February 9-11, 2018 Tpac's Polk Theater

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PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEO LISA DIXON FRENCH, COO

Presented to the Nashville community through the generosity of LAURIE AND STEVEN ESKIND, GLORIA AND PAUL STERNBERG, JOYCE A. VISE and SHIRLEY ZEITLIN AND FAMILY

FEBRUARY 9-11, 2018 TPAC’S POLK THEATER Concept and Choreography by Stephen Mills Assistant to the Choreographer Michelle Martin Music by Steve Reich, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Gordon, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass* Set and Costume Design by Christopher McCollum Lighting Design by Tony Tucci Media Design by EXOPOLIS Original production funded in part by a Ballet Austin Foundation Endowment through the generosity of Jennene and K. Ray Mashburn Original presenting sponsor: The Fifth Age of Man Foundation

This regional premiere of Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is made possible in part by our generous sponsors.

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This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

*I. Tehillim by Steve Reich, by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner. II. Music by Evelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song), by arrangement with Keyboard Percussion Publications. III. Music by Michael Gordon, by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. IV. Music by Arvo Pärt, by arrangement with ECM Records, publisher and copyright owner. V. Music by Philip Glass performed by Dennis Russell Davies, by arrangement with Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. LIGHT / THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT CAST Mollie Sansone (Fri. & Sun.) or Katie Vasilopoulos (Sat.)

Denise Eason*

Sarah Cordia, Julia Eisen, Katie Eliason, Keenan McLaren Hartman, Alexandra Meister, Julia Mitchell, Kayla Rowser, Lauren Terry, Daniella Zlatarev

Logan Hillman, Nicolas Scheuer, Brett Sjoblom, Christopher Stuart, Bridge Taylor, Owen Thorne*, Jon Upleger, Judson Veach, Gerald Watson, Nathan Young

*Guest artists CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE

“Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a story of survival. Situated during the catastrophic events of the Holocaust, this work strives to illustrate the courage, resilience, and sometimes pure luck required to endure and rebuild life after unimaginable and devastating loss. I am grateful to Naomi Warren and the many survivors who shared their testimony during the creation of this work. I am forever changed by this knowledge and hope that by my sharing Naomi’s story, others will be affected to fight indifference and intolerance when witnessed. Past is present and not to be forgotten.”

– Stephen Mills, Choreographer

SYNOPSIS

The work unfolds as a survivor reflects on her life.

Section I Steve Reich (Tehillim, Track 1) Life begins with man and woman, Adam and Eve. Civilization develops; families and cultures evolve to include a pattern of daily life and valued traditions, a wedding. As this section ends, change is imminent.

Section II Evelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song) Those deemed “different” become exploited. What is familiar slowly disappears. People retreat from one another, beginning to socially isolate; to hide in hopes of survival.

Section III Michael Gordon (Weather, Track 3) No longer seen as individuals, life or death is determined by powers outside of their control. People are treated as property and transported to camps. Many do not survive the trip.

Section IV Arvo Pärt (Tabula Rasa) How do relationships develop within confinement? The circle of life is complex with acts of kindness, rescue, survival, frustration and anger. We enter and leave alone.

Section V Dennis Russell Davies (Performs Philip Glass, Movement 2) The final section represents the power of the human spirit to cling to hope. Survivors create new relationships; build families and careers, and productive lives.

Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is 90 minutes with no intermission. CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

How are the issues of the Holocaust relevant 1 in our community today?

What is our responsibility when confronted 2with acts of bigotry and hate?

What actions will we take to promote 3understanding in our community?

POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK Stay after the performance for a talkback with Ballet Austin Artistic Director/Choreographer Stephen Mills, Nashville Ballet Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling and Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director Beverly Watts. Attendees are invited to relocate to the first 10 rows of Polk Theater’s orchestra level to participate. Please line up behind a microphone in the aisles of the theater to ask a question or make a comment. A moderator will cue questions from the audience.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a full-length contemporary ballet and Holocaust education partnership that promotes tolerance and the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate through art, education and public dialogue. This performance is the culmination of weeks of educational community programming. We would like to thank our community partners for making these efforts possible.

Lead Partner Tennessee Human Rights Commission

Community Partners Belcourt Theatre, Fisk University, Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Williamson County Performing Arts Center at Academy Park

VIOLINS OF HOPE Nashville Ballet is a partner of Violins of Hope, a community-wide Holocaust and human rights education initiative. The Violins of Hope are a collection of instruments played by musicians interned in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Nashville Symphony is bringing these instruments to Nashville to facilitate a citywide dialogue about music, art, social justice and free expression. The sound, presence and stories of these instruments will drive the creation of new music, visual art, live performances, public conversation and interfaith dialogue, reading and educational activities throughout Middle Tennessee.

Learn more and view upcoming community events at violinsofhopensh.com. NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP & STAFF

PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling’s artistic career begin at age 10 when he started studying piano, then expanded at age 16 when he started dancing. From this start, Mr. Vasterling landed at Nashville Ballet where he became a company dancer, teacher, ballet master and choreographer. He stepped into the role of Artistic Director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, and was promoted to CEO for the ballet in the spring of 2010, at the board’s request. His choreography maneuvers between classical full-length story ballets, contemporary one-acts set to the music of local artists and everywhere in between. He has a particular penchant for collaborating with nationally and internally renowned composers, songwriters and institutions such as Nashville’s own Bluebird Cafe, Ben Folds, Matthew Perryman Jones, Fisk Jubilee Singers and others. His artistry as a storyteller has led him to create pieces such as Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan and Layla and the Majnun. Beyond his own choreography, Mr. Vasterling has expanded the company’s repertoire to include works by Salvatore Aiello, George Balanchine, James Canfield, Lew Christensen, Twyla Tharp and Jirí Kylián, among many others. In addition, he has edited and updated classic productions of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. In 2004, Mr. Vasterling received a Fulbright Scholarship that enabled him to work with three different companies in Argentina, paving the way for Nashville Ballet’s tour there a year later. His ballets have also been performed internationally in Asia as well as across the U.S. to great acclaim, including a debut appearance on stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April 2017. Most recently, Mr. Vasterling was selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017-18 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Loyola University, Mr. Vasterling has set a new standard for arts development. Under his leadership as CEO, the company’s operating budget has doubled and Nashville Ballet became the first local performing arts organization to purchase its own building. He oversaw a capital campaign to raise $5.8 million to renovate and reopen as The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet in 2015. He has transformed a troupe of 12 professional dancers into a company of 25, and his commitment to developing the dancers of tomorrow inspired him to establish a second pre-professional company of over 20 dancers. Mr. Vasterling has shaped Nashville Ballet into a company high on artistry and dramatic power as well as commanding technical ability and virtuosity.

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

SHARYN MAHONEY, Director of Artistic Operations Sharyn Mahoney joined Nashville Ballet as a company dancer in 1989. Since her retirement from performing, she has continued to work with the organization as School of Nashville Ballet faculty member, Artistic Associate, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Ballet Master and currently, Director of Artistic Operations. During her nine years as Director of Education and Community Engagement, Mrs. Mahoney worked closely with Artistic Director Paul Vasterling to develop and fine-tune NB2, Nashville Ballet’s official second company. While in that same position, she initiated the ballet’s Community Engagement program, which has grown tremendously and now proudly reaches more than 43,000 children and families each year. As Director of Artistic Operations, she works closely with Mr. Vasterling to supervise the company’s artistic endeavors, overseeing the company and Community Engagement.

TIMOTHY RINEHART YEAGER, Ballet Master A native of Washington, Pa., Timothy Yeager received his dance training at Sally Miller Dance, Third Street Music School Settlement, Syracuse University and North Carolina School of the Arts. Mr. Yeager spent 10 seasons with the North Carolina Dance Theatre where he achieved the rank of principal artist. While there, he starred in ballets by Salvatore Aiello, Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes De Mille, David Parsons, Peter Pucci and Paul Taylor, among others. He has also performed as a guest artist with The Dancers Ensemble, Chautauqua Ballet Company and Tampa Ballet. Mr. Yeager has taught master classes and led intensive arts residencies throughout the eastern United States. Before joining the staff of Nashville Ballet in 2001, he served as the Ballet Master with the Moving Poets Theatre of Dance in Charlotte, N.C. From 2003 to 2010, he was also Ballet Master for Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, a summer season company located in Asheville, N.C. Mr. Yeager has the honor of being a repetiteur of the Salvatore Aiello Trust and has been staging Aiello’s ballets since 1996.

ALLISON ZAMORSKI, Ballet Master Originally from Virginia, Allison Zamorski began her formal dance training with the Virginia Ballet Theatre. She was an honors graduate from the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts High School Dance Program, majoring in both ballet and modern dance. In 1999, after being awarded a scholarship with School of Nashville ballet, Allison relocated to Nashville to train under the direction of Adam Sage. She danced in NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company, developing her skills as an apprentice, and was promoted to full company member in 2002 under Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Allison danced professionally with Nashville Ballet for four years and had multiple ballets set on her including Vasterling’s Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. After retiring as a dancer in 2006, Allison continued her expression of dance as a faculty member with School of Nashville Ballet, teaching a variety of dance classes to children and adults including ballet, pointe, modern, character, improvisation and repertory. She has worked extensively with the Education and Outreach Department, exposing approximately 30,000 Middle Tennessee residents to the art of dance. Now, as Ballet Master with Nashville Ballet, Allison assists in the staging and rehearsals of various main company performances. She also oversees all youth casts in Nashville Ballet productions. Also, Allison has the distinct honor of being entrusted to set the works of Paul Vasterling in Nashville, throughout the country and internationally. Outside of Nashville Ballet, Allison has attended the Regional and National High School Dance Festivals to teach master classes and act as adjudicator multiple times.

DENISE EASON, Associate Ballet Master/Guest Artist Denise Eason returned to Nashville after a 20-year residency in Hartford, Conn., where she was with the Hartford Ballet and, after retirement, an adjunct professor of dance at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. Mrs. Eason was a Nashville Ballet company dancer from 1989-1994, and she returned to Nashville Ballet in 2016 as a company teacher, coach and faculty member. Mrs. Eason moved to Connecticut to join the Hartford Ballet in 1994 under the direction of Kirk Peterson where she danced many principal and soloist roles by George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh and Peterson, to name a few. Among her favorites were Tall Girl Principal in Balanchine’s Rubies, Sanguinic and Choleric in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Third Movement Principal Girl in Choo-San Goh’s In the Glow of the Night, Myrtha in Peterson’s Giselle, and Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in Peterson’s American Nutcracker. Prior to joining the Hartford Ballet, she danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Chautauqua Festival Company, Michigan Opera and Septime Webre Dance. Mrs. Eason has been a faculty member of academies affiliated with professional ballet companies, and she brings with her a career of more than 30 years of professional ballet and teaching experience.

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

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STEPHEN MILLS, Ballet Austin Artistic Director/Choreographer Known for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has work in the repertories of companies across the U.S. and around the world. From his inaugural season as Artistic Director in 2000, Mills attracted attention from around the United States with his world-premiere production of Hamlet, hailed by Dance Magazine as “...sleek and sophisticated.” The Washington Post recognized Ballet Austin as “one of the nation’s best-kept secrets” in 2004 after Ballet Austin performed Mr. Mills’ world premiere of The Taming of the Shrew, commissioned by and performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Company was first invited to perform at Kennedy Center in January of 2002 with the Mills production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and at The Joyce Theater (NYC) in 2004. In 2005, after two years of extensive research, Mills led 13 organizations through a community-wide human rights collaboration that culminated in the world premiere work Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, after which he was awarded the Austin Anti-Defamation League’s Audrey & Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award. In 1998, Mr. Mills was the choreographer chosen to represent the U.S. through his work, Ashes, at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. Most recently, Mr. Mills was awarded the Steinberg Award, the top honor at the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur International Choreographic Competition for One/The Body’s Grace. Mr. Mills has created more than 40 works for companies in the United States and abroad. His ballets are in the repertories of such companies as The Hong Kong Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, The Atlanta Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet, Washington Ballet, Cuballet in Havana, Cuba, BalletMet Columbus, The Dayton Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Ballet Pacifica, Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Louisville Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet and The Sacramento Ballet. He has worked in collaboration with such luminaries as the eight- time Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel, Shawn Colvin and internationally renowned flamenco artist José Greco II. As a dancer, Mr. Mills performed with a wide variety of companies such as the world-renowned Harkness Ballet and The American Dance Machine under the direction of Lee Theadore. He also performed with the Cincinnati Ballet and The Indianapolis Ballet Theater before becoming a part of Ballet Austin. Mr. Mills has danced principal roles in the Balanchine repertoire as well as works by Choo-San Goh, John Butler, Ohad Naharin, Vicente Nebrada, Domy Reiter-Soffer and Mark Dendy. In addition to his work as a choreographer, Mr. Mills is a master teacher committed to developing dancers. He has been invited as guest faculty at many pre-professional academies including Jacob’s Pillow, Goucher College; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas; The Virginia School of the Arts; The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts; Stephens College and Point Park College in Pittsburgh. Mr. Mills is a member of the national dance service organization Dance/USA and has served both in leadership roles and on the Board of Trustees for the organization.

MICHELLE MARTIN, Ballet Austin Associate Artistic Director/Stager Michelle Martin had her early dance training at the Alberta Ballet School and danced with the Alberta Ballet Company for four years before joining the Indianapolis Ballet Theatre (IBT) in 1982. While with IBT and, subsequently, the Hartford Ballet in Connecticut, she performed leading and soloist roles in Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and The Moor’s Pavane as well as creating roles in many original works. Ms. Martin’s teaching credits include guest-teaching engagements at schools and universities in Canada, South Carolina, Michigan, and throughout Indiana and Texas. She was on faculty at Butler University in Indianapolis for five years. Ms. Martin began her tenure with Ballet Austin in 1991 as a dancer with the Company and in 1992 she was appointed ballet mistress and curriculum director of the Academy. In 1999 she founded Ballet Austin II, Ballet Austin’s apprentice program, providing professional development for the 10-member second company and designing educational programming for presentation in the community. Ms. Martin has served on the Texas Commission on the Arts advisory panels for Arts Education, and Music and Dance. She is also a recipient of the Austin Under Forty award for contributions in the area of the Arts and Entertainment. Ms. Martin was appointed Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Austin in 2000.

ALLISYN PAINO-MARTIN, Ballet Austin Rehearsal Director/Stager Allisyn Paino-Martin started her dance training in New York with Ali Pourfarrokh and Kaleria Fedicheva. She has performed principal roles with the Fedicheva Ballet Company, The Indianapolis Opera and Butler Ballet. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. from Butler University. Since joining Ballet Austin in 1996, Ms. Paino-Martin has performed works by many choreographers including Stephen Mills, George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Thaddeus Davis, Twyla Tharp, and David Parsons. She has danced the roles of The Chosen One in Mills’ The Rite of Spring; Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Painter in Cult of Color: Call to Color. In 2005, Ms. Paino-Martin had the honor of dancing the role of The Survivor in the award winning Light / The Holocaust and Humanity Project. In May of 2009, she retired from the stage dancing the lead role in Stephen Mills’ Cinderella. Her teaching credits include being on faculty of the Ballet Austin Academy and working as guest faculty at Butler University. Since her retirement, she has joined the Ballet Austin Artistic Staff as the Rehearsal Director. NASHVILLE BALLET GUESTS (CONT’D)

TONY TUCCI, Lighting Designer Now residing in Austin, Texas, Mr. Tucci has created lighting designs for the current Ballet Austin repertory and West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line and Sound of Music for Austin Musical Theatre. He is the recipient of the B. Iden Payne Award for lighting (Gypsy). He also designs for Bruce Wood Dance Company, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Ballet Arlington, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Houston Ballet, Fort Worth Opera and Casa Manana Musicals. Other works include American Ballet Theatre’s Configurations choreographed by Choo-San Goh with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the video Baryshnikov, The Dancer and The Dance, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre’s Carmina Burana, Cynthia Gregory’s staging of Swan Lake and Fernando Bujones’ dances for Ballet de Monterey. For the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mr. Tucci designed lighting for the Cultural Olympiad, which showcased six national and international companies. Internationally, Mr. Tucci’s work includes Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom (Geneva Ballet), Flemming Flindt’s Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer’s Daughter (Royal Danish Ballet).

CHRISTOPHER McCOLLUM, Set & Costume Designer Christopher McCollum is a designer and faculty member at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. As a freelance designer, he was based for many years in his hometown of Austin, Texas. He designed both sets and costumes for most of the performing arts companies located there, and several across the United States. He designed the first major production of the operaLittle Women by Mark Adamo at Houston Grand Opera, which was later broadcast by Great Performances. During the early part of his professional career, he assisted many notable American and European designers both here, and in Germany and Switzerland. Prior to joining the faculty at Incarnate Word, he taught and designed at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. He also served as the Resident Scenic Designer at Theatre Memphis for six seasons, designing more than 60 productions. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. christophermccollum.carbonmade.com

BEVERLY WATTS, Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director/Guest Talkback Speaker Nashville native Beverly L. Watts was appointed the Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission in July 2007. Prior to her current appointment, she served as Special Advisor to the Chair at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for state and local relations. She has more than 30 years of experience in civil rights enforcement and education in the public and private sector. She served as the first Executive Director of the National Fair Housing Training Academy in Washington, D.C. Dir. Watts has served as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights; Director of Management Advisory Services for the Ralph G. Moore and Associates; Regional Director of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Executive Director, Illinois Minority and Female Business Enterprise Council and as one of the first Title IX coordinators in the country during her tenure at the U.S. Office for Civil Rights. She was an adjunct faculty member at Spalding University. She has made presentations to numerous organizations on civil rights, diversity, and leadership at the national and international level. Dir. Watts is a Past President of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) where she represented IAOHRA throughout the U.S., Canada and at the UN World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa. She currently serves as the IAOHRA Southern Region Representative and Annual Conference Planning Chair. She has served as Chair of Women Executives in State Government and currently serves as the Mission Advisor to the Cable Board and on the board of the YWCA of Middle Tennessee and is a life member of the NAACP. Dir. Watts is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 NAACP Frances Dancy Hooks Award, 2014 ECHO Dreamers Award, 2014 YWCA Carrie Hull Award, the City of Louisville Martin Luther King award and induction into the KY Civil Rights Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University, Southern Illinois University, and has completed Executive leadership programs at Duke University and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

OWEN THORNE, Guest Artist Born in New Orleans, La., Owen Thorne studied ballet at School of Nashville Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and as a trainee with San Francisco Ballet. After dancing professionally with Houston Ballet and Ashley Page’s Scottish Ballet, Mr. Thorne performed as a Principle Guest Artist with Joburg Ballet in South Africa in 2016 and as a freelance artist with the Royal Opera, DeNada Dance, Nashville Ballet, Boca Ballet Theatre, The Peter Schaufuss Company and Antonia Franceschi Dance. His repertory includes works by renown choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Bruce, Elo, Forsythe, Kylián, MacMillian, Page, Possokhov, Pastor, Tetley, Van Manen, Vasterling and Wheeldon. Performance highlights include James in Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Stanley Kowalski in Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire, White Swan pas de duex at The International Ballet Stars Gala in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Brighella in Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Chekhov Festival in Moscow. Recently, Mr. Thorne performed with Nashville Ballet at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. 2017 - 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ms. Meera Ballal Mrs. Amber C. Holm Mrs. Sarah Reisner Mr. Lance Bloom Mr. Mark Humphreys Mr. George L. Ritzen** Dr. Elizabeth Cato Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic Mr. G. Kyle Rybczyk Dr. Kerri Cavanaugh Mrs. Martha Ivester Mrs. M. Todd Sandahl Mrs. Monica Cintado-Scokin Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Mr. Shannon Sanders Mrs. John P. Cooper Mrs. Susan Short Jones Mrs. John S. Scott Mrs. Allison Malone Cotton Mr. Edward Wade Joyner III Mrs. Steven B Shankle Mrs. Laura P. Currie Mrs. Paul John Ketchel III Mr. Daniel S. Slipkovich Mr. Sam Dashiell Mr. Neil B. Krugman* Mrs. Suzanne Smothers** Mrs. Emmely M. Duncan Mr. Sylvain Lapointe Mr. Joe A. Sowell III Mrs. Laurie Gold Eskind Mrs. Dionne Lucas Mrs. Julie C. Stadler Mrs. Catherine Gemmato-Smith Mrs. David J. Mahanes III Ms. Angie M. Swinford Ms. Katelyn Hamaker** Mrs. Adrienne McRae Mrs. Heather Thorne Mr. William L. Haralson Mr. Donald R. Moody Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Mr. Gerard M. Hayden, Jr. Mr. Roger E. Moore Mrs. Johnna Benedict Watson Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III Mr. James F. Munro Mr. Bradley D. Wensel Dr. Anna Hemnes Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mrs. Dallas H. Wilt Mrs. Raymond A. Hensler Mr. Stephen F. Peluso Mr. B. Hunter Hill Mrs. G.A. Puryear IV *Board Chair **Ex officio

2017 - 2018 ADVISORY BOARD Mrs. Hunter Armistead Mr. Don Greene Ms. Linda Coss Reeve Mrs. Anita Baltimore Mr. H. Lynn Greer, Jr. Mr. Dudley C. Richter Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. Mrs. Martha R. Ingram Mrs. Lucy S. Smith Mr. Gary B. Crigger Mrs. Amy M. Joyner Mrs. Leah E. Sohr Mrs. Robert V. Dale Mr. Eugene Lotochinski Mr. Jim Todd Mrs. Ralph W. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Ellen H. Martin Mrs. Claire W. Tucker Mr. Patrick G. Emery Mrs. Cathy C. McLure Mrs. Robert F. Weigel Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Mr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr. Ms. Karyn Frist Mrs. Elizabeth Litterer Nichols Mrs. James F. Gallivan Mrs. Emily J. Noel

FRIENDS OF NASHVILLE BALLET BOARD OF OFFICERS

We applaud the leaders of Friends of Nashville Ballet, a dynamic group of professionals and community volunteers who share a passion for dance and are committed to furthering the mission of Nashville Ballet. Ms. Kate Abrams Ms. Adria Delaune Mrs. Melissa Jane Lee Mrs. Hillary Blackburn Mrs. Evelyn Cate Galletti Ms. Kimberly Novosel Ms. Michelle Drinkard Balfour Mrs. Jennifer Hamilton Mr. George L. Ritzen* Mrs. Kayla Clayborne Counts Ms. Lauren L. Hansen Mrs. Noelle Tabor Ms. Brittany N. Dalton Mrs. Keshia Hay-Tamble Mrs. Jewel Dedmon Ms. Lynda J. Kelly *Board Chair NASHVILLE BALLET LEGACY CIRCLE

The Legacy Circle recognizes and honors donors who have made enduring gifts or commitments to Nashville Ballet by including the organization in their financial or estate plans. Anonymous Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Stephen Abelman and Robin Holab-Abelman Patricia and James Munro Brian Fitzpatrick Ms. Rachel Pena Mr. William L. Haralson Mrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Matt A. Holst Dr. and Mrs. Michael Spalding Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hutton Curt and Heather Thorne Mr. Paul H. Kuhn K. Janelle Wilson

NASHVILLE BALLET ENDOWMENT FUND

Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for the donors who have made $250 or larger gifts to the Endowment Fund (12/01/2016 to 01/08/2018). All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given.

Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunter Hill Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell Dr. Elizabeth Cato Mr. Edward Wade Joyner III Ms. Angie Swinford Bob Cowan and Pia Caruso, USAF (Retired) Mr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee Pratt Heather and Curt Thorne Monica Cintado-Scokin and Daniel Scokin Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel The Patricia C. Todd Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Mary and David Rollins Mr. Louis B. Todd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr. Edmund and Sue Rudnicke Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Laurie and Steven Eskind Elaina and Ronnie Scott Fund Mrs. Johnna Benedict Watson The Jane Fabian Scholarship Fund Daniel and Lisa Slipkovich Gordon and Ann Flygare The Diane Lynch Smith Scholarship Fund Mr. William L. Haralson Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith ADMINISTRATION

Director of Artistic Operations Community Engagement Manager Box Office Coordinator Sharyn Mahoney Briona Richardson Jeremy Maxwell

Director of Sales & Marketing Human and Physical Resources Manager Events Coordinator Jan Puckett Morrison Mike Ford Nicholas Gulick

Director of Development Accounting Manager Development Coordinator Jeanette Barker Melinda Sue Kimble Nicole Long

Director of Finance Marketing Manager Felicia Dunlap Brittany Carlton

Executive Assistant Strategic Development Manager Isabel Tipton Molly Golinvaux

PRODUCTION

Director of Production Costume Shop Manager Production Electrician Photographers Videographers Todd Coogen William H. Ditty Kelly Landry David Bailey Tim Broekema Tim Broekema Chad Driver Technical Director First Hand Electrician Chad Driver Richard Driver Isaac Castille Katherine Zywczyk Kristen Rosengren Karyn Kipley Eugene Lotochinski Heather Thorne Resident Lighting Designer Wardrobe Supervisor Head Carpenter Scott Leathers Jeri Meador Ray LeGrand

Production Stage Manager Company Dresser Deborah Climo Lydia Bushfield

SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET

Director of School of School Associates Part-Time Faculty (cont’d) Part-Time Faculty (cont’d) Nashville Ballet & NB2 Abram Bagwell Andrea Greene Jon Upleger Nick Mullikin Bernadette Boggs Eric Harris Judson Veach Milissia Davidson Caylan Jarman Catherine Vining School Artistic Associate Trey Thompson Thea Jones Gerald Watson Kathryn Crews Linsley Elisabeth Johnson Nathan Young Full-Time Faculty Jimmy Joyner School Manager Kate Kastelnik Tracy Julias Accompanists Alexandra Whetzel Nicole Koenig Erin Kouwe Sarah Barham Kristin Lindsay Eric Burgett School Registrar Part-Time Faculty Jennifer McNamara Joshua Carter Annie Carter Cara Allison Julia Mitchell Svetlana Keith Claire Anderson Isabel Montague Al Marcelli Youth Programs Coordinator Abram Bagwell Emma Morrison Jay Vernalli Maggie Boehme Alainna Brown Rachel Nasuti Bill White Kate Cofer Kathryn Phillips Children’s Program Coordinator Sarah Cordia Kim Ratcliffe Company Rehearsal Pianist Katelyn Yeary Claire Dietrich Phylicia Roybal Alessandra Volpi Krissy Dodge Shabaz Ujima THE CENTER STAGE CLUB

The Center Stage Club is Nashville Ballet’s campaign to achieve mission-critical support from local businesses and entrepreneurs.

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SARAH CORDIA ALEXANDRA MEISTER From Atlanta, Ga. From Aurora, Ohio With Nashville Ballet since 2010 With Nashville Ballet since 2008 Training and Education Training and Education Metropolitan Ballet Theater, NB2 Houston Ballet, training with Ana Awards Lobe, NB2 National Endowment for the Arts Competitor in 2010 USA International Young Artists Merit Scholarship Ballet Competition, 2011 Boston Previously International Ballet Competition, Nashville Ballet Apprentice 2016 Varna International Ballet Competition Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

JULIA EISEN JULIA MITCHELL From Chapel Hill, N.C. From Hingham, Mass. With Nashville Ballet since 2010 With Nashville Ballet since 2011 Training and Education Training and Education The Ballet School of Chapel Hill, Boston Ballet, Exploring Ballet North Carolina School of the Arts, with Suzzane Farrell, Miami City Richmond Ballet, Terpsicorps Ballet, NB2 Theatre of Dance, NB2, National Previously Choreographer’s Initiative Nashville Ballet Apprentice Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

KATIE ELIASON KAYLA ROWSER From Manchester, Conn. From Conyers, Ga. With Nashville Ballet since 2010 With Nashville Ballet since 2007 Training and Education Training and Education Hartford Ballet, BalletMet Magdalena Maury School of Columbus, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 Classical Ballet, Georgia Youth Previously Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet Apprentice Atlanta Ballet, Washington Ballet, NB2 Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice, Charleston Ballet Theatre

KEENAN MCLAREN HARTMAN MOLLIE SANSONE From Boston, Mass. From Jacksonville, N.C. With Nashville Ballet since 2011 With Nashville Ballet since 2004 Training and Education Training and Education Boston Ballet The Joffrey Midwest Workshop, Previously the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, Dayton Ballet, Ballet Fleming, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 Ballet Montana, Ballet Austin II Also With Piedmont Dance Theater, Quixotic Fusion and MOTION Dance + Theater Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

LOGAN HILLMAN NICOLAS SCHEUER From Mt. Vernon, Va. From Joinville, Brazil With Nashville Ballet since 2016 With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Training and Education Virginia Ballet, Kirov Academy, Bolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Akhmedova Ballet Academy Boston Ballet School, New English Previously Ballet Theatre London Atlantic City Ballet, Columbia Competitor in Classical Ballet, Richmond Ballet 2 2016 Varna International Ballet Competition Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 COMPANY MEMBERS

BRETT SJOBLOM JUDSON VEACH From Columbia, Mo. From Columbus, Ohio With Nashville Ballet since 2012 With Nashville Ballet since 2010 Training and Education Training and Education Columbia Performing Arts Center, Columbus Dance Theatre, School Virginia School of the Arts, The of American Ballet, American Ballet Boston Conservatory, NB2 Theatre, The Julliard School Previously Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice Nashville Ballet Apprentice

CHRISTOPHER STUART GERALD WATSON From Sandy Hook, Conn. From St. Petersburg, Fla. With Nashville Ballet since 2003 With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Training and Education North Carolina School of the Arts, Academy of Ballet Arts, Boston NB2 Conservatory Awards 2010 Tennessee Arts Previously Commission Individual Artist Nashville Ballet Apprentice Fellowship Choreographed Emergence series, Ballet Ball 2013-2017, various music videos, Under the Lights, Seven Deadly Sins, The Raven Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice JON UPLEGER NATHAN YOUNG From Sterling Heights, Mich. From Little Rock, Ark. With Nashville Ballet since 2000 With Nashville Ballet since 2014 Training and Education Training and Education Virginia School of the Arts Arkansas Festival Ballet, The Also With University of Oklahoma Terpsicorps Theater of Dance Previously Previously Dance Theater of Tennessee Nashville Ballet Apprentice

KATIE VASILOPOULOS DANIELLA ZLATAREV From Rockville Centre, N.Y. From Walnut Creek, Calif. With Nashville Ballet since 2008 With Nashville Ballet since 2014 Training and Education Training and Education Maple Avenue Dance in Rockville Contra Costa Ballet Centre, School of Centre, Ballet Academy East, NB2 American Ballet, Houston Ballet, Kirov Previously Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, Nashville Ballet Apprentice NB2 Previously Company C, BalletMet, Ballet Austin II, Oakland Ballet, MOTION Dance Theatre

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JACKSON BRADSHAW LINNEA SWARTING From Los Angeles, Calif. From New Canaan, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2017 With Nashville Ballet since 2013 Training and Education Training and Education Boston Ballet Pre-Professional The Washington Ballet, Nashville Program, Colburn Dance Academy Ballet Professional Training Previously Division, Boston Ballet School Boston Ballet Trainee Previously NB2

SARAH PIERCE BRIDGE TAYLOR From Cambridge, Mass. From Juneau, Alaska With Nashville Ballet since 2016 With Nashville Ballet since 2015 Training and Education Training and Education Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Next Generation Ballet, Boston Program, School of American Ballet Pre-Professional Program Ballet, Chautauqua School of Previously Dance NB2 Previously NB2

AARON STEINBERG LAUREN TERRY From Tenafly, N.J. From Virginia Beach, Va. With Nashville Ballet since 2016 With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Training and Education Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis East Virginia School for the School at ABT, Hamburg Ballet Performing Arts, The HARID School, Sarasota Ballet Conservatory Previously Previously Kansas City Ballet 2 NB2

“COUNTDOWN TO KENNEDY” SUPPORTERS! Nashville Ballet was honored to make its debut performance at The Kennedy Center in April 2017. This opportunity would not have been possible without the support of our community. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given. To learn more and read reviews, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/kennedy-center.

Anonymous Ms. Joyce Cook Drs. Nan and Duane Holland Mrs. Ceci Sachs Ms. Kate Abrams Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cooper Mr. David Hormby Ms. Kimberly Shadwick Ben and Nancy Adams Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton Ms. Marcia Hughes Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle Brandee Anderson and Ms. Heather Cramsie Mr. and Mrs. Mark Humphreys Marc Siegel Andrew Commiskey Bonne and Gary Crigger Ms. Charlyn Jarrells J. T. Smith Carol Arendall Mr. and Mrs. J. Bradford Currie Melanie A. Jarzynka Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith Ms. Melissa Bahan Ms. Anna Linn Currie Lynda J. Kelly Elaine and Robert Smyth Ms. Anoosh Bahiraei Suann and Ralph Davis Mr. Dax Langford Sally Solesby Mr. Adam Balfour and Ms. Dr. James Dedmon Marianne and Charles Leach Sarah Stamps Michelle Drinkard Balfour Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Emery Tara and Geoffrey Little Ms. Leigh Anne Strickland and Anita and Don Baltimore Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Helen Logvinov Mr. Shane Hutton Mr. Carlysle Barfield Ms. Julie Eskind Frances and Eugene Lotochinski S. S. Swarting Ms. Jeanette Barker Laurie and Steven Eskind Ms. Mary Magada-Ward Noelle and John Tabor Yuki Beach Karyn M. Frist Mr. and Mrs. David J. Mahanes III Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thienel Jeremiah Beaty Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Galletti Ed R. Mayers, Jr. Heather and Curt Thorne Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Jeannie and Alan Gaus McNutt Pediatric Dentistry Mr. Louis Todd, Jr. Ms. Kelley Ann Bell Margaret and Robert Gibbons Adrienne and Richard McRae, III Flynn Tracy Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Samuel and Sandra McSeveney Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Ms. Aimee Bobbitt Sammie Griffin Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller Ken and Sandy Upleger Dr. and Mrs. Mark L. Born Ms. Marjorie Haines James and Patricia Munro Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Ann and Frank Bumstead Charlsie and John Halliburton Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Brian Watson Mrs. Kristy Cason and Garrett and Jennifer Hamilton Ms. Melanie G. Nenni Ms. Katherine Davis Wells Mr. Tim Wise Mr. William L. Haralson Kimberly Novosel Lisa Wheeler Ima Lee Catinna Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Ms. Sandy Obodzinski Donna and Jim Zamorski Barbara and Eric Chazen Janet and Jim Hasson Ms. Charlotte Parker Mrs. Martin Zeitlin Ms. Anne Christeson Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes Gus and Jennifer Puryear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Reisner Courtney and Chase Condon Anna Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz Anne and Charles Roos Nashville Ballet 2017 - 2018 SECOND COMPANY MEMBERS

NB2: Nashville Ballet’s Pre-Professional Company

Second Year Women (L-R): Mallory Williams, Elena LaMadrid, Manuela Lavalle, Stephanie Dyke, Elisabeth Johnson, Emma Matthews

First Year Women Back Row (L-R): Skyler Levine, Alexandra Hutchinson, Erin Williams, Lauren Thompson, Emily Ireland-Buczek, Colette Tilinski, Molly Yeo, Cecilia Hoffman First Year Women Front Row (L-R): Ashleigh Sewell, Johanna Crick, Leah Hiller, Imani Sailers, Sabrina Benavides, Kennedy Brown, Caitlin Elledge, Emilia Sandoval Not Pictured: Emma Town

Men (L-R): Sean Daly, Talbot Rue, JonPaul Hills, Addison Goodwin, Tanner Blee, Aleksandr Schroeder, Abram Bagwell NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for its Benefactor’s Society members, Ambassador’s Society members, Ballet Ball 2017 and 2018 supporters and in-kind donations. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given ($250+ from 12/01/2016 to 01/08/2018). If you are interested in supporting Nashville Ballet, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/giving.

$100,000+ $10,000 - $19,999 (cont’d) $5,000 - $9,999 (cont’d) $2,500 - $4,999 (cont’d) Ballet Ball 2017 Lipman Brothers and the UBS Financial Services Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Peluso Ingram Charitable Fund, Inc. R.S. Lipman Company Vaco Pine Haven Foundation Trust Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram The Memorial Foundation Vanderbilt University Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Metropolitan Nashville Patricia and James Munro Waller W. Reisner Arts Commission Paramount Extrusions Company Washington Foundation G. Kyle Rybczyk Phase 3 Marketing & Publix Super Markets Charities Dallas and Fleming Wilt Salem Media Group, Inc Communications Gus and Jennifer Puryear Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sandahl Simply Balanced $2,500 - $4,999 Dr. Norm Scarborough and $50,000 - $99,999 Dan, Lisa, Sam and Nancy and John Abbott Ms. Kimberly Hewell Selby and Richard Jake Slipkovich Drs. JJ and Rachel Ailor Mr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, III McRae Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sohr Aladdin Industries Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle The Shubert Foundation Julie C. Stadler AT&T Shepherd Therapeutics Susan Underwood Gloria and Paul Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. Ward Ashley Baker Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith Physical Therapy SunTrust Foundation Mrs. Meera Ballal and J. T. Smith in Memory Tennessee Arts Commission Shirley Zeitlin and Family Dr. Seenu Reddy of Diane L. Smith Bart Bowling Dr. and Mrs. Michael $20,000 - $49,999 $5,000 - $9,999 CapStar Bank J. Spalding Anonymous Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Ms. Ashley Stringfellow Mr. Lance Bloom and Advance Financial Community Choice Ms. Angie M. Swinford Ms. Brittany Denham Benefits, Inc. Financial, Inc. Lori Tigert Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund BlueCross BlueShield of Monica Cintado-Scokin Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd Climb Nashville Tennessee Community Trust and Daniel Scokin Patricia A. Todd and Brad and Laura Currie Mr. Charlie B. Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cooper Sean C. Kelly Maureen and James Danly Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Crumbo U.S. Bank Foundation Dedmon Chiropractic Dr. Elizabeth Cato Cumberland Skin Surgery U.S. Trust, Bank of America Deloitte and Touche LLP The Honorable Karl F. Dean and Dermatology Private Wealth Management Dollar General Literacy and Ms. Delta Anne Davis Cumberland Trust and Jane Vandeventer Foundation Caroline and Rascoe Dean Investment Co. Mr. and Mrs. Bart E. Verhulst Laurie and Steven Eskind Element Salon Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dashiell Volkswagen of Cool Springs Mr. and Mrs. Mark Humphreys Brian Fitzpatrick Ms. Gail Danner Mrs. Johnna B. Watson Mrs. Ellen Harrison Martin Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Suann and Ralph Davis Wells Fargo Mr. and Mrs. Howard McLure Karyn M. Frist Mr. Charles W. Dunn Bradley D. Wensel Mrs. J. Ronald Scott and Google Fiber Inc. DVL Seigenthaler The Late Ronnie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hayden Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence $1,000 - $2,499 SP+ Parking Anna Hemnes and S. Eastwood, Jr. Anonymous Heather and Curt Thorne Jacob Schwarz Erie Insurance Mrs. Hunter Armistead Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunter Hill Ernst & Young Anita and Don Baltimore Martha and Gavin Ivester Lisa and Michael French Mr. and Mrs. John Barker $10,000 - $19,999 Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist barre3 21c Museum Hotel Nashville Loeb & Loeb LLP Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Anonymous M.A.C. Cosmetics Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Carl and Susan Becker Ms. Christine Barggren Mr. and Mrs. David Heller, III The Bentley Family Caterpillar Financial J. Mahanes III Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Annie Laurie Berry Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. The Mall at Green Hills A. Hensler Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry The Community Foundation Market Sheet Enterprises Mark and Amber Holm Best Brands of Middle Tennessee Adrienne and Richard Carlene Hunt Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. CoreCivic McRae, III Bud Ireland Ann and Frank Bumstead Corner Partnership, LLC New York Choreographic Karyn Photography Business Center Partners, LP Brownlee Currey Foundation Institute Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ketchel III Caterpillar Foundation Dollar General Corporation Regions Financial Corporation Mr. Neil B. Krugman Veta Cicolello and Mr. and Mrs. Jere Ervin Mr. and Mrs. D. Tate Rich and Ms. Lee Pratt Theodore Antoniadis Mrs. Annette S. Eskind R. J. Young Company Ms. Natalie C. Levy-Sousan Dr. Aaron Coffey Friends of Nashville Ballet Mary and David Rollins Lewis Thomason Mr. and Mrs. Thomas The Frist Foundation Sandra Schatten King and Krieg F. Corcoran Google, Inc. Michael Schlosser and Frances and Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton Mr. William L. Haralson Kerri Cavanaugh Lotochinski Bonne and Gary Crigger The HCA Foundation SESAC Mr. Donald R. Moody and Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, III HCA/TriStar Health Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell Ms. Tyler L. Riggins Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dasal Hotel Indigo Catherine Cate Sullivan Roger E. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dennis Ingram Industries SunTrust Bank G. Brian Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Tennessee Orthopaedic Morgan Stanley Emmely and Michael Duncan Karen and Sylvain Lapointe Alliance Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind League of Women Voters Mr. Louis Todd, Jr. L. Munson Mr. Michael Fluck NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

$1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d) $1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d) $500 - $999 (cont’d) $250 - $499 (cont’d) Margaret and Robert Gibbons Ken and Sandy Upleger Linda R. Koon Ms. Anne Christeson Barbara and Greg Hagood Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio Marianne and Charles Leach Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Verchota Floors Inc. Ms. Ellen Lehman Ms. Valorie W. Cole $2,500 - $4,999 (cont’d) Janet and Jim Hasson William Verheide Wendy and John Leonard Mr. Robert Covington Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Peluso Dr. Celeste Hemingway Village Real Estate Services Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ms. Kelly Pappas Crockett Pine Haven Foundation Trust Ashley and Douglas Henry Joyce A. Vise M. Lipman Ms. Linda Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Mr. David Hormby Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Dr. and Mrs. James Loden Susan Fleschner W. Reisner Houston Howell and Walgreens Ms. Arnita Long and Mr. Fletcher Foster G. Kyle Rybczyk Jessica Osaki Mr. and Mrs. Brian Waller Mr. Tim Ozgener Jeannie and Alan Gaus Salem Media Group, Inc Ms. Laura E. Hutfless Mr. and Mrs. Scott Williams Joseph and Lynn May Molly and Nicholas Golinvaux Mr. and Mrs. Todd Sandahl Jacqueline and Robert Hutton Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. Wolfe Foundation Mr. Michael B. Goodloe Dr. Norm Scarborough and Shane Hutton and Mr. Scott A. Wood Mrs. Laura and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Gordon Ms. Kimberly Hewell Leigh Anne Strickland Mrs. Carol Yarbrough Mr. Thomas Moran Mr. Chris Guthrie and Mr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, III Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic Manuel Zeitlin Architects Chris and Whitney Morris Mrs. Tracey George Dr. and Mrs. Steven B Shankle and Mr. Christian Ilic Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moses Ms. Marjorie Haines Shepherd Therapeutics Mr. and Mrs. Anderson $500 - $999 Nashville Zoo at Grassmere Charlsie and John Halliburton Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith Lipscomb Jarman Anonymous Leslie and Scott Newman Mr. and Mrs. James Haltom J. T. Smith in Memory Mr. and Mrs. William Stephen Abelman and Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson Nunley Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Hand of Diane L. Smith Owen Joyner Robin Holab-Abelman Newt and Jill Ogden Haymakers and Co. Dr. and Mrs. Michael Dr. and Mrs. Howard Kirshner Angie Adams Susan and Rick Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Hill J. Spalding Heloise Werthan Kuhn AmazonSmile Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jason Padgett Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ms. Ashley Stringfellow Ken and Bev Leiser Ms. Jeanette Barker Mrs. Mary Sarratt Perkins M. Holland, Jr. Ms. Angie M. Swinford Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Lucas Mrs. Patricia F. Belcher Mr. and Mrs. M. Cameron Plato The Home Edit Lori Tigert Mr. and Mrs. David L. Manning Betty C. Bellamy Mr. Alan Poenitske Ms. Mari-Kate Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Jim Todd Richard and Sheila McCarty Mr. Charles C. Blackburn Sharon and Douglas Pugh The Hermitage Hotel Patricia A. Todd and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. McNamara III and The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Mr. Jay Joyner Sean C. Kelly Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller Marsha Blackburn Lockwood Ross III Anne Knauff U.S. Bank Foundation The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Ms. Shirley Blackburn Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Alicia Leadford U.S. Trust, Bank of America Dianne Neal Angela and Jerry Bostelman M. Schneider Andree and Alan LeQuire Private Wealth Management Anne and Peter Neff Richard and Judith Bracken Ms. Kimberly Shadwick Ms. Andrea O. Lindsey Jane Vandeventer Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel Mr. and Mrs. P. James Brady III Alix Weiss Sharp Lindt Chocolate Mr. and Mrs. Bart E. Verhulst Noteable Blends, Kristen Kathy Callaghan and Mrs. Judy F. Simmons Elizabeth and Samuel Marney, Jr. Volkswagen of Cool Springs and Scott Davis Wayne Edwards Steve Sirls and Allen DeCuyper Ed R Mayers Jr Mrs. Johnna B. Watson OBX, Inc. Cindy Campbell Victoria and John Slater Karen and Scott McKean Wells Fargo Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. and Mrs. John Chadwick Rich and Lucy Smith McNutt Pediatric Dentistry Bradley D. Wensel Mr. Jeremy Simons Drs. Ravi Chari and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Smothers Col. and Mrs. William Mr. and Mrs. James Pardo Sharon Albers Libby and Shooter Stein H. Mitchell $1,000 - $2,499 Pinnacle Financial Partners Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. Clifton TapSnap 1208 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Mueller Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Steven Powers Mr. and Mrs. John Cline Chris and Allison Thompson Kent and Alice Ann Nagel Mrs. Hunter Armistead Adam Ragauskis Chase Cole Mr. and Mrs. James Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Nelson Anita and Don Baltimore Red Light Management Lisa and Jonathan Cole S. Turner, Jr. Mr. Chris F. Pair Mr. and Mrs. John Barker Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Richter Ronald and Brenda Corbin William W. Wade Dr. Megan Parker Peters barre3 Anne and Charles Roos Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Dale Andrew and Alice Wall Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Pass Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck Salt and Vine, LLC The Eden Foundation Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Wendel Dr. C. Wright Pinson Carl and Susan Becker Samuel A. Santoro and Robin and Joshua Embry Joni Werthan The Poland Family in Honor The Bentley Family Mary M. Zutter Jane and Richard K. Janelle Wilson of Dianna Schwarz Annie Laurie Berry Mr. and Mrs. William Eskind and Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson George L. Ritzen Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry E. Saunders The Farmer’s Florist Donna and Jim Zamorski Ms. Kathleen E. Roth Best Brands Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Mary Gale and Gerry Gaintner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rouch Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. P. Schoettle Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan $250 - $499 Dr. Stephanie Schultz Ann and Frank Bumstead Mr. and Mrs. David S. Schwarz Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ghertner Anonymous Mrs. Herb Shayne Business Center Partners, LP Mr. and Mrs. John S. Scott Dr. and Mrs. Michael Adventure Science Center Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Sisk Caterpillar Foundation Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Gold and Family Mr. and Mrs. T. Clark Akers Gabriel Smith Veta Cicolello and Marc Siegel Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grace Mrs. Rachel Allen Dr. Kara Smith Theodore Antoniadis Mr. Donald K. Skelton Sammie Griffin Brandee Anderson and Tonya and Walker Stevens Dr. Aaron Coffey Irvin and Beverly Mr. and Mrs. Chris F. Harwell Andrew Commiskey Tom and Keipp Talbot Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Small Foundation Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes Carol Arendall Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thienel F. Corcoran Ray D. Smith and Mrs. Lisa Henderson Mr. Adam D. Balfour and Kent and Karen Weeks Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton Michael H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt Ms. Michelle D. Balfour Westerfield Family Bonne and Gary Crigger Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Speyer Mr. and Mrs. M. Wright The Barr Family Foundation Eleanor Whitworth Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, III Mr. and Mrs. B. Finn Swarting Hickerson, III Mr. and Mrs. John Bearden Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mr. and Mrs. Jason Dasal Noelle and John Tabor Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. Bunting R. Willis in Memory Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dennis Rebecca and William Taylor J. Michaels Clothiers Mr. Robert H. Burns of Jennifer Willis Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon Peggy and Tim Thomson in Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Houff Mr. and Mrs. Rawls Butler Mr. William H. Woerner Emmely and Michael Duncan Honor of Elizabeth Thomson The Huggett Family Carden Avenue Vivian R. and Richard A. Wynn Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind Josh and Brooke Trusley Audrey and Frank Jones Barbara and Eric Chazen Mr. Michael Fluck The Tyrrell Family Clint and Lisa Kelly Ms. Elizabeth J. Chernau Many thanks to our ELEVATE donors. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given above $1,320. Founder’s Circle Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. The Container Store Mr. and Mrs. Michael ($100,000+) Spalding Brenda and Ronald Corbin S. Kestner Mr. and Mrs. John Shirley and Stuart Speyer Kim and Jim Crafton Heloise Werthan Kuhn R. Cheadle, Jr. Claire Whitfield Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Dale Robert and Marlene Mr. Brownlee O. Currey Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio James and Maureen Danly Eskind Moses In Honor of Agneta Currey Toby Wilt Family Foundation The Danner Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nicol Earl Swensson Associates Inc. Dr. and Mrs. James Dedmon The Honorable Gary Odom Laurie and Steven Eskind Choreographer’s Circle Pat and Kitty Moon Emery Michael Schlosser and The HCA Foundation ($15,000-$24,999) Brian Fitzpatrick Kerri Cavanaugh The Martin Foundation Anonymous Karyn McLaughlin Frist Dr. and Mrs. Steven Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Allen Gerry and Mary Gale Gaintner B. Shankle Martin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Cindee and Michael Gold Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. S. Eastwood, Jr. Elizabeth and Lynn Greer Luke and Susan Simons McRae III Mrs. Jane M. Fabian In Honor of Mollie Sansone Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spitz Metropolitan Government of Samuel M. Fleming Foundation Ashley and Douglas Henry Suburban Asset Management Nashville & Davidson County Ben Folds Mr. and Mrs. Matt A. Holst In Honor of Lauren Elaina and Ronnie Scott Michelle Gaffney Martha and Gavin Ivester Thompson Mr. and Mrs. James C. MJ Graves Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Ms. Betsy Taylor Seabury III Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hayden Kraft CPAs PLLC Mr. Tom Walker Daniel, Lisa, Sam and Jake Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Mr. Paul H. Kuhn, Jr. Louise B. Wallace Foundation Slipkovich Lee Pratt and Neil Krugman Robert S. Lipman Bradley Wensel Leah and Jim Sohr In Honor Nashville Ballet Staff and Eugene and Frances Ms. Rachel Zamata of Paul Vasterling Dancers 2013-2015 Lotochinski Curt and Heather Thorne Mr. Lannie Walker Mr. and Mrs. Walker C. Tutu Society Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Todd, Jr. Neal, Jr. Matthews ($1,320-$2,499) Mr. and Mrs. James Regions McNutt Pediatric Dentistry Anonymous F. Turner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Rollins The Honorable Gilbert S. Mrs. Hunter Armistead James Stephen Turner Dallas and Fleming Wilt Merritt Ms. Cassidy Bentley Foundation Mills Family LLC Suann and Ralph Davis Principal Dancer’s Circle Nashville Convention and The Ferre Family Artistic Director’s Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Visitors Corporation Susan and Frank Hammer ($25,000-$99,000) ACU Signs In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Mr. and Mrs. Houston Anonymous Ian Merrill-Facio C. Richter W. Howell Angie and Maggie Adams The Band Perry Richters - Corzines Mr. Mark Humphreys Belmont University Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Gregg Shepard Dr. Mitchell D. Korn Bridgestone Americas In Honor of Elaina and Joe and Joanne Sowell Ms. Alena Kozunda and Corner Partnership, LLC Ronnie Scott Hope and Howard Stringer Mr. Pavel Bukengolts The Currie Family Mr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Joyce A. Vise Heather and Paul Lefkowitz Annette S. Eskind The Cintado-Scokin Family Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Wahl Dr. and Mrs. Mason Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind Jane and Richard Eskind Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Weigel Joseph and Lynn Herb and Barbara Fritch and Family May Foundation Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick The Fugitive Foundation Corps de Ballet Patrick and Ellen McIntyre Heller III Bill Haralson ($2,500-$4,999) Christopher and Anna R. Hemnes and Chris and Gina Keaton Anonymous Patricia Mixon Jacob Schwarz Heather and David Lang Anita and Don Baltimore Ms. Kathryn Sevier Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lynn and Ken Melkus Russell and Oguz Bates Mr. Kevin Sanders A. Hensler Jayne Menkemeller Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Jacqueline and Robert Hutton Donald R. Moody Crabb III Schneider I.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dr. Wesley and Mrs. Ingram Civil Engineering and Charlie Carlisle Dickerson Sheila Thayer Group, LLC Donald R. Moody Emmely and Michael Lori Tigert Ms. Charlyn Jarrells David Randolph Smith and Duncan Mr. Scott A. Wood Kidman Urban Family Catherine Gemmato-Smith Amy S. Eskind Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Gloria and Paul Sternberg Mr. and Mrs. James F. Lipman SunTrust Foundation Gallivan Lovers of Movement Betsy and Ridley Wills III Amos E. Gott Mrs. Ellen Harrison Martin Ms. Terry Hardesty Mr. and Mrs. Howard McLure Soloist’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. Rick Horne The Memorial Foundation ($5,000-$9,999) Mr. and Mrs. Anderson James and Patricia Munro Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry Banker Jarman Mrs. Emily Jordan Noel Jeremiah Beaty Dr. Lois Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Ann and Frank Bumstead Mr. Edward Wade Puryear IV Drs. Keith and Leslie Joyner III Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rechter Churchwell Molly and John Kelly Lisa and Jonathan Cole Kelly Construction, Inc.

For a full listing of ELEVATE donors, please visit our website at www.nashvilleballet.com/elevate.