The Kaplan New Works Series 2013 Program

1963–2013 Patric Palkens

THE

Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund

Rosemary & Mark Schlachter

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

ONE GENERATION PLANTS THE TREES; ANOTHER GETS THE SHADE.

From the time Cincinnati was a village surrounding old Fort Washington when soldiers would present concerts for the settlement, the arts were valued and generations before us took measures to ensure that we too would have the chance to appreciate them.

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation takes pride in supporting Cincinnati Ballet in its 50th 49th Season.

We encourage you to join us in preserving this rich heritage.

DEAR CINCINNATI BALLET LOVERS, I want you to digress with me a minute. There’s a great moment in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory that’s been on my mind as of late. On part of their factory tour, Wonka’s small band of prize-winning guests comes to a grinding halt in front of a steel-cased door that could rival a high-security bank vault. Wonka turns, his face uncharacteristically grave, and he issues a stern warning of secrecy as he ever-so-formally invites them into…The Inventing Room.

As they walk into the cavernous space, they know with unspoken certainty that they are getting an exclusive glimpse into the future of candy making.

In many ways, New Works is our Inventing Room. And tonight, you have a Golden Ticket.

Rest assured, there’s no vow of secrecy. No non-disclosure agreement. In fact, we’d be disappointed if you didn’t share the amazing things in store for you here. But make no mistake. You will see our industry secrets, our products in development, in a way that few others have. For our P&G affiliates in the audience, think of it as our Research and Development Department.

Like any inventor, New Works is our opportunity to play with raw material in uncustomary ways. Instead of new flavors, textures and aromas, we explore new tempos, new movement philosophies and new theories of space. These are the ingredients of dance. And the pairings are endless.

You may not like everything you see today. (There’s a small part of me that secretly hopes you don’t.) I do want you to have a superlative experience and I’m confident you’ll discover some brilliant dance making. But New Works is also about refining your own palette. And the beauty of these communal experiences is that we all have different tastes.

I’ve come to realize that our New Works audience is special. The thrill of the “new.” The anticipation of discovery. It brought you here. To this corner of Over the Rhine where mysteries are revealed. Not all mysteries are beloved. But they challenge us. And we are made the better for them.

A quick glance at the news will assure you that Cincinnati is quickly earning a reputation as a hotbed of innovation - entrepreneurial, forward thinking and deliciously inventive. It would be uncouth of us to take credit for starting such a trend, but with New Works celebrating its 9th anniversary and a long list of world premieres behind us, I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.

On the dawn of our 50th Anniversary Season, I can’t think of a better way to start this year than by sharing our secrets with you. Treasure them. Dissect them. And be bold in your opinions. We have. But pace yourself. This is just the beginning...

Your not-so-secretive Artistic Director and CEO, Victoria Morgan

1963–2013

Dianne Dunkelman & Peter Schwartz Karen & Christopher Bowman | Alex & Chris Keith Rhythm & Motion Participants

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

SACRED GROUND

WORLD PREMIERE CHOREOGRAPHER: Jodie Gates MUSIC: Over the Rhine Karin Berquist, Linford Detweiler LIGHTING: Trad A Burns COSTUMES: Christine Joly de Lotbiniere

Sacred Ground is inspired and driven by the musical selection. The soulful sounds

composed and performed by Over the Rhine carry the work through a honest sense of humanity. The abstract ballet demonstrates intertwining spirals and gestural movements that string together community and diverse relationships. Unattainable memories are seen through the eyes of a solo female figure that seems to be conducting the past, present and future as she weaves through each relationship.

YOU ARE HERE

WORLD PREMIERE CHOREOGRAPHER: Gina Patterson MUSIC: Ludovico Einaudi LIGHTING: Trad A Burns COSTUMES: Christine Darch I am here You are there and in the end, and in some ways ~ always I am alone in my experience of you ~ entwined in memory, thoughts in flight dancing with shadows ~ endless sky Time gently rocks, gently rocks until darkness falls away and silence whispers

HABITUAL

WORLD PREMIERE CHOREOGRAPHER: Heather Britt MUSIC: Gabriel Gaffney Smith, 7.28.13

WORLD PREMIERE

Trad A Burns COSTUMES: Cincinnati Ballet Wardrobe

LIGHTING:

“I have had such a great time working so intimately with these amazingly talented dancers! Habitual is a duet about feeling stuck and the attraction that we have as humans to repeat what is familiar.”

THE MAN IN BLACK

James Kudelka Johnny Cash (In My Life, Four Strong

CHOREOGRAPHER: MUSIC:

Winds, Sam Hall, If You Could Read My Mind, Hurt and Further on Up the Road) STAGED BY:

Gerard Charles RECREATED BY: Devon Carney

Hoax Couture April 23, 2010, Capitol Theater, Columbus, Ohio BalletMet CINCINNATI BALLET PREMIERE: September 8, 2011, Cincinnati Ballet Center COSTUMES:

WORLD PREMIERE:

The Man in Black, originally commissioned by BalletMet Columbus and given its premiere in

April 2010, is a celebration of American working-class grit and of the man whose gravely voice embodied it so movingly, Johnny Cash. Six Cash songs – all covers from the later part of his career – are given visual resonance in a suite of dances for an ensemble of three men and a woman, all in cowboy boots. The choreography riffs off several popular American country-western dance styles – line, square, swing, step dancing – retaining their vernacular, almost colloquial character yet generating imagery that complements the songs’ varying moods and emotional undercurrents. The “Damn your eyes” defiance of the traditional folk song Sam Hall contrasts with the aching melancholy of Trent Reznor’s (Nine Inch Nails) Hurt and heartache of Gordon Lightfoot’s If You Could Read My Mind. Dance chains unravel and reassemble in surprising ways. Formations stomp decisively or glide across the stage as if wafted by a desert breeze. The fluid partnering and sculptural groupings generate a stream of arrestingly poetic images. Rather than portray defined characters, the dancers project a naturalistic immediacy that connects at a visceral level with the spirit of the music. The choreography, like the songs that inspire it, is an ode to the human spirit, socially congenial yet proudly independent; vulnerable yet resilient.

CAPRICE

WORLD PREMIERE CHOREOGRAPHER: Val Caniparoli MUSIC: Niccolò Paganini, Caprices for Solo Violin LIGHTING: Trad A Burns COSTUMES: Sandra Woodall VIOLIN SOLOISTS: Haoli Lin, Yabing Tan

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CHOREOGRAPHERS JODIE GATES Ms. Gates has established a versatile career as a choreographer, educator, director and dancer. She is inspired by innovation, risk-taking and the pushing of boundaries, counterpoised with an abiding respect for tradition. Her choreographic work spans over a decade with over fifty creations. Her works are currently performed by the Staatsballett Berlin in Germany, Ballet West, American Ballet Theater II, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Colorado Ballet and BalletX. She continues to be in demand by companies nationally. During the 2013/14 dance season her premieres include new works for Kansas City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet. Her choreography is characterized by vivid articulation of balletic vocabulary, rich musicality and warm humanity, and has been called “visually compelling, powerful, beautiful,” by the Philadelphia Inquirer and “richly textured, deftly crafted and profound,” by The Orange County Register.

Jodie is Vice Dean and Director of the new USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, and recently honored by the American Association of University Women for her dedication and contribution to the dance field. She has been recognized for her choreographic excellence named the Altria/ABT Fellow, and a recipient of the Jerome Robbins ‘New Essential Works’ program.

She has performed as a principal ballerina with Joffrey Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and as an international guest artist touring throughout North and South America, Mexico, Russia, Asia, Australia and Europe and has been featured in numerous television programs and celebrated festivals. She is founder/director of the award-winning Laguna Dance Festival and is also responsible for producing William Forsythe’s ballets.

ENJOY WHAT YOU’VE SEEN TODAY?

GINA PATTERSON Gina Patterson has been hailed as a choreographer of “startling originality” Back Stage and “engaging creativity” (Richard Christensen) and is the artistic director of VOICE Dance Company, a project-based laboratory for her work.

She was awarded the Choo San Goh Award for Choreography, the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Choreographer, and was selected five times for the Ballet Builder’s Showcase in New York. Ms. Patterson is a winner of the Hubbard Street 2 National Choreographic Competition and the National Choreographic Initiative in California and her ballets have been presented internationally in Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Spain. Since 1998, she has created over 70 original works for companies including VOICE, Richmond Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, CoDa21, Ballet Austin, Ballet Concierto, Nashville Ballet, Ballet Florida, Dayton Ballet, BalletMet, DanceWorks Chicago, Imagery, Ballet Pacifica, Ballet East, Point Park University, and the University of Iowa.

Ms. Patterson is known as a versatile, consummate performer of classical and contemporary principal roles. Over the last 25 years, she has danced with VOICE, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Ballet Austin, Ballet Florida, American Repertory Ensemble, and as a guest artist, performing in the US, Canada, Iceland, Greece, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and France.

HEATHER BRITT

Heather Britt is an accomplished choreographer, dancer and teacher who grew up in Cincinnati and attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts. After dancing professionally with many modern dance companies in California, she returned home to perform, teach and choreograph in Cincinnati. Heather teaches dance full time at Northern Kentucky University and Uptown Arts. She is the Regional Director of Rhythm & Motion Cincinnati, a dance workout program, at Cincinnati Ballet. Britt’s recent choreography projects include work for Cincinnati Ballet, ArtsWave, Exhale Dance Tribe, Playhouse in the Park, The Ohio Lottery and concert:nova. The YWCA named Heather a 2011 Rising Star. Britt enjoys working with the dancers because “they are able to move with athleticism and grace, and they are fearless. They approach the choreography with such positive attitudes and are willing to push to try new things. For a choreographer, that is truly a gift.”

CHOREOGRAPHERS (continued) JAMES KUDELKA

James Kudelka is widely acknowledged as one of North America’s most innovative choreographers. His mastery of both classical ballet and modern/contemporary dance has earned him commissions from companies—some 25 in all—as stylistically diverse as American Ballet Theatre, Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal. As a student at Canada’s National Ballet School, Kudelka demonstrated a choreographic interest in exploring innovative approaches. He infuses classical ballet vocabulary with a contemporary sensibility acquired from his intense interest in modern movement idioms.

Kudelka’s work covers an impressive range, from virtuoso pas de deux, through large-scale adaptations of classics Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and Cinderella, to innovative collaborations with dancers, designers and musicians. After nine distinguished years as artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada (1996-2005) James Kudelka continues to undertake collaborative projects that engage and challenge him as a choreographer.

VAL CANIPAROLI

Val Caniparoli’s versatility has made him one of the most sought after choreographers in the United States and abroad. Although he is most closely associated with San Francisco Ballet, his artistic home for more than 30 years, Caniparoli has contributed to the repertories of more than 40 companies, including Joffrey Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Ballet West, Washington Ballet, Israel Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, State Theatre Ballet of South Africa and Tulsa Ballet. Caniparoli has also choreographed for the Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He has worked on several occasions with the San Francisco Symphony, most recently on the Rimsky-Korsakov opera-ballet Mlada, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Caniparoli has been the recipient of ten grants for choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts, an artist fellowship from the California Arts Council, and two awards from the Choo-San Goh and H. Robert Magee Foundation. Work with American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco includes choreography for A Christmas Carol (2005), the 2004 production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and the creation, with Carey Perloff, of a new movement-theater piece, Tosca Cafe.

VIOLINISTS HAOLI LIN Haoli Lin, 22 years-old, began playing violin at age 6 and has performed in concert venues throughout China. As the 1st prize winner at the Andrews International String competition in 2013, and previously as the prize winner at the China National Violin Competition, he played as soloist with the China Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Starling Chamber Orchestra, and the Shenzhen Youth Symphony Orchestra in concert halls throughout China. He has attended the Great Wall International Music Academy for four years where, in master-classes, he studied with renowned violinists and teachers such as Goto Midori, Miriam Fried, Eliot Chapo, and the Tokyo Quartet.

After graduating from the Shenzhen Arts School in 2009, Haoli was awarded a full Starling scholarship to study at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he is currently a student of Kurt Sassmannshaus. Recently he has been accepted at CCM for the master’s degree program with full scholarship and Starling award.

YABING TAN Yabing Tan, born 1990 in Hunan Province, China, started playing violin at age 6 in Guangdong Province. At age 7 she was discovered by Prof. Lin Yaoji from Beijing’s Central Conservatory. After studying with him for 2 years she moved to Beijing to enroll in the Middle School of the Central Conservatory. She has performed as soloist in China, Canada, United States, and in Europe.

She has attended the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing as a scholarship receiver every summer since 2006. In 2007 she was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Cincinnati’s College-Consevatory of Music, and is the youngest concertmaster of the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2010, she was invited to attend the 6th Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition and the 10th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition. She was also invited to the Naumburg International Violin Competition in New York in the summer of 2012. Following that, she went to the 8th Great Wall International Music Academy and won the first prize in string quartet competition. Ms. Tan is currently a second year master student studying under professor Kurt Sassmannshaus and also a teaching assistant in his studio.

ARTISTIC STAFF VICTORIA MORGAN - ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CEO Over the past 16 years, Cincinnati Ballet has experienced tremendous growth and critical success under the leadership of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. As the company entered its 45th Anniversary Season in 2008, Ms. Morgan took on the additional role as an executive leader, serving for the first time as both the Artistic Director and CEO to lead the company into a vibrant and confident future.

Ms. Morgan arrived in Cincinnati in 1997, taking immediate steps to raise the company’s standard of excellence by attracting celebrated dancers, choreographers, and ballet masters to the Ballet from the international dance realm. Her choreography has also brought the company critical acclaim, most recently noted by the success of the 2011 world premiere of her Frisch’s Presents the New Nutcracker. She is on the board of Dance Magazine and DanceUSA, has served on the NEA evaluation panel, and has served as judge for the New York International Ballet Competition and the Benois de la Danse Awards Gala. Ms. Morgan came to Cincinnati Ballet after nearly a decade as resident choreographer for the San Francisco Opera. She was a principal dancer for San Francisco Ballet (1978-1987) and Ballet West (1969-1978). Her repertoire included leading roles in numerous classical and Balanchine ballets, as well as in many modern and contemporary ballets. She performed lead roles for television and film, and her choreography was featured in the PBS documentary, The Creation of O.M.O.

Ms. Morgan graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A from the University of Utah and was honored as a 2009 Distinguished Alumna. She was also honored as a 2009 YWCA Career Woman of Achievement.

CARMON DELEONE - MUSIC DIRECTOR Carmon DeLeone, Music Director of The Cincinnati Ballet, The Middletown (OH) Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra possesses an impressive list of accomplishments. At New York’s Carnegie Hall, he has served as Conductor and Host of the Family Concert Series with the Orchestra of St. Lukes. He has conducted frequent performances in Europe with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been named the Illinois “Music Director of the Year.” Under Mr. DeLeone’s leadership, The Illinois Philharmonic was twice named the “Illinois Orchestra of the Year.”

As a composer, he most recently premiered his Fanfare, Funk and Fandango (An American Dance Set). He has composed many original scores for the ballet, most recently his Princess & the Pea. His best known work, the full-length ballet in two acts, Peter Pan, is enjoying continued praise in major cities from coast to coast, as well as overseas.

Maestro DeLeone conducted the debut of Peter Pan in London during a 28-performance run with the Atlanta Ballet at the prestigious Royal Festival Hall. His list of ballet score creations also includes Frevo, Guernica, With Timbrel and Dance Praise His Name, and Ruth Page’s Billy Sunday, which was nationally televised in 1983.

During his 12-year tenure as Assistant, and later Resident Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Maestro DeLeone served on its staff with Music Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind, and Erich Kunzel. He was also selected personally by Maestro Erich Leinsdorf to participate in an intensive master conducting seminar at Lincoln Center.

Maestro DeLeone earned B.M., B.S., and M.M. degrees from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He served at CCM as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Opera and Music Theatre. He has been presented with their “Distinguished Alumni Award.”

Maestro DeLeone is very pleased to have made his New York conducting debut with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for their season-opening gala performance of Carmina Burana and Revelations at New York’s City Center. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and was immediately re-engaged to host and conduct all of the following year’s series of Family Concerts.

Maestro DeLeone is a proud recipient of Cincinnati’s most prestigious “Post-Corbett Award” for excellence in the arts and was recently named as “A Gentleman Of Style And Substance” by Cincinnati Magazine. He lives in Cincinnati (North Avondale) with his wife of 40-plus years, Kathleen.

JOHANNA BERNSTEIN WILT - ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Johanna Bernstein Wilt joined Cincinnati Ballet in 1981 and danced for 11 seasons before becoming Ballet Mistress in 1992. Bernstein Wilt has staged ballets for notable choreographers such as Victoria Morgan, Septime Webre, Kirk Peterson, David Nixon, Peter Anastos and Jessica Lang to name a few, at Cincinnati Ballet and other ballet companies. She recreated, in conjunction with Frederic Franklin, CBE, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Movements of Léonide Massine’s Seventh Symphony for Cincinnati Ballet, which has received praise in The New York Times as well as many other national and international dance publications. Her choreographic credits include Everyday Is a New Beginning, for Cincinnati Ballet’s New Works during the 2008-2009 Season, and A Hero’s Prayer for the 2011-2012 New Works to commemorate her 30 years of work at Cincinnati Ballet. The Her latest project was re-staging Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland) for Cincinnati Ballet in the 2012-2013 Season. She became Artistic Associate in August 2013.

ARTISTIC STAFF (continued) SUZETTE BOYER WEBB - CBII MANAGER/ ACADEMY COACH Suzette Boyer Webb, Cincinnati Ballet II Company Manager and Children’s Ballet Mistress, is a former Principal Dancer with Cincinnati Ballet. Prior to retuning to Cincinnati Ballet, Suzette served on the Dance Division faculty at the University Of Cincinnati College Conservatory Of Music for many years. There, she received the University of Cincinnati’s Outstanding Adjunct Teacher of the Year award.

Suzette began her early training with Tom Adair and Mme. Seda Sorvillo, a pupil of Mikhail Mordkin, the dance partner of famed ballerina Anna Pavlova. Working under the direction of David McClain, Frederic Franklin and Ivan Nagy at Cincinnati Ballet, Suzette danced in repertoire ranging from the classic to modern. She has performed in works by choreographers Frederic Franklin, Ivan Nagy, George Balanchine, Ruth Page, Peter Anastos, John Butler, Sir Kenneth McMillian, Ben Stevenson and Vincente Nebrada, James Truitte, and has appeared in the PBS productions of Ruth Page’s Billy Sunday and Alice in Wonderland.

CHRISTOPHER STOWELL - ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Christopher Stowell was born in New York City and received his training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. In 1985, he joined San Francisco Ballet where he danced for sixteen years. As a principal dancer, Stowell had roles created for him by artistic director Helgi Tomasson and by contemporary choreographers including Mark Morris, William Forsythe and James Kudelka. An established interpreter of the George Balanchine repertoire, Stowell appeared in almost every Balanchine ballet performed by SFB. Stowell has taught and coached in San Francisco, New York, Japan, China and Europe. He has created new works for San Francisco Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Diablo Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet, as well as the New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute. He has also staged the works of George Balanchine and Mark Morris.

In 2003, Christopher Stowell became Oregon Ballet Theatre’s second artistic director. He made significant additions to the OBT repertoire, bringing to Portland works from some of the world’s most celebrated choreographers, including Ashton, Balanchine, Robbins, Taylor, Tomasson, Wheeldon and Lubovitch, and toured the company to Korea, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Colorado, Washington and Wyoming. In addition to creating eight world premieres for OBT, Stowell also commissioned works by internationally prominent artists James Kudelka, Kent Stowell, Trey McIntyre, Yuri Possokhov, Julia Adam and Nicolo Fonte. Stowell served as OBT’s artistic director from 2003 to 2012.

TRAD A BURNS - RESIDENT LIGHTING DESIGNER Trad A Burns is a lighting and scenic designer based in Boston, his career has spanned theatre, dance, and amusement parks, as well as architectural and retail lighting. Designing over 400 productions during the last two decades, his varied work has been seen around the world. Designs include works for Cincinnati Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet British Columbia, Washington Ballet, Spectrum Dance, Ballet Hawaii, Verb Ballets, New York Theatre Workshop (NYC), The Public Theatre (NYC), La Mama ETC (NYC), HERE (NYC), Classic Stage Company (NYC), The Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cedar Point, ValleyFair, Knott’s Berry Farm, Kings Island, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disneyland Japan, Disney Sea, Disney Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruise Lines, Universal Studios Florida & Japan, Woodstock Ice Productions, and The Family of Charles M. Schulz.

Enjoying his tenth season as the Resident Lighting Designer for Cincinnati Ballet, Trad has been privileged to design two world premieres by Choreographer Adam Hougland, as well as world premiere works by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan, Devon Carney, Johanna Bernstein Wilt, Kirk Peterson, Trey McIntyre, Val Caniparoli, Donald Byrd, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Viktor Kabaniaev, and Jessica Lang.

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PRINCIPAL DANCERS CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

Camaguey, Cuba - Joined in 2004 “I didn’t want to be a dancer,” says Amador, now in his eighth year as Principal Dancer at Cincinnati Ballet. Initially athletic and interested in playing the saxophone, Amador’s parents gently nudged him towards ballet at the age of nine, and he’s been hooked ever since.“It’s one of those things that is so hard, and you wake up in the morning and your body basically doesn’t want to move because it’s so tired and it’s so sore and in so much pain, but you go and do it, and after you do it, the next day you just love it again. I love it. It’s like an addiction. It’s a really hard career, but it becomes this passion, this addiction. You just need it.”

FUN FACT: Cervilio has his own YouTube channel: Cervilio Amador.

SARAH HAIRSTON

Charleston, South Carolina - Joined in 2001 After seeing a Broadway production of Cats as a child, watching the actors prowl around on stage, Hairston was hooked on the limelight. “Unfortunately I cannot sing, so classical ballet seemed to be a better route to take!” she says. Dancing since nearly three years old, Hairston trained at Calvert Brodie School of Dance under Ann Brodie, North Carolina School of the Arts and Boston Ballet, where she then danced professionally before joining Cincinnati Ballet. Hairston faced her share of adversity since joining Cincinnati Ballet in 2001, overcoming two grueling ACL injuries in three years. “It was a struggle to come back both times, and I felt at times that people would not trust my dancing and believe in me again,” she says. “However, then I realized that if I believed in myself, that was all that mattered.” Hairston also credits her students at Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy with immense emotional support and inspiration. “It makes this amazing career I have even more worth it....to be a role model for a child is the best feeling.”

FUN FACT: You can follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahanddakota

JANESSA TOUCHET

Photography: Peter Mueller

New Orleans, Louisiana - Joined in 2001 Touchet will never forget her 19th birthday. That was the day Victoria Morgan came to Pacific Northwest Ballet, to audition Touchet’s professional division. “Directors from everywhere auditioned us, but nobody ever picked me,” she says. “I remember thinking she wouldn’t like me anyway, so I told myself to just have fun, and after it was over, she said, ‘I’d like to talk to Janessa’.”

Crossed wires with communicating Touchet’s acceptance of Morgan’s apprenticeship offer led to a planned spot with Memphis Ballet, but Morgan called one last time and Touchet was able to come to Cincinnati Ballet instead. “I was meant to be here. I started as an apprentice and moved all the way through the ranks.

I had always had my heart and mind set on Cincinnati Ballet.”

Prior to joining Cincinnati Ballet, Touchet trained with the Delta Festival Ballet under the direction of Joseph Giacobbe, Giacobbe Academy of Dance, Hartford Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet.

FUN FACT: Janessa’s favorite food is McDonald’s French fries.

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2013-2014 ARTISTIC STAFF & DANCERS ARTISTIC STAFF

VICTORIA MORGAN Artistic Director & CEO SPONSORS: Sue & Bill Friedlander, The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

CARMON DELEONE Music Director SPONSORS: Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund

SUZETTE BOYER WEBB CBII Manager/ Academy Coach

JOHANNA BERNSTEIN WILT Artistic Associate

CHRISTOPHER STOWELL Artist in Residence

PRINCIPALS

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR Camaguey, Cuba Joined in 2004

SPONSORS: Jim & Fran Allen and Ms. Ingrid Handl & Mr. Walter Geiger & Heather and Jonathan Theders

SARAH HAIRSTON Charleston, South Carolina Joined in 2001

SPONSORS: Dr. Robert & Suzanne Hasl

JANESSA TOUCHET New Orleans, Louisiana Joined in 2001

SENIOR SOLOISTS

RODRIGO ALMARALES Cuba Joined in 2011

GEMA DIAZ Pinar del Rio, Cuba Joined in 2005

SENIOR SOLOISTS

SOLOISTS

PATRIC PALKENS Lewistown, Montana Joined in 2011

COURTNEY CONNOR JONES Huntington Beach, California

SPONSORS: Flavia Bastos & Larry Huston and Peggy Ann Markstein

SPONSORS: Shelley Goshorn

SPONSORS: Bernie & Mary Kay Calonge and Noel Julnes-Dehner & Joe Julnes-Dehner

SPONSORS: Mr. & Mrs. Larry McGruder and Dee Shaffer

LIANG FU Qingdao, China Joined in 2008

ZACK GRUBBS Dallas, Texas Joined in 2002

ROMEL FROMETA Havana, Cuba Joined in 2012

MAIZYALET VELÁZQUEZ Cieba, Puerto Rico Joined in 2007

SPONSORS: Tiffany & Hampton Shiver

SPONSORS: Tony & Mary Talbott

SPONSORS: Mary Magner & Joseph Preston and Friend of Cincinnati Ballet

CORPS DE BALLET

DANIELLE BAUSINGER JOSHUA BODDEN Ridgewood, Miami, Florida New Jersey Joined in 2008 Joined in 2006 SPONSORS: Dr. & Mrs. SPONSORS: Dr. Lynn & Dr. Daniel Langmeyer

Mark Tsuang

JULIO CONCEPCION Cuba Joined in 2013

JAMES CUNNINGHAM Little Hocking, Ohio Joined in 2008

JACQUELINE DAMICO Carlisle, Pennsylvania Joined in 2008

SPONSORS: Bruce M. Halpryn & Chas W. Riebe and Ronna & Dr. James B. Willis

SPONSORS: Nancy R. Clagett and George & Kathy Wilkinson

2013-2014 ARTISTIC STAFF & DANCERS

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SELAHATTIN ERKAN Izmir, Turkey Joined in 2006 SPONSORS: Trish and Rick Bryan

ABIGAIL MORWOOD Montgomery, Alabama Joined in 2009 SPONSORS: Eddie & Theresa Hooker and Tony & Mary Talbott

JAMES GILMER Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Joined in 2011 SPONSORS: Gardens Alive!

GRACE REEVES Summerville, South Carolina Joined in 2010 SPONSORS: Kevin & Kathleen Kirsch

COURTNEY HELLEBUYCK San Francisco, California Joined in 2008

SPONSORS: Jane & Terry Lynch, The Roselle Foundation & Tom Schiff

SAMUEL JONES South Bend, Indiana Joined in 2010

SIRUI LIU Shanghai, China Joined in 2011

SPONSORS: Mr. Chris Southard, Dr. Smokey Clay and the Reverend Peter D. D’Angio

SPONSORS: Dr. Jessica Guarnaschelli

THOMAS CALEB ROBERTS Hartsville, South Carolina Joined in 2010 SPONSORS: Edward Deeley

ANA GALLARDO Hoguin, Cuba Joined in 2012 SPONSORS: Ben & Sue Blaney and Dr. Jim Mahon and Nydia C. Tranter

CBII

SAMANTHA MILENA GARCIA NAGY-CHOW Matanzas, Cuba Sacramento, California Joined in 2013 Joined in 2013 SPONSORS: Madelynn & Raymond Matlock and Cincinnati Dancewear

JUSTIN HUGHES DANIEL POWERS Claremont, California Alexandria, Virginia Joined in 2013 Joined in 2011

KRIS SANTOS Toa Baja, puerto Rico Joined in 2013 SPONSORS: Al & Mary Lopez and Mrs. Kitty Strauss and Ronna & Dr. James B. Willis

CINCINNATI BALLET DANCER SPONSORSHIP - The Dancer Sponsorship allows individuals the opportunity to directly support Cincinnati Ballet artistic staff and dancers. During the season, Sponsorship Sponsors enjoy exclusive opportunities and events only available to them and their artistic staff/dancer. Get involved! Please contact Melissa Scott: mscott@cballet.org or call 513.562.1116

CBII

HANNAH STRAUCH Long Beach, California Joined in 2012 SPONSORS: Shelley Goshorn

TRAINEES

KELSEY BEVINGTON Kent, Washington Joined in 2013

PERRY BEVINGTON Kent, Washington Joined in 2013

MACKENZIE DESSENS New Orleans, Louisiana Joined in 2013

JAMES FERGUSON Miami, Florida Joined in 2013

KEVIN HAMILTON Kansas City, Missouri Joined in 2013

NAOMI HERGOTT Augusta, Georgia Joined in 2013

SOFIA LERNER Newton, Massachusetts Joined in 2013

KATHERINE SAWICKI Louisville, Kentucky Joined in 2013

DANIEL WAGNER Monrovia, California Joined in 2013

SPONSORS: Carolyn & Terry Karageorges and Stephen Myer

SPONSORS: Edward Deeley

MADISON HOLSCHUH Cincinnati, Ohio Joined in 2012

SPONSORS: Elizabeth & Ken Kuresman

SPONSORS: Carolyn & Terry Karageorges and Stephen Myer

SPONSORS: Edward Deeley

SPONSORS: Dr. Jan Gallagher

SPONSORS: Dave Herrman & Sarah Moore and Marcy & Bob Ziek

SPONSORS: Dave Herrman & Sarah Moore & Dr. Jan Gallagher

Gratefully Acknowledges

FRISCH’S PRESENTS THE NUTCRACKER & SEASON SPONSOR

VICTORIA MORGAN SPONSORS

Sue & Bill Friedlander and The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation ADDITIONAL SEASON FUNDING BY CARMON DELEONE SPONSORS

Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Margaret & Michael Valentine

The Legacy Circle Cincinnati Ballet relies on the support of patrons to ensure its success as one of the regions’s most renowned ballet companies.

The Legacy Circle recognizes patrons who make estate provisions for Cincinnati Ballet, allowing us to sustain a standard of excellence in performance and secure a future for dance in our community.

Define Your Legacy Mrs. Romola N. Allen Ms. Henrietta Barlag The Estate of Thomas F. Buck Mr. Nick Ciafardini Mrs. Jackson Clagett, III Mr. & Mrs. David Cook Ms. Susan L. Dorward Mrs. Dianne Dunkelman James M. Ewell Foundation Mr. Eugene Frey Sue & Bill Friedlander Mr. Oliver M. Gale

Mrs. Morton Gusweiler Mr. Chris Hassal & Mr. Brett Stover Mrs. Felix Kahn Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Krech Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kuresman Mr. & Mrs. Brad Lemberg Ms. Ray Marie Markstein Mr. Richardson McKinney

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Morelli Ms. Victoria Morgan & Mr. Mark Jones Mr. Bradford E. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schlachter Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shifman Sinclair Family Trust Mr. Fred W. Strebel Mr. & Mrs. Gary West Mrs. Barbara Weyand

To join the Legacy Circle or to learn more about estate gifts, contact Rasheda Malcolm, Director of Development at rmalcolm@cballet.org or 513.562.1115.

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A commemorative, special edition publication illuminating Cincinnati Ballet’s remarkable rise to one of our country’s preeminent ballet companies.

WRITTEN BY DAVID LYMAN

NOW AVAILABLE! A BRIEF EXCERPT FROM THE MCLAIN ERA, CINCINNATI BALLET CELEBRATES 50:

“[David McLain’s] intention, he said, was to leave the company

by June 16, 1983.

He sealed the three copies of the letter. But he never sent them.

He and Blackburn had been talking about leaving for several years. But there was always a next season that was too enticing to leave. McLain was ambitious, but it was for all the right reasons. He wanted ballet – and this company – to succeed. He wanted ballet to thrive. There was always another neglected masterpiece to save.

On Friday, December 15 – the same night his company was opening The Nutcracker in New Orleans – David McLain died.

The envelopes containing his resignation letters would remain sealed until 2012.”

Leading Sponsors:

Pictured: David Mclain and Roman Jasinski, Jr. Photographer: David Lyman, 1980

Get your copy today by visiting us in the lobby or order online at shop.cballet.org.

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2013-2014 DONOR HONOR ROLL INDIVIDUALS

Cincinnati Ballet acknowledges with gratitude the generous support of individuals, foundations, organizations and government agencies that foster our growth and ensure our future. The following honor roll reflects gifts of $500 and above received between July 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013. Please visit cballet.org to view a full list of gifts. If you have any questions regarding your listing, please call 513.562.1115.

The Frederic Franklin Society is a membership organization at Cincinnati Ballet honoring our most generous benefactors making annual gifts of $10,000 and above. This society is associated with special benefits, behind the scenes rehearsals and gatherings with choreographers and dancers. Please contact Rasheda Malcolm at rmalcolm@cballet.org if you are interested in becoming a member.

$50,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Trish and Rick Bryan ss The Estate of Thomas F. Buck ss The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Luba Dorman Trust ss Sue & Bill Friedlander *css Mr. & Mrs. Gary Johns

Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Foundation ss Doris M. and Charles B. Levinson Fund Mr. & Mrs. Leon Loewenstine, II ss The Estate of Blanche Maier ss The Estate of Louise Dieterle Nippert ss Dianne & J. David Rosenberg ss Rosemary & Mark Schlachter Rhonda & Larry A. Sheakley Family Foundation ss Margaret & Michael D. Valentine

$20,000 - $49,999 Ms. Dorothy O’Brien & Mr. Richard Antoine Tim & Kelly Brown Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Loretta & David Cook Dianne Dunkelman Linda & Gary Greenberg Lynn & Brian Good Bruce M. Halpryn & Chas W. Riebe

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Heidt Jr. David C Herriman * Mr. & Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Mr. & Mrs. Larry McGruder Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Pitcairn Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reynolds Theodore L. Schwartz & Minette Hoffheimer ss Julie & Steven Shifman John F. Steele

$10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous in honor of Victoria Morgan and the Dancers Anonymous Flavia Bastos & Larry Huston Mr. & Mrs. John Boorn Karen & Christopher Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Calvin Donald Beck & Lawrence E. Eynon M.D. Mona S. Foad, MD & Cincinnati Dermatology Center Michael & Carole Giuliani Dr. Jessica Guarnaschelli

Dr. & Mrs. Henry J. Heimlich James A. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Needham Carol & Robert Olson Norma Petersen Mr. Bradford E. Phillips c Moe & Jack Rouse * Kathy & Mike Selker Mr. & Mrs. John Stein Dr. & Mrs. John M. Tew, Jr. Mr. Nigel A. Vinecombe Ronna & Dr. James B. Willis Mr. & Mrs. Allen G. Zaring

GRAND JETÉ ($5,000 - $9,999) Anonymous Jim & Fran Allen * Deborah & Jody Brant Bernie & Mary Kay Calonge Nancy R. Clagett c Noel & Joe Julnes-Dehner Connie Bergstein Dow In honor of the late Jacqueline G. Moore Dr. Sandra Eisele Gardens Alive!

Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. George

Jeff & Ann Gibson Dr. Robert & Suzanne Hasl c Bridget Hoffman Margaret & Keith Johnson The Morgan Judd Memorial Fund Christopher & Alexandra Keith Fund* Whitney and Phillip Long css Jane & Terry Lynch Mr. & Mrs. James May Madelynn & Raymond Matlock Ms. Victoria Morgan & Mr. Mark G. Jones Mr. & Mrs. John G. Richardson

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rumpke, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. G. James Sammarco Pamela F. Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. Russell Paxton Shelton Tiffany & Hampton Shiver Ms. Barbara Sporck-Stegmaier Jennifer & John Stein Tony & Mary Talbott Heather & Jonathan Theders Guy & Kelly Vanasse Gary & Diane West c George & Kathy Wilkinson

PIROUETTE ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous Anonymous, in honor of Blanche Maier Ms. Mary Ann Anderson David & Elaine Billmire c Jennifer & Robert Conklin Bob, Cindy & Katie Conway Edward Deeley Mr. & Mrs. John Doellman c

Shelley Goshorn Mr. & Mrs. J. Franklin Hall c Ms. Ingrid Handl & Mr. Walter Geiger The Keith & Kathryn Harsh Family Eddie & Theresa Hooker c Mrs. Margaret Lafley c Dr. Lynn & Dr. Daniel Langmeyer c Peggy Ann Markstein

Ryan Minton Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osborn *c David & Debra Pooley Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Rosenthal Mr. & Mrs. Tony Sansalone Dee Shaffer c Jennifer & Woody Sherwood Mr. & Mrs. Mike Zelkind

ARABESQUE ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous Romola N. Allen Karen & Dan Arnold Ms. Yvette Ault Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Bachman Dan & Fran Bailey Ben & Sue Blaney c Kim Borcherding Philip & Sheila Cohen Fund * Sheila Claire Cohen c Frances & Stanley Cohen c Sally & Wes Connor Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cordes c Dr. Robin Cotton & Ms. Cynthia Fitton Rev. Dr. Robert & Dr. Beverly Croskery Kate And Chris Devine Jonathan Dill Mr. & Mrs. T. Patrick Donnelly Ms. Kelly J. Downing Arna Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fleischmann, III Trisha Flynn Friend of the Cincinnati Ballet Larissa Foster Mr. W. Roger Fry

Mr. & Mrs. James R. Gardner Sharon & Robert Gill Family Fund * Dr. Jack & Barbara Hahn Ms. Maureen Heekin Mr. & Mrs. Chip Homan Ms. Laura Humphrey Frank & Jackie Iden Mr. William D. Borek & Dr. Evie Joseph Anna Kennedy Kevin & Kathleen Kirsch Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Krech Pinky & Polk Laffoon The LaMacchia Family Foundation Janelle & Ralph Lee Drs. Marcy & Stephen Lewis c Ms. Anne Lisbin Al & Mary Lopez Patricia & Marvin Lopez Mary Magner & Joseph Preston Dr. Jim Mahon Mr. Steven I. Monder c Mr. John H. Morgan Stephen Myer Ms. Valerie Newell & Mr. Timothy Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Powers ss Martin & Maribeth Rahe Melody Sawyer Richardson Ellen Rieveschl c The Roselle Foundation Ms. Donna L. Schiff c Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Schultz c Shelly Sherman-Greene Mr. and Mrs. J. Shane Starkey Tom & Dee Stegman Michael & Christianna Stephens, Chole Stephens Mrs. Kitty Strauss Peter Tamborski The Saenger Family Foundation Mrs. Judith B. Titchener c Nydia C. Tranter Dr. & Mrs. Mark Tsuang Wendy Turner & Kim Pollock c Ms. Janet Ulrich & Mr. William Kief Howard Weingert John & Christine Willig James E. McCarthy and William Wolf Foundation Robert & Jennifer Wolfe Tim & Tamela Zimmerman

*Denotes a fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation cDenotes a donation for Live Music ss

Denotes Set to Soar Endowment Campaign

Denotes Annual Pointe Shoe Fund

2013-2014 DONOR HONOR ROLL INDIVIDUALS (continued)

TENDU ($500 - $999) Ms. Lori Alcantara Ken & Lois Allen Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Allen c Mr. & Mrs. Charles Barham, III Ellen Skaggs & Charles Bender c Louise & Jerome Berman Marianna B. Bettman Ms. Debbie Bittle Mr. Robert G. Boremski Ellen Bradley Ms. Cynthia Chua Daniel & Sophia Cifuentes Kate Costlow & John D. D’Amore c Mrs. Tina Ellis Merry E. Ewing Jim & Jan Ferguson c Judith Bowers Francis c Carter Gaither Dr. Jan Gallagher c Mr. Jack Geiger

Jodi Geiser Mrs. Madeleine Gordon c Mr. Paul Hall Jenny Heekin Jane Henney M.D. & Bob Graham M.D. Rebecca Holmes Ron Houck, Jr. Jan & Jay Kalagayan Mrs. Ralph Kohnen Elizabeth & Ken Kuresman c Dr. & Mrs. Bradley Lemberg Beth & Richard Levy c Sherie & Leonard Marek Mary Lou & John McIlwraith Toni Miles Shannon Miller Jennifer Mottier Edward & Carol Muench Susan M. Murray c

Randy & Marianne Olson Mr. & Mrs. John T. Osterman Mr. & Mrs. Dan Pierce Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Pille Matthew Selker Andy & Linda Smith Amy Stagnaro Mr. Harry Stephens Tony & Katie Strike John Tan c Kim Tepe Mary Elizabeth Tounge Catherine & David Vernon Chad Warwick & Betsy Craig Mr. Paul Wehner Phyllis Weston Mr. & Mrs. William Woods Mr. John M. Yacher

CORPORATIONS, GRANTS & GOVERNMENT 100,000 AND ABOVE Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank Trustee ArtsWave The Enquirer Frisch’s Restaurants ss Great American Insurance Group Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation Joni Herschede Endowed Artistic Director Chair of the Cincinnati Ballet Fund *

The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund c Ohio Arts Council PNC Bank Robert H. Reakirt Foundation, PNC Bank, Trustee Sheakley The Louise Taft Semple Foundation

$40,000 - $99,999 The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Gannett Foundation The Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Kroger Co. Foundation

Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation The P & G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

$20,000 - $39,999 The Coca-Cola Company The Corbett Foundation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP The Carl Jacobs Foundation Peter T. Joseph Foundation

The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation The H.B., E.W. & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees The Shubert Foundation Stillson Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee TenderLand Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous Charles H. Dater Foundation Mona S. Foad, MD & Cincinnati Dermatology Center Frost Brown Todd LLC HORAN The Klosterman Family Macy’s National Endowment for the Arts

Ohio Casualty Foundation Ohio National Financial Services The Daniel & Susan Pfau Foundation Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A. and James S. Wachs, Co-Trustees Sugar Creek The Sutphin Family Foundation Wellington Orthopaedic & Sport Medicine Western & Southern Financial Group

$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous * Cincinnati International Wine Festival Clark-Theders Insurance and Jonathan & Heather Theders Clever Crazes for Kids

Ruth J. and Robert A. Conway Foundation, Inc. Cincinnati Facial Plastic Surgery Ernst & Young LLP Huntington Bank The Andrew Jergens Foundation

Megen Construction Mellott & Mellott P.L.L. PNC Bank RiverPoint Capital Management, Inc.

Estate of Jeanette K. Nieman Scanner Applications Jake & Jeanne Sweeney Foundation c

Total Quality Logistics Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North

Jeff Wyler Automotive Family Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies c J.P. Morgan LaRosa’s Pizzeria LawFormPro The Leblond Foundation of Makino Mercy Health Messer Construction Oliver Family Foundation The Quarter Bistro RPMI Packaging

Scripps Howard Foundation The Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation Taft Stettinius & Hollister The Dayton Power & Light Company Towne Properties UC Quiznos United Dairy Farmers, Inc.

Thompson Hine LLP

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2013-2014 DONOR HONOR ROLL Cincinnati Ballet acknowledges the thousands of individuals who generously participate in the ArtsWave Campaign at the following Partner Companies. Your support helps make our community vibrant and connects people all across our region through the arts. Thank you!

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Dancer Spotlight INTRODUCING KATHERINE SAWICKI

Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Katherine trained with her home studio of Louisville Academy of Dance before going on to train with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School and, most recently, Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy.

“I’m excited for so much this season - to perform in my favorite full-length ballet Swan Lake, to be a part of a brand-new production King Arthur’s Camelot and to be starting my career as a professional.”

- Katherine Sawicki You can see Katherine along with the rest of the CBII company at Greenacres, Zoofari, and much more!

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The Kaplan New Works Series SEPTEMBER 12–22, 2013

Swan Lake OCTOBER 25–27, 2013

Frisch’s Presents The Nutcracker DECEMBER 20–29, 2013

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King Arthur’s Camelot FEBRUARY 13–16, 2014

Boléro and Symphony in C MARCH 28–29, 2014

Ballet Toybox MARCH 30, 2014

Cincinnati Ballet & Over the Rhine Live APRIL 25–26, 2014

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