November 20–22, 2020 Studio A at The Martin Center for Ballet PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director LISA DIXON FRENCH, Executive Director

An intimate performance celebrating the spirit of Nashville The Talk Choreographed by Gerald Watson Music by Dave Ragland Eight Tones for Elijah Performed and Recorded by Titus Underwood, oboe; Bryson Finney, clarinet; Dave Ragland, violin; Jonathan Bolding, viola; Emilio Carlo, viola; Cremaine Booker, cello Lighting design by Scott Leathers

“To my Mother and all the others who’ve filled in. Thank you for praying for me.” — GERALD WATSON —

Cast for Friday, November 20, 2020 and Sunday, November 22, 2020 Jasmine Wheeler Michael Burfield, Noah Miller, Daniel Rodriguez, Owen Thorne

Cast for Saturday, November 21, 2020 Kennedy Brown Jackson Bradshaw, Truman Lemire, Jaison McClendon, Nicolas Scheuer

Copyright © 2020 by Gerald Watson All rights reserved. No part of this performance may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner. Deconstructed Bach Choreographed by Christopher Stuart Music by Johann Sebastian Bach Music Performed by Sari De Leon-Reist Lighting design by Scott Leathers

“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members...” — CORETTA SCOTT KING —

Cast for Friday, November 20, 2020 and Sunday, November 22, 2020 Marissa Stark Nicolas Scheuer

Cast for Saturday, November 21, 2020 Jamie Kopit Brett Sjoblom

Copyright © 2018 by Christopher Stuart All rights reserved. No part of this performance may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner. Bootleg Sugar Lips Choreographed by Mollie Sansone Music by Cristina Spinei Lighting design by Scott Leathers Costumes created by Jeri Meador and Danielle Crosson

CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE: This piece strives to empower all women–and any other suppressed voices–to release their inner strength and to liberate themselves from any mistreatment or injustice. I dedicate this work to my dad, who taught me with an extreme work ethic and relentless passion, you can conquer the world.

Cast for Friday, November 20, 2020 and Sunday, November 22, 2020 Lydia McRae, Lily Saito, Katie Vasilopoulos, Erin Williams

Cast for Saturday, November 21, 2020 Julia Eisen, Emily Ireland-Buczek, Imani Sailers, Colette Tilinski

Bootleg Sugar Lips was generously underwritten by Catherine and Frederick Grace in recognition of Women in Creative Leadership.

Copyright © 2020 by Mollie Sansone All rights reserved. No part of this performance may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner. Appalachian Spring Choreography by Paul Vasterling Music by Aaron Copland* Lighting Design by Scott Leathers Costume Design by Holly Hynes Scenic Design by Paul Vasterling

CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE: In a conversation about Appalachian Spring, my friend Mitchell Korn observed the irony that a work of art that is considered quintessential Americana was created by a woman (Martha Graham), a gay Jewish man (Aaron Copland) and a Japanese designer (Isamu Noguchi). Three people who may have been considered “the other” created a beautiful work that sounds to us today, 73 years later, like America.

My new interpretation is about otherness, family, and community. It is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Patricia Vasterling

Appalachian Spring premiered March 24, 2017 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. *By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Deutsche Grammophon – Universal Music Gmbh Simple Gifts by Joseph Brackett (1797–1882) ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ‘tis the gift to be free, ‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed, To turn, turn will be our delight, ‘Til by turning, turning we come ‘round right. Cast for Friday, November 20, 2020 and Sunday, November 22, 2020 Katie Vasilopoulos Aeron Buchanan, Michael Burfield, Lydia McRae, Daniel Rodriguez, Lily Saito, Mollie Sansone, Brett Sjoblom, Owen Thorne

Cast for Saturday, November 21, 2020 Julia Eisen Jackson Bradshaw, Truman Lemire, Jaison McClendon, Sarah Pierce, Imani Sailers, Nicolas Scheuer, Luca Sportelli, Colette Tilinski

Copyright © 2017 by Paul Vasterling All rights reserved. No part of this performance may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner.

Nashville Ballet is grateful to CareNow’s Cody Bartone and Scott Postone for their diligence in helping to keep our dancers, staff, and crew safe while filming this production. NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director Paul Vasterling’s artistic career began at age 10 when he started studying piano, then expanded at age 16 when he started dancing. From this start, Mr. Vasterling landed at Nashville Ballet where he became a company dancer, teacher, ballet master, and choreographer. He stepped into the role of Artistic Director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, 10 years after he began his association with the organization. A choreographer with a deep affinity for music, Mr. Vasterling has created over 40 works, ranging from classical, full-length story ballets to contemporary one-acts. With a special focus on highlighting the wealth of artistry and rich history of Nashville, Mr. Vasterling’s connection to music and passion for community have led to collaborations with numerous nationally and interna- tionally renowned musicians and institutions, including The Bluebird Cafe, , Rhiannon Giddens, and more; Nashville Ballet has commissioned 22 original scores for brand-new ballets under his direction. Mr. Vasterling is also a gifted storyteller with a penchant for creating vivid narratives such as Peter Pan, Layla and the Majnun, Lizzie Borden, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Nashville’s favorite holiday tradition, Nashville’s Nutcracker. Mr. Vasterling’s choreographic credits extend beyond ballet to the recent Nashville Children’s Theatre production Dragons Love Tacos. Beyond his own choreography, Mr. Vasterling has NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS expanded the company’s repertoire to include works by Salvatore Aiello, , James Canfield, Lew Christensen, Jirí Kylián, , and Chris- topher Wheeldon, among many others. He has also edited and updated the classic productions , The Sleeping Beauty, and , and has grown the company from a troupe of 12 to 25 professional dancers. With a commitment to cultivating an organization high on artistry and dramatic power, Mr. Vasterling has taken Nashville Ballet across the country and beyond—Nash- ville Ballet’s company made its Kennedy Center debut in 2017 and has toured throughout the U.S., including performances in St. Louis, Charleston, and a debut at the Chautauqua Institution in August 2018. The company has also toured internationally in South America and Europe, and many of Mr. Vasterling’s original works have been staged by companies nationally and internation- ally. Mr. Vasterling graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University. He is a Fulbright Scholar and has been awarded many prestigious fellowships—Mr. Vasterling is a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow and was selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017- 2018 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

LISA DIXON FRENCH, Executive Director Lisa Dixon French moved to Nashville following a success- ful tenure as Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. While in Portland, Mrs. French led a highly inclusive strategic planning process that focused the organization on service to the community by enriching lives through music. Mrs. French also strengthened the orchestra’s financial stability, with increased contributed and earned income, increased endowment funds, and five years of balanced operating budgets that grew from $2.5 million to $3.3 million from 2010–2015. Originally from Edina, Minnesota., Mrs. French went to Portland from her role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. French is also a graduate of an executive level orchestra leadership program through the League of American Orchestras. This intensive one-year fellowship program included residencies with the Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Mrs. French graduated from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in clarinet performance and music education, and received an Arts Leadership Program Certificate. She currently serves on the Board of the Nashville Arts Coali- tion and has previously served on the Board of the Maine Association of Nonprofits and the Board of Visitors for the University of Southern Maine. Mrs. French is also currently pursuing her Executive MBA at Vanderbilt’s Owen Gradu- ate School of Management. NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

NICK MULLIKIN, Associate Artistic Director Nick Mullikin began his training at the Wisconsin Dance Ensemble in Madison, Wisconsin under the direction of JoJean Retrum. He continued at the Virginia School of the Arts, and Academy, training with Petrus Bosman, David Keener, Steve Brule, Clara Cravey, and Claudio Munoz. Upon his completion of training with Houston Ballet Academy, he was invited to join Houston Ballet with Artistic Director Ben Stevenson and subsequently joined under the direction of Jonas Kage. During that time, he performed works by William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Ben Stevenson, Anthony Tudor, Bruce Marks, David Parsons, Ronald Hynd, Dominic Walsh, Timothy O’Keefe, Glen Tetley, and Trey McIntyre. He has toured nationally and internation- ally, including at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2004, as well as performing as a guest artist for and regional companies throughout the country. During his time at Ballet West, as an artist, he was an elected union representative for the American Guild of Musical Artists before joining the administrative staff as the Company/Tour Manager and Assistant to the Artistic Director in 2006. In addition to handling all collective bargaining and regional touring for the company, he over- saw and managed the company’s return to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as part of the inaugural Ballet Across America series. Since that time, he has worked NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS as Company Manager for and as assistant manager at the Dance Institute in Austin, . Mr. Mullikin has guest taught at summer programs and schools across the country, coached students for competition at the Youth America Grand Prix, taught in after school programs in the Washington, D.C. area, and consulted on the creation and setup of Honolulu in Honolulu, Hawaii. Currently, in addition to his responsibilities at Nashville Ballet, he acts as a consul- tant to the Kansas City Dance Festival.

SHARYN MAHONEY, Company Manager Sharyn Mahoney joined Nashville Ballet as a company dancer in 1989. Since her retirement from performing, she has continued to work with the organization as School of Nashville Ballet faculty, Artistic Associate, Director of Education and Outreach, Ballet Master, and currently, Company Manager. During her nine years as Director of Education and Outreach, Ms. Mahoney worked closely with Artistic Director Paul Vasterling to develop and fine tune NB2, Nashville Ballet’s official second company. While in that same position, she ini- tiated the ballet’s educational outreach program, which proudly reaches 40,000 children and families each year. Appointed to Ballet Master in 1998, Ms. Mahoney returned to the studio full time to lend her talents to staging and rehearsing the Company’s ballets. She continues to oversee the dancers of NB2’s Performance NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Division and all Nashville Ballet youth casts. In 2010 Mr. Vasterling charged her with creating a program that con- centrated on strengthening and preparing dancers over 18 for a professional career. The Training Division of NB2 was launched in the fall of 2010 with the focus of giving dancers the tools to become healthier and stronger art- ists. As Company Manager, she works closely with Mr. Vasterling to supervise the company’s artistic endeavors and conducts auditions and guest teaching across the country. She has also staged Mr. Vasterling’s ballets on other companies in the United States and Argentina. Ms. Mahoney has previously served on the board of Book ‘Em, a children’s literacy organization, and she continues to adjudicate dance grants for the Tennessee Arts Commission.

JON UPLEGER, Ballet Master Jon Upleger began his formal training in 1997 under the direction of Petrus Bosman and David Keener at the Virginia School of the Arts. Upon graduation, he received the school’s prestigious Dean’s Award and then joined Nashville Ballet as an apprentice in 2000. During his time at Nashville Ballet, Mr. Upleger has performed roles from such varied repertoire as Romeo in Nashville Ballet Artis- tic Director Paul Vasterling’s Romeo and Juliet, the Sugar Plum Cavalier in Nashville’s Nutcracker, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, and Albrecht in Giselle. Other leading roles include Salvatore Aiello’s Satto, Sarah Slipper’s NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Ploughing the Dark, Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra Suite, and Paul Vasterling’s Awaiting Redemption, Firebird, Cinderella, Carmina Burana, Peter Pan, and The Ben Folds Project: Concerto. In addition to performing with Nashville Ballet’s Company, Mr. Upleger has performed with Con- figurations Dance Theater in New York, Missouri Ballet Theater, and Terpsicorps Theater of Dance in Asheville, N.C. He also teaches men’s class and pas de deux to students from across the country at School of Nashville Ballet’s Summer Intensive. Mr. Upleger helped create Nashville Ballet’s new Young Men’s Scholarship Program, which provides tuition-free ballet training for males age 6–18, and serves as a principal instructor.

ALLISON ZAMORSKI, Ballet Master Originally from Virginia, Allison Zamorski began her formal dance training with the Virginia Ballet Theatre. She was an honors graduate from the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts High School Dance Program, majoring in both ballet and modern dance. In 1999, after being awarded a scholarship with School of Nashville Ballet, Ms. Zamorski relocated to Nashville to train under the direction of Adam Sage. She danced in NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company, developing her skills as an apprentice, and was promoted to full company member in 2002 under Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Ms. Zamorski danced professionally with Nashville Ballet for four years and had multiple ballets set on her, including NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Vasterling’s Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. After retiring as a dancer in 2006, Ms. Zamorski continued her expression of dance as a faculty member with School of Nashville Ballet, teaching a variety of dance classes to children and adults including ballet, pointe, modern, character, improvisation, and repertory. She has worked extensively with the Community Engagement program, exposing approximately 35,000 Middle Tennessee residents to the art of dance. Now, as Ballet Master with Nashville Bal- let, Ms. Zamorski assists in the staging and rehearsals of various main Company performances. She also oversees all NB2 performances, rehearsals, and schedules, as well as youth casts in Nashville Ballet productions. Also, Ms. Zamorski has the distinct honor of being entrusted to set the works of Paul Vasterling in Nashville and throughout the country.

SCOTT LEATHERS, Resident Lighting Designer Scott Leathers has served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Ballet since 1987. He has also served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Children’s Theatre since 2003, Kentucky Repertory Theatre (‘04-’08), Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, and Ballet Tennessee. He periodically serves as interim Lighting Director for the Ryman Auditorium. Mr. Leathers has designed lighting for theatre, opera, ballet, and modern dance since 1981 to critical acclaim. His design NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS experience includes work with the Nashville Repertory Theatre, Opera Omaha, Studio West Dance Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Theatre Craft, Stage One, American Negro Playwrights Theatre, Amun Ra Theatre, Musical Theatre Louisville, Karen Steele Dance Quintet, Ballet Omaha, , Cumberland County Playhouse, and Dollywood. He has also worked internationally with per- forming arts organizations such as Tanz Ensemble Cathy Sharp (TECS-Switzerland) and (). He has also designed scenery for numerous productions including Nashville Ballet’s productions of Robin Hood, Postcards from the Boys, The Bell Witch, Harvest Home, Western Stars, and Fête Champêtre.

MOLLIE SANSONE, Choreographer Growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mollie Sansone began her dance training with many teachers including Melissa Hale-Coyle, Claudia Folts, Lisa Leone, , Rebecca Massey, Daniel Wiley, Maniya Barredo, and ’s Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierra Bonnefoux. She attended summer inten- sives at the Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, and before attending Nashville Ballet’s summer intensive in 2004 where she was subsequently invited to join NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company. In 2006, Sansone was promoted to the Company where she has enjoyed a sixteen-year tenure performing works by renowned choreographers such as NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Paul Vasterling, Jirí Kylián, George Balanchine, Chris- topher Bruce, Salvatore Aiello, James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Jennifer Archibald, Gina Patterson, Stephen Mills, Christopher Stuart, James Sewell, Brian Enos, Anthony Krutzkamp, and Erin Kouwe. Her most notable lead roles include Juliet in Vasterling’s Romeo and Juliet, Lizzie in Vasterling’s Lizzie Borden, Lady Macbeth in Vasterling’s Macbeth, The Chosen One in Aiello’s Right of Spring, Aiello’s pas de deux Satto, the Turning Girl in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Wendy in Vasterling’s Peter Pan, and the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Dew Drop Fairy in Vasterling’s Nashville’s Nutcracker.

Off season, Sansone has been invited to perform as a guest artist at the Piedmont School of Music and Dance, Kansas City’s Quixotic Fusion, and the former MOTION Dance Theater in Asheville, NC. Additionally, she has delved into the realm of acting and musical theater, per- forming the role of Louise in Carousel with the Asheville Lyric Opera and in Studio Tenn’s 2016 production of West Side Story.

Sansone was the 2013 recipient of the Individual Artist Fellowship awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission and has over fourteen years of experience teaching all levels and genres of dance for studios throughout Ten- nessee, including School of Nashville Ballet. In pursuit of exploring all facets of her artistic voice, Sansone made NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS her choreographic debut with Mash the Pigeon, created on NB2 for the 2019 Future Artists Showcase. Bootleg Sugar Lips is her second work choreographed on Nash- ville Ballet’s company artists.

CHRISTOPHER STUART, Guest Choreographer Christopher Stuart, originally from Sandy Hook, Conn., has always had a niche for choreographing. His vast experiences as a dancer and performer helped him articulate his choreographic voice through improvising and exploring different forms of movement. Stuart has created pieces for Nashville Ballet, NB2, Charlotte Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Chattanooga Ballet, , , Quixotic Fusion, and the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine, CA. His cho- reographic endeavors have allowed him to collaborate with world-renowned musicians such as the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Holly Williams, Kellie Pickler, Clare Bowen, John Oates, and ALIAS Chamber Ensemble. In 2012, he choreographed and staged Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s production of Macbeth. For Nashville Ballet’s 2014 Attitude series, he created Under the Lights, a crit- ically-acclaimed full-length work to the music of performed live by Sugar and the Hi-Lows. Stuart was a finalist in Ballet Arkansas’ 2014 Inaugural Visions Choreographic Competition. In 2016 and 2017, he was awarded a Choreographic Fellowship from the New York Choreographic Institute. In 2017, Stuart was accepted NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS as a choreographer at the National Choreographers Initiative in California, and was awarded a Commission Initiative Grant from New York Choreographic Institute. Christopher had the pleasure of dancing with Nashville Ballet for sixteen years before being offered the posi- tion of Resident Choreographer in 2018. In 2020, Stuart was invited to join Charlotte Ballet’s artistic team as Rehearsal Director and Program Director of Charlotte Ballet II.

GERALD WATSON, Guest Choreographer Gerald Watson began his formal dance training at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School and the Academy of Ballet Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida. Upon graduating high school, he continued his studies at the Boston Conservatory and graduated in 2012 with a BFA in Contemporary Dance. He has been a guest artist with Commonwealth , BalletRox Urban Nutcracker and The Diva Day Foundation, as well as cre- ating his own works for the Juventas Music Group and Berklee College of Music.

In 2012, Watson joined Nashville Ballet’s second com- pany, NB2, became a Nashville Ballet apprentice in 2014, and was promoted to company member in 2016. He has performed works by Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Paul Vasterling, Jirí Kylián, George Balanchine, Banning Boul- din, Jennifer Archibald, Stephanie Martinez, Christopher NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Stuart, Bat Abbit and James Sewell. While at Nashville Ballet, he was also on faculty with School of Nashville Ballet, and the Young Men’s Scholarship Program, which he helped cofound. He also served as choreographer and production manager for Rejoice School of Ballet. Watson has created works for Nashville Ballet, School of Nash- ville Ballet, and Intersection Contemporary Music Ensem- ble. Watson retired from Nashville Ballet in 2020. He is currently on faculty at Cherry Creek Dance and Celebrate the Beat in Denver, Colorado.

CRISTINA SPINEI, Guest Composer The Nashville-based Cristina Spinei writes music that has been described as “hypnotically rhythmic and melodically pleasing.” Active as a composer and a per- former, she is much in demand with dance companies and international ensembles. Her collaboration with choreographers is highlighted on her debut album, Music for Dance, released by Toccata Classics in 2016. The six pieces on the album were originally written for Kathleen Dyer KDNY Dance and Andrea Miller’s Gallim Dance. Ms. Spinei’s music draws upon two main themes, movement and loops. Upon graduating from Juilliard, she co-founded Blind Ear, a collective of composers and musicians who present technology-driven concerts. The unique software that Blind Ear uses allows for composers to send loops to musicians in real-time while the musicians perform by reading those loops off of NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS laptops. One particular Blind Ear show combined live composition with dance improvisation. That set of loops composed by Ms. Spinei later turned into a fixed piece for string orchestra, Synched, which appears both on her debut album and on Adagio conducted by José Serebrier with St. Michel Strings. Ms. Spinei just released an EP, Mechanical Angels, comprising three works for solo piano and one cello-piano duet. Mechancial Angels was recorded at the legendary Creative Workshop studio where she played the piano used by Ray Charles and on the Johnny Cash Show. The warmth of the piano’s history comes through and compliments the meditative spaces in each of the four tracks. Ms. Spinei’s music also appears on Trio Céleste’s debut album. Part of a set of miniature variations on a theme by Beethoven, her piece If Beethoven Danced Merengue imagines what the composer’s music would sound like if he composed after a night out at the Copacabana. The minute-and- a-half piece gave Ms. Spinei the idea to compose miniature works specifically for Instagram. Her piece Sonatagram, performed by cellist Cremaine Booker (That Cello Guy) and herself on piano has been viewed over 20,000 times on the platform. Ms. Spinei’s compositions have been commissioned and performed by Cincinnati Sound Box, Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Intersection, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Ballet, the National Symphony Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS de Guanajuato, New York Choreographic Institute, New Dialect, New York Piano Quartet, Orchestra of Uruguay OSSODRE, the and the Racine Symphony Orchestra, among others. She received her BM and MM in composition from the Juilliard School where she studied with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Christopher Rouse.

DAVE RAGLAND, Guest Composer Dave Ragland is a two-time EMMY nominated composer, vocalist, pianist, and conductor. Hailed as “über-talented” by The Nashville Scene, Dave received an EMMY nomina- tion for composition and music direction for Frist Art Muse- um’s Nick Cave feat. Nashville. Dave Ragland received a second EMMY nomination for I’m Troubled — a musical collaboration with Nashville Ballet’s Gerald Watson and violinist Chandler Custer. Dave was nominated for Best Director of a Musical by First Night Honors for Wildcard Productions’ run of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.

In the first commission of the company’s history, Dave Ragland composed One Vote Won for Nashville Opera. The opera, commemorating the centennial of Women’s Suffrage, will commence Nashville Operas 40th season. Dave, in collaboration with Inversion Vocal Ensemble, shackled feet DANCE, and Diaspora Orchestra, is slated to debut his opera Steal Away as Artist-in-Residence for OZ Arts in its upcoming season. Additional compositional NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS credits including Nashville Symphony, Nashville Ballet, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and Intersection Contem- porary Ensemble, along with GRAMMY-nominated ALIAS Chamber Ensemble this season.

For the past two seasons, Dave has served as Chorus- master for Nashville Symphony’s Let Freedom Sing. Dave Ragland is the 2020 GRADY-RAYAM Negro Spirituals Foundation Composer-in-Residence. Dave is the Artistic Director of Inversion Vocal Ensemble, a regionally touring vocal collective that has performed with , GRAMMY-nominee Ruby Amanfu, Marcus Hummon, Levi Hummon. Inversion has also shared the stage with Rivers Rutherford, The Fairfield Four, and Tanya Tucker. Previous engagements with Inversion include The National Civil Rights Museum, The National Museum of African-Ameri- can Music, The Ryman Auditorium, Tennessee Arts Acad- emy, Cheekwood, Nashville Symphony’s Free Day of Music and Let Freedom Sing in 2019.

SARI DE LEON-REIST, Cellist Sari De Leon-Reist performs regularly with some of Nashville’s finest musicians and ensembles on stage and in the recording studio. She is the Artistic Director of the Grammy-nominated Alias Chamber Ensemble. She plays with the Nashville Opera Orchestra, and is a regular substitute for the Nashville Symphony. Sari was a soloist with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and the NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

Nexus Chamber Orchestra. In the popular realm, she can be heard on the recordings of Lady Antebellum, , , Ben Folds, Train, Carrie Underwood, and countless others.

Sari received her Bachelors of Music degree in cello performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Irene Sharp. Later, she received her Suzuki Certification through an intensive two year pedagogy program at School for Strings in , where she later joined the faculty. She was also formerly on the faculty of Mannes College of Music and The Childrens’ Orchestra Society of New York, as well as the Governors School of the Arts in TN and Lipscomb Univer- sity. Sari currently teaches at Blair School of Music.

HOLLY HYNES, Costume Designer (Appalachian Spring) Holly Hynes is an accomplished costume designer with more than 270 ballets to her credit, including 70 ballets with the , where she was Director of Costumes for 21 years, and 40 ballets for The at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where she is Resident Designer. Her theatrical designs have been seen on Broadway and at The Metropolitan Opera. She has designed ballets for the Theater, National Ballet of Canada, , , , Pacific North- west Ballet, , Royal Ballet, Paris Opera, NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS

La Scala, Bolshoi, Kirov Ballet, Australian Ballet, The Joffrey, Houston Ballet, The Bolshoi, and the . For 20 years, she has served as Costume Consultant with authority to teach costume reproductions of various established designs for the Estate and the George Balanchine Trust. Her designs have previously been featured at Nashville Ballet in David Allen’s Reunions (2005) and in the world premiere of Paul Vasterling’s Layla and the Majnun (2016). 2020–2021 NASHVILLE BALLET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mrs. Nancy Abbott Mrs. Susan Short Jones Ms. Meera Ballal Mrs. Mary Morgan Ketchel Mr. Lance Bloom Mr. Charles McLaurin* Ms. LaDonna Boyd Mr. Neil B. Krugman Mrs. Sylvia Bradbury* Mr. Sylvain Lapointe Mr. John Carter Cash Mrs. Dionne Lucas Mrs. Monica Cintado-Scokin Mrs. Melissa Mahanes Mrs. Allison Cotton Ms. Chambre Malone Mrs. Laura Currie Mrs. Adrienne McRae Mr. Sam Dashiell Mr. Roger Moore Ms. Junchu Du* Mr. James F. Munro Mrs. Laurie Gold Eskind Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick Mrs. Kimberly Novosel Revereza* Mrs. Grace Rich French Mrs. Jessica Osaki Mrs. Catherine Gemmato-Smith Mr. Stephen Peluso Mrs. Frederick S. Grace Mr. Brant Phillips Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic Ms. Ashley E. Propst Mr. Amos E. Gott Mrs. Jennifer Puryear Mr. Lance Gruner Mr. Shannon Sanders Mrs. Kay Heller Dr. Kara Smith Dr. Anna Hemnes Mr. Joe Sowell Mrs. Kindy Hensler Mr. Bill Stefek Mrs. Vicki Horne* Mrs. Heather Thorne Mrs. Emily Humphreys Mrs. Brooke Trusley Mrs. Caylan Jarman Mrs. Maggie Warrier Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Mrs. Ann Parker Weeden *Denotes Ex-Officio member 2020-2021 NASHVILLE BALLET ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Hunter Armistead Mrs. Amy M. Joyner Mrs. Anita Baltimore Mr. Eugene Lotochinski Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Ellen H. Martin Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. Mrs. Cathy C. McLure Mr. Gary B. Crigger Mr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr. Mrs. Robert V. Dale Mrs. Elizabeth Litterer Nichols Mrs. Ralph W. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Emily J. Noel Mr. Patrick G. Emery Ms. Linda Coss Reeve Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Mr. Dudley C. Richter Ms. Karyn Frist Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Mrs. James F. Gallivan Mrs. Lucy S. Smith Mr. Don Greene Mrs. Leah E. Sohr Mr. H. Lynn Greer, Jr. Mr. Jim Todd Mr. William L. Haralson Mrs. Claire W. Tucker Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Mrs. Robert F. Weigel Mrs. Martha R. Ingram

2020-2021 FRIENDS OF NASHVILLE BALLET BOARD OF OFFICERS We applaud the leaders of Friends of Nashville Ballet, a dynamic group of professionals and community volunteers who share a passion for dance and are committed to furthering the mission of Nashville Ballet. Ms. Emmicia Bracey Ms. Alexis Henslee Mrs. Mary Katherine Bratton Ms. Lynda (Jody) Kelly Mrs. Elizabeth Burch Mrs. Elise Lowery Mrs. Alex Fisher Mrs. Kimberly Revereza* Dr. Lauren Hansen *Board Chair

NASHVILLE BALLET LEGACY CIRCLE The Legacy Circle recognizes and honors donors who have made enduring gifts or commitments to Nashville Ballet by including the organization in their financial or estate plans. Anonymous Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller Stephen Abelman and Robin Holab- Patricia W. and James F. Munro Abelman Ms. Rachel Pena Brian Fitzpatrick Mrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late Mr. William L. Haralson Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Matt A. Holst Dr. and Mrs. Michael Spalding Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hutton Curt and Heather Thorne Mr. Paul H. Kuhn K. Janelle Wilson Ms. Charlyn Jarrells William H. Woerner Jr. Barry Lapidus NASHVILLE BALLET FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for the donors who have made $250 or larger gifts to the Nashville Ballet Foundation Endowment Fund (09/01/2019 to 09/30/2020). All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given. Anonymous Adrienne and Richard McRae, III Nancy and John Abbott Roger E. Moore and G. Brian Jackson Mrs. Meera Ballal and Dr. Seenu Reddy Patricia and James Munro Tom and Freida Borlund Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel Mr. Charlie B. Carlisle and Mrs. Anissa Mr. and Mrs. W. Brantley Phillips Nelson-Carlisle Ms. Ashley E. Propst Ana Cristina and John Carter Cash Jennifer and Gus Puryear Dr. Elizabeth Cato Elaina and Ronnie Scott Fund Monica Cintado-Scokin and Daniel Dan, Lisa, Sam, and Jake Slipkovich Scokin The Diane Lynch Smith Brad and Laura Currie Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Larry Eastwood, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith Laurie and Steven Eskind Dr. Kara Smith The Jane Fabian Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell Brian Fitzpatrick Julie Carell Stadler Chadwick Fortenberry The Rich Foundation Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Bill R. Stefek and Michael G. Rogers Mr. Lance Gruner and Mr. Shawn Heather and Curt Thorne Wilson The Patricia C. Todd Scholarship Mr. William L. Haralson Fund Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, III Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Trusley Houston Howell and Jessica Osaki Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Suzan Ilic The Paul Vasterling Artistic Fund Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram Mrs. Johnna B. Watson Mr. and Mrs. Anderson L. Jarman Dallas and Fleming Wilt Mr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee Pratt ADMINISTRATION

Associate Artistic Director Individual Philanthropy Manager Nick Mullikin Joel Abramson Company Manager Foundation Relations and Sharyn Mahoney Events Manager Liz Major Josey Director of Finance Felicia Dunlap Advertising and Corporate Relations Manager Director of Sales and Marketing Deborah Kehoe Eleanor Barbee Palmer Public Relations Manager Accounting and Paige Atwell Resources Manager Melinda Sue Kimble Box Office and Marketing Coordinator Board Relations and Project Maggie Chafee Manager Isabel Tipton-Krispin Development and Database Coordinator Community Engagement Manager Abigail Inglis Briona Richardson

PRODUCTION

Director of Production Head Electrician Timothy OConnell Celeste Brown Resident Lighting Designer Carpenters Scott Leathers Dave Privett Isaac Krispin Assistant Lighting Designer Kelly Landry Photographers Tim Broekema Production Stage Manager Chad Driver Deborah Climo Karyn Kipley First Hand Heather Thorne Anaya Cullen Videographers Wardrobe Supervisor Tim Broekema Jeri Meador Chad Driver Company Dresser Eugene Lotochinski Emily Hardesty SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET

Academy Principal Krissy Dodge Kate Crews Linsley Lexie Finer Eric Harris School Manager Elisabeth Johnson Rachel Stover Thea Jones School Registrar Angela Kahle Sarah Dey Lindsay Mains Youth Programs Coordinator Hannah Mariani Bernadette Boggs Patricia Marion Noah Miller Children’s Program Rachel Nasuti Coordinator Mollie Sansone Aven Weikert Brett Sjoblom Full-Time Faculty Jon Upleger Anaïs Chalendard Sarah Veach Kate Kastelnik Accompanists Nicole Koenig Sarah Barham Shabaz Ujima Eric Burgett Joshua Carter School Associates Kevin Guinn Emily Crosslin Svetlana Keith Lexie Finer Al Marcelli Chloe Marais Jay Vernalli Michael West Jr. Bill White Part-Time Faculty Tony Crow Claire Anderson Company Rehearsal Pianist Emily Bryant-Wimp Alessandra Volpi Melissa Cassidy NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 COMPANY ARTISTS

JACKSON BRADSHAW KENNEDY BROWN From Los Angeles, California From Chesterton, Indiana With Nashville Ballet since 2017 With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Training and Education Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Eclipse Performing Arts, Phoenix Ballet, Program, Colburn Dance Academy A&A Ballet Previously Previously Boston Ballet Trainee NB2

MICHAEL BURFIELD JULIA EISEN From Lubbock, Texas From Chapel Hill, North Carolina With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education Training and Education Lone Star Ballet, Ballet Lubbock, Pacific The Ballet School of Chapel Hill, North Northwest Ballet, Ballet Austin II Carolina School of the Arts, Richmond Previously Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, Ballet Austin, National Choreographer’s Initiative Previously NB2 NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 COMPANY ARTISTS

JAMIE KOPIT TRUMAN LEMIRE From Huntington Beach, California From Huntsville, Alabama With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2019 Training and Education Training and Education Southland Ballet Academy, The Royal Huntsville Ballet Company, Ballet Ballet Upper School Austin, School of American Ballet, Previously Pacific Northwest Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Forsythe/Pite at Orsolina 28 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

LYDIA MCRAE SARAH PIERCE From Kernersville, North Carolina From Cambridge, Massachusetts With Nashville Ballet since 2019 With Nashville Ballet since 2016 Training and Education Training and Education North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Richmond Ballet, Complexions Program, School of American Ballet, Contemporary Ballet Chautauqua School of Dance Previously Previously Richmond Ballet, Complexions NB2 Contemporary Ballet, , Oakland Ballet, NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 COMPANY ARTISTS

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ IMANI SAILERS From New York, New York From Chicago, Illinois With Nashville Ballet since 2019 With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Training and Education Manhattan Youth Ballet, Laguardia Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, High School of Music and Art & Indiana University Jacobs School of Performing Arts Music Previously Previously Charlotte Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, NB2 , Kansas City Ballet

LILY SAITO MOLLIE SANSONE From New York, New York From Jacksonville, North Carolina With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2004 Training and Education Training and Education School of American Ballet, Jacqueline The Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Kennedy Onassis School, Ellison Ballet, Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, Atlanta Washington Ballet Ballet Previously Also With Piedmont Dance Theater, American Repertory Ballet Quixotic Fusion and MOTION Dance + Theater Previously NB2 NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 COMPANY ARTISTS

NICOLAS SCHEUER BRETT SJOBLOM From Joinville, Brazil From Columbia, Missouri With Nashville Ballet since 2012 With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Training and Education Bolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Columbia Performing Arts Center, Boston Ballet School, New English Virginia School of the Arts, The Boston Ballet Theatre London Conservatory Competitor in Previously 2016 Varna International Ballet NB2 Competition Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

OWEN THORNE From , Louisiana LUCA SPORTELLI With Nashville Ballet since 2018 From Noci (BARI), Italy Training and Education With Nashville Ballet since 2018 School of Nashville Ballet, Central Training and Education Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, San San Carlo Theater Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet Francisco Ballet School Previously Previously Houston Ballet, , Columbia Classical Ballet Joburg Ballet, Royal Opera, DeNada Dance, Boca Ballet Theatre, The Peter Schaufuss Company, Antonia Franceschi Dance, Nashville Ballet as a Guest Artist NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 COMPANY ARTISTS

COLETTE TILINSKI KATIE VASILOPOULOS From Atlanta, Georgia From Rockville Centre, New York With Nashville Ballet since 2017 With Nashville Ballet since 2008 Training and Education Training and Education Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Maple Avenue Dance in Rockville Previously Centre, Ballet Academy East NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice NB2 NASHVILLE BALLET 2020-2021 APPRENTICES

AERON BUCHANAN EMILY IRELAND-BUCZEK From Hyattsville, Maryland From Los Angeles, California With Nashville Ballet since 2020 With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Training and Education Maryland Youth Ballet, The The School of American Ballet, NB2 Washington Ballet, Baltimore School for the Arts, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, II

JAISON McCLENDON NOAH MILLER From Tampa, Florida From Lake Forest, California With Nashville Ballet since 2020 With Nashville Ballet since 2019 Training and Education Training and Education Patel Conservatory, Sarasota Laguna Dance Theater, Dmitri Kulev Ballet, BalletMet 2, Ballet Idaho Classical Ballet Academy, Houston Ballet Academy,

MARISSA STARK JASMINE WHEELER From Purcellville, Virginia From Chicago, Illinois With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2020 Training and Education Training and Education The Art of Technique, The Washington Ballet Chicago, A and A Ballet, Kansas School of Ballet, The Washington City Ballet Ballet, NB2

ERIN WILLIAMS From Franklin, Tennessee With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education School of Nashville Ballet Previously NB2 SUPPORT NASHVILLE BALLET WITH AN ARTS PLATE

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Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for its Benefactors’ Society members, Ambassadors’ Society members, Ballet Ball 2020 supporters, and in-kind donors. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given ($250+ from 9/01/2019 to 9/30/2020). If you are interested in supporting Nashville Ballet, please visit nashvilleballet.com/donate.

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$2,500 – $4,999 (cont.) Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation Richard and Sheila McCarty Christina and Michael Apperson Mr. Wade McGregor Mrs. Hunter Armistead Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. McNamara III Laurie and Michael Austin The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Katherine Baird Roger E. Moore and G. Brian Jackson Anita and Don Baltimore Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel Dr. and Mrs. Frank Basile Mr. Houston Howell and Reen Baskin Ms. Jessica Osaki Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Beck Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Carl and Susan Becker Designated Fund of The Community Mr. and Mrs. Earl L. Bentz, Jr. Found Annie Laurie Berry The Portner Charitable Remainder Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry Ms. Ashley E. Propst Mr. Charles C. Blackburn and The Dr. Norm Scarborough and Honorable Marsha Blackburn Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Bland Jordan and Rachel Schneider Mr. Matthew M. Bobrowski Mrs. J. Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Matt Bodnar Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle Dr. & Mrs. T. B. Boyd III Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith Mr. James Bristol J. T. Smith in Memory of Michele and Paul Brown Diane L. Smith Elizabeth and Matthew Burch Rich and Lucy Smith Robert and Mirna Caldwell Natalie-Chantal Lévy-Sousan Dr. and Mrs. F.J. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell Blake Carter State of Tennessee Mr. Lawrence Luckey and Ms. Angie M. Swinford Dr. Frances Cate Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Trusley Caterpillar Foundation Jane Vandeventer Michael Schlosser and Kerri Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Cavanaugh Maggie Warrier Carol Ann Chadwell Mr. and Mrs. Brian Watson Dr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Cmelak Ann Parker and Douglas Weeden Lisa and Jonathan Cole Wells Fargo Ms. Valorie W. Cole Ruth L. Cate and Dr. Charles White Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Counts III Katherine and Keith Crosthwaite $1,000 – $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dashiell and The Anonymous Capital Group Companies Charitable F Leigh and Brewer Adams M. Weldon Diana Drs. Rachel and James Ailor Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Justin Albright Lauren E. Kilgore and AllianceBernstein Matthew W. Dixon Vaibhav Anand NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

$1,000 – $2,499 (cont.) Jeanette Barker and Dax Langford Patrick and Virginia Dodge Mrs. Jennifer Lankford Erin Donnelly Clay and Melissa Lee Mrs. Lauren Douglass Ken and Bev Leiser Allyson and Walker Eastham Mr. and Dr. Ryan Lipscomb Clean Eatz Joseph Little Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind Sarah and Ryan Locker Mrs. Bryan Essary Mr. and Mrs. Jay Longmire Jonathan and Blair Lund Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Madden Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald George and Donna Malone James Flautt Mr. and Mrs. Evan Malone Mr. and Mrs. Matthew H. Fones Dr. and Mrs. Steven V. Manoukian Lisa and Michael French Mr. Ken Marlow Julie Eskind and Andrew Galbierz Lowell and Shari Martin Carlene Hunt David and Donna Mastran Jaime Gilliam-Swartz Kathleen McClellan Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Goldman The McKesson Foundation c/o JK Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gray, Jr. Group, Inc Gucci Nashville Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller Mr. and Mrs. David R. Hanson Marsha Moffitt Mr. Jimmy Pavliska and Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Molteni Dr. Taylor Hartley Mrs. Lise Morrow Janet and Jim Hasson Josh and Graham Mudd Mary Hastings Mrs. Katie E. Myers Ashley and Douglas Henry The Nancy M. & Victor S. Johnson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Herring Foundation, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunter Hill The Nancy M. and Victor S. Johnson, Mr. Edward Hillard Jr. Foundation, Inc. Ms. Rene Houghland Anne and Peter Neff Google, Inc. Newk’s of Middle Tennessee Custom Ink Leslie and Scott Newman Bud Ireland Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ralls Niewold Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation Newt and Jill Ogden Elizabeth and Ross Jagar Bonnie and Doug Owen Mr. Drake Jarman Dr. Nancy Peacock and Ray D. Smith and Michael H. Johnson Dr. Mark Peacock Amy and Owen Joyner Tara Scarlett and Michael Peacock Clint and Lisa Kelly Frances J. Peterson Lael and Gordon Kiesling Mr. and Mrs. W. Brantley Phillips Linda R. Koon Mr. Alan Powers Diane and Wayne Kopit Mr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee Pratt NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

$1,000 – $2,499 (cont.) Mr. and Mrs. Brian Waller Drs. Joey S. and Chad T. Price Ms. Memorie K. White Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ragauskis K. Janelle Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Rebrovick, Jr. Wilt Family Foundation Mrs. Meera Ballal and Dr. Seenu Reddy Dallas and Fleming Wilt Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Reisner Melissa and Chris Wyatt Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Richter Katherine Young Teresa L. Major and Stephen Robson $500 – $999 Charles and Anne Roos Anonymous Shirley and Stuart Speyer Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Abramson Bill Stefek Angie Adams Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sandahl Karen Ahern Mrs. Susan Eslick Sandhu Dr. and Mrs. Dave A. Alexander, Jr. Samuel A. Santoro and Mary M. Zutter David and Carolyn Amiot Mr. Bradley D. Wensel and Brannan and Amy Atkinson Mr. Larry J. Savage Robert and Martha Aus Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Ms. Anoosh Bahiraei Mr. and Mrs. Will Edwards Settle Mr. and Mrs. Chad Blackburn Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Ms. Shirley Blackburn elizabeth Simcox Richard and Judith Bracken Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Sirko Phil and Allison Brooks Allen DeCuyper and Steve Sirls Brown Brothers Harriman Dr. Beth Sjoblom and Mr. Eric Sjoblom Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bryant Ms. Anita Sloan Mr. Eric Bymaster Allison Smith Mr. and Mrs. Barney Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smothers Ms. Libby Callaway Mr. Jason Somerville Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin E. Carswell Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spitz Susan Chapman Mr. and Mrs. John F. Stein Sharon Charney Jeff Stone Barbara and Eric Chazen Ms. Ashley Stringfellow Mrs. and Mr. Dana M. Curtis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glenn Robin and Travis Dunn Catherine Cate Sullivan The Eden Foundation Kerry Swearingen Sue Evans Ms. Susan Tatman Dan and Chrissy Frankum Thomas J. Tilinski Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan, The The Tyrrell Family Gallivan Family Advised Fund of Th Ken and Sandy Upleger Mr. and Mrs. Perry T. Gooch Mr. George Uribe Mr. & Mrs. Tony Grande Brooke and Mark Vane Doug & Rose Grindstaff William Verheide Robert Guerin William W. Wade Ms. Sonya Hairston NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

$500 – $999 (cont.) Victoria and John Slater Mr. & Mrs. Richie Hammond Mark Spaniol Virginia Hampton Ms. Amy Stroup Ms. Gabrielle M. Andres Noelle and John Tabor Tracy Hannuksela Rebecca and William Taylor Karl Hansen Jennifer C. Turner Ms. Janet Haselton UBS Financial Services Mr. and Mrs. M. Wright Hickerson, III Erica Vanosdale Adrian Hosey Sarah and Judson Veach Jacqueline and Robert Hutton Mr. and Dr. Shawn Verner The Doctors Ellen & Ned Jacobson Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Wallace Matthew J. Jerina Jennifer Wheeler Audrey and Frank Jones Ms. Abby Williams Melinda Kleven Vivian R. and Richard A. Wynn Heloise Werthan Kuhn Donna and Jim Zamorski Marianne and Charles Leach $250 – $499 Alicia Leadford Anonymous Jennifer Lillis Jennifer and Stephen Aleman Mr. and Mrs. David Manning Mr. and Mrs. Adam W. Anderson Kimberly Mattoon Jackie Arthrell Kristy McLaren Suellen Barnes Charles C. McLaurin Lockwood Barr Mark and Bonnie Miller-McLemore Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Mrs. Katherine Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Braswell Ms. Carroll W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Berry Brooks Mr. & Mrs. Paul Moore Mr. Bryan Brown Emily Moreland Dr. Lisa Calfee Dianne Neal Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell Michelle Nowell Ronald C. Cate Susan and Rick Oliver Ms. Anne Christeson Mrs. James W. Perkins III Carolyn Claflin Erica Price Ms. Lauren Clay Brittany and Joseph Pride Chase Cole Amanda and Steven Ragle Comcast Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reichenbach Kroger Company Anne Laura Reviere Ronald and Brenda Corbin Mary Katherine Atkins-Ritzen and Mr. Pete Costanza George Ritzen Mr. Michael A. Cronin G. Kyle Rybczyk Ms. Kelly Pappas Crockett Chris and Lauren Schlueter Ms. Gail Danner Mr. and Mrs. David S. Schwarz Ashley Devincent Alix Weiss Sharp Mr. Matt Dobson NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

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