CAROLINA BALLET’S Carolina Ballet would like to thank the following supporters for their early

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$1,000,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steidinger Ronald and Maryllen Blum Enviromental Control Judy and Steve Zelnak Synergy Face & Body Hal Bowman and Mercedes Auger Liz and Britt Ferrill Ms. Vera Tayeh Richard Catlin and Associates, Inc. Mrs. Mary A. Fisher $250,000+ Beverly Taylor Dr. Margaret K. Champion Ms. Christina Floyd Anonymous NC Family Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thomas Matt and Gina Chapin Fonville Morisey Realty Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm McDougal Brown Rob and Sally Tiller Citrix Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Fox The John William Pope Foundation Lars and Elisabeth von Kantzow Mr. Brian Cook Dan Gaugert and Terry Harper Stefanie and Douglas Kahn Robert Weiss and Melissa Podcasy Jacobi Daley Nicholas and Carol Gillham Moise Khayrallah Katherine White and Thomas Urquhart Deloitte Alicia and Sean Gilsenan Martin Marietta Materials Brooklyn and Mike Winters Jamie Drake Danielle Greco and Tony Bryant Ms. Patricia Dube Eileen Greenbaum and Larry Mintz $100,000+ $7,500+ George Evans and Karen Monaco Bob and Laura Gutman Anonymous (1) Anonymous (1) Drs. Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent Annette and Richard Hagopian Capitol Broadcasting Company Mrs. Franc A. Barada, Jr. Finnamore Real Estate Ms. Gayla H. Halbrecht Ms. Ellyn E. Daniels Nancy and Christopher Bolen Sharon and J.C. Garbutt Cheryl and Charles Hall Mrs. Jolene B. McGehee Brigs Restaurants Carolyn Happer and Leonard Graham Dr. John E. Hammond Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg Clark and Karen Havighurst Susan Harmon-Scott, Attorney at Law Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Roberg Margaret Deal Ms. Becky Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Hart The Shubert Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. DeGrand Ms. C. Diane Johnston Ms. Lillian G. Harter Carolyn and Sandy Stidham Drs. Diane Deresienski and Gregory Lewbart Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Knowles Harriet and Jim Hill Drs. Ruth Gross and Hans Kellner The Law Offices of Deborah Bland Koenig Meredythe and Irwin Holmes $50,000+ Dick and Sylvia Hoffert Jay Krueger and Jennifer Lohmann William and Mary Alice Holmes Anonymous (1) The Ella Ann and Frank B. Mr. James H. Lazenby Annette M.T. and Daniel Homiller Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett Holding Foundation Ms. Mary R. McKeaney Mr. William L. Hopper Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar Chancy and Keith Kapp Mary McMorris and Leonard Santoro Dr. Michele M. Hoyman The Jerome Robbins Foundation Mrs. Frank H. Kenan Bill and Linda Mitchell Mr. Alan Hymowitz and Ms. Olivia G. Fried Mr. Johnny Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Leak Jim and Eileen Mitchell Jeff A.R. and Lisa M. Jones Mr. John E. Malmstad Nancy K. Lederer Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Mitchell Mr. Peter Karabinis Guy and Mindy Solie Marjory Moe and Diane Staton Mrs. Rosalie Morris Mr. Stephen Keith and Ms. Lisa Glover Sandy Sully Mr. and Mrs. John S. Robinson Ms. Patricia A. Moylan Martha N. Keravuori The Ruth Camp Campbell Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James P. Murphy Bob and Charlene Kinelski $25,000+ Kirk and Lois Semke Dr. Julia O'Carroll and Dr. Gary Spodnick Mr. and Mrs. Austin Koon Anonymous (1) Mr. David L. Sheeks and Patricia L. Pertalion Ekaterina Korobkina Mr. and Mrs. James F. Boericke, Jr. Dr. Ann Marie Pendergast Red Hat, Inc. Linda J. Kranendonk Marion Johnson Church Scott and Susan Joan Smiley Baker Mrs. Fran H. Richardson C. Thomas Kunz Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee Smith, III Dr. Michael and Sandra Roberts Michael and Heidi Lanford Ms. Nella P. Fulton The Wills Charitable Fund of Ellen Schloemer Mr. Larry E. Larson Peter and Donna Heffring Schwab Charitable John and Catherine Schwab Mr. Roger Lawrence Margaret McKean and John Peraza Jonathan and Kathryn Wooten Sobel Ms. Johnnye Locke Dr. and Mrs. Steve Prystowsky $5,000+ Marjory Moe and Diane Staton Stephen and Julie Lowe Mr. J. Ormond Sanderson, Jr. and Anonymous (1) Mr. and Mrs. James M. Tatum, Jr. Stephen J. and Karen S. Lyons Mr. Robert K. Black Jorgelina Araneda and Randall Stroud Betsy and David Taylor Tracy Mancini and Norris Cotton Dr. Robert Schantz Edward and Marlou Bacon Mark and Lucinda Thompson Lane Mangum Eve and Sherwood Smith Maggie Bailey and David Levine Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Tully Frank and Rebecca Maselli Steven and Joan Techet Mr. C. Coleman Billingsley, Jr. Helen H. White Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Matuszak W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Foundation Carl Blackman and Carolyn Miller Joan and John Wrede Dr. and Mrs. Russell G. McAllister, Jr. LaVerne and Bob Wells Henry and Sory Bowers David and Heather Yeowell Mac and Susan McMichael Britt Dental Center Drs. R. Glen Medders and Paul E. Coggins $10,000+ Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Cass, Jr. $1,000+ Mr. W. Carlton Midyette, Jr. Anonymous (1) The Castiller Family Anonymous (4) Ms. Haleh Moddasser Mr. Jeff Basham and Ms. Susan Garrity Francis F. Crannell and Deborah W. Lassiter Joel R. Adams Julie and Mark Morris Blair Bowers Bob Dannegger Carrie and Andy Alspaugh Mrs. Joseph Moylan BRB Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Foster, Jr. Prinny Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mueller Joan Caviness and Scot Huber The Baskerville Fund of Triangle Community Polly P. Armsby Jillian Munro Clymer and Patty Cease Foundation Judith Ashbaugh and Dana Stahlman Betty J. Neese Cindy K. and Thomas J. Cook Stephanie Gray and Toby Terrell Beverly and Robert Atwood Lindsay Smith Newsom Family Fund of Brian and Cathy Cosens Carolyn and Michael Halpern Mr. Robert Auman and Mrs. Agnes Marshall Triangle Community Foundation Holly and Grady Crumpler Ms. Jeanne K. Harris Ann Bare and Thomas Zang Thomas L. Norris, Jr. and Jane S. Norris Lowell Davidson John and Raymonde Koonce Ms. Patricia A. Barnes Ms. Susan Osborne and Mr. Stephen Reynolds Ronald and Nancy Davis Law Pro Form Randal and Alice Batenhorst Mr. Sung I. Paik Duke Health Donna and Eric Lupo Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Beemer Mr. and Mrs. Byron Lee Parry Mrs. Mary-Owens Fitzgerald Brock and Amanda McCloskey Dr. Vernee N. Belcher Harry and Tari Perlstadt Freed of London Notie Vay and Frank Meadows Lori and Aaron Bennear Deborah and Alan Petersburg Phyllis Gordon NC State Employees Combined Campaign Mr. and Mrs. David Beuning Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Green Nomaco Inc. Stanley W. Black Sandra Phillips Yaggy Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. O'Connor L. Ellen Bradley Mr. John Poverchuk John Thomas Hobby, Jr. Endowment Fund Cedric and Sue Pearce Ms. Deana M. Brannan Dr. Nerissa M. Price Alice Irby and Andrea Irby Sharon Perry and Robert Cooper Ms. Gail P. Braun Maynette Regan Richard and Barbara Irwin Scott Pliler Ms. Penelope H. Bridgers Dr. Harry M. Rosenberg and Horace and Beckie Johnson Mr. Michael Rierson and Dr. Kay Lowe Donna Bryant and Donald M. Stanford, Jr. Ms. Theresa Joan Rosenberg Bobby and Claudia Kadis Ms. Nancy M. Salmon Kay McDowell Burgess Joe and Dorothy Schmelzeis Ms. Yolanda Kiamie Pandora Nix Shaw Tammy and Bruce Burnett Kay Schoellhorn Chuck Lewis and Laurie Heffner Karin Singleton Susan and Dennis Burns Lois Q. Semmens Judith C. P. Lilley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Campbell Anne and William Sena Nancy and Edward G. Lilly Southland Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Carter Leslie and John Silverstein Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Martin Edmund G. Studley and Donna A. Merkwan Jack Clasen and Linda Brower Ann and Tom Slade John and Bonnie Medinger W. John and Dorothy Swartz Ms. Sandra L. Clements Tom and Judy Jo Small Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Meltzer Dr. Joe Tooley and Dan DiGregorio Renate Z. Coleshill Deborah A. Smith and David A. Seibert Susan and Dale Oller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Trowbridge David and Karen Cook Kathy and Al Sturgis Barbara M. Parramore Suzanne Whitmeyer Jane and Jon Cook Ms. Phillis Taylor Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Purrington Ms. Elizabeth Whitmore Randolph and Elizabeth Cox Phillip Trainor and Roberta Wood Mrs. A. L. Purrington, III The William Bass Charitable Foundation Dr. Elizabeth M. Crawford Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham Edmund and Louise Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Joel T.C. Williams Ms. Joan-Ellen Deck Anna Waller and Steve Marshall J. Michael and Libby B. Robb The Winters Family Joe and Janie DeMario Louise Williams and Richard Silva Larry and Debbie Robbins Yvonne M. DeWald Marjorie and Stewart Wilson Rosemary and Christopher Royce $2,500+ Dr. Megan Justine Difurio Steve and Lesley Wilson Ruggero Piano Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. David M. Duke Carolina Ballet Winston-Salem Guild Paul Scheible, CPA, PLLC Dr. B. Jasmine Adams Bob and Candy Elder Meribeth Withrow Dena and Charlie Silver Ms. Ellen B. Adelman Allison S. Elsee Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer Ms. Jane A. Small and Ms. Carole J. Akerly Claire Ennis and Jerry Daniel Mr. George F. Sanderson, III Mr. and Mrs. J. Brook Alexander Mr. Mark M. Epstein Liddy and Todd Staker Scott and Laura Bayzle Ms. Holly Erdmann

All gifts, including multi-year pledges, will be used to support Carolina Ballet’s operations and will be considered unrestricted unless explicitly stipulated otherwise. Financial information about this 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-888-830-4989. The license is not an endorsement by the State. THREE INVESTMENTS, FIVE YEARS, $10 MILLION DOLLARS

CAROLINA BALLET’S

CHARLOTTE AND WARD PURRINGTON

“Some 20 years ago, Carolina Ballet advertised for its Founding Artistic Director and made a commitment that this company would perform at the very highest level. Robert Weiss joined us because he believed in and shared that commitment. And boy, has he delivered! Almost from the beginning, Carolina Ballet has been recognized as one of the finest ballet companies in America. That has happened because of Ricky's leadership commitment to excellence and the same commitment by staff, dancers, patrons and donors over all these years. But this is no time to rest on our laurels! Continued performance at the very highest level requires renewed commitment by all of us who love the ballet—that is the opportunity Choreographing Carolina Ballet's Future offers. We urge you to make a multi-year commitment to the Annual Fund, make a special gift for Creative Capital, and if you haven't already, include Carolina Ballet in your estate planning. With your generous commitment, this great ballet company can maintain its commitment to performing at the very highest level for many years to come.” — Charlotte and Ward Purrington, Raleigh, NC

Ward is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Carolina Ballet. It is the steadfast dedication of Ward and Charlotte that this Company is looking to its next 20 years and beyond.

MINDY AND GUY SOLIE ROCHELLE AND STEVE PRYSTOWSKY

"Guy and I are delighted to be a part of “Steve and I relocated from NYC to the Triangle in April Choreographing Carolina Ballet's Future 2008. We fell in love with Governors Club in Chapel Hill. Campaign. I can't think of a better way to However, we were concerned about leaving the strong honor the growth of the Company and our cultural community of Manhattan. Over time we were community over the past 20 years than by delighted to experience a vibrant arts community within the planning and securing the next 20! Having Triangle. We were especially impressed with Carolina Ballet. been subscribers and supporters since the Under Ricky Weiss’s leadership, the excellent quality and first season, and now watching as our children creativity of choreography, dancing and new works were are attending with spouses and friends, it most impressive. I recently joined the Ballet’s board and is magical to see something so exceptional wanted to support one of the best regional ballet companies continued to be enjoyed and valued by in the country, to help continue its new works in the classical the next generation. I can't wait until I can tradition. We will make a multi-year pledge to support the take my three granddaughters to their first Capital Campaign to ensure Carolina Ballet has the resources performances of The Nutcracker!" to remain a leading ballet company in the United States.”

— Mindy Solie, Emeritus Board Member, — Rochelle Prystowsky, Board member, Durham, NC Chapel Hill, NC About Carolina Ballet

Carolina Ballet is one of America’s premier arts organizations, programming traditional ballets by legendary masters Letter from the Artistic Directors and new works by contemporary Having just celebrated our 20th Anniversary Season, it seems a proper time to contemplate Carolina Ballet’s future. The accomplishments of the past 20 years choreographers. The Ballet was launched have been significant. However, we still have much to look forward to in the as a professional company in 1998 under future and we can’t do it without you, the community, behind us. the direction of Founding Artistic Director/ CEO Robert Weiss, and since 2017, has The guiding principles of this Campaign are our commitments to the future. been co-directed by Weiss and Zalman The future is not only the next five years, but what this Company will mean and Raffael. For more than 20 years, Carolina the role it will play in our community, our state and nationally for generations to Ballet has garnered critical praise from the come. national and international media, staged • Commitment to Our Company more than 100 world-premiere ballets, and Carolina Ballet is committed to growing the Company alongside the amazing in 2018, chartered the School of Carolina renaissance that Raleigh and the Triangle continue to experience. To this Ballet. end, we look to increase the salaries of our dancers and staff. Adding to the number of weeks the dancers are employed will allow us to have more As one of the Triangle’s largest performing creative time, which will also better the lives of the artists who serve our arts institutions, Carolina Ballet’s community. As stewards of this company, we will invest in the infrastructure economic value to the region is equally of Carolina Ballet with continued improvements in everything from our significant. Each season the Company facilities to new technology which will assure us moving forward responsibly. employs more than 200 individuals working within the arts in North Carolina • Commitment to Our Art Form including craft artisans, dancers, Carolina Ballet continues to lead the dance world today in the path of classical, neoclassical and modern classical ballet—eschewing fads and trends musicians, technicians and administrators. for the more difficult task of creating new work that grows out of the past, Since the Ballet’s founding, more than one but is still relevant and speaks to us today. The reason the great artistic works million people have experienced Carolina of the past are timeless is because they are based on timeless principles. As Ballet and contributed to the economic the great French painter Eugene Delacroix said, “great art derives both from well-being of the region. a humility before the past and a conviction that what has already been said is not enough.” Starting with its inaugural season in 1998, Carolina Ballet and this community have We at Carolina Ballet have created more than 100 new works. In order for the accomplished something remarkable. art to survive, we must continue this process by making new work each year The Company has grown from a budget that moves the art form forward. All other creative artists, including painters, of $1.2 million featuring 16 dancers and composers and writers, can create their work alone and take as much time as necessary to hone their ideas and inspiration. All ballets are created in five apprentices in three programs to a collaboration with dancers. Choreographers, as the great George Balanchine $6 million budget featuring 38 dancers once said, “work on union time.” This campaign will continue the number in eight programs including the magical of exciting new works Carolina Ballet creates each year and reinforce the holiday tradition, The Nutcracker. Ballet’s contributions to the relevancy and legacy of the art form. Carolina Ballet’s vision is to bring the • Commitment to Our Community unique beauty, poetry and athletic power Over the past 20 years, Carolina Ballet has brought ballet to tens of of classical dance to an ever-larger thousands of people across North Carolina. Through our collaborations with audience through constant innovation many corporations, foundations and individuals, we have introduced ballet to rooted in the 300-year tradition of many people who have never seen it before—ages ranging from preschoolers classical ballet. to senior citizens—by traveling the state with such programs as Dancers in Schools, Cartwheels, Grow up Great, Moving Bodies/Learning Minds (through the Kennedy Center), Leadership Raleigh, and student matinees On Pointe With the Ballet for The Nutcracker. Since 1998 Carolina Ballet is constantly striving to show just how accessible this rich art form can be for people of all ages and backgrounds. Classical, theatrical dance is • Entertained more than 1,000,000 beautiful movement to beautiful music, sometimes with a story and sometimes just audience members. for the sheer joy of the dance. As with all great artistic endeavors, ballet gives us the opportunity to open our minds to the possibility of hope, peace and harmony. • Taken the stage for more than 1,000 It entertains the highest sense of who we can be as humans. Reaching out to more performances. and more people is always at the forefront of our thinking. This campaign will help us to continue to achieve this goal. • Over 300 artists per year are involved within our productions. • Over $7,500,000 per year impact on the local economy. • Reached over 70,000 children through our extensive educational outreach programs. Robert Weiss Zalman Raffael • Danced on over 20,000 pointe shoes ($100 per pair). BECOME A PART OF CAROLINA BALLET’S

$10,000,000 CAMPAIGN

Sustaining and Elevating Professional Ballet in Our Community Now and Into the Future.

INVESTING IN INVESTING IN INVESTING IN OUR ARTISTS OUR PERFORMANCES OUR COMMUNITY

By building the Company’s By growing the Ballet's Creative By increasing the number of annual operating budget to Capital Fund annually to a Legacy Gifts to the Company, a sustainable $6 million, we sustainable $200,000, we will we are ensuring the Ballet’s will support and enhance continue to expand our repertoire accessibility and sustainability the quality of life of our with new works, restage the classics in our community for professional artists. with rich costumes and scenery, generations to come. and increase the number BECOME A PART of programs featuring live music. BECOME A PART OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAMPAIGN BECOME A PART and help us reach our and help us reach our OF THE CAMPAIGN and help us reach our $5,000,000 $4,000,000 $1,000,000 goal by making a multi-year goal by including Carolina Ballet pledge to the Annual Fund. in your estate plans. goal by making a special gift Any given year, from September in support of the Most professional dancers begin through May, Carolina Ballet Creative Capital Fund. their training at the age of 6. dancers take the stage for more Earning a position within one of than 80 performances—nearly We dream large! In our desire the country’s top professional ballet double the performances to reach out across our art form companies means they will devote up to 8 hours a day to continually and programs of professional and provide yet another way to perfect their craft. The dedication of companies with budgets twice, experience ballet, we are working to bring live music back to our these dancers, as well as our talented even three times the size of ours. designers and artisans who bring the performances. With your support, we will productions we love to life season after season, are fulfilling not only improve the quality of life for With your support, we will fill their dreams but ours. Carolina Ballet’s artists by the big theater with the sound offering increasingly and excitement of lush orchestral By including Carolina Ballet in competitive salaries and accompaniment for each of our your estate plans, your legacy lives ensuring the Ballet’s presence four Raleigh Memorial Auditorium on through the hard work and and infrastructure grows programs. talent of our artists, and the ballets we bring to life—forever making alongside our vibrant community. you, the donor, a part of the Carolina Ballet family.

JUDY AND STEVE ZELNAK’S MATCHING CAMPAIGN GIFT CHALLENGES

$750,000 Matching Gift Challenge Live Music Challenge $2,000,000 Legacy Gift Challenge

Join the Zelnak’s challenge The cost of an orchestra Every new dollar committed to the with any new or increased gift accompaniment at Raleigh Ballet’s Artistic Director’s Society in support of the Annual Fund. Memorial Auditorium will be will be matched up to $2 million by matched by the Zelnaks. a legacy gift from the Zelnaks.

For more information about the Campaign, please visit carolinaballet.com or call 919-747-8457. Paving the

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Photography by Christer Berg

Judy and Steve Zelnak

The pas de deux is the heart and soul of every ballet. This dance is the product of artistic vision and collaboration using the strengths of two individuals dancing together to create a harmonious whole. You could equally speak of Judy and Steve Zelnak in those same terms. They flawlessly unite as one in support of their philanthropic goals for our community, executing each step with heart and precision. Judy is quick to oversimplify her connection to ballet. “I have always had a passion for the arts. For me, Carolina Ballet is an artistic feast from the moment the curtain goes up. The sheer beauty and grace of the dancers enhanced by the costuming, music, lighting and scenery is exhilarating. We are so fortunate to have our gifted Founding Artistic Director Robert “Ricky” Weiss. The choreography is always spectacular.” Spend any time with Judy and her inherent artistic sensibilities quickly surface. Color, light, the briefest step or gesture—no detail escapes her discerning eye. Steve’s relationship with ballet is quite different. His discerning eye is turned toward the vision. Although it was over seven years ago, Steve remembers like it was yesterday when he connected with the Ballet. “Judy and I were at Eve and Sherwood Smith’s home. They were hosting a party for Carolina Ballet. At one point during the evening, Ricky began to talk about ballet. He spoke not only with a passion for Carolina Ballet but of his vision for the Company. I quickly recognized in Ricky the same qualities of the many individuals I have respected and worked with in business. I may not have Judy’s discerning artistic eye; however, I appreciate and understand the athleticism, dedication and exceptional physical conditioning of these dancers, and the commitment and tenacity it takes to lead a company like this.” In a case of life imitating art, behind the scenes and out of the spotlight Judy and Steve Zelnak were becoming principal partners within the Carolina Ballet family, beginning in 2013. Three years later, the Zelnaks made a historic five-year, $750,000 leadership gift challenge on the cusp of the Company’s 20th Anniversary. Like all of their endeavors, this generous challenge bore their trademark emphasis on “need” and “impact.” Their leadership gift would meet the Ballet’s most pressing need: financial stability (a tenuous balancing act all too common for professional ballet companies across the country). Their challenge would encourage new and increased support for Carolina Ballet at a level not seen since its 1998 founding— impacting the Company’s long-term sustainability and paving the way for the Ballet’s future for the next 20 years and beyond. IN RESPONSE TO THE TREMENDOUS SHOWING OF SUPPORT TOWARD THEIR $750,000 MATCHING CHALLENGE, JUDY AND STEVE HAVE MADE TWO ADDITIONAL MATCHING CHALLENGES: A LIVE MUSIC CHALLENGE AND A $2,000,000 LEGACY GIFT CHALLENGE!

“Steve and I both recognize what a unique gift Carolina Ballet is to our community. It is a cultural jewel and economic asset that we need to foster, not just now, but for the future. This was the impetus for our commitment. The Ballet is an important part of the cultural fabric that makes Raleigh and our area unique. It is our hope that an increasing number of individuals and businesses will join us and the many other current supporters in lifting Carolina Ballet to an even higher level.”

—Judy Zelnak, Carolina Ballet Board Member