Beautiful Decay - Oregon Ballet Theatre

Apr. 14 - 23, 2016 Newmark Theatre

LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Photo by Joni Kabana.

ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING THINGS ABOUT CONTEMPORARY BALLET — TO ME ANYWAY — IS THE NEW WAYS WE FIND TO TELL STORIES WITH THE POETRY OF MOVEMENT. Classical ballet evolved in such a way as to facilitate telling the kind of fairytale story that is at once both universally known and mostly straight-forward. As ballet has continued to evolve choreographers, responding to the world around them, have increasingly channeled their energies into telling stories that reflect the world we share, stories that respond to our lives today.

One of the most audacious examples of that trend is the ballet we present to you in this program, Nicolo Fonte’s Beautiful Decay. The “story” Nicolo is telling us with Beautiful Decay is on a grand scale — its subject the passing of time, the simultaneous loss of vigor and the accumulation of knowledge that is the gift of age, and our existential need AS BALLET HAS CONTINUED TO EVOLVE for connection — to each other, to our own place.

CHOREOGRAPHERS, RESPONDING TO THE WORLD Anyone who is old enough AROUND THEM, HAVE INCREASINGLY CHANNELED to remember a vitality that THEIR ENERGIES INTO TELLING STORIES THAT is no longer actual, anyone REFLECT THE WORLD WE SHARE, STORIES THAT who has watched a parent or loved one navigate a RESPOND TO OUR LIVES TODAY. decline in physical robustness, anyone who has been touched by the guidance of a mentor will find an echo of their experience in this work. In a culture seemingly obsessed with youth and beauty, isn’t it refreshing to take a look at a kind of beauty that is forged over time and burns brighter with age?

OREGON BALLET THEATRE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR MOST SINCERE THANKS TO OUR MOST GENEROUS SPONSORS.

THANK YOU!

PRESENTING SPONSORS Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust

SEASON SPONSORS The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County, and the Arts Education & Access Fund.

Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies and 2,000 employees.

OBT is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

What is especially exciting about Beautiful Decay is the sublime way the themes of the work are embedded in thrillingly athletic, even virtuoso, choreography. This is not a ‘dutiful’ examination of a theme with social relevance so much as a socially relevant work that is also dynamically entertaining! The synthesis of ideas, movement, scenic design, and theatrical devices together create what I think will be a highpoint for OBT this season. We couldn’t be happier to share this work with you.

THOMPCORP

Enjoy!

KEVIN IRVING Artistic Director Oregon Ballet Theatre

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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEAR FRIENDS, WELCOME TO THE FINAL PERFORMANCE OF OREGON BALLET THEATRE’S 2015 | 2016 SEASON. What an incredible season this has been! Beginning with Amore Italiano featuring the exuberant 3rd act of Napoli with all new sets and costumes, to another magical Nutcracker that brought in record audiences, and recently the incredible return of James Canfield’s Romeo & Juliet — add in our recent studio move to the South Waterfront, the ballet school’s branch expansion to West Linn and the growth of our second company OBT2 — we have all greatly enjoyed this journey to connect the joy of dance throughout our community!

This evening’s production of Beautiful Decay represents the sixth OBT premiere from internationally acclaimed choreographer Nicolo Fonte and is the perfect transition to our 2016 | 2017 season which welcomes Mr. Fonte as OBT’s new resident choreographer! He joins a celebrated group of past resident choreographers in Dennis Spaight and Trey McIntyre.

Our 2016 | 2017 repertory season has been appropriately referred to as a “Season of Giants” featuring seminal works by the giants of our field, including: Petipa with a new production of Swan Lake, Balanchine’s Serenade, both of which feature the OBT Orchestra, along with William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, and Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat. The company will also present exciting world premieres by Helen Pickett and of course, Nicolo Fonte.

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WHEN BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF IMAGINING THIS WORK, I kept thinking back to the feelings I experienced when looking at artist Mark Golebiowski’s series of 3-D photographs of the very much dead, but also still very vibrant exotic flowers. These flowers were so full of movement, and retained such a potent identity — even a sense of self, that the beauty evident in the decay was to me both noble and touching. It seemed to me that the photos created an entirely new perspective on something we don’t always take the time to notice — and that intrigued me.

The idea to involve two senior dancers in the project allowed me to take on the abstract and universal idea that all of our lives, however much we live only in the present, are, in some ways, a process of decay. Our identities are forged in the fires of our experiences, and the energy we burn is converted into an indefinable essence that, despite its untethered quality, is apparent to all who choose to notice.

The simple juxtaposition of the physically vigorous and experientially young dancers of Oregon Ballet Theatre and the timeworn and hardearned brilliance of Susan Banyas and Gregg Bielemeier instantly creates a thrilling dynamic that I could tap into. Beautiful Decay was a process of discovery as I tried to tease out the same kind of feelings that I experienced when I first saw Golebiowski’s photographs.

As we pass through the seasons of our lives, and move from vigor to (hopefully) sagacity — we will come, if we are lucky, to an ever-greater understanding of our inherent and unique beauty.

MUSIC CREDITS The Four Seasons Recomposed by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

“Sudden Throw,” “Brim,” “Words of Amber” and “Hands, Be Still” Written by Ólafur Arnalds.

Courtesy of Nettwerk One Music, Ltd. “For Now I Am Winter,” “Old Skin” and “For Now I Am Winter (Nils Frahm Rework)” Written by Ólafur Arnalds and Arnór Dan Arnarson.

Courtesy of Nettwerk One Music, Ltd.

CHOREOGRAPHER Nicolo Fonte

MUSIC

Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 3/2, RV 578, 3. Larghetto, The Four Seasons Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed (Remix) Ólafur Arnalds: Sudden Throw, Brim, For Now I Am Winter, Hands, Be Still, Old Skin, Words of Amber, For Now I Am Winter (Nils Frahm Rework)

COSTUME DESIGNER

Martha Chamberlain

LIGHTING DESIGNER Drew Billiau

SCENIC DESIGNER Mimi Lien

WORLD PREMIERE

July 10, 2013, BalletX, The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

OBT PREMIERE

April 14, 2016, Newmark Theatre, Portland, Oregon

“Vivaldi: 3. Larghetto [Concerto grosso in G minor , Op.3/2 , RV 578]” performed by Simon Standage, Michaela Comberti, Jaap Ter Linden, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Richter: Spring 1 [Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons]” performed by Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, André de Ridder. Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“La Primavera, RV 26: II. Largo e Pianissimo,” “L’Estate, RV 315: I. Allegro,” “L’Estate, RV 315: II. Adagio,” “L’Inverno, RV 297: II. Largo,” & “L’Inverno, RV 297: III. Allegro” performed by Fabio BIONDI and Europa GALANTE; composed

by Antonio VIVALDI. (p) 1999, Opus111/ Naïve. Extract from the Album “Vivaldi: The Four Seasons” by Fabio BIONDI and Europa GALANTE. Courtesy of Naïve.

“Sudden Throw,” “Brim,” “For Now I Am Winter,” “Words of Amber,” “Hands, Be Still,” “Old Skin (feat. Arnor Dan),” “For Now I Am Winter (Nils Frahm Rework)” performed by Ólafur Arnalds. Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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FEATURE

BY MARTY HUGHLEY

A DANCE FOR THE AGES Chauncey Parsons is an artist in his prime, a principal dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre since 2009. But in a field where careers not only start but end early, he no longer qualifies as a young dancer.

“I’m just getting to the point where stuff’s starting to hurt, starting not to work like it used to,” he says. “Previously it was always ‘push harder, jump higher, get better!’ I’m starting to be more realistic with things.

You’re trying to stay at the top of the art form while also realizing that your joints aren’t what they were when you were 21. How do you find your way around that?”

of Beautiful Decay, Nicolo Fonte’s daring and deeply moving ballet set to classical music by Antonio Vivaldi and contemporary sounds by Max Richter and Ólafur Arnalds.

Fonte, a favorite of OBT fans for such thrilling works as Bolero, Pe-

What crystalized the idea for him was a visit to the Portland Historical Society to see an exhibit by a friend of his, Mark Golebiowski. The series of 3-D photographs featured dead, yet somehow still very vibrant, exotic flowers. “Even though they were almost withered away, the essence

Gregg Bielemeier, four decades into a career as perhaps Portland’s most enduringly endearing contemporary choreographer and improviser, is adjusting to harder physical realities.

“The past three years have certainly been interesting, from cancer to two new hips,” he says. “I’ve had to learn to dance all over again — the cancer took away all my muscle mass — but it’s going to be better. I’m much more relaxed in how I approach everything. I don’t need to rush anymore.”

Photo by Mark Golebiowski Though she’s at an age where some folks retire, Susan Banyas continues to build trouchka, and last season’s “There was still this sense of identity: ‘I am her skills, drawing on the vulnercollaboration with Pink ability, trust and other strengths Martini, Never Stop Falling still present!’ And I thought, ‘What a perfect acquired through a varied artistic (In Love), created the ballet metaphor for a performer.’” life as writer, director, teacher, and in 2013 for Philadelphia’s performer. “Aging is a multifaceted BalletX, based on an idea experience, it doesn’t have any one that had been in and out of his head of flower-ness was still there,” Fonte trajectory,” she says. “I feel like I’m for awhile, he said. “I’ve dealt with recalls. “There was still this sense a stronger mover than ever.” this theme — the idea of the continuof identity: ‘I am still present!’ And ity of time — in other ballets, but it I thought, ‘What a perfect metaphor Such perspectives on time and aging always was really abstract. This time for a performer.’”

— the challenges they present and I wanted to deal with it in a really the gifts they offer in the life of a explicit way, because it’s an idea I Excited by the notion of contrasting performing artist — are the stuff come back to often.” younger and older dancers, Fonte

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also knew he didn’t want to make what he calls “an outreach ballet,” something that included elders simply for diversity’s sake. Not only did the work need to avoid sentimentality, it needed to fully integrate its older guest artists into the dynamism of a ballet troupe. (In Philadelphia, the guests were Group Motion Workshop founders Brigitta Herrmann and Manfred

“I’m not out to answer any questions, but the question itself is what happens after physical prowess is no longer accessible?”

Fishbeck, both a decade or so older than Banyas and Bielemeier, who take on those roles here.)

Once a dazzlingly athletic dancer himself, Fonte understands both the rush of youth and an at once more measured and more fluid sense of time that comes, well, with time. He insists that Beautiful Decay isn’t a thesis on aging so much as it is a theatrical construct about the arc of inevitable change in an artistic life.

“You’re compelled to move forward, yet there is at the same time a resistance to moving forward,” Fonte says. “You can consider that the fear factor, an unwillingness to change, an unwillingness to recognize the inevitable — there are many abstract or poetic ways to think about it. What I’m interested in is how you — specifically as a performer at this time in your life, not just as a person who is aging — relate to that.

Do you accept it or not? There’s an ambiguity there and I love watching how that plays out.

“I’m not out to answer any questions, but the question itself is what happens after physical prowess is no longer accessible?”

Reflecting on that question, Parsons adds, “Dancers are supposed to be immortal, young and vibrant — and then they just disappear and the next generation comes along. The concept of being in the spotlight and then

TOP Photo by Bill Herbert; BalletX production of Beautiful Decay; Dancers foreground: Manfred Fishbeck, Brigitta Herrmann Dancers background: Chloe Felesina, William Cannon BOTTOM Photo By Blaine Truitt Covert; from left Nicolo Fonte, Gregg Bielemeier, Susan Banyas

having to step out of it is like death for a dancer. It’s a real factor, every time something hurts a little more you’re a step closer to losing everything you’ve worked so hard for. But this piece shows you that you don’t have to panic.”

More than freedom from panic, what Banyas sees in Beautiful Decay is seeds of learning and new growth. “Looking time in the face takes courage,” she says. “When you start to lose a parent,

or family members, or your own body starts to change — radically, sometimes — you have to be willing to enter into that experience rather than resist it. We’re prompted constantly in this culture to feel bad about such things.

To drop all that nonsense and look directly at the mystery we’re entering into is difficult. That’s why I think this is such a courageous work.”

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2016-2017 Season

GIANTS

Oct. 8 – Oct. 15, 2016 Keller Auditorium

SERENADE George Balanchine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / OBT Orchestra!

IN THE MIDDLE, SOMEWHAT ELEVATED William Forsythe / Thom Willems, Company Premiere GIANTS Nicolo Fonte, World Premiere

George Balanchine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky /

SWAN LAKE

Dec. 10 – Dec. 26, 2016 Keller Auditorium

8 performances with OBT Orchestra!

Feb. 18 – Feb. 25, 2017 Keller Auditorium

Kevin Irving (after Petipa/Ivanov) / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, World Premiere /

TERRA

Apr. 13 – Apr. 22, 2017 Newmark Theatre

PETAL Helen Pickett / Philip Glass & Thomas Montgomery Newman EL NARANJO Nacho Duato / Juan Alberto Arteche & Javier Paxariño, Company Premiere JARDÍ TANCAT Nacho Duato / Maria del Mar Bonet, Company Premiere PICKETT CREATION Helen Pickett / Peter Salem, World Premiere Eva Burton. Photo by James McGrew.

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ARTISTIC STAFF KEVIN IRVING

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kevin Irving began dancing with jazz classes in his hometown dance school (Long Island, New York), and later joined the school and training ensemble of Alvin Ailey. From 1982 to 1985, he danced with The Elisa Monte Dance Company of New York, but, at 24, he took a sharp turn toward classical dance and joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, in Montréal.

Promoted first to soloist and then to principal dancer, Irving became a well-known figure wherever LGBC performed. In 1993, Irving joined Twyla Tharp Dance for a project that included performances at L’Opera de Paris and the PBS television film of In the Upper Room.

From 1994 to 2002, Irving was ballet master and associate director with Nacho Duato’s Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, Spain. From 2002 to 2007, he was Artistic Director of The Göteborg Ballet in Sweden. The company, under Irving’s tenure as director, was named the most important dance company in Sweden in Ballet International’s critics’ poll. From 2007 to 2013, he was a frequent guest ballet master with The Royal Danish Ballet and has been a guest teacher with numerous other companies and schools. He has staged ballets by Nacho Duato and Nicolo Fonte on companies such as The Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Nederlands Dans Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and The Australian Ballet, among many others. Irving was also Associate Director at dance company Morphoses (2011–2012), coordinating special initiatives aimed at defining the company’s unique brand and profile in the dance world. In 2010, Irving founded I-DANCE (Inspiring Dance: American Nation Choreographic Exchange), a non-profit organization that has sent teachers and choreographers to dance communities in Central and South America. He was named Artistic Director of Oregon Ballet Theatre in July 2013.

LISA KIPP

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR Lisa Kipp began studying ballet in Olympia, Washington and finished her training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pacific Ballet Theatre, Ballet Oregon, Ballet of Los Angeles, Ballet Chicago, and James Sewell Dance, and also performed in the touring company of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of

the Opera. Kipp danced principal roles in George Balanchine’s Rubies, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Square Dance, Concerto Barocco, and Apollo, and appeared as the Cowgirl in Agnes De Mille’s Rodeo. Prior to joining OBT in 2004, she was the Ballet Department Head for the school of Spectrum Dance Theater in Seattle, as well as the company’s Rehearsal Director.

Kipp has been the ballet master for OBT for 9 years, and the company’s rehearsal director for 2 years. As a ballet master she has assisted James Kudelka, Lar Lubovitch, Lola DeAvila, Nicolo Fonte, Francia Russell, Bart Cook, Christine Redpath, Christopher Stowell, Yuri Possokhov, and Helgi Tomasson.

She has staged George Balanchine’s Rubies, Square Dance, and Who Cares? for OBT and is responsible for the corps de ballet in OBT’s classical repertoire.

JEFFREY STANTON

BALLET MASTER Jeffrey Stanton trained at San Francisco Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. In addition to classical ballet, he also studied ballroom, jazz, and tap dancing. He joined San Francisco Ballet in 1989 and left to join Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1994. He was promoted to soloist in 1995, made a principal in 1996, and retired from PNB in 2011. He originated leading roles in Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE…More or Less; Stephen Baynes’ El Tango; Donald Byrd’s Seven Deadly Sins; Val Caniparoli’s The Bridge; Nicolo Fonte’s Almost Tango and Within/Without; Kevin O’Day’s Aract and [soundaroun(d)ance]; Kent Stowell’s Carmen, Palacios Dances, and Silver Lining; and Christopher Stowell’s Zaïs. Stanton has performed as a guest artist for Le Gala des Étoiles in Montreal, Prague Gala of Stars, and the TITAS Command Performance of International Ballet in Dallas, Texas. In 2000, he participated in the George Balanchine Foundation’s Interpreters Archive series, dancing excerpts from Balanchine’s Episodes, coached by Melissa Hayden.

NIEL DEPONTE

MUSIC DIRECTOR & CONDUCTOR Niel DePonte has been the Music Director for OBT and its predecessor, Pacific Ballet Theatre, since 1985. He has guest conducted for Boston Ballet, the Ballet of the Mussorgsky (Maly) Theatre in Russia, and at the Nureyev Ballet Festival.

He has also conducted symphonic, pops,

and youth concerts with the symphonies of Oregon, Syracuse, and Charlotte, among others. He is Artistic Director and conductor of the Young Artists Debut! concerto concert. He was a 2003 Grammy Award nominee for “Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra” for his performance of Tomáš Svoboda’s Concerto for Marimba with the Oregon Symphony. His compositions and arrangements written for the ballet stage include: Christopher Stowell’s Adin, Carmen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Ekho; Houston Ballet’s 2002 production of Peter Pan; and OBT’s 1993 version of The Nutcracker. DePonte holds a Master’s degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and a degree in Education from the State University of New York.

MICHAEL MAZZOLA

RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER Michael Mazzola’s critically acclaimed lighting and scenery has been seen in venues all over the U.S., Europe, and Asia, ranging from opera houses to amphitheaters to circus tents to hay barns. The three-time New York Dance and Performance Award winner has designed lighting and scenery for Oregon Ballet Theatre; Pacific Northwest Ballet; San Francisco Ballet, Whim W’Him of Seattle; Queensland Ballet; National Ballet of Finland; Stuttgart Ballet; Grand Rapids Ballet; Ballet West; Ballet Nacional de Cuba; Trey McIntyre Project; The Washington Ballet; Houston Ballet; Rachel Tess Dance at the Wanas Foundation in Sweden; Baryshnikov Arts Center; NYC and LMCC’s River to River Festival; Third Rail Repertory Theatre; Bebe Miller Company—with whom he has worked since the mid-eighties; and the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. At the Kennedy Center Concert Hall this past June he designed lighting and video for the 2015 Presidential Scholars Awards. Mazzola has also designed scenery for two Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts and the 2015 Lincoln Awards at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for Uplight, Inc. based in NYC. Some of his performance photography has been published in Liz Lerman’s book Hiking the Horizontal, as well as on the websites and marketing materials for Bebe Miller Company and Rachel Tess Dance.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

By Tatiana Willis

DENNIS BUEHLER

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dennis Buehler was named Executive Director for Oregon Ballet Theatre in August 2014 and could not be more excited to be a part of the dynamic Portland community. Buehler joins OBT after leading Milwaukee Ballet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as its Executive Director for seven seasons.

During that time, Milwaukee Ballet not only significantly improved its organizational and financial health, but grew to be recognized as a national leader in the development of new work and for their strong commitment to training and community outreach. Buehler previously led the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, also in Wisconsin, for six years, where he was credited with successfully guiding one of the region’s fastest growing arts organizations through its initial strategic, artistic, and organizational development phases.

He has served on the board for The United Performing Arts Fund in Milwaukee, been an active leader within the Creative Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, the Creative Coalition for Greater Milwaukee, served as a local advocacy captain for Arts Wisconsin, and a planning committee member for the Milwaukee 7 Project, a regional collaboration initiative. Early in his career, Buehler held various producing roles with a number of theatre groups in both Florida and Wisconsin, including the Skylight Opera Theatre in Milwaukee from 1998 to 2002. He graduated from the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1992.

Buehler currently lives in West Linn with his wife Treena, an independent artist, and their two daughters.

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GUEST ARTISTS NICOLO FONTE CHOREOGRAPHER is known for his daring and original approach to dance. His work has been noted by critics for a unique movement language as well as a highly developed fusion of ideas, dance, and design. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Fonte started dancing at the age of 14. He studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York as well as at the San Francisco Ballet and New York City Ballet Schools while completing a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase. Upon graduation, he danced with Peridance in NYC and later joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montréal, dancing in the works of Balanchine, Tudor, Kudelka and Spaniard Nacho Duato. Fonte subsequently joined Duato’s Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid and forged a strong identity in the Spanish company for seven years — for both his dancing and his choreography. En los Segundos Ocultos, (In Hidden Seconds), one of three ballets Fonte made for the Spanish company, was hailed as a breakthrough work of great impact with the poetic vision of a mature artist and indeed this ballet established his presence on the European dance scene.

In 2000, Fonte retired from performing to devote himself full-time to his choreographic career. Since that time, he has created or staged his ballets for Dutch National Ballet, Houston Ballet, The Royal Danish Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet West, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Stuttgart Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Göteborg Ballet, The Finnish National Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, The Perm Tchaikovsky Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Ballett Mainz, Ballett Nürnberg, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, TANZ Ensemble Cathy Sharp, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Tulsa Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and Queensland Ballet.

Fonte received a Choo San Goh award for his 2002 collaboration with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Almost Tango, of which R.M. Campbell of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer wrote, “Fonte is a thinker, an architect who creates the new rather than reinvent the old. He is a master of manipulating space and creating relationships.”

Almost Tango was also voted as one of Dance Europe’s “Best Premieres when it was re-staged for The Australian Ballet in 2004.

From 2002 to 2006, Fonte enjoyed an ongoing creative partnership with The Göteborg Ballet in Sweden, creating and staging numerous works that helped establish the company’s distinct profile.

While in Göteborg he created his first full-length ballet, based on the life of Tchaikovsky. Widely acclaimed in the international press for Fonte’s marriage of narrative skill and a contemporary choreographic language, Re: Tchaikovsky appeared on the “Best of 2005” lists of both Ballett-Tanz and Dance Europe.

Fonte has also played an important role in the ongoing development of Aspen Santa Fe Ballet as one of that company’s most popular guest choreographers.

To date he has created eight highly successful works for ASFB that have toured throughout the US and overseas.

Nicolo Fonte is currently the Resident Choreographer for Ballet West, in Salt Lake City, which began with the 2012– 2013 season and becomes Resident Choreographer at OBT beginning with the 2016–2017 season.

SUSAN BANYAS GUEST DANCER Susan Banyas is a writer, director, and dance-storyteller whose performance projects and dance poetry are born from the ordinary beauty of everyday life, the political times we live in, the Everyday Dances we do with each other, the stories we tell, our Soul Stories. The Hillsboro Story and No Strangers Here Today—set 100 years apart in southern Ohio—integrate memory and history to shed light on what lies in the shadows of the American system. Blue Wheel and It’s Been a Busy Week are collaborative experiments in collage storytelling. She was a recent resident at the Robert Rauschenberg Residency Program and is at work on a writing/performance project The Hillsboro, Ohio Backstory.

She is honored to share the stage with Gregg Bielemeier, her long-time collaborator and dance pal.

GUEST ARTISTS DREW BILLIAU LIGHTING DESIGNER Lighting designs include Red Eye to Havre de Grace at New York Theatre Workshop; Zombie Strippers for NYMTF; Cherokee and Bootycandy at the Wilma Theater; Tea: A Mirror of Soul for Vancouver Opera, The Magic Flute for Pittsburgh Opera; Hound of the Baskervilles,The Train Driver, Hamlet and Henry V for The Lantern Theater; Opera Philadelphia’s La Bohéme, Carmen, Turandot, Fidelio, Porgy and Bess and Madama Butterfly; Samsung CES Booth for Fine Design Associates; Lucidity Suitcase’s Alias Ellis Mackenzie,The Melting Bridge, Flamingo Winnebago, and Whale Optics; Red Speedo, Cock, Iron, and The English Bride for Theatre Exile; New Paradise Laboratories Fatebook and Prom; Arden Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web, Frog and Toad, and All My Sons; BalletX’s Sunset, 0639 Hours, Beautiful Decay, Instant God, The Last Glass, Risk of Flight, and Silt. Billiau is the Technical Production Manager at Opera Philadelphia and an Associate Designer in the corporate lighting firm Fine Design Associates.

GREGG BIELEMEIER GUEST DANCER Gregg is an Oregonborn dance artist who began his career with the Portland Dance Theater in 1970. As a freelance artist he has worked on the West Coast and in Europe as a featured choreographer, performer and teacher for over 4 decades. Bielemeier is a frequent improvisor/collaborator with musicians, actors and visual artists, creating suave, witty, dance works that have been described as “wonderfully inventive,” by the Los Angeles Times, and as “marvelously goofy,” by the Seattle PostIntelligencer.

A sought-after educator, Bielemeier has been a guest artist in technique, performance and repertory at institutions such as the University of Nevada/ Las Vegas, Portland State University, Reed College, Center for Movement Arts, da Vinci Arts Middle School, Portland Ballet, Lewis & Clark College, The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, and the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. He is a founding core artist of Conduit Dance in Portland, Oregon for

which he continues to teach all levels of contemporary movement and dance improvisation.

Bielemeier has been awarded grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and on two occasions received Individual Artist Fellowships from the City of Pasadena, CA. He has provided movement direction for performances by master drummer Obo Addy, Cygnet Theatre, Rumpus Room Dance, and performance artist Susan Banyas.

His choreographic work has been commissioned by the Northwest Dance Project, D-9 Dance Collective, School for New Dance (Amsterdam), Tere Mathern Dance, Reed College, Polaris Dance Theatre, Skinner|Kirk Dance Ensemble, Modern Dance Lab, Aero/Betty aerial dance theatre, Imago Theatre, Paufve|dance, BodyVox and White Bird, among others. Bielemeier’s choreography has been presented in Los Angeles by Dance Kaleidoscope, in Seattle at On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival, at Holland’s International Dance Festival, and in Portland by PSU’s Contemporary Dance Season, Portland Art Museum, and for White Bird’s inaugural and 11th contemporary dance performance series

MIMI LIEN SCENIC DESIGNER Mimi is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera.

Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/ environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company and The Civilians, resident designer at Ballet Tech, and co-founder of JACK, a new performance/ art space in Brooklyn. Recent work includes Appropriate (Mark Taper Forum), John (Signature Theatre), Preludes, The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center), An Octoroon (Drama Desk and Lortel nominations, Soho Rep/TFANA), Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 (Lortel Award, Hewes Design Award). Mimi’s designs for dance have been presented in the Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan. Her stage designs have been exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial, and her sculptures were featured in the exhibition, LANDSCAPES OF QUARANTINE, at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Lien is a recipient

of the Joan and Joseph F. Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity at Lincon Center Theater, Lucille Lortel Award and American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, two Drama Desk nominations, and Audelco Award nomination. In 2012, she received an OBIE Award for sustained excellence, and she is a 2015 recipient of a MacArthur fellowship.

MARTHA CHAMBERLAIN COSTUME DESIGNER Martha began her dance training at age five in Media, Pennsylvania, where she was born and raised. Chamberlain joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an Apprentice in the fall of 1989 and was promoted to the Corps de Ballet three months later. She was promoted to Soloist in 1997 and to Principal after her premiere as Juliet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet in March 2000. She retired in 2011 from Pennsylvania Ballet after dancing with that company for 21 years. Chamberlain has designed costumes for many years. Among the choreographers she has created works for are Christopher d’Amboise, Matthew Neenan, Christine Cox, Meredith Rainey, Adam Hougland, Helen Pickett, Edwaard Liang, Jodie Gates, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Jorma Elo, and Nicolo Fonte.

She has collaborated with Matthew Neenan on numerous dances he has choreographed for both the Pennsylvania Ballet and BalletX. She is also the creator and designer of Chamberlain Goods, a custom dance wear line for the professional dancer.

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PRINCIPAL DANCERS

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Sponsored by Jeannine Cowles, in memoriam

SOLOISTS

CANDACE BOUCHARD*

MARTINA CHAVEZ*

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PETER FRANC

ANSA DEGUCHI*

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COMPANY ARTISTS

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Sponsored by Thomas Anderson & Jack Blumberg

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KELSIE NOBRIGA*

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AVERY REINERS

APPRENTICES

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IAN SCHWANER

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PRINCIPAL DANCERS

XUAN CHENG

Xuan Cheng was born in Chen Zhou, Hu Nan Province of China. After studying at the School of Guang Zhou Ballet, she joined as a company member and rose to become a principal dancer. In 2006, she was invited by acclaimed Canadian choreographer Edouard Lock to join his Montreal-based company La La La Human Steps. She then joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. While there, her roles included Juliet in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Romeo and Juliet, Princess Lena in Christian Spuck’s Leonce and Lena and the Sugar Plum Fairy in Fernand Nault’s The Nutcracker. She joined OBT as a principal dancer in 2011. Her major principal roles include Giselle, Cinderella, Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, as well as roles in works by Nacho Duato, Nicolo Fonte, James Kudelka, and Trey McIntyre.

CHAUNCEY PARSONS

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Chauncey Parsons began dancing at age 12, at the Santa Barbara Ballet Center, under Michelle Pearson and Denise Rinaldi.

At 15, he was accepted into the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C., where he trained for three years under Vladimir Djouloukhadze. After graduating, he performed for State Street Ballet, under Rodney Gustafson, for two years. In 2002, he joined Colorado Ballet as a soloist under Martin Fredmann, and in 2004 was promoted to the rank of principal dancer. In 2008, he joined OBT as a soloist under Christopher Stowell, and was promoted to principal in 2009. Over the course of his career he has danced a wide variety of roles, including Basil in Don Quixote, Count Albrecht in Giselle, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Further, he has danced leading roles in

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Balanchine’s Rubies, Emeralds, Tarantella, The Nutcracker, and Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Michael Pink’s Dracula and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Agnes De Mille’s Rodeo, Nicolo Fonte’s Bolero and Never Stop Falling (in Love), Paul Taylor’s Company B, and others.

BRIAN SIMCOE

Brian Simcoe was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He received his training from the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and Long Beach Ballet Arts Center.

He joined OBT as an apprentice in 2004, was promoted to soloist in 2011, and promoted to principal in 2013. At OBT, he has appeared in Christopher Stowell’s Swan Lake, Nicolo Fonte’s Petrouchka, James Canfield’s Romeo & Juliet, and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun.

SOLOISTS

CANDACE BOUCHARD

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Candace Bouchard began dancing at the age of 5.

She joined OBT as an ap­­prentice in 2003, became a full company artist in 2004, and was promoted to soloist in 2008. Some of her favorite roles include William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and The Second Detail, Helen Pickett’s Petal, and Dew Drop in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

MARTINA CHAVEZ

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Martina Chavez began her training at age 9 under the direction of Buddy and Susan Trevino then continued her education at Maryland Youth Ballet. She joined OBT in 2006 as an apprentice, was promoted into the company in 2007, and to soloist in 2014.

Her favorite roles have been in works created by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, and Nicolo Fonte.

ANSA DEGUCHI

Ansa Deguchi is from Nagoya, Japan where she began studying dance at the age of 5. She later trained with Chika Goto Step Works Ballet and City Ballet School in San Francisco. She joined OBT as an apprentice in 2003 and was promoted to soloist in 2007. Some of her favorite roles with OBT include: William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, George Balanchine’s Tarantella, James Canfield’s Romeo & Juliet, and Nacho Duato’s Por Vos Muero.

PETER FRANC

Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Peter Franc began dancing in Atlanta at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre and continued training with the Louisville Ballet School.

He then joined Houston Ballet, rising to the rank of demi-soloist. Notable performances include works by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Jirˇí Kylián, Hans Van Manen, and Stanton Welch. He then spent three seasons touring with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet performing a variety of contemporary ballets. This is his first season dancing with OBT.

MICHAEL LINSMEIER

Raised on a family dairy farm in Wisconsin, Michael Linsmeier started his training at the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance. He attended Virginia School of the Arts for further training. After performing with Milwaukee Ballet for seven years, he joined OBT in 2011 and was promoted to soloist in 2014. Since discovering dancing as an art, interpreting life’s journey through movement and design feels to be a much more honest and vulnerable way to express himself than words have ever been.

COMPANY ARTISTS

THOMAS BAKER

Thomas Baker began dancing at the age of 15 in St. George, Utah. Prior to joining OBT in 2010, he studied with San Francisco Ballet School on full scholarship. He then danced with Ballet San Jose from 2012 to 2014, rejoining OBT for the 2014/15 season. He has performed featured roles in works by Balanchine, Ashton, Rhoden, Naharin, and Cunningham.

EVA BURTON

Eva Burton was born in Los Angeles, California. She received her training in Los Angeles from Patrick Frantz and at San Francisco Ballet School before joining OBT for the 2009/10 season. She has been featured in works

by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Nicolo Fonte, and Ben Stevenson. In the 2014/15 season she debuted as the Sugar Plum Fairy in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, as Cinderella in Ben Stevenson’s production, and in Nicolo Fonte’s Presto.

SARAH GRIFFIN

Sarah Griffin was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. She started dancing at the age of 3, training with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Ballet Estudio María Cecilia Díaz (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Kansas City Ballet School, and Barnard College.

She has performed with Dance Theatre of Harlem and Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, among others. She joined OBT in 2014 and has enjoyed dancing featured roles in Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement and Nicolo Fonte’s Never Stop Falling (in Love).

ADAM HARTLEY

Adam Hartley is from Orange, California and began dancing at age 5. He joined OBT as an apprentice in 2009 and was promoted to company artist in 2011. Some of his favorite ballets to dance at OBT were William Forsythe’s The Second

COMPANY Detail, Nacho Duato’s Por Vos Muero, and Nicolo Fonte’s Bolero.

MAKINO HILDESTAD

Makino Hildestad was born in Kumamoto, Japan. She started ballet at The Kumamoto Ballet School when she was 9. She joined Colorado Ballet in 2002 as an apprentice, was promoted to corps de ballet in 2004, and joined OBT in 2010. Her favorite roles at OBT are Rassemblement by Nacho Duato and The Lost Dance by Matjash Mrozewski.

She has been featured in the role of Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Second Detail by William Forsythe, Instinctual Confidence by Darrell Grand Moutrie, and Petal by Helen Pickett.

JORDAN KINDELL

Jordan Kindell was born in Paramount, California. He started his training at age 15 at Jefferson High School and at the School of OBT under Damara Bennett. Jordan joined OBT in its 2012/13 season as an apprentice and was promoted into the company the next year. He has been featured in Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Instinctual Confidence, as the Candy Cane in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, and in Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement. His favorite role is in Nacho Duato’s Cor Perdut.

KATHERINE MONOGUE

Katherine Monogue was born in Tacoma, Washington. She trained at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. under Key Juan Han. She joined OBT as a Professional Division student in 2012, was promoted to apprentice in 2013, and joined the company as a company artist in 2014. She has performed numerous roles, including Peasblossom in Christopher Stowell’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Helen Pickett’s Petal, and Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement.

KELSIE NOBRIGA

Kelsie Nobriga is from Orange County, California and began dancing at the age of 5. She trained with Melissa Allen Bowman and Charles Maple and was a Professional Division student with Pacific Northwest Ballet. In 2011, she joined OBT as an apprentice, and returned as a company artist in 2014.

Previously, she danced with Colorado Ballet. Some of her favorite roles with OBT are Marzipan from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and the Autumn Fairy from Cinderella.

KIMBERLY NOBRIGA

Kimberly Nobriga grew up in Orange County, California.

Starting in 2010, she trained and performed with the Pacific Northwest Ballet School and their Professional Division before joining OBT as an apprentice in 2013. As an apprentice, she danced memorable roles such as the lead in the school’s performances of Valse Fantaisie and Paquita. She was also featured in company performances as the Spanish Lead in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and the Winter Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella. She joined OBT’s corps de ballet in 2015.

COLBY PARSONS

A native of Santa Barbara, California, Colby Parsons began dancing at the age of 13, studying ballet with Denise Rinaldi at the Santa Barbara Ballet Center. He continued his training on full scholarship at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre in New York City. He danced with American Ballet Theatre II for three seasons, followed by dancing soloist and principal roles for Alberta Ballet in Calgary for another three seasons. For the 2014/15, season he joined OBT under Kevin Irving. For OBT he has danced the Prince in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, a lead

couple in Nicolo Fonte’s Presto, and the Cavalier in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, among other roles.

He has performed as a guest artist in Japan, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, and Canada as well as in several states in the U.S.

he has appeared in with OBT is Nicolo Fonte’s Accidental Signals during OBT’s Annual School Performance. This will be his second season with the company and he is pleased to share the stage with its dancers.

AVERY REINERS

Avery Reiners is from New Jersey. He received training at San Francisco Ballet School and Boston Ballet School before joining OBT as a company artist in 2013. Some of his favorite roles with OBT include: Matjash Mrozewski’s The Lost Dance, the Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, and Nicolo Fonte’s Presto.

Emily Parker was born in Boston, Massachusetts where she began dancing at age 4.

After graduating from Indiana University, she joined OBT as an apprentice in 2014. Her favorite roles thus far with OBT include the Spring Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella and the Harlequin Doll in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

APPRENTICES

IAN SCHWANER

JESSICA LIND

Born and raised in San Jose, California, Jessica Lind began her ballet training at age 4.

She trained for a year with San Francisco Ballet School before joining the Professional Division at OBT and became an apprentice in 2013. Her favorite role performing with OBT was the Summer Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella.

SHEA MCADOO

Shea McAdoo was born in Scottsdale, Arizona where she began dancing at the age of 3.

Her ballet training began at Master Ballet Academy under the direction of Slawomir and Irena Wozniak. Shea joined OBT in 2014 as a student in the Professional Division before being promoted to apprentice for the 2015/16 season. Her favorite roles thus far with OBT include Spanish from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and Orange in Crayola.

ALEXANDER NEGRON

Alexander Negron began dancing at age 8 with Elliot Field’s Ballet Tech School in New York City. He then trained at The School of American Ballet for seven years and at San Francisco Ballet School for a year. Among the ballets

EMILY PARKER

Ian Schwaner, a native of Atlanta, took his first ballet class at age 17 at The Northeast Atlanta Ballet. He then attended University of North Carolina School of the Arts on scholarship, where he danced principal roles in Ethan Stiefel’s The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Birthday Offering, Susan Jaffe’s Metallurgy, and George Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante. Ian joined OBT as an apprentice in 2015.

PAIGE WILKEY

Paige Wilkey was born in Los Angeles, California where she began dancing at age 3. She moved to Boston at the age of 16 to train in the Pre-Professional Program at Boston Ballet School. She came to OBT as a Professional Division student in 2013 and joined the company as an apprentice in 2014. Her favorite roles thus far with OBT would be the yellow girl in Crayola and the Columbine Doll in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

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Joan Levers & David Manhart Joyce Loeb Martha J. Logan Jackie MacGregor Austin & Doris Mack Marisa Mack Gary Maffei & Marc Lintner Linda J. Magness Linda L. Mann Earlean Marsh Pamela Matheson Justin Matthews Mason C. Mazzola Bob & Margaret McMillan Jack & Carolyn McMurchie Barry & Susan Menashe Josie Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Marjorie & Kurt Metzler Susan Sammons Meyer & Dennis Meyer Monica & Dale Monroe Doug & Malinda Moore John & Cynthia Morgan Martha Moyer Evelyn Murphy Alison Nelson Rob Nelson Karen O’Kasey Ashley Orbock Amy Paul, In Honor of Peter Paul Dennis Petrequin Roma Peyser & OB O’Brien Jodee & Jerry Pittman Judith E. Posey & Edward J. Doyle, MD William Ramirez & Roberta Staff Janice S. Riggs Miriam & Charles Rosenthal Claire Russell Samuel Sadler Daniel & Kathleen Saucy Cynthia Shafer Drs. Martha Sharman & Warren Reid Gary & Lydia Slangan John D. & Pamela Smith Drs. Justin Smith & Christine Liu Caroline & Greg Sparhawk Derek & Anita Stables Tom Stansbury & Suzee Parson Ralph Stevens & Victoria Rivera Leslie & Elizabeth Stoessl Cindy Thompson & Brett Bender George & Nancy Thorn Bob & Nancy Ullrich Judith & Gordon Umaki Drs. R. Bastian & Barbara Wagner Family Charitable Fund Scott, Colette & Zoe Wiest Erin Wilkey-Cordray Bruce & Susan Winthrop Tamara Yunker Kurt R. & Heather Zimmer Ernie ZumBrunnen & Grace Hawes

APPRENTICE DANCER’S CIRCLE ($100-$249)

Anonymous Kathy & Guy Allee Mary & Stephen Andrews Mary & Jim Andrews Patricia & John C. Andrews Liz & Andre Anjos Sandra Armstrong Gennaro & Marilyn Manser Avolio Diane Babcock Ruth Beiser Bach John Bagg Julia & Robert Ball Linda Barkus Rick & Bonnie Barron Howard Beckerman Dr. Diana Bell Barry & Jacqueline Bennett Paul & Pat Benninghoff Hisiya Beppu & Matthew LaRocco Phil & Naomi Beymer Margaret & Wayne Blake Merv & Jan Blas Beth Blenz-Clucas & Richard Clucas Richard Botney Candace Bouchard & Adam Lounsbury Joyce Brehm Alan Brickley Karin Brocksbank Gerald J. & Fern Broock David & Elaine Brown Denis Burger & Elaine McCall Lance & Deborah Caldwell Maurine & Paul Canarsky Carlisle Mothers Group, In Memory of Margaret Kretschmar Darlene Carlson Mary Carr David G. Cassard Alisa Castellano Jean Cauthorn Sandy Chamness Harriet Cormack Rhobert Cotton Thomas & Marilyn Councell Aaron Courtney & Anne Nichol Terri Cross Eloise Damrosch & Gary Hartnett William DeBolt & Martha Graner, In Memory of Pat Walker Anne Delander Marisol Delaney Nancy M. & Frederic C. Delbrueck Niel DePonte Chuck & Patt DeRousie Dagmar Dettinger Adam & Emily Dew Diedrich Family Hillary Dixon Margaret Doolen & John Slocom Kim Drake Josephine Drew & T. Robert Knowles

Dan Dunning & Christina Winkler Tony DuPeire George & Susan Durrie Austin Eddy William Ellig Michael Elsberry Martin & Anette Erickson Douglas Ertner Abraham & Pamela Farkas Lynn Ferber Steve Fisk Katie & Brian Flanagan George Fleerlage Cindy Fletcher Doreen Flores Mary Folberg Charles & Zoe Foster Kelly Freuler Theresa Fritchle Jennifer Froistad Sandy & Roberto Fuchter Jim & Mary Ann Gabriel Cathy Garrett, In Honor of Nancy & Brad Miller Ray & Joyce Gee Connie Gettinger Arthur & Judith Ginsburg Gary & Susan Goncher Betsy & George Granger Thomas Gredvig & April Freund-Gredvig Joann Gribble Brenda Grootendorst & Mark Haggard Michelle Grossberg Kasandra & Robert Gruener Deanna Haley Kirk & Lisa Hall Jon Hanifin, MD Kathleen Harrison Gary & Lynne Hartshorn Robert Heald M.J. Heiling Sharon Henry-Jones & Paul Jones Gaynor Hills & Gregory Fleming James Holstad Anne Huffington-Carroll & Zachary Carroll Margaret Hug Carol & Tom Hull Linda Illig Karen Jacobson Elizabeth A. Javens David & Margaret Jeans Linda & Richard Jenkins David Jensen Jonathan & Suzanne Jensen Dr. Sally Jepson & Lynn Lippert Dennis C. Johnson Shirley K. Johnson Katherine Jorda & Abby Alford Stephanie Jorgensen, In Memory of Rebecca Pickett Terresa Jung & Patrick D’Haem Allan Karsk Marla Kazell Arthur & Kristine Keil Keller Family Doris & Eric Kimmel

Jean Kimsey Mary King Richard Kipp & Nora Divincenzo Kristan Knapp & Janna Auslam Joewie Koh Laura Korman & Chris Hill Laura & Sharon Kotsovos Vic & Tammie Krisciunas Leonard Kuhl Carol La Brie Barbara Lamack & James Kalvelage Nancy Lapaglia & Stephen Slusarski Connie Larkin Abigail & Don Lawton Elizabeth Le & Sean O’Neill Kathleen & Izzy Lefebvre Jan & Rorie Leone Shannon Leonetti Patricia Liddell Kimberly & Gregory Lind Michelle Liu, In Honor of Sophia Pi Alice Lloyd Andres Lopera Shelley Lorenzen Marcy Lowy Judy W. Lyons Kate Machell Christine Mackert, MD Dan Mallea Jean & Jerry Marchildon, In Honor of Carol & Tom Shults Eileen Markson Theresa Mason Amy Maxwell & Patrick Lamb Oscar & Mary Mayer Lori McAdoo Melody McBee Kathy McCann Margaret McConnell & Robert Griner Susan & Doug McDonald Kelly Meltzer & Merissa Mojica Gail & Jerry Melvin Courtney Mersereau Paulette & Richard Meyer Elise Meyers Sarah Milligan Tony Mix & David Stauffer Julie & Sebastian Morariu Carol N. Morgan Bertha A. Moseson Patricia G. Moss Maria Nelson The NetSuite Team, In Memory of MaryAnne Wakefield Keith & Cindi Nobriga Robert Olds Kris Oliveira Madeline & Allan Olson Susan Olson & Bill Nelson Lisa O’Rourke David & Barbara Osborn Joan Paglin Gail & Fred Panzer, In Memory of Rebecca Pickett Veronica Paracchini Thomas & Jane Pence

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Jack & Chris Pendleton Anne Frances Penfound Karen Perzanowski Marilyn & Gaynor Petrequin Lisa Pfost Sara Pickett Karen Prohaska Kathy Pruitt Reegan & David Rae Suzanne Rague Ramya Ramraj May E. Rawlinson Betty & Jacob Reiss, In Honor of Julia Jones/ OBT2 Katherine & Edward Richman Nancy Richmond & Bill Hughes Mike & Nancy Robinson, In Honor of Kathryn Robinson Rosemarie Rosenfeld Cathy Rote Mari S. Michael S. Parker Sagun Katharine Sammons, In Honor of Luwayne Sammons Carol & Steven Sandor Rick & Sharon Schaefer Clifford Schrock Valerie Schuyler Aaron Scott Susan & John Shepherd Mary Shibley & Dale Voeller Scott Showalter Helene Silberstein Barbara Smith Margaret Smith Marcus & April Song Patricia A. Southard Joan & Wayne Spencer Donald C. Springer James Stein Corinne & Lindsay Stewart Pat & Tony Stoneburner, In Memory of Rebecca Pickett Julie Sullivan

Tomohito Takeuchi Wendy Tanada Bahram Tavakolian Paul & Sabrina Teays Fred & Jean Thompson Robert Todd Cynthia Tomlinson Dr. Donald & Jane Trunkey, In Honor of Dr. Karen Deveney Teresa Tse Georgia Tsefalas, In Memoriam Lyle M. Tucker Mimi Underwood Kysa Vassily, In Honor of Marilyn Brown Jon Vorderstrasse Les Vuylsteke Patricia & James Walker Judy & Ronald Walsworth, In Memory of Rebecca Pickett Douglas Watson Dr. Frederick & Maureen G. Wearn Brian Weaver & Nikki O’Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Duane C. Weaver Roshanthi & Ranjeewa Weerasinghe Patrick Weishampel Judy & Benjamin Werner Sonya White Rebecca Whitehead Wilkey Family Mark & Sophie Williams Miriam Willis Reed & Christina Wilson Julie Wilson Mary Ann & Jim Wilson Mary Ann Wish Linda M. Wood Gail Woolf Jack Wussow & Kyle Adams Cynthia A. Yee April & H. Daniel Zegzula, MD Janet & Alan Zell

THANK YOU

CORPORATE & FOUNDATION DONORS

RÉVÉRENCE CIRCLE

GIFTS RECEIVED THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2015.

$100,000 & UP

Fred W. Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education and Access Fund

$50,000– $99,999

Clark Foundation The Collins Foundation ESCO Foundation The Intermec Foundation Meyer Memorial Trust The Shubert Foundation West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic*

$25,000– $49,999

Barran Liebman LLP* Cascadia Foundation Coit Family Foundation Hedinger Family Foundation Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Russell Development/ 200 Market Street* The Swigert Warren Foundation Turtledove Clemens*

$10,000– $24,999

The Boeing Company First Republic Hotel Modera* Ivey Jacobson & Co. LLC* Jerome Robbins Foundation Mentor Graphics Foundation Nel Centro* Opsis Architecture LLP* Oregon Arts Commission, this activity is supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts

Scan Design Foundation

by Inger & Jens Bruun The Standard Starseed Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies and 2,000 employees

$5,000–$9,999

AT&T Cushman & Wakefield GARD Communications* Goldman Sachs & Co. Jackson Foundation Jim McBroom & John H. Weston Fine Arts Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Melvin Mark Companies* Morel Ink Old Town Florist* PGE Foundation Twelve Wine* William H. & Mary L. Bauman Foundation

$2,000–$4,999

Alaska Airlines* Anne A. Berni Foundation The Benson Hotel* Buckley Law P.C. Elephants Delicatessen* Grand Avenue Floral* Catherine M. Gurski, ND, MSOM, LAc* Leupold & Stevens Foundation Jonathan Lohnes, LMT* The Mark Spencer Hotel* Michael Curry Design Studio* Northwest Natural Gas Portland Plastic Surgery Group PosterGarden* Residence Inn Portland Downtown/Riverplace* Roy & Diane Marvin Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Scandinavian Heritage Foundation Thomcorp Town Car* Tomasi Salyer Baroway* Wintz Family Foundation

$1,000–$1,999 Agger Chiropractic & Nutrition Clinic* Bill Anderson Design Bridgetown Chiropractic & Wellness Portland Clinic* Charles Fine Art Portraits*

Connect the Dots, LLC* Abby Drinkard, Lac* Food In Bloom* Michael Allen Harrison, Pianist* Aaron Meyer, Concert Rock Violinist* Pabst Brewing Company Patrick Lamb Productions* Robert F. Ratzow, DC* SCi 3.2 Inc. Solaris Bodyworks, Inc.* Studio Blue*

UNDER $1,000

10 Barrel Brew Pub* Dr. Seth Alley* Lorraine Altomari* Aquariva* Emily Bartha, LAc* Bedford Brown* Bend Brewing Co.* BMW Portland * Brickhouse* Broadway Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation* Cappella Romana* Nadia Chopra, Physical Therapist* Classic Chauffeur Co., Inc.* Clearwater Clinic* Carissa Conner, LMT* Deschutes Brewery* Brian de Tar, Piano Tuning* Domaine Serene* Driftwood Restaurant* Elk Cove Vineyards* Meredith English, Physical Therapist* Feast Portland* Fluidity Movement* Friends of Chamber Music* Tony Fuemmeler, Artist* Geiser Grand* Brynn Graham, LAc.* Intel Charitable Match Trust Island Café Kam & Kam Catering Co.* Katayama Framing* King Charitable Foundation LAIKA* Kristen Livingston, DC, ART* Longbottom Coffee & Tea* Lyric Creations* Mark’s on the Channel* Max Birnbach Charity Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation

Mercedes-Benz of Portland* Metropolitan Youth Symphony* New Heights Physical Therapy Plus* Northwest Film Festival* The Ocean Lodge* OMSI* OnPoint Community Credit Union Oregon Shakespeare Festival* Oregon Symphony* Owen Jones and Partners, LTD Perfect Picnics* PICA* Portland Art Museum* Portland Baroque Orchestra* Portland Center Stage* Portland Playhouse* R. Bloom Floral* Redhawk Vineyard & Winery* River’s Edge Hotel & Spa* Rogue* Silver Moon Brewing * Skamania Lodge* Speed’s Towing* Sundial Baking & Events* Sunriver Brewing Company* TEDx Portland* The Party Bus* Wells Fargo Foundation Angelina & Mark Woolley, Gallery Owners* White Bird Dance*

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES:

Autodesk Foundation Employee Engagement Fund Chevron Matching Employee Funds Give With Liberty Google, Inc. The Intermec Foundation Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program Northwest Natural Gas Pacific Power Foundation PGE Company The Standard Tektronix Foundation Matching Gifts Program U.S. Bank Umpqua Bank

The RÉVÉRENCE CIRCLE recognizes those who have included OBT in their estate plan.

Robert Aughenbaugh Dan Bergsvik & Don Hastler Linda Besant & Martha Goetsch Suzanne Bromschwig & William Dolan Holly Brooks David & Elaine Brown Debi Coleman Nathan Conn Karen & Bill Early Peter W. Edgerton Marilyn & Hans Grunbaum Charles L. Jones Belinda & Frederick Kinyon Perry Lee Dr. Dolores Leon & Dr. Fernando Leon Derek & Lydia Lipman

DANCER WELLNESS COMMITTEE AMY WERNER, PT, DPT West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic KATHERINE B. MCCOY, PT, MTC West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic RICHARD GELLMAN, MD Summit Orthopedics KATHARINE ZELLER, MD Legacy Health

ALLEGRO SOCIETY Clinics & healthcare professionals who preserve the health & well-being of Oregon Ballet Theatre’s dancers.

CARISSA CONNER, LMT

WEST PORTLAND PHYSICAL THERAPY

Kristen Livingston, DC, ART

Katherine B. McCoy, PT, MTC Amy Werner, PT, DPT Patti Koehler, PT, WCS Christine Krueger, PT Eryn Kirschbaum, PT, DPT Amanda Land, PT, DPT Sarah Terpin, PT, DPT Anna Yarzak, PT, DPT Emily Bottjen, PTA Meaghan Burch, PTA Ann Marie Cordova, PTA Trish Jilot, PTA Sandie Lamb-Moudy, PTA Shalynn Robinette, PTA

MEREDITH ENGLISH, MS, PT LEGACY HEALTH

Katharine Zeller, MD LIVINGSTON CHIROPRACTIC JONATHAN LOHNES, LMT NEW HEIGHTS PHYSICAL THERAPY PLUS

Liz Ruegg, PT, DPT PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL CLINIC, LLC

Abby Drinkard, MAcOM, LAc ROBERT F. RATZOW, DC SOLARIS BODYWORKS, INC.

Neissan Saber, LMT STUDIO BLUE PILATES

Simon J. Agger, DC

Dan Walton, Owner, Senior Pilates Instructor Emma Johnson, Yoga Instructor Nicole Wells, Pilates Instructor

EMILY BARTHA, LAc

SUMMIT ORTHOPEDICS

AGGER CHIROPRACTIC & NUTRITION CLINIC

Richard E. Gellman, MD

BE WELL, LLC

Catherine M. Gurski, ND, MSOM, LAc BRIDGETOWN CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS

Jacob May, DC Melody Johnson, LMT *Donation in-kind

Martha J. Logan Marna McComb Kirsten & Richard Meneghello Brad & Nancy Miller Sharon & Adam Mirarchi Carol N. Morgan Virginia Nelson Suzann & Dennis Ott Rev. Dr. Rodney & Sandi Page Jane S. Partridge Marilyn L. Rudin, MD & Richard S. Testut, Jr. Anne Stevenson Carol Streeter & Harold Goldstein John & Ann Symons David Wardell, In Memoriam David Wedge, In Memoriam

NADIA CHOPRA, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT CONNECT THE DOTS, LLC

Amanda Geiger, DPT

SYLVAN CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC & WELLNESS CENTER, LLC

Seth Alley, DC, CCSP, CKTP THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIATES NORTHEAST PORTLAND PHYSCIAL THERAPY

Caroline Hutcherson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS YVONNE VLEER, KINESIOLOGIST, LMT

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