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We have just unveiled our 2014-2015 season and if you haven’t seen it, stop by, or rather, run immediately to one of the subscription renewal tables in the lobby. From Marius Petipa to Justin Peck, we are offering works from 1869 to 2014 by an incredible array of choreographic talent. People always ask me to choose my favorite works, and I refrain from answering because I have too many. I will say that the return of Alexei Ratmansky’s spectacular Don Quixote is a season highlight for me. And every time I see that we are doing an all-William Forsythe evening, I have to stop and pinch myself. Grab a brochure, check us out online, and reserve your tickets right now.

It was about a year ago that we announced this program and curiosity perked up its head. Audiences were wondering about Alejandro Cerrudo. Alejandro is not only an eye-catching dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he’s also their resident choreog-rapher. Having created twelve works for the company and two for Ballet Arizona, with works in a half dozen companies around the world, you’d think he was kind of old. Wrong: young and charming, talented, too. He’s been a wonder to watch in the studio as he moves with quixotic ease around the room like a breeze. His work is fresh and clever, with a hint of humor, like the man himself. We are honored to have him create for PNB.

In 2009, Susan Stroman swooped into our studios for a few precious weeks to create a gem called TAKE FIVE…More or Less to the foot-tapping rhythms of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. The work starts with the idea that the really good stuff starts on the five-minute break, when dancers and musicians just start jammin’. Susan is all class and sass—a true pro. She created a perfect gift for our company without stepping on any toes. She’s a Broadway darling with five Tony Awards to date, and her latest venture, Bullets Over Broadway, has us thinking she might need to clear some more space on her mantel.

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DIRECTOR’S NOTEBOOKAlejandro Cerrudo…moves with quixotic ease…

Susan Stroman…all class and sass—a true pro. Susan Marshall…Her world is the cerebral.

Molissa Fenley…a true phenomenon.

Susan Marshall shares a first name and a birthday with Susan Stroman, but little else. Her world is the cerebral. In Kiss, she gives us two ropes, two bodies in jeans and t-shirts, and raw, unadorned human emotion. The work stays with us long after the curtain descends. We see ourselves in it, complete with a perfect balance of awkwardness and beauty.

Completing the program is Molissa Fenley’s tour de force to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: State of Darkness. Molissa is a true phenomenon. Having worked predominantly as a solo performer for most of her career, her collaborations with visual artists and composers have been legendary. Lighting designer David Moodey is her silent partner and every bit the artist in his own right. I had the pleasure of moonlighting with Molissa in New York’s downtown dance scene for about a decade, during which I performed four works of hers. Each was demanding and rewarding in its own way, but none more challenging than State of Darkness. My debut was on one of those August nights in New York at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival in brutal humidity and record-breaking high temperatures. Even the audience was sweating! The work is a test of stamina but also of concentration and memorization. The heady swells, intricacies, and tantrums of Stravinsky’s score cycle through the performer’s body with intensity. Molissa herself was mind-boggling in the role.

These four works have no real connection, but each exemplifies the varied and rewarding effects of great chore-ography. DIRECTOR’S CHOICE offers four examples of sublime expression and emotion through movement and music, and if you like what you’re seeing, be sure to pick up a subscription and I’ll guarantee another intoxicating season of great dance…at PNB.

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Welcome to DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, the annual rep that has long become one of our patrons’ most

favorite of the season, when we look back on a few cherished contemporary works accompanied by the excitement of a world premiere. For those of you who have been in the house since Peter Boal’s arrival at PNB, it’s delightful to revisit Susan Stroman’s brassy and sassy TAKE FIVE…More or Less; Molissa Fenley’s 36-minute, bravura solo, State of Darkness; and Susan Marshall’s Kiss. The works of renowned composers are the foundation for each of these pieces: Dave Brubeck, Igor Stravinsky, and Arvo Pärt, respectively, all played so notably by the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. It is only possible to bring these ballets to our stage, both initially and subsequently, with generous funding through PNB’s New Works Initiative. We offer heartfelt thanks to Bruce & Jolene McCaw and Lyndall Boal for their major support of these works.

We are thrilled to have a world premiere by Alejandro Cerrudo on this program, created with the support of a Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance awarded by The Joyce Theater with major funding from the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation. We are fortunate to have PNB’s talented artists, costume designer Mark Zappone and lighting designer Randall G. Chiarelli, showcased in this premiere. Principal support for this work has been provided by Jolene McCaw & Family with additional support by H. David Kaplan. We are honored to thank the rep’s Presenting Sponsor, The Boeing Company, and are also grateful for increased support from U.S. Bank as a Major Sponsor of DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, in addition to their generous sponsorship of Friday Previews. Lastly, our thanks go to Major Sponsor National Endowment for the Arts, and Supporting Sponsor Acción Cultural Española.

Ballet has many elements, but those familiar with the Company often think of individuals. It is my honor to say a few words about two very special members of the PNB family: first, the ever-brilliant Kaori Nakamura. She stuns us in the Phelps Center studios with her consistent work ethic, and in the halls with her complete professionalism. Once on stage,

she immediately puts us at ease with her confident technique. We will miss her deeply on stage, but we are thrilled that she will dedicate the next phase of her dance career to PNB School, assuring that under her guidance, our students will learn the equal importance of professionalism, work ethic, technique, and artistry.

Second, as we near the end of David Brown’s time as PNB’s executive director, it’s impossible for those of us who have worked closely with him not to re-live moments in our history when his leadership has made all the difference. They are too numerous to mention, but suffice it to say that his dedication to fiscal stability, his mastery of our operating plans, and his leadership in the broader arts community have had a great impact. I speak on behalf of all trustees, past and present, when I say that his retirement on June 30 leaves big shoes to fill. But the Board of Trustees is delighted to welcome to this role Ellen Walker, PNB’s current director of marketing and communications and incoming executive director, effective July 1. In addition to her strong working relationship with Peter Boal, Ellen and David have worked side by side for ten years. As we make the transition over the coming months, you will see Ellen more frequently in the front of the house. With her many years in marketing, she brings complete devotion to our patron and donor experience and is excited to meet each one of our supporters.

Enjoy DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, and please return frequently this season so you can catch one of PNB’s most glorious ballerinas in her final performances. And, of course, it’s not too early to secure your favorite seat for our Season Encore Performance on June 8, when we gather to relish and applaud Kaori in some of her favorite roles.

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Dear Friends,

We are so pleased to welcome you to PNB’s 2013-2014 season production of DIRECTOR’S CHOICE. Highlights for today’s performance include the return of some of Peter Boal’s favorite contemporary works—Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness, set to Stravinsky’s riot-inducing The Rite of Spring, Susan Marshall’s Kiss, Broadway great Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE…More or Less— and the world premiere of a much- anticipated work by Alejandro Cerrudo.

As a global corporate leader, we strive to work in concert with others to shape a world where individuals can thrive and every community is a vibrant place to live and work. The Boeing Company is pleased to support PNB and the emphasis it places on creation and invention in the Puget Sound region. Boeing’s longtime partnership with Pacific Northwest Ballet spans more than two decades and is an important part of our continuing tradition of support to the local community and the arts.

At Boeing, we are proud of our company’s continuing commitment to the Pacific Northwest and its support of a broad range of programs designed to enhance our communities and enrich our lives. We are especially proud to sponsor PNB’s DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, to support the development of rising choreographers, and celebrate the versatility of PNB dancers.

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TAKE FIVE…More or LessMUSIC: Dave Brubeck (Blue Rondo a la Turk

and Strange Meadow Lark, 1959 ) and Paul Desmond (Take Five, 1959), orchestrated by Doug Besterman

CHOREOGRAPHY: Susan StromanCOSTUME DESIGN: William Ivey LongLIGHTING DESIGN: Randall G. ChiarelliPREMIERE: April 17, 2008; Pacific Northwest Ballet

(Laugh Out Loud! Festival)

The 2008 world premiere of TAKE FIVE… More or Less was generously underwritten by Bruce & Jolene McCaw.

Peter Boal invited Tony Award-winning Broadway choreographer Susan Stroman to create a new work for the Company’s Laugh Out Loud! Festival in April 2008. She accepted and the result was TAKE FIVE…More or Less, an ensemble piece for eleven dancers set to the famous jazz scores of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond.

Stroman’s starting point was the idea that artists never really “take five.” Their art is always with them, even when they are asleep—witness the “nighttime” section of the ballet, featuring a ballerina dancing over the heads of the “sleeping” dancers.

KissMUSIC: Arvo Pärt (Cantus in Memory of Benjamin

Britten, 1977)CHOREOGRAPHY: Susan MarshallSTAGING: Kristen Hollinsworth and Luke MillerORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN: Mitchell BogardLIGHTING DESIGN: Peter BracilanoORIGINAL HARNESSES AND RIGGING DESIGN:

John RedmanFIRST PERFORMANCE: December 3, 1987; Dance Theater

Workshop (New York)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: February 2, 2006

Set to the profound, minimal music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, Kiss is a brief yet mesmerizing aerial pas de deux that explores the balance of human love and emotion. Susan Marshall’s chore-ography sets two dancers suspended in harnesses above the stage floor. Dressed casually in street clothes, they move together, separate and return to one another in a series of gentle, sweeping movements that embody both the pleasure and torment of being in love.

Kiss was choreographed in 1987 during a residency at Jacob’s Pillow, Massachusetts, and was premiered that year in New York by Dance Theater Workshop. The Boston Herald referred to Kiss as “a case study for making the perfect aerial dance,” and the Oakland Tribune observed, “The miracle of the piece is that it captures in concrete dance terms the almost palpable feeling of swimming in love, of being suspended in eternity.”

State of DarknessMUSIC: Igor Stravinsky (Le Sacre du Printemps

[The Rite of Spring ], 1911-1913)CHOREOGRAPHY: Molissa FenleyLIGHTING DESIGN: David MoodeyPREMIERE: June 23, 1988; American Dance Festival

(Durham, North Carolina)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: May 31, 2007

The 2007 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness was generously underwritten by Lyndall Boal.

Molissa Fenley’s intensely dynamic solo, State of Darkness, is set to Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Commissioned by the American Dance Festival, State of Darkness was first performed by Fenley herself, who received a Bessie Choreography award for her work. Peter Boal received a Bessie Performance award for his revival perfor-mance of State of Darkness in 2000.

Fenley writes: State of Darkness was choreographed in 1988. I had seen the Joffrey Ballet perform their reconstruction of Nijinsky’s original of Le Sacre du Printemps. I was completely taken with the music and went the next day to find a recording of the score. I ended up with an orchestral version performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati, a recording that is unfortunately now out of print. I was just listening to the recording every day during my warm-up in the studio. This is a time when I’m dancing and performing exercises to keep my technical expertise maintained but also a time when I am, in a way, uncon-scious, not so much doing the exercises by rote, but by knowing what comes next in the series I have designed for myself, the imagination having a nice moment to free-float. I found myself adding things to the warm-up—deep shudderings in my torso and abdominals—and watching my body respond to the extremes of timpani and

strings. Soon enough, I realized I was choreo-graphing to the work—choreographing to the piece of music, not to the scenario devised by Nijinsky and Diaghilev.

“Using the textural basis of the score then became the method of entering into the music and knowing what to choreo-graph. I called the work State of Darkness for precisely the reason that I didn’t follow the scenario of the Rite of Spring: I followed an inner, intuitive voice that understood the music. Odd things would happen in the studio. It was in the winter and I like to work with no artificial light. In the shadows of the room, I would be sure that I was being visited by Nijinsky himself, who revealed that he had wished he had choreographed the entire work as a solo but hadn’t been allowed to. I knew there was the possibility for one person to take on the varying states of the music. I experimented with changing who I was while dancing—sometimes in the spirit world, sometimes in the animal world, sometimes in the present plane—constantly shifting personas in the dance—exiting a sense of ‘self ’ and becoming something ‘other’—being transported.

“To choreograph and perform this work as a soloist meant that I had to turn off a lot of the grumblings that were around me, some vocal people in the dance world who thought this undertaking was unbelievably arrogant. Besides, to follow a new career as a soloist meant to be diminutive to an ensemble form, a definite step in the wrong direction. In the subsequent years of performing the work as one woman on stage meant different things in different cultures. Throughout the world, most women felt it was very empowering for all women and supported my endeavors whole-heartedly. Some others, including some men, seemed to feel this was not the place for a woman. The costume for this work was a simple pair of black tights. I would appear androgynous to some— a small, yet strong body with short hair.

“State of Darkness had many passages choreographed around the idea of fear, entering into the shadows, delighting in an animal presence, shifting from being extremely powerful to being totally out of control—a dialogue with the music, sometimes auguring what happens next in the score, preceding rhythmic changes and accents before they would happen to being responsive to accent changes after their occurrence—very direct give-and-take from score to choreography. It was choreographed with belief in the ‘rightness’ of it, belief in the truth of the body in music and, yes, I would pray to ‘my buddy Igor’ that I would


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make it through each performance, able to withstand and transcend the stamina and endurance necessary. I always would have the sound monitors on stage up to almost full volume so that the stage area just shuddered under the power of the music. I had to rise to that power and wanted its full presence felt, loud enough for the vibrations to come through the floor, enter through my feet, and fill me with knowledge of the enormity of the sound. One friend said to me before a performance, ‘I can’t believe you have to climb that mountain each time,’ but I was addicted to it, to the challenge and its great reward. At the last crash of the music, where, in the Rite of Spring scenario, the Chosen One is killed by the falling of the ax, this modern woman steps out into the light: intact, strong, and alive.”

World PremiereMUSIC: Alexander Desplat (Syriana ), David Lang

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CHOREOGRAPHY: Alejandro CerrudoCOSTUME DESIGN: Mark ZapponeLIGHTING DESIGN: Randall G. ChiarelliPREMIERE: March 14, 2014; Pacific Northwest Ballet

Alejandro Cerrudo’s 2014 World Premiere was created with the support of a Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance awarded by The Joyce Theater with major funding from the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation. Principal support is generously provided by Jolene McCaw and Family. Additional support provided by H. David Kaplan and Acción Cultural Española.

Program notes by Doug Fullington.

Take Five … More or Less, TAKE FIVE, by Paul Desmond, is used with the permission of Desmond Music Company, the copyright owner in the United States, and Derry Music Company, the copyright owner in the rest of the world. All rights reserved. BLUE RONDO A LA TURK and STRANGE MEADOWLARK, by Dave Brubeck, are used with the permission of Derry Music Company, the copyright owner. All rights reserved.

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Susan StromanChoreographer, TAKE FIVE…More or Less

A five-time Tony Award-winning Broadway director and choreographer, Susan Stroman has been has been honored with the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Astaire,

and Lucille Lortel Awards. She is a recipient of the George Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater. For New York City Ballet she created Double Feature, a full-length ballet featuring the music of Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, and For the Love of Duke, featuring the music of Duke Ellington. For the Martha Graham Company she created the ballet But Not For Me. She directed and choreographed The Producers, winner of a record-making 12 Tony Awards, including Best Direction and Best Choreography. She co-created, directed, and choreographed the groundbreaking musical Contact for Lincoln Center Theater. Other Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys, Big Fish, Oklahoma!, Young Frankenstein, Thou Shalt Not, The Music Man, The Frogs,

Steel Pier, Big, Show Boat, and Crazy for You. Off-Broadway credits include Happiness, And the World Goes ’Round, and Flora the Red Menace. For ten years she choreographed Madison Square Garden’s annual spectacular, A Christmas Carol. Her choreography received an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation of Liza Minnelli Live From Radio City Music Hall. She received the American Choreography Award for her work in the Columbia Pictures feature film Center Stage. She directed and choreographed The Producers: The Movie Musical, nominated for 4 Golden Globes. TAKE FIVE…More or Less is Ms. Stroman’s first work for Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Dave BrubeckComposer, Blue Rondo a la Turk and Strange Meadow Lark

Jazz legend Dave Brubeck founded the experimental Jazz Workshop Ensemble, which recorded in 1949 as the Dave Brubeck Octet. In 1958, Brubeck and his colleagues achieved overwhelming popular success as the Dave Brubeck Quartet. The Quartet’s experimentation with time signatures unusual to jazz produced works like Blue Rondo a la Turk and Take Five, introducing millions of enthusiastic young listeners to unexplored regions of jazz.

Paul DesmondComposer, Take Five

Paul Desmond (1924-1977), San Francisco-born jazz alto saxophonist and composer, is best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for penning that group’s greatest hit, Take Five. Known for his idiosyncratic wit, Desmond was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the West Coast’s “cool jazz” scene.

Ian EisendrathGuest Conductor, TAKE FIVE… More or Less

Ian Eisendrath graduated from the University of Michigan in 2003, with a degree in conducting musical theater and choral repertoire and where he was music director for multiple projects at the Ann Arbor Festival of New Works. This opportunity led him to the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, where he served as a music director and dramaturge on multiple new musicals. Mr. Eisendrath has conducted three seasons of the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker and been the music director for Cabaret at American Theatre of San Jose, Ordway Center in St. Paul, and Theatre Under the Stars in Houston.

PROGRAM NOTES

“The Cabin” by Cliff Martinez, from the Original Motion Picture soundtrack for The Company You Keep, Milan Records, by permission from Voltage Pictures.

“A Single Shot” by Atli Örvarsson, from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for A Single Shot, by permission from Moviescore Media.

Little Eye from “Child” by David Lang: By permission with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

Berlin by Overnight from the album “24 Postcards in Full Color by Max Richter: By permission with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

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He was the music director for the Broadway opening of A Christmas Story, first developed at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, where Mr. Eisendrath has been resident music super-visor since 2004.

Susan MarshallChoreographer, Kiss

As artistic director of Susan Marshall & Company, Marshall has, since 1985, created over 40 dances on her company, and has also created works for the Lyon Opera Ballet,

Frankfurt Ballet, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Marshall’s work with Philip Glass includes the stage direction of “Book of Longing,” a song cycle based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen; and the choreography, direction and co-adaptation of “Les Enfants Terribles,” a dance opera based on the work of Jean Cocteau. Marshall has also choreographed/directed the music ensembles Eighth Blackbird and Bang on a Can’s Asphalt Orchestra. A 2000 recipient of a MacArthur fellowship, Marshall has received numerous other awards, including three New York Dance and Performance Awards (BESSIES) for Outstanding Choreographic Achievement, a Dance Magazine Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was one of the first artists to receive an American Choreographer Award. In addition to her own company’s work, Marshall serves as Director of Dance at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, having assumed that post in September 2009.

Arvo Pärt Composer, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

Composer Arvo Pärt was born in Estonia in 1935. He trained at the Tallinn Music Middle School, but left to fulfill military service, playing oboe and percussion in the army band. He graduated from Tallinn Conservatory in 1963, having worked as a student and afterward as a recording engineer for Estonian Radio. His early neoclassical works show the influence of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Bartok followed, in the 1960s, by compositions using Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique and serialism, a musical style so unpopular with the Soviet establishment that it brought Pärt to a creative crisis. His response was total immersion in early music: plainsong, Gregorian chant, and the emergence of polyphony in the Renaissance. The radically different music that emerged after this period was described

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

by the composer as “tintinnabular,” like the ringing of bells. In 1976, he unveiled this method with the piano work, Für Alina. A trio of more popular works followed in 1977, Fratres, Cantus In Memory of Benjamin Britten (revised 1980), and Tabula Rasa. Owing to continued political oppression in Estonia, Pärt and his family emigrated to the West in 1980, settling first in Vienna, then in West Berlin. After this period, he wrote a number of large-scale choral religious works, including the St. John Passion (1982), Magnificat (1989), The Beatitudes (1990), and Litany (1994). In 1995, Part was recognized for his artistic achievements by being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He remains among the most popular serious composers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Allan DameronCompany Pianist/Conductor Solo Pianist, TAKE FIVE…More or Less

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.

Molissa FenleyChoreographer, State of Darkness

Choreographer Molissa Fenley was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and lived in Nigeria and Spain during her youth. She returned to the U.S. in 1971, earning a Bachelor of Arts from Mills College in

Oakland, California in 1975. That same year, she moved to New York City and founded Molissa Fenley and Company in 1977. Her body of work, over 75 dances in total, has been presented throughout the U.S., South

America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. She has received commissions from American Dance Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, and Lincoln Center among many others. Recent works include Found Object with text by John Guare, Joy Harjo, and Rudy Wurlitzer; The Vessel Stories, with music by Philip Glass; Credo in Us, with music by John Cage; Cross Bridge: a collaboration with Holley Farmer, John Jesurun, David Moodey, and Rosemary Quinn; and Dance an Impossible Space. She has created numerous works for ballet and contemporary dance companies, including Robert Moses’ Kin, Repertory Dance Theater, Peter Boal and Company, Australian Dance Theatre, Deutsche Oper Ballet, and Seattle Dance Project; her dances have been performed by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Elisa Monte and David Brown, and Peggy Baker Dance Projects among others. Fenley received a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Choreography for Cenotaph (1985) and State of Darkness (1988). Her awards include the NEA American Masterpieces Initiative for the reconstruction of egions (1995). She is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Fellow of the Bogliasco Foundation, a Master Artist of the Atlantic Center of the Arts, and a Professor of Dance at her alma mater, Mills College.

Igor StravinskyComposer, State of Darkness

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was one of the most authoritative composers of the twentieth century, both in the West and in his native land. A quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian, Stravinsky was born and raised near St. Petersburg and entered law school in 1901, at the age of nineteen. That year he also gave his first piano recital and began studying piano and composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1910, Stravinsky came to the attention of Serge Diaghilev, who asked him to orchestrate two pieces by Chopin for the ballet Les Sylphides, and then to compose an original ballet. The result, Firebird, projected both Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and the young composer to worldwide acclaim. Stravinsky went on to master musical styles ranging from Romanticism to Neoclassicism to Serialism and was regarded as one of the great musical innovators of his age. His broad oeuvre ranges from symphonies to piano miniatures. Stravinsky’s ballets for the Ballets Russes also included Petrushka, choreographed by Michel Fokine, The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky,

Violin 1Michael Jinsoo Lim,

ConcertmasterBrittany Boulding,

Associate Concertmaster

Lynn Bartlett-JohnsonNatasha BazhanovStephen DanielsTom Dziekonski*Ella Marie Gray*Peter KrysaRebecca Lowe* Christine Olason*

Violin 2Ingrid Fredrickson*,

PrincipalRita Lee, Assistant

PrincipalWilliam Boyd*Anne Cady*Adrianna HulscherLaurel WellsKim Zabelle

ViolaScott Ligocki, PrincipalBetty Agent*,

Assistant PrincipalTim ChristieJoyce Ramée*Laura RenzEileen Swanson*

CelloPage Smith*, PrincipalVirginia Dziekonski*,

Assistant PrincipalMeg BrennandAndrea ChandlerCharles JacotBrian Wharton

BassTodd Larsen, PrincipalStephen Schermer,

Assistant PrincipalMaurice ClubbBen Musa

FluteKarla Flygare*,

PrincipalLaura Werner

PiccoloLaura Werner

OboeDan Williams,

Acting PrincipalTad Margelli*

*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.Steinway & Sons is the official piano of PNB.

English HornTad Margelli

ClarinetJennifer Nelson,

PrincipalDenise Lum

Bass Clarinet/E-flat Denise Lum

BassoonMona Butler*, Principal

HornRodger Burnett*,

PrincipalDanielle LemieuxRichard Reed*Ryan Stewart

TrumpetGeorge Oram*,

PrincipalRichard Werner*

TromboneMark Williams*,

PrincipalKay Nichols*

Bass TromboneDouglas Nierman*

TubaRyan Schultz, Principal

TympaniPhillip Hanson*,

Principal

PercussionMatthew Kocmieroski*,

PrincipalGunnar Folsom

HarpJohn Carrington,

Principal

KeyboardAllan DameronAnastasiya

Popova-Kirov Christina Siemens

Personnel ManagerRodger Burnett

Music LibrarianMona Butler

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and Apollon Musagète (later called Apollo), choreographed by George Balanchine. The composer’s long artistic relationship with Balanchine resulted in several commissioned ballet scores—Jeu de Cartes (1936), Orpheus (1947) and Agon (1953-1957)—and many ballets choreographed to existing works. Stravinsky also achieved fame as a pianist and conductor, often conducting the premieres of his own works. With the help of his protégé Robert Craft, he wrote a theoretical work entitled Poetics of Music. In it, he famously claimed that music was incapable of “expressing anything but itself.” Craft also transcribed several interviews with the composer. Stravinsky was named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of the twentieth century.

Alejandro CerrudoChoreographer, World Premiere

Born in Madrid, Spain, choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo received his training at the Real Conservatorio Professional de Danza de Madrid. After becoming a professional dancer in 1998 Cerrudo’s

dance career has been shaped and enriched by various companies including Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dance Theater 2 and, since 2005, by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2008, Mr. Cerrudo was named Hubbard Street Choreographic Fellow and became the company’s first Resident Choreographer in 2009. He has created several works for Hubbard Street and for the company’s unique collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Nederlands Dance Theater. Mr. Cerrudo’s works are performed by dance companies around the U.S. and the world, including Germany, Denmark, The Nederlands, and Australia. Always dancing and constantly creating, Mr. Cerrudo was honored with an award from The Boomerang Fund for Artists in 2011. This is Alejandro Cerrudo’s first work for Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Mark ZaponneCostume Designer, World Premiere

Mark Zappone served Pacific Northwest Ballet from 1983-1988 as costume designer, shop supervisor, and wardrobe master. He then moved to Monte

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Carlo, where he managed costume shops for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and Le Cabaret de Monte-Carlo, continuing on to Switzerland and Amsterdam with Holiday on Ice. Mr. Zappone has collaborated with renowned choreographers and designers such as Lucinda Childs, Maurice Sendak, Christopher Wheeldon, Kent Stowell, Twyla Tharp, the George Balanchine Trust, Helgi Tomasson, Molissa Fenley, Dominique Dumais, Kevin O’Day, James Kudelka, Martin Pakledinez, Christopher Stowell, Yuri Possokhov, Jérôme Kaplan, Donald Byrd, Nicolo Fonte, Paul Tazewell, Paul Gibson, Edwaard Liang, and Nuno Corte-Real. In addition to his numerous designs for PNB’s repertory, he has designed for San Francisco Ballet, Peter Boal Solos, New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Perm Opera Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Spectrum Dance Theatre, Teatro ZinZanni, and Wear Moi Dancewear of London.

Randall G. ChiarelliResident Lighting DesignerLighting Designer, World Premiere

Randall G. Chiarelli served as PNB’s lighting designer and technical director from 1979 to 2005. He served as technical director of San Francisco Ballet from 2005 to 2006 and

returned to PNB in November 2006. He has created the lighting designs for most of PNB’s repertory, including the Stowell & Sendak Nutcracker, Kent Stowell’s full-length Swan Lake, Firebird, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Carmina Burana, Cinderella, and Carmen, and re-created the lighting designs for PNB’s entire Balanchine repertory, including PNB’s 2010 premiere of George Balanchine’s Coppélia. His scenic designs for PNB include Les Biches, Divertimento No. 15, Capricious Night, and Carmen. Student and apprentice to pioneer lighting designer Thomas R. Skelton, Mr. Chiarelli is a Seattle native and received painting and sculpture degrees from the University of Washington.

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PNB NEWS2013-2014 PNB BOARD OF TRUSTEESOFFICERSChairman: Aya HamiltonPresident: David HadleyTreasurer: W. Daniel Heidt²Secretary: Lynn LindsayAssistant Secretary: Lynne GraybealImmediate Past Chairman: Carl Behnke²

VICE PRESIDENTSBoard & Donor Development: Gail JamesMarketing/PR: Sara JonesEducation: Gregory KusnickVolunteer Development: Rocke R. KoreisNew Works: Peter Horvitz²Foundation Board Chairman: Peter Horvitz²Governance Leadership: Peter Horvitz²Chairman Emeritus: Sheffield Phelps*

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEESArtistic Director: Peter Boal¹Executive Director: D. David Brown¹Young Patrons Circle: Colleen Stevens/Jeff JorgensenPNB Stars: Carrie LeePNB League: Rebecca WakefieldParents Association: Jennifer Northrop

GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEESHeidi AlessiPatrice AuldSusan Brotman²Cheryl ClarkRobert CreminJerald FarleyJoan FitzmauriceStephen E. FuhsJoerg GablonskyRobin F. GaineySusan GrinsteinWilliam GrinsteinMarie C. GunnKalen HolmesToni Hoover Pamela JohnsonH. David KaplanTravis Keeler²April KieburtzWendy KizzierRocke R. KoreisLisa Kroese

Natasha LaljiCarol NeimanJoe NormanSusan OkamotoAlida OlesGwendolyn C. PaytonBarbara PearsonTom A. PuentesJames RaisbeckRichard C. RedmanChristina RichSharon RichardsonBarbara RiesCatherine RiesScott SchererJohnese SpissoDavid VaskevitchDeidra WagerConnie WalshDeborah WatsonSheree WenLeslie Yamada

ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEESNancy AlvordKathy Alvord GerlichDiane BurgessElisabeth BodalBarbara ChaplinPatricia EdwardsEliza FlugCaroline GoedhartGail GoralskiStacy GravesSteven M. HarlowTracy HarsvikAnne-Marie HedgesTom HedgesCathy Beth HooperC. James JudsonGlenn KawasakiSusan KrabbeFiroz LaljiCandy J. LeeJennifer Lowe

Helene MawyerFrederick W. McDonaldTracy McGuireMimi RichardsMichael RighiGladys RubinsteinJohn C. RudolfLaura SelipskyJohn F. ShawJohn H. ShortMelba ShortMel SturmanAngela SutterPeggy SwistakChristina TannerShannon TierneyLisa WahbeLinda WarsonJodi WongArlene WrightJack D. Wulfekuhle

TRUSTEES EMERITINorma CuginiJane M. Davis,Wendy Griffin²Cathi Hatch²Arthur H. Mazzola²

Jane McConnellFrancia RussellKent StowellCarol Wright

BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE FELLOWSPatty BarrierBenjamin W. BevisRobert R. Braun, Jr.James A. EliasRon ElginDon C. Franklin²Catherine Hobi HawesDavid F. Hill

John IversonDr. Susan LindsayMaria Postnikoff-DowningMarsha Rich InghamSusan R. RicheyCynthia StroumDavid B. Winder²Linda Wyman

¹Advisory/Ex Officio ²Past Chairs *Deceased

PNB APPOINTS ELLEN WALKER AS INCOMING EXECUTIVE DIRECTORIn January, Aya Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Chair of the Executive Search Committee, announced the appointment of Ellen Walker to the Executive Director position at PNB. Ms. Walker, who is currently PNB’s Director of Marketing and Communications, will succeed retiring Executive Director D. David Brown effective July 1, 2014.

SPRING LINEUP & SEASON ENCORE PERFORMANCE TO FEATURE KAORI NAKAMURAGather your roses, pack your tissues, and join us for a celebration of principal dancer Kaori Nakamura and the conclusion of the 13-14 season! Prior to her retirement this June, Ms. Nakamura is scheduled perform the Divertissement pas de deux at select performances of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (April 1-19) and the title role at select performances of Peter Boal’s Giselle (May 30- June 8), featuring new scenic and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan.

THREE CHEERS FOR FIVE COMPANY PROMOTIONSOn opening night of The Sleeping Beauty, Artistic Director Peter Boal announced five “well-deserved promotions.” In case you missed the occasion, please join us now in offering a heartfelt congratulations to newly promoted principal dancers Lindsi Dec and Laura Tisserand, as well as three corps de ballet dancers who were promoted to the rank of soloist: William Lin-Yee, Margaret Mullin, and Elizabeth Murphy. Bravo!

Principal dancer Kaori Nakamura as Giselle. Photo © Angela Sterling.

2013 Teen Night attendees. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

2014 NEXT STEP CHOREOGRAPHERS ANNOUNCED

On Friday, June 13, seven members of the Company will present six brand new works onstage at McCaw Hall. Angelica Generosa and Jahna Frantziskonis will collaborate on their choreographic debut, and Matthew Renko will also create his first work for the showcase. Ezra Thompson and Price Suddarth, regular contributors to the annual choreographic showcase, will each create a new work for the program. Andrew Bartee and Margaret Mullin, who both contributed new works to the Company’s repertory with the ALL PREMIERE program in 2012, will return as NEXT STEP choreographers this year. PNB School Professional Division students will be the featured performers in this annual celebration of emerging talent and new works.

SAVE THE DATE FOR TEEN NIGHT! Teens are invited to step inside the PNB studios for an exclusive sneak preview of NEXT STEP choreography on Wednesday, April 30 from 6-8 pm. Plus, there will be free food and drinks! Join us! (Attendees must be 13-19; Sorry, no adults allowed.)

PNBS Professional Division students work with corps de ballet dancer and choreographer Price Suddarth. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

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Peter Boal Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Director of PNB School

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 CouMusic Director/Principal Conductor

Emil de Cou was named Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Music Director and Principal Conductor at the start of the 2011-2012 season. Previously, he was associate conductor

of the National Symphony Orchestra and conductor of the NSO performances at Wolf Trap Festival. Mr. de Cou debuted at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor for the New York Pops, and has also conducted the orchestras of Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Saint Louis, Detroit, Montreal, and Boston Pops, among others. He was Principal Pops Conductor for the San Francisco Symphony and served as 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.

Norbert HerrigesTechnical 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.

Larae Theige HascallCostume Shop Manager

Born in Spokane, Washington, Larae Hascall joined PNB in 1983 and became Costume Shop Manager in 1987. She supervises the creation, alteration, and maintenance of all

costumes worn in PNB productions. Her own costume designs include Kent Stowell’s Dual Lish, Quaternary, Duo Fantasy, Orpheus Portrait, and Carmen, as well as designs for guest choreographers Donald Byrd and Lynn Daly. She has been the primary collaborator for costumes created by such renowned designers as Paul Tazewell (Swan Lake, Seven Deadly Sins), Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cinderella, Ballet Imperial), Theoni V. Aldredge (Carmina Burana), and David Murin (Silver Lining).

Otto NeubertBallet 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 DabrowskiBallet 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 GibsonBallet 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.

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Peter Boal, Artistic Director | Kent Stowell & Francia Russell, Founding Artistic Directors

Artistic StaffPeter Boal, Artistic DirectorOtto Neubert, Ballet MasterAnne Dabrowski, Ballet MasterPaul Gibson, Ballet MasterDoug Fullington, Assistant to the Artistic DirectorEmil de Cou, Music Director/Principal ConductorAllan Dameron, Company Pianist/ConductorRodger Burnett, Orchestra Personnel ManagerChristina Siemens, Anastasiya Popova-Kirov,

Company PianistsRay Allan, Stephen Barnes, Yelena Golets,

Jeff Junkinsmith, Katja Rubin, Don Vollema, Class Pianists

Mona Butler, Orchestra LibrarianJon Blake, Birgit Hansen, LibrariansSheila Dietrich, ArchivistLauren Kirchner, Student Cast, Parent Volunteer

& DanceChance Coordinator

ProductionNorbert Herriges, Technical DirectorSandra Barrack, Production Stage ManagerLiz Willett, Assistant Stage ManagerRandall G. Chiarelli, Resident Lighting DesignerMurray Johnson, Master CarpenterDante Leonardi, Master ElectricianJeffrey Stebbins, Master of PropertiesAlan Hiskey, FlymanHoward Neslen, Tim Casey, Assistant CarpentersJonathan Hackett, Production ElectricianReed Nakayama, Assistant ElectricianPeter Gantt, Jay Gosselin, Properties AssistantsJan Harvey-Smith, Sarah Middleton, Master Scenic ArtistsCharlene Hall, Scene Design AssociateScott Bennett, Ruth Gilmore, Steve LaRose,

Patty Makatura, Kelly Staton, Scenic ArtistsJeff Doll, Lighting TechnicianToby Basiliko, SoundJim Austin, Chris Balducci, Follow SpotJack Taylor, Videographer

Costume Shop StaffLarae Theige Hascall, Costume Shop ManagerSherri J. Thompson, Wardrobe MistressBarbara Pritchard, Assistant Wardrobe MistressRobin Emerson, Costume Shop AssistantVictoria McFall, Mark Zappone, DrapersLisa Peterson, Luna Pham, Pauline Smith, First HandsPatrick Stovall, Wardrobe AssistantTerry Frank, Millinery/CraftsWendy Oberlin, Dyer/Painter

Executive OfficeD. David Brown, Executive DirectorTerrie Flaming, Director of Human ResourcesCraig Big Eagle, IT ManagerJason Darland, Desktop Support

FinanceDavid Thorpe, Chief Financial OfficerKaren Portzer, Accounting AnalystKaleriya Maslyak, Accounting/Payroll Associate

OperationsSerni Reeves, Office ManagerBrian Zenk, Maintenance SupervisorCheryl Gunder, ReceptionistDiane Sardeson, Saturday Receptionist

Company Management & TouringMichael Ann Mullikin, Company Manager

DevelopmentKatherine Cardinal, DirectorLilah Helton, Associate DirectorLindsay Krause, Major Gifts & Planned Giving OfficerCarolyn Radakovich, Major Gifts Officer Geri Morris, Annual Fund ManagerErin Hulme, Corporate Relations ManagerSuzanne Erickson, Foundation & Govt. Relations Manager

Paula Wilkinson, Special Events ManagerMatthew Echert, Research ManagerCarrie Mood, Individual Giving Associate & Board LiaisonYelena Brandman, Donor Information CoordinatorAlyssa Harvey, Development Coordinator

Marketing and CommunicationsEllen Walker, DirectorLia Chiarelli, Associate DirectorGary Tucker, Media Relations ManagerMarsha Bennion, Publications ManagerJamon Siefert, Webmaster/Digital Media SpecialistJudith May Austin, Marketing & Media Relations AssistantLindsay Thomas, VideographerDoug Fullington, Education Programs ManagerKayti Bouljon, Community Programs ManagerShannon Barnes, Community Programs CoordinatorAna Maria Campoy, Community Programs AssistantSuzanne Singla, Rochelle Rapaszky, Lauren Kirchner,

Ann Marie Caldwell, Ellen Cooper, Adriana Hernandez Community Programs Teaching Artists

Adam Kessler, Becca Baggenstoss, Jeremy Jones, Community Programs Accompanists

Jennifer Maier, Senior Manager of Ticket OperationsJohn Tangeman, Manager of Audience ServicesMegan Weigley, Customer Service ManagerJulie Jamieson, Group SalesChristina Carter, Madeleine Horst, Kelsey Von Stubbe,

Customer Service RepresentativesElizabeth Suckow, Telesales Campaign ManagerKate Farwell, Manager of AmusementsNicol Romero, Retail Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator

Pacific Northwest Ballet SchoolPeter Boal, DirectorDenise Bolstad, Administrative DirectorAbbie Siegel, School PrincipalJennifer Panara, School SupervisorMeg Potter, Assistant PrincipalMarjorie Thompson, Assistant PrincipalWendy Casper, Assistant to the Administrative DirectorTeri McCarthy-Greene, RegistrarJennifer McLain, DanceChance ManagerDavid Jensen, Summer Residence DirectorBenjamin Benne, Assistant Registrar Elizabeth Belyea, Bria Best, Barbara Nakatani,

Zach Lombardo, Bethany Pruitt, Administrative Assistants

FacultyMarisa Albee, Peter Boal, Nancy Crowley, Dana Hanson,

Dane Holman, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Timothy Lynch, Meg Potter, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson, Bruce Wells, Le Yin

Megan Becker, Kelly Boal, Kayti Bouljon, Betsy Cooper, Michele Curtis, Alexandra Dickson, Juanita Franke, Susan Gorter, Deborah Kenner, Miriam Landis, Sara de Luis, Dina McDermott, William Miglino, Adam Miller, Stanko Milov, Suzanne Singla, Eva Stone, Julie Tobiason

Elaine Bauer, PNB Company dancers, Guest Faculty

AccompanistsDon Vollema, Music Staff CoordinatorRay Allan, Kofi Anang, Stephen Barnes,

John Boatner, Sheila Bristow, Carol Buschmann, Sue Clifford, David Clodfelter, Rob Cook, Tatyana Dadayeva, Yelena Golets, Irv Huck, Nathan Jensen, Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Genevieve Peaslee, Randall Plut, Katja Rubin, Rob Vienneau, Anastasia Workmann

PNBConditioning StaffMarjorie Thompson, PNBConditioning Program DirectorAlexandra Dickson, Carol Elsner, Deborah Kenner,

Marie Lynah, Dina McDermott, Uraina Nagy, Kayoko Price, Tara Stepenberg, Teresa Hanawalt

TherapySteven Anderson, MD, Pierce E. Scranton Jr., MD,

Consulting PhysiciansBoyd Bender, Physical TherapistChristopher Kagen, Ellie Pierce, Massage TherapistsSeattle Gym, Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers & Staff

School ConsultantsToby Diamond, Ph.D., PsychologistPeggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D., NutritionistAlan Woodle, D.P.M., Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle SpecialistHenry Lu, Karin Townson, Physical Therapists

Special CounselPerkins Coie, Employment LawAmy M. Royalty, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Immigration

LawMoss 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.

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PNB Foundation Board

Chairman, Peter HorvitzFoundation Immediate Past Chair, Susan Brotman

President, Aya HamiltonAssociation Immediate Past Chair, Carl Behnke

Vice President, Joe NormanSecretary, Jim JudsonTreasurer, Dan HeidtAt 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 [email protected].

$1,000,000 and aboveJeffrey & Susan BrotmanJohn & Carmen* DeloKreielsheimer FoundationDavid MichaudTalented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration

of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999Carl & Renee BehnkeEstate of Ruth HoffmanPeter & Peggy HorvitzDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Arlene A. WrightMrs. Althea Stroum*The Bagley Wright Fund

$250,000 - $499,999Mr. & Mrs. William* J. DunnEstate of Gerard L. HanauerGlenn KawasakiEstate of Helen C. Kloess Estate of Gloria Peck-Neils

$150,000 - $249,999Robert W. Cremin Laurie A. GriffithWilliam Randolph Hearst FoundationEstate of Helen C. Kloess Anonymous (2)

$100,000 - $149,999Patrice & Kevin Auld Jane M. & David R. DavisJeremy & Jacqueline JaechHenry & Mary Ann JamesH. David Kaplan, In Memory of Dr. Stanley M. PierTravis & Suzanne KeelerThe Norcliffe FoundationRick & Jennifer Redman Mr. & Mrs. Tom A Puentes John F. & Julia P. ShawAllen & Kathleen ShoupKayla SkinnerAnonymous

$50,000 - $99,999Chap & Eve AlvordApex FoundationRobert M. Arnold*Elizabeth BottlerEstate of Edward S. BrignallEstate of Evangeline EdwardsEstate of Erma EricksonJane Erskine*Reed & Maren ErskineMrs. Paul S. Friedlander*Robin Gainey & Jerry Sanford, Jr.,

In Memory of Jerome G. Sanford, Sr. Estate of Merrill Gerstel John Graham Foundation

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ENDOWMENT

Aya Stark HamiltonMichele B. & W. Daniel HeidtEstate of Pauline HoodBruce & Carol HosfordJim & Diana JudsonFrederick W. McDonaldEstate of Shirley Callison MinerMargaret Perthou-Taylor*John & Nancy RudolfJeanne Ellen Tweten & James W. LeslieEstate of Frankie WakefieldRon & Carolyn WoodardCarol Wright

$25,000 - $49,999The Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable

FoundationJerry & Rita AnchesSharon & Jay BallantinePatty & Jimmy BarrierJohn & Kay BaxterRebecca & Jack BenaroyaBenjamin BevisMr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Anson Brooks, Jr.Cheryl Clark & Stephen Coonrod Clise Properties, Inc.Gail Cottle & Reynold BrownEstate of Cordelia BurnsDale & Leslie ChihulyDerdick TrustMrs. Patty EdwardsJoan Fitzmaurice Eliza FlugSusan E. Foster & Maurice J. PirioWilliam FranklinMr. & Mrs. James S. GriffinDavid & Cheryl HadleyMr. Mike & Mrs. Janet HalvorsonRoss Hartling, MD & Johnese Spisso Cathi & Ken HatchMrs. Catherine Hobi Hawes & Mr. Edward M. HawesLuke & Gail HelmsDavid F. Hill & Barbara M. Hyland-HillKalen & Sean Holmes Moe & Susan KrabbeLisa Kroese James A. Kraft & Dominique PosyFiroz & Najma Lalji Dr. Frank & Lynn LindsayMichael & Barbara MaloneMarcella McCaffrayAudrey McCoyMCM a Meisenbach CompanyCarol & Paul Neiman Laura J. PetersonIn honor of our parents, Sheffield & Patricia PhelpsPNB STARSJames & Sherry RaisbeckSharon RichardsonDr. Mack & Susan RicheyJohn & Sarah RindlaubMrs. John S. Robinson*Jan RogersPaula Rose*Jon & Judy RunstadJohn Charles & Mary R. Sellen-KlinkerJan & Jim SinegalEstate of Phillip SothDelphine & Charles StevensJohn Stokes & Laurie McDonaldHarry C. & Joan StonecipherKent Stowell & Francia RussellDoug & Janet TrueToby & Linda WarsonRichard L. WeismanAlbrecht Widmann & Kenneth Barlow Wyman Youth TrustLeslie & Tachi Yamada Anonymous (3)

$15,000 - $24,999Alex & Norma CuginiBarry & JoAnn FormanRuth & Bill GerberdingDr. Hellmut & Marcy GoldeAdele GolubGerald & Lyn GrinsteinMark & Julie HutchesonSkip & Jackie KotkinsDiane & Gordon KuensterHelen L. Luchs*Dennis & Linda MitchellHeidi OrrEstate of Opal J. OrrLaura J. PetersonCynthia Phelps*Barbara Prestrud, In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. ByeEstate of Mary SchneidlerWayne ThurmanAnonymous (2)

$10,000 - $14,999Erik & Sherilyn AndersonBetty L. BlakeneyTom & Jeannie BlankBill & June BoeingDiane Canaday & Daniel HesseMrs. Phyllis B. ClarkSteven & Judith CliffordTatiana DavidsonMrs. Mildred K. DunnJim & Ann EliasDr. Stephen & Beverly FuhsMr. & Mrs. George M. GalpinMr. G. Keith & Mrs. Naomi N. GrimEstate of Margaret T. HawkesEstate of Mary S. HelmickJohn & Marli Iverson Estate of Ralph C. JacobsonCraig & Karen KennedyLee Kraft Cressman & Paul R. CressmanJoan T. LasersohnPatricia & Wilfrid LoekenKeith & Mary McCaw Family FoundationLea Anne & Randall OttingerLynn RiesGeorge* & Nelly SoferDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakCraig TallDonna & Joshua Taylor Anonymous (1)*deceased

The following named funds have been created in the PNB Endowment:

Patricia Barker Endowed Scholarship FundCarmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed Fund for

Education & OutreachWilliam Randolph Hearst Foundation

Endowed Education & Outreach FundFrank Hobi Endowed Scholarship FundLaurie A. Griffith Endowed Scholarship Fund Benjamin Houk Scholarship for Young MenLucinda Hughey Endowed Scholarship FundHelen Kloess Endowed Scholarship Fund Kreielsheimer Artistic Development FundCatherine S. Leschen Endowed Scholarship Fund Jane McConnell ScholarshipLouise Nadeau Endowed FundAlexis Phelps Dancers’ Support Endowed FundPatricia Phelps Endowed Scholarship FundDr. Stanley M. Pier Endowed Scholarship FundTom & Gretchen Puentes Endowed Scholarship Fund Janet Reed Scholarship FundPaula Rose Endowed Scholarship FundThe Althea Stroum Production FundFrankie Ladley Wakefield Endowment for

Ballet Educational ProgramsArlene A. Wright DanceChance Endowment Fund


RÉVÉRENCE SOCIETYPNB’S NEW WORKS SUPPORTERS

Leta Biasucci with Company dancers in the PNB premiere of Crystal Pite's Emergence. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

The Révérence Society was established to honor those who remember Pacific Northwest Ballet in their long- range 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 desig nations 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 Lindsay Krause, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Officer at 206.441.3589 or [email protected], or visit www.pnb.org/support/plannedgiving.

David AkiyamaSena BaronPatty & Jimmy BarrierHallock W. BealsCarl & Renee BehnkeElisabeth BottlerJohn H. BowenMr. & Mrs. Robert R.

Braun, Jr.Susan BrotmanLorna BrownCarol A. BurchDiane BurgessDaniel BurkertSally S. Cahill BrookbankDorrienne ChinnFerrell Nathan ConnGail A. CottleTavia CrowderMichael W. DabneyRita DaubenspeckTatiana DavidsonJohn DeloSheila C. DietrichWilliam J.* &

Sandra B. DunnMrs. Patty EdwardsJim & Ann EliasE.R.H.Thomas & Jane FaddenRussell & Nancy FosmireRobin F. GaineyDeborah GatesNatalie GendlerInger A. GoransonMrs. James S. GriffinMr. & Mrs. James M.

HalversonAya HamiltonBart & Jan Harper

JohnsonCathi & Ken HatchJoann HaugerudCatherine Hobi HawesW. Daniel Heidt &

Michele B. HeidtPaula HoppingPeter HorvitzRoy L. HughesJohn E. IversonTom & Gail JamesBarbara A. JohnstonH. David KaplanApril & Steven KieburtzKen & Claudia KilbreathDebby KimEdith KraemerBetty KreagerFrances J. KwapilJoan T. Lasersohn

Rocke R. Koreis & Candy J. Lee

Dr. Frank & Lynn LindsayLeslie* & David MattsonMr. & Mrs. J. Daniel

McConnellEdward McGuirkKathryn McPherson

RoonDavid MichaudCurt & Mary MikkelsenRoger F. MillerPaul M. MockettDr. Armin & Beverly MohrAnn D. MolitorLisa & Jonathan MorrisPhyllis MossCarol & Paul NeimanMarywilde NelsonJudy & Arnie NessDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Ms. Margaret OrdorniaMr. & Mrs. Richard

ParsellWilliam & Carol ParsonsRichard & Jean Patton Tony Sepanski & Ann

Logan PhillipsJean E. PhillipsJudith Cushman Quick &

Bob QuickRichard C. RedmanMs. Christina RichMimi RichardsLynn RiesAnn Lyda RogersMary K. RogersDr. H. Martin RosaCornelius & Penny RosseJoAnne Hardt RudoJohn RudolfMichael Ann SaginSam SebestaJohn F. & Julia P. ShawMr. & Mrs. Michael

SheetzJohn & Melba ShortSue Ann SmithW. Dyanne StepanekDr. Michael &

Peggy SwistakWayne ThurmanDr. Darlene A. TownsendBeni TuranElaine VonaMr. Mike Waters Cathy & Ross WigginsMr. John C. Wilson, Jr.Evelyn ZaboAnonymous (4)

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.

Itamar & Christine AbrassMr. & Mrs. Ray Aspiri Bill Aubuchon Mrs. Eleanor Barnhill Patty & Jimmy BarrierDan & Pam BatyMs. Courtney BearJack Blaylock & Jane EvansLyndall BoalMr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr.Jeffrey & Susan BrotmanMr. & Mrs. Ellsworth A. Brown, Jr. Kent & Barbara ChaplinCheryl Clark & Stephan CoonrodAlex & Norma CuginiColonel & Mrs. Dennis M. Cunneen Michael W. DabneyJane M. & David R. DavisMr. & Mrs. John Demakas Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Dor Rob & Donna DughiPatty EdwardsJerald E. FarleyMrs. Priscilla A. Fortiner Joan FitzmauriceFowler Martin & Barbara WarrenDon C. FranklinDr. Joerg GablonskyRobin F. GaineyKatharyn Alvord GerlichLynne E. Graybeal & Scott HarronMrs. James S. GriffinAya Stark HamiltonCoral Hanevold & William Harleston Ross Hartling, MD & Johnese SpissoW. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. HeidtMr. & Mrs. Michael Hendriek Catherine Hobi HawesDavid Hill & Barbara Hyland-HillKalen & Sean HolmesPeter & Peggy HorvitzMr. Jordan Houle Roy Hughes Dr. Craig Jackson & Mrs. Joyce Jackson Tom & Gail JamesNed & Pam JohnsonH. David KaplanGlenn KawasakiApril & Steven KieburtzLisa KroeseGreg Kusnick & Karen Jo GustafsonJoan & Bob Lawler

Barbara LewisDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayJeff & Nancy LochMr. Elbert Lubas Helene Mawyer Marcella McCaffrayJolene McCaw & Family Mr. & Mrs. J. Daniel McConnellFrederick McDonaldMr. & Mrs. John Morris Misty Moseley Carol & Paul NeimanMarywilde NelsonDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Susan & Dennis OkamotoAlida & Douglas OlesMimi RichardsSharon RichardsonDr. Mack & Susan RicheyMichael & Paula RighiMary Ann Sage Phil & Lesli Schlaepfer John & Melba ShortMs. Margaret Smith Ambassador Cynthia StroumDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakMs. Jessica TarzanBonnie TowneMr. James W. Leslie &

Ms. Jeanne E. TwetenNicholas Utzinger & John RochfordDeidra WagerTom & Connie WalshCathy & Ross WigginsMs. Jodi WongArlene A. WrightBarbara & Charles B. Wright, IIICarol WrightDavid & Linda WymanLeslie & Tachi Yamada Anonymous (5)*deceased


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 [email protected].

Individual DonorsStowell Society

Artistic Directors’ Circle $100,000 and aboveJeffrey & Susan BrotmanMrs. Patty EdwardsPeter & Peggy HorvitzJolene McCaw & FamilyAnonymous

Chairman’s Circle $50,000 - $99,999Carl & Renee BehnkeMichael & Lois CraigAya Stark HamiltonMr. H. David KaplanMarcella McCaffrayAnonymous

President’s Circle $25,000 - $49,999Lyndall BoalRobert W. CreminJane M. & David R. DavisJoan FitzmauriceDavid & Cheryl HadleyKalen & Sean HolmesJim & Diana JudsonGlenn KawasakiMr. & Mrs. Travis H. KeelerGreg Kusnick & Karen Jo GustafsonFiroz & Najma Lalji

Stewart & Barbara PearsonJames & Sherry RaisbeckSharon Richardson PNB STARSDeidra Wager

Ballet Masters Circle $10,000 - $24,000Lisa & Richard AltigDr. & Mrs. Ellsworth* C. Alvord, Jr.Jack Blaylock & Jane EvansElisabeth BottlerErnest & Diane BurgessDaniel & Margaret Carper FoundationRoyce & Aggie ChurchCheryl Clark & Stephan CoonrodSteven & Judith Clifford/

The Sprague FoundationAlex & Norma CuginiJudith CushmanMelonee Daniels & Stuart PlattJohn Delo & Elizabeth StokesWilliam J.* & Sandra B. DunnJerald E. FarleyDr. Stephen & Beverly FuhsDr. Joerg GablonskyRobin GaineyKatharyn Alvord GerlichLynne E. Graybeal & Scott HarronSusan & Bill GrinsteinMaria C. GunnRoss Hartling, MD & Johnese SpissoW. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. HeidtSusanne F. HubbachSteven & April KieburtzRocke R. Koreis & Candy J. LeeMoe & Susan KrabbeLisa KroeseFrances J. KwapilSharon LeeDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayMr. & Mrs. Robert I. LippThe MacRae Family FoundationChristina Marra & Paul SilverFrederick W. McDonaldCarol & Paul NeimanDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.John Parchem & Barbara LycettMichele & Steve Pesner

PNB LeagueMs. Christina RichBarbara RiesCatherine & Grant RiesGladys Rubinstein*Mr. Scott SchererJohn & Melba ShortKent Stowell & Francia RussellDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakMs. Patricia TarrBonnie TowneDavid VaskevitchTom & Connie Walsh Sheree WenMs. Jodi WongBagley* & Virginia WrightBarbara & Charles B. Wright, IIICarol WrightLeslie & Tachi YamadaAnonymous

Members of the BarreScholarship Patron $5,000-$9,999Heidi AlessiLinda & Tom AllenChap & Eve AlvordJerry & Rita AnchesPatrice & Kevin AuldPatty & Jimmy BarrierTom & Jeannie BlankElisabeth BodalMs. Susan Y. BuskeChris Capossela & Leigh TonerKent & Barbara ChaplinShirlee D. ChristensenDr. Terrence CroninMr. Michael W. DabneyMr. & Mrs. William* O. EllisonMs. Kristina EricksonCaroline Gallee & Frank Peschel-GalleeNatalie GendlerMrs. James L. GoedhartGail GoralskiStacy & Frank GravesSerena Harding-Jones & William LeseSteven Harlow

Oystein & Tracy HarsvikCatherine Hobi HawesRay Hoekstra & Dan DrummeyThomas & Kim HohlCathy Beth & Steven W. HooperRoy Hughes & Julie DavisChristian Huitema & Neige GilJohn & Marli IversonTom & Gail JamesNed & Pam JohnsonSara A. Jones Daniel KingstonMr. & Mrs. Tim KirleyJoan & Bob LawlerBarbara LewisJeff & Nancy LochMichael & Alessandra MalangaHelene Mawyer Charles Maxfield &

Gloria F. Parrish FoundationPaul M. MockettDr. Armin & Beverly MohrMarywilde NelsonSusan & Dennis OkamotoAlida & Douglas OlesBob & Annette ParksGwendolyn Payton & John NeelemanMr. & Mrs. Tom A. PuentesDick & Alice RapaskyRick & Jennifer RedmanLynn Ries & Rod ProctorLaura & Adam SelipskyJohn F. & Julia P. ShawAmy L. SidellSusan & Philip StollerAmbassador Cynthia StroumMel & Leena SturmanAngela & Carl SutterChristina TannerMr. Bryan VergatoRobert & Lisa WahbeToby & Linda WarsonDeborah & Jim WatsonDavid & Romayne WattJohn W. Westergaard & Allison BurgwinRay & Judy WilliamsArlene A. WrightJack WulfekuhleDavid & Linda WymanAnonymous (5)

Chelsea Adomaitis with Company dancers in the PNB premiere of Crystal Pite's Emergence. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

FRIENDS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET

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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


Members of the Barre $3,500-$4,999Bill & Lisa AndersonKari Anderson & Mark PavlovicRev. Mary Petty AndersonJK & Sherilyn BankstonMs. Katherine Barclay-RobertsonJane & Peter BarrettMs. Courtney BearValentina Vitols BelloLinda & George BerkmanCapt. & Mrs. Paul BlochGary & Linda BlumeDr. & Mrs. Thomas R. BoyceMr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr.Gardner & Victoria BrownJohn & Maralyn Burnley BlumeJoe* & Dorothy CanavanEllen C. CarnwathMrs. Tatiana DavidsonEarl & Anita DavieBertrand & Brooke de BoutrayKathryn Del BeccaroSuzanne DeWitt & Arie SteinbergSheila C. DietrichElizabeth Giblin Designated FundDr. Milton & Nancy EnglishSharon Falkner & Gene ChamberlainWilliam E. FranklinAlyce & Lowell FritzMrs. Stanley GolubIn memory of Dr. Geraldine N. GravesRosalind M. GreenbergMr. & Mrs. Richard C. HedreenStephen & Marie HeilJon and Laura HonhartMs. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred NeetlesMs. Marilyn Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey*Ms. Joan Matthews JulnesSeymour & Evelyn KlebanoffBruce & Carol KochRob and Claudette KrauseBill & Kathie KreagerMr. John KruperMs. Natasha LaljiStephen & Marleen LandMr. Joshua LiebermanBarbara & Michael LuxenbergNikki & Mark MahanMarsh Family FoundationMr. Fowler Martin & Ms. Barbara WarrenJim & Julie McElroyRichard & Jean PattonMrs. Marda PhelpsMrs. Ellen PottengerRobert Ripley & Nancy KadelMs. Pamela RolfeDorrit SaviersKaren ShermanMichael Sible & Kristine SchmaltzLandry Slade & Gretchen Van MeterDr.* & Mrs. George SoferMr. & Mrs. David G. SpragueDiane StevensMs. Jessica TarzanMichael TempleSusan ThurstonJames TruchardNicholas Utzinger & John RochfordMs. Susan F. ValenciaStephanie WallachMary ZorotovichAnonymous (5)

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET DANCERS

Batkhurel Bold is from Ulan Bator, Mongolia. He joined PNB in 1996 and was promoted to soloist in 1999 and principal in 2004.

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.

Carrie Imler* is from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She joined PNB as an apprentice in 1995 and was promoted to soloist in 2000 and principal in 2002.

Lesley Rausch* is 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.

Karel Cruz is from 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.

Kaori Nakamura is from Gumma, Japan. She joined PNB as a soloist in 1997 and was promoted to principal in 1998. Ms. Nakamura was formerly a principal dancer with Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Rachel Foster is from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002. She was promoted to soloist in 2008 and principal in 2011. Ms. Foster has also danced with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Seth Orza is from San Francisco, California. He joined PNB as a member of the corps de ballet in 2007, was promoted to soloist in 2008 and principal in 2010. Mr. Orza was formerly a soloist with New York City Ballet.

Maria Chapman* is from Macon, Georgia. She joined PNB as an apprentice in 1995 and was promoted to soloist in 2005 and principal in 2009.

Carla Körbes is 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.

Principals

Lindsi Dec* 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.

James Moore is from San Francisco, California. He joined PNB as a member of the corps de ballet in 2004, was promoted to soloist in 2008, and principal in 2013. Mr. Moore also danced with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Laura Tisserand* 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.

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 2013-2014 on-air season continues with broadcasts of the opening night performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on April 12 and Giselle on May 31. The curtain goes up at 7:30 pm on Classical KING FM 98.1, or online at www.king.org/listen.


Jerome Tisserand is from Lyon, France. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2007 and was promoted to soloist in 2012. Mr. Tisserand also danced with Miami City Ballet.

Benjamin Griffiths* is from Boise, Idaho. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2005 and was promoted to soloist in 2008. Mr. Griffiths also danced with Boston Ballet.

Elizabeth Murphy*is from Chelmsford, Massachusetts. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet 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.

Sarah Ricard Orza is from Amherst, Massachusetts. In 2007, she joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a corps de ballet dancer and was promoted to soloist in 2010. Ms. Orza also danced with New York City Ballet.

Kiyon Gaines* is from Baltimore, Maryland. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2001 and was promoted to soloist in 2012.

Kylee Kitchens* is from Laguna Hills, California. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000 and was promoted to soloist in 2012.

William Lin-Yee is from San Francisco, California. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a corps de ballet dancer in 2008 and was promoted to soloist in 2014. Mr. Lin-Yee also danced with New York City Ballet.

Margaret Mullin* is from Tucson, Arizona. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2008, was promoted to corps de ballet in 2009, and soloist in 2014.

Soloists

*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.

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Kyle Davis* Joined in 2008 Green Bay, WI

Amanda Clark* Joined in 2008 Fairfax, VA

Eric Hipolito Jr.* Joined in 2008 Seattle, WA

Joshua Grant* Joined in 2001; 2011 Niceville, FL

Corps de Ballet

* denotes former Pacific Northwest Ballet School student.

Angelica Generosa* Joined in 2011 South River, NJ

Raphaël Bouchard Joined in 2013 Quebec City, Quebec

Steven Loch*Joined in 2011 Dallas, TX

Charles McCall*Joined in 2011 St. Louis, MO

Ryan Cardea* Joined in 2009 New York, NY

Jessika Anspach* Joined in 2004 Bellevue, WA

Chelsea Adomaitis* Joined in 2009 Boston, MA

Leta BiasucciJoined in 2011Carlisle, PA

Andrew Bartee* Joined in 2008 Everett, WA

Elle Macy* Joined in 2012 Huntington Beach, CA

Jahna Frantziskonis* Joined in 2012 Tucson, AZ

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET DANCERS

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. Now in its 9th year of operation, Teen Tix provides Seattle-area teenagers with access to over 40 arts organizations in an effort to engage young people in Seattle’s vibrant cultural scene. Teen Tix members can 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.

Welcome

Teens


Leah Merchant* Joined in 2007 Mobile, Alabama

Price Suddarth*Joined in 2010Westfield, IN

Brittany Reid* Joined in 2000 Huntington Beach, CA

Ezra Thomson* Joined in 2009 San Bernardino, CA

Carli Samuelson* Joined in 2008 Boiling Springs, PA

Liora Neuville* Joined in 2007 Paris, France

Matthew RenkoJoined in 2011Sumter, SC

Sarah Pasch*Joined in 2011 Dublin, CA

Christian Poppe* Joined in 2013 Lake Stevens, WA

APPRENTICE

Emma Love Suddarth* Joined in 2008 Wichita, KS

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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.

$200,000 & aboveArtsFundKOMO4*The Wallace Foundation

$100,000 - $199,999The Boeing CompanyMicrosoft CorporationOffice of Arts & Culture SeattleThe Seattle Times*

$50,000 - $99,999The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation4Culture—King County Lodging TaxThe Hearst FoundationsPerkins Coie Foundation*The Shubert FoundationSnoqualmie Tribe

$25,000 - $49,999AnonymousBank of AmericaChateau Ste. Michelle*Dilettante Chocolates*

Freed of LondonJohn Graham FoundationThe Joyce Theater FoundationMoss Adams LLP*National Endowment for the ArtsNesholm Family FoundationSAVOR*The Seattle FoundationU.S. Bank

$10,000 - $24,999ArtsFund/ The Ned & Kayla Skinner

Arts Enrichment FundArtsWAEngaging Dance Audiences,

A program of Dance/USAGoldman, Sachs & Co.Harvest FoundationHSBC Private Bank Jean K. Lafromboise FoundationThe Jerome Robbins FoundationMacDonald, Hoague & Bayless*Norman Archibald Charitable

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Northwest Danish Association*Necorah FloralPlum CreekSafeco Insurance Foundationscan|design Foundation

by Inger & Jens BruunStarbucks Coffee Company*Sterling Bank U.S. Bancorp FoundationWells Fargo

$2,500 - $9,999Accíon Cultural EspandaAlaska Airlines*AnonymousArtsFund/ The Jean T. Fukuda

Memorial Fund for Performing Arts Bellevue Arts CommissionCanterbury ConsultingGreen Diamond Resource CompanyHedges Family Estate* K&L GatesKelly Foundation of WashingtonByron & Alice Lockwood Foundation

Northern Trust BankPEMCO FoundationPicture Source*Regence Blue ShieldTalking Rain*Ten Mercer*UW MedicinePeg & Rick Young Foundation

$1,000 - $2,499Alabastro PhotographyAnonymousBossak/Heilbron Charitable

FoundationCreag FoundationElliot Bay Book Company*Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel CaféRoger F. Miller*MetLife FoundationSuperGraphics, a division

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80AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES HAVE MET THEIR

MATCH.

BenaroyaResearch.org

Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis—they’re all

autoimmune diseases and they’re all connected. And so is the way we’re fighting

them. By researching the underlying causes of immune system malfunctions,

the breakthroughs we make can be applied against many diseases, and have the

potential to improve the lives of millions of people around the world.

Progress against one autoimmune disease is progress against them all.


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