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2019/20 SEASON

I’M OLD FASHIONED ––––––– THIS BITTER EARTH ––––––– ––––––– SYMPHONIC DANCES 1

“COMPELLING AND MYSTERIOUS… A MASTERPIECE OF MUSICAL NARRATION.” NEW YORK TIMES

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PROGRAM THREE: FIREBIRD Feb 14 – Mar 1

Three inventive works featuring iconic music, each one an exhilarating adventure.

The premiere of Firebird is a fantastical fairy tale with magical special effects. Be seduced by the elegance of Nine Sinatra Songs, as swirling couples dance to Frank Sinatra’s hits. In Rodeo: Four Dance , 15 male dancers and one female enhance Aaron Copland’s beloved American score with an infectious sense of play.

Program includes: NINE SINATRA SONGS Tharp / Sinatra RODEO: FOUR DANCE EPISODES Peck / Copland FIREBIRD Balanchine, Robbins / Stravinsky

MIAMI | FORT LAUDERDALE | WEST PALM BEACH

TICKETS FROM $30 miamicityballet.org · 305.929.7010 2Nathalia Arja in Firebird. Choreography by and ©️ The George Balanchine Trust. Photo ©️ Karolina Kuras. 2019/20 SEASON

Dear MCB Family and Friends,

– WELCOME | BIENVENIDO Happy New Year yet everything in the end melds into a and welcome complete whole. to the second program of Between these large-scale works, we Miami City Ballet’s offer two strikingly different pas de 34th season. deux. These for two dancers are similar in form and structure, and The ballets you yet they exude completely different are about to see emotions. ’s show us how This Bitter Earth is haunting, soulful and strikingly different clearly about love that has been mostly classical dance lost, but that also leaves the audience can be from one wanting more. In contrast, George choreographer to Balanchine’s Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux another and from is a joyous masterpiece that combines one work to another. They also show the virtuosity and lyricism of classical us how much feeling can be conjured ballet in an exhilarating way that leaves up by these varied approaches to our the audience completely gratified. art form. Presenting these outstanding works Today’s program opens and closes with would not be possible without the large ensemble works. While neither generous support of our South has a real plot, both tell a story. community. We especially extend I’m Old Fashioned is Jerome Robbins’ our gratitude to the Codina family glamorous tribute to the Golden Age for their generous sponsorship of of Hollywood and, more precisely, his I’m Old Fashioned in Miami, Broward, homage to the genius of . and the Palm Beaches. The ballet is lighthearted, carefree and humorous – at times conveying a nostalgic longing for a sophisticated Our warmest regards, world that no longer exists.

In Symphonic Dances, takes Rachmaninoff’s last Lourdes Lopez Tania Castroverde major orchestral work and creates a Artistic Director Moskalenko ballet that depicts three very different Executive Director worlds. This work is turbulent and dark, filled with anxiety, confusion and mixed messages of love and passion, and

Cover image: Emily Bromberg. Photo © Karolina Kuras. Location courtesy of Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club. This page: Photos © Alberto Oviedo, Nick Garcia for Miami Modern Luxury. 3 Thank You MIAMI CITY BALLET FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION OF EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTRY 2019/20 SEASON

THE COMPANY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR –SOLOISTS Lourdes Lopez Samantha Hope Galler – Ashley Knox Jordan-Elizabeth Long – –EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Tania Castroverde Moskalenko –CORPS DE BALLET Alaina Andersen – Itzkan Barbosa – Eric Beckham Bianca Bulle – Adrienne Carter –MUSIC DIRECTOR Cameron Catazaro – Julia Cinquemani AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR Bradley Dunlap – Mayumi Enokibara Gary Sheldon Samivel Evans – Nina Fernandes Maddie Goodman – Julian Goodwin-Ferris Ellen Grocki – Anna Grunewald – Satoki Habuchi – Aaron Hilton – Benjamin Lepson – Suzette Logue PRINCIPAL Petra Love – Alex Manning – Madison McDonough Harrison Monaco – Gustavo Ribeiro – Ariel Rose Roma Sosenko Helen Ruiz – Alyssa Schroeder – Christie Sciturro Luiz Silva – Christina Spigner – Nicole Stalker Ella Titus – Eric Trope – Ao Wang – Amir Yogev –BALLET MASTERS Damian Zamorano Joan Latham – Arnold Quintane –FOUNDER –COMPANY PIANISTS Toby Lerner Ansin John Camacho – Francisco Rennó

–FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR –PRINCIPALS Tricia Albertson – Katia Carranza Renan Cerdeiro – Rainer Krenstetter Jennifer Lauren – Alexander Peters Carlos Quenedit – Kleber Rebello

–PRINCIPAL SOLOISTS “Miami City Ballet, Nathalia Arja – Emily Bromberg a JUBILANT and Lauren Fadeley – Shimon Ito ENDEARING Chase Swatosh company, refreshes the eyes and spirit.” New York Times 5 MIAMI CITY BALLET

THE COMPANY DANCERS

PRINCIPALS–

TRICIA ALBERTSON KATIA CARRANZA Santa Cruz, CA Monterrey, Mexico Joined MCB as a member Danced with Ballet of the Corps in 1997. de Monterrey. Promoted to Principal Joined MCB as a member in 2006. of the Corps in 1998. Promoted to Principal in 2004. Rejoined MCB in 2017.

ALEXANDER PETERS CARLOS QUENEDIT State College, PA Havana, Cuba Danced with Danced with San Francisco and . Ballet, Ballet de Monterrey and National Ballet of Cuba. Joined MCB as a Principal Soloist in 2017. Joined MCB as a Principal in 2019. Promoted to Principal in 2019.

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RENAN CERDEIRO RAINER KRENSTETTER JENNIFER LAUREN Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vienna, Austria Tuscaloosa, AL Joined MCB as a School Danced with Vienna Danced with . Apprentice in 2009. State Opera Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Joined MCB as a member of Promoted to Principal the Corps in 2007. in 2013.* Joined MCB as a Principal in 2014. Promoted to Principal in 2017.

KLEBER REBELLO Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Principal in 2013.*

* Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient 7 MIAMI CITY BALLET

THE COMPANY DANCERS

PRINCIPAL– SOLOISTS

NATHALIA ARJA EMILY BROMBERG Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Boston, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Festival School Apprentice Ballet Providence, in 2009. and . Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2016.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2010. Promoted to Principal Soloist in 2019.

LAUREN FADELEY SHIMON ITO CHASE SWATOSH Orlando, FL New York, NY Westlake Village, CA Danced with New Danced with Ballet Joined MCB as a York City Ballet and San Jose. Company Apprentice Pennsylvania Ballet. in 2010. Joined MCB as a Joined MCB as member of the Corps Promoted to Principal a Soloist in 2016. in 2011. Soloist in 2019. Promoted to Promoted to Principal Principal Soloist Soloist in 2019. in 2017.

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SOLOISTS–

SAMANTHA HOPE ASHLEY KNOX GALLER Shelby Township, MI Bedford, MA Joined MCB as a Danced with Boston Company Apprentice Ballet, Cincinnati in 2002. Ballet and Alabama Ballet. Promoted to Soloist in 2017.* Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2014. Promoted to Soloist in 2018.

JORDAN-ELIZABETH KATHRYN MORGAN LONG Mobile, AL Blacksburg, VA Danced with New York Danced with Dutch City Ballet. National Ballet and . Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2019. Joined MCB as a Soloist in 2014.

* Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient 9 MIAMI CITY BALLET

THE COMPANY

DANCERS

CORPS– DE BALLET

ALAINA ITZKAN ERIC BECKHAM BIANCA BULLE ADRIENNE ANDERSEN BARBOSA Columbia, SC Queensland, CARTER Milwaukee, WI New York, NY Australia Kennesaw, GA Danced with Joined MCB Joined MCB as The National Danced with Joined MCB as an Apprentice a member of the Ballet of Canada. The Los Angeles as a Company Ballet. in 2014. Corps in 2019.* Joined MCB as Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to a member of the Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet Corps in 2017. a member of the Promoted to in 2016.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps de Ballet in 2011.*

NINA MADDIE JULIAN ELLEN GROCKI ANNA FERNANDES GOODMAN GOODWIN- Damascus, MD GRUNEWALD Rio de Janerio, New Bern, NC Pittsburgh, PA FERRIS Joined MCB Brazil Houston, TX as an Apprentice Danced with Joined MCB as in 2013. . Danced with a member of the Joined MCB as . Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. Joined MCB as Corps de Ballet a member of the a member of the in 2014.*+ Corps in 2019. Corps in 2018.

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CAMERON JULIA BRADLEY MAYUMI SAMIVEL EVANS CATAZARO CINQUEMANI DUNLAP ENOKIBARA Santa Fe, NM Canton, OH Dallas, TX Cleveland, OH Rio de Janerio, Brazil Danced with Joined MCB as Danced with Joined MCB . a member of the The Los Angeles as a School Joined MCB Corps in 2019.* as an Apprentice Joined MCB as Ballet. Apprentice in a member of the 2005. in 2013. Joined MCB as Corps in 2019. a member of the Promoted to Promoted to Corps in 2017. Corps de Ballet Corps de Ballet in 2008.* in 2015.*+ Company Representative

SATOKI AARON HILTON BENJAMIN SUZETTE LOGUE PETRA LOVE HABUCHI Washington, D.C. LEPSON Sarasota, FL New York, NY Osaka, Japan New York, NY Danced with Danced with Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Boston Ballet II. Joined MCB as Pennsylvania a member of the a member of the a member of the Ballet and Corps in 2018.* Joined MCB as Boston Ballet. Corps in 2018.* a member of the Corps in 2019. Corps in 2017. Joined MCB as a Company Apprentice in 2010. Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2011.*

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ALEX MANNING MADISON HARRISON GUSTAVO ARIEL ROSE State College, PA MCDONOUGH MONACO RIBEIRO New York, NY Miami Beach, FL New Berlin, WI Vitoria, Brazil Joined MCB Danced with as an Apprentice Danced with Danced with Danced with Boston Ballet, in 2013. The Los Angeles Pennsylvania Kansas City Ballet Municipal Ballet. Ballet. Ballet. de Lima and Promoted to Richmond Ballet. Corps de Ballet Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Joined MCB as in 2014.* a member of the a member of the a member of the Joined MCB as Corps in 2018.* Corps in 2017. Corps in 2018. a member of the Corps in 2013.

NICOLE STALKER ELLA TITUS ERIC TROPE AO WANG AMIR YOGEV St. Petersburg, FL Clearwater, FL Poolesville, MD Beijing, China Kibbutz, Israel Joined MCB Joined MCB Danced with Danced with Danced with as a Company as an Apprentice Pennsylvania The Washington Pennsylvania Apprentice in 2013. Ballet. Ballet Studio Ballet. in 2008. Company. Promoted to Joined MCB as Joined MCB as Promoted to Corps de Ballet a member of the Joined MCB as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2015.* Corps in 2013. a member of the Corps in 2016. in 2009.* Corps in 2016.

The Toby Lerner Scholarship Award is given every year to one of Miami City Ballet School’s most promising dancers to help underwrite the cost of their training. Miami City Ballet’s 2019/20 season Apprentice Program has been made possible with a generous gift from Patricia McKay Verbeek in 12 memory of Hope Eric Verbeek. 2019/20 SEASON

HELEN RUIZ ALYSSA CHRISTIE LUIZ SILVA CHRISTINA San Juan, SCHROEDER SCITURRO Barra Mansa, SPIGNER Puerto Rico Portland, OR Sterling Heights, Brazil Paradise Valley, AZ MI Joined MCB Joined MCB as Joined MCB Joined MCB as a Company a member of the Joined MCB as an Apprentice as a Company Apprentice Corps in 2017. as a School in 2015. Apprentice in 2007. Apprentice in 2012. in 2006. Promoted to Promoted to Corps de Ballet Promoted to Corps de Ballet Promoted to in 2016.* Corps de Ballet in 2009. Corps de Ballet in 2013.* in 2008.* Company Representative

DAMIAN ZAMORANO Havana, Cuba Danced with Compañia Nacional De Danza. Joined MCB as a member of the Corps in 2013.*+

*Miami City Ballet School Alumni +Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award Recipient Dancer headshots: Photos © Alberto Oviedo and Alexander Iziliaev. 13 MIAMI CITY BALLET LOOKING AHEAD: TAKING FLIGHT THE MAKING OF FIREBIRD

Firebird, the magical Russian folkloric ballet that propelled Ballet to stardom in 1949 is about to soar straight into the hearts of audiences when it debuts this February in Miami.

This is no easy feat. In fact, this is the first time the beloved George Balanchine/Jerome Robbins masterpiece will be performed by a company outside of . Why is it that this sensational Firebird has been so elusive? Artistic Director, Lourdes Lopez explains:

“The ballet has designs by . When NYC Ballet moved from City Center to the Koch Theater, Chagall himself painted most of the sets, including the tapestry that was put on the floor. As a dancer, when you step on to it, you think, wow, I’m stepping on something truly priceless."

"Firebird is a ballet that I have grown up around, and I have always loved it. At 14, I was one of the supers, later I was a monster, then a princess, and finally . I’ve had my eye on bringing it to Miami City Ballet for some time but wasn’t quite sure how to do this. Then it occurred to me, when we did the new Nutcracker sets and costumes, maybe there’s a way to pay homage to Chagall through projections. I approached the Robbins and Balanchine Trusts. They said, ‘Well instead of that, why don’t you just redesign it.’ This isn’t a reimagining like our Midsummer Night’s Dream, where we’ve taken the ballet from one setting to another… Firebird still takes place in its original Russian folkloric setting but this one isn’t Chagall. The choreography, however, is still Balanchine and Robbins.” (Balanchine did most of the choreography, while Robbins did the monster section.)

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To bring Firebird to life Lourdes tapped projectionist Wendall Harrington, AKA the Queen of Projection and designer of countless Broadway productions, including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. As the two collaborated, they both felt strongly that the beauty in Firebird is that you have three of Russia’s most prolific and celebrated artists – you have , George Balanchine, and Marc Chagall. Firebird is Russian folklore that simply cannot be set anywhere else. This led them to Anya Klepikov, who has taken the reigns of costume and set design.

Anya Klepikov, the much sought- after costume designer of opera and theater, explains her connection to Firebird:

“When I was a child growing up on the Crimean Peninsula, my mother's friend, who was an artist, she had this tiny business on the side. She would decorate kitchen cutting boards with images of the Firebird, so that is my most vibrant encounter with the Firebird from my childhood. I still have a cutting board like that in my kitchen, so when this show happened in my life, it was a very intimate connection for me. I never saw it live, but I grew up in Russia until the age of 11, well, it was Ukraine, Crimean Peninsula, watching ballet and admiring the dancers.”

Firebird debuts on Feb 14 with performances in Miami, Broward and West Palm Beach through March 1.

Tickets at miamicityballet.org.

Sketches by Anya Klepikov. 15 MIAMI CITY BALLET

I’M OLD FASHIONED Robbins/Gould THIS BITTER EARTH Wheeldon/Richter, Otis TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX Balanchine/Tchaikovsky SYMPHONIC DANCES Ratmansky/Rachmaninoff – ARSHT CENTER, January 10 – 12, 2020 KRAVIS CENTER, January 17 – 19, 2020 BROWARD CENTER, January 25 – 26, 2020

I’m Old Fashioned – Miami City Ballet premiere: January 10, 2020 Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Miami, FL.

This Bitter Earth – Miami City Ballet premiere: January 10, 2020 Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Miami, FL.

Tschaikovsky Pas De Deux – Miami City Ballet premiere: October 17, 1986 Gusman Center for the Performing Arts; Miami, FL.

Symphonic Dances – Miami City Ballet and World premiere: March 1, 2012 Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Miami, FL.

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I’M OLD FASHIONED – Choreography by Jerome Robbins Music by , based on a theme by Jerome Kern* Staged by Christine Redpath Costume Design by Florence Klotz Lighting Design by Ronald Bates Lighting recreated by Mark Stanley

This tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood features the supremely glamorous Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth on a huge screen, dancing and gliding alongside our own Miami dancers. Fred and Rita were the stars of the wartime musical You Were Never Lovelier, for which Jerome Kern wrote the ravishing song “I’m Old Fashioned.” Years later Jerome Robbins, at the height of his powers, used that song and Astaire’s choreography as the basis for this brilliantly sophisticated theme-and- ballet – an audience favorite ever since. The opening night review in was that "rather than offer an imitation Astaire ballet, Mr. Robbins has given him a genuine Robbins ballet...the greatest tribute Robbins could have paid to Mr. Astaire."

Run-time: 36 minutes *I'm Old-Fashioned (film sequence from You Were Never Lovelier, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth). By arrangement with G. Schrimer, INC. publisher and copyright owner. Performed by permission of The Robbins Rights Trust Miami City Ballet wishes to thank the Codina Family, leading sponsors of I’m Old Fashioned. Miami-Dade County performances of I’m Old Fashioned are supported by Funding Arts Network, Inc. Broward County performances of I’m Old Fashioned are supported by Funding Arts Broward, supporting innovative local visual and performing arts in Broward County.

Renan Cerdeiro and Ashley Knox in I’m Old Fashioned. Choreography by Jerome Robbins, © The Jerome Robbins Rights Trust. Photo © Karolina Kuras. 17 MIAMI CITY BALLET

THIS BITTER EARTH – Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon© Music by Max Richter and Clyde Otis* Staged by Jason Fowler Costume Design by Reid Bartelme Lighting Design by Mary Louise Geiger Lighting recreated by Mark Stanley

This Bitter Earth fills up the room and takes your breath away with its potent, smoldering beauty. Dinah Washington’s soulful 1960 hit, remixed with the gorgeously haunting "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter, is the perfect soundtrack for Christopher Wheeldon’s pas de deux about love lost — and, perhaps, found.

Run-time: 8 minutes *This Bitter Earth performed by Dinah Washington.

18 Katia Carranza and Kleber Rebello in This Bitter Earth. Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon©. Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. 2019/20 SEASON

TSCHAIKOVKSY PAS DE DEUX – Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky* Staged by Miami City Ballet Costume Design by Haydée Morales

This joyous little masterpiece has been in the world’s repertory for sixty years now. Originally composed by Tchaikovsky for the (failed) first version ofSwan Lake, Balanchine rescued its music from obscurity to create one of the most popular of his ballets, combining thrilling virtuosic demands with an enchanting floating lyricism — all climaxed when the ballerina flings herself headlong across the stage into a fish dive while the audience gasps!

Run-time: 12 minutes *Excerpt from , Op. 20, Act III Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux was generously underwritten by Jacqueline and Irwin E. Kott. The performance of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and ®, Service Standards established and provided by The Trust.

Nathalia Arja and Renan Cerdeiro in Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. 19 MIAMI CITY BALLET

SYMPHONIC DANCES – Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky© Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff* Costume Design by Adeline André Lighting recreated by Mark Stanley

In 2012 Alexei Ratmansky, by common consent, the world’s leading classical choreographer, created a major work for Miami City Ballet.

The music he chose to work with is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s final important composition, his large-scale “Symphonic Dances” of 1941 – a work whose turbulent energy and deep emotion perfectly complement the dance qualities for which the company is famous.

“There is no real story,” Ratmansky says. “I want the audience to leave with the images and feelings that the movement gives them.” Yet again and again we sense that there are hidden stories, hidden conflicts and resolutions, propelling the large cast through the piece’s three gripping sections.

“Alexei Ratmansky’s Symphonic Dances is electrifying,” raved the Miami Herald. “A dramatic and physical whirlwind. Haunting and intoxicating. Tumultuously beautiful. A cheering, to-the-balconies standing ovation.”

It was immediately apparent that this ballet is an important addition not only to MCB’s repertory but to the international repertory as well.

Run-time: 39 minutes *Symphonic Dances, Opus 45. By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. publisher and copyright owner. Miami City Ballet thanks Harriet and Henry Pownall, lead underwriters of the World Premiere of Symphonic Dances. Additional underwriting was provided through the New Works fund by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge, and Ophelia and Juan Js. Roca.

20 Miami City Ballet dancers in Symphonic Dances. Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky. Photo © Daniel Azoulay. 2019/20 SEASON BIOS CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON CHOREOGRAPHER – THIS BITTER EARTH

Christopher Wheeldon, O.B.E. (Director & Choreographer) trained at School and joined The Royal Ballet in 1991. In 1993, he joined New York City Ballet (NYCB) and was promoted to Soloist in 1998. He was named NYCB’s first Resident Choreographer in July 2001. Since then, he has created and staged productions for many of the world’s major ballet companies.

In 2007, Wheeldon founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and was appointed an Associate Artist for Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. He now serves as Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet and has created many works for the company including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Among Wheeldon’s awards are a Tony Tale. Career highlights include directing and Award® for Best Choreography, an Outer choreographing the musical version of An Critics Award for Best Choreography and American In , which had productions in Direction, the Martin E. Segal Award from Paris, on Broadway, and in London (2014). , the American Choreography The world premiere of The ’s Award, the Dance Magazine Award, multiple (2016), the gala presentation London Critic’s Circle Awards, the Léonide of Lerner & Leowe’s Brigadoon at New York Massine Prize for new choreography, the City Center (2017), An American In Paris and Benois de la Danse, and he is an Olivier Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Tokyo, Award winner. In 2016, he was named an and the premiere for Corybantic Games and O.B.E. and was made an Honorary a re-staged version of Cinderella (2019). Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Photo © Angela Sterling. 21 MIAMI CITY BALLET BIOS BEATRICE JONA AFFRON GUEST CONDUCTOR

Beatrice Jona Affron has been Music Director and Conductor of Pennsylvania Ballet since 1997. She has led many Balanchine ballets as well as other classics, such as The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, and The Firebird. Also in Philadelphia, she conducted the world premiere performances of Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake. A graduate of Yale University, Ms. Affron studied conducting with Robert Spano and Pascal Verrot at New England Conservatory.

Affron is an active opera conductor and has led several works by , including Galileo Galilei (in Chicago and London) and the national tour of Les Enfants Terribles, in which the composer also performed. She conducted Glass’s Akhnaten for Boston Lyric Opera and Chicago Opera Theater and the premiere of the revised version of Argento’s Miss Havisham’s Fire at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Affron has conducted Die Fledermaus at Boston Lyric Opera, and Donizetti’s Lucie de Lammermoor at Glimmerglass Opera.

In recent seasons, Affron has appeared as a guest conductor with Washington Ballet, the National Arts Center of Canada Orchestra, the Kennedy Center Orchestra, , Nashville Ballet, and . She has been the Principal Guest Conductor at Boston Ballet since 2018. This is Beatrice’s fourth engagement with Miami City Ballet.

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Francisco Rennó is the winner of several major piano competitions and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in North and South America. He has given solo and chamber-music recitals throughout the two continents, including appearances at Carnegie Recital Hall and The Phillips Collection.

For ballet performances, he has performed as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Kansas City, St. Louis, Berkeley, Naples, and on tour with Miami City Ballet at The Kennedy Center, Torino Danza in Torino, Italy and at Les Étés de la Danse in Paris. Rennó was company pianist for the Kansas City Ballet from its inception in 1981, joining Miami City Ballet in 1999. He composed the music to Edward Villella’s “THE WALTZ: Our Lady of Oblivion”.

23 MIAMI CITY BALLET ON POINT WITH… – EMILY BROMBERG Company Position: Principal Soloist Years with Company: 10 Hometown: Orlando and Boston

Emily Bromberg may look like she’s floating when she’s on the stage, but off stage is a woman so grounded to the earth with such a tenacity of spirit that it’s little wonder as to why she has achieved so much.

We know you have an incredible work ethic. Can you tell us a little bit about where you think that comes from? “When I was 11 or 12, I really wanted to attend a summer program but my parents couldn’t afford it. So, I asked everyone I knew, what can you do to make money when you’re young? A neighbor friend told me that her cousin had a paper route. So, I took myself to the local daily paper and asked for a route. After a year of delivering those papers, I earned enough to pay for one week of the program.”

Do you have an alternative “dream” profession or was there ever a time when you thought maybe dance wasn’t for you? “Yes, before I went to train at Boston Ballet school, I went to a studio that was just not a good fit for me. It killed the joy I had for dance. My mom, thankfully, gave me ten days to seriously think about it. I thought maybe I’d be a vet because I’ve always loved dogs. Or maybe a lawyer, but in the end, I knew I had to dance.”

You were promoted to principal soloist last season after your standout performance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and are now busy this season learning all sorts of new repertoire. How do you manage to keep things in balance? “I go for walks on the beach with my two dogs, Sabbi and Bruno, at least once a day. Sometimes for hours.”

And, what do you do to maintain your energy? “To be honest, a Latin meal of rice, beans, meat, and veggies works great for me.

What’s one thing you’d tell aspiring dancers? “Never let them kill your joy.”

What do you think people would be most surprised to learn about you? “I really love cars. I drive a manual and my dream car is a Volkswagen GTI.”

It’s a fitting car for this tiny but mighty dancer who zips and glides across the dance floor.

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In 2002, she became the Executive Director of The George Balanchine Foundation, where among other things she oversaw the 2004 Balanchine Centennial Celebration. Lopez co-founded The Cuban Artists Fund, which supports Cuban and Cuban-American artists in their endeavors, and has served as a dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. She also co-founded Morphoses with Christopher Wheeldon — a New York- LOURDES LOPEZ based dance company aiming to revitalize ARTISTIC DIRECTOR dance through innovative collaborations. Lourdes Lopez became Artistic Director of In 2011, she also received the prestigious Miami City Ballet in 2012, bringing with her Jerome Robbins Award for her years a nearly 40-year career in dance, television, in dance. teaching, and arts management. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1958 and raised in Miami, In 2014, she was elected to serve on the Lopez began taking ballet lessons at the Ford Foundation’s Board of Trustees, age of five, and when she was eleven, marking the first time an artist was elected to received a full scholarship to the School serve on its board. of (SAB). Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, she joined New York Under Lopez’s direction, Miami City Ballet City Ballet's corps de ballet, and her star has become one of the country’s premier rose quickly. As a soloist and principal ballet companies. Celebrating her for dancer, she danced countless featured roles, her “…admirable stewardship of including Balanchine's Stravinsky Violin Miami City Ballet, building upon the Concerto, Liebeslieder Walzer, Firebird, company’s Balanchine legacy while also , , , The Four embracing the local culture and community Temperaments, A Midsummer Night’s of Miami,” Dance Magazine named her Dream, and Robbins’ , a 2018 recipient of its Dance Magazine , , , Four Awards. In 2017, the magazine also named Seasons and . her one of 'The Most Influential People in Dance Today'. Upon retiring from the company, Lopez joined WNBC-TV in New York as a Cultural Lopez is married to investment banker Arts reporter, writing and producing feature George Skouras and is the mother of two segments on the arts, artists and arts daughters, Adriel and Calliste. education. She also served as a full-time senior faculty member at New York’s Ballet Academy East and on the dance faculty of Barnard College.

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Before that, she spent seven years as the Executive Director of the Germantown Performing Arts Centre in Tennessee.

Castroverde Moskalenko holds a BFA from the University of Memphis and a master’s Degree in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University. In October 2013, she was honored with a Women of Influence award by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

TANIA CASTROVERDE Castroverde Moskalenko returns to Miami MOSKALENKO after 30 years where she and her family EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR arrived as political refugees from Cuba when Tania Castroverde Moskalenko joined she was six years old. She grew up in the Miami City Ballet as Executive Director in city and her parents and extended family August 2018, bringing with her more than continue to live here. She studied classical 20 years of experience leading successful ballet in Miami and is married to a former performing arts institutions. Most recently dancer, Alexei Moskalenko, serving as Chief Executive Officer of who is Assistant Artistic Director of the Youth Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Castroverde America Grand Prix. She is the mother of Moskalenko worked to revitalize the five children. organization’s financial health and oversaw a dramatic increase in programming, ticket sales and philanthropic support. In 2017, she was named 'Chicagoan of the Year for Dance' by the Chicago Tribune.

Prior to her tenure at Auditorium Theatre, Castroverde Moskalenko spent four years as the President and CEO of the Center for the Performing Arts and the Great American Songbook Foundation in Indiana, where she provided both the artistic vision and the strategic direction for the organization. She created and implemented a strategic plan resulting in new programming that expanded the Center’s reach, engaged a broader audience, increased board membership, and engaged new partners.

27 MIAMI CITY BALLET BACKSTAGE AT THE BALLET

GARY SHELDON FRANCISCO RENNÓ MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL COMPANY PIANIST CONDUCTOR | JOINED MCB IN 2010. JOINED MCB IN 1999.

ROMA SOSENKO JOAN LATHAM PRINCIPAL BALLET MASTER BALLET MASTER JOINED MCB IN 1999. JOINED MCB IN 1992 AS A DANCER.

ARNOLD QUINTANE JOHN HALL BALLET MASTER PRODUCTION & LIGHTING DIRECTOR JOINED MCB IN 1991 AS A DANCER. JOINED MCB IN 1995.

28 Staff Headshots: Photos © Alberto Oviedo, Alexander Iziliaev 2019/20 SEASON OPUS ONE ORCHESTRA

GARY SHELDON MUSIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR “Bold, light, immediate, intensely

FIRST– VIOLINS FLUTES– musical, the dancing Mei Mei Luo Karen Fuller* CONCERTMASTER Elizabeth Lu of Miami City Ballet Geremy Miller Fanny Wyrick-Flax FLIES STRAIGHT ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER ” Erika Venable TO THE HEART. ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER OBOES– New York Times Victoria Stepanenko Erin Gittelsohn* Georgetta Miller Kendra Hawley Tony Seepersad Michael O’Gieblyn CLARINETS– Siobhan Cronin Richard Hancock* Molly Wyrick-Flax TROMBONE–

SECOND– VIOLINS Maciej Pietraszko* Dilyana Zlatinova* David Brubeck BASS– CLARINET Sheena Gutierrez Hugh Harbison Ciprian Stancioi Ericmar Perez Marian Myszko –TUBA Eduardo Martinez SAXOPHONE– Akiko Rivera Calvin Jenkins* Dannel Espinosa

TIMPANI– VIOLAS– BASSOONS– Richard Fleischman* Faye Kokkeler* Michael Ellert* Greg Perrin Noemi Rivera Debbie Spring –PERCUSSION Yael Kleinman-Hyken Mikhail Mikhelson*

–FRENCH HORNS Doug Friend

Hector J Rod* Guy St-Amant CELLOS– Raul Rodriguez Ashley Garritson* Stan Spinola Angela Maleh Sharon Janezic –KEYBOARD Phillip Lakofsky Francisco Renno Elizabeth Aron Ciro Foderé TRUMPETS–

Craig Morris* – *Principal BASSES Federico Montes

Janet Clippard* Bobby Gallagher Susan Friend Janet Clippard Douglas Ferreira ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Geremy Miller ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR

29 MIAMI CITY BALLET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KRISTI JERNIGAN CHARLES ADELMAN JILL E. BRAUFMAN TANIA CASTROVERDE CHAIR TREASURER, CHAIR - CHAIR - SCHOOL/COMMUNITY MOSKALENKO FINANCE COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JEFFREY DAVIS DR. MARGARET EIDSON KATHY GUTTMAN CHAIR - DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE

MAMIE JÕEVEER, ESQ. DARLA KARLTON SUSAN D. KRONICK LOURDES LOPEZ REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MANNY MARQUEZ JIMMY MORALES SAUL SANDERS MICHAEL SCHULTZ CITY REPRESENTATIVE CITY REPRESENTATIVE CHAIR - AUDIT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE

VERONICA DE ZAYAS CHAIR - GOVERNANCE/ NOMINATING COMMITTEE

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MADELINE ANBINDER STEPHEN ANBINDER TOBY LERNER ANSIN NORA BULNES FOUNDER

MARY CIRILLO ROSALEE C. DAVISON MALKA FINGOLD MIRIAM FLAMM ROBERT FRIEZO GOLDBERG

SHEILA O’MALLEY FRANCINELEE HAND WILLIAM “BILL” JONES AMY KOHAN KAREN KRAUSE FUCHS

MIMI KUPPIN MARGOT LONDON PATRICIA E. LOWRY, LISA KOTT MASSIRMAN JENNIFER MYERBERG ESQ.

ROSALIND RICHTER JUAN JS. ROCA M. OPHELIA ROCA M. SARA SOLOMON SUZY WAHBA

TRUSTEES EMERITI NOT PICTURED ANA-MARIE CODINA BARLICK GERRI LEBOW* SARA MINSKOFF ALLAN MIKE EIDSON RHODA LEVITT DINI ALBERT GOLDEN RON ESSERMAN RITA STEIN* JACQUELINE KOTT *Deceased R. KIRK LANDON* GAIL WASSERMAN DIANA S.C. ZEYDEL

31 MIAMI CITY BALLET INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS

Miami City Ballet is deeply grateful for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s cumulative giving of more than $10 million in its history.

ANNUAL FUND $250,000 - $999,999

$100,000 - $249,999

$10,000 - $99,999

Miami-Dade County support is provided by the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Performances and programming in Miami Beach is provided with the generous support of the City of Miami Beach and the Cultural Arts Council. Support for Miami City Ballet in the Palm Beaches is generously sponsored in part by the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. Broward County funding is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. The Company is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

32 2019/20 SEASON CORPORATE COUNCIL

Miami City Ballet salutes our Corporate Council, who help make each season possible through their support.

CORPORATE LEADER $25,000 and Above

CORPORATE CREATOR $10,000 and Above

CORPORATE BENEFACTOR $5,000 and Above

CORPORATE IN–KIND CONTRIBUTORS

SOHO BEACH HOUSE

MIAMI

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APOLLO SOCIETY We honor the champions of the arts who have helped to create a legacy for Miami City Ballet through their financial and estate planning. For more information, please contact 305.929.7000 x1402 or email [email protected]

Madeline and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Greiner Gary Rugg and Stephen Anbinder Lynn and Emil Hubschman Wendy Joseph-Rugg Toby Lerner Ansin Edwin A. Huston* Ethel and David* Sommer Joan Baxt* Jonathan Iho Frosene Sonderling* Dianne and Michael Bienes* Adelaida Muñiz-Iscoe and Roberta* and Gary Soren Anne and George Chamberlin* Gary Iscoe The Lawrence and Marjorie Rita and Jerome J. Cohen Kaye* Stoll Foundation Pamela and Todd* Cole Stephen Keller* Rosalie W. Stone* Gen. Samuel J. Colton The Kirk Foundation Fred Teger and Dr. Jo Ann Mayer Barbara S. Danielson* Eric G. Koskoff* Sheila Wohl* Dr. Gene Eng* Ralph Lutrin* and Lynn and Louis Wolfson*, II Sanford Evans Alfred Allan Lewis Family Foundation, Inc. Betty Florman* Susan Mark Dr. Sanford L. and John J. and Frank J. and Adeline Pannizzo Mrs. Dolores Ziff* Patricia C. Foody* Trust The Estate of Norma K. Perdue Batia Fox* Estate of Faye A. Phillips* *Deceased Neil and Ina Rae Fox Melissa and Evelyn R. Gilbert* William Quesenberry Isabelle and Irving Goldberg* Murray Robbins* Dr. Gloria U. Greenberg

ANNUAL FUND The Ansin Society Created in honor of Miami City Ballet’s Founder, Toby Lerner Ansin, The Ansin Society is a circle of supporters, community leaders and partners whose significant contributions are the cornerstone of the Company’s philanthropic support. The Ansin Society was launched in the Company’s historic 30th anniversary season with a gift from Charlie Cinnamon to celebrate the extraordinary vision, tenacity and generosity of our Founder. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to Nov. 1, 2019.

$3,000,000 AND ABOVE $250,000 TO $499,999 Florida Department of State, Anonymous Anonymous Division of Cultural Affairs Kristi and Dean Jernigan The Ansin Family Kathy and Steve Guttman John S. and James L. Knight Ford Foundation Lawrence Herbert Foundation Mary and Saul Sanders Estate of Eric Gilbert Koskoff* Karen and Alan Krause $500,000 TO $999,999 $100,000 TO $249,999 Susan D. Kronick and Deborah and Stephen and Edward Manno Shumsky Charles Adelman Madeline Anbinder Margot and Allen London Anonymous Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir Louis. B Mayer Foundation David Herro and Jay Franke Margarita and The Kott & Massirman Families Jeffrey Davis and Armando Codina Miami-Dade County Office of Michael T. Miller Cultural Council of Palm Management and Budget Miami-Dade County Cultural Beach County The Miami Foundation Affairs Council Rosalee and Richard Davison Nicklaus Children's Hospital

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The Jorge M. Perez Family Meike and Dominick Miniaci Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Foundation at The Rose Miniaci TD Charitable Foundation Miami Foundation Alvin and Louise Myerberg Charmaine and Hazel Rubin Schultz and Family Foundation J. Randall Waterfield Michael Schultz Jennifer Myerberg Diana Zeydel The Shubert Foundation National Endowment for the Jean and Eugene Stark Arts: Art Works $10,000 TO $14,999 Estate of Rosalie W. Stone* NSI Insurance Group Nancy Abbott Lynn and Louis Wolfson*, II Toni and Martin Sosnoff The Herman Abbott Family Family Foundation, Inc. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Foundation, Inc. Ruth Wright Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. Anonymous TD Bank Margaret and Jay Axelrod $50,000 TO $99,999 Patricia McKay Verbeeck City Centre Robert S. Benson Gail Wasserman Dr. Robert and Canero Immigration Law Firm Wells Fargo Bank Mrs. Karen Chaikin Antonia Canero Davis Community Foundation Darla and John Karlton $15,000 TO $24,999 of Broward Lourdes Lopez and Dini Albert and Michael Golden ConAgra Brands George Skouras Bank of America Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Tania and Alexei Moskalenko Stephanie Ansin and DSS Consultants Sheila O’Malley Fuchs Spencer Stewart Funding Arts Broward and R. Joseph Fuchs Audre D. Carlin Gillian Fuller Carnival Foundation Denise Glasser $25,000 TO $49,999 Do Unto Others Trust, Inc. Susan R. Goldstein Sarah Arison Alicia Celorio Susan R. Goldstein, Sunny & The Batchelor Foundation Centner Academy Abe Rosenberg Foundation, Jane Carroll and Leo Arnoboldi Nancy Jean Davis Inc. Stuart H. Coleman and Deutsche Bank Wealth Audrey Halperin Meryl Rosofsky Management Betty and Rodger Hess Beth and Ronald Dozoretz Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation Mamie and Tarmo Jõeveer Dr. Margaret and Mike Eidson Tina and William Lane Stephen A. and Janice Feirstein Malka Fingold Ethel L. Keller Fund Dr. Millie I. Figueredo Miriam and Alec* Flamm Beth and Jay* Lotspeich and Zeke Delgado Foundation for New Education Ana Martin-Lavielle, Esq , Ltd. Initiatives, Inc. Eileen and Henry Meudt Cindy and Robert Friezo Francinelee Hand and Ocean Bank Cindy and Robert Friezo David Lincoln Siegel Ana Ortega Foundation Dr. Bruce Horten and Ortega Foundation Ann and Robert Fromer Aaron Lieber David Parker and Marian Davis Funding Arts Network Christina and Barry Kringstein Rundgren Foundation The Kirk Foundation Shana Willinsky Molina SunTrust Foundation Amy and Richard Kohan Sandy and Jesse Morgan Winston & Strawn Mimi and Larry Kuppin Claudia Perles Business Landmark Charitable Samuel I. Newhouse Improvement District Foundation, Inc. Foundation, Inc. Damaris D.W. Ford Robert Gottlieb Rhoda and Morris Levitt Shutts & Bowen LLP Frayda and George Lindemann Sara Solomon Miami Beach Cultural Marjorie Stone and Arts Council Rick Rodriguez

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Artist’s Circle The Artist’s Circle is an influential group of MCB members who provide generous annual support. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to Nov. 1, 2019.

$7,500 TO $9,999 Eggersmann USA Nancy and Ellis Parker Anonymous Jamie and Asha Elias Geraldine Polinger Helen and John Cornell Patricia and Howard Farber Howard and Geraldine Polinger Charlene and Ron Esserman Neil and Ina Rae Fox Foundation Ileana Janoura Joan and David Genser Christy and Earl Powell Vicky and Sanjay Kamlani Mrs. Joan Getz Claudia and Irving* Redel Miu Miu Bonnie and David Gold Blanca Commercial Real Estate Terry and Noel Neelands Merle and Stanley Goldstein Peter Romero Kamal Pathak, MD Monique and Dan Goldwasser Royal Caribbean International Publix Super Markets Charities Eduardo Gonzalez and Carmen and Rudy Ruiz William Racolin and Jerry Cody Karen Safarik Alison Williams Danielle Gonzalez Linda Stocknoff and Michael and Roberto Raynes Alvin Schechter and Morrie Sandler Dr. Bruce Halpryn and Janine Gordon Lynn and Meyer Sapoff Mr. Chas Riebe Greenberg Traurig Selma Ankist Family Trust Jodi and Etai Timna Rose Ellen and Gerald* Greene Clark Nobil Trustee Marcos Tychobrojcher and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Guest Diane and Irving* Siegel George Dandridge Diane Star Heller* Diane and Thomas Smith Marcia and Joel Hochberg Thomas W. Smith Foundation Inc $5,000 TO $7,499 Olga and Eric Jorgensen Mark Sonnino Sari and Arthur Agatston William Karatz and Joan Smith SQA Foundation Stephanie and Wendy T. Kulberg Isobel and Roger Sturgeon Dr. Norman Altman Kinga and Edward Lampert Rosalind and Charles Stuzin Anonymous Samantha Lang Peace Sullivan Alberto A. Arias and Iris and Lawrence Lerner TeamLogic IT Wood Kinnard Larry Levinson and Joe DeLeo Cynthia and Glen Tupler The l. Jules Arkin family Ralph Lutrin* and Brenton Ver Ploeg Foundation Alfred Allan Lewis Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. Bob Avian and Peter Pileski Dr. Bruce Horten and Helen Welch AXS Law Group Aaron Lieber Bonnie Whited Roy Bartolomei and Cynthia and Peter Liebman Alexa and Adam Wolman Peter Wronsky Martaligia Lopez-Cantera Robin Woodard Nancy and Jon Batchelor and Carlos Lopez Judy and M. Richard* Wyman Trish and Dan Bell Cantera Lopez-Cantera Bill Ussery Motors, Inc. Charitable Foundation $3,000 TO $4,999 Joyce Bloch Simone Lutgert Amanda and Matt Adler Diane and Siavosh Bozorgi Nancy and Edward Madden Lou Ann Alsip Elena and John Brim Magic City Casino Joan and Clark Ambrose Rita and Charles Bronfman Ruth Ann Marshall and Ansin Foundation - WSVN 7 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Patricia Houtz Dr. and Mrs. Robert Appelman Anirays Bolivar Camino Camille and Patrick McDowell Laurie and Louis Appignani Dr. Enrique G. Casuso Dr. Elisabeth A. McKeen Gabriele and Frank Armstrong and Ms. Alina Monnar Olga and David Melin Sharon and Elliot Asbel Kay and Elliot Cattarulla Lila Menowitz Daniel Ayers and Jacqueline and Jerome Chaves Dr. and Mrs. Lewis N. Michaels Anthony P. Seguino Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc. Nina Miguel Melissa and Jonathan Babicka Evelyn and Norman Cohan* Linda and Ed Morse Stephen M. Bander The Cowles Charitable Trust Mike and Renny Nachwalter Maria Bechily-Hodes Ronald Demeo Nordstrom, Inc. and Scott Hodes

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Betty Madigan Brandt Dr. Robert and Hon. Patricia Seitz and Ray Breslin and Patrick Pecoraro Mrs. Miriam* Knapp Alan Greer Dr. Amy Buchman and Sylvana Klein Jane and John Shalam Vicki Haupt Annette Z. Kolman-Irom Carol and Dr. Stanley Shapiro Mary Jo and John Bulfin Cecilie Jorgensen Barbara Sherman Esta Jo Busker David Kislak*, Joanne Leibovit, Lois H. Siegel Dr. Peter B. Cinelli and and Stephanie Tamposi Dr. Ellen and Gerald Sigal Michael LiPuma Ivonne and Adam Leichtling Valerie Sitler Dr. and Mrs. Bernard H. Cohen Bonnie Lerner Carol and Frank Sobel Heidi Cooper Bonnie Lerner Fund at The Edith and Martin* Stein Martin L. Coyne and Miami Foundation Mark Steinberg and Melissa Ann Coyne Barbara C. Levin Dennis Edwards Coyne Family Foundation Elaine Levine Jim Stepp and Peter Zimmer Douglas S. Cramer and Marie and Harley Lippman Bonnie and Steven Stern Hubert Bush Mapfre: Luis Insurance Siobhan and Mark Sutcliffe Gina and John Despres Maria Pablo and Margie Martin Luis Carmen Tagle and Alan Rose Asela and Gonzalo A. Diaz Uliana Malyshko Mrs. Anne B. Tanen Elizabeth and Ralph* Dinlocker Susan and Joel Martin Joni and Stanley G. Tate Louis N. Casset Family Cuqui and Isaac Matz Miriam and Troy Templeton Foundation Georgia and Brian McDonough Jacqueline and Albert Togut Vanessa Elias-Krelstein Sergio Mendoza Deborah and Michael Troner Diane and Edward Eisenberg Michelle Danoff Merlin and Lourdes Tudela Jo Ann Engelhardt Robert Merlin Tina and Alex Van Der Ven Sheila and Alec Engelstein Inna and Miroslav Mladenovic Gabriel Villar del Saz Mark Feldberg and Emilyn Page Sheila Mondry Dr. Norma J. Schulman-Waltzer Rona Forstadt Peter S. Mozino Foundation and Neil Waltzer Sharyn Frankel and Joan Readding Irene and Dr. Malvin Weinberger Marilyn Silverman Barbara Mozino Seegul and Judith and Marvin Weinstein Naomi and Joel Freedman H. David Seegul Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Weitz Marvin Ross Friedman Ted Mozino Lynne Wheat and Adrienne bon Haes Betty Lou C. and Jan Willinger Ellen Sanders Galkin William T. Nanovsky Betty and Michael Wohl Marie and Robert Gallager Christine and Alex Niemeyer Denise and Dr. Michael Zeide Pamela J. Garrison Robert O'Donnell Judith and Phillip George Michael Ohevzion Cristy and David Giacomini Lamis and John Olsen Susan M. Ginns Michael S. Pasano Ellen and David* Goldschild William S. Pollak Gene Goldstein Harriet and Henry A. Pownall Corinne and Jerry Gorelick Percy Rivington Pyne IV Cheryl Gowdy Juan Quiñones Vicki and Michael Greenberg Maggie and Evelyn and Bruce Greer Guillermo Retchkiman Renee Gross Beverly and Ed Robbins Victoria Gutierrez Francene and Charles Rodgers Beatriz and Paul Hicks Donna and Carmen Romeo Diane and Kenneth Hipkins Hunter Runnette and Beth Holland Mark Vandenbosch Lisa Huertas Diane and Gilbert Lee Sandler Veronica de Zayas and Monica Cantera-Serralta Andrew Ingalls Diana and Andrew Schultz Tyby and Gerry Klein Audrey P. Schwartz

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Friends Friends memberships allow individuals to connect directly to the art and artists they love, while providing essential support to Miami City Ballet each year. Represents cumulative giving during the twelve months prior to Nov. 1, 2019.

$2,000 TO $2,999 Margaret Fronefield Cardillo Maura Kobusch Willa Rose and Sydney Carpel Valerie Kohlmann Edmund Abramson Harvey Coleman Leona Kosh Mr. & Mrs. Richard Behr Donald Comras Barbara Palmer and Joan and Irving Bolotin Francesca Craven George Kramer Shelly and Dr. Barry J. Cutler Barbara Dacquino and Jose Lamela Maureen Daffner Thomas Richerson Edie Langner and Michael Coles Stephanie Diaz Joseph De Carlo, Jr. and Marian and Stuart Lemle Faena Hotel Miami Beach Nancy Kanter Winston Lett, Esq. and Cari Fund Deane M. Dorwart Frank Benoit Mary and Howard Frank Diana Dubinsky Rosalyn Lichtman Linda and Glenn Fuller Mrs. Elizabeth H. Dudley Elizabeth and Marcus Long Phoebe and Dr. Donald Giddon Rabia Duggan Courtney Lord GRAFF Diamonds Bal Harbour Lori Dunnigan Bill Lough and Barbara Pinaire Linda Halperin Lynn and Stuart Edinoff Gloria Luria Sally-Jane Heit Elaine and Edward Eskind Danielle and Osvaldo Maffei Vivien and Melvin Howard Sanford Evans David and Sally Manz Isabel and Marvin* H. Leibowitz Claire Fair Atty. and Mrs. Harry D. Martin Leibowitz Charitable Trust Dr. Alfred and Susan Feingold Mildrey Mathewes Shirley Levy and Lisa Frankel Jennifer McShane Sarah Salter-Levy Elena Freyre Laura Miller Marilyn and Richard* Mendelson Susan and Alan Fuirst Danielle Milota Joanne Mercurio Mr. Gerald Fultz Linda Mondragon Bronwyn Miller Rachel Furst Joan Morrison Amy and Eric Peterson Joan and John Galiardo Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Mowerman Mimi and Robert* Rieder Susan and David Galler Eduardo and Yael Muller Dr. and Mrs.Robert Rosenblum Laura Garcia Joyce and William Niles Linda and Harold Rosenson Melinda and John Geberth Insu and James Nuzzi Raquel and Michael Scheck Terri and Stephen Geifman Carol and Mike Park Clara Sredni Susan and Laurence Goldfein Perrotti Family Trust Kirsten Vogel John Good Tammie Plant Warren Henry Auto Group Lora and Kieth Gordon Sue Rapperport Mr. and Mrs. K. Lawrence Gragg Senator Nan and Mr. David Rich $1,000 TO $1,999 John Haley Kenneth Rivkin and Edward Abraham and Elizabeth Halverstam Deborah Slott Norma-May Isakow The Israel, Rose, Henry & Robert Mr. Richard Roer Isabelle and Neal* Amdur Wiener Charitable Foundation Sheryl Rosenfield Anonymous Lynn Wiener Carol and Herb Rothman Tania Babic Alice and Mike Jackson Adele and Dr. Joel Sandberg Olga Bahdanava Mr. William J. Jones Susan Sandford Daiva Bajorunas Sheila Josephberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sands Lauren Beall Sue and Eugene Karp Jacqueline and David Savir Best Foundation Rebecca and Arnaud Karsenti Leah and Bennett* Schlenger Susanne Birbragher Glenn Kaufhold and Martin Segal Rita and Ernest Bogen Andres Clavijo Seren Shvo Joseph D. Bolton Dr. Fred and Sandi Khani Dr. Harvey and Drazia Simon Renee Lopez Cantera Sue and Dr. Irwin Klau Sandra and Charles* Simon

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Culver Smith Stephanie Chaissan Beverly Myers Alice and Glenn Spear Claire and Jon Chassen Cruz H. Otazo and Virginia Otazo Nikki and Robert Squire Ross Claiborne Mrs. Anita Pearlman Nancy Stavis Phyllis Cohen and Mr. Ronald Schneider Dr. Steven Steinberg and Suzi Rudd Charles Primer Dr. Jeanette Mladenovic Cohen Louis Proietto Norma Suarez Carolyn Coleman and Lisa Evans Diana Puig Ellen Sussman Lucette B. Comer Michele and Frank Rella Sandra Thompson Camila Cote Michael and Fran Richmond D'vera Topol Wileen T. Coyne Abby and Reid Ruttenberg Ana Sora-Vadillo and Duke Dang and Charles E. Rosen Nicole Sayfie Alberto E. Vadillo, MD Pamela A. Downey Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Schlenger Elina Weisberg Leigh and William Duff Karl W. Schwarz Sara Wiener Dr. Richard B. Edelman Larry Siedlik and Linda K. Wilson and Nancy Avitabile Carmen Sanchez Steven Wilson Kim and Al Eiber Mr. and Mrs. Morrie H. Siegel Bruce Wolfe and Joan Fiedler Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Silverstein Mark Henderson Sheldon Finkel Toby Sloane Alene and Sid Workman Amelia Finkle Audrey Weiner and Abigail Wyss Constance and Wood Fischer Jeffrey Solomon Kara Yarckin Dr. Rebecca Fox Alan B. Spitzer Maria Zaffaroni Stanford W. Freedman Mark and Katie Stalker Nicole Zinn Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph J. Frei Harold L. Strauss Lenore Gaynor Susan Sullivan $500 TO $999 Donna Genet Cheryl Swack Robin and Richard Abedon Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gilinski Linda and Myron Teitelbaum Terry and Sheldon Adelman Joanne and Ron Goldfarb Amy E. Tobin Ruth and Robert Albertson Ramazi Gotsiridze Dr. and Mrs. James E. Vaux, Jr. Dale Allen Ragnhild Greve-Isdahl Thomas Wade and Daniel Roose Paul Anagnostos and Brian Price Alice Grossman Lenore and Donald Warren Phyllis Anikstein Arlene and Richard Haft Robert Warren Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. Kermit* J. Halperin Mr. Stuart and Dr. Bonnie Wolf Jolie Balido Dr. Bernard Horowitz Katy Yang-Page JoAnne and Michael Bander Patrick Hunt Dr. Alan A. Zelcer Robert Barra Francesca Craven Johann Zietsman Mary and Thomas Becht Dr. Stanley and Judy Jacobs Marylin and Fred Berens Melissa Kalman Helene Berger Jane Karp *Deceased Jill Berke Erin Knight Jacali International Louise and Stephen Kornfeld Toby Berman Lisse Kravetz Mr. and Mrs. David Bernstein Josh Levine Henry D. Blinder Mr. and Mrs Irwin Levy Anne Bodnar Gregory Liebman Jalila Bouchareb Patricia Guinn and Loretta and Laurence Brody Jared Lilienstein Nancy and Peter Brown Sarina and Jerol M. Lind Lyle and Joan Brundage Ronald Magers Michael Buchanan Claudia Maghidman Carole Burack Phyllis and Laurence Malmuth Dr. and Mrs. Jack Burstiner Mr. and Mrs. Larry Marbert Mary and Thomas Cadigan Leo Mazur Rona and Edward Casel Richard Milstein and Eric Hankin

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GIFTS IN HONOR

Charles Adelman James Freeze Margot and Allen London Gerry and Hank Alpert Deborah Heller and Ann Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eisenberg Bernardine Atkins Sheldon Finkel Robert and Robin Cohen Cindy and Robert Friezo Arlene and Richard Haft Duke Dang and Charles E. Rosen Iva Kosovic Linda and Edward Morse Joseph De Carlo, Jr. and Nancy Kanter Gradon Hadaway Lourdes Lopez Suzanne C. Kraus Sharon and Timothy Harris Wileen T. Coyne Donna Rich Sanford Evans Orene T. Harris Andrea Schechter Susan Z. Bloom Lisa and Jay Massirman Israel, Rose, Henry & Robert Deborah Adelman Yael and Eduardo Muller Wiener Charitable Foundation Duke Dang and Susan Schaffer and Lynn Wiener Charles E. Rosen Dr. Ronald Gup Donna Rich Lawrence Herbert James Perez Bonnie Pfeifer Evans Toby Lerner Ansin Rose Price Louise and Stephen Kornfeld Wileen T. Coyne H. Irwin and Ellen Levy Steve and Michele Klausner Saul Sanders Michele and Frank Rella Fran Miller Dianne and Sid Lambersky James and Insu Nuzzi Hon. Patricia Seitz and Lisa Huertas Alan Greer Alexander Bruner Matt Saurusaitis Dr. & Mrs. Bernard Silverstein Margaret C. Donnelley Nancy Stavis Peace Sullivan Elizabeth H. Dudley Rose Price Jo Ann Engelhardt Rita and Jerome Cohen Michele Kaufman Chase Swatosh Nora and Ted Weinreich Suzi Rudd Cohen Dean Jernigan Joe Deleo John Good Frank Tonkonow Nora and Ted Weinreich Alice and Glenn Spear Kristi Jernigan Sanford Evans John Good Nora Weinreich Steve and Michele Klausner Alice and Mike Jackson Corwin Family Charitable Foundation Joe DeLeo Gail Wasserman Kerry Muskat Nora and Ted Weinreich Susan Kronick Mr. and Dr. Barton Udell Adele Jean Gottdiener GIFTS IN MEMORY

Abraham and Ann Buchman Murray Hazan Hope Eric Verbeeck Dr. Amy Buchman and Barbara Hazan Patricia McKay Verbeeck Vicki Haupt Kathleen D. Kallmeyer Represents cumulative giving Mary Lou Cokl Maureen Daffner during the twelve months prior Karen Spigler to Nov. 1, 2019. Eric Koskoff Patricia Frank Dr. Amy Buchman and Priscilla Adler Vicki Haupt

Richard M. Galkin Isabel Toledo Ellen Sanders Galkin Melissa and Bill Quesenberry

40 Miami City Ballet wishes to recognize ANA-MARIE CODINA BARLICK for her leadership and service as Chair of Miami City Ballet Board of Trustees (2011 to 2014).

We also owe our deepest gratitude to the entire CODINA FAMILY for their steadfast support of Miami City Ballet.

In particular, their leadership and support of our New Beginnings Campaign 2014 which was transformational for our company and school. THANK YOU!

Photo © Alexander Iziliaev. MIAMI CITY BALLET ADMINISTRATION

Lourdes Lopez Manager of Foundation and Artistic Director Government Relations: Melissa Rosko, CFRE Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Manager of Development and Executive Director Community Engagement—Palm Beach: Meghan Bulfin Monteiro ARTISTIC Donor Relations Manager: Director of Artistic Administration: Isabel Von der Mühll Anne-Camille Hersh Development Assistant: Sydney Hartman Company Manager: Michael Sebesto Development Consultants: Susan Galler, Glenn Kaufhold, PRODUCTION AND WARDROBE Ruth Robinson Production and Lighting Director: John Hall Production Stage Manager: Kelly Brown MARKETING Assistant Stage Manager: Chief Marketing Officer: Julii Oh Gabe Friend-Jones Director of Marketing & Head Carpenter: Brian Harris Audience Acquisition: Stephanie Zappala Property Master: Marc Stoudt Marketing Services Manager: Assistant Property Master: Gary Darling Maggie Adler Sebesto Head Electrician: William Schwendel Marketing Manager: Anne Mortomore Assistant Electrician: Apon Nichols Database Manager: Sandra Rodriguez Sound Engineer: Sean M. Deceunick Marketing Assistant: Eileen López In Memorium: Richard Carter Box Office Manager: Matt Saurusaitis Director of Costume Department: Customer Relations Assistant Manager: Eleanor Wolfe Maritza Castro Wardrobe Master: Ricardo Asturias Customer Service Representatives: Wardrobe Mistress: Jennifer Conrad Roger Mejia Costume Shop Coordinator: Kaaren Mils Pamela Tarantino Sergio Rodriguez Seamstresses: Julia Villalobos, Claudia Roque Carmen Wilson Karen Silva

DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Chief Development Officer: Elena Quevedo Chief Community Engagement Officer: Senior Director of Donor Relations: AnaMaria Correa Courtney K. Ford Community Engagement Senior Director, Major Gifts: Programs Manager: Tharesa Z. Perry Orene Tross-Harris Arts in Education Program Manager: Director of Special Events: Lisa Pollack Melissa Anduiza Director of Foundation and Community Engagement Coordinator: Government Relations: Michele Scanlan Marie Colom Associate Director of Membership: Teaching Artists: Vanya Allen, Meredith Gradon Hadaway Barton, Stephanie Fuentes, Jennifer Puig, Kelly Robotham

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Ballet Bus Group Leaders: Gisel Hernandez, Vivian Gonzalez Rhonda Hopkins, Kristina M. Jackson Yraima Menendez Teresa Valdivia FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Director of Finance: John J. Shumaker, C.P.A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS Senior Accountant: Jesus Valdes Employment and Labor Law: Lisa Berg, Esq. Payroll Coordinator: Marisa Rios-Lopez — Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Staff Accountant: Carlos Lopez Immigration Law: Glenn Rissman, Esq. — Human Resources Director: Lina Aguirre Stearns Weaver Miller, et al, P.A. Office Manager and Executive Assistant: Auditor: Robbins and Moroney, P.A. Joy Stanfield Board Liaison and Executive Coordinator: MEDICAL PROVIDERS Kelsey Irl Company Physician: Kathleen Davenport MD Director of Dance Medicine: MIAMI CITY BALLET SCHOOL Kathleen Bower PT, DPT, MTC Chair: Lourdes Lopez Physical Therapist: Elizabeth Maples PT, DPT School Artistic Director: Arantxa Ochoa Massage Therapist: Alexis Somoano LMT Managing Director: Lisa De Ravel School Operations Manager: Jessica Bork School Programs Manager: Brian Ganan Student Life and Housing Manager: Roslyn Ruiz Principal Faculty: Alexander Iziliaev, Reyneris Reyes Faculty: Mariana Alvarez Brake Kareen Pauld Michele Chaviano Sara Franco Brittany Kernohan Claudia Lezcano Rosa Mercedes Maribel Modrono Herman Payne DeAnn Petruschke Emma Reed Emily Ricca Francis Veyette Antonella Vichidomini Toranika Washington Pianists: Marianela Castro Juvenal Correa-Salas Gladys Fariñas

43 WINTER COMMUNITY DROP IN DIVISION & DANCE CLASSES FOR KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS

ADVANCED BALLET BALLET 101 BEGINNER BALLET CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP (ADULTS) HIP HOP (KIDS) INTERMEDIATE BALLET LATIN NIGHT MUSICAL THEATER JAZZ TODDLER & ME TUMBLING

Read class descriptions and teacher bios, buy your Class Card and check the most up to date calendar at miamicityballet.org/school. Photo © Alexander Iziliaev.