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2018 SEASON PROGRAM 04 FRANKENSTEIN City National is the bank built on client referrals. Top Ranked in Client Referrals.* Eddie Marks Bill Haber President & CEO, Owner, Western Costume Company Western Costume Company Referred Eddie to City National ® Call (866) 618-5242 to learn more or visit cnb.com. The way up. *Based on interviews conducted by Greenwich Associates in 2016 with more than 15,000 executives at mid-size businesses across the country with sales of $10-500 million. CNB results are compared to leading competitors on the following question: How likely are you to recommend (bank) to a friend or colleague? CNB MEMBER FDIC. ©2018 City National Bank. All Rights Reserved. City National Bank is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada. EAP full-page template.indd 1 2/5/18 12:51 PM February 2018 Volume 95, No. 5 Paul Heppner Publisher 24 38 Susan Peterson Design & Production Director Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design TABLE OF CONTENTS Mike Hathaway 5 Greetings from the Artistic Director 44 Season Sponsors Sales Director & Principal Choreographer Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, 46 Great Benefactors Terri Reed 7 Board of Trustees San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Endowment Foundation Board 47 Artistic Director's Council Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, Ann Manning 8 San Francisco Ballet Leadership 48 The Chairman's Council Seattle Area Account Executives 1 0 For Your Information 49 The Christensen Society Carol Yip Sales Coordinator 1 1 History of San Francisco Ballet 52 Corporate and Foundation Support 1 2 Explore Ballet 54 The Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle 16 Artists of the Company 56 San Francisco Ballet EMG Endowment Foundation CITY NATIONAL BANK 24 Program 04 MASTHEAD Frankenstein 58 Friends of San Francisco Ballet 32 San Francisco Ballet Orchestra 65 Thank You to Our Volunteers Paul Heppner President 34 San Francisco Ballet Staff 66 San Francisco War Memorial Mike Hathaway and Performing Arts Center Vice President 36 Donor Events and News Genay Genereux Accounting & Office Manager Shaun Swick Senior Designer & Digital Lead San Francisco Ballet | Vol. 25, No. 5 Barry Johnson 2018 Repertory Season Digital Engagement Specialist All editorial material © San Francisco Ballet, 2018 Ciara Caya Chris Hellman Center for Dance Customer Service Representative & 455 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Administrative Assistant 415 861 5600 | sfballet.org Cover: Vitor Luiz in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson Corporate Office Above, left to right: Vitor Luiz in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson SF Ballet's 2018 Opening Night Gala dinner // © Drew Altizer 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 [email protected] 800.308.2898 x105 www.encoremediagroup.com FOLLOW US BEFORE AND AFTER THE PERFORMANCE! facebook.com/sfballet twitter.com/sfballet Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget youtube.com/sfballet instagram.com/sfballet Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. ©2018 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 3 LOVING HOW YOU LIVE. You dream it. We design and build it. Make every space your own. Discover the boutique-like closet created for Eat/Sleep/Wear’s Kimberly Lapides on our website. californiaclosets.com ©2018 California Closet Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Each franchise independently owned and operated. Each franchise All rights reserved. Inc. ©2018 California Closet Company, 800.274.6754 CA177_EncoreMedia_Kim_8.3x10.8_0118.indd 1 12/14/17 11:32 AM EAP full-page template.indd 1 1/12/18 12:54 PM GREETINGS FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Thank you for joining us at the Opera House for Frankenstein. When we performed this ballet for the first time here in the United States last spring, it was a highlight of our season. I’m happy to bring it back, both so audiences can revisit this compelling new ballet and so our dancers can dig even deeper into this haunting story. The power of Mary Shelley’s novel resides in its ability to engage on many levels—as a suspenseful story, an evocation of the universal longing for love and acceptance, an exploration of the dark recesses of the soul. Her protagonists struggle mightily—with their emotions, their sense of responsibility, their isolation, their fate—and choreographer Liam Scarlett deftly illuminates their inner turmoil through his choreography. For dancers, embodying these characters and revealing their subtleties is a creative challenge. I saw many of our dancers grow as artists last season as a result of dancing this ballet, and I look forward to seeing their nuanced interpretations this year. Beyond the choreography, Liam Scarlett, who has a deep affinity for CAL CLOSETS this novel, worked closely with a talented creative team to translate the intensity of Frankenstein into a ballet. Lowell Liebermann’s fantastic score, John Macfarlane’s detailed sets and costumes, David Finn’s lighting, and Finn Ross’ projection design all contribute to the ballet’s ominous atmosphere and the story’s impact. Like the novel, this ballet can be appreciated on many different levels—as visual spectacle, as incredible dancing, as powerful drama. I appreciate you coming to San Francisco Ballet. Your support enables us to take artistic risks— like commissioning new work—that keep the art form vibrant. Our 2017–18 Season culminates this spring with Unbound: A Festival of New Works. I invited 12 international choreographers to create 12 ballets for SF Ballet—all 12 world premieres will be unveiled over the Unbound festival’s four programs, April 20 to May 6. I hope you’ll join me in the audience for a rare look at what 12 of the most interesting minds in ballet are creating at this particular moment in time. Sincerely, Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 5 DAVID BELLINGS PROUDLY PRESENTS Iconic San Francisco Premier Mansion with full span golden gate bridge views 2100 Broadway • $17,800,000 • 2100Broadway.com #1 COLDWELL BANKER AGENT IN SAN FRANCISCO #1 Agent | Broker | Attorney | Internationally Recognized in Top 1% A MASTER IN THE FINE ART OF SELLING LUXURY REAL ESTATE EAP full-page template.indd 1 2/12/18 10:17 AM SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION Board of Trustees 2017–18 CARL F. PASCARELLA, Chair of the Board and Executive Committee Chris Hellman† (1933–2017) Jola Anderson Christine Russell Stephanie Marver Chair Emerita Kristen A. Avansino Randee Seiger Nancy H. Mohr Richard C. Barker Robert G. Shaw Marie-Louise Pratt John S. Osterweis† Karen S. Bergman Christine E. Sherry George R. Roberts Immediate Past Chair Gary Bridge Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Kathleen Scutchfield Margaret G. Gill Chaomei Chen Catherine Slavonia Robert M. Smelick Vice Chair Hannah Comolli David Hooker Spencer Susan A. Van Wagner James H. Herbert II† Christine Leong Connors Fran A. Streets Dennis Wu Vice Chair David C. Cox Judy C. Swanson Akiko Yamazaki Susan P. Diekman Richard J. Thalheimer Lucy Jewett Kate Duhamel Jennifer M. Walske Vice Chair Sonia H. Evers Miles Archer Woodlief ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES James D. Marver Shelby M. Gans Timothy C. Wu Brenda Leff Vice Chair Joseph C. Geagea Janice Hansen Zakin President, Richard Gibbs, M.D. San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary Diane B. Wilsey Beth Grossman Vice Chair Patricia D. Knight Matthew T. Hobart TRUSTEES EMERITI President, BRAVO Nancy Kukacka Patrick M. Hogan Michael C. Abramson Treasurer Thomas E. Horn Thomas W. Allen Christopher Correa Jennifer J. McCall Donald F. Houghton (1929–2017) Marjorie Burnett President, ENCORE! Secretary Hiro Iwanaga Charles Dishman Stewart McDowell Brady, Elaine Kartalis Garrettson Dulin, Jr.† Susan S. Briggs Patrice Lovato James C. Katzman Millicent Dunham Assistant Secretary Co-Chairs, Allegro Circle Yasunobu Kyogoku J. Stuart Francis† Helgi Tomasson Kelsey Lamond Sally Hambrecht COLDWELL BANK Artistic Director & Marie O’Gara Lipman Ingrid Von Mangoldt Hills Principal Choreographer Mark G. Lopez George B. James II† (1937–2017) Glenn McCoy* Alison Mauzé Pamela J. Joyner† Executive Director Marissa Mayer David A. Kaplan Kurt C. Mobley Mary Jo Kovacevich Kara Roell James J. Ludwig† SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION Board of Directors 2017–18 JAMES D. MARVER, President John S. Osterweis Kevin Mohr‡ Richard C. Barker Chris Hellman (1933–2017) President Emeritus Chief Financial Officer Susan S. Briggs Director Emerita J. Stuart Francis Hank J. Holland Laura Simpson‡ George B. James II (1937–2017) Nancy Kukacka Vice President Secretary Director Emeritus Hilary C. Pierce Thomas E. Horn Elizabeth Lani‡ Larissa K. Roesch Treasurer Assistant Secretary †Past Chair *Non-Trustee ‡Non-Director PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 7 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET LEADERSHIP HELGI TOMASSON GLENN MCCOY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Helgi Tomasson, one of the supreme Glenn McCoy’s career in the classical dancers of his generation, has performing arts spans more led San Francisco Ballet for 33 years than 30 years of operations and is the longest-serving sole artistic management and marketing. director of a major ballet company. Born in After working for San Francisco Iceland, he danced with Harkness Ballet, Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, The Joffrey Ballet, and New York City Ballet, where he distinguished he joined San Francisco Ballet in 1987. He served as company himself as a dancer of technical purity, musicality, and intelligence. manager and general manager before being appointed executive Tomasson assumed leadership of SF Ballet in 1985. Under his guidance, director in April 2002. McCoy has overseen the production of SF Ballet has developed into a company widely recognized as one of more than 60 new repertory and full-length ballets and more than the finest in the world. Tomasson has balanced devotion to the classics 45 domestic and international tours, including engagements in with an emphasis on new work, cultivating frequent collaborations and Paris, London, New York, Beijing, and Washington, DC.
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