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Adam Sklute CEO & Artistic Director | The Elizabeth Solomon Executive Chair Michael Andrew Currey General Manager Pamela Robinson Harris Principal Ballet Mistress Jane Victorine Wood Ballet Mistress Calvin Kitten Director of Ballet West II Peggy Dolkas Associate Director of Ballet West II

Peter LeBreton Merz Director of Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy Heather Thackeray Student Ballet Mistress & Academy Artistic Liaison Bruce Caldwell Ballet Master / Archivist

David Heuvel Director of Costume Production Kimberly Klearman Production Manager Greg Dennison Ballet West II Stage Manager Cristin Carlin Assistant to the CEO & Artistic Director

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F ROM T H E C E O & A RT I S T IC DI R E CTOR Welcome!

Attending a live performance is an experience like no other, and going to the ballet is certainly one of the best. Ballet is an amazing art form that encompasses dance, music, art, athletics, storytelling, as well as theater. It can transport us to another world, and it can take us away from the pressures of our daily lives.

Exposing children to the fine arts from an early age is a critical component of a person’s development, and I believe that it’s important that families enjoy going together as often as possible.

That was my main motivation in creating an on-going Family Series for Ballet West, as I wanted a program each year that could be counted upon to engage, delight – and speak to - individuals of all ages.

At this performance, in just over one hour (with an intermission in the middle), we will bring you one of the world’s great fairy-tales – The Little Mermaid. Throughout, we have intentionally incorporated narration to tell Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, as it helps to clarify the action and story for all of our audience members, regardless of their age.

The music for our Little Mermaid is by Leo Delibes. It was originally written for another ballet – the rarely performed 19th Century work – Sylvia. Our choreographic team - Pamela Robinson-Harris and Peggy Dolkas - have done a brilliant job bringing out the charm, humor and pathos that this score and the story invoke. Our design team has also created a spectacular world of undersea kingdoms, waves, ships and palaces. And, the ballet is performed by the wonderful artists of Ballet West II and many talented students from all levels of our Ballet West Academy.

I hope you agree that the final result is a production filled with humor, sadness, and beauty that ultimately uplifts our souls.

You have our commitment that we at Ballet West will always work diligently to give you and your family “life experiences” that will remain fondly in your memories for many years to come. I hope you find our production of The Little Mermaid to be one of them.

Thank you for your patronage,

Adam Sklute Since 2007, Adam Sklute has expanded Ballet West’s outlook, repertoire, and visibility with exciting Company premieres, increased touring, heightened public exposure, and greater focus on the Ballet West Academy. He began his career with The Joffrey Ballet, where he was a Soloist before rising through the ranks to Associate Director. His stewardship of Ballet West, marked by both bottom line growth and elevated artistry, has been heralded by many publications, and was the subject of The CW Network’s docu-drama, Breaking Pointe, which aired for two seasons. This year, Adam was promoted to the position of CEO and Artistic Director where he will also oversee the administrative operations of the Company.

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THE LITTLE MERMAID PRODUCTION CONCEIVED BY ADAM SKLUTE AND MARK GOLDWEBER CHOREOGRAPHY PAMELA ROBINSON HARRIS AND PEGGY DOLKAS MUSIC LÉO DELIBES MUSIC ARRANGEMENT AND LIBRETTO: Pamela Robinson Harris and Peggy Dolkas SOUND ENGINEER: Ken Kruckenberg COSTUME DESIGN AND COORDINATION: David Heuvel SCENIC COORDINATION: Michael Andrew Currey LIGHTING DESIGN: James K. Larsen

FEATURING DANCERS FROM BALLET WEST II BALLET WEST ACADEMY PROFESSIONAL TRANING DIVISION FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON BALLET WEST ACADEMY JANET QUINNEY LAWSON CAPITOL THEATRE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH The performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes, with one 20-minute intermission.

This ballet is dedicated to the memory of Mark Goldweber, whose passion for excellence in ballet continues to keep us striving to achieve the highest standards for our Ballet West II dancers and all Ballet West Academy Students. His soul lives on forever.

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CASTING ACT II – The Wedding Party Little Mermaid, The Land Prince, The Land Princess, Princess’s Friends, plus: The Prince’s Parents: King and Queen......................................................Jake Preece and Hannah Maloney The Princess’s Parents: King and Queen...........................................................Levi Durie and Isabel Harrell Wedding Guests........................................................ Piper Armstrong, Sabrina Benavides, Nora Clemente, Jordan DePina, Vinicius Dos Santos Lima, Noel Jensen, Kouki Kishimura, Savannah Lyle, Mathew Morley, Ashleigh Richardson, Benjamin Rose, Henry Winn Priest.................................................................................. Steve Moga (3/30), Niko Yaroslaski (4/1 EVE, 4/2) Flower Girls........................................................................................Catherine DeBry and Isabella McGrath Children.................................... Tayten Baker, Kai Casperson, Kahlan Feichtenbeiner-Franson, Lund Fuller, Victor Galeana, Mary Claire Huntsman, Grayson Jenkins, Samanta Jordan Emma Merrill, Mac Needham, Sophia Ponomareko, Aria Smith CAST FOR 3/31 AND 4/1 MAT PROLOGUE Crabs..............................................................Victor Galeana, Griffin Horne, Grayson Jenkins, Isaac Phillips Dolphins................................................. Enrico Hipolito, David Huffmire, Benjamin Rose, Jackson Schene Sea Foam.............................................................Sabrina Benavides, Elizabeth Del Rosario, Jordan DePina, Brigitte Edwards, Julia Ridderhoff, Alexandra Terry Angel Fish.................................................Madeleine Miller, Kaiya Mortensen, Afton Nelson, Eliana Smith Stingray.................................................................Ethan Carboni, Oliver Davis, Miles Sears, Michael Smith Sea King...................................................................................................................................... Luis Capetillo ACT I – The Deep Sea Palace Dolphins, Crabs, Angel Fish, Stingray, Sea King, plus: Grandmother.......................................................................................................................Hannah Maloney Young Little Mermaid.................................................................................................................. Eliana Vogel Little Mermaid................................................................................................................................Janae Korte Sisters.......................................................... Nora Clemente, Nicole Fannéy (3/31), Isabel Harrell (4/1 MAT), Savannah Lyle, Ashleigh Richardson, Hannah Sterling The Land Prince..............................................................................................................................Jake Preece Goldfish............................................................................ Olivia Boyden, Ella Gillian, Lily Hall, Stella Heath, Madeline Hull, Sybil Sappington, Quinn Souvall, Meadow West

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CASTING ACT I – A ‘Top ‘O The Sea Sea Foam, Little Mermaid, The Land Prince, Dolphins, plus: Waves..................................................................................Kyle Davis, Vinicius Dos Santos Lima, Levi Durie, Michael Hill, Noel Jenson, Mathew Morley -IntermissionACT II – A’Shore Little Mermaid, The Land Prince, Sea Foam, Waves, plus: The Land Princess..................................................................................................................... Isabelle Chang Princess’s Friends...................................................................................Clara Mason and Lauren Thompson ACT II – The Witch’s Lair Little Mermaid, plus: The Sea Witch.............................................................................................................................Brittany Rand Sea Toads.........................................................................David Huffmire, Kouki Kishimura, Benjamin Rose Sea Snakes................................................................................Stephanie Buesser, Nicole Fannéy (4/1 MAT), Isabel Harrell (3/31), Hannah Maloney ACT II – The Wedding Party Little Mermaid, The Land Prince, The Land Princess, Princess’s Friends, plus: The Prince’s Parents: King and Queen.................................................. Luis Capetillo and Hannah Maloney The Princess’s Parents: King and Queen....................................... Jackson Schene and Isabel Harrell (3/31), Abbey Jensen (4/1 MAT) Wedding Guests................................................................ Piper Armstrong, Sabrina Benavides, Kyle Davis, Elizabeth Del Roasario, Jordan DePina, Vinicius Dos Santos Lima, Enrico Hipolito, Noel Jensen, Mathew Morley, Julia Ridderhoff, Alexandra Terry, Henry Winn Priest........................................................................................Steve Moga (3/31) / Niko Yaroslaski (4/1 MAT) Flower Girls............................................................................................. Kaiya Mortensen and Afton Nelson Children............................ Tayten Baker, Kai Casperson, Freestone Dopp, Kahlan Feichtenbeiner-Franson, Victor Galeana, Grayson Jenkins, Samanta Jordan, Emma Merrill, Mac Needham, Scout Sutten, Gabrielle Vogel, Aleksandra Winkler Editor: Marissa Hodges; Publisher: Mills Publishing, Inc.; President: Dan Miller; Office Administrator: Cynthia Bell Snow; Art Director/Production Manager: Jackie Medina; Graphic Designers: Ken Magleby, Patrick Witmer; Advertising Representatives: Paula Bell, Karen Malen, Dan Miller, Paul Nicholas; Office Assistant: Jessica Snow; Administrative Assistant: Ruth Gainey; Printing: Hudson Printing Ballet West Playbill is published by Mills Publishing, Inc., 772 East 3300 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106, 801.467.9419. www.millspub.com Inquiries concerning advertising should be directed to Mills Publishing, Inc. Copyright 2017. Ballet West, 52 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. 801-869-6900. www.balletwest.‌org.

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VO IC E C A S T I N G A N D S Y N O P S I S VOICE CASTING Hans Christian Andersen, The Narrator.....................................................................................Adam Sklute Grandmother...........................................................................................................................Jeanne Potucek Young Little Mermaid......................................................................................................................Aria Smith Sea King........................................................................................................................................Jason Linsley Little Mermaid.............................................................................................................................Abbey Jensen Sea Witch...................................................................................................................... Christopher Renstrom Land Prince...................................................................................................................................Jason Linsley Little Mermaid’s Sisters................................................................. Sophia Simmons and Estella Birkinshaw Air Princess...............................................................................................................................Jeanne Potucek SYNOPSIS Act I Scene 1: In the undersea palace of the Sea King where all the undersea creatures play.

Scene 2: In the Little Mermaid’s private garden where she dreams her statue is a handsome prince.

Scene 3: Five years later in the Sea King’s palace – now the Little Mermaid can also swim to the surface.

Scene 4: On the surface of the ocean as a storm begins to brew and a prince is in trouble.

Intermission Act II Scene 5: On the beach after the Little Mermaid has saved the Prince and a young maiden and her friends discover him.

Scene 6: In the lair of the Sea Witch where the Little Mermaid begs for help.

Scene 7: On the beach – the Little Mermaid finds her legs and the Prince finds the Little Mermaid.

Scene 8: The Prince is introduced to a Princess from a neighboring kingdom and is told they must wed.

Scene 9: Returning to the lair of the Sea Witch where the Mermaids are determined to save their sister.

Scene 10: On the beach – the Little Mermaid is proven eternally good and pure.

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CHOREOGRAPHERS AND MUSIC Pamela Robinson Harris BALLET MISTRESS / CHOREOGRAPHER

Pamela Robinson Harris has served as Ballet Mistress for Ballet West for 20 years as well as the Company’s Interim Artistic Director from 2006-2007. Her career began with the Cleveland Ballet, followed by the State of Alabama Ballet in 1982 and Ballet Mississippi in 1984.

Pamela joined Ballet West in 1985, advancing to Principal in 1988. During her career, Pamela performed in some of the most prestigious theatres in America, performing principal roles in most major classical works, including those of George Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Ben Stevenson.

Pamela, together with Associate Director of Ballet West II, Peggy Dolkas, co-choreographed three ballets for Ballet West’s Family Series – The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. She also reworked major sections of Ballet West’s productions of The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle, and has choreographed for Ballet West II and the Ballet West Academy Professional Trainee Division.

Peggy Dolkas ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF BALLET WEST II / CHOREOGRAPHER

Ms. Dolkas graduated from the National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada, earning the Peter Dwyer Scholarship award and the Christopher Ondaatjie Ballet Prize. After a two-year apprenticeship with the National Ballet of Canada, she joined Ballet West in 2003.

She was promoted to Soloist in 2005 performing principal roles including Aurora, Giselle, Odette/Odile, and Juliet and earning “Top 25 To Watch” in Dance Magazine. Ms. Dolkas was Ballet Mistress for Nevada Ballet Theatre from 2013-2015. She co-choreographed The Little Mermaid (2012), Aladdin (2013), and Beauty and the Beast (2016) with Pamela Robinson-Harris for Ballet West’s Family Series.

Peggy joined Ballet West Artistic Staff in July of 2015.

Léo Delibes MUSIC

Léo Delibes was born on February 21st 1836 in Saint-Germain-duVal. His mother was a talented amateur musician and he was the grandson of an opera singer. In 1847, Delibes began studies at the Paris Conservatory, learning composition with Adolphe Adam. In his second year of study, he began having voice lessons, although his organ playing would surpass his skills as a singer. He played for rehearsals and was chorus master at the Paris Opéra from 1864 and was appointed as organist for Saint-Pierre-de-Chaillot in 1865. The work that brought him into the public’s attention in earnest was his first ballet, Coppélia, in 1870. His output is known to have had significant influence upon Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Debussy, with Tchaikovsky holding Delibes, and his ballet Sylvia, in particularly high esteem. Delibes died at the age of 54 on January 16th 1891 in Paris.

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PRODUCTION CONCEP T A N D DE SIGN ER S Mark Goldweber PRODUCTION CONCEPT

Mark Goldweber joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1975 as a member of Joffrey II, and was invited to join the main Joffrey Ballet in 1977. His first role was the “Boy in Blue” in the Joffrey recreation of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs, which he later reprised for public television’s Dance In America series. Throughout his career, Goldweber had the honor of working personally with such great choreographers and Ballet Masters as Robert Joffrey, Antony Tudor, Agnes DeMille, Celia Franca, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Yuriko, Georgette Tsinguirides, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Brian Show, and Wendy Ellis. He was the founding Ballet Master for Oregon Ballet Theatre and was Ballet Master and Director of Apprentices for The Joffrey Ballet from 1996-2007 before accepting the positions of Ballet Master and Director of Ballet West II. Goldweber taught in the Joffrey Ballet School summer program in New York City for several years and played himself in Robert Altman’s “The Company”. Mark Goldweber was Ballet Master for Ballet West from 2007 until his passing in December 2011.

David Heuvel DIRECTOR OF COSTUME PRODUCTION

David Heuvel has been associated with Ballet West since 1979. Apart from his work for Ballet West, he has designed and built costumes nationally and internationally, including Ballet Du Nord (France), Singapore Ballet, Washington Ballet, Carolina Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, Atlanta Ballet, and Richmond Ballet.

James K. Larsen LIGHTING DESIGNER

James has served as the lighting designer for numerous Ballet West productions, while recently being hired as the Head Electrician for the Main Company of Ballet West. Mr. Larsen just came off of the road as the Head Electrician for Lindsey Stirling on her last two European and North American Tours as well as working for: Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co., U of U Ballet and Modern Dance, Tandy Beal and Co., and SALT Dance Co. Production Managing the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts with touring companies such as New York City Ballet and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. Mr Larsen is also a proud member of the Stage Hands Union I.A.T.S.E. Local 99.

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Grigoriy Ayrapetov Principal Class/Associate Rehearsal Pianist Rob Wood Company Class Pianist Jim Kuemmerle Sarah Lund John Rukavina Heidi Slagle Academy Pianists TECHNICAL PRODUCTION Kimberly Klearman Production Manager Michael McCulloch Production Stage Manager Greg Dennison Ballet West II Stage Manager Robert Clifford Head Carpenter/ Technical Director Josh Belka Assistant Carpenter James K. Larsen Head Electrician/ Lighting Coordinator Bruce Fugit Assistant Electrician Cory A. Thorell Properties Master Heidi Belka Pyrotechnician Jacquelin Bryce Wardrobe Supervisor Barbara Lambert Wardrobe Assistant Yancey J. Quick Wig Master Members of IATSE Local 99 Run of Show Crew COSTUME PRODUCTION David Heuvel Director of Costume Production

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Cindy Farrimond Costume Shop Manager

Calvin Kitten Director, Ballet West II

Barbara Arcolio Head Stitcher

Peggy Dolkas Associate Director, Ballet West II

Mary Kay Feicht Vicki Goslin Raincrow Stitchers

Heather Thackeray Student Ballet Mistress and Academy Artist Liaison

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

MUSIC Tara Simoncic Music Director Jared Oaks Associate Music Director, Principal Pianist

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

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

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HOUS E RU L E S To ensure the enjoyment of the majority of our patrons who arrive on time, and in deference to the artists, latecomers will not be admitted to the auditorium until there is an appropriate pause in the performance. During some productions, this pause may not occur until the end of the first act.

•• All casting is subject to change.

•• For your own safety and the safety of other patrons, please do not exit the Theatre before the house lights are up.

•• Any use of cameras and recording equipment in the Theatre, which is not authorized by the management, is strictly prohibited.

•• No smoking, eating or drinking is permitted in the auditorium.

•• Lost articles may be claimed at security.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre offers assistive listening devices free of charge and may be checked out at the coat check counter located in the lobby.

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