The Kaplan New Works Series 2014

THE KAPLAN

NEW WORKS September 11-21, 2014 Aronoff Center

Jacqueline Damico

O T T O M. B U D I G A C A D E MY

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 51st 49th Season.

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

DEAR CINCINNATI BALLET LOVERS, “The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music.

Bodies never lie.”

I’ve read these words by Agnes de Mille at least a hundred times and for years I’ve overlooked their poignant ending. But it’s those final three words which prove most significant.

Our bodies reveal us. They tell our stories, whether we intend them to or not. From our stance at the head of a boardroom table to the tilt of our head as we check on a sleeping child, our most powerful communication is unspoken.

Few of us would qualify ourselves as dancers. But I’m going to tell you a little secret. You are one. Life moves you. Your body responds. And thus you engage in dancemaking uniquely your own. Your physical form, powered by forces both external and within, gives shape to your truest self in the most compelling language available, the language of the body. Contemporary choreographer Crystal Pite perhaps says it best: “Humans move. Our arms reach, our knees collapse, our heads nod, our chests cave in, our backs arch. We clench our fists. We jump. We shrug. We pick each other up. We push each other away.

And for me this is language as much as it is action. This is what the body has to say about need, defeat, courage, despair, desire, joy, ambivalence, frustration, love.

I think that these images resonate meaningfully in our minds because we have all felt these things so purely in our bodies. We have been moved.”

Choreographers work with the body because they are convinced of its profound ability to communicate. And that in our shared physical form, we, the audience, relate.

In the end, dance is nothing more than conversation. Wildly silent. Intensely present. Endlessly captivating.

The conversations we engage in tonight are incited by voices not often heard. Of late, female choreographers have been a rarity in our field. Not so today. The performance you are about to partake in features four of them, each with a world premiere work you are the first to witness. Each with a physical dialogue intended for you above all others.

The choreographer Agnes de Mille was a pioneer of dance long before we were aware of the lack of female leaders in our form. She merely knew she had something to communicate. And the body was her voice. In more ways than one, she paved the way for the works you’ll see today. In watching these dances unfold before you, take note of your response. As your eyes widen, your breath shortens, your heart skips or your chest swells, you dance in turn. And thus reveal the truth behind de Mille’s words - bodies never lie.

Yours truly in the language of the body,

Victoria Morgan The Sue and Bill Friedlander Artistic Director & CEO

THE KAPLAN

NEW WORKS September 11-21, 2014 Aronoff Center

Jacqueline Damico Season promotional photography by Aaron M Conway

Jennifer Archibald Choreography Sponsor

Heather Britt Choreography Sponsors

Dianne Dunkelman & Peter Schwartz

DANCEFIX Donors

Victoria Morgan Choreography Sponsors John & Betsy LaMacchia Karen F. Maier William Whitener Choreography Sponsor Karen & Christopher Bowman Performance Host

Amy Seiwert Choreography Sponsors Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Alex & Chris Keith Music Sponsor The John C. Griswold Foundation Elementz Sponsors

FLOATING FORWARD World Premiere Choreography: Heather Britt Music: Gabriel Gaffney Smith (World Premiere Composition) Singers: Members of VAE: Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble Lighting: Robert Eubanks Costume Design: Diana Adams and Cincinnati Ballet Costume Shop

ABOVE THE BOX World Premiere Performed by: Elementz Studio Kre8v Choreography: Derrek Burbridge Lighting: Robert Eubanks Above the Box is a paradigm shift for both street dancers and the audience. It was prepared to challenge the dancers and audience to think about street dance beyond “outside the box” and re-imagine street dance where the box (or the bounds of street tradition) can be dispensed with altogether, with a freedom to be expressive in new ways.

FRACTURED GLASS World Premiere Choreography: Victoria Morgan Music: 2Cellos Songs: Smooth Criminal, Welcome to the Jungle, With or Without You Lighting: Robert Eubanks Costume Design: Diana Adams and Cincinnati Ballet Costume Shop The Kaplan New Works Series has come to represent not only original ideas in movement, but also the physical expression of new and unique voices. Most recently, for Cincinnati Ballet, this has meant a focus on female choreographers. Ironically in a field that’s predominantly feminine, there is a surprising lack of female creative leadership. Fractured Glass, is inspired by those who are working to break glass ceilings wherever they might encounter them in hopes of providing a seat at the table for all who endeavor to be there.

I dedicate this ballet to a female hero in my life, the late Blanche Maier, a supporter, an instigator and a peacemaker.

INTERMISSION

YESTERDAY, TOMORROW World Premiere Choreography: Amy Seiwert Music: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Songs: Scarlet Town, Tennessee, Six White Horses Lighting: Robert Eubanks Costume Design: Amy Seiwert Costume Execution: Cincinnati Ballet Costume Shop

TRIPLE PLAY Regional Premiere Choreography: William Whitener Staged by: Johanna Bernstein Wilt Music: Francis Poulenc: Trois Novelettes Piano Soloist: Marcus Küchle Lighting Design: Kirk Bookman Lighting Recreated by: Robert Eubanks Costume Design: Lisa Choules World Premiere: Kansas City Ballet, Spring to Dance 2013, St. Louis, MO Triple Play is set to Francis Poulenc’s Trois Novelettes for Solo Piano. Kansas City Ballet’s

Music Director played the third movement in the company class that Whitener was teaching one morning. It’s a haunting piece based on a composition by Manuel de Falla. Later that night, I found the recording of Trois Novelettes in my music collection. The first and second movements are also beautiful and the whole set has been described as “charm with a twist.”

SIT World Premiere Choreography: Jennifer Archibald Music: Midnite by Hang and Balance , The Art of Fusion Drumming by Taufiq

Qureshi , Komodo by Maro Jailo Lighting: Robert Eubanks Costume Design: Jennifer Archibald Costume Execution: Cincinnati Ballet Costume Shop

Gratefully Acknowledges

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THE SUE & BILL FRIEDLANDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO VICTORIA MORGAN SPONSORS

Sue & Bill Friedlander and The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

ADDITIONAL SEASON FUNDING BY

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The U.S. Bank Private Client Reserve and Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund

THE SUE & BILL FRIEDLANDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CEO: VICTORIA MORGAN Sponsor: The Lorrence T. and Barbara W. Kellar Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Since 1997, Victoria Morgan has served as Artistic Director for Cincinnati Ballet. As the company entered its 45th Anniversary Season in 2008, Morgan took on the additional role of executive leader, serving as both the Artistic Director and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet. 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). She performed lead roles for television and film, and her choreography was featured in the PBS documentary The Creation of O.M.O. She has served on the board of Dance Magazine, the NEA evaluation panel, the DanceUSA Board, was presiding judge for the New York International Ballet Competition and for the Benois de la Danse Awards Gala in Russia. Morgan graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A from University of Utah. The University honored her as a Distinguished Alumna in 2009. She was honored as a 2009 YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, received special recognition from Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s WE Celebrate Women’s Business Awards, served as a member of Leadership Cincinnati USA Class 33, and was honored as one of Venue & LEAD Magazine’s Women of Influence in 2013.

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Maestro Carmon DeLeone is celebrating his 46th Season as Music Director of Cincinnati Ballet. He is also Music Director of the Middletown Symphony and Conductor Laureate of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. At Carnegie Hall, he served as Conductor and Host of the Family Concert Series. He has conducted frequent performances in Europe with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and has been named Illinois “Music Director of the Year.” He has composed many original scores for ballet, including Princess & the Pea and his best known work, Peter Pan. DeLeone conducted the debut of Peter Pan in London during a 28performance run with Atlanta Ballet at Royal Festival Hall. During his12-year tenure as Assistant, and later Resident Conductor of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, DeLeone served on its staff with Music Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind and Erich Kunzel. He was also selected personally by Erich Leinsdorf to participate in an intensive master conducting seminar at Lincoln Center.

Maestro DeLeone is also a much-in-demand drummer, both at home in the recording studio or leading his own “Studio Big Band” in concert. He made his New York debute wth The Alvin Ailey Dance Company at City Center and his Carnegie Hall debute with The Orchestra of St. Luke’s Mr. DeLeone is a proud recipient of Cincinnati’s Post-Corbett Award for excellence in the arts.

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ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE: JOHANNA BERNSTEIN WILT Sponsors: Merton & Joan Bernstein and Jayde

Johanna Bernstein Wilt joined Cincinnati Ballet in 1981 and danced for 11 seasons before becoming Ballet Mistress in 1992. In August 2013 she was promoted to Artistic Associate. Bernstein Wilt has staged ballets for notable choreographers such as Victoria Morgan, Septime Webre, Kirk Peterson, David Nixon, Peter Anastos and Jessica Lang for Cincinnati Ballet and other prominent 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 200809 Season, and A Hero’s Prayer for the 2011-12 New Works to commemorate her 30 years of work at Cincinnati Ballet. Recently she choreographed the Elgar Pas de Deux for Lumenocity. This season Bernstein Wilt will be re-staging Septime Webre’s Peter Pan and ALICE (in wonderland).

CBII MANAGER/ACADEMY COACH:

SUZETTE BOYER WEBB

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, Boyer Webb 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. Boyer Webb began her early training with Tom Adair and 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, Boyer Webb 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 in PBS productions of Ruth Page’s Billy Sunday and Alice in Wonderland.

GUEST BALLET MISTRESS: REBECCA RODRIGUEZ-HODREY Rebecca Rodriguez-Hodrey was a principal dancer with Cincinnati Ballet under Ivan Nagy, Richard Collins, and Nigel Burgoine. She returns to Cincinnati after 19 years with BalletMet Columbus, the last 10 of which, she worked as Ballet Mistress. She first came to Cincinnati after dancing as a soloist with the Dallas Ballet for Vivi and Flemming Flindt of the Royal Danish Ballet. Born in Manila, she received her training from Eduardo Elejar of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She continued on to the HS for the Arts, the University of the Philippines, and became a member of the Asian Youth Delegation, after which she gained entrance to the prestigious San Francisco Ballet School. She has worked with renowned choreographers, repetiteurs and directors such as, Deanna Carter, Gerard Charles, Ma Cong, Bart Cook, Randy Duncan, Brian Enos, Maria Glimcher, Susan Hadley, Stella Kane, James Kudelka, Edwaard Liang, Harrison McEldowney, Darrell Grand Moultrie, David Nixon, Jimmy Orrante, Dwight Rhoden, Gustavo Sansano, Margo Sappington, Birgit Scherzer, Victoria Simon, William Soleau, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Stanton Welch, and Doug Varone. She is grateful for the opportunity to work with this new crop of dancers, and the other choreographers for New Works at Cincinnati Ballet. Photography: Zaire Kacz.

CHOREOGRAPHER: JENNIFER ARCHIBALD Jennifer Archibald is the founder and artistic director of the Arch Dance Company. She is a graduate of The Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory where she studied the Meisner technique.

Archibald has choreographed for the Atlanta Ballet, Ailey 2, and the NBA New York Knicks City Dancers. Archibald’s works have been performed at many venues including, New York’s City Center, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Aaron Davis Hall, and Jacob’s Pillow Inside|Out Stage.

She has staged various off-Broadway shows and choreographed for the musicals Carousel, The Music Man, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Pippin for professional theater companies. Currently, she is a faculty member at Steps on Broadway, Gibney Dance, CAP21 America’s Musical Theatre Conservatory, and a resident artist and lecturer at various institutions across the U.S. Internationally she has taught in China, Ecuador, Brazil, Sweden, Russia, Slovania, and Canada. Archibald was a participant in Ailey’s 2013 New Directions Choreography Lab.

CHOREOGRAPHER: 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, Britt returned home to perform, teach and choreograph in Cincinnati. Britt teaches dance full-time at Northern Kentucky University and Uptown Arts, and is the director and founder of DANCEFIX, a dance workout program at Cincinnati Ballet and HBDC (Heather Britt Dance Collective). 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 Britt a 2011 Rising Star.

CHOREOGRAPHER: DERREK BURBRIDGE Derrek Burbridge is the resident dance choreographer at Elementz Urban Arts Center in Over-the-Rhine. He is a native of Cincinnati and started out as a street dancer, participating in battles and competitions. He has opened for Bootsy Collins, Lupe Fiasco, Omarion, and Trey Songz, and performed in the Super Bowl Half Time Show with Madonna in 2012.

He has built a career as a competitive dancer via World of Dance, Midwest Best Dance Crew and America’s Best Dance Crew. He is currently ranked second in the nation and fifth in the world in competitive hip hop dance. Cincinnati Ballet enlisted the talents of Burbridge during the creation of King Arthur’s Camelot, to bring “fluidity and an edge” says Victoria Morgan, to the character of the villain Mordred. He has recently taken the Elementz competitive dance team, Kre8v, to the Hip Hop International competition in Las Vegas, where they were the first team ever to participate from Ohio.

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CHOREOGRAPHER: AMY SEIWERT Amy Seiwert serves as the artistic director and primary choreographer of Imagery. Her commitment to experimental work from a classical base makes her a unique voice in the San Fransisco area. As Rita Felciano wrote in the Guardian, “She quite possibly is the Bay Area’s most original dance thinker, taking what some consider a dead language and using it as a 21st century lingo to tell us something about who we are.” She was named one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine, a “Hot 20 under 40” by 7x7, was honored with a “Goldie” award from the Guardian, and twice her choreography has been listed in the “Top 10” dance events of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. Future projects include premieres with San Jose and Kansas City Ballets. She is honored to be the Choreographer in Residence for Smuin Ballet and an Artist in Residence at ODC Theater.

CHOREOGRAPHER: WILLIAM WHITENER William Whitener began ballet and music training at the Cornish School in Seattle. As a teenager, he studied with Robert Joffrey who cast him in productions at the New York City Opera. He joined the Joffrey Ballet (1969-1977) and performed leading roles choreographed by Gerald Arpino, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Kurt Jooss, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. While with Twyla Tharp Dance (1978-1988) he performed worldwide, in film and television, at The White House, and assisted Ms. Tharp with The Little Ballet for Mikhail Baryshnikov at ABT. On Broadway, he performed with the original cast of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and assisted Mr. Robbins with his retrospective, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. As Artistic Director and choreographer, Whitener has led Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Kansas City Ballet (1996-2013). He choreographed over sixty ballets, operas and musicals for Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Seattle Repertory Theater and Broadway stars Tommy Tune, Ann Reinking and Faith Prince. His awards include the Bronze Medal at the Boston International Ballet Competition. He served as a panelist for numerous foundations and government agencies including the International Ballet Competition and Benois de la Danse at the Bolshoi Theater.

CINCINNATI BALLET THANKS

FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT

Jacqueline Damico & James Cunningham. Photography: Peter Mueller

LIGHTING DESIGN: ROBERT EUBANKS Robert Eubanks is entering his fifth season as Cincinnati Ballet’s Director of Production. In that time he has designed lighting for three Kaplan New Works Series and many company performances and events including Stacy Tookie’s Oneself Perceived and environmental/party design for the Annual Club B gala. In addition, Robert has designed for several regional theatre and dance companies including Dominic Walsh Dance, Houston Ballet 2, Dance Salad Festival, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and others. Originally from North Carolina, Eubanks and his wife, Kate, and daughter, Caroline, came to Cincinnati in 2010 from Houston Texas, where he was the Technical Director at Houston Ballet for five seasons. Before that he was at the University of South Carolina where he earned his MFA in 2006.

PIANIST: MARCUS KÜCHLE Marcus Küchle is Director of Artistic Operations at Cincinnati Opera, following previous engagements at San Francisco Opera and the Bayerische Staatsoper. He is also Co-Artistic Director of Opera Fusion: New Works, a joint venture between Cincinnati Opera and the UC College-Conservatory of Music, whose goal is the development of new operas. Küchle is also a very accomplished pianist. Born and raised in Munich, Germany, he studied piano performance at the Richard Strauss Konservatorium and Hochschule für Musik. He earned master’s degrees in piano performance and arts administration from Indiana University. Küchle is one of the last protégés of the late Maestro Erich Kunzel, who engaged him for appearances as guest piano soloist with the Southwest Florida Symphony. Recent engagements as a concerto soloist include the Kentucky Symphony and Ensemble Vita. Küchle particularly cherishes his experiences as a chamber music partner with members of the CSO and Concert Nova. His appearances as a vocal accompanist have taken him across the U.S. and to Germany, Canada, and London. Küchle’s most recent project is a CD recording of songs by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Strauss with soprano Sarah Coburn. This winter he will accompany soprano Alexandra Schoeny in concert in Berlin, and also record another CD.

VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE VAE: Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble, the region’s premier professional chamber choir, was founded in 1979. Now led by world-renowned conductor/composer/arranger Craig Hella Johnson, VAE offers an annual series of distinguished choral programs in notable architectural and acoustic venues throughout Greater Cincinnati. Achievements over 30 seasons include two American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards for “Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music,” broadcasts on 220 National Public Radio stations through “The First Art,” performances before conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, and appearances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival. VAE recently merged administrative operations with the May Festival, founded in 1873, the oldest continuous choral festival in the Western Hemisphere. Opening its 35th season on November 8 at Memorial Hall, VAE presents American Classic, a concert shaped by America: songs of love and remembrance, folk songs, spirituals, and a few surprises designed to delight. From William Billings to John Corigliano and Stephen Paulus, from Shenandoah to Jericho.

Elementz is a thriving Arts Center located near Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine. Celebrating our 12th Anniversary this month, Elementz fosters talent, ignites potential and inspires possibilities in the urban youth who come to learn creative expression through Hip Hop, R&B and other urban art forms.

We invite all of our friends to join us for our 12th Anniversary Open House on Friday, September 26, 6:00- 9:00 p.m. at 1100 Race Street and enjoy the entire range of movement, music and visual arts that we produce in our upbeat Hip Hop style.

www.elementz.org

Elementz would like to extend a special thanks to our sponsors for this performance including:

PRINCIPAL DANCERS CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

Hometown: Camagüey, Cuba | Joined Cincinnati Ballet: 2004 “I didn’t want to be a dancer,” says Amador, now in his eleventh 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 you 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: “I have lived in Cincinnati longer than any other city. I love the Reds, playing poker, dancing salsa and Cincinnati Ballet!”

SARAH HAIRSTON

Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina | Joined Cincinnati Ballet: 2001

Top: Cervilio Miguel Amador, King Arthur’s Camelot.

Bottom: Sarah Hairston, Chasing Squirrel.

Photography: Peter Mueller

After seeing a Broadway production of Cats as a child, Hairston was hooked. “Unfortunately I cannot sing, so classical ballet seemed to be a better route to take!” she says. Hairston trained at Calvert Brodie School of Dance under Ann Brodie, North Carolina School of the Arts and Boston Ballet, where she danced professionally before joining Cincinnati Ballet. Hairston faced her share of adversity since joining Cincinnati Ballet, overcoming two grueling knee injuries in three years. “It was a struggle to come back both times,” she says. “However, I realized that if I believed in myself, that was all that mattered.” Hairston also credits her students at Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy with immense emotional support and inspiration. When she isn’t dancing, Hairston loves spending time with her Pomeranian Sheltie, Dakota. You can follow their adventures on Instagram: @sarahanddakota.

FUN FACT: Sarah didn’t have any hair until she was two, and as a result, her family used to call her E.T.!

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John & Betsey LaMacchia Cincinnati Ballet Dancers. Photography: Amy Harris

YOSVANI RAMOS

Hometown: Camagüey, Cuba | Joined Cincinnati Ballet: 2014 Yosvani Ramos was born in Camagüey, Cuba and trained at the National Ballet School, going on to dance with Jeune Ballet de France and Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris after winning the Gold Medal at the Paris International Ballet Competition in 1998.

He joined English National Ballet as a Soloist in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2000, then Principal Dancer in 2003 after his performance as Franz in Coppélia. He danced with ENB until 2008 when he joined The Australian Ballet as a Principal Artist, where he remained until April 2013. Ramos is greatly looking forward to his first year with Cincinnati Ballet during the 2014-2015 Season.

FUN FACT: Yosvani has his own YouTube channel: Yosvani Ramos

janessa touchet

Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana | Joined Cincinnati Ballet: 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.’ 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 and Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Top: Yosvani Ramos. Photo provided.

Bottom: Janessa Touchet, Hummingbird in a Box. Photography: Peter Mueller

FUN FACT: Janessa twirled baton until she was nine. Her talent was used in King Arthur’s Camelot. Just after King Arthur and Guinevere are married, Guinevere twirls a rose in the air while dancing.

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Ana Gallardo & Romel Frometa. Photography: Peter Mueller

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

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KHRIS SANTOS TOA BAJA, PUERTO RICO JOINED 2013 Sp ons or s: M s. Nanc y C race and C hris t opher Smit h

LUCA DE-POLI WEST PALM BEACH, FL JOINED 2014

Sp ons or s: T if f any & Hampt on Shiver and Dr. Jan G allagher

Sp ons or s: Mr. & Mr s. Ed K rech and Ed D e eley

RACHEL THALMAN PITTSBURG, PA JOINED 2014

Cincinnati Ballet staff & dancer head shots:

BROOKE FABIAN DOWNINGTOWN, PA JOINED 2014

SARAH BRADLEY CINCINNATI, OH JOINED 2014

Sp ons or s: Mr. & Mr s. Ed K rech and L e o & Bet s y Bradley

Dancer Sponsorship season end party. Lee and Abigail Morwood, Tony and Mary Talbott, and Zack and Connie Grubbs (left to right).

SPONSOR A DANCER Dancer Sponsorship is a unique way to join Cincinnati Ballet and our dancers. As a dancer sponsor, you’ll have access to the dancers, the backstage life and learn first-hand about Cincinnati Ballet from a dancer’s perspective. Dancer Sponsorship is an integral fundraising campaign that allows individuals the opportunity to support a company dancer. Sponsors and dancers grow close throughout the season, and these relationships can last a lifetime. Your gift maintains our world-class company and brings international and national talent to our community.

If you are interested in participating in Dancer Sponsorship, please contact Sara Pomeroy, Director of Development at 513.562.1112 or spomeroy@cballet.org Dancer Sponsorship season end party. Left: Chris Southard, Samuel Jones and Courtney Connor Jones.

Right: Abigail Morwood and James Cunningham. Photography: Cincinnati Ballet

Gifts to the Set to Soar Endowment Fund deliver a perpetual & consistent source of funding for the Ballet to continue to enrich, serve, and shape our region’s cultural life.

Becoming a part of this fund is a great way to link your legacy with the Ballet’s future.

HOW DO I PARTICIPATE?

Please contact Sara Pomeroy at 513.562.1112 or spomeroy@cballet.org

Ogulcan Borova & Janessa Touchet | Photography: Peter Mueller

Cincinnati Ballet is honored to thank the following Set to Soar Endowment donors: Trish and Rick Bryan Thomas F. Buck Arts Trust Luba Dorman Trust Sue & Bill Friedlander Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Dr. Stanley and Mickey Kaplan Foundation Mr. Leon Loewenstine II Whitney and Phillip Long

The Estate of Louise Dieterle Nippert Mr. Charles W. Powers RiverPoint Capital Management Dianne & J. David Rosenberg Theodore L. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Ronna & Dr. James B. Willis

*Cincinnati Ballet also thanks the generous contributors of our 21st Century Endowment Campaign.

For a full listing of Cincinnati Ballet’s Endowment contributors, including our 21st Century Campaign visit cballet.org/support.

Cincinnati Ballet relies on the support of patrons to ensure its success as one of the region’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 LEGACY CIRCLE dance in our community.

Janessa Touchet Photography: Peter Mueller

Mrs. Romola N. Allen Ms. Henrietta Barlag The Estate of Thomas F. Buck Mr. Nick Ciafardini Mrs. Jackson Clagett, III Loretta & David Cook Ms. Susan L. Dorward Dianne Dunkelman James M. Ewell Foundation Mr. Eugene Frey Sue & Bill Friedlander Mr. Oliver M. Gale Mrs. Morton Gusweiler Chris Hassall & 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 Barbara K. Myers Mr. Bradford E. Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Mark Schlachter Theodore L. Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Mr. & Mrs. Steven Shifman Mr. Hampton & Mrs. Tiffany Shiver Sinclair Family Trust Mr. Fred W. Strebel Mr. & Mrs. Gary West Mrs. Barbara Weyand Tina Forsythe Whalen & Scott D. Whalen Mr. & Mrs. George Wilkinson

To join the Legacy Circle or to learn more about estate gifts, contact Sara Pomeroy at spomeroy@cballet.org or 513.562.1112.

Cincinnati Ballet dancers Photography: Peter Mueller

Special thanks to Artistic Director and CEO Victoria Morgan Sponors

Sue & Bill Friedlander and The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

BOARD MEMBERS FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Otto M. Budig, Jr.

Pamela F. Schmitt

Lorrence T. Kellar

Dianne Dunkelman

President

Vice President

Treasurer

James A. Miller Victoria Morgan Jack Rouse

Rhonda Sheakley Russell Shelton

Secretary

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2014 - 2015 CABINET

Kelly Brown Chairman

Donald Calvin, CPA

Julie Richardson Secretary

Treasurer

Dr. Jessica N. Guarnaschelli Dr. Bruce Halpryn Bridget Hoffman Douglas Jenkins Margaret Johnson Jennifer Knight Zelkind Madelynn Matlock Larry McGruder Victoria Morgan

Alex Mu単oz Carol Duane Olson Thomas Quinn Kevin Reevey Diane Rumpke Keke Sansalone Rosemary Schlachter Pamela F. Schmitt, CFA Theodore Schwartz Jennifer A. Sherwood

Julie Shifman Tiffany Shiver Davette Shorter Deborah Snyder Brett Stover Mary E. Talbott Kelly Vanasse George B. Wilkinson Ronna Willis Mehmet Yuksek

David C Herriman The Late Peg Kahn Lorrence T. Kellar Charles MacDonell The Late Blanche Maier Richardson McKinney

Thomas Neyer The Late Louise Nippert Paul Ose Michael Rozow James Sammarco Melody Sawyer Richardson

Kathleen Selker Rhonda Sheakley Russell Shelton Shelly Sherman-Greene Linda Smith

Louis Fender Kathryn Harsh Dr. Edmond Hooker Lauren LaCerda Merten Beth Levy Leon Loewenstein Skip Merten

Cordelia Millikin Cathy Nwankwo Marilyn Osborn Morleen Rouse Tom Schiff Beth Snyder Christina Sprecher

Kitty Strauss Heather Theders Serena Tsuang M. Catherine Vernon Gary West Barbara Weyand

Vice Chairman

Michael S. Bailes

2014 - 2015 TRUSTEES

Flavia C. Bastos, Ph.D. Connie Bergstein Dow Paul Betz Debbie Bittle Deborah S. Brant Bernie Calonge David Cook Joseph Dehner Lisi Bryan George

Trustees Emeritus

The Late Martha Berger The Late Edward Betz Laura Brunner Otto M. Budig, Jr. Herman Burgett William Cordes Ronald Felder Sustaining Trustees

Victoria Bauer Trish Bryan Nancy Clagett Shelia Claire Cohen Judy Dalambakis T. Patrick Donnelly

Sandra A. Eisele, MD, MBA

Honorary Trustees

Trustees Ex-Officio

The Late Stanley Kaplan Craig F. Maier Rhoda Mayerson

Elise Meyer Matthew Selker

ATTITUDE ASSOCIATE BOARD Matthew Selker Co-Founder & CO-CHAIRMAN

Elise Meyer

Co-Founder & CO-CHAIRMAN

Alex Fischer

Co-Vice Chairman

Emma Off

Co-Vice Chairman

Christen Steimle Secretary

Tracey Lynn Conrad Anna Coutts Michelle DeGrandis Robert Hamberg Erin Haskamp Erica Minton

Nichole Rhenisch Tiffany Shepard Lauren Solimine Jason Snodgrass Kenneth Wright

COMPANY STAFF Victoria Morgan

DEVELOPMENT

Britton Spitler

Laura Hofmann

[Accepting Applications]

Katie Wood

Scott Berkley

The Late Frederic Franklin CBE

Julia Morton

CINCINNATI BALLET OTTO M. BUDIG ACADEMY

Carmon DeLeone

Jared Queen

Catherine Batcheller

Katie Nemeth

Sabir Yapparov

Artistic Director & CEO

Missie Santomo

Chief Operating Officer

ARTISTIC

Artistic Director Emeritus Music Director

Johanna Bernstein Wilt Artistic Associate

Suzette Boyer Webb CBII Manager/ Academy Coach

Michael Chertock

rehearsal pianist/ assistant conductor

Youngwon Park French Della Enns

Sara Pomeroy

Director of Development INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER

Corporate & Foundation Relations Manager Special Events Manager

Sales & Ticketing Services Associate DATABASE COORDINATOR

Academy Dean

Development COORDINATOR

Academy Principal

Jay Shifman

Academy Registrar

Development ASSOCIATE

MARKETING

Allie Honebrink

Director of Marketing & Communications

Kimberly Winburn

Kara Jones Louis

ACADEMY ASSISTANT

Graphic Designer

ADMINISTRATIVE

Peter Mueller

Julie Sunderland

Meegan Schuckers

SALES AND TICKETING SERVICES

Tom McLaughlin

Executive Assistant to the CEO and Artistic Staff

Director of Sales & Ticketing Services

Megan L. Alley

Terry Honebrink

Wendy Mains

Adam Lawrence

Executive Assistant to the COO FRONT DESK COORDINATOR

Community Relations Manager/Group Sales Box Office Assistant

Louanna Wyatt

Box Office Assistant

Master Electrician

Kim Campbell

Property Mistress

Brian Schott

ASSISTANT MASTER ELECTRICIAN

Jeff Corcoran

Photographic Historian

Sarah Hairston CoMPANY Shoe Coordinator

Jeremy Dominik

CCM lighting INTERN

EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Company photographer

Michael Meuché

CCM STAGE MGMT. INTERN

ACADEMY RECEPTIONISTS

Katie Adelia Wagner

BOARD LIAISON/Manager of Strategic Initiatives

Master Carpenter

Liz Crabtree

Linda Knipes Meagan Miller

PIANISTS

Ginger Johnson

Assistant Wardrobe Mistress

Director of Education

Kara Behling

Education Coordinator

PRODUCTION

FINANCE & HUMAN RESOURCES

Provided by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Finance Department ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Robert Eubanks

Director of Production

Melinda Dobson

Jacqui Haas Kelly Jo Trimble

Dena D’Andrea

Courtesy of Mercy Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

Production Stage Manager Company Manager

Diana Adams

Wardrobe Mistress

Cincinnati Ballet extends a special thanks to Heather Britt choreography sponsors DANCEFIX PARTICIPANTS We gratefully acknowledge: Arna & Bobby Fisher Guy & Kelly Vanasse Karen & Dan Aronld Merry E. Ewing Ron Houck, Jr. & David Nebel Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rumpke, Jr. Tim & Tamela Zimmerman

Endowed by Trish & Rick Bryan

Cincinnati Ballet Second Company, comprised of CBII’s and Trainees, is a group of talented, pre-professional dancers who come from around the country to study at Cincinnati Ballet and perform alongside Cincinnati Ballet’s company dancers. With a focus on engaging audiences of all ages, they can be found in venues across the community, sharing the hope and joy of dance throughout our region.

Interested in bringing the Second Company to your school?

Interactive arts education programming and workshops for grades K-8 are available.

Contact Julie Sunderland, Director of Education at 513.562.1124 or visit cballet.org/ education for more information.

Dancer Spotlight

INTRODUCING NAOMI HERGOTT

“I started dancing when I was three,” says Hergott. “My mom took me to a summer ballet camp and I fell in love with it the first day.”

Hergott is from Augusta, Georgia, where she trained with Ron Jones and Jessica Bailey. At 15, she moved to Atlanta to train with Maniya Barredo and Andrea Pell. Hergott attended summer programs with Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Kaatsbaan, Chautauqua, and Houston Ballet, danced with Philippine Ballet Theatre in Manila over the summer of 2011, and danced with Colorado Ballet’s studio company for two years. She most enjoyed Cincinnati Ballet’s production of Swan Lake during the 2013-2014 Season and is looking forward to learning and growing even more as a CBII during the 2014-2015 Season. “Ballet allows us to express ourselves in a way that day-to-day life does not,” says Hergott.

Hometown: Augusta, Georgia | Joined: 2013

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Adult Ballet is open to students above the age of 18. These classes gives our adult students the opportunity to experience dance for the first time or to continue to enjoy the art form in a relaxed yet professional learning environment. Adult Ballet is offered year round with a flexible schedule and multiple payment options to fit our adult students’ busy lifestyles.

You can find the most up to date class schedule on both our website CBALLET.ORG/ACADEMY/ADULT and on MINDBODYONLINE.COM, our online class registration system.

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2014-2015 DONOR HONOR ROLL 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 31, 2013 and August 31, 2014. Please visit cballet.org to view a full list of gifts.

If you have any questions regarding your listing, please call 513.562.1112.

THE FREDERIC FRANKLIN SOCIETY 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 Sara Pomeroy at spomeroy@cballet.org if you are interested in becoming a member.

$100,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Estate of Thomas F. Buck ss The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Luba Dorman Trust ss Sue & Bill Friedlander *css Dr. Stanley & Mickey Kaplan Foundation ss

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Loewenstine, II ss The Estate of Louise Dieterle Nippert ss The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fundc Rhonda & Larry A. Sheakley Family Foundation ss Margaret & Michael D. Valentine

$50,000 - $99,999 Trish & Rick Bryan ss c Rosemary & Mark Schlachter $20,000 - $49,999 Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Cody Loretta & David Cook Dianne Dunkelman Michael & Carole Giuliani Brian & Lynn Good Chris Hassall & Brett Stover

Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Heidt Jr. David C Herriman * The Joni Herschede Endowment Fund for the Cincinnati Ballet * Mr. & Mrs. Lorrence T. Kellar Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pitcairn

Mr. & Mrs. Rick Reynolds Dianne & J. David Rosenberg ss Julie & Steven Shifman John F. Steele

In honor of the late Jacqueline G. Moore Donald Beck & Lawrence E. Eynon M.D. Linda & Gary Greenberg Margaret & Keith Johnson The LaMacchia Family Foundation Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund Madelynn & Raymond Matlock James A. Miller

Carol & Robert Olson Mr. & Mrs. William J. Rumpke, Jr. Theodore L. Schwartz & Minette Hoffheimer ss Tom & Dee Stegmanc Jennifer & John Stein Guy & Kelly Vanasse Mr. Nigel A. Vinecombe Mr. Mehmet Yuksek Mr. & Mrs. Allen G. Zaring

$10,000 - $19,999 Anonymous, in honor of Blanche Maier Ms. Dorothy O’Brien & Mr. Richard Antoine Amy & Michael Bailes Mr. & Mrs. John Boorn Deborah & Jody Brant Kelly & Tim Brown Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Calvin Noel Julnes-Dehner & Joe J Dehner

INDIVIDUALS GRAND JETE ($5,000-$9,999) Flavia Bastos & Larry Huston Paul & Stephanie Betz Ms. Debbie Bittle Karen & Christopher Bowman Bernie & Mary Kay Calonge Lois M. & Philip S. Cohen Philanthropic Fund Connie Bergstein Dow Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W. George Jeff & Ann Gibson Dr. Jessica Guarnaschelli Mr. & Mrs. J. Franklin Hallc Bruce M. Halpryn & Chas W. Riebe

Dr. Robert & Suzanne Haslc Bridget Hoffman Christopher & Alexandra Keith Fund * Whitney and Phillip Long ss c James May Mr. & Mrs. Larry McGruder Mr. John H. Morgan Ms. Victoria Morgan & Mr. Mark G. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Needham Kevin Reevey Mr. & Mrs. John G. Richardson Moe & Jack Rouse *

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Sansalone Pamela F. Schmitt Mr. & Mrs. Russell Paxton Shelton Jennifer & Woody Sherwood Tiffany & Hampton Shiver Ms. Davette Shorter & Mr. Kenneth Holley Debbie & Michael Snyder Tony & Mary Talbott Mr. Nigel A. Vinecombe Gary & Diane Westc George & Kathy Wilkinson Ronna & Dr. James B. Willis ss Tim & Tamela Zimmerman

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Fogarty Andrea Georgopoulos-Straus Shelley Goshorn Ms. Ingrid Handl & Mr. Walter Geiger Dr. Kendall Hansen Hollie and Niles Kinerk Mrs. Margaret Lafleyc Dr. Lynn & Dr. Daniel Langmeyerc Jane & Terry Lynch Peggy Ann Markstein Mr. & Mrs. Jack Osborn *c

Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund * Tomcinoh Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Rosenthal Dee Shafferc Ms. Valerie Newell & Mr. Timothy Smith Jake & Jeanne Sweeney Foundation c Heather & Jonathan Theders

Dr. Robin Cotton & Ms. Cynthia Fitton Ms. Nancy Crace Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Crain Mr. & Mrs. Christopher A. Dalambakis Mr. Chris Southard & Dr. Smokey Clay Merry E. Ewing Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Fernandesc Mona S. Foad, MD & Cincinnati Dermatology Center Rich Freshwater Dr. Jan Gallagher Ms. Mitzi Gaynor Friend of the Cincinnati Ballet Dr. Jack & Barbara Hahn Lauren Hannan Hudsonc Eddie & Theresa Hooker Frank & Jackie Iden

Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Krech Ms. Carol Krusec Joanie & Lou Lauch Janelle & Ralph Lee Drs. Marcy & Stephen Lewis Al & Mary Lopez Mary Magner & Joseph Preston Maureen & Jeffrey McCroskey David & Martha Millett Mr. Steven I. Monderc Mueller Family Foundation Elizabeth & Petersen Niehoff Mr. & Mrs. John T. Osterman Mr. Charles W. Powers ss Mr. W. Roger Fry Melody Sawyer Richardson Ellen Rieveschlc

PIROUETTE ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Bardes Fund David & Elaine Billmirec Nancy R. Clagettc Smokey Clay Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cordesc Mr. & Mrs. Robert Coughlin Christine Darch Ed Deeley Mr. & Mrs. John Doellmanc Arna & Bobby Fisher ARABESQUE ($1,000-$2,499) Anonymous (5) Romola N. Allen Ms. Mary Anne Anderson Karen & Dan Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Bachman Dan & Fran Bailey Mr. & Mrs. William T. Baumann Ellen Skaggs & Charles Benderc Mary Bergstein Mr. & Mrs. Robert Blanchard Ben & Sue Blaneyc Mr. Robert G. Boremski Gina Breyfogle Mr. Donald L. Brownc Mr. Piotr Chomczynski Frances & Stanley Cohenc Jennifer & Robert Conklin

*The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Fund cLive Music

Annual Pointe Shoe Fund

ss

Set to Soar Endowment Campaign

2014-2015 DONOR HONOR ROLL INDIVIDUALS (continued)

ARABESQUE ($1,000-$2,499) (continued) Michael A. Ruh, Jr., Esq. William & Bonita Rumpke Ms. Donna L. Schiffc Mr Peter Schwartz Erin & Shane Starkey Mrs. Kitty Strauss

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Szecskayc Carol Talbot & John Battistone Mrs. Judith B. Titchenerc Nydia C. Tranter Ms. Janet Ulrich & Mr. William Kief

Mr. & Mrs. George H. Vincent Chad & Betsy Warwick Mr. Richard A. Weiland James E. McCarthy and William Wolf Foundation

Ham & Ellie Hamilton Chris & Trey Heekin Mr.Nelson Horseman Ron Houck, Jr. & David Nebel Terry & Carolyn Karageorges Travis Kelly Monica Kohler Elizabeth & Ken Kuresmanc Peter Laffoon Dr. & Mrs. Bradley Lembergc Lizbie Lin Alan Marguiles & Gale Snoddy Dave Herrman & Sarah Moore Charles Powers & Marian Powers ss Rachel & Luke Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Josh Sands Ms. Sharon Schaefer & Mr. Michael Madillc

Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Siekmannc Ms. Elizabeth A. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Clark Sole Tony & Katie Strike Wayne & Judy Swartz Steve Tonne Wendy Turner & Kim Pollockc Chad & Betsy Warwick James T. Westerfield Phyllis Weston Ms. Jo Ann Wieghaus Mr. & Mrs. Gene M. Wilson Bridget & Michael Witzemanc Mr. & Mrs. William Woods Mr. John M. Yacher Marcy & Bob Ziek

TENDU (500-$999) Ken & Lois Allen Frank & Janet Andress Ms. Marianne M. Beard Merton & Joan Bernstein Marianna B. Bettman Susan Brenner & Steven Mombach Mr. & Mrs. Lee A. Carter Ms. Cynthia Chua Daniel & Sophia Cifuentesc Mr. Michael L. Cioffi Sheila Claire Cohen Kate Costlow & John D. D’Amore c Stephen Dehoff Mrs. Tina Ellis Ms. Nancy Finke Mr. & Mrs. James R. Gardner Mrs. Madeleine Gordonc Thomas L. Guidugli, Jr.

CORPORATIONS, GRANTS & GOVERNMENT $750,000 AND ABOVE

The Sheakley World Premiere Fund $100,000 - $749,999

The Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fundc

The John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust

$40,000 - $99,999 The H.B., E.W. & F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fif th Third Bank and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees

The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation

Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation

$20,000 - $39,999 The Thomas J. Emery Memorial

Fath Properties, Harry J. & Linda Fath

Louise Taft Semple Foundation TenderLand Foundation in honor of Barbara W. & Lorrence T. Kellar

Peter T. Joseph Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999 The Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza

The Corbett Foundation

Anonymous

The Daniel & Susan Pfau Foundation Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A. and Karen Wachs, Co-Trustees

The Stillson Foundation

The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

The Sutphin Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous

The Morgan Judd Memorial Fund

Maxwell C. Weaver Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999 Central Bank of Northern Kentucky Children’s Hospital Medical Center Dewey’s Pizza James M. Ewell Foundation Funky’s Catering

Jeff Thomas Catering Kenwood by Senior Star The Leblond Foundation of Makino Ohio Arts Council UBS The Women Partners of Dinsmore

IN KIND Jean-Robert’s Table Modo Yoga

The William O. Purdy, Jr. Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

$500 - $2,499 Barnes, Dennig & Co., LTD Chemed Foundation Cincinnati Dancewear Cincinnati Reds Lewis & Marjorie Daniel Foundation Dewey’s Pizza Ellevate Network Heidelberg Distributing Company Hixson Architecture Engineering Interiors The Homan Foundation

Robert A. & Marian K. Kennedy Charitable Trust LawFormPro Oliver Family Foundation Rumpke of Ohio, Inc. St. Elizabeth Healthcare The Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation The Saenger Family Foundation Western & Southern Financial Group

ARTSWAVE PARTNERS 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!

Procter & Gamble Company GE - Aviation Fifth Third Bank Macy’s, Inc. The Kroger Co. Western & Southern Financial Group Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center The Cincinnati Insurance Companies U.S. Bank Duke Energy Corporation

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. American Financial Group PNC Bank Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Ohio National Financial Services Convergys Corporation University of Cincinnati and UC Health American Modern Insurance Group

The Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile U.S. Bank Foundation Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee Enquirer Media

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Cincinnati Ballet dancers at an exclusive Attitude event.

Photography: Leyla Shokoohe

INDIVIDUALIT Y | CONFIDENCE | ST YLE

Making a difference through dance.

Each year, Cincinnati Ballet transforms the lives of over 1,000 at-risk youth in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky through our CincyDance! education and outreach program. Through free in-school dance classes and scholarships for advanced training, CincyDance! teaches students discipline, problem solving, cooperation, and focus while building confidence and self-esteem.

“Smiles on faces of dancers as they enter and exit dance class speak volumes.” - Cincinnati Public School teacher, Winton Hills Academy To help Cincinnati Ballet bring dance to underserved children across the region, visit cballet.org/support or call 513.562.1124.

Thank you to all of our cincydance! sponsors LEADING SPONSORS ($15,000 AND UP)

ArtsWave Interact for Health Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation The P & G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Daniel & Susan Pfau Foundation The Louise Taft Semple Foundation Stillson Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

Barnes Dennig Chemed Foundation Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati International Wine Festival Cincinnati Reds Clever Crazes for Kids

Charles H. Dater Foundation Ellevate Network The Morgan Judd Memorial Fund Robert A. & Marian K. Kennedy Charitable Trust Mercy Health Ohio Casualty Foundation Ohio National Financial Services Joseph A. & Susan E. Pichler Fund (GCF) The William O. Purdy, Jr. Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Rumpke of Ohio, Inc. Scripps Howard Foundation The Ladislas and Vilma Segoe Family Foundation Jack J. Smith, Jr. Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, N.A. and Karen Wachs, Co-Trustees Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. U.S. Bank Foundation Maxwell C. Weaver Foundation

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