PRINCIPAL ARTISTS BECKANNE SISK & CHASE O’CONNELL PHOTO BY KATE TAYLOR FROM QUINCE AND MULBERRY STUDIOS ANNUAL REPORT We are proud to report on our 2019 fiscal year, a season marked by grand artistic achievements and broad engagement with diverse audiences on our stage and beyond.

From extensive touring to groundbreaking collaborations, the consummate artistry of Ballet West continues to be luminous. Our five main-stage productions and Family Classics Series drew 62,000 ticket buyers and another 19,000 watched Ballet West at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts stage and the Joyce Theater. Both tours were prestigious invitations: presenting The Nutcracker to sold-out audiences at the nation’s art center in Washington, D.C. and re-staging Merce Cunningham’s Summerspace in New York City for the iconoclast’s centenary celebration. Another 110,000 students and community members were reached through our education and outreach programs, including innovative initiatives like Senior Steps, which teaches dance in senior centers, Introand I CAN DO, which nurtures respect, self-esteem, and movement to 5th graders across the state. These programs help Ballet West to develop deep and broad roots that enhance the quality of life in our cities, suburbs, and rural communities.

From behind the scenes, the Company also flourished: Ballet West strengthened the organization’s ties with key foundations and government agencies and advanced our dynamic brand locally and nationally with multiple stories in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and on National Public Radio. Through all our growth, Ballet West balanced its operating budget guided by a principled and fiscally responsible approach while expanding the company in compelling and dynamic directions.

The following pages highlight the blossoming energy and powerful legacy we steward at Ballet West. As a member of our family, thank you for your investment in this vibrant organization. For those of you who may be new to Ballet West, we look forward to introducing you to the premier ballet company of the American west.

Sincerely,

John Miller Michael Scolamiero Adam Sklute Chair, Board of Directors Executive Director Artistic Director

ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON 2 | BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 | 3 OCTOBER + NOVEMBER Ballet West is a company that has a rich diversity of dancers in terms of backgrounds, body types, and countries of origin. At this particular moment, I find this celebration of difference an important message about the richness of cultural diversity, and A GOLDEN the contributions that people from many nations make to our ANNIVERSARY definitions of what it means to be American. Wrote Kate Mattingly for loveDANCEmore after seeing George Balanchine’s Jewels, performed by Ballet West. The triple bill, Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski which presents three distinctly different styles, is a triumph for declared November 3rd “Bruce any company to endeavor. But it was particularly satisfying to have Caldwell Golden Anniversary Day” for representatives from the Balanchine Trust describe just how much his 50-year career so far at Ballet they enjoyed Ballet West’s production. West. Bruce has “represented Salt Lake City with pride and confidence, making an impact on many other communities and dance organizations as he toured with the company around the globe several times,” said the Mayor. “Salt Lake City is extremely proud of this native son for advancing and elevating the arts in Utah.” The company paid special tribute at the opening of George Balanchine’s Jewels, where Bruce was surprised after the performance when dozens of former dancing JEWELS! partners each presented him with a rose. TROLLEY ACADEMY Ballet West Academy opened four new studios at Trolley Corners, which serve our youngest students in a historic and intimate new home for dance. “ ” MAESTROAKS Artistic Director Adam Sklute announced the promotion of Jared Oaks to Music Director.

He is believed to be the youngest maestro of any major ballet company.

The Music Director position is generously underwritten by the Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation and Kathie and Charles Horman. ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST IN GEORGE BALANCHINE’S RUBIES BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 | 5 © THE GEORGE BALANCHINE TRUST | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON DECEMBER “BALLET WEST’S NUTCRACKER IS THE MOST CREATIVE, INTELLIGENT, AND MAGICAL #ENDYELLOWFACE CAPITOL REDUX BABY STEPS HONORING HEUVEL TOURING D.C. PRODUCTION Adam Sklute is the first artistic On the 40th anniversary of Ballet On December 13, after two days David Heuvel, Ballet West Director We aren’t political, but we sure director to sign the #EndYellowface West’s move from Kingsbury Hall of labor, First Soloist Allison of Costume Production, received go to Washington, D.C. a lot. The pledge, which pushes ballet to the Janet Quinney Lawson DeBona and Principal Artist Rex Governor Gary Herbert’s prestigious company was honored to return to I HAVE EVER companies to adjust how they Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake County Tilton brought Ajax Tilton into the Artist Award for Visual Arts. For the Kennedy Center to present The present the Chinese variation in announced it would close the world! Now five months old, he is a five decades, Heuvel has been Nutcracker. The Washington Post The Nutcracker, and evaluate other theatre for six months so the façade regular presence at rehearsals and designing and building costumes, gushed that our performance was SEEN... THESE Asian caricatures in ballet. The could be renovated, and to give perfectly comfortable taking class taking him to every corner of the “sumptuous, a beautiful danced and pledge garnered a feature story in audiences more legroom and wider strapped to Mom. globe. At Ballet West, he makes gorgeously designed production.” ARE TWO OF THE The New York Times and an hour- seats… our knees are grateful! our artists shine. “If they touch long discussion on NPR’s nationally the stage feeling comfortable broadcasted program, 1A. and regal, I have done my job.” HAPPIEST HOURS Congratulations, David, we are honored to have you here. YOU WILL SPEND THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.”

--Cherilyn J. Lee, The Traveling Ballerina

BACK AND FIRST CIRCLE: ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST. | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON THIRD CIRCLE: FIRST SOLOIST ALLISON DEBONA &AJAX | PHOTO BY KATE TAYLOR BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 | 7 WASHINGTON MONUMENT PHOTO BY DAVID ILIFF. LICENSE: CC-BY-SA 3.0 JANUARY + FEBRUARY + MARCH RUUD RETIRES

On February 23, Christopher Ruud took to the Ballet West and BYUtv were thrilled to Capitol Theatre stage for the final time. After a LIGHTS announce the filming of Willam Christensen’s distinguished 21-year career with Ballet West, The Nutcracker, to be broadcasted in December the principal dancer sliced the air and stole of 2019, along with a documentary of this our hearts in a brilliant performance as Prince historic production--75 years in the making. The Siegfried in Swan Lake. filming was made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the George S. and Dolores CAMERA Doré Eccles Foundation. BYUtv is a cable network with 50 million subscribers worldwide. This documentary is scheduled to air this UT BC holiday season. While preparing for Swan Lake, half the company returned to British Columbia, ACTION! Canada, to present Nicolo Fonte’s Fox on the Doorstep LAUREN RUUD, CHRISTOPHER RUUD, and África Guzmán’s Sweet & MARY WOOD | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON and Bitter. Presenter Dance Victoria requested a return visit from Ballet West after a very successful 2015 tour.

FIRST SOLOIST KATLYN ADDISON & SOLOIST BOLD NEW LOOK HADRIEL DINIZ Following more than a year of careful PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON consideration, discussions with the Ballet West community, and artful refinement, Ballet West shared a new logo. Designer Alex Moya says he found inspiration in essential dancer tools: pointe shoes and stage lights.

SYMPATICO WITH THE SYMPHONY Ballet West II performed Christopher Sellars’ wildly exuberant Peter and the Wolf at Abravanel Hall with the Utah PAS DE DEUX Symphony. The troupe had also Principal Artists Beckanne Sisk traveled to Texas earlier in the and Chase O’Connell broke the month to perform The Sleeping internet with their engagement Beauty, in an ongoing collaboration announcement, leading to a flurry : PRINCIPAL ARTIST EMILY ADAMS | PHOTO BY BEAU BY PEARSON | PHOTO ADAMS EMILY ARTIST : PRINCIPAL with Longview Ballet Theatre. of local and national press and more than 200,000 views on Ballet West’s

social media. NUTCRACKER ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST II PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON LEFT, LEFT,

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In honor of what would have been the icon’s 100th birthday, The Joyce Theater invited Ballet West to present Summerspace at the Merce Cunningham centennial celebration. THE “BALLET WEST’S PERFORMANCE WAS JOYCE WINNINGLY ALIVE, LIGHT-FOOTED, AND ONEGIN AIRBOURNE.” A Utah premiere, John Cranko’s Onegin swept —The Wall Street Journal into the Eccles Theater and delivered a grand and graceful drama. The story ballet also captured critics’ hearts, with the Deseret News saying it was “intricate, acrobatic, and jaw dropping.” loveDANCEmore raved, “dancers of Ballet West excel as both technicians and storytellers.” And Front Row Reviewers said, “Everything about this performance is impressive.”

DEMI-SOLOIST GABRIELLE SALVATTO | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON

BALLET BEHIND BARRES Forward Steps, a Ballet West outreach program taught in correctional facilities, completed a year-long program at the Timpanogos Women’s Facility. One participant wrote to instructor Shelly Cordova, “For many, memories of learning a new dance, being with people who make you laugh, washes away the bad memories--if even for an hour. Thank you.”

BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 | 11 10 | BALLET WEST ANNUAL REPORT 18/19 PRINCIPAL ARTISTS AROLYN WILLIAMS & REX TILTON | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON MAY FINANCIALS* CHOREO- 2018–2019 OPERATING REVENUE $14.1 MILLION 3% 42% CONTRIBUTIONS 15% GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GRAPHIC 3% 11% FOUNDATIONS 9% INDIVIDUALS 2017–2018 REVENUE 15% 4% IN-KIND DONATIONS $14.3 MILLION 3% CORPORATIONS 25% FESTIVAL ’19 2% The first international company to present 4% at Ballet West’s Choreographic Festival, 11% 12% the Scottish Ballet, charmed audiences 27% ADMISSIONS 28% with Sophie Laplane’s Sibilo. They were SCOTTISH BALLET PRINCIPAL SOPHIE MARTIN & & PERFORMANCE FEES FIRST ARTIST RIMBAUD PATRON accompanied by renowned choreographer and 27% ACADEMY INCOME Ballet Met artistic director Edwaard Liang’s 9% 25% 14% kinetic and emotionally-driven Constant Light, which he cast on Ballet West dancers. RENTALS & 25% Company dancers Emily Adams, Katlyn 4% 3% Addison, and Trevor Naumann also created MERCHANDISE 17% 3% new works for the third annual festival. 2% 3% 3% OTHER INCOME

2018–2019 OPERATING EXPENSES $13.9 MILLION

5% 84% PROGRAMMING 37% ARTISTIC 11% 21% ACADEMY & EDUCATION 2017–2018 EXPENSES 37% 15% PRODUCTION $14.4 MILLION 2% 9% MARKETING 2% COSTUMING 4% 8% 11% 9% 11% ADMINISTRATION 9% FUNDRAISING 14% 15% 21% 5%

37% 22%

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Following is a list of current Founders Circle donors and Heritage Club patrons; supporting corporations, Mark and Linda Scholl Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Dr. Jeremy Wimmer with Elite ARTISTIC IMPACT FUND foundations, and government agencies; Academy Scholarship Fund donors; and Artistic Impact Fund donors. For Robert and Nancy Schumacker McCarthey Family Foundation Chiropractic Center* DONORS ◊ a full listing of all donors, please visit: BalletWest.org/Donor-Acknowledgments. Katherine Scott O.C. Tanner Company We thank the below donors for their Laura Scott and Rodney Mena The Rea Charitable Trust $5,000+ contributions to the Ballet West Artistic Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry Salt Lake County Community Services AC Hotel Salt Lake City/Downtown*◊ Impact Fund. Each gift was made Beth and Randy Siebert -Tourism, Recreation, Culture & Bambara Restaurant*◊ specifically in support of one of three Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation Scott and JoAnn Narus John and Joan Firmage FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Teresa Silcox Convention Blue Iguana*◊ initiatives: Commissioning New Works, Stephanie and Tim Harpst Anne and Ila Neeley Tracy Frankel Commissioning New Productions, or We thank our Founder’s Circle donors, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center*◊ R. Harold Burton Foundation Jeffrey and Andrea Silver Sponsoring National and International each of whom has given significantly Cindy and Howard Hochhauser Jill E. Perelson Karen L. Freed SEARCH Group Partners* ◊ Lou Ann Stevens Every Blooming Thing* Touring. to the company throughout its history, Jennifer Horne-Huntsman and Scott Richard and Lois Peterson Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Jennifer Strachan and Tom Biersbach The Shubert Foundation Freed of London either through collective annual giving or Huntsman Jeanie Pollack David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner Cindy and Blake Strong Simmons Family Foundation Choo-San Goh & H. Robert Magee Kathie and Charles Horman extraordinary, one-time gifts. Katharine W. Lamb Richard and Nancy Potashner Marla M. Gault Cyndie Taylor Sorenson Legacy Foundation Foundation Barbara Barrington Jones Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Brian and Janae Powell DeGauss Raymond Vismantas Summit County Cultural RAP Tax The William H. & Mattie Wattis Harris Barbara Levy Kipper B. W. Bastian Foundation Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp Irwin and Harriet Ross Jon and Tami Hansen Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Summit Sotheby’s International Realty◊ Foundation Visit Salt Lake Peggy Bergmann Dan P. Miller Chris and Ellen Rossi Sandra and David Haughey Utah Division of Arts & Museums Lifetime Products Inc.◊ Val A. Browning Foundation Mark Weisbender David Parkinson and Leonardo Arantes Margaret P. Sargent Julie Hopkins Myriad Genetics, Inc.◊ George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Sue Wilkerson Utah Office of Tourism Silveira Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape ◊ ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP Foundation Jay and Alicia Wilson Utah State Board of Education - PrincePerelson and Associates The Paterson Center Benjamin and Lael Selznick Larry and Tina Howard Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Harvey Woodyatt Professional Outreach Programs in Promontory Foundation FUND DONORS Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom Robert and Dixie Huefner ◊ We thank those who have contributed Huntsman Foundation Kathryn Zwack and Brian Allison the Schools Ruth’s Chris Steak House* Jeanne Potucek to the Ballet West Academy Scholarship Barbara Barrington Jones John Sklute Scott and Heidi Ingham Anonymous Salt Lake City Arts Council Erin and Bryan Riggsbee Anonymous (2) Fund, spanning all four Academy Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Sue and Jack Stahl David and Linda Irvine Workers Compensation Fund◊ Mark and Melanie Robbins campuses, with generous donations of Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation Kristin and Tom Stockham David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs $10,000+ Jonathan and Liz Slager $1,000 and above. Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation Rick and Chris Veit Marilyn and Chester Johnson CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, Altabank◊ $1,000+ Barbara L. Tanner The Meldrum Foundation Sue and Walker Wallace G. Frank and Pamela Joklik AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Ancestry◊ 3M Health Information Systems Marie and Kevin Brown Sarah Eccles Taylor and Gary Taylor John and Marcia Price Family Foundation Susan Warshaw John S. Karls We thank the following community Beaver Creek Foundation Dr. John R. Bennett/ENT Center of Utah* Barbara Barrington Jones Roy and Lisa Vincent S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Beatryx Washington Keefer Family partners for their generous contributions. C. Comstock Clayton Foundation Mallory Berge, L.Ac.* Scott Kirkpatrick and Lydia Biegert Shari and David Quinney Brad and Linda Walton Marelynn and Edward Zipser Scott and Allison Kendell $100,000+ CompuNet, Inc.◊ City Center Psychology* Rod Livingston and Roger Livingston, Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Julia S. Watkins Jeanne M. Kimball The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Founders of R&R BBQ Beano Solomon Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh CORPS DE BALLET Scott Kirkpatrick and Lydia Biegert Saints Foundation Willard L. Eccles Foundation Community Foundation Susan and Chris Lockwood Katherine W. & Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation $1,000+ Carole Klein and Brad Chesivoir George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Eleve Dancewear* Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Wells Fargo Foundation SOLOIST AND DEMI-SOLOIST Alta’s Rustler Lodge The Kohlburn/Lecointre Family Foundation Goldman Sachs◊ Willis McCree and John Fromer Durham Jones & Pinegar $2,500+ Patricia Andersen Carol and Guy Kroesche The William Randolph Hearst Foundation Park City Community Foundation: The Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway EDCUtah* Stephany Alexander Stephen Anderson Katherine Probert Labrum Huntsman Foundation Foundation Solomon Fund HERITAGE CLUB Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche Shari and David Quinney Margaret Anderson Bené Arnold Cynthia Lampropoulos and Dr. George The Meldrum Foundation Hotel Monaco*◊ We thank our loyal Heritage Club patrons Charitable Foundation Braden and Heather Shupe for their generous annual support. Bonnie Jean Beesley Jordan Atkin Gourley Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP) Intermountain Healthcare◊ ◊ Holland & Hart LLP Summit Sotheby’s International Realty MR. C AND MRS. WALLACE Kathleen and Andy Blank Carol Baer Roxanne Christensen and Tony Lazzara Utah Department of Heritage & Arts JP Morgan and Chase InterWest Moving & Storage◊ The Brown Family Foundation Helle and Jon Le Rette ◊ $25,000+ Frances and Jerome Battle Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation London Belle Supper Club* The above list includes donations Carol Browning, Céline & Nathan Peggy Bergmann Clisto and Suzanne Beaty Mary and Lindon Leader $25,000+ Merit Medical Systems, Inc.◊ Merrick Bank received as of October 31, 2019. Judy Brady and Drew W. Browning Browning, and Rete & Rikki Browning Gary Beers David E. and Helane B. Leta B. W. Bastian Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Parr Brown Gee & Loveless John and Kristi Cumming Carol Carter Vicki and Bill Bennion Kathy Lynch BMW of Murray◊ S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation Pat’s Dancewear Kathie and Charles Horman Roger and Kathryn Carter Ginny Bostrom Dr. John and Colleen McCarter Dominion Energy The Jerome Robbins Foundation Snell & Wilmer Paul and Cheryl Huntsman Carol T. Christ J. I. Burkemper Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill Marriner S. Eccles Foundation Rocky Mountain Power Foundation Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation Barbara Barrington Jones Cecile and Harold Christiansen Rebecca Marriott Champion David and Colleen Merrill Florence J. Gillmor Foundation Salt Lake Power Yoga* Allen Tran, MS, RD, CSSD, High Willard and Julie Dere Carmen Chirinos Jan Mitchell Holland & Hart LLP◊ Stephen G. & Susan E. Denkers Family Peter and Catherine Meldrum Performance Dietitian* John and Andrea Miller Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Circle of Life Women’s Center In Memory of Barbara C. Moreton InterWest Moving & Storage*◊ Foundation Foundation YMCA of Northern Utah John and Marcia Price Family Foundation Jim and Barbara Clark Carolyn Nebeker David Kelby Johnson Memorial Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation David and SandyLee Griswold *Indicates donation made in-kind Shari and David Quinney James M. and Sherise G. Clayton Oren and Liz Nelson Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation John and Ilauna Gurr ◊Indicates Corporate Council member Theodore Schmidt Drs. Joan L. and William J. Coles Karen Nichols Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Visit Salt Lake◊ Marc and Mary Carole Harrison ◊ Beano Solomon William and Melissa Connelly Kirsten Novak and Mark Martinez Jones Waldo* Wells Fargo Gordon Irving Krista and Jim Sorenson Meri Crandall - Realtor, Summit Sotheby’s Joanne Parrish The Kahlert Foundation James R. Kruse and Mary Jo Smith International Realty Linda S. Pembroke Attila Lenkey PRINCIPAL AND FIRST SOLOIST Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Andrea and Don Peterson David and Naja Lockwood $10,000+ Crossett Katie Marie Pollard Paul and Melanie Lyon Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas Diggity Dog Resort Lee Quinney Santiago and Valeria Marti Michael Black and Kimberly Strand Earthology Landscape Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Angela Martindale and Michael Snow Judy and Larry Brownstein John Eckert Suzanne and David Razor Thomas and Mary McCarthey DiFiore Family Sissy Eichwald Barbara Snarr Reid Willis McCree and John Fromer W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation Deborah B. and Edward Felt Victor and Susan Rickman Anthony and Jessica Mirabile

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