ATLANTA BALLET :: THE NUTCRACKER 2020 EXPERIENCE

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Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Yuri Possokhov Scenic Design by Tom Pye Costume Design by Sandra Woodall Lighting Design by David Finn Video Design by Finn Ross Props and Set Decoration by Faye Armon-Troncoso Flying by Foy Conductor, Garrett Keast with the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra Filmed and Edited by Brian Wallenberg

The Nutcracker | 2020

4 | atlanta ballet Company Ballet Masters Rory Hohenstein and Roman Rykine

DEAN OF THE CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION Sharon Story

2020 | 2021 COMPANY Erica Alvarado, Jessica Assef, Jacob Bush, Nadyne Bispo‡, Emily Carrico, Anastasia Cheplyansky‡, Dylan Clinard, Catherine Conley, Bret Coppa, Georgia Dalton, Thomas Davidoff, María José Esquivel‡, Brock Fowler, Brooke Gilliam, Emma Guertin, Sujin Han, Jessica He, Airi Igarashi, Darian Kane, Benjamin Kuefler, Saho Kumagai, Jordan Leeper, Keaton Leier, Guilherme Maciel, Moisés Martín, Sergio Masero-Olarte, Juliana Missano, Miguel Angel Montoya, Jackie Nash, Carraig New‡, Jonathan Philbert, Keith Reeves, Mikaela Lauryn D. Santos, Anderson Souza, Fuki Takahashi, Ashley Wegmann, Spencer Wetherington‡, Sage Wilson‡

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2020 | 2021 ATLANTA BALLET 2 Georgie Grace Butler, Severin Brotschul, Joseph Finklea, Laura Gracia, Reira Ikeda, Margaret Kuefler, Lucas Labrador, Jason McClung, Wyatt McConville-McCoy, Dominique Morel, Stephen Myers, Hui Wen Peng, Evelyn Robinson, Kaitlin Matree Roemer, Samantha Schuermann, William Woodward

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Dorothy Moses Alexander, Atlanta Ballet Founder, 1929-1960 Robert Barnett, Artistic Director Emeritus, 1961-1994 John McFall, Artistic Director, 1994-2016

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This staging of The Nutcracker ballet takes place in a charming German city on Christmas Eve and pulls in elements from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” set to the iconic Tchaikovsky score. This twoact ballet, a classic holiday story, uses elaborately crafted scenery combined with advanced techniques in lighting and video projection to enhance the story’s magic.

ACT I It is Christmas Eve, and family and friends gather for holiday festivities at the Stahlbaum house. Guests arrive by sleds and skis and frolic outside.

Young Marie Stahlbaum, a shy bookworm, welcomes the arrival of the guests, including her mysterious godfather Drosselmeier, a clock worker who, with his magical abilities, makes Christmas presents for his nieces and nephews every year. This year, he brings a peculiar gift to Marie — a nutcracker doll.

It is nearly midnight, the party has ended, and the guests have said their goodbyes. Marie returns to the cabinet to check on her new Nutcracker Doll and suddenly finds herself surrounded by a horde of menacing mice. Magically, her beloved Nutcracker jumps to the rescue as she watches her dolls come to life and everything around her grows in size.

After an exhausting, but yet unfinished battle, Drosselmeier reveals to Marie that the Nutcracker is a prince. Charmed with each other, they dance through a wonderland of snow before embarking on a magical journey.

ACT 2 Drosselmeier enters in grand fashion and introduces a world of books, thousands flying in the air when he selects one particularly interesting book. It happens to be the very same book Marie used to fight off the mice and where the Mouse King hid after the battle. The Nutcracker Prince and Marie float back in together and dance among the flowers. Drosselmeier recalls the book, which has grown tremendously, and the Mouse King and his army appear.

Drosselmeier arms the Nutcracker Prince for a battle, and the Nutcracker Prince defeats the Mouse King with his sword.

Drosselmeier invites Marie and the Nutcracker Prince back into his mysterious world, taking them on a journey through the pages of a storybook to fantastical places where they meet characters from different countries around the world. Remarkably, they witness bullfights, snake charmers, and the most amazing flower garden dancing in the wind.

On their way back after spending enchanted time together, the Nutcracker Prince wants Marie to stay with him. Drosselmeier separates them, holding onto Marie as the Nutcracker Prince departs.

Marie finds herself dreaming and wakes up. She realizes that everything must come to an end and she is delighted by memories of a wonderful world filled with beautiful music, travel and adventure, evoking the timeless and magical spirit of the holidays that she will fondly remember for years to come.

6 | leadership GENNADI NEDVIGIN (Artistic Director), in February 2016, was

named Atlanta Ballet’s fourth artistic director in the Company’s then 87-year history. Nedvigin, born in Rostov, Russia, began his training at age 5. At 10, he was accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Upon graduating, he joined Moscow Renaissance Ballet, as a soloist, before he was invited to dance with Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 1997, while on tour in the U.S., San Francisco Ballet (SFB) Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson offered Nedvigin a soloist contract. After three years, he was promoted to principal dancer. While at SFB, Nedvigin won the International Competition’s Erik Bruhn Prize (1999). He has also received three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (2001, 2010 and 2017). Along the way, Nedvigin was fortunate to work with many world-renowned choreographers. In addition to his dancing career, Nedvigin also taught master classes and staged ballets in the U.S. and abroad before becoming an artistic director. Recently, Nedvigin sat on juried panels at the World Ballet Competition in Orlando, the International Ballet Competition held in Jackson, Mississippi, and the Youth America Grand Prix. Under Nedvigin’s guidance, Atlanta Ballet has established the Academy training program, which includes a top-tier performance ensemble, Atlanta Ballet 2, representing his commitment to training for the next generation of professional dancers.

ARTURO JACOBUS (President & CEO) is in his 12th season with Atlanta Ballet. He was previously chief executive of Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, each for 10 years.

He holds master’s degrees in business administration, arts administration and human resources management, and he has completed management certificate programs at the University of Washington and Harvard Business School. Jacobus has served on executive boards for such arts organizations as Dance/USA, Washington State Arts Alliance, Northwest Development Officers’ Association and California Arts Advocates. He has stayed actively involved in arts strategy and advocacy by chairing and sitting on panels for the city of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Before becoming an arts executive, Jacobus served for 20 years as a bandmaster for the U.S. Navy, leading ensembles in Villefranche, France; Gaeta and Naples, Italy; and San Francisco. While stationed in Naples, under the Commander in Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CincSouth), he founded a 50-member NATO ensemble from the armies, navies and air forces of Italy, Greece, Turkey, the U.K. and the U.S. S HARON STORY (Dean of the Centre for Dance Education) joined Atlanta Ballet after a professional dance career that spanned more than 20 years and included tenures with Joffrey Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Stars of New York City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and 10 years with Boston Ballet. Her Boston Ballet tenure included international tours with Rudolf Nureyev. In 1996, along with her role as ballet mistress, Story became dean of the Centre for Dance Education (Centre), which has grown to become one of the largest dance schools in the nation. The Centre is nationally

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recognized for its programs and community initiatives. Under Story’s direction, the Centre achieved accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD). She serves currently as president of the board of directors for NASD. Story received the 2015 Women Making a Mark Award from Atlanta Magazine and was featured in the ArtsATL Legacy Series 2018.

She is committed to providing a noncompetitive atmosphere and access to dance education that is shaped by the community’s needs, is innovative and inspires the commitment and excellence that are the trademarks of Atlanta Ballet.

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RORY HOHENSTEIN (Ballet Master) was born in Washington

D.C., where he began dancing at the age of 6. Hohenstein furthered his training, from the age of 12, at the Kirov Academy of Ballet. At 17, he joined Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 2000, he joined San Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps, being promoted to soloist in 2006. In 2008, he moved to New York joining Christopher Wheeldon’s company, Morphoses, performing in its home seasons at New York City Center and at Sadler’s Wells in London. He spent a season dancing with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company before joining the Joffrey Ballet in 2011, where he continued to be a leading artist with the company through the 2018/19 season. Some personal highlights include dancing the roles of Romeo in Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo & Juliet, Riff in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, Levin in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina and in Wayne McGregor’s Eden/ Eden. This is Hohenstein's second season as ballet master at Atlanta Ballet.

ROMAN RYKINE (Ballet Master) joined Atlanta Ballet from Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 2016. He graduated from the Rudolph Nureyev State Ballet Academy in his hometown of Ufa, Russia, and he was a principal dancer with Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet and the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Rykine won the gold medal and first prize at the International Ballet Competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1993, and the bronze medal at both the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1994, and the Rudolph Nureyev International Ballet Competition in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993. He holds the honorary title of Artist of Merit of the Republic from the Government of Ufa, Russia. During his career, Rykine toured extensively in Europe, Asia and the United States and was a guest artist with various ballet companies. He retired from the stage in 2010 and began teaching. Rykine was a guest faculty member at the Boston Ballet School before joining the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in January 2012.

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10 | artistic and production team YURI POSSOKHOV (Choreographer) danced for 10 years with the Bolshoi Ballet, performing leading roles in the company’s classical and contemporary repertoire. While performing, Possokhov studied choreography and ballet pedagogy at the State College of Theatrical Arts. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet for two years before joining the San Francisco Ballet (SFB) as a principal dancer in 1994. During his 12 years dancing with SFB, he began choreographing. Upon retirement from dancing, he joined the artistic staff at SFB as choreographer-in-residence. He has created 14 ballets for SFB and continues to choreograph new works for the company each season. Possokhov choreographs ballets for companies worldwide. In 2015, his full-length for the Bolshoi Ballet, A Hero of Our Time, was met with critical acclaim, and the company invited him to stage a full-length ballet based on the life of Rudolf Nureyev that premiered in December 2017. For these two ballets, Possokhov received the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award, established by the International Dance Union. Possokhov's most recent full-length work, Anna Karenina, premiered in 2019 as a co-production between Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and The Australian Ballet. Learn more at yuripossokhov.com.

TOM PYE (Scenic Designer) has worked with a diverse range of directors around the world in theatre, TV, film, opera and dance. After being nominated for a Craft & Design Award for his work on Season One, he is currently serving as costume designer on the second season of Sally Wainwright’s acclaimed BBC One and HBO series “Gentleman Jack.” Upcoming: The Hours (The Metropolitan Opera), The Seagull (Bolshoi Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Helinski Ballet), and My Neighbor Totoro. Select Broadway credits include Long Day’s Journey Into Night, All My Sons, The Glass Menagerie, Fiddler on the Roof (Tony nomination), The Testament of Mary, Cyrano de Bergerac and Medea. Select West End credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Christmas Carol, Sinatra and Medea. Select opera credits include Cosi fan Tutte, The Death of Klinghoffer and Eugene Onegin (ENO and The Metropolitan Opera co-productions); Akhnaten (ENO, MET, LA Opera); and Anna Karenina (Joffrey Ballet). In film and television, Pye’s credits include “To Walk Invisible” by Sally Wainwright (BBC, PBS); “Gloriana,” “A Feast at Midnight,” “Christie Malry’s Own Double Entry,” “Richard II” and “Twelfth Night” (Channel 4).

SANDRA WOODALL (Costume Designer), visual artist and a leading designer for dance, has designed sets and costumes at San Francisco Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, the State Opera Ballet of Austria, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Project, Singapore Dance Theatre, National Ballet of Finland and other companies around the world. Woodall’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut, the San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design, and WearableArt in 2011 in Hong Kong. She has been a Fulbright scholar at Taiwan National University of the Arts and has designed many productions in Taiwan and China, including 2009’s stadium-scale opening for the Deaf Olympics and the 100th anniversary celebration of Taiwan National Day, Winter Journey by Wan Fang and the 2019 premiere in Shanghai of Stan Lai’s 8-hour epic, AGO. DAVID FINN (Lighting Designer) began his professional career as a lighting designer at age 16, working for puppeteer Burr Tillstrom — “Kukla, Fran and Ollie.”

His design credits for dance include works for such renowned choreographers as Sasha Waltz, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham, James Kudelka, José Limón, Helgi Tomasson, Liam Scarlett, Yuri Possokhov and Dana Reitz, as well as for leading international companies. Finn was the resident lighting designer for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project from 1993 to 2000. His opera work includes projects for the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Paris Opera, La Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival and many others. Finn has designed the Cirque du Soleil shows ZED in Tokyo, and R.U.N. and Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. Recent projects include the world premieres of The Flying Dutchman for the Metropolitan Opera and

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Anna Karenina for the Joffrey Ballet. Upcoming plans include Lohengrin for The Bolshoi Opera & the Metropolitan Opera, The Seagull for The Bolshoi Ballet, and SYMPHONIE MMXX for Sasha Waltz and The Berlin Ballet.

FINN ROSS (Video Designer) has won two Oliviers, a Tony Award and three Drama Desk awards. Ross’ theater work includes Frozen (Broadway); Mean Girls (Broadway); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End and Broadway); Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway, West End and tour); Jagged Little Pill, In the Body of the World and Crossing (American Repertory Theatre and Broadway); American Psycho (Broadway and Almeida); Betrayal (Broadway); Chimerica (Almeida and West End); The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company and Barbican); and Master and Margarita, All My Sons and Shun-kin (Complicite).

His opera credits include The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Benvenuto Cellini, Death of Klinghoffer, Death in Venice, Eugine Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, Damnation of Faust and Don Giovanni (English National Opera); Hansel und Gretel, Zauberflöte and A Dog’s Heart (Dutch National Opera); La clemenza di Tito and The Adventures of Mr. Brouèek (Opera North); Les Pecheurs de Perles, Turn of the Screw (Theatre an der Wien); and Rinaldo (Glyndebourne).

Ross’ design work for dance includes Le Petit Prince (National Ballet of Canada) and Frankenstein (Royal Ballet).

FAYE ARMON-TRONCOSO (Props and Set Decorator) was the first Props/Set Decorator to have ever won an Obie Award — ever! Her Broadway credits include Linda Vista (Hayes); Head Over Heels (Hudson); The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco); Oslo (Lincoln Center); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Booth); The Gin Game (Golden); Fun Home (Circle in the Square, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); The River (Circle in the Square); Of Mice and Men (Longacre); MacBeth (Lincoln Center); Testament of Mary (Walter Kerr); Golden Boy (Belasco); Clybourne Park (Walter Kerr, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); Warhorse (Lincoln Center, Tony Award for Best Set); The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst/Delacorte, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); Enron (Broadhurst) and Albee’s Seascape (Booth). Faye’s OffBroadway credits include In the Heights (37 Arts) and Bug (Barrow Street Theater, Obie Award) and a million more Off-Broadway productions at Lincoln Center Theater. For television, Faye was Art Director on “The Big Fib” and Prop Master on “The Good Fight.”

BRIAN WALLENBERG (Film Videographer and Editor), a former Atlanta Ballet dancer, performed in Shed Your Skin: The Indigo Girls Project in 2001 & 2004, as Jonathan Harker in Michael Pink’s Dracula, and in big, the collaboration with Antwan André “Big Boi” Patton from Outkast in 2008. Wallenberg retired from the stage in 2011, but returned to dance the role of Jonathan Harker in Michael Pink’s Dracula at the request of the artistic staff in 2013. He joined Atlanta Ballet in 1998 after dancing with Houston Ballet. Wallenberg has since contributed to Atlanta Ballet as social media manager. Wallenberg’s current role as video content producer for Atlanta Ballet makes possible this movie presentation of Yuri Possokhov’s The Nutcracker.

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14 | administration EXECUTIVE Arturo Jacobus, President & CEO ARTISTIC Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director Rory Hohenstein, Ballet Master Roman Rykine, Ballet Master FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Officer Thomas Fowlkes, General Manager Hana Miller, Accounting Manager Aminah Walton, Bookkeeper/Office Manager Dana Hylton Calabro, Director, Data Services ADVANCEMENT Mary Grace Herrington, Chief Advancement Officer Lauren Elliot, Senior Director of Advancement, Annual Fund and Leadership Gifts Sherren Sandy, Director of Advancement, Donor Engagement Manda Wilhite, Senior Director of Advancement, Major Gifts and Board Liaison Katie Ude, Advancement Associate MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer Julia Berg, Director of Public Relations Brian Wallenberg, Video Content Producer Julie Sharpe, Design Director Myredith Momongan, Group Sales Manager Toni C. Vacinek, Communications Manager Shayla Clay, Social Media Manager/Graphic Designer Bandeja Munir, Videography Intern TICKETING & PATRON SERVICES Lindsay Smith, Associate Director of Ticketing & Patron Services Desiree Houston, Patron Services Assistant Jasmine Martinez, Patron Services Assistant PRODUCTION Dave Smith, Production Manager & Technical Director Joseph R. Walls, Lighting Supervisor Sicily Palms, Company Manager Nicole Walters, Stage Manager Jane Kuipers, Assistant Stage Manager COSTUMES Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor Chloe Gervaise, Costume Technician Abby Parker, Costume Technician/Shoe Manager Abby Polston, Draper Ashleigh Dobrin, Finisher atlantaballet.com | @atlantaballet

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20 | encore ANNUAL FUND DONORS Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, businesses, foundations, and volunteer groups, whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of August 1, 2019 – July 31, 2020. If you find that you are listed incorrectly or we did not recognize you appropriately, we apologize and want to include you. Please contact Senior Director of Advancement, Annual Fund & Leadership Gifts, Lauren Elliott at lelliott@atlantaballet.com or 404.873.5811 x1222.

INDIVIDUAL DONORS THE ENCORE CIRCLE $100,000+ Anonymous Chris Carlos & Family Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II Katherine Scott $20,000 - $49,999 Ms. Jan P. Beaves Margot and Travis Cline Lavona S. Currie Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Kathleen & Kirk Knous $15,000 - $19,999 Anonymous Vanessa & Robin Delmer Mr. William F. Snyder $10,000 - $14,999 Anonymous Elizabeth & Howell Adams III Emily C. Baker Dr. Meria J. Carstarphen & Mr. David Heleniak Cynthia Crain, Ed. D. & Dwight Lee, Ph. D. Yelena Epova Jacqueline Flake & David Dase Ms. Amy Gerome-Acuff & Mr. Daniel Acuff Bonnie & Terry Herron Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Barbara & Eric Joiner Sarah Kennedy Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor Kristen Manion Taylor & Jason Taylor Taylor & Brad Meyer Linda & Don Morris Delphine Podsiadlo Stanley H. Rose III Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder & Mr. Bill Schroder Stephanie & Austin Stephens Carol & Ramon TomĂŠ Mr. & Mrs. Juan Carlos Urdaneta Pam Wakefield Kathleen Walker $7,500 - $9,999 Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith Adrienne & Scott Hardesty James L. Jackson $5,000 - $7,499 Nigel Ferguson Mr. Daniel E. Gaylord & Ms. Marilyn Altman Joanne & Alex Gross Kenneth & Colleen Hey Dr. Leslie & Mrs. Marilyn Kelman Mariana Laufer Marjorie & Mark McConnell The Mortimer Family Doug & Ginger (Brill) Pisik Karen Vereb & Bud Blanton Pam & Paul Whitacre

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$2,500 - $4,999 William Bishop Dr. & Mrs. William Brinkman Rick, Jackie, & Caroline Cavallo K&K Investments Mr. & Mrs. Jerome M Cooper Mr. Richard Delay & Ms. Francine Dykes Mr. & Mrs. Howard F. Elkins Stacy Galan Shailendra Julie & Paul Hagedorn Steve, Susan & Grace Hauser Mr. J. David Hopkins Laurie & John Hopkins Allegra Lawrence-Hardy Gino & Belinda Massafra Drs. Christine & Michael Murphy Debby & Baker Smith Johannah Smith Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Sones Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney Dr. John Trimble & Ms. Marianne Stribling Harriet H. Warren Tom & Judie Wilhite Paula & Mike Wilson Joli Wu & Marius Hechter Allen W. Yee $1,000 - $2,499 Anonymous James J. Andrews Diana & Miguel Arteche Sarah & Corey Babb Dr. Florence C. Barnett Lindsay & Evan Borenstein Sara & Alex Brown Lucy & Henry Bush Thomas & Meredith Courts Deborah Dalton Mrs. Julie Turner-Davis & Mr. John Davis Robert Paul Dean & Robert Epstein Kevin & Demi Doyle Eve Eckardt Brad Foresythe Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Goddard Dr. Marvin Goldstein Mary Grace Herrington & Richard Clark Lisa & Forrest Hibbard Mr. Douglas Hopkins Elvira & Arturo Jacobus Leigh Anna & Steven Lang Melanie & Chris Leeth Mrs. Vaughn Linder Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III Lucinda W. Bunnen Carole & Nelson Marchioli Margaret P. McCamish Conrad Mora Ms. Sandra Noecker Paula & Terry Parker Tonya & Steve Paro Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier Hunter & Leslie Pierson

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Margery & Dan Reason Family Fund Danna & Mike Sanders Sharon & David Schachter Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein Judith Story Mr. & Mrs. James E. Stueve Richard & Christine Sturm Greer & Alex Taylor Dr. Peter & Mrs. Beverly Thomas Brandon & Regina Tonnis Mr. John J. UyHam & Dr. Kirsten Travers-UyHam Veronica M. Vincent & Robert I. Wertheimer Eric and Chan Voiles Betsy Wash Andrea Weyermann & Tim Goodwin $500 - $999 Anonymous Hope Barrett Matthew and Natalie Bernstein Kristin A. Birkness Mrs. George C. Blount, Jr. Vanessa Carroll Mr. & Mrs. Henry M. Colvin Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Davis Ashleigh Dobrin Mr. Mark du Mas Tricia & Chris Ekholm Danny Futrell Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Gagliano Kathryn & Patrick Gaul Christine A. Gilliam Antoinette J. Earley & William L. Green Helen & Jeff Herbert Roberta Taylor & James Hill Michal & Jack Hillman Miranda Hitti James Honkisz & Catherine Binns Mr. Charles A. Johnston, Jr. Jean Gatton Jones Graham Kerr Allan & Vaneesa Little Mr. William McClain Jean & Robert McColl Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany Dr. & Mrs. Steven C. Moreland.

Terri & Stephen Nagler Mary Nakashige Robert W. Parris & Bradley W. Renner Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Perkowitz Jonathan Popler Dr. & Mrs. William M. Scaljon Teena Stern Charlotte & David Terrell Ms. Karen Trujillo Jeff & Catherine Tucker Alan & Marcia Watt Jody Collins Weatherly Kara & Brian Williamson

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$250 - $499 Judith & Aaron Alembik Mark & Belinda Anderson Rodney Baker David Barnett Ms. Martha Bobo Mrs. Carolyn Champion Mr. Robert Clark & Ms. Kelsey Parsell Jennifer & Andy Coppa Ann Danuser Terrence R. Dimter & Alain Mallette Dr. Lynley D. Phillips Elaine Eaton Mrs. Susan Fleck David & Stephanie Ford Judy & Edward Garland Richard Goodjoin & Kelvin Davis Grace Pownall & Ron Harris Mark & Pat Jackson Dorothea & Robert Jeffrey Barbara Keon & Donald Dalton Bob and Lynn Koch Eric A. Larson Ms. Doreen M. Lewis Mrs. Carolyn Luesing Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Lynch Bridget Matarrese Daniel J. McDaniel Jennifer & Virginia McGuffey Mr. and Mrs. Gene W. Milner Anna & Anthony Missano Carol & Ben Mitchell Michelle Flake Morgan Karen Olsen-Howard, M.D. Dick & Dixie Olson Sara W. O’Neal Donald & Helen O’Shea Mrs. Debby Overstreet Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Mrs. Polly N. Pater Yvonne D. Patterson Dytre Fentress & Stephen Rann Gajan & Lila Retnasaba Dr. Robert & Gail Riesenberg Roman Rykine Crista & Glenn Schaab Jeffrey & Pauline Schreier Fredrick & Diane Shaftman Nancy Shamblin Jon & Beth Stahlman Barbara & Jon Swann Dr. Michael & Mrs. Francoise Szikman Kris Taylor Dr. James Wallace Jeffrey & Kathleen Wetherington Sylvia Wrobel & Robert Nichols

PAS DE DEUX SOCIETY Members of the Pas de Deux Society have made an extra gift of $5,000 to artistically support an individual dancer for the 19|20 season.

Jan P. Beaves Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith Atlanta Ballet Corps de Ballet (2 dancers) Lynda Bradbury Courts Elaine & Erroll Davis Vanessa & Robin Delmer

Adrienne & Scott Hardesty Bonnie & Terry Herron James L. Jackson Kathleen & Kirk Knous (2 dancers) Katherine Scott

22 | encore THE DOROTHY ALEXANDER LEGACY SOCIETY Honoring our Past, Stewarding our Present, and Planning for Our Future Individuals who have included Atlanta Ballet in their long-term estate plans through bequests and other deferred-giving arrangements.

Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr. C.D. Belcher Cynthia Crain Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder Patty & Marc Dash Mrs. Daphne Moore Eitel Melodi Ford

Brad Foresythe Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morgan Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel John K. Palmisano & Stephen A. Williams, III Katherine Scott Marianne Stribling

GIFTS IN HONOR & MEMORIAM In Honor of Iris Antley Hensley Dr. Florence C. Barnett

In Honor of Darcy & Rachel Denneen Marilyn & Leslie Kelman

In Honor of Robert Barnett James J. Andrews Lucinda Bunnen Mr. and Mrs. Richard B Cavallo & Caroline Cavallo

In Memory of Mel Dobrin Ashleigh Dobrin

In Memory of Virginia Barnett Mary Lou & Robert Berghel Mr. and Mrs. Richard B Cavallo & Caroline Cavallo Teena Stern In Honor of Chris Carlos Julie & David Abes Roland Gordon Susanna Mees Richard Scalesse Alexa Zambetti In Honor of Margaret Carton Annette & Steven McBrayer In Honor of Lorraine Champion & Rosemary Finney Carolyn Champion In Honor of Serena Chu Christine Chu In Honor of Lynn Cochran Dr. & Mrs. Steven C. Moreland In Honor of Lynda Courts Kathi & Robert Goddard In Honor of Lynda & Richard W. Courts II Mrs. Vaughn Linder In Honor of Lavona S. Currie Lucy & Henry Bush

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In Memory of Edward Mortimer The Mortimer Family In Memory of Vaughn Nixon Player Mrs. Vaughn Linder In Memory of Bob Podsiadlo Delphine Podsiadlo In Honor of Julianne Spratlin Anne M. Spratlin In Memory of Edwin Story Sandra Noecker Judith Story In Honor of Carol Szkutek Dr. Lynley S. Durrett In Memory of Carol Weiss Allan Slovin In Honor of Michelle Sullivan Betsy West In Honor of Sharon Story Cynthia Crain, Ed.D. & Dwight Lee, Ph.D. In Honor of the Virginia Highland faculty Allegra Lawrence-Hardy

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ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR IN-KIND SUPPORT Active Production & Design Affairs to Remember Caterers Britt Wood Designs Cool & Fit Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc. David Yurman dTox juice Electronic Theatre Controls

Georgia Dermatology Center Jean Padberg & Associates La Fête Chocolat Margot McKinney & Neiman Marcus Mathews Furniture + Design National Video Monitoring Co, LLC Parties to Die For Peachtree Tents & Events

Rayo Events SOULCYCLE Sweet Cheats The Bucherati Group, LLC The Atlantan Tony Brewer & Company

ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT Atlantic Capital The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ballet Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters The Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta Ballet Publix Super Markets The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet Ryder Truck Rental Systems Inc. The Official Set Transporter of Atlanta Ballet

Frank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine Kara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laureatte Medical Group Laura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laureatte Medical Group Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory University School of Medicine Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy Val Schonberg, MS, RD, nutrition and dietetics

Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Candice Thompson, Pilates, GYROTONIC® & Redcord® certified, CORE Buckhead Smith & Howard, Audit Firm Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel Jones Day, Attorneys Kim Kenney Photography J.D. French & Assoc.

The Carlos Family in Honor of Thalia N. Carlos Presents

Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the extraordinary commitment of all our donors who provided generous support for the creation of The Nutcracker, as well as the tour to the Kennedy Center.

PLATINUM ($1 Million+)

FRIEND ($1,000 – $4,999)

The Thalia N. Carlos & Chris M. Carlos Foundation

Cynthia Crain, Ed.D & Dwight Lee, Ph.D. Helen & Howard Elkins Florida & Doug Ellis Carol Lanier Goodman Joyce Houser, PhD K&K Investments, LLC Jamila & Whitcliff A. McKnight, Jr. Mrs. William A. Parker, Jr. Stanley H. Rose III Danna & Mike Sanders Thays & Juan Carlos Urdaneta Karen Vereb & Bud Blanton Dr. Vonda Wright & Peter Taglianetti

GOLD ($500,000- $999,999) PNC Sarah Kennedy

SAPPHIRE ($250,000-$499,999) Jones Day Foundation

SILVER ($100,000- $249,999) Arrow Exterminators Erroll & Elaine Davis The Home Depot Foundation The Sara Giles Moore Foundation The Zeist Foundation

BRONZE ($50,000- $99,999) Anonymous Atlanta Ballet Corps de Ballet Ginny & Charles Brewer Family Foundation The Elster Foundation The Imlay Foundation Linda & Don Morris Stephanie & Austin Stephens

SUPPORTER ($25,000- $49,999) Elizabeth & Howell Adams Jan Beaves Bonnie & Terry Herron Barbara & Eric Joiner Pam Wakefield

PATRON ($10,000- $24,999) Bobbie Bailey Foundation Gayle & Ron Breakstone Lynn Cochran-Schroder & Bill Schroder Lynda & Richard Courts II Vanessa & Robin Delmer Adrienne & Scott Hardesty Kathleen & Kirk Knous Margaret P. McCamish Dante S. Stephensen

CONTRIBUTOR ($5,000-$9,999) Dr. Meria Carstarphen Nancy Field & Michael Schulder Douglas Hopkins Susan S. Kettering Carole & Nelson Marchioli Mr. William F. Snyder Southern Company

DONOR (Up to $1,000) Anonymous Ken & Laurie Borick Susan Carter Lavona Currie Arrington Davies Yelena Epova Eve Eckardt Kevin & Paige Feagin Caroline Gottschalk & Allen W. Nelson Elizabeth Hamrick Brian & Amy Howell Mark & Pat Jackson Ceci & Holland Johnson Mariana Laufer VyVy & Lawrence Lee Melanie & Chris Leeth Farris Lewis Jeanie & Albert Marx Elizabeth & Chris Morris Melissa & Thespi Mortimer Donald & Helen O’Shea Sara & Cody Partin Lys & Michael Paulhus The Peacock Family Susan & Richard Pershing Jonathan & Amelia Poplar Jill Pryor & Edward Krugman Manda & Jeremy Shankel Kristen Manion Taylor & Jason Taylor Roberta Taylor & James Hill Judie & Tom Wilhite Pam Yarbrough & J. Allen Maines Yee Family Charitable Fund

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