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Kent Stowell and Peter Boal April 13–22, 2018 Francia Russell Artistic Director Marion Oliver McCaw Hall Founding Artistic Directors

PRINCIPALS

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Cover: Company dancers in Crystal Pite's Emergence. © Angela Sterling. From the President 2017-2018 PNB BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OFFICERS Dear Friends, Chairman – David Hadley 3 President – Joan Fitzmaurice Welcome to Treasurer – Maria Mackey Gunn Secretary – Lynn Lindsay EMERGENCE at Assistant Secretary – Lynne Graybeal Pacific Northwest Assistant Secretary – H. David Kaplan Immediate Past Chairman – Aya Hamilton 2 3 Ballet! Chairman Emeritus – Sheffield Phelps2 3 * Today’s triple bill includes the PNB COMMITTEE CHAIRS Education – Jon Conte premiere of Yuri Board Development – Gail James Possokhov’s RAkU, a dramatic tale based Marketing & Public Relations – Sara Jones Leadership – Peter Horvitz 2 3 on the burning of Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, Major Gifts – Peter Horvitz 2 3 featuring a commissioned score by Shinji Foundation Board Chairman - Peter Horvitz 2 3 Eshima. We’re grateful to Aya Stark Hamilton, EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES Glenn Kawasaki, Sharon Lee, Ms. Jodi Artistic Director – Peter Boal1 Designer Separates for Wong, and Leslie & Tachi Yamada for their Executive Director – Ellen Walker1 Young Patrons Circle – Andrew Hoge 1 Day, EvEning & TravEl contributions to PNB’s New Works Initiative Parents Association – Jennifer Gaines 1 Made in New York Sizes 00 – 18 in support of the acquisition of RAkU. PNB STARS – Terri Richardson 1 Our program also sees the return of Meet Designer, NINA April 24 GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES signature works in our repertory: Alejandro Donna Barnett Carol Neiman Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump and Crystal Pite’s Carl Behnke 2 Susan Okamoto 20% of sales 4/24 - 4/30 donated to Susan Brotman 2 Alida Oles Pacific Northwest Ballet Emergence. At the end of June, the Company Jane Cremin Gwendolyn C. Payton will tour to and present the Paris Sharon Falkner Betty Pirnat Nina McLemore Boutique Jerald Farley Mac Powell premieres of these works as well as other Stephen E. Fuhs Tom A. Puentes Fairmont Olympic Hotel ballets as part of Les Étés de la Danse festival. Robin F. Gainey James Raisbeck 1212 Fourth Ave | Seattle I hope you’ll consider joining us in Paris Susan Grinstein Barbara Ries William Grinstein Catherine Ries [email protected] on our Patron Trip, which includes PNB’s W. Daniel Heidt 2 Vivian Schwab www.ninamclemore.com festival performances and many other exciting Kalen Holmes Elizabeth Stokes Toni Hoover Shannon Tierney experiences. Christy Jones Aimee Truchard We also invite you to attend our annual April Kieburtz Natasha Lalji Verjee Dan Kingston Connie Walsh Backstage Bash, a post-performance party Wendy Kizzier Sheree Wen hosted by our Young Patron’s Circle, on Friday, Alex Lange Jodi Wong April 20. This year’s Bash, “Hive Society,” is Terrel Lefferts Leslie Yamada Frederick W. McDonald inspired by the fascinating world of Pite’s Emergence. Join Company dancers and PNB ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Nancy D. Alvord* Rocke Koreis patrons for food, drink, and entertainment. Mariana Ancira Gregory Kusnick Bash tickets are available in advance or day of Courtney Bear Candy J. Lee Elisabeth Bodal Helene Mawyer the event. Sue Buske Arnold Ness Artistic Director Peter Boal recently Barbara Chaplin Kristin Pastoriza announced PNB’s 2018-2019 season. I hope Cheryl Clark Mimi Richards Brooke de Boutray Michael Righi you will renew your season subscription in the Margaret Dell’Osso Alesha Shemwell lobby at intermission, or consider subscribing Elizabeth Dougherty Mel Sturman Patricia Edwards Peggy Swistak for the first time! Become a part of this Becky Figueroa Christina Tanner essential constituency and enjoy a range of Kathy Alvord Gerlich Jennifer Thompson Stacy Graves Russell Wagstaff subscriber rewards. CathyBeth Hooper Lisa Wahbe Pamela Johnson Stephanie Wallach Thank you for supporting Pacific Northwest Glenn Kawasaki Kathryn Wickham Megan Kirley Ballet, and enjoy the performance! TRUSTEES EMERITI OPENING SOON IN BALLARD Norma Cugini* Jane McConnell Warm regards, Jane M. Davis* Joe Norman 3 Wendy Griffin2 Rick Redman Cathi Hatch 2 Francia Russell Travis Keeler 3 Kent Stowell Arthur H. Mazzola 2 Carol Wright

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Dear Patrons of Pacific Northwest Ballet, On behalf of the City of Seattle, I am pleased to welcome you all to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2018 production of EMERGENCE. The City of Seattle is proud to support this work by innovative Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite. Emergence dramatizes the hard-wired instinct for creating social forms, taking inspiration from the social organization of insects and ballerinas alike. Pite’s choreography is set to the score of composer Owen Belton, whose music draws APRIL 27 - 29 / THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE from acoustic and found sounds as well as electronic instrumentation. These blends of Friday 4/27 at 8:00pm // Stack-Up // Untitled America // Revelations Saturday 4/28 at 8:00pm // The Winter in Lisbon // r-Evolution, Dream. // Revelations nature, culture, and technology remind us of Sunday 4/29 at 2:00pm // Stack-Up // Untitled America // Revelations the complexity of our beloved city and region. Pacific Northwest Ballet has been a OFFICIAL AIRLINE valued institution in Seattle since 1972. Its world-class Company of dancers and the renowned PNB Orchestra continue to inspire audiences at Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall and on tour. Pacific Northwest Ballet is also an important center of opportunity, providing jobs for dancers, choreographers, musicians, designers, creative technicians, and teachers. Since its opening, PNB has fostered many new generations of dancers and ballet aficionados. PNB School serves 2,000 young students each year. PNB School alumni dance for PNB and in companies all around the world. In addition, thousands of children, teachers, and families can participate in Retire better here. dance through school programs, visits to PNB studios, subsidized performances, and Life at Mirabella means being community partnerships. surrounded by the best the city The City of Seattle’s Office of Arts & Culture partners with cultural organizations has to offer. With easy access to such as PNB because they make Seattle a such cultural venues as the Seattle vibrant and desirable place to live. These institutions build community, inspire Art Museum, Benaroya Hall, and creativity and innovation, and help us Seattle Center, you’ll experience articulate and reflect upon our values as a society. As every Seattleite knows, arts are not stylish, worry-free retirement living an amenity; they are a necessity. at its finest. Thank you for joining us in celebrating arts and culture in Seattle and in supporting Pacific Northwest Ballet. I hope you enjoy the show. Tour our exceptional

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At PNB, we love new work. These creations keep our profession “fresh, with choreographers developing pivotal pieces on today’s dancers. You play an important role, too, by recognizing the value of these works.

© nycdanceproject.com ” exciting new work is being commissioned ballet, but RAkU is different. The pain is visceral. Dancers everywhere these days. PNB is a major part of this wave are challenged physically and emotionally. This work pushes of opportunity and innovation, offering world premieres the limits of what we expect from ballet and promises to by talented in-house choreographers and by some of the prompt a few heated dialogues. most sought after dance-makers working today. I try to see Created in 2009 for National Ballet of Canada by as much dance as I can in our community, but I also keep native daughter Crystal Pite, Emergence is a stunner. an eye on what’s out there in the world. This spring, I’ll be The influence of her creative growth with Ballet British attending performances in Columbus, San Francisco, Paris, Columbia and Frankfurt Ballet, William Forsythe’s petri and The Hague, seeing 19 new works in total. I look for the dish of experimentation, is noteworthy, but Crystal Pite’s most provocative and thought-provoking pieces to bring to voice is all her own. In six months, Seattle audiences have PNB. The program you are about to see offers three recent seen Plot Point (PNB), Betroffenheit (Kidd Pivot), and commissions from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, San Emergence. No common thread exists between these three Francisco Ballet, and National Ballet of Canada. The oldest beguiling works except brilliance. Crystal is storyteller, work on the program dates from 2009, making this triple bill rule-breaker, provocateur, sheer genius, and, oh yeah, like a prime sampling of where ballet is today. the nicest person you’ll ever meet—none of it makes sense. Alejandro Cerrudo is like a kid in the studio. He plays Think dance can’t change your world? Watch Emergence. with bodies, minds, music, and movement like a toddler We’re taking this one to Paris, too. Fasten your seat belt, or with new toys. But experimentation quickly moves to attachez votre ceinture. expertise under the discriminating eye of this artist. Little At PNB, we love new work. These creations keep our mortal jump sneaks up on you. It is well-crafted, moody, and profession fresh, with choreographers developing pivotal atmospheric, and then, without warning, it makes you cry. pieces on today’s dancers whether they are in Toronto, PNB is only the second company after Hubbard Street to Chicago, San Francisco, or Seattle. You play an important perform this modern-day classic. The fit seems perfect—as role, too, by recognizing the value of these works, by unique as a signature. We are so excited to perform it again attending today, and by helping to fund commissions before we take it to Paris this summer. through our New Works Initiative. Consider coming Yuri Possokhov has created many works for San Francisco to NEXT STEP on June 15, when PNB presents six Ballet, where he was a renowned principal dancer and where commissions by six dancers in our Company: three women, he currently serves as the company’s resident choreographer. three men, six premieres, one thrilling performance. And He has also made works on Oregon Ballet Theatre, Royal this year, there’s dance spilling out onto the sidewalk and Danish Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet. Each piece he creates is throughout the lobby. Plenty more information on our unique and daring. RAkU is no exception. It tells the real-life website, but if you can’t get enough of new work, join story of the burning of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mark us on June 15 to see the next generation of dancers and Zappone’s striking costumes paired with Alexander Nichols’ choreographers proudly presented by PNB. innovative scenic designs and Shinji Eshima’s haunting score create chiaroscuro. The story is sinister and the characters complex. RAkU asks us to confront crimes and conduct that run throughout history. Dark plots have long been a part of Peter Boal

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Violin 1 English Horn Michael Jinsoo Lim, Tad Margelli verdi Concertmaster Jennifer Caine Provine, Associate Jennifer Nelson**, Concertmaster Principal Emilie Choi, Assistant Denise Lum Concertmaster / Stephen Daniels** E-Flat AIDA Tom Dziekonski* Denise Lum Ella Marie Gray* Lynn Bartlett Bassoon MAY 5–19 Johnson** Mona S. Butler*, Raffaela Kalmar Principal MCCAW HALL Petro Krysa Dana Jackson Christine Olason* Horn 2 Rodger Burnett*, Rita Lee, Principal Principal Ingrid Fredrickson* Danielle Lemieux William E. Boyd* Richard Reed* Anne Cady* Ryan Stewart Adrianna Hulscher Laurie Wells Kim Zabelle** Richard Werner*

Viola Trombone Alexander Grimes, Mark Williams*, Principal Principal Betty Agent*, Kay D. Nichols* Assistant Principal Bass Trombone Tim Christie Douglas Nierman* Joyce Ramée* Laura Renz Tuba Eileen Swanson* Ryan Schultz, Principal Page Smith*, Principal Tympani Virginia Dziekonski*, Phil Hanson*, Assistant Principal Principal Meg Brennand** Andrea Chandler** Percussion Charles Jacot Matthew Brian Wharton Kocmieroski*, Principal Bass Gunnar Folsom Todd Larsen**, Principal Harp Stephen Schermer**, John Carrington, Assistant Principal Principal Maurice Clubb Keyboard Ben Musa** Allan Dameron Christina Siemens Karla Flygare*, Personnel Manager Principal “GORGEOUS BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY” BY JESSICA LANG Rodger Burnett Laura Werner –Washington Classical Review Music Librarian Piccolo In Italian with English subtitles. Mona S. Butler Featuring more than 90 performers, Laura Werner Verdi’s monumental love story is propelled Evenings 7:30 PM Oboe by magnificent music—including the Sundays 2:00PM Dan Williams, famous Triumphal March. This spectacular Principal 206.389.7676 Tad Margelli* (Opera Warhorses) new staging features choreography from Jessica Lang, “one SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/AIDA of contemporary dance’s leading voices” *Founding members of PNB Orchestra (1989). PRODUCTION SPONSORS: (Broadwayworld.com), and bold production **25 plus years with PNB Orchestra. LENORE M. HANAUER design by “art world superstar” (SF C.E. STUART CHARITABLE TRUST The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM: 4CULTURE of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Chronicle) RETNA, who cites the structures Photo: Washington National Opera, Players Organization. of Egyptian hieroglyphics as the basis for Aida, 2017 © Scott Schuman Steinway & Sons is the official of PNB. his striking visuals.

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Little mortal jump Created for and premiered by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance at MUSIC: Beirut (“A Call to Arms” and Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2012. Music “La Banlieue”), Andrew Bird’s Bowl of by Beirut: “A Call to Arms” and “La Banlieue,” from the Fire (“Beware”), Alexandre Desplat The Flying Club Cup, courtesy of Ba Da Bing! Records. Used by permission of EMI Music Publishing. (“See How They Fall—Dans Les Champs Music by Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire: “Beware,” from the De Ble” and “A Self-made Hero—Theme album Oh! The Grandeur, courtesy of Warner Music de Heroes”), Philip Glass (“Glassworks/ Group. Music by Alexandre Desplat: “See How They Analog: Orange Mountain Music Archive: Fall - Dans Les Champs De Ble” and “A Self-made Closing”), Max Richter (“The Haunted Hero- Theme De Heroes,” from the album Alexandre Ocean 5” and November”), Tom Waits Desplat - Jacques Audiard’s Films, courtesy of Silva Screen Records. Music by Philip Glass: “Closing from and Kathleen Brennan (“Fawn”) Mishima” from the album Philip on Film, as recorded CHOREOGRAPHY: Alejandro Cerrudo by Kronos Quartet for Nonesuch Records. Used by STAGING: Pablo Piantino permission of Dungaven Music Publishing. Music by Hans Otte: “Wassermannmusik,” from the album SCENIC DESIGN: Alejandro Cerrudo Aquarian Music. Amiata Records ARNR 0496 and COSTUME DESIGN: Branimira Ivanova ARNR 0394. Used by permission of Amiata Records. LIGHTING DESIGN: Michael Korsch Music by Max Richter: “The Haunted Ocean 5,” from the album Waltz With Bashir, courtesy of Caroline PREMIERE: March 15, 2012; Hubbard Street Dance Price Suddarth in Little mortal jump. World Service. Used by permission of Embassy Music Chicago © Angela Sterling. Corp/LT Music Publishing. “November,” from the album PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: March 18, 2016 Memoryhouse, courtesy of BBC Worldwide. Used by Alejandro Cerrudo’s tenth creation for permission of Universal Music Publishing Group. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago takes a Music by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan: “Fawn,” The 2016 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere cinematic approach to stagecraft, introducing from the album Alice, courtesy of Anti Records. Used of Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump its viewers to a mysterious place where by permission of Jalma Music. Little mortal jump was generously underwritten by Jeffrey dancers have dreamlike encounters. Their is sponsored by Bill and Orli Staley with additional & Susan Brotman. support provided by members of the Choreographer’s contents unknown, dark objects hide and Circle: Marc Miller and Chris Horsman, and Richard The 2018 production is generously reveal these characters, and remain once the L. Rodes. Scenery and costumes for Little mortal jump supported by Peter & Peggy Horvitz. dancers disappear. courtesy of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Notes courtesy of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

Company dancers in Little mortal jump. © Angela Sterling.

10 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Noelani Pantastico in rehearsal for RAkU. © Lindsay Thomas.

RAkU the essence of a story rather than a literal technically now it’s amazing.” Gone are the depiction. “It’s aesthetic lines,” Possokhov days when dancing and images shared the MUSIC: Shinji Eshima (2011) says about his ballet, “but not story lines.” stage but weren’t integrated. “Now [the LIBRETTO: Gary Wang His imaginative approach to the story, a technology] is different, but in ballet no CHOREOGRAPHY: Yuri Possokhov commissioned score, and the dramatic, one uses it. I would like to see how ballet STAGING: Quinn Wharton projection-based scenic design combine could be sophisticated with projections, SCENIC AND PROJECTION DESIGN: to make his 13th work for San Francisco movies as part of the performance, not just Alexander V. Nichols Ballet a perfectly melded artistic whole. background. It’s part of the movement. For COSTUME DESIGN: Mark Zappone The concept for the ballet was off and me it’s important, maybe for the future [of LIGHTING DESIGN: Christopher Dennis running with a libretto, a commissioned ballet].” To help him do that, Possokhov PREMIERE: February 3, 2011; San Francisco Ballet score, and a small cast—two lovers, a hired designer Alexander V. Nichols, PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: April 13, 2018 monk, and four warriors. Possokhov’s whose use of projections he admired. inventive, classically based choreographic Besides its original libretto and experi- The 2018 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere style shares the stage with folk-based steps mental visual concept, another element that of Yuri Possokhov’s RAkU is generously for the warriors and even some butoh (a sets this ballet apart for Possokhov is its supported by Aya Stark Hamilton, Glenn post–World War II Japanese dance form commissioned score, his first. He wanted a Kawasaki, Sharon Lee, Ms. Jodi Wong, and utilizing extremely slow movements). But symphonic score, not traditional Japanese Leslie & Tachi Yamada. there’s not a single traditional Japanese music, and a friend recommended composer dance step. With his forward-thinking Shinji Eshima, a longtime double bassist attitude, Possokhov is more interested in the SF Ballet and SF Opera Orchestras. RAkU is a story about love and separation, in tone, aesthetics, and visual inven- Eshima, who trained at Stanford and desire and jealousy, violence and grief, told tiveness than in reenacting history. Juilliard and taught at San Francisco by San Francisco Ballet Choreographer in According to Possokhov, opera has State University and San Francisco Residence Yuri Possokhov to stunning effect. surpassed ballet in its daring approaches Conservatory of Music, has composed Based on the true story of the burning of to visual design, particularly in the use of music for chamber orchestras, opera, Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion in 1950, RAkU projections. “Opera is using projections in and theater, along with some Buddhist (2011) is set in a much earlier time and in a a very good way,” he says. “It’s like you can hymns. A bit of history too intriguing not style similar to Noh theater, which presents see a new contemporary vision, because to mention is that his instrument, made

encoremediagroup.com/programs 11 Program Notes by Charles Plumerel in 1843 and known as music; it was “kind of an instinct,” he that what I write sounds Japanese.” One “the Plumerel bass,” is depicted in Edgar says. And when he finally did listen to part of the ballet’s score incorporates Degas’ painting The Orchestra of the Opera. the sample CD Eshima had given him, it the rhythms of a Buddhist chant. “It’s The fact that Possokhov envisions “was perfect,” he says. Because Possokhov like the vibration of the earth. It sinks a yet-unseen future for ballet makes particularly liked one piece from the into something deep, literally like a complete sense to Eshima, who sees the CD, written to commemorate the 50th mantra. And I’ve heard that all my life, in choreographer as “coming from another anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Buddhist temples,” says Eshima. “It’s the time, back in time, to push the art form Eshima borrowed from it, creating a love same rhythm, literally the same note.” forward. I think [German philosopher theme that is heard three times: in the One version of the legend this ballet is Friedrich] Nietzsche would describe prelude, the main pas de deux, and at the based on says that the monk who burned him as a poet from the future.” end of the ballet. The theme is “very, very the temple was “hideous looking, and he As the ballet evolved, Possokhov simple,” the composer says. “It alternates a stuttered, and he was humiliated by it,” stripped down the libretto and made 3/5/3 meter, which I meant to imply a haiku says Eshima. “[Author Yukio] Mishima choreographic changes that required corre- 5/7/5 rhythm.” (Haiku poems have three talks about why [the monk] might have sponding alterations in the music. Eshima lines—five syllables in the first and third burned the temple down in his book says it’s difficult to make changes once lines and seven syllables in the second.) about the Golden Pavilion.” In the ballet, the music has been written, but he under- “So it’s based on something very simple,” the Monk suffers unrequited love for the stands why they’re needed. “[Possokhov Eshima says, “but I hoped it would express Princess. “So I used this stuttering feature is] an amazingly intuitive guy. He knows the emotions of an unspeakable pain.” orchestrally, in the marimba, to underlie instantly what will work for him and what The ballet’s score is written for his main scene,” says Eshima. Taking won’t. He’s good about recognizing things full orchestra, without the addition of the stuttering effect a step further, he in music on a purely gut level, and he’s traditional Japanese instruments, yet it added a Morse code rhythm to the music really been challenging me.” But the collab- conveys a Japanese feeling. According that taps out the words “I love her.” orative process also has been rewarding, to Eshima, that’s been said about his The central theme of his score, he says, because it “forces me to recognize music before, and it makes him laugh. Eshima says, is “burning. The burning of my faults [as a composer] and confront “My parents are both Japanese and I have desire, of passion, of loyalty; the burn of them, and that forces me to change.” a lot of that background in being raised suffering, of jealousy; finally the burning Possokhov says that he knew he would Buddhist, but I’ve never been conscious in death—emotions that are so strong hire Eshima even before he heard his of it,” he says. “But invariably people say that they overcome the discipline of a

Company dancers in Emergence. © Lindsay Thomas.

12 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Zen monk and overcome the loyalties of new work by Canadian choreographers. favoring the visual and kinesthetic appeal samurai. That burn throughout one’s life The result, Emergence, brought audiences to of the eccentric over the mundane and the is what I think is the greatest thing about their feet after every performance and went grotesque over the beautiful. Pite rarely being human, the beauty of it all. The on to win four Dora Mavor Moore Awards works with dancers en pointe and was grief isn’t beautiful, in and of itself, and for Outstanding Production, Outstanding attracted not only to the dancers’ ease of the loss isn’t. But the empathy for it is, New Choreography, Outstanding movement but also to the potential for a and that’s what I was trying to convey.” Performance and Outstanding Sound creature-like effect. Sometimes fragmented Design/Composition by Owen Belton. and gestural, with traces of the isolation Notes by Cheryl A. Ossola. Cheryl Ossola’s A riveting dark-hued work that casts and popping techniques of hip hop, Pite’s notes for RAkU were originally written for San a swarming, scurrying group of dancers, choreographic method was a catalyst for Francisco Ballet in 2011 and have been revised insect-like, in an eerily subterranean change in the dancer’s bodies. by the author for Pacific Northwest Ballet. universe, Emergence dramatizes through Key to Pite’s vision for Emergence was its mesmerizing choreographic attack the her collaboration with composer Owen ways in which the instinct for creating social Belton. Also from the west coast, Belton forms seems hard-wired into life itself. Pite’s uses both acoustic and electronic instru- inspiration for the work came from reading ments, often in combination with computer Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, processing techniques such as granular Brains, Cities and Software by American synthesis, to arrive at atmospheric palettes popular science theorist Steven Johnson of sound and tone. Pite and Belton have and considering parallels between the social incorporated drone-like sounds of bees organization of bees and the hierarchical along with sounds of marching to signify nature of classical ballet companies. the power and ominous presence of the Johnson’s statement that “simple agents body politic. following simple rules could generate amazingly complex structures” became a Notes courtesy of National Ballet of Canada. touchstone for the piece. Pite was interested Emergence costumes courtesy of National in individual expression and in collective Ballet of Canada. problem solving through movement, often

Company dancers in Emergence. © Angela Sterling. Only one art town comes Emergence MUSIC: Owen Belton (2009) with views like this. CHOREOGRAPHY: Crystal Pite STAGING: Hope Muir SCENIC DESIGN: Jay Gower Taylor COSTUME DESIGN: Linda Chow LIGHTING DESIGN: Alan Brodie PREMIERE: March 4, 2009; National Ballet of Canada (Toronto) PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: November 8, 2013

Principal support for the 2013 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of Crystal Pite’s Emergence was generously provided by Marcella McCaffray. Additional support provided by Glenn Kawasaki, Katharyn Alvord Gerlich, and Aya Stark Hamilton.

Crystal Pite is known as one of the most innovative and exciting choreographers at work in Canada today. National Ballet of Canada artistic director Karen Kain commissioned Pite to create an original work for the National Ballet’s 2008/09 cannonbeach.org season as part of Innovation, a program of

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet; Breakbone Dance Company, National Portuguese Ballet, and Introdans, NI, among others. She has worked with distinguished choreographers, including Lucas Crandall, Toru Shimazaki, Margueritte Donlon, Lauri Stallings, and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano. Ms. Ivanova was a 2010 Jeff Award nominee for best costume design in Lifeline Theater’s production of Wuthering Heights and, in 2009, for Treasure Island. Her work was part of the United States National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial World Stage Expo in 2007. In addition to her work as a costume designer, she also runs a minimalist contemporary sportswear clothing company, HOI Clothing.

Michael Korsch Lighting Designer, Little mortal jump Michael Korsch is a lighting, projection, and scenic designer based in Philadelphia, where he earned his BA in theater at Temple University. He has created hundreds of visual designs for dance, theater, and other live performances around the world. Mr. Korsch has been the resident lighting designer and technical director for Complexions Contemporary Ballet since 1998, the resident lighting designer for Alejandro Cerrudo (2012). © Angela Sterling. Ballet Arizona since 2001, and the lighting and technical director for the Laguna Dance Festival since 2005. He has also designed Alejandro Cerrudo original duets for “Restless Creature,” and for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Choreographer, Little mortal jump in 2014, he was announced the 2014 USA Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet, BalletX, Donnelley Fellow by United States Artists. Alejandro Cerrudo was born in Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Madrid, Spain, and trained at the Real Dance Theatre), Dance Theatre of Harlem, Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Pablo Piantino Disney Creative Entertainment, English Stager, Little mortal jump Madrid. His professional career began National Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance in 1998 and included work with Victor Pablo Piantino began dancing at the age Chicago, MOMIX, Pennsylvania Ballet, Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and of 14. His training included private work Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Royal Danish Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Mr. Cerrudo with Hector Zaraspe and he also studied Ballet, Staatsballett Berlin, and Washington joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in and performed at both the Colón Theatre Ballet, among others. 2005, was named choreographic fellow School and The Juilliard School, where he in 2008, and became the company’s received his BFA. Mr. Piantino joined the Shinji Eshima first resident choreographer in 2009. San Francisco Ballet in 1999 and became a Composer, RAkU His thirteen works for Hubbard Street member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago include collaborations with the Chicago in August 2005. Shinji Eshima, born in Berkeley and a Symphony Orchestra and Nederlands graduate of Stanford and Juilliard, is a Dans Theatre. In March 2012, PNB Branimira Ivanova double-bassist in the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (SFBO) and San Francisco Opera invited Mr. Cerrudo to choreograph Costume Designer, Orchestra. He is a faculty member at San his first work for the company, Memory Little mortal jump Glow, upon receiving the Joyce Theater Francisco State University and San Francisco Foundation’s second Rudolf Nureyev Prize Branimira ​​Ivanova is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music. His compositions for New Dance. Additional honors include University of Connecticut (MFA in include music for theater, film, chamber an award from the Boomerang Fund for Theater Design- Costume Design) and music, opera, and Buddhist hymns. His Artists (2011) and a Prince Prize, from the the International Academy of Design and first commission for San Francisco Ballet, Prince Charitable Trusts (2012), for his Technology (BFA in Fashion Design). Possokhov’s RAkU, was recorded by SFBO first full-length, One Thousand Pieces. Mr. She is a Chicago-based designer working at Skywalker studio and released on CD and Cerrudo is one of four choreographers with local, national, and international iTunes. In 2011, the city of Berkeley named invited by principal companies such as ​Hubbard Street Dance December 6 as “Shinji Eshima Day” in his Wendy Whelan to create and perform Chicago, Gus Giordano Dance, honor for his contributions to the arts.

14 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Yuri Possokhov Choreographer, RAkU After training at the Moscow Ballet Academy, Yuri Possokhov danced with the Yuri Possokhov. © Chris Hardy. Bolshoi Ballet for ten years, where he was promoted to principal dancer. In 1992, he joined Royal Danish Ballet as a principal dancer, then joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 1994. His final engagement as an San Francisco Ballet principal dancer was in 2006. As a choreographer, Mr. Possokhov has created 15 ballets for SF Ballet. In addition he has created works for the Bolshoi Ballet, Georgian National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. He was named RAkU costume designer Mark Zappone in a fitting with Jerome Tisserand. © Lindsay Thomas. San Francisco Ballet Choreographer in Residence in 2006. Dance credits include resident designer of Canada’s Watch Her, Cinderella, A for Pennsylvania Ballet, Hartford Ballet, Delicate Battle, and The Comforts of Quinn Wharton and American Repertory Ballet, lighting Solitude. His work for San Francisco Stager, RAkU supervisor for American Ballet Theatre and Ballet includes Yuri Possokhov’s Quinn Wharton was born in Seattle and resident visual designer for the Margaret Francesca da Rimini and RAkU and Helgi raised in Hawaii. He trained at North Jenkins Dance Company since 1989. His Tomasson’s Trio and Caprice. Mr. Dennis’ Carolina School of the Arts, Houston Ballet designs are in the repertory of Alvin designs are in the repertoires of American Academy, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Ailey, Hubbard Street, Hong Kong Ballet, Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and West and San Francisco Ballet School. In 2005, Singapore Dance Theatre, and ODC/SF. Australia Ballet. He served as lighting he joined San Francisco Ballet, where he director for White Oak Dance Project and performed a number of leading roles. In Mark Zappone assistant resident lighting designer for 2012, he joined Hubbard Street Dance Costume Designer, RAkU the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Dennis has also designed lighting for the Shaw and Chicago, expanding his classical repertory Mark Zappone served Pacific Northwest Stratford Festivals in Canada. to include works by Ohad Naharin, Mats Ballet from 1983 to 1988 as costume Ek, Jiri Kylian, Alejandro Cerrudo, and designer, shop supervisor, and wardrobe Sharon Eyal. He left the formal dance world master. He then moved to Monte Carlo, Owen Belton in 2014 to pursue freelance photography where he managed costume shops for Les Composer, Emergence and choreography. This has taken him to Ballets de Monte-Carlo and Le Cabaret de Owen Belton has been composing for dance many places, including the Himalayas to Monte-Carlo, continuing on to Switzerland since 1994 when he created the music for film nomadic tribes and to the Bolshoi and Amsterdam with Holiday on Ice. Mr. Shapes of a Passing, Crystal Pite’s work for Ballet to help create a new full-length work. Zappone has collaborated with many Ballet Jorgen. Since then, he has composed renowned choreographers and designers, for dance companies including Kidd Alexander V. Nichols including , Christopher Pivot, BJM Danse, The National Ballet of Scenic and Projection Designer, RAkU Wheeldon, and Yuri Possokhov, among Canada, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet BC, Ballett others. In addition to his many ballets for Previous designs for San Francisco Ballet Frankfurt, Nederlands Dans Theatre, and PNB, Mr. Zappone has designed costumes include Death of a Moth, Later, Thread, Cullberg Ballet. In 2009, he won the Dora for numerous dance companies worldwide. RAkU, and Trio. Broadway credits include Mavor Moore award for best dance score Wishful Drinking, Hugh Jackman: Back for Emergence which was premiered by The Christopher Dennis On Broadway, Nice Work If You Can Get National Ballet of Canada. Lighting Designer, RAkU It, off-Broadway productions: In Masks Mr. Belton graduated from Simon Fraser Outrageous and Austere, Los Big Names, Christopher Dennis served as resident University School for the Contemporary Horizon, Bridge and Tunnel, Taking lighting designer and lighting coordinator Arts where he studied computer music and Over, Through the Night, and In the at The National Ballet of Canada for 14 was introduced to granular synthesis. He Wake. Regional credits include American seasons before joining San Francisco also creates sound design and scores for Conservatory Theater, Mark Taper Ballet as technical director in 2010. He theater and film and performs as a singer- Forum, and Berkeley Repertory Theater. created lighting for The National Ballet songwriter with the band Lost Hombre.

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Serge Bennathan on Absences, The Invisible Life of Joseph Finch, and the film Quand les grandmères s’envolent for CBC’s Opening Night. More recently, he designed Conversation (the play version of Finch), Elles for Bennathan, and the Electric Company’s live-cinematic interpretation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. For Crystal Pite, Mr. Taylor designed Plot Point, Frontier, and Solo Echo at Nederlands Dans Theater, Emergence at the National Ballet of Canada, Dark Matters and The Tempest Replica for Kidd Pivot, and Flight Pattern for The Royal Ballet.

Linda Chow Costume Designer, Emergence Linda Chow graduated from the Ryerson theatre program in1982. She has worked as a cutter and seamstress in theater, dance, opera, and film. Through dance Ms. Chow has incorporated design into her work. In 2003, she collaborated with Crystal Pite on Uncollected Work. This led to Lost Action, Fault, Decembering, A Portrait of You Falling, Dark Matters, and The You Show for Ms. Pite’s company Kidd Pivot. Other collaborations with Ms. Pite include Arietta and 24 Short Works for Ballet BC and Emergence for The National Ballet of Crystal Pite backstage with Company dancers. © Angela Sterling. Canada.

Crystal Pite Lost Action, The You Show, The Tempest Alan Brodie Choreographer, Emergence Replica, and Betroffenheit. Lighting Designer, Emergence Ms. Pite’s many awards include the Dora Crystal Pite is a former company member Canadian lighting designer Alan Brodie Mavor Moore Award (2009, 2012), a Jessie of Ballet British Columbia and William holds a BFA in theater studies from the Richardson Theatre Award (2006), the 2008 Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt. She made University of British Columbia and a Governor General of Canada’s Performing her professional choreographic debut in MFA in directing from the University Arts Award, the 2011 Jacob’s Pillow Dance 1990 with Ballet British Columbia, and of Victoria. Since 1989, Mr. Brodie has Award, the inaugural Lola Award in 2012, has since created more than 40 works for worked for regional theater, opera, and Canada Council’s 2012 Jacqueline Lemieux companies including Nederlands Dans dance companies across Canada. On the Prize, two Olivier Awards (2015 for Polaris, Theater (where she has been an Associate international stage, his work has been seen and 2017 for Betroffenheit, and the 2017 Artist since 2008), Paris Opera Ballet, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hartford, Benois de la Danse for The Seasons’ Canon. the Royal Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Ballett London, Adelaide, Wellington, Bergen and PNB staged the American premiere of The Hague. He has served on faculty at Frankfurt, The National Ballet of Canada, Emergence in 2013, the first of Ms. Pite’s Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (where she was UBC, the Banff Centre, Langara College works to enter the repertory. In February, (Studio 58), and National Theatre School resident choreographer 2001–04), Cedar 2014, the ballet performed it to sold-out Lake Contemporary Ballet, and Louise of Canada. Mr. Brodie has been recognized houses on the Company’s tour to New with ten Jessie Richardson Awards for Lecavalier/Fou glorieux. She is an Associate York City Center. In November 2017, PNB Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Lighting Design, and in 2012, he was short- staged the American premiere of Ms. Pite's listed for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. Centre and in 2013, was made an Associate Plot Point. Artist of Sadler’s Wells. Ms. Pite formed her company Kidd Pivot Jay Gower Taylor in 2002. Incorporating movement, original Scenic Designer, Emergence music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s distinct choreographic language is Canadian designer Jay Gower Taylor marked by a strong theatrical sensibility danced for 20 years with companies and a keen sense of wit and invention. The including Ballet British Columbia. Early company has gone on to win international designing opportunities included works acclaim with such works as Dark Matters, with Dancemakers, collaborating with

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

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

RORY KINNEAR ("PENNY DREADFUL") AND Paul Gibson ANNE-MARIE DUFF (SUFFRAGETTE) RETURN TO THE NATIONAL Ballet Master THEATRE TO PLAY MACBETH AND LADY MACBETH. Paul Gibson was appointed a PNB THU, MAY 10 ∙ SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN Ballet Master in 2005. Mr. Gibson SUN, JUN 17 - TUE, JUN 19 ∙ SIFF FILM CENTER joined PNB in 1994 and was promoted FOR TICKETS VISIT SIFF.NET to principal dancer in 1996. Upon his retirement in 2004, he was named Assistant Ballet Master. His choreographic work includes ballets for PNB and PNB School, San Francisco Ballet School, the San Francisco Ballet Choreographic Workshop, Allegheny Ballet Company, and the New York Choreographic Institute. Originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Mr. Gibson trained at Allegheny Ballet Academy and the School of American Ballet. He won a scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School and joined San Francisco Ballet in 1988, where he rose to the rank of soloist. Mr. Gibson assists the Artistic Director in teaching, rehearsing, and scheduling the Company and rehearsing PNB School students in their roles for Company productions.

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McDonald Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Lorna Brown Edward McGuirk Mr. Peter Brown & David Michaud Maria Mackey Gunn Ms. Janet McKinnon Curt & Mary Mikkelsen Michael & Barbara Malone Carol A. Burch Roger F. Miller Diane Burgess Dr. Armin & Beverly Mohr Mr. David Mattson Daniel Burkert Ann D. Molitor Helene Mawyer Sally S. Cahill Brookbank Lisa & Jonathan Morris Marcella McCaffray Dorrienne Chinn Phyllis Moss Ferrell Nathan Conn Carol & Paul Neiman Leta Biasucci and Jerome Tisserand in the premiere of Frederick McDonald Gail A. Cottle Judy & Arnie Ness Ezra Thomson's The Perpetual State. © Angela Sterling. Melba Mckay & Paul Gockel Tavia Crowder Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Judith Cushman & Ms. Margaret Ordornia Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Bob Quick Mr. & Mrs. Richard Parsell PNB’s New Works Initiative provides a flexible Simon & Carol Ottenberg Michael W. Dabney William & Carol Parsons Bob & Annette Parks Rita Daubenspeck Richard & Jean Patton environment to create new works, develop dancers Tatiana Davidson Jean E. Phillips through performances, and fashion a repertory both Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat John Delo Tony Sepanski & Suzanne & John Rahn Sheila C. Dietrich Ann Logan Phillips firmly rooted in tradition and committed to the Jennifer Doscher Dennis Pierce & Eddie Mimi Richards evolution of the artistic medium. New works contribute William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn Edmondson to the advancement of the art form, while presenting Michael Righi Mrs. Patty Edwards Lynn Ries Mary-Catherine Schugel Jim & Ann Elias James & Sherry Raisbeck PNB’s audiences with a wide range of dance to bolster a Kristina Erickson E.R.H. Patrick & Dianne Schultheis strong appreciation of the versatility of ballet and a true Thomas & Jane Fadden Richard C. Redman Peyton & Carolann Storli Stockton & Janice Forrest Ms. Christina Rich understanding of various choreographers’ bodies of Kate Forster Mimi Richards Dr. Michael & Peggy Russell & Nancy Fosmire Royce & Maura Roberts work. PNB would like to thank the following individuals Swistak Deborah Gates Ann Lyda Rogers and organizations that have supported the New Works Ms. Jessica Tarzan Natalie Gendler Mary K. Rogers Gail Goralski Kathryn McPherson Roon Initiative with a gift of $1,000 or more over the past year. Ms. Amy Theobald Inger A. Goranson Dr. H. Martin Rosa Jennifer Thompson Gene Grantham Cornelius & Penny Rosse Virginia B. Toulmin Mrs. James S. Griffin JoAnne Hardt Rudo Itamar & Christine Abrass Jon R. Conte & Margaret Mr. & Mrs. James M. John Rudolf Foundation Halverson Michael Ann Sagin Kerrigan Lisa & Richard Altig Martha-Ellen Tye Aya Hamilton Judith Schoenecker Chap & Eve Alvord In Honor of Norma Cugini Foundation Jan Harper Sam Sebesta Colonel & Mrs. Dennis Cathi & Ken* Hatch John F. & Julia P.* Shaw The Art Works Charitable Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee Joann Haugerud Mr. & Mrs. Michael Sheetz Cunneen Fund Ms. Maggie Walker Ms. Amy J. Haugerud John & Melba Short Anthony & Donna Barnett Michael W. Dabney Catherine Hobi Hawes Sue Ann Smith Tom & Connie Walsh W. Daniel Heidt & W. Dyanne Stepanek Dr. Katharyn Del Beccaro Dan & Pam Baty Toby & Linda Warson Michele B. Heidt Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Donna & Rob Dughi Klaus & Joaquenia Heinrich Sharon Van Valin & Bob Benson Cathy & Ross Wiggins Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans Patty Edwards Paula Hopping Richard Tait Ms. Jodi Wong Peter Horvitz Wayne Thurman William & Carole Ellison Lyndall Boal Carol Wright Roy L. Hughes Dr. Darlene A. Townsend Foundation Tom* & Gail James Beni Turan Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Boyce Leslie & Tachi Yamada Ms. Juli Farris in honor of Robert C. Jenkins Nicholas Utzinger & Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman PNB Young Patrons Circle Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden John Rochford Norma Cugini Ms. Susan Y. Buske Anonymous Rex Johnson Elaine Vona Daniel & Margaret Carper Joan Fitzmaurice Ms. Karlene Johnson Deidra Wager Barbara A. Johnston Rebecca Walker Foundation Ms. Anne M. Foster H. David Kaplan Mr. Mike Waters Meeka Charles Katharyn Alvord Gerlich April & Steven Kieburtz Cathy & Ross Wiggins Natalie Gendler Ken & Claudia Kilbreath Ray & Judy Williams Cheryl Clark & Stephan Debby Kim Mr. John C. Wilson, Jr. Coonrod Lynne E. Graybeal & Bruce & Carol Koch Ms. Jodi Wong Scott Harron Rocke R. Koreis & Evelyn Zabo Candy J. Lee Anonymous (10)

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Friends of Pacific Northwest Ballet

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

Laura Tisserand in William Forsythe's Slingerland Duet. © Angela Sterling.

Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for Daniel Kingston & Maureen Mooney Royce & Aggie Church their generous support of the Annual Fund during the past year. These generous Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod contributors are an integral part of our success, sustaining and enriching artistic Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee In Honor of Norma Cugini productions, dance education, and community outreach programs. For information on Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson Mrs. Tatiana Davidson how to become part of this esteemed group of donors, contact Hannah Franke, Francis J. Kwapil Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray Major Gifts Officer, at 206.441.3597, or [email protected] Firoz & Najma Lalji Sheila C. Dietrich Alex & Sandra Lange Jean Enersen & Bruce Carter ARTISTIC DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE BALLET MASTERS CIRCLE Sharon Lee Sharon Falkner & Gene Chamberlain $100,000 AND ABOVE $10,000-$24,999 Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay Caroline Gallée & Frank Peschel-Gallée Carl & Renee Behnke Mr. William E. Anspach & Jeff & Nancy Loch Natalie Gendler Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Mrs. Kari Nelson-Anspach Maria Mackey Gunn Stacy & Frank Graves Mrs. Patty Edwards Donna & Anthony Barnett The MacRae Family Foundation Stephen & Marie Heil David & Cheryl Hadley Courtney Bear & John Geist Christina Marra & Paul Silver Christian Huitema & Neige Gil Peter & Peggy Horvitz Linda Berkman Frederick W. McDonald Ms. Laura Hunter Anonymous Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans Carol & Paul Neiman Ned & Pam Johnson Elisabeth Bodal Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Lisa Kroese CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Elisabeth Bottler Susan & Dennis Okamoto Mr. Joshua Lieberman $50,000-$99,999 Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce Alida & Douglas Oles Ms. Laura Lundgren Chap & Eve Alvord Ms. Susan Y. Buske Gwendolyn Payton & John Neeleman Helene Mawyer Dr. & Mrs. Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr.* Shirlee D. Christensen Elizabeth & Stephen Pirnat Judy & Arnie Ness Bob Benson Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan PNB School Parents’ Association Mr. John O’Connell & Mrs. Joyce Latino Aya Stark Hamilton Jane Cremin PNB STARS John Parchem & Barbara Lycett Glenn Kawasaki John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes Charles M. Powell & Tuan Ngo Mr. & Mrs. William G. Reed Jr. Marcella McCaffray William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes Susan & Ron Runyon Tom & Connie Walsh William & Carole Ellison Foundation Anonymous in Honor of Mimi Richards Eric Schlegel & Mary Stout Jerald E. Farley Barbara Ries Mary-Catherine Schugel PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Ms. Rebecca Figueroa Catherine & Grant Ries Mel & Leena Sturman $25,000-$49,000 Joan Fitzmaurice Lynn Ries & Rod Proctor Christina Tanner Richard & Lisa Altig Marcus Fontoura & Ana Doliveira Haim N. Schoppik Stephanie Wallach Lyndall Boal William E. Franklin Ms. Vivian Schwab David & Romayne Watt The Kemper Freeman Family Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs Denise Littlefield Sobel Sally Anne West & Peder Knudsen* Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron Robin Gainey Kent Stowell & Francia Russell Ray & Judy Williams Ms. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred Nettles Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Ms. Maryanne Tagney Jones Ms. Carol Wright Jim* & Diana Judson Susan & Bill Grinstein Shannon Tierney, MD Ms. Virginia D. Wyman Mr. H. David Kaplan W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt Aimee Truchard Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Herb Ms. Natasha Lalji Verjee Jolene McCaw & Family Ms. Anne Holmes Sheree Wen MEMBERS OF THE BARRE James & Sherry Raisbeck Kalen & Sean Holmes Bagley* & Virginia Wright $4,000-$5,999 John & Melba Short CathyBeth & Steven W. Hooper Anonymous (4) Mariana Ancira Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Tom* & Gail James Kari Anderson & Mark Pavlovic Deidra Wager Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex Johnson SCHOLARSHIP PATRONS Phoebe Andrew Ms. Jodi Wong Christy Jones & Rob Lilleness $6,000-$9,999 The Art Works Charitable Fund Leslie & Tachi Yamada Sara A. Jones Linda & Tom Allen Ms. Katherine Barclay-Robertson Gilla Kaplan Patty & Jimmy Barrier Mr. and Mrs. Keith Birdwell Ms. Janet Ketcham Tom & Jeannie Blank Capt. & Mrs. Paul Bloch Steven & April Kieburtz Kent & Barbara Chaplin Gary & Linda Blume

24 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Ellen C. Carnwath Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation Stuart H. Coleman & Mery Rosofsky Ms. Collett Cox Michael* & Lois Craig Nicole & Weiyou Cui Judith Cushman John Dagres & Jack Odell Jane M.* & David R. Davis Phil & Lenore Defliese Kathryn Del Beccaro Margaret & Luino Dell'Osso Elizabeth & Shawn Dougherty Donna & Rob Dughi Dr. Milton & Nancy English Kristina M. Erickson Ms. Juli Farris in honor of Norma Cugini Ms. Margaret J. Field Michelle & Matt Galvin COMPLEXIONS Mrs. James L. Goedhart Gail Goralski Mr. & Mrs. Richard. C. Hedreen Ms. Marilyn Lee Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey* CONTEMPORARY Roy Hughes & Julie Davis Ms. Jo Anne Iaciofano JJ & Erica Jaramillo FROM BACH TO BOWIE Jeanne Kanach BALLET Samuel & Melissa Kaufmann Ms. Ellen Kowalczyk Bill & Kathie Kreager May 17-19, 8 p.m. Stephen & Marleen Land Barbara Lewis Nikki & Mark Mahan “[Complexions makes it] Michael & Barbara Malone sensationally, jaw-droppingly Mr. David Mattson Jim & Julie McElroy clear that we live in the age Mr.* & Mrs. Curt Mikkelsen of the super dancer, at a time Thomas A. Nowak M.D when technical virtuosity Dr. Jeffrey Okey & Mrs. Paige Franke is being redefined as an Barbara Omalev Richard & Jean Patton expressive state.” Mrs. Marda Phelps — DANCE MAGAZINE Mrs. Ellen Pottenger & Simone J. Berger Dick & Alice Rapasky Ms. Christina Rich Dr. Mack & Susan Richey Carolyn L. Roe Judy & Lellius Rose The Rita and Herbert Rosen Family Foundation Maher & Elena Saba Ms. Alesha & Dr. David Shemwell Diane Stevens Andre Suttles & Natalie Scarella Jessica Tarzan Jennifer Thompson John & Eileen Tietze Mimi A. Tutihasi Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford Robert & Lisa Wahbe Mrs. Maggie Walker Toby & Linda Warson Anonymous (3)

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PNB FOUNDATION BOARD John Graham Foundation Adele Golub W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt Gerald & Lyn Grinstein Chairman, Peter Horvitz Estate of Pauline Hood Mark & Julie Hutcheson Foundation Immediate Past Chair, Susan Brotman Bruce & Carol Hosford Skip & Jackie Kotkins Estate of Susanne F. Hubbach Lisa Kroese President, Aya Hamilton Jim* & Diana Judson Diane & Gordon Kuenster Vice President, David Hadley Frederick W. McDonald Helen L. Luchs* Estate of Shirley Callison Miner Dennis & Linda Mitchell Secretary, Joan Fitzmaurice Margaret Perthou-Taylor* Estate of Beatrice R. Olson Treasurer, Dan Heidt Jeanne Ellen Tweten & James W. Leslie Heidi Orr Members at large, Carl Behnke, Phil Schlaepfer, Estate of Frankie Wakefield Estate of Opal J. Orr Dan Kingston Estate of Barbara L. Weinstein Cynthia Phelps* Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the Ron & Carolyn Woodard Mr. R. Stewart Phelps following donors to the PNB Endowment. Established in Carol Wright Barbara Prestrud, In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. Bye Lynn Ries 1996 to ensure the future stability of PNB, the Endowment $25,000–$49,999 stands at $16 million in current and planned gifts. If you Estate of Mary Schneidler The Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable Foundation would like to give a gift to the PNB Endowment that will Donna & Joshua Taylor Jerry* & Rita Anches help secure the future of PNB, please contact Elizabeth Wayne Thurman Sharon & Jay Ballantine Anonymous Damore, Director of Development, at 206.441.3594. Patty & Jimmy Barrier John & Kay Baxter $10,000–$14,999 Rebecca & Jack* Benaroya Erik & Sherilyn Anderson $1,000,000 and above Benjamin Bevis* Betty L. Blakeney Jeffrey* & Susan Brotman Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr. Tom & Jeannie Blank Kreielsheimer Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Anson Brooks, Jr. Bill & June Boeing David Michaud Ralph E. Bruno* Diane Canaday & Daniel Hesse Anonymous Estate of Cordelia Burns Tatiana Davidson Dale & Leslie Chihuly Mrs. Mildred K. Dunn* $500,000–$999,999 Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod Jim & Ann Elias Estate of Ruth Hoffman Clise Properties, Inc. Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs Peter & Peggy Horvitz Gail Cottle & Reynold Brown Mr. & Mrs. George M. Galpin Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. Alex* & Norma* Cugini G. Keith & Naomi Grim Estate of Althea Stroum Estate of Trudel Dean Estate of Mary S. Helmick Arlene A. Wright Derdick Trust John* & Marli Iverson The Bagley Wright Fund Patty Edwards Estate of Ralph C. Jacobson Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration Joan Fitzmaurice Craig & Karen Kennedy of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Eliza Flug Lee Kraft Cressman & Paul R. Cressman the Surdna Foundation Susan E. Foster & Maurice J. Pirio Joan T. Lasersohn Anonymous William Franklin Patricia & Wilfrid Loeken Estate of Merrill Gerstel Keith & Mary McCaw Family Foundation $250,000–$499,999 Mr.* & Mrs. James S. Griffin Galen Mohr* Mr. & Mrs. William* J. Dunn David & Cheryl Hadley JPMorgan Chase & Co. Estate of Gerard L. Hanauer Mike & Janet Halvorson Estate of Nancy Nuckols Keefe Estate of Helen C. Kloess Ross Hartling, MD & Johnese Spisso Lea Anne & Randall Ottinger Estate of Gloria Peck-Neils Cathi & Ken* Hatch John Parchem & Barbara Lycett $150,000–$249,999 Catherine Hobi Hawes Safeco Corporation Carl & Renee Behnke Luke & Gail Helms Estate of Amy L. Sidell Jane & Robert Cremin David F. Hill & Barbara M. Hyland-Hill PNB STARS John & Carmen* Delo Kalen & Sean Holmes George* & Nelly Sofer Laurie A. Griffith Moe & Susan Krabbe Paula Rose* William Randolph Hearst Foundation James A. Kraft & Dominique Posy Craig Tall Glenn Kawasaki Firoz & Najma Lalji Estate of David Wagoner Anonymous (2) Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay * Deceased $100,000–$149,999 Michael & Barbara Malone Marcella McCaffray Patrice & Kevin Auld Audrey McCoy The following named funds have been created in the Estate of Louise V. Blanks MCM a Meisenbach Company PNB Endowment: Estate of Mrs. Jack Cluck Roger F. Miller Jane M.* & David R. Davis Alexis Phelps Dancer’s Support Endowed Fund Carol & Paul Neiman The Althea Stroum Production Fund Aya Stark Hamilton Laura J. Peterson Jeremy & Jacqueline Jaech Arlene A. Wright DanceChance Endowment Fund In honor of our parents, Sheffield & Patricia Phelps Benjamin Houk Scholarship for Young Men Henry* & Mary Ann James James & Sherry Raisbeck Spencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson Carmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed Fund for Education Dr. Mack & Susan Richey and Outreach H. David Kaplan, In Memory of Dr. Stanley M. Pier John & Sarah Rindlaub Travis & Suzanne Keeler Catherine S. Leschen Endowed Scholarship Fund Mrs. John S. Robinson* Dr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed Scholarship Fund Catherine S. Leschen Jan Rogers The Norcliffe Foundation zFrank Hobi Endowed Scholarship Fund Jon & Judy Runstad Frankie Ladley Wakefield Endowment for Ballet Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes John Charles & Mary R. Sellen-Klinker Rick & Jennifer Redman Educational Programs Jan & Jim Sinegal Helen Kloess Endowed Scholarship Fund John & Elizabeth Rudolf Estate of Phillip Soth John F. & Julia P.* Shaw Jane McConnell Scholarship Delphine & Charles Stevens Janet Reed Scholarship Fund Allen & Kathleen Shoup John Stokes & Laurie McDonald Kayla Skinner* Kreielsheimer Artistic Development Fund Harry C. & Joan Stonecipher Laurie A. Griffith Endowed Scholarship Fund Sophie Sussman* Kent Stowell & Francia Russell Estate of Jack D. Wulfekuhle Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak Lucinda Hughey Endowed Scholarship Fund $50,000–$99,999 Doug & Janet True Northwest Endowed Fund Toby & Linda Warson Patricia Barker Endowed Scholarship Fund Chap & Eve Alvord Richard L. Weisman Apex Foundation Patricia Phelps Endowed Scholarship Fund Albrecht Widmann & Kenneth Barlow Paula Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund Robert M. Arnold* Wyman Youth Trust Estate of Edward S. Brignall Spender A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson Principal Leslie & Tachi Yamada Dancers’ Endowed Fund Estate of Evangeline Edwards Anonymous (3) Estate of Erma Erickson Tom & Gretchen Puentes Endowed Scholarship Fund Jane Erskine* $15,000–$24,999 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Education & Outreach Fund Reed & Maren Erskine Mrs. Phyllis B. Clark* Estate of George Franz Barry & JoAnn Forman Mrs. Paul S. Friedlander* Ruth & Bill Gerberding Robin Gainey & Jerry Sanford, Jr., In Memory of Dr. Hellmut & Marcy Golde Jerome G. Sanford, Sr. 26 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Corporate, Foundation, and Government Sponsors

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

2017-2018 SEASON SPONSORS

SEASON PARTNERS

THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

Nesholm Family Foundation

Anonymous Fund of JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION The Philadephia Foundation

$200,000 & Above $25,000-$49,999 Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Neiman Marcus ArtsFund Anonymous Fund of Wells Fargo Precept Wine* KOMO 4* The Philadelphia Foundation Professional Claims Intervention The Seattle Times* Chateau Ste. Michelle* $2,500-$9,999 Services The Wallace Foundation Freed of London Aetna Seattle Rotary Service Foundation The Jerome Robbins Foundation Alabastro Photography* TEGNA Foundation $100,000-$199,999 John Graham Foundation Bank of America Talking Rain* Alaska Airlines John T. Vistica* Ben Bridge Jeweler* Anonymous The Boeing Company Providence St. Joseph Health Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Office of Arts & Culture|Seattle SAVOR* Foundation $1,000-$2,499 Perkins Coie LLP* Seattle Foundation Byron & Alice Lockwood Alaska Airlines* PricewaterhouseCoopers* U.S. Bank Foundation Amore Events & Entertainment, The Shubert Foundation Chris Graves Music* LLC* $10,000-$24,999 City of Bellevue Bossa in Wonderland* $50,000-$99,999 ArtsWA CliftonLarsonAllen LLP* Crimson Haze Event Lighting* 4Culture Dilettante Chocolates* Delta Dental Crisp Creperie* The Hearst Foundations Harvest Foundation Fales Foundation Trust Harold L. Wyman Foundation Microsoft Corporation Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation Freed of London* Luly Yang Couture* National Endowment for the Arts JPMorgan Chase & Co. Goldman, Sachs & Co. Magnolia Kitchen* Nesholm Family Foundation MacDonald Hoague & Bayless* Kendra Scott* Servco Pacific Insurance Starbucks Coffee Company* Moss Adams LLP* Kilpatrick Townsend SOLO Bar* Anonymous Northern Trust & Stockton LLP Trophy Cupcakes* Northwest Danish Association KUOW 94.9 Public Radio* Anonymous Perkins Coie LLP Macy’s scan|design Foundation by Muckleshoot Indian Tribe *In-Kind Support Inger & Jens Bruun

PREFERRED PROVIDERS

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Karel Cruz William Lin-Yee Seth Orza Lesley Rausch* Havana, Cuba. Corps de ballet 2002, San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in Columbus, Ohio. Corps de ballet in 2001, soloist in 2007, principal in 2009. in 2008, soloist in 2014, principal in 2016. 2007, soloist in 2008, principal in 2010. soloist in 2007, principal in 2011.

Lindsi Dec* James Moore Noelani Pantastico* Jerome Tisserand Fairfax, Virginia. Apprentice in 2001, corps de San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet Oahu, Hawaii. Apprentice in 1997, corps de Lyon, France. Corps de ballet in 2007, ballet in 2002, soloist in 2009, principal in 2014. in 2004, soloist in 2008, principal in 2013. ballet in 1998, soloist in 2001, principal in soloist in 2012, principal in 2014. 2004 and 2015.

Rachel Foster Elizabeth Murphy* Jonathan Porretta Laura Tisserand* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Corps de ballet in Totowa, New Jersey. Apprentice in 1999, corps de Hammond, Louisiana. Apprentice in 2003, corps de 2002, soloist in 2008, principal in 2011. 2011, soloist in 2014, principal in 2015. ballet 2000, soloist in 2002, principal in 2005. ballet in 2004, soloist in 2010, principal in 2014.

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

Learn more about the artists of Pacific Northwest Ballet 28 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET *Indicates training with Pacific Northwest Ballet School. by visiting PNB.org. SOLOISTS

Leta Biasucci Steven Loch* Price Suddarth* Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet Denton County, Texas. Apprentice in 2011, Westfield, Indiana. Apprentice in 2010, in 2011, soloist in 2014. corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2018. corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2018.

Kyle Davis* Leah Merchant* Ezra Thomson* Green Bay, Wisconsin. Apprentice in 2008, Mobile, Alabama. Apprentice in 2007, San Bernardino, California. Apprentice in 2009, corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2008, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2010, soloist in 2017.

Angelica Generosa* Margaret Mullin* South River, New Jersey. Apprentice in 2011, Tucson, Arizona. Apprentice in 2008, corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2016. corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2014.

Joshua Grant* Matthew Renko Niceville, Florida. Corps de ballet in Sumter, South Carolina. 2001–2004 and 2011, soloist in 2015. Corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2016.

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet are members of AGMA — the American Guild of Musical Artist, AFL-CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet School Professional Division students perform courtesy of AGMA. Headshot photography by Lindsay Thomas. encoremediagroup.com/programs 29 CORPS de BALLET

Madison Rayn Abeo* Henry Cotton* Angeli Mamon* Christian Poppe* Seattle, Washington. Portland, Oregon. Corps de ballet Seattle, Washington. Apprentice in 2015, Lake Stevens, Washington. Apprentice Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017. in 2015. corps de ballet in 2016. in 2013, corps de ballet in 2014.

Guillaume Basso Dammiel Cruz* Amanda Morgan* Nicole Rizzitano* Dijon, France. Corps de ballet in 2015. New York, New York. Apprentice in 2016, Tacoma, Washington. Apprentice in 2016, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apprentice in corps de ballet in 2016. corps de ballet in 2017. 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

Ryan Cardea* Cecilia Iliesiu Sarah Pasch* Calista Ruat New York, New York. Apprentice in New York, New York. Dublin, California. Apprentice in 2011, Paris, France. Corps de ballet in 2017. 2009, corps de ballet in 2010. Corps de ballet in 2015. corps de ballet in 2012.

Nancy Casciano* Elle Macy* Miles Pertl* Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan* Decatur, Georgia. Apprentice in 2014, Huntington Beach, California. Seattle, Washington. Corps de ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apprentice in corps de ballet in 2015. Apprentice in 2012, corps de ballet in 2013. 2015. 2016, corps de ballet in 2017.

30 PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Free Events

Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall

Enrich your experience and understanding of PNB’s performances by joining us for lectures and Q&A sessions before and after performances.

BALLET TALK: One hour before Carli Samuelson* Dylan Wald* repertory program performances. Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apprentice An informal 30-minute introduction Corps de ballet in 2008. in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015. to each performance, including discussions of choreography, music, history, design, and the process of bringing ballet to the stage.

APPRENTICE MEET THE ARTIST: Immediately following repertory program performances.

Have a question? Join Artistic Director Peter Boal or a member of PNB’s artistic staff with PNB Company dancers for a lively question-and-answer session following each performance. Emma Love Suddarth* Christopher D’Ariano* Wichita, Kansas. Apprentice in 2008, Yonkers, New York. Apprentice in 2017. corps de ballet in 2009. APPRENTICE

Madison Taylor* Clara Ruf Maldonado* Gig Harbor, Washington. Corps de New York, New York. Apprentice in 2018. ballet in 2015.

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APPRENTICE Sign up for PNB’s new email list, featuring discounts and offers exclusively for ballet fans ages 20-40.

Leah Terada* Genevieve Waldorf* Dallas, Texas. Apprentice in 2015, West Hills, California. Apprentice corps de ballet in 2016. in 2018. PNB.org/thepointe

*Indicates training with Pacific Northwest Ballet School. encoremediagroup.com/programs 31 My legacy. My partner.

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