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OFFICERS Dear Friends, Chairman – David Hadley 3 President – Joan Fitzmaurice Welcome to my Treasurer – Maria Mackey Gunn favorite holiday Secretary – Lynn Lindsay tradition: Pacific Assistant Secretary – Lynne Graybeal Assistant Secretary – H. David Kaplan Northwest Ballet’s Immediate Past Chairman – Aya Hamilton 2 3 production of George Chairman Emeritus – Sheffield Phelps2 3 * Balanchine’s The COMMITTEE CHAIRS Nutcracker!® From Education – Jon Conte our long-time ballet supporters to those Board Development – Gail James Marketing & Public Relations – Sara Jones new to McCaw Hall, all of you are welcome Leadership – Peter Horvitz 2 3 today and we are grateful to have you here. Major Gifts – Peter Horvitz 2 3 Foundation Board Chairman - Peter Horvitz 2 3 PNB is more than just a ballet company. It is also a world-class dance school, an EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES Artistic Director – Peter Boal1 incubator for new art, and an organization Executive Director – Ellen Walker1 that serves its community with education Young Patrons Circle – Andrew Hoge 1 35 and outreach in public school classrooms. Parents Association – Jennifer Gaines 1 PNB STARS – Terri Richardson 1 PNB also has a thriving network of young people ages 21 to 39 who attend GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Donna Barnett Carol Neiman performances together, volunteer in Carl Behnke 2 Susan Okamoto many different capacities, and sponsor Susan Brotman 2 Alida Oles new choreography each year. If you love Jane Cremin Gwendolyn C. Payton Sharon Falkner Betty Pirnat the ballet and are looking to get more Jerald Farley Mac Powell connected with other young people like Stephen E. Fuhs Tom A. Puentes Robin F. Gainey James Raisbeck you, check out PNB’s Young Patrons Circle. Susan Grinstein Barbara Ries They are a powerful force for good within William Grinstein Catherine Ries W. Daniel Heidt 2 Vivian Schwab PNB, and they throw a great party, too. Kalen Holmes Elizabeth Stokes Thank you for joining us today for Toni Hoover Shannon Tierney frans.com this spectacular ballet. I hope you have a Christy Jones Aimee Truchard April Kieburtz Natasha Lalji Verjee marvelous time, and I hope to see you again Dan Kingston Connie Walsh soon in the audience, in one of our studios, Wendy Kizzier Sheree Wen Alex Lange Jodi Wong or in the classroom. Frederick W. McDonald Leslie Yamada

King’s Schools Warmest regards, ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nancy D. Alvord Lisa Kroese Courtney Bear Gregory Kusnick Where inspiration is as Elisabeth Bodal Candy J. Lee important as education. Sue Buske Helene Mawyer Barbara Chaplin Arnold Ness David Hadley Cheryl Clark Kristin Pastoriza Chairman, PNB Board of Trustees Brooke de Boutray Mimi Richards Margaret Dell’Osso Michael Righi Elizabeth Dougherty John Shaw Patricia Edwards Alesha Shemwell Becky Figueroa Mel Sturman Kathy Alvord Gerlich Peggy Swistak Stacy Graves Christina Tanner CathyBeth Hooper Jennifer Thompson Pamela Johnson Russell Wagstaff Glenn Kawasaki Lisa Wahbe Megan Kirley Stephanie Wallach Rocke Koreis

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On the second Friday of each repertory, a members-only lounge with complimentary wine and chocolates allows the YPC community to connect, relax, and chat about the ballet; a hosted reception also takes place post-performance at nearby restaurant Ten Mercer several times throughout the season. Intimate Assemble events invite YPC members to everything from wine tastings to dance classes to happy hour at some of the most exciting locations in the Seattle area.

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The Nutcracker has often served as an ideal entry point “into the world of ballet, but it’s only the beginning. ”

© nycdanceproject.com welcome to george balanchine’s Odile. Masterful sets, vibrant costumes, The Nutcracker®. You are one of 100,000 and timeless choreography enchant in people of all ages who come to see this hallmark of classical ballet. this magical production each year and PNB’s mixed-repertory programs we know you will love it. We spent constitute the lion’s share of our four years planning this version of the performances here in McCaw Hall. classical holiday tale which is now in These ballets are both contemporary its third season. George Balanchine’s and classical. Programs like these choreography is considered the gold advance the art form in exciting and standard and Ian Falconer’s whimsical unexpected ways. You might want to and witty designs feel freshly minted. check out LOVE & BALLET in June. Company dancer (and former PNB Everyone has their personal favorite There are four beguiling creations by School Professional Division student) Elle Macy in Snow White. © Angela moments, like the animated films or three young choreographers who are Sterling. the prancing reindeer or that plucky changing the face of ballet. You will be little pig seated to the left of stage in impressed by our orchestra as they play the royal box. Some savor the magnif- Beethoven, Arvo Pärt, Joby Talbot, and icent 62-member orchestra playing Sufjan Stevens in one performance. Tchaikovsky’s majestic score. Whether The ballets on this program will be its meddlesome mice, floating angels, performed by the Company in Paris swirling snowflakes seen through this summer. No need to purchase blue-tinted birches, or a gigantic tickets to France—just staycation glass star, we’re guessing you’ll leave with us. We also serve champagne. the theater filled with wonder and joy. The Nutcracker has often served as You might even dance up the aisles. an ideal entry point into the world of So consider coming back. The ballet ballet, but it’s only the beginning. There offers an incredible array of interesting is so much to discover and it seems the more you know the more you want Lesley Rausch in Kent Stowell's programs for everyone. If you like story Swan Lake. © Lindsay Thomas. ballets, there are two coming up. Snow to know. We have thousands of loyal White is made specifically for families. subscribers who come to the ballet It lasts about an hour and offers plenty three, four, five, or six times a year and of dancing and drama. It’s performed enjoy great prices and flexible ticket by our talented students, many of exchanges. Just as Clara discovers the whom you will see dancing on the stage Land of Sweets, the Sugar Plum Fairy, today. There’s also a narrator, which and all of her enchanting court, you too can discover a new world. We hope makes following the story simple and to see you again soon. There’s valet entertaining. The sets and costumes parking for reindeer-drawn sleighs! are delightful. Perhaps you’d like to join us for Swan Lake? PNB offers one of the finest production I’ve ever seen, complete with 24 swans, the evil Von Rothbart, Angelica Generosa in Year of the the beautiful Odette, and the conniving Peter Boal Rabbit. © Angela Sterling.

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Leta Biasucci as the Sugar Plum Fairy with PNB School students. © Angela Sterling.

George Balanchine’s remembered the luxurious days before The works of George Balanchine performed ® the Russian revolution and held them as The Nutcracker by Pacific Northwest Ballet are made an ideal. When Baum asked him to stage possible in part by The Louise Nadeau Ballet in Two Acts, Four Scenes, and The Nutcracker, banking on the popularity Endowed Fund. Prologue based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale, of The Nutcracker Suite in the United The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816) States, Balanchine said, “If I do anything, it will be full-length and expensive.” “The Nutcracker at our theater is for MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Those first performances ofThe children young and old. That is, for children (The Nutcracker, Op. 71, 1891-1892, Nutcracker in 1892 St. Petersburg received with an excerpt from The Sleeping and for adults who are children at heart. mixed reviews. Critics complained the Beauty, Op. 66, 1889) Because, if an adult is a good person, in his music was “too symphonic” and the heart he is still a child. In every person the CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine ballerina (the Sugar Plum Fairy) wasn’t © The George Balanchine Trust best, the most important part is that which given enough to do. The scenario had remains from his childhood.”—George STAGING: Judith Fugate with Peter Boal and been put together by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Garielle Whittle Balanchine director of the Imperial Theaters and a When George Balanchine staged SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN: Ian Falconer great Francophile. He used as his source The Nutcracker for New York City Ballet LIGHTING DESIGN: James F. Ingalls not the E.T.A. Hoffman German original in 1954, it was the six-year-old company’s ORIGINAL PRODUCTION PREMIERE: December 6, 1892; of 1816, The Nutcracker and the Mouse Imperial Ballet, St. Petersburg, choreography most ambitious project to date. The King, but Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 French by Lev Ivanov choreographer spent more than half of adaptation of Hoffman’s story,Histoire BALANCHINE PRODUCTION PREMIERE: February 2, 1954; the production’s $40,000 budget on the d’un casse-noisette (The Tale of the New York City Ballet Christmas tree, infuriating Morton Baum, Nutcracker). Marius Petipa, the esteemed PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: November 27, chair of New York City Center’s finance and prolific maître d’ballet of the St. 2015 committee, which had put up the money. Petersburg Imperial Theater, prepared Baum asked, “George, can’t you do it instructions for Tchaikovsky and Principal sponsorship support for the 2015 without the tree?” to which Balanchine mapped out the sequence of dances, yet Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere ofGeorge replied, “The ballet is the tree.” withdrew due to illness before rehearsals Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® with original Balanchine had danced in the Maryinsky began. The task of choreographingThe scenic and costume design by Ian Falconer, Theater’s production in St. Petersburg as Nutcracker was left to Petipa’s assistant, was made possible through the generosity a child. His roles included soldier, mouse Lev Ivanov, whose work was deemed of Dan & Pam Baty. Additional major support king, little prince, and the lead in the hoop uneven, from brilliant (the kaleidoscopic was provided by Patty Edwards, Carl & dance, which had been choreographed Waltz of the Snowflakes) to chaotic (the Renee Behnke, and Peter & Peggy Horvitz. by its original interpreter, Alexander battle between the gingerbread soldiers Shiryaev, for the 1892 premiere. Balanchine and the mice).

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14 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET BV 071811 repair 1_12.pdf time. She would continue in the role for four seasons before moving on to other parts, eventually joining New York City Ballet and adding the leading roles of Dewdrop and the Sugar Plum Fairy to her repertory. In 2015, Fugate took on the role of répétiteur, joining with Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle to stage Balanchine’s Nutcracker for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Peter Boal was accepted into the School of American Ballet in 1975. He first performed in Balanchine’s Nutcracker as a Party Boy. Fugate was his first stage mother and held his hand tightly as she pulled the nervous ten-year-old onstage. He moved on to the role of the Little Prince, and then Bed Boy, another uncredited part, this for a confident teenager who steers Clara’s magic bed. Boal joined New York City Ballet and continued to move through the range of Nutcracker roles, eventually performing as Cavalier to Fugate’s Sugar Plum Fairy. In 2014, Boal returned to New York City Ballet as a guest artist to reprise the role of Herr Drosselmeier for the School of American Ballet’s annual Nutcracker benefit. Pacific Northwest Ballet has its own Nutcracker history, which now intersects with Balanchine’s. In 1975, Pacific Northwest Dance Ballet Company, as the PNB was then called, acquired Lew Christensen’s Nutcracker, performing the work for eight seasons. In 1983, under Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, the Company presented a new production Private Client & Luxury Real Estate with choreography by Stowell and scenic and costume designs by famed children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. The Stowell and Sendak Nutcracker contributed significantly to the Company’s identity, holding the stage for 32 seasons. In 2015, PNB acquired George Balanchine’s iconic JAVILA CREER SHAWNA ADER Premier Associate | Executive Premier Director | production, blending Peter’s Boal’s personal Managing Broker Broker history—his New England childhood and 206 794 5284 206 251 2337 his 30-year involvement with the Balanchine javila.withwre.com aderberger.com Nutcracker as both a student and professional dancer—with the future of the Company. ERICA CLIBBORN AMY SAJER Executive Premier Director | Premier Director | New designs by another renowned children’s Broker Broker author and illustrator, Ian Falconer, carry 206 251 1869 206 550 8903 the Balanchine staging forward into the ericaclibborn.com amysajer.withwre.com 21st century, while the staging by Fugate, Boal, and Whittle reaffirms the heritage of MICHAEL DOYLE DEIRDRE DOYLE Premier Director | Executive Premier Director | a tradition reaching back to 1892 and the Managing Broker Broker grandeur of the Imperial era. 206 669 0203 206 234 3386 MichaelDoyleProperties.com deirdre-doyle.com Notes by Doug Fullington.

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for films, operas, revues, and musicals. choreographed by Mr.Wheeldon, for New Among his best known dances for the stage York City Ballet. In 2003, he designed is Slaughteron Tenth Avenue, originally sets and costumes for Stravinsky’s Jeu de created for Broadway’s On Your Toes (1936). Cartes, choreographed by Peter Martins. The musical was later made into a movie. In 2008, Mr. Falconer completed the set A major artistic figure of the twentieth design and oversaw the installation for century, Balanchine revolutionized the look the operetta Veronique at the Theatre of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his du Chatelet in Paris. The sets were base, he heightened, quickened, expanded, widely hailed for their use of classic streamlined, and even inverted the stage sets married with complex moving fundamentals of the 400-year-old language film images, impressing audiences with of academic dance. This had an inestimable innovative theatrical optical illusions. influence on the growth of dance in America. Although at first his style seemed James F. Ingalls particularly suited to the energy and speed Lighting Designer of American dancers, especially those he trained, his ballets are now performed by James F. Ingalls studied stage management all the major classical ballet companies at Yale School of Drama, and went on throughout the world. to work as a stage manager for Yale Repertory Theatre and the Twyla Tharp Copyright ©2002 The George Balanchine Foundation. Reprinted by permission. Dance Company, before turning to lighting design for opera, theater, and dance. He George Balanchine was the Resident Lighting Designer for Choreographer the American Repertory Theater from 1981-1984 and has worked frequently Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, George with theater director Peter Sellars. Mr. Balanchine (1904-1983) is regarded as the Ingalls work for dance companies includes foremost contemporary choreographer designs for American Ballet Theatre, in the world of ballet. He came to the Dutch National Ballet, Hubbard Street United States in late 1933, at the age of Dance Chicago, Mark Morris Dance 29, accepting the invitation of the young Group, Merce Cunningham Dance American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein Self-portrait. ©Ian Falconer. Company, Paris Opera Ballet, Paul Taylor (1907-96), whose great passions included Dance Company, PNB, and San Francisco the dream of creating a ballet company Ian Falconer Ballet, among others. He collaborates in America. At Balanchine’s behest, Scenic and Costume Designer frequently with the Wooden Floor Dancers Kirstein was also prepared to support in Santa Ana, California. Mr. Ingalls is the formation of an American academy Ian Falconer is an American illustrator, the recipient of several Drama-Logue of ballet that would eventually rival children’s book author, and costume Awards, the Obie for sustained excellence the long established schools of Europe. and set designer for the theater. Born in in lighting design, and a National Theater This was the School of American Ballet, Ridgefield, Connecticut, Mr. Falconer Artist Residency Grant. founded in 1934, the first product of the graduated from The Cambridge School of Balanchine-Kirstein collaboration. Several Weston, and went on to study painting at Allan Dameron ballet companies directed by the two were the Parsons School of Design and Otis Art Conductor created and dissolved in the years that Institute. He has created 30 covers for The followed, while Balanchine found other New Yorker as well as other publications, (refer to page 24) outlets for his choreography. Eventually, and is widely known for the iconic Olivia with a performance on October 11, children’s book series, which features a Alastair Willis 1948, the New York City Ballet was born. young pig and her many adventures. In Guest Conductor Balanchine served as its ballet master the world of theater design, Mr. Falconer and principal choreographer from 1948 teamed up with artist David Hockney, Grammy-nominated Alastair Willis is until his death in 1983. Balanchine’s more collaborating on the costume designs currently in his fourth season as Music than 400 dance works include Serenade for the Los Angeles Opera production of Director of the Illinois Symphony (1934), Concerto Barocco (1941), Le Palais Tristan and Isolde (1987). In 1996, Mr. Orchestra. He has guest-conducted de Cristal, later renamed Symphony in C Falconer designed the sets for The Atlantic internationally for Chicago Symphony, (1947), Orpheus (1948), The Nutcracker Theater’s Off-Broadway production of Philadelphia Orchestra, New York (1954), Agon (1957), Symphony in Three The Santaland Diaries, written by David Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Movements (1972), Stravinsky Violin Sedaris. In 1999, he designed scenery and Mexico City Philharmonic, Orquestra Concerto (1972), Vienna Waltzes (1977), costumes for the Boston Ballet’s production Sinfonica de Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong Ballo della Regina (1978), and Mozartiana of Firebird, choreographed by Christopher Sinfonietta, China National Orchestra (1981). His final ballet, a new version of Wheeldon. Mr. Falconer designed scenery (Beijing), and Silk Road Ensemble (with Stravinsky’s Variations for Orchestra, was and costumes for Scènes de Ballet (1999), Yo-Yo Ma), among others. He received created in 1982. He also choreographed and Variations Sérieuses (2001), both also his bachelor’s degree with honors from

22 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET England’s Bristol University, an Education degree from Kingston University, and a Masters of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

Leif Bjaland Guest Conductor Leif Bjaland is the music director of the RINGRING ININ THETHE Waterbury Symphony in Connecticut and served as the artistic director/conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra from 1997 to 2012. SEASONSEASON ATAT An active guest conductor, Mr. Bjaland has appeared with New York City Ballet, Pacific BENAROYABENAROYA HALL!HALL! Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Nevada Ballet FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, AT 8PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, AT 2 & 8PM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, AT 8PM Theatre, Louisville Ballet, Louisville SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, AT 2PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, AT 8PM Orchestra, and North Carolina School for the Arts. Recently, he has served as HOLIDAY POPS BEETHOVEN conductor for Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the SEATTLE POPS Title Sponsor: SYMPHONY NO. 9 Kennedy Center and on two international Stuart Chafetz, conductor Alastair Willis, conductor tours featuring all-Balanchine programs. Rachel York, vocals Susan Gulkis Assadi, viola Darius de Haas, vocals Angela Meade, soprano Michael Jinsoo Lim University of Washington Chorale Margaret Gawrysiak, mezzo-soprano Violin Soloist The Beaconettes Isaiah Bell, tenor Michael Sumuel, baritone Featuring holiday classics, traditional Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim has been Seattle Symphony Chorale praised by Gramophone for playing favorites and that WOW you’ve grown to love, MOZART: The Magic Flute Overture with “delicious abandon,” described as this year’s Holiday Pops kicks off the season with humor, joy and the heartfelt warmth of VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos campi “bewitching” by the Seattle Times, and the holidays. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral” hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “conspicuously accomplished champion of FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, AT 8PM The beauty and drama of Beethoven’s contemporary music.” Concertmaster and SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, AT 1 & 8PM monumental Ninth Symphony is alternately solo violinist for Pacific Northwest Ballet, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, AT 2PM awe-inspiring and uplifting, with the Ode to Joy the crowning jewel atop this Mr. Lim is also co-founder of the Corigliano MESSIAH transformative piece. Beethoven’s Ninth Quartet and Artistic Director of Frequency, HANDEL Ruth Reinhardt, conductor Symphony for the ages is a wonderful way to a new Seattle-based chamber ensemble. He Deanna Breiwick, soprano end the year. has performed in venues such as Carnegie Eve Gigliotti, mezzo-soprano Susan Gulkis Assadi’s performances are generously Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and the Kennedy Aaron Sheehan, tenor underwritten by Sue and Robert Collett and an Center, and has been heard on NPR Will Liverman, baritone anonymous donor. programs such as “Performance Today” and Seattle Symphony Chorale “All Things Considered.” Mr. Lim’s chamber HANDEL: Messiah music recordings can be found on Naxos, Albany, CRI and Bayer record labels. He Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December currently serves on the faculty of Cornish tradition. The exquisite choral writing and the exultant “Hallelujah” chorus — featuring the College of the Arts. Seattle Symphony, Chorale and a strong cast of soloists — honor Handel’s greatest work. Ruth Reinhardt’s performances are generously underwritten by Paul Leach and Susan Winokur.

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Pennsylvania Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. Peter Boal Allan Examples of his scenic credits with PNB are Artistic Director Dameron Carmen, Divertimento #15, Slaughter on Tenth of Pacific Northwest Company Pianist/ Avenue, and La Sonambula. His concert credits Ballet and Director Conductor include designs for Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, of Pacific Northwest and Tony Bennett. Ballet School since A native of 2005. Greensboro, North Carolina, Allan Born in Bedford, Dameron graduated Larae Theige New York, Peter from North Carolina Hascall Boal received his School of the Arts and studied conducting at the training at the School of American Ballet Costume Shop Pierre Monteux School in Maine. Mr. Dameron while performing children’s roles with New Manager has been Music Director and Conductor for York City Ballet. George Balanchine invited Chicago City Ballet and Assistant Conductor Born in Spokane, Peter to join the company as an apprentice at Chicago Lyric Opera. Prior to joining PNB Washington, Larae in 1983, and he continued to dance for he was a chamber music professor at Northern Hascall joined PNB NYCB until his retirement in 2005, when he Illinois University. As a chamber music pianist, in 1983 and became moved to Seattle. He also served as a faculty Mr. Dameron has been a guest artist with the Costume Shop member for SAB. In addition to directing Vermeer and Audubon Quartets and is a member Manager in 1987. She PNB School, Peter teaches the Professional of Ariel Trio. Mr. Dameron performs piano solo supervises both Costume Shop and Wardrobe in Division and Company. He has staged works work for PNB ballets, including Appassionata, the creation, alteration, and maintenance of all by George Balanchine and Ulysses Dove for The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody), Duo costumes worn in PNB productions. She is also PNB, PNB School, and other companies. Concertant, Für Alina, and Rubies. supervisor for specialty makeup and wigs. Ms. Hascall has been the primary collaborator for costumes created by such renowned designers Emil de Cou as Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Norbert Dream), Paul Tazewell (Kent Stowell’s Swan Music Director/ Herriges Principal Conductor Lake), Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia), Santo Technical Director Loquasto (Waiting at the Station) and Jérôme Emil de Cou Kaplan (Jewels). has been Pacific Norbert Herriges Northwest Ballet’s began working in Seattle theater after Music Director and Otto Neubert Principal Conductor receiving his degree since 2011. Previously, in Theatre Arts at Ballet Master he was associate Southern Oregon Otto Neubert has conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra State College in been PNB’s Ballet and 2016 will mark his 15th season as conductor Ashland, Oregon. In 1984, he started at ACT as Master since 1991. of the NSO performances at Wolf Trap a scenic builder and in 1991 moved to Seattle Born in Munich, Foundation for the Performing Arts. Mr. de Cou Repertory Theatre, where he worked for fifteen Germany, Mr. debuted at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor for years as a shop carpenter and later as scenic Neubert received his the New York Pops, and has also conducted the Coordinator. In the course of his 28-year career training with Alex orchestras of Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, in local theater, Mr. Herriges worked backstage Ursuliak, the Stuttgart Saint Louis, Detroit, Montreal, and Boston for PNB in various capacities. He was appointed Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Pops, among others. He was Principal Pops Interim Technical Director for PNB in February and with Marika Besobrasova in Monte Carlo. Conductor for the San Francisco Symphony and 2011 and assumed the position of Technical He danced as a soloist with New York City Ballet also serves as musical consultant for NASA. In Director in July of 2011. Mr. Herriges oversees and at Stuttgart Ballet. Mr. Neubert assists the 1985, Mikhail Baryshnikov hired Mr. de Cou to and coordinates all technical aspects of PNB’s Artistic Director in teaching and rehearsing the conduct American Ballet Theatre and in 1994, productions, assisted by an exceptional staff of Company, and rehearses PNB School students he joined the staff of San Francisco Ballet. Other stage technicians and managers. in their roles for Company productions. He ballet companies he has conducted include has performed as a guest artist in The Sleeping New York City Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Beauty, Don Quixote, Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, Netherlands Dance Theatre, and Hong Kong Randall G. Prodigal Son, and George Balanchine’s The Ballet. Mr. de Cou was born in Los Angeles Chiarelli Nutcracker. and studied at the University of Southern Lighting Designer California. He was the subject of a documentary on National Public Radio and was chosen from Mr. Chiarelli has 200 candidates to study in Leonard Bernstein’s devoted a career to master class at the Hollywood Bowl. lighting for dance. For PNB he designed the majority of work by Kent Stowell, Founding Artistic Director. Together with Francia Russell he designed the lighting for the Company’s entire Balanchine repertory. Other choreographers at PNB include Lucinda Childs, Mark Dendy, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon. In addition he has designed lighting for American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet,

24 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Anne Dabrowski Ballet Master Anne Dabrowski was named a PNB Ballet Master in 1997. Originally from San Diego, California, Ms. Dabrowski received her training at California Ballet School and with Truman Finney at the School of Hartford Ballet. She danced professionally with Hartford Ballet and then continued there as Company Teacher and Assistant Ballet Master, and as a principal faculty member for Hartford Ballet School. Ms. Dabrowski assists the Artistic Director in teaching and rehearsing the Company and prepares PNB School students for their roles in PNB productions.

Paul Gibson Ballet Master Paul Gibson was appointed a PNB Ballet Master in 2005. Mr. Gibson joined PNB in 1994 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1996. Upon his retirement in 2004, he was named Assistant Ballet Master. His choreographic work includes ballets for PNB and PNB School, San Francisco Ballet School, the San Francisco Ballet Choreographic Workshop, Allegheny Ballet Company, and the New York Choreographic Institute. Originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Mr. Gibson trained at Allegheny Ballet Academy and the School of American Ballet. He won a scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School and joined San Francisco Ballet in 1988, where he rose to the rank of soloist. Mr. Gibson assists the Artistic Director in teaching, rehearsing, and scheduling the Company and rehearsing PNB School students in their roles for Company productions.

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

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

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The Révérence Society was established to honor those who remember Pacific Northwest Ballet in their long- range financial and estate plans–ensuring the artistic and financial strength of PNB for future generations. Estate gifts come in all sizes and include gifts through wills, living trusts and beneficiary desig­nations on retirement plan accounts, and life insurance policies; other deferred gifts such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts provide lifetime income. If you would like more information on how to join the Révérence Society and begin receiving special behind-the-scenes benefits or how to include PNB in your estate plans, please contact Carrie Mood, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Manager, at 206.441.3599 or [email protected], or visit www.PNB.org/support/plannedgiving.

David Akiyama Betty Kreager Rev. Mary Petty Anderson Frances J. Kwapil Sena Baron Joan T. Lasersohn Patty & Jimmy Barrier Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Courtney and John Geist Leslie* & David Mattson Carl & Renee Behnke Arthur H. Mazzola Sharon A. Bidwell Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel* Elisabeth Bottler McConnell John H. Bowen Frederick W. McDonald Mr. Robert Braun Edward McGuirk Susan Brotman David Michaud Lorna Brown Curt & Mary Mikkelsen Mr. Peter Brown & Roger F. Miller Ms. Janet McKinnon Dr. Armin & Beverly Mohr Carol A. Burch Ann D. Molitor Diane Burgess Lisa & Jonathan Morris Daniel Burkert Phyllis Moss Sally S. Cahill Brookbank Carol & Paul Neiman Dorrienne Chinn Judy & Arnie Ness Ferrell Nathan Conn Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Gail A. Cottle Ms. Margaret Ordornia Tavia Crowder Mr. & Mrs. Richard Parsell Judith Cushman Quick & William & Carol Parsons Bob Quick Richard & Jean Patton Michael W. Dabney Jean E. Phillips Rita Daubenspeck Tony Sepanski & Elizabeth Murphy and Karel Cruz in Benjamin Millepied's Appassionata. © Angela Sterling. Tatiana Davidson Ann Logan Phillips John Delo Dennis Pierce & Eddie Sheila C. Dietrich Edmondson PNB’s New Works Initiative provides a flexible environment to create new works, develop Jennifer Doscher Lynn Ries dancers through performances, and fashion a repertory both firmly rooted in tradition and William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn James & Sherry Raisbeck Mrs. Patty Edwards E.R.H. committed to the evolution of the artistic medium. New works contribute to the advancement Jim & Ann Elias Richard C. Redman of the art form, while presenting PNB’s audiences with a wide range of dance to bolster a strong Thomas & Jane Fadden Ms. Christina Rich appreciation of the versatility of ballet and a true understanding of various choreographers’ Stockton & Janice Forrest Mimi Richards Kate Forster Royce & Maura Roberts bodies of work. PNB would like to thank the following individuals and organizations that have Russell & Nancy Fosmire Ann Lyda Rogers supported the New Works Initiative with a gift of $1,000 or more over the past year. Deborah Gates Mary K. Rogers Natalie Gendler Kathryn McPherson Roon Gail Goralski Dr. H. Martin Rosa Chap & Eve Alvord David & Cheryl Hadley Melba Mckay & Paul Gockel Inger A. Goranson Cornelius & Penny Rosse The Art Works Charitable Fund Aya Stark Hamilton Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Gene Grantham JoAnne Hardt Rudo Dan & Pam Baty W. Daniel Heidt & Simon & Carol Ottenberg Mrs. James S. Griffin John Rudolf Bob Benson Michele B. Heidt Bob & Annette Parks Mr. & Mrs. James M. Michael Ann Sagin Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans Ms. Toni Hoover & Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat Halverson Judith Schoenecker Aya Hamilton Sam Sebesta Lyndall Boal Mr. Alfred Nettles Suzanne & John Rahn Jan Harper John F. & Julia P.* Shaw Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Boyce Peter & Peggy Horvitz Mimi Richards Cathi & Ken Hatch Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sheetz Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Ms. Ming Hu Michael Righi Joann Haugerud John & Melba Short Ms. Susan Y. Buske Ms. Laura Hunter Mary-Catherine Schugel Ms. Amy J. Haugerud Sue Ann Smith Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod Tom* & Gail James Patrick & Dianne Schultheis Catherine Hobi Hawes W. Dyanne Stepanek In Honor of Norma Cugini H. David Kaplan Peyton & Carolann Storli W. Daniel Heidt & Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Michele B. Heidt Sharon Van Valin & Colonel & Mrs. Dennis Cunneen Glenn Kawasaki Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Klaus & Joaquenia Heinrich Richard Tait Michael W. Dabney April & Steven Kieburtz Ms. Jessica Tarzan Paula Hopping Wayne Thurman Daniel & Margaret Carper Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley Ms. Amy Theobald Peter Horvitz Dr. Darlene A. Townsend Foundation Sharon Lee Jennifer Thompson Roy L. Hughes Beni Turan Dr. Katharyn Del Beccaro Barbara Lewis Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Tom* & Gail James Nicholas Utzinger & Donna & Rob Dughi Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Ms. Maggie Walker Robert C. Jenkins John Rochford Patty Edwards Jeff & Nancy Loch Tom & Connie Walsh Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Elaine Vona Rex Johnson Deidra Wager William & Carole Ellison Maria Mackey Gunn Toby & Linda Warson Ms. Karlene Johnson Rebecca Walker Foundation Michael & Barbara Malone Carol Wright Barbara A. Johnston Mr. Mike Waters Ms. Juli Farris in honor of Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation Ms. Jodi Wong H. David Kaplan Cathy & Ross Wiggins Norma Cugini Mr. David Mattson Leslie & Tachi Yamada April & Steven Kieburtz Judy Williams Joan Fitzmaurice Helene Mawyer PNB Young Patrons Circle Ken & Claudia Kilbreath Mr. John C. Wilson, Jr. Ms. Anne M. Foster Marcella McCaffray Debby Kim Ms. Jodi Wong Anonymous Rocke R. Koreis & Evelyn Zabo Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Jolene McCaw and Family Candy J. Lee Anonymous (10) Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron Frederick McDonald Edith Kraemer

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Friends of Pacific Northwest Ballet

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

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Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for Firoz & Najma Lalji Jean Enersen & Bruce Carter their generous support of the Annual Fund during the past year. These generous Alex & Sandra Lange Sharon Falkner & Gene Chamberlain contributors are an integral part of our success, sustaining and enriching artistic Sharon Lee Royce & Aggie Church productions, dance education, and community outreach programs. For information Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Caroline Gallée & Frank Peschel-Gallée on how to become part of this esteemed group of donors, contact Rachel Perlot, Nancy & Jeff Loch Stacy & Frank Graves Individual Giving Associate, at 206.441.3589, or [email protected]. Maria Mackey Gunn Stephen & Marie Heil The MacRae Family Foundation Ms. Anne Holmes Individual Donors BALLET MASTERS CIRCLE Christina Marra & Paul Silver Christian Huitema & Neige Gil $10,000-$24,999 Frederick W. McDonald Ms. Laura Hunter Stowell Society Dr. & Mrs. Ellsworth C.* Alvord, Jr. Carol & Paul Neiman Ned & Pam Johnson Mr. William E. Anspach Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Helene Mawyer ARTISTIC DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE & Mrs. Kari Nelson-Anspach Susan & Dennis Okamoto Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish $100,000 AND ABOVE Donna & Anthony Barnett Alida & Douglas Oles Foundation Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Courtney Bear & John Geist Gwendolyn Payton & John Neeleman Mr. & Mrs. William G. Reed Jr. Mrs. Patty Edwards Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat Susan & Ron Runyon Peter & Peggy Horvitz Elisabeth Bodal PNB School Parents’ Association Eric Schlegel & Mary Stout Glenn Kawasaki Elisabeth Bottler PNB STARS Mary-Catherine Schugel Jolene McCaw & Family Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce Charles M. Powell & Tuan Ngo Christina Tanner Anonymous Ms. Susan Y. Buske Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes Stephanie Wallach Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod Barbara Ries David & Romayne Watt CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan Catherine & Grant Ries Ray & Judy Williams $50,000-$99,999 Jane Cremin Lynn Ries & Rod Proctor Ms. Virginia D. Wyman John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes Anonymous in Honor of Mimi Richards Anonymous (3) Carl & Renee Behnke William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn Haim N. Schoppik Bob Benson William & Carole Ellison Foundation Ms. Vivian Schwab MEMBERS OF THE BARRE David & Cheryl Hadley Jerald E. Farley Ms. Alesha & Dr. David Shemwell $4,000-$5,999 Aya Stark Hamilton Ms. Rebecca Figueroa Denise Littlefield Sobel Kari Anderson & Mark Pavlovic Marcella McCaffray Joan Fitzmaurice Kent Stowell & Francia Russell Phoebe Andrew Deidra Wager Marcus Fontoura & Ana Doliveira Mel & Leena Sturman The Art Works Charitable Fund Leslie & Tachi Yamada William E. Franklin Ms. Maryanne Tagney Jones Ms. Katherine Barclay-Robertson Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs Ms. Jessica Tarzan Linda Berkman PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Robin Gainey Shannon Tierney, MD Tom & Jeannie Blank $25,000-$49,000 Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Aimee Truchard Capt. & Mrs. Paul Bloch Lisa & Richard Altig Susan & Bill Grinstein Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee Gary & Linda Blume Chap & Eve Alvord W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt Sheree Wen John & Maralyn Burnley Blume Lyndall Boal Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Herb Sally Anne West & Peder Knudsen* Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation The Kemper Freeman Family Kalen & Sean Holmes Bagley * & Virginia Wright Ellen C. Carnwath Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron CathyBeth & Steven W. Hooper Anonymous (5) Stuart H. Coleman & Mery Rosofsky Ms. Toni Hoover & Tom* & Gail James Michael* & Lois Craig Mr. Alfred Nettles Christy Jones & Rob Lilleness SCHOLARSHIP PATRON In Honor of Norma Cugini Jim & Diana Judson Sara A. Jones $6,000-$9,999 Judith Cushman Mr. H. David Kaplan Gilla Kaplan Linda & Tom Allen Nicole & Weiyou Cui Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler Ms. Janet Ketcham Patty & Jimmy Barrier John Dagres & Jack Odell James & Sherry Raisbeck Steven & April Kieburtz Kent & Barbara Chaplin Mrs. Tatiana Davidson John & Melba Short Daniel Kingston & Maureen Mooney Shirlee D. Christensen Jane M.* & David R. Davis Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley Royce & Aggie Church Phil & Lenore Defliese Tom & Connie Walsh Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray Kathryn Del Beccaro Ms. Jodi Wong Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson Sheila C. Dietrich Margaret A. Dell’Osso

32 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Elizabeth & Shawn Dougherty Francia Russell Center Campaign Donors Donna & Rob Dughi Dr. Milton & Nancy English School is in session! Classes at the all-new Francia Russell Center began on September 7th and we Kristina M. Erickson couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome this year’s group of almost 900 talented young dancers. Thank Ms. Juli Farris you to the generous supporters of our new FRC. If you would like get involved, please contact Hannah Ms. Margaret J. Field Franke, Major Gifts Officer, at [email protected]. Alyce & Lowell Fritz Michelle & Matt Galvin GROUND BREAKER $5,000+ Mrs. Patty Edwards Natalie Gendler 4Culture Jerald E. Farley Mrs. James L. Goedhart 4Culture/King County Building for Culture Ms. Rebecca Figueroa Gail Goralski Lisa & Richard Altig Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen The Anspach Family Nancy Goldsmith Ms. Lana Griffin & Mr. David Westgor Ms. Marilyn Lee Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey* Jimmy & Patty Barrier Mr. & Mrs. Carl G. Behnke Aya Hamilton & Drew Welk Roy Hughes & Julie Davis The Boal Family Steve & Maria Harlow Ms. Jo Anne Iaciofano Jeffrey & Susan Brotman Christina Jones & Rob Lilleness JJ & Erica Jaramillo Susan Y. Buske Samuel & Melissa Kaufmann Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex Johnson Weiyou & Nicole Cui Alex & Sandy Lange Jeanne Kanach Philip & Lenore Defliese Jeff & Nancy Loch Samuel & Melissa Kaufmann D.V. & Ida McEachern Charitable Trust Ms. Maria C. Mackey Gunn Bill & Kathie Kreager Courtney & John Geist Ms. Melba Mckay Lisa Kroese Ms. Gail Goralski Joan & Tim Meskill The Hadley Family Dan Kingston & Maureen Mooney Stephen & Marleen Land Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Herb Carol & Paul Neiman Barbara Lewis Ms. Anne Holmes Alida & Douglas Oles Mr. Joshua Lieberman CathyBeth & Steven Hooper Lindsay Pakzad Nikki & Mark Mahan Toni Hoover & Alfred Nettles Stephen & Elizabeth Pirnat Michael & Barbara Malone Peter & Peggy Horvitz Jerry & Peggy Riedinger Mr. David Mattson JJ & Erica Jaramillo Barbara Ries Jim & Julie McElroy Joshua Green Foundation Catherine & Grant Ries Mr.* & Mrs. Curt Mikkelsen C. James & Diana Judson Ms. Vivian Schwab Monika Schweinfurth Thomas A. Nowak M.D H. David Kaplan Glenn Kawasaki Aimee Truchard & Jesse Rothstein Mr. John O’Connell & Mrs. Joyce Latino Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler Robert & Lisa Wahbe Dr. Jeffrey Okey & Mrs. Paige Franke Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson Leslie & Tachi Yamada Barbara Omalev Terrel & Rob Lefferts Haitao Yu & Sarah Fu John Parchem & Barbara Lycett Frederick McDonald Richard & Jean Patton Microsoft Corporation BUILDER $500-$999 Mrs. Marda Phelps Susan & Dennis Okamoto Anthony & Donna Barnett Mrs. Ellen Pottenger & Simone J. Berger PNB STARS Mr. & Mrs. Roger Blume Blake Primeaux Blake Primeaux Ms. Katherine D. Cardinal & Dick & Alice Rapasky Puget Sound Energy Foundation Mr. Adam Blexrud Mimi Richards Ms. Christina Rich Kent & Barbara Chaplin Mr. Eric Schlegel & Mrs. Mary Stout Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod Dr. Mack & Susan Richey Ms. Alesha & Mr. Dave Shemwell Jon Conte & Margaret Kerrigan Carolyn L. Roe Kent Stowell & Francia Russell Jennifer Crowell The Rita and Herbert Rosen Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Swistak Mrs. Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann Maher & Elena Saba Ms. Maryanne Tagney Jones Ms. Valerie Denney Grant & Dorrit Saviers Shannon Tierney, MD, & Bob Strimer Ms. Belinda Falgout Diane Stevens Tom & Connie Walsh Ms. Joan Fitzmaurice Jennifer Thompson In Honor of Matilda Suttles Don & Edna Franklin Dr. Sheree Wen John & Eileen Tietze Stefan Fulger Ms. Jodi Wong Xiaohui Ge Mimi A. Tutihasi Anonymous (1) Mr. John Gray Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford Lynne Graybeal & Scott Harron Robert & Lisa Wahbe ARCHITECT $2,500-$4,999 Mr. Eydelman & Ms. Gorovaya Toby & Linda Warson William & Jeannie Blank Ms. Anne Harmon-Grout & Mr. Zach Grout Mrs. Carol Wright Michele & Dan Heidt Parna Khot Anonymous (2) Kalen & Sean Holmes Julia & Craig Kitamura Ms. Gail T. James Cindy Lee & Keith Johnson Lisa Kroese Kyle & Wendy Kizzier Madelyn & Frank Lindsay David & Priscilla McAughan Andre Suttles & Natalie Scarella in honor of Gardner Morelli Matilda Suttles Ian & Qian Niles Ms. Jessica Tarzan Joshua Oyler Ms. Anouk Pape ENGINEER $1,000-$2,499 Lynnelle & Eric Pugmire Nancy Alvord Ms. Margaret Russ Kathy Alvord Gerlich Mrs. Dorothy Shattuck Amy & Trae Andersen Mr. Craig C. Strausz Pilar Baquero Tien Suwandy & Edward Sumanaseni D. David & Elaine Bauer Brown Christina Tanner Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray Mr. & Mrs. Lance Terada Mr. Robert Braun Francis Timlin & Dean Speer Heather L Brodeur Stephanie Wallach John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes Jiaming Wang & Xiaochong Yang George Diehl Diane & John Yokoyama Sheila C. Dietrich Anonymous (1) Anne & Philippe Dor

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PNB FOUNDATION BOARD John Graham Foundation Adele Golub W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt Gerald & Lyn Grinstein Chairman, Peter Horvitz Estate of Pauline Hood Mark & Julie Hutcheson Foundation Immediate Past Chair, Susan Brotman Bruce & Carol Hosford Skip & Jackie Kotkins Jim & Diana Judson Lisa Kroese President, Aya Hamilton Frederick W. McDonald Diane & Gordon Kuenster Vice President, David Hadley Estate of Shirley Callison Miner Helen L. Luchs* Secretary, Joan Fitzmaurice Margaret Perthou-Taylor* Dennis & Linda Mitchell Treasurer, Dan Heidt John & Elizabeth Rudolf Estate of Beatrice Olson Members at large, Carl Behnke, Phil Schlaepfer, Jeanne Ellen Tweten & James W. Leslie Heidi Orr Dan Kingston Estate of Frankie Wakefield Estate of Opal J. Orr Ron & Carolyn Woodard Cynthia Phelps* Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the Carol Wright Mr. R. Stewart Phelps following donors to the PNB Endowment, established Barbara Prestrud, In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. Bye in 1996 to ensure the future stability of PNB. If you $25,000–$49,999 Lynn Ries would like to give a gift to the PNB Endowment that will The Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable Foundation Estate of Mary Schneidler help secure the future of PNB, please contact Elizabeth Jerry & Rita Anches Donna & Joshua Taylor Damore, Director of Development, at 206.441.3594 or Sharon & Jay Ballantine Wayne Thurman [email protected]. Patty & Jimmy Barrier Anonymous John & Kay Baxter Rebecca & Jack Benaroya $10,000–$14,999 $1,000,000 and above Benjamin Bevis Erik & Sherilyn Anderson Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr. Betty L. Blakeney John & Carmen* Delo Mr. & Mrs. Anson Brooks, Jr. Tom & Jeannie Blank Kreielsheimer Foundation Ralph E. Bruno* Bill & June Boeing David Michaud Estate of Cordelia Louise Burns Diane Canaday & Daniel Hesse The Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration Dale & Leslie Chihuly Mrs. Phyllis B. Clark of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Cheryl Clark & Stephen Coonrod Steven & Judith Clifford Surdna Foundation Clise Properties, Inc. Tatiana Davidson Anonymous Gail Cottle & Reynold Brown Mrs. Mildred K. Dunn Derdick Trust Jim & Ann Elias $500,000–$999,999 Patty Edwards Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs Estate of Ruth Hoffman Joan Fitzmaurice Mr. & Mrs. George M. Galpin Peter & Peggy Horvitz Eliza Flug G. Keith & Naomi Grim Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Susan E. Foster & Maurice J. Pirio Estate of Margaret T. Hawkes Estate of Althea Stroum William Franklin Estate of Mary S. Helmick Arlene A. Wright Estate of Merrill Gerstel John* & Marli Iverson The Bagley Wright Fund Mr. & Mrs. James S. Griffin Estate of Ralph C. Jacobson Anonymous David & Cheryl Hadley Craig & Karen Kennedy Mike & Janet Halvorson Lee Kraft Cressman & Paul R. Cressman $250,000–$499,999 Ross Hartling, MD & Johnese Spisso Joan T. Lasersohn Jane & Robert Cremin Cathi & Ken Hatch Patricia & Wilfrid Loeken Mr. & Mrs. William* J. Dunn Catherine Hobi Hawes Keith & Mary McCaw Family Foundation Estate of Gerard L. Hanauer Luke & Gail Helms Estate of Nancy Nuckols Keefe Glenn Kawasaki David F. Hill & Barbara M. Hyland-Hill Estate of Beatrice R. Olson Estate of Helen C. Kloess Kalen & Sean Holmes Lea Anne & Randall Ottinger Estate of Gloria Peck-Neils Moe & Susan Krabbe PNB Stars James A. Kraft & Dominique Posy Paula Rose* $150,000–$249,999 Firoz & Najma Lalji George* & Nelly Sofer Carl & Renee Behnke Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Craig Tall Laurie A. Griffith Michael & Barbara Malone Estate of David Wagoner William Randolph Hearst Foundation Marcella McCaffray Anonymous Anonymous Audrey McCoy *Deceased $100,000–$149,999 MCM a Meisenbach Company Carol & Paul Neiman Patrice & Kevin Auld Laura J. Peterson Jane M. & David R. Davis The following named funds have been created in the In honor of our parents, Sheffield & Patricia Phelps Aya Stark Hamilton PNB Endowment: James & Sherry Raisbeck Jeremy & Jacqueline Jaech Sharon Richardson Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund Henry & Mary Ann James Dr. Mack & Susan Richey Patricia Barker Endowed Scholarship Fund Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson John & Sarah Rindlaub William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Education H. David Kaplan, In Memory of Dr. Stanley M. Pier Mrs. John S. Robinson* & Outreach Fund Travis & Suzanne Keeler Jan Rogers Frank Hobi Endowed Scholarship Fund Catherine S. Leschen Jon & Judy Runstad Benjamin Houk Scholarship for Young Men The Norcliffe Foundation John Charles & Mary R. Sellen-Klinker Lucinda Hughey Endowed Scholarship Fund Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes Jan & Jim Sinegal Kreielsheimer Artistic Development Fund Rick & Jennifer Redman Estate of Phillip Soth Jane McConnell Scholarship John F. & Julia P. Shaw Delphine & Charles Stevens Patricia Phelps Endowed Scholarship Fund Allen & Kathleen Shoup John Stokes & Laurie McDonald Janet Reed Scholarship Fund Kayla Skinner Harry C. & Joan Stonecipher Frankie Ladley Wakefield Endowment for Ballet Education- Sophie Sussman* Kent Stowell & Francia Russell al Programs Anonymous Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Arlene A. Wright DanceChance Endowment Fund Carmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed Fund for Education & $50,000–$99,999 Doug & Janet True Toby & Linda Warson Outreach Chap & Eve Alvord Richard L. Weisman Laurie A. Griffith Endowed Scholarship Fund Apex Foundation Albrecht Widmann & Kenneth Barlow Helen Kloess Endowed Scholarship Fund Robert M. Arnold* Wyman Youth Trust Catherine S. Leschen Endowed Scholarship Fund Estate of Edward S. Brignall Leslie & Tachi Yamada Alexis Phelps Dancers’ Support Endowed Fund Estate of Evangeline Edwards Anonymous (3) Dr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed Scholarship Fund Estate of Erma Erickson Tom & Gretchen Puentes Endowed Scholarship Fund Jane Erskine* $15,000–$24,999 Paula Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund Reed & Maren Erskine Alex* & Norma Cugini The Althea Stroum Production Fund Mrs. Paul S. Friedlander* Barry & JoAnn Forman Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson Principal Robin Gainey & Jerry Sanford, Jr., In Memory of Ruth & Bill Gerberding Dancers’ Endowed Fund Jerome G. Sanford, Sr. Dr. Hellmut & Marcy Golde Northwest Endowed Fund

34 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Corporate, Foundation, and Government Sponsors

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

2017-2018 SEASON SPONSORS

SEASON PARTNERS

THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Nesholm Family Foundation

JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION

$200,000 & Above $25,000-$49,999 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation KUOW 94.9 Public Radio* ArtsFund Chateau Ste. Michelle* Wells Fargo Macy’s KOMO 4* Freed of London Muckleshoot Indian Tribe The Seattle Times* Grousemont Foundation $2,500-$9,999 Neiman Marcus The Wallace Foundation The Jerome Robbins Foundation Aetna Northern Trust John Graham Foundation Alabastro Photography* Precept Wine* $100,000-$199,999 Nesholm Family Foundation Amazon Professional Claims Intervention Alaska Airlines Providence St. Joseph Health Bank of America Services The Boeing Company SAVOR* Ben Bridge Jeweler* Seattle Rotary Service Foundation Office of Arts & Culture|Seattle U.S. Bank Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Talking Rain* Perkins Coie LLP* Foundation Ten Mercer* PricewaterhouseCoopers* $10,000-$24,999 Byron & Alice Lockwood Anonymous The Shubert Foundation ArtsWA Foundation Dilettante Chocolates* Chris Graves Music* $1,000-$2,499 $50,000-$99,999 Harvest Foundation City of Bellevue Alaska Airlines* 4Culture Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation CliftonLarsonAllen LLP* Bossa in Wonderland* The Hearst Foundations JPMorgan Chase & Co. Creag Foundation Crimson Haze Event Lighting* Microsoft Corporation Lane Powell PC Delta Dental Harold L. Wyman Foundation National Endowment for the Arts MacDonald Hoague & Bayless* Fales Foundation Trust Kendra Scott* Seattle Foundation Moss Adams LLP* Freed of London* Luly Yang Couture* Starbucks Coffee Company* Northwest Danish Association Goldman, Sachs & Co. Servco Pacific Insurance Anonymous Perkins Coie LLP Kelly Foundation of Washington Anonymous scan|design Foundation by Kilpatrick Townsend Inger & Jens Bruun & Stockton LLP *In-Kind Support

PREFERRED PROVIDERS

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Karel Cruz William Lin-Yee Seth Orza Havana, Cuba. Corps de ballet 2002, San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in 2007, soloist in 2007, principal in 2009. in 2008, soloist in 2014, principal in 2016. soloist in 2008, principal in 2010.

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

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

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

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

Lesley Rausch* Leta Biasucci Leah Merchant* Columbus, Ohio. Corps de ballet in 2001, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet Mobile, Alabama. Apprentice in 2007, soloist in 2007, principal in 2011. in 2011, soloist in 2014. corps de ballet in 2008, soloist in 2016.

Jerome Tisserand Kyle Davis* Margaret Mullin* Lyon, France. Corps de ballet in 2007, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Apprentice in 2008, Tucson, Arizona. Apprentice in 2008, soloist in 2012, principal in 2014. corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2014.

Laura Tisserand* Angelica Generosa* Matthew Renko Hammond, Louisiana. Apprentice in 2003, South River, New Jersey. Apprentice in Sumter, South Carolina. corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2010, 2011, corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2016. Corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2016. principal in 2014.

Joshua Grant* Ezra Thomson* Niceville, Florida. Corps de ballet in San Bernardino, California. Apprentice in 2009, 2001–2004 and 2011, soloist in 2015. corps de ballet in 2010, soloist in 2017.

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

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

Guillaume Basso Dammiel Cruz* Angeli Mamon* Christian Poppe* Dijon, France. Corps de ballet in 2015. New York, New York. Apprentice in 2016, Seattle, Washington. Apprentice in 2015, Lake Stevens, Washington. Apprentice corps de ballet in 2016. corps de ballet in 2016. in 2013, corps de ballet in 2014.

Ryan Cardea* Cecilia Iliesiu Amanda Morgan* Nicole Rizzitano* New York, New York. Apprentice in New York, New York. Tacoma, Washington. Apprentice in 2016, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apprentice in 2009, corps de ballet in 2010. Corps de ballet in 2015. corps de ballet in 2017. 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

Nancy Casciano* Steven Loch* Sarah Pasch* Calista Ruat Decatur, Georgia. Apprentice in 2014, Denton County, Texas. Apprentice in Dublin, California. Apprentice in 2011, Paris, France. Corps de ballet in 2017. corps de ballet in 2015. 2011, corps de ballet in 2012. corps de ballet in 2012.

38 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Listen to the Ballet on KING FM 98.1!

Pacific Northwest Ballet partners with Classical KING FM 98.1 to bring listeners performances by the acclaimed PNB Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan* Madison Taylor* Orchestra, live from McCaw Hall. Featuring Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apprentice Gig Harbor, Washington. Corps de ballet in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017. in 2015. some of the most popular ballet scores of all time, PNB’s 2017-2018 on-air season includes broadcasts of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 7:30 pm, and Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Join us when the curtain goes up on Classic KING FM 98.1, or online at king.org/listen.

Carli Samuelson* Leah Terada* Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Dallas, Texas. Apprentice in 2015, Corps de ballet in 2008. corps de ballet in 2016. WELCOME TEENS!

WONDERING WHO THAT YOUNG Emma Love Suddarth* Dylan Wald* Wichita, Kansas. Apprentice in 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apprentice BALLET-GOER IS, SITTING IN THAT corps de ballet in 2009. in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015. SEAT NEXT TO YOU? They could very well be a member of TEENTIX. Since the inception of this arts access program for teenagers, Pacific

APPRENTICE Northwest Ballet has been a proud and passionate participant. TEENTIX members may purchase day-of-show tickets to music, dance, theater, and arts events for only $5.

For more information, visit TEENTIX.org Price Suddarth* Christopher D’Ariano* Westfield, Indiana. Apprentice in 2010, Yonkers, New York. Apprentice in 2017. corps de ballet in 2011.

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