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Paul’s working both sides of this conflict, and I had to begin a long road of treatments. It the teaching process, though long ago, is familiar. We making sure the Mice know all of their tactics as well. was so hard to gain enough strength to care for my start just as I did with a blank piece of paper and a pen, Specialty work is done with the Sentry, Trumpeter, and we write the words of the Prince’s pantomime. By and Bunny, who assist in the battle. In act two, Paul family and return to my job, but I did it! the second rehearsal the boys have memorized their teaches the Polichinelles who emerge from underneath mime and we begin to learn movements for each word, Mother Ginger’s giant dress. In house, these eight The cancer was gone for a short time...but then it and soon the story comes to life through vivid gesture. diminutive performers are known as “Paulie’s Polys.” came back. At that point, my doctor told me my only We also discuss how to summon an army to battle The artistic staff is a small but essential part of the hope was a stem cell transplant, which was pioneered by (decisively), how to shake hands with Clara (slowly— enormous number of people offstage and backstage who Fred Hutch. She was right—I went into remission for eye contact a must), how to stand during the party help The Nutcracker enchant nearly 100,000 audience a second time, and I was able to see the birth of scene (there are three suggested ways), how to respond members each year. At intermission, count how many my grandchild. when Fritz tries to pick a fight with you (nonchalance music stands you see in the orchestra pit and remember works), and how to slay a seven-headed Mouse King to add a few for the singers you hear during the snow (again, decisively is really the only way). While I work scene. After sixteen Snowflakes dance with grace and Throughout my illness, my doctor, a Fred with the young Princes in one studio, the other three agility, almost the same number of people from the stage Hutch researcher, carefully tracked members of our artistic team are busy in neighboring crew follow them onto the stage (curtain is down) and every little detail of my condition. It was studios teaching an army how to respond when with equal agility collect snow and return it to snow personal to her, and she continues to summoned, instructing Fritz on how to pick a fight bags so it can fall again during the next performance. work tirelessly every day in search of a with a prince, and making sure a Mouse knows what Think of the scores of dressers and parent volunteers cure. That search is funded by donors to do if they see a piece of cheese lying on the stage. applying red cheeks and checking curls. Imagine like you. The hope for new treatments There are 70 children in each performance of The putting together casting inserts with each of 38 shows and breakthroughs gives me the Nutcracker and two casts of each part. Four of us teach having a slightly different cast. Yes, there is certainly courage to keep fighting. all of the children’s roles and the 100 or so roles for adults an offstage army bringing these performances to life over a period of about six or seven weeks. Each of us for you. It is something we honestly love to do. We are has our individual area of expertise. Anne Dabrowski all proud of this production—every costume, prop, and Thank you, teaches Clara her part. She also takes the Candy Canes scenic element was built by hand in our PNB shops! and shares responsibilities with Otto Neubert for the Whether this is your umpteenth Nutcracker or your children in the party scene. Otto spends quite a bit of time very first, we understand that it offers a wonderful with the feisty Fritzes. The patience and care these two dose of magic, and we are all pleased to play a role Bellevue exhibit in many late-night rehearsals is commendable. in bringing you the best performance we can. Our youngest and often tiniest performers are the Angels who glide through delicate wisps of mist at the top of act two. Otto is also tasked with teaching the Angels their counts and patterns. If you listen carefully during performances early in the run, you are likely to GIVE TODAY Peter Boal hear Otto’s deep-throated whisper saying, “Three, five, seven, smile.” He towers over these eight- and nine- Your Dollars Help Cure Cancer. year-olds and yet encourages each with true gentility. fredhutch.org/give

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king, little prince, and the lead in the hoop dance, which had been choreographed by its original interpreter, Alexander Shiryaev, for the 1892 premiere. Balanchine remembered the luxurious days before the Russian revolution and held them as an ideal. When Baum asked him to stage The Nutcracker, banking on the popularity of The Nutcracker Suite in the United States, Balanchine said, “If I do anything, it will be full-length and expensive.” Those first performances of The Nutcracker in 1892 St. Petersburg received mixed reviews. Critics complained the music was “too symphonic” and the ballerina (the Sugar Plum Fairy) wasn’t given enough to do. The scenario had been put together by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the Imperial Theaters and a great Francophile. He used as his source not the E.T.A. Hoffman German View of the Maryinsky Theater’s Royal Box, St. Petersburg, Russia. original of 1816, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, but Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker at our theater is for French adaptation of Hoffman’s story, The Nutcracker® children young and old. That is, for children Histoire d’un casse-noisette (The Tale and for adults who are children at heart. of the Nutcracker). Marius Petipa, the Ballet in Two Acts, Four Scenes, and Because, if an adult is a good person, in his esteemed and prolific maître d’ballet of the Prologue based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale, heart he is still a child. In every person the St. Petersburg Imperial Theater, prepared The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816) best, the most important part is that which instructions for Tchaikovsky and mapped remains from his childhood.” out the sequence of dances, yet withdrew MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky —George Balanchine due to illness before rehearsals began. (The Nutcracker, Op. 71, 1891-1892, with an excerpt from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, 1889) CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust STAGING: Judith Fugate with Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN: Ian Falconer LIGHTING DESIGN: James F. Ingalls ORIGINAL PRODUCTION PREMIERE: December 6, 1892; Imperial Ballet, St. Petersburg, choreography by Lev Ivanov BALANCHINE PRODUCTION PREMIERE: February 2, 1954; New York City Ballet 1892 St.Petersburg premiere of The Nutcracker. George Balanchine rehearsing the snow scene PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: November 27, with New York City Ballet. © Frederick Melton, 2015 courtesy Dance Magazine Archives.

Principal sponsorship support for the 2015 When George Balanchine staged The task of choreographing The Nutcracker Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of George The Nutcracker for New York City Ballet was left to Petipa’s assistant, Lev Ivanov, Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® with original in 1954, it was the six-year-old company’s whose work was deemed uneven, from scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, most ambitious project to date. The brilliant (the kaleidoscopic Waltz of the was made possible through the generosity choreographer spent more than half of Snowflakes) to chaotic (the battle between of Pam & Dan Baty. Additional major support the production’s $40,000 budget on the the gingerbread soldiers and the mice). was provided by Patty Edwards, Carl & Christmas tree, infuriating Morton Baum, Yet, the ballet endured and the suite Renee Behnke, and Peter & Peggy Horvitz. chair of New York City Center’s finance of musical numbers subsequently drawn committee, which had put up the money. from Tchaikovsky’s complete score for Baum asked, “George, can’t you do it performance in the concert hall was without the tree?” to which Balanchine immediately popular. The composer was The works of George Balanchine performed replied, “The ballet is the tree.” particularly delighted by his use of the by Pacific Northwest Ballet are made Balanchine had danced in the Maryinsky celesta, the “heavenly” keyboard instrument possible in part by The Louise Nadeau Theater’s production in St. Petersburg as newly invented in Paris, for the Dance of the Endowed Fund. a child. His roles included soldier, mouse Sugar Plum Fairy. As he did with his other

22 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET stagings of 19th-century ballets from the the Snowflakes at the end of the first act, as a Party Boy. Fugate was his first Russian repertory (Coppélia, Harlequinade), recalling the elaborate costumes of the stage mother and held his hand tightly Balanchine followed the ballet’s story Maryinsky’s dancers. as she pulled the nervous ten-year-old closely while adding his own contributions. Although Balanchine’s Nutcracker onstage. He moved on to the role of the With The Nutcracker, he referred back to established the ballet as a perennial Little Prince, and then Bed Boy, another the original Hoffman tale, adding Herr holiday favorite and became the model for uncredited part, this for a confident Drosselmeier’s nephew, the keyhole scene, many subsequent productions, the ballet teenager who steers Clara’s magic bed. in which Clara and Fritz eagerly anticipate had been danced in the United States Boal joined New York City Ballet and seeing the family Christmas tree, and since 1940, when Ballet Russe de Monte continued to move through the range of Clara’s wandering bed. He added some Carlo performed Alexandra Fedorova’s Nutcracker roles, eventually performing as Cavalier to Fugate’s Sugar Plum Fairy. In 2014, Boal returned to New York City Ballet as a guest artist to reprise the role of Herr Drosselmeier for the School of American Ballet’s annual Nutcracker benefit. Pacific Northwest Ballet has its own Nutcracker history, which now intersects with Balanchine’s. In 1975, Pacific Northwest Dance Ballet (l-r) Michael Arshansky, Paul Nickel, and Alberta Grant in New Young Peter Boal in The Nutcracker. © Delia Peters, courtesy York City Ballet’s The Nutcracker (1954). © Frederick Melton, New York City Ballet. Company, as PNB was courtesy of the Dance Division, New York Public Library. then called, acquired Lew Christensen’s Nutcracker, performing the work for eight music as well, explaining, “When I did staging of a one-act Nutcracker in New seasons. In 1983, under Artistic Directors The Nutcracker in New York, I needed an York City. The production subsequently Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, the entr’acte. And suddenly I recalled that the toured the country throughout the ‘40s Company presented a new production violin solo from Sleeping Beauty was the and ‘50s, giving many Americans their with choreography by Stowell and scenic theme that is used when the Christmas tree first experience of The Nutcracker. The and costume designs by famed children’s grows in The Nutcracker. It’s a wonderful first full-length Nutcracker in the U.S. was author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. The melody, with a magnificent upward choreographed for San Francisco Ballet Stowell and Sendak Nutcracker contributed swelling of sound that leaves you breathless. by Willam Christensen in 1944, only to significantly to the Company’s identity, Tchaikovsky had decided that since no one be replaced in 1954 with a production holding the stage for 32 seasons. In 2015, played the violin solo from Sleeping Beauty by Willam’s brother, Lew Christensen. PNB acquired George Balanchine’s iconic he might as well use it here, instead of When New York City Ballet moved to production, blending Peter’s Boal’s personal letting it go to waste!” The production was a the newly built New York State Theater history—his New England childhood huge effort, taxing the company’s resources. in 1964, the Nutcracker scenery was and his 30-year involvement with the When, on opening night, the costumes completely redesigned to take advantage of Balanchine Nutcracker as both a student were far from finished, Balanchine visited the larger space. (The technical superiority and professional dancer—with the future Karinska’s workshop with Jerome Robbins of the new theater allowed an even more of the Company. New designs by another and, without saying a word, sat down among magnificent tree.) That same year, a young renowned children’s author and illustrator, the seamstresses, picked up a needle and Judith Fugate, newly enrolled in the School Ian Falconer, carry the Balanchine staging thread, and got to work. Robbins, who also of American Ballet, danced the role of Clara forward into the 21st century, while the choreographed the Nutcracker battle scene for the first time. She would continue in the staging by Fugate, Boal, and Whittle (an uncredited contribution), joined him. role for four seasons before moving on to reaffirms the heritage of a tradition Balanchine regularly made changes other parts, eventually joining New York reaching back to 1892 and the grandeur to his Nutcracker, including, perhaps City Ballet and adding the leading roles of the Imperial era. surprisingly, the addition of elements from of Dewdrop and the Sugar Plum Fairy to the St. Petersburg original. In 1968, he her repertory. In 2015, Fugate took on the Notes by Doug Fullington. added a special effect to the pas de deux role of répétiteur, joining with Peter Boal of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier, and Garielle Whittle to stage Balanchine’s This performance of George Balanchine’s The in which the ballerina steps onto a sliding Nutcracker for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Nutcracker®, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and track on the stage and, supported by her Peter Boal was accepted into the School has been produced in Accordance with the Balanchine partner, appears to glide across its surface. of American Ballet in 1975. He first Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards He also added wands with snowballs for performed in Balanchine’s Nutcracker established and provided by The Trust.

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born. Balanchine served designs for the Los Angeles Opera as its ballet master and production of Tristan and Isolde (1987). principal choreographer He served as co-designer for sets and from 1948 until his death costumes with Mr. Hockney on the Lyric in 1983. Balanchine’s more Opera’s production of Turandot (1992), than 400 dance works and designed the costumes for The Royal include Serenade (1934), Opera’s production of Die Frau Ohne Concerto Barocco (1941), Schatten at Covent Garden. In 1996, Mr. Le Palais de Cristal, later Falconer designed the sets for The Atlantic renamed Symphony in C Theater’s Off-Broadway production of (1947), Orpheus (1948), The Santaland Diaries, written by David The Nutcracker (1954), Sedaris. In 1999, he designed scenery Agon (1957), Symphony and costumes for the Boston Ballet’s in Three Movements production of Firebird, choreographed (1972), Stravinsky Violin by Christopher Wheeldon. Mr. Falconer Concerto (1972), Vienna designed scenery and costumes for Scènes Waltzes (1977), Ballo de Ballet (1999), and Variations Sérieuses della Regina (1978), and (2001), both also choreographed by Mr. Mozartiana (1981). He Wheeldon, for New York City Ballet. In also choreographed for 2003, he designed sets and costumes for films, operas, revues, and Stravinsky’s Jeu de Cartes, choreographed musicals. A major artistic by Peter Martins. In 2008, Mr. Falconer figure of the twentieth completed the set design and oversaw the century, Balanchine installation for the operetta Veronique at revolutionized the look the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his base, he James F. Ingalls heightened, quickened, Lighting Designer expanded, streamlined, James F. Ingalls studied at Yale School of and even inverted the Drama and designs lighting for opera, fundamentals of the theater, and dance. He was resident lighting 400-year-old language of designer for the American Repertory academic dance. This had George Balanchine rehearsing “Bunny” in a dress rehearsal for Theater from 1981-1984 and has worked The Nutcracker. Courtesy of New York City Ballet Archives. an inestimable influence frequently with theater director Peter on the growth of dance Sellars. His work for dance companies George Balanchine in America. Although at includes designs for American Ballet Choreographer first his style seemed particularly suited to Theatre, Dutch National Ballet, Hubbard the energy and speed of American dancers, Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, George especially those he trained, his ballets are Balanchine (1904-1983) is regarded as now performed by all the major classical the foremost 20th-century choreographer ballet companies throughout the world. in the world of ballet. He came to the United States in late 1933, at the age of Ian Falconer 29, accepting the invitation of the young Scenic and Costume Designer American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein, whose great passions included the dream Ian Falconer is an American illustrator, of creating a ballet company in America. children’s book author, and costume At Balanchine’s behest, Kirstein was also and set designer for the theater. Born in prepared to support the formation of an Ridgefield, Connecticut, Mr. Falconer American academy of ballet that would graduated from The Cambridge School eventually rival the long established schools of Weston and studied painting at the of Europe. This was the School of American Parsons School of Design and Otis Art Ballet, founded in 1934, the first product Institute. He has created 30 covers of the Balanchine-Kirstein collaboration. for The New Yorker as well as other Several ballet companies directed by the publications, and is widely known for two were created and dissolved in the the iconic Olivia children’s book series, years that followed, while Balanchine which features a young pig and her many found other outlets for his choreography. adventures. In the world of theater design, Eventually, with a performance on October Mr. Falconer teamed up with artist David Ian Falconer working on scenic models for 11, 1948, the New York City Ballet was Hockney, collaborating on the costume The Nutcracker (2014). © Lindsay Thomas.

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About the Artists

Street Dance Chicago, Mark Morris Allan Dameron Kong Sinfonietta, China National Orchestra Dance Group, Merce Cunningham Dance Conductor (Beijing), and Silk Road Ensemble (with Company, Paris Opera Ballet, Paul Taylor Yo-Yo Ma), among others. His recording Dance Company, PNB, and San Francisco Allan Dameron joined PNB as a Company of Ravel’s L’ Enfant et les Sortileges with Ballet, among others. Mr. Ingalls is the pianist in 1990 and became Associate Nashville Symphony and Opera for Naxos recipient of several Drama-Logue Awards, Conductor in 1992. He has also been Music was Grammy nominated for Best Classical the Obie for sustained excellence in lighting Director and Conductor for Chicago City Album in 2009. design, and a National Theater Artist Ballet and Assistant Conductor at Chicago Residency Grant. Lyric Opera. Mr. Dameron has frequently Michael Jinsoo Lim performed piano solo work for PNB ballets, Violin Soloist Emil de Cou including Appassionata, The Concert (Or, Conductor The Perils of Everybody), Duo Concertant, Michael Jinsoo Lim is concertmaster and and Rubies. solo violinist for PNB, artistic director of the Emil de Cou has been Music Director and Seattle-based ensemble Frequency and serves Principal Conductor at Pacific Northwest Alastair Willis on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts. Ballet since 2011. He has conducted many Guest Conductor For twenty years, Lim toured and recorded of the nation’s major ballet and symphony with the award-winning Corigliano Quartet, orchestras, including American Ballet Alastair Willis is Music Director of the a group he co-founded. As a recording Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. He has guest- artist, his credits include the Corigliano National Symphony Orchestra, where he conducted internationally for Chicago Quartet’s Naxos label album, which was was associate conductor. He is currently Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, honored as one of The New Yorker’s Ten Best conductor of the NSO at Wolf Trap New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Classical Recordings of the Year. Foundation for the Performing Arts and also Symphony, Mexico City Philharmonic, serves as a musical consultant for NASA. Orquestra Sinfonica de Rio de Janeiro, Hong Video by Straightface Studios, Seattle, WA.

20 Years FOCUSED ON PNB

Angela Sterling Photography

Principal dancer Lindsi Dec. © Angela Sterling.

For 20 years, Angela Sterling’s And, as she says, she speaks the language “Angela Sterling is perhaps the most magnificent images have documented the of a ballet company—both literally and talented dance photographer working artists and artistry of Pacific Northwest metaphorically—especially at PNB, her today. Her eye, her timing, and her Ballet and PNB School, and inspired the dancer “home.” sense of the essence of a work are visual genesis for PNB’s print, promotion, Angela’s images have been seen in The New unparalleled. I don’t know if audiences and editorial material. A former Company York Times, USA Today, Dutch Vogue, Paris realize how important capturing soloist herself, Angela’s discerning eye Elle, and international dance publications choreography and artistry is for can be traced back to her career as a such as POINTE magazine, Danse dance. Angela’s work has been a bridge professional dancer—the recognition of Magazine (Paris), Dance Europe (London), between the magnificence we are able flawless line, the ideal timing of a leap, or and Ballet Tanz (Germany), among others. to bring to the stage and the impression split-second emotion on a dancer’s face She has also shot extensively for Les Ballets the broader public is able to realize. comes naturally to her. “I feel it in my body,” de Monte-Carlo, Dutch National Ballet, We are lucky to have her and count she says. “I try to capture the remarkable and Boston Ballet, and created images for her as one of the many great artists at moments when dancer, movement, and Tony Award-winning choreographer and Pacific Northwest Ballet.”— Peter Boal beautiful design come together in a once- friend Christopher Wheeldon, for An in-a-lifetime way. Timing is everything.” American in Paris.

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Violin 1 Clarinet Michael Jinsoo Lim, Jennifer Nelson**, Concertmaster Principal Jennifer Caine Denise Lum Provine, Associate Concertmaster Bass Clarinet/ Emilie Choi, Assistant E-Flat Concertmaster Denise Lum Stephen Daniels** Bassoon Tom Dziekonski* Ella Marie Gray* Mona S. Butler*, YeSol Im Principal Lynn Bartlett Dana Jackson Johnson** Horn Petro Krysa Rodger Burnett*, Violin 2 Principal Rita Lee, Principal Danielle Lemieux Raffaela Kalmar, Richard Reed* CONTEMPORARY HAND-CRAFTED MEXICAN CUISINE Assistant Principal Ryan Stewart Ingrid Fredrickson* Trumpet William E. Boyd* Richard Werner* Anne Cady* Adrianna Hulscher Trombone Laurie Wells Mark Williams*, Kim Zabelle** Principal Kay D. Nichols* Viola Alexander Grimes, Bass Trombone Principal Douglas Nierman* Betty Agent*, Assistant Principal Tuba Joyce Ramée* Ryan Schultz, Laura Renz Principal Eileen Swanson* Tympani Cello Phil Hanson*, Page Smith*, Principal Principal Virginia Dziekonski*, Assistant Principal Percussion Meg Brennand** Matthew Andrea Chandler** Kocmieroski*, Charles Jacot Principal Brian Wharton Gunnar Folsom

Bass Harp Todd Larsen**, John Carrington, Principal Principal 1st & Republican Stephen Schermer**, Keyboard Assistant Principal Next to Key Arena Maurice Clubb Christina Siemens, Ben Musa** Principal Allan Dameron agavecocina.com Flute Personnel Manager Laura Werner Rodger Burnett BRUNCH | LUNCH | HAPPY HOUR | DINNER | LATE NIGHT Piccolo Music Librarian Laura Werner Mona S. Butler Oboe Vocalists Dan Williams, Principal Maria Mannisto Tad Margelli* Margaret Obenza Melissa Plagemann English Horn Sarra Sharif Tad Margelli Christina Siemens

*Founding members of PNB Orchestra (1989).**25 plus years with PNB Orchestra. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Steinway & Sons is the official piano of PNB.

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Peter Boal, Artistic Director | Kent Stowell & Francia Russell, Founding Artistic Directors | Ellen Walker, Executive Director

ARTISTIC STAFF COMPANY OPERATIONS & TOURING FACULTY Peter Boal, Artistic Director Michael Ann Wilson, Director of Company Marisa Albee*, Peter Boal, Nancy Crowley, Dana Otto Neubert*, Anne Dabrowski, Paul Gibson, Operations Hanson, Dane Holman, Carrie Imler, Kaori Nakamura, Ballet Masters Meg Potter, Kiyon Ross, Abbie Siegel*, Giovanni Doug Fullington, Assistant to Peter Boal DEVELOPMENT Villalobos, Le Yin Emil de Cou, Music Director/Principal Conductor Elizabeth Damore, Director of Development Rodger Burnett*, Orchestra Personnel Manager Liza Madison, Associate Director of Development Kelly Boal, Emily Coello, Caitlin Cooney, Michele Christina Siemens, Principal Company Pianist Carrie Mood, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Curtis, Dammiel Cruz, Kyle Davis, Lauren DeBard, Elisabeth Ellis, Company Pianist Manager Juanita Franke, Naomi Glass, Susan Gorter, Benjamin Stephen Barnes*, Yelena Golets, Jeff Junkinsmith, Nicole Frederiksen, Corporate Relations Manager Griffiths, Claudia Houston-Aragon, Deborah Kenner, Randall Plut, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton, Suzanne Erickson, Foundation & Government Miriam Landis, Stephanie Liapis, Dina McDermott, Rob Vienneau, Don Vollema, Annastasia Workman, Relations Manager Samantha Myer, Louise Nadeau*, Laurie McKarns Class Pianists Kristin Price, Special Events Manager Perrault, Lesley Rausch, Kendal Ruland, Lynne Short, Mona Butler*, Orchestra Librarian Nicole Song, Research Manager Suzanne Singla, Eva Stone, Marjorie Thompson, Jon Blake, Birgit Hansen, Librarians Erin Richmond, Development Coordinator Julie Tobiason*, Malia Vassar, Amber Willett Sheila Dietrich*, Archivist Samantha Sheats, Donor Information Coordinator Michele Curtis, Family Matinee Ballet Master Marianna Clair, Individual Giving & Board Liaison PNB Company dancers, Guest Faculty Lauren Kirchner, Student Cast & Parent Volunteer Associate Coordinator MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS ACCOMPANISTS PRODUCTION Lia Chiarelli, Director Don Vollema*, Music Staff Coordinator Norbert Herriges, Technical Director Lexi Clements, Associate Director of Marketing David Barela, Stephen Barnes*, Carol Buschmann*, Sandra Barrack, Production Stage Manager Gary Tucker, Media Relations Manager David Clodfelter, David Close, Tatyana Dadayeva, Oleg Leigh’Ann Andrews, Stage Manager Marsha Bennion, Publications Manager Dusayev, DJ Gommels, Eva Huentleman, Irv Huck*, Randall G. Chiarelli*, Resident Lighting Designer Lindsay Thomas, Videographer Nathan Jensen, Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Adam Meleta Buckstaff, Assistant for Shoes & Rentals Cassandra Lea-Saxton, Digital Experience Designer Kessler, William Kirkpatrick, Art Koshi, Avi Lasser, John Evans, Master Carpenter Caitlin Klask, Senior Marketing Coordinator Emi Oguri, Michael Owcharuk, Gary Palmer, Susan Dante Leonardi, Master Electrician Kristen Liang, Engagement Manager/Executive Paton, Genevieve Peaslee, Megan Phillips, Randall Jeffrey Stebbins*, Master of Properties Assistant Plut, Elizabeth Purswell, Angela Rinaldi- Gribas, Katja Alan Hiskey*, Fly Person Doug Fullington, Audience Education Manager Rubin*, Shelly Sutton-Bolton, Rob Vienneau, Joseph Peter Gantt*, Shop Carpenter Jennifer Shealy, Senior Manager of Ticket Operations Williams, Annastasia Workmann Howard Neslen*, Tim Casey, Assistant Carpenters Megan Weigley, Patron Experience Manager Jonathan Hackett*, Production Electrician Max Frauel, Patron Experience Supervisor PNBCONDITIONING STAFF Reed Nakayama, Assistant Electrician Julie Jamieson, Group Sales Amy Barkley, Pilates Coordinator Jay Gosselin*, Kevin Krist*, Properties Assistant Teal Christensen, Colleen Kimsey, Amanda Melissa Brown, Carol Elsner, Teresa Hanawalt, Deborah Jan Harvey-Smith*, Master Scenic Artist Mulvihill, LiLi Pigott, Customer Service Kenner, Dina McDermott, Kayoko Price, Suzanne Scott Bennet, Jennifer Law, Kelly Staton, Representatives Singla, Tara F. Stepenberg, Marjorie Thompson Scenic Artists Shaliese Rogers, Telesales Campaign Manager Domonic Iacono, Lighting Technician Kate Farwell, Manager of Amusements THERAPY Toby Basiliko, Sound Technician Steven Anderson, MD, Consulting Physician Jim Austin*, Tammy Martin, Followspot Operators COMMUNITY EDUCATION Boyd Bender, Director of Physical Therapy Services & Jack Taylor, Videographer Shannon Barnes, Curriculum Manager Physical Therapist Nicolette Vannais, Props Artisan Rochelle Rapaszky, Education Programs Coordinator Elizabeth Rigsbee, Lisa Van Loben Sels, Physical Ann Marie Caldwell, Education Programs Assistant Therapists COSTUME SHOP Dammiel Cruz, Ciara McCormack Greenwalt, Lori Brewington, Physical Therapy Assistant Larae Theige Hascall*, Costume Shop Manager Adriana Hernandez, Lauren Kirchner, Mackenzie Christopher Kagen, Dorothee Wihl, Massage Therapists Sherri J. Thompson*, Wardrobe Mistress Malhotra, Nia-Amina Minor, Robert Moore, Fathiya Seattle Gym, Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers & Robin Emerson*, Costume Shop Assistant Ritter, Hayley Shannon, Ayako Shapiro, Suzanne Staff Victoria McFall, Luna Pham, Drapers Singla, Ellen Tejera, Teaching Artists Pauline Smith*, First Hand Becca Baggenstoss, Devin Bews, Jordan Furrow, SCHOOL CONSULTANTS Madeleine DeGracia, Christine Scoggins Granquist, Max Holmberg, Jeremy Jones, Adam Kessler, Will Toby Diamond, Ph.D.*, Psychologist Patrick Stovall, Wardrobe Assistants Lone, Accompanists Peggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D.*, Nutritionist Terry Frank, Millinery/Crafts Alan Woodle, D.P.M.*, Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle Wendy Oberlin, Dyer/Painter PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOL Specialist Shelby Richardson-Rogers, Peter Boal, Director Henry Lu, P.T., A.T.C., Physical Therapist Head of Specialty Makeup Denise Bolstad*, Managing Director Joyce Degenfelder, Wigmaster Abbie Siegel*, School Principal SPECIAL COUNSEL Andrea Abercrombie, School Supervisor EXECUTIVE OFFICE Perkins Coie, Employment Law Meg Potter, Assistant Principal MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Immigration Law Ellen Walker, Executive Director Wendy Casper*, Assistant to the Managing Director Moss Adams LLP, Auditors Terrie Flaming, Director of Human Resources Kiyon Ross, NEXT STEP Program Manager Craig Big Eagle, IT Manager Naomi Glass, DanceChance Manager Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers are represented by Jason Darland, Desktop Support Lauren Kirchner, DanceChance Coordinator AGMA—the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL- David Jensen, Summer Residence Director CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is represented FINANCE Briana Boche, Katharine Grimm, Jennifer Rudsit, by the PNB Orchestra Players. Organization. Stage David Thorpe, Chief Financial Officer Associate Registrars Crew is represented by I.A.T.S.E., local #15. Wardrobe Karen Portzer, Accounting Analyst Bethany Nielcen, FRC Operations Coordinator attendants are represented by Kaleriya Maslyak, Accounting/Payroll Associate Amy Barkley, Briana Boche, Katharine Grimm, Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887, I.A.T.S.E. Stage Sarah Karnes, Jennifer Rudsit, Khoosheh Salas, Draperies: I. Weiss, New York. OPERATIONS Administrative Assistants PNB is an EOE Serni Reeves, Office Manager Brian Zenk, Maintenance Supervisor *25 or more years with PNB Cheryl Gunder, Receptionist Diane Sardeson, Saturday Receptionist

30 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ARTFUL HOLIDAYS Add some color to your holidays with Seasonal Sundays. With the Winter White Tower with Golden Putti as backdrop, Chihuly Garden and Glass has partnered with CityArts to present live, local music in the Glasshouse. Continue your visit by watching glassblowing demonstrations at the Community

LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE Hot Shop, walking through the Garden or purchasing a SPACE NEEDLE, SEATTLE CENTER hand-blown glass ornament created by a local artist with CHIHULYGARDENANDGLASS.COM proceeds benefiting the Center Art Foundation.

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4Culture • The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation • ArtsFund • the ArtsWA • Bank of America • The Boeing Company • Million Jeffrey* and Susan Brotman • Jane M.* and David R. Davis • John and Carmen* Delo • Estate of Ruth Hoffman • Dollar gift club Peter and Peggy Horvitz • Glenn Kawasaki • Kreielsheimer Foundation • Office of Arts & Culture- Seattle • David Michaud • Microsoft Corporation • Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully National Endowment for the Arts • Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield acknowledges the following Phelps • PONCHO • James D. and Sherry Raisbeck individuals and organizations who Touring Fund • Samuel and Althea Stroum* • Seattle have committed $1 million or more Foundation • The Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, to support the Ballet’s operating a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation needs or capital, endowment, and the Surdna Foundation • The Wallace Foundation • touring, and new works initiatives. Washington State Office of Community Development • Washington State Department of Commerce • Anonymous

Leta Biasucci in The Sleeping Beauty. © Lindsay Thomas.

Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their generous support of the Annual Fund during the past year. These generous contributors are an integral part of our success, sustaining and enriching artistic productions, dance education, and community outreach programs. For information on how to become part of this esteemed group of donors, contact Marianna Clair, Individual Giving Associate and Board Liaison, at 206.441.3589 or [email protected].

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE  $100,000 AND ABOVE Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman • Mrs. Patty Edwards • Peter & Peggy Horvitz • Glenn Kawasaki • James & Sherry Raisbeck • Anonymous

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE  $50,000-$99,999 Chap & Eve Alvord • Carl & Renee Behnke • Bob Benson • David & Cheryl Hadley • Aya Stark Hamilton • Mr. H. David Kaplan • Marcella McCaffray Mr. & Mrs. William G. Reed Jr. • Deidra Wager

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE  $25,000-$49,000 Richard & Lisa Altig • Lyndall Boal • Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron • T.R. Ko • Jolene McCaw & Family • Ms. Denise Littlefield Sobel • Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak The True Family • Tom & Connie Walsh • Leslie & Tachi Yamada

BALLET MASTERS CIRCLE  $10,000-$24,999 Donna & Anthony Barnett • Linda Berkman • Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans • Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce • Ms. Susan Y. Buske • Shirlee D. Christensen Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod • Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan • Michael* & Lois Craig • Jane Cremin • John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes • William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn William & Carole Ellison Foundation • Jerald E. Farley • Rebecca & John Figueroa • Joan Fitzmaurice • Marcus Fontoura & Ana Doliveira • William E. Franklin Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs • Robin Gainey • Courtney & John Geist • Katharyn Alvord Gerlich • Susan & Bill Grinstein • Laurent & Elizabeth Guez W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt • Stephen & Marie Heil • Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Herb • Ms. Anne Holmes • Kalen & Sean Holmes • Ms. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred Nettles Ms. Laura Hunter • Tom* & Gail James • Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex Johnson • Christy Jones & Rob Lilleness • Sara A. Jones • Gilla Kaplan • Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler Ms. Janet Ketcham • Steven & April Kieburtz • Dan Kingston & Maureen Mooney • Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee • Frances J. Kwapil • Firoz & Najma Lalji • Alex & Sandy Lange Sharon Lee • Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay • Jeff & Nancy Loch • Maria Mackey • The MacRae Family Foundation • Christina Marra & Paul Silver • Frederick W. McDonald Carol & Paul Neiman • Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. • Susan & Dennis Okamoto • Alida & Douglas Oles • Gwendolyn Payton & John Neeleman • Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat Charles M. Powell & Tuan Ngo • Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes • Barbara Ries • Catherine & Grant Ries • Lynn Ries & Rod Proctor • Haim N. Schoppik • Vivian & Jim Schwab Adiel & Sandi Silverio • Shannon Tierney, MD • Aimee Truchard • Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee • John T. Vistica • Mr. John Fox Wieland Jr. Bagley* & Virginia Wright • Anonymous (4)

SCHOLARSHIP PATRON  $6,000-$9,999 Linda & Tom Allen • Patty & Jimmy Barrier • Kent & Barbara Chaplin • Royce & Aggie Church • Sharon Falkner & Gene Chamberlain • Natalie Gendler • Stacy & Frank Graves Ned & Pam Johnson • Jeanne Kanach • Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley • Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson • Ms. Jo Anne Iaciofano & Mr. Gary Caldwell • Barbara Lewis Mr. Joshua Lieberman • Ms. Laura Lundgren • Helene Mawyer • Judy & Arnie Ness • Mr. John O’Connell & Mrs. Joyce Latino • Mrs. Ellen Pottenger & Simone J. Berger Susan & Ron Runyon • Mel & Leena Sturman • Christina Tanner • David & Romayne Watt • Sally Anne West & Peder Knudsen* • Ray & Judy* Williams • Ms. Virginia D. Wyman

MEMBERS OF THE BARRE  $4,000-$5,999 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Alhadeff • Mariana Ancira • Kari Anderson & Mark Pavlovic • Phoebe Andrew • The Art Works Charitable Fund • Mr. Bill Ballard • Michele & Timothy Barakett Ms. Katherine Barclay-Robertson • Jane & Peter Barrett • Mr. & Mrs. Keith Birdwell • Tom & Jeannie Blank • Capt. & Mrs. Paul Bloch • Gary & Linda Blume • Elisabeth Bodal Ellen C. Carnwath • Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation • Ms. Collett Cox • In honor of Norma Cugini • Judith Cushman • Mrs. Tatiana Davidson Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray Phil & Lenore Defliese • Margaret A. Dell’Osso • Sheila C. Dietrich • Elizabeth & Shawn Dougherty • Donna & Robert Dughi • Dr. Milton & Nancy English • Kristina M. Erickson Ms. Juli Farris • Caroline Gallee & Frank Peschel-Gallee • Michelle & Matt Galvin • Scott & Alicia Griffin • Cathi & Ken* Hatch • Ms. Marilyn Lee Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey* Roy Hughes & Julie Davis • Ms. Stephanie June • Ms. Ellen Kowalczyk • Bill & Kathie Kreager • Stephen & Marleen Land • Renee Lund • Nikki & Mark Mahan Michael & Barbara Malone • Mr. David Mattson • Jim & Julie McElroy • Thomas A. Nowak M.D • John Parchem & Barbara Lycett • Richard & Jean Patton • Mrs. Marda Phelps Dick & Alice Rapasky • Ms. Christina Rich • Dr. Mack & Susan Richey • Tom & Carolyn Roe • Judy & Lellius Rose • Maher & Elena Saba • Mary-Catherine Schugel Ms. Alesha & Mr. Dave Shemwell • Andre Suttles & Natalie Scarella in honor of Matilda Suttles • Ms. Jessica Tarzan • Jennifer Thompson • Susan Thurston • John & Eileen Tietze Mimi A. Tutihasi • Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford • Robert & Lisa Wahbe • Ms. Maggie Walker • Stephanie Wallach • Toby & Linda Warson • Ms. Kathryn Wickham Carol Wright • Anonymous (2)

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32 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PNB’s New Works For gifted kids who love to learn Supporters

PNB’s New Works Initiative provides a flexible environment to create new works, develop dancers through performances, and fashion a repertory both firmly rooted in tradition and committed to the evolution of the artistic medium. New works contribute to the advancement of the art form, while presenting PNB’s audiences with a wide range of dance to bolster a strong appreciation of the versatility of ballet and a true understanding of various choreographers’ bodies of work. PNB would like to thank the following individuals and organizations that have supported the New Works Initiative with a gift Kindergarten — 8th Grade | (425) 747-2911 | www.openwindowschool.org of $1,000 or more over the past year.

Itamar & Christine Abrass Lisa & Richard Altig Chap & Eve Alvord The Art Works Charitable Fund Donna & Anthony Barnett Carl & Renee Behnke Bob Benson Lyndall Boal Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Ms. Susan Y. Buske Meeka Charles Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan Terrence Cronin In honor of Norma Cugini Daphne S. Dejanikus Kathryn Del Beccaro  ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $100,000 AND ABOVE Donna & Rob Dughi Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman • Mrs. Patty Edwards • Peter & Peggy Horvitz • Glenn Kawasaki • James & Sherry Raisbeck • Anonymous William & Carole Ellison Foundation Ms. Juli Farris in honor of Norma Cugini CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE  $50,000-$99,999 Joan Fitzmaurice Ms. Anne M. Foster Chap & Eve Alvord • Carl & Renee Behnke • Bob Benson • David & Cheryl Hadley • Aya Stark Hamilton • Mr. H. David Kaplan • Marcella McCaffray Natalie Gendler Mr. & Mrs. William G. Reed Jr. • Deidra Wager Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron David & Cheryl Hadley  PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE $25,000-$49,000 Aya Stark Hamilton Richard & Lisa Altig • Lyndall Boal • Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron • T.R. Ko • Jolene McCaw & Family • Ms. Denise Littlefield Sobel • Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt The True Family • Tom & Connie Walsh • Leslie & Tachi Yamada Ms. Anne Holmes Peter & Peggy Horvitz Ms. Ming Hu BALLET MASTERS CIRCLE  $10,000-$24,999 Ms. Laura Hunter Donna & Anthony Barnett • Linda Berkman • Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans • Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce • Ms. Susan Y. Buske • Shirlee D. Christensen Tom* & Gail James Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod • Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan • Michael* & Lois Craig • Jane Cremin • John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes • William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson William & Carole Ellison Foundation • Jerald E. Farley • Rebecca & John Figueroa • Joan Fitzmaurice • Marcus Fontoura & Ana Doliveira • William E. Franklin H. David Kaplan Glenn Kawasaki Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs • Robin Gainey • Courtney & John Geist • Katharyn Alvord Gerlich • Susan & Bill Grinstein • Laurent & Elizabeth Guez April & Steven Kieburtz W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt • Stephen & Marie Heil • Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Herb • Ms. Anne Holmes • Kalen & Sean Holmes • Ms. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred Nettles Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley Ms. Laura Hunter • Tom* & Gail James • Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex Johnson • Christy Jones & Rob Lilleness • Sara A. Jones • Gilla Kaplan • Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler T.R. Ko Ms. Janet Ketcham • Steven & April Kieburtz • Dan Kingston & Maureen Mooney • Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee • Frances J. Kwapil • Firoz & Najma Lalji • Alex & Sandy Lange Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson Sharon Lee • Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay • Jeff & Nancy Loch • Maria Mackey • The MacRae Family Foundation • Christina Marra & Paul Silver • Frederick W. McDonald Barbara Lewis Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Carol & Paul Neiman • Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. • Susan & Dennis Okamoto • Alida & Douglas Oles • Gwendolyn Payton & John Neeleman • Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat Maria Mackey Charles M. Powell & Tuan Ngo • Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes • Barbara Ries • Catherine & Grant Ries • Lynn Ries & Rod Proctor • Haim N. Schoppik • Vivian & Jim Schwab Mr. David Mattson Adiel & Sandi Silverio • Shannon Tierney, MD • Aimee Truchard • Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee • John T. Vistica • Mr. John Fox Wieland Jr. Bagley* & Virginia Wright • Anonymous (4) Helene Mawyer Marcella McCaffray SCHOLARSHIP PATRON  $6,000-$9,999 Frederick McDonald Joan & Tim Meskill Linda & Tom Allen • Patty & Jimmy Barrier • Kent & Barbara Chaplin • Royce & Aggie Church • Sharon Falkner & Gene Chamberlain • Natalie Gendler • Stacy & Frank Graves Carol & Paul Neiman Ned & Pam Johnson • Jeanne Kanach • Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley • Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson • Ms. Jo Anne Iaciofano & Mr. Gary Caldwell • Barbara Lewis Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Mr. Joshua Lieberman • Ms. Laura Lundgren • Helene Mawyer • Judy & Arnie Ness • Mr. John O’Connell & Mrs. Joyce Latino • Mrs. Ellen Pottenger & Simone J. Berger Simon & Carol Ottenberg Susan & Ron Runyon • Mel & Leena Sturman • Christina Tanner • David & Romayne Watt • Sally Anne West & Peder Knudsen* • Ray & Judy* Williams • Ms. Virginia D. Wyman Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat PNB Young Patrons Circle Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes MEMBERS OF THE BARRE  $4,000-$5,999 Suzanne and John Rahn VISIT Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Alhadeff • Mariana Ancira • Kari Anderson & Mark Pavlovic • Phoebe Andrew • The Art Works Charitable Fund • Mr. Bill Ballard • Michele & Timothy Barakett Ms. Christina Rich Mimi Richards ROBERT AND EILEEN ZUBE’S Ms. Katherine Barclay-Robertson • Jane & Peter Barrett • Mr. & Mrs. Keith Birdwell • Tom & Jeannie Blank • Capt. & Mrs. Paul Bloch • Gary & Linda Blume • Elisabeth Bodal Mary-Catherine Schugel Ellen C. Carnwath • Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation • Ms. Collett Cox • In honor of Norma Cugini • Judith Cushman • Mrs. Tatiana Davidson Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray Peyton & Carolann Storli Phil & Lenore Defliese • Margaret A. Dell’Osso • Sheila C. Dietrich • Elizabeth & Shawn Dougherty • Donna & Robert Dughi • Dr. Milton & Nancy English • Kristina M. Erickson Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak ZUBEUM OF ART Ms. Juli Farris • Caroline Gallee & Frank Peschel-Gallee • Michelle & Matt Galvin • Scott & Alicia Griffin • Cathi & Ken* Hatch • Ms. Marilyn Lee Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey* Amy Theobald Roy Hughes & Julie Davis • Ms. Stephanie June • Ms. Ellen Kowalczyk • Bill & Kathie Kreager • Stephen & Marleen Land • Renee Lund • Nikki & Mark Mahan Jennifer Thompson A VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF ART Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford Michael & Barbara Malone • Mr. David Mattson • Jim & Julie McElroy • Thomas A. Nowak M.D • John Parchem & Barbara Lycett • Richard & Jean Patton • Mrs. Marda Phelps Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee PRESENTED BY THE G&Z FOUNDATION Dick & Alice Rapasky • Ms. Christina Rich • Dr. Mack & Susan Richey • Tom & Carolyn Roe • Judy & Lellius Rose • Maher & Elena Saba • Mary-Catherine Schugel Ms. Maggie Walker Ms. Alesha & Mr. Dave Shemwell • Andre Suttles & Natalie Scarella in honor of Matilda Suttles • Ms. Jessica Tarzan • Jennifer Thompson • Susan Thurston • John & Eileen Tietze Tom & Connie Walsh WWW.ZUBEUM.ORG [email protected] Mimi A. Tutihasi • Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford • Robert & Lisa Wahbe • Ms. Maggie Walker • Stephanie Wallach • Toby & Linda Warson • Ms. Kathryn Wickham Toby & Linda Warson Carol Wright • Anonymous (2) Cathy & Ross Wiggins Ms. Jodi Wong Carol Wright *Deceased Leslie & Tachi Yamada Anonymous (3)

encoremediagroup.com/programs 33 Corporate, Foundation, and Government Sponsors

Pacific Northwest Ballet applauds the following corporations, foundations, agencies, and government institutions for their commitment to enrich the cultural life of our community through support of PNB. Their generosity provides vital funding needed to fulfill PNB’s mission of artistic excellence, innovation, and creativity along with dance education and wide-reaching community programs.

2018–2019 SEASON SPONSORS

SEASON PARTNERS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Nesholm Family Foundation

Anonymous Fund of JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION The Philadephia Foundation

$200,000 & Above $25,000–$49,999 Perkins Coie LLP Talking Rain* ArtsFund Anonymous Fund of The RealNetworks Foundation Wells Fargo KOMO 4* Philadelphia Foundation scan|design Foundation by Anonymous The Seattle Times* Chateau Ste. Michelle* Inger & Jens Bruun The Wallace Foundation Freed of London U.S. Bank Up to $2,499 John Graham Foundation Alaska Airlines* $100,000–$199,999 John T. Vistica* $2,500–$9,999 Bossa in Wonderland* Alaska Airlines Providence St. Joseph Health Alabastro Photography* Crimson Haze Event Lighting* Office of Arts & Culture|Seattle Seattle Foundation Ben Bridge Jeweler* Estates Wine Room* PricewaterhouseCoopers* Spectra Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Fairmont Olympic Hotel* The Shubert Foundation Foundation Heritage Distilling Company* $10,000–$24,999 Byron & Alice Lockwood Neiman Marcus* $50,000–$99,999 ArtsWA Foundation Penelope & the Beauty Bar* 4Culture Bonewitz CPL Chris Graves Music* The Present Perfect* The Boeing Company Charles and Joan Gross Family City of Bellevue Solo Bar* The Jerome Robbins Foundation Foundation CliftonLarsonAllen LLP* Sound Credit Union Microsoft Corporation Dilettante Chocolates* Crimson Haze Event Lighting Spun Cotton Candy* National Endowment for the Arts Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Delta Dental superGraphics, Inc.* Nesholm Family Foundation JPMorgan Chase & Co. Fales Foundation Trust Tealeaves* Perkins Coie LLP* Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Freed of London* Anonymous Goldman, Sachs & Co. Starbucks Coffee Company* LLP *In-Kind Support Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation MacDonald Hoague & Bayless* Kaiser Permanente Anonymous Moss Adams LLP* Kendra Scott* Northern Trust KUOW 94.9 Public Radio* Northwest Danish Association Precept Wine*

PREFERRED PROVIDERS

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PNB Dancers / PRINCIPALS

Leta Biasucci William Lin-Yee Seth Orza Lesley Rausch* Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in Columbus, Ohio. Corps de ballet in 2001, in 2011, soloist in 2014, principal in 2018. in 2008, soloist in 2014, principal in 2016. 2007, soloist in 2008, principal in 2010. soloist in 2007, principal in 2011.

Lindsi Dec* James Moore Noelani Pantastico* Jerome Tisserand Fairfax, Virginia. Apprentice in 2001, corps de San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet Oahu, Hawaii. Apprentice in 1997, corps de Lyon, France. Corps de ballet in 2007, ballet in 2002, soloist in 2009, principal in 2014. in 2004, soloist in 2008, principal in 2013. ballet in 1998, soloist in 2001, principal in soloist in 2012, principal in 2014. 2004 and 2015.

Rachel Foster Elizabeth Murphy* Jonathan Porretta Laura Tisserand* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Corps de ballet in Totowa, New Jersey. Apprentice in 1999, corps de Hammond, Louisiana. Apprentice in 2003, corps de 2002, soloist in 2008, principal in 2011. 2011, soloist in 2014, principal in 2015. ballet 2000, soloist in 2002, principal in 2005. ballet in 2004, soloist in 2010, principal in 2014.

Benjamin Griffiths* Sarah Ricard Orza Lucien Postlewaite* Boise, Idaho. Corps de ballet in 2005, Amherst, Massachusetts. Corps de ballet in Santa Cruz, California. Apprentice in 2003, soloist in 2008, principal in 2016. 2007, soloist in 2010, principal in 2017. corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2007, principal in 2008 and 2017.

Learn more about the artists of Pacific Northwest Ballet 36 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET *Indicates training with Pacific Northwest Ballet School. by visiting PNB.org. SOLOISTS

Kyle Davis* Leah Merchant* Green Bay, Wisconsin. Apprentice in 2008, Mobile, Alabama. Apprentice in 2007, corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2008, soloist in 2016.

Angelica Generosa* Margaret Mullin* South River, New Jersey. Apprentice in 2011, Tucson, Arizona. Apprentice in 2008, corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2014.

Joshua Grant* Price Suddarth* Niceville, Florida. Corps de ballet in Westfield, Indiana. Apprentice in 2010, 2001–2004 and 2011, soloist in 2015. corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2018.

Steven Loch* Ezra Thomson* Denton, Texas. Apprentice in 2011, San Bernardino, California. Apprentice in corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2018. 2009, corps de ballet in 2010, soloist in 2017.

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet are members of AGMA — the American Guild of Musical Artist, AFL-CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet School Professional Division students perform courtesy of AGMA. Headshot photography by Lindsay Thomas. encoremediagroup.com/programs 37 CORPS de BALLET

Madison Rayn Abeo* Henry Cotton* Elle Macy* Sarah Pasch* Seattle, Washington. Portland, Oregon. Corps de ballet Huntington Beach, California. Dublin, California. Apprentice in 2011, Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017. in 2015. Apprentice in 2012, corps de ballet in 2013. corps de ballet in 2012.

Guillaume Basso Dammiel Cruz* Clara Ruf Maldonado* Miles Pertl* Dijon, France. Corps de ballet in 2015. New York, New York. Apprentice in 2016, New York, New York. Apprentice in 2018, Seattle, Washington. Corps de ballet corps de ballet in 2016. corps de ballet in 2018. in 2015.

Ryan Cardea* Christopher D’Ariano* Angeli Mamon* Christian Poppe* New York, New York. Apprentice in Yonkers, New York. Apprentice in 2017, Seattle, Washington. Apprentice in 2015, Lake Stevens, Washington. Apprentice 2009, corps de ballet in 2010. corps de ballet in 2018. corps de ballet in 2016. in 2013, corps de ballet in 2014.

Nancy Casciano* Cecilia Iliesiu Amanda Morgan* Calista Ruat Decatur, Georgia. Apprentice in 2014, New York, New York. Tacoma, Washington. Apprentice in 2016, Paris, France. Corps de ballet in 2017. corps de ballet in 2015. Corps de ballet in 2015. corps de ballet in 2017.

38 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan* Dylan Wald* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apprentice Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017. in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

Emma Love Suddarth* Genevieve Waldorf* Wichita, Kansas. Apprentice in 2008, West Hills, California. Apprentice corps de ballet in 2009. in 2018, corps de ballet in 2018. PNB Contact & Venue Info APPRENTICE

Pacific Northwest Ballet Phelps Center 301 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109

Main: 206.441.9411 / [email protected] Box Office: 206.441.2424 / [email protected] Giving: 206.441.3599 / [email protected] Madison Taylor* Luther DeMyer* PNB Schools: 206.441.2435 / 425/451.1241 / Gig Harbor, Washington. Corps de ballet Indianapolis, Indiana. Apprentice in 2018. [email protected] in 2015. Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109 McCawHall.com

Main: 206.733.9725 / [email protected]

McCaw Hall offers wheelchairs, accessible seating and usher staff assistance for patrons. ALD headsets, booster seats and binoculars are available in the lobby. Ushers are available to assist with your performance experience, please contact an usher with concerns. In the auditorium, silence devices and use moderation in applying scented products. Photography/videography is not allowed. Quiet Leah Terada* Rooms are available. Dallas, Texas. Apprentice in 2015, corps de ballet in 2016. PNB.org

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