, she was elected to serve on the Lopez began taking ballet lessons at the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees, age of five, and when she was eleven, marking the first time an artist was elected to received a full scholarship to the School serve on its board. of American Ballet (SAB). Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, she joined New York Under Lopez’s direction, Miami City Ballet City Ballet's corps de ballet, and her star has become one of the country’s premier rose quickly. As a soloist and principal ballet companies. Celebrating her for dancer, she danced countless featured roles, her “…admirable stewardship of Miami including Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin City Ballet, building upon the company’s Concerto, Liebeslieder Walzer, Firebird, Balanchine legacy while also embracing , , , The Four the local culture and community of Miami,” Temperaments, A Midsummer Night’s Dance Magazine named her a 2018 recipient Dream, and Robbins’ , of its Dance Magazine Awards. In 2017, the Glass Pieces, Fancy Free, In the Night, Four magazine also named her one of 'The Most Seasons and Brandenburg. Influential People in Dance Today'.

Upon retiring from the company, Lopez Lopez is married to investment banker joined WNBC-TV in New York as a Cultural George Skouras and is the mother of two Arts reporter, writing and producing feature daughters, Adriel and Calliste. segments on the arts, artists and arts education. She also served as a full-time senior faculty member at New York’s Ballet Academy East and on the dance faculty of Barnard College.

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Before that, she spent seven years as the Executive Director of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre in Tennessee.

Castroverde Moskalenko holds a BFA from the University of Memphis and 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.

TANIA CASTROVERDE Castroverde Moskalenko returns to Miami MOSKALENKO after 30 years where she and her family EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR arrived as political refugees from Cuba when Tania Castroverde Moskalenko joined she was six years old. She grew up in the Miami City Ballet as Executive Director in city and her parents and extended family August 2018, bringing with her more than continue to live here. She studied classical 20 years of experience leading successful ballet in Miami and is married to a former performing arts institutions. Most recently Russian ballet dancer, Alexei Moskalenko, serving as Chief Executive Officer of who is Assistant Artistic Director of the Youth Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Castroverde America Grand Prix. She is the mother of Moskalenko worked to revitalize the five children. 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.

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GARY SHELDON FRANCISCO RENNÓ MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL COMPANY PIANIST CONDUCTOR | JOINED MCB IN 2010. JOINED MCB IN 1999.

ROMA SOSENKO JOAN LATHAM PRINCIPAL BALLET MASTER BALLET MASTER JOINED MCB IN 1999. JOINED MCB IN 1992 AS A DANCER.

ARNOLD QUINTANE JOHN HALL BALLET MASTER PRODUCTION & LIGHTING DIRECTOR JOINED MCB IN 1991 AS A DANCER. JOINED MCB IN 1995.

30 Staff headshots: Photos © Alberto Oviedo, Alexander Iziliaev 2019/20 SEASON OPUS ONE ORCHESTRA

GARY SHELDON MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR “Bold, light, immediate, intensely

FIRST– VIOLINS FLUTES– musical, the dancing Mei Mei Luo Karen Fuller* CONCERTMASTER Elizabeth Lu of Miami City Ballet Geremy Miller FLIES STRAIGHT ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER ” Erika Venable OBOES– TO THE HEART. ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER Erin Gittelsohn* New York Times Victoria Stepanenko Kendra Hawley Georgetta Miller Tony Seepersad CLARINETS– Michael O’Gieblyn Richard Hancock* Siobhan Cronin Molly Wyrick-Flax TIMPANI–

Faye Kokkeler* SECOND– VIOLINS BASSOONS– Dina Kostic* Michael Ellert* Sheena Gutierrez –PERCUSSION Noemi Rivera Ericmar Perez Mikhail Mikhelson*

Marian Myszko Doug Friend

Eduardo Martinez –FRENCH HORNS Akiko Rivera Hector J Rod* –HARP Raul Rodriguez Deborah Fleisher* Stan Spinola VIOLAS– Sharon Janezic Richard Fleischman*

Greg Perrin –CELESTE

Debbie Spring Francisco Renno TRUMPETS– Yael Kleinman-Hyken Craig Morris* *Principal Federico Montes

CELLOS– Janet Clippard

Ashley Garritson* ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL TROMBONE– Angela Maleh MANAGER Karla Rojas* Phillip Lakofsky David Brubeck Elizabeth Aron Geremy Miller Hugh Harbison – ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR BASSES –TUBA Janet Clippard* Calvin Jenkins* Susan Friend Douglas Ferreira

31 MIAMI CITY BALLET BOYS WHO DARE TO DREAM – MEET ERICK BERNARDO ROJAS PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDENT AT MIAMI CITY BALLET SCHOOL

Age: 16 Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico

This summer, the global dance community dream – to one day dance with Miami City came out in full force to shine a light on the Ballet. “Leaving my home was scary. My strength and power of males in dance after English wasn’t very good, but everybody a gaffe made by a Good Morning America helped me and made me feel like I have a host about boys in ballet. family here. I want to make myself proud first, and my family. My family supports me When Lourdes Lopez took the helm of a lot. I couldn’t do this without them,” Miami City Ballet in 2012, the company Erick explains. was short seven male dancers required to fill the roles in George Balanchine’s The Arantxa Ochoa, School Artistic Director, Nutcracker®. Since then, she’s not only shares, “There is a need for social support grown the overall company to 53 company for male dancers. One of the biggest members –its biggest size yet –, but she’s challenges for any boy in ballet is the also grown the number of male dancers stereotyping and at times the bullying that on the roster to 22 – sixteen of which are questions their masculinity. Young male corps de ballet dancers. dancers must get past the teasing and walk through the ballet school door. Without So we salute and celebrate boys who dare support and understanding, even those to dream – to be dancers who take flight with incredible talent may quit.” and inspire us. Aranxta continues, “When Erick came to Erick Bernardo Rojas is one of these boys, us, he showed potential, but he didn’t currently receiving a scholarship to attend yet possess the technique. What he MCB School’s pre-professional program. has accomplished in three years…it’s Introduced to dance by his mother who incredible. He was injured last year. He had taught local children, he took his first to learn how to listen to his body and be dance steps at age two along with his two patient. That was not an easy task, but he sisters; And while his sisters enjoy ballet listened and came back stronger.” casually, it was Erick whose passion was ignited by those very first steps. When Erick’s asked to name his biggest role model, he says, “Ms. Arantxa. When I At thirteen Erick took a major leap. He hear her talk about her career, everything packed up, leaving his loving family behind she’s accomplished, I say yeah, I want to be for a shot at achieving his number one just like her.”

32 Miami City Ballet School student Erick Rojas in William Tell Pas de Deux. Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. 2019/20 SEASON

ISABEL & RUBEN TOLEDO DESIGNERS, MIAMI CITY BALLET’S NEW PRODUCTION OF GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER®

Isabel and Ruben were awarded honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees from Otis College of Fine Art and Design and Columbus College of Art and Design.

Ruben Toledo was born in Havana, Cuba in 1961. He designs mannequins, store windows, award statuettes, scarves, fabrics, dishes, carpets and an animated film

on the history of French fashion entitled Fashionation for the Syndicate De Couture in . He has also created witty and incisive illustrations for top fashion magazines and journals, among them The New Yorker, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Paper, Visionaire, Interview and The New , was born in 1960 in Cuba. She Isabel Toledo York Times. moved to New Jersey at a young age, where she attended high school and met her future He created and illustrated Nordstrom’s husband, Ruben Toledo. Isabel attended the national designer ad campaign and his Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons drawings of 100 cities around the world School of Design. can be found in Louis Vuitton’s City Guides. Toledo’s work has been on exhibit Isabel designed her eponymous fashion internationally, including the Metropolitan collection, which was handmade in her Museum of Art in New York City and the legendary atelier for 35 years and staged Victoria and Albert Museum in the U.K. He is runway shows in both New York and Paris. the author of Style Dictionary, a collection of From 2006-2008, she was Design Director his drawings and watercolors, as well as the for the Anne Klein designer collection for ‘Fashion Almanac’. Jones New York. She has also collaborated with many mass-market companies such as His collaboration with Isabel was the subject Payless, Target and Lane Bryant. of a book and museum exhibition titled Toledo/Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Isabel was the recipient of the Cooper-Hewitt Fashion at The Museum at the Fashion Design Award for her work in fashion in 2005. Institute of Technology in New York City. She was also the recipient of an Otis Critics' They launched their first fragrance collection, Award by the Otis College of Art and Design. Hot House Beauties, with the fragrances In 2008, Isabel was presented with the third Crystal Honey and Kuba Rose, an homage to annual Couture Council Award for Artistry their birthplace of Cuba. They are the subject of Fashion from the Museum at Fashion of an upcoming auto-documentary. Institute of Technology. Isabel’s costumes for After Midnight, a Broadway musical about the legendary Cotton Club, resulted in a Tony Nomination.

33 MIAMI CITY BALLET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KRISTI JERNIGAN CHARLES ADELMAN JILL E. BRAUFMAN TANIA CASTROVERDE CHAIR TREASURER, CHAIR - CHAIR - SCHOOL/COMMUNITY MOSKALENKO FINANCE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JEFFREY DAVIS DR. MARGARET EIDSON ROBERT GOTTLIEB KATHY GUTTMAN CHAIR - DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE

MAMIE JÕEVEER, ESQ. DARLA KARLTON SUSAN D. KRONICK LOURDES LOPEZ REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MANNY MARQUEZ JIMMY MORALES SAUL SANDERS MICHAEL SCHULTZ CITY REPRESENTATIVE CITY REPRESENTATIVE CHAIR - AUDIT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

VERONICA DE ZAYAS CHAIR - GOVERNANCE/ NOMINATING COMMITTEE

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MADELINE ANBINDER STEPHEN ANBINDER TOBY LERNER ANSIN MERRILL ASHLEY NORA BULNES FOUNDER

MARY CIRILLO ROSALEE C. DAVISON MALKA FINGOLD MIRIAM FLAMM SHEILA O’MALLEY GOLDBERG FUCHS

FRANCINELEE HAND WILLIAM “BILL” JONES AMY KOHAN KAREN KRAUSE MIMI KUPPIN

MARGOT LONDON PATRICIA E. LOWRY, LISA KOTT MASSIRMAN JENNIFER MYERBERG ROSALIND RICHTER ESQ.

JUAN JS. ROCA M. OPHELIA ROCA M. SARA SOLOMON GAIL WASSERMAN DIANA S.C. ZEYDEL

TRUSTEES EMERITI NOT PICTURED ANA-MARIE CODINA BARLICK GERRI LEBOW* SARA MINSKOFF ALLAN MIKE EIDSON RHODA LEVITT DINI ALBERT GOLDEN RON ESSERMAN RITA STEIN* JACQUELINE KOTT *Deceased R. KIRK LANDON*

35 MIAMI CITY BALLET INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has been a generous supporter of Miami City Ballet with over $10 million in cumulative giving since the company’s founding.

ANNUAL FUND $250,000 - $999,999

$100,000 - $249,999

$10,000 - $99,999

Miami-Dade County support is provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Performances and programming in Miami Beach is provided with the generous support of the City of Miami Beach and the Cultural Arts Council. Support for Miami City Ballet in the Palm Beaches is generously sponsored in part by the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Broward County funding is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. The Company is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

36 2019/20 SEASON CORPORATE COUNCIL

Miami City Ballet wishes to recognize Nicklaus Children’s Hospital for their sponsorship of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.

CORPORATE LEADER $25,000 and Above

CORPORATE CREATOR $10,000 and Above

CORPORATE BENEFACTOR $5,000 and Above

CORPORATE IN–KIND CONTRIBUTORS

SOHO BEACH HOUSE

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APOLLO SOCIETY We honor the champions of the arts who have helped to create a legacy for Miami City Ballet through their financial and estate planning.

Madeline and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Greiner Gary Rugg and Stephen Anbinder Lynn and Emil Hubschman Wendy Joseph-Rugg Toby Lerner Ansin Edwin A. Huston* Ethel and David* Sommer Joan Baxt* Jonathan Iho Frosene Sonderling* Dianne and Michael Bienes* Adelaida Muñiz-Iscoe and Roberta* and Gary Soren Anne and George Chamberlin* Gary Iscoe The Lawrence and Marjorie Rita and Jerome J. Cohen Sylvia Kaye* Stoll Foundation Pamela and Todd* Cole Stephen Keller* Rosalie W. Stone* Gen. Samuel J. Colton The Kirk Foundation Fred Teger and Dr. Jo Ann Mayer Barbara S. Danielson* Eric G. Koskoff* Sheila Wohl* Dr. Gene Eng* Ralph Lutrin* and Lynn and Louis Wolfson*, II Sanford Evans Alfred Allan Lewis Family Foundation, Inc. Betty Florman* Susan Mark Dr. Sanford L. and John J. and Frank J. and Adeline Pannizzo Mrs. Dolores Ziff* Patricia C. Foody* Trust The Estate of Norma K. Perdue Batia Fox* Estate of Faye A. Phillips* *Deceased Neil and Ina Rae Fox Melissa and Evelyn R. Gilbert* William Quesenberry Isabelle and Irving Goldberg* Murray Robbins* Dr. Gloria U. Greenberg

ANNUAL FUND The Ansin Society Created in honor of Miami City Ballet’s Founder, Toby Lerner Ansin, The Ansin Society is an exclusive circle of supporters, community leaders and partners whose significant contributions are the cornerstone of the Company’s philanthropic support. The Ansin Society was launched in the Company’s historic 30th Anniversary Season with a gift from Charlie Cinnamon to celebrate the extraordinary vision, tenacity and generosity of our Founder. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to Nov. 1, 2019.

$3,000,000 AND ABOVE $250,000 TO $499,999 Kathy and Steve Guttman Kristi and Dean Jernigan Anonymous Lawrence Herbert John S. and James L. Knight The Ansin Family Estate of Eric Gilbert Koskoff* Foundation Ford Foundation Karen and Alan Krause Mary and Saul Sanders Louis. B Mayer Foundation $500,000 TO $999,999 The Kott & Massirman Families Deborah and $100,000 TO $249,000 Miami-Dade County Office of Charles Adelman Stephen and Management and Budget Anonymous Madeline Anbinder The Miami Foundation David Herro and Jay Franke Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir Nicklaus Children's Hospital Jeffrey Davis and Margarita and The Jorge M. Perez Family Michael T. Miller Armando Codina Foundation at The Miami-Dade County Cultural Cultural Council of Palm Miami Foundation Affairs Council Beach County Hazel Rubin Schultz and Rosalee and Richard Davison Michael Schultz Florida Department of State, The Shubert Foundation Division of Cultural Affairs Jean and Eugene Stark

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Estate of Rosalie W. Stone* National Endowment for the $10,000 TO $14,999 Lynn and Louis Wolfson*, II Arts: Art Works Nancy Abbott Family Foundation, Inc. NSI Insurance Group The Herman Abbott Family Ruth Wright Toni and Martin Sosnoff Foundation, Inc. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Anonymous $50,000 TO $99,999 Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. Margaret and Jay Axelrod Robert S. Benson TD Bank City Centre Canero Immigration Law Firm Patricia McKay Verbeeck Dr. Robert and Antonia Canero Davis Gail Wasserman Mrs. Karen Chaikin Darla and John Karlton Wells Fargo Bank Community Foundation Susan D. Kronick and of Broward Edward Manno Shumsky $15,000 TO $24,999 ConAgra Brands Margot and Allen London Dini Albert and Michael Golden Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Lourdes Lopez and Bank of America DSS Consultants George Skouras Audre D. Carlin Funding Arts Broward Tania and Alexei Moskalenko Carnival Foundation Gillian Fuller Sheila O’Malley Fuchs Do Unto Others Trust, Inc. Denise Glasser and R. Joseph Fuchs Alicia Celorio Susan R. Goldstein Centner Academy Susan R. Goldstein, Sunny & $25,000 TO $49,999 Nancy Jean Davis Abe Rosenberg Foundation, Sarah Arison Deutsche Bank Wealth Inc. The Batchelor Foundation Management Audrey Halperin Jane Carroll and Leo Arnoboldi Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation Betty and Rodger Hess Stuart H. Coleman and Tina and William Lane Mamie and Tarmo Jõeveer Meryl Rosofsky Malka Fingold Stephen A. and Beth and Ronald Dozoretz Miriam and Alec* Flamm Ethel L. Keller Fund Dr. Margaret and Mike Eidson Foundation for New Education Beth and Jay* Lotspeich Janice Feirstein Initiatives, Inc. Ana Martin-Lavielle, Esq Dr. Millie I. Figueredo Francinelee Hand and Eileen and Henry Meudt and Zeke Delgado David Lincoln Siegel Ocean Bank Freed of London, Ltd. Dr. Bruce Horten and Ana Ortega Cindy and Robert Friezo Aaron Lieber Ortega Foundation Cindy and Robert Friezo Christina and Barry Kringstein David Parker and Marian Davis Foundation Mimi and Larry Kuppin Rundgren Foundation Ann and Robert Fromer Shana Willinsky Molina SunTrust Foundation Funding Arts Network Sandy and Jesse Morgan Winston & Strawn The Kirk Foundation Claudia Perles Business Amy and Richard Kohan Samuel I. Newhouse Improvement District Landmark Charitable Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Inc. Robert Gottlieb Damaris D.W. Ford Shutts & Bowen LLP Rhoda and Morris Levitt Sara Solomon Frayda and George Lindemann Marjorie Stone and Miami Beach Cultural Rick Rodriguez Arts Council Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Meike and Dominick Miniaci TD Charitable Foundation Rose Miniaci Diana Zeydel Alvin and Louise Myerberg Family Foundation Jennifer Myerberg

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Artist’s Circle The Artist’s Circle is an influential group of MCB members who provide generous annual support. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to Nov. 1, 2019.

$7,500 TO $9,999 Neil and Ina Rae Fox Claudia and Irving* Redel Anonymous Joan and David Genser Blanca Commercial Real Estate Helen and John Cornell Mrs. Joan Getz Peter Romero Charlene and Ron Esserman Bonnie and David Gold Carmen and Rudy Ruiz Ileana Janoura Merle and Stanley Goldstein Linda Stocknoff and Vicky and Sanjay Kamlani Monique and Dan Goldwasser Morrie Sandler Miu Miu Eduardo Gonzalez and Lynn and Meyer Sapoff Terry and Noel Neelands Jerry Cody Selma Ankist Family Trust Kamal Pathak, MD Danielle Gonzalez Clark Nobil Trustee Publix Super Markets Charities Alvin Schechter and Diane and Irving* Siegel William Racolin and Janine Gordon Diane and Thomas Smith Alison Williams Greenberg Traurig Thomas W. Smith Michael and Roberto Raynes Rose Ellen and Foundation Inc Dr. Bruce Halpryn and Gerald* Greene Mark Sonnino Mr. Chas Riebe Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Guest SQA Foundation Jodi and Etai Timna Diane Star Heller Isobel and Roger Sturgeon Marcos Tychobrojcher and Marcia and Joel Hochberg Rosalind and Charles Stuzin George Dandridge Olga and Eric Jorgensen Peace Sullivan William Karatz and Joan Smith TeamLogic IT $5,000 TO $7,499 Wendy T. Kulberg Cynthia and Glen Tupler Sari and Arthur Agatston Kinga and Edward Lampert Brenton Ver Ploeg Stephanie and Samantha Lang Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. Dr. Norman Altman Iris and Lawrence Lerner Charmaine and J. Randall Anonymous Larry Levinson and Joe DeLeo Waterfield Alberto A. Arias and Ralph Lutrin* and Helen Welch Wood Kinnard Alfred Allan Lewis Bonnie Whited Bob Avian and Peter Pileski Cynthia and Peter Liebman Alexa and Adam Wolman AXS Law Group Martaligia Lopez-Cantera and Robin Woodard Roy Bartolomei and Carlos Lopez-Cantera Judy and M. Richard* Wyman Peter Wronsky Lopez-Cantera Charitable Nancy and Jon Batchelor Foundation $3,000 TO $4,999 Trish and Dan Bell Nancy and Edward Madden Amanda and Matt Adler Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. Magic City Casino Lou Ann Alsip Joyce Bloch Ruth Ann Marshall and Joan and Clark Ambrose Diane and Siavosh Bozorgi Patricia Houtz Ansin Foundation - WSVN 7 Rita and Charles Bronfman Camille and Patrick McDowell Dr. and Mrs. Robert Appelman Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Dr. Elisabeth A. McKeen Laurie and Louis Appignani Anirays Bolivar Camino Olga and David Melin The L. Jules Arkin Family Dr. Enrique G. Casuso and Lila Menowitz Foundation, Inc. Ms. Alina Monnar Dr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Michaels Gabriele and Frank Armstrong Kay and Elliot Cattarulla Nina Miguel Sharon and Elliot Asbel Jacqueline and Linda and Ed Morse Daniel Ayers and Jerome Chaves Mike and Renny Nachwalter Anthony P. Seguino Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc. Nordstrom, Inc. Stephen M. Bander Evelyn and Norman Cohan* Nancy and Ellis Parker Maria Bechily-Hodes and The Cowles Charitable Trust Geraldine Polinger Scott Hodes Eggersmann USA Howard and Geraldine Betty Madigan Brandt Jamie and Asha Elias Polinger Foundation Ray Breslin and Patrick Pecoraro Patricia and Howard Farber Christy and Earl Powell

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Dr. Amy Buchman and Veronica de Zayas and Audrey P. Schwartz Vicki Haupt Andrew Ingalls Hon. Patricia Seitz and Mary Jo and John Bulfin Tyby and Gerry Klein Alan Greer Esta Jo Busker Dr. Robert and Jane and John Shalam Dr. Peter B. Cinelli and Mrs. Miriam* Knapp Carol and Dr. Stanley Shapiro Michael LiPuma Sylvana Klein Barbara Sherman Dr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Cohen Annette Z. Kolman-Irom Lois H. Siegel Heidi Cooper Cecilie Jorgensen Dr. Ellen and Gerald Sigal Martin L. Coyne and David Kislak*, Joanne Leibovit, Valerie Sitler Melissa Ann Coyne and Stephanie Tamposi Carol and Frank Sobel Coyne Family Foundation Ivonne and Adam Leichtling Edith and Martin* Stein Douglas S. Cramer and Bonnie Lerner Mark Steinberg and Hubert Bush Bonnie Lerner Fund at The Dennis Edwards Gina and John Despres Miami Foundation Jim Stepp and Peter Zimmer Maria Asela and Barbara C. Levin Bonnie and Steven Stern Gonzalo A. Diaz Elaine Levine Siobhan and Mark Sutcliffe Stephanie Diaz Marie and Harley Lippman Carmen Tagle and Alan Rose Elizabeth and Ralph* Dinlocker Mapfre: Luis Insurance Mrs. Anne B. Tanen Louis N. Casset Family Pablo and Margie Martin Luis Joni and Stanley G. Tate Foundation Uliana Malyshko Miriam and Troy Templeton Vanessa Elias-Krelstein Susan and Joel Martin Jacqueline and Albert Togut Diane and Edward Eisenberg Cuqui and Isaac Matz Deborah and Michael Troner Jo Ann Engelhardt Georgia and Brian McDonough Lourdes Tudela Sheila and Alec Engelstein Sergio Mendoza Tina and Alex Van Der Ven Mark Feldberg and Michelle Danoff Merlin Gabriel Villar del Saz Emilyn Page and Robert Merlin Dr. Norma J. Schulman-Waltzer Rona Forstadt Inna and Miroslav Mladenovic and Neil Waltzer Sharyn Frankel and Sheila Mondry Irene and Dr. Malvin Weinberger Marilyn Silverman Peter S. Mozino Foundation Judith and Marvin Weinstein Naomi and Joel Freedman Joan Readding Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Weitz Marvin Ross Friedman and Barbara Mozino Seegul and Lynne Wheat Adrienne bon Haes H. David Seegul Jan Willinger Ellen Sanders Galkin Ted Mozino Betty and Michael Wohl Marie and Robert Gallager Betty Lou C. and Denise and Dr. Michael Zeide Pamela J. Garrison William T. Nanovsky Judith and Phillip George Christine and Alex Niemeyer Cristy and David Giacomini Robert O'Donnell Susan M. Ginns Michael Ohevzion Ellen and David* Goldschild Lamis and John Olsen Gene Goldstein Michael S. Pasano Corinne and Jerry Gorelick William S. Pollak Cheryl Gowdy Harriet and Henry A. Pownall Vicki and Michael Greenberg Percy Rivington Pyne IV Evelyn and Bruce Greer Juan Quiñones Renee Gross Maggie and Victoria Gutierrez Guillermo Retchkiman Beatriz and Paul Hicks Beverly and Ed Robbins Paul and Beatriz Hicks Francene and Charles Rodgers Foundation, Inc. Donna and Carmen Romeo Diane and Kenneth Hipkins Hunter Runnette and Beth Holland Mark Vandenbosch Lisa Huertas Diane and Gilbert Lee Sandler Diana and Andrew Schultz

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Friends Friends memberships allow individuals to connect directly to the art and artists they love, while providing essential support to Miami City Ballet each year. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to November 1, 2019.

$2,000 TO $2,999 Rita and Ernest Bogen Glenn Kaufhold Willa Rose and Joseph D. Bolton and Andres Clavijo Edmund Abramson Margaret Fronefield Cardillo Dr. Fred and Sandi Khani Mr. & Mrs. Richard Behr Sydney Carpel Sue and Dr. Irwin Klau Joan and Irving Bolotin Harvey Coleman Maura Kobusch Shelly and Dr. Barry J. Cutler Donald Comras Valerie Kohlmann Maureen Daffner Francesca Craven Leona Kosh Faena Hotel Miami Beach Barbara Dacquino and Barbara Palmer and Cari Fund Thomas Richerson George Kramer Mary and Howard Frank Joseph De Carlo, Jr. Jose Lamela Linda and Glenn Fuller and Nancy Kanter Edie Langner and Phoebe and Deane M. Dorwart Michael Coles Dr. Donald Giddon Diana Dubinsky Marian and Stuart Lemle GRAFF Diamonds Bal Harbour Mrs. Elizabeth H. Dudley Winston Lett, Esq. and Linda Halperin Rabia Duggan Frank Benoit Sally-Jane Heit Lori Dunnigan Rosalyn Lichtman Vivien and Melvin Howard Lynn and Stuart Edinoff Elizabeth and Marcus Long Isabel and Marvin* Elaine and Edward Eskind Courtney Lord H. Leibowitz Sanford Evans Bill Lough and Barbara Pinaire Leibowitz Charitable Trust Claire Fair Gloria Luria Shirley Levy and Dr. Alfred and Susan Feingold Danielle and Osvaldo Maffei Sarah Salter-Levy Lisa Frankel David and Sally Manz Marilyn and Elena Freyre Atty. and Mrs. Harry D. Martin Richard* Mendelson Susan and Alan Fuirst Mildrey Mathewes Joanne Mercurio Mr. Gerald Fultz Jennifer McShane Bronwyn Miller Rachel Furst Laura Miller Amy and Eric Peterson Joan and John Galiardo Danielle Milota Mimi and Robert* Rieder Susan and David Galler Linda Mondragon Dr. and Mrs. Laura Garcia Joan Morrison Robert Rosenblum Melinda and John Geberth Dr. and Mrs. Linda and Harold Rosenson Terri and Stephen Geifman Samuel Mowerman Raquel and Michael Scheck Susan and Laurence Goldfein Eduardo and Yael Muller Clara Sredni John Good Joyce and William Niles Kirsten Vogel Lora and Kieth Gordon Insu and James Nuzzi Warren Henry Auto Group Mr. and Mrs. Carol and Mike Park Elina Weisberg K. Lawrence Gragg Perrotti Family Trust John Haley Tammie Plant $1,000 TO $1,999 Elizabeth Halverstam Sue Rapperport Edward Abraham and The Israel, Rose, Henry & Senator Nan and Norma-May Isakow Robert Wiener Charitable Mr. David Rich Isabelle and Neal* Amdur Foundation Kenneth Rivkin and Anonymous Lynn Wiener Deborah Slott Tania Babic Alice and Mike Jackson Mr. Richard Roer Olga Bahdanava Mr. William J. Jones Sheryl Rosenfield Daiva Bajorunas Sheila Josephberg Carol and Herb Rothman Best Foundation Sue and Eugene Karp Adele and Dr. Joel Sandberg Susanne Birbragher Rebecca and Arnaud Karsenti Susan Sandford

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sands Nancy and Peter Brown Patricia Guinn and Jacqueline and David Savir Lyle and Joan Brundage Jared Lilienstein Leah and Bennett* Schlenger Michael Buchanan Sarina and Jerol M. Lind Martin Segal Carole Burack Ronald Magers Seren Shvo Dr. and Mrs. Jack Burstiner Claudia Maghidman Dr. Harvey and Drazia Simon Mary and Thomas Cadigan Phyllis and Laurence Malmuth Sandra and Charles* Simon Rona and Edward Casel Mr. and Mrs. Larry Marbert Culver Smith Stephanie Chaissan Leo Mazur Alice and Glenn Spear Claire and Jon Chassen Richard Milstein and Eric Hankin Nikki and Robert Squire Ross Claiborne Beverly Myers Nancy Stavis Phyllis Cohen Cruz H. Otazo and Virginia Otazo Dr. Steven Steinberg and Suzi Rudd Cohen Mrs. Anita Pearlman and Dr. Jeanette Mladenovic Carolyn Coleman and Mr. Ronald Schneider Norma Suarez Lisa Evans Charles Primer Ellen Sussman Lucette B. Comer Louis Proietto Sandra Thompson Camila Cote Diana Puig D'vera Topol Wileen T. Coyne Michele and Frank Rella Ana Sora-Vadillo and Duke Dang and Michael and Fran Richmond Alberto E. Vadillo, MD Charles E. Rosen Abby and Reid Ruttenberg Sara Wiener Pamela A. Downey Nicole Sayfie Linda K. Wilson Leigh and William Duff Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schlenger Steven Wilson Dr. Richard B. Edelman and Karl W. Schwarz Bruce Wolfe Nancy Avitabile Larry Siedlik and and Mark Henderson Kim and Al Eiber Carmen Sanchez Alene and Sid Workman Joan Fiedler Mr. and Mrs. Morrie H. Siegel Abigail Wyss Sheldon Finkel Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Silverstein Kara Yarckin Amelia Finkle Toby Sloane Maria Zaffaroni Constance and Wood Fischer Audrey Weiner and Nicole Zinn Dr. Rebecca Fox Jeffrey Solomon Stanford W. Freedman Alan B. Spitzer $500 TO $999 Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph J. Frei Mark and Katie Stalker Robin and Richard Abedon Lenore Gaynor Harold L. Strauss Terry and Sheldon Adelman Donna Genet Susan Sullivan Ruth and Robert Albertson Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gilinski Cheryl Swack Dale Allen Joanne and Ron Goldfarb Linda and Myron Teitelbaum Paul Anagnostos and Ragnhild Greve-Isdahl Amy E. Tobin Brian Price Alice Grossman Dr. and Mrs. James E. Vaux, Jr. Phyllis Anikstein Arlene and Richard Haft Thomas Wade and Daniel Roose Anonymous Dr. and Lenore and Donald Warren Jolie Balido Mrs. Kermit* J. Halperin Robert Warren JoAnne and Michael Bander Dr. Bernard Horowitz Mr. Stuart and Dr. Bonnie Wolf Robert Barra Patrick Hunt Katy Yang-Page Mary and Thomas Becht Francesca Craven Dr. Alan A. Zelcer Marylin and Fred Berens Dr. Stanley and Judy Jacobs Johann Zietsman Helene Berger Melissa Kalman Jill Berke Jane Karp *Deceased Jacali International Erin Knight Toby Berman Louise and Stephen Kornfeld Mr. and Mrs. David Bernstein Lisse Kravetz Henry D. Blinder Josh Levine Anne Bodnar Mr. and Mrs Irwin Levy Jalila Bouchareb Gregory Liebman Loretta and Laurence Brody

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GIFTS IN HONOR

Charles Adelman Gradon Hadaway Margot and Allen London Gerry and Hank Alpert Suzanne C. Kraus Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eisenberg Bernardine Atkins Sheldon Finkel Robert and Robin Cohen Orene T. Harris Arlene and Richard Haft Duke Dang and Charles E. Rosen Susan Z. Bloom Linda and Edward Morse Joseph De Carlo, Jr. and Israel, Rose, Henry & Robert Nancy Kanter Wiener Charitable Foundation Lourdes Lopez Sharon and Timothy Harris Lynn Wiener Wileen T. Coyne Donna Rich Sanford Evans Andrea Schechter Lawrence Herbert Bonnie Pfeifer Evans Lisa and Jay Massirman Deborah Adelman Louise and Stephen Kornfeld Yael and Eduardo Muller Duke Dang and H. Irwin and Ellen Levy Susan Schaffer and Charles E. Rosen Michele and Frank Rella Dr. Ronald Gup Donna Rich Lisa Huertas James Perez Toby Lerner Ansin Alexander Bruner Rose Price Wileen T. Coyne Margaret C. Donnelley Steve and Michele Klausner Elizabeth H. Dudley Saul Sanders Dianne and Sid Lambersky Jo Ann Engelhardt Fran Miller Hon. Patricia Seitz and Michele Kaufman James and Insu Nuzzi Alan Greer Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Silverstein Dean Jernigan Matt Saurusaitis Peace Sullivan John Good Nancy Stavis Rose Price Rita and Jerome Cohen Kristi Jernigan Nora and Ted Weinreich John Good Chase Swatosh Alice and Mike Jackson Suzi Rudd Cohen Sanford Evans Gail Wasserman Steve and Michele Klausner Frank Tonkonow Susan Kronick Alice and Glenn Spear James Freeze Adele Jean Gottdiener Deborah Heller and Ann Sanders Nora Weinreich Corwin Family Charitable Cindy and Robert Friezo Foundation Iva Kosovic Kerry Muskat Mr. and Dr. Barton Udell

GIFTS IN MEMORY

Abraham and Ann Buchman Kathleen D. Kallmeyer Hope Eric Verbeeck Dr. Amy Buchman and Maureen Daffner Patricia McKay Verbeeck Vicki Haupt Eric Koskoff Represents cumulative giving Mary Lou Cokl Dr. Amy Buchman and during the twelve months prior Karen Spigler Vicki Haupt to November 1, 2019.

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Lourdes Lopez Director of Foundation and Artistic Director Government Relations: Michele Scanlan Associate Director of Membership: Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Gradon Hadaway Executive Director Manager of Foundation and Government Relations: ARTISTIC Melissa Rosko, CFRE Director of Artistic Administration: Manager of Development and Anne-Camille Hersh Community Engagement—Palm Beach: Company Manager: Michael Sebesto Meghan Bulfin Monteiro Donor Relations Manager: PRODUCTION AND WARDROBE Isabel Von der Mühll Production and Lighting Director: John Hall Development Assistant: Sydney Hartman Production Stage Manager: Kelly Brown Development Consultants: Assistant Stage Manager: Susan Galler, Glenn Kaufhold, Gabe Friend-Jones Ruth Robinson Head Carpenter: Brian Harris Property Master: Marc Stoudt MARKETING Assistant Property Master: Gary Darling Chief Marketing Officer: Julii Oh Head Electrician: William Schwendel Director of Marketing & Assistant Electrician: Apon Nichols Audience Acquisition: Stephanie Zappala Assistant Carpenter/Flyman: Marketing Services Manager: James Sampedro Maggie Adler Sebesto Projection Operator: Steve Covey Marketing Manager: Anne Mortomore Sound Engineer: Sean M. Deceunick Database Manager: Sandra Rodriguez In Memorium: Richard Carter Marketing Assistant: Eileen López Director of Costume Department: Box Office Manager: Matt Saurusaitis Eleanor Wolfe Customer Relations Assistant Manager: Wardrobe Master: Ricardo Asturias Maritza Castro Wardrobe Mistress: Jennifer Conrad Customer Service Representatives: Costume Shop Coordinator: Roger Mejia Pamela Tarantino Kaaren Mils School Wardrobe Mistress: Ibis Hernandez Sergio Rodriguez Seamstresses: Julia Villalobos, Claudia Roque Carmen Wilson Karen Silva Make-up Artist: Carol Raskin COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT Chief Community Engagement Officer: Chief Development Officer: Elena Quevedo AnaMaria Correa Senior Director of Donor Relations: Community Engagement Courtney K. Ford Programs Manager: Tharesa Z. Perry Senior Director, Major Gifts: Arts in Education Program Manager: Orene Tross-Harris Melissa Anduiza Director of Special Events: Lisa Pollack

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Community Engagement Coordinator: Emma Reed Marie Colom Emily Ricca Teaching Artists: Vanya Allen, Meredith Francis Veyette Barton, Stephanie Fuentes, Jennifer Puig, Antonella Vichidomini Kelly Robotham Toranika Washington Ballet Bus Group Leaders: Gisel Hernandez, Pianists: Rhonda Hopkins, Kristina M. Jackson Marianela Castro Juvenal Correa-Salas FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Gladys Fariñas Director of Finance: John J. Shumaker, C.P.A Vivian Gonzalez Senior Accountant: Jesus Valdes Yraima Menendez Payroll Coordinator: Marisa Rios-Lopez Teresa Valdivia Staff Accountant: Carlos Lopez Human Resources Director: Lina Aguirre PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS Office Manager and Executive Assistant: Employment and Labor Law: Lisa Berg, Esq. Joy Stanfield — Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Board Liaison and Executive Coordinator: Immigration Law: Glenn Rissman, Esq. — Kelsey Irl Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Auditor: Robbins and Moroney, P.A. MIAMI CITY BALLET SCHOOL Chair: Lourdes Lopez MEDICAL PROVIDERS School Artistic Director: Arantxa Ochoa Company Physician: Kathleen Davenport MD Managing Director: Lisa De Ravel Director of Dance Medicine: School Operations Manager: Kathleen Bower PT, DPT, MTC Jessica Bork Physical Therapist: Elizabeth Maples PT, DPT School Programs Manager: Brian Ganan Massage Therapist: Alexis Somoano LMT School Administrative Coordinator: Tainisel Rodriguez Student Life and Housing Manager: Roslyn Ruiz School Administrative Assistant and Artistic Liaison: David Esteban Rodriguez Principal Faculty: Alexander Iziliaev, Reyneris Reyes Faculty: Mariana Alvarez Brake Kareen Pauld Michele Chaviano Sara Franco Brittany Kernohan Claudia Lezcano Rosa Mercedes Maribel Modrono Herman Payne DeAnn Petruschke

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