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PRINCIPALS

Emily Adams, Katlyn Addison, Hadriel Diniz, Adrian Fry, Tyler Gum, Jenna Rae Herrera, David Huffmire, Amy Potter, Jordan Veit

SOLOISTS

Kristina Pool, Victoria Vassos

DEMI-SOLOISTS

Dominic Ballard, Lillian Casscells, Nicole Fannéy, Vinicius Lima, Jake Preece, Rylee Ann Rogers

ARTISTS

Alexis Bull, Jazz Khai Bynum, Kai Casperson, Kye Cooley, Isabella Corridon, Amelia Dencker, Anderson Duhan, Taylor Fikes, Maren Florence, Robert Fowler, Mikayla Gyfteas, Jacob Hancock, James Jobson-Larkin, Schuyler Lian, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Lexi McCloud, Anisa Sinteral, Tatiana Stevenson, Loren Walton, Claire Wilson

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Jared Oaks MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Courtney Hellebuyck STUDENT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

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Chair

Shari H. Quinney*

Chair-Elect

Jennifer Huntsman

Vice Chair

Sarah Eccles Taylor*

Treasurer

Scott M. Huntsman*

Secretary

Rachele McCarthey, M.D.*

Artistic Director

Adam Sklute*

Executive Director

Michael Scolamiero*

Mike Black*

Matthew Cardon-Bystry

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About Ballet West

From Balanchine to Bournonville, Petipa to Tharp, Ballet West boasts a rich and varied repertoire, elegant and versatile artists, and an American style and legacy that is as dynamic, expansive, and as unexpected as the Rocky Mountain region it represents. From its humble beginnings in 1963 as the only professional ballet company between Chicago and the West Coast, Ballet West has grown into one of America’s leading ballet companies. For 60 years, the Salt Lake City-based Company has entertained and excited audiences in Utah and worldwide by presenting the great classical story ballets, including America’s first and longest-running version of The Nutcracker, revivals of rarelyseen historical masterpieces, works by some of the world’s most renowned artists, and new cutting-edge creations by emerging choreographers. The Company also regularly tours both nationally and internationally.

Ballet West was established in Salt Lake City by co-founders Willam F. Christensen, often called the “Godfather of American ballet,” and Utah’s “First Lady of the Arts,” Glenn Walker Wallace. In 1951, Christensen established the first ballet department in an American university at The University of Utah. Over time, this program grew into the Utah Civic Ballet, Ballet West’s first incarnation. Prior to that, along with his brothers, Lew and Harold, Christensen made history by establishing the oldest full-ballet company in the western United States, the San Francisco Ballet.

Since its inception, Ballet West has had five artistic directors, who have each helped build the Company’s unique and expansive profile – its founder, Willam Christensen, Bruce Marks, John Hart CBE, Jonas Kåge, and for the past 17 years, Adam Sklute, who has overseen the artistic product for the longest sustained growth of the Company since its founding. Ballet West continues to grow and evolve with 39 company members, 14 second company members, a thriving Academy, and one of the world’s largest ballet-based Education and Outreach programs, reaching over 140,000 children and adults throughout Utah and the Intermountain Region every year.

The Frederick Q. Lawson Ballet West (BW) Academy builds future ballet and dance artists and audiences by providing training in classical ballet, flamenco, character, contemporary, hiphop, jazz, and theatrical dance training. The BW Academy has nearly 1,000 students between its four campuses - Salt Lake City, Trolley Corners, Park City, and Utah County. With newlyrenovated student housing, the BW Academy is home to local, national, and international ballet students, with more than 50% of BW Academy students joining Ballet West.

With this eclectic and ever-expanding outlook, Ballet West is truly an American pioneer in dance. By honoring the history and traditions of our great artform, while constantly moving forward with new and untried concepts, we continue to keep ballet in Utah and the world alive and thriving into the future.

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RITE OF SPRING

SYMPHONY OF PSALMS

Choreography: Jiří Kylián

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Intermission

APOLLO

Choreography: George Balanchine

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Intermission

THE RITE OF SPRING

Choreography: Nicolo Fonte

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra

Music Director: Jared Oaks

The performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 19 minutes with two intermissions

PRINCIPAL ARTIST ADRIAN FRY | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON

From the Artistic Director

The 1913 Paris premiere of Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), presented by the famed Ballets Russes, caused scandal. Audiences were alarmed by the angular, turned-in stomping of the dancers, who were known for their elegance and grace. But even more, the audience was in shock from the savage, unrelenting score with its incomprehensible, ever-changing time signatures and unprecedented tonal dissonance to their Belle Epoque ears. As legend has it, a riot broke out as outraged patrons tried to grapple with this revolutionary sound and argued over what was ‘proper’ music. But young Igor Stravinsky would go on to become a defining figure in 20th century music, always playing with different styles and approaches, his work influencing countless composers. His broad scope and rhythmic dynamics have also inspired many great choreographers. It’s not surprising as Stravinsky basically got his start as a ballet composer with his early melodic scores such as The Firebird and Petrouchka. No matter how different his compositions were, however, they remain to this day, infinitely danceable.

Welcome to Ballet West’s The Rite of Spring program, a tryptic of works that celebrate Igor Stravinsky’s diverse spectrum of compositions. I have chosen three choreographers – historic and current - who, in turn, help to redefine how we experience ballet and with their own unique approaches, illuminate Stravinsky’s music in different and often surprising ways. Like Stravinsky’s music, these three choreographers work seems completely different on the outside, but there remains a commonality and a generational through line in their creations which I found interesting and which I felt our Ballet West artists could bring out.

The program unfolds in reverse chronological order of the scores. In 1930, Stravinsky was commissioned to do a new orchestral symphony. But in keeping with his slightly rebellious nature, he insisted on creating a symphony for full chorus and orchestrathe vocalists acting almost like instruments themselves. Using verses from Psalms 39 and 40 in the Hebrew bible, and all of Psalm 150 as the backbone of this threemovement symphony, it is infused with Renaissance and Baroque modalism. Even with its Biblical texts, however, it is ultimately more orchestral than liturgical. In 1978, renowned Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián created what is now considered a classic of contemporary ballet to Stravinsky’s score. Kylián’s Symphony of Psalms is about community. It is about caring for each other. Throughout the duration of the ballet, the dancers never leave the stage and their energy, while dancing and while not, supports one another as the ballet propels them through a spiritual journey in a series of group sections and duets. As with all of Kylián’s work, it is athletic, fast, acrobatic, and deeply moving. His choreography finds a unique path through Stravinsky’s music, creating a texture, mood, and dynamically its own. Kylián came to prominence as a choreographer in the late 1970’s and has remained one of the foremost creator of dance in the world. One of his choreographic influences by his own admission was George Balanchine.

From the Artistic Director

George Balanchine would certainly be considered one of Stravinsky’s closest collaborators. Balanchine produced many ballets to Stravinsky’s scores and they created a number of works together. In 1928, Balanchine was new to The Ballets Russes and only 24 years old when he was selected by impresario Serge Diaghilev and Stravinsky himself to choreograph Apollon Musagete (Apollo, Leader of the Muses), premiering in Paris with sets and costumes by artist Andre Bauchant (later the costumes were recreated by Coco Chanel). Apollon Musagete had actually premiered earlier that year in America with different choreography by Adolf Bolm. That version did not stand the test of time. But Balanchine’s clean minimalism, with arresting images that range from a sunburst made of humans to indicate Apollo as God of the Sun, or the character of Apollo driving an imaginary chariot pulled by ballerinas made this ballet iconic.

Stravinsky loved the courtly and spare way Balanchine approached his music. For this composition, Stravinsky took his inspiration from the elegant tradition of 17th and 18th century music, in particular, that of composer Jean Baptiste Lully. He wrote libretto with the same sense of minimalism that Balanchine employed. A simple synopsis of Apollo being born, receiving a lute, and being tutored by three of the nine Muses – Calipe, music of poetry and rhythm, Polyhymnia, muse of mime, and Terpsichore, muse of dance. Of the three, Apollo favors Terpsichore the most. In the end they all ascend to Mount Olympus.

Balanchine and Stravinsky were sympatico in how they approached their arts. When Balanchine moved to America after Diaghilev’s death in 1929, he brought his version of Apollo and began streamlining it to his signature simple tights and leotards. He even changed the choreography towards the end of his life doing away with Apollo’s birth and final ascent. We produce the choreographic version that was done through most of Balanchine’s life, with minimalist sets and costumes, but with the story as originally created with Stravinsky. Balanchine would go on to redefine classical ballet and create a uniquely American style of dance. One fun fact linking Ballet West to this particular ballet – Balanchine’s first American interpreter of Apollo was none other than Lew Christensen, brother of Ballet West founder Willam Christensen.

Nicolo Fonte worked as Ballet West’s Resident Choreographer from 2012 through 2022. In 2023, I commissioned him to produce a new conceived version of The Rite of Spring for the 100th anniversary of its creation. Fonte has a gift for taking wellknown pieces of music and reimagining them, bringing out unexpected layers to the music and stretching the dancers’ line and movement beyond classical purity. The exaggerated plasticity of his movement and his own theatrical vision become an excitingly different reflection of Stravinsky’s seminal score. Fonte danced and was mentored by another choreographer – Nacho Duato, a long-time dancer under Jiří Kylián, hence another generational connection. For this season, Fonte has made a whole new version of this work he first produced for Ballet West 12 years ago. He takes Stravinsky’s powerful and at times violent score with its loose libretto of a community selecting a chosen victim to be sacrificed in order to ensure prosperity for the year and turns it inward. Placed in a post- apocalyptic landscape surrounded by monolithic rusted metal walls, without any true narrative or story per se, Fonte gives us a society that is deeply linked but ultimately doesn’t trust one another. It is a community that is the dystopian and profane counterpart to Kylián’s spiritual and sacred one in Symphony of Psalms. Section after section, a different dancer is brought forward for

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From the Executive Director

Ballet West’s final subscription program offers a stark contrast to February’s Cinderella while highlighting the incredible versatility of our dancers. The former featured opulent sets and costumes, Ashton’s unique choreographic style and Prokofiev’s brilliant score that captured the story unfolding on stage so perfectly. The common thread tying Rite of Spring together is Igor Stravinsky’s brilliant scores and the divergent choreography of George Balanchine, Nicolo Fonte and Jiří Kylián.

Rite of Spring is yet another example of Ballet West’s eclectic and varied repertoire, which introduces audiences to many styles of dance and gives our dancers the opportunity to grow as artists. While some of America’s major companies are noted for focusing on a particular choreographic style, Adam Sklute has chosen to program works by choreographers utilizing assorted styles and techniques in order to inspire and educate our audiences while showcasing how exceptional and adaptable Ballet West dancers are.

By now you may have heard about the exciting season Adam has planned for you next year, with several company premieres: Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan and Jerome Robbins’s West Side Story Suite, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance) are just three of the works our audiences will experience for the first time. Season 62 also features the return of important works such as Michael Smuin’s Romeo & Juliet, and Frederick Ashton’s The Dream. Subscribing early gives you the best choice of seats, so please take advantage of the opportunity to lock those seats in now.

Ballet West continues to thrive thanks to your loyal attendance and support. We anticipate balancing our budget for the fifth consecutive year, which is no small feat. You are a significant part of our success, one that we do not take for granted. On behalf of all of us here at Ballet West, thank you for unyielding commitment!

Warm wishes,

Michael Scolamiero

The Elizabeth Solomon Executive Director Chair

Michael Scolamiero joined Ballet West after an extensive international search led by Michael Kaiser, President Emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Since that time, Scolamiero has played a key role in transforming the organization’s financial health, eliminating operating deficits and building a cash reserve. With a strong balance sheet, Ballet West no longer requires external financing to meet cash needs and is growing its endowment. Under his direction, Ballet West has purchased and operates residential housing in downtown Salt Lake City for students at the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy.

Casting

SYMPHONY OF PSALMS

UTAH PREMIERE

Choreography: Jiří Kylián

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Lighting Design: Joop Caboort

Costume Design: Joop Stokvis

Scenic Design: William Katz

Technical Supervision: Joost Biegelaar

Stagers: Stefan Zeromski, Cora Bos Kroese

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Conducted by

Music Director: Jared Oaks

Symphony of Psalms (1978) is a work for 16 dancers that, set to Igor Stravinsky’s choral symphony of the same name, “brings together dance and the divine.” Perpetually onstage and accompanied by a choir, the dancers surge and retreat, becoming one with the music. The work is a celebration of human spirituality, translated into fluid movement by Kylián, where dancers express pain and suffering, but also hope and tenderness, in impassioned duets and ensembles. The choreographer’s geometric bias is accentuated by three vertical patchwork of Oriental carpets that form the backdrop. Stravinsky’s powerful score, based on three Psalms of David, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to mark its 50th anniversary in 1930.

World Premiere: Nov. 24, 1978, The Nederlands Dance Theater, Circustheater, The Hague, Netherlands

Utah Premiere: April 4, 2025, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah

4/4, 4/10, 4/12 EVE

Katlyn Addison & Hadriel Diniz Amy Potter & Loren Walton (4/5)

Anisa Sinteral & Dominic Ballard Lillian Casscells & Tyler Gum

Alexis Bull, Kai Casperson, Jacob Hancock, Vinicius Lima

Lexi McCloud, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Kristina Pool, Claire Spainhour

4/5, 4/12 MAT

Katlyn Addison & Hadriel Diniz Rylee Rogers (4/10) & Jordan Veit (4/10)

Nicole Fannéy & Adrian Fry Victoria Vassos & Joseph Lynch

Alexis Bull, Kai Casperson, Kye Cooley, Jacob Hancock

David Huffmire, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Lexi McCloud, Kristina Pool

Casting

CHOIR

Soprano

Sarah Fawcett

Melissa Heath

Kiersten Honaker

Angela LeBaron

Liz Pike Murdock

Emily Nelson

Claire Phillips

Alto

Ruth Angerbauer

April Iund Bowen

Demaree Clayson Brown

Cait Clawson

Dacia Gray

Cherie Hall

Jenny McKay

Kimberly Robbins Muhlestein

Kelly Nelson

Tenor

Clifford W. King

Clark Lawlor

David Martin

Ian McDougal

David McMurray

Mitchell SturgesKershisnik

Cecil Sullivan

Nathan Wright

Text translated from The Latin Vulgate:

Psalm 38: 13-14

Psalm 39: 2-4

Psalm 150

Psalm 38, verses 13 -14

(English Translation from Latin)

Bass

George Angerbauer

Art Hovley

Jordon LeBaron

Tyler Oliphant

Brian Pappal

Ricky Parkinson

Matt Robertson

Devin Spann

Brian Pappal

Chorus Master

Jane Fjeldsted Choir Manager

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with Thine ears consider my calling: hold not Thy peace at my tears.

For I am a stranger with Thee: and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

O spare me a little.

Psalm 39, verses 2–4

I waited patiently for the Lord: and He inclined unto me, and heard my calling.

He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. And He Hath put a new song in my mouth: even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many shall see it and fear: and shall put their trust in the Lord.

Psalm 150 Alleluja.

O praise God in his holiness:

Praise Him in the firmament of His power.

Praise Him in His noble acts:

Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

Praise Him in the sound of the trumpet:

Praise Him upon the strings and pipe.

Praise Him upon the well-tuned cymbals.

Praise Him upon the loud cymbals.

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Alleluja.

Casting APOLLO

Choreography: George Balanchine

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Lighting Design: Jim French

Lighting Recreation: James K. Larsen

Costume Design: Karinska

Stager: Colleen Neary

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra Conducted by Music Director: Jared Oaks

The ballet depicts Apollo, the young god of music, who is visited and instructed by three Muses, who were also children of Zeus and thus his half-sisters: Calliope, Muse of poetry, whose symbol is a tablet; Polyhymnia, Muse of mime, whose symbol is a mask that represents the power of gesture; and Terpsichore, Muse of dance and song, whose symbol is a lyre. Stravinsky, who possessed a strong interest in Greek mythology, conceived of and composed the score as a ballet. It was with this work, his second ballet set to the music of Stravinsky, that Balanchine, at age 24, achieved international recognition and began his lifelong partnership with the composer.

World Premiere: June 12, 1928, Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev, Théâtre SarahBernhardt, Paris

Utah Premiere: Oct. 25, 2019, Capitol Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah

ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST REHEARSING GEORGE BALANCHINE’S APOLLO | PHOTO BY BY ROSS RICHEY

Casting

4/4, 4/10, 4/12 EVE

Leto ..................................................................................................... Victoria Vassos

Hand Maidens Kye Cooley, Maren Florence

Apollo ........................................................................ Adrian Fry/David Huffmire (4/10)

Calliope Lillian Casscells

Polyhymnia ....................................................................................... Rylee Ann Rogers

Terpsichore ..........................................................................................Katlyn Addison

4/5, 4/12 MAT

Leto ....................................................................................................... Anisa Sinteral

Hand Maidens..................................................................... Alexis Bull, Mikayla Gyfteas

Apollo ........................................................................................................ Jordan Veit

Calliope Kristina Pool

Polyhymnia ............................................................................................. Lexi McCloud

Terpsichore Amy Potter

THE RITE OF SPRING

Choreography: Nicolo Fonte

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Lighting and Scenic Design: Michael J. Mazzola

Lighting Recreation: James K. Larsen

Costume Design: David Heuvel

Featuring the Ballet West Orchestra

Music Director: Jared Oaks

Even though I choreographed this powerful and exhilarating music back in 2006, I was fascinated by the idea of inhabiting Stravinsky’s world again. But how was I to make it new and fresh? My 2006 version had a heavy storyline, and I was not interested in exploring that again. Instead, I decided to focus on the DNA of the piece – the music. I wanted to strip this version of all literal narrative content and dive into the rhythmical structure of the score. However, there is something inherently ritualistic and primitive at the core of this music that resonates within our collective subconscious, making it difficult to ignore dramatic content altogether. I did find it liberating in trying to hear this music as if for the first time and allowing it to elicit a visceral response in my body and soul. Ultimately, this Rite of Spring is inspired by those instinctual emotions felt in the music that triggered many connections for me, between the boundlessness of the human spirit and the need for its renewal.

World Premiere/Utah Premiere: April 11, 2014, Capitol Theater, Salt Lake City

Casting

4/4, 4/10, 4/12 EVE

David Huffmire (4/12 MAT)

Rylee Ann Rogers, Adrian Fry Kristina Pool, Hadriel Diniz

Amy Potter

Jordan Veit (4/5)/Kai Casperson (4/12) James Jobson-Larkin (4/12)/Vinicius Lima (4/5)

Nicole Fannéy Kai Casperson, Lillian Casscells, Kye Cooley, Tyler Gum, Mikayla Gyfteas, Joseph Lynch, William Lynch, Lexi McCloud, Anisa Sinteral

4/5, 4/12 MAT

William Lynch (4/10)

Katlyn Addison, Tyler Gum Victoria Vassos, Dominic Ballard

Lexi McCloud

Jordan Veit (4/5)/Kai Casperson (4/12) James Jobson-Larkin (4/12)/Vinicius Lima (4/5)

Nicole Fannéy

Jazz Khai Bynum, Lillian Casscells (4/5)/Anisa Sinteral (4/12) Isabella Corridon, Anderson Duhan, Jacob Hancock, Joseph Lynch (4/5)/Robert Fowler (4/12 MAT) , Anisa Sinteral (4/5)/Maren Florence (4/12), Claire Spainhour, Loren Walton

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Ballet West Orchestra

Jared Oaks

MUSIC DIRECTOR

1st Violin

Aubrey Woods Concertmaster

Donni Evans

Peggy Wheelwright

Hanna Packard

Marcel Bowman

Emily Holmstead

Emily Olsen Rust

Hannah Kwong

2nd Violin

Krista Utrilla Principal

David Price

Rachel Karr

Linda Duan

Ann Cox

Hallie Mosteller

Viola

Sunny Johnson Principal

Katie Bradford

Candace Wagner

Devan Freebairn

Mallory Todd

Cello

Lauren Posey Principal

Robin Dunn

Megan Richards

Ambrynn Bowman

Kim Lewin

Seretta Hart ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER

Bass

Matthew Shumway Principal

Lola Maxham

Liz Lambson

Piano

Nicholas Maughan

Ruby Chou

Harp

Tamara Oswald

Flute/Piccolo

Alison Olsen Principal

Drew Powell

Sally Humphreys

April Clayton

Jeannine Goeckeritz

Oboe/ English Horn

Karen Hastings

Erika Bright

Justin Torres

Gerilyn Giovanetti

Nicole Fullmer

Clarinet

Jeff O’flynn

David Feller

Henry Caceras

Bassoon

Brian Hicks Principal

Christopher Egbert

Robert Bedont

Jessica Wiley

Music

Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

Horn

Laurence Lowe Principal

Nathan Basinger

Steve Park

Anita Miller

Dan Omer

Trumpet

Kyra Sovronsky Principal

Sara Marchetti

Lisa Verzella

Chris Danz

Peyden Shelton

Trombone

Nick Burnham Principal

Steve Hunter

Neil Hendriksen

Tuba

Michael Mccawley Principal

Timpani

Drew Fallon Principal

Percussion

Heath Wolf Principal

Mike Sammons

Chelsea Jones

Symphony of Psalms (Symphonie de Psaumes; A la Gloire de Dieu) for chorus and orchestra

Apollo (Apollon musagète, ballet in two tableaux)

The Rite of Spring

Ballet West Orchestra

JARED OAKS

Music Director

Jared Oaks, one of the leading young ballet conductors in the United States, is Music Director of Ballet West. Since joining the company in 2008, Jared has maintained a rigorous conducting schedule, in addition to playing for rehearsals and classes. He has conducted performances for Houston Ballet and The Sarasota Ballet, and he has worked with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, among others.

Jared’s numerous compositions include an oratorio about Joan of Arc, with poems by Suzanne Lundquist, and chamber ballets for Ballet West, Charlotte Ballet, and Mid-Columbia Ballet. Jared is also a fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and cofounder of the Composer Discovery Initiative.

AUBREY WOODS

Concertmaster

Aubrey Woods’ rise as a professional violinist vividly demonstrates the versatility that is the sine qua non for twentyfirst century musicians. Her artistic leadership and excellence as concertmaster for Ballet West are consistently on display at the Capitol, Rose Wagner, and Eccles theatres in Salt Lake City. She frequently performs with the Utah Symphony Orchestra. She appeared for several years with the Orchestra at Temple Square in weekly worldwide broadcasts and on recordings with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and notable soloists, including Bryn Terfel and Renée Fleming. Aubrey is equally in demand as a studio recording artist for movies, television, and in backing tracks for many popular artists.

Her performances as a chamber musician include appearances with NOVA, Intermezzo, the Park City Chamber Music Series and, on the Baroque violin, with New York Baroque Incorporated, the Sebastians, and Musica Angelica. She may often be heard in company with her husband, Alexander Woods, as the duo Woodsmith. In her free time, Aubrey loves making sourdough bread and spending time with her husband and their five kids.

Profiles

JIŘÍ KYLIÁN

Choreographer, Symphony of Psalms

Since the early 1970s, the celebrated Czech choreographer has created 100 works – three-quarters for the Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT). His creations draw inspiration from many different sources, combine elements from diverse art forms, and defy categorisation. Kylián was the artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater from 1978 until stepping from the role in 1999 to become the resident choreographer until December 2009.

First smitten with the magic of circus, young Kylián started his studies as an acrobat. But, at the age of nine, he began training as a dancer at the Prague National Theatre ballet school. Six years later, in 1962, he was accepted at the Prague Conservatory and, in 1967-68, won a scholarship to London’s Royal Ballet School. There he met the influential choreographer John Cranko, who offered him a contract with the Stuttgart Ballet, and encouraged him to pursue his choreographic career.

Venerated for his choreographic work for dancers of all age groups, Kylián has received many honours, including the “Nijinsky Award” in Monaco, and the “Legion d’Honneur” of France. In 2008 he was distinguished with one of the highest royal honors, the Medal of the Order of the House of Orange, given to him by Her Majesty the Queen Beatrix from the Netherlands. In 2006, he cocreated a film, CAR-MEN, which was choreographed and filmed in the devastated landscape of a surface coalmine in the Czech Republic.

GEORGE BALANCHINE

Choreographer, Apollo

George Balanchine is regarded as one of the foremost contemporary choreographers in the world of ballet. He came to America in 1933 and established the School of American Ballet in 1934. In 1948, Balanchine established the New York City Ballet and presented its first program consisting of Concerto Barocco, Orpheus, and Symphony in C. Balanchine served as ballet master for the New York City Ballet fro11111m 1948 until his death in 1983, choreographing the majority of their productions introduced by the company since its inception. An authoritative catalogue of his works lists 425 pieces created by Balanchine in his lifetime. Balanchine’s style has been described as neoclassic. A gifted musician himself, his response to Romantic Classicism was to de-emphasize the plot in his ballets, preferring to let

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“dance and music be the star of the show.” Nevertheless, tantalizing hints of a story color his works in such ballets as Apollo, Harlequinade, Liebesliede Waltzer, and La Sonnambula. The New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet remain dedicated to the preservation of Balanchine’s ideals.

NICOLO FONTE

Choreographer, The Rite of Spring

Choreographer Nicolo Fonte is known for his unique movement language as well as the highly developed fusion of ideas, dance and design that is a hallmark of his work. He studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet and also completed a Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase. His dance career took him from Peridance in NYC, to Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and, ultimately to Nacho Duato’s Compañia Nacional de Danza in Madrid.

Mr. Fonte received a Choo San Goh award for Almost Tango, his 2002 choreography for Pacific Northwest Ballet. Almost Tango was also voted as one of Dance Europe’s “Best Premieres” when it was re-staged for The Australian Ballet in 2004. His very first full-length work Re: Tchaikovsky, created for The Gothenburg Ballet in 2005, appeared on the “Best of 2005” lists of both Ballett-Tanz and Dance Europe. Since that time, Fonte has created an additional two fullevening works, both for BalletX (Philadelphia): Beautiful Decay (2013), and Beasts (2015).

Fonte’s choreography has been performed by companies large and small all over the globe – from Het National Ballet in Amsterdam to the National Dance Company of El Salvador. In addition to his three original full-length ballets, re-invigorated versions of classic scores, and extraordinary collaborations with artists across many disciplines are all well represented in Mr. Fonte’s work over the past twenty years.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Composer,

Born in Russia, Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) did not discover his musical talent until he enrolled in law school. There, under the influence of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky soon found the limelight in composing for the Ballets Russes: Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913). The latter work caused a celebrated scandal at its first performance and remains one of the best-known and most influential pieces of 20th-century music. Stravinsky drew inspiration from a wide range of music, including contemporary artist Pablo Picasso, jazz movements in the United States, and a continuous interest in baroque and classical pieces. The restless, “spiky” rhythms and sharp, pungent harmonies run through Stravinsky’s work like an indelible musical fingerprint. These elements of his style, and the versatile ways in which he used them, help to explain his status as one of the 20th century’s greatest composers.

STEFAN ZEROMSKI

Staging, Symphony of Psalms

Stefan Zeromski, born in Poland, completed his formal dance education at the State Ballet in Poznan/Poland. Upon graduation, he joined the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, where he was promoted to soloist within a year and received the prestigious Leon Wojcikowski Prize for outstanding young dancer. Following this recognition, Zeromski accepted a position as soloist with the Ballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin, where he collaborated with renowned choreographers including Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, and Lucinda Childs.

Most recently, Zeromski served as principal dancer with Nederlands Dans Theater, where he contributed to the creation of numerous original works by distinguished choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, and Ohad Naharin. His artistic contributions have been featured in several televised recordings of Nederlands Dans Theater repertoire, including Bella Figura, Sweet Dreams, Petite Mort, Signing Off, Wings of Wax, Swan Song, and Speak for Yourself. Throughout his tenure with Nederlands Dans Theater, Zeromski also developed original choreographic works for the company's annual choreographic workshop.

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CORA BOS-KROESE

Staging, Symphony of Psalms

Cora Bos-Kroese joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in 1986, advancing to the main company after two years where she performed until 2001. During her tenure, she collaborated with distinguished choreographers including Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Edouard Lock, Nacho Duato, and Hans van Manen. Kylián created numerous pieces specifically for her, including One of a Kind, Falling Angels, Petite Mort, Wings of Wax, Last Touch First, and Anonymous. Her exceptional talent was recognized in 1996 when she received the Most Talented Dancer award from the Dancers Fund in Holland. Following her time at Nederlands Dans Theater, Cora joined Ballet Frankfurt in 2001, working for two years as a dancer with the renowned choreographer William Forsythe. In recent years, Cora has participated in "Kylworks" productions, a project by Jiří Kylián, performing in Anonymous, Birth-day, Fortune Cookies, and Last Touch First. Since 2004, she has served as the artistic director of C-scope projects, where she has developed numerous innovative site-specific projects that integrate dance with various art forms.

COLLEEN NEARY

Staging, Apollo

Colleen Neary, co-founder and former director of Los Angeles Ballet (2004-2022), brings exceptional credentials as a performer, teacher, and stager. Born in Miami and trained at the School of American Ballet, she danced as a soloist with New York City Ballet under George Balanchine (1969-1979), who personally selected her as a Répétiteur for The George Balanchine Trust. Her distinguished career includes positions with Zurich Ballet, Ballet du Deuxieme Siecle, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and The Royal Danish Ballet.

With husband Thordal Christensen, Neary established Los Angeles Ballet in 2004, choreographing classic productions and staging over 30 Balanchine works. She continues to stage Balanchine ballets for major companies worldwide and co-founded Los Angeles Ballet School. Throughout her career, Neary has been praised for her meticulous attention to detail and authentic preservation of Balanchine’s vision. Her impact on ballet education extends beyond performance to mentoring multiple generations of dancers through her teaching and community outreach programs. In 2012, Neary and Christensen received The Lifetime Achievement Award from the McCallum Theatre.

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JOOP CABOORT

Lighting Design, Symphony of Psalms

Joop Caboort started working as an electrician at the Nederlands Dans Theater in 1965. Only five years later, he was promoted to manage the technical department, a position he held until 1995. He designed lighting for 350 choreographies by prominent choreographers, including Hans van Manen, Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, Jennifer Muller, Louis Falco, Glen Tetley, Maurice Béjart, and Nils Christe. Caboort worked as a freelance lighting designer for several prestigious companies, including The Royal Ballet, Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He also made guest appearances at opera houses such as The Royal Opera House, the Wiener Staatsoper, and the Metropolitan Opera. Additionally, he partnered with Carel Birnie to develop specialised theatre systems tailored for dance productions. In 1987, Caboort was responsible for designing and installing the technical stage and lighting systems at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague, which was designed by Rem Koolhaas. In 2008, he was named a Knight in the Order of OrangeNassau, recognising his outstanding services to the Dutch theatre industry.

JIM FRENCH

Lighting Design, Apollo

Jim French designs lighting for the performing arts and live events, with work seen in 25 countries around the globe. Highlights of Jim’s work in dance include over fifteen world premieres for San Francisco Ballet, nine seasons as resident designer for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and long running collaborations with the choreographers Val Caniparoli, Pascal Rioult, and Amy Seiwert, with vertical dance company Bandaloop, and with Ballet West. At home in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has collaborated with Alonzo King Lines Ballet, RAW Dance, Shotgun Players, Kronos Quartet, Joe Goode Performance Group, ODC Dance, Post:Ballet, SF Danceworks, Imagery, Sacramento Ballet, Marin Theater Company, West Edge Opera, and has been house LD at SF Jazz. Favorite credits from further afield include Finnish National Ballet, Ballett Basel, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Playwright’s Horizons, Carte Blanche, Royal Ballet of Flanders, and LA Dance Project. Jim designed lighting for the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, and volunteers for Dancers Responding to AIDS and Bike East Bay.

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MICHAEL J. MAZZOLA

Lighting Design, Rite of Spring

Since the mid 1980's, Michael Mazzola's critically acclaimed designs have been seen in venues all over the US and Europe, ranging from opera houses to circus tents to outdoor amphitheaters. Beyond his work as resident lighting designer for Oregon Ballet Theatre, the two-time New York Dance And Performance Awardwinning designer has created lighting for the Bebe Miller Company, for whom he has designed since 1986; Steve Paxton And Lisa Nelson, Yoshiko Chuma; the multimedia symphony Babar composed by Raphael Mostel, as well any number of regional companies including Milwaukee Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Aspen / Santa Fe Ballet Company, Trinity Irish Dance Company, and Hubbard Street Dance Company. Recent projects have included the lighting design for Nicolo Fonte’s premiere of Within/Without, set on Pacific Northwest Ballet. In August 2000, Michael was the Production Designer for Stars Of The New York City Ballet, performing outdoors in a garden he designed especially for the event in the South of France. Michael’s lighting for music events has been seen many times in venues such as NJPAC’s Prudential Hall and Victoria Theatre, working with artists such as India Irie, Celia Cruz, Michael Feinstein And Guests, and a wide variety of Jazz greats such as Kenny Barron With Regina Carter and Pharoah Sanders.

JOOP STOKVIS

Costume Design, Symphony of Psalms

After starting out as a dancer, Joob Stokvis studied costume design in Amsterdam. In 1963, he became the costume designer for the Netherlands Dance Theatre, and later on for Rotterdam's Scapino Ballet and eventually the Dutch National Ballet. Since 1990, he has worked as a freelance costume designer for such ensembles as Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Toulouse's Ballet du Capitole, the ballet company of Berlin's Komische Oper, the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. He has collaborated with choreographers like Alvin Ailey (Knoxville Summer of 1915), George Balanchine, Glen Tetley, Nils Christe, Hans van Manen (Trois Gnossiennes), Benjamin Millepied and Jiři Kylián (Transfigured Night and Symphony of Psalms).

potential sacrifice. Only at the end when the true victim is chosen is the community whole and cleansed for another year. It is a fascinating take on the music and the end creates the kind of shock I can only imagine the Paris audiences of 1913 felt when they experienced the original Le Sacre du Printemps

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Adam Sklute

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KARINSKA

Costume Design, Apollo

Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska (October 3, 1886 – October 18, 1983), was an Oscar-winning costumier of cinema, ballet, musical and dramatic theatre, lyric opera , and ice spectacles. Over her 50-year career, which began at age 41, Karinska earned legendary status time and again through her continuing collaborations with stage designers including Christian Bérard, André Derain, Irene Sharaff, Raoul Pêne du Bois and Cecil Beaton; performer-producers Louis Jouvet and Sonja Henie; and ballet producers René Blum, Colonel de Basil and Serge Denham. Her longest and most-renowned collaboration was with choreographer George Balanchine for more than 70 ballets. The first known work was “The Celebrated Popoff Porcelain,” a one-act ballet for Nikita Balieff’s 1929 La Chauve-Souris with music by Tchaikovsky for which Karinska executed the costumes design by Sergey Tchekhonin. She began to design costumes for Balanchine ballets in 1949 with Emmanuel Chabrier’s Bourrèe Fantasque for the newlyfounded New York City Ballet. Their final collaboration was the 1977 Vienna Waltzes . Balanchine and Karinska together developed the American (or “powder puff”) tutu ballet costume, which became an international costume standard. She was the first costume designer to win the Capezio Dance Award, in 1962, for costumes “of visual beauty for the spectator and complete delight for the dancer.”

DAVID HEUVEL

Costume Design, The Rite of Spring

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.

ARTISTS OF BALLET WEST REHEARSING GEORGE BALANCHINE’S APOLLO | PHOTO BY BY ROSS RICHEY

EMILY ADAMS

Newtown, Pennsylvania

Ballet West II 2005, Artist 2007, Demi-Soloist 2011, Soloist 2013, Principal Artist 2015

SPONSORED BY THE JANET QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

ADRIAN FRY

Omaha, Nebraska

Artist 2010, Soloist 2012, First Soloist 2014, Principal Artist 2017

Principal Artists

KATLYN ADDISON

Ontario, Canada

Artist 2011, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2021

TYLER GUM

Calhan, Colorado

Ballet West II 2009, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2014, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2023

HADRIEL DINIZ

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Artist 2015, Demi-Soloist 2018, Soloist 2019, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021

SPONSORED BY EMMA ECCLES JONES FOUNDATION

JENNA RAE HERRERA

Ontario, California

Ballet West II 2007, Artist 2010, Demi-Soloist 2015, Soloist 2016, First Soloist 2020, Principal Artist 2021

Principal Artists

DAVID HUFFMIRE

Reno, Nevada

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2014, Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2018, Soloist 2022, Principal Artist 2024

SPONSORED BY THE FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON FOUNDATION

AMY POTTER

Roanoke, Virginia

Ballet West II 2011, Artist 2012-2014, Soloist 2021, Principal Artist 2022

SPONSORED BY CAROLE WOOD AND DARRELL HENSLEIGH

JORDAN VEIT

Seattle, Washington

Ballet West II 2012, Artist 2013, Demi-Soloist 2016, Soloist 2018, Principal Artist 2022

Soloists

KRISTINA POOL

Princeton, New Jersey

Ballet West II 2015, Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022, Soloist 2023

DOMINIC BALLARD

Albury, NSW, Australia

Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2022

VINICIUS LIMA

Vitoria, Brazil

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2016, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020, Demi-Soloist 2023

Demi-Soloists

LILLIAN CASSCELLS

Washington, D.C.

Artist 2017, Demi-Soloist 2024

JAKE PREECE

Vancouver, Canada

Ballet West II 2016, Artist 2019, Demi-Soloist 2022

NICOLE FANNÉY

Cary, North Carolina

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2020, Demi-Soloist 2023

SPONSORED BY JENNIFER AND GIDEON MALHERBE

RYLEE ANN ROGERS

Orem, Utah

Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022, Demi-Soloist 2024

ISABELLA CORRIDON

Westport, Connecticut

Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

SPONSORED BY JONATHAN AND AMANDA SCHMIEDER

MAREN FLORENCE

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2012, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

Corps Artists

JAZZ KHAI BYNUM

Germantown, Maryland

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

AMELIA DENCKER

Rockville, Maryland

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2021

ROBERT FOWLER

Kennewick, Washington

Ballet West II 2018, Artist 2021

KAI CASPERSON

Logan, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2017, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2024

ANDERSON DUHAN

Holliday, Texas

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

MIKAYLA GYFTEAS

Anchorage, Alaska

Ballet West Academy 2020, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023, Artist 2024

KYE COOLEY

Bowie, Maryland

Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

SPONSORED BY JENNIFER PRICE-WALLIN AND TONY WALLIN

TAYLOR FIKES

Columbia, Maryland

Artist 2024

JACOB HANCOCK

Lehi, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2017, BWA Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

Corps Artists

JAMES JOBSON-LARKIN

New York City, New York

Artist 2024

SCHUYLER LIAN

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Ballet West II 2022, Artist 2024

JONAS MALINKATHOMPSON

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2012, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

CLAIRE SPAINHOUR

Longview, Texas

Ballet West Academy

Trainee 2017, Ballet West II 2019, Artist 2021

JOSEPH LYNCH

Cumberland, Rhode Island

Ballet West II 2017, Artist 2019

LEXI MCCLOUD

North Salt Lake, Utah

Ballet West II 2022, Artist 2024

TATIANA STEVENSON

Cortlandt Manor, New York

Ballet West Academy

Trainee 2018, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

WILLIAM LYNCH

San Diego, California

Ballet West II 2021, Artist 2023

ANISA SINTERAL

Parker, Colorado

Ballet West II 2014, Artist 2015-2019, Artist 2021

SPONSORED BY MICHAEL BLACK AND KIMBERLY STRAND

LOREN WALTON

Austin, Texas

Ballet West Academy

Trainee 2019, Ballet West II 2020, Artist 2022

SPONSORED BY MADELEINE P. AND HARVEY R. PLONSKER

Ballet West II

OLIVIA BOOK

Ontario, Canada

Ballet West Academy 2019, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2013, BWA Trainee 2020, Ballet West II 2022

TEA HINCHLEY

Castle Rock, Colorado

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2024

JAYA DHAND

San Diego, California

Ballet West II 2023

AVA GRAY

Orlando, Florida

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2024

Tokyo, Japan

Ballet West II 2024

Boston, Massachusetts

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

ADRIAN

Dallas, Texas

Ballet West Academy 2021, BWA Trainee 2022, Ballet West II 2024

Netherlands

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

Savannah, Georgia

Ballet West II 2023

Miami, Florida

Ballet West II 2024

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ballet West Academy 2011, BWA Trainee 2021, Ballet West II 2023

Los Gatos, California

Ballet West Academy 2020, BWA Trainee 2022, Ballet West II 2024

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Ballet West Academy Trainee 2023, Ballet West II 2025

MIRIN HIRANO

ANDRE MCGREGOR II

MARIO MERY

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LUND FULLER

VICTOR GALEANA

PIETER GUNNING

CALLIE HERBERT

ANNA MURRAY

SOPHIA NANNI

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Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy

The Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, the official school of Ballet West, is Utah’s premier source of dance training, providing the highest caliber of ballet instruction to professionally-bound students, as well as to those who simply wish to enjoy this beautiful and athletic art form. Academy students experience a structured curriculum offered in a nurturing, respectful, and positive environment, celebrating and exploring each student’s individual strengths and abilities.

The Ballet West Academy and its distinguished faculty are led by Evelyn Cisneros-Legate, an ever-growing and dynamic leader in the international field of dance. Pre-professional students are given the unique opportunity to be observed regularly and take classes with Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute, and are considered for future positions with Ballet West. Avocational students build strength, coordination, and confidence through focused and joyous top-level dance education.

Classes begin at age three and are available at four locations: The Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre, Trolley Corners, Utah County, and Park City.

frederick quinney lawson ballet west academy director evelyn cisneros-legate

students from ballet west academy and trolley corners campuses principal katherine lawrence

ballet west academy utah county campus principal heather thackeray

ballet west academy peggy bergmann park city campus principal allison debona

student dancers from the professional training division.

Wellness Partners

We are thankful for all the medical professionals who are committed to helping our dancers perform their best and stay injury-free.

OFFICIAL HEALTH PARTNER OF BALLET WEST

Dr. Claire Gross, MD, CAQSM

Jennifer Bentley, PT, DPT, OCS

Mary Bastian, MS, LAT, ATC

Gina Wojnar, DPT

Betsy Johnson MS ATC, Pilates

Leadership Council 2024-25

Executive Committee

President Helle LeRette

VP Communications Jennifer Malherbe

Secretary Ellen Tolstad

Treasurer Cyndalynn Tilley

Sarah Poulsen, Pilates

Ashley Hagensick, Sports Dietitian

Tony Kemmochi, PsyD

Dr. Jeremy Wimmer

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Leadership Council

Awards Chair Kathleen Gardner

Dancer Liaisons

Lesia Hunter

Jeanne Potucek

Julie Terry Shulimson

Membership Chair Anne Neeley

Nominating Chairs

Daniel Darger

Tami Hansen

Outreach Chair Doyle Clayburn

Park City Membership Chair Franki Loftus

Parliamentarian Susie Funk

Young Patrons Chair Kristina Keene

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Corporate, Foundation, and Government Support

$500,000 AND ABOVE

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

The Kahlert Foundation

The Meldrum Foundation

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)

Utah State Board of Education - Professional Outreach Programs in the School (POPS)

Anonymou

$250,000 - 499,999

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Intermountain Health**

$100,000 - 249,999

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Foundation

Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

Frederick Q. Lawson

Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

S. J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Utah Toyota Dealers

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

$25,000 - 99,999

B. W. Bastian Foundation

BMW of Murray and Pleasant Grove

Bank of America

Beaver Creek Foundation

Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation

The Florence J. Gillmor Foundation

The Grand America Hotel and The Laurel Brasserie*

John C. Kish Foundation

Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation

Mark Miller Toyota

McCarthey Family Foundation

Moreton & Company

OOCL*

We thank the following community partners for their generous contributions.

JoAnne L. Shrontz Family Foundation

Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation

Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foundation

Summit County RAP Cultural Grant

Utah Office Of Tourism

$10,000 - 24,999

R. Harold Burton Foundation

Cache Valley Bank

The Jeffrey and Helen Cardon Foundation

Clyde Companies

CompuNet, Inc.

Culinary Crafts*

Edison House*

Every Blooming Thing*

Fuse Weddings*

Goldman Sachs

Richard K. and Shirley S.

Hemingway Foundation

Hilton Salt Lake City Center*

Ivy & Varley*

John and Sonia Lingos Family Foundation

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

Montage International*

Morgan Stanley

OC Tanner

Simmons Family Foundation

So Danca**

Norman C. Tanner and Barbara L. Tanner Second Charitable Support Trust

Twelve30 Creative*

Dr. Jeremy Wimmer with Summit Chiropractic & Wellness*

Youth United of Park City Community Foundation

$5,000 - 9,999

15th Street Gallery*

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors

InterNet Properties

J. Wong’s Thai & Chinese Bistro*

The KP Group*

Kilkea Castle*

Laziz Kitcken*

Luxe Automotive*

Market Street Grill*

Occidental Petroleum

Ogden’s Own*

Osteria Amore*

Pathway Group

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Ruth’s Chris Steak House*

Salt Lake City Arts Council

Squatters Pub Brewery*

Stewart Education Foundation

Williams Companies

$1,000 - 4,999

AAA Jewelers*

Adobe

Avenues Sweets*

Ballet West Guild

Chevron Matching Employee Fund

Elevated Charter School

Henry W. and Leslie M. Eskuche

Charitable Foundation

Hugo Boss Fashions, Inc.

Jenius Bank

Mountain West Brands: Market Street Grill*

Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation

Spencer Fane Snow, Christensen & Martineau Foundation

Summit Sotheby’s International Realty

Rowan

Utah Hockey Club*

Utah Royals*

Warehouse Park City*

The above lists includes corporate, foundation, and government support received as of March 3, 2025.

*Indicates contribution made in-kind

** Indicates contribution made cash and in-kind

Individual Donors

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

We thank our Founder’s Circle donors, each of whom has over $1,000,000 to the company throughout its history, either through collective annual giving or extraordinary, one-time gifts.

B.W. Bastian Foundation

Peggy Bergmann

Val A. Browning Foundation

George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation

Marriner S. Eccles Foundation

The Kahlert Foundation

Jennifer Horne-Huntsman and Scott Huntsman

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Frederick Q. Lawson Foundation

Janet Quinney Lawson Foundation

John and Marcia Price Family Foundation

S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks (ZAP)

Shari and David Quinney

Beano Solomon

Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Utah State Board of EducationProfessional Outreach Programs in the School

HERITAGE CLUB

We thank our loyal Heritage Club patrons for their generous annual support.

MR. C.

$100,000 AND ABOVE

The Bené Arnold Estate

Peggy Bergmann

The DiFiore Family

The Ellis Family

Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert

Stephanie and Tim Harpst

Scott and Jennifer Huntsman

Barbara Levy Kipper (Adam’s 10th: and the Kipper Family Foundation)

Frederick Q. Lawson

John and Andrea Miller

Shari and David Quinney

Theodore Schmidt

Jonathan and Liz Slager

Beano Solomon

John and Marcia Price and the Price Family

Anonymous

$50,000 - $99,999

Vilija Avizonis and Gregory McComas

Kimberly and Jay Heglar

Heidi Lamb McLean

The Sam & Diane Stewart Family Foundation

Brad and Linda Walton

MRS. WALLACE

$25,000 AND $49,999

Mrs. Wallace

$25,000 and $49,999

Drew W. Browning in memory of Judy Watts

Brady

Frank and Leslie Corbett

J. Chase Dreyfous Jr.

W. Hague & Sue J. Ellis Foundation

Courtney Miller Hawks and Jason Hawks

Carl and Athelia Woolley LeSueur

Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince

Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe

Caryl Marsh

Bronwyn Newport and Todd Bradley

David Parkinson

Eileen Ragsdale

Theodore Schmidt

Sharon Seiner

Kristin and Tom Stockham

Ms. Taylor Swift, The Charitable Fund of the Comm Fdtn of Middle Tenn

Brad and Linda Walton

Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh

Anonymous

PRINCIPAL

$15,000 - 24,999

H. Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley

Michael Black and Kimberly Strand

Helen and Jeffrey Cardon

Marc and Cammy Fuller

Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson

Katherine Daines Lindsay

Rachèle McCarthey and Brock Van de Kamp

Madeleine P. and Harvey R. Plonsker

Jeanne Potucek

Shauna Bamberger Priskos

Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder

Adam Sklute and Christopher Renstrom

Sarah Eccles Taylor and Gary Taylor

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Anthony R. Wallin

Julia S. Watkins

Anonymous

FIRST SOLOIST

$10,000 - 14,999

Ballet West Guild

George & Matthew CardonBystry

Brooke Dreyfous

Jim Dreyfous

Erik and Uzo Erlingsson

Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. E. Dean Hamblin

Brent and Maren Jensen

Ryan Kelly

Alison and Paul Mayfield

The Fromer-McCree Living Trust

Marcia JS Richards

Mark and Melanie Robbins

George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose

Michael Scolamiero

Samantha Stechschulte and Jordan Atkin

Eddie Stone

Naoma Tate and the Family of Hal Tate

The John D. & Vera E. Eccles Family Foundation

Holly Yocom

Anonymous (2)

SOLOIST

$5,000 - 9,999

artEmotion

Clisto and Suzanne Beaty

The Brown Family Foundation

Carol T. Christ

Linda S. Daines

Joan Firmage

Charlie and Shannon Freedman

David and SandyLee Griswold

Kathie and Charles Horman

Karin Hurst

Jeanne M. Kimball

Helle Le Rette

Shari and Bruce Lindsay

James MacInnes

Brooke Mangum

John & Bria Mertens

Scott and JoAnn Narus

Anne Neeley

Stephen and Melina Nicolatus

Jeanie Pollack

Chris and Ellen Rossi

Sandefur Schmidt

Ghazaleh Semnani

Teresa Silcox

Ashley and Ryan Smith

Ruth Stone

Nadine Tang

Kathy Warren and Luigi Resta

Susan Warshaw

Jeff and Holly Whiteman

Anne Wilson and Peter Lawson

Edward Zipser

DEMI-SOLOIST

$2,500 - 4,999

Peter and Alexandra Agrapides

Tika Beard and Cathy Harlin

Sandi Behnken

Brett Campbell

Cecile and Harold Christiansen

Donna Conway

Jessica Dall

Michael Davies

Susan and Joel Eaton

Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Family Foundation

Aaron and Rachel Eckhauser

Dee Gauss

John and Ilauna Gurr

Jason and Amy Hawkins

Elizabeth Huntsman

Gordon Irving

Adam and Jessie Justis

Helen Kennedy

David Luker

Paul and Melanie Lyon

Thomas and Mary McCarthey

Trevor Nielson

Elizabeth and Vincent Novack

Richard and Lois Peterson

Rich and Nancy Potashner

Margaret P. Sargent

Shiebler Family Foundation

James R. Kruse and Mary Jo Smith

Kenneth Spitzer

Individual Donors

Sue and Jack Stahl

Laura Scott and Rodney Mena

Kevin Voyles

Jay and Alicia Wilson

Jo-Ann Wong

CORPS DE BALLET

$1,500 - $2,499

Chimgee Anderson

Frances and Jerome Battle

Carol Baer

Vicki and Bill Bennion

Pamela and Arthur Bingham

Amanda and Winston Bokor

Elinor and Martin Colman

Deirdre Conway and Andrew Spencer

Wilma Corkery and John R. Corkery III M.D.

Matthew Crane

Leslie and Myles Culhane

Pascale De Rozario and Jonathan Crossett

Dr. Frances Dolloph

Metta Driscoll

Richard and Pamela Dropek

John Eckert

Sissy Eichwald

Amanda Essex

Hot Shot Sprinkler Repair & Landscape LLC

Tracy Frankel

Keith Frederick

Dr. Martin I. and Sheila G. Gelman

Bob and Mary Gilchrist

Julie and Devon Glenn

Andrew and Barbara Goldberg

Andrea Golding

Elizabeth and Jack Hammond

Paul and Patricia Hansen

Jon and Tami Hansen

Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper

Vicki and Ronald Hauben

Michael and Kathryn Hayes

Mark and Wendi Holland

Laura Holleman

Robert and Dixie Huefner

Steve Jackson

David P. Heuvel and Johann Jacobs

Marilyn and Chester Johnson

G. Frank and Pamela Joklik

John S. Karls

Kathleen and Jack Karmel

Melissa Knighton

Robert and Karla Knox

The Kohlburn/Lecointre

Family

Brandon Labrum

Katherine Probert Labrum

Dr. Michael and Kimberly Lee

Franki Loftus

Heidi and Edward Makowski

Kenneth Melby

Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill

David and Colleen Merrill

Dan P. Miller

Chris and Henry Morrison

Anne M. and William C. Nelsen

Kirsten Novak

Ruth and Phillip Novak

Tomi Jean Ossana and Chris Proctor

Convergence Planning

Linda S. Pembroke

Katie Marie Pollard

Melanie Preece

Corey Rammell

Suzanne and David Razor

Dan Reeb

Stephanie Reid

Joy Rocklin

Kelley Rogge

Irwin and Harriet Ross

Mark and Linda Scholl

Brylan Schultz

Robert and Nancy Schumacker

Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry

Lou Ann Stevens

Cyndie Taylor

Rex Tilton

Olga Urbieta-Distefano

Beverly and Daniel Vargo

Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson

Susan Warshaw

Mark Weisbender

Sarah and Rich West

Michelle Wheeler

Michael and Judith Wolfe

Pearl Wright

Anonymous (2)

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 3, 2025

MEMBERSHIP

We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above.

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER

$500-1499

Christine B. Anderson

Alta’s Rustler Lodge

Stephen Anderson

Ronald and Kathy Aoki

Constanza Astorga

Michael and Jacqueline Bailey

Marcy Barlow

Liesl Basile

Thomas Bath

Thomas and Mary Ann Bauman

Ernest and Jane Bebb

Chandra and Eric Bergeson

Sharon and Michael Bertelsen

Kenneth and Melinda Birrell

Melissa Blair

Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake

Joan and Bryan Bowles

Elizabeth Bowman

Jeffrey Breglio

Nick Brown

Carol Ann Christensen

Alan S. and Orlene Cohen

Janice and Richard Coleman

Sandra Covey

Debbie Davis

Ashby and Anne Cullimore

Decker

Eric and Shellie Eide

Janet Ellsworth

Lisa Fassnacht

Amy Fulton

Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner

David Keith Garside and Audrey Miner

Cathy Gelwix

Mikisha Haeri

Scott and Loree Hagen

Scott Hansen

Drs Marc and Mary Carole Harrison

Sandra and David Haughey

Kenny and Janeal Hodges

Melanie Holbrook

Kevin C. Holmes

David and Linda Irvine

Edith Johnson

Gene and Richard Klatt

Jill Koziol

Sally and Ron Larkin

Toni L. Lehtinen

Julie Lewis

Lisa Lindbrg and Sean Bennion

Rachel Linkletter

David and Donna Lyon

Courtney Maclean

Dr. Ned L. and Mrs. Alene Mangelson

Howard Mann

Jose Mathews

Raven Mathis

Irina McGill

Will Mciff and Aaron Spades

Patricia and John McNamara

Robert Miller

Stephen and Sandy Morgan

Maren and Matt Mullin

Maura and Serge Olszanskyj

Rachel Otto

Taylor and Holly Parkin

Pat’s Dancewear

Mrs. Elodie Payne

Lana and Boris Petkovic

Ken and Stacy Potter

Delia and Craig Reece

Barbara Snarr Reid

Carolyn Rich-Denson

Leena Rinne

Scot and Celeste Roberts

Genevieve Maire Rosol

Sallie Shatz

Dr. Bernard Simbari and William Barnett

Cynthia Sinclair

David Gray Porter

Tiffannie R. Smith

Marilyn Smolka

George H. Speciale

Joan Swain

Cynthia Swensen

The Vicky Telford Family

Margaret and Paul Toscano

Jim and Zibby Tozer

Lois Williams

Richard and Marsha Workman

Karen and Mike Zimmerman

Joel and Elaine Zuckerman Fund of Park City Community Foundation

Anonymous (3)

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 3, 2025

Academy Scholarship Fund Donors

We thank those who have contributed to the Ballet West Academy Scholarship Fund, spanning all four Academy campuses, with generous donations of $1,000 and above.

artEmotion

Amanda and Winston Bokor

Helen and Jeffrey Cardon

George & Matthew Cardon-Bystry

Tiffany Colaizzi

Frank Corbett

Jessica Dall

Aaron and RachelEckhauser

Emma Eccles Jones Foundation

Joan Firmage

Dee Gauss

Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert

Kimberly and Jay Heglar

Janet Holland

Elizabeth Huntsman

Heidi Huntsman and Mark Robinson

Whitaker Irvin

Brent and Maren Jensen

Timothy J. Jones

Barbara Levy Kipper (Adam’s 10th: and the Kipper Family Foundation)

Jill Koziol

Helle Le Rette

Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince

Ailee Magleby

Angelina Mainini

Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe

Jose Mathews

Irina McGill

Kenneth Melby

John and Bria Mertens

Keith Musante

Anne Neeley

Encore Society

Youth United of Park City Community Foundation

Brooke Peel

Chris and Ellen Rossi

Kathleen Sacco

Ghazaleh Semnani

Anda Smith-Elardo

Ms. Taylor Swift, The Charitable Fund of the Comm Fdtn of Middle Tenn

Sam Vetas

Jennifer Price-Wallin and Anthony R. Wallin

Brad and Linda Walton

Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 3, 2025

We honor those individuals who have made a meaningful commitment to the future of Ballet West by including the company in their estate planning.

Bené Arnold*

Gladys Banks*

Berenice J. Bradshaw*

Judy Brady* and Drew W. Browning

Val A. Browning*

Kenneth P. Burbidge, Jr.*

Dr. Robert H.* and Marianne Harding

Burgoyne

Mary Elizabeth Colton*

Orlando Coryell

Debbie Davis

The Donna L. Dell Trust*

Kent and Martha DiFiore

The Zorka D. Divich Trust*

Richard and Pamela Dropek

Dolores Doré Eccles*

Virginia Fackrell Estate*

Sid W. Foulger*

Dee Gauss

Dr. Esther S. Gross* and Dr. George D. Gross*

Merribeth Habegger-Anderson*

Stephanie and Timothy Harpst

Melissa A. Herbst*

Geoffrey C. Hughes*

Johann Jacobs and David Heuvel

Grace Jackson*

Flemming and Lana Jensen

Sara Kaplan

Dennis L. Kay Trust*

Barry L. Keller*

Cynthia Lampropoulos Family Trust

Adrienne Larson*

Gaye Herman Marrash*

Willis McCree and John Fromer

Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson

Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel

Joy Rocklin

Marian Ream*

Pamela A. Scarpelli*

Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder

Michael Scolamiero

Teresa Silcox

Steven P. Sondrup*

Margot Shott*

Nancy Staggers

Norman C. Tanner* and Barbara L. Tanner*

David Tundermann*

Oma W. Wagstaff*

Mrs. Glen Walker Wallace*

Gladys Walz*

Susan Warshaw

Afton B. Whitbeck*

Carole M. Wood and Darrell Hensleigh

Marelynn Weiss Zipser* and Edward Zipser

*Indicates donor has passed away

Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor Of

We thank those donors who have made a gift to Ballet West in memory or in honor of the individuals listed below.

IN MEMORY OF

Robert Arbogast

Ballet West Guild

Bené Arnold

Ballet West Guild

Anonymous

Bessa

Colleen Hansen

Earle R. Bevins III

Linda Bevins

Judy Watts Brady

Drew W. Browning

Skip Daynes

Ballet West Guild

Shirley DeBouzek

Michele Dornan

Lacey Elliston

Cheryl D. Gentle

Katharine W. Lamb

Heidi Lamb McLean

Jon Le Rette

Ballet West Guild

Helle Le Rette

Nina Jonas and Andreas Heaphy

Linda Tricia Fullmer

Terri Love

Bill Love

Lynette Myler

Marie Myler

Ila Neeley

Ballet West Guild

Sara Nelson

Brad and Teresa Nolen

Julia Reagan

Frances Reagan Copinga

Rulynn Skidmore

Andrea Skidmore

Reagan Michelle Tolboe

Diane Stewart

Walker and Sue Wallace

Caroline Wallace

IN HONOR OF

Gabby Bonner-Barcomb

Marc A. Barcomb

Gracie Bell & Brandy Maack

Douglas Maack

Peggy Bergmann

Michael Labertew

Jenna Talia Camberlango

Wade Adam Miller

Peter Christie

Joel and Frances Harris

Krista Delahunty

Joe Delahunty

Sandy Gillings

Amy Lloyd

The Huntsman Family

Richard and Nancy Potashner

Henry Rampton Kendell

Allison and Scott Kendell

Maralynn and Leo Sant

Edith Johnson

Adam Sklute

Joy Rocklin

Harriet and Irwin Ross

Beano Solomon

Elaine Zuckerman

The above lists includes gifts received as of March 3, 2025

Advertiser Support

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Ballet West Staff

Adam Sklute

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR

Ballet West Staff

Robert Clifford

technical director/ head carpenter

Ethan Daughton assistant carpenter

Jeff F. Herbig properties master

James K. Larsen

lighting supervisor/ head electrician

Juliana Hedges assistant electrician

Lizzie Fisher wardrobe supervisor

Daniel Streed assistant wardrobe supervisor

Yancey J. Quick wig master

I.A.T.S.E. Local 99 run of show crew

TICKETING AND SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

Jack E Stahl associate director of technology and ticketing

Natalie Thorpe senior manager of patron services

Brooke Christensen assistant manager of patron services

Jane Harris patron services and group sales lead advisor

Ballet West is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) company.

House Rules

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 babes in arms.

• No smoking is permitted in the auditorium.

• Outside food and beverages are not allowed in the auditorium; as a courtesy to all patrons in attendance, food consumption is discouraged in the theatre during the performance.

• Lost articles may be claimed at security.

Reglas de Casa

• Anyone expecting emergency calls is urged to leave their seat locations and cell phones with the house manager.

• Please silence all electronic timepieces and cell phones for the period of the performance.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION INFORMATION

In the event of an emergency, please REMAIN SEATED and listen to information given by management and ushers.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES

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

Para garantizar el disfrute de la mayoría de nuestros asistentes que llegan a tiempo, y en deferencia a los artistas, no se permitirá el ingreso al auditorio a quienes lleguen tarde hasta que haya una pausa adecuada en la función. Durante algunas producciones, esta pausa puede no ocurrir hasta el final del primer acto.

• Todos los actores están sujetos a cambios.

• Por su propia seguridad y la seguridad de los demás asistentes no abandone el teatro antes de que se enciendan las luces de la sala.

• Está estrictamente prohibido el uso de cámaras y equipos de grabación

• en el teatro que no estén autorizados por la

• administración.

• No se permiten bebés en brazos.

• No se permite fumar en el auditorio.

• No se permite la entrada de alimentos ni bebidas del exterior al auditorio; como cortesía a todos los asistentes presentes, ni se permite el consumo de alimentos

• en el teatro durante la función.

• Los objetos perdidos se pueden reclamar en seguridad.

• Se insta a cualquier persona que espere llamadas de emergencia a que deje sus asientos y sus teléfonos móviles con el director de la sala.

• Por favor silencie todos los relojes electrónicos y teléfonos móviles durante el período de la función.

INFORMACIÓN

SOBRE EVACUACIÓN DE EMERGENCIA

En caso de emergencia, PERMANEZCA SENTADO y escuche la información que le proporcionen la dirección y los acomodadores.

DISPOSITIVOS DE AYUDA AUDITIVA

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre ofrece dispositivos de ayuda auditiva gratuitos que se pueden retirar en el guardarropa ubicado en el vestíbulo.

Para garantizar el disfrute de la mayoría de nuestros clientes que llegan a tiempo, y en deferencia a los artistas, no se permitirá el ingreso al auditorio a quienes lleguen tarde hasta que haya una pausa apropiada en la presentación. Durante algunas producciones, esta pausa puede no ocurrir hasta el final del primer acto.

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