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WELCOME TO CINCINNATI BALLET'S INAUGURAL BOLD MOVES FESTIVAL.

We hope you enjoy the incredible dance presented on the mainstage. We also encourage you to take advantage of the add-on activities designed to enrich and expand your Festival experience.

Scan the QR code to see what else this festival offers.

BOLÉRO PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER MUELLER FEATURING CINCINNATI BALLET DANCERS

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ACADEMY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy serves the greater Cincinnati area through world-class dance education programs and unparalleled performance opportunities. Whether students aspire to dance as a profession or pursue it as a personal passion, we believe dance training allows them to unleash potential that proves impactful in all aspects of their lives. Led by nationally recognized faculty, our guiding principles are to teach, challenge, and inspire the whole student to achieve their highest goals in a nurturing and positive environment.

CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH DANCE PROGRAMS Ages 2 – 17 Enrollment based on age with beginning and progressing levels Designed to inspire a lifelong love of dance, the Academy’s Children’s and Community Divisions offer entry-level and advancing classes in creative dance, ballet, and a wide array of dance styles.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Ages 8 – 18 Enrollment based on experience with an accelerating curriculum Our highly regarded ballet training, coupled with well-rounded versatility in other dance styles, elevates the potential of aspiring young dancers who have found their passion in dance.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION Ages 16 and Up Enrollment by invitation For students on the cusp of careers in dance, the Professional Training Division provides dancers with a full-day immersive training program and opportunities to perform alongside Cincinnati Ballet’s professional Company.

ADAPTIVE DANCE PROGRAMS Ages 4 – Young Adult Placement determined by student support resources Cincinnati Ballet’s CB Moves program, developed in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Department of Physical Therapy, fosters a love of dance and creative expression for students with specific needs.

For more information or to register connect with us at: Email: cbacademy@cballet.org | Phone: 513.562.1111 | Website: cballet.org/academy Address: 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio

F E S T I VA L S C H E D U L E TUESDAY MAY 10

WEDNESDAY MAY 11

THURSDAY MAY 12

6:30-7:15 PM MEET THE ARTIST Jarson-Kaplan Theater

FRIDAY MAY 13

SATURDAY MAY 14

SUNDAY MAY 15

10-11:30 AM AXIS MASTERCLASS FOR EDUCATORS

10-11:30 AM MASTERCLASS WORLD DANCE

10-11:30 AM DANCE CLASS WITH VICTORIA MORGAN

Fifth Third Bank Theater

Fifth Third Bank Theater

Fifth Third Bank Theater

11 AM-12:30 PM GRAPHIC WITH PONES

11 AM-12:30 PM GRAPHIC WITH PONES

Jarson-Kaplan Theater

Walking Mural Tours with Dance *starts at Fifth Third Bank Theater

Walking Mural Tours with Dance *starts at Fifth Third Bank Theater

9:45 PM SINATRA THEMED KARAOKE

8-9:40 PM PROGRAM 2 PERFORMANCE

2-3:40 PM PROGRAM 2 PERFORMANCE

1-3 PM PROGRAM 1 PERFORMANCE

Tokyo Kitty

Procter & Gamble Hall

Procter & Gamble Hall

Procter & Gamble Hall

10 PM-12 AM AFTER PARTY

4-5 PM AXIS DANCE COMPANY DISCUSSION

3-5 PM CHOREOGRAPHING COMMUNITY SESSION

Jarson-Kaplan Theater

Fifth Third Bank Theater

4-6 PM CHOREOGRAPHING COMMUNITY SESSION

6:30-8 PM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION PERFORMANCE

7:30-9:30 PM PROGRAM 1 PERFORMANCE

7-7:45 PM MEET THE ARTIST

Procter & Gamble Hall

Procter & Gamble Lobby

Fifth Third Bank Theater

Cincinnati Ballet

Week 1 MONDAY MAY 9

Jarson-Kaplan Theater

8-10 PM PROGRAM 1 PERFORMANCE Procter & Gamble Hall

Week 2 MONDAY MAY 16

TUESDAY MAY 17

WEDNESDAY MAY 18

THURSDAY MAY 19

FRIDAY MAY 20

SATURDAY MAY 21

SUNDAY MAY 22

7:30-9:10 PM DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM PERFORMANCE

7:30-9:10 PM DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM PERFORMANCE

6-7:30 PM DANCERS OF CINCINNATI MEET AND GREET

Procter & Gamble Hall

10-11:30 AM DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY MASTERCLASS

11:45 AM-12:45 PM DANCEFIX CLASS

Procter & Gamble Hall

6:15-7:15 PM HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY CENTER UPSTANDER PANEL

Green Room

Jarson-Kaplan Theater

9:15-10 PM DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM PANEL

9:15-10 PM DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM PANEL

Procter & Gamble Hall

Procter & Gamble Hall

Fountain Square

Fifth Third Bank Theater

7:30-9:10 PM PROGRAM 2 PERFORMANCE

8-10 PM PROGRAM 1 PERFORMANCE

Procter & Gamble Hall

Procter & Gamble Hall

12-2 PM 11:30 AM-12:30 PM CHOREOGRAPHING JAMES YOUNG COMMUNITY AND OUR STORY SESSION DISCUSSION Fifth Third Bank Theater

Jarson-Kaplan Theater (with Zoom option)

2-4 PM PROGRAM 1 PERFORMANCE

1-3:30 PM COMMUNITY DANCE DAY

Procter & Gamble Hall

4:30-5:30 PM DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY DISCUSSION

Fountain Square

1-3 PM PROGRAM 2 PERFORMANCE Procter & Gamble Hall

Jarson-Kaplan Theater

6:30-7:30 PM 3:30-4 PM CHOREOGRAPHING CHOREOGRAPHING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY PANEL PERFORMANCE Jarson-Kaplan Theater

Fountain Square

8-9:40 PM PROGRAM 2 PERFORMANCE

4-6 PM CLOSING PARTY Fountain Square

Procter & Gamble Hall

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PROGRAM EXPLANATION FESTIVAL SCHEDULE SEASON SPONSORS PRODUCTION SPONSORS LETTER FROM LEADERSHIP CELEBRATING 25 YEARS BOLD MOVES: PROGRAM 1 BOLD MOVES: PROGRAM 1 CREATIVE TEAM BOLD MOVES: PROGRAM 2 BOLD MOVES: PROGRAM 2 CREATIVE TEAM CINCINNATI BALLET LEADERSHIP CINCINNATI BALLET PRINCIPAL DANCER BIOS COMPANY ROSTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES CINCINNATI BALLET STAFF DONOR HONOR ROLL EXPLORE CINCINNATI BALLET FOR YOUR INFORMATION

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A PROUD SPONSOR OF CINCINNATI MUSICAL ARTS

2021–2022 SEASON SPONSORS Cincinnati Ballet

VICTORIA MORGAN’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON PRESENTED BY

SEASON FUNDERS

OFFICIAL SPORTS MEDICINE PROVIDER

LIVE MUSIC SPONSOR

SUSTAINABILITY SPONSOR

ADDITIONAL SEASON SUPPORT

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PRODUCTION SPONSORS Cincinnati Ballet

PRESENTING SPONSOR

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPONSORS **

NANCY AND DAVID WOLF * ***

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BOLD MOVES FESTIVAL PRODUCTION SPONSORS PROGRAM 1

BOLD MOVES FESTIVAL PRODUCTION SPONSORS PROGRAM 2

HELEN PICKETT CHOREOGRAPHER SPONSORS

DAVID MORSE CHOREOGRAPHER SPONSORS

Linda and Gary Greenberg TWYLA THARP CHOREOGRAPHER SPONSORS

Jen and John Stein

Debbie and Jody Brant Bob and Suzi Brant Bret and Alison Caller Connie and Buzz Dow Arna and Bobby Fisher Anne Heldman

Steven Mombach and Susan Brenner Alice Schneider Sarah and David Wise

Patti and Fred Heldman OHAD NAHARIN CHOREOGRAPHER SPONSORS

Mark and Marcy Kanter VICTORIA MORGAN CHOREOGRAPHER SPONSORS

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Charles Scott Riley III Foundation

Donald Beck and Dr. Lawrence Eynon

Peter T. Joseph Foundation

Joni Herschede Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Karen F. Maier and Delane Starliper

AXIS DANCE COMPANY SPONSORS

Sarah Frank Fogarty and Tim Fogarty

Debby and Jim Mason

DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY HOSTS

Marcie and Jim Kinney *Supporters of educational collaborations with the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center. **This performance is made possible by American Rescue Plan funds from the City of Cincinnati, administered through ArtsWave. ***This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Thanks to the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County for their support.

LETTERS FROM LEADERSHIP Cincinnati Ballet

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DEAR FRIEND OF CINCINNATI BALLET:

hank you for joining us for Cincinnati Ballet’s inaugural Bold Moves Festival. We hope you enjoy the amazing performances and take advantage of the educational experiences and fun extras offered during the Festival. This unique concept is the capstone of a watershed season for the Company, one that would not have been possible without your generous support and patronage. This season has been especially meaningful as it marks Artistic Director Victoria Morgan’s 25th and final season with the Company.

We began the 21–22 Season with public unveiling of our new spectacular home, the Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. The opening of a 62,000-squarefoot, state-of-the-art Dance Center would have been significant during any season, but to execute such a historic move during a global pandemic was truly remarkable. Thanks to the community’s unwavering support, artistry once again flourished in nine brand-new studios as we welcomed back our dancers and hundreds of Otto M. Budig Academy students. Despite the challenges of performing live dance with health and safety restrictions in place, we boldly pivoted and created a space for our artists and staff to continue our mission to deliver world-class dance to both local and global communities. While we could have approached the season with guarded optimism, Cincinnati Ballet moved boldly and welcomed thousands of patrons back to the theater to safely share the power and joy of live performance. We also didn’t skip a beat in expanding our reach, creating new educational offerings at the Center for Dance, such as CB Moves for Parkinson’s and a unique lift and harness system that allows students who use mobility devices to move across the floor. We also expanded our Adult Dance and Fitness program, created a new Community Performance Series, and launched meaningful partnerships with our Walnut Hills neighbors.

Next season we will continue to build on this incredible momentum, as we also welcome Jodie Gates as our new artistic leader. We look forward to seeing you in the theater or at the Center for Dance for the 2022–2023 Season.

SCOTT ALTMAN President and CEO

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IN THE EDEN PARK REFLECTING POOL DURING A SWAN LAKE PHOTO SHOOT.

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Victoria Morgan’s final letter to the Cincinnati Ballet community

MY DEAREST FRIENDS,

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here do I begin? They say time flies when you’re having fun! While it has been 25 years, it feels like yesterday that I arrived in Cincinnati to become the artistic leader of this incredible Company. We were a scrappy band of determined creatives whose goals initially were merely to survive, and we

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did—through a mission to elevate this artform and share the love of ballet with the community. I feel blessed to have been its leader during the tough times, where I learned so much, and in the robust times that we are experiencing today.

Anything you love has passion, fury, joy, stress, intensity, disappointment, and ecstasy—Cincin-

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Cincinnati Ballet

“I have chosen to call it refiring—not retiring! I am staying here in Cincinnati, and you will see me at the Ballet, feeling proud, clapping loudly, and yelling bravo!”

nati Ballet gave me all that and more. Our Com- were on stage playing familiar songs as well as an pany has grown so much over the last two-plus original composition Peter created specifically for decades, creating world-class classical and con- Cincinnati Ballet. The audience was singing, and temporary dance; establishing the Company as a we were dancing to the same melodies. What an true leader in the local and national arts commu- incredible moment! How could I forget the first nities; training thousands of students at the Otto time the curtain went up on our new NutcrackM. Budig Academy. I am profoundly proud of er! I could feel the excitement from thousands of our role in elevating women’s voices in the artform. When I first arrived a quarter-century TAKING A BOW DURING THE ago, I was one of a handful NUTCRACKER, 2011 of women artistic directors in the country. Since then, I have watched gender equity expand in dance, and while we are not there yet, I am so proud Cincinnati Ballet has been a visionary leader in championing women artists.

This entire season has been a celebration for me— with the return of several full-length ballets I choreographed and premiered with Cincinnati Ballet—King Arthur’s Camelot, The Nutcracker, and Cinderella, as well as my Boléro, which will close our very first Bold Moves Festival.

I have been asked many times to recall my most memorable moments during the past 25 years. There are so many, and most of them include you—our patrons and subscribers! The production that is often mentioned (just yesterday, actually!) by people I don’t even know, is our collaboration with Peter Frampton. He and his band

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Cincinnati Ballet PERFORMING AS THE QUEEN IN SWAN LAKE, 2013

you during those early performances in 2011, and then before a new audience when we toured the production to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 2018. Our adventure to the Joyce Theater in New York was another highlight that I’ll never forget! What a treat that many of you joined us as we celebrated our 50th Anniversary in the Big Apple! For those of you who saw Cervilio Miguel Amador first perform the lead role of King Arthur in our Camelot, how lucky were you? What a presence! I also recall the deep relief I felt when Cincinnati Ballet presented the world premiere of Mozart’s Requiem by Adam Hougland in 2010.

That ballet convinced me that the Company would thrive after the devastating recession of 2008. Jennifer Archibald, our resident choreog-

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rapher for the last seven years, has given us world premiere after world premiere of exhilarating new movement that pushed our dancers and audiences to comprehend movement in a whole new stratosphere. I personally love the act of collaboration, being in the studio with our dancers, coaching and cheering their efforts and progress.

We lived through COVID by disciplined mask-wearing, testing, and dancing in our living rooms via zoom, together yet far apart. I will always remember the sensation of those first performances that were once again unmasked, finally seeing those beautiful faces charged up by newfound freedom and enlivened by you, our generous audience. Of course, I could not talk about phenomenal moments without shouting to PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER MUELLER

ONSTAGE WORKING WITH CINCINNATI BALLET DANCERS

the mountain tops about our new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance.

The big-time dream came true! The generosity of this community is astounding!

With nine studios, we have space to house our ambitions and live our mission.

Cincinnati Ballet is in a miraculous place. I feel its accent swelling like a wave (and I always wanted to go out on top!). Of course, there is so much to miss, but there are also new adventures that beckon me to learn more about this life. I have chosen to call it refiring—not retiring!

I am staying here in Cincinnati, and you will see me at the Ballet, feeling proud, clapping loudly, and yelling bravo!

I thank every one of you for your smiles, your laughs, your tears, and your commitment to this Company, to this community, to this artform. It is truly a gift to have a clear purpose, a destiny in life— Dance is in my DNA and so is Cincinnati. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Will all my love and heartfelt gratitude,

VICTORIA MORGAN Sue and Bill Friedlander Artistic Director PHOTOGRAPHY BY PETER MUELLER

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BOLD MOVES - PROGRAM 1

CHOREOGRAPHY AND CONCEPT Helen Pickett MUSIC Philip Glass and Thomas Montgomery Newman STAGING Kristi Capps ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN Todd Elmer

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PETAL

LIGHTING RECREATION Erin Earle Fleming COSTUME DESIGN Nete Joseph

Premiere: 2008 by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

NINE SINATRA SONGS CHOREOGRAPHY Twyla Tharp MUSIC Frank Sinatra with appreciation to Sinatra Enterprises and the Frank Sinatra Foundation STAGING Shelley Washington and Matthew Stockwell Dibble ORIGINAL COSTUME DESIGN Oscar de la Renta ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN Jennifer Tipton LIGHTING RECREATION Erin Earle Fleming ORIGINAL SET DESIGN Santo Loquasto

World Premiere: October 15,1982, Premiered by Twyla Tharp Dance

MINUS 16 CHOREOGRAPHY Ohad Naharin MUSIC Soundtrack from “Cha-Cha De Amor,” Popular song arranged by Dick Dale, Traditional song arranged and performed by the Tractor’s Revenge and Ohad Naharin, Stabat Mater by Vivaldi, Song by Arlen Harold arranged by Marusha, Asia 2001 STAGING Kyle Scheurich and Shamel Pitts ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN Avi Yono Bueno LIGHTING RECREATION Tony Tucci

Premiere: November 11, 1999 by Nederlands Dans Theater II at Lucent Danstheater, The Hague, NL Costumes Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet

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PETAL PROGRAM NOTES Helen Pickett’s original inspiration for Petal came from the vibrancy of a Gerber daisy. As the ballet evolved color remained a dynamic element of the work, but the visceral choreography and relationships between the dancers moved the ballet into the realm of the resiliency and vigor of nature. “The eight dancers who invade, inhabit, and constantly transform the stage space perform as if they had been tossed a do-or-die challenge and are determined to transcend their training,” observed Allan Ulrich of SF Gate.

Bathed in the light of hot yellows, pinks, and oranges, the dancers’ kinetic energy reflects the vitality of spring. There is also a deeper underlying connection between them expressed through the intimacy of human touch: a gentle caress around someone’s neck or along someone’s neck or inner thigh. “Intimacy is such a vital part of a human life—without it, we wither,” says Pickett. “Let’s celebrate within this burst of color, this sound, this touch.”

CREATIVE TEAM HELEN PICKETT

CHOREOGRAPHER

Helen Pickett, native of San Diego, California, and new co-director of the Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Summer Dance School Program, has created over 40 ballets, in 15 years, in the U.S. and Europe. The Crucible, her newest full length Scottish Ballet, which premiered at Edinburgh International Festival, 2019, won two awards, UK Theatre Critics Award and the Herald Angel Award.

While resident choreographer for Atlanta Ballet, 2012–2017, she was named Best Choreographer in 2014 for The Exiled, and in 2015, for her first full length ballet, Camino Real. Dutch National Ballet has commissioned Pickett’s new full-length production, slated 2023. Commissions in 2021 include, American Ballet Theatre, Cincinnati Ballet, and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. In 2020, Pickett choreographed a new dance film series called Home Studies, created entirely on Zoom. Three of her films from The Shakespeare Cycle, her new 10-part dance film series, created in September/October, will be featured in a PBS special. Pickett has choreographed for: Boston Ballet (6), Royal Ballet of Flanders, Ballet West (2), Dance Theatre of Harlem, Semper Oper/Dresden Ballet, Vienna State Opera, Scottish Ballet (3), Pennsylvania Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Alberta Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, Atlanta Ballet (4), Washington Bal-

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let, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (2), Louisville Ballet (2), Ballet X, Smuin Ballet (2), Oklahoma City Ballet (2), and Sacramento Ballet. In addition, she choreographed for the Chicago Lyric Opera, Les Troyens, and, in London, an evening length, multi-media musical, Voices of the Amazon.

In addition to Pickett’s contemporary ballet choreography, she has collaborated, as a choreographer and actress, with installation video artists and filmmakers including Eve Sussman, Toni Dove, and Laurie Simmons. Pickett danced with Ballet Frankfurt director William Forsythe from 1987 to 1998, and performed with the New York theater company Wooster Group director Elizabeth LeCompte for five years. In addition to guest teaching in universities in the U.S. and Norway, Pickett created the workshop Choreographic Essentials. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in 2011 from Hollins University. In 2016, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her contribution to the arts and named Visiting Distinguished Artist for The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. In May 2020, Pickett created and produced Creative Vitality Jam Sessions, a YouTube talk show that not only highlights extraordinary dance and theater artists but also supports and builds an inclusive, equitable dance community. To date, 55 sessions! Pickett is represented by Kristopher McDowell, Rhizome Arts Consulting. www.helenpickett.com

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Kristi Capps is currently a ballet master for Kansas City Ballet and has been given the opportunity to be the répétiteur for many of the company’s productions including Devon Carney’s Sleeping Beauty on Ballet Hawaii and Cincinnati Ballet, as well as Victoria Morgan’s Cinderella, Edwaard Liang’s Wunderland, and Helen Pickett’s Petal on Kansas City Ballet. Additionally, she has staged Septime Webre’s Wizard of Oz on Colorado Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet.

Previously Capps danced with Cincinnati Ballet rising quickly through the ranks to Principal, where she performed the leading roles in ballets such as Coppelia, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Cinderella. As well her repertoire also includes contemporary and neo-classical works by many well-known chore-

ographers of today. Capps performed the leading role in George Balanchine’s Chaconne in the Cincinnati Ballet’s co-production with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She also was chosen to dance the role of The Sleepwalker in the recreation of George Balanchine’s La Sonnambula under the direction of Frederic Franklin, CBE for the Balanchine Trust Archives. Capps danced as a principal with the Chautauqua Ballet Company in New York under the direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and in galas and festivals such as International Ballet Festival of Miami, Florida, International Dance Festival in Vail, Colorado, and with Angel Corella and Stars of American Ballet in Spain. As an instructor, she has been part of the faculties of the Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Colorado Ballet Academy, Kansas City Ballet Academy, as well as a guest teacher at numerous universities and ballet academies throughout the United States.

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KRISTI CAPPS

STAGER

TODD ELMER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Todd Elmer has an extensive background designing lighting for live performance: theatre, opera, dance, and ballet, which included 10 consecutive years touring domestically and internationally from 1984 to 1994 while based in New York. He was Lighting Director for American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project, and Wes Chapman’s American Ballet; Production Stage Manager for three Festival on Ice U.S. National Tours; and Lighting Supervisor for ABT’s

junior company, ABT II. He has traveled in all but six U.S. states and worked in 12 foreign countries.

Other long-term clients include Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, the Wheelwright Museum of The American Indian, and NYCB’s School of American Ballet from 1982 to 2018. In New York he also designed lighting for Off-Broadway shows, theatre and opera productions for the Juilliard School, and has served in either design, managerial, or technical capacities at Louisville Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco, Telluride/Alpine Dance, Richmond Ballet, Bermuda and Spoleto Festivals, Santa Fe Opera, and the Yale Repertory Theatre.

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PROGRAM 1 Cincinnati Ballet

ERIN EARLE FLEMING

LIGHTING RECREATION

Erin Earle Fleming is an international lighting designer for opera, dance, and theatre. She focuses her art on illuminating the human experience through inclusive storytelling. Internationally, she has taken shows to Hong Kong, Russia, and Panama. Selected credits: Florencia en el Amazonas (Opera de Tenerife); Dream Songs (Ballet Austin); Star Crossed and Violin Concerto in D (Texas Ballet Theatre); Los Perros del Barrio

Colosal (PRISMA International Dance Festival); La Cenerentola, Tosca, and The Medium (Northern Lights Music Festival); A Woman’s Life (Da Camera); Don Giovanni (Butler Opera Center); LORDES (The New Ohio); Fidelio (HeartBeat Opera); Three Sisters (Columbia University); Kiss (Yale Rep); Les Enfants Terribles (Butler Opera); Love and Information (Mary Moody Northern Theatre); Pinocchio (ZACH Theatre). A native Texan, she holds a B.A. from St. Edward’s University and an M.F.A. from Yale University. www. erinearlefleming.com

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NINE SINATRA SONGS CREATIVE TEAM TWYLA THARP

CHOREOGRAPHER

Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works: 129 dances, 12 television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines.

She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

In 1965, Tharp founded her dance company, Twyla Tharp Dance. Her dances are known for creativity, wit and technical precision coupled with a streetwise nonchalance. By combining

different forms of movement—such as jazz, ballet, boxing, and inventions of her own making— Tharp’s work expands the boundaries of ballet and modern dance.

In addition to choreographing for her own company, she has created dances for The Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, The Boston Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Today, ballet and dance companies around the world continue to perform Tharp’s works.

In 1992, Tharp published her autobiography Push Comes To Shove. She went on to write The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life, followed by The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together. In 2019, her fourth book, Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life, was published.

Today, Tharp continues to create.

SHELLEY WASHINGTON

STAGER

Shelley Washington s t u d i e d w i t h Tw y la Tharp at Wolftrap Academy, American University, prior to being invited to join Twyla Tharp Dance Company in 1975. She had previously danced as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company. A graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Washington furthered her training at the Juilliard School. In 1977 she performed in the film Hair and in 1985 in Singin’ in the Rain on Broadway and served as Dance Captain for that Production. In 1987 she was honored with a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance.

From 1988 to 1992 Washington joined the American Ballet Theater in Association with Twyla Tharp as a Soloist and Rehearsal Director.

In 1993 she was the Rehearsal Director for Twy-

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la Tharp’s Cutting Up tour starring Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp and Dancers City Center Season in New York City, and Tharp Dances’ International Tour. Washington continues to work with Tharp as a Repetiteur, setting, staging, and directing Ballets for various companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Australian Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet British Columbia, Ballet Rambert, Ballet San Jose, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boston Ballet Company, Colorado Ballet, Dutch National, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, and Zurich Ballet.

In 2021 Washington became a board member at The Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.

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Matthew Dibble was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, U.K. At the age of 11, he entered the Royal Ballet School White Lodge where he trained for five years followed by two years in the Royal Ballet Upper School. Upon graduating, he became a member of the Royal Ballet under the directorship of Anthony Dowell. In his five years in the company, Dibble rose to First Artist, dancing many roles including those created for him by choreographers such as Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Ashley Page, Twyla Tharp, William Tuckett, and Michael Clark.

In 1999, Dibble decided to leave the Royal Ballet to become a founding member of K Ballet Company in Tokyo, Japan. He spent three years in Japan, working closely with director Tetsuya Kumakawa and choreographers such as Roland Petit. He danced many leading roles in the classics and modern classics including those by Sir Frederick Ashton. Dibble was then invited to the United States where he began a close collaboration with famed choreographer Twyla Tharp. He became a member of her company Twyla Tharp Dance, later joining the cast of her smash hit musical Movin’ Out to the music of Billy Joel. He appeared

in several parts including the principal roles of Eddie and James in both the Broadway production in New York and the West End production in London.

In 2007, Dibble returned to Europe to join Matthew Bourne’s company, Adventures in Motion Pictures in London, dancing in the production of The Car Man, Bizet’s Carmen Reimagined around the United Kingdom. During this time, he also became a guest principal artist with the Scottish Ballet, worked with Benjamin Millepied, and was a member of Christopher Wheeldon’s company Morphoses in New York City.

Thereafter, Dibble came back to Broadway in 2010 to create the principal role of Chanos in Tharp’s new musical Come Fly Away which he then danced on tour around the world as well as at the Tony Awards. Two decades after first inviting Dibble to join her company, Tharp continues to create many featured works for him, including Yowzie and Beethoven Opus 130 featured during Twyla Tharp Dance’s 50th Anniversary Tour. Along with dancing, Dibble now has the great honor of staging both Benjamin Millepied and Twyla Tharp’s works in the United States and abroad, along with leading master classes and workshops for students and professionals alike.

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JENNIFER TIPTON

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Jennifer Tipton (Lighting Designer) is well known for her lighting for theater, opera and dance. Her recent work in theater includes To Kill a Mockingbird. Her recent work in opera includes Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel at

the Lincoln Center Theater and her recent work in dance includes Twyla Tharp’s A Gathering of Ghosts for American Ballet Theater. Among many awards she has received the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2001, the Jerome Robbins Prize in 2003, and in 2008 she was awarded the USA “Gracie” Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship.

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MINUS 16 PROGRAM NOTES “It’s not a new work. It is more about reconstruction: I like to take pieces or sections of existing works and rework it, reorganize it, and create the possibility to look at it from a new angle. It always teaches me something new about my work and composition. In this piece I took sections from different works. It was like I was telling only either the beginning, middle, or ending of many stories but when I organized it the result became as coherent as the original, if not more.” –Ohad Naharin

CREATIVE TEAM OHAD NAHARIN

CHOREOGRAPHER

Ohad Naharin is a choreographer, the House Choreographer of Batsheva Dance Company, and creator of the Gaga movement language.

Born in 1952 in Mizra, Israel, he began his dance career with Batsheva in 1974 and made his choreographic debut in New York in 1980.

In 1990, Naharin was appointed Artistic Director of Batsheva Dance Company and established its junior division, Batsheva—the Young

Ensemble. He has created over 30 works for both companies and set pieces on other companies including Nederlands Dans Theater, the Paris Opera Ballet, and Les Grand Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. In addition to his stagework, Naharin developed GAGA, the innovative movement research and daily training of Batsheva’s dancers that has spread globally among both dancers and non-dancers. A citizen of both Israel and the United States, Naharin currently lives in Israel with his wife, dancer and costume designer Eri Nakamura, and their daughter, Noga.

KYLE SCHEURICH

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Kyle Scheurich was born in 1992 in New York. In 2010 he graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and the

Performing Arts. During his time at LaGuardia High School he also studied at Manhattan Youth Ballet under the direction of Francois Perron. He graduated from The Juilliard School and joined Batsheva – the young Ensemble in 2014. Scheurich joined Batsheva Dance Company in 2016.

SHAMEL PITTS

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2020 Guggenheim Fellow Shamel Pitts is a performance artist, choreographer, conceptual artist, dancer, spoken word artist, and teacher.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Pitts began his dance training at LaGuardia High School for Music & Art and the Performing Arts and, simultaneously, at The Ailey School. He is a 2003 YoungArts Finalist and a first prize (level 1) winner of the

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YoungArts competition. Pitts then went on to receive his BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and was awarded the Martha Hill Award for excellence in dance. He began his dance career in Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance and BJM_Danse Montreal. Pitts danced with Batsheva Dance Company for seven years, under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin and is a certified teacher of Gaga movement language. He is an adjunct at The Juilliard School and has been an artist in residence at Harvard University. He is the recipient of

PROGRAM 1 TRIBE is a 92Y Harkness Dance Center’s Artist In Residence for the 2020–2021 season. Shamel Pitts | TRIBE is also a New York Live Arts Live Feed artist in residence. For more information, visit www. shamelpitts.com or www.itsatribe.org.

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a 2018 Princess Grace Award in Choreography, a 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Award winner in Choreography, a 2020 Jacob’s Pillow artist in residence, and a 2021 Bessie award winner.

Pitts is the Founding Artistic Director of TRIBE, a New York based multidisciplinary arts collective.

AVI YONO BUENO

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi) is a prominent lighting designer who has had a long and prosperous career during which he collaborated with notable artists from various fields; musicians, rock bands, theater and opera directors, choreographers, and visual artists from Israel and all over the globe.

Bambi began his career as a lighting designer for leading rock and roll bands and musician with international musicians at concerts and tours. Bambi has established his position as a senior designer on the Israeli theatre, opera, and dance stages and

holds positions as resident lighting designer for several notable institutions. He has also worked in experimental theater with Batsheva Dance Company, Gesher Theater and Ensemble Itm. Throughout his proliferate career, Bambi has designed lighting for a wide range of performances and artistic events from mainstream large production to experimental projects. He is the recipient of dozens of prestigious awards and prizes and has gained a highly esteemed reputation among the performing arts local and international community Bambi has worked with world-renowned choreographer Ohad Naharin for the past 25 years, as well as Yasmin Godde, Sharon Eyal’s Inbal Pinto Group in Israel, and others abroad.

TONY TUCCI

FESTIVAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

Tony Tucci has been resident lighting designer for Ballet Austin’s repertory for 33 years and currently serves as resident lighting designer/ director for Ben Stevenson’s Texas Ballet Theater and Bruce Wood Dance. Recently designed Flemming Flindt’s Phaedra Ballet for the Mariinsky Theatre in Vladivostok Russia. Tucci created the lighting designs for Bernstein’s Mass at the Long Center in June 2018. In September 2018, Tucci designed a new production of Cinderella, choreographed by Ben Stevenson for the National Ballet of China. Tucci and has created designs for national and international dance companies: Mejia International Ballet, Washington Ballet, Houston Dance Salad, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Colorado Ballet,

Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet West, Cirque Ziva-Golden Dragon Acrobats, Royal Danish Ballet, Winnipeg and Swedish Ballets, Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas, Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom-Geneva Ballet, Flemming Flindt’s Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer’s Daughter-Royal Danish Ballet. Tucci has designed for musical theater, including Austin productions of Damn Yankees, Carousel, West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line, Carousel, Sound of Music, and productions of Dames at Sea in San Francisco and at the Goodspeed Opera House.

For the 1996 Summer Olympics, Tucci designed for the Cultural Olympiad, showcasing national and international companies. He is the recipient of two Iden Payne Awards and Critics Table awards for lighting in Austin.

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VICTORIA MORGAN WOMEN’S CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTIST FUND

The fund has been established in honor of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan’s 25th Anniversary Season and her career achievements as a champion of women choreographers and artists.

This fund will enable Cincinnati Ballet to annually draw financial support for a featured female choreographer or artist.

Photography: Peter Mueller

To donate or for more information, scan the QR code or contact Sara Pomeroy at spomeroy@cballet.org or 513.562.1112.

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May 13, 8 pm I May 14, 2 pm CHOREOGRAPHY Nadia Adame MUSIC Paul Shapera

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HISTORIAS ROTAS (BROKEN STORIES)

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN Walter Holden LIGHTING RECREATION Erin Earle Fleming SCENE DESIGN Nadia Adame

Original Premiere: May 2018

CHILDREN OF THE PASSAGE DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY

May 19, 7:30 pm I May 21, 8 pm I May 22, 1 pm CHOREOGRAPHY Donald McKayle and Ronald K. Brown MUSIC Dirty Dozen Brass Band MUSIC ARRANGEMENT Tim Berens LIGHTING DESIGN William Grant LIGHTING EXECUTION Matthew J. Evans and Erin Earle Fleming COSTUME DESIGN Wumi Olanja

World Premiere: 1999, Dayton, Ohio

OUR STORY CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY David Morse MUSIC

“Different Trains,” by Steve Reich;“Didascalies,” by Luc Ferrari; “Three Movements for Orchestra,” by Steve Reich; “Für Alina,” by Arvo Part; “Fratres for Violin and Piano,” by Arvo Pärt LIGHTING DESIGN Tony Tucci

World Premiere

BOLÉRO CONCEPT AND CHOREOGRAPHY Victoria Morgan MUSIC Maurice Ravel ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN Trad A Burns LIGHTING RECREATION Erin Earle Fleming

Original Premiere: 2007

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DANCERS

Louisa Mann, Alaja Badalich, Zara Anwar, JanpiStar

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HISTORIAS ROTAS (BROKEN STORIES)

Historias Rotas (Broken Stories) explores how our stories start with our ancestors: their struggles, their tears, and their smiles. They have paved our road and our journey contains their broken stories. We go through life gathering stories and collecting moments that become part of our baggage.

We are who we are because of these moments and the people we encounter. Choreographed by our Artistic Director Nadia Adame, Historias Rotas moves through these stories.

ABOUT AXIS DANCE COMPANY Led by Artistic Director Nadia Adame, AXIS is one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled and non-disabled performers. AXIS creates world-class productions that challenge perceptions and redefine dance and disability. The Oakland, California, based company has toured to over 100 cities in the U.S., Israel-Palestine, UK, Europe, United Arab

Emirates, and Russia, and has received nine Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. AXIS commissions new work from a host of renowned international choreographers including Bill T. Jones, Jennifer Archibald, Arthur Pita, and Victoria Marks.

In tandem with a robust performance calendar, AXIS provides unparalleled physically integrated dance education and outreach programs. AXIS builds paths to dance education for disabled and non-disabled people of all ages and experience.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOUG KAYE FEATURING AXIS DANCE COMPANY

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CHILDREN OF THE PASSAGE DANCERS

Alexandria Flewellen, Countess V. Winfrey, Devin Baker, Elizabeth Ramsey, Matthew J. Talley, Michael Green, Qarrianne Blayr, Quentin ApolloVaughn Sledge, Robert Pulido, Sadale Warner, Aaron Frisby, Nicolay Dorsett MOVEMENTS

1. Dark Mansion 2. Indulgent Spirit 3. Cortege 4. Yesterday’s Whispers 5. Shout

PROGRAM NOTES Set to the vibrant rhythms created by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Children of the Passage follows a party of decadent lost souls that are haunted and later rescued by spirits that reconnect them to their ancient and ancestral character. A cadence that is drawn from the traditional marching jazz bands of New Orleans with the grind and groove of the contemporary jazz and soul music. The language of movements is translated from the visual poetry of African and African American dance and the celebration of cultural rituals of yesterday and today. Tim Behrens created the arrangement for this musical work by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Originally composed by the New Orleans brass ensemble for DCDC’s “Children of the Passage,” the score was lost during Hurricane Katrina. Behrens reconstructed the music by listening to a recording of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band performing this piece. The commission of this dance in 1999 was made possible by the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Dayton Foundation.

ABOUT DCDC A MOVING LEGACY

Rooted in the African-American experience, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is a culturally diverse contemporary dance company committed to reaching the broadest audience through exceptional performance and arts-integrated education.

DEBBIE BLUNDEN-DIGGS ARTISTIC & PRODUCING DIRECTOR

CRYSTAL MICHELLE AND QARRIANNE BLAYR ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

CREATIVE TEAM RONALD K. BROWN CHOREOGRAPHER

Founded Evidence, A Dance Company in1985. He has worked with Mary Anthony Dance Theater, Jennifer Muller/The Works and other choreographers and artists. Brown has set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Jeune Bal-

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let d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, Philadanco, Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, and Ballet Hispanico.

Brown has collaborated with such artists as composer/designer Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya, the late writer Craig G. Harris, director Ernie McClintock’s Jazz Actors Theater, choreographers Patricia Hoff-

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Brown was also named Def Dance Jam Workshop Mentor of the Year in 2000 and has received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, and The Ailey Apex Award for teaching. Brown is a member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.

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bauer and Rokiya Kone, and composers Robert Een, Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons, and Don Meissner.

He choreographed Regina Taylor’s award-winning play, Crowns, for which he won an AUDELCO Award. Brown has won a Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Choreography in the Tony winning The Gershwins Porgy & Bess, adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks, arranged by Diedre Murray, and

DONALD MCKAYLE

CHOREOGRAPHER

The late Donald McKayle, recipient of honors and awards, was named by the Dance Heritage Coalition as “one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: the First 100.” His masterworks such as Games, Rainbow Round My Shoulder, District Storyville, and Songs of the Disinherited are performed around the world. He choreographed over 90 works for dance companies in the United States, Canada, Israel, Europe, and South America. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Lula Washington Dance Theatre serve as repositories for his works. He was the Artistic Mentor for the Limón Dance Company. Ten retrospectives have honored his choreography. In April 2005, Donald McKayle was honored at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and presented with a medal as a Master of African American Choreography.

In 2001, he choreographed the monumental 10hour production of Tantalus, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in collaboration with Den-

ver Center Theatre Company. His choreography for Broadway was showcased in It Ain’t Nothing But the Blues, which earned a Tony nomination for Best Musical. He received an Emmy nomination for the TV special Free To Be You and Me. His work for film included Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Great White Hope, and The Jazz Singer. His other media awards include a Los Angeles Drama Logue Award for Evolution of the Blues and a Golden Eagle Award for On the Sound.

In May 2008, Cornish College of the Arts conferred an honorary Doctorate Degree on him. On May 22, 2009, Juilliard School awarded McKayle an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts. On May 20, 2011, California Institute of the Arts presented him with an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts.

His autobiography, Transcending Boundaries: My Dancing Life, published by Routledge was honored with a Society of Dance History Scholar’s de la Torre Bueno Special Citation. A television documentary on his life and work, Heartbeats of a Dance Maker, aired on PBS stations throughout the United States.

MATTHEW J. EVANS

LIGHTING DESIGNER, PRODUCTION MANAGER

Matthew J. Evans designs lighting environments for theater, opera, dance, and other live events. Most recently, Matthew has designed the original lighting plots for the following DCDC productions: Reunited, Wynton Works, Vantage Points, The Littlest Angel, Etchings, and Tapestries at ARTS 651 in Brooklyn, New York. Internationally, Matt has designed for DCDCtouring productions in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China.

He serves as a faculty member in the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology Program at University of Dayton (UD), and is the Theatre Manager of Boll Theatre. He has worked as the

Technical Director, Lighting Designer, and Scenic Designer for several UD productions. U.S. Regional Theatre credits include: LaComedia Dinner Theatre, Springboro, Ohio; Opera Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, New York; The Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Virginia; University of Wisconsin – Platteville; Circa 21 Dinner Theatre, Rock Island, Illinois; Enchanted Hill Playhouse, Nappanee, Indiana; Sorg Opera, Middletown, Ohio; Ghostlight Theatre Inc., Davenport, Iowa; and Horsefeathers and Applesauce Dinner Theatre, Winfield, Kansas. Originally from Davenport, Iowa, Matt graduated in 1994 from Teikyo Marycrest University with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts. He resides in Lebanon, Ohio, with his wife Melanie, his son Camden, and Walter Kitty.

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A STRONG FUTURE BEGINS WITH LEGACY GIVING. What will your legacy be?

createyourjewishlegacy.org/legacy

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Sheri “Sparkle” Williams a native Daytonian, has come to be known among her colleagues and dance enthusiasts as “Sparkle.” She currently pursues an unprecedented 47th season with the company. She is an original member of the New York based Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Her career has allowed her to present the marvel that is contemporary concert dance to many nations across five continents, and all but two states of the United States. Sparkle has received numerous awards throughout her career, including the JOSIE Award, Fisk University’s Excellence in Artistry Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Montgomery County Arts & Culture district, the esteemed Governor’s Award for the Arts, and the coveted New York Dance and Performance Award (the Bessie) to name a few.

All to which she attributes the nurturing bestowed upon her by many dance educators and creators and most of all, DCDC company founder, Jeraldyne Blunden. Sparkle has been deemed a Stivers

School for the Arts Illuminarian and one of Ohio’s finest citizens in a proclamation sponsored by Ohio House Representative Lloyd E. Lewis Jr., featured as a ‘Dayton Original’ in the city’s “Dayton Patented: Originals Wanted” campaign, and immortalized among the “Dayton Skyscrapers,” a collection of works in various media by local African American artists inspired by historical figures and contemporary leaders who continue to make an impact on the region. Sparkle was honored to have been chosen by the Academy Award nominated film makers, Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, to be the subject for their documentary short Sparkle, which chronicles her amazing career and tenacity against all odds. And, she now adds the International Association of Blacks in Dance Inspirational Artist Honoree and the illustrious acknowledgement as a Woman of Influence by YWCA Dayton to her claim. Sparkle humbly credits her accomplishments to her exceptional discipline acquired through dance, her village of supporters who continuously fuel her fire, and the invaluable love and guidance of her parents whom she strives to represent proudly every day of her life.

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SHERI “SPARKLE” WILLIAMS

STAGE MANAGER & FITNESS TRAINER

L’AMOUR AMEER

WARDROBE MANAGER

Turn down the lights...

Pump up the music. It’s show time! Commanding the stage is fashion icon, L’Amour Ameer—at 6'4" he’s built with power and grace (thanks to his early life as a professional dancer). His hometown is Dayton, Ohio, but every city wants to claim him. Especially Chicago and New York where he has lived periodically. His reputation as a first class designer is spreading around the world too. His recent whirlwind visit to Liberia only solidifies L’Amour’s reputation. Dayton’s fashion week “Inside Couture” labeled l’Amour Ameer the “hidden jewel of fashion.”

L’Amour Ameer’s line under his new “custom cut couture” label is available to anyone who wants to look good and can now afford it because he makes his fashion accessible to those who work for a living. But celebrities have clamored for his designs as well: the string of esteemed names wearing an original l’Amour couture outfit includes Vivica Fox, Bill Cosby, comedian Eddie Griffin, legendary jazz great Miles Davis, and international beauty queens, including St. Croix and Ms. Virgin Islands.

L’Amour is a father, a man of strong faith, and he is humbled by his God-given talent to bring beauty to the world. Life is worth living, and—Dahling!— you are not truly living unless you are draped in l’Amour couture.

WILLIE LINDSEY

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE

Willie Lindsey graduated from the University of Dayton in 2021, where he developed his skills and gained practical experience in live performance and theatre. As a Senior, he earned the Dr. “G”

Award for Outstanding Commitment to Mainstage Theatre by demonstrating a willingness to be involved in the wide spectrum of theatrical productions.

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OUR STORY PROGRAM NOTES This work is dedicated to all the victims who suffered at the hands of Nazi brutality. No words are precise or powerful enough to describe the unimaginable times they lived through—loss of life, families ripped apart, displacement, human misery, but also extraordinary bravery, kindness, and heroism showed by so many in the face of the ultimate tribulation. Our Story is a living memorial; both a look back into the wretched maw of evil and a call to action that we might each root out a bit of hate within ourselves and more deeply appreciate the humanity of our neighbors.

CREATIVE TEAM DAVID MORSE

CHOREOGRAPHER

David Morse trained with Charlotte Ballet Academy under JeanPierre Bonnefoux, Darleen Callaghan, Mark Diamond, Patricia McBride, and Kathryn Moriarty. Morse spent his summers training at The Chautauqua Institution and danced with Charlotte Ballet II for two seasons before joining Charlotte Ballet, where he performed leading roles in a variety of classical and contemporary works. His choreography has been performed around the U.S. by professional companies, pre-professional schools and universities, and his work has been presented at Regional Dance America’s South Eastern Regional Ballet

TONY TUCCI

LIGHTING DESIGN

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Association for six years. Regional Dance America awarded him the Habich-Corey Choreography Award and the Project Tier Award for Excellence in Choreography. Morse has taken part in two sessions at the New York Choreographic Institute creating new works for School of American Ballet (to a commissioned score by Michael Gilbertson) and New York City Ballet. Also an accomplished pianist, Morse served as a ballet class accompanist at Charlotte Ballet, The Chautauqua Institution and Regional Dance America. He has served as a guest accompanist for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet Academy East, and New York City Ballet. Morse was promoted to Soloist for Cincinnati Ballet’s 2017–2018 Season.

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PROGRAM NOTES I first choreographed Boléro in 2007. I’d been Artistic Director for 10 years and created the piece to acknowledge the various artistic components of Cincinnati Ballet—from our Second Company to the Otto M. Budig Academy and our international professionals. Composer Maurice Ravel’s one-movement orchestral piece builds softly and slowly and ends in a loud, impactful statement. I thought the work was a wonderful metaphor for ballet. The movement starts simple, much as students do at the barre, then builds to robust and large movements like jumps and turns. In the piece, we start with Otto M. Budig Academy students learning very simple movements as they would in class and gradually progressing to our Main Company artists performing incredible movements with technical prowess.

Another important aspect of the choreography for Boléro is it changes with the individual dancers, giving them the opportunity and creative control to showcase their unique talents.

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BOLÉRO

CREATIVE TEAM VICTORIA MORGAN

CHOREOGRAPHER

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MAURICE RAVEL

COMPOSER

Maurice Ravel was a 19th and early 20th century French composer of classical music. His best known works are Boléro and Daphnis et Chloé.

Maurice Ravel was born on March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, and later studied with

Gabriel Fauré. His ballet Daphnis et Chloé was commissioned by Sergey Diaghilev. Other pieces include the orchestral works La Valse and Boléro.

Ravel remains the most widely popular of all French composers. Ravel died in Paris in 1937.

Source: biography.com

TRAD A BURNS

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN

Burns has been designing scenery and lighting professionally since 1989 for theater, dance, and amusement parks. Recent designs include the world premiere of The Wizard of Oz, choreographed by Septime Webre; scenery and lighting for the world premiere of Romeo & Juliet, choreographed by Adam Hougland for Louisville Ballet; and Peter and the Wolf, choreographed

by Ma Cong for Tulsa Ballet. Burns has had the privilege of designing world premiere ballets for such notable choreographers as Trey McIntyre, Val Caniparoli, James Kudelka, Edwaard Liang, Adam Hougland, Garrett Smith, Jessica Lang,

Alejandro Cerrudo, Donald Byrd, Jodie Gates, Gina Patterson, Amy Seiwert, Ma Cong, Andrea Schermoly, Jennifer Archibald, Penny Saunders, Septime Webre, Devon Carney, Victoria Morgan, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Robert Curran, Serkan Usta, and Sarah Slipper. Over the years his dance lighting has been seen at American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Atlanta Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, BalletMet, Louisville, Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Hubbard Street. This is Burns’ 20th season with Cincinnati Ballet.

ERIN EARLE FLEMING

LIGHTING RECREATION

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VICTORIA MORGAN

THE SUE AND BILL FRIEDLANDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

The 2021–2022 Season marks Victoria Morgan’s 25th Season as Cincinnati Ballet’s Artistic Director. Morgan took on the role of executive leader in 2008, serving as both the Artistic Director and CEO. Under her leadership, after years of growing deficits, the company stabilized its finances, built a healthy and sizeable endowment fund, created an operating reserve, and presented several million-dollar capital projects. During this time, the Company also expanded the Otto M. Budig Academy, as well as education and community engagement programming.

In 2017, with the arrival of Scott Altman as President and CEO, Morgan transitioned to full-time Artistic Director, giving her the opportunity to focus exclusively on artistic excellence. Morgan’s artistic contributions to Cincinnati Ballet are myriad.

During her tenure, she has choreographed numerous one-act and full-length ballets, including world premieres of King Arthur’s Camelot, the new Nutcracker, and her revised choreography for Cinderella. With her deep roots in the Cincinnati communi-

ty, Morgan was instrumental in fund-raising efforts to secure support for the new 57,000-square-foot Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. While construction was underway for the new Dance Center, 2020 challenged Morgan’s artistic leadership in unprecedented ways. She responded to the global pandemic in a creative and science-based way, working closely with the Company’s artistic and administrative teams to safely present one of the nation’s first ballet performances to an in-person audience following the shutdown. Ballet in the Park was staged at the Procter & Gamble Pavilion in September 2020 and was lauded by The National Endowment for the Arts for its innovation.

Prior to joining Cincinnati Ballet, Morgan was resident choreographer for the San Francisco Opera and a principal dancer for San Francisco Ballet and Ballet West. She has and continues to serve on numerous boards including Dance USA, Dance Magazine, the NEA evaluation panel, and was a judge for several International Ballet Competitions. Morgan graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A. from University of Utah and was honored as a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement in 2009.

SCOTT ALTMAN

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Scott Altman joined Cincinnati Ballet as President and CEO in August 2016. Under his visionary leadership, Cincinnati Ballet has reached many noteworthy milestones, more than tripling asset growth to over $75 million, implementation of its first $11 million operating budget, a dynamic new logo and brand identity, record-breaking ticket sales, the launch of a new Family Series, as well as expanded Academy and community programs. To accommodate this incredible growth, Cincinnati Ballet launched a $31 million capital campaign to construct a new, larger, state-of-the-art ballet center; the 57,000– square-foot Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance celebrated its grand opening in September 2021. During his tenure, Altman has been honored for three consecutive years by Cincinnati Magazine in its Cincinnati 300 as one of the city’s top 300 executives, and currently serves as Trustee on the Board of DanceUSA and as its Executive Managers Council Chair, Trustee on the Board of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, and member of the Dean’s

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Advisory Council for Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Altman has been a guest speaker for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Americans for the Arts, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Altman brings with him nearly three decades of experience in nonprofit administration and performing arts. Prior to his roles in administration, Altman enjoyed a 20-year career as a professional opera singer and performed 40 opera roles internationally. He has held leadership positions as General Director at both Arizona Opera and Opera New Jersey, and prior to coming to Cincinnati Ballet he was Executive Director of Ballet West. During his tenure, Ballet West experienced phenomenal expansion, including growth in ticket sales, a vastly expanded touring schedule, robust donor development, and the construction of a new building. He is an alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music as well as State University College at Purchase and taught for three years at Princeton University. Altman earned a certificate from Stanford University’s Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders, was a Utah Business 2016 CEO of the Year Honoree, and is a three-time recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Citation of Excellence Award.

C I N C I N N AT I BA L L E T L E A D E R S H I P

Carmon DeLeone, Music Director of Cincinnati Ballet for over 50 years and Conductor Laureate of The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and The Middleton Symphony, has served as Conductor and Host of the Family Concert Series at New York’s Carnegie Hall and has conducted orchestras in Germany, England, Luxembourg, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Under his leadership, The Illinois Philharmonic was twice named “Illinois Orchestra of the Year.” He has composed many original scores for the ballet. His bestknown work, Peter Pan, is frequently performed nationally and overseas. As Assistant, and later Resident Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, DeLeone served on its staff with Music

Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind, and Erich Kunzel. He was also selected by Maestro Erich Leinsdorf to participate in an intensive master conducting seminar at The Lincoln Center. He possesses a wide range of musical interests; he is versed in both the classics and jazz playing the French horn or leading his own “Studio Big Band” from the drum set. Maestro DeLeone made his New York conducting debut with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center, and his Carnegie Hall debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. DeLeone is a recipient of the Post-Corbett Award and most recently was awarded the esteemed MacDowell Medal by the Cincinnati MacDowell Society. His very popular weekly radio show, Sunday Morning Music Hall, can be heard on WDJO-FM 99.5 & 107.9 and AM 1480.

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CARMON DELEONE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

DALE SHIELDS

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Dale Shields trained at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Butler University before joining Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, where she rose to principal dancer under Artistic Director George Verdak. Shields performed principal roles in productions including Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppelia, Night Shadow, The Moor’s Pavane, and many original works. She served as Principal Bal-

let Mistress for Ballet Internationale, assisting with the original choreography of full-length ballets by Artistic Director Eldar Aliev and worked alongside Irina Kolpakova in staging many well-known classics. Accepting Artistic Director John McFall’s invitation to join Atlanta Ballet as Ballet Mistress gave her the opportunity to assist in mounting numerous full-length productions. She assisted on works by inspiring national and international choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Helen Pickett, Twyla Tharp, Liam Scarlett, David Bentley, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Amy Seiwert, among others. She is now in her third season with Cincinnati Ballet.

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

A skilled artist, entrepreneur, and change agent for the world of dance, Cervilio Miguel Amador received his education and training from the Vocational Ballet School in Camagüey, Cuba, and the National Ballet School of Cuba. He danced with the National Ballet of Cuba as a corps de ballet dancer and then as a corifeo (demi-soloist) before joining Cincinnati Ballet in 2004 as a Soloist. He was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2006 becoming one of the youngest Principals

in the history of the company. During his professional career he has performed as a guest artist in galas all over the world as well as a guest teacher for numerous schools. He has represented Cincinnati Ballet dancers as a Union delegate for over 10 years and after retiring from dance, he became the Rehearsal Director for Cincinnati Ballet. He is currently the Rehearsal Director for Cincinnati Ballet and Co-Artistic Director/Founder of Moving Arts.

Amador is also a member of the Cincinnati Ballet Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Task Force leading sustainable change for dancers now and future artists.

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Suzette Boyer Webb joined Cincinnati Ballet in 1979. As a Principal Dancer, under the direction of David McClain, Frederic Franklin, and Ivan Nagy, she danced classical and contemporary roles in works by choreographers Frederic Franklin, Ivan Nagy, George Balanchine, Ruth Page, Peter Anastos, John Butler, Sir Kenneth McMillian, Ben Stevenson, James Truitte, Lester Horton, and Vincente Nebrada. Upon retirement from Cincinnati Ballet, Webb served on the Dance Division faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. There, she was awarded The Outstanding Adjunct Teacher of the Year award.

As the director of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2 and Young Performers Ballet Master, Webb has been instrumental in providing technical and artistic learning opportunities to CB2 and Academy dancers in various Cincinnati Ballet productions, including the highly successful Cincinnati Ballet Family Series. Webb has choreographed numerous works for the Cincinnati Ballet Second Company. She has staged many ballets, including children’s roles for Victoria Morgan’s The Nutcracker, in Cincinnati; Anchorage, Alaska; at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C.; and at the Detroit Opera House.

Webb has worked nationally as guest teacher, adjudicator, and panelist.

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DIRECTOR OF SECOND COMPANY

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ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Hairston Berkley began her early ballet training at Charleston Ballet Theatre. She continued her training in Columbia, South Carolina, under the direction of Ann Brodie at the Calvert Brodie School of Dance and later went on to graduate from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Upon graduation, she joined Boston Ballet II where she danced for a year and in 2001 she joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member. She was promoted to Soloist in 2006 and later to Principal in 2010 after a successful debut as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping

Beauty. Throughout her performance career, she has held featured roles in the breadth of classical repertoire including Myrtha and Giselle in Giselle, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, the Lilac Fairy, Carabosse, and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Snow Queen and the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, among others.

In addition to the classics, her Balanchine repertoire includes the Siren in Prodigal Son, the Second Movement in Symphony in C, Emeralds in Jewels, Dark Angel in Serenade, and “The Man I Love” in Who Cares?. Since 2006, she has been an instructor in Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and was promoted to the role of Academy Director in the 2106–2017 Season.

Cincinnati Ballet

SARAH HAIRSTON BERKLEY

ACADEMY DIRECTOR

ZACK GRUBBS

ACADEMY PRINCIPAL

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Zack Grubbs began his dance training at Tuzer Ballet to supplement his education as a competitive gymnast.

He continued his ballet training at the University of Utah under Attila Ficzere and trained with companies across the country including Boston Ballet, where he was a company dancer for four years.

Grubbs came to Cincinnati Ballet in 2002, was promoted to Soloist in 2005 and Senior Soloist in 2008. Grubbs has also performed with opera com-

panies across the U.S., including the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Cincinnati Opera. Throughout his performance career, Grubbs has worked with world renowned choreographers including Trey McIntyre, Rudy van Dantzig, Mauricio Wainrot, Christopher Wheeldon, and Stanton Welch. Recently, Grubbs has worked as a repetiteur for Cincinnati Ballet and its Second Company, as well as an instructor at the Otto M. Budig Academy.

In September 2016, he retired from Cincinnati Ballet’s professional company to assume the leadership position of Academy Principal at the Otto M. Budig Academy.

JENNIFER RUTHERFORD

PRINCIPAL FACULTY, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION COORDINATOR

At the age of 14, Jennifer (Porteous) Rutherford moved to New York City to train at The School of American Ballet, after being invited there with a full scholarship. Jennifer was asked to join New York City Ballet at 17 years old. While in NYCB, Jennifer performed in many different Balanchine and Jerome Robbins ballets and was hand selected by Robert La Fosse for his ballet Concerto in

Five Movements. Jennifer received stellar reviews from The New York Times, singling her out for her performances in the company. Since retiring as a performer, Jennifer has been the Children’s Nutcracker Coach at Cincinnati Ballet, and has taught ballet for over 15 years. She was also a resident choreographer with Exhale Dance Tribe, based in Cincinnati. During the 2021–2022 Season, Jennifer joined the Otto M. Budig Academy team full time as Principal Faculty, Professional Training Division Coordinator.

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ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

Ihaiah Miller is a native of Jacksonville, Florida, where they trained at the Douglas Anderson School for the Arts and Jacksonville University’s Dance with Distinction program. In 2003, they graduated from the Joffrey Ballet/New School University with a BFA in Ballet and Composition Studies and in 2016, were a “Reaching for the Stars” fellowship recipient at Arizona State University were they pursed their Master’s of Fine Arts in Theatre, Performing Arts Management, and Entrepreneurship.

As a professional dancer, Miller has performed with the Eugene Ballet, Ballet Idaho, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble, Costal Arts Project,

the Florida Ballet, and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in soloist and principal roles. They have toured nationally and internationally, performing on major stages across North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

In 2005 they founded a dance company, Diesel Dance, which later became Diesel | Fusion Dance Theatre (DFDT), and was based both in New York City and Jacksonville, Florida. Through DFDT, Miller’s choreography has been showcased throughout Florida and New York, and has been performed at many festivals, benefits, and concerts. Miller is happy to be a member of Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and looks forward to sharing their knowledge and passion for dance with the community.

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ARTISTIC LISTING Cincinnati Ballet

Victoria Morgan

THE SUE AND BILL FRIEDLANDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ARTISTIC STAFF Carmon DeLeone

Dale Shields

MUSIC DIRECTOR

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Suzette Boyer Webb

Cervilio Miguel Amador

DIRECTOR OF SECOND COMPANY

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

THE COMPANY PRINCIPALS Melissa Gelfin De-Poli

Sirui Liu

Rafael Quenedit

FIRST SOLOISTS Minori Sakita

Maizyalet Velázquez

SOLOISTS David Morse

Chandler Proctor

Marcus Romeo

Joshua Stayton

CORPS DE BALLET Daniel Baldwin Taylor Carrasco Gabrielle Collins Jacqueline Damico Amador Luca De-Poli

Abbey Gonzalez Kay Matthew Griffin Samantha Griffin Christina LaForgia Morse Michael Mengden

Katherine Ochoa Jace Pauly Samantha Riester Bella Ureta Daniel Wagner

NEW DANCER Nikita Boris

APPRENTICES Catherine Lasak

Jhaelin McQuay

SECOND COMPANY: CB2 Nicolas Bierwagen Erin Blair Megan Carnuche Anderson Da Silva

Sam Epstein Hailey Flanagan Julia Gundzik Thompson McNeilly

Isabelle Morgan Taylor Nichols Daniel Panameño Anthony Rhee-Reynoso

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PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES Cincinnati Ballet is delighted to provide elementary schools in the greater Cincinnati area with FREE residency experiences sure to inspire your students to move and to develop an appreciation for the art of dance.

Focus: Second Grade Available: September - December The CincyDance! program starts in the classroom using a combination of physical education curriculum and dance training to activate a student’s desire to express themselves through movement. Following the residency, students are invited to audition for scholarships to continue their training at Cincinnati Ballet.

STORY CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT Focus: Fifth and Sixth Grade Available: January - April

Introduce your students to the power of storytelling through movement with the Story Choreography Project. Students connect to the language arts curriculum through a collaborative work of art highlighting their personal stories and their connections to each other and the community.

PERFORMANCES FOR SCHOOLS Cincinnati Ballet makes the beauty of live performance available to students across the greater Cincinnati area through in-school touring productions and student matinees for all grade levels.

TOURING COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES Bring Cincinnati Ballet directly to your school or community center! Each production is designed with a specific age group in mind and creates an experience that welcomes new audiences to dance through accessible storytelling, relatable themes, fun choreography, and interactive content.

STUDENT MATINEES Cincinnati Ballet’s student matinees connect students to live dance at the Aronoff Center, Music Hall, and the Valentine Center for Dance.

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P R I N C I PA L D A N C E R S Cincinnati Ballet

MELISSA GELFIN DE-POLI

PRINCIPAL DANCER | PHILADELPHIA, PA | JOINED CINCINNATI BALLET IN 2014

Melissa Gelfin De-Poli began her ballet training with Lisa Collins Vidnovic at Metropolitan Ballet Academy and continued with Barbara Sandonato and Andrea Long-Naidu at Barbara Sandonato School of Ballet. She joined the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre in 2009, under the direction of Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens, and was awarded a National Training Scholarship with ABT. Prior to dancing with Cincinnati Ballet, Gelfin De-Poli danced for Orlando Ballet II and Orlando Ballet Company from 2011 to 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Jackson International Ballet Competition. Gelfin DePoli joined Cincinnati Ballet as a New Dancer for the 2014–2015 Season and was promoted to Corps De Ballet in February of 2015. She was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2017 and Principal Dancer in 2018. As a dancer with Cincinnati Ballet, Gelfin De-Poli’s repertoire includes classical and contemporary works by Septime Webre, Yuri Possikov, Victoria Morgan, Val Caniparoli, Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Nicolo Fonte, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Adam Hougland, and Ma Cong. She has danced Principal roles in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in Wonderland) and The Wizard of Oz, Victoria Morgan’s The Nutcracker, King Arthur’s Camelot, and Romeo & Juliet, Kirk Peterson’s Coppélia and Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s Rubies and Serenade, Devon Carney’s The Sleeping Beauty, and originated roles in Penny Saunders’s Nannerl, Myles Thatcher’s Anamoly, Andrea Schermoly’s Swivet, and several works by Jennifer Archibald.

Gelfin De-Poli debuted as a choreographer in a solo work for the inaugural 2018 Female Choreographic Initiative Festival hosted by Houston Ballet. She has since debuted two world premieres for Cincinnati Ballet’s 2019 and 2020 The Kaplan New Works Series with her works Clockwise and Ain’t I a Woman respectively. During the summer months, Gelfin De-Poli performs and tours with Moving Arts Company.

SIRUI LIU

PRINCIPAL DANCER | SHANGHAI, CHINA | JOINED CINCINNATI BALLET IN 2011

Sirui Liu trained at Shanghai Dance School affiliated to Shanghai Theater Academy from 2000 to 2007 and went on to the Shanghai Dance College of Shanghai Theater Academy for four years.

The desire to expand her dance horizons upon graduation led Liu to Cincinnati Ballet, for which she left her school and family in China. Liu won a gold medal competing in senior group of ballet of the Ninth Taolibei National Dance Competition in China in 2009 and the gold medal of senior group of Beijing International Ballet Invitational in China in 2010. Liu was invited to perform in Night of Ballet Gala in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia in June 2016.

Sirui competed in 2014’s USA International Ballet Competition, progressing to the third and final round.

Liu was named one of the Top 25 Dancers to Watch in 2017 by Dance Magazine. She has danced several Pas de Deux including Black Swan, Don Quixote, Esmeralda, Diana and Acteon, Le Corsaire, Paquita, Coppelia. She has also performed Principal roles such as Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Waltz Girl in Balanchine’s Serenade, Tall Girl in Balanchine’s Rubies, The Chosen One in Rite of Spring, Pas couple in Minus 16, amongst other ballets. Liu has also worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Val Caniparoli, Yuri Possokhov, Kirk Peterson, Trey Mcintyre, Alejandro Cerrudo, Ohad Naharin, Annabelle Lope Ochoa, Nicolo Fonte, Garrett Smith, Justin Peck, Septime Webre, Jennifer Archibald, Ma Cong, Travis Wall, and more. Liu is the co-owner of Improvedance and Active Royale. She was named a Cincinnati Ballet Soloist in 2015 and promoted to Principal Dancer in 2017.

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P R I N C I PA L D A N C E R S

Rafael Quenedit began his training in 2006 in Cuba at Escuela Elemental de Ballet Alejo Carpentier where he trained for five years. He then spent eight years training with the National Ballet School of Cuba. He graduated in 2014 and joined the National Ballet of Cuba as a Corps de ballet dancer. Quenedit was quickly cast in Soloist and Principal roles, before being named Principal dancer at the prestigious international company. Principal roles with the National Ballet of Cuba include Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Giselle, La Fille Mal Gardée, The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, Carmen, La Bayadere, Cinderella, and Theme & Variations. He made his Cincinnati Ballet debut during the 2020–2021 Season in Bold Moves Plus. He has also worked with internationally-renowned choreographers including Alicia Alonso, Alexei Ratmansky, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Giuliano Peparini, and Alberto Mendez, among others. He has performed lead roles in the United States, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, Mexico, and several others. Competition awards include the bronze medal at the International Ballet competition in Havana, Cuba, Junior division; gold medal at the International Ballet competition in Cape Town, South Africa, Junior division; and gold medal at the XX International Ballet competition in Havana, Cuba. He was also awarded best Artistic Performance, Senior division; and winner at Amici World Dance competition in Italy.

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RAFAEL QUENEDIT

PRINCIPAL DANCER | HAVANA, CUBA | JOINED CINCINNATI BALLET IN 2021

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T H E C O M PA N Y Cincinnati Ballet

PRINCIPALS

MELISSA GELFIN DE-POLI

SIRUI LIU

RAFAEL QUENEDIT

CHINA | 2011

PENNSYLVANIA | 2014

CUBA | 2021

FIRST SOLOISTS

MINORI SAKITA

MAIZYALET VELÁZQUEZ PUERTO RICO | 2007

MARYLAND | 2019

SOLOISTS

DAVID MORSE

CHANDLER PROCTOR

NORTH CAROLINA | 2016

NORTH CAROLINA | 2021

JOSHUA STAYTON

MARCUS ROMEO

OHIO | 2019

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PENNSYLVANIA | 2017

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T H E C O M PA N Y Cincinnati Ballet

CORPS DE BALLET

DANIEL BALDWIN

TAYLOR CARRASCO

GABRIELLE COLLINS

JACQUELINE DAMICO AMADOR

LUCA DE-POLI

ABBEY GONZALEZ KAY

MATTHEW GRIFFIN

SAMANTHA GRIFFIN

CHRISTINA LAFORGIA MORSE

SOUTH CAROLINA | 2017

PENNSYLVANIA | 2008

FLORIDA | 2017

NEW MEXICO | 2015

FLORIDA | 2014

NORTH CAROLINA | 2015

CONNECTICUT | 2020

FLORIDA | 2017

SOUTH CAROLINA | 2014

MICHAEL MENGDEN TEXAS | 2016

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KATHERINE OCHOA CUBA | 2022

JACE PAULY

WASHINGTON | 2020

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T H E C O M PA N Y Cincinnati Ballet

CORPS DE BALLET

SAMANTHA RIESTER INDIANA | 2015

BELLA URETA

WASHINGTON | 2017

DANIEL WAGNER CALIFORNIA | 2020

NEW DANCER

NIKITA BORIS

NEW JERSEY | 2020

APPRENTICES

CATHERINE LASAK ILLINOIS | 2018

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JHAELIN MCQUAY CALIFORNIA | 2019

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CINCINNATI BALLET’S ADULT DANCE AND FITNESS OFFERS MORE WAYS TO MOVE THAN EVER BEFORE!

Classes in: Ballet Barre Fitness Cardio Kickboxing Conditioning Contemporary Modern Pilates Street Dance Your first class is always free! Open to ages 16 and up.

Visit cballet.org/adult-dance-classes or call 513.562.1111.

S E C O N D C O M PA N Y – C B 2 Cincinnati Ballet NICOLAS BIERWAGEN WASHINGTON | 2021

CALIFORNIA | 2021

ERIN BLAIR

MEGAN CARNUCHE

ANDERSON DA SILVA

SAM EPSTEIN

HAILEY FLANAGAN

JULIA GUNDZIK

THOMPSON MCNEILLY

ISABELLE MORGAN

DANIEL PANAMEÑO

ANTHONY RHEE-REYNOSO

FLORIDA | 2021

OHIO | 2021

TAYLOR NICHOLS MICHIGAN | 2019

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NEW YORK | 2021

NEW YORK | 2021

FLORIDA | 2021

PENNSYLVANIA | 2021

GEORGIA | 2021

KENTUCKY | 2019

CALIFORNIA | 2020

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION

LUCY ARNOLD

HANNAH BLAIR

AVA BRADFORD

CATHLEEN BRESLIN

JENNA DAUGHERTY

MICHAEL DUNCAN

ABIGAIL EINTERZ

KAYLA FRENCH

AMBER HARPER

MADELYN HARPOLE

NATALIE HIGLE

OHIO | 2021

INDIANA | 2021

IOWA | 2021

INDIANA | 2021

KENTUCKY | 2021

KENTUCKY | 2021

NEBRASKA | 2019

INDIANA | 2021

ANNA KINGHORN KENTUCKY | 2021

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GEORGIA | 2019

OHIO | 2021

EDWARD KIDD

GEORGIA | 2021

MASSACHUSETTS | 2020

SAMANTHA LANDRUM NEW YORK | 2021

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION Cincinnati Ballet NATALIE MARSHALL

RAMSAY MILLER

SIOBHAN NICKELL

ANNIKA OLSEN

TREVOR PINTERPARSONS

SCOTT REED

CLAIRE STURGEON

SALOMÉ TREGRE

TEXAS | 2019

OHIO | 2020

NORTH CAROLINA | 2021

SIERRA SEVERT OHIO | 2021

GEORGIA | 2019

MASSACHUSETTS | 2021

OHIO | 2021

LAUREN VOGEL COLORADO | 2021

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OHIO | 2019

OHIO | 2021

AVERY WARD GEORGIA | 2021

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BE EMPOWERED BE CONNECTED • BE INSPIRED BE ENERGIZED • BE BOLD Cincinnati Ballet’s Étoile brings together women throughout Cincinnati to connect, network, celebrate, and support each other through exclusive events and interactions with today’s outstanding female choreographers, dancers, designers, and community leaders.

ÉTOILE AFFILIATES Deborah Brant Renee Combs Lisa Damico Kristin Fishbaugh Kay Geiger Caprice Gilpin Arielle M. Goldberg Linda Greenberg

Kathryn Harsh* Becky Hogya Daphne Jurgensen* Renee W. Kreeger Betsy LaMacchia Jill McGruder Mindy McLaughlin Victoria Morgan

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ÉTOILE MEMBERS Diane Altmix Kris Attema Beth Barney Lauren Beckert* Carla Booth Sarah Brown Mary Kay Calonge Erin H. Carpenter Andrea D. Costa Connie Bergstein Dow

Sarah Frank Fogarty Jodi M. Geiser Camille Healy Jennifer Herzog Theresa Hooker Tonya Hurst* Marcy Kanter Heather Krombholz Susan Krott Deborah Livingston*

Laura R. Lucas Alexa Naramore Joselyn Michelle Pfeil Julia Poston Tracey Puthoff Yvonne Reissig Elyse Morgan Roth Judith Roth Keke Sansalone Audrey Shelton

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

T. Quinn

Joel Stone

Kristin Fishbaugh

Sarah Frank-Fogarty

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Sergio Arreola Debbie Brant Fran Carlisle Smokey Clay David Cook Andrea Costa Judy Dalambakis Jennifer Damiano Jerry Ewers

Paul Frodge Jodi Geiser Rico Grant Linda Greenberg Bruce Halpryn Ken Heldman Cynthia E. Henderson Lydia Jacobs-Horton Bruce Jeffery

Daphne Jurgensen Peter Laffoon Mark McAndrew Megan McCarthy-Wolf Jack Miner Katy Moeggenberg Emerson Moser Alex Muñoz Toilynn O’Neal

Alexandra Ollinger, CFP Jim Papakirk Alandes Powell Marty Ragland Jennifer Stein Faith Whittaker Jennifer Knight Zelkind

Cincinnati Ballet

2021–2022 GOVERNING BOARD

SUSTAINING TRUSTEES Michael Bailes Bernie Calonge Sheila Cohen Connie Bergstein Dow Sandra A. Eisele, MD, MBA Kathryn Harsh Dr. Edmond Hooker Beth Levy

Leon Loewenstein Madelynn Matlock Larry McGruder Skip Merten Cathy Nwankwo Marilyn Osborn Joselyn Pfeil Julie Richardson

Kitty Rosenthal Morleen Rouse Diane Rumpke Keke Sansalone Tom Schiff Beth Snyder Christina Sprecher Brett Stover

Mary Talbott Heather Theders Pamela F. Thompson, CFA Serena Tsuang Kelly Vanasse M. Catherine Vernon Gary West Barbara Weyand

TRUSTEES EMERITUS Kelly Brown Laura Brunner Trish Bryan Otto M. Budig, Jr. Nancy Clagett William Cordes

Lynn Good Lorrence Kellar Charles MacDonnell Richardson McKinney Tom Neyer Carol Duane Olson

Paul Ose Melody Sawyer Richardson Michael Rozow James Sammarco Kathleen Selker

Rhonda Sheakley Russell Shelton Shelly Sherman Julie Shifman Linda Smith Ronna Willis

HONORARY TRUSTEES Craig F. Maier

Rhoda Mayerson+

FOUNDATION BOARD

Scott Altman Michael Bailes Debbie Brant

Otto M. Budig, Jr.

Pamela F. Thompson, CFA

PRESIDENT

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Kelly Brown Joe Carolin* Joseph Dehner

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Madelynn Matlock Robert Pitcairn T. Quinn

Rhonda Sheakley Jennifer Stein

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C I N C I N N AT I BA L L E T S TA F F Victoria Morgan THE SUE AND BILL FRIEDLANDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Joe Carolin VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND CFO

Tiffany Whitcomb VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

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Cincinnati Ballet is pleased to offer Meet the Artists, a pre-performance discussion series connecting audiences to select dancers, choreographers, and members of the creative team who bring our performances to life. Admission to Meet the Artists is included in your ticket to the current production.

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ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES Throughout the year Cincinnati Ballet offers dynamic and interactive experiences to deepen your love of the art form. These programs are designed for everyone and include studio rehearsals, workshops, community and educational performances, pre-and post-performance discussions, and more.

BALLET AND BEER Ballet & Beer is an event series providing an insider’s view into Cincinnati Ballet while enjoying drinks, light bites, and socializing. This season we will host these happy hour–style events at the new Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills. These events are free to attend, but due to space limitations for the rehearsals, advanced reservations are encouraged. Events include a cash bar.

COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE SERIES Cincinnati Ballet is excited to open the Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance to the community for an inviting introduction to ballet and dance performance. These performances are designed to welcome new audience to dance through accessible storytelling, relatable themes, fun choreography, and community partnerships. Join us at the new Center for Dance on select Sunday afternoons with your family and friends for these hour-long performances.

ÉTOILE EMPOWERED, CONNECTED, INSPIRED, ENERGIZED, BOLD!

Cincinnati Ballet’s Étoile group continues to bring together remarkable women from throughout the region to connect and celebrate through exclusive events supporting female leadership in ballet. This season every production features work by female choreographers.

For more information, please contact ILONA PIASKOWY at ipiaskowy@cballet.org

VOLUNTEER Cincinnati Ballet offers a variety of volunteer opportunities. Get involved and support Cincinnati Ballet while meeting new people and learning more about ballet. Volunteering for Cincinnati Ballet is fun, educational, and a great way to support the arts. Volunteers are vital in supporting the mission of Cincinnati Ballet. To learn more, please contact Kate Brockmeier at volunteer@cballet.org.

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F O R YO U R I N F O R M AT I O N Cincinnati Ballet

AT THE ARONOFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS FOOD AND BEVERAGES are available at various lobby locations throughout the Aronoff Center. For many performances, a selection of the concessions we sell, including most drinks, may be taken into the theater. Our concessions staff and ushers can indicate whether or not you may take your snacks and beverages into the theater.

ALL RESTROOMS in the Aronoff Center are accessible to people with disabilities. Restrooms in the Procter & Gamble Hall are located in the side corridors on both sides of the lobbies (except Balcony—restrooms located on the north side of the lobby only).

COAT CHECK can be found on the street level of the Aronoff Center.

IF YOU LOSE AN ITEM while attending an event at the Aronoff Center, check with one of our ushers before leaving the building. If they are unable to locate the item, call the Security Desk at (513) 977-4128 during regular business hours, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday-Friday.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECYCLING effort is appreciated! Blue or silver recycling containers are located near every concession stand.

If you don’t want to keep your program, you may recycle it in the program bins in the lobby at the Aronoff Center.

PLEASE NOTE THE LOBBY at the Aronoff Center opens one hour prior to curtain and you may enter the theater 30 minutes prior to the start of the performance.

LATE SEATING is at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. For many events, there may be a seating hold for latecomers. These holds vary in length depending on the show. Should you need to leave the auditorium during the performance, re-admittance and seating will also be at the discretion of the house manager.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO of Cincinnati Ballet performances is strictly forbidden.

SMOKING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED at The Aronoff Center.

FREE TOURS OF THE ARONOFF CENTER are available for groups up to 50 people and are typically offered Monday – Friday between the hours of 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, pending theater availability. Weekend or early evening tours also may be possible and can be discussed with a representative. The Aronoff Center tour lasts approximately one hour. To schedule a tour, call (513) 977-4117, ext. 3 and leave a message with the date(s) and time(s) you are interested in attending. An Aronoff Center representative will respond within 2 business days.

ACCESSIBILITY All theaters and meeting spaces within the Aronoff Center are accessible to patrons with physical disabilities. Once inside the building, all levels are accessible by elevator. The Jarson-Kaplan Theater is equipped with one elevator for patron use. Automatic accessible doors are located on the south end of the building near Sixth and Walnut Streets.

A COURTESY WHEELCHAIR IS AVAILABLE upon request on a first-come, first-served basis for patrons needing assistance from the lobby to their seats. Patrons can ask any staff member or volunteer usher for assistance.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES for the hearing impaired are available at the coat room in the lobby of the Jarson-Kaplan Theater. These assistive listening devices operate on an infra-red system and are not compatible with other frequency-based units.

ACCESSIBLE SEATING is available in all theaters for patrons not able to transfer out of their wheelchairs or with other seating needs. Please contact the Ticket Office at (513) 621-2787 in advance to discuss your needs.

SERVICE ANIMALS are always welcome at the Aronoff Center in order to accommodate patrons with disabilities.

For more information about Cincinnati Ballet please visit our website www.cballet.org, call (513) 621-5282, or visit us at 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

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