-, SALT CREEK BALLET Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskaya, Artistic Directors NSF Railway Presents proudly sponsors The Nutcracker alt Creek Ballet's featuring 2014-2015 Season Yumelia Garcia and Ilya Kozadayev Hinsdale Central Auditorium, Hinsdale Saturday, November 29, 2014 1 :00 & 5:00 PM Sunday, November 30, 2014 1 :00 PM

Maria Mosina and Alexei Tyukov

Center for Performing Arts Governors State University, University Park Saturday, December 6, 2014 1 :00 & 5:00 PM

Milena Garcia and Ilya Kozadayev

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie Saturday, December 13, 2014 1:00 & 5:00 PM Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:00 PM

Production Sponsor Production Partner Victorian Dress Sponsor The Grover Hermann COMMUNITY Foundation FOI N1UIION

Benchmark Support

MacArthur Foundation

Leading Sponsors Media Sponsor Community Partner I Harris Bank The Doings Neiman Marcus Oakbrook Center Salt Creek Ballet is a not-for-profit Illinois corporation. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Salt Creek Ballet from the Artistic Directors SALT CREEK BALLET J%>liday Jeason 2014 Artistic Directors Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskaya Dear Friends, Executive Director Christina Salerno Welcome back to Salt Creek Ballet's 2014 Nutcracker! With both excitement Board of Directors and much anticipation, we want to share Ken Nelson, President with you our brand new production - in Greg Sjullie, Treasurer honor of our 30th Anniversary. You will Joan Emery, Secretary be drawn into the story more than ever Sarah Cuddihee, Kim Dyson, Katharine L.S. Hamilton, O.J. Mavon, before, and experience new costumes, Kay Vee Rhoads, Carolyn Schanzer, Christine Schultz, new scenery, and new concepts. We are Mary Lynne Shafer, so excited to have you participate in this Irene Antoniou (Advisory), Mary Castellano (Advisory), Ricardo Garcia (Advisory), Timothy Rivelli (Advisory) production with us. The production could never have come to 'life' without the dedicated efforts and hard work Honorary Board of Directors of our entire Salt Creek family. The list of these dedicated The Honorable Judy Biggert, Marianne Calhoun, individuals would go on forever! We want to offer a sin- George L. Faulstich, Jr., Lisa Gengler, William E. Parry, cere 'thank you' to each one of you! We are so very grate- Carolyn Stillman, Joel Wilcoxen, Carson Yeager ful! This new production is Salt Creek Ballet's gift to all In Memoriam of you. We are delighted to be a part of your holiday tra- th Founding Artistic Director dition, and look forward to sharing this 30 anniversary Patricia Sigurdson production with you. We wish you a joyful, warm, and loving Christmas season. Thank you! Thank you! Thank Michael Majewski, Alice Mansell, Gary Sigurdson, Bud Stillman you!

Salt Creek Ballet has performed for more than 230,000 people in and around Chicagoland since its founding, while earning a national reputation for excellence in dance. Founded by Patricia and Gary

The quintessential storybook ending. Join Salt Creek Ballet for Costumers Kay Johnson Princess Aurora's wedding, with Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots Sabena Sellnow & Carl Gramza Halsey Onstage and the White Cat in attendance. Additional Salt Creek Ballet repertory Travis Halsey, Rachel Young will complete the performance. Perfect for young and old alike. Rick Coleman, Redding Baker Costume Support Elizabeth Flauto (mouse head design), Susan Baladi, Kelly Hamilton, Carmela Hoerman, Angie Keneipp, Kristin Millhollin, Sarah Mills, Kristen Nairn, Alison Nelson, Terry SanFillippo, Marie Schaefers, Laura Shah, Adriana Sjullie, Natalia Smak, Carolyn Stillman, Susan Wilson Photographers Keith Ceding Sarah Mills Heidi Peters Presentation Bouquets Carolyn Stillman Publicity Julie Rusin Program Cover Design Katie Pendlay Ushers Courtesy of the Saints

Thank you to the committee chair volunteers: Maria Brooks, Heidi Drescher, McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage Cheryl Gibson, Kerri Metelski, Voula Montesantos, Susan Scehovic and Joy Witt Glen Ellyn, IL *Those designers and scenic artists identified by U.S.A. are members of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local 829, AFL-CIO. atthemac.org Salt Creek Ballet would like to thank all of the many wonderful volunteers who Saturday, May 16, 2015 Sunday, May 17, 2015 helped to make this exceptional production a reality.

As a courtesy to our dancers and for their safety, there is no 3:00 pm 1:00 pm photography or videotaping allowed. Sunday, November 30th The Nutcracker

Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman 2014 Please listen to performance announcements for how to proceed to the Party. It is Christmas Eve and the Von Stahlbaums are preparing to welcome their party guests, who arrive family by family, bearing gifts for the host's children, Clara and Fritz. The presents are all carefully placed under the Christmas tree. Clara's Thank you Clarendon Hills Lions Club for providing stunning Godfather, the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer, arrives with a marvelous group of Christmas trees for our Sugar Plum Party. mechanical dolls. In addition, the magical and eccentric Herr Drosselmeyer has planned a special surprise for his beloved godchild, Clara. He presents her with a wonderfully mysterious nutcracker. Clara is immediately taken with her strange gift. Fritz is jealous and steals the nutcracker from Clara. In the chaos of his teas- ing, Fritz accidentally breaks the nutcracker. Herr Drosselmeyer comes to the rescue and assures Clara that all will be well. The guests perform a contredanse, after which they depart and the Von Stahlbaums prepare for bed.

Just before the stroke of midnight, Clara returns to the darkened living room to check on her nutcracker. She is frightened by large mice, but suddenly, Herr Drosselmeyer appears and the mice flee. Much to Clara's amazement, Herr Drosselmeyer commands the Christmas tree to grow to such an enormous size We Serve that it pushes away the entire room. Next, he changes her little toy into a life size Nutcracker. The mice suddenly reappear and a vicious battle ensues. Just when Be sure to show your support for the Lions Club by the soldiers seem to be winning, the great Mouse King appears and the tide turns. purchasing your Christmas tree at Lions Park Pool in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King fight and just as the Mouse King is about to Clarendon Hills, chlions.org overpower the Nutcracker, Clara distracts him with her shoe, giving the Nut- cracker the chance to run him through with his sword. The Nutcracker, released from an enchanted spell, turns into a handsome prince. Clara becomes a Princess. The Nutcracker Prince takes Princess Clara's hand, and escorts her on a magical Salt Creek Ballet voyage to the Kingdom of Snow and beyond. Salt Creek Ballet will celebrate its thirtieth year with a history of critically acclaimed performances for tens of thousands of viewers. Its annual The Nutcrackers a major holiday event in Hinsdale, Princess Clara journeys to the Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Plum Fairy University Park and Skokie. As a member of Regional Dance America, Salt Creek Ballet appears in greets her. A series of entertaining divertissements are ordered. Princess Clara different cities at the Mid-States Regional Festival each year. Repertory includes traditional classical works plus original ballet and jazz works by both resident and guest choreographers. and the Nutcracker Prince dance together surrounded by radiant flowers. The Salt Creek Ballet's spacious studios, with the finest spring-built floors, accommodate expanded Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier then dance for Clara and the Prince. When the classes at all levels including Classical Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Pas de Deux and Character. festivities are over, everyone bids goodbye to the Nutcracker and Clara who Salt Creek Ballet dancers are pre-professionals drawn from the best Chicago area talent. leave together to her home, where she awakens, uncertain if her magical journey Nationally known guest artists, choreographers and designers regularly work with Salt Creek was a dream or reality. Ballet to provide dancers and audiences alike with a level of performance usually associated with top professional companies. Mice Maria Basile, Ella Bonecutter, Tess Denault, Salt Creek Ballet Nutcracker 2014 Talia Johnson, Skylar Penland, Angie Plys, Cast List Stephanie Salerno, Allyson Volk (11/29, 12/6)

In Order of Appearance Talia Johnson, Claire Kucera, Meghan Malec, Ella McDevitt, Allyson Volk, Catherine Wagner, ACT I Katie Wilson, Lauren Witt (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Counselor Von Stahlbaum Brian Campbell The Nutcracker Misha Barkidjija

Frau Von Stahlbaum Jessica Metelski Soldiers Brittney DiBartolo, Alana Jodwalis, Leah Kline, Samantha Leddy, Anya Mills, Megan Montinola, Their Daughter, Clara Kathryn Nairn (11/29, 12/6) Sarah Jane Nicholson, Maggie Ward (11/29, 12/6) Savannah Campbell (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Ava Alessi, Charlotte Eninger, Taylor Fodor, Their Son, Fritz Mitchell Millhollin Audrey Giltner, Avery Hoerman, Emma Keneipp, Sophia Shah, Yasmeen Shah (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Nurse Marissa Rohan (11/29, 12/6) Grace Jaworski (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Toys Emily Block, Molly Creech, Naomi Marx, Grace McGowan, Jenna Nilles, Polina Seidel Party Guests Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Brenna Schaefers (11/29, 12/6) Princess Clara Stefanee Montesantos Mary Kelly, Anya Lei Koza, Sophie Palo (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Luis Caro, J.R. Kirchner, Markian Pylypczak The Nutcracker Prince Kody Jauron

Children at the Party Ava Alessi, Noah Campbell, Charlotte Eninger, Snowflakes Katherine Cackovic, Ella Gatermann, Mary Kelly, Taylor Fodor, Audrey Giltner, Avery Hoerman, Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Rachel Newton, Caroline Kelly, Emma Keneipp, Julia Kucera, Sophie Palo, Vivian Marina Pifia, Marissa Rohan, Holly Marcus, Ingrid Pearson, Jillian Reid, Emily Scehovic, Sarah Scehovic, Brenna Schaefers, Sophia Shah, Yasmeen Shah, Madelyn Wren Anna Conidi, Grace Jaworski, Angie Plys, (11/29,12/6) Kayla Yerlioglu Noah Campbell, Brittney DiBartolo, Alana Jodwalis, Caroline Kelly, Leah Kline, Julia Kucera, Snow Crystals Olivia Brooks, Nicole Gibson, Monique Lagessie, Samantha Leddy, Holly Marcus, Anya Mills, Jessica Metelski, Natalie Sprovieri, Emily Scehovic Megan Montinola, Sarah Jane Nicholson, Ingrid Pearson, Jillian Reid, Maggie Ward, Madelyn Wren (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Sugar Plum Fairy & Cavalier Yumelia Garcia & Ilya Kozadayev* (11/29, 11/30) Dr. Drosselmeyer Ricardo Garcia Maria Mosina & Alexei Tyukov** (12/6) Milena Garcia & Ilya Kozadayev* (12/13, 12/14) Columbine Olivia Brooks (11/29, 12/13) Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Spanish Dance Monique Lagessie (11/29, 12/13) Nicole Gibson (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Harlequin Doll Jack Gerling Chinese Dance Zoe Lagessie & Vivian Marina Pina (11/29) Soldier Dolls Nicole Gibson (11/29 Mat., 11/30, 12/6) Emily Scehovic & Sarah Scehovic (11/30, 12/13, 12/14) Monique Lagessie (11/29 Eve., 12/13, 12/14) Ella Gatermann & Vivian Marina Pifia (12/6) Misha Barkidjija Mirlitons Rheana Montesantos, Sophie Palo, Brenna Schaefers (11/29); Olivia Brooks, Monique Lagessie, The Mouse King J.R. Kirchner Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Sophie Palo Baby Mice Ana Bareno, Olivia Rivera, Ellie Rossini, (12/13) Vivian Sweeney, Angela Timova, Lena Yerlioglu Russian Dance Mary Kelly & Marissa Rohan (11/29, 12/13) SALT CREEK BALLET Rheana Montesantos & Sophie Palo (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Markian Pylypczak Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskaya Arabian Solo Natalie Sprovieri (11/29, 12/13) Artistic Directors Anya Lei Koza (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Edson Cabrera Christina Salerno Arabian Corps Anna Conidi, Rachel Distler, Faith Drescher, Executive Director Nandini Sadagopan, Abby Stockmal, Rachel Thompson, Katie Wilson, Kayla Yerlioglu Patricia Sigurdson (11/29, 12/6) Founding Artistic Director Ella Bonecutter, Rachel Distler, Ashley Fodor, Zoe Lagessie, Sofia Marcic, Nandini Sadagopan, Melina Slone, Jenny Witt Mary Blake Carmela Hoerman (11/30, 12/13,12/14) Administrative Assistant Communications Coordinator

Mother Ginger Luis Caro Sue Nystrom Dr. Kelly Stokes Her Children, the Bon Bons Maya Conway, Anna Creech, Natalie DiBartolo, Administrative Assistant Outreach Coordinator Nicolette Fox, Sarah Govostis, Ingrid Pearson, Amanda Schlieben, Claudia Witte (11/29, 12/6) Ellie Andrzejewski, Haley Cashman, Olivia Costello, Peri Deroche, Sallie Keiner, Gretchen Laurence, Kylie Norman, Caroline Tio (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Bon Bon Soloists Audrey Giltner, Megan Montinola Mitchell Millhollin

Waltz of the Flowers Waltz Solo Nicole Gibson (11/29, 12/13) SALT CREEK BALLET Jessica Metelski (11/30, 12/6, 12/14) Ways to Give Waltz Couples Olivia Brooks (11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/14) Monique Lagessie (12/13), Emily Scehovic SCB offers donors a variety of tax-effective ways to make gifts and achieve (11/29, 11/30, 12/6), Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/14), your charitable goals. Possibilities for giving include: Misha Barkidjija & Jack Gerling Cash, Securities, Life Insurance, Bequests, Waltz Corps Katherine Cackovic, Anna Conidi, Ella Gatermann, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Gift Annuities and Lead Trusts. Grace Jaworski, Mary Kelly, Rachel Newton, Vivian Marina Pina, Marissa Rohan, Do You Know? Emily Scehovic, Sarah Scehovic, Kayla Yerlioglu, Life insurance can be used to create a major gift for SCB in one of two Brenna Schaefers ways. First, the donor can transfer ownership of a policy to SCB and receive a current income tax deduction in the year the transfer is made. Second, the donor, while retaining ownership of the policy, can name SCB as Finale and Apotheosis The Company beneficiary of the policy. * Guest Artists Call 630-769-1199 to discuss the ways your chartable gift can be most ** Guest Artists courtesy of Colorado Ballet beneficial for you and SCB. Artistic Directors

SERGEY KOZADAYEV, Artistic Director, was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and trained at the famed Vaganova Ballet Academy, graduating in 1968. Mr. Kozadayev danced with the St. Petersburg State Ballet as All your graphic a principal dancer for 22 years, performing in lead roles in ballets such as Swan Lake, Scherherazade, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, La Fille Mai communications needs Gardee, Petrushka, Don Juan, Harlequinade, Hercules, Flower Festival, Pierot, Figaro and Mozartiana. He received the Merit of Honor of the Russian under one roof Republic, signifying his reputation for the highest level of dance training and performance and was featured in a biographical documentary for VISOgraphic can produce Art and design services Russian TV. In 1991, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Choreography and Dance and holds a degree from the University of • Offset, digital and hybrid runs • Pocket folders • Includes 3D illustration, 3D Culture and Art in St. Petersburg. He has choreographed and danced 1 Sales collateral > Books and booklets modeling, guide design in over 15 countries and was the first Russian choreographer invited to participate in the 1 Direct mail campaigns • Invitation packages and redesign American Dance Festival in North Carolina in 1990. In 1991, he became Ballet Master, choreog- 1 Postcards • Corporate stationary • Photography (includes rapher and teacher for the Colorado Ballet, where he staged all the major classical ballets and • Tri-fold and quad-fold mailers • Point of sale materials close-up product details) set his own choreography for the company. In 1998, he and his wife, Zhanna Dubrovskaya, 1 Newsletters 1 Packaging joined the Salt Creek Ballet as Artistic Directors. Mr. Kozadayev has staged full-length ballets On-line storefronts and ordering for the Salt Creek Ballet such as The Nutcracker, Paquita, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and (web-to-print on-demand collateral system) excerpts from Flower Festival, Tango, Le Corsaire and The Fairy Doll. His original choreography for the Salt Creek Ballet includes Concerto in F, Danse Macabre, Carnival of the Animals, Alice in • Digital asset managementt Wonderland, Black Sea Suite and Classical Symphony. In 2006, Mr. Kozadayev was asked to set • Variable data printing w w w. visographic .com his own choreography entitled Divertissements, a ballet for select dancers from each of the mem- • On-line proofing ber companies in Regional Dance America to perform in Jackson, Mississippi during the USA • Branded storefronts 630.590-6100 International Ballet Competition. • Online customer catalogs

ZHANNA DUBROVSKAYA, Artistic Director, is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, where she trained at the famed Vaganova Ballet WELLS ADVISORS Academy and graduated with honors in 1968. She studied with FARGO the renowned O. Yordan and V. Kostrovitskaya. For over 20 years, Madame Dubrovskaya was a soloist with the Choreographic Miniatures Company led by L. Yacobson and the Maly Theatre of Opera and Ballet Tom Conidi and (St. Petersburg State Ballet). Zhanna Dubrovskaya has worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as L. Yacobson, I. Belsky, Wells Fargo Advisors N. Boyarchikov, O. Vinogradov and B. Eifman. She has performed are proud to support throughout the world, extensively in Europe and Asia, and is an accom- plished ballerina with recognition in classical, contemporary, modern Salt Creek Ballet and character ballets such as Swan Lake, Paquita, La Corsairs, Giselle, La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, La Fills Mai Gardee, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Together we'll go far The Hooligans, Serenade and Theme and Variations. Madame Dubrovskaya holds a masters degree in teaching, coaching and choreographing from the St. Petersburg Ballet Academy. Her U.S. experience began in 1991 at the Colorado Ballet Academy and Company as a Principal Teacher and Ballet Mistress. In 1998, she assumed the position of Artistic Director of the Salt Creek Ballet School and Company, where she continues to enrich the dance com- 630-571-7178 Thomas Conidi munity throughout Chicago. Ms. Dubrovskaya has been invited as a master teacher and Associate Vice President - Investment Officer [email protected] choreographer to stage classical ballets such as Giselle, La Sylphide, The Sleeping Beauty, Don 1515 West 22nd Street https://home.wellsfargoadvisors.com/thomas.conidi Quixote, Paquita, and Swan Lake for major companies and competitions throughout the United Oak Brook, IL 60523 States and Europe. Her students have received numerous awards at the Prix de Lausanne, the New York International Ballet Competition, the Helsinki Ballet Competition in Finland, the Investment and Insurance Products: » NOT FDIC Insured » NO Bank Guarantee >• MAY Lose Value | Youth America Grande Prix and many others. In June 2006, Ms. Dubrovskaya was invited to Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. participate as a judge at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. She is ©2009 Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. All rights reserved. 0512-3466 [74127-V3] internationally respected for her preservation of the purity, musicality and aesthetics of the Russian classical ballet technique and traditions. Today, her students perform worldwide in major dance companies. Christina Elida Salerno (Executive Director) received her formative The Designers I ballet training and performing experience with Salt Creek Ballet as I a pupil of Founding Director, Patricia Sigurdson. She completed her ballet training at San Francisco Ballet School before joining Boston Ballet, where she rose to the rank of Soloist. Ms. Salerno left Boston Simon Pastukh (Set Designer) is a native of Russia and graduated as a Scenic Ballet to pursue a dance career in Europe, initially joining Zurich and Costume Designer from Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema- Ballet. Ms. Salerno was then invited by Monica Mason to join Royal tography in 1975. He has designed over 200 opera, ballet and theatrical produc- I Ballet in London, where she spent five years as a Soloist, performing tions all over the world for such major theatres as the Bolshoi, Mariinsky and Sov- principal and soloist roles in La Bayadere, Les Patineurs (Ashton), remennik in Russia; NHK in Japan; National Theatre in Norway; Gesher theatre in Danses Concertantes (MacMillan), Cinderella (Ashton), Symphonic Israel; Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, Korea; National Theatre in Bulgaria; Variations (Ashton), Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Apollo (Balanchine), and American Ballet Theatre in the USA. From 1980 to 1991 he was a resident Theme and Variations (Balanchine), Symphony in C (Balanchine), designer at Michailovsky (Maly) Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg Agon (Balanchine) and Qualia (MacGregor). Her repertoire includes the Sugar Plum Fairy, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Helena in Midsummer (Leningrad), Russia. He received two Golden Mask Awards for the scenic design Night's Dream, Paul Taylor's Company B, Tharp's Waterbaby Bagatelles, Rudi Van of the opera Semyon Kotko by S. Prokofiev in 1999 and for the scenic design of Danzig's Four Last Songs, Nacho Duato's Songs Without Words, and Hans Van Manen's the ballet Bolt by D. Shostakovich in 2006; moreover he was awarded Golden Grosse Fuge. Ms. Salerno has toured the world extensively, performing on the Bolshoi Sofit, the Highest Theatre Award of Saint Petersburg in 1999, and the Golden stage in Moscow, the Maryinski in St. Petersburg and other theatres in Germany, Italy, Harlequin Award in 2007. Mr. Pastukh has lived in the USA since 1992. Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico, the United States, France, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Ms. Salerno has also taught ballet technique classes around the world, teaching Galina Solovyeva (Costume Designer) is a native of St. Petersburg nine-year-olds through adults. She now teaches specialized ballet classes for young athletes (Leningrad), and graduated as a Costume and Scenic Designer from Leningrad interested in the benefits of ballet training at SCB. Ms. Salerno completed a Bachelor of State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, Russia, in 1975. She was Arts degree with a concentration in Nonprofit Administration from Skidmore College and she is currently a Masters of Performing Arts Administration degree candidate in Roosevelt the resident costume designer for the Mariinsky Theatre (formerly, Kirov Opera University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. She has appeared as a guest lecturer for and Ballet Theatre), St. Petersburg from 1975; she immigrated to the USA in Loyola University's Dance Department and is on the advisory committee of The DuPage 1992. Her international career includes over 100 designs for ballet, opera, and Community Foundation's All for Arts initiative. theatre; she has been working with such renowned venues as the Mariinskyi, Bol- shoi, and Mihailovsky theaters in Russia; Ballet Internationale, American Ballet Theatre and NY City Ballet in the USA; Het Nationale Ballet in the Netherlands; and the Japan Ballet. Her costume credits for ballet and opera include Othello, Eugene Onegin, Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, The Bolt, The Nutcracker, Fire- bird, Romeo and Juliet, Semyon Kotko, and Swan Lake (the three last have toured in NY). In collaboration with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1996 to 2001 she designed costumes for Uncle Vanya, Force of Nature, Rosmersholm, and PATRICIA SIGURDSON Enter the Guardsman. She was honored with a Barrymore Award nomination in Founder and Artistic Director of the Salt Creek Ballet. Salt Creek Ballet was founded by Patricia Sigurdson in 1985 as 2000 for outstanding costume design, received the Golden Sofit, the Highest The- an outgrowth of her ballet school, then in its tenth year. But the atre Award of Saint Petersburg in 2001 and 2008, and the Nika, the main national true foundation of Salt Creek Ballet began to take form decades film award in Russia in 2001. earlier with Patti's strong early training in Denver and at the Royal Ballet School in London. In New York she studied with Frederick Oleg Smirnov (Production Designer and Painter) was born in Saint Peters- Franklin and Robert Jeffrey after which she joined the Ballet burg Russia. Classically educated, he trained in painting, drawing and design. Russes de Monte Carlo and then American Ballet Theatre. With Since 1992, he is working as a free lance artist-painter. In 2000, he started ABT she was on the historic European tour which culminated olegsmirnovstudios.com with his daughters Anya and Elena, specializing in scenic in six weeks behind the Iron Curtain - ABT being the first American ballet company art, mural painting, dedcorative finishes, fine art and portraits. Oleg has collabo- invited to perform there. This professional experience plus teaching posts at National Music Camp, the Intcrlochen Arts Academy and elsewhere, provided an ideal background rated with Salt Creek Ballet for many years including: stage set, painting and scen- on which to build a ballet school and company here. Having given her students a solid ery construction for A lice in Wonderland, set design, painting and construction for foundation of musicality and strong technical and interpretative skills, the Salt Creek Ballet Harlequinade, and scenery painting for the 2014 new Nutcracker. He also painted Company evolved seamlessly from the school. Many of Patti's students have gone on to the designs for the 2004 Nutcracker, 2007 Halequinade, Giselle and Sleeping distinguished professional careers in dance. Beauty posters. Oleg is a resident of Downers Grove for 22 years and proud to be part of Salt Creek Ballet. Jason Haag (Technical Director) has served Salt Creek Ballet for 16 years. He owns F5d Inc., a company producing custom fabrications of all types for the entertainment and marketing industries, as well as providing event production management. Jason has worked in the entertainment field for over 20 years. He partnered in a regional sound, lighting, and staging company prior to venturing into his current company. He offers expertise in both structural and operational design and logistics. His natural talent for risk and oversight management, and strong "big picture" thinking, has drawn work from National acts such as Ronnie Dunn (formerly of Brooks & Dunn), the 2013 TomorrowWorld Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, and the 2014 Spring Awakening Festival in Chicago. He has also designed and fabricated immersive experience marketing displays for numerous companies including Brown-Forman, Netflix, and Ticketmaster. Jason lives in rural Herscher, Illinois with his wife Rachel, their two daughters BRIDGE Addison and Josslin, 3 cats and 18 chickens. WE RE IN J FOR YOU Producing High Performance, Flexible Technology Solutions Charles Cooper (Lighting Designer ) returns to Salt Creek Ballet for his ninth season of lighting that Move in Time with Your Business. The Nutcracker. Recent credits include Around the World in Eighty Days at Indiana Repertory Theatre Curtains at Drury Lane Oakbrook; Of Mice and Men and First Look Repertory ofNewwork at Steppenwolf Theatre; Old Glory, As You Like It, Another Part of the Forest, Seagull and The Doctor's Dilemma at Writers' Theatre; Blue Door, The Defiant Muse, The Court Marshall at Fort Devens and Shoes at Victory Gardens, She Stoops to Conquer and The Chalk Garden at Northlight Theatre; Welcome to Arroyos, True West and Top Dog/Underdog (in rep), Speech and Debate Half of Plenty, Heritage and Orpheus Descending at American Theater Company, Well, and The Overwhelming at the Next Theatre; Rhymes With Evil, Creole and The Last Supper for Infusion Theatre. Charles is an Associate Artist of TimeLine Theatre where his many credits include All My Sons, Weekend, Dolly West's Kitchen, Harmless, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, WWW. MY BRIDGE POINT A Man For All Seasons, Martin Furey's Shot and This Happy Breed. Other credits include work at Apple Tree Theatre, Teatro Vista and numerous other theaters in and around Chicago. Charles is the recipient of five Jefferson nominations and two After Dark Awards. He is proud to be a member of United Scenic Artists local 829. Current and upcoming projects include Thieves Like Us for The House Theatre, To Master the Art for TimeLine Theatre; Eclipsed for Northlight Theatre, Do the Hustle for Writers' Theatre, Tree for Victory Gardens, and Soul Samauri for Infusion Theatre. Charles lives in Oak Park, II with his wife Angela, son Ethan and golden retriever Shelby. Please visit his Website at cooperportfolio.com.

Emily Moser began her studies with Irina Vassileni-Uralsky at the School of Ballet Iowa and also with Susan Snider at Vine Street Ballet. She went on to earn a BFA in Dance Performance from Northern Illinois University where she trained under Randall Newsom, Judith Chitwood and Paula Frasz. While attending NIU, Emily performed many principle and solo- ist roles in ballets such as Paquita, Les Sylphides, Giselle, Coppelia and The Nutcracker. Emily has performed with many Chicagoland dance compa- nies such as Chicago Ballet, Momenta, the Schaumburg Dance Ensemble and Tyego Dance Project. She also has danced on the east coast with Connecticut Ballet and Ballet Long Island. S SOUTH WABASH AVI. SuiTC#l3l( CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603 312.704.0404 PHONE Angie S. Keneipp is a native of Los Angeles who moved to Chicago fifteen years ago. While in L.A., she was senior member, soloist and 9:00 - 5:00 HOURS BY APPT, choreographer for Jazz Dancers Inc., L.A.'S premiere concert jazz dance company. Angie has also appeared as a featured dancer in several films *** such as Staying Alive, One From the Heart, and /'// Do Anything. She has WWW.HAM1LTONJEWELRYINC.COM worked and collaborated with the creative talents of Twyla Tharp, Sylvester Stallone, James L. Brooks, Ben Vereen and John Travolta, just [email protected] to name a few. Her teaching and choreographic talents have taken her all over the globe. She has taught at Paramount Film Studios, Dupree Dance Academy and tours with conventions annually. Angie has performed with Chicago Dance Medium, a prominent Modern Company on the Chicago dance scene and is choreographing for several projects in Los Angeles and Chicago. Angie was honored to choreograph for Dance Chicago's showcase, one of Chicago's largest dance festivals. She recently was honored to have a piece premier at the RDA Festival. Her unique style is appreciated by all. Maria Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Guest Artists Academy in Russia. Upon graduation, Ms. Mosina joined the Bolshoi Ballet Milena Garcia is a former dancer with National Ballet of Cuba and the Grigorovich Company and (immediately) was chosen for principal roles. National Ballet of Ecuador and she is a Guest Artist with the Florida Classical Mosina had toured the world appearing on all major European, American, Ballet under the direction of Magaly Suarez. Presently a dancer in Cincinnati African and Asian stages. In 1995, Ms. Mosina was invited by Colorado Ballet Ballet. Born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba, Mrs.Garcia started dancing at age to join as a leading principal dancer. Ms. Mosina performed all major parts 9 and her professional training includes The Vocational Arts School "Alfonso in classical productions such as Clara and Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Perez Isaac" in Matanzas Cuba, and the National Ballet School "Vicentina de Sylphide in La Sylphide, Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Aurora and Princess La Torre" in Cuba, graduating from, in 2010. Mrs. Garcia's most significant Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle in Giselle, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Kitri teachers are Yolanda Dominguez, Fernando Alonso, Lazaro Carreno, Rolando in Don Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Talioni in Pas de Quatre, The Dying Sarabia , Magaly Suarez, Victoria Morgan, Johanna Bernstein Wilt and Swan, Le Spectre de La Rose and pas de deux from Le Corsaire, Talisman, Devon Carney . Mrs. Garcia was a Finalist for three consecutive years at The Paquita, Les Sulphides. Ms. Mosina also had the chance to show her talent in International Ballet Competition in Havana, Cuba getting special mention and neoclassical, modern and contemporary choreographed masterpieces such as Balanchine's Apollo, high recognitions for her dancing. Mrs. Garcia won the gold medal at World Rubies, Theme and Variations, Western Symphony, Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Stars and Stripes and Who Ballet Competition in EUA. Mrs. Garcia has been invited to dance at several important ballet events Cares?, as well as Christopher Weeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Pucci's Size Nine Spirit (as like the Miami International Ballet Festival in 2012. Some of Mrs. Garcia's most important roles seen on PBS). She has also performed Alvin Alley's River, Martha Graham's monumental Appalachian include Principal Gypsy, Spanish Dance, Mirlitons and Flowers in The National Ballet of Ecuador's Spring, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo, Paul Taylor's Company B, Ashton's Facade, Antony Tudor's Leaves are production of The Nutcracker, choreography by Jaime Pinto. Other Roles performed by Mrs. Garcia fading and Echoing of Trumpets, Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and In The Upper Room, Glen Tetley's in Ecuador are Kitri's Friends and Dream Variation in Jaime Pinto's Don Quixote, Big Swans in Swan The Rite of Spring, Michael Pink's Dracula and Hunchback of Notre Dame, S.Welch's Of Blessed Memory, Lake, Ben volio's Girlfriend in Jaime Pinto's Romeo & Juliet, one of the four Principal ladies in Jorge Val Caniparoli's In Pieces, Martin Fredmann and Alun Jones' Romeo and Juliet, and Ben Stevenson's Garcia's Majisimo and Principal Role in Jaime Pinto's Snow White. Her repertoire with Cuba includes Cinderella, A Little Love, Man Dieu, Sechertorte, Silent Woods and Dreamspace (as seen on PBS), Vebre's Paquita, Mirlitons and Doll in The Nutcracker. She has also performed many pas de deux from the Where the Wild Things Are, Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No.l, Matthew Neenan's The Faraway, classical repertoire like La Fille Mai Gardee, Camaval in Venice, Esmeralda, Don Quixote and Diana & Lynn Taylor- Corbett's Great Galloping Gottschalk, Lar Lubovitch's...smile with my heart, Emery Acteon. In the Cincinnati Ballet, Mrs. Garcia's most important roles include Swan corp and waltz in LeCrone's Archetypes, Jodie Gates' Embellish, Sandra own's The Last Beat, and many more. Ms. Mosina Swan Lake, flowers, snow corps, party and mirliton in Nutcracker. was a featured dancer on the cover of Dance Magazine. She holds a master's degree in methodology and pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Ms. Mosina is also an active ballet instructor throughout the United States. She participated as a master teacher and judge for the Youth American Grand Prix. Ms. Mosina performed leading roles in all major productions as a member of Yumelia Garcia was born in Venezuela and she received her professional the Company, as well as a guest artist with many other festivals, galas, and companies. She is now in training in Caracas at the Escuela de Ballet Gustavo Franklin. She joined her 19th year with the Colorado Ballet. the National Ballet of Caracas at the age of 15 under the direction of Vicente Nebrada and was promoted to soloist one year later. Ms. Garcia began her U.S. career with Heinz Pohl at Ohio Ballet. She then performed as a prin- Alexei Tyukov enrolled in Perm State Ballet Academy at age 10 and in cipal dancer with the Milwaukee Ballet where she had a ballet created for 1995, he graduated with a red diploma. He started dancing with The Perm her: Scheherazade by {Catherine Possen. Ms. Garcia then moved on to Ballet Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1998, he won a gold medal in the Florida where she was featured in principal roles in contemporary and Senior Men's division at the Arabesque competition of Perm and received classical works, most recently in Ben Strevenson's Cleopatra. Ms. Garcia was the Mikhail Arnapolskiy prize for the most talented participant of the com- most recently a Leading Artist with Jeffrey Ballet. Her remarkable versatility, petition. During the next four years, Mr. Tyukov performed leading roles technical prowess and intensity have led her to perform classical roles in full and traveled throughout the world. In 1999, he became a Principal dancer length ballets such as Kitri in Dan Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora with Ballet Internationale and performed leading roles in full-length ballets in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Giselle and Carmen in their title roles. Ms. Garcia has also performed including Carmen, Phaedra, Creation of The World, Thousand and One Nights, contemporary lead roles in pieces by George Balanchine, Alonzo Ving, Cho San Goh, David Parson, La Fille Mai Garde, Cinderella, Fire Bird and Napoli. With Ballet Internationale, Jean-Paul Comelin, Lar Lubevich and Christopher Weeldon. She was invited to be a part of The Trey he danced throughout the United States and in Taiwan, China, Canada, Mclntyre Project at White Oak in 2006, and has performed at prestigious festivals such as Jacob's Germany and France. In 2006, he joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Principal Pillow, Vail International Festival and Wolf Trap. and performed classical and contemporary works. Mr. Tyukov has also participated in numerous galas including La Gala Des Etoiles in Montreal, Stars of Mariinskiy in Germany, International Gala in South Korea, and Russian Stars in memory of Galina Ulanova. He has been a guest artist in Ilya Kozadayev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia to a family of ballet Amsterdam, Croatia, Japan and several American ballet companies. Mr. Tyukov has received many dancers. He received his dance training from Vaganova Ballet Academy in great reviews from The New York Times, Le Figaro, Los Angeles Times and Financial Times UK. He St. Petersburg, The School of American Ballet in New York City, and grad- is a candidate of Master of Sports for Figure Skating. This is his 18th season performing with ballet uated from the John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Mr. companies and 6th season with Colorado Ballet. Kozadayev has danced with numerous prestigious ballet companies in the United States including Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, as a soloist with Colorado Ballet, a principal dancer with Columbia Classical Ballet and a soloist with the Houston Ballet. Throughout his career Mr. Kozadayev has performed works by such choreographers as Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Alvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth McMillan, Fredrik Ashton, Kody Jauron was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Kody began his professional Agnes de Mille, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley, training with Andrew Needhammer and later furthered his studies at the William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Jorma Elo, Aszure Barton, Christopher Bruce, Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin's Professional Division Trainee Cho San Goh, Rudi van Danzig, Donald McKayle, Michael Pink, and many others. Ilya has toured Program. At Ballet Austin, Kody was honored to become a recipient of the nationally and internationally and has performed in the US, Canada, Austria, Germany, France, Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship, and after one season, Kody was promoted to Spain and Japan. Mr. Kozadayev was the winner of the New York International Ballet Competition an apprentice to the company. He has supplemented his training on scholarship in 2000. Mr. Kozadayev's choreographic credits include works for Boston Ballet's Raw Dance project, at Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Houston Ballet, Houston Ballet II, Kansas City Ballet, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, and Festival Ballet of and The School at Jacob's Pillow. After three seasons with Ballet Austin, Kody Providence. Mr. Kozadayev serves as an Assistant Professor of Ballet at the University of Oklahoma relocated to Chicago where he is currently dancing with DanceWorks Chicago, School of Dance where he teaches courses in Ballet Technique, Character, Partnering, Pointe, under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. Kody has been privileged to perform Choreography and Understanding Dance. Mr. Kozadayev holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from featured roles by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Thang Dao, James Jacksonville University in Florida. Gregg, Harrison McEldowney, and Stephen Mills. Edson Cabrera was born in Cuba and graduated from the National School of Markian Pylypczak is a guest artist of the Salt Creek Ballet from the Art (Escuela Nacional de Arte) in Dance, in Havana, Cuba in 2005. During his Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Chicago. This year marks his 7th time with the company, Edson participated in the ITS Festival in Netherlands Nutcracker season with Salt Creek Ballet. He has been a member for 9 years under the direction of Feri de Geus and Noortje Bijvoets. After his graduation, under the direction of Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak. The group is comprised he joined the dance company Ballet Rakatan based in Havana, dancing as a of about 50 dancers and has performed extensively throughout the United soloist. In 2007 he became a member of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, par- States, Canada and a tour of Europe in 2007 and 2011 where he performed ticipating in several international tours to England, Mexico, Hungary, Poland, as a featured artist and soloist. Markian started his dance career at age four Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, and the USA. He has also performed in with the company's School of Ukrainian Dance. He has also competed in the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona, Brisbane tumbling, trampoline and diving. He is a recent graduate of Loyola University Festival, Manchester International Festival, The Bydgoszcz Opera Festival in Chicago where he studied Molecular Biology. and Virginia Arts Festival. Edson was made Principal Dancer for Danza Contemporanea de Cuba in 2010. During his time in Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Edson worked with choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Carlos Acosta, George Cespedes, Julio C. Iglesias, Juan Kruz, Mats Ek, Itzik Galili, and Pedro Ruiz and performed works by Jan Linkens and Kenneth Kvarstrom. Brian Campbell is excited to return for his fifth season with Salt Creek Ballet. This season is made even more special, as his daughter Savannah has been cast as Clara. It will be a real father and daughter performing the ballet's father and daughter - and he couldn't be more proud to share the stage with her. He also has the honor to perform with his 7-year-old son, Noah for the ()nh tit Xeiman Marats fourth consecutive year! This past year, Brian performed in The Jeffrey Ballet's premiere of Romeo and Juliet. He has also performed in the Jeffrey Ballet's pro- ductions of Don Quixote and The Nutcracker. Years ago he also performed with the Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago, Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre, TI H: and Candlelight Theatre. These days, when not chauffeuring Savannah and Noah back and forth the Salt Creek, he spends his time as a college professor of both English and Philosophy. Luis Caro originally from Puerto Rico, began his dance training in Lansing, Michigan where he was a theater student. In 1993, he earned a B.F.A. from Butler University in Indianapolis. Since that time he has danced professionally LOV with Louisville Ballet, Montgomery Ballet, Eugene Ballet and guest appear- ances with several other dance troupes around the U.S. In Chicago, Luis has been a faculty member at Columbia College and the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Also, he performed with the Ruth Page Foundation under the former direction of Larry Long, Ballet Chicago, Ginger Farley's former 58 Group and other contemporary companies. Luis is a certified Pilates, Red Cord and core trainer as well as a Thai and clinical Thai body worker. Mr. Caro has been a guest performer with Salt Creek Ballet every year since 1998. ^^•^^ Ricardo J. Garcia (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) began his training at Point Park f& Bkk University in Pittsburgh, where he earned a BA in Dance. Upon graduating, g ^m he joined the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, under the direction of founder Jeraldine Blunden and subsequently Kevin Ward. At DCDC, he had Jj|—A 1 the honor to work with acclaimed choreographers Bill T. Jones, Doug Verone, * L' Donald McKayle, Ronald K. Brown and Dwight Rhoden, among others. Additionally, he was the recipient of the Josie Award for Outstanding Male Dancer of the Year in 2002. Mr. Garcia has also performed with The Joffrey ^^B ^ Ballet, Illinois Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Rhythm in Shoes, Walt Disney World and I most recently with Luna Negra Dance Theater. He has conducted classes ^H^KHL^i^H throughout the US and Russia and his choreography has been performed by Luna Negra Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II, South Dayton Dance Theater, Stivers School for the Arts and Piel Morena Contemporary Dance. Mr. Garcia is currently a dance instructor at The Chicago High School for the Arts and holds a Master's of Science in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy from Bay Path College. He is also an Administrator for the Chicago OfficOffi e of Career Transitions for Dancers.. HHe wawass justt namnameed Managing Director for Lucky Plush Productions. J. R. Kirchner is a Chicago native who trained at Indiana University and the Richmond Ballet. 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