Artistic Director Executive Director Michael Pink Julia Glawe · 20 Synopsis 25 David Grill, Lighting Designer 26 Michael Pink, Artistic Director 27 Julia Glawe, Executive Director

Direction and Choreography: Michael Pink

Composer: Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky

Lighting Design: David Grill

Costumes and Scenic Design: Zack Brown

Conductor: Pasquale Laurino

Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Milwaukee Children’s Choir

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Leading ArtistsMarize Fumero, Annia Hidalgo, Davit Hovhannisyan, Patrick Howell,

Timothy O’Donnell, Luz San Miguel, Nicole Teague-Howell

ArtistsParker Brasser-Vos, Marie Collins, Josiah Cook, Randy Crespo, Garrett Glassman, Alana Griffith, Elizabeth Harrison, Itzel Hernandez, Erik Johnson, Quinby Kasch,

Janel Meindersee, Barry Molina, Luis Mondragon, Isaac Sharratt, Lizzie Tripp, Lahna Vanderbush, Ransom Wilkes-Davis

The Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II ProgramIsaac Allen, Abby Caldwell, Julia Crosby, Christina Dennis, Diego Garcia-Castillo, Justin Geiss,

Yoka Hirayama, Matthew Larson, Jessica Lopes, Richard Marks, Kristen Marshall, Serena Martin, Reina Miyata, Julia Pareto, Wyatt Pendleton, Eliza Schwartz, Emily Smith, Hunter Solomon,

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Associate ConductorPasquale Laurino

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Program Information

01 Credits

12-15 Casts

16 Ensemble

17 Children’s Cast

20 Synopsis

25 David Grill, Lighting Designer

26 Michael Pink, Artistic Director

27 Julia Glawe, Executive Director

31 Artistic Staff

37 Milwaukee Ballet Company Dancers

46 Rolando Yanes, Director of

Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy

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Milwaukee Ballet II Program

47 The Nancy Einhorn

Milwaukee Ballet II Program

50 Andrews Sill, Music Director

51 Pasquale Laurino, Conductor

51 Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra

52 Milwaukee Children’s Choir

54 Milwaukee Ballet

2016-17 Contributors

58 Milwaukee Ballet Board of Directors

59 Milwaukee Ballet Staff

Marize Fumero and Davit HovhannisyanPhoto: Mark Frohna


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ACT ONE

Clara ..............................................................................................................................................

Marie .............................................................................................................................................

Karl ................................................................................................................................................

Fritz ...............................................................................................................................................

Snow Queen .................................................................................................................................

Drosselmeyer ................................................................................................................................

Mouse King ..................................................................................................................................

Mother ..........................................................................................................................................

Father… .........................................................................................................................................

Grandmother ................................................................................................................................

Grandfather ...................................................................................................................................

Jack Doll ........................................................................................................................................

Shepherdess Doll .........................................................................................................................

Parent Couples ............................................................................................................. Ensemble

Party Children and Friends .................................................................................. Children’s Cast

Small Mice ........................................................................................................... Children’s Cast

Big Mice ........................................................................................................................ Ensemble

Soldiers ................................................................................................................ Children’s Cast

Snowflakes .................................................................................................................... Ensemble

ACT TWO

Angels .................................................................................................................. Children’s Cast

Spanish .........................................................................................................................................

Arabian ..........................................................................................................................................

Chinese .........................................................................................................................................

Dragon .......................................................................................................................... Ensemble

Additional Jacks ............................................................................................................................

Geese ................................................................................................................... Children’s Cast

Mother Ginger ..............................................................................................................................

Mother Ginger’s Children ................................................................................... Children’s Cast

Flowers .......................................................................................................................... Ensemble

CAST Dec. 9 (1:30pm), Dec. 15 (7:30pm), Dec. 17 (4:30pm), Dec. 21, Dec. 22 (7:30pm), Dec. 26 (4pm) CAST Dec. 10 (12:00pm), Dec. 16 (7:30pm), Dec. 24 (12:00pm)

ACT ONE

Clara ..............................................................................................................................................

Marie .............................................................................................................................................

Karl ................................................................................................................................................

Fritz ...............................................................................................................................................

Snow Queen .................................................................................................................................

Drosselmeyer ................................................................................................................................

Mouse King ..................................................................................................................................

Mother ..........................................................................................................................................

Father… .........................................................................................................................................

Grandmother ................................................................................................................................

Grandfather ...................................................................................................................................

Jack Doll ........................................................................................................................................








ACT TWO


Spanish .........................................................................................................................................

Arabian ..........................................................................................................................................

Chinese .........................................................................................................................................

Dragon .......................................................................................................................... Ensemble



Mother Ginger ..............................................................................................................................



ACT ONE

Clara ..............................................................................................................................................

Marie .............................................................................................................................................

Karl ................................................................................................................................................

Fritz ...............................................................................................................................................

Snow Queen .................................................................................................................................

Drosselmeyer ................................................................................................................................

Mouse King ..................................................................................................................................

Mother ..........................................................................................................................................

Father… .........................................................................................................................................

Grandmother ................................................................................................................................

Grandfather ...................................................................................................................................

Jack Doll ........................................................................................................................................








ACT TWO


Spanish .........................................................................................................................................

Arabian ..........................................................................................................................................

Chinese .........................................................................................................................................

Dragon .......................................................................................................................... Ensemble



Mother Ginger ..............................................................................................................................



CAST Dec. 9 (7:30pm), Dec. 17 (12:00pm), Dec. 22, (1:30pm), Dec. 23 (7:30pm) CAST Dec. 16 (1:30pm), Dec. 20 (6:00pm), Dec. 23 (1:30pm), Dec. 26 (12:00pm)

ACT ONE

Clara ..............................................................................................................................................

Marie .............................................................................................................................................

Karl ................................................................................................................................................

Fritz ...............................................................................................................................................

Snow Queen .................................................................................................................................

Drosselmeyer ................................................................................................................................

Mouse King ..................................................................................................................................

Mother ..........................................................................................................................................

Father… .........................................................................................................................................

Grandmother ................................................................................................................................

Grandfather ...................................................................................................................................

Jack Doll ........................................................................................................................................








ACT TWO


Spanish .........................................................................................................................................

Arabian ..........................................................................................................................................

Chinese .........................................................................................................................................

Dragon .......................................................................................................................... Ensemble



Mother Ginger ..............................................................................................................................





ENSEMBLE Dancers in these roles will vary every performance

Parents CouplesMarie Collins, Elizabeth Harrison, Itzel Hernandez, Janel Meindersee, Lizzie Tripp, Josiah Cook, Erik Johnson, Luis Mondragon, Ransom Wilkes-Davis, Isabelle Urben, Richard Marks, Wyatt Pendleton

ServantsAbby Caldwell, Serena Martin, Eliza Schwartz, Emily Smith, Richard Marks, Hunter Solomon

Big MiceJulia Crosby, Jessica Lopes, Serena Martin, Julia Pareto, Eliza Schwartz, Kendra Woo, Diego Garcia-Castillo, Justin Geiss, Matthew Larson

SnowflakesMarie Collins, Elizabeth Harrison, Itzel Hernandez, Quinby Kasch, Janel Meindersee, Lahna Vanderbush, Lizzie Tripp, Christina Dennis, Yoka Hirayama, Kristen Marshall, Reina Miyata, Julia Pareto, Eliza Schwartz,

Carousel AttendantsSerena Martin, Emily Smith, Isaac Allen, Diego Garcia-Castillo, Matthew Larson, Richard Marks, Wyatt Pendleton, Hunter Solomon

DragonAbby Caldwell, Emily Smith, Isaac Allen, Justin Geiss, Diego Garcia-Castillo, Matthew Larson, Richard Marks, Wyatt Pendleton

FlowersMarie Collins, Elizabeth Harrison, Itzel Hernandez, Quinby Kasch, Lizzie Tripp, Lahna Vanderbush, Christina Dennis, Yoka Hirayama, Kristen Marshall, Reina Miyata, Eliza Schwartz, Isabelle Urben, Kendra Woo

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CHILDREN’S CAST

All children in the cast are students of Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy. Various children from each role perform in each show. A special THANK YOU to Mireille Favarel, Nancy McCloud, and Victoria Stevenson for working with the children’s cast to prepare for this performance.

Party ChildrenAva Babler, Ellaanne Bauer, Alesandra Borchardt, Emary Boyce-Suwanabol, Lindsay Crivello, Imogen Croft, Yana Fuhrman, Maribel Gonzalez, Maya Gordon, Abigail Hajewski, Maeve Kaufman, Maura Lucke, Eleanor Schneider, Abigail Thiel, Isabella Toledo, Caroline Zuccaro

Party FriendsCarly Bartel, Joanna Heup, Lily Jones, Ellie Kumer, Zoë Maxwell, Jasper Metcalfe, Lillie Rose Miller-Reddy, Anne Naumann, Eva Offutt, Grace Reynolds, Alyssa Schilke, Rozhan Shabahang

Small MiceIrene Allende, Petra Baker, Winnie Buerger, Jonas Callies, Grace Drewek, Myles Mayer, Lindsey Rae McCord, Abigail Moyer, Caroline Neumaier, Addison Prusak, Eloise Schedler, Lillian Sindic, Linnea Stoddard, Isabella Tremarello, Selina Wang

SoldiersPaige Anderes, Neve Baltz, Lilien Callies, Niamh Cassidy, Maddison Connolly, Elena Cooper, Caden Dumke, Annabelle Dunst-Pyasta, Christianna Ebel, Babette Fransee, Clare Fricke, Meryl Herbst-Synowicz, Savannah Jewell, Victoria Jewell, Hannah Jochman, Sofia Koenig, Emeline Koshkin, Charlotte Luettgen, Anastasia Marich, Tatiana Marich, Wilhelmina Marsolek-Bonnet, Elsa McElfresh, Sydney Norman, Reanna Orth, Joshua Patte, Giovanna Pierri, Julianna Pierri, Edith Polston, Chloe Quirk, Isriel Reyna, Ava Roberts, Ania Sarnowski, Keira Shafer, Maria Sizova, Charlotte Smith, Abbygail Strebel, Evangeline Tremarello, Lexus Vang, Luighse Wachowiak

AngelsAurora Adkins, Genevieve Becker, Sophia Benz, Ainsley Berger, Emma Berger, Gwyneth Borchardt, Ellory Bordini, Julianne Callahan, Lilly Campbell, Abigail Cashman, Donnabelle Cleary, Ella Criqui, Alexis Drews, Madeline DuBois, Madelynn Ehlers, Noelle Engelking, Solveig Feiker, Caroline Gale, Ella Halford, Lucy Halpern, Auden Hammer, Isabella Janz, Grace Jochman, Lila Jochman, Zaria Johnson, Elizabeth Kittell, Zofia Kraszewski, Makenna Landisch, Nancie Liacopoulos, Mayla Lynch, Niamh Mayne, Michelle Mazzone, Ainsley Myhre, Sebastian Pluto, Mia Potter, Isabella Radomski, Vera Soo, Evelyn Soyka, Sonia Toonen, Lydia Toppe, Emersyn Trzcinko, Adeline Van Roo, Kataya Velikanov, Adelaide von Rabenau, Kadence von Rabenau, Grace Walters, Mary Wollersheim, Corinne Wright

GeeseMallory Farber, Amelia Kelly, Stella Metcalfe, Karina Noyes, Nathan Orth, Liesl Peine, Iana Rydland, Claudia Schneider, Christina Wang

Mother Ginger’s ChildrenAmelia Alpren, Kierland Bisgrove, Grace Bourbonais, Olivia Brendelson, Alberto Carrillo, Anna Cerroni, Nadia Dietrich, RebekahDocea, Shannon Doherty, Alaina Drew, Isabella Drewek, Genevieve Gaertner, Ameilya Hackbarth-Weber, Abby Hanna, Margaret Kidd, Madeline Lara, Marisa Lehner, Parker Neumeier, Chloe Osborn, Kadyn Peery, Shannon Ruiz, Elise Sepulveda, Taylor Shafer-Thornton, Emily Zhang

Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).


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SYNOPSIS

Based on E.T.A. Hoffman’s book, this is the story of a magical Christmas journey.

PROLOGUE:Drosselmeyer’s Workshop

Drosselmeyer is a toymaker. It’s Christmas Eve in his workshop. Drosselmeyer and his nephew, Karl, finish preparing a very special nutcracker doll as a gift for Clara Tannenbaum.

ACT ONEThe Tannenbaum Family Drawing Room

Drosselmeyer and Karl are guests of honor at the Tannenbaum family’s Christmas celebration. The Tannenbaum children – Clara, Fritz, and the eldest daughter Marie – anxiously await their arrival.

The Tannenbaum children are delighted when their grandparents appear with gifts for each of them. Drosselmeyer and Karl finally arrive, and the gift-giving begins. Drosselmeyer charms the children with his magic tricks, producing a frolicking jack doll and shepherdess doll to entertain the guests.

Dinner is served, and everyone except Marie, Karl, Drosselmeyer, and Clara exit toward the dining room. Drosselmeyer gives Clara her special present – the magic nutcracker doll. Fritz returns to steal the doll, and, as Clara tries to rescue it, it is broken. Drosselmeyer repairs the nutcracker as family and friends return from the dining room to make a toast to peace and prosperity. The guests depart, and the Tannenbaum family retires for the evening.

The Transformation

The drawing room is dark and still as Clara enters to retrieve her nutcracker doll. Marie follows her younger sister to escort her back to her bedroom. A tall, dark figure enters the room and moves menacingly towards them. Marie challenges the figure only to find it is Fritz trying to scare them.

The drawing room clock chimes midnight, and smoke pours out of the fireplace. Suddenly, a mouse runs out of the fireplace and starts to chase them around the room. Soon the room is filled with mice and rats. Drosselmeyer appears to banish them as the children run to him for protection. He sprinkles magic dust over them – and the magical journey begins.

The Christmas tree grows rapidly, the furniture moves, and the room transforms. The Mouse King appears with his army of mice and tries to take Clara’s nutcracker doll, which magically transforms into a real person. Toy soldiers, led by the life-sized Nutcracker, try to protect the children. The Mouse King suddenly overpowers the Nutcracker, but Fritz seizes the opportunity to strike the Mouse King over the head with his sword, knocking him unconscious.

Marie is distressed to see the Nutcracker doll broken and defeated, but Drosselmeyer brings him back to life, transforming him into his nephew, Karl. Drosselmeyer introduces the children to the Snow Queen. She leads them to the Land of Snow and to the steam train that will carry them to the Land of Toys and Sweets.

ACT TWOThe Land of Toys and Sweets

The flying train travels over clouds of angels to the Land of Toys and Sweets. Drosselmeyer follows on the back of a bumble bee. Carousel animals transport characters from around the world.

Clara, Fritz, Marie and Karl arrive in the magical Land of Toys and Sweets. Drosselmeyer introduces them to his creations.

Darkness looms in this magical wonderland as the Mouse King and his army of mice attempt to spoil the fun. Karl takes Fritz’s sword and defeats the Mouse King and his cohorts for good.

The children celebrate their victory and are treated to entertainment featuring Drosselmeyer’s creations. Fritz and Clara take delight in the sight of the Spanish and Arabian couples. Clara dances with the Chinese Dragon and the shepherdess doll with her geese. Fritz frolics with the jack dolls, and both he and Clara join Mother Ginger and her many Russian children, as well as the dancing flowers. But the real surprise is seeing the evening culminate in a romantic dance between two people they know and love – chivalrous Karl and lovely Marie.

Drosselmeyer whisks the children magically back to their drawing room, where they will awaken the next morning, wondering if this was simply a dream or a magical treat that they will not soon forget.

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David Grill is an 11-time Emmy Award nominee and four-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, taking home the statue for Outstanding Lighting Direction for the Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show featuring Lady Gaga, Super Bowl 49 Halftime Show featuring Katy Perry, the Super Bowl 47 Halftime Show featuring Beyoncé, and the Opening Ceremony Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games. He also won two Telly Awards for Lighting – in 2016 for the Opening Ceremony for the Invictus Games and in 2015 for the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Games.

Grill was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Games, a 2014 Primetime Emmy for the Super Bowl 48 Halftime Show featuring Bruno Mars, a 2013 Primetime Emmy for Andrea Bocelli – Love in Portfino (Great Performances), a 2012 Primetime Emmy for the Super Bowl 46 Halftime Show featuring Madonna, a Chicago Midwest Emmy Award for Milwaukee Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet, as well as a Daytime Emmy Award for both the Opening Ceremony of the Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014 and the Opening Ceremonies of the Pan American Games Rio 2007.

Dance credits include The American Dance Machine, works for Milwaukee Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, BalletMet, Houston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet NY, Northern Ballet Theatre, Cincinnati Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Dayton Ballet, ABT 2, Dances Patrelle, and numerous choreographers.

Grill was also responsible for lighting the Clinton Global Initiative and Cinderellabration at the Walt Disney World® Resort Magic Kingdom® Park. He also served as the associate lighting designer for the Tony, Dora, and Oliver Award-Winning Musical, The Who’s Tommy.

Television credits include The Republican National Convention 2016, The Invictus Games Orlando 2016, The Special Olympic World Games Los Angeles 2015, Puebla Cinco de Mayo 150 Celebration, and the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011. He has also provided lighting direction for the National Memorial Day and July 4th Concerts, and for more than 11 Super Bowl Halftime Shows

Architectural projects include the Fox Theatre - Atlanta, Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Museum, Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park, and the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Florida Fossils. Grill has been featured in numerous publications and is an associate professor and coordinator of the Design/Technology Program at Purchase College at State University of New York.

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Michael Pink is the longest serving artistic director in Milwaukee Ballet history. Since joining the Company in December of 2002, he has established himself as a prominent member of the Milwaukee arts community, demonstrating his commitment to the future of dance through new work, education and collaboration. His artistic vision for Milwaukee Ballet continues to be exciting and challenging. His long-awaited production of Peter Pan signified a major landmark in the Company’s history and was broadcast nationally by PBS in spring of 2014. Pink’s theatrical productions of Dracula, Esmeralda, Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, La Bohème, Don Quixote, Mirror Mirror, and Dorian Gray have been hailed as ‘Classical Ballet for the 21st Century’.

Michael Pink is an international choreographer and teacher. He trained as a classical dancer at The Royal Ballet School, joining English National Ballet in 1975. During his 10 years with the Company, he danced many leading roles. From 1986-1998, he worked alongside Christopher Gable as founding director of Ballet Central and associate artistic director of the Northern Ballet Theatre.

Throughout his career he has worked with such luminaries as Dame Ninette de Valois, Sir Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev, Léonide Massine, Nicholas Beriosoff, and Glen Tetley.

His early choreographic work won him first place in the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Competition and the Royal Society of Arts Competition. He has worked as répétiteur for Rudolf Nureyev at the Paris Opera and La Scala Milan. His first professional work, 1914, was nominated for a West End Theatre Award.

A long-standing friendship with composer Philip Feeney has produced over 20 original works, including Strange Meeting, Solstice, Don’t Touch, Aubade, as well as works for theatre and television.

He continues to build a strong working relationship with Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where his credits include A Christmas Carol, Assassins, Cabaret and Next to Normal. He looks forward to future collaborations with more Milwaukee arts groups.

In 2008, the Wisconsin Dance Council presented Pink with the Choreography/Performance Award. In May 2014, the Milwaukee Press Club honored him with the Headliner Award for service to the arts. He received the Civic Music Association’s award for Distinguished Citizen - Professional in the Arts in 2015.

MICHAEL PINK Artistic Director JULIA GLAWE Executive Director

Julia Glawe joined Milwaukee Ballet in October 2015. Prior to her move to Milwaukee, Glawe provided consulting and strategic planning services through her company, The Glawe Group, to individual artists and arts organizations including Gallim Dance, Ballet Hispanico, Carlos Acosta, Michael Clark Company, and Scottish Ballet. In addition, she produced Carmen de Lavallade’s solo show As I Remember It; as well as Dream’d in a Dream, Sean Curran Company’s collaboration with Kyrgyz music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus which was performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and on tour in October 2015.

Before spending two years with Pomegranate Arts, working with a diverse group of artists including Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Lucinda Childs, Sankai Juku, and Taylor Mac, Glawe was Senior Vice President and Director of the Dance Division at IMG Artists in New York and in London. During her 16-year tenure with the company, she expanded the dance roster to include the Bolshoi Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, and many others. She organized the first US tour of the Royal New Zealand Ballet under the artistic direction of Ethan Stiefel, the US tour of The National Ballet of Canada’s co-commission (with the Royal Ballet) of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and secured Pilobolus’s appearance on the 2007 Academy Awards telecast and developed subsequent commercial opportunities for the company.

Glawe is currently on the Board of the International Society for the Performing Arts, and has served as the ISPA Congress co-chair in 2011 and 2014. She was a board member of the Western Arts Alliance (WAA), and in 2009, she received WAA’s highest honor, the Jerry Willis Award for artistic excellence and distinguished leadership. In 2013, she was named the founding Chair of WAA’s CODA Council, a group of former board members which raises money for the organization, plans its biannual Leadership Institute, and oversees its developing artist mentorship program. She has been a guest lecturer and speaker for organizations including Carnegie Mellon University, Dance/USA, Juilliard, Purchase College, and the Shanghai International Festival.

Early in her career, she worked with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation.

Her undergraduate degrees in journalism and theatre arts / dance were received from Northern Illinois University, and she earned a MFA in performing arts management from Brooklyn College.

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Born in Madrid, Spain, Luz San Miguel received her training at Carmina Ocana Ballet School and on a scholarship at the Municipal Institute of Ballet in Antwerp, Belgium. Prior to joining Milwaukee Ballet, she danced with BalletMet Columbus, Charleston Ballet Theater, Tulsa Ballet, and in Germany’s Dresdner Ballet and Leipziger Ballet. She also performed as a guest artist in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Portugal and several cities in the United States. San Miguel has performed leading roles in ballets by John Cranko, George Balanchine, John Neumeier, Nacho Duato, Anthony Tudor, Stanton Welch, Uwe Scholz, Glen Tetley, Paul Taylor, Lila York and Jerome Robbins, among others. During her time with Milwaukee Ballet, San Miguel has performed roles such as Lucy in Dracula, Clara and Marie in The Nutcracker, Odile and Odette in Swan Lake, Kitri and Matador Lady in Don Quixote, Tinker Bell in Peter Pan, Swanhilda in Coppélia, the title roles in Cinderella, Esmeralda and Giselle, La Sylphide, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Mimi in La Bohème, and Snow White in Mirror Mirror. This is her 13th season with Milwaukee Ballet.

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Russian-born, Denis Malinkine graduated from the esteemed Bolshoi Ballet Academy. He joined the Moscow Classical Ballet in 1985 and participated in many of the Company tours, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan amongst others. In 1990, he joined the National Ballet of Portugal.

In 1993, Malinkine was invited by Christopher Gable to join England’s Northern Ballet Theatre (NBT). As a principal, he created the title role in the landmark production of Dracula by Michael Pink and Christopher Gable, and the roles of Captain Phoebus in Pink’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Albrecht in NBT’s Giselle. He expanded this experience into the genre of Dance Drama in Romeo & Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, The Brontes, and Carmen.

Malinkine has worked with Atlanta Ballet since 1999, where he created the role of Romeo in Michael Pink’s Romeo & Juliet. In addition to classical ballet performances, he has appeared in productions by George Balanchine, Maurice Bejart, Roland Petit, Kenneth MacMillan, Alberto Alonso, Lila York, and many others.

Malinkine has performed as guest artist with Boston Ballet and the Norwegian National Ballet. He also has assisted the choreographers Michael Pink, John McFall, Mauro de Candia and Lila York in tagging their works for Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Internationale, Washington Ballet, NBA company in Japan and Introdans company in Netherland.

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MARIZE FUMERO Sponsored by Stanley Kritzik

Marize Fumero trained at the Cuban National Ballet School. After graduating, she joined The National Ballet of Cuba where she danced the pas de trois from Swan Lake, Queen of the Wilis in Giselle, Swanhilda in Coppélia, Nikiya in La Bayadère, as

well as the roles of Mercedes, Queen of the Dryads, and Kitri’s Friends in Don Quixote. In 2012, Fumero joined English National Ballet where she appeared in Wayne Eagling’s The Nutcracker, Derek Deane’s Swan Lake (pas de quatre) and Romeo & Juliet, Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, George Williamson’s Firebird, Le Corsaire (Odalisque) staged by Anna-Marie Holmes, and danced as Aurora’s Friends and Jewels variation in Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet, she has danced much of Michael Pink’s repertoire, including the roles of the Snow Queen and Marie in The Nutcracker. She also appeared as the Queen of Hearts in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland) and the title character in Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade. Fumero was nominated for a Miami Life Award as best female classical dancer for her appearance as Carmen. This is her fourth season with Milwaukee Ballet.

ANNIA HIDALGO Sponsored by Nita Soref

Annia Hidalgo began her training in the city of Holguín, and continued at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana under Professor Ramona de Saa. In 2004, she was awarded the Gold Medal in the International Ballet Competition. That same

year, she joined The Cuban National Ballet as a soloist, under Alicia Alonso. Her repertoire includes soloist roles in La Fille Mal Gardée, Coppélia, Giselle, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Paquita, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère, Scheherazade, and Prince Igor. Hidalgo has performed as a principal with Media City

Ballet and a soloist at Los Angeles Ballet. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet, she has danced as Alice in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), as well as featured roles in Michael Pink’s ballets, including Musetta in La Bohème, Odile in Swan Lake, Lucy in Dracula, Snow White in Mirror Mirror, and the title roles in Giselle and Cinderella. She also appeared in the winning pieces from Genesis 2013 (Gabrielle Lamb’s Manifold) and 2015 (Garrett Smith’s Mortal Form). She recently danced as a guest artist with Rockford Dance Company and was proud to appear in the premiere performance of Refuge Foundation for the Arts. She enjoys sharing her knowledge of classical ballet as a teacher in various summer programs around the country. This is her seventh season with Milwaukee Ballet.

DAVIT HOVHANNISYAN Sponsored by Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD

Davit Hovhannisyan began dancing at age six in his home country of Armenia. At age 10, he was accepted into the National Ballet School of Armenia on full scholarship, and by 16, he began his professional career with the Armenian National Ballet Company.

Hovhannisyan then moved to the United States where he has received critical acclaim with numerous companies throughout the country. Hovhannisyan joined Milwaukee Ballet in 2004, where he has danced principal roles in many Michael Pink ballets, including Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Basilio in Don Quixote, the title role in Dracula, Captain Hook/Mr. Darling in Peter Pan, Josef in Mirror Mirror, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Franz in Coppélia, and Captain Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame/Esmeralda. He has also had the pleasure of working with choreographers such as Lila York, Stephen Mills, Bruce Wells, Trey McIntyre, Margo Sappington, Kathryn Posin, and Mark Godden. These collaborations have led to him dancing in various contemporary works, and principal roles such as Prince Solor in La Bayadère, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Moon Prince in Scheherazade, and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is his 14th season with Milwaukee Ballet.

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New Orleans native William Patrick Howell began training at age 15 at the Giacobbe Academy of Dance. He was offered full scholarships to The Rock School and the School of American Ballet, where he appeared in the film “Center

Stage.” Howell began his career at BalletMet before joining United Kingdom’s Northern Ballet Theatre, where he performed the title role in Peter Pan, Gypsy pas de deux in La Traviata, and D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers. In 2008, Howell joined Milwaukee Ballet where he performed principal and soloist roles, including the title role in Stephen Mills’ Hamlet, Frolo in Michael Pink’s Esmeralda, and Captain Hook/Mr. Darling in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan. In 2011, Howell took a leave of absence to dance with Germany’s Theatre Augsburg where he worked with renowned choreographers and had many works created for him, including The Prince in Mauro de Candia’s Cinderella, and the title role in Michael Pink’s Dorian Gray. In 2012, he won a theatre prize for his role in William Forseyth’s Herman Scherman. In 2014, he returned to Milwaukee Ballet, where he reprised his role of Dorian Gray in 2016. Last season, Howell danced in Mark Godden’s Angels in the Architecture and Michael Pink’s Mirror Mirror, and was featured as the Sheikh in Scheherazade. Offstage, he served as emcee for Absolutely Fabulous The Ball 2017.

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Timothy O’Donnell began training at his mother’s ballet school at age seven. He continued at The Australian Ballet School where he received several awards, including The Australian Institute of Classical Dance’s national

choreographic competition. After graduating, he joined West Australian Ballet where he performed principal and soloist roles, and worked closely with many celebrated international artists such as

Paul Lightfoot, Petr Zuska, Simon Dow, Matjash Morzewski, and Ivan Cavallari. In 2007, he won “Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer” at the West Australian Dance Awards. In 2009, O’Donnell won Milwaukee Ballet’s international choreographic competition, Genesis, for The Games We Play. He returned in 2010 to create Boléro–Let There Be Light. Soon after he appeared as a choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance–Australia. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet in 2012, O’Donnell has appeared as Marcello in La Bohème, Verdigris (the green stepsister) in Cinderella, and the title character in Dorian Gray. As resident choreographer, he has staged four world premieres: Children of the Wall, Talk to Me, The Sixth Sin, and Sans Pleurer. This is his sixth season with Milwaukee Ballet.

NICOLE TEAGUE-HOWELL Sponsored by Robert Dohmen

Nicole Teague-Howell is originally from San Diego, California. She started dancing at age eight when her parents opened their own ballet school, Ballet Arte. Teague-Howell was an apprentice with Colorado Ballet before joining the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee

Ballet II Program in 2006. In Summer 2007, she attended Northwest Professional Dance Project where she worked with esteemed directors and choreographers including Alonzo King, Lucas Crandall, and Cayetono Soto. Teague-Howell joined Milwaukee Ballet’s Company in 2008, where she has been featured in works by Timothy O’Donnell, Val Caniparoli, Petr Zahradnícek, Diane Coburn Bruning, Mauro de Candia, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Amy Seiwert. She danced the role of Princess Bodoura and Moon Princess in Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade, Eaglet pas de deux in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), and the title character in August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. She has also performed numerous roles in Michael Pink’s repertoire, such as the Autumn Fairy in Cinderella, Clara and Marie in The Nutcracker, Michael Darling in Peter Pan, Lucy and Mina in Dracula, Mimi in La Bohème, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Snow White in Mirror Mirror, and Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray. This is her tenth season dancing in Milwaukee Ballet’s Company.

PARKER BRASSER-VOS Sponsored by Bruce and Candy Pindyck

NYC native Parker Brasser-Vos trained at American Ballet Theatre’s JKO School where he was coached by renowned artists including Lupe Serrano, Susan Jaffe, and Ethan Stiefel. There he danced in Jessica Lang’s Inspired By, Kirk Peterson’s Renaissance Suite, and

Leslie Browne’s Breakthrough and Doubleplay. He was awarded a full scholarship to The School of American Ballet to study the neoclassical style and repertoire of George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. As a dancer in the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program, he danced as Othello and performed in Balanchine’s Who Cares? and Thom Dancy’s To Venture from the Norm, which won the silver medal at the 15th McCallum Theater Choreographic Festival. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet’s Company, Brasser-Vos has appeared in Matthew Neenan’s Something Borrowed, Vicente Nebrada’s Our Waltzes, and Trey McIntyre’s A Day in the Life. He has also been featured as the White Rabbit in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), the Genie in Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade, and Gurn in La Sylphide staged by Dinna Björn. Brasser-Vos has performed in numerous ballets by Michael Pink, including dancing as Fritz in The Nutcracker and Gustav in Mirror Mirror.

MARIE COLLINS Sponsored by Kathleen and Frank Thometz

Marie Collins was born and raised in Hong Kong where she began dancing at age five at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. While training, Collins danced in Les Sylphides, Swan Lake (Black Swan pas de deux), The Four Temperaments, and Persistent Memory.

She also performed with the Hong Kong Ballet, including their tour of Swan Lake throughout China. Collins won the Hong Kong Open Dance

Competition (Ballet) in 2007 and 2009, among other awards. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance-Performance at Butler University, where she danced as Dew Drop and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Odile in Swan Lake, and appeared in George Balanchine’s Valse Fantasies and Gerald Arpino’s Viva Vavaldi. She also danced in a special performance of Marek Cholewa’s Displacements in Bratislava, Slovakia. This is her second season with Milwaukee Ballet.

JOSIAH COOKOriginally from Flagstaff Arizona, Josiah Cook began training at the age of eight under Andrew Needhammer (ARAD). Upon completion of the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus, he attended The School of American Ballet where he studied under

Peter Martins and Jock Soto. In addition, he attended summer programs on scholarship at Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Ballet West. In 2015, he joined Cincinnati Ballet’s second company where he performed roles in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camelias and Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, and danced as The Prince in Morgan’s The Nutcracker. As a dancer in the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program, Cook danced in an original work by Timothy O’Donnell, and performed as a soldier in Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade, a Jack in Michael Pink’s The Nutcracker, and in the corps of Michael Pink’s Mirror Mirror. This is his first season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.


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RANDY CRESPO Sponsored by Billie and Mike Kubly

Randy Crespo began dancing at age nine at the Cuban National Ballet School, where he won 2nd place at the International Competition of Ballet in 2009. Crespo joined The National Ballet of Cuba under the direction of Alicia

Alonso in 2009. During his five seasons with the company, he performed in Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. In 2013, Crespo joined Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami where he performed leading roles in Le Corsaire, Firebird, and Spector of the Rose. He later joined Ballet Arizona under the direction of Ib Anderson, where he performed many classical ballets, contemporary pieces, George Balanchine repertoire as well as original works by Ib Andersen and Nayon lovino. His most memorable roles are Golden Idol in La Bayadére, Arabian pas de deux in The Nutcracker and, pas de trois in Swan Lake, as well as Balanchine’s Four Temperaments and Western Symphony. Last season, Crespo danced as Sinbad in Scheherazade, Karl/The Prince in The Nutcracker, and James in La Sylphide. This is his second season with Milwaukee Ballet.

GARRETT GLASSMAN Sponsored by Kathleen D. Ryan

Originally from Gurnee, Illinois, Garrett Glassman received his BFA from Butler University. In 2012, he joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program where he was featured in Michael Pink’s Aubade, George Balanchine’s Who

Cares?, Maurice Bejart’s Mozart Tango, and original works by resident choreographer Timothy O’Donnell and Petr Zahradnícek. Glassman appeared in the McCallum Theatre’s Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival and at Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre as a member of NomadicLIMBS A Dance Collective.

In 2016, he danced as a guest artist at the Kansas City Dance Festival in a world premiere by Genesis choreographer Garrett Smith. Most recently, Glassman performed as Renfield in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Fritz in The Nutcracker, James Vane in Dorian Gray, Madge the Witch in La Sylphide, and Tweedle Dee in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland). This is Glassman’s fourth season dancing with Milwaukee Ballet’s Company.

ALANA GRIFFITH Sponsored by Andrea and Anthony Bryant

Alana Griffith began training at the Los Angeles Ballet Academy under Andrea Paris-Gutierrez. At age 17, she moved to London to train at the English National Ballet School. In her third year, she was selected to work with the company in

Wayne Eagling’s The Nutcracker. Griffith soon joined The English National Ballet II, touring England in Matthew Hart’s The Sleeping Beauty. Griffith then joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2013. In 2014, she joined the Company where she danced as the Spring Fairy in Michael Pink’s Cinderella, and appeared in Pink’s Don Quixote, Giselle, Dracula, Dorian Gray, and Mirror Mirror. Her favorite moments include dancing as Clara in Michael Pink’s The Nutcracker, Alice in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), and Eiffie in La Sylphide. This is her fourth season dancing in Milwaukee Ballet’s Company.

ELIZABETH HARRISON

Elizabeth Harrison was born in Hong Kong, where she started dancing at age four. She attended Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), where she performed in Les Sylphides, Flower Festival, Paquita, The Four

Temperaments, and Persistent Memory. She also danced with Hong Kong Ballet in The Nutcracker,

The Sleeping Beauty, and Romeo & Juliet. Among other awards, she won the Hong Kong Open Dance Competition (Ballet) in 2007 and 2009. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Ballet Performance and a minor in International Relations. At Oklahoma, she danced as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker, and appeared in Someday Sideways by Jock Soto, La Bayadére, La Vivandiere, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Raymonda, Lakme and many other roles by various choreographers. In 2015, she toured with the Oklahoma Festival Ballet Company, which performed in the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria. Last season, she danced with Cincinnati Ballet, including a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. This is her first season with Milwaukee Ballet.

ITZEL HERNANDEZ Sponsored by Suzanne Martens

Originally from Havana, Cuba, Itzel Hernandez began training at the Escuela Provincial de Ballet Alejo Carpentier. At age 12, she moved to the United States and earned a full scholarship at the Orlando Ballet School under

Peter Stark, where she performed as Clara in Bruce Mark’s The Nutcracker. At the Harid Conservatory, Hernandez trained under Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina, and Svetlana Osiyeva, and appeared in Mark Godden’s Fable and Corazon de La Llama. After graduating, she joined Orlando Ballet where she performed in La Danse by Telmo Moreira, the lead roles in Robert Hill’s Allegretto and Huapango, as well as Abdur Rahim Jackson’s premiere of aGain fOr tHe firSt tImE. Hernandez has competed in the Youth American Grand Prix, winning 3rd place in 2009 and 1st place Senior Contemporary in 2014. She joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2014, where she danced in Michael Pink’s Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and Cinderella before joining the Company in 2015. Last season, she danced the title role in Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade. This is her third season dancing in Milwaukee Ballet’s Company.

ERIK JOHNSON Sponsored by Jeff and Sandy Schlinsog

Born in Marengo, Illinois, Erik Johnson received his early training at The Judith Svalander School of Ballet. He received additional training from the Sarasota Ballet School in Florida. In 2009, he attended the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

Graduate Program. In 2010, he joined The Rochester City Ballet. In 2012, Johnson joined Milwaukee Ballet. This is his sixth season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

QUINBY KASCHSponsored by Sally Baumgartner Jarrar

Quinby Kasch is a California native who began her training at the Pacific Festival Ballet in Southern California at age eight. There, under the direction of Kim Maselli, Kasch danced several lead roles, such as Tinker Bell in Peter Pan

and Clara in The Nutcracker. She later trained on scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School and The Joffrey Ballet in Chicago. While dancing with Joffrey, she performed in Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake and as a guest artist in a world premiere by Alexei Kremnev at the 2015 YAGP Gala in New York City. Kasch spent two years in the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet ll Program where she performed in Michael Pink’s Dracula and The Nutcracker, Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), La Sylphide, and contemporary works by Lee Wei Chow and Ilya Kozadayev. Kasch appeared with the Company for Mariana Oliveira’s Pagliacci in the Genesis competition. This is her first season dancing with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

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JANEL MEINDERSEE Sponsored by Joan Brengel

Growing up in Vancouver, Washington, Janel Meindersee received her formal training at The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, under the direction of Damara Bennett. After training in the school for five years, and dancing

as an apprentice with the company for one season, Meindersee went on to dance as a Company Artist with Nevada Ballet Theatre. After two seasons in Nevada, Meindersee joined Milwaukee Ballet in 2011, where she has had the honor of performing in featured roles such as the Snow Queen in Michael Pink’s The Nutcracker and the Queen of the Dryads in Michael Pink’s Don Quixote. Some of her favorite opportunities have also included performing in Matthew Neenan’s The Last Glass, Amy Seiwert’s Requiem and In Passing (world premiere), Trey McIntyre’s A Day in the Life, and Mark Godden’s Angels in the Architecture. She would like to thank her family for their constant support throughout her career, as well as her husband, for always reminding her that her goals and passions are worth pursuing. This is her seventh season with Milwaukee Ballet.

BARRY MOLINA Sponsored by Andy Nunemaker

Barry Molina is originally from Bloomington, Minnesota. He trained at the School of American Ballet under Peter Martins and Jock Soto. He also attended the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Program. Molina

is a graduate of the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program, where he performed classical and contemporary repertoire, and premiered the title character in Billy’s Dancing Dairy Farm, a touring production for the Community Engagement Department. Since joining the Company, Molina has performed much of Michael Pink’s repertoire, including the roles of Peter’s Shadow in the world premiere of Peter Pan, Jack in Cinderella, the Bell Boy in Dracula, as

well as Fritz, a Jack, and Chinese Principal in The Nutcracker. He also danced in Brock Clawson’s Crossing Ashland, Lila York’s Celts, and Coppélia. This is his seventh season dancing in Milwaukee Ballet’s Company.

LUIS MONDRAGON

Born in Morelia, Mexico, Mondragon began his ballet training at the Centro Pro-Ballet de Michoacán under Leticia Davalos. At age 18, he was personally selected by Edward Villella to join the Miami City Ballet School where he

graduated after three years working and touring with the company. Mondragon has performed several ballets from choreographers such as George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Paul Taylor, Rudolf Nureyev, Ninette Devalois, and Jerome Robbins. He has been awarded scholarships to train with Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and Tulsa Ballet. In 2014, he was a guest of the Carreño festival under the direction of Jose Manuel Carreño from the American Ballet Theater. In 2015, he was “top twelve” in the finals of the Youth American Grand Prix. As a dancer with Sarasota Ballet, he toured to New York’s City Center to perform in the Fall For Dance Festival of 2016 alongside Alina Cojocaru and Friedemann Vogel. This is his debut season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

ISAAC SHARRATT Sponsored by Colette and William Goldammer

Isaac Sharratt was born in Tucson, Arizona, where he trained on scholarship at Ballet Arts. He became one of the first apprentices with Ballet Tucson at age 16 before he joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2008.

As a trainee, he represented the program for a dance festival in Cancún, Mexico. He joined the Company in 2009, where he danced as Noodler the Pirate in the world premiere of Michael Pink’s Peter Pan. Sharratt has also enjoyed performing in Pink’s Dracula, Esmeralda, and La Bohème, and working with choreographers

including Darrell Grand Moultrie, Val Caniparoli, Timothy O’Donnell, Lucas Jervies, Mauro de Candia, Lila York, Gabrielle Lamb, and Matthew Neenan. As a choreographer, Sharratt has created works for NEWaukee’s Naked Ballet events, NomadicLIMBS showcases, and studio performances by Milwaukee Ballet II and Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy. Sharratt also choreographed the music video for Volcano Choir’s “Tiderays.” This is his ninth season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

LIZZIE TRIPP Sponsored Stephen and Nancy Einhorn

Lizzie Tripp trained at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy (MBSA), as well as the American Ballet Theatre and Houston Ballet Summer Intensive programs. In MBSA, Tripp performed the title role in Rolando Yanes’s Alice in

Wonderland and appeared in Milwaukee Ballet’s corps for Michael Pink’s Swan Lake. She joined the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2014, where she danced in Michael Pink’s Don Quixote, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, and Dracula, as well as Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland) and contemporary works by Timothy O’Donnell, Lee-Wei Chao, Ilya Kozadayev, Nadia Thompson, and Petr Zahradnícek. Since joining the Company, Tripp danced in Michael Pink’s Mirror Mirror, Mark Godden’s Angels in the Architecture, and was featured in Enrico Morelli’s The Noise of Whispers. This is her second season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

LAHNA VANDERBUSH Sponsored by Mary Vandenberg and Keith Mardak

Lahna Vanderbush was born in Nagoya, Japan and raised in Eugene, Oregon. She began her training at the Eugene Ballet Academy, later finishing at the San Francisco Ballet School under the direction of Gloria Govrin and Lola de

Avila. She began her career in 2007 at Alberta Ballet. In 2009, she guested with the Norwegian

National Ballet and Eugene Ballet Company, later joining Ballet San Jose (which became Silicon Valley Ballet), where she performed roles varying from corps to principal. She has also danced in world premieres by Amy Seiwert and Yuri Zhukov, and performed with the San Jose Opera and Collage Dance Collective. Vanderbush has toured Canada, United States, China, and Spain with Alberta Ballet and Silicon Valley Ballet. Since joining Milwaukee Ballet, she has danced in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), Kathryn Posin’s Scheherazade, Michael Pink’s The Nutcracker, and was featured as Claudia in Pink’s Mirror Mirror. This is her second season with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

RANSOM WILKES-DAVIS

Originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Ransom Wilkes-Davis began his dance education in Savannah, Georgia. In 2009, he started his professional training with Columbia Classical Ballet in South Carolina under

the direction of Radenko Pavlovich. He danced with the company for one season before he went on to study at The Harid Conservatory under Olivier Pardina, Victoria Schneider, and Svetlana Osieyeva. Wilkes-Davis joined The Joffrey Ballet as a trainee from 2012 to 2014, where he danced with the Company in Chicago, at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and on tour in more than 40 performances. In 2014, he joined Atlanta Ballet where he enjoyed dancing for three seasons. His favorite roles include dancing in Liam Scarlett’s Vespertine, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Boiling Point, Yuri Possokov’s Classical Symphony, Jorden Morris’ Moulin Rouge® - The Ballet, and being featured as the Prince in John McFall’s The Sleeping Beauty, as well as Rat King, Mr. Petrov, Trepak, and Rose soloist in Atlanta Ballet’s The Nutcracker. He is excited to dance in his first season with Milwaukee Ballet.


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As a native of Villa Clara, Cuba, Rolando Yanes trained at the Professional School of the Arts and the Vocational School of Ballet in Santa Clara, Cuba. While in Cuba, Yanes was a principal dancer with Ballet de Camaguey under the direction of Fernando Alonso. In 1995, he was awarded the Silver Medal at the prestigious International Baller Competition in Brasilia, Brazil. Yanes came to the United States in 1996 as a principal dancer with Milwaukee Ballet Company.

Yanes expanded his diverse classical and contemporary repertoire at Milwaukee Ballet, dancing leading roles in Ballets such as Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, Coppélia, The Nutcracker, and Giselle. His powerful technique and unparalleled partnering skills led to principal roles in ballets such as La Esmeralda, Spartacus, Troy Game, Who Cares?, Diana and Acteon, and Le Corsaire, as well as major works from leading choreographers like George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh, Robert Joffrey, and Kathryn Posin. He has performed with numerous companies, such as Ballet Taller de San Juan (Puerto Rico) and in international ballet festivals in Havana, Cuba and Venezuela.

Yanes became the Director of the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program in 2001. In 2004, Yanes also became the Director of Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy. He has created original work for the school including Alice in Wonderland, The Adventures of La Cipollino, and ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. He has judged international and national ballet competitions, including the American youth Competition, All Nippon D.A.T.E. Classic Ballet Competition in Sendai, Japan and the Japan Grand Prix.

Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance NASD).

(Left to Right) At Barre: Isaac Allen, Matthew Larson (sponsored by Carl and Carly Lockrem),

Wyatt Pendleton (sponsored by Linda Sell), Richard Marks, Hunter Solomon, Reina Miyata

(sponsored by Robert and Faith Einhorn), Diego Garcia-Castillo. Standing: Kendra Woo, Eliza Schwartz,

Julia Crosby, Jessica Lopes. Kneeling/Chairs: Abby Caldwell, Serena Martin, Christina Dennis

(sponsored by Barbara Mangiafico), Julia Pareto, Justin Geiss (sponsored by Kelly Knoke).

Seated: Emily Smith, Kristen Marshall, Isabelle Urben (sponsored by Carla H. Hay), Yoka Hirayama.

(Photo by Jennifer Mazza Photography)

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ROLANDO YANESDirector of Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy and Milwaukee Ballet II

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Andrews Sill has traversed a vast repertoire from established masterworks to premieres in his symphonic, operatic, and ballet appearances, and has been lauded for his “strong artistic abilities, musical versatility, and winning personality.” Sill has served as Music Director of Milwaukee Ballet for the past 14 seasons, and is also Associate Music Director of New York City Ballet.

As a guest conductor, Andrews Sill has appeared with orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia. He has conducted at the Sydney Opera House, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Royal Danish Opera House, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Spoleto USA Festival.

Born in New York City, Andrews Sill’s talents were discovered early, and at the age of 15, he was accepted as a conducting and piano student at Yale University where he received his bachelor’s degree with honors. He continued his education under scholarship and fellowship awards from the Manhattan School of Music, earning his doctorate in 1987. He is an alumnus of the Aspen Music School, the Ravel Academy, and the National Conductors Preview of the League of American Orchestras.

Sill joined the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as Assistant Conductor in 1995, and was Associate Conductor from 1997 to 2001. He previously held the post of Associate Conductor with the Virginia Symphony and the Florida Symphony Orchestra. He began his career as Assistant Conductor of Boston Ballet from 1988-1990. He is proud to serve as Music Director of PianoArts in Wisconsin, an organization which identifies and nurtures young artists and helps them develop new audiences.

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FluteJanice BjorkmanJulia Richter

PiccoloJulia Richter

OboeBonnie Cohen

English HornBonnie Cohen

ClarinetDeborah HanksChristopher Zello

Bass ClarinetChristopher Zello

BassoonMonte PerkinsLori Babinec

HornDana ShermanKelly HofmanBruce Atwell

TrumpetStephan Orejudos

TromboneMark Hoelscher

Bass TromboneBradley J. Payne

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TimpaniTerry Smirl

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Violin 1Pasquale Laurino, ConcertmasterGerald Loughney, Assistant ConcertmasterEric SegnitzSusan DominguezRobin PetzoldElizabeth WarneAlexander Ayers

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ViolaJamie HofmanAmanda KochBonnie YeagerHarriet Briski

CelloRavenna HelsonPaul KilpatrickTrischa LoeblThomas Smith

BassJoseph DonahueMichael Britz

Orchestra Manager and LibrarianLori Babinec

PASQUALE LAURINO ConductorANDREWS SILL Music Director


Maestro Laurino enjoys a multi-faceted career as a conductor, violinist, educator, clinician, and entrepreneur. He is the associate conductor of Milwaukee Ballet, where he conducts the perennial favorite, The Nutcracker. Maestro Laurino conducted the world premiere of Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, aswell as Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake, and Coppèlia. Guest conducting appearances include the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Elmhurst Choral Union, L’Opera Piccola, Light Opera Works, the Sheboygan Symphony, the Skokie Valley Symphony, and the Chicago Opera Theatre. He was named artistic director and conductor of the Racine Symphony Orchestra in 2011. Pasquale Laurino appears regularly with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and is concertmaster of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and the Skylight Music Theatre. For several years, Laurino was the conductor of the popular Music Under the Stars series. Maestro Laurino conducted and provided commentary for the Copland Opera, The Tender Land, when it appeared on PBS in 2002. In 2004, he conducted the premiere production of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince, directed by Francesca Zambello. Laurino has participated in numerous festivals in Europe and the United States, including the Macerata Opera, the Festivale della Valle d’Itria in Italy, and the Gent Opera Festival in Belgium. In 2005, he joined the faculty of the Rocky Ridge Music Festival as conductor and violinist. He made his New York City debut playing the solo violin part in A Minister’s Wife at The Lincoln Center.

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To hire the Milwaukee Children’s Choir or to schedule an audition, please call 414.221.7040, email [email protected], or visit us at www.MilwaukeeChildrensChoir.org.

Marco Antonio Melendez, Artistic Director

Milwaukee Children’s Choir is Southeastern Wisconsin’s premier youth choir. Since 1994, Milwaukee Children’s Choir has been delighting audiences and providing children, ages 5-18, with exceptional choral music education and performance experiences that foster creativity, personal expression and social growth.

As an audition-based, advanced children’s choral music program, Milwaukee Children’s Choir maintains six levels of choral education for children from 1st-12th grades. The Choir offers rehearsal locations throughout the whole of Southeastern Wisconsin. Milwaukee Children’s Choir also serves children during the school day at five Milwaukee Public Schools, providing music education through its grant-funded Harmony Program and throughout partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools and other Milwaukee area schools.

Now celebrating its 24th season, Milwaukee Children’s Choir maintains a collaborative relationship with area arts organizations while also supporting area music educators through clinics and workshops. The Choir developed and annually hosts the Milwaukee Choral Conference, an intensive choral workshop for choral conductors as well as current and aspiring choral music educators, created to explore solutions for promoting and preserving the choral arts today and for future generations. Conference clinicians have included Dr. Anton Armstrong, Henry Leck, Dr. Rollo Dilworth, Dr. Doreen Rao and Jim Papoulis. Other frequent collaborations include those with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and the Milwaukee Ballet such as its annual production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s, “The Nutcracker.” Recently, Voices of Eterna, Milwaukee Children’s Choir’s premier choral ensemble, was featured at the Wisconsin Choral Director’s Association State Conference in Appleton, Wisconsin. Last season, the Choir hosted a collaborative concert with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s, THE FOUR TOPS.

Milwaukee Children’s Choir utilizes Voice for Life, an internationally recognized, advanced music education curriculum. From vocal development and musical literacy to leadership skills, the curriculum builds upon each chorister’s artistic excellence and character. The Choir also offers regional, national, and international touring opportunities for students. Recently, the Choir toured throughout the West and East Coasts of the United States, culminating in a performance at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Last season, the choir travelled throughout Wisconsin, Tennessee, and the Bahamas.

Milwaukee Children’s Choir is a proud member of the United Performing Arts Fund.

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$500-$999Anonymous (3)Mr. John AmbroseM.M. AuerMr. and Mrs. Mark A. BarnardMr. and Mrs. James BarryLinda E. Benfield and Steven C. WallaceMs. Natalie A. BlaisJoan and Fred Brengel Family Foundation, Inc.Ms. Christy Brown and Mr. Brian BullockValerie BrumderMr. Barney Brumm

Susan CerlettyLouis ChicquetteMr. and Mrs. Mario CostantiniMr. and Mrs. Luis De YturbeJudges John and Jean DiMottoGary W. DrescherJohn and Jodi EastbergLynne EnglishNeil and Emily FarberJanet and Stanley FoxTim and Sue FrautschiDrs. David R. Friedland and Christina RungeAllan and Mary Ellen FroehlichGreater Milwaukee Foundation Donald and Barbara Abert Fund Joan and Peter W. Bruce Fund Drs. George and Christine Sosnovsky Fund Bill and Gwen Werner Fund Terri GrenkeJohn GusmerRosemary and Bruce HansenMargarete and David HarveyHewlett Packard EnterpriseEllen Hing and Chris LeadleyMs. Joanne HulceHannah and Jason JahnMs. Ann JanikowskyJewish Community Foundation Ms. Pam Kriger Donor Advised FundMs. Kelly KnokeSusan and Tony KrausenKevin LangreckMr. Varun Laroyia and Ms. Radhika MaheshwariChristopher and Emilia LaydenRavenna and Randy LipchikRobert and Carola LoepfeRobert and Mary LootsPeter LovanceMs. Ann MartinJan and Vince MartinDr. Laura T. MirhoseiniDr. A.E. MoatsJim MortellMelissa MoyerDr. Barry MullenAndrew D. Narrai and Nancy H. HernandezGerald and Diana OgrenBrian and Katie OlenderMaggey and David OplingerDr. Sandra L. OsbornJayne and Michael PinkDr. Marcelle Polednik and Mr. David KammermanMs. Stephanie PuryearMr. Richard QuintChristine Radiske and Herbert QuigleyReinhold Charitable FundPaul A. RichterJudy SaichekKelly SaundersJim and Joy Shields Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Shovers

$100,000+Donald and Donna BaumgartnerHerzfeld FoundationSusanna and Justin MortaraSue and Allan “Bud” SeligUnited Performing Arts Fund

$50,000-$99,999The Lynde & Harry Bradley FoundationEinhorn Family FoundationNita Soref

$25,000-$49,999Anonymous (2)Associated Banc-CorpBMO Harris BankThe Cudahy FoundationRobert DohmenHeil Family FoundationMilwaukee County CAMPACMPS Partnership for the Arts & HumanitiesThe Shubert Foundation, Inc.Mr. Henry H. Uihlein Jr.*Wisconsin Department of Tourism

$10,000-$24,999Mr. and Mrs. James D. BellMr. and Mrs. Anthony W. BryantCatalyst Construction LLPGreater Milwaukee Foundation William & Mary Bonfield Jr. Fund Virginia Booth Vogel FundChristian N. HabitzStanley KritzikLaura and Allen LeverettMandel GroupJoyce and Bruce MyersPeck Foundation, Milwaukee LTDWilliam and Margaret RaaschMr. and Mrs. John Rumpfvon Briesen & Roper s.c.We Energies FoundationWisconsin Arts Board

$5,000-$9,999Astor Street Foundation Inc.Badger LiquorRobert W. Baird & CompanyBaird Foundation Inc.John P. BaumgartnerBrewers Community Foundation, Inc.Burke PropertiesKatherine and Kell DamsgaardSarah and Peter Damsgaard

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. DeMicheleEinhorn Family Charitable TrustRalph Evinrude Foundation, Inc.Faye’s BoutiquesJalem M. Getz and Jessica FrizzellGreater Milwaukee Foundation Norman and Lucy Cohn Family FoundationBarry Grossman and Gail LioneGroth Design GroupHGA Architects and EngineersJohnson BankAmy Schmidt Jones and Andrew JonesMichael T. Jones and Peggy MeadPeggy Kelsey and Michael J. TeichSarah and Richard KimballBillie and Mike KublyJane and Tom LacyMaihaugen FoundationDr. Suzanne J. MartensAnne and Tom MetcalfeMichael Best & FriedrichMilwaukee Arts BoardAndy NunemakerAnne E. OberbeckJane Bradley Pettit FoundationCandy and Bruce PindyckR. Jan Pirozzolo-Mellowes and John MellowesPNC FoundationGene & Ruth Posner FoundationJerome Robbins FoundationJeff and Sandy SchlinsogMolly and Scott SchweigerJudson SnyderBert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable TrustPaula M. Steiner Family FoundationRichard and Ann TeerlinkUS BankWantableMr. Robert F. WeisbergMr. and Mrs. Charles F. Wright Jr.

$2500-$4999Adam and Rachel ArndtMark and Victoria BenskinMrs. Frederick L. BrengelBriggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation, Inc.Kathleen and Randall CrockerFoley & Lardner LLPJeff and Kelly FitzsimmonsMartin and Angie GallunThe Gardner FoundationColette and William Goldammer

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Schomer Lichtner Scholarship Fund Luedke-Smith Fund David C. Scott Foundation Fund Ivan P. Steingart FundEvan and Marion Helfaer FoundationSally Baumgartner JarrarMatt and Kathryn KammMolly and Peter KiesMs. Anne K. KlisurichMarcus CorporationMarcus Hotels & ResortsAnne L. MartinoCharles D. Ortgiesen Foundation, Inc.Sarah Thomas Pagels and Jesse PagelsTai and Andrew PaulsJill G. PelisekElaine N. PetersonMary and George PoormanLisa PrestonPride Foundation The Paul Mandracchia & Gary Hollander Community FundJohn RaittKathleen D. RyanKathleen and Frank ThometzMs. Mary N. Vandenberg and Mr. Keith MardakAnn Windsor and Doug StahlWilfred W. Wollner Jr.Kay and Richard Yuspeh

$1,000-$2499Anonymous (2)Theodore W. Batterman Family Foundation, Inc.Ulrich and Lina BroeckelVicki and Anthony CecalupoMr. Michael J. ClearyKathy and Randy DeanThomas J. and Deborah W. DegnanTimothy and Mary DondlingerElizabeth and Justin DrewMr. and Mrs. Robert EinhornKari and Bill FooteJason and Wanetta FrickeBob and Joan GoodmanShari GrahovacGreater Milwaukee Association of REALTORS Youth FoundationMr. and Mrs. F. William HabermanGlen and Claire HackmannGeorge A. HannemanCarla H. HayMrs. R. Goeres Hayssen

The artistic, educational, and engagement programs of Milwaukee Ballet are made possible by the generous support of our friends. While space limitations prevent us from listing gifts under $250, the Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generosity of all of our donors.

This donor list reflects gifts given to the Ballet from XX-XX. If you have any questions about your listing, please call 414-902-2114.

Milwaukee Ballet gratefully acknowledges

the generous support it receives throughout

the year from

To support YOUR Milwaukee Ballet,

or learn more about the benefits of becoming a

Milwaukee Ballet partner, contact our Development

Department at 414-902-2104.

Milwaukee Ballet promotional photography courtesy of

2017-18 CONTRIBUTORS Milwaukee Ballet

Judith StarkJulie and Christopher SteinhafelBarbara SteinmetzMs. Gillian StewartMrs. Kathleen SulloSteve and Joanne SzymaszekJoan UrdanArionel VargasMr. and Mrs. Robert WarnerMr. and Mrs. Mark WeitenbeckMr. and Mrs. Donald S. WilsonEd and Diane Zore

$250-$499Anonymous (3)Tim and Noel AicherMs. Griselda AldreteJohn and Michelle AllenJane L. AndersonRobert and Julia ArmstrongDr. and Mrs. Robert B. AshmoreAT&T Employee Giving CampaignAurora Health Care, Inc.Jean J. BaesemannSheila M. BakerHanna BakkenBarb and Aaron BaltzThe Barrow FamilyMs. Molly BauschWilliam J. K. BeaudotShirley and Richard BehrendtArthur and Carolee BeutlerMr. and Mrs. Robert A. BladornMs. Abigail BloomMr. and Mrs. Robert R. BrennerJill and Frits BroekhuizenMarcia P. Brooks and Edward J. HammondKathy BrunellAnne Marie BulaLisa and Bob CollinsMr. and Mrs. Jack CookWilliam J. Crowley M.D.Ms. Margaret DorseyWilliam E. EasthamAudrienne W. EderMr. Eugene EismanJoseph EngmanMr. and Mrs. Steve FilmanowiczRachel E. FingerSteve FischerMs. Amy ForsmoKatie FoyMr. and Mrs. John GallamDrs. Mark and Virginia GennisMr. and Mrs. Jeff GreenBeth GriffinJames E GronowskiEric and Elizabeth HammeVictoria HarkeySara and Dale HarmelinkRavenna M. HelsonMr. and Mrs. James HolcombHal HornefferMs. Emily HorsfieldEva Ivanov

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan JacksonMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey JahnkeJewish Community Foundation Alice and Jerome Jacobson Donor Advised Fund Burton and Audrey Strnad Donor Advised FundMarlene KagenMr. and Mrs. Mike KaiserDr. and Mrs. Russell T. KittlesonSue Cleary KochMr. and Mrs. John KordsmeierDon and Jo Anne KrauseJenna KronerJeanne C. KuelthauMr. and Mrs. Brian LanserMs. Catherine LewisMr. and Mrs. Wayne R. LuedersDan E. LuedtkeSusan Marcus and Alan ShlimovitzKathryn MarshallDaniel J. Mast, Ph.D.Ms. Danielle MathaiRose Mary and Frank MatusinecMs. Madeline McNallyHoward and Sara MillerMs. Tera MinerDaniel H. and Michele A. NelsonMs. Chris OlsonMs. Autumn OzechowskiDr. Deborah PaulMr. and Mrs. James R. PetrieMr. and Mrs. Scott H. RipkeyMs. Claudia RuizPaul and Holly SchmidtkeMr. and Mrs. Robert A. SchuetzBob Schwartz and Margaret AthertonHeidi and Kevin SjostromJan A. SmokowiczDeborah SolisPat and Dave SteinbachVictoria Teerlink and Jeffrey DropeNate and Brooke TizianiAmalia Levit TodrykEric Vogel and Megan HolbrookVincent and Sarah VogelsangTracey and Andrew WadsworthMr. and Mrs. Adam ZellMs. Virginia Zignego

Tribute GiftsIn Honor of:Donna Baumgartner’s Birthday John P. BaumgartnerDonald and Donna Baumgartner’s Birthdays Wendy W. Blumenthal Karen and Robert DrummondConsiglia and Nicola D’Alessandro Linda AtkinsonEugene & Virginia Einem Richard and Shirley BehrendtNancy Einhorn Einhorn Family Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gosman

Nancy Einhorn’s Birthday Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. PollackStephen Einhorn Einhorn Family Charitable Trust Leonard and Jeanne Helminiak Katherine J. HelminiakTracy Hibner Marlis and Philip HinmanKelly Knoke Greg and Julie KnokeThe Mortara Family Joseph R. PabstAlexander Negron Cydney EdwardsJill Pelisek’s Birthday Catherine G. PullarAnya Schmidtke Paul and Holly SchmidtkeSue Selig Frances FranklinEsther Smokowicz Jan A. SmokowiczNita Soref’s Birthday Richard SteeleFrances Steiner Mary B. Shepard and Charles K. SteinerSophia Tarlo John and Michelle AllenSarah Thomas Pagels Ms. Karen RopelRolando Yanes’ 20th Anniversary at Milwaukee Ballet Kari Check Ms. Kelly Knoke James L. McFarland

In Memory of:James Auer M.M. AuerRoberta Bourse Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. SchuetzCalvin Cummins Doris CumminsLillian Dessloch Paula RathRobert Eiseman Eve Dicker EisemanShirley Kritzik Mr. and Mrs. Leonard LewensohnNorma Marcus Steve and Nancy EinhornRandall Pilak Diane M. PilakRev. David C. Rohlfing Dorlee and David RohlfingMarshall Savick James and Georgia MilerHarry F. and Patricia H. Weisberg Mr. Robert F. Weisburg

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Encore SocietyMilwaukee Ballet thanks its supporters who have made commitments to the Company through their estate plans.

Rita R. AndersonGreater Milwaukee Foundation William A. and Mary Bonfield Jr.* FundWaukesha County Community Foundation Early Hill FundDr. Lucile CohnMilicent DewesMary DohmenRosemarie EiermanRobert Eiseman*Marvin HaesleDaniel Howard*Ms. Laura KrauseJoan E. MoellerMariette and Phillip Orth*Margaret Pearson CPABarbara Roth*Robert W. Ruffalo*Henry H. Uihlein Jr.*Ms. Joan Wiegand*Jane R. Will**Deceased

Matching Gift CompaniesAurora Health Care, Inc.BMO Harris BankGE FoundationHewlett Packard EnterpriseIBM Matching Grants ProgramJCPenneyJohnson Controls FoundationMorgan StanleyPNC FoundationUS BankWe Energies Foundation

Gifts in KindAltius GymnasticsBartolotta Restaurant GroupBelle FioriBetty Brinn Children’s MuseumBrewers Community Foundation, Inc.Mr. Barney BrummCarroll Studios of PhotographyCBREColectivo CoffeeMr. Marc CollettiLisa and Bob CollinsSarah and Peter DamsgaardPatrick DeanMs. Judith DennyDiscovery World at Pier WisconsinDonald Driver FoundationThe Establishment SalonFirst Stage MilwaukeeFoley & Lardner, LLPJason and Wanetta FrickeJust Kidding Kids Cuts

Friends of the Cedarburg BogFriends of The DomesFroedtert Sports Medicine CenterSteve GlaweHoffman YorkIndulgence ChocolatiersThe Journeyman HotelDr. Kristin JuergensJust Kidding Kids CutsKinetic:MKEKohler Co./Kohler Design CenterKohler CompanyLake Geneva Cruise LineLowlands GroupJessica MaiMajic ProductionsRachel MalehornMarcus Center for the Performing ArtsJennifer Mazza PhotographyMillerCoors, Inc.Milwaukee County ParksMilwaukee County ZooMilwaukee Public MuseumThe Moyer FamilyMullett Ice CenterSandra MurzynDr. Mary NeffTimothy O’DonnellOzaukee SkatelandKara PeeryThe Pfister HotelPNC Financial Services GroupPotawatomi Hotel & CasinoRD ImageRodney and Jenise ReiderRiverbend ClubSchlitz Audubon Nature CenterAmy Schmidt Jones and Andrew JonesSky Zone Indoor Trampoline ParkJudson SnyderSocial CandyFrances SteinerUrban Ecology CenterUrban OMvon Briesen & Roper, S.C.Walker’s Point Creative CollectiveWaterford Wine CompanyWe EnergiesNancy Wu

With gratitude to the generous members

of the Commissioner’s Circle, who have

pledged $5,000 or more to support

new work at Milwaukee Ballet.

Donna & Donald Baumgartner

Peggy Kelsey & Michael J. Teich

Jane & Tom Lacy

Anne & Tom Metcalfe

Sue & Allan 'Bud' Selig

To learn more, call Milwaukee Ballet at

414-902-2104.

Justin & Susanna Mortara


ArtisticMichael Pink, Artistic DirectorDenis Malinkine, Ballet Master Luz San Miguel, Ballet Master

The Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II ProgramRolando Yanes, DirectorMireille Favarel, Associate DirectorAlyson Chavez, ManagerDenis Malinkine, Tatiana Malinkine, Lori McNichols, Karl von Rabenau, Faculty

Production StaffDouglas McCubbin, Production ManagerLexie Klasing, Stage ManagerBill Woger, Technical DirectorJoe Bzura, Master ElectricianAnders Meyer, Properties MasterBradley Jostons, Head Carpenter

Costume ShopMary Piering, Costume ManagerHarlan Ferstl, Lynell Kream, Patricia Risser, DraperLisa Jacobson, Micky Simmons, StitchersChristy Siebers, Wardrobe MistressKrista Allenstein, Costume Rental and Shoe CoordinatorMary Berger, Mary Clare Bundalo, Pam Ebeling, Rebecca Gardner, Diane Head, Lisa Jacobson, Kelie Krause, Janis Liedtke, Claire Rhode, Maddie Rhode, Alice Svetic, Katie Young, DressersAnthony Mackey, Wig Stylist

Music StaffAndrews Sill, Music DirectorLori Babinec, Orchestra ManagerSteven Ayers, Company Accompanist

Headshot PhotographyTimothy O’Donnell

AdministrationJulia Glawe, Executive DirectorMary Rask, Financial DirectorKelly Knoke, Customer Relationship ManagerDouglas McCubbin, Operations ManagerLexie Klasing, Company ManagerBeth Hohenfeldt, Accountant

Community EngagementAlyson Chavez, Director of Community EngagementLori McNichols, Community Engagement and MBII CoordinatorErin Dresen, Rachel Musuraca, Victoria Zures, Relevé Faculty

DevelopmentCarl Lockrem, Director of DevelopmentFrances Steiner, Associate Director of DevelopmentAllison Kaminsky, Corporate and Foundation Relations ManagerSam Harmon-Smith, Development Assistant

MarketingAnne Metcalfe, Marketing and Communications DirectorTracy Hibner, Ticket DirectorLeslie Rivers, PR & Media ManagerCasey Senecko, Marketing & Promotions ManagerTimothy O’Donnell, Artistic Advisor

Ballet BoutiqueAmy Maxwell

Medical StaffFroedtert Sports Medicine Center and Medical College of Wisconsin Physicians and ClinicsWilliam G. Raasch, M.D., Craig C. Young, M.D.,Laura Gottschlich, D.O. Kahla Hendricks, M.s, L.A.T., P.E.SChris Melkovitz, P.T.

Psychology and the Performing ArtsKris Juergens, Psy.D., Mary Neff, Psy.D.

Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).

STAFF Milwaukee Ballet

Executive Committee

Justin MortaraChair & PresidentMortara Instrument, Inc.

Amy Schmidt JonesVice President & Chair ElectNominating & Governance ChairMichael Best & Friedrich LLP

Donna BaumgartnerArtistic ChairNominating & Governance

Jane BellDevelopment Chair

Mark BenskinTreasurer, Finance ChairUS Bank Private Client Reserve

Nancy EinhornSchool & Academy Co-Chair Community Outreach ChairEinhorn & Associates

Colleen Henderson, CFABuilding & Facilities ChairWEC Energy Group

Anne MartinoMarketing ChairAurora Health Care

Jan Pirozzolo-MellowesSecretaryFoley & Lardner LLP

Judson SnyderImmediate Past PresidentBMO Harris Equipment Finance

Members at Large

Griselda AldreteHispanic Professionalsof Greater Milwaukee

Aliah BermanAurora Health Care

William BonifasCBRE

Sarah DamsgaardJP Morgan Securities

Sarah KimballKimball Communications

Gail Lione

Jill PelisekUWM Lubar School of Business

Christopher PiotrowskiAssociated Bank

Lisa PrestonManpower Group

William Raasch, M.D.Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Institute

John RumpfBaird

Molly SchweigerPNC Bank

Sarah Thomas PagelsLaffey, Leitner & Goode, LLC

Ex-Officio

Julia GlaweExecutive Director

Michael PinkArtistic Director

Advisory Council

Kathleen Allen Crocker

Katie Heil

Maxine Wishner

Honorary Directors

Nana Allis*

Audrey Baird

Roberta Boorse*

Barbara Brumder*

Robert Eiseman*

Mariette Orth*

Jodi Peck

Joan and Jack* Stein

Mary Trainer*

Founder Milwaukee Ballet

Roberta Boorse*

*Deceased

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Milwaukee Ballet

Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy

Rolando Yanes, Director Renee Griswold, General Manager

Faculty Emily BennettParker Brasser-VosPamela EbelingMegan GarciaBrianne GeorgeAva GoinerKristin HerlacheMonica IslaSarah KasdorfTatiana MalinkineNancy McCloudJennifer MillerLisa MoberlyLisa MoberlyTimothy O’DonnellDavid RomanVictoria StevensonCatey Ott ThompsonKarl von RabenauChelsea Viste

AccompanistsAlan BorkenhagenDaniel BoudewynsCina ChangNancy ChuJane CiskeFrederick DickensonVictoria DvoskinJessi KolbergBenjamin KramerJiwon LeeAlla LevinPeggy LozierRachel MehailMichelle NaegeleAnna ParfanovichKate StocksBernarda SupanLuke TalenChris Wszalek

StaffImani Jalil, Administrator Lillianna Petsch-Horvath, RegistrarKarl von Rabenau, Riverpoint Branch ManagerNancy McCloud, Towne Center Branch ManagerSylvia Bradley, Justin Geiss, Alyx Johnson, Sandra Murzyn, Elizabeth Warren Receptionists


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