Atlanta Ballet, Fall Into Rhythm, September 2024

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Atlanta Ballet dancers in Elemental Brubeck.

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C O N T E N T S Atlanta Ballet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Artistic Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Creative Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Supporters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

On the Cover: Sergio Masero. Photo by Kim Kenney.

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September 13-15, 2024 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Tu Tu Music by Maurice Ravel Choreography by Stanton Welch AM Staged by Kelly Myernick & Angela Agresti Costume Design by Holly Hynes Lighting Design by Lisa J. Pinkham Associate Lighting Design by Ben Rawson

Elemental Brubeck Music by Dave Brubeck Choreography by Lar Lubovitch Staged by Rory Hohenstein Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward Lighting Design by Jack Mehler Associate Lighting Design by Ben Rawson

Harmony of Opposite Tensions A World Premiere

Music by Kirill Richter, Sofiane Pamart and Max Richter Choreography by Kiyon C. Ross Costume Design by Pauline Smith Lighting Design by Ben Rawson Supported by Kathleen & Kirk Knous

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atlanta ballet COMPANY BALLET REPETITEURS

Angela Agresti, Rory Hohenstein, Eduardo Permuy

CHOREOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE Claudia Schreier

DEAN OF THE CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION Sharon Story

THE COMPANY

Santiago Bedoya, Severin Brotschul, Khulan Burenjargal, Georgie Grace Butler, Emily Carrico, Michael Caye, Catherine Conley, Larissa Dal’Santo, Brooke Gilliam, Jessica He, Gianna Horton-Sibble, Airi Igarashi, Darian Kane, Sojung Lee, Jordan Leeper, Guilherme Maciel, Sergio Masero, Juliana Missano, Miguel Angel Montoya, Marius Morawski, Mayu Nakayama, Denys Nedak, Carraig New, Madison Penney, Sophie Poulain, Ángel Ramírez, Mikaela Santos, Anderson Souza, Paxton Speight, Emanuel Tavares, Munkhjin Ulziijargal, Kelsey Van Tine, Spencer Wetherington, Luiz Fernando Xavier, Rei Yamaguchi, Nicholas Yurkevich

ATLANTA BALLET 2

Claire Buchi, Daniel Gray, Sayaka Iwase, Camille Margaret Jackson, Stacey Johnson, Isabella Kessler, Jacob Lainchbury, Emily McAllister, Ashley McKoy, Avery Nelson, Leo O’Reilly Okuno, Dyhan Pierre, Luisa Pimenta, Ícaro Queiros, Gianni Salazar, Júlio Santos, Eliza Soto, Emanuel Talongo, Rachel Zinman

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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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leadership 9 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 19 seasons 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, the Japan Grand Prix 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.

TOM WEST (Executive Director) assumed his role as Atlanta Ballet’s Executive Director at the top of the 2021 | 2022 Season. West’s career in arts management spans more than 25 years, including leadership roles at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Film Institute. An actor and theatre director by training, West received a Master of Arts in arts administration from American University and began his career in arts management at the Kennedy Center in 1997, where he rose to serve as Vice President of Development, overseeing all fundraising programs for the National Symphony Orchestra and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and leading the effort to fund a remount of Balanchine’s Don Quixote. In 2007, West served as Vice President of Development for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. From 2010-2021, West served as the Chief Advancement Officer for the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, where he championed the development of new programs to provide bridges to the film industry for under-represented storytellers in Hollywood. West also served on AFI’s senior leadership team, shaping organizational strategy for the Institute’s filmmaker training programs and working with major studios developing targeted diversity initiatives, as well as its strategy for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. West established the AFI National Council in 2011, a community of philanthropists from across the United States who serve as champions for excellence in the art of film and opportunities for the next generation of great storytellers. Since joining Atlanta Ballet in 2021, West’s focus has been on Atlanta Ballet’s long-term financial health and prestige, expanding engagement in the greater Atlanta region and breaking down historic barriers to full participation in the artform of Ballet for all.

SHARON 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 Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education (Centre), which has grown to become one of the largest dance schools in the nation. The Centre is nationally 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 on the board of directors for NASD. In 2021, Story received Atlanta Ballet’s Dorothy Alexander Award. She received the 2015 Women Making a Mark Award from Atlanta Magazine and was featured in the Arts ATL Legacy Series 2018. Story 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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artistic staff ANGELA AGRESTI (Company Repetiteur) grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she began her training at the Jordon College Academy of Dance and later transferred to North Carolina School of the Arts (now UNCSA) for ballet where she worked closely with mentor Anna-Marie Holmes.

After UNCSA, Agresti went on to dance with Cincinnati Ballet for one season before moving to Amsterdam to be in Het Nationale Ballet (Dutch National Ballet) where she danced for eight years. While at Het Nationale Ballet, she danced a mix of classical ballets, Balanchine works, Hans van Manen repertoire, contemporary and neoclassical works, along with new creations. Agresti has been featured in William Forsythe’s Second Detail, Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quichot, Shen Wei’s Sacre du Printemps, and other notable ballets, such as The Dream, Paquita and Swan Lake.

During her time dancing in Amsterdam, Agresti gained experience as a choreographic assistant for multiple choreographers’ stage, film and festival works. She traveled to Riom, Switzerland, assisting works by Juanjo Arques and Peter Leung for the Origen Cultural Festival. She also worked with Peter Leung on the first ever virtual reality ballet entitled Nightfall. Since returning to the U.S. in 2018, Agresti has been teaching, coaching and rehearsing dancers at the collegiate, pre-professional and professional levels. She held positions at Butler University and Anderson University, and as a company ballet teacher and rehearsal assistant at Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. In 2018, she assisted Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in the making of Tulips and Lobster for Kansas City Ballet and re-staged the work for the company the following season. She holds certifications in the ABT National Training Curriculum for levels PrePrimary through Level 5 and holds a Nonprofit Management Certificate from the University of California Irvine. Since being a repetiteur with Atlanta Ballet, she has worked with classical repertoire such as Don Quixote and La Sylphide as well as new works for Remi Wörtmeyer, Garrett Smith and Juliano Nunes. In the 23-24 season, Agresti had the privilege of staging Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon for the North American premiere with Atlanta Ballet.

RORY HOHENSTEIN (Company Repetiteur) was born in Washington D.C., where he began dancing at the age of six. 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, Fancy Free, Red Man in Lar Lubovitch’s Elemental Brubeck, The Roper in Agnes De Mille’s RODEO, Levin in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina, Forgotten Land from Jiří Kylián and Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. As a Repetiteur Rory has staged several works from Choreographers Helgi Tommason, Lar Lubovitch and Liam Scarlet. He has been a Company Repetiteur with Atlanta Ballet since 2019.

artistic staff EDUARDO PERMUY (Company Repetiteur) was born in Cuba, where he began his training at the age of 7 at Laura Alonso’s ballet school Pro-Danza, later joining the National Ballet School of Cuba and finishing at Miami City Ballet School under the tutelage of Nancy Raffa. At the age of 17, Permuy started his professional career with Miami City Ballet as an apprentice and he went on to enjoy a career of 18 years also dancing for American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and appearing as guest artist with a few others. During this time, his repertoire included most of the classics and a vast number of ballets from the Balanchine repertoire, ranging from corps to principal roles. He also had the opportunity to perform ballets from Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Jiří Kylián, Kurt Joss, John Cranko, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Twyla Tharp, Helen Picket, Nicolo Fonte, Antony Tudor, Ulysses Dove, Michael Smuin, Val Caniparoli, Alberto Alonso, Benjamin Millepied, Leonide Massine, and Amy Seiwert. Throughout his career, Permuy feels blessed to have learned from figures like Nancy Raffa, Fernanado Bujones, Martha Bosh, Sir Anthony Dowell, Christopher Carr, Eddie Villella and Clinton Luckett. In 2021, he joined Cleveland Ballet as a director of repertoire, where he had the opportunity not only to perform ballet master duties but also was able to return to the stage as a character dancer, performing the roles of Don Quijote in the ballet by the same name and Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. This is Permuy’s third season with Atlanta Ballet.

CLAUDIA SCHREIER (Choreographer-in-Residence) has choreographed, directed, and produced for dance, opera, and film across the U.S. and internationally. She has created over 50 works for various companies and organizations, including San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Vail Dance Festival, Richmond Ballet, Guggenheim Works & Process, ABT Studio Company, Juilliard Opera, New York Choral Society, and New York Choreographic Institute. Her works for Atlanta Ballet include Nighthawks, Carnivale, Fauna, Pleiades Dances, and First Impulse, named a 2019 Standout Performance by Pointe Magazine.

Schreier and Atlanta Ballet partnered with the Cathedral Choir Society in 2022 to present Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2021, Schreier released Force of Habit, a film commissioned by Guggenheim Works & Process and co-presented by Atlanta Ballet. She has contributed to programs at the White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center, including the Kennedy Center Honors. Her work is the subject of two documentaries, most recently PBS’s Emmy Award-Winning “Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants” (Capital Region). Schreier presented her TEDx talk “Thinking On Your Feet,” at Columbia University in 2018. She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award, Toulmin Fellowship at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, Lotos Prize, and Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize.

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the company

SANTIAGO BEDOYA Medellín, Colombia

SEVERIN BROTSCHUL Glen Arbor, Michigan

KHULAN BURENJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

GEORGIE GRACE BUTLER Roswell, Georgia

EMILY CARRICO Lexington, Kentucky

MICHAEL CAYE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CATHERINE CONLEY Chicago, Illinois

LARISSA DAL’SANTO Chapecó, Brazil

BROOKE GILLIAM Boulder, Colorado

JESSICA HE Rancho Cucamonga, California

GIANNA HORTON-SIBBLE Hornell, New York

AIRI IGARASHI Gunma, Japan

DARIAN KANE Lincoln, California

SOJUNG LEE Chungju, South Korea

JORDAN LEEPER Jamestown, New York

GUILHERME MACIEL São Paulo, Brazil

SERGIO MASERO Madrid, Spain

JULIANA MISSANO Lloyd Harbor, New York

MIGUEL ANGEL MONTOYA Cali, Colombia

MARIUS MORAWSKI Łódź, Poland

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MAYU NAKAYAMA Tochigi, Japan

DENYS NEDAK Odessa, Ukraine

CARRAIG NEW Juneau, Alaska

MADISON PENNEY Mesa, Arizona

SOPHIE POULAIN Halifax, Nova Scotia

ÁNGEL RAMÍREZ Trinidad, Cuba

MIKAELA SANTOS Manila, Philippines

ANDERSON SOUZA Santo Angelo, RS, Brazil

PAXTON SPEIGHT York County, Virginia

EMANUEL TAVARES Fortaleza, Brazil

MUNKHJIN ULZIIJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

KELSEY VAN TINE Naples, Florida

SPENCER WETHERINGTON Bridgeton, New Jersey

LUIZ FERNANDO XAVIER São Paulo, Brazil

REI YAMAGUCHI Hokkaido, Japan

NICHOLAS YURKEVICH San Francisco, California

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creative team STANTON WELCH AM (Choreographer, Tu Tu). In July 2003, Australian Stanton Welch AM assumed leadership of Houston Ballet, America’s fifth-largest classical ballet company. Since he took the helm of the company, Welch has revitalized Houston Ballet, bringing in new dancers, commissioning new works, and attracting a top-flight artistic staff. Welch has created works for such prestigious international companies as Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, America Ballet Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet. Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones OBE and Garth Welch AM, two of Australia’s most gifted dancers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1989, he was engaged as a dancer with The Australian Ballet, where he rose to the rank of leading soloist, performing various principal roles. He has also worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Maurice Bejart. In 1995, Welch was named resident choreographer of The Australian Ballet. For his contributions to the world of dance, he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2015. For Houston Ballet, he has choreographed more than 20 works, including a new fulllength narrative ballet Marie (2009), inspired by the life of the legendary Marie Antoinette, and spectacular stagings of Swan Lake (2006), La Bayadère (2010), Romeo and Juliet (2015), Giselle (2016), The Nutcracker (2016), and Sylvia (2019).

KELLY MYERNICK (Stager, Tu Tu) received her early ballet training at The Susquehanna School of Ballet in Oneonta, New York and later Springs City Ballet in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1996, she became a student at Houston Ballet Academy, receiving the Michael Wasmund Memorial Award upon graduation. She enjoyed a 13-year career with Houston Ballet, retiring as a First Soloist in 2014. Through her career, she danced a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles. Her broad experience in contemporary repertoire led her to her current position with Houston Ballet Academy, teaching contemporary repertoire, choreography, and ballet technique in addition to serving as a rehearsal director for Houston Ballet 2. Myernick’s experience as a répétituer includes staging ballets by Christopher Bruce, Garrett Smith, Alice Topp and Stanton Welch. She resides in Houston with her husband and two children.

HOLLY HYNES (Costume Designer, Tu Tu) is an award-winning costume designer with over 250 ballets to her credit, including more than 70 at New York City Ballet. Hynes’ designs are also on view in companies around the world, including: American Ballet Theatre; The Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, Russia; National Ballet of Canada; La Scala Ballet in Milan, Italy; The Kirov Ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia; The Royal Ballet in London; Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, The Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen; Bulgarian State Ballet in Sofia, Bulgaria; Miami City Ballet; Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen in Antwerp, Belgium; San Francisco Ballet; Houston Ballet; Colorado Ballet in Denver, Colorado; Den Norske Ballet in Oslo, Norway; Finnish National; BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio; Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballet Vancouver, Canada; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Canada; American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, New Jersey; Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington; Atlanta Ballet, Georgia; Nashville Ballet, Tennessee; Ballet Pacifica, California; Dance Galaxy, New York; Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, Illinois; and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where she served as the resident costume designer for 19 years.

LISA J. PINKHAM (Lighting Designer, Tu Tu) has designed lighting for over 200 ballets, operas, and plays. Her lighting can be seen in the repertories of many national companies. She enjoys a successful relationship with Stanton Welch AM, and has designed the lighting for many of his ballets, including Maninyas, Taiko, Tu Tu, and Falling for San Francisco Ballet; Madame Butterfly for Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet; Clear for American Ballet Theatre; and Swan Lake, Play, Cinderella, Tapestry, Marie, The Rite of Spring,

creative team Sons de L’âme, Paquita, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Romeo and Juliet, Zodiac, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and Sylvia for Houston Ballet.

LAR LUBOVITCH (Choreographer, Elemental Brubeck) is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over 56 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, produced more than 120 dances and performed before millions across the U.S. and over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed the company’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more. Lubovitch has created ice-dancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck, and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length icedance specials for TV: “The Planets” for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award) and “The Sleeping Beauty” for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/ Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I (on Broadway and in London’s West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over one million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007 Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented 10 seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored for lifetime Achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/ American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at UC/Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary, in 2018 he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.

ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Designer, Elemental Brubeck) has won, or been nominated for, virtually every major theatre award in existence, including the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, American Theatre Wing, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier awards for her costume design. A Tony winner for Beauty and the Beast and Tony nominee for Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Hould-Ward’s stage credits also include countless Off-Broadway productions and designs for the most highly regarded regional theatres and the theatre world’s finest producers and directors. International audiences applaud her work as well, as do audiences for film, television, concerts, dance and opera. Hould-Ward is the recipient of the inaugural Patricia Zipprodt Award for Innovative Costume Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is a seasoned lecturer on costume design.

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creative team JACK MEHLER (Lighting Designer, Elemental Brubeck). For over thirty years, critically acclaimed, international award-winning theatrical lighting and scenery designer Mehler has been creating unique performance environments for theatre, dance, and related events. Mehler develops specific designs which support the intentions, needs and aspirations of each project which create environments that transport an audience. His work has been recognized by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Seattle PostIntelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, New York Magazine and many others. In 2012 and 2013, he received the Korean Musical Theatre Award for Lighting Designer of the Year (The Korean version of the Tony).

KIYON C. ROSS (Choreographer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ross trained at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Pittsburg Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) as a new dancer in 2001. While dancing, he earned his BA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University through the Second Stage program. Ross retired as a soloist in 2015. After retirement, he served on the PNB School faculty, where he taught in the DanceChance program and coordinated the Next Step program. In 2019, he became PNB’s Director of Company Operations, and in 2022, he was appointed as PNB’s Associate Artistic Director. He has choreographed works for PNB, PNB School, Ballet Arkansas, and Atlanta Ballet and staged works by Twyla Tharp.

PAULINE SMITH (Costume Designer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions) has worked as a costumer for Pacific Northwest Ballet since 1991. Additional duties over the years have included supervisor for specialty shoes and wigs; assistant to designers Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ballet Imperial), David Murin (Silver Lining), and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia); and assistant stage manager on tours to Istanbul and Hong Kong. Previous collaborations with Kiyon Ross are Sum Stravinsky and …throes of increasing wonder (Pacific Northwest Ballet) and Bolero (Ballet Arkansas). www.paulinesmithphotography.com.

BEN RAWSON (Associate Lighting Designer, Tu Tu and Elemental Brubeck, and Lighting Designer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions) is an Atlantabased Lighting Designer for Theatre, Opera, and Dance, member USA 829. Theatrical/Opera design work can be seen at the Alliance Theatre (GA), Detroit Opera (MI), Florida Studio Theatre (FL), Glimmerglass Opera (NY), Utah Opera (UT), The Atlanta Opera (GA), Theatrical Outfit (GA), Center Rep (CA), Aurora Theatre (GA), Actors Express (GA), and others. Dance design work includes choreographers Ana Maria Lucaciu, Troy Schumacher, Claudia Schreier, Remi Wörtmeyer, Bruce Wells, Danielle Agami, and Omar Roman De Jesus, as well as with Atlanta Ballet (GA), BalletCollective (NY), Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre (GA), Fly On A Wall (GA), and others. Ben has also worked across the country as an Associate & Assistant Lighting Designer for San Diego Opera (CA), Alliance Theatre (GA), Berkshire Theatre Festival (MA), The Atlanta Opera (GA), Utah Opera (UT), Glimmerglass Festival (NY), Playmakers Repertory Company (NC), and Atlanta Ballet (GA). Benrawsondesign.com For the full creative team behind this production, visit atlantaballet.com/ performances/fall-into-rhythm

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board of trustees Officers Nancy Field, J.D., Chair Barbara S. Joiner, Vice Chair Linda Morris, Treasurer Jan Beaves, Secretary Lynda B. Courts, Chair Emeritus

Laura Turner Seydel Sharon Silvermintz Rebecca Christian Smith Anat Sultan-Dadon Dov Wilker Allen W. Yee Sonjia Waller Young

Trustees Elizabeth Adams Emily C. Baker Ron Breakstone Ginny Brewer Chris Carlos Lynn Cochran-Schroder Cynthia Crain, Ed.D. Vanessa Delmer Yelena Epova, CPA Nigel Ferguson Jacqueline Flake Amy Gerome Matthew Hartnett Mona Heyer Lindsay R. Hill Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Tharon Johnson Kathleen Knous Kristin Manion Taylor Araya Mesfin, CFP Taylor Meyer, CFA Linda Morris Gennadi Nedvigin* Rachel Lee Phipps Katherine Scott Scott Wagner Tom West*

Honorary Board Margaret Carton David Crosland Kenneth R. Hey Wade Hooper J. David Hopkins Bill Huber, CPA Michael Jones Sloan Kennedy-Smith Edward B. Krugman Amanda Shailendra Michelle Sullivan

Advisory Council David M. Barnett Mark R. Bell, Ph.D. Dr. Meria Carstarphen Harvey Coleman Elaine E. Davis Erroll B. Davis Anne-Laure Desjonquères Lovely Dhillon F. Javier Diaz Raoul “Ray” Donato Jake Evans Linda Nau Givens Mark Goldman Robert L. Green Susan S. Kettering Allegra Lawrence-Hardy Allen Maines Santiago Marquez Juan Mejia Allen W. Nelson Eric Robbins Arden Hess Rowland Scot Safon

Trustees Emeriti Lynda B. Courts Lavona S. Currie† Karen Vereb Patti Wallace† Lifetime Board Jane Dean Carole Goldberg Joseph Prendergast Deen Day Sanders Corps de Ballet Board Jacqueline Flake, Chair Nancy Flaherty, Vice-Chair Jen Alewine, Secretary Joanne Chesler Gross, Treasurer Sharon Silvermintz, Immediate Past Chair Sineet Berhane Susan Currie Kimberlyn Daniel Jane Dean Jessica DeHart Christy Fiftel Corrie Johnson Lara Mitchelson Amy Nelson Melissa Nowak Gailen Rosenberg Arden Hess Rowland Dottie Smith Marsha Taylor Erica Thomas Doug Weiss Preston Wilson, Jr. Mary Kathryn Winsett *Ex-Officio †In Memoriam

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ANNUAL FUND DONORS Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024. If you find that we did not recognize you appropriately, we apologize. For corrections, please contact us at advancement@atlantaballet.com.

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Recognizes exceptional gifts of $10,000 and above DIAMOND $100,000+ Anonymous (2) Chris Carlos & Family Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder Katherine Scott Carol & Ramon Tomé RUBY $75,000+ Anonymous Kathleen & Kirk Knous SAPPHIRE $50,000+ Anonymous EMERALD $25,000+ Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder & Mr. Bill Schroder Elaine & Erroll Davis Morgan Family Fund PEARL $20,000+ Anonymous Elizabeth & Howell Adams III Ginny & Charles Brewer Cynthia Crain, Ed. D. & Dwight Lee, Ph.D. Jacqueline Flake & David Dase Barbara & Eric Joiner Mr. William F. Snyder

OPAL $15,000+ Anonymous Emily C. Baker & Christopher Bly Nigel Ferguson Bonnie & Terry Herron Linda & Don Morris Heather & Bill Preston The Elster Foundation Yee Family Charitable Fund AMETHYST $10,000+ Anonymous Ms. Jan P. Beaves Vanessa & Robin Delmer Adrienne & Scott Hardesty Matthew & Brittany Hartnett Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Kelin Foundation Kristen Manion Taylor & Jason Taylor Taylor & Brad Meyer Allen W. Nelson & Caroline B. Gottschalk

Special thanks and deepest gratitude to the Atlanta Ballet Trustees for 100% participation in contributions to Atlanta Ballet’s Operating Reserve Fund, with leadership gifts from The Carlos Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II, Nancy Field & Michael Schulder, and Katherine Scott.

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Recognizes generous gifts up to $10,000

GRAND JETÉ $7,500+ Robert J. Barnett Lucy & Henry Bush, in memory of Lavona Currie, and in honor of Sharon Story Pam & Paul Whitacre TOUR JETÉ $5,000+ Robert Paul Dean & Robert Epstein Mr. Richard Delay & Ms. Francine Dykes Mr. Daniel E. Gaylord & Ms. Marilyn Altman Joanne & Alex Gross Alison Womack Jowers Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller Silberman Family Fund, in honor of Ron Breakstone The Mortimer Family Irma J. Turnipseed Karen Vereb & Bud Blanton Sonia P. Witkowski ASSEMBLÉ $2,500+ Anonymous Diana & Miguel Arteche Robert & Terry Banta, in memory of Lavona Currie Catherine Binns Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Jerome M. Cooper James Datka & Nora DePalma Dr. Madalyn Davidoff Steve, Susan & Grace Hauser Marius Hechter Kenneth & Colleen Hey Laurie & John Hopkins Dr. Leslie & Mrs. Marilyn Kelman, in honor of Darcy & Rachel Denneen Vaughn Linder, in honor of Lynda & Richard Courts Carole & Nelson Marchioli Gino & Belinda Massafra Denis Ng Margaret Painter Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier Ginger Brill Pisik Stuart Pliner & Barbara Bing Pliner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi Debby & Baker Smith Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney Dr. Peter & Mrs. Beverly Thomas Dr. John Trimble & Ms. Marianne Stribling Andrea Weyermann & Tim Goodwin

GLISSADE $1,000+ Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Bennett Kaitlyn Bergeron Peter & Dulce Boucher Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bowen Dr. & Mrs. James A. Brennan, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. William Brinkman Sara & Alex Brown Kate & Scott Carmack Mr. Michael E. Carroll & Mr. Paul Alberto Carolyn Champion David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin John Condo Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Davis Mr. Joseph Dawsey III Lovely Dhillon Jennifer Dodd & Reggie Graham Kevin & Demi Doyle Mr. & Ms. Rolston A. Dyer Lauren Elliott Doug & Florida Ellis Yelena Epova Brad Foresythe Dr. Spencer Gelernter & Sonya Kuropatwa Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Goddard Dr. Marvin Goldstein Margaret Graff Rand Hagen, in honor of Martine Weber Lisa & Forrest Hibbard Mr. Douglas Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr. Dorothea & Robert Jeffrey Oren Johnson Ronnie Kessenich Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor Allegra Lawrence-Hardy & Timothy Hardy Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III Drs. Robert and Mary Jo Lund Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone Mimi Maslia Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany Christine & Eric Nelson Rachel & Corey Phipps Anthony & Judith Ragunas Dr. Z. Pressley and Mr. Billy S. Rice Ashley & Drew Scott Manda & Jeremy Shankel Toreya Shea Michelle & Steve Shlansky

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Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein Matt Simon Jasmine Spivey Kalen Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Perry Taylor Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin, in honor of Tricia Ekholm Dr. Kirsten Travers-UyHam & Mr. John J. UyHam Mrs. Julie Turner-Davis & Mr. John Davis Joe & Heather Vivona Eric & Chan Voiles Harriet H. Warren Betsy Wash Alan & Marcia Watt Tom West Jason Wiggam Allen Yee Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Young RELEVÉ $500+ Anonymous Judith M. Alembik Ms. Tracie Arnold Leigh Ball Richard Bohrer Cynthia Brant Kerry Bryan Lawrence M. Cohen Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Cynthia & Mike Davison Katie Deegan Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Jeannette Guarner Ashleigh Dobrin, in loving memory of Mel Dobrin Elaine Eaton Tyler R. Edgarton

Tricia & Chris Ekholm Kathryn & Patrick Gaul Christine A. Gilliam Richard Goodjoin & Kelvin Davis Francis & Marguerite Hallman Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes Mr. J. David Hopkins Jean Gatton Jones Dr. Harvey P. Kaufman Stacey Leebern, in honor of Ginny Brewer Ms. Doreen M. Lewis Allan & Vaneesa Little Jean & Robert McColl Terri & Stephen Nagler Miho & Gennadi Nedvigin Donald & Helen O’Shea Mrs. Debby Overstreet Grace Pownall & Ron Harris Dr. & Mrs. William M. Scaljon Anne M. Spratlin Shad Sterling Teena Stern Mr. James A. Swanson Dr. Michael & Mrs. Francoise Szikman Roberta Taylor & James Hill The Kang Family Katharine & Todd Tinkler Aisha & James Walth

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INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024.

$100,000+ Bobbie Bailey Foundation Hearst Foundations The Home Depot Foundation The Shubert Foundation The Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation $50,000+ City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation PNC The Imlay Foundation, Inc. The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation The Zeist Foundation $25,000+ Cox Enterprises Fulton County Arts & Culture The Kettering Family Foundation $20,000+ Cobb Travel & Tourism Georgia Power Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation $15,000+ Arrow Exterminators Google

$10,000+ Aprio Chick-fil-A Georgia Council for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Peach State Health Plan Publix Super Markets Charities $5,000+ Anonymous (2) ATS Waypoint Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC South Fulton Institute The Dante S. Stephensen Fund $1,000+ Burberry Goddard Foundation The Roderick Seward, Flossie Radcliffe & Helen M. Galloway Foundation, in honor of Kathy Knous $500+ Akris Lindsey Treadaway, Realtor, Harry Norman Realtors Sweet Tea Murals Theory

Atlanta Ballet is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also received support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Fulton County Commission under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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THE DOROTHY ALEXANDER LEGACY SOCIETY Individuals who have included Atlanta Ballet in their long-term estate plans through bequests and other deferred-giving arrangements.

Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr. Ms. Jan P. Beaves 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. Audrey B. Morgan Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morgan John K. Palmisano & Stephen A. Williams, III Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel Katherine Scott Marianne Stribling

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ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEF ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta FOR TH FOR THEIR SUPPORT Ballet Cookerly PR Atlantic Capital,and The Fitness Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ba Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Health, Wellness, tlantic Capital, The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ballet Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official C atdorf & Bronson Coffee of Roasters, TheBallet Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta Ballet Partner Atlanta orporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Fitness Partner for Atlanta Ballet Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Fitn Daniel Solberg, DSol Productions Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel oyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel Jones Day, Attorneys Deloitte Consulting LLP ones Day, Attorneys Kim Kenney Photography m Kenney Photography Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket ublix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet JDDPM, French Media Frank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine ank A. Sinkoe, podiatric medicine Kara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Med ara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical Group Jones Day, Attorneys Laura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Med aura Gandy, Kim MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical Group Kenney Photography adine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory University School of Medicine Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory Bryn Chafin, Ballet LCSW, Brookwood Center for Psych Publix Super Markets, Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta ryn Chafin, LCSW, Brookwood Center for The Psychotherapy Brandon Nguyen, B-Right randon Nguyen, B-Right National Atl Sports Massage Republic Distributing Company, The Official Liquor Provider ofAtl Sports Massage Dr. Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Child r. Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta Ballet Dr. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Pe r. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peachtree Orthopedics Dr. Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emo Shoccara S. Marcus Photography r. Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare Dr. Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine r. Ched Garten II, MD,&Paragon Sports Medicine Smith Howard, Audit Firm Dr. Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sport r. Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports Physicians Troutman Pepper Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy andy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Emma Faulkner, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Physical Therapy Services and medical coordination provided byPT, Atlanta Dance mma Faulkner, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Mark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMa ark Nimmo, PT,Medicine, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMark Physical Therapy LLC Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, and Ann Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, On mi Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, One on One Physical Therapy MacDougall, PT, DPT and their affiliates.

Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, A usan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine

Anzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solut nzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solutions Physical Therapy Physicians and allied providers: Ali Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Sport & i Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta health Sport & Spine Physical Therapy Liz Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atla z Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Caroline Collins, MD, Emory Healthcare aggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Druid Hills Physical Therapy Maggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therap Lauren Alesch, PT, physical therapy, PT Solutions auren Alesch,Courtney PT, physicalGleason, therapy, PTMD, Solutions sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Val Schonberg, MS, RD, nutrition and dietetics al Schonberg, MS, RD, nutritionMD, and dietetics Rosa Pasculli, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory H ourtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Nova Medical Centers, Occupational Medicine Cli Chafin, LCSW and associates at Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy ova Medical Bryn Centers, Occupational Medicine Clinic American Family Care, Family Practice merican Family Family Practice ValCare, Schonberg, MS, RD, Dietitian, EnlightenU Nutrition Consulting Dr. Hal Silcox, MD; Dr. David Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Red r. Hal Silcox, MD; Dr. David Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Reddy, MD; & Dr. Ezequiel Cassinelli, MD, Peachtree Orthopedics Brandon Nguyen, B-Right Atl Sports Massage Dr. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon r. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute r. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho r. Stephanie Cliff Hsu, MD, NorthsideMD, Hospital Ortho Institute Willimon, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Dr. Healthcare of Atlanta Dr. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside Hospital Ort r. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute Tatiana Patsimas, MD, Sports Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Dr. Mark Sakr, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Insti r. Mark Sakr, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute Dr. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Orthopedics r. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute Surgeon, Peachtree Dr. John Andrachuk, MD, Northside Hospital Orth r. John Andrachuk, NorthsideMD, Hospital Ortho Institute JasonMD, Bariteau, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare Smith & Howard, Audit Firm mith & Howard, Audit Firm Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine yder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The Official Set Transporter of Atlanta Ballet Ryder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The Official Set Epitome Risk Solutions, Inc. Rayden Inc. Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports Physicians pitome Risk Solutions,

Diego Herrera, DO, Northside Hospital Kennard Hood, MD, Emory Healthcare

42 | administration EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE Tom West, Executive Director Tom West, Executive Director Nathan Jones, Executive Assistant Danielle Wallace, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Officer ARTISTIC Thomas Fowlkes, General Manager Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director Hana Miller, Controller Angela Agresti, Company Repetituer Amani Hill, Accounts Payable & Benefits Manager Rory Company Repetiteur DanaHohenstein, Hylton Calabro, Director, Data Services Eduardo Permuy, Company Repetiteur Claudia Schreier, Choreographer-in-Residence ADVANCEMENT Western-Li Summerton, Company Pianist Manda Wilhite, Senior Director of Advancement, Major Gifts and Board Liaison ARTISTIC OPERATIONS Sherren Sandy, Director of Advancement, Sicily Palms, Director of Operations Donor Engagement Allison Cash, Artistic Coordinator/ Kelly Criss, Director Operations of Advancement, Assistant Stage Manager Leadership Gifts Katie Ude, Orchestra Francesca Frederick,Operations Director of Coordinator/ Advancement, Music LibrarianGifts Institutional

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Officer Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer Calla Vaughn, Allison Kang, Controller Director of Public Relations Kimberly Jackson, Project Accountant/AP Taylor Graves, Interim Graphic Designer Manager Brian Wallenberg, Video Content Producer Natasha DirectorAssociate of HumanDirector Resources MyredithHarris, Momongan, of Dana Hylton Calabro, Director of Technology and Group Sales Sales Operations Toni C. Vacinek, Associate Director of Marketing Communications PATRON SERVICES Zoey Fleck, Social Media Manager/Graphic Kristian Brown, Patron Services Lead Coordinator Designer Stephen Hall, Patron Services & Group Sales AssociateSERVICES PATRON Connor Patron Services Associate LindsayMaguire, Smith, Associate Director of Patron Services Desiree Houston, Patron Services Manager ADVANCEMENT MalloryHan Hazen, Services Assistant Juliana Witt,Patron Chief Advancement Officer Jasmine Martinez, Services Assistant Kelly Criss, Director Patron of Individual Giving Josh Reynolds, Patron Services Sherren Sandy, Director of SpecialAssistant Events Brianna Smith, Individual Giving Manager PRODUCTION Ansleigh Brown, Individual Giving Coordinator Dave Smith, Production & Technical Kathryn Gutierrez, SpecialManager Events Coordinator Director Sicily Palms, &Company Manager MARKETING PUBLIC RELATIONS Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer Jane Kuipers, Assistant Stage Manager Fiona Shaw, Senior Manager Communications KristinMarco, Kelley, Assistant Stage Manager Alane Design Director Amber Times, Social Media Manager COSTUMES Tumi Akin-Deko, Communications Coordinator Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director Abby Polston, Draper PRODUCTION SusanSmith, Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor Dave Production Manager Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe Jonathan Fries, Technical Director Supervisor/Costume Technician Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager Chloe Gervais, Costume Technician Maddie Simmons, Costume Technician COSTUMES Ashleigh Dobrin, Finisher Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor Abigail Dupree-Polston, Patternmaker Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe Supervisor Briá Sanders, Costume Technician atlantaballet.com | @ atlantaballet Katherine Savage, Costume Technician Maddie Simmons, Costume Technician

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CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director Sharon Story, Dean Sharon Story, Dean Kelly Tonina Cooper, Centre Administrative Serena Chu, Atlanta Ballet 2 Repetiteur Director Diane Caroll, Community Partnerships Diane Caroll Sales, Community Partnerships Director Director KellyGaul, Tonina Cooper, Centre Kate Buckhead Centre Administrative Principal Director Nicole Adams, Virginia-Highland Centre Principal Ansilla Bearden, Bearden, Satellite Buckhead Centre Manager & Ansilla Manager Summer Programs Manager Brittney Flowers, Centre Education Associate Ashley Gibson Suta, Virginia-Highland Centre Manager Faculty Rina Cook, Front Desk Manager Ansilla Nicole Adams, Alice Balhatchet, Amelia Murren, Dance Coordinator Bearden, ShirleyAdult Bennett, Haley Brink, Darby Burgess, Serena Chu, Harmony Clair, Kelly FacultyCooper, Kameron Davis, Nardja Tonina Marlena Marshal ShirleyGibson, Bennett, el-Shabazz, Kate Abaza, Gaul, Ashley Nell Nadyne Bispo, Georgie GraceLaToya Butler, Princess Heflin Goza, Jennifer Inman, Diane Carroll, Chu, Kelly Tonina Cooper, Jackson, AaronSerena James, Malik Jenkins, KameronKraehe, Davis, Mia Givens, Jennifer Inman, Caroline Sergio Masero, Loren Madelin Arneshuia Jamison, Courtney Johnson, McFalls, Nelson, Anna Penny, Sergio Masero, Amelia Murren, Myers, Chantia Robinson, Diane CarollHannah Sales, Roscoe Arneshuia Nelson,Jasmine Anna Penny, Sales, Erin Smith, Stevenson, Abigail Chantia Robinson, Sales,Jennifer Van Tan-Gamino, GraceRoscoe Thompson, Anderson Caitlin M. Spencer, Meter, CallaSouza, Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko, JasmineWeber Stevenson, Ashley Suta, Calla Vaughn, Martine Natalya Vyashenko.

Accompanists Accompanists Elizabeth Grimes, Aleksandra Korshunova, AveryRice, Jarrard, Stephanie Kosarin, Yulia Gretel Rodriguez, Kyla Zollitsch Yulia Rice, Kyla Zollitsch Centre Education Associates Centre Education Associates Imani Austin-Edwards, Shannon Geary, Flora Imani Banks, Leilani Burks, Sophia Doctoroff, Mangio, Hui-Wen Peng, Kaitlin Roemer, Jada Russell, Samantha Schuermann, Sidney Hall, Carol March, Sophia Emma Wang Seif Atlanta Atlanta Ballet Ballet Boutique Leslie Campbell Judge, General Manager Kate Gaul, Boutique Merchandise Manager Nardja Asst.

General Manager, Louise el-Shabazz, Gordon, Retail Operations Manager Atlanta Ballet Boutique Pamela Pelletier, Boutique Associate

Atlanta Ballet is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Company.

Atlanta Ballet is an American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Company.

Atlanta Ballet is an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage (IATSE) Employees Company.

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theaterinformation

Concessions: Concession stands are located in the center of the lobbies. All sales are cashless - credit or debit card only.

Emergency Information: In the event of an emergency, please locate the nearest usher who will direct you to the appropriate exit.

Elevators: Elevators are located on each side of the lobbies on all levels.

Lost and found: Items are turned into Public Safety on the day of a performance.

To inquire about a lost item, Please call Public Safety at 770.916.2911.

Parking: Day of parking is available for $15 (credit or debit card only). There are 1,000 on-site parking spaces; 700 in a four-level deck and 300 more in a surface lot. $15 day of park fee.

Restrooms: Located on house right and house left of all three lobbies. Family restrooms are located on house right of all three lobbies.

Mobility-impaired patrons may use any of our restrooms.

Smoking: Smoking, vaping and e-cigarettes are prohibited inside the building.

Special assistance: Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact the Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for advance arrangements. Audio clarification devices are available to our hearing-impaired guests at no charge. This is on a first-come, first-served basis. These are available at the Synovus Box Office. Wheelchairs are available upon request.

All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned.

Prohibited items: The venue does not check items. Please visit https://www. cobbenergycentre.com/plan-your-visit/ prohibited-itemssecurity for more information.

ATLANTA BALLET REQUESTS

• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to be admitted to the performance. Please be aware the not all events are suitable for children.

Infants will not be admitted to adult programs. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

• Please turn off all cellphones before each performance.

• Audio & video recording devices are not permitted.

• Please unwrap all candies and cough drops before the perfomance.

• Late arrivals will be seated in alternative

seating until intermission when you can then access your seats.

• We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes

early so you have time to visit concessions and get to the seats you purchased. Doors to Cobb Energy Centre open 90 minutes prior to the performance.