Oregon Ballet Theater 2018 Annual School Performance

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ANNUAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

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LETTER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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THANK YOU! DEAR FRIENDS OF THE OREGON BALLET THEATRE SCHOOL, Welcome to our Annual School Performance! This exciting performance is the culmination of a season of hard work and many hours of training – and we could not be happier to have you here to witness the growth in both artistry and talent of our students. As many of you know, School Director Anthony Jones departed the OBT School in February to take up the post of School Director at Ballet Arizona: we are so grateful for all he has done for OBT, and while we miss him, we also wish him the very best.

One of Tony’s last duties here in Portland was the staging of master choreographer George Balanchine’s effervescent Valse Fantaisie, which we are honored to present in this performance. Full of the speed and daredevil technical prowess that characterizes the best of neo-classical ballet, Valse Fantaisie is a gift to both the students of our school and to you, our audience – one more reason to be grateful for the wonderful development of the Oregon Ballet Theatre School under the direction of Mr. Jones.

We actually have so much to be grateful for – a staff and faculty that take pride in sharing their deep love of ballet with students; performance opportunities that include the chance to dance alongside OBT company members at the Keller Auditorium every year; and the chance to work with accomplished choreographers, such as OBT Resident Choreographer Nicolo Fonte, who taught and coached the OBT2 dancers in today’s Accidental Signals. Some of our teachers have trained generations of ballet aficionados. And who can forget how the OBT School students stole the show in Alice this February? This year was also especially noteworthy because OBT School student Finnian Carmeci was one of only seven Americans accepted into the prestigious Prix de Lausanne competition and was the very youngest finalist there! Our school has grown by leaps and bounds over the past four years, and we are poised for another exciting phase when new School Director Marion Tonner joins the OBT Family in June of this year. Marion comes to OBT with a wealth of experience as both a master teacher and an effective administrator, and I know that you will all welcome her when she arrives.

Whether it is the formal classicism of our Don Quixote Vision Scene (staged by advanced teacher Natasha Bar), the spirited Satanella pas de deux (staged and coached by OBT2 Program Director Lisa Sundstrom), the works mentioned above, or our show-stopping closer A Grand Étude – created and staged by Elise Legere, Kembe Staley, Alison Roper, Peter Franc, Lisa Sundstrom, & Natasha Bar – we know you will enjoy the show today, and I hope you will also take great pride in the accomplishments of our wonderful students. Please also remember that it is only through your support that we are able to do so much – so THANK YOU!

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OBT School student Finnian Carmeci at the 2018 Prix de Lausanne. Photo by Gregory Batardon, courtesy of prixdelausanne.org.

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TODAY’S PROGRAM OREGON BALLET THEATRE SCHOOL Presents the

ANNUAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE Don Quixote Dream Scene CHOREOGRAPHY: NATASHA BAR after MARIUS PETIPA MUSIC: LUDWIG MINKUS, Don Quixote LIGHTING DESIGN: MICHAEL MAZZOLA WORLD PREMIERE: December 26, 1869; Imperial Russian Ballet;

Bolshoi Theatre; Moscow, Russia

OBT SCHOOL PREMIERE: April 12, 2018; Newmark Theatre; Portland, Oregon Don Quixote excerpts by Ludwig Mikus, performed by the Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Nayden Todorov, Conductor, Courtesy of Naxos of America

SYNOPSIS: Since Marius Petipa’s first choreographic interpretation of Cervantes’ Don Quixote in 1869, the work has been reshaped by choreographers ranging from Nureyev to Balanchine. It has offered a wealth of engaging and challenging performance opportunities for generations of classical dancers. In the Dream Sequence, the idealistic Don Quixote — who has set off on a quest to seek adventure and live by the code of chivalry — falls asleep and dreams of fantastical creatures, followed by beautiful maidens, including his ideal woman Dulcina, who is represented by Kitri, the local innkeeper’s daughter.

Venetian Carnival: Pas de Deux from Satanella CHOREOGRAPHY: LISA SUNDSTROM after MARIUS PETIPA MUSIC: CESARE PUGNI, after a theme by NICCOLÒ PAGANINI LIGHTING DESIGN: MICHAEL MAZZOLA WORLD PREMIERE: February 12, 1859; Imperial Russian Ballet;

Mariinsky Theatre; St. Petersburg, Russia

OBT SCHOOL PREMIERE: April 21, 2018; Newmark Theatre; Portland, Oregon

SYNOPSIS: Satanella tells the story of a young count who summons the devil to be his companion. The devil takes on many guises, before appearing as the enchanting beauty Satanella, whom the count falls in love with. Then, on the eve of their wedding, Satanella takes off her mask and reveals her true face. Originally choreographed for the benefit performance of Amelia Ferraris, Marius Petipa incorporated this pas de deux into Satanella’s third act when he revived the ballet for Alexandra Vergina in 1868. The pas de deux has since become a staple of classical ballet.

Accidental Signals CHOREOGRAPHY: NICOLO FONTE STAGING: LISA SUNDSTROM MUSIC: BENJAMIN BRITTEN, Prologue from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and

Strings, Op. 31 and Simple Symphony, Op. 4

COSTUME DESIGN: NICOLO FONTE & CHRISTINE MEYERS SCENIC DESIGN: NICOLO FONTE & NICOLÁS FISCHTEL LIGHTING DESIGN: NICOLÁS FISCHTEL WORLD PREMIERE: January 19, 2000; Conservatoire de Paris; Paris, France OBT SCHOOL PREMIERE: April 25, 2015; Newmark Theatre; Portland, Oregon Prologue from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

Simple Symphony by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

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SYNOPSIS: “Accidental Signals is primarily a dance inspired by both the lush and playful qualities of Britten’s Simple Symphony. However, during the creation process, there seemed to be developing, among the dancers and myself, a real sense of wanting to communicate with each other through the gestural quality of the movement. These ‘signals’ seemed to occur almost ‘accidentally.’ Accidental Signals is dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Sawyer for her guidance and support and for the mutual love of Britten’s music.” —Nicolo Fonte

Valse Fantaisie CHOREOGRAPHY: GEORGE BALANCHINE© THE GEORGE

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STAGING: ANTHONY JONES & LISA SUNDSTROM MUSIC: MIKHAIL GLINKA, Waltz-Fantasia in B minor LIGHTING DESIGN: MICHAEL MAZZOLA WORLD PREMIERE: 23 November 1967; New York City Ballet; New York

State Theater; New York City, New York

OBT PREMIERE: 11 April 2008; Newmark Theatre; Portland, Oregon The performance of Valse Fantaisie, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.

SYNOPSIS: Attended by the male dancer, the ballerinas move together in a whirl of perpetual motion. The 1967 rendering of ValseFantaisie was originally presented as the second section of Glinkiana, which was choreographed to four different compositions by Glinka. The music, roughly contemporaneous with the waltzes of Frédéric Chopin, is fast and light, although it was popularly called “the Melancholy Waltz.” Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Russia’s first national composer, has been called the Mozart of his country. He is best known for his operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Ludmila. As a student at the Mariinsky Theatre, Balanchine danced in the latter; in 1969 he directed and choreographed the opera for the State Opera of Hamburg.

A Grand Étude CHOREOGRAPHY: NATASHA BAR, PETER FRANC, ELISE LEGERE, ALISON ROPER, KEMBE STALEY, LISA SUNDSTROM MUSIC: PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY, Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55: IV. Theme and Variations LIGHTING DESIGN: MICHAEL MAZZOLA WORLD PREMIERE: April 21, 2018; Oregon Ballet Theatre School;

Newmark Theatre; Portland, Oregon

Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55: IV. Theme and Variations by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Stefan Sanderling, Conductor, Courtesy of Naxos of America.

SYNOPSIS: This colorful pageant brings together levels one through six of the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre, plus members of OBT2. Each level presents a piece of choreography created especially for this afternoon’s performance by one of the school’s faculty members. The Étude presents a dancer’s development and progression level-by-level as they move through the school. The finale brings the entire school together onstage for a grand défilé and a stirring close to today’s performance.

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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.

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ANTHONY JONES

FORMER SCHOOL DIRECTOR, VALSE FANTAISIE STAGER

A native of Minneapolis, Jones began his early ballet studies at the Minnesota Dance Theatre, followed by professional training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, and ultimately The School of American Ballet in New York, where he studied under Stanley Williams, Andrei Kramarevsky, and Richard Rapp. He joined

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Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1990 and was promoted to soloist in 1993. At PNB he performed a broad repertory that included the works of Marius Petipa, George Balanchine, Sir Antony Tudor, August Bournonville, Glen Tetley, and Kent Stowell, among others. After his performing career, he graduated from New York University and eventually became director of The Huntington Ballet Theatre in Long Island, New York, and worked as an acquisitions associate at the Frick Collection in New York City.

In 2010, he joined the faculty of the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden (The Palucca School and University of Dance) in Dresden, Germany, as a teacher for classical ballet. In August 2013, he was appointed school director of the Oregon Ballet Theatre School. In 2018, he was appointed school director of The School of Ballet Arizona.

NICOLO FONTE

RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER

Nicolo Fonte was appointed Oregon Ballet Theatre’s resident choreographer in the spring of 2016 marking the culmination of a nearly 10-year relationship during which he created five world premieres for the company beginning with the opening of Bolero in 2008. Fonte’s 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 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 Compañia 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 companies large and small all over the world, such as The Dutch National Ballet, Houston Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet West, and Royal Ballet of Flanders, among many others.

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

In addition to Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nicolo Fonte is currently the resident choreographer for Ballet West in Salt Lake City, which began with the 2012/13 season.

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LISA SUNDSTROM

OBT2 PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Lisa Sundstrom received her early training in Astoria, Oregon and at The Marin Ballet in San Rafael, California. At 15, she was hand-picked by Mikhail Baryshnikov to dance on full scholarship at ABT School in New York. Sundstrom toured the U.S. with ABT II, making her New York debut at the Joyce Theater in the role of Lucille Grahn, coached by Robert Joffrey, in the revival of his Pas de Déesses. Baryshnikov invited her to join ABT, where she gained knowledge of the great classical and romantic ballets as well as modern and contemporary styles.

Sundstrom joined Pennsylvania Ballet as a soloist and was promoted to principal dancer. After eight seasons, she rejoined ABT and toured worldwide performing featured roles.

Sundstrom has danced the principal roles in the classics Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Giselle, as well as numerous ballets

by George Balanchine and works by William Forsythe, Paul Taylor, Alonzo King, John Neumeier, José Limón, and John Butler. In addition, she has worked with choreographers Kenneth MacMillan, Anthony Tudor, Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, Lynne TaylorCorbett and James Kudelka, and been coached by ballerinas Irina Kolpakova, Gelsey Kirkland and Suzanne Farrell. Sundstrom has been interviewed for radio, featured in Dance Magazine and appeared on PBS “Dance in America” with ABT and Pennsylvania Ballet.

After retiring from the stage, Sundstrom taught full time at The Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet and at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She then returned to Oregon, where she attended college and directed Portland Festival Ballet. She has taught at Oregon Ballet Theatre School since 2015 and was named program director of OBT2 and principal instructor in 2016. She has been a guest teacher at numerous ballet schools around the country and abroad.

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NATASHA BAR

Louisville Ballet School, and graduated from the Houston Ballet Academy. He then joined Houston Ballet, rising to the rank of demisoloist. Notable performances include works

by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Ji í Kylián, Hans Van Manen, and Stanton Welch.

He continued dancing three seasons with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, featuring in a variety of contemporary work by choreographers Jorma Elo, Nicolo Fonte, Cayetano Soto and Alejandro Cerrudo. He joined OBT as a soloist in 2015 and was promoted to principal in 2016.

ELISE LEGERE

SCHOOL FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHER

Natasha Bar started her ballet lessons at Odessa Ukraine Choreographic Academy.

Trained in the best traditions of Russian classical ballet by Alla Ryndina, who was a former student of Agrippina Vaganova, she was invited to dance in Odessa State Theater of Opera and Ballet, where she was promoted to soloist, performing classical and contemporary ballets on stages of the Bolshoi, Kremlin Palace, and toured in the USSR and abroad. She worked with choreographers and teachers from Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres. Leonid Lavrovsky in Romeo and Juliet, Oleg Vinogradov in Cinderella and La Fille Mal Gardée, Igor Tchernichov in Spartacus, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Elena Tchernichova in Don Quixote, Marina Shamsheva in Paquita, La Bayadère, Nina Fedorova in Giselle and Les Sylphides, studied with Julius Plakht, Klavdia Vasina, Azari Plisetski, and others. In the USA she started teaching in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia at The Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet where she was a teacher, choreographer, and international competition coach. She coached the winners of International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, Moscow, Greece, Paris, and Youth America Grand Prix. She received the Outstanding Teacher Award at YAGP IN 2008.

Many of her former students are employed by companies like American Ballet Theatre, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, New York City Ballet, where her daughter and pupil Ellen Bar danced as a soloist, and many companies and universities. She was featured in the MTV series Made and in the feature film NY Export: Opus Jazz, on PBS' 2010 Great Performances series.

PETER FRANC

SCHOOL FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHER

Peter Franc received his early ballet training with Atlanta’s Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, the

SCHOOL FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHER

Elise Legere began her ballet studies with Marion Rice in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. She was a member of her Denishawn Dancers and performed at Jacob's Pillow in the Ted Shawn Anniversary Tribute. She finished her high school years at Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts. After two years at Skidmore College studying with Melissa Hayden and Elizabeth Carroll she moved to New York City. While there, she studied with David Howard, Maggie Black, and Lawrence Rhodes. Legere's professional career began at Garden State Ballet in New Jersey.

There she danced many of George Balanchine’s ballets and works by Lew Christensen and resident choreographer, Peter Anastos.

After marrying and moving to Boston, her career continued with Boston Repertory Ballet before moving on to the Hartford Ballet. While dancing in Hartford she finished her Bachelor of Science degree with Skidmore College's University Without Walls program. A job change for her husband brought her to Portland and she finished her career with Ballet Oregon. The highlights of her career were dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy role, the lead in Balanchine’s Valse Fantaisie, and the Lark in Lark Ascending. Her passion transitioned to teaching and has been on the faculty at Oregon Ballet Theatre School since 1998.

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Seattle; Queensland Ballet; National Ballet of Finland; Stuttgart Ballet; Grand Rapids Ballet; Ballet West; Ballet Nacional de Cuba; Ballet Hispanico; Trey McIntyre Project; The Washington Ballet; Royal Winnipeg Ballet; Houston Ballet; Rachel Tess Dance at the Wanås Foundation in Sweden; Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City, LMCC’s River to River Festival; Third Rail Repertory Theatre; Bebe Miller Company; and Liz Lerman’s Dance Exchange. For the National YoungArts Foundation Mazzola has designed scenery and lighting for their Miami Galas since 2015. For the 2015 and 2016 Presidential Scholars|YoungArts Awards he designed lighting and created media content at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Last season saw him off to Italy for a whirlwind tour with Tulsa Ballet and to Cuba for his second world premiere with Ballet Nacional de Cuba for Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. This season he heads to Winnipeg for the world premiere of a fulllength ballet with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

by James Kudelka, then down south to Chicago for a new Giselle by The Joffery Ballet among many others. Mazzola has been senior scenic designer on Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts as well as the 2015 Lincoln Awards at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for Uplight, Inc., based in New York City.

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ALISON ROPER

SCHOOL FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHER

Alison Roper is from Portland, Maine. She joined OBT as an apprentice in 1996 and was named principal in 2007. She has also danced with Trey McIntyre Project and Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses.

Roper retired from her position as principal dancer with OBT on April 26, 2014. She has choreographed several times on OBT under the direction of James Canfield, and she is excited to have the opportunity to work with these wonderful dancers.

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KEMBE STALEY

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

SCHOOL FACULTY, CHOREOGRAPHER

Kembe is a native Oregonian who was privileged to study both music and dance throughout her childhood. She eventually turned her attention full-time to ballet and then, in 1990, began teaching at the Oregon Ballet Theatre School. She is valued for her work with our young students, teaching them classroom deportment while instilling a love of dance.

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GUEST ARTISTS NICOLÁS FISCHTEL

ACCIDENTAL SIGNALS, SET & LIGHTING DESIGNER Nicolás Fischtel studied lighting design at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London (RADA) and as a Fulbright Scholar at the School of Dramatic Arts at Yale University. Since 1986 he has been resident lighting designer at Teatro Sanpol in Madrid. From 1991 to 1996 he was lighting designer and technical director of the National Dance Company directed by Nacho Duato. He has made a multitude of lighting designs for dance, theatre, opera, and musical shows in theaters around the world. Fischtel has worked with choreographers: Nacho Duato, Victor Ullate, Eduardo Lao, Aída Gómez, Javier Latorre, Rafael Amargo, Septime Webre, Chevi Muraday, Antonio Najarro, Gentian Doda, Val Caniparoli, Nicolo Fonte, Tony Fabre, José Antonio Ruiz, Cecilia Gómez, Ángel Rodríguez, Patrick de Bana, M. Ángel Berna, Catherine Habasque, Inma Rubio, Asun Noales, Luisa M. Arias, José Carlos Martínez, Renato Zanella, Francesc Abós, Goyo Montero, etc., directors: Paco Nieva, Mariano de Paco, Jesús Cracio, Paco Mir, Ricard Reguant, Juan José Afonso, Ana María Boudeguer, Álvaro del Amo,

Victor Conde, Joan Lluís Bozzo, Daniel Bohr, Ricard Salvat, Gabriel Olivares, Alejandro Aristegui, Joan Antón Rechi, Manuel Iborra, Sonia Sebastián, Paco Vidal, Alberto CastrilloFerrer, Joan Gràcia, Guillermo Amaya, Carlos Fernández de Castro, etc., companies: Compañía Nacional de Danza (Madrid), Spanish National Ballet, National Dance Cia, Victor Ullate Ballet (Madrid), Nederlands Dans Theater (Holland), Berlin Opera Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, The Australian Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian (Portugal), Stuttgart Ballet (Germany), Ballet of Monte Carlo, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Finnish National Opera Ballet, Asami Maki Ballet (Tokyo), Ballet Opera Lyon, Ballet du Capitole (France), Tulsa Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Star Dancers Ballet (Tokyo), Ballet Mainz (Germany), The Royal Ballet (London), New National Theatre Ballet (Tokyo), Ballet of the Opera of Stockholm, Ballet of the Opera of Oslo, Göteborg Ballet (Sweden), Moldova National Opera Ballet, Kamea Dance Company (Israel), etc. He has twice received the Josep Solbes Award for the best lighting at the Valencian Performing Arts Awards (2006 and 2008). Fischtel is current vice president of the AAI (Association of Spanish Lighting Designers)

and is a senior associate of LDNY (Lighting Designers of New York). Fischtel is also a professor at Artibús, Carlos III University, CTE. www.nicolasfischtel.com

CHRISTINE MEYERS

ACCIDENTAL SIGNALS, COSTUME DESIGNER

Christine Meyers is a costume designer and production designer who has created for opera, theatre, dance, and film. Her work spans genres, including a recent collaboration with experimental dance company zoe | juniper, a music video for The Head and the Heart's "Let's Be Still," Crayola at Oregon Ballet Theatre, and the classic Tartuffe at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Other plays include Seattle Repertory Theatre's Circle Mirror Transformation, This and Speech & Debate; and the earlier Peter Pan, The Highest Tide, and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears at Book-It Repertory Theatre, Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar at Seattle Shakespeare Company. Film credits include the 48-hour film short Lethal Cotillion, which was chosen to screen at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and the indie feature I Am That. Currently, she is working on the web series All Souls and the new Broadway musical Escape to Margaritaville.

OBT2 DANCERS

ALESSANDRO ANGELINI

OPHELIA BRYAN

ERIKA CRAWFORD

ANABELLE GUNDERSON

KANGMI KIM

EMILY MCGEEHAN

ZUZU METZLER

CIERRA MUNRO

ZOIE SALUDARES

SARAH WILKERSON

RACHEL STONEDAHL

JACOB WILLIAMS PHOTOS BY JIM THOMSON

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OBT STAFF

DANCER WELLNESS COMMITTEE

SCHOOL STAFF

Kevin Irving, Interim School Director Lisa Sundstrom, OBT2 Program Director OBT2 is underwritten by M.J. Charitable Trust and John Van Buren

James Holstad, School Administrator Colleen Hanlon, West Linn Branch Manager & Children’s Coordinator Kelila Henkin, West Linn Receptionist

SCHOOL FACULTY

Natasha Bar Peter Franc Elise Legere Valerie LimbrunnerBartlett Rachel Närhi Chauncey Parsons

Jessica Post Olivia Pyne Alison Roper Kembe Staley Lisa Sundstrom Katarina Svetlova Robyn Ulibarri Andrew Wingert

SCHOOL ACCOMPANISTS

Irina Golberg, Principal Accompanist Garnet Hayes Karen Lam Ayako Matsuo Ray McKean

PRODUCTION

Alec Pemberton Katie Pyne Tiffany Sanford Jordan Strang Western-Li Summerton

Bill Anderson, Director of Production Shannon Goffe, Stage Manager & Production Administrator Victoria A. Epstein, Stage Manager Ian Rutledge, Assistant Stage Manager & Sound Coordinator Michael Mazzola, Resident Lighting Designer Ian Anderson-Priddy, Production Electrician & A/V Coordinator Matt Wilcox, Sound Engineer Eileen Ehlert, Costume Shop Supervisor Dejia Morrell, Alyssa Rands, Morgan Reaves, Stitchers Avery Bloch, Jeff Dines, Brian Keith, Peter Sherman, Lance Woolen, Production Support Staff Janet George, Orchestra Personnel Manager Kirsten Norvell, Head Music Librarian Rachel Rencher, Assistant Music Librarian Eva Richey, Assistant Music Librarian

MARKETING

Jim Thomson, Senior Graphic Designer Mariah DeLude, Audience Services Manager Kate Kerns, Marketing Associate Kanda Mbenza-Ngoma, Patron Services Lead Kristin Link Dillon, Customer Service Representative

Martina Chavez,

OBT Soloist

Michael Greer,

OBT Executive Director

Katherine B. McCoy,

PT, MTC, West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic

Sharon Mirarchi,

Committee Chair & OBT Board of Trustees

Peter Northrup,

DEVELOPMENT

Alison Roper, Major Gifts Officer Justin N. Smith, Donor Relations & Events Manager Keely McIntyre, Grants Manager Emily Tucker, Development Associate

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Northrup Corporation President

Alex Occhipinti,

Northrup Corporation Assistant Vice President

Neville Wellman,

OBT Director of Finance & Operations

Amy Werner,

PT, DPT, West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic

Neville Wellman, Director of Finance & Operations Donna Jackson-Siekmann, Accounting Manager Linda Brown, Business Office Coordinator

Katharine Zeller,

ARTISTIC

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kevin Irving, Artistic Director Lisa Kipp, Rehearsal Director Jeffrey Stanton, Ballet Master Nicolo Fonte, Resident Choreographer Niel DePonte, Music Director & Conductor Tracey Sartorio, Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director & Artistic Coordinator Irina Golberg, Principal Accompanist

EDUCATION OUTREACH

Kasandra Gruener, Director of Education Outreach Sarah Ward Brown, Office Assistant Brook Manning, Dance Historian, Teaching Artist Linda Besant, Dance Historian, Archivist Sarah Ward Brown, Robyn Ulibarri, Allison Wales, Teaching Artists Amy Stahl, Volunteer

SPECIAL THANKS Chris Balo, Christie Lites, IATSE Local #28, Portland Opera, Pro Tutu Studio

MD, Legacy Health

Nancy Locke, Board Chair Cate Millar, Vice Chair Jimmy Crumpacker, Secretary Ken Ivey, Treasurer Ken Carraro Rita Duyn Peter Franc, ex officio William Gaar Alan Garcia Michael Greer, ex officio Gary Hanifan Brianne Hyder Kevin Irving, ex officio Cary Jackson Julia Winkler Jacobson Charles L. Jones Allison Lane Lyneham Kristin Malone Keith Martin Christina McNown Nancy J. Miller Sharon Mirarchi Angela Saunders Polin Reegan Rae Dean M. Richardson Tina Skouras Ashley Trimble Betsy Warren Matt Watson Mike Weddle

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O BT 2

Oregon Ballet Theatre’s junior company brings you stunning excerpts from beloved contemporary and classical ballets.

Tualatin Public Library May 6, 2018 at 2PM [free]

Spornsored in part by

Columbia Art Gallery

May 11, 2018 at 6:30PM

Liberty Theatre (Astoria) May 12, 2018 at 4PM

Antoinette Hatfield Hall Rotunda

May 14, 2018 at 12PM [free]

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Clark Foundation

Hampton Family Foundation of the OCF

Photo by Yi Yin

Milwaukie Center

May 18, 2018 at 6:30PM [free]

Lincoln City Cultural Center May 19, 2018 at 7PM

Tickets at: school.obt.org/obt2

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Oregon Ballet Theatre would like to express its sincere gratitude to those listed below for gifts received through March 15, 2018.

Donations received after this period will appear in the next playbill in May.

TOUR DE FORCE ($25,000 & UP)

Jack Blumberg, In Memory of Thomas P. Anderson Anne & James Crumpacker Jimmy Crumpacker Howard Hedinger Henry & Amber Hillman Sue Horn-Caskey & Rick Caskey Cary Jackson Nancy Locke & Don Harris Jean Pierce Arlene Schnitzer Jordan Schnitzer Bob Sweeney & Cate Millar and Stephen Sweeney John Van Buren Nani Warren David E. Wedge Trust Barbara Yeager

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($10,000–$24,999)

Linda & Scott Andrews Walter Bowen Barbara & Bob Brady Kathleen & Benoit de Montlebert Bill Dickey, In Honor of David E. Wagner Cooper Dubois Rita Duyn Karen & Bill Early Ken & Ann Edwards Alan Garcia & Lyn Reynolds Garcia Thomas & Elizabeth Gewecke Melissa & Gary Hanifan Jeanette Heinz Gregory K. & Mary Chomenko Hinckley Sydney Holland Charles L. Jones John & Linda Lenyo Kenneth & Joyce Lewis Devin & Natalia Megy Brad & Nancy Miller Sharon & Adam Mirarchi Tom & Cynthia Mulflur Paul O’Brien

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Loren Parks Marilyn L. Rudin, MD & Richard S. Testut, Jr. Elizabeth B. Warren Wendy Warren & Thomas Brown Mike & Karen Weddle

ÉTOILE POINTE SOCIETY ($5,000–$9,999)

Anonymous Anonymous, In Honor of Cate Millar Robert Aughenbaugh Dan Bergsvik & Don Hastler Linda Besant & Martha Goetsch Jasmin & Matt Felton Jessica & Mark Flaa Brian Forrester Fromm Family Charitable Fund William Gilliland Jamey Hampton & Ashley Roland Linda Rae Hickey Kiki, Juliet & Summer Hillman Sandra & Stephen Holmes Brianne & Zachary Hyder Kevin Irving & Nicolo Fonte Judy C. Kelley Diane Knudsen Elise Legere & James Mitchell Dr. Dolores Leon & Dr. Fernando Leon Peter & Allison Lyneham Kristin Malone Denise & James Parker Angela Saunders Polin Dean M. Richardson Luwayne Sammons Caleb Schlesinger Patti & Tommy Skouras Randy Squires Prashanth Vallabhanath & Evelyn Curioso Charles W. Webb, DO Ben & Alli Wood Dr. Kathy Zeller & Dr. David Hill

VIRTUOSO POINTE SOCIETY ($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous The Ajitahrdaya Gift Fund Dr. Anna Bar Brent Barton & Liz Fuller

Adriane & Sam Blackman Richard Louis Brown & Thomas Mark Mark & Blake Bruun Sandra & Charles Carmeci Ken Carraro Guillermina & Arthur Chavez Debi Coleman Cameron & Dick Davis Gail Hayes Davis & Michael Davis Justin & Marisol Delaney Chuck & Barbara Edgerton Emily & Evan Ellis Gary & Yvonne Foster Nancy Frisch William E. Gaar & Lauren E. Barnes Ted & Cynthia Gaty Richard & Juliana Gellman Marilyn & Hans Grunbaum Andrew & Ilene Harris Ronna & Eric Hoffman Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Bernice & Ken Ivey Julia Winkler Jacobson & Jonas Jacobson Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Kathleen Lewis Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Jerome Magill Keith Martin Tania Mason Christina & Cade McNown Laura S. Meier Ellen & Carl Nielsen John & Ginger Niemeyer Steven P. & Eileen O’Neill Odum Suzann & Dennis Ott Jane S. Partridge Gesina & Matt Pedersen Melanie & Darren Pennington, In Honor of Lainie Pennington Lisa Pfost Frank Piacentini & Sara Weinstein Allan & Marney Pike Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Allison & Steven Pike Mary Rose & Maxwell Whipps Leslie Ann Sammons-Roth

OREGON BALLET THEATRE • ANNUAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Jone Sampson & Sam Weirich Hazel & Barry Schlesinger Daniel & Dawn Simcoe Tina Skouras Barb & Steve Spence Joan W. Sterrett Carol Streeter & Harold Goldstein David & Eileen Threefoot Peter & Ann van Bever Toby & Linda Warson Matt Weaver Jay Wilt Charlene Zidell

PRINCIPAL DANCER’S CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499)

Jen & Don Arancibia Susan T. Armentrout Patti & Lloyd Babler Natasha Bar Barbara & Sidney Bass Debora & Craig Beard Maria Borda & Ignacio Giraldo Matthew Boyes & Frederic Koeleman Ryan Bradshaw The Brousson Family Nancy & Andy Bryant Alex Carlson Jeff Chase & Patti Warner Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Diane Collier The James & Nancy Dalton Charitable Fund Robert & Patricia Dant William Dolan & Suzanne Bromschwig Larry & Deborah Friedman Alexandra & Zan Galton Leonard & Yvonne Gionet Alix & Tom Goodman Rob Goodman Lora & Keith Gordon Jonathan Griffith & Mariia Pechenova Frank Groff Jesse & Leah Gronner Chris Grubb & Carrie Merritt Valarie Grudier & Richard Langdon Tom & Sandy Hageman Daniel Harmon & Jennifer Rabiah Beth Harper Kim & Chris Hasle

Betsy Henning John & Karen Hoke Maryanne & David Holman John & Tanya Hug Michael Hummel & Mamie Diaz Hummel Erika Ingbretson & Babak Mohammadi Steve Karakashian Kathleen & A.J. Kazimi Deneen & Raymond King Amy & Kevin Kohnstamm Derek & Lydia Lipman Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Bill & Kate Lockwood Nobuko & Bryce Logan Vida & Jonathan Lohnes Whitney & Jonathan Malkiel M. and L. Marks Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Adrienne & Ian McClellan Jani McCormick Keith & Kristin McInerney Marilyn J. McIver Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Kirsten & Richard Meneghello Angela & Rob Moneyhan Jeffrey Morgan Ken & Hana Moyle Margaret & Gordon Noel Jay & McKay Nutt Kelly & David Park Yale S. Popowich, MD Reegan & David Rae William & Nancy Rosenfeld Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Lori & Mike Russell Virginia Sewell Megan & Tom Shipley Jinny Shipman & Richard Kaiser Carol & Tom Shults Lisa Sorenson Kembe Staley & Jim Hinkley Steve & Michelle Stapp Steinfeld Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Wendy Lane Stevens & Dr. Jeffrey Stevens Koji & Hisami Toguchi John Thoren Misty & Derek Tompoles Evans Van Buren & Marsha Warner K. Vorderstrasse Pat & Macy Wall

INDIVIDUAL DONORS Matt Watson & Jessica Harkin Patrick Weishampel Robyn Williams & Roger Scarbrough Manami Yamaguchi & Jason Moore Zela & Elsa

SOLOIST DANCER’S CIRCLE ($500–$999)

Anonymous Charles G. Barany Tom Bard Pat Behm & Gary Jacobsen Melanie Bjorge Annie & Todd Borus W. “Buzz” Braley, Jr. Charles Brasher & Betty Lavis Kay Bristow Irene & Patrick Burk Drs. James Chan & Jennifer Edman Phil & Glynis Chek Kyle & Alison Chown Bill Clodfelter & James Canfield Miguel Cobian Stephanie Copeland & Ken Weber Paris Coté Sandra & Douglas Cress Sue Darrow Grayson & Jack Dempsey Mark Diachok & Jamie Hendrikson Leigh & Leslie Dolin Josh Duncan Anton, Raylene, and Taylor Eilers Conrad Eustis & Roberta Kanter Mary & John Evans Charles & Zoe Foster Jeanine Fukuda & Kevin Walkush Alexandra & Zan Galton James R. Golden Luisa Guyer Karen & Jim Halliday Carl Halvorson Sheila Hamilton & Colin MacLean Donald Helfgott Thomas & Verna Hendrickson Karen Henell & Gregg McCarty Ken Hick & Cheri Cooley-Hick

Eva Hosseinion Vince & Michele Howell Jan Jacobsen & Paul Hart Pamela K. Johnston Alan T. & Sharon Y. Jones Becky & Jarrett Jones Marcia Kahn Ryoka Kim Mary Klein & Francis T. Schneider Barbara Lamack & James Kalvelage Gary S. Leavitt Nancy Lee Joan Levers & David Manhart Gerri & Yorick Lutes Marisa Mack Tom & Lori Malone John F. Mathews Nicole & Brad Miller Dan & Jackie Moore Doug & Malinda Moore Carol N. Morgan Martha Moyer Alex Nicoloff & Lesley Otto Katharine Noll & Frank Bryan David & Theresa Nute Karla Nutt Heidi & Randy O’Connor Susan Olson & Bill Nelson Milo & Beverly Ormseth Melissa & Steven Peterman Janet Plummer & Don Rushmer Alison Roper Miriam & Charles Rosenthal Jean & Stephen Roth, In Memory of Paul Frisch Davia & Ted Rubenstein Miriam Ruth Dan Ryan Lynette Sahnow Daniel & Kathleen Saucy John & June Schumann Diana Scoggins Debbie & Greg Sherwood Jonathan Singer Drs. Justin N. Smith & Christine Liu Rosemary Southwood Sue Stegmiller H. Richard & Pamalynn Steinfeld Jim Thompson & Meredith English Dr. & Mrs. Carl E. Trinca Peter Vennewitz Aimee Virnig Kjerstin & Mike Wallen

Naomi & Hans Wandel Richard Wasserman & Ann Coskey-Wasserman Weiss Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Angela & Eric Williams Janet Williamson Vinh Wong Eumi & Keith Wymbs Cynthia A. Yee John & Nancy Zernel

COMPANY ARTIST DANCER’S CIRCLE ($250–$499)

Anonymous Sheryl Acheson Abigail Alford Molly Anderson Gregory & Elizabeth Arntson Bryan Averill Susan Bailey & Mike Warwick Giovanni & Annie Bencomo Beth Blenz-Clucas & Richard Clucas Craig & Rachelle Boretz John Bosshardt & Diana Petty Mark Buser Connie Butler Stephanie Butts Casey & Lindsey Callinsky Irene Cancilla, In Honor of Sunny Guilliand Stephanie Celenza & Jeffrey Kinberg Drs. Timothy & Theresa Chen Jeremy Cochran Margery Cohn Kent Copeland Terri Cross Sarie Crothers Susan Cyganiak, In Honor of Selena Steinmetz Eloise Damrosch & Gary Hartnett Arthur & Winnifred Danner Kearny & Diane Davis, In Honor of Hannah Davis John & Rocio Deatherage Jody DeChaine Lonnie Dicus & Therese McCarthy-Dicus Abigail Diedrich Family Mrs. Jing DiPiero Ed & Marilyn Epstein Jennifer Fast Joshua Ferrer Philip Fidler & Jane Cummins Tim Finch & Nariyo Kono Rebecca Fleischman Doreen Flores Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Franc Jane Freres Jennifer Froistad Andrew Fromm Kristy & Donald Giles Sarah & Raul Gomez-Rojas Melissa & Robert Good Helen A. Goodwin Barbara & Marvin Gordon-Lickey Rebecca Granquist

Quinton Hallett & Dennis Gould Gail & Irv Handelman Jay Harter & Ken Salaman Antoinette Hatfield Makino Hayashi & Chauncey Parsons Celeste Henninger-Lindaman Jonika Horton Pam & Bob Howard Celas & Margaret Hug Kathryn Hummel Angela Irvine Darlyn Jablonski David C. Jensen Jonathan & Suzanne Jensen Brian C. Johnson Molly Jones Kathy Jorda Ernest & Susanne Kanning Allan Karsk Sanjiv & Cindy Kaul Kristan Knapp & Janna Auslam Nancy & Steve Kraushaar Mrs. Joseph A. Labadie Diane & Greg Landers Mary N. Laughlin Stanley & Joyce Loeb Martha J. Logan Anne Lynch & James Anderson Jackie MacGregor Linda J. Magness Linda L. Mann Bel-Ami & Mark Margoles Earlean Marsh Pamela Matheson Mason C. Mazzola Lori McAdoo Carolyn McMurchie Susan Sammons Meyer & Dennis Meyer Monica & Dale Monroe Cynthia Capps Morgan Robert & Dona Morris Denise Mullen Rob Nelson Rose Neyman David Nijhawan Harriet Norman & Jack Hollis Peter & Cassie Northrup Sean O’Neill & Elizabeth Le Rev. Dr. Rodney & Sandi Page Jack & Chris Pendleton Carol Peterkort & Richard Gibson Dennis Petrequin Staci Pfau Ryan & Sarah Pitman Jodee & Jerry Pittman Judith E. Posey & Edward J. Doyle, MD Suzanne Rague Bruce Ramseyer Carol & Walter Ratzlaf Carolyn & Hank Robb George & Mildred Robles Celeste Rose Cathy Rote Claire H. Russell Sam Sadler Michael S. Parker Sagun & Dennis J. Sagun Parker Tad Savinar, In Honor of Cate Millar Eric Schindler & Jenna Fallon-Schindler

Laurel & Philip Schmidt Ron Seymour & Mary Austin-Seymour Jeremy Shibley & Romalia Stickney-Shibley Robyn Shuey Juss Singh Tony Singmeuangthong Gary & Lydia Slangan John D. & Pamela Smith Sara & Jeremy Solly Lisa Sorenson Bob Speltz Albert & Victoria Starr Ms. Jennifer D. Strelkauskas Karen Sweet Graham & Kristi Taylor Michael Thomas Cindy Thompson & Brett Bender George & Nancy Thorn Judith & Gordon Umaki Drs. R. Bastian & Barbara Wagner Bruce Weber Shawn & Dave West Ann C. Whitehouse Chris & Maria Wilkey Laurie Williams Jenny & Christina Wilson Bruce & Susan Winthrop Keith Wood Linda M. Wood Jack Wussow & Kyle Adams Tamara & Chris Yunker Frances Zhao-Perez & Tavis Perez Kurt R. & Heather Zimmer Ernest ZumBrunnen & Grace Hawes

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

Anonymous Kathleen Allee Kathy & Guy Allee Rhonda Anderson, In Memory of Janice Kelley Grace & Paul Andrews Amanda Aponte Frances Araujo Gabriella Armstrong Sandra Armstrong David Arrow Armain & Michelle Austin Gennaro & Marilyn Manser Avolio Diane Babcock John Bagg Laura Barber Stephen Bardwell Thomas A. & Mary Bartlett Kathleen Bayer Nancy Beck, In Memory of Judy Parsons Nola & Paul Becket Esther Marie Beebe Dr. Diana Bell Family of Annastasia Beller Alan & Sherry Bennett Barry & Jacqueline Bennett Paul & Pat Benninghoff Hisiya Beppu & Matthew LaRocco

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS (CONT.) Patsy C. Berner Phil & Naomi Beymer Jonathan Bryce Black Dan & Michelle Blessinger Lorraine & Greg Borossay Richard Botney Candace Bouchard & Adam Lounsbury Kelsey Boyd Joyce Brehm Mr. & Mrs. Bresee Sue Brigman Karin P. Brocksbank Dr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Broock, MD Hadley Brooks Holly Brooks Laura Buckingham Tom Burkleaux Stephanie & Scott Byrd Maurine & Paul Canarsky Susan Carey Katelyn Carmack Jean Cauthorn CCD/ECB Friends of Doug Parsons, In Memory of Judy Parsons Bob Chamness Sandy Chamness Mr. & Mrs. Chappell Kenny Chinn Eugenia Chopyk Aria & Cody Clements Ilaine Cohen Jessica Columbo & Baker Paulshoc Sarah Conde Deniz & Austin Conger, In Honor of Ayse & Ayla Conger Harriet Cormack Nathan Corser & Kristen Minor Lisa Marie Coughran Lin Crimshaw Megan Crowhurst Tracy Curtis Susan Darrow Judy Dauble Diane David Wendy & Howard David Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Davids Brian & Nancy Davies Krystyna & William Davis Patti & Paul Demeter Shawn Dempewolf & Tom Hamman Niel DePonte Chuck & Patt DeRousie Adam & Emily Dew Jerry Dickason Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Dickerson Bonny Dickinson Susan Dixon Lora Dow Jeanette Dreyer Paul & Laura Dubose Susan & George Durrie Kristin DuVal Ruth Edsall Andrew Edwards Cydney Edwards John Elorriaga Doris Ennis Annette Erickson Douglas Ertner Lester & Audre Estrin Abraham & Pamela Farkas, In Memory of Mary Lou Cook Rochelle Farkas 14

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Marjorie Ferry Melissa & Eric Fischer Dr. Harvey Fishman & Keiko Amakawa Tonya Flaming Brian & Katie Flanagan George Fleerlage Cindy Fletcher Genevieve & Bryce Foster Kelly Freuler Theresa Fritchle Peggy Garcia Ray & Joyce Gee JulieAnna Giannini Phil & Carole Gilbertson Arthur & Judith Ginsburg Julie & Dave Gordon Jenifer Gray-O’Connor Brenda Grootendorst Joachim & Liz Grube Penny Guest Anna & Jeff Haagenson Candace Haines Deanna Haley Barbara Halle Tanya Hanson Andy Harris & Ash Evans Gary & Lynne Hartshorn Ashley Hayden Marilyn Heiling Lisa, Jon & Amalia Held Bryce Helgerson & John Lowe Gina Henderson Rebecca Hicks & Greg Kuelgen Christian Hill & Laura Korman Laurel Anne Hill, In Honor of the Dancing Doctors Beverly Hoeffer Leslie Holder Kenneth L. Holford James Holstad Robin Hopmeier Howard Family Veronica Newton Hudson Carol & Tom Hull Rebecca Hundley Alexandra Huth Ida Imus Angela & Shane Jackson Jackson-Retondo Family Elizabeth A. Javens David & Margaret Jeans Lenka Jelinek & Geoff Peters Linda & Richard Jenkins Jack B. & Kathy A. Jensen Damien & Katie Jo Johnson Dennis C. Johnson Jan Johnson & Susan Olsen Shirley K. Johnson Caryn Jones & Jason Lander Olivia Jones Tony Jones Kristin Jordan Rebecca Jury Megan Kavanaugh Marla Kazell Arthur & Kristine Keil Doris & Eric Kimmel Meagen Kincaid Mary King Erin Kirby Meredith Koivisto Ronnie Kon Rebecca Koteen Sophia Kremidas Mariah Krevanko Vic & Tammie Krisciunas

David & Mary Krug Sean & Naoko Krug Leonard Kuhl Carol La Brie Sharon LaCroix Veronique LaFont Susan & Jeff Lain Mana & Isis Lamonte Nancy Lapaglia & Stephen Slusarski Lori Lawrence Abigail & Don Lawton Romani Lay & Neville Wellman James Lee & Rachel Drushella Krystal Lee Isidore & Kathleen Lefebvre Judy Lefebvre Matt Levin Jude Lieberman Nolan Lienhart Xinyuan Lin & Wei Lin & Wenzhu Jiang Greg & Kim Lind Carole Lindell-Ross Mr. Ziqiang Liu Alice Lloyd Greg Lockwood Alex Logue Henry Louderbough Marcy Lowy Elisabeth & Peter Lyon, In Memory of Paul Frisch Judy Lyons Diane & Tom Macdonald Kate Machell Christine L. Mackert, MD Joanne & Boyd MacNaughton Phillip Margolin Eileen Markson Demaris & Antonio Martinez Steven Master Amy Matson Shaune & Steve Mattsson Justin Maupin Oscar & Mary Mayer Margaret McConnell & Robert Griner Jeanann McCoy Dr. Louis & Judy McCraw McKenzie McDill Kathy McGrew Candace & John McMunn Susie & Michael McShane Elizabeth J. Melching Josie Mendoza & Hugh Mackworth Chena Mesling & Jonathan Rhodes Elise Meyers Janelle Meyers & Mark Brundage Margie Miller Una Miniter & Omar Nazir Laura Mitchell Tony Mix Barbara Modey Mark Moffett Sean & Corinne Monogue Larry & Taryn Markee Moore Gian & MaryKay Morelli Deven Morganstern Martin Muller Richard & Sarah Munro, In Honor of Nancy Locke Brittany & Corey Murry Will Naito Shakir Najieb Todd & Crystal Neal

J.J. & Sarah Needham Karen & Bob Nelles Alexander Nimri Hollie & Scott Nine Keith & Cindi Nobriga Cristin O’Brien Robert Olds Kris Oliveira Liz & Tracy Olsen Barry Olson & Barbara Telfold Madeline Olson Emily Omura Lisa O’Rourke Nancel Otsuka Joan Paglin Tracey Palmer Lyn Pangares Veronica Paracchini Lanetta Paul Amy Pellegrin Alec Pemberton Thomas & Jane Pence Anne Frances Penfound Karen Perzanowski Marilyn & Gaynor Petrequin Laury Phelps Carla & Jack Pickett Sara Pickett Charles & Ruth Poindexter Heidi Pozzo J. Scott Pritchard Karen Prohaska Brian & Carver Pugh, In Memory of Judy Parsons William Ramirez & Roberta Staff Jennifer Randolph Dick & Mary Raub, In Honor of Marianne Raub Denise & Andy Reed Betty & Jacob Reiss Hannah Reynders, In Honor of Nancy, Jim & Lauren Lindsay Reynolds & Zack Manning Anne Rice Martha & David Richards Edward & Katherine Richman Nancy Richmond & Bill Hughes Betsy & Norm Rickles David Ritchie & LaJean Humphries Lynn Roberge Caitlin Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Hector M. Rodriguez Brian Rogers & Cassandra Scholte Rosemarie F. Rosenfeld Malini Rossington Susan & John Rowan Jennifer Rupert Karen Salman & Gary McCune Katharine Sammons, In Honor of Luwayne Sammons Dima Sammour David & Julie Sauer Rick & Sharon Schaefer Anne Schagen Brand Schlesinger & Victoria Geil Mark & Patti Schlesinger Daniel Schmidt Robert E. Schneider, PhD Aaron Scott Bill Scott & Kate Thompson Cynthia Shafer Patricia Sheldon Victoria & Colin Shepard

Carol Sherbenou Donna & Sascha Siekmann Heather Simmonds Bridget & Jeff Sippel Gerald Skeels & Susan Albracht Kiviera Skiles-Petitjean & Arnaud Petitjean Katie Slick Margaret Smith David, Emily and Jonah Sokoloff Marcus & April Song Patricia A. Southard Dean Speer & Francis Timlin Tina Spencer Donald C. Springer, In Honor of Jean King Annette Steiner Ginger & Phil Stevens Joan Stevens-Schwenger Corinne & Lindsay Stewart Denise Stewart Julie Stickney Leslie & Elizabeth Stoessl Jacqueline Straughan Julie Sullivan Gary Taliaferro Susan & Bahram Tavakolian Sabrina Teays Jeri Tess Jan Elizabeth Thorpe Marc Tobin Cynthia Tomlinson Ashley & Dwayne Trimble Lyle M. Tucker Linda Twichell John & Cindy Ulrich Amy Van Hook Kysa & Kevin Vassily Rob & Rachael Vidin Jon Vorderstrasse Sherrie & Larry Wade Patricia & James Walker Barbara Walsh Christine Warden William Warren Douglas Watson Tracy Watson & Jonas Hjertberg Maureen & Frederick G. Wearn Duane & Cynthia Weaver The Webert Family Ruth Welch Judith Werner Diane Wernli Colleen Westphal Erleen Whitney Anthony & Marianne Wilcox Brooke Willcox-Jones Holly & Kenneth Williams Lou & Lisa Williams Jennifer Willis Julie Wilson Mary-Ann & Jim Wilson Jacob Winkler Jordan Winkler April Wirtz & Evan Wang Mary Ann Wish Constance Wood Chalayane Woodke Randy & Rebecca Woods Linda Gail Woolf Fran & Mike Woolsey Laura Wozniak & Stuart Oken Gary P. Yencich Haijing Yu Sarah Zahn Janet & Alan Zell Irene Zenev Jean Zondervan & Terrence Proctor

COMMUNITY CORPS DE BALLET GIFTS OF $100,000 & UP Elizabeth Pownall Swindells Family 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

GIFTS OF $50,000–$99,999

Barron Liebman LLP* The Collins Foundation The Hearst Foundations Meyer Memorial Trust Roy & Diane Marvin Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation The Shubert Foundation West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic*

GIFTS OF $25,000–$49,999

Cascadia Foundation Clark Foundation Coit Family Foundation ESCO Foundation Hedinger Family Foundation Henry Lea Hillman, Jr. Foundation Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency funded by the State of Oregon and the National Endowment for the Arts Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust Russell Development/200 Market Street* Scan Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun The Swigert Warren Foundation

GIFTS OF $10,000–$24,999

Accenture Artslandia* The Boeing Company Dorothea M. Lensch Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Fred W. Fields Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Jackson Foundation

Jerome Robbins Foundation Mentor Graphics Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Northwest Natural Gas Oregon Cultural Trust PGE Foundation Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt* The Standard Starseed Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies and 2,000 employees

GIFTS OF $5,000–$9,999

American Medical Concept AT&T Auditorium Garage* The Autzen Foundation Mona Cordell, Artist* Crystal Lilies* First Republic Bank Freed of London Goldman Sachs & Co. Hampton Family Foundation of The Oregon Community Foundation Jonathan Lohnes, LMT* Juan Young Trust Markowitz Herbold Morel Ink PosterGarden* Solena Cellars* Wells Fargo Foundation

GIFTS OF $2,000–$4,999

Agger Chiropractic & Nutrition Clinic* Alaska Airlines* The Benson Hotel* Bridgetown Chiropractic & Wellness Portland Clinic* Buckley Law P.C. Abby Drinkard, LAc* Elemental Technologies* Elephants Delicatessen* English Physical Therapy* Nicolo Fonte, Choreographer* GamePlan Gentle Care Chiropractic* Grand Avenue Floral* Hotel Modera* Ivey Jacobson & Co. LLC* Leupold & Stevens Foundation LM Wine Co.* Mark Spencer Hotel* Nel Centro*

RÉVÉRENCE CIRCLE Robert Aughenbaugh Brent Barton & Liz Fuller Pamela Jane Benso Pat Berg Dan Bergsvik & Don Hastler Linda Besant & Martha Goetsch Holly Brooks David & Elaine Brown Debi Coleman

Recognizing gifts received through March 15, 2018.

New Heights Physical Therapy Plus* Oregon Chorale* Pabst Brewing Company Peddecord Photo* Portland Art Museum* Pro Photo Supply* Robert F. Ratzow, DC* Residence Inn Portland Downtown/Riverplace* Solaris Bodyworks, Inc.* ThomCorp Town Car* Twelve Wine* Unitus Community Credit Union Yvonne Vleer, Kinesiologist, LMT* Western Partitions Winkler Development Corporation Wintz Family Foundation

GIFTS OF $1,000–$1,999

Dr. Seth Alley* Arnerich Massena Broder Söder* Cushman & Wakefield Dossier Dream Hollywood Hotel* Explore Washington Park* Garden Vineyards* L&L Investment Partners Longbottom Coffee & Tea* Maitri Therapeutic Massage* Aaron Meyer, Concert Rock Violinist* New Deal Distillery* NW Wine Company* Pacific Cascade Towncar* Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Rolf PDX* Star Park Therapeutic Associates North Portland Physical Therapy (PACE)* Veuve Clicquot* Vista Capital Partners

GIFTS UNDER $1,000

Ashland Springs Hotel* Emily Bartha, LAc* Breakside Brewery* Nadia Chopra, Physical Therapist* Clipper Magazine* Coopers Hall* Elmer’s Restaurants Exploratorium* First Congregational United Church of Christ* GRP Engineering, Inc. The Holzman Foundation Inland Electric, Inc. Intel Charitable Match Trust

King Charitable Foundation Larson Oregon LLC Maryhill Winery* Monique’s Boutique Montavilla Brew Works* Gretchen Rose Newmark, MA, RD* The Nielson Group, LLC OHSU March Wellness & Fitness Center* OMSI* OnPoint Community Credit Union Opsis Architecture LLP The Oregon Historical Society* Oregon Shakespeare Festival* Oregon Symphony* Portland Center Stage* Portland Opera* Redhawk Vineyard and Winery Skamania Lodge* Slope & Stone Engineering Smith Teamaker* Studio Blue* Tavern on Kruse* Volunteers of America Oregon Watson Creative Yamhill Valley Vineyards*

MATCHING GIFT CORPORATIONS

AmazonSmile Foundation The Boeing Company Cambia Health Foundation Chevron Matching Employee Funds Fuerst Group, Inc. Give With Liberty Google, Inc. Intel Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Kroger Rewards Mentor Graphics Foundation NIKE, Inc. Northwest Natural Gas Pacific Power Foundation PGE Company The Standard TE Connectivity Employee Charitable Match Program UBS Community Affairs & Corporate Responsibility Umpqua Bank U.S. Bank Foundation Verizon Employee Engagement *Donation in-kind

Derek & Lydia Lipman 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

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

WEST PORTLAND PHYSICAL THERAPY Katherine B. McCoy, PT, MTC Amy Werner, PT, DPT Christine Krueger, PT Patti Koehler, PT, WCS Kelsie Ganshert-McCaffrey, PT, DPT Eryn Kirschbaum, PT, DPT, PRPC Amanda Land, PT, DPT, PRPC Laura Luitje, PT, DPT, LMT Anne Patron, PT, DPT, MEd Sarah Terpin, PT, DPT Lorelei Martin, PTA Eva Park, PTA Shalynn Robinette, PTA, CES

AGGER CHIROPRACTIC & NUTRITION CLINIC Simon J. Agger, DC

EMILY BOTTJEN, PTA BOUNDLESS HEALTH & WELLNESS Jennifer Reyna, LAc

BRIDGETOWN CHIROPRACTIC & WELLNESS Jacob May, DC Melody Johnson, LMT

NADIA CHOPRA, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT MEREDITH ENGLISH, MS PT GENTLE CARE CHIROPRACTIC Amanda Tipton, DC

LEGACY HEALTH Katharine Zeller, MD

JONATHAN LOHNES, LMT OHSU MARCH WELLNESS & FITNESS CENTER NEW HEIGHTS PHYSICAL THERAPY PLUS Liz Ruegg, PT, DPT

GRETCHEN ROSE NEWMARK, MA, RDN PACIFIC NORTHWEST ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL CLINIC Abby Drinkard, MAcOM, LAc

POHALA CLINIC

Julie E. Foster, FNP

PURSUIT SPORTS MEDICINE Paul W. Johnson, DO

ROBERT F. RATZOW, DC SOLARIS BODYWORKS, INC. Neissan Saber, LMT

STUDIO BLUE PILATES

Dan Walton, Owner, Senior Pilates Instructor

SYLVAN CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC & WELLNESS CENTER

Seth Alley, DC, CCSP, CKTP

THERAPEUTIC ASSOCIATES NORTH PORTLAND PHYSICAL THERAPY (PACE)

In recognition of those who have included OBT in their estate plan.

Nathan Conn William Dolan & Suzanne Bromschwig Karen & Bill Early Peter W. Edgerton Marilyn & Hans Grunbaum Charles L. Jones Belinda & Frederick Kinyon Diane Knudsen Perry Lee Dr. Dolores Leon & Dr. Fernando Leon

ALLEGRO SOCIETY

Jane S. Partridge Marilyn L. Rudin, MD & Richard S. Testut, Jr. Anne Stevenson Carol Streeter & Harold Goldstein David Wardell, In Memoriam David Wedge, In Memoriam

Kurt Marion, LMT David McHenry, PT, DPT, COMT Matthew Walsh, Bsc, PT Ian Wilkinson, LAc

TURNING POINTE ACUPUNCTURE Emily Bartha, LAc

YVONNE VLEER, KINESIOLOGIST, LMT

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2018-2019 SEASON NAPOLI

October 2018

GEORGE BALANCHINE’S

THE NUTCRACKER December 2018

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CINDERELLA February 2019

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE April 2019

THE AMERICANS June 2019

OBT.ORG 503-222-5538 Kimberly Nobriga & Peter Franc Photo by Christopher Peddecord