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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 JAYSON PESCASIO ALYSSA PILGER MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN YEVGENY SHLAPKO SAM AINLEY AMANDA GERHARDT CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ MAXMILIAN ISAACSON 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

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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.

Dancer Sponsor: Peter and Donna Heffring Pas de Deux Sponsor: Bonnie and John Medinger

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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RICHARD KRUSCH HUNGARY

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.

MARCELO MARTINEZ PARAGUAY

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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.

CHICAGO, IL

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PRINCIPALS

JAYSON PESCASIO

CAVITE CITY, PHILIPPINES

Jayson Pescasio began formal ballet training at age 10 under Brezhnev Larlar and Pamela Ortiz-Bondoc at the Teatro Baile de Cavite. Mr. Pescasio received the Award for Outstanding Achievement and Exemplary Performance from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2004. From 2005-2010, Mr. Pescasio was a member of Ballet Philippines while also attending De La Salle College of Saint Benilde in Manila. In 2011, Mr. Pescasio joined Ballet San Antonio as a Soloist, and was promoted to Principal the following season. He joined Carolina Ballet in 2018, was promoted to Soloist soon after, and to Principal in 2019. He has been featured in many roles, including Fancy Free, Time Gallery, The Planets, Swan Lake, Balanchine’s Rubies and Robert Weiss’ original choreography of Beethoven 7th Symphony Movement III A Folk Dance.

Pas de Deux Sponsor: Margaret McKean and John Peraza 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 NEW YORK, NY

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.

Dancer Sponsor: Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson

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PRINCIPALS

YEVGENY SHLAPKO UKRAINE

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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SOLOISTS

SAM AINLEY

AMANDA GERHARDT

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.

Pas de Deux Sponsor: Dr. Robert Schantz

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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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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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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SOLOISTS

MILES SOLLARS-WHITE LILY WILLS ASHEVILLE, NC

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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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ZALMAN RAFFAEL (Artistic Director/CEO) 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.

"Macbeth began with fellowships for Ricky and I at the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts in summer 2015. For five weeks we ate, slept, and drank its creation, the city’s power, hunger and callousness crept into the music forming what is to date the largest creative collaboration for the company. Nearly succumbing to its curse, I wrestled the Scottish play to the death as it sent me to the ER three times."

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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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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dr. Moise Khayrallah

Mr. Clayton I. Duncan

CHAIR

VICE-CHAIR

Ms. Margaret A. Deal

Mrs. Elise Gannaway

TREASURER

VICE-TREASURER

Ms. Karen Foster SECRETARY Dr. Lenore Behar Mrs. Susan Brigham Mr. Clymer Cease Ms. Candace Covington-Olander Dr. Anna Goodmon Mrs. Stefanie Kahn Ms. Rose Meltzer

Mrs. Rochelle Prystowsky Dr. Robert Schantz Ms. Jane Small Ms. Sandy Sully Ms. Katherine White Mrs. Lesley Wilson Ms. Judy Zelnak

EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS Mr. J. Ward Purrington, Founding Chairman Emeritus Mr. William T. Barnett Ms. Laura Bayzle Mrs. Sandy Berry Mrs. Cooper P. Bratton Mrs. Cynthia D. Brodhead Mrs. Stephanie B. Brown Mrs. Mary Jane Bryant Ms. Holly Crumpler Mrs. Angela Dillard Ms. Melanie Black Dubis The Hon. Allyson K. Duncan Ms. Susan C. Garrity Dr. A. Blanton Godfrey Ms. Jane Heitman Green Ms. Meredythe J. Holmes Ms. Jan Hoomani Ms. Becky Johnson Mr. R. Horace Johnson Mr. Robert E. Leak

Mrs. Judy LeGrand Mrs. Nancy Lilly Mr. M. Reid Overcash Mrs. Tricia Phoenix Mrs. Connie A. Plastina Dr. Suzanne T. Purrington Mrs. Laura Raynor Mr. Larry Robbins Mrs. June Roberg Ms. Pandora Shaw Mr. Harvey Smalheiser Mrs. Eve H. Smith Mrs. Mindy Solie Mrs. Carolyn Stidham Mrs. Kimberly Swintosky Mrs. Joan Techet Mr. Robert Tiller Mr. Lars von Kantzow Mr. Thomas G. Ward Ms. Peggy Wilks

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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.

DANCERS • Attracting the highest-quality dancers from around the world • Training professionals with the country’s top ballet masters

EDUCATION • Offering the highest level of dance education through the School of Carolina Ballet

PRODUCTION • Transforming an artistic vision into reality with the theatrical mix of costumes, sets and lighting

LIVE MUSIC • Enhancing performances with the finest musicians • Aiming to bring accompaniment to every performance

OUTREACH • Providing access for thousands of rural and economically disadvantaged students each year

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.

To learn more, visit www.carolinaballet.com.

All gifts, including multi-year pledges, will be used to support Carolina Ballet’s operations and will be considered unrestricted unless explicitly stipulated otherwise. Financial information about this 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and a copy of its license 24 are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 1-888-830-4989. The license is not an endorsement by the State.

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2019-2020 ANNUAL GIVING LEVELS & BENEFITS CROWN JEWEL

Ruby benefits plus:

Emerald benefits plus:

Sapphire benefits plus:

Topaz benefits plus:

Ovation benefits plus:

Corps de Ballet benefits plus:

Patron’s Circle benefits plus:

($250-$499)

Season listing in Carolina Ballet’s playbills One complimentary adult ballet class at the School of Carolina Ballet & 10% off future classes*

PATRON’S CIRCLE

($500-$999)

Admission for two (2) to Carolina Ballet’s Dress Rehearsals Early access to program notes before each production

CORPS DE BALLET CIRCLE

($1,000-$2,499)

Admission for two (2) to Carolina Ballet’s Precious Jewels’ Donor Room for complimentary wine and chocolates during intermission Two (2) complimentary mezzanine tickets to the performance of your choice (excludes The Nutcracker) Early access to Special Events reservations

OVATION CIRCLE

($2,500-$4,999)

Complimentary VIP Parking Pass Concierge ticket service through the Development Office Opportunity to visit the studio and view class*

TOPAZ

($5,000-$9,999)

Opportunity to become a Pointe Shoe or Pas de Deux Sponsor of a Carolina Ballet Dancer* Two (2) additional complimentary mezzanine tickets to the performance of your choice (excludes The Nutcracker)* Framed & autographed poster from your favorite production of the current season*

SAPPHIRE

($10,000-$24,999)

Exclusive behind-the-curtain experience* Invitation to the Autumn Reception at the Carolina Ballet Studios Opportunity to become a Dancer Sponsor of a Carolina Ballet Dancer*

EMERALD

($25,000-$49,999)

Opportunity to observe the creation of a new work by our Artistic Director or Guest Choreographer* One Additional VIP Parking Pass*

RUBY

($50,000+)

Receive a full-season of customized Carolina Ballet experiences

DIAMOND

Diamond benefits plus:

(GIFTS UP TO $249.00)

Season Listing on Carolina Ballet’s Website www.carolinaballet.com Invitation to our Special Events *Asterisked Benefits are available upon request. Please contact the Office of Development, (919) 747-8457, to take advantage of these specific activities.

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A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

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CAROLINA BALLET STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE

PRODUCTION

Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . Michele Weathers Production Manager/Technical Director Director of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anne Darter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew Strampe Accounting & Benefits Manager . . . . . . . Aji Touray Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . Julia Tyson Office Operations Coordinator . . Courtney Hilliard Costume Director/Designer . . . Kerri L. Martinsen Resident Lighting Designer . . . . . . . Ross Kolman

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development . . . . . . . Adam Schiffer Senior Development Associate . . . Marjorie Terry Development Associate . . . . . Kirsis Concepcion Individual Gifts Officer . . . . . . . Catherine Perkins Community Liaison and Gift Officer . . . . Ellyn Daniels

MARKETING Director of Marketing & Communications . . . .Sara E. Reichle

Resident Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff A.R. Jones Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . . Andrew Armas Wardrobe Supervisor/Designer . . . . . Terry Baker Props Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aline Johnson First Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christine McInnis Wardrobe Assistant . . . . . . . . Amber Funderburk

SCHOOL OF CAROLINA BALLET

Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . Heather Picquet Superintendent of School Operations Graphic/Web Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelley Jacobsson Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aurora Carey School Admin Assistants . . . . . . . . . . Maura Estes Jemeesa Yarborough Box Office Associate . . . . . . . . . . Sean Armstrong Outreach Teaching Artists . . . . . Megan Mazarick Director of Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Casey Heather Pike, Gretchen Romanowski Lauren Youngman ARTISTIC Artistic Director/CEO . . . . . . . . . . . Zalman Raffael SUMMER INTENSIVE STAFF Founding Artistic Director . . . . . . . . Robert Weiss Director of Summer Intensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Principal Guest Choreographer . . Lynne Taylor-Corbett Margaret Severin-Hansen 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 . . . . .

Jacqueline Schiller Class Pianists . . . . . . . . . . Mark Wells, Karl Moraski Brian Pappal, Michael Pelz-Sherman Senior Consulting Physical Therapist . Elizabeth Henry Resident Physical Therapist . . . . . . . Rebecca Arce Piano Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . John Ruggero and

Richard Ruggero, Ruggero Piano

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CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH THE ARTS The City of Raleigh Arts Commission nurtures creativity and enriches our community by championing the arts in Raleigh: • Partnering with local cultural organizations • Supporting arts programming • Advocating for arts investment • Presenting art exhibitions, public art and special events

2019-2020

RALEIGH ARTS PARTNERS • African American Cultural Festival • Arts Access • Arts Together • Artspace • Artsplosure • Burning Coal Theatre Company • CAM Raleigh • Carolina Ballet • Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild • Chamber Music Raleigh • Classical Voice of NC • Community Music School • Educational Growth Across Oceans • El Pueblo • International Focus • The Justice Theater Project

VINCULANDO AL PUEBLO CON LAS ARTES La Comisión de Artes de la Ciudad de Raleigh sustenta la creatividad y enriquece a nuestra comunidad, favoreciendo las artes en Raleigh por medio de: • La asociación con organizaciones culturales locales • El apoyo de la programación de las artes • El fomento de la inversión en el arte • La presentación de exposiciones artísticas, arte público y eventos especiales

www.raleighnc.gov | 919-996-3610 @OfficeofRaleighArts @RaleighArts @Raleigh_Arts

• Marbles Kids Museum • The NC Chamber Music Institute • NC Master Chorale • NC Museum of History • NC Opera • NC State LIVE • NC State University Theatre • NC Symphony • NC Theatre • North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre • Nuv Yug Cultural Organization • Performance Edge • Philharmonic Association • PineCone • Raleigh Boychoir • Raleigh Civic Symphony Association • Raleigh Little Theatre • The Raleigh Ringers • Raleigh Symphony Orchestra • Theatre in the Park • Visual Art Exchange • Wake Enterprises • Women’s Theatre Festival

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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 December 31, 2019. The Ballet would also like to recognize those who have made special commitments in addition to their Annual Fund Support: Multi-Year Pledge D, Creative Capital Z, and Artistic Director’s Society-Planned Gift Y. $100,000+ City of Raleigh D Duke Energy Progress $50,000+ The John William Pope Foundation D Martin Marietta Materials D North Carolina Arts Council PNC Foundation D The Shubert Foundation

$5,000+ Association of Corporate Counsel Britt Dental Center D Freed of London HUB International Carolinas Robertson Immigration Law Firm Wells Fargo

$2,500+ Citrix Deloitte $25,000+ Paul Scheible, CPA, PLLC DY Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina D PSI CRO Capitol Broadcasting Company D Triangle Dentistry/ E.T. Rollins, Jr. and Frances P. Rollins Foundation Smith and Tart Associates W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Foundation $1,000+ $10,000+ Anonymous Bailey's Fine Jewelry Cary Dance Productions Brigs Restaurants Z Environment Control ChildTrust Foundation Larry's Coffee Beans, Inc. Duke Health The Law Offices of Deborah Bland Koenig Fenwick Foundation D Z Law Pro Form F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Marta's The Jerome Robbins Foundation D Nomaco Inc. D Ruggero Piano Piedmont Insurance and Synergy Face & Body Business Group, LLC Silverback Foundation Triangle Trigger Point Therapy The William Bass Charitable Foundation 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 December 31, 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+

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

Candace and Michael Olander D Louise 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 Y Eve and Sherwood Smith D Y Guy and Mindy Solie D Ms. Vera Tayeh Katherine White and Thomas Urquhart D

$25,000+

$7,500+

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

$50,000+

Anonymous Chip and Judy Anderson D Y Mr. John E. Malmstad 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 D e Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar D e William and Sandra Berry Marion Johnson Church D Cindy K. and Thomas J. Cook D Michele and Laurence Corash LOU Fund e Z Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Green Peter and Donna Heffring John Thomas Hobby, Jr. Endowment Fund D Mr. Johnny Kerr D Judy and Gordon LeGrand D

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport D Y 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 D Dena and Charlie Silver D Ms. Jane A. Small and Mr. George F. Sanderson, III D 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 D 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 D Brian and Cathy Cosens D Ronald and Nancy Davis

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Holly and Grady Crumpler D Margaret Deal D Bob Dannegger Mrs. Angela H. Dillard Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. DeGrand D Y Allyson K. Duncan Jamie Drake Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Foster, Jr. D e Mr. and Mrs. David M. Duke Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew D Mr. Bobby Edgerton Dr. Carolyn T. and Mr. Michael S. Halpern

Allison S. Elsee Carolyn Happer and Leonard Graham Drs. Richard Felder and Amy and Shaun Jones Rebecca Brent D e Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer e Mrs. Mary-Owens Fitzgerald D Nancy K. Lederer D e Phyllis Gordon D Z Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Martin D e Joe and Carol Gosselin Margaret McKean and John Peraza D Stephanie Gray and Toby Terrell John and Bonnie Medinger Drs. Ruth Gross and Hans Kellner D Marjory Moe and Diane Staton Dr. Peter Hamilton Y Ms. Dianne H. Oakland Y Dick and Sylvia Hoffert Sharon Perry and Robert Cooper D Alice Irby and Andrea Irby D Mrs. A. L. Purrington, III D Richard and Barbara Irwin D Larry and Debbie Robbins Horace and Beckie Johnson D Rosemary and Christopher Royce Bobby and Claudia Kadis D Norrish Munson Rozgonyi Chancy and Keith Kapp D e Z Charles A. and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Dr. Lawrence Kim Fund of Triangle Community Fnd Jay Krueger and Jennifer Lohmann D Walter Shur Y Mr. James H. Lazenby Edward and Carol Smithwick D Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Leak D Steven and Joan Techet Chuck Lewis and Laurie Heffner D e Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thomas D Brock and Amanda McCloskey D Alex and Taizo Uchiyama Drs. R. Glen Medders and Paul E. Coggins Lars and Elisabeth von Kantzow D Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Mitchell Peggy Wilks and Don Davis e Y Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. O'Connor Brooklyn and Mike Winters D Susan and Dale Oller D $2,500+ Drs. Lochie B. Overbey and Anonymous (2) R. Donald Coffey, Jr. Perri and Kevin Anderson Mr. Sung Paik Jorgelina Araneda and Randall Stroud Barbara M. Parramore D e Edward and Marlou Bacon e Z Doren Madey Pinnell The Baskerville Fund of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plastina Triangle Community Foundation Zalman Raffael D e Mr. C. Coleman Billingsley, Jr. D Edmund and Louise Reiss D Jon and Lane Blank D Y Francine and Ralph Roberson e Rebecca Christian D Mr. and Mrs. John S. Robinson D Mr. Brian Cook D Ms. Nancy M. Salmon Ruth and Sidney Cox D Anne and William Sena Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg

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Scott and Susan Joan Smiley Baker D 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 Helen H. White Y Tom and Lisa Williamson D e Susan Wolf and Doug MacLean Wendy and Brenda Woodley Pilar and Chuck Zimmerlein

$1,000+ Anonymous (5) Dr. B. Jasmine Adams D Mr. Christopher A. Adams D Ms. Ellen B. Adelman D Richard Adelman, M.D. and Jane Pinsky Ms. Carole J. Akerly Judith Ashbaugh and Dana Stahlman D Mr. Robert Auman and Mrs. Agnes Marshall 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 The Blondy Family 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 Ms. Lucy Broadus 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 Joan Caviness and Scot Huber D Mr. and Mrs. Tim Clancy D June Clendenin David and Karen Cook Jane and Jon Cook D 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 Melanie Black Dubis and Jeff Dubis D Sylvain Dufour and Vanessa Peeters Ms. Clare S. Dupree Bob and Candy Elder 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 Olivia and George Fleming e Mrs. Margaret W. Flintom Jan and Alexander Floyd Mrs. Nella Purrington Fulton Mr. Paul Fulton, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Ruth and Art Gerber Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Gibson Carol C. Gillham Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher Goodmon, Jr. Joe and Carol Gosselin Danielle Greco and Tony Bryant D Eileen Greenbaum and Larry Mintz Ms. Laurie A. Griffith Ms. Elizabeth Hadley Ms. Gayla H. Halbrecht Cheryl and Charles Hall Dr. John E. Hammond

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Mary Hamrick, Randy Hall, and Anna Dr. Julia O'Carroll and Dr. Gary Spodnick and Maria Boyer D Cedric and Sue Pearce D Y Phil and Mary Hanna Patricia L. Pertalion D John and Mary Kay Hannah e Z Anne Platsky D Y Ms. Jeanne K. Harris D Scott and Donna Pliler D Clark and Karen Havighurst Mr. Antoine A. Ponton and Mr. Ryan W. Lenz Dr. Michael Hickman Mr. John Poverchuk The Ella Ann and Frank B. Holding Foundation Dr. Nerissa Price Mr. Alan Hymowitz and Ms. Olivia G. Fried Mr. David E. Reid, III Ms. Becky Johnson D Ms. Charlotte Kirk Reynolds Ms. Susan Joines Mrs. Fran H. Richardson D Jo and Jim Kalat Dr. Michael and Sandra Roberts Mr. Stephen L. Keith and Ms. Lisa C. Glover Dr. Harry M. Rosenberg and Ms. Theresa Joan Rosenberg The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation, Inc. e Mike Killam and Candace Turney e Libby Holding Ross Bob and Charlene Kinelski Mr. Kenneth Russell Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Knowles D Malinda and David Schantz John and Raymonde Koonce D Joe and Dorothy Schmelzeis Michael and Heidi Lanford Ms. Alice L. Schnapier Mr. Roger Lawrence Kay Schoellhorn Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Liggett, III Dr. Christopher O. Schonwalder John and Catherine Schwab D Judith C.P. Lilley D Mr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Lingerfeldt, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Scott, III Kirk and Lois Semke D Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Lockamy Lois Q. Semmens Z Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Luihn Jonathan Shaw and Matthew O'Connor Donna and Eric Lupo D Stephen J. and Karen S. Lyons Pandora Nix Shaw D Mr. David L. Sheeks and Kathryn and Graham Lythgoe Dr. Ann Marie Pendergast D Renate and Robert MacCloy Ms. Carole Shelby Ann and Webb McCracken Mrs. Nora Hutton Shepard D Mac and Susan McMichael Karin Singleton D Y Mr. Steven Miller Ann and Tom Slade Jim and Eileen Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee Smith, III D Mrs. Rosalie Morris D Deborah A. Smith and David A. Seibert D Mrs. Joseph Moylan D Jonathan and Kathryn Wooten Sobel D Ron and Jeanne Muñoz Liddy and Todd Staker D Jillian Munro David and Kimberly Swintosky Mr. and Mrs. James P. Murphy D Betsy and David Taylor D Ms. Christina Floyd Myers Ms. Phillis Taylor The Lindsay Smith Newsom Family Fund Alan B. Teasley and Andrew J. Wheeler D of Triangle Community Foundation David and Theresa Tesh Thomas L. Norris, Jr. and Jane S. Norris Dick and Susan Timmons e

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Dr. Joe Tooley and Mr. Dan DiGregorio D Ms. Elizabeth F. Chenery Phillip Trainor and Roberta Wood Stanley Chojnacki and Barbara J. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Trowbridge D Ms. Linda S. Christiana Jack Clasen and Linda Brower D Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham Mr. Justin Cranford D Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Tully D Carolyn Dalby Edgar Vardanian and Heather Eberhardt Mr. and Mrs. J. Lynn Davis Dr. Page Wages

Stephen F. Davis and Nancy E. Shoemaker Tom and Mary Kennedy Ward June and Al Decker The Weisler Family Fund Joe and Janie DeMario of Triangle Community Foundation Ms. Patricia Dube D Betty Buller Whitehead Lilyan Vigo Ellis and Jarrod Ellis Nell and Jim Whitlock Richard and Donna Falvo Suzanne Whitmeyer D Marsha Ferree and Michael Gering Ms. Elizabeth Whitmore D Ms. Gisela H. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Joel T.C. Williams D Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Flynn e Z Ray C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Fox The Winters Family D Donald and Elizabeth Frazer Meribeth Withrow Ms. Caryl G. Fuller Joan and John Wrede Sharon and J.C. Garbutt D Heather and David Yeowell Ted Glod Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer Y Ms. Jean M. Graham Matthew and Nikiann Gray $500+ Mr. Allen Greenberg Anonymous (6) Mr. Owen Gwyn, Jr. The 2019 Nutcracker Kids Ceil Weinstein Hall Norm and Rebecca Aamodt Mr. and Mrs. James Healy Mr. and Mrs. John M. Alexander, Jr. Harriet and Jim Hill Sarah Alston and Steven Barry Nancy Hogg and Gretchen Hogg O'Briant Beverly and Robert Atwood Bob and Kathy Hykes Ann Bare and Thomas Zang Mr. H.V. Jones Tamara P. and Brent D. Barringer Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hugh Keefer Drs. Randal and Alice Batenhorst Ms. Shannon Kennedy Ms. Nancy B. Battiste Martha N. Keravuori Arthur Benavie and Marcy Lansman Linda J. Kranendonk Dr. Sarah B. Berenson Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Lamey Mary and Marianna Berry Mark and Nancy LaPointe Mr. and Mrs. Udo Blum Stephen and Julie Lowe L. Ellen Bradley Debbie O. Lucas Ms. Penelope H. Bridgers Ms. Jennifer E. MacKethan Donna Bryant and Donald Stanford, Jr. Tracy Mancini and Norris Cotton Ms. Carol Weisberg Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mattocks, II Kay Burgess Jennifer May Drs. Gregory and Coralie Cannon

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Dr. and Mrs. Russell G. McAllister, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Wachtel, III Mary McMorris and Leonard Santoro D Francine Warwick and Christopher Martin Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Mescher Lydia Wegman and Robert Cantwell Addie Miller and Steve Butts Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler Mr. and Mrs. Anthony H. Monioudis Louise Williams and Richard Silva Ms. Millicent P. Mooring Victoria Wright Carl and Louise Zorowski Drs. Thomas M. and Elizabeth G. Motyka Ms. Patricia A. Moylan D $250+ Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mueller Anonymous (6) Ms. Heather Munro Ms. Allison R. Northcutt e Leon and Sallie Abbas Joel R. Adams D Ms. Susan Osborne and Ms. Terry D. Adkins Mr. Stephen Reynolds Mr. Lawrence L. Adrian Ms. Margaret O'Shaughnessey D Ms. Beverly Allen Dan and Marlene Palchinsky Mr. John Altuner Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Parker Prinny Anderson D Christopher Pennington Mr. and Mrs. Allen Armstrong Harry and Tari Perlstadt Ralph and Daphne Ashworth Ms. Patricia S. Peterson Mrs. Barbara B. Baker Mr. Sean Pierson Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Banna Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Pilkinton Mr. and Mrs. William H. Barfield, IV Michelle and Charles Putterman Ms. Patricia A. Barnes Mr. and Mrs. Orage Quarles, III Ms. Lynn E. Beegle Mr. and Mrs. W. Trent Ragland, III Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Beemer D Mr. and Mrs. Hurley P. Raynor The Bell Family Foundation Nancy Schiebel Lori and Aaron Bennear D Ellen Schloemer D Y Dr. Alexandra and Mr. Andrew Bentleyv D Sarah Schroth Michael Bertics and Carolyn Fleck Ms. Claudia Seegraber Mr. and Mrs. David Beuning Ms. Jill Seifert Carol and Bob Bilbro Faith and Arnold Shertz Blair Bowers Mrs. Cicely P. Shoemaker Mr. and Mrs. C. O’Donnell L. Boyce Lynn and Sabetay Sides Kristina and Dale Brunelle Leslie and John Silverstein Joe and Janet Buff Tom and Judy Jo Small Susan and Dennis Burns e Ms. M. Lynn Smiley Jason Burns Anita L. Stejskal e Mr. Jaimon Caceres Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Sullivan The Caveness Family Mrs. Resi Thomas Dr. Margaret K. Champion D Mark and Lucinda Thompson D Ken and Marilyn Cherry Ms. Eunice L. Toussaint Robert and Lucinda Chew Mr. and Mrs. James R. Trotter Mr. David Clappier Vivian and Barney Varner

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Ms. Sandra L. Clements Mark and Beth Hallowell Jenn Collins and Paul Runkle Mr. William F. Hamlin, Jr. Dr. John and Robin Costello Lee and Dotty Hanson Ms. Lillian G. Harter D Dr. and Mrs. James S. Coxe, III Dr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Harvie, Jr. Rev. Margaret G. Crandall Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Haynes Ms. Laura Grady Crumpler Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Head Mr. and Mrs. Jack Curtis The Family of Izzy Hemric Ms. Anne E. Darter Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Hipp Dr. Dorothy A. Demby-Paige Ann E. Holloman Yvonne M. DeWald D Ms. Lois M. DeWolfe William and Mary Alice Holmes Annette M.T. and Daniel Homiller D Ms. Elsie M. Eads Mrs. Barbara W. Hood Shawn and Jacqueline Earle Dr. and Mrs. Hank G. Hoomani D Y Jo Anne and Shelley Earp Mr. William L. Hopper D Terry Byrd Eason and Jonathan D. Whitney J. and Andrea Hosfelt Kathleen Eaton Jiaan Jelokhani Mr. and Mrs. John R. Erwin Liz and Tom Jochum Sherry Essig and Warren Raybould Laura Mary Johnson Peggy and Jim Fain Bob and Cecelia Jolls Mr. and Mrs. John G. Fifield Mr. and Mrs. Walton K. Joyner Gene and Herbert Fischer Ms. Lillian M. Kaluza Dan and Michelle Fisher Joan and Howard Kastel Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Flood Ms. Carol E. Kasworm Paul and Leslie Friedrich Annette Kirshner Elise and Sean Gannaway Mr. Frank Lagano Ms. Alison Gantt Phyllis S. Larson Ms. Katherine Garman Ms. Jean A. Lee John and Ouita Gatton Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lee Dan Gaugert and Terry Harper D Mr. Russell V. Lee The Gilpin Family Drs. Mark E. Leithe and Linda Gray Leithe Dr. and Mrs. A. Blanton Godfrey The Linthicum Family Susan Dumas Godwin Betsy Anne B. Lumsden Ekaterina and Robert Golub D Sandi Macdonald and Henry Grzes Mr. Robert S. Goodale Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Malik Ms. Dawn Graham Mr. Phil Malinosky Dr. Nancy Green and Mr. Andrew Huber Kathy Maloney and Kevin Koch Mr. Crash Gregg Mr. Barry C. Mangum and Mr. Anthony C. Burden Emanuella Grinberg and Josh Stephens Frank and Rebecca Maselli D Mr. Hugh Grist Ms. Monica Mauk Mr. and Mrs. George E. Grosser Jim May and Richard Cox Bob and Laura Gutman D Grey Hall Gary E. McDaniel

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Mr. and Mrs. James J. McEnery Barbara Strohbehn Mr. Matthew J. Melino Mrs. Thomas B. Suiter, Jr. Julie B. Tomlin D Susan Meredith Brea Torres Sally Myers Moore Mr. Daniel Triggle Vincent Moss Mr. James J.R. Tripp and Ms. Sara E. Baker Barbara and Terry Murphy Dr. Kristina Kade Troost Peggy and John Murray Ms. Jan Tuchinsky Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Neely, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Tyler Mary LeGere and John Newton e Casey Nguyen Bob and Terri Tyson Sue and Lee Noel Eric and Karin Vander Elst Carol Vatz D Donald and Patricia Novak Mr. and Mrs. Ioannis Viniotis William Palmer and JoAnn Hotta Chris and Mary Perrin Vlahoplus Mr. and Mrs. Byron Lee Parry e Ms. E. Gail Perry Ms. Mary E. Wagner Anna Waller and Steve Marshall D Deborah and Alan Petersburg D Sandra Phillips Yaggy D Tyler and Julie Walters Mr. and Mrs. David Plucinsky Mr. and Mrs. William G. Wasserman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Powell Mr. and Mrs. Ron Weiner Ms. Helen Probst-Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael Welker Charles and Judith Proctor Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Whaley Mr. Gordon P. Whitaker and Alan and Nancy Proia Mr. Robert L. Hellwig Ms. Erika Radcliff Kay Karslake White Ms. Mary B. Regan Steve and Lesley Wilson D Barbara J. Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. William E. Wilson, Jr. Ms. Cameron Robbins Mary Ann Frese Witt Ms. Louise A. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Kirk E. Woelffer Ranae Rogerson and Mary H. Bridges Janet S. Wolf Tim and Ruth Ann Ross Bob and Kirin Wylie D Ms. Joyce A. Rothchild Hong Yang and Craig Rooth Henderson and Jane Davis Rourk Mr. and Mrs. Smedes York Tom and Linda Rydesky Mrs. Gerry Pope Young D Ms. Jennifer Sapia Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zellinger Scot Scheuring and Tod Carver Anne and Steve Schmitt Judith Silver Ronald and Emily Sley Ms. Patricia Sliwak-Grinberg Mr. Christopher J. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Staggers Drs. Barbara and Gordon Still Ms. Deborah A. Stockdale Bobby and Patty Stricklin

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Beethoven is Knocking MARCH 22, 2020 | 3:00 PM Arriaga - Overture Mozart - Piano Concerto No.18 Beethoven - Symphony No.5

Mozart and His Contemporaries MAY 3, 2020 | 3:00 PM Cartellieri - Symphony No.1 in C Major Pleyel - Symphony in C Major Mozart - Violin Concerto No.4 Wranitzky - Symphony in D Major

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The guiding principles of Choreographing Carolina Ballet's Future Campaign are our commitments to the future. The future is not only the next five years, but what this Company will mean and the role it will play in our community, our state and nationally for generations to come.

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We are committed to Carolina Ballet's continued growth alongside the amazing renaissance that Raleigh and the Triangle are experiencing.

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For more information about the Campaign, contact Adam Schiffer, Director of Development, at 919-747-8457 or email aschiffer@carolinaballet.com.

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Thank you for supporting Carolina Ballet!

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Judy and Steve Zelnak “Steve and I both recognize what a unique gift Carolina Ballet is to our community. It is a cultural jewel and economic asset that we need to foster, not just now, but for the future. This was the impetus for our commitment. The Ballet is an important part of the cultural fabric that makes Raleigh and our area unique. It is our hope that an increasing number of individuals and businesses will join us and the many other current supporters in lifting Carolina Ballet to an even higher level.”

— Judy Zelnak, Carolina Ballet Board Member

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$750,000 MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE Join the Zelnak’s challenge with any new or increased gift in support of the Annual Fund.

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LIVE MUSIC CHALLENGE Each season, one orchestra accompaniment at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium will be matched by the Zelnaks.

$2,000,000 LEGACY GIFT CHALLENGE Every new dollar committed to the Ballet’s Artistic Director’s Society will be matched up to $2 million by a legacy gift from the Zelnaks.

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

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