FALL 2019 DANCE SEASON B R AVO The Joffrey Ballet NOV. 2 AND 3, 2019 BalletMet’s The Nutcracker NOV. 30 AND DEC. 1, 2019 Too Hot To Handel DEC. 14, 2019 The 2019-2020 Dance Season is made possible by a generous gift from Richard and Joanne Brodie PHOTO BY CHERYL MANN CHERYL BY PHOTO e Katherine McGregor Dessert Parlor …at e Whitney. Named a er David Whitney’s daughter, Katherine Whitney McGregor, our intimate dessert parlor on the Mansion’s third oor features a variety of decadent cakes, tortes, and miniature desserts. e menu also includes chef-prepared specialties, pies, and “Drinkable Desserts.” Don’t miss the amazing aming dessert station featuring Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubilee. Reserve tonight’s table online at www.thewhitney.com or call 313-832-5700 4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit Pre- eater Menu Available on performance date with today’s ticket. Choose one from each course: FIRST COURSE Caesar Side Salad Chef’s Soup of the Day e Whitney Duet MAIN COURSE Grilled Lamb Chops Lake Superior White sh Pan Roasted “Brick” Chicken Sautéed Gnocchi View current menus DESSERT and reserve online at Chocolate Mousse or www.thewhitney.com Mixed Berry Sorbet with Fresh Berries or call 313-832-5700 $39.95 4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit e Katherine McGregor Dessert Parlor …at e Whitney. Named a er David Whitney’s daughter, Katherine Whitney McGregor, our intimate dessert parlor on the Mansion’s third oor features a variety of decadent cakes, tortes, and miniature desserts. e menu also includes chef-prepared specialties, pies, and “Drinkable Desserts.” Don’t miss the amazing aming dessert station featuring Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubilee. Reserve tonight’s table online at www.thewhitney.com or call 313-832-5700 4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit Pre- eater Menu Available on performance date with today’s ticket. Choose one from each course: FIRST COURSE Caesar Side Salad Chef’s Soup of the Day e Whitney Duet MAIN COURSE Grilled Lamb Chops Lake Superior White sh Pan Roasted “Brick” Chicken Sautéed Gnocchi View current menus DESSERT and reserve online at Chocolate Mousse or www.thewhitney.com Mixed Berry Sorbet with Fresh Berries or call 313-832-5700 $39.95 4421 Woodward Ave., Detroit Fall 2019 BRAVO Contents Dance Season The Official Magazine of Michigan Opera Theatre 1526 Broadway, Detroit, MI 48226 ON STAGE The Joffrey Ballet ............................................................................................. 6 Erica Hobbs, Editor Jon Teeuwissen, Contributor FEATURE: The Joffrey Ballet: A Forward-Thinking Publisher: Company That Continues to Push Boundaries .....................................10 Echo Publications, Inc. FEATURE: A Q&A with MOT’s New Artistic Advisor for Dance .......11 Royal Oak, Michigan www.echopublications.com BalletMet’s The Nutcracker ........................................................................12 Tom Putters, President Profiles from the Pit ......................................................................................17 Physicians’ services provided by Too Hot To Handel ........................................................................................18 Henry Ford Medical Center. Dance Education ............................................................................................27 Comet Interactive is the official media production company of the Detroit Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus: Opera House. The Very Last Green Thing ..........................................................................29 Michigan Opera Theatre is a nonprofit cultural organization, whose activities are supported in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other individuals, corporations, Boards of Directors and Trustees .............................................................. 4 and foundations. Michigan Opera Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Welcome ............................................................................................................. 5 Michigan Opera Theatre Contributors ..................................................22 Administration and Staff .............................................................................28 General Information .....................................................................................31 Michigan Opera Theatre www.MichiganOpera.org BRAVO • Fall 2019 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020 July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 R. Jamison Williams Margaret Allesee Marianne Endicott Sara Pozzi DIRECTORS EMERITUS Chairman Pernilla Ammann Paul E. Ewing Paul Ragheb Shelly Cooper Lee Barthel Barbara Frankel Ruth Rattner Marjorie M. Fisher Wayne S. Brown Richard A. Brodie Herman Frankel Ankur Rungta Jennifer Nasser President and CEO Elizabeth Brooks Dean Friedman Terry Shea Audrey Rose Enrico Digirolamo Robert Brown Richard G. Goetz Matthew Simoncini William Sandy Chair, Finance James Ciroli John P. Hale Richard Sonenklar Richard Webb Committee Françoise Colpron Devon Hoover Lorna Thomas Joanne Danto Danialle Karmanos C. Thomas Toppin Cameron B. Duncan Julia Donovan Darlow Barbara Kratchman Jesse Venegas Treasurer Ethan Davidson Thomas M. Krikorian Ellen Hill Zeringue Kevin Dennis Alphonse S. Lucarelli Gene P. Bowen Shauna Ryder Diggs Donald Manvel Secretary Sonal Dubey Ali Moiin Michael Einheuser Peter Oleksiak BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019-2020 July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020 Kenn and Liz Allen Karen V. DiChiera Gary and Gwenn Johnson Spencer and R. Jamison and Robert and Lisa DiChiera George Johnson Myrna Partrich Karen Williams Margaret Allesee Shauna Ryder Diggs Jill Johnson Daniel and Joan Young and Sarah Allison Enrico and Ellen Kahn Margaret Pehrson Thomas L. Schellenberg Pernilla Ammann Kathleen Digirolamo Peter and Sara Pozzi Mary Lou Zieve Lourdes V. Andaya Debbie Dingell Danialle Karmanos Waltraud Prechter Ellen Hill Zeringue Harold Mitchell Arrington Mary Jane Doerr Stephanie Germack Kerzic Paul and Amy Ragheb Beverly Avadenka Dilip and Sonal Dubey Michael and John and Terry Rakolta TRUSTEES EMERITI Lee and Floy Barthel Cameron B. Duncan Barbara Kratchman Ruth F. Rattner Marcia Applebaum Mark and Caprice Baun Michael Einheuser Thomas and Roy and Maureen Roberts Agustin Arbulu Debra Bernstein-Siegel Kenneth and Deborah Krikorian Patricia H. Rodzik Marvin A. Frenkel Joseph and Barbra Bloch Frances Eisenberg Melvin A. Lester David and Preston and Mary Happel Gene P. Bowen Marianne Endicott Linda Dresner Levy and Jacqueline Roessler E. Jan and Pat Hartmann Richard and Gwen Bowlby Alex Erdeljan Edward Levy Audrey Rose Robert and Wally Klein Betty J. Bright Fern R. Espino and Mado Lie Carolyn L. 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