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Mikko Nissinen Meredith Max Hodges Artistic Director Executive Director Hart Artistic Director’S Chair Mikko Nissinen Meredith Max Hodges Artistic Director Executive Director Hart Artistic Director’s Chair Assistant Artistic Director Russell Kaiser Ballet Masters Shannon Parsley Larissa Ponomarenko Anthony Randazzo Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo Principal Dancers PAULO ARRAIS KATHLEEN BREEN COMBES ANAÏS CHALENDARD LIA CIRIO PETRA CONTI ERICA CORNEJO ASHLEY ELLIS SEO HYE HAN LASHA KHOZASHVILI MISA KURANAGA JOHN LAM ERIS NEZHA Soloists ISAAC AKIBA MARIA BARANOVA RACHELE BURIASSI JI YOUNG CHAE PAUL CRAIG RIE ICHIKAWA FLORIMOND LORIEUX DALAY PARRONDO IRLAN SILVA SABI VARGA PATRICK YOCUM JUNXIONG ZHAO Second Soloists DIANA ALBRECHT RODDY DOBLE CORINA GILL LAUREN HERFINDAHL ADDIE TAPP Artists MARIA ALVAREZ DAWN ATKINS HANNAH BETTES EKATERINE CHUBINIDZE DANIEL COOPER CARALIN CURCIO EMILY ENTINGH SAMIVEL EVANS BRETT FUKUDA ANDRES GARCIA MAMUKA KIKALISHVILI SEUNG HYUN LEE SO JUNG LEE ALEXANDER MARYIANOWSKI NINA MATIASHVILI LEAH MCCALL KATHRYN MCDONALD DREW NELSON BORIS RICHIR LAWRENCE RINES ALEC ROBERTS MARCUS ROMEO REINA SAWAI MATTHEW SLATTERY DESEAN TABER ERIK THORDAL-CHRISTENSEN ELIZABETH WALKER SARAH WROTH Associate Director of Boston Ballet II Peter Stark BOSTON BALLET II Sam Ainley Angela Bishop Derek Drilon Thomas Harrison Sage Humphries Graham Johns Abigail Merlis Clay Murray Erin O’Dea Christian Pforr Gabriela Schiefer Bella Ureta Children’s Ballet Mistress Melanie Atkins Principal Guest Conductor Music Director Emeritus Beatrice Jona Affron Jonathan McPhee Senior Principal Company Pianist Principal Solo Pianist Freda Locker Alex Foaksman E. VIRGINIA WILLIAMS, FOUNDER BOSTON BALLET 19 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02116 TEL 617.695.6950 FAX 617.695.6995 BOSTONBALLET.ORG BIO: MIKKO NISSINEN, Artistic Director Hart Artistic Director’s Chair Mikko Nissinen was appointed Artistic Director of Boston Ballet and Boston Ballet School in 2001. Nissinen began his dance training at age 10 with the Finnish National Ballet School, and launched his professional dance career at age 15 with the Finnish National Ballet. He continued his studies at The Kirov Ballet School in St. Petersburg, Russia, graduating in 1980. Nissinen danced professionally for 19 years with the Finnish National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Basel Ballet, and as a principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet. His vast repertoire ranged from classical to contemporary works, and he performed as a guest artist with many companies and partners for numerous international galas. Nissinen directed the Marin Ballet in San Rafael, California from 1996 to 1998, and Alberta Ballet in Calgary, Canada from 1998 to 2001, also serving as Alberta Ballet’s Executive Director from 1999 to 2000. As Artistic Director of Boston Ballet, Nissinen has defined the Company’s image, cultivating a dynamic collection of classical, neo-classical, and contemporary repertoire, ranging from full-length classical ballets, to masterworks by George Balanchine, to new works and world premieres by some of the finest contemporary choreographers today. In 2016, Nissinen and Boston Ballet established a long-term partnership with William Forsythe, allowing the Company to cultivate a rich collection of his work. This three-part repertoire balance has established the Company as one of the leading dance organizations in the U.S., acclaimed for its excellence, artistic innovation, and versatility. Under Nissinen’s regime, The Boston Globe called Boston Ballet’s transformation one of the “biggest arts stories of the decade.” For Boston Ballet, Nissinen has choreographed Raymonda Act III (2006) and Swan Lake (2004), and the Company has performed his The Nutcracker since 2004. This award-winning production was re-envisioned and re-choreographed in 2012, receiving critical acclaim. In 2014, Nissinen introduced his new production of Swan Lake, hailed as “luminous” by The Wall Street Journal. Nissinen serves as Artistic Director of Boston Ballet School, the largest ballet school in North America, and he served as Executive Director of Boston Ballet in 2008 for a year and a half. His broad knowledge of dance, its history, and arts organization business leadership make him a popular presenter at conferences and universities worldwide. He was a fellow at the 2002 Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders in the Arts at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the New York Choreographic Institute’s Artistic Committee and an advisory board member of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. He is the recipient of the 2007 United Nations Association of Greater Boston Leadership Award, the Finlandia Foundation’s 2008 Arts and Letters Award, and Boston’s Guide for the Arts 2009 Ambassador for the Arts Award. BIO: MEREDITH MAX HODGES, Executive Director Meredith Max Hodges joined Boston Ballet as Executive Director in 2014, and leads the company in partnership with Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen. Hodges has a wide range of experience that combines both the not-for-profit arts and the for-profit management industries. Prior to joining Boston Ballet, Hodges served as Executive Director of Gallim Dance, a New York-based contemporary dance company that tours worldwide to venues that include Guggenheim Works & Process, the Spoleto Festival and the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris, France. At Gallim, she worked in partnership with Artistic Director Andrea Miller to increase performance activity and the company’s artistic profile, while significantly increasing revenue. At the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Hodges worked in a variety of roles, most recently as a Project Director leading strategic development, membership and technology initiatives. She has also worked as a Senior Associate Consultant with Bain & Company here in Boston and New York, consulting for clients in multiple industries, including private equity and consumer products. Hodges is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, and is an Arts Professional-in- Residence at Harvard University. She has been a panelist at the Dance/USA Annual Conference, gave a TED Talk at TEDxBroadway 2016, and lectures on arts entrepreneurship at The Juilliard School. BIO: JORMA ELO, Resident Choreographer Finnish-born Jorma Elo was appointed Resident Choreographer of Boston Ballet in 2005, and he is one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world. Elo has created works for companies that include American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Bolshoi Ballet, Boston Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Basel Ballet, and Norwegian National Ballet, among others. Elo trained with the Finnish National Ballet School and the Kirov Ballet School in Leningrad. He danced professionally with Finnish National Ballet and Cullberg Ballet, and joined Netherlands Dance Theater in 1990, where he enjoyed a 15 year career. As Resident Choreographer of Boston Ballet Elo has created many world premieres, including Carmen, Le Sacre du Printemps, Plan to B, Brake the Eyes, Bach Cello Suites, and the full length Elo Experience. Elo’s From All Sides debuted in 2007 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, to a commissioned score from Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Mead Composer-in- Residence, Mark Anthony Turnage, conducted by Maestro Esa- Pekka Salonen. Vienna State Opera Ballet premiered his full length A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2010. Finnish National Ballet premieres Elo’s full length Alice in Wonderland in October 2016. Elo choreographed and performed in the Finnish television film Nijinsky Invisible Power in 2007. He is also a skilled designer of costumes, lighting and video effects for his ballets. Elo was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland, one of Finland’s highest honors, in 2015. He was awarded the prestigious Benois de la Danse prize for best choreography in 2011, for his production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, commissioned by Vienna State Opera Ballet and Slice to Sharp, a new version of the ballet created for the Stanislavsky Music Theatre. The Finnish Government awarded Elo with the 2012 Dance Artist Prize. The Helsinki International Ballet Competition (2005) awarded Elo their Choreographic Prize and he is the recipient of the Prince Charitable Trust Prize and the Choo-San Goh Choreographic Award in 2006. One/end/One, created for Houston Ballet in 2011, was supported by the first- ever Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance. He was nominated for a 2008 Isadora Duncan Dance Award. Elo has been featured in Esquire, Dance and Pointe Magazines. BIO: Artistic Staff RUSSELL KAISER, Assistant Artistic Director Russell Kaiser was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Seattle, Washington. He began his dance training at age five and entered the School of Pacific Northwest Ballet at age 13, under the direction PNB’s Founding Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell. In 1984, Kaiser entered School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, where he studied with Stanley Williams, Andre Kramarevsky, and Richard Rapp under full scholarship. In the Fall of 1985 Kaiser began his 11-year performing career with NYCB where he danced the works of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, August Bournonville, Peter Martins, John Taras, Twyla Tharp, and Richard Tanner, among others. Kaiser was an original cast member in Robbins’ West Side Story Suite and Ives, Songs and Martins’ Ash, Fearful Symmetries, Reliquary, and The Sleeping Beauty. Kaiser toured internationally to France, Japan, Denmark,
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