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Contents 4 Sponsors 6 Ballet West 8 Board of Directors 10 About Ballet West 14 Rolling with the Stones 16 From the Artistic Director 18 From the Executive Director 19 In Memoriam 20 Casting 24 Profiles 35 Dancer Profiles 42 Get to Know Dancers 43 Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy 44 Wellness Partners 47 Corporate, Foundation, and Government 48 Individual Donors 50 Academy Scholarship Fund Donors 51 Encore Society 51 Gifts Made In Memory and In Honor 52 Ballet West Staff 54 House Rules

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Board of Directors GOVERNING BOARD Chair Jennifer S. Huntsman* Vice Chair Sarah Eccles Taylor* Treasurer Scott M. Huntsman* Secretary Rachele McCarthey, M.D.* Artistic Director Adam Sklute* Executive Director Michael Scolamiero*

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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.

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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 20 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 40 company members, 14 second company members, a thriving Academy, and one of the world’s largest ballet-based Education and Outreach programs, reaching over 172,000 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, hip-hop, 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 newly-renovated 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.

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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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RODANDO CON LOS STONES BAILANDO EN EL PORCHE DEL CIELO Coreografía: Ulysses Dove Música: Arvo Pärt Descanso

JE NE T’AIME (PAS DE DOS) Coreografía: Christopher Wheeldon Música: Kurt Weill Lírica: Maurine Magre Vocalista: Jin-Xiang Yu Pianista: Emily Barrett Pausa

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Coreografía: Christopher Wheeldon Música: Dinah Washington as arranged by Max Richter Descanso

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Coreografía: Christopher Bruce Música: The Rolling Stones

Este programa tiene una duración aproximada de 2 horas con 2 intermedios.

ROLLING WITH THE STONES DANCING ON THE FRONT THIS BITTER EARTH Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon PORCH OF HEAVEN Music: Dinah Washington as arranged by Choreography: Ulysses Dove Music: Arvo Pärt Intermission

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Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Maurine Magre Vocalist: Jin-Xiang Yu Pianist: Emily Barrett

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ROOSTER

Choreography: Christopher Bruce Music: The Rolling Stones

This performance lasts approximately two hours with two intermissions.

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THREE PRELUDES Choreography: Ben Stevenson Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano: Jared Oaks Pause 26–27 SEASON

From the Artistic Director Welcome to the second program of Ballet West’s 2026/27 season, Rolling with the Stones, a presentation of five works rooted in both classical ballet and modern dance. Classical ballet has developed over some 500 years. It is said to have begun in the 15th-century Italian Renaissance courts as costume pageants performed by revelers at social events. In the 16th century, Catherine de’ Medici brought these pageants to France and formally commissioned them as entertainment. Ballet’s formal training began in the 17th century, when Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, founded the Académie Royale de Danse and set out to codify the steps and positions that remain the foundation of ballet vocabulary today. In the 18th century, ballets moved from palace ballrooms to public theaters, particularly the Paris Opera, where choreographers began creating stories that conveyed plot and more complex emotions through movement. Through the 19th century, ballet took root in Italy, Denmark, Germany, and Russia, embracing folklore and the supernatural. Marie Taglioni became the first woman to rise onto the tips of her toes, creating a more ethereal, weightless quality and expanding ballet’s technique and expression, while composers began writing serious, multi-layered scores. By the century’s end, the Imperial Russian Ballet led the dance world primarily through choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, refining the formal structure of corps dances, divertissements, and pas de deux with variations and coda that became the standard for classical ballet. The early 20th century ushered in contemporary ballet with shorter, plotless, abstract works designed to be appreciated like paintings or sculptures in a gallery. Russian émigré Serge Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes in Paris, introducing groundbreaking collaborations between modern artists such as Picasso, composers such as Debussy and Stravinsky, and emerging choreographers such as Fokine, Nijinska, and Balanchine. Classical ballet became a collaborative part of the expressionist movement. Meanwhile, at the turn of the 20th century, modern dance emerged as a direct rebellion against the rigid constraints, formal techniques, and fairytale tropes of classical ballet. Isadora Duncan took off her shoes and her corset, Ruth St. Denis presented evocative Far-Eastern movement styles, and Ted Shawn created dances focused on men. These revolutions set performance dance in a new direction, drawing on Native, South American, Middle Eastern, and Asian cultures rather than only European folk dance. Later, modern dance became codified as well, with pioneers like Martha Graham and Lester Horton developing more grounded, earthier techniques. Every work on this program is a descendant of that history. Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven was choreographed in 1993 for The Royal Swedish Ballet by the late Ulysses Dove, a renowned dancer with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Ailey’s technique was rooted in the training of Lester Horton, combined with ballet, jazz, and Afro-Caribbean dance styles. Dove’s work is a unique ballet, but its approach, drive, and musicality are born out of Ailey’s tradition. It is an elegy and a celebration of lives lost, particularly during the ravages of the AIDS epidemic, with each repeated bell in Arvo Pärt’s heartbreaking score representing a different person in Dove’s life who had passed. 16

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From the Artistic Director The central section features three short duets more closely linked to the classical idiom. Choreographers Christopher Wheeldon and Ben Stevenson were both dancers with England’s Royal Ballet, albeit in different eras. Stevenson, who passed in March 2026 at the age of 90, was a renowned director and choreographer primarily of story ballets in the grand classical tradition, but he also created shorter works. His Three Preludes, first produced in 1968 for New York’s Harkness Youth Ballet, is a romantic courtship for two young dancers set to three of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s passionate, intimate piano preludes. In the early 1990s, Wheeldon joined New York City Ballet, a company built by George Balanchine, himself a product of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. There he grew as a choreographer, and his blend of the classical and Balanchine styles with his distinctive theatricality has made him one of the world’s leading choreographers. His rarely seen Je Ne T’Aime Pas, set to Kurt Weill’s song of the same name, depicts a difficult breakup. This Bitter Earth, choreographed on two New York City Ballet dancers, explores the emotion and pain in Max Richter’s haunting contemporary adaptation of Clyde Otis’s 1960 song for Dinah Washington. The final work is perhaps the clearest depiction of this lineage. Christopher Bruce, one of the world’s most renowned living choreographers, danced and created works for England’s Ballet Rambert, founded by former Ballets Russes dancer Marie Rambert, an influence that clearly shows in his style. He created Rooster for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève in 1991. A modern dance grounded in classical ballet and Graham technique, it is on the surface a playful romp to eight of The Rolling Stones’ most popular early hits, but dig deeper and you see it address complex relationships and dynamics between men and women. This program takes us on a journey, and it is also deeply personal to me, as each work represents, associatively or literally, different aspects of my own life’s journey. As part of my 20th and final season as Artistic Director of Ballet West, I wanted to share some of it with you. I hope you enjoy. Thank you for your patronage,

Adam Sklute The Willam Christensen Artistic Director Chair Sponsored By Peggy Bergmann

Since 2007, Adam Sklute has expanded Ballet West’s outlook, repertoire, and visibility with exciting Company and world premieres, increased touring, heightened public exposure, and greater focus on the Ballet West Academy. He began his career with The Joffrey Ballet, rising through the ranks from dancer to Associate Director. His stewardship of Ballet West has been marked by both financial growth and elevated artistry, and was the subject of The CW Network’s docu-drama, Breaking Pointe, which aired for two seasons. From September 2016 to October 2017, Sklute took on the dual position of CEO and Artistic Director, overseeing both administrative and artistic operations of Ballet West. An internationally soughtafter teacher and adjudicator, Sklute has received numerous awards, including Utah’s Enlightened 50 (2014), The Bronze Minuteman Award for Outstanding Service to Utah and The Nation (2015), and Utah Diversity Connection’s Business Award for outstanding commitment to diversity initiatives. Most recently, Sklute was included in Deseret Magazine’s 25 Changemakers of the West for his efforts to build greater equity and inclusion in classical ballet.

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From the Executive Director One of the reasons Ballet West is a beloved institution renowned throughout the Intermountain Region and beyond is its commitment to presenting audiences with programs that inspire our audiences and challenge our artists. Adam’s Sklute’s final season as Artistic Director of Ballet West continues with yet another program that does just that. Three company premieres are featured along with one work returning to Ballet West’s repertoire after a 17-year hiatus. Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes is one of the late choreographer’s most celebrated works. Set to music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, it is noted for its simplicity and purity while eschewing displays of technical prowess. Two pas de deux by Christopher Wheeldon, This Bitter Earth and Je ne t’aime pas add to Ballet West’s growing repertoire of works by one of today’s most celebrated choreographers. Ulysses Dove’s Dancing On the Front Porch of Heaven, described by Dove as “…an experience in movement, a story without words…” uses Arvo Pärt’s score to create a brilliant work for three couples. Closing the program is Christopher Bruce’s Rooster, set to eight songs by The Rolling Stones including such hits as “Paint it Black” and “Ruby Tuesday.” It is a clever, jazzy conclusion to a program that has something that will appeal to everyone’s tastes. Around the corner (wait for it!) is America’s 1st Nutcracker™ choreographed by our founder, Willam Christensen. The Nutcracker’s timelessness makes it an enduring holiday tradition, one that appeals to children and adults alike. With an expanded run of 25 performances due to demand, there are plenty of options for dates and times spanning its three-week run to fit your schedule. A friendly reminder: the best seats go early, so plan ahead! Although our season is barely underway, we can already feel the excitement from our audiences and our patrons. There is tremendous affection for Adam Sklute and what he has accomplished during his record 20-year tenure as our Artistic Director. Your support of our Company, and of Adam, is deeply appreciated; without it we could not present such amazing programs as Rolling with the Stones and many others. Thank you for making Ballet West a national treasure! Warm regards, 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.

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In Memoriam GIDEON JOZUA MALHERBE Please join Ballet West in celebrating the life of Gideon Jozua Malherbe. A patron of the arts, Gideon especially enjoyed performances of Ballet West. He was fascinated with the storytelling of ballet and loved attending sessions of Director’s Pointe with Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute. Gideon was always enthusiastically present for opening night performances at Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre. He also took delight in seeing the company on tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Joyce Theater. Gideon was supportive of Ballet West, from Guild events to galas. Gideon’s love for the arts and artists will live on in our hearts. Ballet West is honored to dedicate the opening performance of Rolling with the Stones to the memory of Gideon Jozua Malherbe.

PRINCIPAL ARTIST KATLYN ADDISON AND SOLOIST LOREN WALTON IN REHEARSAL OF THIS BITTER EARTH | PHOTO BY LAUREN WATTENBURG

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DANCING ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HEAVEN Ulysses Dove Choreographer Alfred L. Dove Estate Administrator/Repetiteur Music: Arvo Pärt Costume Design: Jorge Gallardo Scenic Design: Jorge Gallardo Original Lighting Design: Bjorn Nilsson Lighting Design Recreated by: Keith W. Rice Scenery Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Ballet Staging: Alfred Dove and Ahmad Hill Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven is a contemporary ballet by Ulysses Dove, created in 1993 for the Royal Swedish Ballet and set to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten. “To me, Arvo Pärt’s music can send souls to heaven,” said Dove. “I want to tell an experience in movement, a story without words, and create a poetic monument over people I loved.” The work had its U.S. premiere was in 1996 at the For the Love of Dove benefit in New York.

11/6, 11/12, 11/14 EVE Katlyn Addison, Dominic Ballard, Maren Florence, David Huffmire, Rylee Ann Rogers, Loren Walton

11/7, 11/14 MAT Adrian Fry, Mikayla Gyfteas, Téa Hinchley, William Lynch, Kyra Stafford, Jordan Veit World Premiere: April 29, 1993, Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm, Sweden Ballet West Premiere: Nov. 6, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

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JE NE T’AIME (PAS DE DEUX) Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Maurine Magre Costume Design: Jason Hadley Lighting Design: James K. Larsen Staging: Michele Gifford Vocalist: Jin-Xiang Yu Pianist: Emily Barrett Je Ne T’Aime Pas (French for "I don't love you) is set to Kurt Weill's haunting score of the same name. Christopher Wheeldon's emotionally charged pas de deux is an excerpt from his longer work There Where She Loves. It explores the push adn pull of a relationship breakup.

11/6, 11/12, 11/14 EVE Nicole Fannéy & Dominic Ballard

11/7, 11/14 MAT Mikayla Gyfteas & Jake Preece World Premiere: June 27, 2000, The Royal Ballet, London, England Ballet West Premiere: Nov. 6, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

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THREE PRELUDES Choreography: Ben Stevenson Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff*

Costume Design: David Heuvel Lighting Design: James K. Larsen Stager: Dawn Scannell Pianist: Jared Oaks Three Preludes premiered in 1969. Choreographed by Ben Stevenson and set to Rachmaninoff’s piano preludes. Using only a barre, piano, and two dancers, this pas de deux is a journey from low, slow brushes of flirtation to high, soaring lifts of passion.

11/6, 11/12, 11/14 EVE Rylee Ann Rogers & Hadriel Diniz

11/7, 11/14 MAT Lexi McCloud & Jordan Veit *Preludes Op. 32 No. 10, Op. 23 No. 1, Op. 32 No. 9 World Premiere: 1969, Harkness Youth Dancers, New York City, New York Ballet West Premiere: Nov. 6, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

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THIS BITTER EARTH Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Music: Dinah Washington, Max Richter Costume Design: Reid Bartelme Lighting Design: James K. Larsen Staging: Michelle Gifford This Bitter Earth is a pas de deux by Christopher Wheeldon that blends Dinah Washington’s soulful rendition of “This Bitter Earth” with Max Richter’s “On the Nature of Daylight.”

11/6, 11/12, 11/14 EVE Katlyn Addison & Loren Walton

11/7, 11/14 MAT Kyra Stafford & Hadriel Diniz

World Premiere: Aug. 6, 2012, Vail International Dance Festival, Colorado Ballet West Premiere: Nov. 6, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

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ROOSTER

Choreography: Christopher Bruce Music: The Rolling Stones Costume Design: Marian Bruce Lighting Design: Christina R. Giannelli, adapted from the original Lighting Design by Tina Machugh Costumes Courtesy of Boston Ballet Additional Costumes Courtesy of Valid Productions UK Staging: Christopher Bruce & Steven Brett Rooster is Christopher Bruce’s high-energy tribute to the 1960s, set to music of the Rolling Stones. Ten dancers in sharp suits and bold dresses strut, flirt, and spar through “Not Fade Away,” “Paint It Black,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” and “Little Red Rooster.”

11/6, 11/7, 11/12, 11/14 EVE Jazz Khai Bynum, Jaya Dhand, Nicole Fannéy, Adrian Fry, David Huffmire, William Lynch, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Kyra Stafford, Jordan Veit, Annalise Wood

11/14 MAT Katlyn Addison, Kai Casperson, Hadriel Diniz, Jacob Hancock, Téa Hinchley, Schuyler Lian, Jonas Malinka-Thompson, Raquel Smith, Loren Walton, Annalise Wood World Premiere: Oct. 10, 1991, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Ballet West Premiere: Nov. 6, 2026, Ballet West, Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT

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Profiles ULYSSES DOVE

Choreographer, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven Ulysses Dove, born in Columbia, South Carolina, graduated from Bennington College with a degree in dance and moved to New York, to join the Merce Cunningham company. In 1973 he joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, where he gained key roles and acclaim for his commanding presence, bright clarity of movement, and truthful dramatic intensity. Dove turned to choreography at Ailey’s urging, and created the 1980 solo Inside for Judith Jamison. He then began a freelance career choreographing dances for the Basel Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, London Festival Ballet, American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, and the Choreographic Research Group of the Paris Opera where he spent three years as assistant director. He was also the choreographer for the Robert Wilson-Philip Glass opera ‘’The Civil Wars,’’ in 1986. Mr. Dove’s work was the subject of ‘’Dance in America: Two by Dove,’’ an Emmy Award-winning 1995 show in the ‘’Great Performances’’ series.

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Choreographer, Je Ne T’Aime (pas de deux), This Bitter Earth

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Christopher Wheeldon, OBE (Director & Choreographer) trained at The Royal Ballet School. He joined New York City Ballet in 1993 and was named first resident choreographer. Christopher has created productions for The Royal Ballet and major ballet companies worldwide. He has choreographed for opera, film and television and is an Olivier Award winner for his ballets Aeternum and Polyphonia. In 2014, Mr. Wheeldon directed and choreographed the musical version of An American in Paris, which had productions in Paris, on Broadway, and in London. Most recently he directed and choreographed MJ The Musical (2022). Both productions won four Tony Awards, earning him Best Choreography for each and an Olivier award for Best Theatre Choreographer (2025) for MJ The Musical which is currently on Broadway, Hamburg, and soon to be touring Asia. In 2016, Mr. Wheeldon was named an Order of the British Empire (OBE) and was made an Honorary Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2026 he was awarded The Royal Academy of Dance Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award, the organization’s highest honor.

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Profiles BEN STEVENSON, O.B.E.

Choreographer, Three Preludes A native of Portsmouth, England, Ben Stevenson, O.B.E. began his training at the Arts Education School in London. He appeared with the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and English National Ballet where, as a principal dancer, he performed leading roles in all the classics. During his professional career, Stevenson received numerous awards, including 3 gold medals at the International Ballet Competitions of 1972, 1982, and 1986. His contribution to ballet, as a dancer and choreographer, influences the art of ballet at an international level. In December of 1999, Queen Elizabeth II named Stevenson an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Ben Stevenson is a recipient of the 2000 Dance Magazine Award and was recognized in 2018 by the Chinese government as an influential foreign expert across four decades during China’s Reform and Opening Up policy. He is celebrated as a Texas legend, winning the Texas Medal of Arts in 2005 for achieving greatness through his creative talents. Mr. Stevenson is one of the great storytellers of ballet. Known for creating splendor on stage, his choreography is both world-renowned and in high demand across ballet companies worldwide. His full-length works include: The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Peer Gynt, Dracula, The Snow Maiden, and Cleopatra.

CHRISTOPHER BRUCE

Choreographer, Rooster One of Britain’s leading choreographers, with an international reputation, Christopher Bruce trained at the Ballet Rambert School. He joined Ballet Rambert in 1963 where he was acclaimed as one of the most gifted performers of his generation, and remembered particularly for his performances in Glen Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire and his own Cruel Garden. He is recognized as the last major choreographer to have been nurtured by Marie Rambert. In addition to performing and choreographing, Christopher was Associate Director of Ballet Rambert from 1975 – 1979 and in 1980 became its Associate Choreographer. In 1994 he returned to the Company as Artistic Director until 2002 and in 2023, he was made Patron of the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 2023. Among his best-known works are Cruel Garden, Ghost Dances, Requiem, Intimate Pages, Sergeant Early’s Dream, The Dream is Over, Swansong, Rooster, Moonshine and Four Scenes all of which have been televised. 26–27 SEASON

Profiles ARVO PÄRT

Composer, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven

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Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in contemporary classical music. Born in Paide, Estonia, he studied composition in Tallinn before exploring a wide range of styles, from early modernist and serial techniques to a deeply personal musical language he developed in the late 1970s known as tintinnabuli. Pärt’s music has earned international acclaim for its meditative clarity and spiritual depth, and he has been among the most performed living composers in the world.

KURT WEILL

Composer, Je Ne T’Aime (pas de deux) Kurt Weill (1900-1950) began his career in the early 1920’s, after a musical childhood and several years of study in Berlin. By the time his first opera, The Protagonist (Georg Kaiser), was performed in April 1926, he was an established young German composer. But he had already decided to devote himself to the musical theater, and his works with Bertolt Brecht soon made him famous all over Europe. He fled the new Nazi leadership in March 1933 and continued his indefatigable efforts, first in Paris (1933-35), then in the U.S. until his death. His most important works: the Violin Concerto (1925), The Threepenny Opera (Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, 1928), Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Brecht and Hauptmann, 1930), The Pledge (Caspar Neher, 1932), The Seven Deadly Sins (Brecht, 1933), Lady in the Dark (Moss Hart and Ira Gershwin, 1941), Street Scene (Elmer Rice and Langston Hughes, 1947), Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson, 1949).

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Composer, Three Preludes Sergei Rachmaninoff is among the most popular and widely performed composers of the 20th century. He studied at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatoires, graduating in piano in 1891 and in composition the following year. He made his concert debut in London in 1899, conducting The Rock and performing as pianist in Elégie and the Prelude in C-sharp minor. The 1901 premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 2 launched one of the most frequently programmed works in the concert repertoire, and it has since topped Classic FM’s Hall of Fame for five consecutive years. 28

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Profiles DINAH WASHINGTON

Composer, This Bitter Earth Shifting effortlessly from extraordinary work in gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm-and-blues and pop, Tuscaloosa native Dinah Washington became known one of the most versatile female vocalists in the history of American popular music. She was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1986. Washington’s music found a new generation of admirers through the 1988 release of a seven-volume musical retrospective, The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted her as an early influence in 1993.

MAX RICHTER

Composer, This Bitter Earth

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Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene, with ground-breaking work as a composer, pianist, producer, and collaborator. From synthesizers and computers to a full symphony orchestra, Richter’s innovative work encompasses solo albums, ballets, concert hall performances, film, and television series, video art installations, and theatre works. He is classically trained, studying at Edinburgh University, the Royal Academy of Music, London, and completing his studies with composer Luciano Berio in Florence. In 2012, Richter “Recomposed” the infamous Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, winning him the prestigious ECHO Classic Award, and an established place in the classical charts. In recent years Richter’s music has become a mainstay for many of the world’s leading ballet companies. His latest recorded project, The New Four Seasons, was released in 2022 marking ten years of his Vivaldi Recomposed project, rerecording the piece with period instruments.

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Profiles ROLLING STONES

Composer, Rooster

The Rolling Stones are a British rock group, formed in 1962, that drew on Chicago blues stylings to create a unique vision of the dark side of post-1960s counterculture. The original members were lead vocalist Mick Jagger (born 1943), rhythm guitarist Keith Richards (born 1943), multiinstrumentalist Brian Jones (1942–69), bassist Bill Wyman (born 1936), and drummer Charlie Watts (1941–2021). Later members were guitarist Mick Taylor (born 1948), guitarist Ron Wood (born 1947), bassist Darryl Jones (born 1961), and drummer Steve Jordan (born 1957). As of 2026, the Rolling Stones had 15 albums that had topped the charts in their native Britain. Their 15th number-one album was Foreign Tongues, which was released in July 2026. Its success tied the Stones with the Beatles for the most albums to top the U.K. charts. In the United States, the Rolling Stones had notched nine albums at number one on the Billboard 200.

ALFRED DOVE

Staging, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Mr. Alfred L. Dove graduated from Howard University in 1990 with a BFA Cum Laude in Acting, and a MFA in Dance from the University of California, Irvine in 1999. His experience is in the following areas: instruction, counseling, directing, choreographing and administration. He has taught Acting, Dance, Musical Theatre and The Performance Arts courses for several colleges and universities such as: University of California at Irvine, Howard University, The Ohio State University, and The University of Utah at Salt Lake City. In Mr. Dove’s twenty-five year career, he has performed in several national and international touring productions on Broadway and throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. He has performed for various companies including: Walter Nicks Dancers “Paris” France; Geoffrey Holder’s The Wiz lead winged monkey, International Tour; and Donald McKayle’s Purlie, Sweet Charity, and Emperor Jones. As Director of The Dove Arts Project, he has served as curriculum developer and instructor for BalletMet and as director/choreographer for Columbus Area, Inc.’s production of The Chocolate Nutcracker. Mr. Dove has been recognized by the city of Columbus Mayor’s office on two occasions for his work in the community.

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Profiles AHMAD HILL

Staging, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven Ahmad Hill (Chicago, IL) started dancing through the dance ministry of St. Mark Methodist Church and then trained with Russell Talbert until he was accepted to Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts). A meeting with Kevin Iega Jeff led Ahmad to the summer program with Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) where he also met guest instructor Kevin Thomas who invited him to apprentice with his company, Collage Dance Collective. He also worked with Joshua Ishmon’s project-based company, Production: Colors, before returning to DRDT where performed works such as Heaven, Church of Nations, When Men, and Flack. Ahmad danced for GreeneWorks Project directed by Terrence Greene. He performed the lead in Greene’s Coming of the King and assisted Greene in setting his work Empathy on Ahmad’s alumni school ChiArts. Ahmad also joined Ballet Austin II, during his time spent there, he’s performed Steven Mills’s version of The Nutcracker as the Nutcracker Prince, as well at the Lead Male in Paquita.

MICHELE GIFFORD

Staging, Je Ne T’Aime (Pas De Deux), This Bitter Earth Michele grew up in Dallas, Texas. She began her training with Ann Etgen and Bill Atkinson at the Dallas Metropolitan Ballet. At the age of sixteen, she moved to New York City to attend the School of American Ballet on full scholarship. Two years later, she became a member of the New York City Ballet. In her twelve-year career at New York City Ballet, Michele had the opportunity to perform many soloist and principal roles including Balanchine’s Apollo, Rubies, Agnon, Symphony in Three Movements, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stars and Stripes to name a few. Michele also originated many roles, including Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, Peter Martins’ Echo, Christopher Wheeldon’s Slavonic Dances, and David Parsons’ Touch. In 2000, Michele joined Texas Ballet Theater under Ben Stevenson. Michele has taught throughout the country, including Ballet West, Boston Ballet, Next Generation Ballet, Mejia International Ballet, and Indiana University, to name a few. Besides teaching, Michele is a Repetiteur for the Balanchine Trust as well as renown choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon. Throughout her 29-year performing career, she has taught and owned her own Gyrotonic studio, Studio G, passing on her knowledge of movement to people from all walks of life. Michele’s passion doesn’t stop in the ballet studio or Gyrotonic studio but continues at home with her two children, Ryan and Morgan. 26–27 SEASON

Profiles DAWN SCANNELL

Staging, Three Preludes Dawn Scannell was born on Long Island, NY and grew up in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She received her training from Vitoria Leigh, James Franklin, and Ruth Petrinovic. Dawn joined the Houston Ballet in 1985, rose to the rank of Principal Ballerina, and retired from the stage in 2001. Throughout her career, she performed leading rolls in both full-length classical and contemporary work, and has danced for esteemed choreographers such as Sir Kenneth MacMilan, Jiri Kylian, Paul Taylor, James Kudelka, Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, Christopher Bruce, Ronald Hynd, John McFall, Trey McIntyre, Lila York, Natalie Weir, and Helgi Tomasson. Many of these choreographers created roles specifically for her. I n 2006, Dawn was invited by Stanton Welch to become Ballet Master for Houston Ballet, staging Ben Stevenson’s full-length Don Quixote. In this role she taught classes for the Company, as well as for Houston Ballet II and the Houston Ballet Academy. She staged the work of Welch, Ben Stevenson, Christopher Bruce, and others. She also worked closely with repetiteurs in both contemporary, and classical styles. Dawn’s trademarks are her attention to detail and her ability to recreate a choreographer’s vision. Her care in fulfilling the artistic integrity of choreography from classical to contemporary has allowed her to stage and coach effectively for numerous companies: Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet School, Staatsballett Berlin, Royal Swedish Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Houston Ballet, and companies all throughout the US. In coaching principal dancers to young trainees, Dawn has gained a reputation for demanding precision and technique, but also inspiring and cultivating artistry, and emotional nuance.

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Profiles EMILY BARRETT

Piano Soloist, Je Ne T’Aime (pas de deux) Emily Barrett is Principal Company Pianist for Ballet West, where she plays for company class and rehearsals and performs on piano and celesta with the Ballet West Orchestra. For more than fifteen years, she has worked with ballet companies and schools throughout the United States and abroad, including Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Scottish Ballet—where she was the sole rehearsal pianist for the world premiere of Dextera—as well as classes and auditions for American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Kansas City Ballet, and Norwegian National Ballet. She has performed onstage in two world premieres: Terence Marling’s an opening with South Chicago Dance Theatre in 2024 and Monica Cervantes’s From Then On with Visceral Dance Chicago in 2022. She holds a B.A. in Piano Performance from Columbia College Chicago and a Master of Music in Piano for Dance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is honored to make her first onstage appearance with Ballet West in Christopher Wheeldon’s Je ne t’aime pas.

JIN-XIANG YU

Vocal Soloist, Je Ne T’Aime (pas de deux) 郁金香 (Jin-Xiang Yu)(Jin-Xiang Yu) is a soprano with roots from China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. She grew up in a family of musicians and painters, speaking Japanese and Mandarin Chinese while learning English and Spanish at international schools. Growing up, she danced ballet, played jazz trumpet, played volleyball, worked as a translator at major sports events, and played piano before moving to New York City, where she discovered her love for the voice through her studies in acting, linguistics, and communication. Jin-Xiang has been involved with local organizations since moving to Utah: NOVA Chamber Music Series, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Westminster University, Opera Contempo, University of Utah, and more. Most recently at Ballet West, she served as the voice coach for the West Side Story Suite and the mezzo-soprano soloist in Les Noces (The Wedding) and feels lucky to be able to create music for the passionate dancers at Ballet West. When not on stage, she is active in acting and voiceover work in film and commercial projects, translates/interprets, and finds enormous joy teaching her private studio of voice/acting/ piano students. @jin.xiang_yu / @studio.j_x She holds a degree in theatre dance from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics and a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance 26–27 SEASON

Profiles from CUNY Queens College, and a Master of Music in Opera from Yale School of Music. She is a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award and the William Orr Dingwall Korean Ancestry Grant and has been a semifinalist of the Young Concert Artist Competition, a finalist in the Kaleidoscope Instrumental and Vocal Competition, and the first-place winner of the Lyra NY International Vocal Competition in Art Song.

JARED OAKS

Piano Soloist, Three Preludes 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 piano rehearsals and classes. He is a regular guest conductor for The Sarasota Ballet, and has conducted performances for Ballet Des Moines, Houston Ballet, Louisville Ballet, and Texas Ballet Theatre. He has worked with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Dallas Opera Orchestra, the Des Moines Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, and the Sarasota 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, Mid-Columbia Ballet, and Victoria Ballet Theatre. Jared is a fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation and co-founder of the Composer Discovery Initiative.

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Principal Artists

EMILY ADAMS

KATLYN ADDISON

HADRIEL DINIZ

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

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

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

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JENNA RAE HERRERA

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

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Favorite food: Brazilian food, of course. His favorite is Brazilian Strogonoff. Favorite thing to do in Salt Lake: Loves fishing at the reservoirs and lakes. He usually leaves his fishing stuff in the car so he has it everywhere he goes. If he sees a place he’s never seen before and can stop and fish, he usually does it.

Get to Know

HADRIEL DINIZ Principal Artist

What’s in his dance bag: A lot of shirts because he likes to change throughout the day, along with mints, massage balls, and a sewing kit. Interesting collections: Hadriel has over 20 Brazilian kites he has made. Growing up in Brazil, they would have kite tournaments where the goal is to cut each other’s lines (this was done by applying glass on the kite lines, which he admits was a bit dangerous!). Favorite role danced or dream role: Prodigal Son has been his favorite so far. The one he would love to do is Basilio in Don Quixote and has been dreaming of that role since he was a kid. Proudest moment as a dancer: When he arrived in the U.S. for the first time at age 16. It was something he really wanted for his family so he could support his mom and brothers. Biggest challenge as a dancer: He’s not as flexible as he would like to be, so he continues to improve on that every day. First three things you do in the morning: First, he takes a shower, then does his hair routine, which takes him a bit of time with his special hair cream, then makes coffee.

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PRINCIPAL ARTIST HADRIEL DINIZ | PHOTO BY BEAU PEARSON

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Branden and Celine Fini Tracy Frankel Karen L. Freed Sheila G. Gelman Bob and Mary Gilchrist Julie and Devon Glenn Natalie and Ted Grandy Elizabeth and Jack Hammond Kenneth and Kate Handley Andrea Hansen-Davidson and Matthew Davidson Jon and Tami Hansen Michael R. and Sheila I. Harper Jennifer Hathorne Jason and Amy Hawkins Michael and Kathryn Hayes Julie Hopkins Robert and Dixie Huefner Jeanne Jackson Marilyn and Chester Johnson G. Frank and Pamela Joklik Judith and Marshall Meyer Foundation Kathleen and Jack Karmel Jill Koziol Katherine Probert Labrum Wendy and Brandon Labrum Julie Lewis Franki Loftus Sarah Lowe Jennifer and Gideon Malherbe Kristen Melby Nancy Melich and Lex Hemphill Dan P. Miller Chris and Henry Morrison Hannah and Daniel Neeleman Anne M. and William C. Nelsen Krista Nielson Kirsten Novak Eric and Jaye Olafson Linda S. Pembroke Katie Marie Pollard Rich and Nancy Potashner Suzanne and David Razor Leena Rinne Joy Rocklin Lanora Elzinga and Kenny Rogers Chris and Ellen Rossi Mark and Linda Scholl Brylan Schultz Robert and Nancy Schumacker Aharon Shulimson and Julie Terry Lou Ann Stevens Allison DeBona and Rex Tilton Olga Urbieta-Distefano Beverly and Daniel Vargo Amy Wadsworth and David Richardson Jaelee Watanabe Michelle Wheeler Terry R. Whipple Doug Wood and Christy Pasinsky

MEMBERSHIP We thank our Members at the Producer and Director levels for their generous annual support of $500 and above. DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER $600-1,499

Peter and Alexandra Agrapides Christine B. Anderson Ronald and Kathy Aoki Robert and Joan Astle Constanza Astorga Michael and Jacqueline Bailey Dr. Bernard Simbari and William Barnett Thomas and Mary Ann Bauman Peter and Rosemary Beck Katherine Bergmann Anonymous Sharon and Michael Bertelsen Diane and Nicholas Bielaczyc Richard C. and Jennie Holman Blake Amanda and Winston Bokor Michelle Branson Amy and Todd Cameron Richard and Judith Cannon Jeffrey, Catherine, and Deirdre Carney Susan Chilton Kali Cohen Janice and Richard Coleman Holly Cooper Debbie Davis Mary Gootjes and John Davis Allison Debona Ashby and Anne Cullimore Decker Lena Dibble Melvin and Barbara Echols Nicole Edwards Sissy Eichwald Eric and Shellie Eide Janet Ellsworth Mike and Allison Florance Tammy Frisby Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Angelo Peter Giardino Andrea Golding Mikisha Haeri Scott Hansen Laura Harkort Krystal and TJ Harnden Vicki and Ronald Hauben Sandra and David Haughey William K. & Janeal P. Hodges Samantha Hoffman Kevin C. Holmes and Valerie Youmans Andrew Krcik Elise Hutchings David and Linda Irvine Judy Jones Anonymous Sally and Ron Larkin Katrina Last The above lists includes gifts received as of James and Evelyn Lee Toni L. Lehtinen September 22, 2026 26–27 SEASON

Individual Donors Yolanda Marroquin-Lewis Julie Licata Courtney Maclean Howard Mann Ben and Julie McAdams Irina McGill Will Mciff and Aaron Spades David and Colleen Merrill Blake Miller Elia Miller Martha Monson Matt Moore Stephen and Sandy Morgan Michael Musci Marie Bohata JoAnn G. Robertson

Phyllis O'Hair Maura and Serge Olszanskyj Kelly Ostmark Jennifer Overman Ronald and Camille Parker Taylor and Holly Parkin Mrs. Elodie Payne Sonja Penttila Leslie Peterson and Kevin Higgins Sandra Covey Carolyn Rich-Denson Kathleen Hancock Rowley Jestine Salazar Todd Shaffer Kenneth Shelley David Gray Porter

James Lee Sorenson Family Foundation Summerhays Music Joan Swain Cynthia Swensen The Toohey Family Amanda Toor Jim and Zibby Tozer John Wiegel Richard and Marsha Workman Shaeb Yasin Karen and Mike Zimmerman The above lists includes gifts received as of September 22, 2026

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. Claire and Benjamin Barshied Britani Bateman Katherine Bergmann Michael Black and Kimberly Strand Amanda and Winston Bokor Amy and Todd Cameron Matthew and George Cardon-Bystry Helen and Jeff Cardon Carrie and Barry Dennis Branden and Celine Fini Mike and Allison Florance Samantha Topping Gellert and John Gellert Krystal and TJ Harnden Kimberly and Jay Heglar George W. Henry, Jr. and James Rose Jacob and Liz Heugly Samantha Hoffman Scott and Jennifer Huntsman Remus, Maren and Brent Jensen Emma Eccles Jones Foundation Jill Koziol Wendy and Brandon Labrum Helle Le Rette

Julie Lewis Julie Licata Tatiana Lingos-Webb Prince and Matthew Prince Dr. John Macfarlane Ben and Julie McAdams Irina McGill Kristen Melby John and Andrea Miller Larry H. and Gail Miller Family Foundation Martha Monson Cory and Emilia Moore Michael Musci Hannah and Daniel Neeleman Anne Neeley Krista Nielson Saum Noursalehi Eric and Jaye Olafson David Parkinson Jennifer Price-Wallin and Anthony R. Wallin Shari and David Quinney Mark and Melanie Robbins Kelley Rogge

Chris and Ellen Rossi Jestine Salazar Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder Laura Scott and Rodney Mena Kristin and Tom Stockham Eddie Stone Allison DeBona and Rex Tilton Amanda Toor Olga Urbieta-Distefano Jaelee Watanabe Cameo Winn Shaeb Yasin Jennifer Yeo Youth United of Park City Community Foundation Anonymous (2) The above lists includes gifts received as of September 22, 2026

Advertiser Support This playbill would not be possible without the advertisers who support it. Their patronage means information is available to you without cost to Ballet West. We extend our gratitude and encourage you to thank them as well. Ballet West’s playbill is published by Mills Publishing. To reach our audience with your message via Ballet West’s playbill, please contact Dan Miller at 801-467-9419 or dmiller@millspub.com.

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Encore Society 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* Peggy Bergmann* Berenice J. Bradshaw* Judy Brady* and Drew W. Browning Val A. Browning* Kenneth P. Burbidge, Jr.* Dr. Robert H.* and Marianne Harding Burgoyne Orlando Coryell* Debbie Davis The Donna L. Dell Trust* Kent and Martha DiFiore The Zorka D. Divich Trust* Neomi Dyal Richard and Pamela Dropek Dolores Doré Eccles* Virginia Fackrell Estate* Sid W. Foulger*

Willis McCree and John Fromer* Dee Gauss Dr. Esther S. Gross* and Dr. George D. Gross* Merriberth Habegger-Anderson* Stephanie and Tim Harpst Johann Jacobs and David Heuvel Gordon Irving* Geoffrey C. Hughes* Grace Jackson* Flemming and Lana Jensen Sara Kaplan Dennis L. Kay Trust* Barry L. Keller* Cynthia Lampropoulos Family Trust Glenn H. and Karen Fugal Peterson Nancy Rapoport and Jeff Van Niel Marian Ream* Joy Rocklin

Pamela A. Scarpelli* Jonathan and Amanda Schmieder Michael Scolamiero Margot Shott* Teresa Silcox Steven P. Sondrup* Norman C. Tanner* and Barbara L. Tanner* David Tundermann* Oma W. Wagstaff* Mrs. Glen Walker Wallace* Gladys Walz* Susan Warshaw Afton B. Whitbeck* Carole Wood and Darrell Hensleigh Marelynn Weiss Zipser* and Edward Zipser *Indicates donor is deceased

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 Earl Robert Bevins III Linda Bevins Judy Watts Brady Drew W. Browning Georgina "Cissie" and Lorin "Tony" Burbank Jessie M Taggart Skip Daynes Ballet West Guild Henry Kendell Scott and Allison Kendell Victoria Pangan Kitten Todd Bertagnolli Jennifer Hathorne Kim Hornak Amber Mettler Jon Le Rette Ballet West Guild Nina Jonas and Andreas Heaphy Helle Le Rette Alice Lenore Lewis Anonymous Gracie Belle Maack Brandy and Douglas Maack Gideon Jozua Malherbe Ballet West Guild Ross and Pamela Buchmueller Ms. Leslie Edwards Madeleine Kallie Drs. Daniel and Noémi Mattis

Andreas Nina and Helle Le Rette Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Michael Scolamiero Jane and Andrew Wallace Patricia Mencimer Molly Zidow Ila Neely Ballet West Guild Ted Schmidt Rolayne Fairclough Kathryn Lindquist and James Moore Michael Scolamiero William J. "Bill" Sebena Brian Lameres Maggie Wright Tesch Ballet West Guild Lois Williams The Ballet Babes Don C. Woodward Julie Woodward IN HONOR OF Abby Boyarski Pamela Boyarski Adrian Fry Cecile and Harold Christiansen Andrew Goldberg Ballet West Guild Scott and Jennifer Huntsman Rich and Nancy Potashner Ms. Katherine and Ms. Eunice Ivy Estabrooke

Jennifer Malherbe Judith and Marshall Meyer Senior Steps Program, Wendee McCulloch and Elease Stice Therese Daugirdas Art and Janet Mueller Patricia Mencimer Stephanie Mencimer Zella M. Miller Blake Miller Jacqualynn Musci Michael Musci Madeleine Plonsker Judith and Marshall Meyer The 65th Wedding Anniversary of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Gabriel S. Meyer Mark and Heidi Robinson Rich and Nancy Potashner Adam Sklute Ballet West Guild Helle Le Rette Nina Jonas and Andreas Heaphy Joy Rocklin Eva Thorn Carol Koenig Ajax Tilton Mary Ann Ombres The above lists includes gifts received as of September 22, 2026

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Ballet West Staff Adam Sklute

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THE WILLAM CHRISTENSEN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CHAIR SPONSORED BY PEGGY BERGMANN

THE ELIZABETH SOLOMON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHAIR

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE Elizabeth Crawford chief financial officer Felicia Cowan director of human resources Jack E Stahl director of technology Beau Pearson company manager Jennifer Bailey senior accounting manager Katreena Newman administrative assistant Kate Weeks accounting coordinator ARTISTIC Jane Victorine Wood principal rehearsal director Pamela Robinson-Harris rehearsal director Calvin Kitten director of ballet west ii and rehearsal director Bruce Caldwell rehearsal director and company archivist Michele Gifford assistant rehearsal director Reuben Lehr artistic operations manager/assistant to the artistic director Courtney Hellebuyck student rehearsal director COSTUME PRODUCTION Jason Hadley director of costume production Tiffany Lent costume shop manager Barbara Arcolio head stitcher Vicki Raincrow costume painter/dyer Vanessa Startup stitcher 52

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David Heuvel director of costume production emeritus EDUCATION & OUTREACH Peter Christie director of education and outreach Dana Rossi education associate / assistant director i can do Trisha Wilstead assistant director senior steps/forward steps Alissa Baird manager education and outreach virtual and technology programs Joshua Trader dance advance coordinator Katlyn Adddison, Silas Campos, Shelly Cordova, Jenny Bradley, Ashley Creek, Lauren Devall, Shyann Everett, Sally Gomez Jones, Jennifer Heighton, Wendee Fiedeldey-McCulloch, Daisy Jeffers, Amanda Kindt, Ava Leavitt, Moisés Próspero, Alesha Ramos, Anne Marie Smith, Elease Stice, Alicia Trump, Sierra Vashro, Ashlee Vilos, Trisha Wilstead educators

Lisa Jensen retail sales and boutique manager Jessica Magelsen foundations & government giving manager Amy O'Connor annual giving manager Deanna Richardson external affairs project manager Savanna Forester nutcracker merchandise agent/special events and benefits manager Matthew Barrett graphic designer Lauren Wattenburg visual coordinator Kallie Erickson database coordinator Olivia Lemmon digital marketing coordinator Allison DeBona park city campus and park city donor and community liaison

FREDERICK QUINNEY LAWSON BALLET WEST ACADEMY Evelyn Cisneros-Legate director Sarah Taylor director of business operations Allison DeBona EXTERNAL AFFAIRS principal of peggy Erika Stone bergmann park city campus senior director of Katherine Lawrence external affairs principal of jessie eccles Angela Krull quinney ballet centre and director of major trolley corners campuses gifts and corporate Heather Thackeray sponsorships principal of utah county Dana Rimington campus director of communications Eunice Stafford and publications associate principal, Mika Seltenrich trolley corners campus director of marketing and and student life manager revenue production Catherine Batcheller principal faculty and

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Ballet West Staff artistic engagement coordinator Courtney Hellebuyck principal faculty/student rehearsal director Stacey Mahan principal faculty and associate director of curriculum Jeffrey Rogers principal faculty and men’s program director Rex Tilton full time faculty and production coordinator Michael Waldrop full time faculty and contemporary program manager Kristina Windom principal faculty and trainee manager Jordan Debona senior manager of student life and summer intensive coordinator Jennifer Hildreth senior manager of academy operations and board liaison Hope Farrar peggy bergmann park city campus operations manager Jenny Lowell trolley corners campus operations and revenue manager Nanette Reimschussel Chertudi utah county campus operations manager Amanda Kindt resident advisor Stefany Jaurrieta, Symonne Martelly, Hayley Winslow, Shawnee Graves, Eliza Drumm, Dantzel Cherry, Natalee Wilson, Riley Roucek, Hannah Lowell, Grace de Schweinitz, Morgan Vu administrative assistants Daniel Alsedek, IzzyArrieta, Silver Barkes, Liesel Blue, Jamie Butler, Bruce Caldwell, Claire

Campbell, Emma Capen, Peter Blackham, Seth Bott, Dantzel Cherry, Nanette Penelope Brown, Nathan Reimschussel Chertudi, Fenwick, Brady Giles, Lisa Emily Coello, Natalie Haddon, Max Hall, Susanna Desch, Ivy Drumm, Mariah Karrington, Aubree Edmunds, Isabella Flanigan, Peterson, Sarah Richards, Jennifer Fjeldsted, Solange Heidi Slagle Gomes, Sammy Gomm, academy pianists Tyler Gum, Callie Herbert, PRODUCTION Stefany Juarrieta, Calvin Michael Andrew Currey Kitten, Vera Kotova, director of production / Michelle Lapioli, Lindsey production stage manager Larsen, Nicole Lawrence, Liz Reams Katelyn Milner-Packer, stage manager and Kendra Rangel, Ashleigh production operations Richardson, Alesha coordinator Ramos, Sarah Richards, Robert Clifford Pamela Robinson-Harris, technical director/ head MaryAnn Shaefer, Heidi carpenter Slagle, Connie Smith, Ethan Daughton Kristen Stringham, assistant carpenter Scout Sutton, Samantha Jeff F. Herbig Taggart, Jessica Harston Thompson, Barbara Valles, properties master Elizabeth Weldon, Hannah James K. Larsen lighting supervisor/ head Willis, Jane Wood, Kyohei electrician Yoshida, Lily O'Flahetry, Juliana Hedges Kenna Francis, Chloe McAllister, Diana Lau, Eliza assistant electrician Lizzie Fisher Drumm, Ilyria Telford, wardrobe supervisor Ashley Hammon, Sarah Yancey J. Quick Senefsky, Silas Campos, Symonne Martelly, Morgan wig master I.A.T.S.E. Local 99 Vu, Ashley Pew, Claire run of show crew Spainhour, Marit van der Wolde-Trader, Timothy PATRON SERVICES Lynch, Erin Payner, Hope Natalie Thorpe Farrar, Amanda Kindt, director of patron Callie Herbert, Elden services Johnson Brooke Christensen instructors assistant manager of patron services MUSIC Jane Harris Jared Oaks patron services and group music director sales lead advisor Jenn Sprague Ballet West is an American orchestra manager Guild of Musical Artists Seretta Hart (AGMA), American Federation orchestra operations of Musicians (AFM), and manager International Alliance of Hope Dalton Theatrical Stage Employees principal academy and (IATSE) company. company pianist Emily Barrett company pianist Rob Wood guest class pianist

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. • 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. • Please refrain from talking or using your phone during the performance. • Feel free to voice enthusiasm, but please be respectful of fellow patrons so everyone can have an enjoyable experience. 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.

Reglas de Casa 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

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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. • Por favor, absténgase de hablar o de utilizar su teléfono durante la actuación. • Siéntase libre de expresar su entusiasmo, pero le rogamos que sea respetuoso con los demás asistentes para que todos puedan disfrutar de una experiencia agradable. 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.

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