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All Rights Reserved. cnb.com 7275.26 February 2019 PROGRAM 02 | KALEIDOSCOPE / Volume 96, No. 4 PROGRAM 03 | IN SPACE & TIME TABLE OF CONTENTS 0 3 Greetings from the Artistic Director Paul Heppner & Principal Choreographer President 0 4 Board of Trustees Mike Hathaway Senior Vice President Endowment Foundation Board Kajsa Puckett 0 5 SF Ballet Leadership Vice President, Sales & Marketing 0 7 Timeline Genay Genereux Accounting & Office Manager 0 8 For Your Information 03 Production 0 9 Season News Susan Peterson Vice President, Production 1 0 Ballet as a Respite from Parkinson's Jennifer Sugden Assistant Production Manager 1 2 Explore Ballet Ana Alvira, Stevie VanBronkhorst 1 6 Artists of the Company Production Artists and Graphic Designers 2 4 PROGRAM 02 Kaleidoscope Sales Divertimento No. 15 Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives Appassionata Devin Bannon, Brieanna Hansen, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Amelia Heppner, Ann Manning Seattle Area Account Executives 3 2 PROGRAM 03 In Space & Time FP 1 The Fifth Season Carol Yip EMG Sales Coordinator Snowblind Etudes CITY NATIONAL BANK MarketingMASTHEAD Shaun Swick 40 SF Ballet Orchestra Senior Designer & Digital Lead 4 2 SF Ballet Staff 32 Ciara Caya Marketing Coordinator 4 4 Donor Events and News Encore Media Group 4 8 SF Ballet Donors 425 North 85th Street 6 2 Thank You to Our Volunteers Seattle, WA 98103 p 800.308.2898 | 206.443.0445 6 4 Last Words on Snowblind f 206.443.1246 [email protected] www.encoremediagroup.com FOLLOW US BEFORE AND AFTER THE PERFORMANCE! 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San Francisco Ballet | Program Book | Vol. 26, No. 4 2019 Repertory Season All editorial material © San Francisco Ballet, 2019 Chris Hellman Center for Dance 455 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 415 861 5600 | sfballet.org Cover: Dores André and Joseph Walsh in Peck's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming // © Erik Tomasson Above, top to bottom: Helgi Tomasson; Yuan Yuan Tan and Tiit Helimets in Tomasson's The Fifth Season // Both © Erik Tomasson PROGRAMS 02 / 03 | SFBALLET.ORG | 1 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET AUXILIARY FASHION SHOW WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 11 AM The Bently Reserve Presented by Sam Malouf Authentic Luxury Featuring the Fall 2019 Collection from acclaimed designer Jason Wu Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to view the Fall 2019 collection of world-renowned designer Jason Wu. The event includes a cocktail reception, runway show, and an invitation to a trunk show featuring Wu’s collection immediately following the show. Guests who purchase at the VIP level will join Wu for an intimate dinner the night before. Tickets to this event are extremely limited and we anticipate selling out quickly. Proceeds will benefit a wide range of San Francisco Ballet initiatives, including new works, scholarships for San Francisco Ballet School students, and community outreach programs. TICKET PRICES START AT $500 415 865 6620 or sfballet.org/fashionshow Ann Kathryn Baer Ms. Andi Valo-Espina Ms. Patricia Dassios San Francisco Ballet 2019 Fashion Show VIP Dinner Chair Auxiliary President Chair FASHION SHOW PRESENTED BY SPONSOR GREETINGS FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Welcome to Kaleidoscope and In Space and Time, the second and third programs of our 2019 Repertory Season. I’m delighted you’ve joined us at the Opera House. Each year, when I plan the next Season, I look to create an interesting blend of classic story ballets, more recently created neoclassical and contemporary ballets, and new works. All are important: the beloved 19th-century classics like the upcoming The Sleeping Beauty hone the dancers’ technique, while newer works keep the art form vibrant and SAN FRANCISCO BALLET relevant. The six ballets of Kaleidoscope and In Space and Time offer a multifaceted look at the way choreographers express different ideas AUXILIARY FASHION SHOW through classical ballet, and how the art form is growing and changing. Program 02, Kaleidoscope, showcases three wonderful pairings of WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 11 AM choreography and music. George Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15, The Bently Reserve set to Mozart’s sparkling score of the same name, brilliantly illuminates Presented by Sam Malouf Authentic Luxury the intricacies of the music. San Francisco Ballet danced this ballet beautifully in New York City last fall and I’m pleased to bring it back Featuring the Fall 2019 Collection from acclaimed to the Opera House. Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata matches the designer Jason Wu maelstrom of Beethoven’s piano sonata with a work featuring three couples over the course of one passionate evening. When I saw this ballet, I immediately knew that our Company would be wonderful dancing in it. The third ballet in this program, Justin Peck’s Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, premiered in our Unbound Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to view the Fall 2019 festival last season. In his second commission for SF Ballet, this talented choreographer created an athletic piece collection of world-renowned designer Jason Wu. The event with a contemporary feel and a strong sense of community. includes a cocktail reception, runway show, and an invitation to a trunk show featuring Wu’s collection immediately following Program 03, In Space and Time, also brings back an Unbound favorite—Cathy Marston’s Snowblind, based on the show. Guests who purchase at the VIP level will join Wu for Edith Wharton’s story of a tragic love triangle, Ethan Frome. Cathy is talented at transforming literary source material an intimate dinner the night before. into compelling dance, highlighting the motivation and desire of each character to draw us deeper and deeper into the Tickets to this event are extremely limited and we anticipate story. Also on this program is Harald Lander’s Etudes, always an audience favorite. Etudes starts with the most basic steps selling out quickly. of a ballet class and builds and builds into a thrilling display of technique that showcases more than half the Company. Proceeds will benefit a wide range of San Francisco Ballet Rounding out this program is The Fifth Season, a ballet I created in 2005 after being inspired by the music of Karl Jenkins. initiatives, including new works, scholarships for San Francisco Ballet School students, and community outreach programs. Our Season continues through May with The Sleeping Beauty and The Little Mermaid; world premieres by Yuri Possokhov and Liam Scarlett; Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy, and much more. I hope you’ll join us once again this spring as TICKET PRICES START AT $500 we explore the full range of what ballet can be. 415 865 6620 or sfballet.org/fashionshow Sincerely, Ann Kathryn Baer Ms. Andi Valo-Espina Ms. Patricia Dassios San Francisco Ballet 2019 Fashion Show VIP Dinner Chair Auxiliary President Chair Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer FASHION SHOW PRESENTED BY SPONSOR PROGRAMS 02 / 03 | 415 865 2000 | 3 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES | 2018–19 Carl F. Pascarella, Chair of the Board and Executive Committee John S. Osterweis†, Immediate Past Chair Lisa Daniels Christine E. Sherry David A. Kaplan Margaret G. Gill, Vice Chair Susan P. Diekman Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Mary Jo Kovacevich James H. Herbert, II†, Vice Chair Sonia H. Evers Catherine Slavonia James J. Ludwig† Lucy Jewett, Vice Chair Shelby M. Gans David Hooker Spencer Stephanie Marver James D. Marver, Vice Chair Joseph C. Geagea Fran A. Streets Nancy H. Mohr Diane B. Wilsey, Vice Chair Richard Gibbs, M.D. Judy C. Swanson Marie-Louise Pratt Nancy Kukacka, Treasurer Beth Grossman Richard J. Thalheimer George R. Roberts Jennifer J. McCall, Secretary Matthew T. Hobart Miles Archer Woodlief Kathleen Scutchfield Susan S. Briggs, Assistant Secretary Patrick M. Hogan Timothy C. Wu Robert M. Smelick Thomas E. Horn Zhenya Yoder Susan A. Van Wagner Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director Hiro Iwanaga Janice Hansen Zakin Dennis Wu & Principal Choreographer Thomas M. Jackson, M.D. Akiko Yamazaki Glenn McCoy*, Executive Director Elaine Kartalis James C. Katzman Yasunobu Kyogoku TRUSTEES EMERITI Kelsey Lamond Michael C. Abramson ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES Jola Anderson Brenda Leff Thomas W. Allen Ann Kathryn Baer, President, Kristen A. Avansino Marie O’Gara Lipman Marjorie Burnett San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary President Richard C. Barker† Alison Mauzé Charles Dishman Steve Merlo, , BRAVO President Karen S. Bergman Marissa Mayer Garrettson Dulin, Jr.† Daniel Cassell, , ENCORE! Gary Bridge John T. Palmer Millicent Dunham Stewart McDowell Brady, Chaomei Chen Kara Roell J. Stuart Francis† Patrice Lovato, Hannah Comolli Sally Hambrecht Christine Russell Co-Chairs, Allegro Circle Christine Leong Connors Randee Seiger Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills David C. Cox Robert G. Shaw Pamela J. Joyner† SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 2018–19 James D. Marver, President John S. Osterweis, President Emeritus J. Stuart Francis, Vice President Thomas E.