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Founders: J. Ward Purrington, Founder Robert Weiss, Founding Artistic Director Founding Choreographers: Robert Weiss and Lynne Taylor-Corbett Artistic Director/CEO: ZALMAN RAFFAEL Principal Guest Choreographer:

Resident Choreographer:

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT

ZALMAN RAFFAEL Music Director:

ALFRED E. STURGIS Ballet Masters:

DEBRA AUSTIN MARIN BOIERU DAMEON NAGEL PABLO JAVIER PEREZ D MELISSA PODCASY Executive Director:

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THE DANCERS JAN BURKHARD KIEFER CURTIS ASHLEY HATHAWAY RICHARD KRUSCH MARCELO MARTINEZ LARA O’BRIEN ALYSSA PILGER MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN YEVGENY SHLAPKO SAM AINLEY AMANDA GERHARDT CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ MAXMILIAN ISAACSON JAYSON PESCASIO SOKVANNARA SAR COURTNEY SCHENBERGER MILES SOLLARS-WHITE LILY WILLS TAYLOR AYOTTE KATHLEEN BLACK ZOE D'ASTOLFO SASKIA de MUINCK KEIZER HEATHER DUNCAN KEENAN ENGLISH NICHOLAS FOKINE JOSEPH GERHARDT JONAH GLICKMAN ABBY GROSSEN STEPHEN MARSHALL EMILY MCGEEHAN AYLA O’DAY JENNY PALMER LUKE POTGIETER RACHEL ROBINSON SARA ROE DEIRDRE SCANLON BILAL SMITH McKENZIE VAN OSS LAUREN WOLFRAM ANNE WRIGHT Resident Lighting Designer: ROSS KOLMAN Resident Designer: JEFF A.R. JONES Resident Costume Designer: KERRI L. MARTINSEN Guest Ballet Master: OLGA KOSTRITZKY Special thanks to Michael Tiemann, Ian Schreier and Manifold Studios for killer sounds from the Frankenstein recording session

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PRINCIPALS Jan Burkhard began her professional training at the School of American Ballet at the age of nine. She performed numerous ballets with New York City Ballet and was involved in the New York Choreographic Institute. Upon completion, she was also the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award in 2005 for “Most Outstanding Promise.” In the fall of 2005, she became a member of Carolina Ballet’s Corps de Ballet and was promoted to Principal in 2011. She has performed principal roles, including Princess Aurora, Juliet, Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Giselle. Her repertoire also includes George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Valse Fantaisie, Apollo, Who Cares? and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; August Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Flower Festival; Zalman Raffael’s Rhapsody and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2; Robert Weiss’s A Classical Ballet, Intimate Voices, among others.

JAN BURKHARD PISCATAWAY, NJ

Dancer Sponsor: Carolyn and Sandy Stidham Pointe Shoe Sponsor: Frank and Connie Plastina Kiefer Curtis began his training at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Alpharetta, GA under Maniya Barredo. After that he continued to train at Orlando Ballet and later trained in Cary, NC at International Ballet Academy with Rossana Nesta Gahagan and Servy Gallardo. He attended summer courses with Danita Emma, Momchill Mladenov and Peter Breur in Austria. Mr. Curtis joined the company in 2015, and has danced the roles of Escamillo, Sugar Plum Cavalier, and Romeo by Robert Weiss as well as Ichabod Crane from Zalman Raffael’s Sleepy Hollow and Dracula in Lynne TaylorCorbett's Dracula.

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KIEFER CURTIS ATLANTA, GA

Ashley Hathaway is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her ballet training at age six at the Raleigh School of Ballet. Having grown up in the capital city, she was chosen to be part of Carolina Ballet’s productions from a young age and was the very first Clara in The Nutcracker.

Ms. Hathaway continued her education at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has also trained at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Jacob’s Pillow. Upon joining Carolina Ballet, Ms. Hathaway’s featured roles include Lucy in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and Juliet in Robert Weiss’ Romeo & Juliet. In the summer of 2018, Ms. Hathaway was selected to dance at the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine, California.

ASHLEY HATHAWAY RALEIGH, NC

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PRINCIPALS Richard Krusch was born in Budapest, Hungary. He started his ballet training in 1994 at the Hungarian Dance Academy, where he received training in the classical Vaganova technique and classical repertoire. He attended numerous summer programs in the U.S., including the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) and School of American Ballet in New York City. He graduated from UNCSA in 2002 and joined Carolina Ballet the same year.

Over the years, Mr. Krusch has worked with the American Ballet Theatre, the Hungarian National Ballet and has toured with Hungarian Ballet in Europe. He rejoined Carolina Ballet in 2006 and was promoted to Principal dancer in 2011.

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Marcelo Martinez was born in Paraguay and began his training at the former Academia de danza Bettina Ramos.

He trained in Brazil at the Centro de Dança Rio under the instruction of Maria Angelica Fiorani. At age seventeen he was accepted into the Companhia Jovem do Teatro Municipal do Rio De Janiero where he danced for four years under the direction of Dale Aschar and Mariza Estrella. He joined Washington Ballet for three seasons (2004-2007) where he danced under the direction of Septime Weber.

In July 2007, he came to Carolina Ballet and was promoted to Principal dancer in 2010. Featured roles include Romeo in Romeo & Juliet by Robert Weiss; as Man of Darkness in Carmina Burana and as Dracula in Dracula, both by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, as James in La Sylphide, Albrecht in Giselle and Macbeth in Macbeth.

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LARA O’BRIEN

Lara O’Brien grew up outside Chicago, Illinois. She began dancing at age 8 and trained with the School of Ballet Chicago, the School of American Ballet in NYC and as a scholarship student with The Royal Danish Ballet. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2001. In 2004 Ms. O’Brien was made a Soloist and in 2011, she was promoted to Principal.

Ms. O’Brien has originated several principal roles by Robert Weiss, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Zalman Raffael and others, and has danced several more by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Stowell. Notable roles include: The Ugly Duckling, Meditation from Thaïs, Lady with a Parasol, Titania, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Bolero, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.

Ms. O'Brien owns two "Tutu Schools" in Raleigh and Cary, NC that nurture both a foundation and a love of ballet for young dancers. She also became a mother to son Theo in 2017.

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PRINCIPALS Alyssa Pilger began her training at an early age in a local jazz school. At age 15 she started her professional ballet training at Timothy M. Draper center for Dance Education where she competed at YAGP regionals, winning first place.

At age 17 she furthered her ballet training at the School of American Ballet. Upon graduation she Joined Carolina Ballet as a Trainee in 2012 and was promoted to Principal in 2018. She has performed principal roles including Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Butterfly. Her repertoire also includes Balanchine Apollo, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Serenade. She was also featured in Robert Weiss The Planets, and Zalman Raffael’s In The Grey.

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ALYSSA PILGER ROCHESTER, NY

MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN

Margaret Severin-Hansen (Founding Member) from Huntington, Long Island started ballet at the Huntington School of Ballet until she went to the School of American Ballet in 1993. In 1997 she was invited to study at The Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1998 she joined Carolina Ballet as an Apprentice and rose through to Principal in 2002. Ms. Severin-Hansen’s principal roles include: Giselle, Juliet, Princess Aurora, the Firebird, the Sylph, Swanhilda, Cinderella, Carmen, Odette/Odile, the Sugar Plum Fairy and many principal roles in Balanchine ballets such as Rubies, Square Dance and Who Cares? just to name a few. In January 2009, Ms. Severin-Hansen was one of eight graduates of the School of American Ballet personally invited by Peter Martins to perform with New York City Ballet dancers in the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the school. She is currently the Director of Carolina Ballet’s Ruth S. Shur Summer Intensive.

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YEVGENY SHLAPKO

Yevgeny Shlapko was born in Odessa, Ukraine but was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He began his ballet training at age eight, with Madame Olga Kostritzky at The School of American Ballet. During his years at SAB, he had the opportunity to work with many choreographers including Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Millepied, and Justin Peck.

In his final years of training, he performed featured roles in Peter Martins’s Les Gentilhommes, Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute, and Benjamin Millepied’s 28 Variations on a Theme

by Paganini. In 2007, Mr. Shlapko launched his professional dancing career by joining Carolina Ballet. He was promoted to the rank of Principal dancer in 2016 and has been featured in Robert Weiss’ Don Quixote, as well as Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Carmina Burana. Roles choreographed on him include “Renfield” in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula, and the principal couple in Zalman Raffael’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1.

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CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ

Sam Ainley began training at the School of American Ballet at the age of 15. After completing his training, he accepted a job with Boston Ballet II before joining Carolina Ballet in 2017 as a Corps de Ballet member.

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Amanda Gerhardt started training at age 10 under Dulce Anaya with the Jacksonville Ballet Theatre in Florida.

She later studied at Miami City Ballet School in the Pre-Professional Division.

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Christian Gutierrez trained at the Nationale Ballet School of Havana, Cuba and The Rock School. He joined the Nationale Ballet of Camaguey and also danced with Laura Alonso. In 2017, he placed 1st in the YAGP competition.

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JAYSON PESCASIO

SOKVANNARA SAR

Max Isaacson started training at the age of eight in Webster, Texas. He later attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theater. He previously danced with Orlando Ballet for two years.

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Jayson Pescasio began training at 10 years old in his native Philippines.

Some of his favorite ballets that he has danced are Fancy Free, Romeo & Juliet, and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.

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Sokvannara Sar is from Cambodia and joined Carolina Ballet in 2011.

Main and featured roles include: Flower Festival, Rubies, Mopey Blue Bird, Tarantella, Oberon, Frankenstein, Prodigal Son and Romeo. He appeared in the Documentary Dancing Across Borders.

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Courtney Schenberger trained at Ballet Hawaii, Washington School of Ballet and UNC- School of the Arts. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2014 and was promoted to a Soloist in 2017.

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Miles Sollars-White, an Asheville native, started ballet training at the age of 7. He was accepted into the dance program at UNCSchool of the Arts then awarded a full scholarship to Miami City Ballet School and later trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater before joining Carolina Ballet.

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Lily Wills started dancing at 14. She trained at the Portland Ballet and The School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Lily's favorite roles include Rhapsody in Blue, Calliope, Stravinsky Pas de Deux, and Afternoon of a Faun.

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CAROLINABALLET SUPPORT CAROLINA BALLET From the thousands of pointe shoes worn every year to accompanying our dances with live music, it is the generous donations from our supporters that help us create the magic that is needed for us to continue to be the region’s largest ballet company.

For more than twenty years, Carolina Ballet has been growing into a company that now has an operating budget of over $6 million annually.

In order to maintain world-class excellence, we are required to raise over $3 million from donations each year. We are appreciative and thankful for your consideration to give.

For more information, contact Carolina Ballet's Development Team at 919-747-8461 or email us at development@carolinaballet.com.

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ZALMAN RAFFAEL (Artistic Director) Zalman Raffael, familiarly known as Zali, grew up in New York City. At age 8, he began studying at the School of American Ballet under the guidance of Olga Kostritzky. During this time, Zali had the opportunity to perform with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater, furthering his knowledge of the theater. At age 13 he choreographed his first piece for the School of American Ballet Choreographic Workshop. As a teenager, Zali worked with choreographers prominent at that time. After joining Carolina Ballet’s Corps de Ballet, Zali began setting ballets on the company and soon thereafter choreographing his own pieces for Carolina Ballet. Zali was promoted to Carolina Ballet’s first Resident Choreographer and has created over 30 ballets for the company including Rhapsody, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and In the Grey. Founding Artistic Director Robert Weiss, and former Principal dancer Melissa Podcasy, have truly been mentors to Zali, exposing him to the intricacies of teaching, choreographing, fundraising, administrative duties and all aspects of running a professional ballet company. In 2018, Zali initiated opening the School of Carolina Ballet and after becoming Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director/CEO in 2019, he continues to elevate Carolina Ballet through his innovative vision.

MICHELE WEATHERS (Executive Director) Michele has served the Triangle in the performing arts for over 25 years beginning her career as the Associate Producer for North Carolina Theatre (1991-2005). Other NC credits include: Interim Managing Director at PlayMakers Rep (2014-2016), Managing Director at Theatre Raleigh (20122014) and Carolina Ballet (2009-2012). In New York, she was the Assistant General Manager for the Off-Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s, IN THE HEIGHTS and also served on the management team at Barrow Street Theatre (ORSON’S SHADOW and RED LIGHT WINTER). For the past 13 years, Michele has been a consulting Producer for La Vie Productions, a New York based company dedicated to managing, developing and producing new works. Projects include AUSTEN’S PRIDE (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle October 2019) and RIGHT BEFORE I GO (Town Hall, NYC 2017). She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and serves as a panelist for the NEA.

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ROBERT WEISS (Founding Artistic Director) Robert Weiss has served as Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director / CEO since the company’s professional launch in 1997. Under his artistic and executive leadership, Carolina Ballet has become one of America’s premier professional ballet companies, and one of the nation’s finest arts organizations (The Wall Street Journal). Mr. Weiss has created over 70 new works for Carolina Ballet, including the first full-evening ballet choreographed to Handel’s Messiah, an original full-length Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Carmen, and The Nutcracker. In addition, he has choreographed repertory pieces to Stravinsky’s Firebird, Petruschka, Symphony in C and Concerto for Two Pianos; Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, Grosse Fuge, and the 9th Symphony; Bach’s Musical Offering; Grieg’s Piano Concerto; Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony; and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He has worked with contemporary composer Paul Moravec using his Tempest Fantasy and Time Gallery to create new ballets; and he has collaborated on many pieces including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Masque of the Red Death, and a full evening Macbeth with contemporary composer J. Mark Scearce. Mr. Weiss started his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet where he was a Principal under George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins who both created work on him. Before moving to Raleigh he directed the Pennsylvania Ballet for just shy of a decade. Among his many awards for excellence are a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Raleigh Medal of Arts, and an honorary Doctorate from NC State University. He is married to Melissa Podcasy, the company’s Founding Principal Ballerina, now a Ballet Master with the company.

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT (Principal Guest Choreographer: Dracula, Picnic in the Grass, Monet Impressions) has been nominated for Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award for Broadway’s Swing! and received Drama Desk and Lortel nominations for My Vaudeville Man and Wanda’s World. She directed and choreographed Cougar the Musical, and KICK! Off-Broadway which was nominated for an OBA and has directed numerous shows regionally. In 2020, “Distant Thunder” a show she wrote with son, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, will be produced by The Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City. She adapted and directed The Lion King for Disney’s production in Hong Kong and her choreography can be seen in feature films Footloose and My Blue Heaven. Her dance works have been commissioned by, among others, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Carolina Ballet, where she is Principal Guest Choreographer.

Numerous companies throughout the world have performed her works which have been seen on Live from Lincoln Center, Live from the San Francisco Opera House and on UNC TV. Presently, she is directing “When It Happens to You” at The Sheen Center in New York.

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DEBRA AUSTIN (Ballet Master, Founding Member) received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet and at age 16 was asked by George Balanchine to join New York City Ballet. Praised

by The New York Times for her ability to “levitate...and remain suspended in the air,” Ms. Austin danced many principal roles with New York City Ballet in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, John Clifford, and Jacques d’Amboise. She later joined Zurich Ballet as a Soloist and danced roles with Rudolf Nureyev in works by all major choreographers, including Heinz Spoerli and Rudolf Nureyev. After her return to the United States, she joined Pennsylvania Ballet as a Principal under the direction of Robert Weiss. She was awarded the “Certificate of Appreciation” from Governor Roy Cooper. Currently, Ms. Austin is a guest teacher for Dance Theatre of Harlem and serves on the Diversity Committee at SAB. Her pointe shoes are displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History. In February 2020, Ms. Austin will be honored at the Fashion Institute of Technology where a gown she once wore as designed by Bieff Herrera will be featured in an upcoming exhibit.

MARIN BOIERU (Ballet Master, Founding Member) studied ballet in his native Romania and then later at the Kirov Ballet in Russia. He won the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition-Varna and the silver at the International Ballet Competition-Moscow. Praised by The New York Times for his “heart-stopping ability,” he performed as a Principal dancer in the United States at Miami City Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet and in Europe at Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century (Switzerland), Roland Petit’s Ballet National de Marseille (France), and Opera of Bucharest (Romania). He has toured nationally and internationally with Stars of American Ballet partnering Susan Jaffe, Alexandra Ferri, and Leslie Brown. His television appearances include starring roles in La Sylphide on PBS, in The Magic Flute on French television and in Giselle on TVR in Romania.

DAMEON NAGEL (Ballet Master, Founding Member) Dameon was born in Canada and received his training at The National Ballet School in Toronto. Before joining Carolina Ballet, he danced with Cleveland San Jose Ballet. Mr. Nagel joined Carolina Ballet as an Apprentice during its inaugural season. He performed the role of Paris in the premiere of Romeo & Juliet. As a founding member of Carolina Ballet, Mr. Nagel has performed in many of the company’s world premieres. Some notable roles include The Man in Lilac Garden, Concerto Barocco, Steptext and Chiaroscuro. Mr. Nagel has set ballets choreographed by Robert Weiss at Washington Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Ballet Hawaii as well as, Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Little Mermaid in Denver and Japan.

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MELISSA PODCASY (Ballet Master, Founding Member) In her 15 seasons as a Principal Ballerina with Carolina Ballet, her repertoire consisted of over 50 ballets, 40 of which were created on her. She danced as a Principal with Pennsylvania Ballet (Robert Weiss, Artistic Director) and Basel Ballet, Switzerland (Heinz Spoerli, Artistic Director). She has appeared as a guest artist with New York City Ballet (Peter Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto); has danced nationally and internationally with Stars of American Ballet; and toured North America with Principal Dancers of New York City Ballet (Colombia Artists Management). She has worked with and created roles for Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Richard Tanner, Damian Woetzel, and Peter Martins.

Ms. Podcasy is honored to have shared the stage and been coached by the great José Limón dancer Clay Taliaferro. She has collaborated with choreographers Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Robert Weiss throughout her career, appearing in a countless number of their creations. She has performed the work of Antony Tudor, August Bournonville and José Limón.

Her Balanchine repertoire consists of more than 25 ballets. Ms. Podcasy has danced the ballerina roles in 10 full-length ballets including Giselle, John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet, Heinz Spoerli’s La Fille Mal Gardee, and Peter Martins’ La Sylphide, which was filmed for PBS Dance in America. Other television credits: Giselle (Romanian national TV), Homage to Switzerland (Swiss television), 7 productions for UNC-TV statewide. Ms. Podcasy received the Raleigh Medal of Arts in 2007.

PABLO JAVIER PEREZ (Ballet Artist, Founding Member) Pablo was born in Uruguay and graduated with the highest honors from the National School of Dance. In 1994 he won a silver medal at an international dance competition in Brazil. Mr. Perez has also danced with The Teatro de Colón de Buenos Aires. Mr. Perez joined Carolina Ballet in its first season. His roles include Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, Puck and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hilarion in Giselle, Renfield in Dracula, and principal roles in Tarantella, Square Dance, Four Temperaments, Fancy Free, Steadfast Tin Soldier, Rubies, Valse Fantaisie. He has had several principal roles choreographed on him, including Robert Weiss’ Adagio, Joker in Masque of the Red Death, Peter in Peter & the Wolf. In 2001, he was invited by the First Lady of Uruguay to participate in a national tour of Uruguay.

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OLGA KOSTRITZKY (Guest Ballet Master) is a recipient of The Senates State of New York Award, Mae L.Wien Award and the 2012 Inspirational Award for Women USA . For two decades, Ms. Kostritzky was a faculty member at the School of American Ballet where she was a pioneer and creator of the first Boys Program and it's principal teacher as well.

Ms. Kostritzky was a coach for a Cambodian dancer and was featured in the documentary film Dancing Across Borders produced by Anne Bass. She was a Ballet Consultant and a coach for Natalie Portman in Darren Aronovsky’s Black Swan.

She worked with directors: Igor Zelensky at NSOBT, Moscow Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater, Benjamin Millepied, Aure’lie DuPont-Paris Opera, Aaron WatkinSemperoper of Dresden, Vail and Houston International Dance Festival.

ALFRED E. STURGIS (Music Director) has conducted over 30 different ballets for Carolina Ballet including four world premieres and nearly 400 Nutcracker performances. In addition to his work with Carolina Ballet, Sturgis serves as Music Director for the North Carolina Master Chorale and the Tar River Orchestra in Rocky Mount. Known for being a strong collaborative artist, he has also enjoyed a great deal of experience in opera and musical theatre. Maestro Sturgis has served as guest conductor for the New York City Ballet, North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Theatre, Winston-Salem Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Long Leaf Opera, and Capital Opera. He has conducted overseas in China, Bulgaria, France, Italy and the U.K. In 1996, he was awarded the Raleigh Medal of Arts.

J. MARK SCEARCE J. Mark Scearce is the composer of some of your favorite and most memorable productions of Carolina Ballet: Kreutzer, Guernica, Reverdy, Endymion, Dracula, Masque, Macbeth, Mucha, and now Frankenstein and Mariner. One of North Carolina’s most recognized and performed composers, Scearce is the recipient of the 2010 Raleigh Medal of Arts, the 2009 International Sackler Prize in Music, and five academic degrees in Music, Philosophy and Religion, including the Doctorate from Indiana University. Approaching this season’s premiere double-bill, Scearce chose a string quartet as the common ensemble with oboe and bass-baritone for the medieval-influenced Mariner, and organ and timpani for the Baroque-inspired Frankenstein. In typical Scearcian fashion, music drives the psychology of the dance from the redemptive oboe of Mariner to the manic arctic pursuit in Frankenstein derived from the doctor’s own tragic wedding. When it comes to a Scearce ballet, no careful listening goes unrewarded.

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JEFF A.R. JONES (Resident Designer/Fight Director) has designed sets and/or costumes for many of Carolina Ballet’s original works beginning with the Company’s first new work, Dancers in a Gypsy Style, and continuing with such shows as Messiah, The Kreutzer Sonata, and Carmen. He created the scenery for Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Firebird, Dracula and Little Mermaid among many others. He has designed throughout the Southeast. As a Fight Director, he has staged fights for ballet, dance, theatre, opera, film, and television over the past 20+ years. He has taught classes at UNC Professional Actor Training Program, Florida State, Asolo Conservatory, Duke University, and is faculty at Elon University and William Peace University. He holds the titles of Fight Director, Certified Teacher, and Instructor of Theatrical Firearms with the Society of American Fight Directors.

Mr. Jones has a Bachelor’s degree from William & Mary and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University.

ROSS KOLMAN (Resident Lighting Designer) is a Founding Member of Carolina Ballet, where he has designed the lighting for Romeo and Juliet, Messiah, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Kreutzer Sonata, Carmen, Coppélia, Stravinsky’s Clowns, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Firebird and The Nutcracker, among many others. He has designed lighting for many others including Martha Clarke, Jacques d’ Amboise, Lynne TaylorCorbett, Christopher Wheeldon, Ann Carlson, Richard Tanner, Damian Woetzel, Tyler Walters, Chuck Davis, Mark Dendy, Liz Lerman, New Performing Dance Co., The North Carolina Dance Theatre, Peter Pucci, and Clay Taliaferro. Mr. Kolman has also served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Archipelago, The Duke University Institute of the Arts, and Marlies Yearby’s Movin’ Spirits Dance Theater. In addition, Mr. Kolman has worked as the Production Manager for the American Dance Festival, Carolina Ballet, and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Creative Exchanges Program.

KERRI L. MARTINSEN (Resident Costume Designer) is a graduate of the UNC-CH MFA program and has worked for The Washington National Opera, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Troika Entertainment, The PlayMaker’s Repertory Company and Maryland Ballet Theatre. Her work ranges from production costume making to managing costume shops to freelance costuming and designing for individuals. Since coming to Carolina Ballet, her design credits include Grieg Piano Concerto (Robert Weiss), Master Composers and Beethoven’s 9th (Robert Weiss). She also worked with Mr. Weiss on the NC Opera’s production of Les Enfants Terribles. Much love to my husband for putting up with my schedule.

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CAROLINA BALLET STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE

PRODUCTION

Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Weathers Director of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Darter Administrative Director . . . . . . . . . Laurie Tollerton Accounting & Benefits Manager . . . . . . . Aji Touray

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DEVELOPMENT

Resident Lighting Designer . . . . . . . Ross Kolman

Director of Development . . . . . . . Adam Schiffer Community Liaison and Gift Officer . . . . Ellyn Daniels Senior Development Associate . . . Marjorie Terry Development Associate . . . . . Kirsis Concepcion Individual Gifts Officer . . . . . . Mia Miranda Xavier Individual Gifts Officer . Adrian Compean Garcia

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Strampe Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . Julia Tyson Costume Director/Designer . . . Kerri L. Martinsen Resident Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff A.R. Jones Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . Andrew Armas Wardrobe Supervisor/Designer . . . . . Terry Baker Props Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aline Johnson First Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lily Hinson Wardrobe Assistant . . . . . . . . Amber Funderburk Master Electricians . Jennifer Sherrod, Erika Stoll

Carpenters . . . . . . Andrick Brickley, Adam Peiffer Director of Marketing & Communications . . . .Sara E. Reichle Darren Prince, Nick Fry, Nick Kreps Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . Heather Picquet Scenic Painters . . . . . . . . . . Miyuki Su, Jen Leiner Graphic/Web Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Craig Stitchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dae Toll Chapin Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aurora Carey Sarah Edens, Hong Gao Box Office Associate . . . . . . . . . . Sean Armstrong Nutcracker Children’s Coordinator Director of Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Casey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacqueline Schiller, Shely Wright

ARTISTIC Artistic Director/CEO . . . . . . . . . . . Zalman Raffael Founding Artistic Director . . . . . . . . Robert Weiss Principal Guest Choreographer . . Lynne Taylor-Corbett Ballet Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debra Austin Marin Boieru, Dameon Nagel Pablo Javier Perez*, Melissa Podcasy Guest Ballet Master . . . . . . . . . . . . Olga Kostritzky Music Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfred E. Sturgis Artistic and Executive Administrative Coordinator . . . . .

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT Carolina Ballet would like to thank the following government agencies, corporations and foundations that gave generous annual gifts from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019.

The Ballet would also like to recognize those who have made special commitments in addition to their Annual Fund Support: D indicates Multi-Year Pledge Y indicates Artistic’s Director Society $100,000+ City of Raleigh D Duke Energy Progress $50,000 - $99,999 The John William Pope Foundation D Martin Marietta Materials D North Carolina Arts Council PNC Foundation D The Shubert Foundation

$2,500 - $9,999 Association of Corporate Counsel Britt Dental Center D Citrix Freed of London HUB International Carolinas Paul Scheible, CPA, PLLC DY PSI CRO

$1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous $25,000 - $49,999 ADRMortgage.com Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina D Cary Dance Productions Capitol Broadcasting Company D Environmental Control E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Larry’s Coffee Beans, Inc. W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Foundation The Law Offices of Deborah Bland Koenig $10,000 - $24,999 Law Pro Form Bailey's Fine Jewlers Nomaco Inc. Brigs Restaurants Piedmont Insurance and ChildTrust Foundation Business Group, LLC Duke Health Silverback Foundation Fenwick Foundation DY Triangle Trigger Point Therapy F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. The William Bass Charitable Foundation The Jerome Robbins Foundation D Ruggero Piano Synergy Face & Body Wells Fargo

Carolina Ballet is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. www.NCArts.org

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INDIVIDUAL GIFTS Carolina Ballet would like to thank the following individuals who generously supported the Ballet from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. The Ballet also recognizes those who have made the following additional commitments: Multi-Year Pledge D, Live Music Fund e, Creative Capital Z, and Artistic Director’s Society-Planned Gift Y. $100,000+

Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm McDougal Brown Z Ellyn Daniels Moise Khayrallah e Z Judy and Steve Zelnak D e Z Y

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Anonymous (2) Stefanie and Douglas Kahn D Z Mrs. Jolene B. McGehee D e Y Mr. Michael Rierson and Dr. Kay Lowe Y

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Anonymous Chip and Judy Anderson Y Malmstad Charitable Fund D Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson D e Z Y Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Roberg D Y Mr. J. Ormond Sanderson, Jr. and Mr. Robert K. Black Carolyn and Sandy Stidham D Sandy Sully D e Z

$10,000+

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett e Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar D e William and Sandra Berry Marion Johnson Church D Michele and Laurence Corash LOU Foundation e Z Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Green Peter and Donna Heffring John Thomas Hobby, Jr. Endowment Fund Judy and Gordon LeGrand Candace and Michael Olander Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Pariser Y Florence and James Peacock Dr. and Mrs. Steve Prystowsky D Dr. Robert Schantz D Y The Ann C. and C. Hamilton Sloan Family Foundation Eve and Sherwood Smith D Y Guy and Mindy Solie

Ms. Vera Tayeh Katherine White and Thomas Urquhart

$7,500+

Mr. E. Thomas Franklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Goldwater e Dr. J. Keith and Katherine O. Keener e Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Purrington Dena and Charlie Silver Rob and Sally Tiller D LaVerne and Bob Wells D e Y

$5,000+

Mrs. Franc A. Barada, Jr. Mr. Jeff Basham and Ms. Susan Garrity Y Donna Block Ronald and Maryllen Blum Mr. and Mrs. James F. Boericke, Jr. D Nancy and Christopher Bolen BRB Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Richard and Cynthia Brodhead Clymer and Patty Cease Cindy K. and Thomas J. Cook D Brian and Cathy Cosens D Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport DY Ronald and Nancy Davis Margaret Deal Mrs. Angela H. Dillard Allyson K. Duncan Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Foster, Jr. e Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew Amy and Shaun Jones Mr. Johnny Kerr D Nancy K. Lederer e Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Martin e Margaret McKean and John Peraza D Marjory Moe and Diane Staton Sharon Perry and Robert Cooper Mrs. A.L. Purrington III Larry and Debbie Robbins Rosemary and Christopher Royce Norrish Munson Rozgonyi

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Walter Shur Y Ms. Jane A. Small and Mr. George F. Sanderson, III D Edward and Carol Smithwick Steven and Joan Techet Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thomas D Lars and Elisabeth von Kantzow D Peggy Wilks and Don Davis e Y Brooklyn and Mike Winters D

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Drs. Lochie B. Overbey and R. Donald Coffey, Jr. Mr. Sung Paik Barbara M. Parramore D e Doren Madey Pinnell Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plastina Zalman Raffael e Edmund and Louise Reiss D Francine and Ralph Roberson Mr. and Mrs. John S. Robinson D Dr. Harry M. Rosenberg and Ms. Theresa Joan Rosenberg Ms. Nancy M. Salmon Anne and William Sena Scott and Susan Joan Smiley Baker e Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steidinger D Col. (Ret.) Jay Stobbs and Dr. Mary Jo Hall Catherine and James Stuart W. John and Dorothy Swartz Beverly Taylor D Alex and Taizo Uchiyama Helen H. White Y Tom and Lisa Williamson e Susan Wolf and Doug MacLean Wendy and Brenda Woodley Pilar and Chuck Zimmerlein

$1,000+

Anonymous (5) Mr. Christopher A. Adams D Dr. B. Jasmine Adams D Ms. Ellen B. Adelman D Richard Adelman, M.D. and Jane Pinsky Ms. Carole J. Akerly Judith Ashbaugh and Dana Stahlman D Maggie Bailey and David Levine D e Z Dr. Vernee N. Belcher Stanley W. Black Carl Blackman and Carolyn Miller D Y April and Will Blackwell Kathleen Blum, Paul Lester and Kadin Tallon D Connie and Elliot Bossen Henry and Sory Bowers D Hal Bowman and Mercedes Auger D Ms. Gail P. Braun Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Bryant Sally Bugg Colette Burrus D e Ms. Laura Caggiano and Mr. Stephen Frederick

Dr. Elizabeth Campbell and Dr. James Godwin Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. Carter Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Cass, Jr. D Mr. and Mrs. Tim Clancy D June Clendenin Jane and Jon Cook David and Karen Cook Mr. John Cooper Ruth and Sidney Cox Francis F. Crannell and Deborah W. Lassiter D Jacobi Daley D Lowell Davidson e Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Day, IV D Ms. S. Jill Diaz Dr. Megan Justine DiFurio Ms. Patricia Dube Melanie Black Dubis and Jeff Dubis D Mr. Mark M. Epstein Ms. Holly Erdmann e Jenny Eury D e Y George Evans and Karen Monaco Liz and Britt Ferrill e Y Mrs. Mary A. Fisher Mrs. Margaret W. Flintom Mrs. Nella Purrington Fulton Mr. Paul Fulton, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Ruth and Art Gerber Carol C. Gillham Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher Goodmon, Jr. Eileen Greenbaum and Larry Mintz Mr. Owen Gwyn, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth Hadley Cheryl and Charles Hall Ms. Gayla H. Halbrecht Dr. Peter Hamilton Y Dr. John E. Hammond Mary Hamrick, Randy Hall, and Anna and Maria Boyer D Phil and Mary Hanna John and Mary Kay Hannah e Z Ms. Jeanne K. Harris D Clark and Karen Havighurst Dr. Michael Hickman The Ella Ann and Frank B. Holding Foundation Mr. Alan Hymowitz and Ms. Olivia G. Fried Ms. Becky Johnson Ms. Susan Joines Jo and Jim Kalat

Mr. Stephen L. Keith and Ms. Lisa C. Glover The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc. e Mike Killam and Candace Turney e Bob and Charlene Kinelski Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Knowles D John and Raymonde Koonce D Michael and Heidi Lanford Mr. Roger Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Liggett, III Judith C.P. Lilley Ted and Beverly Lingerfeldt Donna and Eric Lupo D Stephen J. and Karen S. Lyons Kathryn and Graham Lythgoe Renate and Robert MacCloy Tracy Mancini and Norris Cotton Ann and Webb McCracken Mr. Steven Miller Jim and Eileen Mitchell Mrs. Joseph Moylan Ron and Jeanne MuĂąoz Jillian Munro Mr. and Mrs. James P. Murphy D Ms. Christina Floyd Myers Lindsay Smith Newsom Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Thomas L. Norris, Jr. and Jane S. Norris Cedric and Sue Pearce D Y Patricia L. Pertalion D Anne Platsky D Y Scott and Donna Pliler D Mr. Antoine A. Ponton and Mr. Ryan W. Lenz Dr. Nerissa Price Rajaie Qubain Mr. David E. Reid, III Ms. Charlotte Kirk Reynolds Mrs. Fran H. Richardson Dr. Michael and Sandra Roberts Libby Holding Ross D Mr. Kenneth Russell Malinda and David Schantz Joe and Dorothy Schmelzeis Ms. Alice L. Schnapier Kay Schoellhorn Dr. Christopher O. Schonwalder John and Catherine Schwab D Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Scott, III Kirk and Lois Semke D Lois Q. Semmens Z Jonathan Shaw and Matthew O'Connor Pandora Nix Shaw D

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Mr. David L. Sheeks and Dr. Ann Marie Pendergast D Mrs. Nora Hutton Shepard D Karin Singleton D Y Ann and Tom Slade Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee Smith, III D Deborah A. Smith and David A. Seibert Jonathan and Kathryn Wooten Sobel D Liddy and Todd Staker D David and Kimberly Swintosky Ms. Phillis Taylor Betsy and David Taylor Alan B. Teasley and Andrew J. Wheeler D David and Theresa Tesh Dick and Susan Timmons e Dr. Joe Tooley and Dan DiGregorio D Phillip Trainor and Roberta Wood Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Trowbridge D Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham Dr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Tully Edgar Vardanian and Heather Eberhardt Dr. Page Wages Dr. Charles and Diane Wallas Tom and Mary Kennedy Ward Suzanne Whitmeyer D Ms. Elizabeth Whitmore D Mr. and Mrs. Joel T.C. Williams D Ray C. Williams The Winters Family D Meribeth Withrow Joan and John Wrede Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer Y

$500+

Anonymous (5) Norm and Rebecca Aamodt Mr. and Mrs. John M. Alexander, Jr. Sarah Alston and Steven Barry Beverly and Robert Atwood Ann Bare and Thomas Zang Drs. Alice and Randal Batenhorst Ms. Nancy B. Battiste Arthur Benavie and Marcy Lansman Mary and Marianna Berry The Blondy Family L. Ellen Bradley Ms. Penelope H. Bridgers Donna Bryant and Donald Stanford Kay Burgess Ms. Elizabeth F. Chenery Stanley Chojnacki and Barbara J. Harris

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Jack Clasen and Linda Brower D Mr. Justin Cranford D Mr. and Mrs. J. Lynn Davis Stephen F. Davis and Nancy E. Shoemaker June and Al Decker Richard and Donna Falvo Donald and Elizabeth Frazer D Ms. Caryl G. Fuller Sharon and J.C. Garbutt D Ted Glod Ms. Jean M. Graham Matthew and Nikiann Gray Danielle Greco and Tony Bryant D Mr. Allen Greenberg Ceil Weinstein Hall Mr. and Mrs. James Healy Harriet and Jim Hill Nancy Hogg and Gretchen Hogg O'Briant Bob and Kathy Hykes Mr. H.V. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hugh Keefer Ms. Shannon Kennedy Martha N. Keravuori Linda J. Kranendonk Mark and Nancy LaPointe Stephen and Julie Lowe Debbie O. Lucas Ms. Jennifer E. MacKethan Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mattocks, II Jennifer May Dr. and Mrs. Russell G. McAllister, Jr. Addie Miller and Steve Butts Mr. and Mrs. Anthony H. Monioudis Sally Myers Moore Drs. Thomas M. and Elizabeth G. Motyka Ms. Patricia A. Moylan D Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mueller Ms. Heather Munro Ms. Allison R. Northcutt e Ms. Margaret O’Shaughnessey D Ms. Susan Osborne and Mr. Stephen Reynolds Dan and Marlene Palchinsky Christopher Pennington Harry and Tari Perlstadt Ms. Patricia S. Peterson Mr. Sean Pierson Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Pilkinton Mr. and Mrs. Orage Quarles, III Mr. and Mrs. W. Trent Ragland, III Raleigh Divorce Law Firm Mr. and Mrs. Hurley P. Raynor

Nancy Schiebel Ellen Schloemer D Y Sarah Schroth Ms. Claudia Seegraber Ms. Jill Seifert Faith and Arnold Shertz Mrs. Cicely P. Shoemaker Anita L. Stejskal e Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Sullivan Mrs. Resi Thomas Mark and Lucinda Thompson D Ms. Eunice L. Toussaint Vivian and Barney Varner Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Wachtel, III Francine Warwick and Christopher Martin Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler Louise Williams and Richard Silva Victoria Wright Carl and Louise Zorowski

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Anonymous (5) Leon and Sallie Abbas D Joel R. Adams D Ms. Terry D. Adkins Mr. Lawrence L. Adrian Ms. Beverly Allen Mr. John Altuner Prinny Anderson D Mr. and Mrs. Allen Armstrong Ralph and Daphne Ashworth Mrs. Barbara B. Baker Mr. and Mrs. William H. Barfield, IV Ms. Lynn E. Beegle Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Beemer D Lori and Aaron Bennear D Dr. Alexandra and Mr. Andrew Bentley Dr. Sarah B. Berenson Michael Bertics and Carolyn Fleck Mr. and Mrs. David Beuning Dolores Bilangi Carol and Bob Bilbro Peter N. Bleckner Mr. and Mrs. Udo Blum Blair Bowers Mr. and Mrs. C. O’Donnell L. Boyce Kristina and Dale Brunelle Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Buff Ms. Carol Weisberg Burgess Susan and Dennis Burns e Jason Burns Mr. Jaimon Caceres

Drs. Gregory and Coralie Cannon The Caveness Family Dr. Margaret K. Champion D Ken and Marilyn Cherry Robert and Lucinda Chew Mr. David Clappier Ms. Sandra L. Clements Dr. John and Robin Costello Dr. and Mrs. James S. Coxe, III Rev. Margaret G. Crandall Ms. Laura Grady Crumpler CSD Engineering Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curtis Carolyn Dalby Dr. Dorothy A. Demby-Paige Yvonne M. DeWald D Ms. Lois M. DeWolfe Mr. Sylvain Dufour and Ms. Vanessa Peeters Shawn and Jacqueline Earle Terry Byrd Eason and Jonathan D. Whitney Ms. Kathleen M. Eaton Sherry Essig and Warren Raybould Mr. and Mrs. John G. Fifield Gene and Herbert Fischer Dan and Michelle Fisher Ms. Gisela H. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Flood Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Flynn e Z Paul and Leslie Friedrich Elise and Sean Gannaway Ms. Alison Gantt Ms. Katherine Garman John and Ouita Gatton Dan Gaugert and Terry Harper D The Gilpin Family Susan Dumas Godwin Ms. Dawn Graham Dr. Nancy Green and Mr. Andrew Huber Emanuella Grinberg and Josh Stephens Mr. Hugh Grist Mr. and Mrs. George E. Grosser Bob and Laura Gutman D Mark and Beth Hallowell Mr. William F. Hamlin, Jr. Ms. Lillian G. Harter D Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Harvie, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Head The Family of Izzy Hemric Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hipp

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Ann E. Holloman William and Mary Alice Holmes Annette M.T. and Daniel Homiller Mrs. Barbara W. Hood Dr. and Mrs. Hank G. Hoomani Y Mr. William L. Hopper D J. and Andrea Hosfelt Liz and Tom Jochum Laura Mary Johnson Bob and Cecelia Jolls Jeff A.R. and Lisa M. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Walton K. Joyner Ms. Lillian M. Kaluza Joan and Howard Kastel Ms. Carol E. Kasworm Annette Kirshner D Mr. Frank Lagano Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Lamey Phyllis S. Larson Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lee Mr. Russell V. Lee Ms. Jean A. Lee Mary LeGere and John Newton e Drs. Mark E. Leithe and Linda Gray Leithe The Linthicum Family Betsy Anne B. Lumsden Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Malik Mr. Phil Malinosky Mr. Barry C. Mangum and Mr. Anthony C. Burden Frank and Rebecca Maselli D Mary McMorris and Leonard Santoro D Susan Meredith Andrea and Norm Miller Vincent Moss Barbara and Terry Murphy Peggy and John Murray Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Neely, Jr. Casey Nguyen Sue and Lee Noel Donald and Patricia Novak Ms. Karen F. O’Donnell William Palmer and JoAnn Hotta Mr. and Mrs. David Plucinsky Mr. John Poverchuk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Powell Dr. Thomas E. Powell, III Ms. Helen Probst-Mills Charles and Judith Proctor Ms. Erika Radcliff Barbara J. Rhodes Ms. Cameron Robbins

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THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S SOCIETY MAKE CAROLINA BALLET PART OF YOUR LEGACY

To learn more about planned giving opportunities with Carolina Ballet, please contact Adam Schiffer, Director of Development, at (919) 747-8457 or aschiffer@carolinaballet.com.

Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Anderson, Jr. Julian T. Baker, Jr. Mr. Jeff Basham and Ms. Susan Garrity Carl Blackman and Carolyn Miller Jon and Lane Blank Mr. and Mrs. J. Miles Branagan Wendy Brown Dr. Yvonne G. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. DeGrand Jenny Eury Liz and Britt Ferrill Peter Hamilton David Thomas Hardison Dr. and Mrs. Hank G. Hoomani Stefanie and Douglas Kahn Lou and Don Kline Dr. LeRoy and Mrs. Charlotte Martin Mark McClure and Cheryl McClure Elliott Mrs. Marion L. McMorris Mr. Charles W. Millard, III Elizabeth Parker Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson Cedric and Sue Pearce Ms. Jill J. Pinto

Ms. Anne A. Platsky Mr. and Mrs. W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Ms. Karla Reed Ms. Margaret Goldsmith Rice Mr. Michael Rierson and Dr. Kay Lowe Mrs. June Roberg Dr. Robert Schantz Paul and Pat Scheible Ellen Schloemer Mr. Walter Shur Karin Singleton Mr. Hamilton Sloan Eve and Sherwood Smith Ms. Zigrida R. Smith Ms. Elizabeth R. Stoker Charles D. Sumner W. Trent Ragland Trust Ms. Monica Van Sciver LaVerne and Bob Wells Helen H. White Peggy Wilks and Don Davis Helen Wolfson P.C. Yelverton Judy and Steve Zelnak Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer

Visit www.carolinaballet.com to register and view class schedules, fees, faculty and information.

QUESTIONS?

Call 919-747-8459 or email sjacobsson@carolinaballet.com

ACCEPTING STUDENTS AGES 6 TO ADULT!

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CLASSES HELD AT CAROLINA BALLET STUDIOS:

3401 ATLANTIC AVENUE, RALEIGH, NC 27604

Classes taught by Professional and experienced Carolina Ballet Faculty and Dancers. Ballet Technique, Variations, Pointe and Pas de Deux. Contemporary and Hip-Hop offered as well. Come join our Adult drop-in classes!

Melanie Jones

Andrew Techet

Colleen Rhynders

Stephen Aber

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Today is the day the arts take center stage.

The arts make us think, make us feel, and make us wonder. And that’s why PNC is proud to support the Carolina Ballet.

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Supporting excellence and all that it inspires.

At Duke Energy, we believe in the power and potential of excellence and achievement in all forms. Here’s to those who inspire us all and enhance our quality of life.

As part of our commitment to communities, Duke Energy is proud to support the Carolina Ballet.

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