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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

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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 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 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

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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 . Born in After working for San Francisco Iceland, he danced with Harkness Ballet, Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, The , and , 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, , New York, Beijing, and Washington, DC. He commissions with renowned choreographers such as William Forsythe, supervised SF Ballet’s operations for the critically acclaimed , Alexei Ratmansky, and Mark Morris, among international dance festival, UNited We Dance, in 1995 and others. Tomasson has choreographed more than 50 works for SF Ballet, SF Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Season in 2008. He has overseen including full-length productions of , The Sleeping Beauty, tapings of Lubovitch’s Othello, Tomasson’s Nutcracker, and Romeo & Juliet (taped for Lincoln Center at the Movies’ Great American Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid, which have been broadcast on Dance), , and Nutcracker (taped for PBS’s Great Performances). PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York’s performing arts series He conceptualized the 1995 UNited We Dance festival, in which Great Performances, as well as Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet, SF Ballet hosted 12 international companies; the 2008 New Works which premiered in Lincoln Center at the Movies’ Great American Festival, which included 10 world premieres by 10 acclaimed Dance series in 2015. choreographers; and this season’s Unbound: A Festival of New Works. Tomasson has also connected SF Ballet to the world, through co-commissions with , , and ; and major tours to Paris, London, New York City, UNION BANK China, and his native Iceland.

MARTIN WEST PATRICK ARMAND MUSIC DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL

Martin West leads an Orchestra that is as Born in Marseille, France, Patrick musically excellent as it is adventurous. Armand studied with Rudy Bryans, Under his direction the Orchestra has his mother Colette Armand, and at greatly expanded its catalog of recordings. the École de Danse de Marseille. Born in Bolton, England, he studied math He won the Prix de Lausanne in at Cambridge. After studying music at the 1980 and continued his studies Royal Academy of Music in London and St. Petersburg Conservatory at the School of American Ballet. In 1981, he joined the Ballet of Music, he made his debut with and was Théâtre Français de Nancy and was promoted to principal dancer appointed resident conductor. As a guest conductor, he has worked in 1983. The following year he joined English National Ballet, with New York City Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, and where he danced for six years before joining in The Royal Ballet. He was named music director of SF Ballet in 2005. 1990. A frequent guest teacher for schools and companies in West’s recordings with SF Ballet Orchestra include the complete Amsterdam, Florence, London, Naples, Tokyo, and Toronto, score of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and an album of suites from Delibes’ Armand was appointed teacher and ballet master of the Teatro and Coppélia. He also conducted for the award-winning DVD of alla Scala in Milan in 2006. In 1998 and 2009, he served as a jury Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid as well as SF Ballet’s televised recording member of the Prix de Lausanne and since 2010 has been the of Nutcracker for PBS and the 2015 in-cinema release of Romeo & Juliet competition’s official male coach and teacher. He was appointed for Lincoln Center at the Movies’ Great American Dance. principal of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program in 2010, SF Ballet School associate director in 2012, and director of SF Ballet School in 2017.

Headshots: Tomasson, West, and Armand // © Erik Tomasson; McCoy // © Chris Hardy

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IN THE OPERA HOUSE PLEASE NOTE Beverages in the auditorium are allowed if they are purchased in the Late seating isn’t allowed while a performance is in progress. Opera House and are in the approved compostable cup with a lid. You’ll be asked to stand until a break in the action, which might be at intermission. The Café at the Opera House on the Lower Lounge level opens two hours prior to curtain time—and is also open during intermission. Call Audio/visual recordings of any kind of the performance are strictly 415 861 8150 for reservations. forbidden.

Refreshments are available on the lower level as well as the Box, Orchestra, Mobile devices should be turned off and put away before the and Dress Circle levels. There are drinking fountains on all levels near performance; the lights and sounds are a distraction. the elevators. Children attending a performance must have a ticket and occupy that The Shop at SF Ballet is open one hour before each performance, during seat; no infants or lap sitting, please. Children need to be at least five intermissions, and after weekend matinees, even if you’re not attending the years old to attend Repertory Season performances. performance itself (visit the Box Office for a special pass). To shop online: Smoking is not permitted in the Opera House. sfballet.org/shop. Opera House management reserves the right to remove any patron Restrooms are located on all floors except Main Lobby level (first floor). who is creating a disturbance. Coat and parcel check rooms are located on the north and south side of Emergency services are available in the Opera House Lower Lounge the Main Lobby. All parcels, backpacks, and luggage must be checked. level, where an EMT is on duty. Opera glasses are available for $5 rental at the north lobby coat check Walking tours of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts room and require a valid ID as a deposit. Center are available most Mondays at select hours. For information, Lost & Found is located at the north coat check room. Call 415 621 6600, call 415 552 8338. Mon–Fri, 8:30–11:30 am, or email [email protected]. ACCESSIBILITY Courtesy telephones, for local calls only, are on the Main Lobby level, SF Ballet is committed to providing access for all of our patrons. across from the elevators. Please contact Ticket Services at 415 865 2000 prior to the Chariot shuttles are available from the Civic Center/UN Plaza BART Station performance with questions so that we can ensure your comfort. at Grove Street and Hyde Street to the War Memorial Opera House Wheelchair-accessible entrances are available on the north, east, (301 Van Ness Avenue) one hour before and one hour after performances. and south sides of the Opera House. This complimentary shuttle service will be available for all 2018 Repertory Season performances, unless otherwise noted. Wheelchair seating positions are on the Orchestra and Dress Circle levels. Taxis line up after performances at the Grove Street Taxi Ramp on the south side of the Opera House. Taxis are provided on a first-come, first-served Wheelchair accessible stalls in restrooms can be found on all floors basis and we cannot guarantee availability. Our staff will assist you. except the Main Lobby and fifth floor Balcony level. A lockable single-user, special-needs restroom is located on Floor 3. Please see Reducing waste is important to us. We’re using recyclable and compostable the usher closest to this location for access. Accessible drinking materials for food service. Please help our efforts by sorting items into fountains are located on all floors except the Balcony level. our recycling bins (hard plastic wine glasses, bottles, cans, and paper programs), compost bins (lidded cups, disposable cutlery, napkins, and Assistive listening devices (Sennheiser model infrared sound most food containers), and landfill (potato chip bags). amplification headsets) are available at both coat check locations in the Main Lobby. A major credit card or driver’s license is required for deposit.

PURCHASING TICKETS You can order online at sfballet.org or call Ticket Services at 415 865 2000, Mon–Fri, 10 am–4 pm. On performance dates, phones are open from 10 am until the performance begins. The SF Ballet Box Office in the Opera House is open only on performance dates: Tues–Fri, noon through the first intermission; Sat and Sun, 10 am through the first intermission. During the hour prior to curtain, the Box Office only handles business for the upcoming show.

Groups of 10 or more can save up to 30 percent. For information, visit sfballet.org/groups or call 415 865 6785.

10 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 TIMELINE: SAN FRANCISCO BALLET AND FRANKENSTEIN

A tradition of innovation flows through the history of San Francisco Ballet. As America’s oldest professional ballet company, SF Ballet builds upon strong classical roots, while continually exploring and redefining where the art form is headed. Key moments in the creation of Frankenstein (both the novel and the ballet) are interwoven with SF Ballet's milestones.

1816 1931 1933 Mary Shelley starts writing Universal Pictures The San Francisco Opera Ballet is Frankenstein as the eruption releases the monster founded to prepare dancers to appear of Mount Tambora darkens movie Frankenstein in opera productions. San Francisco skies around the world. with Boris Karloff. Ballet School is established.

Mary Shelley

1952 1944 1942 Lew Christensen becomes San Francisco Ballet The newly independent and director of SF Ballet. dances the first complete renamed San Francisco Ballet production of Nutcracker has Willam Christensen as in the United States. artistic director. Celena Cummings Willam Christensen with Jocelyn Vollmar and Joaquim Felsch in 1958 Lew Christensen's Nutcracker To celebrate the Company’s 25th anniversary, Lew Christensen choreographs Beauty and the Beast. Christensen’s Beauty and the Beast

1972 1973 1975 SF Ballet begins an Michael Smuin is SF Ballet forms the Performing annual residency at the appointed associate Arts Orchestra, becoming one of War Memorial Opera House. artistic director. only a few dance companies with a permanent orchestra.

Evelyn Cisneros and Antonio Lopez in Smuin's A Song For Dead Warriors

1985 1982 Helgi Tomasson’s Lew Christensen arrival as artistic symbolically breaks director begins a ground on SF Ballet’s Denis de Coteau rehearsing new era at SF Ballet. new building at 455 with SF Ballet Orchestra Helgi Tomasson Franklin Street. The Christensen brothers at the groundbreaking.

1995 2016 2018 SF Ballet hosts 12 Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, Unbound: A Festival international ballet a co-production of of New Works companies for The Royal Ballet and premieres 12 ballets UNited We Dance: San Francisco Ballet, by 12 international An International Festival. premieres in London. choreographers.

For a complete history of San Francisco Ballet, visit sfballet.org/history. Historic photos courtesy of the Museum of Performance and Design. 2016 photo of Vitor Luiz in Scarlett's Frankenstein; 2018 photo of Sarah Van Patten // © Erik Tomasson.

PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 11 EXPLORE BALLET DISCUSS & EXPLORE CURTAIN TALKS AND PODCASTS For an inside look at the performance you’re about to see, come to the Opera House a bit early for a Meet the Artist interview or a Pointes of View lecture. You can also listen to our two new podcasts: To the Pointe, for an in-depth exploration of the upcoming performance, and Demi-Pointe, for a quick overview. All SF Ballet podcasts, including recordings of our Meet the Artist interviews and Pointes of View lectures, are available on our website and on all podcast players, including Apple Podcasts. For more information: sfballet.org/explore/podcasts

MEET THE ARTIST (MTA) INTERVIEWS Fridays, 7–7:30 pm and Sundays, 1–1:30 pm, Free and open to all ticket holders one hour before selected performances. Check sfballet.org/explore/curtain-talks for additional MTA dates during Unbound: A Festival of New Works. Meet the Artist interviews feature an artist who worked on the performance.

POINTES OF VIEW (POV) LECTURES Wednesdays, 6–6:45 pm, Free and open to the public Company artists, visiting scholars, and others offer key insights into the performance. All are welcome—you don't even need a ticket.

Program 04 | Frankenstein Program 06 | Nijinsky: A Ballet by Director Christopher Dennis, and Ballet March 7 John Neumeier, danced by Master and Assistant to the Artistic Director Dance Educator Mary Wood discusses the The National Ballet of Canada Ricardo Bustamante discuss how Unbound intricacies of the makeup and costumes in April 4 came together and the stories behind the Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein with SF Ballet SF Ballet’s Scholar-in-Residence, festival. production staff. Carrie Gaiser Casey, PhD, will lead a discussion of the dramatic life and May 2 Program 05 | Robbins: Ballet & Broadway career of Vaslav Nijinsky, with a focus Principal Dancer Tiit Helimets demonstrates March 21 on John Neumeier’s provocative ballet the differences between classical, In honor of the Jerome Robbins Centennial, and the many historical figures who neoclassical, and contemporary ballet with Associate Director of Audience Engagement appear within it. SF Ballet School students, followed by a Jennie Scholick, PhD will briefly discuss the discussion with Dance Educator Mary Wood. many facets of Jerome Robbins’ talents, Programs 07 & 08 | Unbound: A Festival including his successes on Broadway and of New Works as a ballet choreographer, followed by a April 25 discussion with SF Ballet dancers about What does it take to put on a festival like performing Robbins’ ballets and his impact Unbound? SF Ballet writer Cheryl A. on other contemporary choreographers. Ossola hosts a panel discussion on the creation of new work at San Francisco Ballet and why SF Ballet has made new choreography a guiding principle. General Manager Debra Bernard, Production

Above, left to right: The National Ballet of Canada in Neumeier's Nijinsky // © Aleksandar Antonijevic; Lonnie Weeks and Daniel Deivison-Oliveira // © Erik Tomasson

12 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 DISCUSS & Whether over a glass of champagne at intermission or on the car ride back home, part of the fun of seeing live EXPLORE performance is getting to discuss it with your date, your best friend, or your new friend sitting next to you in the audience. A few questions about Frankenstein to get your discussion started:

1. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus and the second anniversary of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein, which premiered in London in 2016. Two hundred years ago, we were in the midst of the Industrial Revolution; today, a technological one. Do the issues around science and technology raised in this ballet seem relevant to contemporary life? Or do they seem tied to a different time? 2. Any adaptation is essentially an act of interpretation: in this case, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, and John Macfarlane had to decide what parts of the book were most important or relevant to the story they wanted to tell. One way to interpret the story of Frankenstein is that it’s about the ramifications of technology and science. Another way is that it’s about what happens when society rejects people for circumstances outside their control, like their appearance. For you, what did this ballet make you think about? How did you interpret its meaning? 3. In ballet, choreography reveals characters’ inner selves and often you’ll see “good” and “evil” characters in a ballet dancing different kinds of steps, or similar steps in different ways. In Frankenstein, there are moments when Victor and the Creature dance the same choreography—how does seeing the same movements performed by two different characters change your understanding of the story? Or of these characters? 4. If you’ve read the novel Frankenstein, did you feel like it added to your understanding or enjoyment of the work? If you haven’t read it, did the ballet make you want to go read it? Or did it feel complete in itself? 5. In this ballet, sets, costumes, music, and choreography all come together to create a magnificent spectacle. Which elements had the biggest impact on you?

SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, MASTER CLASSES, AND MORE From lectures to social events, we offer opportunities to explore the method behind the magic you see onstage.

BALLET BASICS BALLET TALK WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A Beginner’s Guide to SF Ballet Join us for a 60-minute talk and Q & A, UPCOMING PERFORMANCES? March 18, 1–4 pm followed by a wine-and-cheese reception Meet Aurora, SF Ballet’s new chatbot This three-hour seminar will give you with the speaker. and resident expert on all things ballet. To engage with her, just start a conversation a deeper understanding of ballet, from its Breaking Bounds: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, with SF Ballet on Facebook Messenger and classical roots to current practice. Take Cathy Marston, and New Perspectives in say “Hi Aurora.” Learn about the production, a ballet class, hear from a dancer, and learn Ballet Choreography the Opera House, and our dancers—and you about the history of classical ballet. April 7, 5–6:30 pm Led by Carrie Gaiser Casey, PhD may even get to hear from a dancer or two! CELEBRATING JEROME ROBBINS You can meet her by opening the Messenger March 20, 5:30–6:30 pm BOUNDLESS: A SYMPOSIUM app on your phone, clicking “Scan Code,” Atrium Theater at the ON BALLET’S FUTURE and scanning this QR code; or by going to Wilsey Center for Opera April 27–29 http://m.me/sfballet The year-long celebration of Jerome Robbins Three days of discussions among comes to San Francisco with SF Ballet’s artists, scholars, and critics will explore how Program 05: Robbins: Ballet and Broadway issues around choreography, diversity, and (March 20–25). Before the first performance, technology are shaping ballet’s future. For

join Helgi Tomasson, Patricia McBride, and more information: sfballet.org/boundless Jean-Pierre Frohlich as they share their memories and discuss Robbins’ work on AMERICAN BALLET 1900–1983 the centennial anniversary of his birth. August 2018 (dates to be announced) LOVED THE MUSIC AT THE How did American ballet get its start? PERFORMANCE? Join us for an interactive three-session Listen to it when you get home by checking seminar that will explore the roots of out SF Ballet’s Spotify playlists. You’ll find American ballet, from Anna Pavlova to recordings of the music played tonight— Lew Christensen and . and get the opportunity to prep for upcoming programs.

PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 13 EXPLORE BALLET CONTINUED

DANCE FOR ALL AGES Let your spirit soar as you experience the joy of moving in our beautiful studios.

ADULT BALLET CLASSES Our open classes are inclusive and fun, a good workout that stretches your artistry as well as your muscles. Open to adults and teens over the age of 16 with basic ballet experience, classes start at the barre, then move to the center through traditional ballet exercises and combinations. Be prepared to sweat (at least a little) and to have a good time. It is recommended that true ballet beginners start with our Beginner Ballet series. We want to make sure you get the full attention of our teachers, so we limit enrollment to 30 students per class. Classes fill quickly—reserve your spot today. For more information: sfballet.org/adultballet

ADULT BEGINNER BALLET SERIES April 7–May 19 Saturdays, 2:30–4 pm Taught by Cecelia Beam It’s never too late to start taking ballet. This seven-session beginner series is for those who are new to ballet and those who would like to get a handle on the basics. Instruction will be broken down to the core elements and then built each week so that you’ll finish feeling confident and excited to continue your training. For more information: sfballet.org/adultballet

DANCE SERIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, we're offering free dance classes designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Classes develop individual artistic expression while honoring PD concerns such as balance, flexibility, coordination, isolation, and depression. The next seven- week session begins Saturday, April 7. For more information, contact Cecelia Beam at [email protected].

ADULT BALLET WORKSHOP June 11–16 Why do kids always get to have all the fun? SF Ballet School is organizing the second-annual summer dance workshop just for adults. Join acclaimed faculty and special guests in daily ballet technique and repertory classes in our beautiful studios with live accompaniment. Dance lovers from across the country will unite in San Francisco this summer to share in a one-week experience of a dancer’s life at SF Ballet. For more information: sfballet.org/adultballetworkshop

14 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 EXPLORE BALLET CONTINUED

DANCE FOR ALL AGES Let your spirit soar as you experience the joy of moving in our beautiful studios. CHILDREN’S AUDITIONS FOR SUMMER DANCE CAMP SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL June 11–15 Pursue a love of dance. For children with an Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF) and San Francisco Ballet are partnering interest in dance or the dream of becoming a to offer the fourth-annual Summer Dance Camp. This free, week-long dance program is ballet dancer, San Francisco Ballet School offers open to BGCSF members and promotes creative expression while encouraging education a training program of unqualified excellence. through the performing arts. BGCSF members will have the opportunity to take a range of We’re holding auditions for our 2018–19 School classes in ballet, hip hop, world dance, and music from professional teaching artists onsite Year program on June 2. To be eligible to audition, at San Francisco Ballet School. Summer Dance Camp will be open for enrollment beginning students must be age 8–11 by September 1, 2018. in April. For more information: sfballet.org/dancecamp For more information and to register: sfballet.org/school/auditions

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BALLET FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Give your child the gift of dance! Learning the joy of movement begins with Pre-Ballet classes at San Francisco Ballet School. We introduce young children ages 4–7 to the fundamentals of classical ballet, focusing on proper body alignment, basic ballet technique and terminology, and musicality. Audition not required. Fall 2018 classes will be open for enrollment beginning in April. For more information about free trial classes: sfballet.org/preballet

SUMMER BALLET CAMP July 9–Aug 3 The second year of our popular Summer Ballet Come live a little. Camp, taught by SF Ballet School Faculty, will take place in the Richmond district studios of Ballet with Miss Tilly. In addition to four different one-week Your best years are ahead of you. ballet camps for children ages 8–12 years old, Get started at PlanYourBestYears.com • To learn Pre-Ballet classes will be offered for children ages more about our full-service condos for adults 60+ 4–7. No audition is required. For more information: sfballet.org/school/summer-sessions in San Mateo, call Terrie at 650-425-4237.

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER HELGI TOMASSON

PRINCIPAL DANCERS Dores André Jaime Garcia Castilla Vitor Luiz Yuan Yuan Tan Ulrik Birkkjaer Angelo Greco Ana Sophia Scheller Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Frances Chung Tiit Helimets Jennifer Stahl† Sarah Van Patten Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola Luke Ingham Sofiane Sylve Joseph Walsh Carlo Di Lanno Maria Kochetkova Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer John and Barbara Osterweis Mathilde Froustey Herbert Family Principal Dancer Principal Dancer

PRINCIPAL CHARACTER DANCERS Ricardo Bustamante† † Rubén Martín Cintas Anita Paciotti†

SOLOISTS Max Cauthorn† Jahna Frantziskonis Steven Morse† Lauren Strongin Isabella DeVivo† Esteban Hernandez Julia Rowe† Wei Wang† Daniel Deivison-Oliveira† Koto Ishihara† James Sofranko Hansuke Yamamoto WanTing Zhao†

CORPS DE BALLET Kamryn Baldwin† Gabriela Gonzalez Kimberly Marie Olivier† Natasha Sheehan† Sean Bennett† Jillian Harvey Sean Orza† Henry Sidford† Ludmila Bizalion† Ellen Rose Hummel† Wona Park† Miranda Silveira† Samantha Bristow† Blake Johnston† Lauren Parrott† John-Paul Simoens† Alexandre Cagnat† Madison Keesler† Elizabeth Powell† Myles Thatcher† Thamires Chuvas† Blake Kessler† Nathaniel Remez† Isabella Walsh† Diego Cruz† Shené Lazarus† Alexander Reneff-Olson† Mingxuan Wang† Megan Amanda Ehrlich Elizabeth Mateer Rebecca Rhodes† Joseph Warton† Benjamin Freemantle† Norika Matsuyama† Emma Rubinowitz† Lonnie Weeks Solomon Golding Davide Occhipinti† Skyla Schreter Maggie Weirich† Ami Yuki†

APPRENTICES Ethan Chudnow† Anatalia Hordov† Carmela Mayo† Swane Messaoudi† Larisa Nugent† Benji Pearson†

BALLET MASTERS & ASSISTANTS TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ricardo Bustamante† Felipe Diaz†

BALLET MASTERS Betsy Erickson† Anita Paciotti† Katita Waldo†

COMPANY TEACHERS Helgi Tomasson Patrick Armand Ricardo Bustamante† Felipe Diaz†

CHOREOGRAPHER IN RESIDENCE MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Yuri Possokhov Martin West

†Received training at San Francisco Ballet School

16 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 PRINCIPAL DANCERS

Yuan Yuan Tan Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh DORES ANDRÉ FRANCES CHUNG John and Barbara Osterweis Born in Vigo, Spain, Dores André Born in Vancouver, Canada, Principal Dancer trained with Antonio Almenara and at Frances Chung trained at Estudio de Danza de Maria de Avila. Goh Ballet Academy before joining She joined the Company in 2004, SF Ballet in 2001. She was was promoted to soloist in 2012, and promoted to soloist in 2005 and to principal dancer in 2015. principal dancer in 2009. ULRIK BIRKKJAER SASHA DE SOLA Anita Paciotti† Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Born in Winter Park, Florida, Ulrik Birkkjaer trained at the Sasha De Sola trained at the School. He Kirov Academy of Ballet. She was danced with the Royal Danish Ballet named an SF Ballet apprentice in before joining San Francisco Ballet 2006 and joined the Company in Lauren Strongin as a principal dancer in 2017. 2007. She was promoted to soloist in 2012 and principal dancer in 2017. Wei Wang† Hansuke Yamamoto WanTing Zhao†

Natasha Sheehan† Henry Sidford† CARLO DI LANNO JAIME GARCIA CASTILLA Miranda Silveira† Carlo Di Lanno was born in Naples, Jaime Garcia Castilla was born in John-Paul Simoens† Italy, and trained at La Scala Ballet Madrid, Spain, and studied at Myles Thatcher† School in Milan. He danced with the Royal Conservatory of Professional La Scala Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin Dance. He was named an SF Ballet Isabella Walsh† before joining San Francisco Ballet apprentice in 2001 and joined the as a soloist in 2014. He was promoted Company the following year. He was Mingxuan Wang† to principal dancer in 2016. MATHILDE FROUSTEY promoted to soloist in 2006 and to ANGELO GRECO Joseph Warton† Mathilde Froustey was born in principal dancer in 2008. Born in Nuoro, Italy, Angelo Greco Bordeaux, France, and trained at the trained at La Scala Ballet School Lonnie Weeks Marseille National School of Ballet in Milan. He danced with La Scala Maggie Weirich† and School. She Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a danced with Paris Opera Ballet soloist in 2016. He was promoted to Ami Yuki† before joining SF Ballet as a principal principal dancer in 2017. dancer in 2013.

TIIT HELIMETS MARIA KOCHETKOVA Born in Viljandi, Estonia, Tiit Helimets Born in Moscow, Russia, trained at Tallinn Ballet School. He Maria Kochetkova trained at the danced with Estonian National Ballet School in Moscow and and before danced with The Royal Ballet and joining San Francisco Ballet English National Ballet before joining as a principal dancer in 2005. SF Ballet as a principal dancer in LUKE INGHAM VITOR LUIZ 2007. She was appointed Herbert From Mount Gambier, South Australia, Family Principal Dancer in 2012. Born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Vitor Luiz Felipe Diaz† Luke Ingham trained at the Australian trained at The . He Ballet School. He danced with danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet and Houston and Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a Rio de Janeiro prior to joining SF Ballet soloist in 2012. He was promoted as a principal dancer in 2009. to principal dancer in 2014.

†Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 17 PRINCIPAL DANCERS

PRINCIPAL CHARACTER DANCERS

ANA SOPHIA SCHELLER Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ana Sophia Scheller trained at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colon and the School of American Ballet. She danced with New York City Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a YUAN YUAN TAN principal dancer in 2017. Yuan Yuan Tan was born in Shanghai, China, and trained at Shanghai Dancing School and Stuttgart’s John Cranko School. She joined SF Ballet as soloist in 1995 and was promoted to principal RICARDO BUSTAMANTE† dancer in 1997. She was appointed Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Born in Medellín, Colombia in 2012. Joined in 1980 Named principal character dancer in 2007 VAL CANIPAROLI† Born in Renton, Washington Joined in 1973 Named principal character dancer in 1987

JENNIFER STAHL† Born in Dana Point, California, Jennifer Stahl trained at Maria Lazar’s Classical Ballet Academy and SF Ballet School. She was named an SF Ballet apprentice in 2005 and joined the corps de ballet in 2006. She was promoted to soloist in SARAH VAN PATTEN 2013 and principal dancer in 2017. Sarah Van Patten, born in Boston, Massachusetts, danced with Massachusetts Youth Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a soloist in 2002. She was RUBÉN MARTÍN CINTAS promoted to principal dancer in 2007. She was appointed Diana Dollar Born in Reus, Spain Knowles Principal Dancer in 2013. Joined in 2000 Named principal character dancer in 2014 ANITA PACIOTTI† Born in Oakland, California Joined in 1968 Named principal character dancer in 1987

SOFIANE SYLVE Sofiane Sylve was born in Nice, France, where she studied at the Académie de Danse. She danced with Germany’s Stadttheater, Dutch National Ballet, and New York City Ballet prior to joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2008. She was appointed Diane B. Wilsey JOSEPH WALSH Principal Dancer in 2017. Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Joseph Walsh trained at Walnut Hill School of the Arts and II. He danced with Houston Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a soloist in 2014. He was promoted to principal dancer that same year. He was appointed John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer in 2017.

18 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 SOLOISTS

MAX CAUTHORN† STEVEN MORSE† Born in San Francisco, California Born in Harbor City, California Named apprentice in 2013 Joined in 2009 Joined in 2014 Promoted to soloist in 2017 Promoted to soloist in 2017

JAHNA FRANTZISKONIS WEI WANG† Born in Tucson, Arizona Born in Anshan, Liaoning, China Joined in 2015 Named apprentice in 2012 Promoted to soloist in 2017 Joined in 2013 Promoted to soloist in 2016

ISABELLA DEVIVO† JULIA ROWE† Born in Great Neck, New York Born in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Joined in 2013 Joined in 2013 Promoted to soloist in 2017 Promoted to soloist in 2016

ESTEBAN HERNANDEZ HANSUKE YAMAMOTO Born in Guadalajara, Mexico Born in Chiba, Japan Joined in 2013 Joined in 2001 Promoted to soloist in 2017 Promoted to soloist in 2005

DANIEL DEIVISON-OLIVEIRA† JAMES SOFRANKO Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in Marion, Indiana Joined in 2005 Joined in 2000 Promoted to soloist in 2011 Promoted to soloist in 2007

KOTO ISHIHARA† WANTING ZHAO† Born in Nagoya, Japan Born in Anshan, Liaoning, China Joined in 2010 Joined in 2011 Promoted to soloist in 2014 Promoted to soloist in 2016

LAUREN STRONGIN Born in Los Gatos, California Joined as a soloist in 2015 †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 19 CORPS DE BALLET

KAMRYN BALDWIN† MEGAN AMANDA EHRLICH Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i Born in Charleston, South Carolina Joined in 2015 Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2012 Returned in 2017

ALEXANDRE CAGNAT† JILLIAN HARVEY Born in Cannes, France Born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Named apprentice in 2016 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2017 Joined in 2012

SEAN BENNETT† BENJAMIN FREEMANTLE† Born in San Francisco, California Born in New Westminster, Named apprentice in 2011 British Columbia, Canada Joined in 2012 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2015

THAMIRES CHUVAS† ELLEN ROSE HUMMEL† Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in Greenville, South Carolina Named apprentice in 2014 Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2015 Joined in 2012

LUDMILA BIZALION† SOLOMON GOLDING Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in London, United Kingdom Named apprentice in 2006 Joined in 2017 Joined in 2007 Returned in 2016

DIEGO CRUZ† BLAKE JOHNSTON† Born in Zaragoza, Spain Born in Charlotte, North Carolina Joined in 2006 Joined in 2017

SAMANTHA BRISTOW† GABRIELA GONZALEZ Born in Media, Pennsylvania Born in Mérida, Mexico Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2017 †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Joined in 2015 Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen

20 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 CORPS DE BALLET

MADISON KEESLER† SEAN ORZA† Born in Carlsbad, California Born in San Francisco, California Joined in 2009 Named apprentice in 2007 Returned in 2017 Joined in 2008

NORIKA MATSUYAMA† NATHANIEL REMEZ† Born in Chiba, Japan Born in Washington, DC Joined in 2014 Named apprentice in 2016 Joined in 2017

BLAKE KESSLER† WONA PARK† Born in Jacksonville, Florida Born in Seoul, South Korea Named apprentice in 2015 Joined in 2017 Joined in 2016

DAVIDE OCCHIPINTI† ALEXANDER RENEFF-OLSON† Born in Rome, Italy Born in San Francisco, California Named apprentice in 2016 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2017 Joined in 2013

SHENÉ LAZARUS† LAUREN PARROTT† Born in Durban, South Africa Born in Palm Harbor, Florida Named apprentice in 2016 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2017 Joined in 2013

KIMBERLY MARIE OLIVIER† REBECCA RHODES† Born in New York, New York Born in Chicago, Illinois Named apprentice in 2009 Named apprentice in 2008 Joined in 2010 Joined in 2009

ELIZABETH MATEER ELIZABETH POWELL† Born in Boca Raton, Florida Born in Boston, Massachusetts Joined in 2016 Named apprentice in 2011 Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen Joined in 2012

PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 21 CORPS DE BALLET

EMMA RUBINOWITZ† ISABELLA WALSH† Born in San Francisco, California Born in Rolling Hills, California Named apprentice in 2012 Named apprentice in 2016 Joined in 2013 Joined in 2017

MIRANDA SILVEIRA† MAGGIE WEIRICH† Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in Portland, Oregon Named apprentice in 2013 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2014 Joined in 2015

SKYLA SCHRETER MINGXUAN WANG† Born in Chappaqua, New York Born in Qingdao, China Joined in 2014 Named apprentice in 2013 Joined in 2014 FIRST REPUBLIC JOHN-PAUL SIMOENS† AMI YUKI† Born in Omaha, Nebraska Born in Saitama, Japan Named apprentice in 2014 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2015 Joined in 2015

APPRENTICES

NATASHA SHEEHAN† JOSEPH WARTON† ETHAN CHUDNOW† Born in San Francisco, California Born in Beaverton, Oregon ANATALIA HORDOV† Joined in 2016 Joined in 2017 CARMELA MAYO† SWANE MESSAOUDI† LARISA NUGENT† MYLES THATCHER† BENJI PEARSON† Born in Atlanta, Georgia Named apprentice in 2009 Joined in 2010

HENRY SIDFORD† LONNIE WEEKS Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts Born in Los Alamos, New Mexico Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2010 †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Joined in 2012 Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen

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EAP full-page template.indd 1 9/15/17 2:05 PM VitorSan Luiz Francisco in Scarlett's Ballet Frankenstein in Balanchine's // © ErikSerenade Tomasson // Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust // Photo © Erik Tomasson PROGRAM 04FRANKENSTEIN MAR 06—MAR 11 Program Notes by Cheryl A. Ossola

Composer: Lowell Liebermann Choreographer: Liam Scarlett Scenic and Costume Design: John Macfarlane Lighting Design: David Finn Projection Design: Finn Ross Staged by: Ricardo Cervera Benesh Notator: Gregory Mislin Novel by: Mary Shelley

World Premiere: May 4, 2016—The Royal Ballet, , Covent Garden; London, UK

San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 17, 2017—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

The 2017 San Francisco Ballet premiere of Frankenstein was made PRODUCTION CREDITS possible by Lead Sponsors Bently Foundation and The Hellman Family; Frankenstein is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet Costume Sponsor E. L. Wiegand Foundation; and Sponsors Ms. Laura Clifford, and The Royal Ballet. Music: Original composition by Lowell Liebermann. Costume Supervisor: Mary Terrey; Stephanie and James Marver, and an anonymous donor. Assistant Costume Supervisor: Karen Short; Scenery construction and painting by Royal Opera House, These performances of Frankenstein are made possible by Lead Sponsors Bob and Tamar Manoukian Production Workshop, Fang and Gary Bridge, Ms. Elaine Kartalis, and Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich; Thurrock. Additional painting by John Macfarlane; Props and Armoury by Royal Opera House Production Major Sponsors Karen S. Bergman and Sonia H. Evers; with additional support Department; Dance floor painted by Coolflight Ltd.; from the Byron R. Meyer Choreographers Fund of the San Francisco Ballet Scenery construction by Cardiff Theatrical Services Ltd.; Pyrotechnics provided by Le Maitre Ltd.; Glowing Endowment Foundation. wire effects supplied by elwirecraft.co.uk; Costumes, jewelry, headdresses, dyeing, props by Royal Opera Frankenstein is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and The Royal Ballet. House Production Department; Wigs by Campbell Young Associates; Additional costumes by Frankenstein deals with mature themes and subject matter. Not recommended Fran Alderson, Robert Allsopp, Gillian Crawford, for children under 12. Karen Crichton, Lal D’Abo, Anna-Maria Genuise, Parkinson Gill, Zlata Halkova, Jackie Hallatt, Naomi Isaacs, Andrea Moon, David Plunkett, Phil Reynolds, Gwen Russell, Sue Smith, Mervyn Wallace, Charles White; Additional dyeing and printing by Penny Hadrill, Hatley Print, Schultz and Wiremu Fabric Effects, Sheila White. Video Associate: Ash Woodward.

PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 25 THE STORY OF FRANKENSTEIN

ACT 1 Prologue: Geneva, 1775 Scene 2: The Frankenstein Cemetery A young orphan, Elizabeth Lavenza, is adopted into the Stricken with grief at the loss of his mother, Victor says good-bye Frankenstein household. to Elizabeth and embarks on his journey to the university.

Scene I: Geneva, 1788 – The Frankenstein Manor Scene 3: The Anatomy Theatre at Ingolstadt University Under the watchful eye of the Frankenstein’s housekeeper On Victor’s first day at his university, he meets Henry Clerval, Madame Moritz and her daughter Justine, Victor is preparing to a kind-hearted student who also aspires to become a doctor. head to university to become a doctor like his father, Alphonse. Victor studies hard as his professor fills the students’ minds with As a parting gift, his father gives him a journal to fill with all his ideas of the new scientific world such as galvanism, in which an scientific ideas. His mother, Caroline Beaufort, pregnant with her electrical current can be applied to induce muscle contraction second child, presents Victor with a locket bearing her portrait. and, they theorized, even potentially create life from dead tissue. Over the years, Victor and Elizabeth’s affection for each other has grown and finally, before Victor leaves, they declare their Scene 4: The Tavern at Ingolstadt love. Victor swears he will be back after his studies and that they After their studies, the students retire to the local tavern; Victor will be married. They tell the family the joyous news, and amid and Henry follow. Victor quickly tires of their revelry and goes the celebrations Caroline collapses. Victor’s brother William is back to the solitude of the classroom. born. Caroline does not survive the birth, however. Scene 5: The Anatomy Theatre While thinking about his mother and about life and death, Victor remembers his lessons on how it might be possible to reanimate dead matter. Fueled with passion and determination, Victor secretly works long into the night, notating every detail in his journal. Victor succeeds in creating a living being, his Creature. However, Victor’s ideals are ruined when he sees what he has created. The Creature is hideous, unable to function or communicate. Victor is horrified, and the vile monster — equally as scared — flees, taking Victor’s coat, which contains his journal. Henry returns to find Victor in despair and takes him home to Geneva.

ACT 2 Prologue: Victor’s Bedchamber in the Frankenstein Manor Victor has fallen desperately ill, with nightmarish visions of what he has created. He is unable to tell Elizabeth, Henry, or Justine, who are nursing him back to health. The Creature, meanwhile, has followed him to Geneva.

Scene 1: Geneva, 1795 – Outside the Frankenstein Manor Seven years have passed. William is outside learning from Justine, his nanny, on the night before his birthday. Alone with Victor, Elizabeth desperately begs him to tell her what is wrong. Without saying a word, Victor falls into her arms, and as night falls they quietly retire. The Creature comes out of the forest, seeking the acceptance and love of the father who created him and then abandoned him. He finds Victor’s journal and realizes how he came to be. Victor comes outside and is startled to see his journal. In a panic, he rips it to shreds to banish any memory Joseph Walsh in Scarlett’s Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson of his actions. The Creature sees this and vows to have his revenge on Victor and his family.

26 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 On the morning of William’s birthday, preparations for a party are underway. As a present, Victor gives his mother’s locket to William. A game of blind man’s bluff ensues and William is left alone. The Creature comes out and, in an attempt to silence William’s screams, kills him. The Creature places the locket he has found on the child with Justine, who is then wrongly accused of murder.

The Creature confronts Victor for the first time. Admitting to killing William and incriminating Justine, he begs for Victor’s love and a companion for himself. Victor refuses. The Creature’s parting words are that he will be with Victor on his wedding night.

Scene 2: A Back Alley in Geneva Justine is executed for William’s murder.

ACT 3 The Ballroom at the Frankenstein Manor Victor and Elizabeth have just been married, and a ball is being held in their honor. Victor is still plagued with guilt and fear at the Creature’s warning. When Victor's father is found dead, panic ensues. Henry and Elizabeth are left alone, waiting for Victor’s return. The Creature kills Henry and then turns his attention to Elizabeth, killing her in front of Victor. Distraught by all he has provoked, Victor takes his own life. The Creature cradles his Lauren Strongin and Max Cauthorn in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson creator and is soon lost in the flames of the Frankenstein manor.

PROGRAM NOTES If the name “Frankenstein” brings to mind a green-faced he inhabits, and the Creature’s, a landscape described by Boris Karloff with bolts threaded into his neck, then Liam Scenic and Costume Designer John Macfarlane as conveying Scarlett’s ballet Frankenstein won’t be what you’re expecting. “an overwhelming sense of emptiness.” It’ll be better. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror story Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Scarlett delivers Frankenstein is a co-production of The Royal Ballet and far more than scary-monster thrills. Both book and ballet San Francisco Ballet. When Kevin O’Hare, The Royal Ballet’s tell a disturbing, tragic tale about the consequences of artistic director, pitched the idea to Helgi Tomasson, SF Ballet’s abandonment, the risks of tampering with the creation of artistic director and principal choreographer, he described human life, and, most of all, the power of love, both given Scarlett’s vision for the production. “I was intrigued right away,” and withheld. says Tomasson. “I’m always looking for something new, and it’s hard to find something full-length [that’s] different and maybe Scarlett tells the story of Frankenstein through movement in daring.” What is remarkable, he says, is how Scarlett addresses a poetic way, embodying within one man, Victor Frankenstein, a theme that’s so suited to “this time we are living through—it’s all the dualities of Shelley’s book—love and hate, curiosity so much about acceptance of someone who is not like yourself.” and fear, desire and guilt. Those dualities are amplified by the overarching design concept. In every scene, we see two Scarlett was about 11 years old when he first read Frankenstein. worlds: Victor’s, represented by the 18th-century period sets “I’ve revisited it at various points in my life, and it’s always had

PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 27 INSTANT Adapting Novels into Ballets EXPERT Fairy tales and Shakespeare plays are tried-and-true sources for story ballets: see The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella; as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, and, of course, Romeo and Juliet. But novels? How do you condense 200, even 500, pages into a three-hour ballet? A number of choreographers have done so over the past couple hundred years. One of the earliest was Jules Perrot’s Esmeralda, choreographed in 1844 and based on Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. Marius Petipa— the “father of classical ballet” and the choreographer of Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and —also tried his hand at a novel, taking on Miguel de Cervante’s in 1869. More recently John Cranko’s Onegin, choreographed in 1965, retells the classic Pushkin story; Kenneth MacMillan transformed Abbé Prévost’s Manon Lescaut into the ballet Manon in 1974; and John Neumeier, like Perrot, has turned to Victor Hugo, creating Lady of the Camellias in 1978. British choreographers are currently at the forefront of adapting novels into ballets, including Liam Scarlett, whose Frankenstein was a co-production with The Royal Ballet, and two of our Unbound festival choreographers: Christopher Wheeldon, whose Alice in Wonderland premiered in 2011, and Cathy Marston. Marston frequently uses novels as inspiration, creating works like Jane Eyre and Dangerous Liaisons. Her new work for the Unbound festival, Snowblind, takes its starting point from Edith Wharton’s novella Ethan Frome.

a different poignancy every time that I’ve read it,” he says in anachronistic to what you’re seeing and to the nature of the a Royal Opera House video. “The fragments of emotions that story and the way people reacted in that time,” he says. What shine through, I think, differ with the age that you read it. It’s Scarlett wanted, Liebermann says, was “a very romantic- such a multi-layered story, and incredibly written, that it kind of sounding score, certainly a very melodic score.” Composing struck something with me.” He wanted to make a ballet inspired his first full-length ballet was difficult, he says, because he had by this book, he says, because it’s “a story of betrayal, curiosity, only “the emotional thrust of each scene” to work from. “So the life, death, and above all, love. Shelley was really commenting challenge was composing music when I had no idea what the on the state of human emotions.” And on her own as well—she movements were going to be, or the detailed action.” His experienced tremendous loss early in her life, with the deaths of strategy was to focus on “finding the right music to capture her mother (in giving birth to her), three of her four children, and what is going on emotionally at any given moment, and having her young husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. a musical follow-through that would tie the whole thing together. It’s a full-blown symphonic score.” Shelley wrote her novel in 1816 and set it in the 1700s, at a time when the functions of the human body were largely mysterious While Liebermann wished for a detailed libretto, Macfarlane and the discovery of galvanism (the contraction of a muscle would have preferred to have the music at hand to guide him in when stimulated with an electrical current) sparked scientists’ his design work. “Music helps with the design process because imaginations. “I think that’s why the book works,” Scarlett says, it gives you all your pivot points, a kind of thread for how to go “because there was so much unknown in that period, where the through the piece,” he says. “Music is what makes me see in my idea and the fear of creating something new was almost real.” head—images, set changes, and what would be exciting to go with the relevant moments of music.” Fortunately, the story has Creating a ballet from a book of this depth and complexity is “a lot of meat on the bones,” Macfarlane says. “I kicked off by difficult, and changes must be made in order to tell the story doing the anatomy theater. It’s a fantastically theatrical space, clearly. What Scarlett made sure not to change are “the intention a very magical and frightening space. It has all the connotations and emotions that go through the book, and the empathy that of dissection in an era when people were digging up bodies you feel for absolutely every character.” He omits the Arctic out of graveyards so they could learn anatomy.” Next came the Circle setting that begins and ends the book, but the scenic skull-emblazoned front cloths, “and then I moved out in different design reflects the desolation of that environment. And though directions from there,” he says. For the Frankensteins’ home, he changes the circumstances surrounding some of the Scarlett “wanted a house where there’s been terrific sadness,” characters’ deaths, he retains the significance and Macfarlane says. “So no matter how lovely it seemed, you came consequences of those events. out of the house and there was a coldness and the feeling that, in this very bleak and empty landscape, something was To help tell this story, Scarlett turned to composer Lowell out there.” Liebermann, whose music he used for three previous ballets. For Frankenstein, Scarlett says, “I wanted something hauntingly Macfarlane is a hands-on artist, constructing models and doing beautiful, and I think he has done that.” San Francisco Ballet much of the painting. For the front cloths, he painted the skulls, Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West agrees. which were photographed, then animated and embellished via “It’s great music,” he says, “very dramatic, full of leitmotifs that projections. For the Creature’s body stocking, he spent an hour come back, so we’re always taken on a journey. Lowell doesn’t on each dancer’s costume, drawing the scars and sutures, write easy music. It’s tricky; it’s fast and exposed, a lot of energy tendons and sinews. He calls the 18th century a kind period for going on.” Liebermann had read Frankenstein, so he knew dancers, explaining that the women’s corseted bodices are what to expect in terms of story. “The music can’t be too “pared away round the neck and shoulders,” thus allowing for

28 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 freedom of movement. The skirts are voluminous, but he used lightweight fabrics suitable to dancing and created the period shape by adding net at the hips and rear. For the men, he says, “you’ve got the most fantastic coats.” While he’s designing, he bears in mind the effect Scarlett’s demanding choreography can have on the costumes. “Liam is capable of shredding a costume in one rehearsal,” he says.

Choreographically, Frankenstein is laced with characterization and movement that is distinctly Scarlett’s—what Ricardo Cervera, a ballet master at The Royal Ballet, calls “Liamisms.” For example, a dancer leaps toward her partner and he catches her and turns, holding her in a mid-leap position; elsewhere, a dancer gestures with one leg, turning in, knee and foot toward the midline, before turning out. And there’s Scarlett’s use of the upper back, especially with the women, “always very, very open,” says Cervera, who taught much of Frankenstein to the SF Ballet dancers, “very luscious and expansive.”

In some story ballets, the main characters have movement John Macfarlane's front cloth design for Scarlett's Frankenstein // © John Macfarlane motifs, or steps that are specific to them. In Frankenstein the motifs are movement qualities that tell us who the characters movement can look so different—with Victor it’s loving; are. “Henry is upbeat,” Cervera says. “Victor is a little bit with the Creature it’s aggressive. The Creature is trying to heavier,” his movements slowed by longing and guilt. In his understand. His intention is not to hurt Elizabeth, necessarily. Act 2 pas de deux with Elizabeth, the young woman taken In the pas de deux, doing the same steps, he’s saying, ‘Love in by the Frankenstein family when she was orphaned as me—I’m doing the same thing Victor did. What is wrong a child, Victor struggles with conflicting feelings. “His love with you?’” for her is as strong as his guilt for what he’s done, so every time he looks at her or feels that love, the guilt comes as well,” The Creature’s desperate plea for love is denied, and that’s Cervera says. “And she doesn’t understand what’s going on. what changes him from benign to murderous. Scarlett tells the She goes from being quite childish and girly to almost trying dancers that the Creature should feel like he’s just been born, to take that mother role, hold him, support him, because he’s that he relies on mimicking without understanding what he’s so fragile.” In the Creature’s movement, he says, there’s an doing. But before he finds Victor, the Creature learns a great element of the grotesque. “Some of his stitches haven’t deal, including how to read. And so, when he finds Victor’s healed yet; he hasn’t been put together quite right. Therefore notebook, he is devastated. He realizes that its drawings and it can’t be just beautiful movement the whole way through. data describe him, that he was assembled from parts of dead [His solo] breaks into moments that remind you that he’s not men, and that the final inscription—“Experiment failed”— really human.” reveals Victor’s dismissal of him. At that moment, “your scars and your stitches should ache,” Scarlett says. In rehearsing The idea of struggle permeates the ballet. Characters chafe that scene with both companies in London, he did something against themselves, one another, and social constraints. unusual—he told Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh to do the “There’s the social etiquette that you have to adhere to, Creature’s part. Not because he would dance it, Walsh says, and there are all the inner battles, all the relationships,” but “because it made me be in his shoes and feel the Cervera says. The movement reflects this conflict with “a lot vulnerability and understand why Victor would put up with of pull in, pull away; pull in, pull away. And constant hesitation— all the things he puts us through in the second and third acts, a wrapping inwards.” To demonstrate, he shrinks his shoulders all that torture. And it’s because you know that inside he’s and collapses his chest. “It really expresses when someone is human and that you’ve created him in your likeness.” fragile or vulnerable.” The duet for the Creature and Elizabeth is filled with promenades (poses that revolve in place) and Sometimes, in learning a ballet, the dancers have to reversals. “It’s the struggle of no matter where you go, you’re toss aside characterization and focus on what to do when— entangled,” Cervera says. “He’s completely in control of her.” for example, in the minutely orchestrated animation scene. Walsh says that getting everything right involved plenty of If you dig into the book’s subtext, you might see Victor and trial and error. He and Soloist Max Cauthorn, another Victor, the Creature as two aspects of one being. Scarlett addresses “both had so many injuries from running around the set and that interpretation by giving the same steps to both Victor stubbing our toes, falling off the stairs,” he says. “Not to and his creation, in very different contexts. “A section in the mention you’re trying to see where the ground is when the Creature and Elizabeth pas de deux is straight out of the lights are strobing and the fireworks are going. It’s all about Victor and Elizabeth pas de deux,” says Cervera. “The same ‘be here on this time,’ and ‘be sure to cover the monster up’

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CREATIVE TEAM

LOWELL LIEBERMANN Composer Lowell Liebermann is an American composer, pianist, and conductor. He is one of America’s most frequently performed and recorded living composers and his work has been performed all over the world. Born in New York City, he made his professional debut at age 16, performing his Piano Sonata, op. 1 at Carnegie Hall. He earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School. Liebermann has written more than one hundred works, including four symphonies, Concerto for Orchestra, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, three piano concertos and concertos for piccolo, flute, clarinet, trumpet, and violin. He has also written two operas, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Miss Lonelyhearts. He maintains an active performing schedule as pianist and conductor and has worked as composer in residence Vitor Luiz in Scarlett’s Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson for Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, and the because it’s a fireproof blanket and if you don’t, they can’t set Saratoga Performing Arts Center. He is also Head of Composition off the fireworks. And Liam’s out front in the audience going, at Mannes School of Music-The New School. ‘Uh, we’re gonna have to do that again,’ and like 20 people come onstage and redo all the props and you feel bad. But eventually you get this super-powerful feeling of being in control. To me, the ‘fourth wall’ is so small in that scene; LIAM SCARLETT you don’t feel like you’re dancing for the audience at all.” Choreographer Currently artist in residence at At the other end of the spectrum are those times when what’s The Royal Ballet and artistic important isn’t action or “stage business,” but small, still associate at , moments. Scarlett tells the dancers not to fear stillness, Liam Scarlett is in demand as a because it can reveal so much about a character. For Walsh, choreographer worldwide. Born in these quiet moments are critical to him as an actor. One key Ipswich, England, Scarlett trained moment for his Victor is “when you see the father accusing at the Linda Shipton School of Justine [of murdering William, Victor’s younger brother], and Dancing and The Royal Ballet School before joining The Royal Ballet you slip back into the shadows,” Walsh says. “I’m like crying in 2005. While still dancing, Scarlett choreographed Asphodel back there, and getting ready for the next part with the Meadows (2010), which won the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award Creature, which is probably one of my favorite parts of the for Best Classical Choreography, and Sweet Violets (2012), about whole ballet. No one’s really looking at you in those moments, Jack the Ripper, for The Royal Ballet. He then retired from dancing to and you get to find where it feels natural to be, as a character.” focus on creating his first full-length work, Hansel and Gretel (2013). He also likes the interiority of Victor’s decision to grab the In addition to numerous works for The Royal Ballet, Scarlett has gun in Act 3. “There’s this moment of finally knowing you’re choreographed for New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, in control of the situation again. And there’s no one to , and Norwegian National Ballet. In 2014 he created save anymore.” the critically acclaimed Hummingbird for San Francisco Ballet. Following the 2016 premiere of his new A Midsummer Night’s Dream Those early rehearsals in London gave Walsh, who was at Queensland Ballet in Australia, he was named artistic associate there with his Elizabeth, Principal Dancer Frances Chung, of that company. an unusual opportunity. “Being there with no pressure, knowing that we had a year before we actually had to figure it out,” he says, “we could make the partnering really challenging. The fact that we had two companies meshing in those collaborative moments pushed everyone to go a little bit further. I think Liam is always up to a challenge initially—it’s that excitement of ‘Can it happen?’ And there are many of those moments in the ballet.” Above, headshots: Lowell Liebermann // © Christian Steiner; Liam Scarlett // © Bill Cooper Opposite page, headshots: John Macfarlane // courtesy John Macfarlane; Finn Ross // courtesy Finn Ross

30 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 JOHN MACFARLANE FINN ROSS Scenic and Costume Designer Projection Designer John Macfarlane is an Finn Ross has won Tony, Drama internationally known costume Desk, and Olivier Awards for and set designer for opera and video designs for opera, music, ballet who is also an influential theater, and dance. He specializes painter. Born in Scotland, he in integrating video in all its studied at the Glasgow School forms into live performance. Born of Art. He has collaborated in Scotland, Ross trained at extensively with choreographers Jiří Kylián and Glen Tetley Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has worked and has designed both sets and costumes for The Royal Ballet, extensively with English National Opera, Dutch National Opera Birmingham Royal Ballet, and The Australian Ballet. Macfarlane and Theatre an der Wein and other opera companies around has previously worked with Liam Scarlett on Asphodel Meadows Europe, and his theater work includes productions at the National (2010), Sweet Violets (2012), and Hummingbird (2014). He has Theatre, Complicite, and Royal Shakespeare Company. His work designed sets and costumes for operas at the Metropolitan on the West End and Broadway productions of American Psycho Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paris and A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time earned him Opera, The Royal Opera, and many others. Macfarlane exhibits multiple awards. Ross is one of the creative directors at FRAY regularly as a painter and printmaker in the US and in Europe, Studio in London. and his works hang in many public collections. He was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006, and a Laureate (Ballet Design) at the Benois de la Dance Awards in 2015. RICARDO CERVERA Stager Ricardo Cervera is a ballet master with The Royal Ballet and a former dancer with that company. Born in Malaga, Spain, he DAVID FINN trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet Lighting Designer in 1993, moving up through the ranks to become a First Soloist in David Finn is a lighting designer who has worked extensively 2002. His repertory included featured roles in Romeo and Juliet, in dance, opera, and theater. He began his career as lighting Manon, The Nutcracker, and La Fille mal gardée. He created designer for the master puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and Kukla, roles in The Turn of the Screw, Mr Worldly Wise, Room of Cooks, Fran & Ollie. Finn was resident lighting designer for Mikhail Tryst, Three Songs–Two Voices, Electric Counterpoint, Infra, Live Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. His designs have Fire Exercise, and 24 Preludes. Cervera trained as a répétiteur also been seen at The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, with the Frederick Ashton Foundation’s mentoring program, and The National Ballet of Canada, The Joffrey Ballet, American has worked as assistant choreographer with Liam Scarlett on Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett, works including Hansel and Gretel. He has taught ballet around and Birmingham Royal Ballet. In film, Finn’s work includes the world. stage lighting for Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, and he was producer/director of the PBS documentary The Green Monster. Finn has designed lighting for two Cirque du Soleil shows: Zed in Tokyo, and Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. Currently, Finn is preparing a new production of Swan Lake with Liam Scarlett for The Royal Ballet, as well as The Crucible for , Anna Karenina for The Joffrey Ballet, and The Nutcracker for .

Above, headshots: Lowell Liebermann // © Christian Steiner; Liam Scarlett // © Bill Cooper John Macfarlane's set design and David Finn's lighting design for Scarlett's Frankensitein // Opposite page, headshots: John Macfarlane // courtesy John Macfarlane; Finn Ross // courtesy Finn Ross © John Macfarlane

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR MARTIN WEST

PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR MING LUKE

VIOLIN I CONTRABASS TRUMPET Cordula Merks, Concertmaster Steve D’Amico, Principal Adam Luftman, Principal Heeguen Song, Associate Concertmaster Shinji Eshima, Associate Principal Joseph Brown Beni Shinohara, Assistant Concertmaster Jonathan Lancelle, Assistant Principal John Pearson* Heidi Wilcox Mark Drury Scott Macomber* Mia Kim Robin Hansen Brian Lee FLUTE TROMBONE Mariya Borozina Barbara Chaffe, Principal Jeffrey Budin, Principal Karen Shinozaki* Julie McKenzie Paul Radke** Laura Albers* Jeremy Preston* PICCOLO BASS TROMBONE Minsun Choi* Julie McKenzie Scott Thornton, Principal

VIOLIN II OBOE TUBA Craig Reiss, Principal Laura Griffiths, Principal Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal Jeanelle Meyer, Associate Principal Marilyn Coyne Wenyi Shih, Assistant Principal** Marianne Wagner TIMPANI Clifton Foster ENGLISH HORN James Gott, Principal SF SYMPHONY Rebecca Jackson** Marilyn Coyne Emma Votapek*

Maya Cohon* PERCUSSION Heather Powell* CLARINET David Rosenthal, Principal George Hayes* Natalie Parker, Principal Todd Manley* Andrew Sandwick Mark Veregge* Tyler Mack* VIOLA Yi Zhou, Principal BASS CLARINET Anna Kruger, Associate Principal Andrew Sandwick HARP Joy Fellows, Assistant Principal Annabelle Taubl, Principal Caroline Lee Paul Ehrlich BASSOON Elizabeth Prior* Rufus Olivier, Principal PIANO Katherine Johnk* Patrick Johnson-Whitty Mungunchimeg Buriad* Natasha Vershilova*

CONTRABASSOON CELESTE CELLO Patrick Johnson-Whitty Natal’ya Feygina* Eric Sung, Principal Jonah Kim, Associate Principal Victor Fierro, Assistant Principal HORN ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER & MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR Thalia Moore Kevin Rivard, Principal Tracy Davis Nora Pirquet Keith Green Ruth Lane* Brian McCarty, Associate Principal William Klingelhoffer MUSIC LIBRARIAN * Extra player Matthew Naughtin ** Season Substitute 32 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 COMING TO YOUR GALAXY SUMMER 2018

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34 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES Yuko Katsumi Education & Training Administration JULIE BEGLEY, Chief Marketing Officer NATHAN BRITO, Facilities Manager Tina LeBlanc ANDREA YANNONE, Director of Education Kyra Jablonsky, Associate Director, Adrian Rodriguez, Facilities Coordinator Jeffrey Lyons & Training Communications Todd Martin, Stanley Wong, Rubén Martín Cintas, Jennie Scholick, PhD, Associate Director Jessica Lucas, Associate Director, Facilities Assistants Lee R. Crews Endowed Faculty Member of Audience Engagement Marketing Tamara de la Cruz, Nicole Drysdale, Ilona McHugh Christina Gray Rutter, School Assistant Administrative Director Valerie Megas, Senior Manager, Yana Vincent, Receptionists Pascal Molat, Trainee Program Assistant Retail Operations Jasmine Yep Huynh, Manager of Youth Jaime Diaz, Ballet and Strengthening Mary Goto, Senior Manager, Programs and Teacher Support Marketing and Sales Dana Genshaft, Ballet, Contemporary Dance Jennifer Bakane, School Operations INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & Conditioning Monica Cheng, Senior Manager, Manager Graphic Design MURRAY BOGNOVITZ, Director of Cecelia Beam, Adult Ballet Tai Vogel, School Registrar and Information Technology Jane Ann Chien, Web & Digital Brian Fisher, Contemporary Dance Summer Session Coordinator Platforms Manager Stacy Desimini, IT Operations Leonid Shagalov, Character Dance Karen Johnson, School Programs & Project Manager Jillian Vasquez, Marketing Henry Berg, Conditioning Coordinator Karen Irvin, Application Administrator & Promotions Manager Jamie Narushchen, Daniel Sullivan, Miles Petty, Administrative Assistant, & Help Desk Coordinator Nannette Mickle, Group Sales Music Education & Training Josh Marshall, Web Administrator Representative Lisa Giannone, Mateo Santos Perry, School Assistant James Hosking, Video Producer/Editor Jiapeng Jiang, IT Specialist Conditioning Class Consultant Cecelia Beam, Audience Engagement Caitlin Sims, Publications Editor Sofiane Sylve, Principal Guest Faculty Coordinator Lea Lamprecht, Social Media Producer Naima McQueen, Residence Manager Rena Nishijima, Communications Associate FRONT OF HOUSE Matt McCourt, Will Reese, School Pianists Resident Assistants JAMYE DIVILA, House Manager Emily Munoz, Marketing Associate Jamie Narushchen, School Pianist Supervisor, Marialice Dockus, Head Usher Leslie Donohue, Chris Fitzsimons, Rachel Bauer, Media Asset Administrator Lee R. Crews Endowed Pianist School Physical Therapists Francis Zhou, Graphic Designer Rodney Anderson, Danica Burt, Anthony Cantello, Ella Belilovskaya, Ritsuko Micky Kubo, Laurent Dela Cruz, Martin Dias, Starsky Dias, Daniel Sullivan, Galina Umanskaya, Jonathan Drogin, Chip Heath, Elaine Kawasaki, Billy Wolfe, Julia Ganina, Sky Tan Eileen Keremitsis, Ryszard Koprowski, Bill Laschuk, COMPANY PHYSICIANS TICKET SERVICES Sharon Lee, Lenore Long, Doug Luyendyk, Evelyn Martinez, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong, Richard Gibbs, M.D. & Rowan Paul, M.D., BETSY LINDSEY, Associate Director, Dance in Schools & Communities Sam Mesinger, Dale Nedelco, Wayne Noel, Supervising Physicians Ticket & Patron Services Teaching Artists Beth Norris, Jan Padover, Julie Peck, Michael Leslie, PT Alisa Clayton Jennifer Peterian, Box Office Manager/ Robert Remple, Bill Repp, Rilla Reynolds, Director, Dancer Wellness Center Treasurer CJ Ru, Robyn Sandberg, Kelly Smith, Sammay Dizon Kristin Wingfield, M.D., Mark Holleman, Sales & Service Supervisor Stephanie Somersille, Theresa Sun, Tom Taffel, Cynthia Pepper Primary Care Sports Medicine Richard Wagner, Steve Weiss, Elaine Yee, Elena Ratto, Patron Services Specialist Phoenicia Pettyjohn Frederic Bost, M.D., On-site Orthopedist Ushers Jole Mendoza, Ticketing Database Specialist Jessica Recinos Peter Callander, M.D., David Clark, Box Office Supervisor Joti Singh Keith Donatto, M.D., Jon Dickinson, M.D., Orthopedic Advisors to the Company Arielle Hazan, Jericho Lindsey, Patricia Pearson, Genoa Sperske EDUCATION & TRAINING Karl Schmetz, Consulting Physical Therapist Michelle Schafer, Cherryl Usi, Maura Whelehan Ticket Services Associates San Francisco Ballet School Active Care, Lisa Giannone, Director, Off-site Physical Therapy Claudia Schwartz, Ticket Services Assistant HELGI TOMASSON, Artistic Director Dance in Schools & Communities & Conditioning Classes PATRICK ARMAND, Director Accompanists Leonard Stein, D.C., Chiropractic Care School Faculty David Frazier Henry Berg, Rehabilitation Class Instructor FINANCE Patrick Armand Omar Ledezma Kelsey Anderson, KEVIN MOHR, Chief Financial Officer Wellness Program Manager Kristi DeCaminada Zeke Nealy Kristin Klingvall, Controller Karen Gabay Wade Peterson Valerie Ruban, Accounting Supervisor Jordan Hammond-Tilton Bongo Sidibe Evangelina Maravilla, Payroll Manager Matthew Czarnecki, Senior Accountant Jonathan Creecy, Leanna Wright, Staff Accountants Jennifer Kovacevich, Lean Ops Project Manager

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Did you know that ticket sales and school tuition cover only 50 percent of our expenses each year? That makes our donors equal partners in our success. We invite our donors to celebrate our shared success at Cast Parties and events with artists of SF Ballet, to get a look behind-the-scenes at dress rehearsals, and to learn more about the art form at lectures and other special events. Join us, won’t you? Just visit sfballet.org/donate or call 415 865 6628 to make your gift and receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your SF Ballet experience.

We’ve designed a wonderful variety of events for our supporters during our 2018 Repertory Season. Listed below are events for members of the Artistic Director’s Council (ADC), Chairman’s Council (CHM), Christensen Society (CS), The Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle (VLC), and Friends of San Francisco Ballet. Christensen Society members and above will receive invitations to events that correspond with their performance dates. These events are marked with an asterisk (*). For more information, please visit our website at sfballet.org/donor-events, or contact Ari Lipsky, Senior Manager of Individual Gifts, at [email protected] or 415 865 6635.

MARCH (CONTINUED) APRIL March 6, 1 pm March 19, 6 pm April 3, 10 pm OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL & RECEPTION TRAINEE PERFORMANCE CS CAST PARTY*, NIJINSKY: A BALLET FRANKENSTEIN (PAT+) (DAN+/VLC) BY JOHN NEUMEIER (ASO+) War Memorial Opera House Chris Hellman Center for Dance The Green Room, Veterans Building

March 8, 11:30 am March 20, 1 pm April 8, 12:30 pm ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL (PAT+/VLC) OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL BALLET HISTORY LECTURE (CON+) War Memorial Opera House ROBBINS: BALLET & BROADWAY (CON+) Chris Hellman Center for Dance War Memorial Opera House March 12, 6 pm TRAINEE PERFORMANCE (DAN+/VLC) March 24, 11 am Chris Hellman Center for Dance COMPANY CLASS OBSERVATION & RECEPTION (SUP+) March 15, 5:30 pm War Memorial Opera House LEGACY STUDIO REHEARSAL (VLC) Chris Hellman Center for Dance March 27, 5:30 pm CS WAREHOUSE EVENT (ASO+) 2400 Cesar Chavez Street

THANK YOU

The San Francisco Ballet Board of Trustees, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson, and the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary thank the Grand Benefactors, Benefactors, Patrons, and Sponsors for MEMBERSHIP LEVEL KEY their generous support of ADC | Artistic Director’s Council ($100,000+) CHM | Chairman’s Council ($15,000–$99,999)

CHRISTENSEN SOCIETY FRIENDS OF SF BALLET CHO | Choreographer’s Council ($7,500–$14,999) PAT | Patron ($1,000–$2,499) DAN | Dancer’s Council ($5,000–$7,499) SUP | Supporter ($500–$999) ASO | Associate’s Council ($2,500–$4,999) CON | Contributor ($200–$499)

VLC | Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle January 18, 2018

San Francisco 2018 Opening Night Gala // © Nikki Ritcher Photography

36 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 THANK YOU

The San Francisco Ballet Board of Trustees, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson, and the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary thank the Grand Benefactors, Benefactors, Patrons, and Sponsors for their generous support of

January 18, 2018

San Francisco 2018 Opening Night Gala // © Nikki Ritcher Photography SPONSOR AND DONOR NEWS

OPENING NIGHT GALA On January 18, San Francisco Ballet marked the opening of the Company’s 85th Season with the annual Opening Night Gala hosted by the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary. This year’s sold-out event, entitled Celestial, raised more than $2.88 million in ticket sales and donations to support SF Ballet’s artistic, training, and education programs. SF Ballet would like to gratefully acknowledge our major sponsors for this event, who helped to make Celestial a great success.

CELESTIAL 2018 OPENING NIGHT GALA

PRESENTING SPONSOR Osterweis Capital Management

BENEFACTOR DINNER SPONSOR KPMG

PATRON DINNER SPONSOR JPMorgan Chase & Co.

PERFORMANCE SPONSOR Fang and Gary Bridge, in honor of Helgi Tomasson

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY PAS DE DEUX SPONSOR Ms. Laura Clifford

AFTER PARTY SPONSOR La Perla

PROSECCO PROMENADE SPONSOR Shreve & Co.

INVITATION SPONSOR Left to right: Gala Honorary Chairs Mark Schlesinger and Trustee Christine Russell, Gala Chair Kathy Huber, Pacific Union Real Estate Board Chair Carl Pascarella, Yurie Pascarella, and Executive Director Glenn McCoy

APERITIF SPONSOR Lillet

Marlene Tomasson and Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson Trustee Dede Wilsey

38 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 Auxiliary Gala Committe Left to right: Jane Gazzola, Laura Miller, Pam Preston, Rada Brooks, Andi Valo-Espina, Lori Harmon, Décor Chair Catherine Bergstrom, Monika Moscoso, Gala Chair Kathy Huber, Claire Kostic, Dinner Chair Betsy Linder, Rochelle Lacey, Ally Sievers, Pam Zaragoza, Christine DeSanze, Carolyn Koenig, and V'Anne Singleton

Trustee and Endowment Foundation Board Denise Littlefield Sobel and President Jim Marver and Trustee Emeritus Roman Gronkowski Stephanie Marver Trustee Nancy Kukacka Camille Bently and Christopher Bently

Trustee Kelsey Lamond Cecilia Herbert and Trustee Jim Herbert Auxiliary President Brenda Leff Photos © Drew Altizer

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Trustee Jennifer Walske and Dinner Chair Betsy Linder Trustee Kate Duhamel Timothy Blackburn and Athena Blackburn

General Manager Debra Bernard Michael Mauzé and and Endowment Foundation Board Marc Sinykin and Kevin Osinski After Party guests Trustee Alison Mauzé Member Larissa Roesch

OJ Shansby and Gary Shansby

ENCORE! Gala Committee Left to right: Gary Williams, Vanessa Jn-Baptiste, Jacqueline Barrett, ENCORE! Gala Chair Kelcie Lee, ENCORE! President Christopher Correa, Elizabeth Sgarrella, Jamie Taylor, Susan Lin, and Daniel Cassell Gala Dinner photos © Drew Altizer and Megan Bayley for Drew Altizer Photography; After Party photo © Nikki Ritcher Photography

40 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 SUPPORTING STUDENT MATINEES Each year San Francisco Ballet welcomes more than 5,500 elementary school children to the War Memorial Opera House for our Student Matinee Series—engaging performances created specifically for young audiences. Students learn about becoming a professional dancer, putting on a performance in the Opera House, and much more. This year’s Student Matinee Series featured Act III of The Sleeping Beauty and ’s Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes.

We are grateful to the generous sponsors of our Student Matinee Series, who make it possible for us to reach so many young people. We’re pleased to acknowledge Pacific Gas and Electric Company as lead sponsor, with support also provided by the Gaia Fund of the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation. Support for the Student Matinee Series is also provided by our education funders: Chevron, the Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation, and the Flora Family Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, Gap Foundation, U.S. Bank Foundation, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. The Dance in Schools and Communities program is supported by Major Sponsor The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. 2018 Student Matinee performance // © Chris Hardy

RECOGNIZING OUR VOLUNTEERS KPMG’S DEDICATION TO DANCE To recognize the extraordinary work and dedication of our volunteer KPMG LLP, the audit, tax, and advisory services firm, has been a valued groups—the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary, the Allegro Circle, ENCORE!, sponsor of San Francisco Ballet for nearly two decades. This year we and BRAVO—we recognize each group as a sponsor for a production are pleased to recognize KPMG as the Benefactor Dinner Sponsor of during the Repertory Season. the Opening Night Gala, an event that the company has supported for 17 consecutive seasons. KPMG will also sponsor An Invitation to Dance: San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary is a sponsor of Helgi Tomasson’s production San Francisco Ballet School Student Showcase for the third year in a row. of The Sleeping Beauty. The SF Ballet Auxiliary is a fundraising group of dedicated women who lend their time and talent to build support for “We are proud to invest in the cultural enrichment of our city through SF Ballet. Auxiliary events raise more than $2 million for SF Ballet annually. our gifts to San Francisco Ballet,” says Debbie Messemer, Managing Partner of KPMG’s San Francisco market. “At KPMG we are committed Allegro Circle is a sponsor of Myles Thatcher’s Ghost in the Machine. to education and lifelong learning as they are essential to building strong A relatively new group, Allegro Circle is made up of donors who also communities and economies. Through our partnership with SF Ballet and contribute their professional expertise and networks to support the other local nonprofits we are able to work together to fuel passion for the ongoing excellence of SF Ballet. greater good. It is a joy to give back to our community and inspire our people through investment, volunteerism, and service.” ENCORE! is a sponsor of George Balanchine’ . ENCORE!, our membership group for young professionals, holds a wide variety of social, educational, and networking events.

BRAVO is the sponsor of Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free. BRAVO (Ballet Resource and Volunteer Organization) contributes more than 15,000 hours of volunteer assistance every year and has become a national model for dance volunteer groups.

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JOHN AND BARBARA OSTERWEIS UNBOUND: A FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS John and Barbara Osterweis are sponsors of Cathy Marston’s Snowblind. John Osterweis FESTIVAL PRESENTING SPONSOR has been on the SF Ballet Association Board since 1987, serving as chair from 2012–2016. Diane B. Wilsey He also served as president of the Endowment Foundation Board for nearly 25 years. In recognition of his service with the Endowment Foundation, the Board of Directors elected FESTIVAL GRAND BENEFACTOR SPONSORS Osterweis President Emeritus in 2011. “It's an honor to support a passionate and gifted Kate and Bill Duhamel choreographer like Cathy Marston,” says John. “She lends a new and fresh perspective Gaia Fund to a classic narrative that we think SF Ballet fans will love. Cathy embodies the spirit of David and Kelsey Lamond Unbound and we’re thrilled to be a part of her contribution to the festival.” Mr. and Mrs. John S. Osterweis Yurie and Carl Pascarella Apr 20 – May 06 Kathleen Scutchfield KELSEY AND DAVID LAMOND Denise Littlefield Sobel © Kelsey and David Lamond are sponsoring Christopher Wheeldon’s Bound . Kelsey, who David H. Spencer joined the SF Ballet board in 2011, has served for the past two years as the Co-Chair of Ms. Susan A. Van Wagner the Land of Dreams Nutcracker Benefit Luncheon. “It’s a thrill to be able to support Miles Archer Woodlief Christopher Wheeldon and his exceptional work of art,” she says. “The ballet fits in beautifully with a festival meant to celebrate the San Francisco spirit of curiosity, FESTIVAL LEAD SPONSORS experimentation, and invention.” Bently Foundation, in honor of Glenn McCoy’s 30 years of leadership at San Francisco Ballet SUSAN VAN WAGNER Ms. Laura Clifford* Mrs. Randee Seiger Susan Van Wagner is the sponsor of Justin Peck’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Van Wagner, Judy C. Swanson a Great Benefactor, serves as a Trustee Emeritus. While on the Board, she served on both the Education and School committees. In 2008, she was a member of the SF Ballet 75th FESTIVAL MAJOR SPONSORS Anniversary Sponsor’s Council, where she sponsored Yuri Possokhov’s Fusion. “It’s exciting Sue and John Diekman to be able to support San Francisco Ballet again as they continue to champion new works Teri and Andy Goodman and new choreographers,” she says. “Justin Peck’s ballet epitomizes everything I love about Tom Horn and the Bob Ross Foundation San Francisco Ballet. It is bold, exciting, innovative, and unique.” Koret Foundation

FESTIVAL SPONSORS CIRCLE Alison and Michael Mauzé Jennifer and Steven Walske

FESTIVAL PATRONS CIRCLE Be at the epicenter of dance for the Chaomei Chen and Dr. Yu Wu world premieres of 12 ballets by 12 Beth and Brian Grossman Ms. Elaine Kartalis* of today’s most sought-after and critically Nancy A. Kukacka* acclaimed choreographers. Angelo Greco // © Erik Tomasson Brenda and Alexander Leff Marie and Barry Lipman Ms. Tiffany Lockridge* Michael and Mary Schuh UNBOUND A UNBOUND C *Sponsors Dinner Host Committee Alonzo King | The Collective Agreement Stanton Welch | Bespoke Sponsor list as of February 9, 2018 Christopher Wheeldon | Bound© Trey McIntyre | Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem Justin Peck Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Guernica CELEBRATE UNBOUND | | Sponsors and donors to Unbound: A Festival of New UNBOUND B UNBOUND D Works receive exclusive invitations to one-of-a-kind Myles Thatcher World Premiere Edwaard Liang | The Infinite Ocean events and rehearsals. From a VIP dinner on the War | Cathy Marston Snowblind Dwight Rhoden LET’S BEGIN AT THE END Memorial Opera House stage with all 12 Unbound | | Arthur Pita Björk Ballet choreographers to a closing night celebration at the David Dawson | Anima Animus | Bently Reserve—with dress rehearsals and post- performance onstage toasts in between—becoming an Unbound donor is the best way to guarantee an unforgettable festival experience. Plus, Unbound donors have the satisfaction of knowing they've done their part in cementing the future of ballet. For Clockwise: Kelsey Lamond and David Lamond; John and Barbara Osterweis; Susan Van Wagner // © more information, contact Ari Lipsky, Senior Manager, Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography FOR DETAILS, VISIT Individual Gifts, at [email protected] or 415 865 6635. SFBALLET.ORG/UNBOUND 42 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 acclaimed choreographers. critically and sought-after most today’s of 12 world premieresof12balletsby forthe dance of epicenter the at Be Apr 20Apr –May 06 Justin Peck Peck Justin Myles Thatcher Thatcher Myles B UNBOUND Alonzo King King Alonzo A UNBOUND David Dawson Dawson David Christopher Wheeldon Cathy Marston Marston Cathy | |

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2018 REPERTORY SEASON LEAD SPONSORS PROGRAM 05 Teri and Andy Goodman Opus 19/The Dreamer PROGRAM 01 Mrs. Randee Seiger The Sleeping Beauty Judy C. Swanson LEAD SPONSOR Mr. Richard C. Barker LEAD SPONSORS MAJOR SPONSORS Ms. Laura Clifford Hannah and Kevin Comolli SPONSOR Alison and Michael Mauzé Katherine and Gregg Crawford Catherine and Mark Slavonia San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary SPONSORS The Cage MAJOR SPONSORS John G. Capo and Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Stephen and Margaret Gill MAJOR SPONSORS Robert and Laura Cory Mr. and Mrs. James C. Katzman Family Foundation Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman Innovation Global Capital David H. Spencer Alex and Carolyn Mehran Other Dances Mrs. Henry I. Prien PROGRAM 03 Michael and Mary Schuh LEAD SPONSOR PROGRAM SPONSOR Mr. and Mrs. James D. Marver SPONSORS The Bernard Osher Foundation Joseph and Marianne Geagea MAJOR SPONSORS Mark and Debra Leslie On a Theme of Paganini Chaomei Chen and Dr. Yu Wu Timothy Marten, M.D. Sue and John Diekman MAJOR SPONSOR Richard Thalheimer Family Athena and Timothy Blackburn Fancy Free SPONSOR SPONSORS PROGRAM 02 Almaden H. B. and Lucille Horn Foundation Serenade Glenn H. Reid Ibsen's House BRAVO LEAD SPONSOR MAJOR SPONSOR Diane B. Wilsey Kathleen Scutchfield MAJOR SPONSORS PROGRAM 06 David and Vicki Cox Ghost in the Machine The National Ballet of Canada in Christa and Mark Lopez LEAD SPONSORS Nijinsky: A Ballet by John Neumeier Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Mobley Shelby and Frederick Gans PRESENTING SPONSOR David and Kelsey Lamond SPONSORS Diane B. Wilsey Gioia and John Arrillaga MAJOR SPONSORS MAJOR SPONSOR Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roach Brenda and Alexander Leff Marie and Barry Lipman ENCORE! Charles and Kara Roell

The Chairman Dances—Quartet For Two SPONSORS Christine and Pierre Lamond SATURDAY NIGHT SUBSCRIPTION SERIES LEAD SPONSORS San Francisco Ballet Allegro Circle Lucy and Fritz Jewett Saturday Night Series Gaia Fund Mr. and Mrs. John S. Osterweis UNBOUND: A FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS SPONSORS Please see page 42.

44 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 CELESTIAL 2018 OPENING NIGHT GALA See page 38.

San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges San Francisco Grants for the Arts, the Koret Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts for their support.

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Additional support is provided by Major Sponsor Kaiser Permanente and Sponsors Gap Foundation, U.S. Bank Foundation, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

The Dance in Schools and Communities program is supported by Major Sponsor The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

The Student Matinee Series is supported by the Gaia Fund of the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation.

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PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 45 GREAT BENEFACTORS Our most loyal donors are dedicated to supporting exquisite art and also understand that a contribution to San Francisco Ballet is an investment in the cultural life of the Bay Area. Our growth and evolution as a company and school is due in large part to the steadfast and generous support of patrons in the Bay Area and beyond. In 2005, we created the honor of Great Benefactor to recognize donors whose cumulative giving to SF Ballet is $1 million or more.

American Airlines JPMorgan Chase & Co. Estate of Helen Anderton Maurice Kanbar AT&T Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum Bank of America Foundation Diana Dollar Knowles Richard C. Barker Estate of Diana Dollar Knowles Bingham McCutchen LLP Koret Foundation Athena and Timothy Blackburn Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich BRAVO Kelsey and David Lamond Fang and Gary Bridge The Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. Fisher Jennifer Jordan McCall, Foundation Trustee California Arts Council Catherine Lego The State of California Paul Lego Estate of Lewis and Emily Callaghan Marie and Barry Lipman Mrs. Daniel H. Case III Mrs. Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Chevron Corporation The Marver Family Estate of Barbara A. Daily Stephanie and James Marver Deloitte Alison and Michael Mauzé Susan and John Diekman Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Suzy Kellems Dominik Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson Rudolph W. Driscoll National Endowment for the Arts Sonia H. Evers The Bernard Osher Foundation First Republic Bank John Osterweis and Barbara Ravizza Ford Foundation Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diana Stark and J. Stuart Francis Yurie and Carl Pascarella Estate of Georg L. Fr ierson The Thomas J. and Gerd Perkins Foundation Gaia Fund Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Kenneth Rainin Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund Mr. George R. Roberts Grants for the Arts Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Estate of Richard B. Gump Bob Ross Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund Gordon Russell Mimi Haas San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary Colleen and Robert D. Haas The San Francisco Foundation Walter & Elise Haas Fund Kathleen Scutchfield Estate of Katharine Hanrahan Randee Seiger Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Hays O.J. and Gary Shansby William Randolph Hearst Foundation Shubert Foundation, Inc. The Hellman Family The Smelick Family The Hellman Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel The Herbert Family Estate of Natalie H. Stotz William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The Swanson Foundation The Edward E. Hills Fund Richard J. Thalheimer Donald F. Houghton Ms. Susan A. Van Wagner Estate of Dora Donner Ide Visa Inc. The James Irvine Foundation Wallis Foundation The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Phyllis C. Wattis G. William Jewell Wells Fargo Lucy and Fritz Jewett The E. L. Wiegand Foundation George F. Jewett Foundation Diane B. Wilsey George F. Jewett, Jr. 1965 Trust Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Estate of Mildred Johnson The Zellerbach Family

46 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 ARTISTIC Our most loyal donors are dedicated to supporting exquisite art and also understand that a contribution to San Francisco Ballet is an investment in the cultural life of the Bay Area. Our growth and evolution as a company and school is due in large part to DIRECTOR'S COUNCIL the steadfast and generous support of patrons in the Bay Area and beyond. In 2005, we created the honor of Great Benefactor to recognize donors whose cumulative giving to SF Ballet is $1 million or more. San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the members of the Artistic Director’s Council. JPMorgan Chase & Co. Their generous annual support of $100,000 Maurice Kanbar or more has been instrumental to the success Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum of SF Ballet, SF Ballet School, and SF Ballet’s Diana Dollar Knowles education programs. Council members receive Estate of Diana Dollar Knowles customized benefits including special access Koret Foundation to performances, exclusive events, and Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich rehearsals. For more information, please Kelsey and David Lamond contact Sarah Warner, Senior Officer, The Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation Major Gifts, at [email protected] or Jennifer Jordan McCall, Foundation Trustee 415 865 6634. Catherine Lego Paul Lego Marie and Barry Lipman GRAND BENEFACTORS Mrs. Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Gifts of $250,000 and Above The Marver Family Stephanie and James Marver Ms. Laura Clifford Alison and Michael Mauzé Kate and Bill Duhamel Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Gaia Fund Olivia and Jim Guthrie, residents since 2015 Nicola Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson The Hellman Family National Endowment for the Arts David and Kelsey Lamond The Bernard Osher Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John S. Osterweis Their Shared John Osterweis and Barbara Ravizza Yurie And Carl Pascarella Pacific Gas and Electric Company Kathleen Scutchfield Yurie and Carl Pascarella Mrs. Randee Seiger The Thomas J. and Gerd Perkins Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Ms. Susan A. Van Wagner VISION Kenneth Rainin Diane B. Wilsey With children and grandchildren in California and Mr. George R. Roberts Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock a teaching history that includes Stanford and UC Bob Ross ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Gordon Russell Berkeley, Olivia and Jim decided that San Francisco Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary The San Francisco Foundation Mr. Richard C. Barker Towers not only is the city’s most appealing Life Plan Kathleen Scutchfield Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Community, but also offers an address central to Randee Seiger Fang and Gary Bridge O.J. and Gary Shansby Sue and John Diekman the best of the Bay Area. To learn more, or for your Shubert Foundation, Inc. Shelby and Frederick Gans The Smelick Family Teri and Andy Goodman personal visit, please call 415.447.5527. Denise Littlefield Sobel Beth and Brian Grossman Estate of Natalie H. Stotz Lucy Jewett The Swanson Foundation Ms. Elaine Kartalis Richard J. Thalheimer Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich Ms. Susan A. Van Wagner Brenda and Alexander Leff Visa Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James D. Marver Wallis Foundation Alison and Michael Mauzé Phyllis C. Wattis Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Wells Fargo David H. Spencer The E. L. Wiegand Foundation Judy C. Swanson Diane B. Wilsey Jennifer and Steven Walske 1661 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 sanfranciscotowers-esc.org

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CLIENT ESC / San Francisco Towers PUB Encore AD NAME Gutheries REF NO EPSF752-06wb TYPE 2/3 page vertical, 4C SIZE 4.75 x 9.875 ISSUE March Ballet DUE 1.27.17 VERSION 03 AGENCY RESIN CONTACT Tim Paschke 415.987.4274 CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL The Chairman’s Council brings together a like-minded community of business leaders and philanthropists who share the goal of bringing world-class ballet to a world-class city. San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Chairman’s Council members, who contributed gifts of $15,000 or more to the annual fund as of January 18, 2018. In addition to receiving Christensen Society benefits, members of the Chairman’s Council receive benefits tailored to their individual interests, such as the opportunity to sponsor a ballet or enjoy an exclusive viewing of a ballet rehearsal. If you would like more information about the Chairman’s Council, please contact Kera Jewett, Senior Officer, Major Gifts, [email protected] or 415 865 6638. We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as ten-year members of the Chairman’s Council or Christensen Society. Their names are followed by a plus sign (+) in this section. Former SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Trustees are noted with an asterisk (*).

PRODUCER’S COUNCIL SPONSOR’S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $75,000–$99,999 Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Gifts of $15,000–$24,999

Chaomei Chen and Dr. Yu Wu Gioia and John Arrillaga+ Brenton and Lysbeth Warren Anderson+ Sonia H. Evers+ Eleonore Aslanian+ in memory of Edward Aslanian Rosemary B. Baker*+ Marie and Barry Lipman+ Ms. Eliza M. Brown+ Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish*+ Michael and Mary Schuh+ John G. Capo and Orlando Diaz-Azcuy+ Lydia and Steven Bergman Catherine and Mark Slavonia Stacey B. Case+ Ms. Susan Blake+ Mr. and Mrs. Scott Connors Mr. and Mrs.* William S. Brandenburg Robert and Laura Cory Rachel Brass and Richard Foster PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Katherine and Gregg Crawford+ Ron and Susan Briggs+ Gifts of $50,000–$74,999 Dana and Robert Emery+ J. and J. Chang Carol Emory and The Wingate Foundation+ Rosalyn Chen Chavez J. Stuart Francis and Diana Stark+ Mr. and Mrs. Sol Coffino Karen S. Bergman+ Joseph and Marianne Geagea Mrs. and Mr. Nancy Curtiss Athena and Timothy Blackburn+ Drs. Richard D. and Patricia Gibbs Dr. and Mrs. Jordan Deschamps-Braly Hannah and Kevin Comolli Kathleen Grant, M.D. and Thomas Jackson, M.D.+ Mr. Josh Elkes and Ms. Rachel Happ David and Vicki Cox+ James C. Gries+ Paula M. Elmore* Margaret and Stephen Gill+ Thomas E. Horn+ Jacqueline* and Christian P. Erdman+ Jim and Cecilia Herbert+ Ms. Jeri Lynn Johnson+ Lynn Feintech and Tony Bernhardt+ Mr. Hiro Iwanaga Christine and Pierre Lamond+ Mr. and Mrs. John L. Field+ Mr. and Mrs. James C. Katzman+ Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Leavitt Randi and Bob Fisher Nancy A. Kukacka Mark and Debra Leslie+ Mr. Robert S. Fisher*+ Christa and Mark Lopez Ms. Tiffany Lockridge Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker+ Marissa Mayer and Zachary Bogue+ Timothy Marten, M.D.+ Patty Garbarino Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Mobley Ms. Laura McCabe-Edgar Tim and Amanda Garry Mrs. Henry I. Prien+ Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman James K. and Helen L. Goodwine+ Charles and Kara Roell Alexander R. Mehran*+ Mary and Nicholas Graves+ Joyce L. Stupski+ Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Pease Brian and Elizaveta Gustafson Karl and Holly Peterson Mr. Isaac Hall Glenn H. Reid+ Brian and Rene Hollins+ Kacie and Michael Renc James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen+ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roach+ Mr. and Mrs. Terry Houlihan Mr. George R. Roberts+ Ms. Kathryn Huber and Mr. William Larry Binkley Larissa Roesch and Calder Roesch+ John G. Kerns*+ O.J.* and Gary Shansby+ William and Gretchen Kimball Fund+ Marc Sinykin and Kevin Osinski Patrice and Walther Lovato Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smelick+ Peter and Melanie Maier Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor+ Ms. Susan Marsch Mr. Richard J. Thalheimer+ Mr. Gregg Mattner Mr. and Mrs. William Truscott Justin T. McBaine Barbara and Stephan Vermut Jane and Roger McCarthy Anonymous Stewart McDowell Brady and Philip Brady Mr. Ronald W. Miller+ Mr. James E. Milligan*+ Mrs. Stuart G. Moldaw+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman+ Roland G. Ortgies and Carmela C. Anderson-Ortgies+ Mr. and Mrs. Michael O'Sullivan Mr. James Parsons and Ms. Andrea Hong Dave and Judy Redo+ Ms. Patricia Richardson Mr. Gordon Russell and Dr. Bettina McAdoo+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw Christine Sherry and Lawson Fisher+ The Honorable and Mrs. George P. Shultz+ Michael and Susanna Steinberg Roselyne C. Swig*+ Adam J. Thaler Mr. and Mrs. William R. Timken+ Helgi and Marlene Tomasson The Whitman Family Foundation Beatrice Wood Ms. Patricia Wyrod Diane and Howard Zack+ Dr. Janice and Mr. Jonathan Zakin+ Anonymous (3)

48 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 THE CHRISTENSEN SOCIETY The Christensen Society, named for the three brothers whose artistic vision pioneered SF Ballet, offers a foundational connection to the heritage of the Company. Christensen Society member donations enable SF Ballet to underwrite season productions, acquire contemporary and classical works for our repertory, conduct national and international tours, train hundreds of young dancers at San Francisco Ballet School, and share the love of dance with underserved children and families throughout the Bay Area. San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Christensen Society members, who contributed gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 to the annual fund as of January 18, 2018. For more information about the Christensen Society, please contact Ari Lipsky, Senior Manager, Individual Gifts, at [email protected] or 415 865 6635. We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as ten-year members of the Christensen Society. Their names are followed by a plus sign (+) in this section. Former SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Trustees are noted with an asterisk (*).

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $7,500–$14,999

Joseph and Brooke Dr. Jack M. McElroy and Dr. Mary Ann Skidmore+ Nina Cardoza and John Krowas Sig Anderman Dr. Maya Meux Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chaiken+ Norby Anderson Marta L. Morando+ Dr. Annie Chang and Prof. Frederik Mooi Drue and Jerry Ashford Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman Robert Clegg*+ Kristen A. Avansino+ Mrs. Janet Morris+ Jack and Gloria Clumeck Mr. and Ms. Bartley B. Baer Manfred K. Mundelius+ Ms. Margaret Coblentz Dr. Margaret Bates and Mr. Scott Johnson+ Miriam Sedman and Ralph Nyffenegger Mr. Thomas J. Cooney+ Mr.* and Mrs. Joachim Bechtle+ Michel and Mekhala Oltramare Ms. Phoebe Cowles+ Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite+ Mr. Richard Oppenheimer Mary B. Cranston*+ Claire and Jared Bobrow+ Beth Price+ Mr. and Mrs. Angelos Dassios Bruce Braden+ Leslie and Nick Podell+ Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson Kelly and Samuel* Bronfman II Mr. and Mrs. Neal I. Powers Mr. and Mrs. David Dossetter+ The Robinson Family - AB Butler Family Mr. Fritz Quattlebaum Mr. Frank J. Espina and Mrs. Andrea Valo-Espina Dr. Heidi H. Cary Mr. Gordon L. Radley+ Buck Farmer and Leida Schoggen Ms. Carolyn Chandler Mr. Jeremy Rishel Mr.* and Mrs. Irwin Federman+ Jon B. Chaney+ Mr. and Mrs. Sanford R. Robertson+ Brent and Sandra Fery Antoinette Chatton+ Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ryan+ Ms. Katherine M. Fines and Mr. Henry Heines+ Ms. Karen K. Christensen+ Dorothy Saxe+ Mr. Dennis N. Fluet+ Ms. Katie Colendich Kamran and Helena Shamsavari+ Camille and Sean Flynn+ Dr. Charles Connor+ Mr. and Mrs. Roderick W. Shepard Ms. Mayhill Fowler Ms. Phyllis Cook+ Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Sherwin+ Mr. David B. Franklin and Mr. Ruedi F. Thoeni Michele Beigel Corash and Laurence Corash+ Anne and Michelle Shonk+ Mr. Douglas Frantz Peter G. Curran Ms. Cherida Collins Smith+ Phyllis K. Friedman+ Mrs. Courtney C. Dallaire Mrs. Linda Snyder Marilyn & Robert Funari Family Foundation Jill Daly The Spero Family Sally L. Glaser and David Bower+ Ms. Bonnie De Clark Susanne Stevens+ Donald W. and Patricia L. Green Juanita and Manuel Del Arroz+ The Streets Family+ William J. Gregory Mr. and Mrs. Kevan Del Grande Alan and Patricia Tai+ Linda Groah Mrs. Suzy Kellems Dominik*+ Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Thornton+ Duncan and Jeanie Gurley Ms. Paulette Doudell+ Drs. Oldrich and Silva Vasicek+ Mr. and Mrs. John and Lucie Hall Robert and Judith Duffy+ Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Vidinsky Michael and Julie Hawkins Samantha DuVall and Darren Bechtel Paul A. Violich Miranda Heller and Mark Salkind+ Mr. Mory Ejabat The Watkins Family+ Joan and Alan Henricks Douglas and Barbara* Engmann+ Daniel and Marie Welch Ms. Mary Herman Mr. Edward G. Fernandez Helena and William Wheeler Cynthia Hersey Doris Fisher+ Cynthia and Edgar Whipple+ Mr. Patrick M. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. David Fleishhacker+ Mr. Tim C. Wu and Mr. Eric Murphy+ Hank J. Holland* Mr. and Mrs.* Greg Flynn Kenneth and Anna Zankel, The Grove Ms. Kathryn Holmes Louella C. Fung Anonymous Susan and Lyman Hurd John and Marcia Goldman Ms. Giovanna Jackson* Ann M. Griffiths+ Ms. Andrea Jacoby Dr. Elizabeth A. Harrison Dennis and Paula Jaffe Dr. Birt Harvey DANCER’S COUNCIL Bruce and Dasa Katz, Katz Family Foundation+ Mr. and Mrs. A. Grant Heidrich III+ Gifts of $5,000–$7,499 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kautz Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hoch Ms. Lisa A. Keith+ Ms. Kimberly M. Hughes Ms. Diane K. Aaron Kristen Kelly Arnold and Laurel Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ach Rev. Keenan C. Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jasen Judy and David Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Klein Guyton Jinkerson+ Mr. and Mrs. Hiroki Asai Ms. Patricia D. Knight Mrs. Barbara L. Johnson Ms. Corine Assouline Mrs. Maureen Knoll Dana and Larry Klamecki Dr. Thomas and Julie Ballard Ms. Suzanne Knott and Mr. Tom Rose Ms. Micki Klearman Mr. Charles Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Martin M. Koffel Linda and Robert Klett+ Jeanne and William Barulich Sharon Lambert and Charles Cohen+ Arlene and Steve Krieger+ Mr. and Mrs. Gene Becker Mr. and Mrs. Jude Laspa+ Mrs. Maja Kristin Valli Benesch and Bob Tandler Dr. and Mrs. G. Karl Ludwig, Jr.+ Ms. Linda Kurtz Ms. Sandra Moore Berrey Mr. and Mrs. Laurence R. Lyons Captain Witold Klimenko and Dr. Darlene Lanka-Klimenko+ Mr. Charles Alden Black, Jr. and Mr. C. Grisham, Jr. Mr. Michael Manning Laube Family Foundation Mr. William Bonville Mr. Patrick McCabe Ms. Betsy A. Linder+ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Borelli Mr. and Mrs. John A. McQuown Mark and Lori Litwin+ Dr. Thomas and Janice Boyce+ Mr. Steve Merlo Carol and Hal Louchheim+ Ms. Carolyn J. and Mr. David W. Brady Mr. Wallace Mersereau Mr. and Mrs. Allen Luniewski Cynthia and Fred Brinkmann+ Mary Mewha* Lori and David F. Marquardt+ James R. and Melinda M. Brown Ms. Carole Middleton Dr. and Mrs. David Joseph Martin Kelli and Steve Burrill+ Fred A. Middleton+

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Mr. Ted E. Mitchell+ Mr. and Mrs. David W. Beach+ Michael E. Dreyer and Harry B. Ugol Ms. Alexandra Moses+ George Becker MD. Mr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr. Kathleen Much and Stanley Peters Ms. Lydia Beebe Mr. Fritz Eberly Peggy and Willis Newton Ms. Desa C. Belyea Ms. and Ms. Freya Eduarte Ms. Carla Oakley and Mr. Kevin McCarthy Ms. Anne Leland Benham Diane and Joseph Ehrman III+ Mrs. Alexandra Ottesen Christopher and Camille Bently+ Dr. Robert Elfont and Ms. V'Anne Singleton Dennis Otto and Robert Meadows Ms. Carol Benz Mr. Greg Evans Ms. Mindy Owen Mrs. LaVerne Beres Mrs. Mickey Evans Ms. Elizabeth A. Peace Ms. Catherine Bergstrom Rev. Richard Fabian Melanie and Rob Pedrick+ Diana Bersohn Tawna and John Farmer+ Patricia Sanderson Port Mr. Phil Bettens and Ms. Kristin B. Simonsen Mr. Zé Figueirinhas Ms. Ruth Quigley RADM and Mrs. John W. Bitoff+ Mr. William E. Fisher+ Ursula Elisabeth Ralph Amos and Carla Blackmon Ms. Linda Jo Fitz+ Reach-A-Star Foundation Ms. Martha E. Blackwell John and Kelly Foley Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Richardson+ Ms. Phyllis Blair Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Francies Jr Ms. Kathryn Roberts Ms. Kathleen Blanchard Mr. Ernest Freeman Ms. Marianne B. Robison+ Mr. Noel T. Blos Ms. Baerbel Freytag Ms. Patricia Rock and Mr. John Fetzer Ms. Janet M. Bollier Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Fricke Mr. and Mrs. David E. Rosenkrantz+ Bon Air Center Mr. Ian Friedland Ms. Susan Rosin and Mr. Brian Bock Dr. Stephen C. Born Ms. Joyce Friedman Tiffany Loren Rowe Germaine Brennan Foundation+ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Friend Paul Sack and Shirley Davis+ Ms. Marilyn Brennan Mr. Markus Fromherz Kathleen Schiebold Ms. Erin Brooks and Mr. Todd Gottula Ellen Fujikawa Dr. David Tai-Man Shen and Mrs. Elaine Shen+ Mr. and Mrs. Kent F. Brooks Mr. Philip Fukuda Mary Ann Somerville+ Ms. Barbara Brown+ Dr. Kim Fullerton-Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Spolin+ Catherine Brown and Gerald Gwathney Mrs. Ayumi Funaki Mr. Matthew Stepka Carole and Ed Brown+ Penny and Gregory Gallo+ Lisa J. Stern-Hazlewood+ Mrs. Kathleen M. Brown* Mr. John Garfinkle Ms. Fran A. Streets+ Josephine Brownback+ Ms. Jane Gazzola Maureen and Craig Sullivan Julie Brown-Modenos Joan and Jim Gillette Mr. and Mrs. Jim Swartz+ Julie and David Burns Ms. Joy Gim Ms. Nadine Tang Peggy and Donald Burns+ Glaucoma Center of San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. William L. Thornton Adrian and Carol Byram Ms. Barbara Glynn Mr. Harry Tierney+ Mrs. John Callander+ Jennie Golde Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tortorici Libi Cape+ Nora Goldschlager Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tuttle+ Damian S. Carmichael Drs. Meryl Gordon and Robert Schermer Janet Sassoon-Upton and John R. Upton, Jr.+ Nina Carroll+ Phillip and Philippa Newfield Gordon+ Ms. Lida Urbanek Ms. Linda Carson Ms. Shelley Gordon Larry M Vales Charles R. Castellano and Deryl Castellano Mr. James Gosling+ Ms. Susan Warble Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cauthorn Mr. Michael Grady Daphne and Stuart Wells Mr. Benedick Chai Richard L. Grant and James L. Miller+ Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wertsch+ Drs. Valerie and Devron Char Ms. Joan Green Benjamin and Mary Ann Whitten Mr. Marvin Charney Judy and Josh Green Karen and Stephen Wiel+ Mr. Philip Chou Nonie H. Greene and Todd Werby+ Ms. Leslie Wilson Mr. Paul Clifford Ms. Kera Jewett and Dr. William Greene Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woodall Douglas Clough and Erin Uesugi Claude and Nina Gruen+ Travis and Jim Wright+ Annelle Clute Mimi Haas+ Dr. Keith R. Yamamoto+ Susan and Mitchell Cohen+ Stephen Halprin+ Sharon and Robert Yoerg Ms. Claudia Coleman+ Ms. Maria Hilakos Hanke Anonymous (7) Ms. Janet Coleman Alexander and Catherine Hargrave+ Ms. Robin Collins Sara and Catherine Harkins Richard and Sylvia Condon+ Mr. and Mrs. David M. Haskin+ Mrs. Glenna Cook Mr. and Mrs.* Kenneth Hecht ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Jane A. Cook John F. Heil+ Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 Alice M. Corning+ Mary Lou Ambinder Heine Colette V.A. Cornish Troy and Alysia Helming Mr. John Abbott and Mr. Clifford Clark Joan and Victor Corsiglia Laura Miller and Matthew Herold Michael C. Abramson+ Ms. Carmen Côté De Vaughn Virginia Hind Hodgson Norman Abramson and David Beery Ms. Sandi Covell+ Susan and Russell Holdstein Philanthropic Fund Mr. Amir Adibi Ms. Nora C. Cregan Sunny Holland and Alan Pryor+ Molly and Stewart Agras+ Ms. Lilly Creighton Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hollenbeck Mr. Bruce Albert and Dr. Chady F. Wonson+ Mrs. Mary A. Culp+ Ms. Carol Ann Holley Lisa and Maria Alvarez Ms. Amy & Jamie Dananberg JHGM Foundation Ms. Sue Alvarez Dr. Stephen J. Danko Dr. Serena Hu Mrs. Diane E. Anderson Ms. Susan J. Davenport Cordell and Susan Hull Jola and John M. Anderson+ Mr. Dan Davies Ms. Marie Louise Hurabiell Mr. Zachery Anderson Dr. and Mrs. R.L. Davis+ Ms. Margaret C. Hutchins Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Andresen+ Ms. Joan Dea and Mr. Lionel Conacher Carolyn T. Hutton Ms. Gigi Anthony+ Mr. Keith Dehoff Ms. Karen J. Irvin Ms. Christine DeSanze and Mr. Scott Anthony Dr. Richard M. Delfs+ Ms. Jane L. Johnson Ms. Carol Blake Applebury Ms. Carole A. Demsky and Mr. Karl F. Nygren Ms. Mary Johnson Ms. Maren Armour Marvin Dennis+ Todd Jolly and Judith Murio Mr. and Mrs. Greer Arthur+ Mr. Curtis E. Dennison Debra and Blake Jorgensen Lori Arthur Ms. Simone Derayeh Mr. Peter Joshua Asmus Family Mr. David E. DeSilva Sandra Juracich+ Chris and Janet Bajorek Julie Desloge and George A. Newhall Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kahn Mr. Stephen A. Bansak III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson Ms. Roberta Kameda Nate Hennings and Nora Barr Hennings Ms. Patricia Dobashi Ms. Daru H. Kawalkowski+ Ms. Deborah Taylor Barrera Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Dobos+ Mr. and Mrs. Jascha Kaykas-Wolff Karen Bartholomew Mrs. Abigail Donahue Dr. Amelia Kaymen Marie-José and Kent Baum+ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Draper III Mr. Kris Kazaks

50 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 Tom Kennedy and Brad Hipkins Dr. Alex Nellas Ms. Ellice Sperber and Ms. Emma Elizalde Drs. Douglas and Carol Kerr Ms. Amanda Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Will Stegall Ms. Kathryn Kersey Drs. Andrew and Lynn Newman+ Ruth and Alan Stein+ Ms. Jennifer H. Kilpatrick Jeanne Newman Mr. Paul Stone Kevin King and Meridee Moore+ Ms. Allison Nielsen Mr. and Mrs. Philip Strause Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum+ Patricia and Hayes Noel Mrs. Dwight V. Strong+ Ms. Nancy Kittle Mr. Paul Nordine Mrs. Mary Stuard Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Koenig Mrs. Wilma J. Nurenberg Joseph J. Sturkey+ Mr. Abner Korn Ms. Linda L. Olson and Mr. David Polnaszek Ms. Jane Su Hal and Iris Korol+ Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ouyang+ Mr. Peter Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kostic Mr. William D. Parent+ Kimberly and Philip Summe Reiko and Yasunobu Kyogoku Mr. Deric Patrick Ms. Joan Sutton Laura La Gassa Mr. Frank Patt Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swartz Mrs. Carla L. Labat Dr. Eugene H. Peck Darian and Rick Swig+ Ms. Elmira C. Lagundi Ms. Patricia Peterson Ms. Lita Swiryn Mrs. Brigitte Laier The Phillips Family Mr. John J. Tallarida Mr. Bryan Lamkin and Ms. Arianna Carughi Jin-Piao Trust Ms. Trecia Knapp and Mr. Bruno Tapolsky Ms. Nancy L. Larson Hilary C. Pierce and Keir J. Beadling Mrs. Bente Tellefsen+ Mr. Bill L. Lee Michael Pirrung Mr. James Teter Patricia W. Leicher Edward and Linda Plant+ Judy and Harold Ticktin Julius Leiman-Carbia & Kyle Thomas Smith Melissa and Ritchie Post+ Howard and Ann Timoney Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Leonard Tanya Marietta Powell+ Mr. Ronald R. Titus Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Lepper+ Dale and Danielle Power Ms. Mary Tobias Mrs. Mona Lessing-Harroch+ Mrs. Twyla Powers Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Tobkin Mr. Robert Levenson Ms. Sandra Price Mr. Dana Tom Mr. Roy Levin and Mrs. Jan Thomson Mr. John Pringle Lowell Tong and Alasdair Neale Pam G. Lewis Louis Ptacek and Ying-Hui Fu Ms. Christine Z. Tooby Ms. Allison Jacobs Ms. Mary J. Quinn Ms. Amanda Topper+ Ms. Debra A. Leylegian+ Barbara Rambo* and Thomas A. Goossens+ Ms. Esther Torres Ms. Judy Lichterman James Deveney and Steve Rausch Suzanne M. Tucker and Timothy F. Marks Claire and Herbert Lindenberger+ Drs. Garry and Kathy Rayant+ Ms. Helen Tyree Dr. Mary Jane W. Loda Ms. Elizabeth S. Reed Gayla Tyson and Dan Cotter Carol and Bill Lokke Judge and Mrs. Charles B. Renfrew Mr. Herbert Uetz Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Louie Louise and Paul Renne Patricia Unterman and Tim Savinar Mr. and Mrs. Steve Love Ms. Kathryn Renschler Dr. Conrad Vial Dan Lowenstein & Mylo Schaaf Jon Q. and Ann S. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Gregg von Thaden Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludgus+ Thomas C. Rindfleisch and A. Carlisle Scott+ Mr. Richard A. Votava Mr. Harvey Lynch Mr. Chip Roame Mrs. Virginia Wade Mrs. Rhondalee Mahendroo Deborah Robbins and Henry Navas Ms. Adrian Walker Howard and Siesel Maibach+ L.L. Roberts and A.R. Wilbanks+ Mr. Richard Walsh Ms. Janice Maloney Mrs. Rosemary Rodd Spitzer Emily and Bob Warden Dr. Aditi Mandpe Jack and Fran Rominger Rosalie V. Weaver Mr. Richard Martin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roothman Eitan Fenson and Barbara Weinstein Ms. Virginia Martin Ms. Jeanne Rose Melanie and Ronald Wilensky Ms. Anita Martinez+ Ms. Patricia Rosenberg David and Karima Wilner Ms. Connie V. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rosenthal Ms. Faye Wilson Ms. Mary E. Massee Kate Rowe+ Mr. and Mrs. Terry Winograd Holly and Stephen Massey Mr. Paul L. Rowe and Mr. Michael Sereno Mr. and Mrs. Eric Wold Ms. Dosia Matthews Mrs. Chandra K. Rudd Ms. Muriel Wolverton Niko and Steven Mayer+ Mr. Roberto Ruiz and Mr. Kevin Lee Celeste and Darryl Woo Mr. John Mazurski Dr. Ellen Salwen Laureen Woodruff+ Jennifer J. McCall+ Louise Adler Sampson Ms. Daphne Wray Dr. and Mrs. W. D. McCallum+ Ms. Jennifer Sandell Ms. Kelly Wulff Mr. Glenn McCoy+ Mr. Warren H. Sandell Miss Carla J. Wytmar Dan McDaniel, M.D. Ms. Letitia Sanders Mr. Babak Yazdani Ms. Kathleen McEligot+ Donald and Terry Sarver+ Ms. Zhenya Yoder Joan and Robert McGrath+ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saveri Jacqueline Young Ms. Roberta McMullan Mr. Michael Scagliotti and Mrs. Miya R. Peard Ms. Tatyana Yurovsky Lisa and Jason McPhate Gwendy and Anthony Scampavia+ Mr. James Zawada Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Mebine William and Linda Schieber Catherine Zimmerman Mr. David E. Meders Carolynne Schloeder Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zlot Mr. Martin Melia Peter Lotnar Schmidt Anonymous (9) Dr. Beryl Mell+ Warren A. Schneider Mr. and Mrs.* James J. Messemer+ Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Schroeder Byron R. Meyer*+ Ms. Deborah Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Lou Meylan Mrs. S. D. Schwabacher+ Richard Miller and John Vinton+ Mrs. Avé M. Seltsam and Mr. James D. Seltsam, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Millman Joan and Lynn Seppala Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Mitchell Ms. Teresa Serata Susan and Jack Molinari+ Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Shapiro+ Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moonie+ Mr. and Mrs. Drew Sievers Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Mr. Lawrence J. Simi Gary and Eileen Morgenthaler Mrs. Harriet J. Simpson+ Dianne and Brian Morton Earl Singer Mr. Milton J. Mosk and Mr. Thomas Foutch+ Dr. Dale Skeen+ Ms. Christine Motley Mrs. Paula Anne Smith Ms. Sharon S. Muir Ms. H. Marcia Smolens+ Mr. Roger Murray Ms. Eileen Soden Ms. Vija Hovgard Nadai James Sokol Ms. Donna Neff Mr. Scott C. Sollers Mrs. Shirley Negrin+ Rosemary G. Southwood

PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 51 CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT Forward-thinking organizations understand the need to create a vibrant civic life in the places they do business. Leading corporations— local, national, and international—enhance their reputations by supporting SF Ballet performances, touring, special events, and our community engagement programs. And when they do, they are able to promote their brand to an audience of opinion makers, entertain clients at performances, and receive other special benefits as part of a customized benefits package. Giving from private, family, and community foundations helps us commission new works; design and build sets and costumes; take the Company on tour; and engage our communities. To learn more about Corporate giving, contact Colette Whitney, Corporate Giving Officer, [email protected] or 415 865 6651. To learn more about Foundation giving, contact Elizabeth Luu, Grants Manager, at [email protected] or 415 865 6616.

CORPORATE SUPPORT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL DANCER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Gifts of $5,000–$9,999

Osterweis Capital Management Almaden Denning and Company Dodge & Cox Lillet PRESENTER’S COUNCIL La Perla McRoskey Mattress Company Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 Pacific Union Real Estate SpotHero

Bank of America Chevron CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL ASSOCIATE'S COUNCIL Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 Innovation Global Capital JPMorgan Chase & Co. B|O|S (Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC) GI Partners KPMG Gap Foundation TMG Partners Pacific Gas and Electric Company Mechanics Bank Wealth Management Shreve & Co. SPONSOR’S COUNCIL UBS Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 U.S. Bank Foundation Willis Towers Watson Freed of London Kaiser Permanente Tiffany & Co.

IN-KIND SUPPORT GRAND BENEFACTOR’S COUNCIL PRESENTER’S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $250,000 and above Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 Gifts of $15,000–$24,999

Bay Area Rapid Transit J Riccardo Benavides Allegra Entertainment & Events FITNESS SF KNTV Ernest Vineyards KGO-TV KPIX Sutter Securities Incorporated San Francisco Chronicle McCalls Catering & Events Wish Social Events Nob Hill Gazette ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 San Francisco magazine Gifts of $10,000–$14,999

Cibo Almaden KCBS SPONSOR’S COUNCIL KQED TV Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Miette

The San Francisco Examiner / SF Weekly Sterling Brands DANCER’S COUNCIL United Airlines Gifts of $5,000–$9,999

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FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT DANCER’S COUNCIL GRAND BENEFACTORS CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 Gifts of $250,000 and above Gifts of $10,000–$14,999

Denning and Company San Francisco Grants for the Arts The Guzik Foundation Lillet Koret Foundation Walter & Elise Haas Fund McRoskey Mattress Company Zellerbach Family Foundation SpotHero ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 DANCER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 ASSOCIATE'S COUNCIL Bently Foundation, in honor of Glenn McCoy’s Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 30 years of leadership at San Francisco Ballet Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc. GI Partners The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation TMG Partners George F. Jewett Foundation Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund The Bernard Osher Foundation The Hope and Norman Hope Foundation Bob Ross Foundation Jerome Robbins Foundation Walter S. Johnson Foundation PRESENTER’S COUNCIL The Kingsley Foundation At Rhoda Goldman Plaza, theGifts staff,of $50,000–$99,999 cuisine, programs, ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL and services allow me to doFlora what Family I love—like Foundation volun- Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation teering for my amazing Giants.The Diana And Dollar the Knowles convenient Foundation The Amphion Foundation Lower Pac Heights address Nationalmakes Endowment this unsurpassed for the Arts Lakeside Foundation assisted living and memory Thecare Shubert community Foundation, myInc. home Wender Weis Foundation for Children

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCILteam. For your personal visit,SPONSOR’S connect COUNCIL with Candiece, Gifts of $15,000–$24,999415.345.5072 or [email protected] of $25,000–$49,999 Living Allegra Entertainment & Events Heising-Simons Foundation Ernest Vineyards The Hellman Foundation Well With Sutter Securities Incorporated H. B. and Lucille Horn Foundation SM Wish Social Events The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Assistance The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL E. L. Wiegand Foundation Starts With Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL The Staff. Almaden Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 KQED TV For your personal visit, Miette Mimi and Peter Haas Fund John Brockway Huntington Foundation connect with Candiece, DANCER’S COUNCIL 415.345.5072 or Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 [email protected]. Bouchaine Vineyards 2180 Post Street Etude Wines San Francisco, CA rgplaza.org Founded by Jewish Family and Children’s Services and Mount Zion Health Fund RCFE# 385600125

PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 53 CLIENT RGP PUB Encore - Ballet REF NO RGP745-01cg - Chloe the Server AD TYPE 1/3 page vertical, 4C SPECS 2.25” w x 9.875” h / 4 Color ISSUE 3/06 - 3/11/18 MAT’LS DUE 1.18.18 VERSION 1 AGENCY RESIN CONTACT Tim Paschke – 415 987 4274 THE JOCELYN VOLLMAR LEGACY CIRCLE Your estate gift to SF Ballet enrolls you in very special company: the Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle. Jocelyn Vollmar’s career extended from performing roles in SF Ballet’s first Nutcracker and Swan Lake to training generations of dancers in SF Ballet School. We created the Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle to recognize and thank those individuals who, as a part of their own legacy, make an investment in the future of SF Ballet. Members gain special insight into SF Ballet and the creative process of dance through an annual celebratory luncheon and other behind-the-scenes events. Legacy gifts come in all sizes and include gifts from wills and living trusts; gifts that return lifetime income, such as charitable gift annuities; our pooled income fund; and other planned gifts. For information about Legacy Circle membership and estate gift options, please contact Elizabeth Lani, Senior Officer, Planned Giving, [email protected] or 415 865 6623.

Michael C. Abramson Jane A. Cook Betty Hoener Susan J. Meadows Norman Abramson and Mary Ellen Copner Holly and Chris Hollenbeck Robert L. Merjano David Beery Colette V.A. Cornish Thomas E. Horn Steve Merlo Sophie and Ted Aldrich Sandi Covell Mr. and Mrs. Terry Houlihan Karl Meyer and Kelly Hails Anthony J. Alfidi Deborah Pearson Cowley Vija M. Hovgard J. Sanford Miller Cal Anderson Kenneth and Diane Cox Harold D. and Jocelyn P. Hughes Ms. Joyce E. Miller Jola and John M. Anderson Lynda Meyer Cronin Marie Louise Hurabiell Mr. Sidney F. Mobell David and Judith Preves Anderson Gerald Currier Gary Isoardi Nancy and Larry Mohr Steven D. Arias Ramona Manke Davis Dorothy and Bradford Jeffries Patricia Mok Roulhac and Tom Austin Wesley F. Day Berdine Jernigan Milton J. Mosk Nancy R. Axelrod Cornelia Y. de Schepper Mrs. Barbara Johnson Elise Mosse ML Baird, in memory of Martha Debs Susan E. and John E. Johnson Jr. Kathleen Much Travis & Marion Baird David and Alaina DeMartini Mark G. Jones Tom and Anne Muller Rosemary B. Baker Karel and Mark Detterman Mrs. René Jopé Peter Johnson Musto Richard C. Barker Charles Dishman Dr. Devorah Joseph in memory of Virginia Mylenki and Valera Ferrea Barnhart Earl Diskin Nerrissa Joseph James J. Pidgeon Marie Schoppe Bartee Christine H. Dohrmann David A. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman Margaret Bates, M.D. Sam Alicia Duke Rose Adams Kelly Tom Nicoll Richard and Kathy Beal Joseph Ehrman III John Kerns Jeffrey A. Nigh Cecelia Beam Carol Emory Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum Norman and Hillevi Null Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Berger Ms. Frances Eubanks Peter and Ludmila Eggleton Peter Nye and James Marks Karen S. Bergman Joan Falender Linda and Robert Klett John S. Osterweis Shannyn Bessoni Merritt and Mary Lou Fink Suzanne Knott and Tom Rose James O. Pearson, Jr. Davidson Bidwell-Waite and C. Candace Fitzgerald Carole Dillon Knutson Karen Posner Edwin A. Waite Richard Fitzgerald Ms. June Kronberg Steve and Cleo Postle Arthur Bienenstock Victoria Flavell Joan Shelbourne Kwansa Roger and Deborah Potash Patricia Ellis Bixby Frannie Fleishhacker Sharon Lampton Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Price Phyllis B. Blair Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Foote Mr. and Mrs. Norman Graham Leaper Jane Radcliffe Aviva Shiff Boedecker Mary Jo Francis Kimun Lee Dave and Judy Redo Jon Borset Douglas Frantz Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Glenn H. Reid Dr. Carol Bowden Sandra and Alfred Fricke Irv Lichtenwald and M.A. Rey-Bear Trust Bruce Braden Joseph and Antonia Friedman Stephen R. Ripple Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe Lisa K. Breakey Connie Marie Gaglio Betsy Lim Pat Roberts Ron and Susan Briggs Shelby and Frederick Gans Susan R. Lin Elsie Robertson Leonard Brill and Richard Sanjour John Garfinkle Carol and Hal Louchheim Pauline and Richard Roothman Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann Jacqueline Ghosin Barbara Lowe Renee and Dennis Ross Ms. Agnes Chen Brown Stephen and Margaret Gill James J. Ludwig Renee Rubin James R. and Melinda M. Brown S. Bradley Gillaugh Mr. and Mrs. Laurence R. Lyons Karl Ruppenthal and Jo Maxon Marjorie and Gerald Burnett Jane Gitschier Susan Adair Malecki Pat Sanderson Julie and David Burns Teri and Andy Goodman Jo Markovich R. L. Sauer Patricia Butler Meryl Gordon, M.D. John Robert Martin Dorothy Saxe Adrian and Carol Byram Michael W. Grady Connie V. Martinez Norman Schlossberg Patricia J. Campbell Jeneal Granieri Mr. James D. Marver Ms. Catherine Schmidt Jack Capito Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Erika-Marie Matthes Walter and Sharon Schneider Linda Parker Cassady Joan and Michael Green Dosia Matthews Al Schroeder Michaela Cassidy Patricia Lindsay and Gwen and Hamp Mauvais Leonard C. Schwab Annag Rose Chandler Donald W. Green Steven and Niko Mayer Harold E. Segelstad Antoinette Chatton Roger W. Green Ms. Shawna Marie McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Jack Self Larry Chow and Ralph Wolf James Gries Kathlyn McDonough and Christine Selle Diane and William Clarke Martin C. Hamilton Dennis Yamamoto Michael and Daryl Shafran Robert Clegg Rosemary (Rosie) Hayes Donald L. McGee J. Gary and O.J. Shansby Foundation Bette Jean Clute Terry Hynes Helm Mrs. William L. McGee John-Luke Sheridan Michael Q. Cohen and Cecilia and Jim Herbert Dr. Terri McGinnis Mrs. Carter Parrish Sherlin Carol Berman Cohen Jerry Hill Betsy and Ed McGuigan Carol R. Sholin Maggie Collins Linda K. Hmelo James H. McMurray Edward M. Silva and James H. McMurray

54 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 music dance theater 2017/18 Cal Perform ances SEASON UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Celebrating 50 years with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Robert Battle, artistic director Susan J. Meadows Marc Sinykin and Kevin Osinski Masazumi Chaya, associate artistic director Robert L. Merjano Charles G. Smith Steve Merlo Dr. W. Byron Smith Karl Meyer and Kelly Hails M. Eileen Soden, Ph.D. FEATURING THREE WEST J. Sanford Miller Scott C. Sollers COAST PREMIERES! Ms. Joyce E. Miller Sue Sommer Mr. Sidney F. Mobell Sharon St. James April 10–15 Nancy and Larry Mohr Stephen B. Steczynski ZELLERBACH HALL Patricia Mok Nancy Stern Milton J. Mosk Susanne Stevens Elise Mosse Mrs. Dwight V. Strong Kathleen Much Jane and Jay Taber Tom and Anne Muller Tom Taffel and Bill Repp Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., and more: Peter Johnson Musto Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tai Virginia Mylenki and Jack Eugene Teeters The Music of John Williams James J. Pidgeon Sam Thal, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman Richard J. Thalheimer Boston Pops at the Greek Tom Nicoll Suzanne and Charles Thornton Keith Lockhart, conductor Jeffrey A. Nigh Jazz Tigan Norman and Hillevi Null Mr. and Mrs. Howard Timoney Featuring selections from Peter Nye and James Marks Michael E. Tully some of Williams’ most John S. Osterweis Janet Sassoon-Upton and iconic Hollywood film James O. Pearson, Jr. John R. Upton, Jr. scores, including music Karen Posner Carolyn and Terry Voet from Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Steve and Cleo Postle Mrs. Katherine Wallin and the Indiana Jones and Roger and Deborah Potash Mrs. Barbara W. Wanvig Harry Potter films. Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Price Rosalie V. Weaver Jane Radcliffe Dr. Frieda Weiner Dave and Judy Redo Daphne and Stuart Wells April 21 Glenn H. Reid Benjamin and Mary Ann Whitten GREEK THEATRE M.A. Rey-Bear Trust Karen and Stephen Wiel Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe Mr. Burlington Willes Pat Roberts Miles Archer Woodlief Elsie Robertson Laureen Woodruff Pauline and Richard Roothman Dr. Robert and Sharon Yoerg Ex Machina Renee and Dennis Ross Janice Hansen Zakin 887 Renee Rubin Kristine A. Zeigler Written, designed, directed, Karl Ruppenthal and Jo Maxon Mrs. Stephen A. Zellerbach and performed by Robert Lepage Pat Sanderson Anonymous (68) R. L. Sauer 887 Murray Avenue, Quebec City, Canada. Dorothy Saxe The apartment complex where Norman Schlossberg renowned director Robert Lepage Ms. Catherine Schmidt spent his youth comes to life as a Walter and Sharon Schneider bewitching, tech-saturated dollhouse Al Schroeder in this deeply personal solo work. Leonard C. Schwab Harold E. Segelstad “Touching, intimate, powerful” Mr. and Mrs. Jack Self Christine Selle —The Guardian (London) Michael and Daryl Shafran J. Gary and O.J. Shansby Foundation May 4 & 5 John-Luke Sheridan ZELLERBACH HALL Mrs. Carter Parrish Sherlin Carol R. Sholin Edward M. Silva and James H. McMurray Season calperformances.org Sponsor:

PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 55 ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION The San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation is a separate nonprofit public benefit corporation that holds and manages endowment funds, with the goal of supplying a reliable source of support while protecting its investments against inflation and wide swings in the capital markets. Each year, a transfer from the Endowment Foundation provides support for a variety of SF Ballet needs, including the creation of new works, touring, financial aid for SF Ballet School students, and community education and outreach programs. It is now the third largest source of revenue for SF Ballet after ticket sales and contributions. Donors who make gifts of $25,000 or more to the endowment have a fund created in their name. Named funds can provide general support or support designated for specific uses at SF Ballet, SF Ballet School, and SF Ballet’s Education Programs. For more information on endowed funds or the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation, please contact Elizabeth Lani, Senior Officer, Planned Giving, [email protected] or 415 865 6623.

SF Ballet is honored to list the following named funds that contribute support for touring and a variety of other unique needs at SF Ballet. Those highlighted with an asterisk (*) were fully or primarily funded through bequests and other planned gifts.

ENDOWED FUNDS FOR TOURING Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite Touring Fund Frannie and Mort Fleishhacker Touring Fund Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Touring Fund Teri and Andy Goodman Touring Fund The Hellman Family Touring Fund Donald F. Houghton Touring Fund* G. William Jewell Touring Fund* Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Touring Fund Glenn McCoy Touring Fund Vinie and J. Sanford Miller Touring Fund Phyllis W. Nelson Touring Fund* The Bernard Osher Foundation Touring Fund Bob Ross Foundation Touring Fund Anne and Michelle Shonk Touring Fund Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Touring Fund

ENDOWED FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES Dr. and Mrs. John N. Callander Dancer Wellness Fund Fancy Free // © Erik Tomasson Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Dancer Wellness Fund Columbia Foundation Music Fund Thomas W. Flynn Music Fund The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Building Fund Donald F. Houghton Fund* Donald F. Houghton Innovation Fund* James J. Ludwig Fund Helgi Tomasson Innovation Fund San Francisco Ballet in Robbins’ Diane B. Wilsey Tutu Fund

JOIN FRIENDS OF Celebrate your love of ballet by becoming a Friend of SF Ballet. SAN FRANCISCO BALLET FOR Our Friends get closer than ever before. Watch a ballet come to BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS life in an open dress rehearsal, get early access to purchase tickets, and meet fellow donors and Company artists at special events. Loyal supporters like you ensure that the Ballet will be around for future generations to enjoy.

JOIN US, WON’T YOU? Visit sfballet.org/donate or call 415 865 6628 to make your gift and receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your SF Ballet experience.

Maria Kochetkova and Joseph Walsh in Wheeldon's Cinderella on tour at The Kennedy Center // © Erik Tomasson

56 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 Fancy Free // © Erik Tomasson San Francisco Ballet in Robbins’

JOIN FRIENDS OF Celebrate your love of ballet by becoming a Friend of SF Ballet. SAN FRANCISCO BALLET FOR Our Friends get closer than ever before. Watch a ballet come to BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS life in an open dress rehearsal, get early access to purchase tickets, and meet fellow donors and Company artists at special events. Loyal supporters like you ensure that the Ballet will be around for future generations to enjoy.

JOIN US, WON’T YOU? Visit sfballet.org/donate or call 415 865 6628 to make your gift and receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your SF Ballet experience. FRIENDS OF SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

The gift of membership ensures that SF Ballet

continues to dazzle current audiences and find new ones with community outreach programs.

BENEFITS MEMBER $75–$199 CONTRIBUTOR $200–$499 SUPPORTER $500–$999 PATRON $1,000–$2,499 Did you know that revenue from tickets and school tuition only covers 50 percent of our NEW! Exclusive ticket access with Donor Flash Sales

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James Abrams and Thomas Chiang Tom and Sandy Bertelsen Michaela Cassidy and Virginia and Martha Debs Mrs. William R Farrar Ms. Marcia Abrams Ms. Cameron L. Best Terry Whitney Ms. Marla Degner Dr. and Mrs. Willard E. Fee, Jr. Ms. Judy Ackerhalt Mr. Kenneth Birdwell Ms. Kate Champion Ms. Donna Deibold Ms. Betty Fehring Mrs. Tami J. Adachi Alaina Bixon and Ms. Janet Chang Mr. and Mrs. Shon Dellinger Cantor Martin and Ms. Marcia Addison David DeMartini Ms. Bootie Charon Ms. Cecilia M. Delury Nancy H. Feldman Ms. Blanca Aguirre Ms. Lucy Blake Ms. Lydia Chavez Mrs. Smornrat Toy Demanes Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Felson Mr. Elie Alcheck Ms. Paula Blank Julia and Leo Cheng Mr. Gary Demyen James Feuille and Nancy Murray Ms. Melissa Allen Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bleadon Mrs. Eunice Childs Dr. Don Denevi Merritt and Mary Lou Fink Ms. Myphi Alloy Mr. and Ms. Jordan Bloom Mr. Pablo Chin Ms. Barbara E. Deutsch Ms. Christine Fisher Mr. Arthur Andreas Dr. Renee Boeche Ms. Tiffany Chin Thomas P. and C. Candace Fitzgerald Mrs. Winnie Appleby Mr. and Mrs. David Bogolub Mr. Darrick Chow Veronica C. Devitt Miss Meghan J. Fitzpatrick and Ms. Eva Arce Mr. Michael Bortner Mr. Jacky Chow Ms. Shamini Dhana Ms. Rebecca Fitzpatrick Patricia Armstrong Ms. Jeannette Boudreau Ms. Diana Chulick Ms. Kennon Dickson Dr. and Mrs. Keith Flachsbart Mrs. Janis R. Asrat Mr. David W. Bowers Mr. A. B. Ciabattoni Ms. Marsha Dillon Ms. Judith Flinn Ms. Marian Atcheson Ms. Melissa del Sol and Ms. Katherine Clad Ms. Polly Dinkel Shelley Floyd and Mr. Michael Attaway Mr. David Bowman Ms. Andrea Clague Mr. and Ms. Harold E. Dittmer Albert Loshkajian Mr. John Atwater and Drs. Stuart and Jane Bowyer Miss Lauren Clark Ms. Susannah D'Oench Ms. Stephanie Fohn Ms. Diana L. Nelson Ms. Rebecca Bradley Mr. Mike Clark Mr. John Doherty Barbara J Foley Ms. Mary Atwater Mr. Robert C. Brandt Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark Ms. Cynthia Doubleday and Susan and David Folkman Ms. Elizabeth Avakian Ms. Marilyn Bray and Mrs. Diane D. Clarke Ms. Ellen Edwards Mr. Glenn D. Fong Ms. Nancy R. Axelrod Mr. George Bray Scott Clarke and Donna Wei Mr. Allen O. Dragge Ms. Carol E. Ford Ms. Robin Bacci Gordon Brody and Ms. Devon Cohn Mr. Peter Drake James and Carol Fotenos Donna Bachle Beatrice Bienaime J. Geoffrey Colton and Mr. Richard Drake and Ms. Joanne Fox Mr. Thomas L. Baker The Brody-Rule Family Dana L. Gordon Ms. Sandra Norberg Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Frankel Mr. David Baldwin Ms. Lynn Dickson Brown Richard and Sandra Conniff Mr. Alan S. Driscoll Michele Freed Laima Baltusis Sandra Brown and Helen Twiss Ms. Laura Conrow Mrs. Jennifer M. Duarte Ms. Cynthia Fried Ms. Virginia Bamford Vivian and Michael Brown Mrs. Jane Cooper Ms. Catherine Duggan Sally Siao and Aki Fujimura Ms. Olivia Barbee Mr. Peyton Bryars Ms. Rebecca Cooper Mr. Paul J. Duhamel Dr. Jon D. Fuller Ms. Bette Bardeen Katie Budge Mr. William Cooper Ms. Melanie Dulbecco Ms. Desley Fuquay Mrs. Kim K. Barker Betty C. Bullock and Mr. George H. Corona Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dulski Mrs. Susan F. Gadomski Mr. Albert J. Bartridge, Jr. Robert Murray Mr. Lorenz Costello III Mr. Timothy C. Duran Ms. Reina Galanes Mr. and Mrs. Armando L. Basarrate II Marjorie and Gerald Burnett Krista Coupar Ms. Jane Durie Mr. and Mrs. David Gale Ms. Dina A. Basile Mr. Wesley Burwell Mr. Bruce Cozadd Ms. Elizabeth Dye Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Gallagher Ms. Alison Baumann Mr. Lincoln Bynum and Mr. Tyler Cozzens Dr. Wendy Eberhardt Mr. Mike Gallagher Ms. Kelly Bayer Ms. Lannie Tonti Mr. and Mrs. David Crane Dr. Michael Echavez Mr. Eric Gard Mr. Steve Beal Dr. and Mrs. Peter Callander Ms. Christine Crawford Mr. Douglas J. Eglin Ms. Brett E. Gardner Mrs. Steve Beals Letetia Callinan Suzanne and Bruce Crocker Mr. Robert Eklund Ms. Peggy Garner Mr. James Beard Dr. Paula Campbell Mr. Copley Crosby Donald F. Eldridge and Mr. Walt Gebauer Ms. Martha N. Beatty Mr. Stuart Canning Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Crowder Barbara J. Tener Mr. Merrill Gershwin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beck Dr. Michele Cargill Dr. Bradford A. Crowell Ms. Miriam A. Ellingson Ms. Laurie Ghielmetti Richard Beleson and John and Carol Carlson Ms. Eileen Crowley Ms. Kirsty Ellis Nora L. Gibson and Kim Lam Beleson Ms. Patricia Carroll Ms. Jennifer Crutchfield Ms. Patti Englander William L. Hudson Mr. Daniel C. Belik Mrs. Carol M. Carrubba Ms. Anne Curran Ms. Susan English Ms. Svetlana Gites Mr. Robert G. Benson Mr. George Carter Ms. Cecilia D’Ambrosio Ms. Lynn Evans Mrs. Ann Gladding Mr. Carroll Benter Mark and Carrie Casey Mr. and Mrs. James Daughters Evans Fund Ms. Georgie Gleim Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bentley Dr. and Mrs. George Cassady Mr. Christopher Davies Ms. Valerie Evans Mr. Alberto Gobbi Ms. Ashley Berman Mr. and Ms. David Cassel Drs. Claire and James Davis Mr. and Mrs. Coburn Everdell Ms. Kathryn S. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Linda Cassell and Ms. Ramona Davis Joan and Fred Falender Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Goldstein Nina Berman John Chamberlain Mr. William J. Dawson Dr. Wendy Fantl Ms. Sandra Goldstein

58 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 Mrs. Gail Goldyne and Mr. Campbell C. Judge and Katalin and Douglas G. Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Ken Oleson Nancy Runyan Mr. Irving Zaretsky Ms. Kim Ellis Leslie MacDonald Ms. Caryl Olins Ms. Margaret Rust Beatrice and Paul Gomory Mr. George Jurkowich Ms. Sally MacDonald and Mr. Lester Olmstead-Rose Ms. Meg Ruxton Ms. Diana Goodman Mr. and Mrs. David Kaiser Ms. Chodi McReynolds Mr. Hugh O'Neill and Mr. Alex Rynecki Mr. David M. Goodstein and Ms. Lynda Kanzler Ms. Anne Mackenzie Ms. Patricia Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sagues Ms. Olga Perkovic Dr. William J. Kapla and Ms. Janet MacKinnon Ms. Sharon Oosterman Ms. Vernie Salim Dr. Bernard Gordon Mark H. Kono Mrs. Peter MacPhail Sandy Osgood and Ms. Maryla Salt Mr. John Gosselin Mr. Brent Kauffman Sheila and Marie Maffei Robert Montevaldo Nicholas Heldt and Elizabeth C.P. Graham Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Kaufman Ms. Susan Magnone Ms. Louise Ow Ling Elizabeth Salveson Mrs. Lynda Graham-Helwig Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Kavounas Ms. Joycelyn J. Maguire Mrs. Ruth Owades Mr. William Sandie Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Green Mr. Loren B. Kayfetz Mr. Ramon E. Mahan Ms. Barbara Owens Ms. Karen Scarr Roger W. Green Robert and Pamela Keagy Ms. Jan Maisel Mr. Morton D. Paley and Mrs. Mary Scheinoha Mr. and Mrs. Colin Greenspon Mr. George Kemble Ms. Brent Malarkey Ms. Gunnel Tottie Yvonne Schell and Steve Miller Mr. and Mrs. John A. Greig Mr. George Kenny Mr. Petros Maniatis Ms. Lori Panziera Ms. Mary M. Schiffmann Ms. Alicia Grenville Ms. Eileen Keremitsis Ms. Joan Mann Ms. Ann Paras Mr. Frank Schirrmeister Dr. John Griffiss Ms. Sarah Khayat Mrs. Diane F. Marcus Ms. Gabriela Parcella Dr. and Mrs. James E. Schwanke Dr. Gerold M. Grodsky Mr. and Ms. Loren Kieve Ms. Amy Margolis Ms. Laura Patterson Dr. Marc Schwartz Mr. Roman Gronkowski Mr. James Killoran Mr. Alan Mark Mr. and Ms. Tom Patterson Peter and Linda Schwarz F. Scott and Terry Gross Ms. Tracy R. Kirkham Victoria and James Maroulis Ms. Marquiss T. Pattinson Mr. Chris Schwertfeger Joilene and David Grove Ms. Nancy Kivelson Mr. John R. Martin Georganne Perkins Mr. James Scillian Genevieve and Jay Gudebski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klass Mr. and Mrs. John Martin Ms. Marlene Perl Ms. Marilyn Sefchovich Mrs. Sharon S. Gustafson Ms. Wendy Kleckner Mr. John L. Martin Mr. Jason Perry James M. Seff and Ms. Kathleen Gwynn Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klein Mr. Adolph V. Martinelli Dr. Nicole Person-Rennell Margene Fudenna Ms. Kathryn Hahn Mr. Harold Klingsporn Ms. Margaret Mason and Dr. Barbara A. Peters Mrs. Jack Self Mr. Paul J. Hall Mr. Daniel Kocher Mr. David Barker Mr. and Mrs. William Petersen Dr. Stacy Serber Ms. Julie Hambleton Mr. Frank Koenig Mrs. Barbra A. Mathewson Mrs. Lois Peterson Mr. Denis Severson Jill Hamer Ms. Lauren E. Kohlhoff Ms. Wendy Maynard Linda Philipps Mona and Nihir Shah Martin C. Hamilton in memory Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Kon Mr. Arthur Mayo Mr. Duane E. Phillips Ms. Nava Shaham of Beverly E. Hamilton Mr. Bruce Koon Mr. John McAulay Mr. and Mrs. Julien R. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaheen Dr. William Hamm Ms. Susan Korn Mr. Michael K. McCall Dr. Ben M. Picetti Mr. Ben Shaibe Phyllis Harlick and Bruce Harlick Ms. Lisa Kossiver Ms. Milla McConnell-Tuite Ms. Mary Pickard Mrs. Louise Shalit Ms. Lori Harmon Ms. Irina Kovriga Mr. and Mrs. George McCown Ms. Janice Pinkston Ms. Patricia Shanks Ms. Anette Harris and Dr. James Krajeski Mr. John McGehee Mr. Timothy Poirier Mr. Ivan Sharpe Mr. Marc Loupe Jeff Kramer Lynn McGowin Mrs. Lee L. Pollak Ms. Diane Sheardown Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Harris, Jr. Jordan Kramer Ms. Monica McGue Dr. and Mrs. Michael Pollay Mr. Robert Shedd Mr. Ronald Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Krassner Linda M. McKay Steve and Kirsten Polsky Mrs. Mercedes Sheets Ms. Judy Hart Mrs. Carole Krause Michele A. McLaughlin Mr. and Mrs. Edward Poole Mrs. Edith Sheffer Mrs. Charlene Harvey Ms. Angella Kriens Mr. Dan McPherson Ms. Wendy Portnuff Carole and Douglas Sheft Dr. Andrea Hasenstaub Ms. June Kronberg Ms. Astrid McWilliams Ms. Karen Posner Ms. Katrina Shelton-Malone Ms. Carla Hashagen Mrs. Martha Kropf Ms. Susan Meckel Cleo Postle Mr. Barry Shiller Maya Hattangady Dr. and Mrs. Joel Kudler Mr. Sean B. Meehan Patric and Mary Powell Ms. Cornelia Sias Mrs. Margaret Hauben Ms. Joan Kwansa Ms. Alena Meeker Mrs. Susan Pownall Sheri and Paul Siegel Frederick and Barbara Hayes-Roth Mr. Anthony Kwiecien Mr. Richard L. Meiss Burr Preston Ms. Davida Silva Elizabeth Hearle Ms. Gladys Kwong Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Merrill Mrs. Jack Preston Ms. Erin Silva Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Heckmann Mr. Jim Labe Mrs. Florence Meyering Virginia Leung Price and Ms. Rebecca Simone Peggy Heineman Ms. Rochelle Lacey Mr. Kenneth E. Mierow Walter C. Price, Jr. Mrs. Alice J. Sklar Ms. Lucy A. Heller Jim and Anne Lairmore Mr. Karnig Mikaelian Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rabine Ms. Vikki Sloviter and Ms. Judith Hellman Ted Lakey and Kenneth Yang Mr. Knute Miller Ms. Sandra A. Radtka Mr. Justin Wheeler Martha and Michael Helms Ms. Joyce Lakritz Mr. Raymond C. Miller Ms. Helen Raiser Ms. Carol A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hemphill Ms. Joan Lam Ms. Rebecca Miller Ms. Barbara Ramsey Mr. Frederic H. Smith Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hendrick III Ms. Sandra Lambert Mr. Robert W. Miller and Mr. Robert Rankin Lyn Swyryd-Smith and Henrikson Family Foundation Ms. Donnalee Lampert Ms. Deborah A. Hernas Ms. Therese Rappazini Michael Smith Ms. Shelly Hernandez Robert and Gail LaRoque Ms. Stephanie Milligan Ms. Joyce Ratner Dr. W. Byron Smith Mrs. Sally Herrick Ms. Stacey Leadem Mr. Leroy Milman and Ms. Deborah M. Rawlinson Ms. Margaret Snape Ms. Martha M. Hill Ms. Sandy S. Lee Mrs. Katherine Miles Dr. Melissa M. Reading Mr. Gary B. Sokol Reverend Michael T. Hiller Mrs. Sandra S. Leland Dr. Shokooh Miry Clifton and Liane Redford Ms. Cheryl Spence Sharon and Dale Hilpert Ms. Hanna Leung Ms. Marisa N. Mitchell and Ms. Wendy Reichardt Ms. Nancy Spero Mr. Randall Hobbet Ms. Sarah Levantine Mr. Drevet Hunt Ms. Roberta Rhudy Ms. Sharon St. James Ms. Deirdre Hockett Mr. Eric Levenson Nancy and Larry Mohr Mrs. Polly Rich Mr. Adam Stanford Stephan J. Cohen and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald S. Levin Mr. Van Moller Prof. and Ms. Paul L. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stenovec Laural Hogan Ms. Ardelle Levy Janet Monaghan and Mr. and Ms. Albert Richards Ms. Gail W. Stern Ms. Susan Holm Mrs. Barbara J. Lewis Brian McKeever Susie Richardson Dr. Richard Stern and Mr. Douglas Holman Mr. Jonathan C. Lewis Ms. Mary L. Mongan Brian Ashe and Cynthia Rigatti Risa Kagan Ms. Ellen A. Holt Mr. and Mrs. Norman Licht Mr. and Mrs. John W. Monroe Dr. Bonnie Ring Mrs. Diana G. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. L. Scott Hoopes Sylvia and David Lichtenger Ms. Joanne Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rino Ms. Sherri Stewart Mr. Lorman Hoopes Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Lieberman Ms. Sheila T. Moran Mr. and Mrs. Fredric H. Roberts Ms. Laura Stillman James Horio and Linda Cahill Mr. David Lieberman Dr. Beverly J. Morgan Ms. Sandy Roberts Dr. Aron Storch Ms. Carolyn Hughes Ms. Shirley Liebhaber Ms. Monika Moscoso-Riddle Mr. and Ms. Francis Robertson Mr. Timothy P. Streb Ms. Da Huh Ms. Nancy D. Lilly Ms. Nancy S. Mueller Ms. Muriel Robins Jonathan Feinstein and Robert G. Hulteng Ms. Victoria Lindsley Ms. Linda Muenter Ms. Carole J. Robinson Erika Stuart Ms. Anne Irwin Ms. Marcia C. Linn Ms. Kathleen Mulaney Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Rock Robert and Joan Succa Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Isaac Susan Linscott and Elizabeth and John Munz Ms. René E. Rodman Ms. Megumi Sugiura Jackson Family Craig Owens Ms. Linda L. Murray Mr. and Mrs. James Rogers Ms. Julie Supan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jacob Ms. Sandra G. Lipkowitz Peter Johnson Musto Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Rogers Mr. Gary Suttle Mr. Barry M. Jacobs Ms. Janet Littlefield Kirk A. Nass and Mr. John Rootenberg Mr. and Mrs. Paul Svec Dr. Michael Jaffe Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Loarie Michael E. Gillespie Ms. Suzanne Rosales Ms. Sofiane Sylve Evelyn and Robert B. Jaffe, M.D. Ms. Lynda Locke Mr. and Ms. Brooks Nelson Dr. Stephen G. Rosenbaum Ricki Syufy Mr. Sam James Drs. John and Penny Loeb Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Ness Mrs. Barbara J. Ross Ms. Leela J. Tabari Mr. Cliff Jarrard and Mr. Fritz Loechner Ms. Donna Neupauer Bernard and Shelley Ross Dr. Edmund Tai Ms. Dorothy Schimke Mrs. Deborah Lopez Mr. Joseph Newell Ms. Marguerite Ross and Mr. Don Taka Mr. Glen Jarvis Mr. Mark Loretan Mrs. Sarah Newmarker Mr. Alexander Ross Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tan Ms. Berdine Jernigan Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ms. Cathy Nicho Ms. Karen Roth Ms. Teresa Tang Ms. Fei Jiang Vernon Loucks Tom Nicoll Mr. Michael B. Rothman Mr. Seth Taube Ms. Gayle Johnson Dr. David Loughhead and Ms. Shelia Farr Nielsen Miss Megan Rothney Mrs. Gretchen Tenenbaum Dr. Henry Jones III and Ms. Sandra McNabb Ms. Alvina Nishimoto Ms. Sylvia Roye The Fred Terman and Nan Borreson Margaret D. Turnbull Mr. Lynn D.W. Luckow Mr. and Ms. Ken Nussbacher Ms. Lisa Rubenstein Fund of the Community Foundation Ms. Toni K. Jones Mr. and Mrs. James J. Ludwig Mr. Richard J. Okiuye Mrs. Ruta O. Rudisill for Monterey County Ms. Joann Joye Mrs. Christine Lun Mr. David Oldroyd and Ms. Leslie Rueb Ms. Jody K. Thelander Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Mrs. Patricia Lusse Mr. Ronnie Genotti Ms. Dylan Rumley Ms. Holli P. Thier

PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 59 CONTINUED

Dr. Michael David Thier and Mr. Norman A. Zilber Mrs. Jennifer Bogomilsky Ms. Jennifer Clarke Ms. Margaret F. Ellis Dr. Elizabeth Lewis Ms. Kristin Zoller Ms. Linda Bogue Mr. Kevin W. Clarke Ms. Dianne Ellsworth Ms. Susan A. Thomas Mrs. Sandra J. Zrnic Mr. Michael D. Bolden Ms. Carlyn Clause Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Engel Mr. and Mrs. David E. Thomson Anonymous (13) Ms. Susan Bolle Mr. Michael Clune Mr. Steven Englander Ms. Suzie S. Thorn Ms. Coralyn A. Bond Ms. Mary Ellen Coe Ms. Becky Enneking Ms. Evelyn Thorne Ms. Jo Anne Boorkman Ms. Merces Coelho Ms. Yoko Enokida Drs. Avghi and Bert Thunstrom SUPPORTERS Ms. Jan L. Booth Ms. Linda M. Cogozzo Mr. and Ms. Joseph Epstein Mr. Jack Tipple Gifts of $500–$999 Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Borrison Carol Berman Cohen Ms. Lisa Erburu Ms. Estelle Tobias-Mayhew Ms. Giselle Bosc Mrs. Carole A. Cohen Ms. Judith S. Erdberg Ned Topham Ms. Deborah Abel Dr. Meryl Botkin Ms. Elaine Cohen Ms. Gail Erwin Michael and Aleana Trainor Ms. Kirsti Aho and Ms. Pascale Bovie Mrs. Lenore Fithian Mr. Brooks Esser Ms. Onnolee Trapp Mr. Dale Underwood Mr. Ben Bowen Ms. Trudie Coker Dr. Cheri Etheredge Mr. Sumter Travers Mr. Jay Aleck Mr. James Bowes Ms. Ellen Coleman Ms. Joyce Ettinger Mr. and Mrs. Jean Paul Trelaun Ms. Penelope Alexandris Jamie and Philip Bowles Maggie Collins Ms. Laurie Everson Ms. Marcia Trethric Mr. Louis G. Alley Suzanne and Dr. Michael V. Collins Mrs. Eva Facey Ms. Becky Troutman Ms. Linda Alm Gerald Boxer-Gassman Mr. Donald S. Colton Mr. and Dr. John Farnham Ms. Piyun Tsai Ann Alpers and Shawn Hanson Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Bradley Ms. Sylvia Coluzzi Ms. Mary Farquhar Dr. and Mrs. Denny Tuffanelli Ms. Abigail Anderson Mr. Eugene Braga Ms. Mary Combs Mrs. Marcia Farrar Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Turner Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Anderson Mr. Lawrence Brakmo Ms. Sally Confer Ms. Carol Farrior Mr. John Tusch Ms. Linda Anderson Mr. Scott A. Brandt Mr. Arthur R. Conner Dr. Andrew M. Faulk and Charles W. Tuttle, Jr. Ms. Jill Andre James and Mical Brenzel Mr. Daniel Cooke Mr. Frank H. Jernigan Nancy and Sidney Unobskey Mr. John T. Andrews Ms. Nancy W. Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Norman Coplon Ms. Sonia Feder Mrs. Jennifer Van Natta Dr. and Mrs. James P. Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Bridgeford Ms. Clarice Corell Saul and Gloria Feldman Mr. Leon Van Steen Ms. Monica Y. Arima Mr. Leonard Brill Dr. Kristine Coryell Dr. Shirley Feldman Mr. Ronald G. VandenBerghe Mr. Fernando Armas Ms. Marti Brindle Ms. Rita Coslet Ms. Florence Fellman and Ms. Patricia J. VandenBerghe Mr. David Arnesen Ms. Lucinda Brisbane Ms. Jeanette Cottle Mrs. Alison Ferguson Robynn VanPatten Ms. Gisele Aronson Mr. Jeff Brittan Ms. Maggie Murray Courtney Mr. Robert Ferguson Ms. Jessica C. Vapnek Ms. Patricia Ashley Mrs. Sara Brody Ms. Deborah L. Covell Melanie and Robert Ferrando Sarah M. Varney Ms. Petia Atanassova-Kremen Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Brown Ms. Beatrice N. Coxhead Mrs. Camilla N. Field Mr. and Mrs. David Vass Ms. Alexe Attebery Mr. Jess Brown Ms. Martha Crenshaw and Mr. Jorge M. Figueira Linda Vaughn Roulhac Garn Austin Ms. Lynn H. Brown Mr. Richard Boyd Mrs. Nancy B. Fischer Ms. Diana Venegas Mr. Eloy Avila Ms. Karen Bruehl Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Crosbie Ms. Christine Fitzpatrick Mrs. David Byers Dr. Marc Awobuluyi Ms. Angela Brunton Christopher Croudace Miss Jasmine Flanagan Diane and Thomas Vocker Ms. Carol Ann Babcock Ms. Anita Bryson Ms. Tracy Cummings Mr. Stephen Fleming Kate and Laurence Vosti Ms. Mary Bachman and Mrs. Sarah Buchanan Ray and Mary Curtis Dr. Richard Fletcher Ms. Joan N. Waldman Mr. William Downing Mrs. Ellen Buchen Denise M. Cutler Ms. Gerrda Focardi Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wallace Mrs. Jean M. Bader Ms. Nanci E. Buck Mr. David H. Dahlstrand Ms. Catherine Folsom Ms. Winnie H. Wan Lynne Baer and Jay Pidto Rachel Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Yogen K. Dalal Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fortune Ms. Kay Wangelin Ms. Susan Bailey Ms. Michele Buda Gina E. Damiano, Esq. Mr. T. Jack Foster, Jr. Ms. C. A. Wantland Mrs. Barbara Bakar Dr. and Mrs. Roger Budge Ms. Judith L. Daunell Ms. Eleanor Fraenkel and Barbara W. Wanvig Ms. Elizabeth Baker Ms. Marilyn Buehler Ms. Alanna Deely Mr. Albert Fraenkel Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ward Ms. Stephanie Baldovi Katherine and Roy Bukstein Ms. Elaine Marie Dekker Ms. Lila Friday Ms. Renee Ward and Harriet and Clifford Barbanell Ms. Sherry Bullock Reverend James W. DeLange Joel and Sharon Friedman Mr. David Ward Mr. Darren M. Barboza Mr. William Bullock Ms. Sharon E. Delano Douglas and Cynthia Fritz Scott Ward and May Yong Ms. Sally Bard Ms. Jean M. Burke Ms. Carleen Hawn DeLay Mrs. Alison C. Fuller Hon. James L. Warren (Ret.) Mr. Donald N. Bardole Mr. Tom Burke Ms. Ofelia M. Delgadillo Ms. Susan Fuller Mrs. Carolyn Watson Mrs. Whitney Bardwick First Baptist Church San Francisco Ms. Patricia Deluca Doré Selix Gabby Mrs. Nancy S. Weatherford Dr. William Barnaby Ms. Sharon L. Butler Mr. Robert W. DeMars Ms. Kathryn Gaehwiler Mr. Sam Weirich Mr. Ben Barnes Mrs. Joyce Byrne Mrs. Bonnie Demergasso Ms. Portia L. Gage Mr. and Mrs. Otto Weiss Ms. Marti Baroody Sarah and Alfredo Cahuas Mrs. Karel L. Detterman Mrs. Judith A. Galleguillo Dr. Dana Weisshaar Ms. Marie Bartee Mr. and Ms. Tony Calabrese Mr. and Mrs. Mark Devereaux Mr. John Garand Ms. Carol A. Weitz Ms. Sara Basque Mr. Michael Caldarola Ms. Mariann Di Minno Ms. Mariel Garcia David and Kay Werdegar Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Battat Ms. Eugenia Caldwell Ms. Elisabeth Diana Ms. Nicole Gardner Mr. Herbert and Rebecca Frances Simiran Baugh Mrs. Carolyn Caligiuri Mr. and Mrs. William Diapoulos Ms. Kirsten Garen the Rev. Jan West Miss Rebecca Baugh Mr. John K. Callander Dr. Luis Diaz-Perdomo Ms. Arlene B. Garfinkle Ms. Linda West Ms. Lee D. Baxter Ms. Merribeth Callender and Mr. Andrew Dickinson Mr. Todd Garrett Mr. Monte Wetzel Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bayer Mr. Isaac Epperly Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ms. Kathy Gay Dr. Judie Wexler Jim Beatty Mr. Peter Calthorpe and James Dickman Ruth and Thomas Gay Mrs. Kay White Mr. and Mrs. John P. Beatty Ms. Jean Driscoll Mrs. Jill E. Dicus Ms. Patricia Gessner Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Widmar Ms. Alison Beckmann Ms. Margaret A. Cameron Ms. Karin Diesner Ms. Kathy Gibbons Ms. Freddi Wilkinson Susan and William Beech Mr. Anthony Caminata Ms. Sharon Dipkin Mr. Thomas H. Gibson Ms. Kendall Wilkinson Ms. Patricia Belardi Ms. Diane E. Campagna Mr. and Mrs. John Dizikes Ms. Karen D. Gilbert Dorothy A. Williams Mr. Douglas Bell Ms. Martha C. Campbell David and Barbara Dobrinen Ms. Sarah Gilligan Mr. Michael Williams Ms. Donna Benedetti Mrs. Anne R. Cannon Mr. Don C. Dodson Ms. Carol Gittleson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams The Berelson Company Dr. and Mrs. William Caplan Ms. Marca Doeff Mr. and Mrs. Gary Goddard Mrs. Ursula Williams Mr. Isaac Berezovsky Kevin Cardenas Mr. Robert J. Domrese Mr. Douglas Goelz Mrs. Melissa C. Wilson Mrs. Frances Berger Ms. Elizabeth A. Carlin Richard and Linda Dondanville Ms. Sabine Goerke-Shrode Ms. Grace Won Ms. Gail Berger Mrs. Vera Carpeneti Ms. Elisabeth B. Dorfman Mrs. Joanne Goldstein Mr. Alfred Wong Ms. Barbara Berk Dolores Carr Ms. Alicia Dougherty William Goldstein and Mr. Dennis Wong Mr. Jonathan Berk Ms. Patricia Caspersen Mr. Gregory Douglas Christopher Archuleta Ms. Sharon and Dr. Russell Woo Ms. Debra Bernard Ms. Madeleine Caton Ms. Jane Derner Dubuque Ms. Ana Gonzalez-Lane Mrs. Anne Woods Jennie and Doug Bernheim Dr. Phyllis Cedars Ms. Vicki Duffett Mrs. Margot Gopal Ms. Patricia R. Workman Ms. Sheri Best Mr. and Mrs. Sandro and Ms. Jan Duffy Ralph and Katherine Gordon Ms. Margaret Wrensch Ms. Linda Bettencourt Joan Centofanti Mrs. Lawrence D. Dunham Ms. Linda Gore Ms. Stasha Wyskiel Ms. Jeanne Beyer Mrs. Marion A. Chaeff Linnea A. Dunn Ms. Kelly A. Gorman Mr. and Mrs. Yamamoto Ms. Susan Biedma Mrs. Maggie Chafen Ms. Marilyn Dunn Ms. Patricia Goss Dr. Frances H. Yankie Arthur and Roslyn Bienenstock Ms. Eva Chan Ms. Mischa N. Dunton Mr. David P. Graber Ms. Andrea Yannone Ms. Wendy Billy Daniel N. and Katherine Chappelear Mr. and Ms. James Dwyer Ms. Linda M. Grady Ms. Pamela Yazell Ms. Deborah Bishop Mr. Doy Charnsupharindr Mrs. Carol J. Ebert and Ms. Kathleen A. Graeven Mr. Ira Yeager Terrence and Marge Blaine Ms. Millie Chauser Mr. James Ferrell Ms. Marie Graham Mrs. Gail Young Mr. James F. Blake Ms. Linda Cheng Mrs. Catherine M. Ms. Nancy Graham Ms. Julia L. Young Tammy Christine Blake Dr. Mickie Cheng Ebinger-Brandt Ms. Ann Granberg Ms. Alice Wall Zacherle Ms. Martha E. Blaney Ms. Susan Cherney Anita C. Eblë Ms. Wilma Grant Mr. Martin Zankel Mr. Jonathan Blees Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chiang Mr. and Mrs. Larry Edelman Mr. Henry Greely and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Zaragoza Mr. Robert C. Blink Mr. William C. Chiles Ellen and Tom Ehrlich Ms. Laura L. Butcher Mr. Daniel Zazueta Susan Blomberg Ms. Gabrielle Chow Dr. Elliot S. Eisenberg Dr. and Mrs. Edward Green Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zelinsky Ms. Judith Blommer Sandra Church Jessica and Michael Eisler Mr. and Mrs. William G. Green Dr. Jonathan Zelnik and Ms. Betsy Blumenthal Mr. and Mrs. Melford C. Clark Ms. Mary Eklund Janet Greene and Mr. Larry Fishkin Ms. Alison Boeckmann Mr. and Ms. Walter B. Clark Diane Elder and Bruce Noble Matt Wandschneider

60 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 Ms. Kolleen Greenwald Ms. Pam Hommeyer Ms. Gail Lapidus Ms. Kathleen F. McGuire Ms. Mufaro Nyachoto Dr. and Mrs. Paul F. Gregory Ms. Barbara Hoopes Mary Jane Large and Ms. Pamela McKay Ms. Diane Olson Sara G. Griffith Ms. Marilyn Hopkins Marc Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. McKinley Michael and Leanne O'Neil Ms. Vivian Griggs-Demmin Ms. Adrienne Horn and Ms. Taia Larse Ms. Dorothy McMath Ms. Christine O'Neill Ms. Alexandra Grippando Mr. Stephen Horn II Ms. Holly Larsen Ms. Mim McNulty The Orr Family Mr. Gray Grodzicki Hover Family Trust Susan and Robert Larson Mr. Casey J. McTigue Ms. Diana Pace Mrs. Barbara Gross Mr. and Ms. Chenming Hu Mrs. Cecilia Lasky Ms. Karen Meezan Mr. Donald Paisley Dr. Barry B. Grossman Ms. Nan Hughes Ms. Shirley Latta Ellen and John Mehl Ms. Rachel Paley Ms. Lisa Grote Mr. Daniel Hui Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lawn Dr. Jane Meill Ms. Kathryn Parish Mark Grundman and Mr. Henry K. Ilg Mr. Joseph W. Lawrence Mr. Steve Memering Ms. Margaret Parker Elaine Deane Mr. Stephen Imbler Ms. Rojean K. Leaper Dr. Rosemarie Menager Mr. Christopher Passanisi Dr. Carl Grunfeld Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Ingham George and Angela Lebedeff Terrie Mendelson and Ms. Lesley Patten Ms. Rose Grymes Ms. Aditi Iyer Mr. Jose Ledon Mara Woodring Ms. Catrina Paulson Ms. Isabelle Guis Ms. Mary Jackman Ms. Georgia Lee Mr. Robert Meshel Mr. Dennis Paustenbach Ms. Carole H. Gunn Mr. and Ms. David Jackson Ms. Laura Lee Ms. Rutka Messinger Mr. James O. Pearson Ms. Maggie Gunn Mr. Jerome Jackson Mrs. Robin Lee and Ms. Elizabeth A. Meyer Ms. Susan Peck Mr. Ram Gupta Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Jacobson Dr. David Lee Phil and Jan Meyer Ms. Karen S. Pell and Mr. Peter C. Gustafson Joan Jacobson Mr. James Leeper Maris and Ivan Meyerson Ms. Heather Lupa Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Haber Ms. Rita Jacques Dr. Jack Leibman Ruth and Scott Mikusko Mr. Edward Perez Ms. Susan Hadley Ms. Kristine Jaeger Mr. Warren R. Leiden Ms. Elizabeth Milano Ms. Marion G. Peters Mrs. Jennifer J. Hafner Ms. Janice Jansen Ms. Marlene Levenson Ms. Linda D. Millard Ms. Jennifer A. Petersen Ms. Nancy K. Hagel Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Jaron Ms. Sondra Leverton-Landberg Ms. Adrienne Miller Ms. Georgene Petri Ms. Lucy M. Hair Dr. and Mrs. John J. Jernick Mr. Douglas G. Levick Mr. and Mrs. Duncan A. Miller Mr. Dmitri Petrov Mr. and Mrs. Linda Hale Ms. Rosa Lee Johansen Ms. Nancy Levine Ms. Eugenia M. Miller Mrs. Sandra Petty Ms. Laila Halsteen Dr. and Mrs. Karl H. Johansson Ms. Sharon Levine Ms. Joyce E. Miller Ms. Pam Pfohl Ms. Steven Hamman Ms. Janis Johnson Rhoda Levinthal Ronald and Patricia Miller Mr. Robert M Phelps Ms. Kelly Hampton Ms. Patricia Johnson Dr. Ricardo Levy Ms. Suzanne M. Miller Mrs. Kara S. Pinetti Ms. Margaret Handelman Mrs. Susan Johnson Mr. Clinton Lewis Mr. Raymond Millette Ms. Rosalie Pinkert Ms. Mary Hanemann Ms. Abigail Johnston Mr. Chris Liberty Ms. Mary Mills Mr. F. Anthony Placzek Mr. Charles Hanes Ms. Morgan Jones Suzanne Lilienthal Ms. Deborah R. Mitchell Dr. Lyn D. Pleasance Mr. Craig W. Harding Mr. and Mrs. Ben Joseph Ms. Susan R. Lin Ms. Margaret Mitchell Ms. Katy Pletter Mr. and Mrs. David J. Harra Ms. Giselle A. Jurkanin Mr. Edwin Linares Neal Miura Cynthia Plevin Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrington Ms. Helga Justman Mrs. Sheila M. Lippman Ms. Mary Mix Ms. Genevieve Plusa Mr. Norman W. Harris III Mr. and Mrs. Scott Kahn Ms. Judith Lipsett Ms. Barbara Moffat Ms. Eileen Pollock Mr. and Mrs. Jerrol L. Harris Joan and Andrew Kahr Ms. Karae Lisle Ms. Patricia Mok and Charlene and Jerry Porras Mr. Michael Harris and Mrs. Michelle Kalina Lawrence Litt Ms. Angela Mok Ed and Barbara Posch-Mitchell Ms. Becca Foster Daniel Kane and Silvia Sorell Mr. Howard T. Liu Ms. Ania Moniuszko Ms. Damiana Potts Mrs. Suzanne Harris Mr. Stuart Kaplan Ms. Mary A. Logan Ms. Linda G. Montgomery Dennis and Yvonne Powell Ms. Shelley Harrison Rebecca and Douglas Karlson Ms. Diana Long Mr. Brian Moore Ms. Jeanette Prato Mr. John Harron Ms. Carol Karp Ms. Sue Long Cassandra Chrones Moore Mrs. Joni Pratt Mr. Jim Hawley Mr. Ken Katen Kathie and Jack Longinotti Ms. Elizabeth A. Moore Ms. Barbara Preuss Mrs. Eleanor J. Hayes Ms. Anne Marie Katz Dr. Javier E. Lopez and Shirley Moore Ms. Mary A. Price Ms. Bernadette Heater Mr. Dean Kauffman Dr. Shadi A. Shakeri Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Moorhead Ms. Sherry Prickett Mrs. Michael Heaton Robert and Idgi Kaufman Mr. Nathaniel M. Lopez Marie Moran Mrs. Lidia Pringle Mrs. Sophia L. Hee Mr. Joel Kaufmann and Ms. Mary Lorey Mr. David Morandi Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Ms. Lenore Heffernan Ms. Susan Blake Ms. Betty Louie Mr. and Mrs. David Moreland Sarah Procter Ms. Julie Helfrich Ms. Deborah Kay Ms. Concepcion Lozano Mr. and Mrs. Mason Morfit Mrs. Madeleine Provost Mr. and Mrs. Michael Helft Mary Ann and Andrew Kayser Ms. Elizabeth A. Lucchesi Ms. Deborah Morgan Ms. Mary Beth Pudup Ms. Nili Helman Mr. John Keeley Ms. Lisa Lucheta Mrs. Roberta Morris Mrs. Lydia Pugliese Mr. L. Jay Helms and Ms. Mary Keller Ms. Carol A. Ludwig Ms. Abigail Moskowitz Dr. Michael Rabbino Ms. Theresa O'Loughlin Mrs. Maria Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lund Mr. Tod V. Mostero Mrs. Aneita Radov Mr. Spencer B. Hemphill Ms. Rose A. Kelly Ms. Beth Lyon Anita Mothersbaugh Ms. Pamela Rafanelli Robert Lee Henderson Mr. Scott Kenison Ms. Nancy E. Lyons Ms. Catherine Mui Shweth K. Rai Mr. Christopher A. Hendrix Ms. Jill D. Kent Ms. Kathleen MacKerrow Kate Mulligan and David Mack Mr. Christopher J. Raidy Ms. Arlene Henry Mrs. Anne Keyser Ms. Kristyna P. MacLaurin Mr. Joseph P. Mullinix Mr. Ramchandra RajeShinde Ms. Ninette Hereford Ms. Mehrzad Khajenoori Dr. Charlene Maltzman Mr. James Munson and Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Ralph Ms. Edith Hereso Mr. Daniel Killar Ms. Maria Mangold Mr. Simon Pitchford Mr. Gabriel Ramirez de Aguilar Mr. William Herkelrath Ms. Diana T. Killen Mrs. Janie Mangus Mr. David Murphy Ms. Carol Ramsay Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Herman Mr. Earl Killian Mr. Charles Mann Ms. Laura Murphy Mr. Scott Ramsay Ms. Anne E. Hernandez Julie and Steve Kimball Mrs. Leanne Manning Mrs. Ethel F. Mussen Mr. Christopher Rankin Ms. Kristine T. Hernandez and Mr. Kiyoshi Kimura Mrs. Mary March Ms. Michelle Naber-Smedley Mr. Morton Raphael Mr. Michael R. Glaser Alexander Hirschhorn Klebanoff, Ms. Linda Showaihat Ms. Joyce Nachtrieb Ms. Jean Rapoport Ms. Jessie Herr in honor of Arthur Klebanoff Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marcus Ms. Jane M. Naeseth Ms. Marilyn L. Rappaport Ms. Roberta Herrell and Susan Hirschhorn Ms. Amy J. Markowitz Ruth and Michael Nagler Ms. Tina Rarick Ms. Jill Hersh Mr. and Mrs. Alan Klein Mrs. Elizabeth Marr Ms. Betty Nanz Mr. Phil Reagan Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Herst Dr. Liviu Klein Ms. Ana Maria Martel and Ms. Ioulia Napalkova Ms. Claire Nixon Reed Mr. and Mrs. Michael Herzen Mr. Milton Klein Mr. Ricardo Gonzales Mrs. Melissa Narula Ms. Lauren H. Reese Mr. John Hess and Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Kleyensteuber Mr. Darrin Martin Dr. E. K. Neely and Ms. Carole Reeves Mr. Timothy Zerlang Mrs. Phyllis Kligman Ms. Janet A. Martin Ms. Holly Myers Camille and Ronald Reich Ms. Elinor Hessl John and Beverly Klinestiver Ms. Meg Mason Mrs. Carol N. Nelson Gayle and Robert D. Reid Ms. Christine A. Heubach Ms. Laurel Kloomok Henry Massey and Amie Chang Ms. Deborah Nelson Ms. Kathryn Reid Ms. Deborah L. Higgins Ms. Kay Klumb Ms. Peggy Mathews Ms. Nina Nelson Mr. Stanley Reis Ms. Kimberly Higgins Mr. Walter Knoepfel Mrs. Charlotte Matityahu Ms. Lynn Newhall Mr. Damon Reissman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Highsmith Marie Kobase Ms. Peggy Matsuda Mr. and Mrs. David Newman Mr. William Reller Mrs. Isabelle Higson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Kochis Mr. John May Ms. Debra Newman Ms. Teresa Remillard Ms. Frances Hildebrand Ms. Rita Kohl Dr. Joseph Mayo Dr. Raquel Newman Ms. Stephanie Ricardo Ms. Kelli Hill Ms. Barbara Kornstein Ms. Grace E. McCague Ms. Miriam Ng Miss Andrea Ricci Mr. Thomas J. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Kroll Mary Ryan McCarthy Mr. William K. Nice Ms. Susan Richmond Ms. Grace Hoagland Mrs. Miho Kubota Dr. Sean McCarthy and Ms. Pam Nikias Mrs. Kristina Riemer Mr. and Ms. Michael Hodos Ms. Rebecca L. Kuhn Mr. Bert Salyga Wendy and Craig Nishizaki Mr. Michael Righi Betty Hoener Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Lacy Mr. Steven J. McCollom Ms. Ann Marie Noel Mr. Art Ringness Ms. Andrea W. Hoff Mr. Richard Laiderman Mr. David McCormick Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Noerr Ms. Mary M. Riordan Mr. Michael Hoffman Ms. Inese Lakis Ms. Rachel McCown Mr. and Mrs. Steve Noonan Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Roberts Ms. Catharine C. Holden Dr. J. R. Lally Ms. Carol McDevitt Ms. Margaret Peters North and Mr. Jason Robinson Mr. Stephen Holing Ms. Irene Landaw Mr. Brian McGee Mr. D. Warner North Ms. Joan H. Robinson Ms. Dorothy Holmes Mr. David Landis Mr. Donald L. McGee Ms. Linda Northrup-Sondheimer Ms. Janet L. Rodriguez Ms. Marcia Holmes Mr. Gary M. Lang Ms. Terri McGinnis Mr. Steve Norton Mr. Ronald A. Rojeski Mr. Tim Holmes and Ms. Nicole Lange Ms. Pamela McGowan Mrs. Carol E. Notaras Ms. Soo Romberg Ms. Jennifer L. Wahlsten Mr. Peter J. Langley Ms. Martha McGrady Miss Sigrid Nubla Mrs. Mary B. Rose

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Ms. Rose Rose Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Sobol Ms. Meyoung Waissar Mr. Bernard Rosen Mrs. Harriet J. Sollod Mr. Mark Waite Ms. Jane Rosenberg Dr. and Miss Susan Sompayrac Ms. Barbara Waldman and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rosenfeld Mrs. Muriel Sonne Mr. Dennis Winger Mrs. Lisa Rosenthal Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Soong Mr. and Mrs. Dale Walwark Ms. Renee Ross Mrs. Colleen Soracco Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wanaselja Mrs. Phyllis Rothman Mr. and Mrs. Giorgio Sorani Mr. Stephen Wang Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rothschild Mr. and Mrs. Parker E. Sorg Ms. Virginia Wanger Kay Rousseau Ms. Marene Sorgen Ms. Cheryl Warren Mr. Karl Ruddy Prof. Yoram Sorokin Ms. Elizabeth Watson Mr. Russ Ruiz Mrs. Susan Southworth Mr. Bill Waytena and Mrs. Caryl Russell Ms. Jessica C. Spaly Ms. LeeAnn Lahren Ms. Stephanie B. Russell Ms. Julia Spaulding Ms. Virginia Weber Mr. Frank Russow Ms. Sherril Spellman Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Weil Ms. Allyson Rusu Ms. Grace C. Spence Ms. Merri Weiner Mrs. Nancy Rutsch Joan Spiegel Mr. Richard Weiner Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ryder Edgar and Clorinda Springer Marvin and Ilene Weinreb Nancy Sakamoto and Mr. Richard Sprott Mr. Laura Weinstein Joseph DiSabato Ms. Laura Spry Dr. S. G. Weinstein Ms. Melanie Sakoda Ms. Debra A. Spurrier Ms. Susan Weir Mr. Fredric V. Saland Mr. and Mrs. Carter Squires Mrs. Lauren M. Weitzman Ms. Ophelia Salazar Mr. Rodney Staples Mr. Bill Wells Mrs. Christi Saltonstall Mr. Rich Staskus Mrs. Pamela C. Wentworth Ms. Deborah Saltzman Peggy and Art Stauffer Mr. and Mrs. Steve West Mr. Garrett Sanderson Janet Stavnezer and Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Wexler Mrs. Patricia Sanderson John V. Walsh Ms. Sarah Wheaton Dr. Pavi Sandhu Lorenzo Dicarlo MD and Mr. Jeffrey White Jolie and Susan Jo Sanfilippo Sally Stegeman Mr. Jeffrey White and Mr. Jeffrey Sant Mr. and Ms. Kevin Steiner Ms. Yoko Fukumura Ms. Alexandra S. Santos Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Steinhardt Ms. Anne Wilbur Ms. Jeanine Saperstein Ms. Christina Stephens Alvin and Janice Wilkins Ms. Bonnie Saputelli Ms. Nancy Stern Mr. Burlington Willes Ms. Chandre Sarkar Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens Dr. and Mrs. Larry William Ms. Jean A. Sarris Ms. Holly Stewart Carey Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams Ms. Nancy H. Saunders Mr. Rand Stewart Mrs. Christine Willig Dr. Mary Jane Sauve Mrs. Dawn Stiehm Ms. Mia Wilson Ms. Carol Savio Ian E. Stockdale Ms. Mary Anne Winig Dr. Peter H. Sayre Ms. Mary Lee Strebl Ms. Barbara Wintrup Ms. Lee Scher Ms. Nancy Stretch Ms. Gertrude Wippel Mr. Brendan Scherer Mr. Rolf Stroessner Jan and Roger Wittlin Mrs. Kimberly A. Schilling Mr. Edward Strohbehn Mr. Andrew Wittman Ms. Kirsten Schlenger Dr. Indiana M. Strombom Mr. Barry Wolf Mr. and Ms. Andrew Schnur Dr. Susan Stuart George and Kathleen Wolf Mr. and Mrs. John Schram Mr. Mark Sue Ms. Amelia Wolff Ms. Jan Schreiber Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Suich II Mr. Darren A. Wollrich Ms. Cynthia Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Art B. Wong Ms. Helen Schulak Ms. Angela Sultani Ms. Glenda Wong Ms. Joanne Schulte Mrs. Doria Summa Ms. Kathy M. Wong Ms. Ingrid Schultz Ms. Alexis Sutherland and Mr. Lance Wong Ms. Ayse Schwartz Ms. Monica Salusky Ms. Shirley Wong Ms. Joan Schwing Ms. Lynda Swanson Mr. Bruce R. Worthington YOUR LEGACY, “Our bequest to San Francisco Ballet is a way of immortalizing Mr. Anthony Sciortino Ms. Nancy C. Swearengen Ms. Deann Wright and Ms. Dorothy Scott Ms. Theresa Sweeney Dr. Luke Evnin our love of this art form. For us, ballet represents the highest Ms. Lorraine Seelig Mr. Donald Sweet Professor Sau Lan Wu and most exquisite expression of beauty, power, and discipline– Ms. Lorraine Selman Jane and Jay Taber Ms. Chiye Yamamoto OUR FUTURE Ms. Sarah Semprez Mr. Scott A. Taga Mr. Thomas Yamashita combining movement, music, and cultural values. Our gift gives Mrs. Stephanie Sharron and Ms. Ruth Tanner-Glasson Ms. Cora Yang us the satisfaction of knowing that, through our legacy, our spirit Mr. Jeffrey D. Hickman Mr. Russ Taplin Baskin Family Foundation / Ms. Cynthia Shaver The Taylor Family Tamar Offer Yehoshua (in some small way) will live on; engaging, enlightening, and Ms. Ann M. Sheehan Mrs. Firozeh Tehrani Ms. Florette Yen enriching others for generations to come.” Mr. David Sheetz Mr. H. James Tellefson Ms. Karen Yokoo Miss Alice Shen Susan Terris Ms. Karen S. Yoshioka Ms. Carola Sullam Shepard Ms. Kathleen R. Thayer Ms. Brenda Yost Tom Taffel and Bill Repp are familiar faces in the War Memorial Dr. Raymond J. Sheridan Mr. David J. Thomas Ms. Laura Young Dr. and Mrs. Michael Shifflett Ms. Kim Thompson Mr. Lowell Young Opera House. Both have served as ushers for more than twenty Mr. David Shulman Ms. Suzanne Thoreson Mr. Sheldon Young years and have helped countless patrons—whether in the SF Ballet Mr. and Mrs. John B. Sias Mr. Steven Thorne Ms. Anna Zara Ms. Leslie Siegel Ms. Linda J. Thurston Ms. Hilary Zarrow season or the SF Opera season—enjoy their experience. Dr. M. Eugene Sigler Ms. Kirsi Tiemroth Ms. Karen Zehring Mrs. Stephanie W. Sigue Mrs. Chie Tieu Carol and Jim Zeitlin Ms. Elizabeth Silver Mrs. Linda Chang-Ting Ms. Trudi Zelikson For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other Mrs. Judith Silverman Ms. Lynn Tolin Ms. Evyn C. Zell estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned Dr. and Mrs. David Silverstein Ms. Haley Tone Mr. and Mrs. Thos Zellerbach Mr. Sam Singer Mr. John J. Trix Dr. and Mrs. Mark Zeme giving office at415 865 6623 or [email protected]. Patrons Dr. Kashmir K. Singh Mr. Lee Trucker Mr. Alan L. Zimmerman who include SF Ballet in their will or other estate plans are invited Mr. Paul Skan Dr. Benjamin Tsai Mrs. Nancy E. Zinna Karen L. Skidmore Ms. Sandra Turner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zitrin to membership in the Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle and celebrated Mr. Kevin Slaughter Ms. Karen Tysinger Ms. Debra L. Zumwalt as essential members of the SF Ballet family. Ms. Bonnie Slavitt Moore Cillesa and Eric Ullman Anonymous (18) Mr. Alan J. Smith Mr. Cornelis T. van Aalst Ms. Judith Smith Dr. and Mrs. James Van Patten Mrs. Loretta R. Smith Ms. Patricia Vaughn Manolita Smith Ms. Lorraine Vega Ms. Rene Smith Mrs. Eva Vincenti Tom Taffel and Bill Repp, Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle members, and Principal Dancer Dr. Scott Smith Ms. Mayra Vivas Angelo Greco // © Chris Hardy Mr. Stephen R. Smith and Ms. Elizabeth W. Vobach Ms. Theresa E. Lahey Mr. James Von Germeten Mr. William Smoot Dr. and Mrs. Wyn Wachhorst Ms. Laura Snideman Dr. Ching-Shu Wagner

62 | SAN FRANCISCO BALLET | PROGRAM 04 YOUR LEGACY, “Our bequest to San Francisco Ballet is a way of immortalizing our love of this art form. For us, ballet represents the highest and most exquisite expression of beauty, power, and discipline– OUR FUTURE combining movement, music, and cultural values. Our gift gives us the satisfaction of knowing that, through our legacy, our spirit (in some small way) will live on; engaging, enlightening, and enriching others for generations to come.”

Tom Taffel and Bill Repp are familiar faces in the War Memorial Opera House. Both have served as ushers for more than twenty years and have helped countless patrons—whether in the SF Ballet season or the SF Opera season—enjoy their experience.

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at415 865 6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include SF Ballet in their will or other estate plans are invited to membership in the Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the SF Ballet family.

Tom Taffel and Bill Repp, Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle members, and Principal Dancer Angelo Greco // © Chris Hardy BARBARA FRACCHIA ART STUDIO Operatic and Ballet Paintings

Frankenstein oil on canvas, 20 x 16

BF 011218 frankenstein fp.indd 1 1/12/18 12:35 PM THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS The San Francisco Ballet “family” extends beyond the stage to include a large community of dedicated and generous volunteers who are personally involved in the Company’s success. The tireless efforts of these volunteers contribute greatly to SF Ballet’s accomplishments.

AUXILIARY Vibrant, energetic, and passionately committed to the success of each new ballet season, Ballet Auxiliary members comprise an exclusive group of women who leverage their talents in fundraising events that each year raise more than $2 million for SF Ballet.

LEADERSHIP Mrs. Alexander Leff, President Mrs. G. Steven Burrill, Recording Secretary Ms. Beverley Siri Borelli, Treasurer Ms. Ann Kathryn Baer, Vice President Mrs. John E. Fetzer, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Robert W. Wood, Event Treasurer

ACTIVE MEMBERS Ms. Blanca Aguirre Mrs. Rhonda Mahendroo Ms. Rosemary B. Baker Miss Elizabeth Leep Ms. Donna Bachle Mrs. Heather Cassady Martin Ms. Katherine Banks Ms. Debra A. Leylegian Ms. Deborah Taylor Barrera Ms. Laura V. Miller Mrs. Patrick V. Barber Mrs. Barry R. Lipman Miss Carol Benz Mrs. Emily Millman Mrs. Kent T. Baum Ms. Sheila M. Lippman Mrs. Steven Bergman Dr. Shokooh Miry Ms. Barbara Bechelli Mrs. John C. Lund Ms. Catherine Bergstrom Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Mitchell Mrs. Peter Berliner Mrs. Robert W. Maier Mrs. Ashley Berman Ms. Margaret Mitchell Mrs. John W. Bitoff Ms. Susan A. Malecki Ms. L’Ann Bingham Mrs. Monika Moscoso-Riddle Mrs. Athena Blackburn Ms. Sandra Mandel Ms. Giselle Bosc Mrs. Sarah Newmarker Mrs. Richard A. Bocci Mrs. Michael L. Mauzé Mrs. William S. Brandenburg Mrs. Michael O’Sullivan Mrs. Caroline Krawiec Brownstone Mrs. Mark A. Medearis Mrs. Rada Brooks Mrs. Jack Preston Mrs. Walter Carpeneti Mrs. James J. Messemer Mrs. David Byers Ms. Virginia Leung Price Mrs. Charles E. Clemens Mrs. Jane S. Mudge Mrs. Kathleen Coffino Ms. Kacie Renc Miss Robin Collins Ms. Vickie Nelson Ms. Rebecca Cooper Mrs. Patricia D. Roberts Ms. Christine Leong Connors Mrs. Robert L. Newman Mrs. Angelos J. Dassios Ms. René Rodman Mrs. Daniel P. Cronan Mrs. Peggy L. Newton Ms. Melissa del Sol Ms. Stephanie B. Russell Ms. Gail De Martini Ms. Carole A. Obley Ms. Carole A. Demsky Ms. Meg Ruxton Mrs. Theodore S. Dobos Mrs. Edward Plant Ms. Christine DeSanze Mrs. James D. Seltsam, Jr. Mrs. David Dossetter Mrs. Nick Podell BARBARA FRACCHIA Mrs. Samara Diapoulos Mrs. Ally Sievers Mrs. Happy Dumas Dame Tanya Marietta Powell Ms. Jane Gazzola Ms. V’Anne Singleton Dr. DiAnn Ellis Ms. Merrill Randol Mrs. Vincent Golde Mrs. Shelley Sorani Mrs. Douglas J. Engmann Mrs. Todd G. Regenold Ms. Shelley Gordon Ms. Grace Nicolson Sorg Mrs. Christian P. Erdman Ms. Katherine Robertson Mrs. Colin Greenspon Mrs. Christy Swartz Ms. Patricia Ferrin Ms. Lorrae Rominger Mrs. David Grove Ms. Holli Thier Ms. Dixie D. Furlong Ms. Dara C. Rosenfeld Ms. Lori Harmon Mrs. Andrea Valo-Espina Mrs. Alison Morr Gemperle Mrs. Jay Ryder Mrs. Joseph Harris, Jr. Ms. Amy Wender-Hoch Mrs. Stephen Ghiselli Ms. Isabel M. Sam-Vargas Mrs. Ronald R. Heckmann Ms. Freddi Wilkinson Ms. Nonie H. Greene Ms. Ellen Sandler Mrs. Christopher Hemphill Mrs. Eric Wold Mrs. John P. Grotts Mrs. Elaine Wong Shen Mrs. Holly Hollenbeck Ms. Patricia Wyrod Ms. Catherine D. Hargrave Ms. Karen L. Skidmore Ms. Kathryn A. Huber Miss Carla Wytmar Mrs. Michael R. Haswell Mrs. Susan Solinsky Ms. Marie Louise Hurabiell Mrs. Ronald Zaragoza Mrs. Terrence M. Hazlewood Mrs. Mathew Spolin Mrs. Michelle Gilman Jasen Ms. Mindy Henderson Mrs. Judy Swanson Mrs. Jonathan Kaufman Mrs. Helgi Tomasson Ms. Kelli Hill Ms. Jody K. Thelander Mrs. James C. Kelly Honorary Member Mrs. Michael F. Jackson Mrs. Charles V. Thornton Mrs. Trecia Knapp Ms. Daru H. Kawalkowski Ms. Elizabeth W. Vobach Mrs. Carolyn Koenig SUSTAINING MEMBERS Ms. Lisa A. Keith Mrs. Gregg von Thaden Ms. Claire Stewart Kostic Jola Anderson Mrs. William N. Keller Ms. Barbara Waldman Ms. Rochelle Lacey Mrs. Judy Anderson Mrs. Robert D. Kroll Mrs. Wallace Wertsch Ms. Betsy A. Linder Mrs. James P. Anthony Mrs. William D. Lamm Mrs. Aimee West Mrs. Carol Louie Mrs. Thomas G. Austin Ms. Jean Larette

ALLEGRO CIRCLE Allegro Circle is one of our newest organizations—a small and mighty group of donors who also volunteer their networks and their professional expertise to SF Ballet. For more: sfballet.org/allegrocircle

LEADERSHIP Stewart McDowell Brady and Paula Elmore Susan Marsch Patrice Lovato, Co-Chairs Isaac Hall Gregg Mattner

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THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS CONTINUED ENCORE THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA If you’re a young professional who loves dance and a great party, dust off the tux, get out that gown, and join our 300 plus ENCORE! members at a wide variety of social, educational, and networking events. For more information: sfballet.org/encore

LEADERSHIP Christopher Correa, President Daniel Cassell, Treasurer Alex Christie Elizabeth Sgarrella NIJINSKY: Susan Lin, Vice President Emily Hu, Immediate Past President Vanessa Jn-Baptiste Jamie Taylor Angela Zhang, Secretary Jacqueline Barrett Kelcie Lee Gary Williams Maggie Winterfeldt Clark A BALLET BY BRAVO Each year BRAVO members contribute a collective total of more than 10,000 hours of volunteer assistance to SF Ballet. In the process they get a personal close encounter with the inner workings of the world of SF Ballet. For more: sfballet.org/bravo JOHN NEUMEIER LEADERSHIP Patricia D. Knight, President Martha Debs Giovanna Jackson Steve Merlo, Vice President Joan Green Pirkko Lucchesi APR 03–APR 08 Paulette Cauthorn, Secretary Julie Hawkins Kathryn Roberts

We are pleased to recognize BRAVO members who contributed 40 hours or more during the 2016–2017 Season.

250+ HOURS Corine Assouline Roberta McMullan Maria Lawrence 40–54 HOURS Paulette Cauthorn Deric Patrick Cyndy Lee Lynn Barbaria Joan Green Twyla Powers Aldona Lidji Alexis Beckman James Gries Pauline Roothman Betsy Lim Julie Brown-Modenos Julie Hawkins Eileen Soden Steve Loving Tiffany Chin Giovanna Jackson Lacy Steffens Betsy McGuigan Linda Drake Patricia D. Knight Karen Weil Linda Miyagawa Inna Edwards Suzanne Knott Michael Williams Keiko Moore Roslyn Eng Pirkko Lucchesi Steve Wong Patricia Nelson Jonathan Gohstand Kuras Nijinsky // © Karolina Dosia Matthews Daphne Wray Gale Niess Bettina Graf “Stamina, guts and passion are what Steve Merlo Jill Zerkle Deborrah Ortego Lydie Hammack define this company right now.” Kathryn Roberts Johanna Payne Michae Hart —National Post 55–99 HOURS Sue Plasai Carolyn Hutchinson 100–249 HOURS Edie Bazjanac Sara Pope Susan Kalian Margaret Anderson Jenya Bordas Mercedes Rodriguez Sanae Kelly Jenny Au-Yeung Mary Davi Herm Sinoy Priscilla Law Carolyn Balsley Doris Duncan Tracy Stoehr Barbara Lim Marilyn Breen Vicente Garcia Brad Stokes Anne Snowball Thomas Brown Keiko Golden Sherrie Szalay Erika Stuart Martha Debs Piers Greenhill Leslie Tsirkas Audrey Tse Treanor Philip Fukuda Kiyoshi Kimura Lizzy Woodham Steve Trenam Roger Green Robin Kinoshita May Yasui Desmond Torkornoo Susanne Johnson Kenneth Kitch Mary Yee Susan Warble Kathy Judd Carrie Kost Stas Yukevich Elmira Lagundi Christine Lasher John Mazurski David Lau SAN FRANCISCO WAR MEMORIAL AND PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Francesco Gabriele Frola in Neumeier’s National Ballet of Canada’s War Memorial Opera House is owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco through the board of trustees of the War Memorial, The Honorable Mark Farrell, Mayor.

TRUSTEES NANCY H. BECHTLE, President TICKETS AT The National Ballet of Canada returns to the Bay Area for VAUGHN R. WALKER, Vice President SFBALLET.ORG/NIJINSKY the first time in a decade with Nijinsky, John Neumeier’s imaginative tribute to the legendary dancer-choreographer. Belva Davis Paul F. Pelosi In this kaleidoscopic biography, pivotal moments surface Thomas E. Horn Charlotte Mailliard Shultz through the lens of Nijinsky’s psychosis, illuminated by the Lt. Col. Wallace I. Levin CSMR (Ret.) Diane B. Wilsey iconic characters he danced. Gorretti Lo Lui Mrs. George R. Moscone ELIZABETH MURRAY, Managing Director Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.) JENNIFER E. NORRIS, Assistant Managing Director/Executive Secretary SF BALLET PRESENTING SPONSOR 2018 SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR Diane B. Wilsey

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Special Guest Engagement THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA KAREN KAIN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

BRAVO Each year BRAVO members contribute a collective total of more than 10,000 hours of volunteer assistance to SF Ballet. In the process NIJINSKY they get a personal close encounter with the inner workings of the world of SF Ballet. For more: sfballet.org/bravo A BALLET BY JOHN NEUMEIER APR 03–APR 08

“Stamina, guts and passion are what define this company right now.” —National Post

The National Ballet of Canada’s Francesco Gabriele Frola in Nijinsky: A Ballet by John Neumeier // © Karolina Kuras

TICKETS AT The National Ballet of Canada returns to the Bay Area for SFBALLET.ORG/NIJINSKY the first time in a decade with Nijinsky, John Neumeier’s imaginative tribute to the legendary dancer-choreographer. In this kaleidoscopic biography, pivotal moments surface through the lens of Nijinsky’s psychosis, illuminated by the iconic characters he danced.

SF BALLET PRESENTING SPONSOR 2018 SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR Diane B. Wilsey EAP full-page template.indd 1 1/25/18 11:10 AM