George Balanchine`s Jewels at Pacific Northwest Ballet_Encore Arts

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“
Laura asked if the head was down in the penchée and Suzanne responded,
‘That depends how you’re feeling that night.’ Balanchine’s intention behind
a specific step was explained. Suzanne offered, ‘Take her back like you are
reclaiming her,’ and Karel pulled Laura from the air into him.
”
Photo © Angela Sterling.
He knelt on the good knee,
still lost in an aura of adoration,
and offered his spotted left hand as
either an invitation or a testament
to his ardor. In his eyes we could
see this gesture was the end of his
story, no need for a response. And
when her arm drifted upwards
and her hand descended softly
into his, landing like a leaf, he was
more surprised than we were. His
eyes closed in a deeper satisfaction
as he placed his lips gently on
her hand.
Then Lesley Rausch, with a hint
of a blush, helped Jacques d’Amboise
up off of his knee. Big smiles and
moist eyes were everywhere.
“I added the kiss!” exclaimed
Jacques, “and Mr. Balanchine told
me to leave it in.”
Over the past two months, our
dancers have enjoyed the privilege
of working with five members
of the original cast of Jewels,
including Jacques d’Amboise,
Suzanne Farrell, Mimi Paul,
Violette Verdy, and Edward Villella.
Our friend Bob Benson is to be
thanked for making this possible by
helping to bring four out of five to
Seattle. (Laura Tisserand and Karel
Cruz flew to the Kennedy Center
in Washington, DC, to work with
Lesley Rausch in rehearsal with Jacques d’Amboise. © Lindsay Thomas.
Suzanne.) Bob attended the second
performance of Jewels in 1967 and
remembers that the ballet had yet to be given
rough edges of individuality which were
its overarching title and existed as three
lost to polish and consistency. Laura asked
separate works: Emeralds, Rubies, and
if the head was down in the penchée and
Diamonds. It was a critic who referred to the
Suzanne responded, “That depends how
three works as “the jewels” in an early review.
you’re feeling that night.” Balanchine’s
The process of working with these five
intention behind a specific step was
legends of ballet has been fascinating. Their
explained. Suzanne offered, “Take her
collective memory and generosity have
back like you are reclaiming her,” and
been tremendous. One might have expected
Karel pulled Laura from the air into him;
to uncover original steps or timings, but the
before, it had been just a lift on the count
steps were essentially the same and counts
of one. Diagonals, once flattened, were
were consistent. The discoveries lay in the
recut like the facets of a jewel. Jacques
asked us to stand still and just listen
as Tchaikovsky introduced the
heightened tension of the pas de deux.
A favorite comment from Suzanne:
“There’s no story, but that doesn’t
mean there isn’t plenty of drama.”
As I write these notes, we have
yet to receive Mimi, Violette, and
Edward into our studios, but I’ve had
the privilege of working with all three
in the past and know they will bring a
treasure chest of stories and experience
to our rehearsals. Elyse Borne has
been the glue for this staging, having
taught every step and count, and
having collated a few dozen versions
into the one we perform. Her steeltrap memory, unmatched efficiency,
and unexpected humor are always
appreciated at PNB.
We lost the greatest choreographer
of our time over thirty years ago with
the passing of George Balanchine, but
we are surrounded by those artists who
shared the studio with him, helping
to make his choreography come to
life. They bring him back through
memories that make us laugh, sigh,
and understand. Though this crowd
now hovers on either side of eighty,
they are brimming with clarity, insight,
and uncanny demonstration. They
have helped us to rediscover Jewels and
the man himself. Fauré, Stravinsky, and
Tchaikovsky were in our studios, too,
along with a whole host of characters
from a bygone era. Jacques, Suzanne, Mimi,
Violette, and Edward, thank you for sharing
and adding luster to an already brilliant
ballet. May we remember how beautifully
you have passed the torch, and may we one
day do the same.
Peter Boal
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PRINCIPALS
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Carrie Imler Carla Körbes James Moore Seth Orza Jonathan Porretta
Lesley Rausch Jerome Tisserand Laura Tisserand
SOLOISTS
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Margaret Mullin Elizabeth Murphy Sarah Ricard Orza
CORPS DE BALLET
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OFFICERS
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FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Dear Friends,
The Pacific Northwest
Ballet Board of Trustees
welcomes you back
to McCaw Hall after
a glorious Seattle
summer. I am delighted
you’re with us for the first production of
what will be a truly specular season. With
George Balanchine’s Jewels, PNB kicks off a
year-long 25th anniversary celebration of our
renowned orchestra, led by Music Director
and Principal Conductor, Emil de Cou.
Throughout the summer, our studios
have been bustling with choreographers as
well as talented Summer Course students
from around the nation. Additionally, our
Company dancers on tour drew high praise
alongside other world-famous artists at
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival and Wolf Trap
National Park for the Performing Arts.
PNB’s Annual Meeting (September 24)
ushered in a fresh leadership team, with
several new committee chairs to invigorate
our volunteer efforts. I am honored and
privileged to serve as Chairman of the Board
of Trustees with Joan Fitzmaurice as Board
President. Most importantly, Ellen Walker has
stepped into her role as PNB’s new Executive
Director. Ellen’s wealth of experience adds
depth to our organization; she is a resourceful
partner and fully committed to joining forces
on plans for PNB’s future.
I am also pleased to announce that an
anonymous donor has made a $150,000
challenge gift to inspire unrestricted annual
support this season. Such gifts are vital to
the success of the arts and are the backbone
of PNB. From now until June 30, every dollar
a donor provides to the annual fund, beyond
their previous giving level, will be matched
by this challenge gift.
With the start of the season, I would
like to express our deepest gratitude to our
Season Sponsors: ArtsFund and Microsoft
Corporation. I would also like to thank
Bob & Cynthia Benson, Peter & Peggy
Horvitz, and H. David Kaplan for their
sponsorship of Jewels, and HSBC, the Title
Sponsor of First Look Season Opening Gala,
for their generous support of this special
evening. Finally, PNB is grateful for Jewels
Supporting Sponsors: Van Cleef & Arpels
and Neiman Marcus. As Mr. Balanchine’s
inspiration for Jewels, Van Cleef & Arpels
is a longtime supporter of ballet around
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the Pacific Northwest.
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PROGRAM NOTES
Jewels
Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky,
and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
CHOREOGRAPHY: George Balanchine
© The George Balanchine Trust
STAGING: Elyse Borne
COSTUME DESIGN: Karinska
LIGHTING DESIGN: Mark Stanley
MUSIC:
PREMIERE:
April 13, 1967; New York City Ballet
June 1, 2006 (Rubies premiere:
February 3, 1988)
PNB PREMIERE:
At its New York City Ballet premiere in
1967, George Balanchine’s Jewels was
touted as the first “plotless full-length
ballet.” The story goes that Balanchine was
inspired to create the ballet after a visit to
the New York jeweler Claude Arpels of Van
Cleef and Arpels. While each of its three
ballets—Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds—
may not follow any definitive narrative,
like real gems themselves, each can be
viewed in multiple ways and from a variety
of angles. The great American dance
critic, Arlene Croce, described Jewels as
“unsurpassed as a Balanchine primer,
incorporating in a single evening every
important article of faith to which this
choreographer subscribed and a burst of
heresy, too.” Balanchine himself, in his
typical noncommittal way, stated, “Of
course, I have always liked jewels; after
all, I am an Oriental, from Georgia in the
Caucasus. I like the color of gems, the
beauty of stones, and it was wonderful to
see how our costume workshop, under
Jodie Thomas and Jonathan Porretta in Rubies, choreography by George Balanchine
© The George Balanchine Trust. © Angela Sterling.
Karinska’s direction, came so close to the
quality of real stones (which were of course
too heavy for the dancers to wear!).”
Emeralds
Gabriel Fauré (from Pelléas et
Melisande, 1898, and Shylock, 1889)
MUSIC:
Emeralds is a romantic evocation of
France. It is also Balanchine’s comment on
the French school of dancing and its rich
heritage. France is the birthplace of classical
ballet and French is its language. With a score
by Gabriel Fauré and dancers dressed in
Romantic-length tutus, Emeralds can also be
a window on the nostalgia inherent in much
late 19th-century art, with its idealized
view of the Middle Ages, chivalry, and
courtly love. The ballet features two ballerinas, roles originally choreographed for
Violette Verdy and Mimi Paul. Balanchine
considered Emeralds “an evocation of
France – the France of elegance, comfort,
dress and perfume.”
Rubies
Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for piano
and orchestra, 1929)
MUSIC:
Carla Körbes in Diamonds, choreography by
George Balanchine © The George Balanchine
Trust. © Angela Sterling.
Rubies is the central ballet of Balanchine’s
full-length Jewels, which premiered in its
entirety in 2006 at Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Choreographed for Patricia McBride and
Edward Villella, two of the most vivacious
dancers in American dance history, plus
a supporting female lead and a corps of
twelve, Rubies effuses glam wit and jazzy
chic. The saucy leading couple plays
and competes as equals, and a second,
siren-like ballerina takes on the men of
the corps de ballet, requiring all four of
them to partner her at once. Former PNB
Director of Education Jeanie Thomas wrote,
“‘Capriciousness’ [referring to the title of
Stravinsky’s score] might also be said to
characterize Balanchine’s choreography,
which is half elegant, half street-smart.
With its jutting hips, flexed feet, show biz
kicks and witty counter-rhythms, Rubies is
a many-faceted example of the exuberantly
distorted classicism that Balanchine
invented to render Stravinsky’s musical
idiom three-dimensionally.”
Diamonds
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Symphony
No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, 1875, first
movement omitted)
MUSIC:
Diamonds is George Balanchine’s homage
to his native St. Petersburg, Russia.
The ballet pays homage to Balanchine’s
youth: the grandeur of St. Petersburg,
the Maryinsky Theater, and the Imperial
Ballet, where Balanchine trained. Echoes of
Petipa’s Swan Lake and Raymonda abound.
The centerpiece of the ballet is an intimate
pas de deux, potent in its chivalrous
reserve, for the ballerina and her cavalier,
originally choreographed for Suzanne
Farrell and Jacques d’Amboise. At its end,
the entire cast joins the principal couple for
a gloriously spirited polonaise.
Notes by Doug Fullington.
Igor Stravinsky’s Capriccio for piano and
orchestra (Rubies) by arrangement with Boosey
& Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
FROM OUR SPONSOR
Dear Friends,
We are so pleased to welcome you to
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2014-2015
season-opening production of George
Balanchine’s Jewels.
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to enrich lives in the Pacific Northwest
through world-class artistry, education,
and outreach programming. HSBC views
education as the key to opportunity, and
we strive to create a culture of engagement,
loyalty, dedication to common purpose,
and a willingness to go the extra mile. These
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They drive our organization’s commitment
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On behalf of HSBC, and our team in
the Pacific Northwest, we want to thank
PNB for the excellence in performing arts it
bestows upon our community.
Enjoy the performance!
Mark A. Pittsey
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© Lindsay Thomas.
© Lindsay Thomas
Following eleven seasons as Director
of Marketing & Communications,
Ellen Walker was named PNB’s new
Executive Director, effective July 1, 2014.
Upon her appointment by the Board
of Trustees, Ms. Walker reflected, “I’m
thrilled to partner with Peter Boal and
our incredible staff, dancers, orchestra,
and Board of Trustees as PNB moves
forward. I feel enormously lucky to have
the opportunity to serve an institution
and people about which I care so deeply.”
The past two years, Ms. Walker was also
a faculty member for Seattle University’s
MFA program, where she taught arts
marketing. Prior to joining PNB, she was a
marketing and sponsorship consultant to
arts and civic organizations and managed
DANCER NEWS
On September 26, opening night of the
2014-2015 season, Artistic Director Peter
Boal was pleased to announce three
Company promotions: soloist Jerome
Tisserand was promoted to principal dancer,
corps de ballet member Leta Biasucci was
promoted soloist, and apprentice Christian
Poppe was promoted to the corps de ballet.
Mr. Boal is also pleased to announce the
Company’s new apprentice, Dylan Wald,
a graduate of PNB School’s Professional
Division and a Summer Course alumni.
Please join us in congratulating these
remarkable dancers on career milestones.
a number of projects for Seattle Center
and Seattle Center Foundation. From 1988
to 2000, she was Director of Marketing
for Seattle Children’s Theatre. Ms.
Walker is a native of Seattle, Washington
with degrees from the University of
Washington and Trinity College, Dublin.
PNB is also pleased to announce
its new Director of Marketing &
Communications, Lia Chiarelli,
who has served the past ten years as
Associate Director of Marketing &
Communications. Ms. Chiarelli earned
her degree from the University of
Washington and worked previously as a
marketing and social media consultant
and in PNB’s Development department.
TOURING
Hello (PNB) Baby!
This summer, two of the Company’s
treasured ballerinas took on their biggest
role yet: new mom. On July 9, principal
dancer Maria Chapman and husband
Brendan Kennedy welcomed a new baby
girl. Born at home, Eleanor Cavendish
Kennedy weighed 7 pounds and was
20 ¾ inches long.
Soloist Kylee Kitchens and husband Steven
Ruane became the proud new parents of
Simon David Ruane on August 28. Baby
Simon weighed 7 pounds and was 20¼ inches.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival:
August 6-9, 2014
This August, Company dancers and staff
members returned to the renowned
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket,
Massachusetts, for performances of
David Dawson’s A Million Kisses to my
Skin, Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement,
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Before After,
Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE...More or Less,
and Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness.
The Boston Globe praised, “Distinguished
by the high quality of its dancers—
Left: Maria Chapman with baby Eleanor. © Lindsay Thomas.
Above: Simon David Ruane. © Kylee Kitchens.
formidable performers—the group
boasts a wide-ranging repertoire that
includes full-length classics alongside
contemporary ballets.”
Wolf Trap National Park for the
Performing Arts: August 27, 2014
Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers traveled
to Vienna, Virginia, to perform former
PNB dancer Andrew Bartee’s Dirty Goods,
which included a video montage filmed
on location in Olympic National Park.
A program of contemporary ballet, indie
rock, and film, the work was commissioned
by Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing
Arts as a Face of America™ production.
The Joyce Theater, New York
City: October 8-12, 2014
PNB will return to the Joyce Theater with a
program featuring the New York premieres
of works by Christopher Wheeldon and
Alejandro Cerrudo. Wheeldon’s Tide
Harmonic for four couples had its world
premiere in Seattle on May 31, 2013.
Cerrudo’s Memory Glow, a Joyce commission
and the first piece by the choreographer
for PNB, premiered last season on March’s
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE mixed bill. The
tour will also feature a preview of Justin
Peck’s Debonair, which will have its world
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PNB SCHOOL NEWS
Just like the swallows to Capistrano,
hundreds of young dancers flock to Seattle
at the same time every year for PNB
School’s acclaimed Summer Course. From
July 7-August 8, outstanding ballet students
from across the country (and around the
globe) attended PNBS’s highly selective
and competitive intensive at Phelps Center,
PNB’s state-of-the-art studios at Seattle
Center. This summer, 241 students ages
12-18 came from 33 states and five other
countries. Training includes 14-17 classes
per week, Monday through Saturday, and
curriculum includes ballet technique,
pointe, variations, repertory, and pas de
deux, as well as modern, jazz, character,
Flamenco dance, and Pilates mat classes.
Students also attend seminars on nutrition,
music, choreography, foot health, stress and
time management, injury prevention, and
stage make-up. The stellar Summer Course
faculty includes the School’s regular faculty
along with several guest instructors and
seminar speakers.
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“The playing of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra…remains the finest of
any American ballet troupe.” — Alastair Macaulay (The New York Times, June 11, 2014)
The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. © Rodger Burnett
Although the mighty PNB Orchestra celebrates its 25th
anniversary on November 7 of this year, Pacific Northwest Ballet
has demonstrated a dedication to live orchestral accompaniment
since its inception as Pacific Northwest Dance in 1972.
Early programs, including PND’s first Nutcracker, credit the
Pacific Northwest Dance Orchestra. For most of the early performances, ballet programs noted either that the orchestra was
composed of members of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra or that
the orchestra consisted of SSO members and members of the
Musicians’ Association of Seattle.
During this time, PNB participated in a tri-partite agreement
with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Opera; the
musicians were members of the Musicians’ Union, Local 76.
PNB was not completely satisfied with its participation in the
agreement and throughout the 1980s pursued ways to separate
itself from it.
In 1988, the musicians affiliated with the International Guild of
Symphony, Opera, and Ballet Musicians. Around that same time,
PNB took steps to establish its own orchestra totally independent
from the Seattle Symphony and negotiated on its own with the
Guild. As PNB President and CEO Arthur Jacobus described,
PNB signed a three-year contract with Guild musicians on
November 7, 1989, “to form an orchestra of 49 musicians to play
for all Ballet performances.” (Nutcracker program, December 1989)
Jacobus continued:
“While the use of the Seattle Symphony musicians over
nearly the past two decades has played a significant role in
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s development, the availability of
a single orchestra to three grown and successful organizations has become increasingly tight. This is a positive move
for everybody. It gives the Symphony and Opera more access
to their orchestra, and it gives the players a more reasonable
performance and rehearsal schedule.
What it does for Pacific Northwest Ballet is to provide
a consistent orchestra for all of our performances—an
ensemble of excellent musicians who are dedicated to
performing for the ballet.”
Twenty-five years on, the PNB Orchestra has expanded to a
roster of 57 musicians, of which 10 are founding members. Its legacy
as a standard-bearer for ballet orchestras nationwide is a gift to PNB
dancers and audiences alike.
For more information on PNB Orchestra’s 25th anniversary,
please visit our exhibit in the McCaw Hall lobby.
By Kristen Ramer Liang.
Special thanks to Sheila Dietrich.
PNB ORCHESTRA
From PNB Founding Artistic Directors
Francia Russell and Kent Stowell:
Violin 1
Michael Jinsoo Lim,
Concertmaster
Brittany Boulding, Associate
Concertmaster
Lynn Bartlett-Johnson
Natasha Bazhanov
Stephen Daniels
Tom Dziekonski*
Ella Marie Gray*
Peter Krysa
Rebecca Lowe*
Christine Olason*
Violin 2
Ingrid Fredrickson*, Principal
Bryan Boughton, Assistant
Principal
William Boyd*
Anne Cady*
Adrianna Hulscher
Rita Lee
Laurel Wells
Kim Zabelle
Kent Stowell and the PNB Orchestra. © Kurt Smith.
“The music is of paramount importance. Because a
ballet company presents new works all the time, it
is possible to offer a more varied musical menu than
most symphony orchestras...we like to think of our
performances as concerts as well as dance events.
“Stewart Kershaw, music director and friend of
many, many years, has shaped an orchestra that
we believe is supreme in the dance world, certainly
now surpassing any other ballet orchestra in this
country. Allan Dameron, conductor and pianist, is the
consummate musician and enthusiastic collaborator.
Whether on the podium or at the piano Allan finds
joy in every note.
“We are especially proud of the rapport between
the musicians and the rest of the Company…we are
even more proud of the superb quality of the PNB
Orchestra…it is obvious that our perceptive audiences
understand just how fortunate we are to have these
fine artists in the orchestra pit. Over the years we
have developed very real bonds with the members of
our orchestra. We thank them for their hard work, we
thank them for their loyal support, and, above all, we
thank them for the thrill of their performance.”
ArtsLine, March 1986; Encore, April /June, 2005.
Viola
Scott Ligocki, Principal
Betty Agent*, Assistant
Principal
Tim Christie
Joyce Ramée*
Laura Renz
Eileen Swanson*
Cello
Page Smith*, Principal
Virginia Dziekonski*, Assistant
Principal
Meg Brennand
Andrea Chandler
Charles Jacot
Brian Wharton
Bass
Todd Larsen, Principal
Stephen Schermer, Assistant
Principal
Maurice Clubb
Ben Musa
Flute
Karla Flygare*, Principal
Laura Werner
Oboe
Tad Margelli*
English Horn
Tad Margelli
Clarinet
Jennifer Nelson, Principal
Denise Lum
Bass Clarinet/E-flat
Denise Lum
Bassoon
Mona Butler*, Principal
Dana Jackson
Horn
Rodger Burnett*, Principal
Danielle Lemieux
Richard Reed*
Ryan Stewart
Trumpet
Richard Werner*
Trombone
Mark Williams*, Principal
Kay Nichols*
Bass Trombone
Douglas Nierman*
Tuba
Ryan Schultz, Principal
Tympani
Phillip Hanson*, Principal
Percussion
Matthew Kocmieroski*,
Principal
Gunnar Folsom
Harp
John Carrington, Principal
Keyboard
Allan Dameron
Anastasiya Popova-Kirov
Christina Siemens
Personnel Manager
Rodger Burnett
Music Librarian
Mona Butler
Piccolo
Laura Werner
*Founding members of PNB Orchestra (1989).
Revolving members of the string sections are listed alphabetically.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians
represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization.
Sherman Clay & Co. is the official purveyor of pianos for PNB.
For more PNB Orchestra information and photos, please
visit our exhibit case in the Kreielsheimer Promenade Lobby.
Steinway & Sons is the official piano of PNB.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
George Balanchine
Karinska
Elyse Borne
Choreographer, Jewels
Costume Designer, Jewels
Stager, Jewels
Born in St.
Petersburg, Russia,
George Balanchine
(1904-1983) is
regarded as the
foremost contemporary choreographer
in the world of ballet.
He came to the
United States in late 1933, at the age of 29,
accepting the invitation of the young
American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein
(1907-96), whose great passions included
the dream of creating a ballet company in
America. At Balanchine’s behest, the School
of American Ballet was founded in 1934,
the first product of the Balanchine-Kirstein
collaboration. Several ballet companies
directed by the two were created and
dissolved in the years that followed, while
Balanchine found other outlets for his
choreography. Eventually, with a performance
on October 11, 1948, the New York City
Ballet was born. Balanchine served as its
ballet master and principal choreographer
from 1948 until his death in 1983.
Balanchine’s more than 400 dance works
include Serenade (1934), Concerto Barocco
(1941), Le Palais de Cristal, later renamed
Symphony in C (1947), Orpheus (1948), The
Nutcracker (1954), Agon (1957), Symphony
in Three Movements (1972), Stravinsky Violin
Concerto (1972), Vienna Waltzes (1977),
Ballo della Regina (1978), and Mozartiana
(1981). His final ballet, a new version of
Stravinsky’s Variations for Orchestra , was
created in 1982. He also choreographed
for films, operas, revues, and musicals.
Among his best-known dances for the stage
is Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, originally
created for Broadway’s On Your Toes (1936).
The musical was later made into a movie.
A major artistic figure of the twentieth
century, Balanchine revolutionized the look
of classical ballet. Taking classicism as his
base, he heightened, quickened, expanded,
streamlined, and even inverted the fundamentals of the 400-year-old language of
academic dance. This had an inestimable
influence on the growth of dance in
America. Although at first his style seemed
particularly suited to the energy and speed
of American dancers, especially those he
trained, his ballets are now performed by
all the major classical ballet companies
throughout the world.
Barbara Karinska
was one of the great
dance costumers of
the twentieth
century. Her fiftyyear career cannot
be separated from
that of her principal
collaborator, choreographer George Balanchine, who said of
her, “There is Shakespeare for literature
and Madame Karinska for costumes.” She
designed costumes for more than seventyfive of his ballets, and was the first costumer
ever to win the Capezio Dance Award, for
costumes “of visual beauty for the spectator
and complete delight for the dancer.”
Karinska was born in the Ukraine in
1886, and she fled the Bolsheviks and
Russia forever in 1924 with the family
jewels stitched inside her daughter’s hat and
muff. She first designed for Balanchine in
1932 for the Ballets Russes, and though her
most remarkable achievement is the 9,000
costume collection she made for New York
City Ballet, she inspired design throughout
the performing arts—from musicals and
dramas on Broadway to ice shows, cabarets,
and burlesque revues. Karinska costumed
top Hollywood stars in eleven movies of the
1940s and ‘50s, and she won the first Oscar
given for costume design for “Joan of Arc,”
starring Ingrid Bergman.
Karinska designed a tutu that wholly
changed the look of Balanchine ballets and
dancers. The “powder-puff ” tutu was the
answer to Balanchine’s search for a more
flattering tutu than the flat nineteenthcentury “pancake” style. Karinska shortened
the tutu to expose more leg, layered the
skirt so it would fall softly on the hips and
have a lively bounce, and cut the bodice
panels on the bias for a corseted look that
would allow the dancer to breathe.
“To the New York City Ballet, I gave my
heart,” said Karinska. She took her farewell
bow in New York City at age 92, dressed in a
glorious swirl of Parisian satin that adorned
the stage in Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes.
At her death, in 1983, she left behind a legacy
of thousands upon thousands of costumes
and an unprecedented union of choreography and design.
Elyse Borne began
dance training in her
native Los Angeles
and finished at the
School of American
Ballet in New York
as a recipient of a
Ford Foundation
scholarship. She was
invited to join New York City Ballet, where
she danced for thirteen and a half years,
rising to the rank of soloist in 1983. Her
principal Balanchine roles include
The Nutcracker (sharing a debut with
Mikhail Baryshnikov), Vienna Waltzes,
Apollo, Harlequinade, Tchaikovsky Suite
#3, Divertimento No. 15, Symphony in C,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Union Jack,
and Emeralds. She also made several
television appearances in “Dance in
America” and “Live from Lincoln Center.”
She traveled nationally and internationally
with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Peter Martins,
Suzanne Farrell, Jean Pierre Bonnefous,
Patricia McBride, and Edward Villella.
In 1986, she became the principal
ballet mistress for Miami City Ballet, and
in 1994, she began devoting herself full
time to staging ballets for the George
Balanchine Trust and teaching. She has
staged more than 30 ballets for Miami
City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pennsylvania
Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Singapore Dance
Theatre, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Central
Ballet of China, Alberta Ballet, Kirov Ballet,
Dutch National Ballet, South African Ballet
Theatre, Ballet West, Norwegian National
Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, and San
Francisco Ballet, among others. Borne has
also taught and coached at Royal Swedish
Ballet and was a ballet mistress with San
Francisco Ballet from 1997 to 2002.
Copyright © 2002 The George Balanchine
Foundation. Reprinted by permission.
Mark Stanley
Lighting Designer, Jewels
Mark Stanley is currently the Resident
Lighting Designer for the New York City
Ballet where he has designed over 150
premiers for their repertory including
works for Peter Martins, Christopher
Wheeldon, Susan Stroman, Christopher
D’Amboise, Kevin O’Day, William Forsythe,
Ulysses Dove, and others. In addition, he
has designed for Susan Marshall, David
Gordon, Doug Varone, Tim Rushton,
Nicolo Fonte, Lynn Taylor-Corbett,
Continued on page 16
SOLEDAD
BARRIO &
NOCHE
FLAMENCA
“There has been no company I have been
so glad to discover as Noche Flamenca and,
above all, its lead dancer, Soledad Barrio.
I can think of no current ballet star
in the world as marvelous as she.
—Alastair Macaulay,
The New York Times
OCT 23-25
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
PNB ARTISTIC STAFF
Continued from page 14
Peter Boal
Allan Dameron
Artistic Director of Pacific
Northwest Ballet and
Director of PNB School
Company Pianist/Conductor
Maurico Weinrott, Lar Lubovitch, Laura
Dean, and ballet companies across Europe
and the USA. Mr. Stanley previously served
as Resident Designer for the New York City
Opera, lighting over 20 new productions
for the resident and touring companies.
He continues to design opera for numerous
regional companies. He has designed plays
for The Kennedy Center, The Huntington
Theatre Co., Long Wharf, The Ordway,
Goodspeed, and many Off-Broadway
companies. His designs have been seen
nationally on PBS for “Live from Lincoln
Center” and “Great Performances”. Mr.
Stanley is Associate Professor of Lighting
at The School of Theatre, Boston University
and is the author of The Color of Light
Workbook. Mark received his Master
of Fine Arts in lighting design from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1981.
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These performances of George
Balanchine’s Jewels, a Balanchine
Ballet®, are presented by arrangement
with The George Balanchine Trust and
have been provided in accordance
with the Balanchine Style® and
Balanchine Technique® service
standards established and provided
by The Trust.
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Peter Boal assumed
artistic directorship of
Pacific Northwest Ballet
and PNB School in 2005
following a 22-year
career as a dancer with
New York City Ballet.
In addition to working
with George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins,
and Peter Martins, Mr. Boal originated roles
in over 30 new works. He received his
training at the School of American Ballet,
joined New York City Ballet in 1983, and
was promoted to principal dancer in 1989.
From 1997 to 2005, he was a full-time
faculty member at SAB. In 2004 he founded
Peter Boal and Company, a critically
acclaimed chamber ensemble. In 1996 Mr.
Boal received the Dance Magazine Award,
and in 2000 he received a New York Dance
and Performance Award.
Emil de Cou
Music Director/Principal Conductor
Emil de Cou has been
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s
Music Director and
Principal Conductor
since 2011. Previously, he
was associate conductor
of the National
Symphony Orchestra
and 2014 will mark his 10th season as
conductor of the NSO performances at Wolf
Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
Mr. de Cou debuted at Carnegie Hall as guest
conductor for the New York Pops, and has
also conducted the orchestras of Phila
delphia, Chicago, Houston, Saint Louis,
Detroit, Montreal, and Boston Pops, among
others. He was Principal Pops Conductor for
the San Francisco Symphony and also serves
musical consultant for NASA. In 1985,
Mikhail Baryshnikov hired Mr. de Cou to
conduct American Ballet Theatre and in
1994, he joined the staff of San Francisco
Ballet. Other ballet companies he has
conducted include New York City Ballet,
National Ballet of Canada, Netherlands
Dance Theatre, and Hong Kong Ballet. Mr. de
Cou was born in Los Angeles and studied at
the University of Southern California. He was
the subject of a documentary on National
Public Radio and was chosen from 200
candidates to study in Leonard Bernstein’s
master class at the Hollywood Bowl.
A native of Greensboro,
North Carolina, Allan
Dameron graduated
from North Carolina
School of the Arts and
studied conducting at
the Pierre Monteux
School in Maine. Mr.
Dameron has been Music Director and
Conductor for Chicago City Ballet and
Assistant Conductor at Chicago Lyric Opera.
Prior to joining PNB he was a chamber music
professor at Northern Illinois University. As a
chamber music pianist, Mr. Dameron has
been a guest artist with the Vermeer and
Audubon Quartets and is a member of Ariel
Trio. Mr. Dameron performs piano solo work
for PNB ballets, including Dual Lish, Duo
Concertant, Für Alina, and Rubies.
Norbert Herriges
Technical Director
Norbert Herriges began
working in Seattle
theater after receiving
his degree in Theatre
Arts at Southern
Oregon State College in
Ashland, Oregon. In
1984, he started at ACT
as a scenic builder and in 1991 moved to
Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he worked
for fifteen years as a shop carpenter and
later as Scenic Coordinator. In the course
of his 28-year career in local theater, Mr.
Herriges worked backstage for PNB in
various capacities. He was appointed
Interim Technical Director for PNB in
February 2011 and assumed the position
of Technical Director in July of 2011.
Mr. Herriges oversees and coordinates all
technical aspects of PNB’s productions,
assisted by an exceptional staff of stage
technicians and managers.
Randall G. Chiarelli
Resident Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Randall G. Chiarelli has
served as PNB’s lighting
designer since 1979.
During that time he
worked with
choreographers such as
Donald Byrd, Lucinda
Childs, Mark Dendy,
Glen Tetley, Helgi Tomasson, Rudi van
R
Dantzig, and Christopher Wheeldon. A
prime collaborator with founding artistic
directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell,
Mr. Chiarelli designed the lighting for the
majority of Mr. Stowell’s work and
re-created the lighting for the Company’s
entire Balanchine repertory with Ms.
Russell. His scenery credits for PNB include
Carmen, Divertimento #15, Slaughter on
Tenth Avenue, and La Sonnambula. Mr.
Chiarelli currently serves as set and lighting
designer for Spectrum Dance Theater in
Seattle. Mr. Chiarelli is a graduate of the
University of Washington with degrees in
painting and sculpture.
Larae Theige Hascall
Costume Shop Manager
Born in Spokane,
Washington, Larae
Hascall joined PNB in
1983 and became
Costume Shop Manager
in 1987. She supervises
both Costume Shop
and Wardrobe in the
creation, alteration, and maintenance of
all costumes worn in PNB productions.
She is also supervisor for specialty makeup
and wigs. Ms. Hascall has been the primary
collaborator for costumes created by such
renowned designers as Theoni V. Aldredge
(Carmina Burana), Martin Pakledinaz
(Cinderella, A Midsummer Night’s Dream),
Paul Tazewell (Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake),
and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia).
Otto Neubert
Ballet Master
Otto Neubert has been
PNB’s Ballet Master
since 1991. Born in
Munich, Germany,
Mr. Neubert received
his training with Alex
Ursuliak, the Stuttgart
Ballet School, the
School of American Ballet, and with Marika
Besobrasova in Monte Carlo. He danced as
a soloist with New York City Ballet and at
Stuttgart Ballet. Mr. Neubert assists the
Artistic Director in teaching and rehearsing
the Company, and rehearses PNB School
students in their roles for Nutcracker and
other productions. He has performed as a
guest artist in The Sleeping Beauty, Don
Quixote, Swan Lake, and Prodigal Son.
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 Nutcracker and other PNB
productions.
Paul Gibson
Ballet Master
Paul Gibson was
appointed a PNB
Ballet Master in
2005. Mr. Gibson
joined PNB in 1994
and was promoted
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 the
scheduling the Company and rehearsing
PNB School students in their roles for
Company productions.
Mina Miller Artistic Director
MOR’s Seventeenth Season
Daring
&
Provocative!
sunday, nov. 9, 2014 (4:00 pm)
Transfigured
Night
world premiere
New dances by Spectrum Dance
Theater’s acclaimed choreographer
Donald Byrd evoke the mystical and
mysterious in Arnold Schoenberg’s
early Romantic masterpiece
Verklaerte Nacht. Plus music by Dutch
composers under Nazi occupation,
and songs and satire from Terezin.
Ticket Cost: $30 - $40
206.365.7770
www.musicofremembrance.org
illsley ball nordstrom recital hall,
benaroya hall
dancers photo:
leo santiago
design:
patrick clark design
encoreartsseattle.com
MOR 080814
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RÉVÉRENCE SOCIETY
The Révérence Society was established to honor those
who remember Pacific Northwest Ballet in their longrange financial and estate plans–ensuring the artistic
and financial strength of PNB for future generations.
Estate gifts come in all sizes and include gifts through
wills, living trusts and beneficiary designations on
retirement plan accounts, and life insurance policies;
other deferred gifts such as charitable gift annuities
and charitable remainder trusts provide lifetime
income. If you would like more information on how
to join the Révérence Society and begin receiving
special behind-the-scenes benefits or how to
include PNB in your estate plans, please contact
Carolyn Radakovich, Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Officer at 206.441.3589 or CRadakovich@pnb.org,
or visit www.pnb.org/support/plannedgiving.
David Akiyama
Sena Baron
Patty & Jimmy Barrier
Hallock W. Beals
Carl & Renee Behnke
Sharon A. Bidwell
Elisabeth Bottler
John H. Bowen
Mr. Robert Braun
Susan Brotman
Lorna Brown
Carol A. Burch
Diane Burgess
Daniel Burkert
Sally S. Cahill Brookbank
Dorrienne Chinn
Ferrell Nathan Conn
Gail A. Cottle
Tavia Crowder
Michael W. Dabney
Rita Daubenspeck
Tatiana Davidson
John Delo
Sheila C. Dietrich
William J.* &
Sandra B. Dunn
Mrs. Patty Edwards
Jim & Ann Elias
E.R.H.
Thomas & Jane Fadden
Russell & Nancy Fosmire
Robin F. Gainey
Deborah Gates
Natalie Gendler
Inger A. Goranson
Mrs. James S. Griffin
Mr. & Mrs. James M.
Halverson
Aya Hamilton
Jan Harper
Cathi & Ken Hatch
Ms. Amy J. Haugerud
Joann Haugerud
W. Daniel Heidt &
Michele B. Heidt
Klaus & Joaquenia
Heinrich
Paula Hopping
Peter Horvitz
Roy L. Hughes
John E. Iverson
Tom & Gail James
Barbara A. Johnston
H. David Kaplan
Nancy N. Keefe
April & Steven Kieburtz
Ken & Claudia Kilbreath
Debby Kim
Rocke R. Koreis &
Candy J. Lee
Edith Kraemer
Betty Kreager
Frances J. Kwapil
Joan T. Lasersohn
Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay
Leslie* & David Mattson
Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel
McConnell
Edward McGuirk
Kathryn McPherson
Roon
David Michaud
Curt & Mary Mikkelsen
Roger F. Miller
Paul M. Mockett
Dr. Armin &
Beverly Mohr
Ann D. Molitor
Lisa & Jonathan Morris
Phyllis Moss
Carol & Paul Neiman
Marywilde Nelson
Judy & Arnie Ness
Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.
Ms. Margaret Ordornia
Mr. & Mrs. Richard
Parsell
William & Carol Parsons
Richard & Jean Patton
Tony Sepanski & Ann
Logan Phillips
Jean E. Phillips
Judith Cushman Quick &
Bob Quick
Richard C. Redman
Ms. Christina Rich
Mimi Richards
Lynn Ries
Royce & Maura Roberts
Ann Lyda Rogers
Mary K. Rogers
Dr. H. Martin Rosa
Cornelius & Penny Rosse
JoAnne Hardt Rudo
John Rudolf
Michael Ann Sagin
Sam Sebesta
John F. & Julia P. Shaw
Mr. & Mrs. Michael
Sheetz
John & Melba Short
Sue Ann Smith
W. Dyanne Stepanek
Dr. Michael &
Peggy Swistak
Wayne Thurman
Dr. Darlene A. Townsend
Beni Turan
Nicholas Utzinger &
John Rochford
Elaine Vona
Deidra Wager
Mr. Mike Waters
Cathy & Ross Wiggins
Mr. John C. Wilson, Jr.
Evelyn Zabo
Anonymous (4)
Are You Up for a
Challenge?
Company dancers in Don Quixote. © Angela Sterling.
D
id you know that
contributions from our donors make
up over 32% of Pacific Northwest
Ballet’s annual operating budget?
The ability to offer our audiences
the high level of artistic excellence
that has become synonymous with
PNB hinges on the generosity of our
donors. By making a contribution of
any size to PNB, you make a direct
impact on the art you see on stage,
the creative experience we share
through our collection of outreach
programs serving over 22,000
students and adults, and the acclaim
we garner internationally.
Understanding the annual fund’s
critically important role to PNB’s
continued success, an anonymous
donor has recently stepped forward
with a pledge of $150,000 as a
challenge to increase annual fund
gifts to the ballet. Thanks to
their generosity, every dollar
you contribute over and above
what you gave last year will be
matched—dollar for dollar.
Are you up for the challenge?
Renew your support with an increased
gift to the Annual Fund and, by doing
so, increase the impact of your gift and
join a community of donors who enjoy
Every dollar you contribute
over and above what
you gave last year will be
matched—dollar for dollar.
an array of exciting opportunities to
come behind the curtain and see more
of the art form you love.
Giving is simple. Donate online
at www.pnb.org/members, by phone
at 206.441.3593, or by mail, sending
checks to 301 Mercer Street, Seattle,
WA 98109 ATTN: Annual Fund
Challenge.
Thank you for your continued
dedication and support of the Pacific
Northwest Ballet. Here’s to the start of
another great season!
PNB’S NEW WORKS SUPPORTERS
Company dancers in Emergence. © Angela Sterling.
PNB’s New Works Initiative provides a flexible
environment to create new works, develop dancers
through performances, and fashion a repertory
both firmly rooted in tradition and committed to
the evolution of the artistic medium. New works
contribute to the advancement of the art form,
while presenting PNB’s audiences with a wide
range of dance to bolster a strong appreciation of
the versatility of ballet and a true understanding of
various choreographers’ bodies of work. PNB would
like to thank the following individuals and organizations that have supported the New Works Initiative
with a gift of $500 or more over the past year.
Gail Goralski
Stacy & Frank Graves
Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron
Mrs. James S. Griffin
Susan & Bill Grinstein
Maria C. Gunn
David & Cheryl Hadley
Aya Stark Hamilton
Coral Hanevold & William Harleston
Ross Hartling, MD & Johnese Spisso
W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hendrick
Kalen & Sean Holmes
Susanne F. Hubbach
Roy L. Hughes
Dr. Craig Jackson and Mrs. Joyce Jackson
Tom & Gail James
Ned & Pam Johnson
Sara A. Jones
Jim & Diana Judson
Gilla Kaplan
H. David Kaplan
Glenn Kawasaki
April & Steven Kieburtz
Kyle & Wendy Kizzier
Lisa Kroese
Ms. Jeanne Kuban
Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson
Mr. Elbert Lubas
Helene Mawyer
Jolene McCaw and Family
Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel McConnell
Frederick McDonald
Mr. & Mrs. John & Mitzi Morris
Misty Moseley
Carol & Paul Neiman
Marywilde Nelson
Alida & Douglas Oles
Stewart & Barbara Pearson
Michele & Steve Pesner
Ms. Christina Rich
Mimi Richards
Barbara Ries
Michael & Paula Righi
Mary Ann Sage
Phil & Lesli Schlaepfer
John & Melba Short
Ms. Margaret Smith
Mel & Leena Sturman
Dr. Michael & Peggy Swistak
Ms. Christina Tanner
Ms. Amy Theobald
Jennifer Thompson
Bonnie Towne
Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford
Tom & Connie Walsh
Toby & Linda Warson
Cathy & Ross Wiggins
Ms. Jodi Wong
Barbara & Charles B. Wright, III
Carol Wright
Leslie & Tachi Yamada
Anonymous (2)
*deceased
Itamar & Christine Abrass
Chap & Eve Alvord
Dr. & Mrs. Ellsworth* C. Alvord, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aspiri
Bill Aubuchon
Mrs. Eleanor Barnhill
Dan & Pam Baty
Ms. Courtney Bear
Carl & Renee Behnke
Ms. Pamela Bendich
Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans
Lyndall Boal
Marcia & Les Books
Jeffrey & Susan Brotman
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth A. Brown Jr.
Ernest & Diane Burgess
Ms. Corinne A. Campbell
Ms. Arlene Carpenter
Kent & Barbara Chaplin
Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod
Alex & Norma Cugini
Colonel & Mrs. Dennis M. Cunneen
Michael W. Dabney
John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes
Mr. & Mrs. John Demakas
Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Dor
Patty Edwards
William O. & Carole Ellison Foundation
Jerald E. Farley
Joan Fitzmaurice
Mrs. Priscilla A. Fortiner
Fowler Martin & Barbara Warren
Dr. Joerg Gablonsky
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET STAFF
|
Kent Stowell & Francia Russell, Founding Artistic Directors
|
Ellen Walker, Executive Director
ARTISTIC STAFF
OPERATIONS
FACULTY
Otto Neubert, Ballet Master
Anne Dabrowski, Ballet Master
Paul Gibson, Ballet Master
Doug Fullington, Assistant to the Artistic Director
Emil de Cou, Music Director/Principal Conductor
Allan Dameron, Company Pianist/Conductor
Rodger Burnett, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Christina Siemens, Anastasiya Popova-Kirov,
Company Pianists
Stephen Barnes, Yelena Golets, Jeff Junkinsmith,
Randall Plut, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton,
Rob Vienneau, Don Vollema, Annastasia Workman,
Class Pianists
Mona Butler, Orchestra Librarian
Jon Blake, Birgit Hansen, Librarians
Sheila Dietrich, Archivist
Lauren Kirchner, Student Cast, Parent Volunteer &
DanceChance Coordinator
Serni Reeves, Office Manager
Brian Zenk, Maintenance Supervisor
Cheryl Gunder, Receptionist
Diane Sardeson, Saturday Receptionist
Marisa Albee, Peter Boal, Nancy Crowley, Dana
Hanson, Dane Holman, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Meg
Potter, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson
PRODUCTION
Norbert Herriges, Technical Director
Sandra Barrack, Production Stage Manager
Liz Willett, Assistant Stage Manager
Randall G. Chiarelli, Resident Lighting Designer
Murray Johnson, Master Carpenter
Dante Leonardi, Master Electrician
Jeffrey Stebbins, Master of Properties
Alan Hiskey, Flyman
Peter Gantt, Shop Carpenter
Howard Neslen, Tim Casey, Assistant Carpenters
Jonathan Hackett, Production Electrician
Reed Nakayama, Assistant Electrician
Jay Gosselin, Kevin Krist, Properties Assistants
Jan Harvey-Smith, Master Scenic Artist
Charlene Hall, Scene Design Associate
Scott Bennett, Ruth Gilmore, Jennifer Law,
Kelly Staton, Scenic Artists
Jeff Doll, Lighting Technician
Toby Basiliko, Sound
Jim Austin, Chris Balducci, Follow Spot
Jack Taylor, Videographer
COSTUME SHOP STAFF
Larae Theige Hascall, Costume Shop Manager
Sherri J. Thompson, Wardrobe Mistress
Barbara Pritchard, Assistant Wardrobe Mistress
Robin Emerson, Costume Shop Assistant
Victoria McFall, Mark Zappone, Drapers
Lisa Peterson, Luna Pham, Pauline Smith, First Hands
Patrick Stovall, Wardrobe Assistant
Terry Frank, Millinery/Crafts
Wendy Oberlin, Dyer/Painter
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Ellen Walker, Executive Director
Terrie Flaming, Director of Human Resources
Craig Big Eagle, IT Manager
Jason Darland, Desktop Support
FINANCE
David Thorpe, Chief Financial Officer
Karen Portzer, Accounting Analyst
Kaleriya Maslyak, Accounting/Payroll Associate
COMPANY MANAGEMENT & TOURING
Michael Ann Mullikin, Company Manager
DEVELOPMENT
Katherine Cardinal, Director
Lilah Helton, Associate Director
Carolyn Radakovich, Major Gifts & Planned Giving
Manager
Geri Morris, Annual Fund Manager
Erin Hulme, Corporate Relations Manager
Suzanne Erickson, Foundation &
Govt. Relations Manager
Paula Wilkinson, Special Events Manager
Matthew Echert, Research Manager
Carrie Mood, Individual Giving Associate &
Board Liaison
Erin Richmond, Development Coordinator
Yelena Brandman, Donor Information Coordinator
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Lia Chiarelli, Director
Josh TerAvest, Associate Director
Gary Tucker, Media Relations Manager
Marsha Bennion, Publications Manager
Jamon Siefert, Webmaster/Digital Media Specialist
Lindsay Thomas, Videographer
Doug Fullington, Education Programs Manager
Kayti Bouljon, Community Programs Manager
Shannon Barnes, Community Programs Coordinator
Ana Maria Campoy, Community Programs Assistant
Suzanne Singla, Rochelle Rapaszky, Lauren Kirchner,
Ann Marie Caldwell, Ellen Cooper, Adriana
Hernandez, Community Programs Teaching Artists
Adam Kessler, Becca Baggenstoss, Jeremy Jones,
Morgan Gilkeson, Daniel Zwelling, Community
Programs Accompanists
Jennifer Maier, Senior Manager of Ticket Operations
John Tangeman, Manager of Audience Services
Megan Weigley, Customer Service Manager
Julie Jamieson, Group Sales
Elizabeth Belyea, Andy Frank, Max Frauel,
Comfort Olagunju, Customer Service Representatives
Shaliese Rogers, Telesales Campaign Manager
Kate Farwell, Manager of Amusements
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOL
Peter Boal, Director
Denise Bolstad, Administrative Director
Abbie Siegel, School Principal
Olivia Ruggieri, School Supervisor
Meg Potter, Assistant Principal
Marjorie Thompson, Assistant Principal
Wendy Casper, Assistant to the Administrative
Director
Teri McCarthy-Greene, Registrar
Jennifer McLain, DanceChance Manager
David Jensen, Summer Residence Director
Benjamin Benne, Assistant Registrar
Zach Lombardo, FRC Operations Coordinator
Elizabeth Belyea, Bria Best, Barbara Nakatani,
Bethany Pruitt, Administrative Assistants
Megan Becker, Kelly Boal, Kayti Bouljon,
Michele Curtis, Juanita Franke, Susan Gorter,
Iyun Harrison, Benjamin Houk, Deborah Kenner,
Caitlin Cooney Mack, Miriam Landis, Sara de Luis,
Dina McDermott, William Miglino, Adam Miller,
Kaori Nakamura, Suzanne Singla, Eva Stone,
Julie Tobiason, Le Yin
PNB Company dancers, Guest Faculty
ACCOMPANISTS
Don Vollema, Music Staff Coordinator
Kofi Anang, Stephen Barnes, John Boatner,
Sheila Bristow, Carol Buschmann, David Clodfelter,
David Close, Rob Cook, Tatyana Dadayeva,
Yelena Golets, Irv Huck, Nathan Jensen,
Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Adam Kessler,
Avi Lasser, Susan Paton, Genevieve Peaslee, Randall
Plut, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton, Rob
Vienneau, Anastasia Workmann
PNBCONDITIONING STAFF
Marjorie Thompson, PNBConditioning
Program Director
Carol Elsner, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott,
Uraina Nagy, Kayoko Price, Suzanne Singla,
Tara Stepenberg, Teresa Hanawalt
THERAPY
Steven Anderson, MD, Pierce E. Scranton Jr., MD,
Consulting Physicians
Boyd Bender, Physical Therapist
Christopher Kagen, Ellie Pierce, Massage Therapists
Seattle Gym, Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers
& Staff
SCHOOL CONSULTANTS
Toby Diamond, Ph.D., Psychologist
Peggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D., Nutritionist
Alan Woodle, D.P.M., Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle
Specialist
Henry Lu, Physical Therapist
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Perkins Coie, Employment Law
Amy M. Royalty, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless,
Immigration Law
Moss Adams LLP, Auditors
Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers are represented
by AGMA—the American Guild of Musical
Artists, AFL-CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet
Orchestra is represented by the PNB Orchestra
Players Organization. Stage Crew is represented
by I.A.T.S.E., local #15. Wardrobe attendants are
represented by Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887,
I.A.T.S.E. Stage Draperies: I. Weiss, New York.
PNB is an EOE.
PNB AUDIENCE
SERVICE DIRECTORY
Mailing Address: Pacific Northwest Ballet
301 Mercer Street, Seattle WA 98109
Administration Main Desk: 206.441.9411
Donation and Membership: 206.441.3599
John Tangeman, Manager of Audience
Services: 206.441.3574
Web Site: PNB.org
Email: marketing@pnb.org (general info)
tickets@pnb.org (ticketing
giving@pnb.org (membership & giving)
events@pnb.org (PNB Special Events)
pnbschool@pnb.org (PNB School)
TICKETS
PNB Box Office: 301 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA
M–F 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–5pm
McCaw Hall Box Office: 90 minutes prior to
performance only
Online: PNB.org
Phone: 206.441.2424
Ticket Exchange Fax: 206.441.2420
Group Sales: 206.441.2416
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Eastside School: 425.451.1241
MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL
321 Mercer Street, Seattle WA 98109
Phone: 206.733.9725
Security Office: 206.733.9735
Head Usher Emergency Phone: 206.733.9722
Prelude: 206.615.0404
Amusements: 206.774.4990
Parking: 206.684.7180
Traffic and Transportation: 206.233.3989
Lost & Found: 206.684.7200
McCaw Hall offers wheelchairs, accessible
seating and staff assistance for patrons
with mobility challenges. ALD headsets,
booster seats and binoculars are available
in the lobby.
NOTICE
Late patrons may view the performance from
lobby monitor. Please turn off all cell phones.
Photos and recording are strictly prohibited.
Please escort noisy/restless children to the
nearest exit to view the performance on lobby
monitors.
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FRIENDS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
Million
Dollar
the
gift club
Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully
acknowledges the following
individuals and organizations who
have committed $1 million or more
to support the Ballet’s operating
needs or capital, endowment,
touring, and new works initiatives.
4Culture • King County Lodging Tax •
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation • ArtsFund •
ArtsWA • The Boeing Company • Jeffrey and Susan Brotman •
Jane M. and David R. Davis • John and Carmen* Delo •
Estate of Ruth Hoffman • Peter and Peggy Horvitz •
Glenn Kawasaki • Kreielsheimer Foundation •
Office of Arts & Culture-Seattle • David Michaud •
Microsoft Corporation • National Endowment for the Arts •
Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps • PONCHO •
James D. and Sherry Raisbeck Touring Fund •
Samuel and Althea Stroum* • Talented Students in
the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation •
The Seattle Foundation • The Wallace Foundation •
Washington State Office of Community Development •
Anonymous
Lesley Rausch in Giselle. Photo © Angela Sterling.
Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully
acknowledges the following individuals
for their generous support of the
Annual Fund during the past year. These
generous contributors are an integral
part of our success, sustaining and
enriching artistic productions, dance
education, and community outreach
programs. For information on how to
become part of this esteemed group of
donors, contact Carrie Mood, Individual
Giving Associate, at 206.441.3597,
or cmood@pnb.org.
Individual Donors
Stowell Society
Artistic Directors’ Circle
$100,000 and above
Carl & Renee Behnke
Mrs. Patty Edwards
Jolene McCaw and Family
Tom & Connie Walsh
Anonymous (1)
Chairman’s Circle
$50,000 - $99,999
Bob Benson
Lyndall Boal
Michael & Lois Craig
Jim & Diana Judson
Mr. H. David Kaplan
Glenn Kawasaki
Marcella McCaffray
Anonymous (1)
President’s Circle
$25,000 - $49,000
Chap & Eve Alvord
Robert W. Cremin
Jane M. & David R. Davis
Joan Fitzmaurice
Aya Stark Hamilton
Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Keeler
Greg Kusnick & Karen Jo Gustafson
Firoz & Najma Lalji
Stewart & Barbara Pearson
Mr. & Mrs. Tom A. Puentes
James & Sherry Raisbeck
Ramiro Torres
Deidra Wager
Ballet Masters Circle
$10,000 – $24,000
Lisa & Richard Altig
Dr. & Mrs. Ellsworth* C. Alvord, Jr.
Patrice & Kevin Auld
Jack Blaylock & Jane Evans
Elisabeth Bottler
Daniel Burkert
Daniel & Margaret Carper Foundation
Royce & Aggie Church
Cheryl Clark & Stephan Coonrod
Alex & Norma Cugini
Melonee Daniels & Stuart Platt
John Delo & Elizabeth Stokes
William J.* & Sandra B. Dunn
Jerald E. Farley
Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs
Dr. Joerg Gablonsky
Robin Gainey
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich
Lynne E. Graybeal & Scott Harron
Susan & Bill Grinstein
Maria C. Gunn
W. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. Heidt
Kalen & Sean Holmes
Ned & Pam Johnson
Steven & April Kieburtz
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Kirley
Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee
Moe & Susan Krabbe
Lisa Kroese
Sharon Lee
Mr. James W. Leslie &
Ms. Jeanne E. Tweten
Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Lipp
The MacRae Family Foundation
Christina Marra & Paul Silver
Carol & Paul Neiman
John Parchem & Barbara Lycett
Michele & Steve Pesner
PNB League
PNB STARS
Ms. Christina Rich
Sharon Richardson
Barbara Ries
Catherine & Grant Ries
Mr. Scott Scherer
John & Melba Short
W. Dyanne Stepanek
Bonnie Towne
David Vaskevitch
Ms. Jodi Wong
Bagley* & Virginia Wright
Barbara & Charles B. Wright, III
Anonymous (1)
Scholarship Patron
$6,000 - $9,999
Heidi Alessi
Linda & Tom Allen
Rev. Mary Petty Anderson
Tom & Jeannie Blank
Elisabeth Bodal
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Boyce
Renee Braun
Robert Braun
Ernest & Diane Burgess
Ms. Susan Y. Buske
Catherine Cantrell and Joseph Dionne
Kent & Barbara Chaplin
Dr. Terrence Cronin
Mr. Michael W. Dabney
Mr. & Mrs. William* O. Ellison
Ms. Kristina Erickson
Caroline Gallee & Frank Peschel-Gallee
Natalie Gendler
Mrs. James L. Goedhart
Gail Goralski
Stacy & Frank Graves
Serena Harding-Jones & William Lese
Steven Harlow
Oystein & Tracy Harsvik
Cathy Beth & Steven W. Hooper
Christian Huitema & Neige Gil
Tom & Gail James
Gilla Kaplan
Daniel Kingston
Ms. Deborah Lamb
Joan & Bob Lawler
Barbara Lewis
Ms. Lynn Loacker
Jeff & Nancy Loch
Helene Mawyer
Charles Maxfield & Gloria F. Parrish
Foundation
Paul M. Mockett
Dr. Armin & Beverly Mohr
Susan & Dennis Okamoto
Alida & Douglas Oles
Gwendolyn Payton & John Neeleman
Dick & Alice Rapasky
Rick & Jennifer Redman
Lynn Ries & Rod Proctor
Laura & Adam Selipsky
Susan & Philip Stoller
Mel & Leena Sturman
Angela & Carl Sutter
Christina Tanner
Robert & Lisa Wahbe
Stephanie Wallach
Toby & Linda Warson
Deborah & Jim Watson
David & Romayne Watt
John W. Westergaard &
Allison Burgwin
Ray & Judy Williams
Carol Wright
Jack Wulfekuhle
Ms. Virginia D. Wyman
Anonymous (3)
Members of the Barre
$4,000 - $5,999
Jerry & Rita Anches
Bill & Lisa Anderson
Kari Anderson & Mark Pavlovic
Ms. Katherine Barclay-Robertson
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Jane & Peter Barrett
Courtney Bear
Linda & George Berkman
Capt. & Mrs. Paul Bloch
Gary & Linda Blume
Mitchell & Margo Blutt Family Foundation
Gardner & Victoria Brown
John & Maralyn Burnley Blume
Joe* & Dorothy Canavan
Ellen C. Carnwath
Steven & Judith Clifford/The Sprague Foundation
Stuart H. Coleman and Mery Rosofsky
Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan
Judith Cushman
Mrs. Tatiana Davidson
Bertrand & Brooke de Boutray
Kathryn Del Beccaro
Suzanne DeWitt & Arie Steinberg
Sheila C. Dietrich
Elizabeth Giblin Designated Fund
Dr. Milton & Nancy English
Sharon Falkner & Gene Chamberlain
William E. Franklin
Alyce & Lowell Fritz
Mrs. Stanley Golub
In memory of Dr. Geraldine N. Graves
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hedreen
Stephen & Marie Heil
Jon and Laura Honhart
Ms. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred Neetles
Ms. Marilyn Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey*
Roy Hughes & Julie Davis
Sara A. Jones
Ms. Joan Matthews Julnes
Seymour & Evelyn Klebanoff
Bruce & Carol Koch
Rob and Claudette Krause
Bill & Kathie Kreager
Mr. John Kruper
Frances J. Kwapil
Ms. Natasha Lalji
Stephen & Marleen Land
Ms. Cathy Leschen
Mr. Joshua Lieberman
Ms. Susan D. Louie
Barbara & Michael Luxenberg
Nikki & Mark Mahan
Mr. Fowler Martin & Ms. Barbara Warren
Jim & Julie McElroy
Mary Mikkelsen
Marywilde Nelson
Barbara Omalev
Alexis* & Stewart Phelps
Mrs. Marda Phelps
Mrs. Ellen Pottenger
Dorrit Saviers
Mary-Catherine Schugel
Karen Sherman
Landry Slade & Gretchen Van Meter
Norm & Cheryl Smith
Dr.* & Mrs. George Sofer
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Sprague
Diane Stevens
David and Jane Stockert in honor of
Howard F. Weckel
Bonnie and Tom Strauss
Ms. Jessica Tarzan
Michael Temple
Susan Thurston
James Truchard
Mimi A. Tutihasi
Nicholas Utzinger & John Rochford
Mary Zorotovich
Anonymous (5)
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ENDOWMENT
PNB FOUNDATION BOARD
Chairman, Peter Horvitz
Foundation Immediate Past Chair, Susan Brotman
President, Aya Hamilton
Association Immediate Past Chair, Carl Behnke
Vice President, Joe Norman
Secretary, Jim Judson
Treasurer, Dan Heidt
At Large, Dan Kingston, Phil Schlaepfer
Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the
following donors to the PNB Endowment, established in
1996 to ensure the future stability of PNB. If you would
like to give a gift to the PNB Endowment that will help
secure the future of PNB, please contact Lilah Helton,
Associate Director of Development, at 206.441.3594 or
lhelton@pnb.org.
$1,000,000 and above
John & Carmen* Delo
Kreielsheimer Foundation
David Michaud
Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration
of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
$500,000 - $999,999
Carl & Renee Behnke
Estate of Ruth Hoffman
Northwest Endowed Fund
Arlene A. Wright
Mrs. Althea Stroum*
The Bagley Wright Fund
$250,000 - $499,999
Mr. & Mrs. William* J. Dunn
Estate of Gerard L. Hanauer
Glenn Kawasaki
Estate of Helen C. Kloess
Estate of Gloria Peck-Neils
$150,000 - $249,999
Robert W. Cremin
Laurie A. Griffith
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Estate of Helen C. Kloess
Anonymous (2)
$100,000 - $149,999
Patrice & Kevin Auld
Jane M. & David R. Davis
Jeremy & Jacqueline Jaech
Henry & Mary Ann James
H. David Kaplan, In Memory of Dr. Stanley M. Pier
Travis & Suzanne Keeler
The Norcliffe Foundation
Rick & Jennifer Redman
Mr. & Mrs. Tom A Puentes
Allen & Kathleen Shoup
Kayla Skinner
Anonymous
$50,000 - $99,999
Chap & Eve Alvord
Apex Foundation
Robert M. Arnold*
Elizabeth Bottler
Estate of Edward S. Brignall
Estate of Evangeline Edwards
Estate of Erma Erickson
Jane Erskine*
Reed & Maren Erskine
Mrs. Paul S. Friedlander*
Robin Gainey & Jerry Sanford, Jr.,
In Memory of Jerome G. Sanford, Sr.
Estate of Merrill Gerstel
John Graham Foundation
Aya Stark Hamilton
Michele B. & W. Daniel Heidt
Estate of Pauline Hood
Bruce & Carol Hosford
Jim & Diana Judson
Estate of Shirley Callison Miner
Margaret Perthou-Taylor*
John & Nancy Rudolf
Jeanne Ellen Tweten & James W. Leslie
Estate of Frankie Wakefield
Ron & Carolyn Woodard
Carol Wright
$25,000 - $49,999
The Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable
Foundation
Jerry & Rita Anches
Sharon & Jay Ballantine
John & Kay Baxter
Rebecca & Jack Benaroya
Benjamin Bevis
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Anson Brooks, Jr.
Cheryl Clark & Stephen Coonrod
Clise Properties, Inc.
Gail Cottle & Reynold Brown
Estate of Cordelia Burns
Dale & Leslie Chihuly
Derdick Trust
Mrs. Patty Edwards
Joan Fitzmaurice
Eliza Flug
Susan E. Foster & Maurice J. Pirio
William Franklin
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Griffin
Mr. Mike & Mrs. Janet Halvorson
Cathi & Ken Hatch
Mrs. Catherine Hobi Hawes & Mr. Edward M. Hawes
Luke & Gail Helms
David F. Hill & Barbara M. Hyland-Hill
Kalen & Sean Holmes
Moe & Susan Krabbe
Lisa Kroese
James A. Kraft & Dominique Posy
Firoz & Najma Lalji
Michael & Barbara Malone
Marcella McCaffray
Audrey McCoy
MCM a Meisenbach Company
Carol & Paul Neiman
Laura J. Peterson
In honor of our parents, Sheffield & Patricia Phelps
PNB STARS
James & Sherry Raisbeck
Sharon Richardson
Dr. Mack & Susan Richey
John & Sarah Rindlaub
Mrs. John S. Robinson*
Jan Rogers
Paula Rose*
Jon & Judy Runstad
John Charles & Mary R. Sellen-Klinker
Jan & Jim Sinegal
Estate of Phillip Soth
Delphine & Charles Stevens
John Stokes & Laurie McDonald
Harry C. & Joan Stonecipher
Kent Stowell & Francia Russell
Doug & Janet True
Toby & Linda Warson
Richard L. Weisman
Albrecht Widmann & Kenneth Barlow
Wyman Youth Trust
Anonymous (3)
$15,000 - $24,999
Alex & Norma Cugini
Barry & JoAnn Forman
Ruth & Bill Gerberding
Dr. Hellmut & Marcy Golde
Adele Golub
Gerald & Lyn Grinstein
Mark & Julie Hutcheson
Skip & Jackie Kotkins
Diane & Gordon Kuenster
Helen L. Luchs*
Dennis & Linda Mitchell
Heidi Orr
Estate of Opal J. Orr
Cynthia Phelps*
Barbara Prestrud, In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. Bye
Estate of Mary Schneidler
Wayne Thurman
Anonymous (2)
$10,000 - $14,999
Erik & Sherilyn Anderson
Betty L. Blakeney
Tom & Jeannie Blank
Bill & June Boeing
Diane Canaday & Daniel Hesse
Mrs. Phyllis B. Clark
Steven & Judith Clifford
Tatiana Davidson
Mrs. Mildred K. Dunn
Jim & Ann Elias
Dr. Stephen & Beverly Fuhs
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Galpin
Mr. G. Keith & Mrs. Naomi N. Grim
Estate of Margaret T. Hawkes
Estate of Mary S. Helmick
John & Marli Iverson
Estate of Ralph C. Jacobson
Craig & Karen Kennedy
Lee Kraft Cressman & Paul R. Cressman
Joan T. Lasersohn
Patricia & Wilfrid Loeken
Keith & Mary McCaw Family Foundation
Estate of Nancy Nuckols Keefe
Lea Anne & Randall Ottinger
Lynn Ries
George* & Nelly Sofer
Craig Tall
Donna & Joshua Taylor
Anonymous (1)
*deceased
The following named funds have been created in the
PNB Endowment:
Patricia Barker Endowed Scholarship Fund
Carmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed Fund for
Education & Outreach
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Endowed Education & Outreach Fund
Frank Hobi Endowed Scholarship Fund
Laurie A. Griffith Endowed Scholarship Fund
Benjamin Houk Scholarship for Young Men
Lucinda Hughey Endowed Scholarship Fund
Helen Kloess Endowed Scholarship Fund
Kreielsheimer Artistic Development Fund
Catherine S. Leschen Endowed Scholarship Fund
Jane McConnell Scholarship
Louise Nadeau Endowed Fund
Northwest Endowed Fund
Alexis Phelps Dancers’ Support Endowed Fund
Patricia Phelps Endowed Scholarship Fund
Dr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed Scholarship Fund
Tom & Gretchen Puentes Endowed Scholarship Fund
Janet Reed Scholarship Fund
Paula Rose Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Althea Stroum Production Fund
Frankie Ladley Wakefield Endowment for
Ballet Educational Programs
Arlene A. Wright DanceChance Endowment Fund
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.
2014-2015 SEASON SPONSOR
SEASON PARTNERS
THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS
MAJOR SUPPORTERS
Nesholm Family
Foundation
JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION
$200,000 & Above
ArtsFund
KOMO 4*
$100,000 & Above
Alaska Airlines
The Boeing Company
Office of Arts & Culture | Seattle
The Seattle Times*
$50,000-$99,999
4Culture—King County Lodging Tax
The Hearst Foundations
Microsoft Corporation
Perkins Coie LLP*
The Shubert Foundation
Snoqualmie Tribe
$25,000-$49,999
Anonymous
Bank of America
Freed of London
HSBC
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
John Graham Foundation
Moss Adams LLP*
National Endowment for the Arts
Nesholm Family Foundation
SAVOR*
The Seattle Foundation
U.S. Bank
RealNetworks
Safeco Insurance
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Inger & Jens Bruun
Seattle Met*
Starbucks Coffee Company*
Wells Fargo
$10,000-$24,999
$2,500-$9,999
ArtsFund/The Ned & Kayla Skinner
Arts Enrichment Fund
ArtsWA
The Harvest Foundation
Dilettante Chocolates*
Jean K. Lafromboise Foundation
Lane Powell PC
MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless*
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Norman Archibald Charitable
Foundation
Northwest Danish Association
PJ Hummel*
Professional Claims Intervention
Services*
Acción Cultural Española
Anonymous
ArtsFund/the Jean T. Fukuda
Memorial Fund for Performing Arts
Bellevue Arts Commission
Canterbury Consulting
Creag Foundation
Fales Foundation Trust
Four Seasons Hotel*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Horizons Foundation
K&L Gates LLP
KeyBank Foundation
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Byron & Alice Lockwood Foundation
Luly Yang Couture*
Neiman Marcus
Northern Trust Bank
Plum Creek Timber
Regence Blueshield
Talking Rain*
Ten Mercer*
UW Medicine
Van Cleef & Arpels
The Peg & Rick Young Foundation
$1,000–$2,499
Alabastro Photography*
Anonymous
Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation
Kelly Foundation of Washington
Roger F. Miller*
Stella Artois*
SuperGraphics, a division of GM
Nameplate*
Harold L. Wyman Foundation
*In-kind support
PREFERRED PROVIDERS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET DANCERS
Principals
Batkhurel Bold
Carrie Imler*
Lesley Rausch* is
is from Ulan Bator,
Mongolia. He joined
PNB in 1996 and
was promoted to
soloist in 1999 and
principal in 2004.
is from Carlisle,
Pennsylvania. She
joined PNB as an
apprentice in 1995
and was promoted
to soloist in 2000
and principal
in 2002.
from Columbus, Ohio.
She joined PNB as
member of the corps
de ballet in 2001,
was promoted to
soloist in 2007 and
principal in 2011.
Maria Chapman*
Carla Körbes is
Jerome Tisserand
is from Macon, Georgia.
She joined PNB as an
apprentice in 1995
and was promoted to
soloist in 2005 and
principal in 2009.
from Porto Alegre,
Brazil. She joined PNB
as a soloist in 2005
and was promoted
to principal in 2006.
Ms. Körbes was
formerly a soloist
with New York City
Ballet.
is from Lyon, France. He
joined Pacific Northwest
Ballet as a member of
the corps de ballet in
2007, was promoted
to soloist in 2012, and
principal in 2014. Mr.
Tisserand also danced
with Miami City Ballet.
Karel Cruz is from
James Moore is
Laura Tisserand*
Havana, Cuba. He joined
PNB as a corps de ballet
member in 2002 and
was promoted to soloist
in 2007 and principal
in 2009. Mr. Cruz also
danced with Ballet
Nacional de Cuba and
in Venezuela with Ballet
Clasico de Camara and
Teatro Teresa Carreno.
from San Francisco,
California. He joined
PNB as a member of
2004, was promoted
to soloist in 2008,
and principal in 2013.
Mr. Moore also danced
with Pittsburgh Ballet
Theatre.
is from Hammond,
Louisiana. She joined
Pacific Northwest
Ballet as an apprentice
in 2003 and was
promoted to corps
de ballet in 2004,
soloist in 2010, and
principal in 2014.
Lindsi Dec* is
Seth Orza is
from Fairfax, Virginia.
She joined Pacific
Northwest Ballet as
an apprentice in 2001,
and was promoted to
soloist in 2009, and
principal in 2014.
from San Francisco,
PNB as a member of
2007, was promoted
to soloist in 2008 and
principal in 2010. Mr.
Orza was formerly a
soloist with New York
City Ballet.
Rachel Foster is from
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She joined Pacific
Northwest Ballet as a
member of the corps
de ballet in 2002. She
in 2008 and principal
in 2011. Ms. Foster has also
danced with Pittsburgh
Ballet Theatre.
Jonathan Porretta
is from Totowa,
New Jersey. He joined
PNB as an apprentice in
1999 and was promoted
to soloist in 2002 and
principal in 2005.
Mr. Porretta has also
danced with Dances
Patrelle in New York.
*denotes former Pacific Northwest Ballet School student.
Learn more about the artists of Pacific Northwest Ballet by
visiting www.pnb.org.
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. PNB artist headshot
photography by Angela Sterling and Lindsay Thomas.
Soloists
Leta Biasucci
Margaret Mullin*
Leta Biasucci is from
Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
She joined PNB in 2011 as
a member of the corps de
ballet and was promoted
to soloist in 2014. Ms.
Biasucci also danced with
Oregon Ballet Theatre.
is from Tucson, Arizona.
She joined PNB as
an apprentice in 2008,
was promoted to corps
de ballet in 2009, and
soloist in 2014.
Kiyon Gaines*
Elizabeth Murphy*
is from Baltimore,
Maryland. He joined PNB
as a member of the
corps de ballet in 2001
and was promoted to
soloist in 2012.
is from Chelmsford,
Massachusetts. She
joined PNB as a corps de
ballet member in 2011
and was promoted to
soloist in 2014. Ms.
Murphy also danced with
North Carolina Dance
Theater, Pennsylvania
Ballet, and Ballet West.
Benjamin Griffiths*
Sarah Ricard Orza
is from Boise, Idaho. He
joined PNB as a member
of the corps de ballet in
2005 and was promoted
to soloist in 2008.
Mr. Griffiths also danced
with Boston Ballet.
is from Amherst,
Massachusetts. In 2007,
she joined PNB as a
corps de ballet dancer
and was promoted to
soloist in 2010. Ms. Orza EAP 1_6 V template.indd 1
also danced with New
York City Ballet.
W E L C O M 9/4/14
E
TEENS
Kylee Kitchens*
is from Laguna Hills,
California. She joined
PNB as a member of the
corps de ballet in 2000
and was promoted to
soloist in 2012.
William Lin-Yee
is from San Francisco,
PNB as a corps de ballet
dancer in 2008 and
in 2014. Mr. Lin-Yee also
danced with New York
City Ballet.
FACERE JEWELRY
ART GALLERY
Listen to the Ballet
on KING FM 98.1!
Pacific Northwest Ballet partners
with Classical KING FM 98.1 to bring
listeners performances by the PNB
Orchestra, live from McCaw Hall.
Featuring some of the most popular
ballet scores of all time, PNB’s
2014-2015 on-air season includes
broadcasts of the Stowell & Sendak
Nutcracker on December 6, Don
Quixote on January 30, Swan Lake
on April 10, and Carmina Burana on
May 29. The curtain goes up at 7:30
pm on Classic KING FM 98.1, or online
at www.king.org/listen.
WONDERING WHO THAT YOUNG
BALLET-GOER IS, SITTING IN
THAT SEAT NEXT TO YOU?
They could very well be a
member of Teen Tix. Since
the inception of this arts
access program for teenagers,
Pacific Northwest Ballet has
been a proud and passionate
participant. Teen Tix provides
access to over 40 arts organizations in an effort to engage
young people in Seattle’s
vibrant cultural scene. Teen
Tix members may purchase
day-of-show tickets to music,
dance, theater, and arts events
for only $5.
For more information, visit TEENTIX.org
or just lean over and ask the teen sitting
next to you.
11:16 AM
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET DANCERS
Corps de Ballet
Chelsea Adomaitis*
Kyle Davis*
Steven Loch*
Joined in 2009
Boston, MA
Joined in 2008
Green Bay, WI
Joined in 2011
Dallas, TX
Jessika Anspach*
Jahna Frantziskonis*
Elle Macy*
Joined in 2004
Bellevue, WA
Joined in 2012
Tucson, AZ
Joined in 2012
Huntington Beach, CA
Raphaël Bouchard
Angelica Generosa*
Charles McCall*
Joined in 2013
Quebec City, Quebec
Joined in 2011
South River, NJ
Joined in 2011
St. Louis, MO
Ryan Cardea*
Joshua Grant*
Leah Merchant*
Joined in 2009
New York, NY
Joined in 2001; 2011
Niceville, FL
Joined in 2007
Mobile, Alabama
Amanda Clark*
Eric Hipolito Jr.*
Sarah Pasch*
Joined in 2008
Fairfax, VA
Joined in 2008
Seattle, WA
Joined in 2011
Dublin, CA
*denotes former Pacific Northwest Ballet School student.
Christian Poppe*
Price Suddarth*
Joined in 2013
Lake Stevens, WA
Joined in 2010
Westfield, IN
Brittany Reid*
Ezra Thomson*
Joined in 2000
Huntington Beach, CA
Joined in 2009
San Bernardino, CA
Matthew Renko
Joined in 2011
Sumter, SC
APPRENTICE
Dylan Wald
Minneapolis, MN
Carli Samuelson*
Joined in 2008
Boiling Springs, PA
Emma Love Suddarth*
Joined in 2008
Wichita, KS
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