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2017 Season Infinite Worlds

PROGRAM 03 Frankenstein ©2017 City National Bank City National Personal Banking “ my financiallifeintune.” CityNational helpskeep City National is essence ofasuccessfulrelationship. ofwhatIdoandlove.being apart Thatisthe music toaudiencesallover theworld.Theyenjoy inhelpingmebringclassical and isinstrumental classical music.CityNational shares mypassion focus oncreating andsharingthe“adventures” of help keepmyfinanciallifeoncoursesoIcan ensemble. Ineedpeoplewhocancountonto city, adifferent pieceofmusic,adifferent So muchofmylifeisalwaysshifting;adifferent Call (866)618-5242tolearnmore. Findyour wayup. cnb.com/Tuned2SF Hear Michael’s at completestory Conductor, Educator andComposer TilsonMichael Thomas The way up The way ® for me. SM CNB MEMBER FDIC February 2017 Volume 94, No. 4 Table of Contents

PROGRAM Paul Heppner Publisher Susan Peterson 03 Design & Production Director PAGE 26 Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Shaun Swick, Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design 5 Greetings from the Artistic Director 41 Sponsor & Donor News Mike Hathaway Sales Director & Principal Choreographer 44 Great Benefactors Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed, Rob Scott 7 History of Ballet San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives 45 Artistic Director’s Council Brieanna Bright, 9 Board of Trustees Joey Chapman, Ann Manning Endowment Foundation Board 46 Season Sponsors Seattle Area Account Executives

Jonathan Shipley 11 For Your Information 49 The Chairman’s Council Ad Services Coordinator

Carol Yip 12 Explore Ballet 51 The Christensen Society Sales Coordinator 17 Leadership 54 Corporate & Foundation Support

18 Artists of the Company 56 Principal Dancers Endowment Foundation Principal Character Dancers Soloists 58 The Legacy Circle Paul Heppner 61 Thank You to Our Volunteers President 26 Program 03 Mike Hathaway Frankenstein 62 San Francisco War Memorial and Vice President Performing Arts Center Genay Genereux 36 San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Accounting & Office Manager

Sara Keats 38 San Francisco Ballet Staff Marketing Manager Ryan Devlin 40 Calendar of 2017 Repertory Season Business Development Manager Donor Events

Corporate Office San Francisco Ballet | Vol. 94, No. 4 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 2017 Repertory Season p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 All editorial material © San Francisco Ballet, 2017 Chris Hellman Center for Dance [email protected] 455 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 800.308.2898 x105 www.encoremediagroup.com Cover: Vitor Luiz // © Erik Tomasson Above: ’s Steven McRae as The Creature, Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein, and Alexander Campbell as Henry Clerval in ’s Frankenstein // © 2016 House. Photo by Bill Cooper

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PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 3 2017 Season Infinite Worlds

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A triple-bill program offers the allure of variety and possibility. Carefully curated to include a range of styles, moods and viewpoints, our triple bills are spectacular combinations of world premieres, audience favorites, and iconic works.

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Take a chance—you may find out that this is exactly what you’ve been looking for in ballet.

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2017 Season Media Sponsors Greetings from the Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

Thank you for joining us for the North American premiere of Frankenstein. When I saw the world premiere in last spring (this ballet is the result of a wonderful collaboration with The Royal Ballet), I knew audiences in San Francisco would love it. From the opening storm to the emergence of the Creature to the fiery finale, this is an astonishing, engrossing new work.

Creating a brand-new, full-length story ballet is always a risk — one that’s important to keep taking in order to challenge our dancers, to invest in choreographers, and to keep the art form vibrant. Many of the beloved story ballets in our repertory were originally created more than 100 years ago: (1869), Coppélia (1871), (1877), and Nutcracker (1892). These treasured works are the classical foundation that our Company is built upon, and yet at SF Ballet we also continue to look forward, to explore new ways to tell dynamic stories that stir the imagination.

Finding a story with the right mix of drama and poetry to translate into a compelling ballet is as challenging as coordinating a new co-production across two continents. When Kevin O’Hare, director of The Royal Ballet, approached me about a Erik Tomasson

co-production of Frankenstein, I was immediately intrigued. © Mary Shelley’s novel has the potential to engage on many levels — as a suspenseful story, an evocation of the universal longing for love and acceptance, an exploration of the dark recesses of the soul, and countless others.

Liam Scarlett’s first work for us, Hummingbird, was the unqualified hit of the 2014 Season. Watching Liam create that work and his subsequent Fearful Symmetries, I became convinced of his storytelling ability. Liam has recently spent more time here in San Francisco working with our dancers to deepen their connection to Frankenstein, and I’m thrilled with the progress that’s been made.

I hope you enjoy Frankenstein, and I invite you to return for more of our 2017 Repertory Season, which continues into May with three dynamic triple-bill programs as well as Swan Lake and ’s ©.

Sincerely,

Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

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A tradition of innovation flows through Helgi Tomasson’s arrival as artistic director in the history of San Francisco Ballet. As 1985 began a new era at SF Ballet. Like Lew America’s oldest professional ballet Christensen, Tomasson had been a leading company, SF Ballet has always built upon dancer for , one of the most strong classical roots, while continually prominent choreographers of the 20th century. exploring and redefining where the art Tomasson has choreographed extensively for the form is headed. The Company and has staged acclaimed full-length Ballet was founded in 1933, primarily to productions of Swan Lake (1988, 2009); The prepare dancers to appear in lavish opera Sleeping Beauty (1990); Romeo & Juliet (1994); productions. In 1942, the ballet officially (1999); and a new Nutcracker (2004). He separated from the opera and was has also expanded the repertory to include new renamed San Francisco Ballet. works by choreographers William Forsythe, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, Val From the late 1930s to the 1970s, SF Caniparoli, and many others. Ballet was led by three brothers: Willam, Lew, and Harold Christensen. The young In 1991, SF Ballet performed in New York City for company was the first to create full-length the first time in 26 years. American productions of Swan Lake (1940) proclaimed, “Mr. Tomasson has accomplished and Nutcracker (1944). SF Ballet performed the unprecedented: He has pulled a so-called on the East Coast for the first time in 1956, regional company into the national ranks, and at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The he has done so by honing the dancers into a following year, the Company toured 11 classical style of astonishing verve and purity. Asian nations, the first performances of an SF Ballet under Helgi Tomasson’s leadership is American in Asia. The tour one of the spectacular success stories of the was so successful that it was followed by arts in America.” a four-month tour of Latin America in 1958 and a three-month tour of the Middle East Under Tomasson, SF Ballet has also undertaken in 1959. ambitious programming. In May 1995, the Ballet hosted 12 companies for The 1970s were tumultuous. The UNited We Dance: An International Festival, Company started an annual season in the commemorating the 50th anniversary of the in 1972, and signing of the United Nations Charter in the was appointed associate War Memorial Opera House. In 2008, the New artistic director in 1973. But in 1974, SF Works Festival, organized to mark the Company’s Ballet faced bankruptcy. Dancers rallied 75th anniversary, introduced 10 premieres by 10 community support with an extraordinary choreographers. In recent years, the Company’s grassroots effort called “Save Our Ballet,” touring programs have also become increasingly

Top, l-r: SF Ballet founders Lew, successfully bringing the Company back extensive, with international engagements Willam, and Harold Christensen from the brink. SF Ballet then developed the first in Paris, London, Moscow, Hamburg, Athens, in the 1940s; Bottom: Members of San Francisco Ballet under long-range plan for an American dance company Shanghai, and Beijing. the Golden Gate Bridge on the and, 18 months later, was financially stable. eve of the historic 1957 tour to Asia. San Francisco Ballet School, also established in Smuin’s was the first ballet broadcast 1933, has grown into a preeminent training center live from the War Memorial Opera House and under Tomasson and associate director Patrick was nominated for three Emmy Awards in 1981 Armand. The School attracts students from around (Costume Designer Willa Kim won). In 1984, Smuin the world, training approximately 350 annually. In received an Emmy for Choreography for the addition to filling the ranks of SF Ballet, graduates : Dance in America national have joined distinguished ballet companies broadcast of A Song for Dead Warriors. throughout the world.

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Carl F. Pascarella, Chair of the Board and Executive Committee

Chris Hellman† Jola Anderson Kelsey Lamond TRUSTEES EMERITI ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES Chair Emeritus Kristen A. Avansino Irv H. Lichtenwald Michael C. Abramson Brenda Leff Rosemary B. Baker Marie O’Gara Lipman John S. Osterweis† Thomas W. Allen President, San Francisco Ballet Immediate Past Chair Richard C. Barker Mark G. Lopez Marjorie Burnett Auxiliary Karen S. Bergman Alison Mauzé Charles Dishman Margaret G. Gill Gary Bridge Marissa Mayer Patricia D. Knight Vice Chair Garrettson Dulin, Jr.† President, BRAVO Chaomei Chen Deborah M. Messemer Millicent Dunham James H. Herbert, II† Hannah Comolli Kurt C. Mobley J. Stuart Francis† Christopher Correa Vice Chair Christine Leong Connors Kara Roell Sally Hambrecht President, ENCORE! Lucy Jewett David C. Cox Christine Russell Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills Stewart McDowell Brady, Susan P. Diekman Randee Seiger Vice Chair George B. James II† Patrice Lovato Kate Duhamel Robert G. Shaw Pamela J. Joyner† Co-Chairs, Allegro Circle James D. Marver Sonia H. Evers Christine E. Sherry Vice Chair David A. Kaplan Shelby M. Gans Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Mary Jo Kovacevich Diane B. Wilsey Joseph C. Geagea Catherine Slavonia James J. Ludwig† Vice Chair Richard Gibbs, M.D. David Hooker Spencer Stephanie Marver Jennifer J. McCall Beth Grossman Fran A. Streets Nancy H. Mohr Secretary Patrick M. Hogan Judy C. Swanson Marie-Louise Pratt Thomas E. Horn Richard J. Thalheimer George R. Roberts Susan S. Briggs Donald F. Houghton Jennifer M. Walske Assistant Secretary Kathleen Scutchfield Hiro Iwanaga Miles Archer Woodlief Robert M. Smelick Nancy Kukacka James C. Katzman Timothy C. Wu Susan A. Van Wagner Treasurer Yasunobu Kyogoku Janice Hansen Zakin Dennis Wu Helgi Tomasson Akiko Yamazaki Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Glenn McCoy* Executive Director

San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation Board of Directors 2016–2017

James D. Marver, President

John S. Osterweis Kim Ondreck Carim‡ Richard C. Barker Chris Hellman President Emeritus Chief Financial Officer Susan S. Briggs Director Emeritus Hank J. Holland Laura Simpson‡ J. Stuart Francis George B. James II Vice President Secretary Nancy Kukacka Director Emeritus Hilary C. Pierce Thomas E. Horn Elizabeth Lani‡ Larissa K. Roesch Treasurer Assistant Secretary

† Past Chair * Non-Trustee ‡ Non-Director

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 9 Ferociously Intense and Highly Dramatic JOSEFOWICZ CAPU Ç ON

FEB 22–25 MAR 1–4 MTT conducts John Adams’ MTT conducts Tchaikovsky Scheherazade.2 and Shostakovich A GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING EVENING

Violinist Leila Josefowicz brings her “wonderfully committed and Gautier Capuçon’s performances with the San Francisco Symphony are ferociously intense” (The Guardian) playing to John Adams’ celebration of “thoughtful, highly dramatic, and played with precision and grace.” female strength, Scheherazade.2. Written specifically for Josefowicz, her (San Francisco Chronicle) The acclaimed cellist joins Michael Tilson Thomas for performance of the work recently garnered her a Grammy nomination for Shostakovich’s provocative Cello Concerto No. 1. The Orchestra then plays Best Classical Instrumental Solo. Then, Michael Tilson Thomas and the Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, the Pathétique, known as one of the San Francisco Symphony perform the work for which they won their first composer's proudest achievements. Grammy together, Prokofiev’s exquisite .

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NEW! BEVERAGES ALLOWED IN THE AUDITORIUM DINING AND REFRESHMENTS on a first-come, first-served basis SF Ballet, SF Opera, and SF Symphony are experimenting during the The Café at the Opera and cannot be guaranteed. Our first six months of 2017 with allowing audiences to enjoy beverages House on the Lower Lounge staff will assist you. in the auditorium. Many other venues across the country have level opens two hours prior adopted similar policies, so that you don’t have to choose between to curtain time for a pre- Walking tours of the San enjoying a drink and all the other things you might want to do during performance buffet (except Francisco War Memorial and intermission. You may bring drinks purchased in the venue into the before Saturday matinees) and Performing Arts Center are auditorium, as long as they are in the approved compostable cup is open during intermission for available most Mondays at with a lid, which will be available at all bars in both the War Memorial refreshments. Call 415 861 8150 select hours. For information, Opera House and Davies Symphony Hall. All three companies for buffet reservations. Patrons call 415 552 8338. will meet regularly to monitor this pilot effort and will decide, arriving before the front doors following the six-month trial period, whether or not to continue the open will be admitted at the PLEASE NOTE program. We want your feedback, so look for a survey in your post- North Carriage Entrance. Late seating isn’t allowed performance email and let us know what you think. while a work is progress, for Refreshments are available the sake of the performers and PURCHASING TICKETS ACCESSIBILITY on the Lower Lounge level other patrons. You will be You can order online at SF Ballet is committed to as well as the Box, Orchestra, asked to stand until a break sfballet.org or call Ticket providing easy access for all and Dress Circle levels during in the action, which might Services at 415 865 2000, of our patrons. Please contact all performances. Drinking be at intermission. Monday through Friday, 10 am our Ticket Services department fountains are located on all to 4 pm. On performance dates, at 415 865 2000 prior to the levels near the elevators. Audio/visual recordings of any phones are open from 10 am performance with questions kind of the performance are until the performance begins. and so that we can ensure IN THE OPERA HOUSE strictly forbidden. The SF Ballet Box Office in the your comfort. Coat and parcel check rooms Opera House is open only on are located on the north and Mobile devices should be performance dates. During Wheelchair-accessible south side of the Main Lobby. turned off and stowed before the Repertory Season, we’re entrances are provided at the For the safety and comfort the performance as the lights open Tuesday through Friday, front doors (Van Ness Avenue), of our audiences, all parcels, and sounds are a distraction. from noon through the first Taxi Ramp (Grove Street), and backpacks, luggage, etc., must intermission, and on Saturday Carriage Entrance (north side). be checked. Children attending a and Sunday from 10 am through performance must have a the first intermission. During Wheelchair seating positions Lost & Found is located at the ticket and occupy that seat; the hour prior to curtain, the are located on the Orchestra north coat check room, or call no children-in-arms or Box Office will only be able and Dress Circle levels. 415 621 6600, Monday–Friday, infants, please. to handle business for the 8:30–11:30 am. upcoming performance. Wheelchair-accessible stalls in We recommend that children restrooms can be found on all Opera glasses are available be at least eight years old Groups of 10 or more can floors except the Main Lobby for $5 rental at the north coat to attend Repertory Season save up to 30 percent. For and fifth floor Balcony level. A check room. You’ll need to performances. Frankenstein information, visit sfballet.org/ lockable single user/special supply a valid ID as a deposit. and Salome are not groups or call 415 865 6785. needs restroom is located on recommended for children Floor 3. Please see the usher Restrooms are located on all under 12. Gift certificates are available closest to this location for floors except Main Lobby level online at sfballet.org or by access. Accessible drinking (first floor). Opera House management calling 415 865 2000. fountains are located on all reserves the right to remove any floors except the Balcony level. Courtesy telephones, for patron creating a disturbance. THE SHOP AT SF BALLET local calls only, are located on is open one hour before Assistive listening devices the Main Lobby level, directly Smoking is not permitted in each performance, during (Sennheiser model infrared across from the elevators. the Opera House. intermissions, and after sound amplification headsets) weekend matinees, even are available at both coatcheck Taxis line up after performances Emergency services are if you're not attending the locations in the Main Lobby. at the Grove Street Taxi Ramp, available in the Opera House performance itself (visit the Box A major credit card or driver’s located on the south side of the Lower Lounge Level, where an Office for a special pass). license is required for deposit. Opera House. Taxis are provided EMT is on duty.

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AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS

Who are the new voices in MEET THE ARTIST INTERVIEWS (AND PODCASTS) the ballet world today? What Fridays, 7:00–7:30 pm Sundays, 1:00–1:30 pm makes a ballet a “classic”? War Memorial Opera House, Orchestra Level How difficult is it to do the Open to all ticket holders for selected performances black swan’s famous turns in Swan Lake? What’s a typical For an inside look at the performance you’re about to see, come a bit early. Perfect day in the life of a dancer? for newcomers, balletomanes, and everyone in between, pre-performance Meet SF Ballet’s Explore Ballet the Artist (MTA) interviews feature a conversation with an artist who worked on the programs answer these performance. Curious about what our artists have to say? An archive of previous questions and more. MTAs is available at sfballet.org/explore/podcasts.

Information at 2017 POINTES OF VIEW (POV) LECTURE SERIES sfballet.org/explore Wednesdays, 6:05–6:45 pm FREE and open to the public

All Audience Engagement Programs War Memorial Opera House, Orchestra Level are subject to change. The views, Please use the carriage entrance on the north side of the building opinions, and information expressed are strictly those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent Company artists, visiting scholars, and others offer key insights into the performance. or imply any official position of San Francisco Ballet Association. All are welcome — you don’t need to buy a ticket to attend. Feb 22 | Frankenstein Mar 15 | Program 5 Litquake, the Bay Area’s literary festival, Contemporary music offers choreographers and San Francisco Ballet co-present the chance to explore new sonic worlds and Frankenstein at the Ballet: Mary Shelley take audiences into new states of artistic and Her “Hideous Progeny.” Professor consciousness. Musicologist Jim Steichen Ellen Peel from the Comparative and and Music Director and Principal Conductor World Literature Department at SF Martin West discuss the strategies that the State University reflects on the origin conductor and musicians use to prepare of Frankenstein. Shelley was often asked, music that many in the audience — and on “how I, then a young girl, came to think stage — are hearing for the first time. of...so very hideous an idea.” Peel will address that question by looking at cultural Apr 5 | Program 7 and scientific forces in her day, and by Dance Educator Mary Wood and Rubén considering Shelly’s early life. Peel will Martín Cintas, a former SF Ballet principal comment on how the novel has managed dancer who is currently SF Ballet School to play so powerfully on our wishes and faculty and teacher, discuss fears for two centuries, becoming a myth the art of pas de deux. San Francisco continually reborn in new avatars, now Ballet School Trainees demonstrate the including a ballet. intricacies of partnering.

Mar 8 | Program 4 Apr 12 | Swan Lake Thomas F. DeFrantz, dance researcher Dance Scholar Carrie Gaiser Casey speaks and Chair of African and African American with the people who make the magic Studies at Duke University, offers a history happen backstage. Former Company of the African-American presence in dancers and current backstage production . Focusing on the historical crew Laurie Cowden and Sedley Chew moments that predicted a growing talk about their professional lives in the presence, DeFrantz considers how African- wardrobe and stage crew departments American audiences, dancemakers, and and their transition from dancer to performing artists have shifted and revised backstage production crew. ballet’s possibilities as an art form.

12 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG May 3 | Cinderella© Betsy Erickson and artists from the Company speak with dance educator Mary Wood on preparing to dance Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella©. What makes this ballet as thrilling for the artists to dance as it is for the audience to watch?

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DANCE FOR ALL AGES

LET’S DANCE FAMILY WORKSHOP Cinderella© Apr 9, 2:30–3:30 pm An enchanted day awaits your family when you join us for our Let’s Dance Family Workshop for Cinderella©. Kids and adults alike will discover the magical story, choreography, music, and costumes of Cinderella© during our 60-minute workshop. Kids will even get to learn excerpts from Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella© from an SF Ballet School faculty member. Whether or not your family has seen our production onstage at the Opera House, our Cinderella© Let’s Dance Family Workshop is sure to spark your child’s imagination.

Let’s Dance Family Workshops are recommended for families with children ages 6–12. You are welcome to attend this Family Workshop even if you do not have performance tickets to Cinderella.© Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are $20 for children and adults, with a minimum purchase of one child and one adult ticket. Everyone participates and everyone needs a ticket, regardless of age. For the safety of our young visitors, adults unaccompanied by a child will not be allowed into the Family Workshop. Children should wear comfortable clothes that allow for movement, but ballet shoes are not required. Children are welcome to wear their favorite ballet costume. For more information: sfballet.org/letsdance.

MASTER CLASSES REGISTER TO DANCE OR OBSERVE Master Classes provide an in-depth look at one particular ballet or choreographer. Designed for advanced-level dancers ages 15–25, Master Classes also welcome up to 75 observers, and offer an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the rigor and craft of ballet. To participate in or observe a Master Class, you must register in advance. Children ages 8–14 must be accompanied by an adult, and those under 8 are not allowed. For more information: sfballet.org/masterclasses.

Sunday, Mar 12, 10 am–noon Four floors Balanchine Rep at SF Ballet of fabulous fabrics School Faculty Member Tina LeBlanc and Company Ballet Master Felipe Diaz give an since 1952. inside look at preparing to dance Balanchine ballets. Sunday, Apr 9, 10 am–noon Tomasson’s Swan Lake Getting to the core of the corps de ballet, join Ballet Master Betsy Erickson and two artists of the Company (TBD based on casting) for an insightful look at corps de ballet roles in Swan Lake.

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

Let’s Dance Family Workshop // © Erik Tomasson

14 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG OPEN CLASSES AT SF BALLET SCHOOL

ADULT BALLET CLASSES ADULT BALLET WORKSHOP Our open classes are inclusive and fun, June 5–9 studios with live accompaniment. Dance a good workout that stretches your Why do kids always get to have all the lovers from across the country will unite artistry as well as your muscles. Open to fun? For the first time, SF Ballet School in San Francisco this summer to share in adults and teens over the age of 16 with is organizing a summer dance workshop a one-week experience of a dancer’s life basic ballet experience, classes start just for adults. Join acclaimed faculty and at SF Ballet. Early bird discount available at the , then move to the center special guests in daily ballet technique through Feb 28. For more information: through traditional ballet exercises and and repertory classes in our beautiful sfballet.org/adultworkshop. combinations. Be prepared to sweat (at least a little) and to have a good time. It is recommended that true ballet beginners start with our Beginner Ballet 1 series. We want to make sure you get the full attention of our teachers, so we limit enrollment to 30 students per class. music dance theater 2016/17 SEASON Classes fill quickly — reserve your spot Cal Perform ances today. For more information: UNIVERSITY OF , BERKELEY sfballet.org/adultballet 40th Anniversary Celebration Beginner Ballet Series II (8 weeks) Mar 8–Apr 26 Les Ballets Trockadero Wednesdays, 9:30–11 am, de Monte Carlo taught by Jeffrey Lyons THREE PERFORMANCES This 8-session series is for those who Featuring Swan Lake, Don Quixote, have either taken the Beginner Ballet Esmeralda, and more! Series I or for those with some prior experience of ballet who are looking for “The Trocks are a guaranteed hoot for people who know the next challenge. Instruction will offer nothing of ballet and an absolute more complex combinations, technique, must for those who think they and ballet vocabulary that builds know the originals.” each week, leaving you with a strong —Sydney Star Observer foundation in classical ballet. March 3–4 ZELLERBACH HALL BALLET FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Give your child the gift of dance! Learning the joy of movement begins with Alvin Ailey Pre-Ballet classes at San Francisco Ballet School. We introduce young American Dance Theater children ages 4–7 to the fundamentals of Robert Battle, artistic director Masazumi Chaya, associate artistic director classical ballet, focusing on proper body alignment, basic ballet technique and The revered Alvin Ailey American terminology, and musicality. Audition not Dance Theater returns for its annual residency with a bold mix required. Fall 2017 classes will be open of new and recent works as well for enrollment beginning in April. Look for as timeless Ailey classics. more information about free trial classes on sfballet.org/preballet. “The dancing, as always, will take your breath away…” —San Francisco Chronicle

March 14–19 ZELLERBACH HALL

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HELGI TOMASSON GLENN MCCOY Artistic Director & Executive Director Principal Choreographer Glenn McCoy’s career in the Helgi Tomasson, one of the supreme performing arts spans more than classical dancers of his generation, 30 years of operations management has led San Francisco Ballet for 32 and marketing. After working for years. Born in Iceland, he danced with San Francisco Opera and the Harkness Ballet, The , Metropolitan Opera, he joined San and , where he Francisco Ballet in 1987. He served (© Chris Hardy) distinguished himself as a dancer (© Chris Hardy) as company manager and general of technical purity, musicality, and intelligence. Tomasson manager before being appointed executive director in April assumed leadership of SF Ballet in 1985. Under his guidance, 2002. McCoy has overseen the production of more than SF Ballet has developed into a Company widely recognized as 60 new repertory and full-length ballets and more than 45 one of the finest in the world. Tomasson has balanced devotion domestic and international tours, including engagements in to the classics with an emphasis on new work, cultivating Paris, London, New York, Beijing, and Washington, DC. He frequent collaborations and commissions with renowned supervised SF Ballet’s operations for the critically acclaimed choreographers such as William Forsythe, Christopher international dance festival, UNited We Dance, in 1995 and SF Wheeldon, , and Mark Morris, among others. Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Season in 2008. He has overseen Tomasson has choreographed more than 50 works for the tapings of Lubovitch’s Othello, Tomasson’s Nutcracker, and Company, including full-length productions of Swan Lake, Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid, which have been broadcast Sleeping Beauty, Romeo & Juliet (taped for Lincoln Center at on PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York’s performing arts series the Movies), Giselle, and Nutcracker (taped for PBS’s Great Great Performances, as well as Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet, Performances). He conceptualized the 1995 UNited We Dance which premiered in Lincoln Center at the Movies’ Great festival, in which SF Ballet hosted 12 international companies; American Dance series in 2015. and the 2008 New Works Festival, which included 10 world premieres by 10 acclaimed choreographers. Tomasson has also connected SF Ballet to the world, through co-commissions with , The Royal Ballet, and ; and major tours to Paris, London, New York City, China, and his native Iceland.

MARTIN WEST PATRICK ARMAND Music Director & Principal Conductor Associate Director, SF Ballet School

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

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 17 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Helgi Tomasson

PRINCIPAL DANCERS Dores André Luke Ingham Sofiane Sylve Davit Karapetyan Yuan Yuan Tan John and Barbara Osterweis Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Carlo Di Lanno Taras Domitro Herbert Family Diana Dollar Knowles Lorena Feijoo Principal Dancer Principal Dancer Vitor Luiz Joseph Walsh Carlos Quenedit Vanessa Zahorian Jaime Garcia Castilla Diane B. Wilsey Tiit Helimets Principal Dancer

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

SOLOISTS Daniel Deivison-Oliveira†, Koto Ishihara†, Angelo Greco, Francisco Mungamba†, Julia Rowe†, James Sofranko, Jennifer Stahl†, Lauren Strongin, Anthony Vincent†, Wei Wang†, Hansuke Yamamoto, WanTing Zhao†

CORPS DE BALLET Kamryn Baldwin† Benjamin Freemantle† Steven Morse† Natasha Sheehan† Sean Bennett† Jordan Hammond† Kimberly Marie Olivier† Henry Sidford† Ludmila Bizalion† Jillian Harvey Sean Orza† Miranda Silveira† Samantha Bristow† Esteban Hernandez Lauren Parrott† John-Paul Simoens† Max Cauthorn† Ellen Rose Hummel† Elizabeth Powell† Myles Thatcher† Thamires Chuvas† Blake Kessler† Alexander Reneff-Olson† Mingxuan Wang† Diego Cruz† Elizabeth Mateer Rebecca Rhodes† Lonnie Weeks Isabella DeVivo† Norika Matsuyama† Emma Rubinowitz† Maggie Weirich† Megan Amanda Ehrlich Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey† Skyla Schreter Ami Yuki† Jahna Frantziskonis

APPRENTICES Alexandre Cagnat†, Shené Lazarus†, Davide Occhipinti†, Nathaniel Remez†, Isabella Walsh†

BALLET MASTER & ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ricardo Bustamante†

BALLET MASTERS Felipe Diaz†, Betsy Erickson†, Anita Paciotti†, Katita Waldo†

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

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

18 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Principal Dancers

DORES ANDRÉ MATHILDE FROUSTEY Born in Vigo, Spain, Dores André Mathilde Froustey was born in trained with Antonio Almenara and at Bordeaux, France, and trained at Estudio de Danza de Maria Avila. She the Marseille National School of joined the Company in 2004, was Ballet and School. promoted to soloist in 2012, and to She danced with Paris Opera Ballet principal dancer in 2015. before joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2013.

FRANCES CHUNG JAIME GARCIA CASTILLA Born in Vancouver, Canada, Jaime Garcia Castilla was born in Frances Chung trained at Goh Madrid, Spain, and studied at the Royal Ballet Academy before joining SF Conservatory of Professional Dance. Ballet in 2001. She was promoted He was named an SF Ballet apprentice to soloist in 2005 and principal in 2001 and joined the Company as a dancer in 2009. corps de ballet member the following year. He was promoted to soloist in 2006 and to principal dancer in 2008.

SASHA DE SOLA TIIT HELIMETS Born in Winter Park, Florida, Born in Viljandi, Estonia, Tiit Helimets Sasha De Sola trained at the Kirov trained at Tallinn Ballet School. He Academy of Ballet. She was named danced with Estonian National Ballet an SF Ballet apprentice in 2006 and and Royal Ballet before joined the Company in 2007. She joining San Francisco Ballet as a was promoted to soloist in 2012 and principal dancer in 2005. principal dancer in 2017.

CORPS DE BALLET

CARLO DI LANNO LUKE INGHAM Carlo Di Lanno was born in Naples, From Mount Gambier, South Australia, Italy, and trained at La Scala Ballet Luke Ingham trained at the Australian School in Milan. He danced with La Ballet School. He danced with The Scala Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin Australian Ballet and before joining San Francisco Ballet as before joining SF Ballet as a soloist in a soloist in 2014. He was promoted to 2012. He was promoted to principal principal dancer in 2016. dancer in 2014.

TARAS DOMITRO DAVIT KARAPETYAN Born in Havana, Cuba, Taras Domitro Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Davit trained at Provincial School of Ballet, Karapetyan trained at the Armenian Alejo Carpentier and the National School of Ballet and Schweizerische Ballet School of Cuba. He performed Ballettberufsschule. After dancing as a principal dancer with Ballet with Zurich Ballet, he joined SF Ballet Nacional de Cuba prior to joining SF as a principal dancer in 2005. He Ballet as a principal dancer in 2008. was appointed John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer in 2013.

LORENA FEIJOO MARIA KOCHETKOVA Born in Havana, Cuba, Lorena Feijoo Born in Moscow, Russia, Maria trained at the National Ballet School of Kochetkova trained at the Bolshoi Cuba. She danced with Ballet Nacional Ballet School in Moscow and danced de Cuba, Ballet of Monterrey, Royal with The Royal Ballet and English Ballet of Flanders, and The Joffrey National Ballet before joining SF Ballet prior to joining SF Ballet as a Ballet as a principal dancer in 2007. principal dancer in 1999. She was appointed Herbert Family Principal Dancer in 2012.

Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 19 Principal Dancers

VITOR LUIZ YUAN YUAN TAN Born in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Vitor Luiz Yuan Yuan Tan was born in Shanghai, trained at The . He China, and trained at Shanghai danced with Dancing School and Stuttgart’s John and Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Cranko School. She joined SF Ballet Rio de Janeiro prior to joining SF as soloist in 1995 and was promoted Ballet as a principal dancer in 2009. to principal dancer in 1997. She was appointed Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer in 2012.

CARLOS QUENEDIT SARAH VAN PATTEN Born in Havana, Cuba, Carlos Quenedit Sarah Van Patten, born in Boston, trained at the National Ballet School , danced with of Cuba. He began his career at Ballet Massachusetts Youth Ballet and the Nacional de Cuba and has danced with before joining SF , Ballet de Monterrey, Ballet as a soloist in 2002. She was , and The Joffrey promoted to principal dancer in 2007. Ballet. He joined SF Ballet as a soloist She was appointed Diana Dollar in 2012 and was promoted to principal Knowles Principal Dancer in 2013. dancer in 2014.

AARON ROBISON JOSEPH WALSH Born in Coventry, England, Aaron Robison Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, trained at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona Joseph Walsh trained at Walnut and at The Royal Ballet School. He danced Hill School of the Arts and Houston with Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ballet Corella, Ballet II. He danced with Houston and Houston Ballet prior to joining SF Ballet Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a as a principal dancer in 2016. soloist in 2014. He was promoted to principal dancer that same year.

SOFIANE SYLVE VANESSA ZAHORIAN Sofiane Sylve was born in Nice, Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, France, where she studied at the Vanessa Zahorian trained at the Académie de Danse. She danced and Central with Germany’s Stadttheater, Dutch Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She National Ballet, and New York City joined SF Ballet in 1997. She was Ballet prior to joining SF Ballet as a promoted to soloist in 1999 and to principal dancer in 2008. principal dancer in 2002. She was appointed Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer in 2014.

20 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Principal Character Dancers

RICARDO BUSTAMANTE† RUBÉN MARTÍN CINTAS Born in Medellín, Colombia Born in Reus, Spain Joined in 1980 Joined in 2000 Named principal character dancer in 2007 Named principal character dancer in 2014

VAL CANIPAROLI† ANITA PACIOTTI† Born in Renton, WA Born in Oakland, CA Joined in 1973 Joined in 1968 Named principal character dancer in 1987 Named principal character dancer in 1987

Soloists

DANIEL DEIVISON-OLIVEIRA† FRANCISCO MUNGAMBA† Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in Madrid, Spain Joined in 2005 Joined in 2011 Promoted to soloist in 2011 Promoted to soloist in 2016

ANGELO GRECO JULIA ROWE† Born in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy Born in Elizabethtown, PA Joined as a soloist in 2016 Joined in 2013 Promoted to soloist in 2016

KOTO ISHIHARA† JAMES SOFRANKO Born in Nagoya, Japan Born in Marion, IN Joined in 2010 Joined in 2000 Promoted to soloist in 2014 Promoted to soloist in 2007

Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 21 Soloists

JENNIFER STAHL† WEI WANG† Born in Dana Point, CA Born in Anshan, Liaoning, China Named apprentice in 2005 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2006 Joined in 2013 Promoted to soloist in 2013 Promoted to soloist in 2016

LAUREN STRONGIN HANSUKE YAMAMOTO Born in Los Gatos, CA Born in Chiba, Japan Joined as a soloist in 2015 Joined in 2001 Promoted to soloist in 2005

ANTHONY VINCENT† WANTING ZHAO† Born in Phoenix, AZ Born in Anshan, Liaoning, China Named apprentice in 2004 Joined in 2011 Joined in 2006 Promoted to soloist in 2016 Promoted to soloist in 2008

Corps de Ballet

KAMRYN BALDWIN† LUDMILA BIZALION† Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined in 2015 Named apprentice in 2006 Joined in 2007 Returned in 2016

SEAN BENNETT† SAMANTHA BRISTOW† Born in San Francisco, California Born in Media, Pennsylvania Named apprentice in 2011 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2012 Joined in 2015

22 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School Corps de Ballet

MAX CAUTHORN† BENJAMIN FREEMANTLE† Born in San Francisco, California Born in New Westminster, Named apprentice in 2013 British Columbia, Canada Joined in 2014 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2015

THAMIRES CHUVAS† JORDAN HAMMOND† Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Born in Irvine, California Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2010 Joined in 2015

DIEGO CRUZ† JILLIAN HARVEY Born in Zaragoza, Spain Born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Joined in 2006 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2012

ISABELLA DEVIVO† ESTEBAN HERNANDEZ Born in Great Neck, New York Born in Guadalajara, Mexico Joined in 2013 Joined in 2013

MEGAN AMANDA EHRLICH ELLEN ROSE HUMMEL† Born in Charleston, South Carolina Born in Greenville, South Carolina Named apprentice in 2011 Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2012 Joined in 2012 Returned in 2017

JAHNA FRANTZISKONIS BLAKE KESSLER† Born in Tucson, Arizona Born in Jacksonville, Florida Joined in 2015 Named apprentice in 2015 Joined in 2016

Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 23 Corps de Ballet

ELIZABETH MATEER LAUREN PARROTT† Born in Boca Raton, Florida Born in Palm Harbor, Florida Joined in 2016 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

NORIKA MATSUYAMA† ELIZABETH POWELL† Born in Chiba, Japan Born in Boston, Massachusetts Joined in 2014 Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2012

LEE ALEX MEYER-LOREY† ALEXANDER RENEFF-OLSON† Born in Zurich, Switzerland Born in San Francisco, California Named apprentice in 2003 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2004 Joined in 2013 Returned in 2013

STEVEN MORSE† REBECCA RHODES† Born in Harbor City, California Born in Chicago, Illinois Joined in 2009 Named apprentice in 2008 Joined in 2009

KIMBERLY MARIE OLIVIER† EMMA RUBINOWITZ† Born in New York, New York Born in San Francisco, California Named apprentice in 2009 Named apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2010 Joined in 2013

SEAN ORZA† SKYLA SCHRETER Born in San Francisco, California Born in Chappaqua, New York Named apprentice in 2007 Joined in 2014 Joined in 2008

24 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG †Received training at San Francisco Ballet School NATASHA SHEEHAN† MINGXUAN WANG† Born in San Francisco, California Born in Qingdao, China Joined in 2016 Named apprentice in 2013 Joined in 2014

HENRY SIDFORD† LONNIE WEEKS Born in Marblehead, Massachusetts Born in Los Alamos, New Mexico Named apprentice in 2011 Joined in 2010 Joined in 2012

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

JOHN-PAUL SIMOENS† AMI YUKI† Born in Omaha, Nebraska Born in Saitama, Japan Named apprentice in 2014 Named apprentice in 2014 Joined in 2015 Joined in 2015

MYLES THATCHER† Born in Atlanta, Georgia Named apprentice in 2009 Joined in 2010

Dancer headshots // © Chris Hardy and David Allen PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 25 26 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG FEB 17 – 26 | NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE 03 FRANKENSTEIN

Composer: Lowell Liebermann World Premiere: May 17, 2016 — , Choreographer: Liam Scarlett ; London, UK

Scenic and Costume Design: John Macfarlane San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 17, 2017 — Lighting Design: David Finn War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California Projection Design: Finn Ross The 2017 North American premiere of Frankenstein Novel by: Mary Shelley is made possible by Lead Sponsors Bently Foundation and The Hellman Family; Costume Sponsor E. L. Wiegand Foundation; and Sponsors Ms. Laura Clifford, Stephanie and James Marver, and an anonymous donor. Additional support is provided by Elisabeth Pang Fullerton, Marie and Barry Lipman, and Karl and Holly Peterson.

Frankenstein is a co-production between San Francisco Ballet and The Royal Ballet.

Frankenstein deals with mature themes and subject matter. Not recommended for children under 12.

The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae as The Creature, Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein, and Alexander Campbell as Henry Clerval in Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein // © 2016 The Royal Opera House. Photo by Bill Cooper PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 27 28 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG BIOGRAPHIES

LOWELL LIEBERMANN The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and The Australian Composer Ballet. Macfarlane has previously worked with Liam Scarlett Lowell Liebermann is an American composer, pianist, and on Asphodel Meadows (2010), Sweet Violets (2012), and conductor. He is one of America’s most frequently performed Hummingbird (2014). He has designed sets and costumes and recorded living composers and his work has been for operas at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, performed all over the world. Born in New York City, he made Lyric Opera of Chicago, Paris Opera, The Royal Opera, and his professional debut at age 16, performing his Piano Sonata, many others. Macfarlane exhibits regularly as a painter and op. 1 at Carnegie Hall. He earned bachelor’s, master’s, and printmaker in the US and in Europe, and his works hang in many doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School. Liebermann public collections. He was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des has written more than one hundred works, including four Arts et des Lettres in 2006, and a Laureate (Ballet Design) at the symphonies, Concerto for Orchestra, Rhapsody on a Theme of Benois de la Dance Awards in 2015. Paganini, three piano concertos and concertos for piccolo, flute, clarinet, trumpet, and violin. He has also written two operas, DAVID FINN The Picture of Dorian Gray and Miss Lonelyhearts. He maintains Lighting Designer an active performing schedule as pianist and conductor and David Finn is a lighting designer who has worked extensively has worked as composer in residence for Dallas Symphony in dance, opera, and theater. He began his career as lighting Orchestra, Pacific Music Festival, and the Saratoga Performing designer for the master puppeteer Burr Tillstrom and Kukla, Arts Center. He is also Head of Composition at Mannes School Fran & Ollie. Finn was resident lighting designer for Mikhail of Music-The New School. Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. His designs have also been seen at The Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, The LIAM SCARLETT National Ballet of Canada, The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Choreographer Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett, and Currently artist in residence at the Royal Ballet and artistic Birmingham Royal Ballet. In film, Finn’s work includes stage associate at , Liam Scarlett is in demand as lighting for Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, and he a choreographer worldwide. Born in Ipswich, England, Scarlett was producer/director of the PBS documentary The Green trained at the Linda Shipton School of Dancing and The Royal Monster. Finn has designed lighting for two Cirque du Soleil Ballet School before joining The Royal Ballet in 2005. While still shows: Zed in Tokyo, and Michael Jackson ONE in . dancing, Scarlett choreographed Asphodel Meadows (2010), Currently, Finn is preparing a new work with Liam Scarlett which won the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best for The Royal Ballet, as well as Rigoletto for the Savonlinna Classical Choreography, and Sweet Violets (2012), about Jack Festival in Finland, and Tosca, with designer John Macfarlane, the Ripper, for The Royal Ballet. He then retired from dancing for The Metropolitan Opera. to focus on creating his first full-length work, Hansel and Gretel (2013). In addition to numerous works for The Royal Ballet, FINN ROSS Scarlett has choreographed for New York City Ballet, American Video Designer Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, and Norwegian National Ballet. Finn Ross has won Tony, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards In 2014 he created the critically acclaimed Hummingbird for for video designs for opera, music, theater, and dance. San Francisco Ballet. Following the 2016 premiere of his new A He specializes in integrating video in all its forms into live Midsummer Night’s Dream at Queensland Ballet in Australia, he performance. Born in Scotland, Ross trained at Central School was named artistic associate of that company. of Speech and Drama in London. He has worked extensively with , Dutch National Opera and Theatre JOHN MACFARLANE an der Wein and other opera companies around Europe, and Designer his theater work includes productions at the National Theatre, John Macfarlane is an internationally known costume and set Complicite, and Royal Shakespeare Company. His work on the designer for opera and ballet who is also an influential painter. West End and Broadway productions of American Psycho and Born in Scotland, he studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He A Curious Incident of the Dog -time earned him has collaborated extensively with choreographers Jiří Kylián multiple awards. Ross is one of the creative directors at FRAY and Glen Tetley and has designed both sets and costumes for Studio in London.

The Royal Ballet’s Steven McRae as The Creature in Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 29 // © 2016 The Royal Opera House. Photo by Bill Cooper 30 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG SF Ballet’s Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh rehearse Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein // © Erik Tomasson

PROGRAM NOTES by Cheryl A. Ossola

If the name “Frankenstein” makes you think of a green-faced Boris Karloff with bolts threaded into his neck, then Liam Scarlett’s ballet Frankenstein won’t be what you’re expecting. It’ll be better. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror story Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Scarlett delivers far more than scary-monster thrills. Both book and ballet tell a disturbing, tragic tale about the consequences of abandonment, the risks of tampering with the creation of human life, and, most of all, the power of love, both given and withheld.

Scarlett tells the story of Frankenstein through movement in a poetic way, embodying all the dualities of Shelley’s book — love and hate, curiosity and fear, desire and guilt — within one man, Victor Frankenstein. That duality is amplified by the overarching design concept. In every scene, we see two worlds: Victor’s, represented by the 18th-century buildings he inhabits, sits within the Creature’s world, a landscape described by Scenic and Costume Designer John Macfarlane as conveying “an overwhelming sense of emptiness.” Shelley wrote her novel in 1816 and set it in the 1700s, at a time Frankenstein is a co-production of The Royal Ballet and San when the functions of the human body were largely mysterious Francisco Ballet. When Kevin O’Hare, The Royal Ballet’s artistic and the discovery of galvanism (the contraction of a muscle director, pitched the idea to Helgi Tomasson, SF Ballet’s artistic when stimulated with an electrical current) sparked scientists’ director and principal choreographer, he described Scarlett’s imaginations. “I think that’s why the book works,” Scarlett says, vision for the production. “I was intrigued right away,” says “because there was so much unknown in that period, where the Tomasson. “I’m always looking for something new, and it’s hard idea and the fear of creating something new was almost real.” to find something full-length [that’s] different and maybe daring.” What is remarkable, he says, is how Scarlett addresses a theme Adapting a book of this depth and complexity to a ballet that’s so suited to “this time we are living through — it’s so much narrative is difficult, and changes must be made in order to tell about acceptance of someone who is not like yourself.” When the story clearly. Scarlett cut several characters, he says in the he saw Frankenstein in London, Tomasson says, “I was amazed ROH video, but “the intention and emotions that go through to see how many people were wiping their tears. It’s touching.” the book, and the empathy that you feel for absolutely every character is something that I’ve tried to stay true to.” He omits Scarlett is deeply invested in this story. He was about 11 when the Arctic Circle setting that begins and ends the book, but he first read Frankenstein. “I’ve revisited it at various points in the scenic design reflects the desolation of that environment. my life, and it’s always had a different poignancy every time that And though he changes the circumstances surrounding some I’ve read it,” he says in a Royal Opera House (ROH) video. “The of the characters’ deaths, he retains all the significance and fragments of emotions that shine through, I think, differ with consequences of those events. the age that you read it. Even now different gems come up; it’s such a multi-layered story, and incredibly written, that it kind of To help tell this story, Scarlett turned to composer Lowell struck something with me.” He wanted to make a ballet inspired Liebermann, whose music he used for three previous ballets. by this book, he says, because it’s “a story of betrayal, curiosity, For Frankenstein, Scarlett says, “I wanted something hauntingly life, death, and above all, love. Shelley was really commenting beautiful, and I think he has done that.” SF Ballet Music Director on the state of human emotions.” And on her own as well — she and Principal Conductor Martin West agrees. “It’s great music,” experienced tremendous loss early in her life, with the deaths of he says, “very dramatic, full of leitmotifs that come back, so her mother (in giving birth to her), three of her four children, and we’re always taken on a journey. Lowell doesn’t write easy her young husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. music. It’s tricky, it’s fast and exposed, a lot of energy going on.”

The Royal Ballet’s as Elizabeth Lavenza and Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein in Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein // © 2016 The Royal Opera House. Photo by Bill Cooper PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 31 Music is full of motifs — themes that are repeated throughout the work (sometimes INSTANT MOTIFS with subtle changes), introducing an emotion or idea, then building on it with EXPERT cumulative effect. Motifs happen in dance too, in both story and abstract ballets, when dancers are given a signature step or movement quality. In Frankenstein, IN DANCE Victor Frankenstein’s movements are slow and heavy, and he often reaches for something he can’t obtain. The Creature sometimes jerks or twitches, showing that he is made of mismatched parts. And everywhere in the ballet, the steps return to center — an extended leg folds in and closes tight against the standing leg, for example, or one dancer moves away from another and is brought up short, forcing a reversal of direction. Again and again, we see repression, physical and emotional withholding, and attempted escape.

Liebermann had read Frankenstein, so he knew what to For the Frankenstein family’s expect in terms of story. What surprised him was that Scarlett home, Scarlett “wanted a house FRANKENSTEIN wasn’t updating it, as he has done with other story ballets. where there’s been terrific PRODUCTION CREDITS Frankenstein is a co-production “When he told me that this was going to be absolute period sadness,” Macfarlane says. “So of San Francisco Ballet and The Mary Shelley, then I had to readjust,” Liebermann says. “The no matter how lovely it seemed, Royal Ballet. Music: Original you came out of the house and composition by Lowell music can’t be too anachronistic to what you’re seeing and to Liebermann. Costume the nature of the story and the way people reacted in that time. there was a coldness and the Supervisor: Mary Terrey, feeling that, in this very bleak and Assistant Costume Supervisor: I felt the need to write music that would be true to that period.” Karen Short; Scenery What Scarlett wanted, Liebermann says, was “a very romantic- empty landscape, something was construction and painting by out there.” For the first interior Royal Opera House, Bob and sounding score, certainly a very melodic score.” Tamar Manoukian Production scene he chose a washed-out Workshop, Thurrock, Additional palette. “That whole scene should painting by John Macfarlane; Frankenstein is Liebermann’s first full-length ballet and only the Props and Armoury by Royal second piece he’s written for dance. What was difficult about feel like a bleached photograph Opera House Production of this one moment in a family’s Department; Dance floor composing this ballet, he says, was that he had only an outline painted by Coolflight Ltd.; to work from, “the emotional thrust of each scene. Liam doesn’t life, when it was all lovely,” he Scenery construction by Cardiff says. The reds we see later in the Theatrical Services Ltd.; make a lot of decisions until he’s actually working with the Pyrotechnics provided by Le dancers. So the challenge was composing music when I had ballet are faded pinks here, and Maitre Ltd.; Glowing wire effects Macfarlane ended up bleaching supplied by elwirecraft.co.uk; no idea what the movements were going to be, or the detailed Costumes, jewellery, action.” He compares the experience to composing an opera, in the blue dress he had designed headdresses, dyeing, props by for Elizabeth, which looked too Royal Opera House Production which lyrics provide a detailed story. “With ballet,” he says, “it’s Department; Wigs by Campbell more like writing a two-and-a-half-hour symphony.” His strategy solid and heavy once he saw it Young Associates; Additional onstage, to “a very pale, kind of costumes by Fran Alderson, was to focus on “finding the right music to capture what is going Robert Allsopp, Gillian on emotionally at any given moment, and having a musical frosted blue, and quite cloudy.” Crawford, Karen Crichton, Lal D’Abo, Anna-Maria Genuise, follow-through that would tie the whole thing together. It’s a full- Parkinson Gill, Zlata Halkova, blown symphonic score.” Macfarlane calls the 18th Jackie Hallatt, Naomi Isaacs, century “a very kind period for Andrea Moon, David Plunkett, Phil Reynolds, Gwen Russell, While Liebermann wished for a detailed libretto, designer dancers,” explaining that the Sue Smith, Mervyn Wallace, women’s corseted bodices are Charles White; Additional John Macfarlane would have preferred to have the music at dyeing and printing by Penny hand to guide him in his work. “Music helps with the design “pared away round the neck Hadrill, Hatley Print, Schultz and and shoulders,” thus allowing Wiremu Fabric Effects, Sheila process because it gives you all your pivot points, a kind of White. Video Associate: thread for how to go through the piece,” he says. “Music is for freedom of movement. The Ash Woodward. what makes me see in my head — images, set changes, and skirts are voluminous, but he what would be exciting to go with the relevant moments of used lightweight fabrics suitable music.” However, because his creative process coincided to dancing, creating the period shape by adding net at the with Liebermann’s, he had to create the sets and costumes hips and in back. “And you’ve got the most fantastic coats for without music to guide him. Fortunately, the story has “a men,” he says. Macfarlane bears in mind the effect Scarlett’s lot of meat on the bones,” Macfarlane says. “I kicked off by demanding choreography can have on the costumes. “Liam is doing the anatomy theater. For the designer, it’s the core capable of shredding a costume in one rehearsal,” he says. of the piece — it’s a fantastically theatrical space, a very magical and frightening space. It has all the connotations of In designing costumes, what’s most important to Macfarlane dissection in an era when people were digging up bodies is to give each dancer an onstage identity. “I hate costumes out of graveyards so they could learn anatomy.” Next came that don’t mean anything,” he says. “You go to a lot of classical the skull-emblazoned front cloths, “and then I moved out in ballet and you think, ‘I don’t know who these people are meant different directions from there,” he says. to be, and from where.’ It’s one of the great pleasures of doing

32 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG ballet costumes — that you get people to look believably like fragile or vulnerable.” The duet for the Creature and Elizabeth real people, but they can dance.” is filled with promenades (poses that revolve in place) and reversals. “It’s the struggle of no matter where you go, you’re Macfarlane is a very hands-on artist, constructing models entangled,” Cervera says. “He’s completely in control of her.” himself and doing much of the painting. For a backdrop, he lets the scenic artists rough in the design. “Then I get going If you dig into the book’s subtext, you might see Victor and the on it, normally with one other painter, and basically turn it into Creature as two aspects of one being. Scarlett addresses that one of my paintings,” he says. For the front cloths, he painted interpretation by giving the same steps to both Victor and his the skulls, which were photographed, then animated and creation, in very different contexts. “A section in the Creature embellished via projections. For the Creature’s body stocking, and Elizabeth pas de deux is straight out of the Victor and he spent an hour on each dancer’s costume, drawing all of the Elizabeth pas de deux,” says Cervera. “The same movement scars and sutures, tendons and sinews. can look so different — with Victor it’s loving; with the Creature it’s aggressive. The Creature is trying to understand. His Choreographically, Frankenstein is laced with characterization intention is not to hurt Elizabeth, necessarily. In the pas de deux, and filled with movement that is distinctly Scarlett’s — what doing the same steps, he’s saying, ‘Love me — I’m doing the Ricardo Cervera, a ballet master at The Royal Ballet, calls same thing Victor did. What is wrong with you?’” “Liamisms.” For example, in one lift a dancer wraps herself around her partner in a suspended leap; elsewhere, when The Creature’s desperate need for love is denied, and that’s gesturing with a leg, a dancer turns in, knee and foot toward the what changes him from benign to murderous. Scarlett says midline, before turning out. “In order to make something bigger, he tells the dancers that the Creature should feel like he’s or more open, you close it first,” says Cervera, who taught much just been born. “He doesn’t have a teacher,” Scarlett says, of Frankenstein to the SF Ballet dancers. And there’s Scarlett’s “he doesn’t have a parent to take him, pick him up, to laugh use of the upper back, especially with the women: “always very, at his mistakes, to say that everything’s going to be all right, very open,” Cervera says, “very luscious and expansive.” or to teach him anything. He relies on mimicking,” without understanding what he’s doing. The Creature searches for In some story ballets, the main characters have movement Victor, his creator/parent, and when he finds him, he gets not motifs — steps that are specific to them. In Frankenstein the love but rejection. In his solo, he discovers who — or what — he motifs come in the form of movement quality that tells us who is when he realizes that all the drawings and data in Victor’s they are. “Henry is upbeat,” Cervera says. “Victor is a little bit notebook pertain to him, that he was assembled from parts of heavier,” his movements slowed by longing and guilt. In his Act dead men. Then the final inscription: “Experiment failed.” With 2 pas de deux with Elizabeth, the young woman taken in by the that revelation comes deep pain. “Your scars and your stitches Frankenstein family when she was orphaned as a child, Victor should ache,” Scarlett says. A turning point comes when the struggles with conflicting feelings. “His love for her is as strong Creature accidentally kills Victor’s younger brother, William, and as his guilt for what he’s done, so every time he looks at her or discovers that he can get Victor’s attention by taking away what feels that love, the guilt comes as well,” Cervera says. “And she he loves. doesn’t understand what’s going on. She goes from being quite childish and girly to almost trying to take that mother role, hold In Frankenstein, the big-picture aspects — choreography, him, support him, because he’s so fragile.” In the Creature’s dramatic arc, visual elements, and music — combine to tell movement, he says, there’s an element of the grotesque. “Some a compelling story. But the dancers must tend to subtleties of his stitches haven’t healed yet; he hasn’t been put together too, conveying action or revealing their characters through quite right. Therefore it can’t be just beautiful movement the small, still moments. Doing this can be difficult. “As a dancer whole way through. [His solo] breaks into moments that remind you always associate movement with expressing something you that he’s not really human.” and stillness with being vacuous,” Cervera says. “But Liam says, ‘Don’t be afraid of stillness; it can tell so much about a The idea of struggle permeates the ballet. Characters chafe character.’” against themselves, one another, and social constraints. “There’s the social etiquette that you have to adhere to, and All of these aspects add up to what Tomasson calls there are all the inner battles, all the relationships,” Cervera Frankenstein’s “theatrical drama,” one of the ballet’s strengths. says. The movement reflects this conflict with “a lot of pull “At the end of the first act, you can’t wait to see what comes in, pull away; pull in, pull away. And constant hesitation — a next, and the same thing at the end of the second act,” he says. wrapping inwards.” To demonstrate, he shrinks his shoulders “Even though you know [the story], you can’t wait to see what and collapses his chest. “It really expresses when someone is he has done with it.”

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 33 34 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG STORY OF FRANKENSTEIN

ACT I ACT II Prologue: Geneva, 1775 Prologue: Victor’s Bedchamber in the Frankenstein Manor A young orphan, Elizabeth Lavenza, is adopted into the Victor has fallen desperately ill, with nightmarish visions of Frankenstein household. what he has created. He is unable to tell Elizabeth, Henry, or Justine, who are nursing him back to health. The Creature, Scene I: Geneva, 1788 – The Frankenstein Manor meanwhile, has followed him to Geneva. Under the watchful eye of the Frankenstein’s housekeeper Madame Moritz and her daughter Justine, Victor is preparing Scene 1: Geneva, 1795 – Outside the Frankenstein Manor to head to university to become a doctor like his father, Seven years have passed. William is outside learning from Alphonse. As a parting gift, his father gives him a journal to Justine, his nanny, on the night before his birthday. fill with all his scientific ideas. His mother, Caroline Beaufort, pregnant with her second child, presents Victor with a locket Alone with Victor at last, Elizabeth desperately begs him to tell bearing her portrait. Over the years, Victor and Elizabeth’s her what is wrong. Without saying a word, Victor falls into her affection for each other has grown and finally, before Victor arms, and as night falls they quietly retire. leaves, they declare their love. Victor swears he will be back after his studies and that they will be married. They tell the The Creature comes out of the forest, seeking the acceptance family the joyous news, and amid the celebrations Caroline and love of the father who created him and then abandoned collapses. Victor’s brother William is born. Caroline does not him. He finds Victor’s journal and soon realizes how he came survive the birth, however. to be. Victor, startled, comes outside and sees his journal. In a panic, he rips it to shreds to banish any memory of his actions. Scene 2: The Frankenstein Cemetery The Creature sees this and vows to have his revenge on Victor Stricken with grief at the loss of his mother, Victor says good- and his family. bye to Elizabeth and embarks on his journey to the university. On the morning of William’s birthday, preparations for a party Scene 3: The Anatomy Theatre at Ingolstadt University are underway. As a present, Victor gives his mother’s locket to On Victor’s first day at his university, he meets Henry Clerval, William. A game of blind man’s bluff ensues and soon William a kind-hearted student who also aspires to become a doctor. is left alone. The Creature comes out and, in an attempt to Victor studies hard as his professor fills the students’ minds silence William’s screams, kills him. The Creature places the with ideas of the new scientific world such as galvanism, in locket he has found on the child with Justine, who is then which an electrical current can be applied to induce muscle wrongly accused of murder. contraction and, they theorized, even potentially create life from dead tissue. The Creature confronts Victor for the first time. Admitting to killing William and incriminating Justine, he begs for Scene 4: The Tavern at Ingolstadt Victor’s love and a companion for himself. Victor refuses. The After their studies the students retire to the local tavern; Victor Creature’s parting words are that he will be with Victor on his and Henry follow. Victor quickly tires of their revelries and wedding night. goes back to the solitude of the classroom. Scene 2: A Back Alley in Geneva Scene 5: The Anatomy Theatre Justine is executed for William’s murder. While thinking about his mother and about life and death, Victor remembers his lessons on how it might be possible to reanimate dead matter. Fueled with passion and ACT III determination, Victor secretly works long into the night, The Ballroom at the Frankenstein Manor notating every detail in his journal. Victor succeeds in creating Victor and Elizabeth have just been married, and a ball is being a living being, his Creature. However, Victor’s ideals are ruined held in their honor. Victor is still plagued with guilt and fear at when he sees what he has created. The Creature is hideous, the Creature’s warning. Victor and Elizabeth’s father is soon unable to function or communicate. Victor is horrified, and found dead. Panic ensues, leaving Henry and Elizabeth alone, the vile monster — equally as scared — flees, taking Victor’s waiting for Victor’s return. The Creature kills Henry and then coat, which contains his journal. Henry returns to find Victor in turns his attention to Elizabeth, killing her in front of Victor. despair and takes him home to Geneva. Distraught by all he has provoked, Victor takes his own life. The Creature cradles his creator and is soon lost in the flames of the Frankenstein manor.

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We’ve designed a wonderful variety of FEBRUARY events for our supporters during our SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 2017 Repertory Season. Listed at right 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12pm ADC 11pm CS Cast are events through April for members Frankenstein Party* (ASO+) of the Artistic Director’s Council (ADC), Preview Event 8pm: 03 2pm/8pm: 03 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Chairman’s Council (CHM), Christensen 2pm: 03 7:30pm: 03 7:30pm: 03 7:30pm: 03 8pm: 03

Society (CS), The Jocelyn Vollmar 26 27 28 Legacy Circle (VLC), and Friends of San 5:30pm CS ADC Private Warehouse Rehearsal and Francisco Ballet. Christensen Society Event (ASO+) Dinner with 2pm: 03 Arthur Pita members and above will receive invitations to events that correspond with their performance dates. These MARCH events are marked with an asterisk (*). SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 For more information, please visit our 5:30pm Legacy 11:30am Studio Rehearsal Orchestra website at sfballet.org/donor-events, or (VLC) Rehearsal contact Christensen Society Manager (PAT+/VLC) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ari Lipsky at [email protected] 1pm Open Dress 10pm CS Cast Rehearsal and Party* (ASO+) or 415 865 6635. Reception (PAT+)

7:30pm: 04 7:30pm: 04 7:30pm: 05 8pm: 04 2pm/8pm: 05 PROGRAM 03 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11am VLC 11am Frankenstein (North American Premiere) Luncheon and Company Class Student Matinee Observation w/ (VLC) Reception (CON+) PROGRAM 04 2pm: 04 7:30pm: 05 7:30pm: 05 7:30pm: 04 8pm: 05 2pm/8pm: 03 Stravinsky Violin Concerto 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Prodigal Son 5:30pm CS 5:30pm Legacy Studio Rehearsal Studio Rehearsal Diamonds (DAN+) (VLC) 5:30pm ADC 2018 Season PROGRAM 05 2pm: 05 Preview Event Fusion 26 27 28 29 30 31 5:30pm 1pm Open Dress Salome (World Premiere) Worklight Rehearsal Rehearsal and (CON+) Fearful Symmetries Reception (ASO+) 8pm: 06

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PROGRAM 07 2pm/8pm: 06 Trio 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5pm Pre-Curtain 12:30pm Ballet Myles Thatcher World Premiere Dinner* (CHO+) History Lecture © Within the Golden Hour 10pm CS Cast (CON+) Party* (ASO+) 2pm: 06 7:30pm: 07 7:30pm: 06 8pm: 06 2pm/8pm: 07

PROGRAM 08 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cinderella© 2pm: 07 7:30pm: 06 7:30pm: 06 7:30pm: 07 8pm: 07

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 5:30pm CS Studio Rehearsal (DAN+)

7:30pm: 07 MEMBERSHIP LEVEL KEY 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ADC – Artistic Director’s Council ($100,000+) 6pm Trainee 1pm Open Dress 10:30pm CS Cast CHM – Chairman’s Council ($15,000–$99,999) Performance Rehearsal (SUP+) Party* (ASO+) (DAN+/VLC) CHRISTENSEN SOCIETY CHO – Choreographer’s Council ($7,500–$14,999) DAN – Dancer’s Council ($5,000–$7,499) ASO – Associate’s Council ($2,500–$4,999) FRIENDS OF SF BALLET PAT – Patron ($1,000–$2,499) SUP – Supporter ($500–$999) CON – Contributor ($200–$499) VLC – Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle

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COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS — SHARING THE JOY OF DANCE SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

At San Francisco Ballet, we’re passionate about sharing our love of ballet with our WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEE neighbors in the Bay Area. We strive to spark creativity and inspire imagination PATRICK M. HOGAN in our school outreach efforts, our youth and family programs, our partnerships, and in our annual free performances. Our education programs reach more than Patrick Hogan is senior vice president 24,000 people each year, and many of our programs are offered in partnership with of Electric Transmission & Distribution at community organizations such as San Francisco Unified School District, Boys & Girls Pacific Gas and Electric Company, where Clubs of San Francisco, the Bay Area Women’s and Children’s Center, and Autism he oversees PG&E’s electric transmission Fun Bay Area. and distribution system. Prior to joining PG&E in 2013, Hogan held leadership and Through the support of generous sponsors, we are continuing to expand our officer roles in transmission, distribution, educational programs. This year, we have increased the number of K–12 schools in operations, engineering, and asset which we offer free Dance in Schools and Communities residencies, adding John management at British Columbia Hydro, Muir Elementary School and two elementary schools from the Bayview/Hunters Point National Grid, and KeySpan. Hogan holds a neighborhood. For adult learners, we are pleased to offer a revamped introductory bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical class series, Ballet 101, 201, and 202, unique courses that explore the inspiration for engineering from Manhattan College and a the magic onstage and the intricacies of how we get it there. master’s degree in business administration from Hofstra University. We would like to extend our most sincere thanks to the Hearst Foundations for its significant underwriting as Principal Sponsor. We also gratefully recognize Chevron, the Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation, the Flora Family Foundation, Pacific Gas and THANKING JULIE FLYNN Electric Company, and Wells Fargo Foundation for their support as Lead Sponsors of San Francisco Ballet’s Education Programs. Additional acknowledgement goes to San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges Major Sponsor Kaiser Permanente and Sponsors Gap Foundation and the Zellerbach the service of Julie Flynn, who retired from Family Foundation. The Dance in Schools and Communities program is supported the Board in January 2017. Julie, an active by Major Sponsor The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon community volunteer, joined the Board Valley Community Foundation. The Student Matinee Series is supported by the Gaia in September 2013 and served on the Fund of the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation. Education and Development Committees.

Find a program that’s right for you by visiting SF Ballet’s education and community programs online at sfballet.org/community.

Members of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco at Summer Dance Camp // © Chris Hardy PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 41 Sponsor and Donor News

HONORING THE HELLMAN FAMILY & HELLMAN FOUNDATION

The many decades of support from The Hellman Family and their Foundation have been vital to ensuring the continued growth and excellence of San Francisco Ballet. This year, we are grateful to acknowledge both The Hellman Family and Hellman Foundation as integral sponsors of the 2017 season.

Along with a number of other donors, The Hellman Family has generously underwritten a significant portion of the production costs related to Frankenstein. This immense undertaking would not be possible without their contribution, and the partnership is a testament to The Hellman Family’s longstanding commitment to supporting new works and innovation in the AN EVER MAGICAL arts. Hellman Foundation has additionally provided a generous grant to OPENING NIGHT GALA support dancer wellness, an important component of SF Ballet’s dedication to providing the best care for our artists. Our 84th Repertory Season opened on January 19 with a glittering celebration organized by the Chris and Warren Hellman’s loyal support and service to SF Ballet has been Auxiliary. Themed “Ever Magical,” the Opening instrumental since Chris joined SF Ballet’s Board of Trustees in 1983. We Night Gala attracted more than 3,000 ballet salute Chris and Warren Hellman, the entire Hellman Family, and Hellman patrons and party-goers. This year we were Foundation for their steadfast support over the years. delighted to recognize David and Vicki Cox as the Honorary Gala Chairs.

The Opening Night Gala is more than an elegant THANKS TO OUR evening: as the largest special event of our FRANKENSTEIN UNDERWRITERS season, it generates critical funds to support a wide range of activities, from spellbinding We are grateful to our Frankenstein sponsors for the generosity that has performances at the War Memorial Opera House helped bring this electrifying new ballet to life. Created in an exciting to free and low-cost programs partnership with The Royal Ballet, Frankenstein combines innovative for our local community, and much more. choreography by Liam Scarlett, a breathtaking score composed by Lowell Liebermann, and stunning production design by John Macfarlane. A The success of this year’s Opening Night Gala is collaboration of such epic artistry and scale would not have been possible in large part thanks to Auxiliary Gala Committee without generous support from Lead Sponsors Bently Foundation and The members, led by Gala Chair Avé M. Seltsam, Hellman Family. We also thank Costume Sponsor E. L. Wiegand Foundation, Dinner Chair Meg Ray, and Auxiliary President whose support played a valuable role in transforming our dancers into the Brenda Leff. characters of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece.

We would also like to extend our thanks to the These grants, as well as vital funding from Frankenstein sponsors Ms. Laura generous sponsors of this event: Presenting Clifford, Stephanie and James Marver, and an anonymous donor, along with Sponsor Osterweis Capital Management; Grand additional support from Elisabeth Pang Fullerton, Marie and Barry Lipman, Benefactor Dinner Sponsor and Launch Party and Karl and Holly Peterson, made it possible for SF Ballet dancers to travel Host Tiffany & Co.; Benefactor Dinner Sponsor to London, where they worked alongside Royal Ballet dancers as Scarlett KPMG; Patron Dinner Sponsor JPMorgan Chase created the choreography. This support also provided for the commissioning & Co.; After Party Sponsor La Perla; Performance of Liebermann’s new score and the construction and remounting of the Sponsors Elisabeth Pang Fullerton and Teri and magnificent set pieces seen onstage, among many other aspects of this Andy Goodman; Cocktail Reception Sponsor immense project. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; and Invitation Sponsor Pacific Union — Christie’s International Real Estate.

42 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG Brenda Leff, Avé Seltsam, and Megan Ray attend “Make the World Sparkle” at Tiffany & Co. //© Drew Altizer In Memoriam SF BALLET BOARD CHAIR EMERITUS CHRIS HELLMAN Chris Hellman © Scott // Sommerdorf

On February 4, 2017, beloved philanthropist and San Francisco Ballet Board of Trustees Chair Emeritus Chris Hellman passed away. Born in London, Chris’s early love of dance was fostered through training at the Royal Academy of Dancing and later, as a professional dancer with London Festival Ballet.

Chris’s ardent support of the Company, along with her husband Warren’s, began in 1983 when she joined SF Ballet’s Board of Trustees. From 1991–1999, she held the position of board chair and upon stepping down, was named chair emeritus. Among her numerous contributions to SF Ballet, Chris oversaw the successful Preserving a Jewel Campaign in the mid-nineties, which built the Ballet’s endowment up from $3 million to $33 million. In 1998, she led a successful return of the Company to the War Memorial Opera House, following a two-year absence while the Opera House was seismically retrofitted. A year later, she also received the organization’s highest honor, the medal. In 2005, the Hellmans were elected Great Benefactors of SF Ballet and in 2008, Chris served as an honorary co-chair of the Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Celebration Committee. In addition to being named chair emeritus, Chris was also named director emeritus of SF Ballet’s Endowment Foundation Board. In 2010, the Ballet building at 455 Franklin Street was named the “Chris Hellman Center for Dance” in her honor.

“There are no adequate words to express how much Chris Hellman has meant to SF Ballet and to me, personally,” says SF Ballet Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson. “Both she and Warren were tireless champions and supporters of this organization for many years and their generosity is simply unparalleled. Because Chris was a dancer herself, we understood each other and had a very close working relationship. San Francisco Ballet would not be the world-class organization it is today, without her steadfast and unwavering support of my vision. We will miss her incredibly but her contribution to the arts in San Francisco will not be forgotten—we are forever grateful to her.”

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 43 Great Benefactors

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

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

44 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG Artistic Director’s Council

San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the members of the Artistic Director’s Council. Their generous annual support of $100,000 or more has been instrumental to the success of SF Ballet, SF Ballet School, and SF Ballet’s education programs. Council members receive customized benefits including special access to performances, exclusive events, and rehearsals. For more information, please contact Senior Manager, Capital and Principal Gifts Fermin Nasol at 415 865 6622 or [email protected].

GRAND BENEFACTORS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE GIFTS OF $100,000–$249,999 Mr. Richard C. Barker Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Bently Foundation Fang and Gary Bridge Grants for the Arts Ms. Laura Clifford The Hellman Family Kate and Bill Duhamel Lucy Jewett First Republic Bank Mr. and Mrs. James D. Marver Gaia Fund Mr. and Mrs. John S. Osterweis Shelby and Frederick Gans E. L. Wiegand Foundation The Hearst Foundations The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation George F. Jewett Foundation Koret Foundation David and Kelsey Lamond Marie and Barry Lipman Christa and Mark Lopez Alison and Michael Mauzé The Bernard Osher Foundation Osterweis Capital Management Yurie and Carl Pascarella Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock The Seiger Family Foundation VISIT THE SHOP Denise Littlefield Sobel AT SF BALLET David H. Spencer You’ll find a spectacular assortment The Swanson Foundation of SF Ballet-branded merchandise, Judy C. Swanson beautiful jewelry, and wonderful gifts.

Diane B. Wilsey The Shop is open one hour before Miles Archer Woodlief curtain time, during intermission, and for thirty minutes following weekend matinees.

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 45 2016–2017 Season Sponsors

2016 NUTCRACKER PROGRAM 03 PROGRAM 06 Lead Sponsors Frankenstein Swan Lake The Herbert Family LEAD SPONSORS LEAD SPONSOR The Swanson Foundation Bently Foundation Diane B. Wilsey The Hellman Family Sponsors MAJOR SPONSORS Yurie and Carl Pascarella COSTUME SPONSOR Sonia H. Evers E. L. Wiegand Foundation Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Kathleen Scutchfield Marissa Mayer and Zachary Bogue SPONSORS The Smelick Family Ms. Laura Clifford SPONSORS Official Airline of Nutcracker Stephanie and James Marver Katherine and Gregg Crawford United Airlines Anonymous Joseph and Marianne Geagea Richard Thalheimer Family with additional support from Elisabeth Pang Fullerton Marie and Barry Lipman 2017 REPERTORY Karl and Holly Peterson SEASON PROGRAM 07 Trio Lead Sponsor PROGRAM 04 MAJOR SPONSOR Mrs. Henry I. Prien Stephanie and James Marver Stravinsky Violin Concerto Saturday Night Subscription Series Myles Thatcher | World Premiere SPONSOR Lucy and Fritz Jewett Ms. Jeri Lynn Johnson LEAD SPONSORS Saturday Night Series Fang and Gary Bridge Prodigal Son David and Kelsey Lamond The Seiger Family Foundation MAJOR SPONSOR Sue and John Diekman SPONSOR PROGRAM 01 Byron R. Meyer Choreographers Fund* Diamonds Haffner Symphony Within the Golden Hour© SPONSORS LEAD SPONSOR Michel and Mekhala Oltramare LEAD SPONSOR Donald F. Houghton Michael and Mary Schuh Marie and Barry Lipman MAJOR SPONSOR BRAVO MAJOR SPONSORS Kathleen Scutchfield Hannah and Kevin Comolli Catherine and Mark Slavonia SPONSOR Almaden Press PROGRAM 05 SPONSORS O.J. and Gary Shansby Fragile Vessels | World Premiere PROGRAM SPONSOR ENCORE! The Bernard Osher Foundation LEAD SPONSOR Gaia Fund Fusion SPONSOR MAJOR SPONSORS PROGRAM 08 Osher New Work Fund* Athena and Timothy Blackburn Jennifer and Steven Walske Cinderella© In the Countenance of Kings SPONSOR LEAD SPONSORS SPONSOR Kacie and Michael Renc Alison and Michael Mauzé San Francisco Ballet Allegro Circle San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary Salome | World Premiere MAJOR SPONSORS LEAD SPONSOR Innovation Global Capital PROGRAM 02 Denise Littlefield Sobel Nancy A. Kukacka SPONSOR SPONSORS Seven Sonatas Osher New Work Fund* Ms. Laura McCabe-Edgar SPONSOR Barbara and Stephan Vermut Kathleen Grant, M.D. and Thomas Jackson, M.D. Fearful Symmetries MAJOR SPONSORS Optimistic Tragedy | World Premiere Karen S. Bergman LEAD SPONSORS Charles and Kara Roell Mr. Richard C. Barker SPONSORS Yurie and Carl Pascarella Brenda and Alexander Leff Miles Archer Woodlief Larissa Roesch and Jason Crethar SPONSOR TeRoller Fund for New Productions*

Pas/Parts 2016 *Endowed Fund of the San Francisco Ballet SPONSOR Endowment Foundation Phyllis C. Wattis Fund*

46 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG 2016–2017 Season Sponsors 2017 OPENING NIGHT GALA PRESENTING SPONSOR PATRON DINNER SPONSOR INVITATION SPONSOR Osterweis Capital Management JPMorgan Chase & Co. Pacific Union–Christie’s International Real Estate GRAND BENEFACTOR DINNER SPONSOR AFTER PARTY SPONSOR Tiffany & Co. La Perla BENEFACTOR DINNER SPONSOR COCKTAIL RECEPTION SPONSOR KPMG Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

TOURING , Napa, CA | July 2016 The Music Center, Los Angeles, CA | October 2016 The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC | October 2016

The following funds LEAD UNDERWRITERS Bob Ross Foundation Touring Fund of the San Francisco Osher Touring Fund Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Touring Fund G. William Jewell Touring Fund UNDERWRITERS Ballet Endowment The Hellman Family Touring Fund Foundation provide Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite Touring Fund MAJOR UNDERWRITERS Glenn McCoy Touring Fund permanent support Frannie and Mort Fleishhacker Touring Fund Vinie and J. Sanford Miller Touring Fund for touring by San Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Touring Fund Phyllis W. Nelson Touring Fund Francisco Ballet: Teri and Andy Goodman Touring Fund Anne and Michelle Shonk Touring Fund Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Touring Fund

GENERAL

San Francisco Ballet’s performances are made possible in part by grants from Grants for the Arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Kryolan Professional Make-up is the preferred make-up provider of San Francisco Ballet.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS Principal Sponsor of San Francisco Ballet’s Education Programs

Lead Sponsors of San Francisco Ballet’s Education Programs Additional support is provided by Major Sponsor Kaiser Permanente and Sponsors Gap Foundation and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. The Dance in Schools and Communities program is supported by Major Sponsor The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The Student Matinee Series is supported by the Gaia Fund of the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation.

Lead Sponsor of San Francisco Ballet School

MEDIA

Nutcracker Media Sponsors Repertory Season Media Sponsors Frankenstein Media Sponsor

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 47 Learn. Grow. Dance.

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL

Did you know that more than 50 percent of the dancers in SF Ballet received all or part of their training at the School? Our students get the chance to train in the home of America’s oldest professional ballet company and school, learning from our world-renowned faculty led by Associate Director Patrick Armand. San Francisco Ballet School Students © Erik // Tomasson

2017–2018 SCHOOL YEAR PRE-BALLET Ages 4–7 • Registration begins April 3, 2017 • No audition required AUDITION & REGISTRATION • Admissions are accepted on a first-come, school.sfballet.org first-served basis • Register online for a FREE trial class

AUDITIONS FOR CHILDREN Ages 8–11 • Saturday, June 3, 2017

LEAD SPONSOR OF SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL The Chairman’s Council

Larissa Roesch and Jason Crethar The Chairman’s Council brings PRODUCER'S COUNCIL Mr. Gordon Russell and Dr. Bettina McAdoo+ together a like-minded community of GIFTS OF $75,000–$99,999 Michael and Mary Schuh+ Mrs. Avé M. Seltsam and Mr. James D. Seltsam, Jr. business leaders and philanthropists Chaomei Chen and Yu Wu O.J.* and Gary Shansby+ who share the goal of bringing Beth and Brian Grossman Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor+ Donald F. Houghton+ Mr. and Mrs. William Truscott world-class ballet to a world-class Ms. Susan A. Van Wagner+ city. San Francisco Ballet gratefully PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Barbara and Stephan Vermut Dr. Jan and Mr. Jonathan Zakin+ acknowledges the generous support GIFTS OF $50,000–$74,999 Anonymous of Chairman’s Council members, Rosemary B. Baker+ Athena and Timothy Blackburn+ who contributed gifts of $15,000 Grady and Amy* Burnett CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL or more to the annual fund as of Hannah and Kevin Comolli GIFTS OF $15,000–$24,999 January 12, 2017. In addition to David and Vicki Cox+ Brenton and Lysbeth Warren Anderson+ Sue and John Diekman+ Eleonore Aslanian in memory of receiving Christensen Society Mrs. Suzy Kellems Dominik*+ Edward Aslanian benefits, members of the Chairman’s Sonia H. Evers+ Dr. Margaret Bates and Scott Johnson+ Mr. and Mrs. Greg Flynn Ms. Susan Blake+ Council receive benefits tailored to Richard and Elizabeth Fullerton Bruce Braden+ their individual interests, such as the Family Foundation Rachel Brass and Richard Foster Margaret and Stephen Gill+ Ron and Susan Briggs+ opportunity to sponsor a ballet or Cecilia and Jim Herbert+ Mr. John G. Capo+ enjoy an exclusive viewing of a ballet Mr. Hiro Iwanaga Paula and Bandel Carano Mr. and Mrs. James C. Katzman J. and J. Chang rehearsal. If you would like more Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich+ Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Cohan information about the Chairman’s Nancy A. Kukacka Robert and Laura Cory Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Leavitt in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Jordan Deschamps-Braly Council, please contact Major John Osterweis and Christine Russell Paula M. Elmore* Gifts Officer Sarah Warner at Irv H. Lichtenwald and Stephen R. Ripple+ Lynn Feintech and Tony Bernhardt+ Ms. Karla Martin* Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker+ [email protected] or Marissa Mayer and Zachary Bogue Tim and Amanda Garry 415 865 6634. Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Mobley James C. Gries+ Mrs. Henry I. Prien+ Brian and Elizaveta Gustafson Mr. George R. Roberts+ Mr. Isaac Hall We are pleased to give special Joan E. Roebuck+ Brian and Rene Hollins+ Charles and Kara Roell James C. Hormel and Michael P. Nguyen+ recognition to donors who have been Kathleen Scutchfield+ Mr. Basheer Janjua honored as ten-year members of the Catherine and Mark Slavonia John G. Kerns*+ Joyce L. Stupski+ William and Gretchen Kimball Fund Chairman’s Council or Christensen Mr. Richard J. Thalheimer+ Maja Kristin Society. Their names are followed by Jennifer and Steven Walske Patrice and Walther Lovato Ms. Susan Marsch a plus sign (+) in this section. Former SPONSOR’S COUNCIL Timothy Marten, M.D.+ SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Mr. Gregg Mattner GIFTS OF $25,000–$49,999 Justin T. McBaine Trustees are noted with an asterisk (*). John and Gioia Arrillaga+ Jane and Roger McCarthy Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish*+ Stewart McDowell Brady and Philip Brady Karen S. Bergman Nion T. McEvoy Ms. Eliza M. Brown+ Ms. Jean A. McIntyre The Dan and Stacey* Case Family Foundation+ Mary Mewha* Mr. and Mrs. Scott Connors Mr. Ronald W. Miller Katherine and Gregg Crawford+ Mrs. Stuart G. Moldaw+ Dana and Robert Emery+ Mr. David Oldroyd and Mr. Ronnie Genotti Carol Emory and The Wingate Foundation+ Roland G. Ortgies and Jacqueline* and Christian P. Erdman+ Carmela C. Anderson-Ortgies+ Diana Stark and J. Stuart Francis+ Marc Sinykin and Kevin Osinski Joseph and Marianne Geagea Mr. James Parsons and Ms. Andrea Hong Drs. Richard D. and Patricia Gibbs Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Pease Teri and Andy Goodman+ Alex & Maria Raitz Kathleen Grant, M.D. and Dave and Judy Redo+ Thomas Jackson, M.D.+ Glenn H. Reid and Frank S. Lanier+ Thomas E. Horn+ Christine Sherry and Lawson Fisher+ Mr. Soul Htite The Honorable and Mrs. George P. Shultz+ Ms. Jeri Lynn Johnson+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smelick+ Christine and Pierre Lamond+ Michael and Susanna Steinberg Brenda and Alexander Leff Alan and Patricia Tai+ Peter and Melanie Maier Adam J. Thaler Ms. Laura McCabe-Edgar Mr. and Mrs. William R. Timken+ Alexander R. Mehran*+ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tuttle+ Mr. James E. Milligan* The Whitman Family Foundation Michel and Mekhala Oltramare Ms. Patricia Wyrod Karl and Holly Peterson Diane and Howard Zack+ Megan Ray Anonymous Kacie and Michael Renc Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roach+

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 49 San Francisco Ballet School 2017 Student Showcase Performance and Dinner THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017

AN INVITATION TO DANCE San Francisco Ballet School 2017 Student Showcase PERFORMANCE AND DINNER May 31, June 1, and June 2, 2017 DATE | Thursday, June 1, 2017 TIME Performance at 6 pm, followed by dinner The SF Ballet School Student Showcase demonstrates the | School’s remarkable accomplishments throughout the year VENUES | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, followed and gives audiences the rare opportunity to experience a by dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco performance by the next generation of ballet professionals. Students from all levels of the School will perform repertory PERFORMANCE DATES pieces and ballets specially created for them to showcase Wednesday, May 31 at 7:30 pm their amazing talent and training. Thursday, June 1 at 6 pm Friday, June 2 at 7:30 pm Full evening tickets to the Thursday night dinner and performance begin at $500. SHOWCASE DINNER HOSTED BY All proceeds benefit San Francisco Ballet School Scholarship Fund Heather Cassady Martin, 2017 Student Showcase Chair Mrs. Alexander Leff, San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary President

BUY TICKETS NOW Event Tickets: sfballet.org/studentshowcase Performance-only Tickets: 415 865 2000

San Francisco Ballet Student Showcase // © Erik Tomasson The Christensen Society

The Christensen Society, named for the three brothers whose artistic vision pioneered San Francisco Ballet, offers a foundational connection to the heritage of the Company. Christensen Society member donations enable SF Ballet to underwrite season productions, acquire contemporary and classical works for our repertory, conduct national and international tours, train hundreds of young dancers at the San Francisco Ballet School, and share the love of dance with underserved children and families throughout the Bay Area.

San Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Christensen Society members, who contributed gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 to the annual fund as of January 12, 2017. For more information about the Christensen Society, please contact Christensen Society Manager Ari Lipsky at [email protected] or 415 865 6635.

We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as ten-year members of the Christensen Society. Their names are followed by a plus sign (+) in this section. Former SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Trustees are noted with an asterisk (*).

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Melanie and Rob Pedrick+ Robert Clegg*+ Beth Price+ Ms. Robin Collins GIFTS OF $7,500–$14,999 Leslie and Nick Podell+ Ms. Phoebe Cowles Mr. Joseph W. Alegre Mr. and Mrs. Neal I. Powers Mary B. Cranston*+ Ms. Susan Anderson-Norby Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberts Ms. Nancy Curtiss Kristen A. Avansino+ Julian Robertson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Davidson Chris and Janet Bajorek Mr. N. D’Arcy Roche and Ms. Bonnie De Clark Lydia and Steven Bergman Mrs. Stephanie Twomey Roche Ms. Carole A. Demsky Claire and Jared Bobrow Kamran and Helena Shamsavari+ Earl Diskin+ Mr. and Mrs.* William S. Brandenburg Mr. and Ms. Robert Shaw Mr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Dobos+ Kelly and Samuel* Bronfman II Mr. and Mrs. Roderick W. Shepard Robert and Judith Duffy+ Mr. and Mrs. Kent F. Brooks Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Sherwin+ Samantha DuVall and Darren Bechtel Ms. Carolyn Chandler Anne and Michelle Shonk+ Diane and Joseph Ehrman III+ Drs. Valerie and Devron Char Ms. Cherida Collins Smith+ Douglas and Barbara* Engmann+ Antoinette Chatton+ Mr. and Mrs. George H. Sollman Mr.* and Mrs. Irwin Federman Ms. Karen K. Christensen+ The Streets Family+ Brent and Sandra Fery Jack and Gloria Clumeck Mrs. Dwight V. Strong+ Ms. Katherine M. Fines and Mr. Henry Heines+ Mr. and Mrs. Sol Coffino Arlene H. Sullivan* Mr. and Mrs. David Fleishhacker+ Dr. Charles Connor+ Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Thornton+ Mr. Dennis N. Fluet+ Ms. Phyllis Cook+ Helgi and Marlene Tomasson Camille and Sean Flynn+ Michele Beigel Corash and Laurence Corash+ Drs. Oldrich and Silva Vasicek+ Dr. Kim Fullerton-Nelson Jill Daly Mrs. and Mr. Joanne K. Vidinsky Sally L. Glaser and David Bower Juanita and Manuel Del Arroz The Watkins Family+ Mrs. Vincent Golde Mr. and Mrs. Kevan Del Grande Mr. Tim Westergren and Ms. Smita Singh William J. Gregory Ms. Paulette Doudell+ Helena and William Wheeler Linda Groah Mr. Frank J. Espina and Mrs. Andrea Valo-Espina Cynthia and Edgar Whipple+ Mr. and Mrs. John and Lucie Hall Buck Farmer and Leida Schoggen Mr. Tim C. Wu and Mr. Eric Murphy Ms. Claudia Hardin Mr. and Mrs. John L. Field+ Kenneth and Anna Zankel, The Grove Dr. Birt Harvey Doris Fisher+ Anonymous (4) Joan and Alan Henricks Louella C. Fung Ms. Laura Miller and Mr. Matthew Herold Ms. Sally Garbarino Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hoch John and Marcia Goldman DANCER’S COUNCIL Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hollenbeck James K. and Helen L. Goodwine+ GIFTS OF $5,000–$7,499 Susan and Lyman Hurd Mary and Nicholas Graves+ Ms. Andrea Jacoby Ann M. Griffiths+ Ms. Diane K. Aaron Mrs. Barbara Johnson Dr. Nahum Guzik Mr. and Mrs. Tarang Amin Mr. Campbell C. Judge and Ms. Kim Ellis Alicia* and Philip Hammarskjold Judy and David Anderson Mr. Laurence Jurdem and Ms. Jorie Waterman Mr. and Mrs. David M. Haskin+ Mr. Scott Anthony and Ms. Christine DeSanze Bruce and Dasa Katz, Katz Family Foundation+ Mr. and Mrs. A. Grant Heidrich III+ Mr. and Mrs. Greer Arthur+ Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kautz Mr. Kenneth Hitz Mr. and Mrs. Hiroki Asai Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kostic Mr. and Mrs. Terry Houlihan Ms. and Mr. Ann K. Baer Ms. and Mr. Linda Kurtz Ms. Kathryn Huber Dr. Thomas and Julie Ballard Ms. Gladys Kwong Ms. Kimberly M. Hughes Ms. Deborah Taylor Barrera Mr. and Mrs. Jude Laspa+ Robert G. Hulteng+ Mr. Charles Barrett Laube Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jasen Jeanne and William Barulich Ms. Betsy A. Linder+ Dana and Larry Klamecki Mr.* and Mrs. Joachim Bechtle+ Mr. and Mrs. Allen Luniewski Ms. Micki Klearman Valli Benesch and Bob Tandler Philanthropic Fund Mr. and Mrs. Laurence R. Lyons Linda and Robert Klett+ Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite+ Mr. Michael Manning Arlene and Steve Krieger+ Mrs. Jan Birenbaum Mr. Patrick McCabe Captain Witold Klimenko and Mr. Charles Alden Black, Jr. and Mr. C. Grisham, Jr. Jennifer J. McCall Dr. Darlene Lanka-Klimenko+ Ms. Martha E. Blackwell Joan and Robert McGrath+ Mark and Debra Leslie+ Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Borelli Mr. and Mrs. John A. McQuown Mark and Lori Litwin+ Dr. Thomas and Janice Boyce+ Mr. Robert B. Meadows Carol and Hal Louchheim+ Dr. Odelia Braun Mr. Wallace Mersereau Mrs. Rhondalee Mahendroo Cynthia and Fred Brinkmann+ Fred and Carole Middleton+ Lori and David F. Marquardt+ Ms. Barbara Brown+ Mrs. Toni R. Miller Dr. Jack McElroy and Dr. Mary Ann Skidmore+ James R. and Melinda M. Brown Mrs. Janet Morris+ Dr. Maya Meux Peggy and Donald Burns+ Ms. Alexandra Moses+ Marta L. Morando+ Kelli and Steve Burrill+ Mr. Andrew Myrick Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman Dr. Paula Campbell Ms. Donna Neff Manfred K. Mundelius+ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chaiken+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman+ Miriam Sedman and Ralph Nyffenegger Dr. Annie Chang and Prof. Frederik Mooi Peggy and Willis Newton

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 51 The Christensen Society

Ms. Carla Oakley and Mr. Kevin McCarthy Christopher and Camille Bently Tawna and John Farmer+ Mr. Richard Oppenheimer Miss Carol L. Benz Mr. Robert S. Fisher*+ Mrs. Alexandra Ottesen Mrs. LaVerne Beres Mr. William E. Fisher+ Ms. Mindy Owen Ms. Catherine Bergstrom Ms. Linda Jo Fitz Ms. Elizabeth A. Peace Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Nina Berman Mr. Thomas W. Flynn Patricia Sanderson Port Ms. Sandra Moore Berrey Ms. Mayhill Fowler Mr. Gordon L. Radley+ Tom and Sandy Bertelsen Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Francies Jr Ursula Ralph Mr. Phil Bettens Mr. David B. Franklin and Ruedi F. Thoeni Reach-A-Star Foundation Arthur and Roslyn Bienenstock Mr. Douglas Frantz Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Richardson+ RADM and Mrs. John W. Bitoff+ Ms. Baerbel Freytag Mr. and Mrs. Sanford R. Robertson+ Amos and Carla Blackmon Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Fricke Ms. Marianne B. Robison+ Ms. Phyllis Blair Mr. Ian Friedland Ms. Patricia Rock and Mr. John Fetzer Mr. Noel T. Blos Ms. Ellen Fujikawa Ms. Susan Rosin and Mr. Brian Bock Ms. Janet M. Bollier Mrs. Ayumi Funaki Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ryan+ Bon Air Center Penny and Gregory Gallo Dorothy Saxe+ Mr. William Bonville Ms. Mary Gallo Mr. Michael Scagliotti and Mrs. Miya R. Peard Dr. Stephen C. Born Ms. Jane L. Gazzola Kathleen Schiebold Ms. Carolyn J. and Mr. David W. Brady Nora L. Gibson and William L. Hudson Mrs. Michelle D. Smith Germaine Brennan Foundation+ Ms. Joy Gim Mrs. Linda Snyder Ms. Marilyn Brennan Sandra and Yuen Gin The Spero Family Gordon Brody and Beatrice Bienaime Nora Goldschlager Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Spolin+ Catherine Brown and Gerald Gwathney Drs. Meryl Gordon and Robert Schermer Mr. Matthew Stepka Ed and Carole Brown+ Phillip and Philippa Newfield Gordon+ Lisa J. Stern-Hazlewood+ Mrs. Kathleen M. Brown* Ms. Shelley Gordon Susanne Stevens Josephine Brownback Mr. James Gosling+ Ms. Fran A. Streets+ Katie Budge Mr. Michael Grady Maureen and Craig Sullivan Betty C. Bullock and Robert Murray Richard L. Grant and James L. Miller+ Mr. and Mrs. Jim Swartz+ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Burkhart Donald W. and Patricia L. Green Darian and Rick Swig+ Julie and David Burns Ms. Joan Green Roselyne C. Swig*+ Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Byram Judy and Josh Green Ms. Trecia Knapp and Mr. Bruno Tapolsky Mrs. John Callander+ Nonie H. Greene and Todd Werby+ Mrs. Bente Tellefsen+ Libi Cape+ Mrs. Robert M. Greenhood Ms. Jody K. Thelander John and Carol Carlson+ Mr. and Mrs. Colin Greenspon Mr. and Mrs. William L. Thornton Mr. Damian S. Carmichael Ms. Doris Grimley Mr. Harry Tierney+ Ms. Linda Carson Claude and Nina Gruen+ Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tortorici Dr. Heidi H. Cary Duncan and Jeanie Gurley Janet Sassoon-Upton and John R. Upton, Jr.+ Dr. and Mrs. George Cassady+ Mimi Haas+ Paul A. Violich Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cauthorn Stephen Halprin+ Ms. Susan Warble Jon B. Chaney+ Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hamer III+ Emily and Bob Warden Mr. Marvin Charney Ms. Maria Hilakos Hanke Daniel and Marie Welch Mr. Philip Chou Alexander and Catherine Hargrave+ Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wertsch+ Mr. Paul Clifford Sara and Catherine Harkins Karen and Stephen Wiel+ Douglas Clough and Erin Uesugi Ms. Lori Harmon Marilyn Wolper Ms. Annelle Clute Mr. and Ms. Joseph Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael Woodall Ms. Margaret Coblentz Dr. Elizabeth A. Harrison Travis and Jim Wright+ Susan and Mitchell Cohen+ Mr. Christoph Hartmann Dr. Keith R. Yamamoto+ Ms. Claudia Coleman+ Michael and Julie Hawkins Sharon and Robert Yoerg Richard and Sylvia Condon+ Mr. and Mrs.* Kenneth Hecht Anonymous (4) Jane A. Cook John F. Heil+ Mr. Thomas J. Cooney Miranda Heller and Mark Salkind+ Alice M. Corning Troy and Alysia Helming ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Joan and Victor Corsiglia Helts Foundation GIFTS OF $2,500–$4,999 Ms. Sandi Covell+ Ms. Mary Herman James Abrams and Thomas Chiang Ron and Shahla Cowan+ Ms. Kristine T. Hernandez and Michael C. Abramson+ Ms. Nora C. Cregan Mr. Michael R. Glaser Norman Abramson and David Beery Ms. Lilly Creighton Mrs. Cynthia Hersey Mr. Amir Adibi Ms. Jennifer Crutchfield Virginia Hind Hodgson Molly and Stewart Agras+ Mrs. Mary A. Culp+ Mr. Michael Hoffman Ms. Kirsti Aho and Mr. Dale Underwood Juliet and Roggie Dankmeyer+ Hank J. Holland* Mr. Bruce Albert and Dr. Chady F. Wonson+ Mr. Stephen Danko Sunny Holland and Alan Pryor+ Sig and Susan Anderman Ms. Susan J. Davenport Ms. Carol Ann Holley Mrs. Diane E. Anderson Mr. Dan Davies John and Gina Hook Jola and John M. Anderson+ Dr. and Mrs. R.L. Davis+ Dr. Ray Hsu and Dr. Joanna Lin Mr. and Mrs. Jon T. Anderson Mr. Thomas L. Davis and Mrs. Marden N. Plant+ Dr. Serena Hu Dr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Andresen+ Dr. Richard M. Delfs Ms. Marie L. Hurabiell Ms. Gigi Anthony Marvin Dennis+ Ms. Margaret Hutchins Asmus Family Julie Desloge and George A. Newhall Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Hutton Mr. Stephen A. Bansak III Mr. and Mrs. David Dossetter+ Ms. Karen J. Irvin Mr. Stephen J. Barber Mr. and Mrs. William H. Draper III Jackson Family+ Mr. Michael Barrientos Michael E. Dreyer and Harry B. Ugol Mr. Dennis Jaffe Karen Bartholomew Mr. Alan S. Driscoll Guyton Jinkerson+ Marie-José and Kent Baum+ Mrs. Jennifer M. Duarte Ms. Gayle Johnson Mr. and Mrs. David W. Beach Mr. Fritz Eberly Mr. Todd Jolly and Ms. Judith Murio Mr. and Mrs. Gene Becker Anita C. Eblë Debra and Blake Jorgensen Dr. George Becker Dr. Robert Elfont and Ms. V’Anne Singleton Mr. Peter Joshua Ms. Lydia Beebe Mr. Greg Evans Ms. Roberta Kameda Ms. Desa C. Belyea Mrs. Mickey Evans Ms. Daru H. Kawalkowski+ Mr. Carroll Benter Rev. Richard Fabian Mr. Kris Kazaks

52 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG Ms. Lisa A. Keith Diana Nichols+ Ms. Holli P. Thier Rev. Keenan C. Kelsey Ms. Allison Nielsen Judy and Harold Ticktin Drs. Douglas and Carol Kerr Patricia and Hayes Noel Mr. Dana Tom Ms. Kathryn Kersey Mr. Paul Nordine Lowell Tong and Alasdair Neale Ms. Jennifer H. Kilpatrick Mr. Hiromichi Nozaki Ms. Christine Z. Tooby Dr. Robert S. King Ms. Linda L. Olson and Mr. David Polnaszek Ms. Amanda Topper+ Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum+ Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ouyang+ Suzanne M. Tucker and Timothy F. Marks Ms. Nancy Kittle Mr. Bijan Pajoohi Gayla Tyson and Dan Cotter Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Klein Mr. William D. Parent+ Mr. Herbert Uetz Ms. Patricia D. Knight Dr. Eugene H. Peck Patricia Unterman and Tim Savinar Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Koenig The Phillips Family Ms. Lida Urbanek Mr. and Mrs. Martin M. Koffel Mr. and Mrs. Julien R. Phillips Larry M. Vales Hal and Iris Korol+ Hilary C. Pierce and Keir J. Beadling Dr. Conrad Vial Reiko and Yasunobu Kyogoku Edward and Linda Plant+ Mr. Richard A. Votava Mrs. Carla L. Labat Melissa and Ritchie Post Mrs. Virginia Wade Jim and Anne Lairmore Tanya Marietta Powell+ Ms. Adrian Walker Sharon Lambert and Charles Cohen+ Dale and Danielle Power Mr. Richard Walsh Mr. Bryan Lamkin Ms. Sandra Price Rosalie V. Weaver Patricia Lekas and John Wentz+ Mr. John Pringle Eitan Fenson and Barbara Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Christopher E. Lenzo Louis Ptacek and Ying-Hui Fu Dr. Dana Weisshaar Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Leonard Mr. Fritz Quattlebaum Daphne and Stuart Wells Mr. and Mrs. Mark R. Lepper+ Ms. Ruth Quigley David and Kay Werdegar Mrs. Mona Lessing-Harroch+ Barbara Rambo* and Thomas A. Goossens+ Benjamin and Mary Ann Whitten Mr. Robert Levenson James Deveney and Steve Rausch Melanie and Ronald Wilensky Mr. Roy Levin Drs. Garry and Kathy Rayant+ David and Karima Wilner Rhoda Levinthal Ms. Teresa Remillard Mr. and Mrs. Terry Winograd Ms. Ardelle Levy Louise and Paul Renne Ms. Muriel Wolverton Pam G. Lewis Jon Q. and Ann S. Reynolds Celeste and Darryl Woo Ms. Debra A. Leylegian+ Mrs. Lisa A. Rhodes Sharon* and Dr. Russell Woo+ Claire and Herbert Lindenberger+ Mrs. Polly Rich Beatrice Wood Carol and Bill Lokke Thomas C. Rindfleisch and A. Carlisle Scott+ Laureen Woodruff+ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Love Mr. Jeremy Rishel Mr. Babak Yazdani Ms. Pirkko Lucchesi Mr. Chip Roame Jacqueline Young Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludgus+ L.L. Roberts and A.R. Wilbanks+ Mr. James Zawada Dr. and Mrs. G. Karl Ludwig, Jr.+ Ms. Marcia A. Rodgers Mr. John Ziegler Mrs. Chelsea D. Lynch Ms. Jeanne Rose Mrs. Richard E. Zimmerman Ms. Joan Mann Ms. Patricia Rosenberg Anonymous (9) Dr. and Mrs. David Joseph Martin Mr. and Mrs. David E. Rosenkrantz Ms. Virginia Martin Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rosenthal Ms. Anita Martinez Mr. Paul L. Rowe and Mr. Michael Sereno Ms. Connie V. Martinez Mr. Roberto Ruiz and Mr. Kevin Lee Ms. Mary E. Massee Paul Sack and Shirley Davis+ Holly and Stephen Massey Ms. Deborah Sagues Ms. Dosia Matthews Dr. Ellen Salwen Niko and Steven Mayer+ Louise Adler Sampson Dr. and Mrs. W. D. McCallum+ Mr. Warren H. Sandell Mr. Glenn McCoy Ms. Letitia Sanders Dan McDaniel, M.D. Donald and Terry Sarver Ms. Kathleen McEligot+ Mr. and Mrs. Richard Saveri Lisa and Jason McPhate Gwendy and Anthony Scampavia+ Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Mebine William and Linda Schieber Mr. Martin Melia Peter Lotnar Schmidt Dr. Beryl Mell+ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Schwab+ Mr. Steve Merlo Mrs. S. D. Schwabacher+ Mr. and Mrs. James J. Messemer+ Joan and Lynn Seppala Byron R. Meyer*+ Ms. Teresa Serata Mr. and Mrs. Lou Meylan Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Shapiro Richard Miller and John Vinton+ Mrs. Edith Sheffer Dr. Shokooh Miry Dr. David Tai-Man Shen and Mrs. Elaine Shen Mr. Ted E. Mitchell+ Mrs. Harriet J. Simpson Susan and Jack Molinari+ Marietta and Earl Singer Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moonie+ Mr. Aaron Sittig Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Moorhead Dr. Dale Skeen+ Mr. and Mrs. Donald Morgan Karen L. Skidmore Gary and Eileen Morgenthaler Ms. H. Marcia Smolens+ Mr. Hokuto Morita Mr. James Sokol Mrs. Dianne S. Morton Mr. Scott C. Sollers Mr. Milton J. Mosk and Mr. Thomas Foutch+ Mary Ann Somerville Kathleen Much and Stanley Peters Rosemary G. Southwood Mrs. Jane S. Mudge+ Ms. Ellice Sperber and Ms. Emma Elizalde Ms. Sharon S. Muir Mrs. Rosmary R. Spitzer Mr. John Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Philip Strause Mr. Roger Murray Shelby T. Strudwick Peter Johnson Musto+ Joseph J. Sturkey+ Ms. Vija Hovgard Nadai Mr. and Mrs. Peter Swartz Mrs. Shirley Negrin+ Ms. Lita Swiryn Dr. Alex Nellas Ms. Nadine Tang Drs. Andrew and Lynn Newman+ Mr. James Teter

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 53 Corporate and Foundation Support

Forward-thinking organizations CORPORATE COUNCIL understand the need to create ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL a vibrant civic life in the places GIFTS OF $100,000–$249,999 GIFTS OF $15,000–$24,999 they do business. Leading corporations — local, national, First Republic Bank Brunello Cucinelli and international — enhance their Osterweis Capital Management Dodge & Cox Pacific Union - Christie’s International reputations by supporting San PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Francisco Ballet performances, GIFTS OF $50,000–$99,999 Real Estate touring, special events, and our Bank of America CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL community engagement programs. Chevron GIFTS OF $10,000–$14,999 And when they do, they are able to Innovation Global Capital Almaden Press promote their brand to an audience JPMorgan Chase & Co. Gap Foundation of opinion makers, entertain clients KPMG Integnology at performances, and receive Pacific Gas and Electric Company Mechanics Bank Wealth Management other special benefits as part of a Tiffany & Co. Saks Fifth Avenue customized benefits package. Giving Wells Fargo Foundation Willis Towers Watson from private, family, and community foundations helps us commission SPONSOR’S COUNCIL DANCER’S COUNCIL new works; design and build sets and GIFTS OF $25,000–$49,999 GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999 costumes; take the Company on tour; B|O|S (Bingham, Osborn & and engage our communities. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Scarborough, LLC) Kaiser Permanente Delta Dental of California To learn more, contact Corporate La Perla Denning and Company Giving Officer & Interim Institutional Wells Fargo Private Bank SpotHero Giving Officer Amy Drew at [email protected] or 415 865 6616. IN-KIND DONORS GRAND BENEFACTOR’S COUNCIL CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE GIFTS OF $15,000–$24,999 Bay Area Rapid Transit Ernest Vineyards KGO-TV The Fairmont San Francisco San Francisco Chronicle Nob Hill Gazette Sutter Securities Incorporated ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL KCBS GIFTS OF $10,000–$14,999 KPIX Almaden Press KNTV DotheBay KQED TV Kryolan Professional Make-up San Francisco magazine Miette

PRESENTER’S COUNCIL DANCER’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $50,000–$99,999 GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999 Bay Area Reporter Ashley Morgan Designs J Riccardo Benavides Etude Wines McCalls Catering & Events Patina Catering Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP UpOut

SPONSOR’S COUNCIL ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $25,000–$49,999 GIFTS OF $2,500–$4,999 Avissi Prosecco Epi Center MedSpa Bouchaine Vineyards Folie à Deux United Airlines

54 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG CORPORATE COUNCIL FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT GRAND BENEFACTOR CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVE GIFTS OF $10,000–$14,999 Bently Foundation Crankstart Foundation Grants for the Arts John and Marcia Goldman Foundation E. L. Wiegand Foundation The Guzik Foundation Mimi and Peter Haas Fund ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $100,000–$249,999 Heising-Simons Foundation Scutchfield and Daughter Gaia Fund The Wingate Foundation The Hearst Foundations K.A. Zankel Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Zellerbach Family Foundation George F. Jewett Foundation Koret Foundation DANCER’S COUNCIL The Bernard Osher Foundation GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999 The Seiger Family Foundation Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation The Swanson Foundation Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc. Chang Mooi Family Foundation PRESENTER’S COUNCIL GIFTS OF $50,000–$99,999 Clumeck Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation Edward Baker Foundation Edward And Marjorie Goldberger Foundation Cox Family Foundation Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund Flora Family Foundation The Hope and Norman Hope Foundation Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Walter S. Johnson Foundation Grossman Family Foundation The Kingsley Foundation The Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation Laube Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Reach-A-Star Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Fund Wallis Foundation Storm Castle Foundation SPONSOR’S COUNCIL The Laney Thornton Foundation GIFTS OF $25,000–$49,999 The Vasicek Foundation Arrillaga Foundation The Whitman Family Foundation The Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Dan and Stacey Case Family Foundation GIFTS OF $2,500–$4,999 Hellman Foundation The Amphion Foundation H. B. and Lucille Horn Foundation The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Dorrance Family Foundation Lamond Family Foundation Katz Family Foundation The Charles Henry Leach, II Fund Lakeside Foundation MSB Cockayne Fund Post Family Foundation The Walske Charitable Foundation Springcreek Foundation CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Urbanek Family Foundation GIFTS OF $15,000–$24,999 Wender Weis Foundation for Children Crescent Porter Hale Foundation Walter & Elise Haas Fund John Brockway Huntington Foundation Roberts Foundation

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 55 San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation

The San Francisco Ballet Endowment ENDOWED FUNDS FOR GENERAL SUPPORT Foundation is a separate nonprofit public benefit corporation that Michael C. Abramson Fund Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich Family Lois and David Anderson Fund Foundation Fund holds and manages endowment Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Baird Fund* KPMG Fund funds, with the goal of supplying Rosemary and Edward D. Baker III Richard LeBlond Fund* Foundation Fund Susan B. Levine and James W. Lauer Fund a reliable source of support while Richard C. Barker Fund The Debra Leylegian Adagio Fund protecting its investments against William Bason Fund* George W. Lord Fund* Nancy and Joachim Bechtle Fund Carol Lovell Fund, in memory of Kenneth Hynes* inflation and wide swings in the Wendy and W. Richard Bingham Fund Daniel E. Malkin Fund* capital markets. Each year, a transfer Blum Family Foundation Fund The Marver Family Fund Deborah and Richard A. Bocci Fund Alison and Michael Mauzé Fund from the Endowment Foundation Ron and Susan Briggs Fund Russell J. Mays Fund* provides support for a variety of SF Eva Benson Buck Charitable Trusts Fund Alexander Mehran Fund Edith Bundy Fund* Julia O. Merriman Fund* Ballet needs, including the creation Peter Byram Fund* James E. Milligan Fund of new works, touring, financial aid Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. Fisher Fund Tamra and Kurt Mobley Fund Lewis and Emily Callaghan Fund* C. Kenneth and Maureen M. More Fund* for SF Ballet School students, and Christina E. Carroll Fund Milton J. Mosk and Thomas Foutch Fund community education and outreach Margaret Carver Fund Elizabeth H. and Bradford G. Murphey Fund* Dan and Stacey Case Fund Phyllis W. Nelson Fund programs. It is now the third largest Angelina and Christopher Cohan Fund Melvin Novikoff Trust Fund* source of revenue for SF Ballet David and Vicki Cox Fund John Osterweis and Barbara Ravizza Fund Timothy Dattels and Kristine Johnson Fund John Osterweis Fund after ticket sales and contributions. Sue and John Diekman Fund Yurie and Carl Pascarella Fund Donors who make gifts of $25,000 Phyllis and Bill Draper Fund Greta R. Pofcher Fund Rudolph W. Driscoll Fund Marie-Louise and David L. Pratt Fund or more to the endowment have a Kate and Bill Duhamel Fund Melinda and Paul Pressler Fund fund created in their name. Named Joseph B. Durra Fund Virginia and Walter Price Fund Jacqueline and Christian P. Erdman Fund Jessica M. Putney Fund* funds can provide general support or Sonia H. Evers Fund Janet L. Pynch Fund* support designated for specific uses Concepción S. and Irwin Federman Fund Kenneth Rainin Fund Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Felson Fund George R. Roberts Fund at SF Ballet, SF Ballet School, and SF Jason M. Fish and Courtney Benoist Fund Mr. and Mrs. Claude N. Rosenberg, Jr. Fund Ballet’s education programs. For more Ann and Robert Fisher Fund Kate and George W. Rowe Fund Doris and Donald Fisher Fund W. David Rozkuszka Fund* information on endowed funds or Elizabeth and Robert Fisher Fund Leontine Sassell Fund* the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick Fund* Marjorie K. Sawyer Fund* Diana Stark and J. Stuart Francis Fund Franca Schilt Fund* Foundation, please contact Senior Frances and Theodore Geballe Fund Kathleen Scutchfield Fund Manager, Capital and Principal Gifts Margaret Stuart Graupner Fund* The Seiger Family Foundation Fund Eugene H. and Stephanie Gray Fund* O.J. and J. Gary Shansby Fund Fermin Nasol at [email protected] or James Gries Fund Dr. Lawrence Loy Shrader and 415 865 6622. Richard B. Gump Fund* Hisako B. Shrader Fund* Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund The Honorable and Mimi Haas Fund Mrs. George P. Shultz Fund SF Ballet is honored to list the Mimi & Peter Haas Fund Martinez / Sloan Family Fund Walter & Elise Haas Fund Gail and Robert M. Smelick Fund following named funds that contribute Kathryn A. Hall and Thomas C. Knutsen Fund Cherida Collins Smith Fund to general support. Those highlighted Sally and William Hambrecht Fund Michael Smuin Memorial Fund Edith Hammerslough Fund* Mr. Scott C. Sollers Fund with an asterisk (*) were fully or Katharine Hanrahan Fund* Donald G. Speakman Fund* primarily funded through estate gifts. The Lloyd Harper Patron Fund Jeanette Sperry Fund* Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Hays Fund David Stanton and Shanna McBurney Fund The Hellman Family Fund Maureen and Craig Sullivan Family Fund Rosalie G. Hellman Fund The Swanson Foundation Fund Mrs. Louis E. Hendricks Fund* Gretchen and L. Jay Tenenbaum Fund Cecilia and James Herbert Fund Richard J. Thalheimer Fund Richard S. Hirsch Fund* Olivia Thebus Fund* Hank J. Holland Fund Carmen S. Thornton Fund* Brian and Rene Hollins Fund John and Anna Logan Upton Fund Mr. James C. Hormel and Susan A. Van Wagner Fund Mr. Michael P. Nguyen Fund Mrs. S. W. Veitch Fund Thomas E. Horn Fund Harry J. Wagner Fund* Dr. Samuel C. Hughes Fund* The Lonna Wais Endowment Fund Dora Donner Ide Fund* Gene Walker Fund* Joan J. Jacobs Fund* Elizabeth F. Wallace Fund* G. William Jewell Fund* The Walske Foundation Fund Lucy and Fritz Jewett Fund Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Wattis III Fund Chris and Cheryl Johns Fund Phyllis C. Wattis Fund* Grace Eleanor Johnson Fund* Timothy C. Wu Fund Mildred Maureen Johnson Fund* Kam Har Yung Fund Ruby Rae Pinochi-Johnson Fund* Janice and Jonathan Zakin Fund Katzman Family Fund CiCi and Stephen Zellerbach Fund Heinrich J. Killian Fund* William Zoller Fund* The Diana Dollar Knowles Fund* Anonymous (9) Mr. and Mrs. Gorham B. Knowles Fund*

56 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG Your Legacy, Our Future

Beloved as a ballerina at San Francisco Ballet from the 1940s to the 1970s, Jocelyn Vollmar has also been a longtime mentor to students at SF Ballet School. She epitomizes the strength, grace, and artistry at the heart of SF Ballet. Jocelyn has played an important role in developing a cultural legacy in this world-class city—and so can you, by including our organization in your will or trust.

When you let us know that you’ve included SF Ballet in your estate plans, we’re pleased to invite you to join the Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle. As a member, you’ll become a special part of the SF Ballet family FOR MORE INFORMATION and will be invited to exclusive events throughout the year. Contact SF Ballet Planned Giving Manager Elizabeth Lani at 415 865 6623 or [email protected].

Jocelyn Vollmar in “Black Swan” costume outside the Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate Park, May 31, 1962 The Jocelyn Vollmar Legacy Circle

Your estate gift to San Francisco Michael C. Abramson Shelby and Frederick Gans Norman Abramson and David Beery John Garfinkle Ballet enrolls you in very special Sophie and Ted Aldrich Stephen and Margaret Gill company: the Jocelyn Vollmar Anthony J. Alfidi S. Bradley Gillaugh Cal Anderson Jane Gitschier Legacy Circle. Jocelyn Vollmar’s David and Judith Preves Anderson Teri and Andy Goodman career extended from performing Steven D. Arias Meryl Gordon, M.D. Roulhac and Tom Austin Michael W. Grady roles in SF Ballet’s first Nutcracker Nancy R. Axelrod Jeneal Granieri and Swan Lake to training ML Baird, in memory of Travis & Marion Baird Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Rosemary B. Baker Joan and Michael Green generations of dancers in SF Ballet Richard C. Barker Patricia Lindsay and Donald W. Green School. We created the Jocelyn Valera Ferrea Barnhart Roger W. Green Marie Schoppe Bartee James Gries Vollmar Legacy Circle to recognize Margaret Bates, M.D. Martin C. Hamilton and thank those individuals who, as Richard and Kathy Beal Rosemary (Rosie) Hayes Cecelia Beam Terry Hynes Helm a part of their own legacy, make an Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Berger Cecilia and Jim Herbert investment in the future of SF Ballet. Karen S. Bergman Linda K. Hmelo Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite Betty Hoener Arthur Bienenstock Thomas E. Horn Members gain special insight into Patricia Ellis Bixby Donald F. Houghton Phyllis B. Blair Mr. and Mrs. Terry Houlihan SF Ballet and the creative process Aviva Shiff Boedecker Vija M. Hovgard of dance through an annual Jon Borset Harold D. and Jocelyn P. Hughes Dr. Carol Bowden Marie Louise Hurabiell celebratory luncheon and other Bruce Braden Dorothy and Bradford Jeffries behind-the-scenes events. Legacy Lisa K. Breakey Berdine Jernigan Ron and Susan Briggs Mrs. Barbara Johnson gifts come in all sizes and include Leonard Brill and Richard Sanjour Mark G. Jones gifts from wills and living trusts; gifts Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann Mrs. René Jopé Ms. Agnes Chen Brown Dr. Devorah Joseph in memory of Nerrissa Joseph that return lifetime income, such as James R. and Melinda M. Brown David A. Kaplan charitable gift annuities; our pooled Marjorie and Gerald Burnett Rose Adams Kelly Julie and David Burns John Kerns income fund; and other planned Patricia Butler Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum gifts. For information about Legacy Adrian and Carol Byram Linda and Robert Klett Patricia J. Campbell Carole Dillon Knutson Circle membership and estate gift Jack Capito Ms. June Kronberg options, please contact Planned Linda Parker Cassady Joan Shelbourne Kwansa Michaela Cassidy Sharon Lampton Giving Manager Elizabeth Lani at Annag Rose Chandler Kimun Lee [email protected] or 415 865 6623. Antoinette Chatton Marcia Lowell Leonhardt Larry Chow and Ralph Wolf Irv Lichtenwald and Stephen R. Ripple Diane and William Clarke Betsy Lim Robert Clegg Susan R. Lin Bette Jean Clute Carol and Hal Louchheim Michael Q. Cohen and Carol Berman Cohen Barbara Lowe Maggie Collins James J. Ludwig Jane A. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Laurence R. Lyons Mary Ellen Copner Susan Adair Malecki Colette V.A. Cornish Jo Markovich Sandi Covell John Robert Martin Deborah Pearson Cowley Connie V. Martinez Kenneth and Diane Cox Mr. James D. Marver Lynda Meyer Cronin Erika-Marie Matthes Gerald Currier Dosia Matthews Ramona Manke Davis Gwen and Hamp Mauvais Cornelia Y. de Schepper Mrs. Alice T. May Martha Debs Steven and Niko Mayer David and Alaina DeMartini Kathlyn McDonough and Dennis Yamamoto Karel and Mark Detterman Donald L. McGee Charles Dishman Mrs. William L. McGee Earl Diskin Dr. Terri McGinnis Christine H. Dohrmann Betsy and Ed McGuigan Sam Alicia Duke James H. McMurray Joseph Ehrman III Susan J. Meadows Carol Emory Robert L. Merjano Ms. Frances Eubanks Steve Merlo Joan Falender Karl Meyer and Kelly Hails Merritt and Mary Lou Fink J. Sanford Miller Richard Fitzgerald Ms. Joyce E. Miller Victoria Flavell Mr. Sidney F. Mobell Frannie Fleishhacker Nancy and Larry Mohr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Foote Patricia Mok Mary Jo Francis Milton J. Mosk Douglas Frantz Kathleen Much Sandra and Alfred Fricke Tom and Anne Muller Joseph and Antonia Friedman Peter Johnson Musto Connie Marie Gaglio Virginia Mylenki and James J. Pidgeon

58 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman Tom Nicoll Jeffrey A. Nigh Norman and Hillevi Null Peter Nye and James Marks Marc Sinykin and Kevin Osinski John S. Osterweis James O. Pearson, Jr. Rudy Picarelli Karen Posner Steve and Cleo Postle Roger and Deborah Potash Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Price Jane Radcliffe Dave and Judy Redo Glenn H. Reid and Frank S. Lanier M.A. Rey-Bear Trust Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe Pat Roberts Elsie Robertson Pauline and Richard Roothman Renee and Dennis Ross Renee Rubin Karl Ruppenthal and Jo Maxon Pat Sanderson R. L. Sauer Dorothy Saxe Norman Schlossberg Ms. Catherine Schmidt Walter and Sharon Schneider

Al Schroeder // © Erik Tomasson Lake Swan in Tomasson’s Feijoo and Vitor Luiz Lorena Leonard C. Schwab Harold E. Segelstad Mr. and Mrs. Jack Self Christine Selle Michael and Daryl Shafran J. Gary and O.J. Shansby Foundation John-Luke Sheridan Mrs. Carter Parrish Sherlin Carol R. Sholin Edward M. Silva JOIN FRIENDS OF Charles G. Smith Cleveland M. Smith Dr. W. Byron Smith SAN FRANCISCO BALLET M. Eileen Soden, Ph.D. Scott C. Sollers Sue Sommer FOR BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCESS Sharon St. James Stephen B. Steczynski Nancy Stern Celebrate your love of ballet by becoming a Friend of SF Ballet. Susanne Stevens Mrs. Dwight V. Strong Starting this Season, our Friends get closer than ever before. Watch Jane and Jay Taber a ballet come to life in an open dress rehearsal, get early access to Tom Taffel and Bill Repp Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tai purchase tickets, and meet fellow donors and Company artists at Jack Eugene Teeters special events. Loyal supporters like you ensure that the Ballet will Sam Thal, M.D. Richard J. Thalheimer be around for future generations to enjoy. Suzanne and Charles Thornton Jazz Tigan Mr. and Mrs. Howard Timoney Michael E. Tully Janet Sassoon-Upton and John R. Upton, Jr. Carolyn and Terry Voet JOIN US, WON’T YOU? Mrs. Katherine Wallin Just visit sfballet.org/donate or call 415 865 6628 to make your Mrs. Barbara W. Wanvig Rosalie V. Weaver gift and receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your Dr. Frieda Weiner SF Ballet experience. Ingrid M. Weiss Daphne and Stuart Wells Benjamin and Mary Ann Whitten Karen and Stephen Wiel Mr. Burlington Willes Miles Archer Woodlief Laureen Woodruff Dr. Robert and Sharon Yoerg Janice Hansen Zakin Kristine A. Zeigler Mrs. Stephen A. Zellerbach Anonymous (34)

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 59 Business, meet Balanchine.

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The San Francisco Ballet “family” extends beyond the stage to include a large community of dedicated and generous volunteers who are personally involved in the Company’s success. The tireless efforts of these volunteers contribute greatly to SF Ballet’s accomplishments. AUXILIARY Vibrant, energetic, and passionately committed to the success of each new ballet season, Ballet Auxiliary members comprise an exclusive group of women who leverage their talents in fundraising events that each year raise more than $2 million for SF Ballet.

Mrs. Alexander Leff, President ACTIVE MEMBERS Ms. Claire Stewart Kostic SUSTAINING MEMBERS Mrs. William N. Keller Ms. Blanca Aguirre Ms. Betsy A. Linder Jola Anderson Mrs. Robert D. Kroll Mrs. Judy Anderson Mrs. Carol Louie Mrs. James P. Anthony Mrs. William D. Lamm Ms. Donna Bachle Mrs. Rhonda Mahendroo Mrs. Thomas G. Austin Ms. Jean Larette Mrs. Bartley B. Baer Mrs. Heather Cassady Martin Ms. Rosemary B. Baker Miss Elizabeth Leep Ms. Deborah Taylor Barrera Ms. Laura V. Miller Ms. Katherine Banks Ms. Debra A. Leylegian Ms. Alletta Bayer Dr. Shokooh Miry Ms. Harriet L. Barbanell Mrs. Barry R. Lipman Miss Carol Benz Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson Mitchell Mrs. Patrick V. Barber Ms. Sheila M. Lippman Mrs. Steven Bergman Ms. Margaret Mitchell Mrs. Kent T. Baum Mrs. John C. Lund Ms. Catherine Bergstrom Mrs. Monika Moscoso-Riddle Mrs. Peter Berliner Mrs. Robert W. Maier Mrs. Ashley Berman Mrs. Sarah Newmarker Mrs. John W. Bitoff Ms. Susan A. Malecki Ms. Linda Bettencourt Mrs. Michael O’Sullivan Mrs. Athena Blackburn Ms. Sandra Mandel Ms. Beverley Siri Borelli Mrs. Jack Preston Mrs. Richard A. Bocci Mrs. Michael L. Mauzé Ms. Giselle Bosc Ms. Virginia Leung Price Mrs. Caroline Krawiec Brownstone Mrs. Mark A. Medearis Mrs. William S. Brandenburg Ms. Maria K. Ralph Mrs. Donald W. Carlson Mrs. James J. Messemer Mrs. Kent F. Brooks Ms. Megan Ray Mrs. Walter Carpeneti Ms. Alison Morr Mrs. G. Steven Burrill Ms. Kacie Renc Mrs. Charles E. Clemens Mrs. Jane S. Mudge Mrs. David Byers Mrs. Patricia Dale Roberts Miss Robin Collins Ms. Vickie Nelson Mrs. Kathleen Coffino Ms. René Rodman Ms. Christine Leong Connors Mrs. Robert L. Newman Ms. Rebecca Cooper Ms. Stephanie B. Russell Mrs. Daniel P. Cronan Mrs. Peggy L. Newton Mrs. Angelos J. Dassios Ms. Meg Ruxton Ms. Gail De Martini Ms. Carole A. Obley Ms. Carole A. Demsky Mrs. James D. Seltsam, Jr. Mrs. Theodore S. Dobos Mrs. Edward Plant Ms. Christine DeSanze Ms. V’Anne Singleton Mrs. David Dossetter Mrs. Nick Podell Mrs. Samara Diapoulos Ms. Grace Nicolson Sorg Mrs. Happy Dumas Dame Tanya Marietta Powell Ms. Patricia Ferrin Ms. Holli Thier Dr. DiAnn Ellis Mrs. Todd G. Regenold Mrs. John E. Fetzer Mrs. Andrea Valo-Espina Mrs. Douglas J. Engmann Ms. Lorrae Rominger Ms. Jane Gazzola Mrs. Patrick Walravens Mrs. Christian P. Erdman Ms. Dara C. Rosenfeld Mrs. Vincent Golde Ms. Amy Wender-Hoch Ms. Lorre Erlick Mrs. Jay Ryder Mrs. James M. Goodman Mrs. Aimee West Ms. Dixie D. Furlong Ms. Isabel M. Sam-Vargas Ms. Shelley Gordon Ms. Freddi Wilkinson Mrs. Stephen Ghiselli Ms. Ellen Sandler Mrs. David Grove Mrs. Eric Wold Mrs. William E. Grayson Mrs. Thomas Schiff Ms. Lori Harmon Mrs. Robert W. Wood Ms. Nonie H. Greene Mrs. Elaine Wong Shen Mrs. Joseph Harris, Jr. Ms. Patricia Wyrod Mrs. John P. Grotts Ms. Merrill Randol Sherwin Mrs. Ronald R. Heckmann Miss Carla Wytmar Ms. Catherine D. Hargrave Ms. Karen L. Skidmore Mrs. Christopher Hemphill Mrs. Ronald Zaragoza Mrs. Michael R. Haswell Mrs. Susan Solinsky Mrs. Holly Hollenbeck Mrs. Terrence M. Hazlewood Mrs. Mathew Spolin Ms. Kathryn A. Huber Mrs. Helgi Tomasson Ms. Terry Hynes Helm Mrs. Jerome J. Suich II Honorary Member Mrs. Judy Swanson Ms. Marie Louise Hurabiell Ms. Mindy Henderson Ms. Jody K. Thelander Mrs. Richard Jasen Ms. Kelli Hill Mrs. Charles V. Thornton Mrs. Jonathan Kaufman Mrs. Kurt Hoefer Ms. Elizabeth W. Vobach Mrs. James C. Kelly Mrs. Michael F. Jackson Mrs. Gregg von Thaden Mrs. Trecia Knapp Ms. Daru H. Kawalkowski Ms. Barbara Waldman Mrs. Carolyn Koenig Ms. Lisa A. Keith Mrs. Wallace Wertsch ALLEGRO CIRCLE ENCORE! Allegro Circle is one of our newest organizations — a small If you’re a young professional who loves dance and a great party, and mighty group of donors who also volunteer their networks dust off the tux, get out that gown, and join our 300 plus ENCORE! and their professional expertise to SF Ballet. There’s a start-up members as they go behind the scenes and share their love of ballet mentality to the way they work, lending their support and their with other young people at a wide variety of social, educational, and entrepreneurial spirit to ensure SF Ballet’s success. For more, networking events. For more, visit sfballet.org/encore. visit sfballet.org/allegrocircle. LEADERSHIP STEERING COMMITTEE Christopher Correa Alex Christie President Lena Gikkas Stewart McDowell Brady and Patrice Lovato Vanessa Jn-Baptiste Co-Chairs Susan Lin Kelcie Lee Paula Elmore Vice President Elizabeth Sgarrella Amanda Garry Angela Zhang Jamie Taylor Susan Marsch Secretary Maggie Winterfeldt Clark Gregg Mattner Patricia Wyrod Daniel Cassell Treasurer Emily Hu Immediate Past President

PROGRAM 03 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 61 Thank You to Our Volunteers

BRAVO

BRAVO is a group of more than 300 dance enthusiasts whose services and support are vital to the ongoing success of San Francisco Ballet. Each year BRAVO members contribute a collective total of more than 10,000 hours of volunteer assistance, striving behind the scenes to bring the wonder of ballet to life. In the process they get a personal close encounter with the inner workings of the world of SF Ballet. For more information and to apply for membership, visit sfballet.org/bravo.

Patricia D. Knight, President VOLUNTEER HOURS DURING THE 2015–2016 SEASON

250+ Hours Elmira Lagundi Suzanne Johnson 40–54 Hours Corine Assouline John Mazurski Kathy Judd Edie Bazjanac Paulette Cauthorn Betsy McGuigan Laura Kerepesi Monique Bouskos Joan Green Roberta McMullan Carrie Kost Emmy Diep Julie Hawkins Patricia Nelson David Lau Inna Edwards Giovanna Jackson Deric Patrick Aldona Lidji Tariq El-Amin Patricia Knight Howard Perkins Steve Loving Bettina Graf Suzanne Knott Sue Plasai Margaret McCormack Wilcox Susan Kalian Pirkko Lucchesi Twyla Powers Linda Miyagawa Kiyoshi Kimura Dosia Matthews Pauline Roothman Keiko Moore Robin Kinoshita Steve Merlo Lacy Steffens Gale Niess Melissa Lee-Gardner Kathryn Roberts Steve Wong Deborrah Ortego Cyndy Lee Daphne Wray Johanna Payne Tani Nagaoka 100–249 Hours Jill Zerkle Sara Pope Marthe Nyborg Margaret Anderson Anne Snowball Jazmine Paniagua Jenny Au-Yeung 55–99 Hours Tracy Stoehr Cynthia Sides Carolyn Balsley Jon Borset Sherrie Szalay Joshua Theaker Marilyn Breen Mary Davi Leslie Tsirkas Gina Thoma-Peterson Thomas Brown Doris Duncan Karen Wiel Desmond Torkornoo Martha Debs Roslyn Eng Michael Williams Steve Trenam Philip Fukuda Keiko Golden May Yasui Audrey Tse Treanor Roger Green Piers Greenhill Stas Yurkevich James Gries Michael Hart

San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

War Memorial Opera House is owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco through the board of trustees of the War Memorial of San Francisco, The Honorable Edwin M. Lee, Mayor.

TRUSTEES

Thomas E. Horn, President Nancy H. Bechtle, Vice President

Belva Davis Lt. Col. Wallace I. Levin CSMR (Ret.) Gorretti Lo Lui Mrs. George R. Moscone MajGen J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.) Paul F. Pelosi Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Vaughn R. Walker Diane B. Wilsey

Elizabeth Murray, Managing Director Jennifer E. Norris, Assistant Managing Director/Executive Secretary

62 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SFBALLET.ORG 2017 Season Infinite Worlds

APR 28 – MAY 07 Cinderella©

“The deep humanity of this production only adds to the luxurious theatrical magic of it, and the result is exhilarating.”

– The Washington Post

Maria Kochetkova // © Erik Tomasson Maria Kochetkova

BUY TICKETS TODAY A co-production with Dutch National Ballet sfballet.org The 2013 San Francisco Ballet premiere of Cinderella © was made possible by New Productions Fund Lead Sponsors 415 865 2000 | Mon–Fri, 10 am–4 pm Mrs. Jeannik Méquet Littlefield, and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Osterweis; Major Sponsors Dance Foundation, and Larry and Joyce Stupski; and Sponsors Richard C. Barker, Christine H. Russell Fund of the Columbia Foundation, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Stephanie Barlage Ejabat, Gaia Fund, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Cecilia and Jim Herbert, Alison and Michael Mauzé, and Diane B. Wilsey.

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Cinderella© Media Sponsors OBJECTS FOR LIFE

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