Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | Friday, March 13, 2020

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020 Jackson Hall, UC Davis Sponsored by

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We should take a moment to acknowledge the land on which we are gathered.

For thousands of years, this land has been the home of Patwin people.

Today, there are three federally recognized Patwin tribes: Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community, Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, and Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation.

The Patwin people have remained committed to the stewardship of this land over many centuries. It has been cherished and protected, as elders have instructed the young through generations.

We are honored and grateful to be here today on their traditional lands. https://diversity.ucdavis.edu

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo FEATURING

Ludmila Beaulemova Maria Clubfoot Nadia Doumiafeyva Helen Highwaters Elvira Khababgallina Irina Kolesterolikova Varvara Laptopova Grunya Protozova Eugenia Repelskii Alla Snizova Olga Supphozova Maya Thickenthighya Minnie van Driver Guzella Verbitskaya

Jacques d’Aniels Boris Dumbkopf Nicholas Khachafallenjar Marat Legupski Sergey Legupski Boris Mudko Mikhail Mypansarov

Vladimir Legupski Mikhail Mudkin Yuri Smirnov Innokenti Smoktumuchsky

Kravlji Snepek William Vanilla Tino Xirau-Lopez

Tory Dobrin — ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Isabel Martinez Rivera — ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Liz Harler — GENERAL MANAGER

The Mondavi Center dedicates this performance to Provost Ralph J. Hexter in appreciation of his support of the arts at UC Davis

The artists and fellow audience members appreciate silence during the performance. Please be sure that you have switched off cellular phones, watch alarms and pager signals. Videotaping, photographing and audio recording are strictly forbidden. Violators are subject to removal.

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PROGRAM

LE GRAND PAS DE QUATRE

MUSIC BY CESARE PUGNI CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER JULES PERROT COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH

LE LAC DES CYGNES (SWAN LAKE, ACT II)

MUSIC BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER LEV IVANOVICH IVANOV COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES DECOR BY CLIO YOUNG LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH Swept up into the magical realm of swans (and birds), this elegiac phantasmagoria of variations and ensembles in line and music is the signature work of Les Ballets Trockadero. The story of Odette, the beautiful princess turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer, and how she is nearly saved by the love of Prince Siegfried, was not so unusual a theme when Tchaikovsky first wrote his ballet in 1877—the metamorphosis of mortals to birds and visa versa occurs frequently in Russian folklore. The original Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow was treated unsuccessfully; a year after Tchaikovsky’s death in 1893, the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet produced the version we know today. Perhaps the world’s best known ballet, its appeal seems to stem from the mysterious and pathetic qualities of the heroine juxtaposed with the canonized glamour of 19th century Russian ballet.

Benno: Mikhail Mypansarov (friend and confidant to)

Lucille Grahn: Ludmila Beaulemova Carlotta Grisi: Elvira Khababgalina Fanny Cerrito: Helen Highwaters Marie Taglioni Irina Kolesterolikova

Prince Siegfried: Vladimir Legupski (who falls in love with) Alla Snizova (Queen of the) Swans: Ludmila Beaulemova, Maria Clubfoot, Nadia Doumiafevya, Minnie van Driver, Elvira Khababgallina, Grunya Protozova, Maya Thickenthighya, Guzella Verbitskaya (all of whom got this way because of) Von Rothbart: Yuri Smirnov (an evil wizard who goes about turning girls into swans)

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PAS DE DEUX OR MODERN WORK TO BE ANNOUNCED

It was the idea of Mr. Benjamin Lumley, manager of her Majesty’s Theatre in London, to stage a grand divertissement, bringing together the four greatest ballerinas of the romantic age.

Through the most delicate diplomacy, he managed to call the celebrated ladies to London, but not, however, without several “artistic misunderstandings.” One of these was the choice of who was to receive the favored last variation, each lady certain of her own supremacy. Tactfully, Mr. Lumley offered it to the oldest among them; it is said Madame Taglioni stood quite still while the younger women demurely stepped back. The Gala Divertissement finally took place on June 26, 1845. The choreography was fashioned by Jules Perrot—one English wag likened his task to teaching lions and tigers to waltz in a cage.

Mr. Perrot sought to exploit the signature qualities of each danseuse: Grahn’s vivaciousness, Grisi’s lyrical expressiveness, Cerrito’s coquetry, and Taglioni’s ethereal mystery. The original Pas de Quatre was danced only four times (Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attended the third performance), but it has served as a model for the ritualistic celebrations of academic dance we now call “abstract ballet.” It survives today as one of the most charming (and silly) evocations of Romantic Ballet in the 1840s.

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VALPURGEYEVA NOCH (“WALPURGISNACHT”)

MUSIC BY CHARLES GOUNOD STAGED and with additional CHOREOGRAPHY

by ELENA KUNIKOVA after LEONID LAVROVSKY COSTUMES BY CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY VERGARA LIGHTING BY JAX MESSENGER DÉCOR BY KIP MARSH This ballet is inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Valpurgeyeva Noch, which Russians have long respected as a specimen of Soviet balletic camp.

Bacchante: Varvara Laptopova Bacchus: Mikhail Mypansarov Pan: Innokenti Smoktumuchsky Fauns: Tino Xirau-Lopez, William Vanilla, Marat Legupski, Mikhail Mypansarov Nymphs: Helen Highwaters, Eugenia Repelskii, Elvira Khababgallina Maidens: Artists of the Trockadero

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COMPANY HISTORY Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti, Les Ballets Trockadero first performed in the late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts. The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, quickly garnered a major critical essay by Arlene Croce in The New Yorker, which combined with reviews in The New York Times and The Village Voice established the Company as an artistic and popular success. By mid-1975, the Trocks’ loving knowledge of dance, comic approach, and commitment to the notion that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces, was already garnering attention beyond the Company’s New York home. Articles and notices in publications such as Variety, Oui, The London Daily Telegraph, as well as a Richard Avedon photo essay in Vogue, made the Company nationally and internationally known.

The original concept of LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO has not changed. It is a Company of professional male dancers performing the full range of the ballet and modern dance repertoire, including classical and original works in faithful renditions of the manners and conceits of those dance styles. The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. The fact that men dance all the parts—heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, water sprites, romantic princesses, angstridden Victorian ladies—enhances rather than mocks the spirit of dance as an art form, delighting and amusing the most knowledgeable, as well as novices, in the audiences. For the future, there are plans for new works in the repertoire: new cities, states and countries to perform in; and for the continuation of the Trocks’ original purpose: to bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. They will, as they have done for more than forty-four years, “Keep on Trockin’.”

The 1975–76 season was a year of growth and full professionalization. The Company found management, qualified for the National Endowment for the Arts Touring Program, and hired a full-time teacher and ballet mistress to oversee daily classes and rehearsals. Also in this season, they made their first extended tours of the United States and Canada. Packing, unpacking, and repacking tutus and drops, stocking giant-sized toe shoes by the case; running for planes and chartered buses all became routine parts of life.

MEET THE ARTISTS

Since those beginnings, the Trocks have established themselves as a major dance phenomenon throughout the world. They have participated in dance festivals worldwide and there have been television appearances as varied as a Shirley MacLaine special, The Dick Cavett Show, What’s My Line?, Real People, On-Stage America, with Kermit and Miss Piggy on their show Muppet Babies, and a BBC Omnibus special on the world of ballet hosted by Jennifer Saunders. A documentary about the company, Rebels on Pointe by Bobbi Jo Hart, had its theatrical release in 2017. Awards that the Trocks have garnered over the years include: Best Classical Repertoire from the prestigious Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards (2007) (UK); the Theatrical Managers Award (2006) (UK); and the 2007 Positano Award (Italy) for excellence in dance. In December 2008, the Trocks performed for members of the British royal family at the 80th anniversary Royal Variety Performance, to aid of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, in London.

MARIA CLUBFOOT. Last of the great American Indian ballerinas: Larkin, Tallchief (Maria and Marjorie), Clubfoot.

Maria, pride of the Luni Tribe, blazed a path with her literal interpretation of “Slaughter on 10th Avenue,” set in the club at Mohegan Sun. Maria appears with the Trockadero under special permission from Federal authorities.

The Trocks’ numerous tours have been both popular and critical successes—their frenzied annual schedule has included appearances in over 35 countries and over 600 cities worldwide since its founding in 1974, including seasons at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Chatelet Theater in Paris. The Company continues to appear in benefits for international AIDS organizations such as DRA (Dancers Responding to AIDS) and Classical Action in New York City, the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria, Dancers for Life in Toronto, Canada, London’s Stonewall Gala and Germany’s AIDS Tanz Gala.

LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA, famed country and western ballerina, formerly prima ballerina of the grand Ole Opry, recently defected from that company when they moved to their new Nashville home. The rift was caused by their refusal to stage the ballet with which her name has become synonymous, I Never Promised You a Rose Adagio.

NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA. No one who has seen Heliazpopkin will soon forget the spiritual athleticism of Nadia Doumiafeyva, a child of Caucasus who changed her name for show business reasons. Her fiery attack, combined with lyric somnolence, produces confusion in audiences the world over, particularly when applied to ballet.

HELEN HIGHWATERS has defected to America three times and been promptly returned on each occasion—for “artistic reasons.” Recently discovered “en omelette” at the Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, D.C., she was hired by the Trockadero, where her inexplicable rise to stardom answers the musical question: Who put the bop in the bop-shibop shibop?

ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA, voted the girl most likely to, is the living example that a common hard-working girl can make it to the top. Our friendly ballerina was pounding the pavement looking for work when Trockadero found her. Her brilliant technique has endeared her to several fans, as well as to some of the stage hands. Her motto is “a smile is better than talent.”

Her nickname is ... well, never mind what her nickname is.

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IRINA KOLESTEROLIKOVA was discovered by kindly peasants, along with Rasputin’s boot, adrift in a basket on the river Neva.

Her debut at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg was marred by her overzealous grand jete into the Tsar’s box, impaling a Grand Duchess. Banished from Russia, she made her way arduously to New York, where she founded, and still directs, the Ecole de Ballet de Hard-Nox. Her most famous exercise is the warm-up, consisting of a martini and an elevator.

VARVARA LAPTOPOVA is one of those rare dancers who, with one look at a ballet, not only knows all the steps but can also dance all the roles. As a former member of the Kiev Toe and Heel Club, she was awarded first-prize at the Pan Siberian Czardash and Kazotski Festival for artistic mis-interpretation.

GRUNYA PROTAZOVA is the missing link between the crustaceans of the old Russian school and the more modern amphibians now dancing. Before joining the Trockadero, Grunya was the featured ballerina at Sea World, where her famous autobiographic solo, “Dance of he Lower Orders” brought several marine biologists to tears.

EUGENIA REPELSKII. The secrets of Mme. Repelskii’s beginnings lie shrouded behind the Kremlin wall; in fact, no fewer than six lie in the wall (in jars of assorted sizes). Dancing lightly over pogroms and other sordid reorganizational measures, Eugenia has emerged as a ballerina nonpareil whose pungency is indisputable.

ALLA SNIZOVA enjoyed great success as a baby ballerina at the mere age of nine. Being a child prodigy, she developed serious allergy problems and could only perform short pieces.

Known as the “little orphan,” Miss Snizova joined the Trockadero on tour, appearing cloaked in an enigma (complete with zip-out lining). A consummate actress, she has danced the part of Little Miss Markova and the title role of Glinka’s Popoy-the Sailor Man. OLGA SUPPHOZOVA made her first public appearance in a KGB line-up under dubious circumstances. After a seven-yearto-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans. When questioned about her forced sabbatical, Olga’s only comment was “I did it for Art’s sake.” Art, however, said nothing.

MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA’s radioactive properties prevented her from appearing with the Trockadero until her recent release from a special sanitarium on the Black Sea. A brilliant virtuoso in the Moscow style, Madame Thickenthighya’s torque was applied to the running of Generator 14 near the Gorsky Dam during the period of her political disgrace. She is, this season, reinstated to her unique position in the ballet world.

MINNIE VAN DRIVER. Always running to rehearsals, costume fittings and performances, Miss Driver has a strong sense of movement. She has performed worldwide and has a natural aptitude for touring. Famous for her beautiful port de bras, she gives credit to her many hours behind the wheel.

GUZELLA VERBITSKAYA. Guzella was born on a locomotive speeding through the Ural Mountains. She quickly realized the limitations of her native folk dancing and quaint handicrafts.

After her arrival in America, she learned everything she now knows about ballet from a seminar entitled: “Evil Fairies on the Periphery of the Classical Dance.”

JACQUES d’ANIELS was originally trained as an astronaut before entering the world of ballet. Strong but flexible, good natured but dedicated, sensible but not given to unbelievable flights of fantastic behavior, Mr. d’Aniels is an expert on recovering from ballet injuries (including the dread “Pavlova’s clavicle”).

BORIS DUMBKOPF has been with the greatest ballerinas of our time and he has even danced with some of them.

One of the first defective Russian male stars, he left the motherland for purely capitalistic reasons. Amazingly, between his appearances on television and Broadway, in movies, commercials, magazines and special events, and women’s nylons, he occasionally still has time to dance.

NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR. The demi-semi-hemicharacter dancer from innermost Outer Tashkent, was awarded the Order of Stalin for his partnering techniques. Although no ballerina has ever lived to describe the thrill of his touch, he continues to astound the public (and elude the police) with his brute strength. He is fondly known in the Trockadero as “Igor the Crusher.”

THE LEGUPSKI BROTHERS. Marat, Sergey and Vladimir are not really brothers, nor are their names really Marat, Sergey or Vladimir nor are they real Russians, nor can they tell the difference between a pirouette and a jeté ... but ... well ... they do move about rather nicely ... and ... they fit into the costumes.

MIKHAIL MUDKIN, the famed Russian danseur for whom the word “Bolshoi” was coined, comes to American from his triumphs as understudy to a famous impresario in the role of the Bear in Petrushka.

BORIS MUDKO is the Trocks’ newest danseur, having joined only last year. Boris is a drunken but talented Russian from Dzerzhinsk, in the former Soviet Union. He insisted on an audition while the company was on tour. It took some time to sober him up to make him coherent—he was given gallons of tea and several enemas—but finally he was accepted into the company. He has since given up all drink and is doing quite well.

MIKHAIL MYPANSAROV soared into prominence as the first defector whose leave-taking was accomplished at the virtual insistence of the defectees (although in subsequent days Mypansarov was accused of abandoning his joyous comrades for “a mountain of beer and an ocean of dollars”). His meteoric rise to stardom caused him to be named Official Bicentennial Porteur by a committee of New York balletomanes who singled out his winning smile and losing feet.

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YURI SMIRNOV. At the age of 16, Yuri ran away from home and joined the Kirov Opera because he thought Borodin was a prescription barbiturate. Luckily for the Trockadero he soon discovered that he didn’t know his arias from his elbow and decided to become a ballet star instead.

INNOKENTI SMOKTUMUCHSKY is known only to the most cultured and refined balletomanes in the dark alleyways of St. Petersburg. Originally a promising dancer-choreographer, his only ballet, Le Dernier Mohicain, was stolen by the director of the company. In severe depression and shock, he burned his ballet slippers and fled to the sewers, only to surface these 40 years later.

KRAVLJI SNEPEK comes to the Trockadero from his split-level birthplace in Siberia, where he excelled in toe, tap, acrobatic and Hawaiian. This good natured Slav is famous for his breathtaking technique—a blend of froth and frou-frou centered on a spine of steel, painfully acquired at the hands and feet of his teacher, Glib Generalization, who has already trained many able dancers. As an artist in the classical, heroic, tragical mold, young Kravlji wrenched the heart of all who saw him dance Harlene, the Goat Roper in The Best Little Dacha in Sverdlovsk.

WILLIAM VANILLA. Despite the fact that he is American, he is very popular within the company. He is extremely personable, the ballerinas very much enjoy dancing with him, the management finds him agreeable, his costumes are never soiled, his fans admire his directness, he photographs well, he keeps regular hours, brushes his teeth after every meal, and he has never said a bad word about anybody. He will never really understand Russian ballet.

TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ, a well-known figure to the Off-Off-Off audiences, returns to the Trockadero flushed from last season’s Nutcracker in which he played the fiendishly difficult role of the Father. His numerous theatrical successes, have not prevented his stern, aristocratic family from disavowing any claims he might make to title.

COMPANY STAFF Artistic Director: Tory Dobrin Associate Director / Production Manager: Isabel Martinez Rivera General Manager: Liz Harler Associate Production Manager: Shelby Sonnenberg Ballet Master: Raffaele Morra Lighting Supervisor: Erika Johnson Wardrobe Supervisor: Ryan Hanson Development Manager: Lauren Gibbs Costume Designer: Ken Busbin, Jeffrey Sturdivant Stylistic Guru: Marius Petipa Orthopedic Consultant: Dr. David S. Weiss Photographer: Zoran Jelenic

COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES ROBERT CARTER. Birthplace: Charleston, SC. Training: Robert Ivey Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: November 1995.

Previous companies: Florence Civic Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble, Bay Ballet Theater.

UGO CIRRI. Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland Training: Vevey Youth Ballet School, Association pour la Formation des Jeunes Danseurs, Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington D.C., Ballettschule Theater Basel, Miami City Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: June 2019. Previous Company: Los Angeles Ballet.

JACK FURLONG, JR. Birthplace: Boston, MA. Training: Valentina Kozlova. Joined Trockadero: September 2014. Previous company: Quark Contemporary Dance Theater.

KEVIN GARCIA. Birthplace: Gran Canaria, Spain. Training: Centro Coreografico DANCERS de Las Palmas Trini Borrull, Conservatory of Dance Carmen Amaya. Joined Trockadero: August 2017. Previous companies:

Robert Carter Olga Supphozova and Yuri Smirnov Ballet Jose Manuel Armas, Lifedanscenter, Peridance Ugo Cirri Minnie van Driver and William Vanilla Contemporary Dance Company.

Guzella Verbitskaya and Mikhail Mudkin Elvira Khababgallina and Sergey Legupski Maria Clubfoot and Tino Xirau-Lopez Helen Highwaters and Vladimir Legupski Alla Snizova and Innokenti Smoktumuchsky Nadia Doumiafeyva and Kravlji Snepek Irina Kolesterolikova and Boris Mudko Grunya Protazova and Marat Legupski Eugenia Repelskii and Jacques d’Aniels Ludmila Beaulemova and Mikhail Mypansarov Maya Thickenthighya and Nicholas Khachafallenjar Varvara Laptopova and Boris Dumbkopf

Jack Furlong, Jr Kevin Garcia Alejandro Gonzalez Duane Gosa Carlos Hopuy Philip Martin-Nielson Giovanni Ravelo Salvador Sasot Sellart Joshua Thake Yeric Valentino Haojun Xie Takaomi Yoshino

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ. Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba. Training: Camaguey Academy of Ballet, Habana National School of Ballet Provincial Ballet School, Holguin, Cuba. Joined Trockadero: May, 2019. Previous companies: Holguin Chamber Ballet, Ecuadorian Chamber Ballet, Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru.

DUANE GOSA. Birthplace: Chicago IL. Training: University of Akron, Ailey School. Joined Trockadero: September 2013. Previous companies: Jennifer Muller/The Works, Brooklyn Ballet, The Love Show.

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CARLOS HOPUY. Birthplace: Havana, Cuba. Training: Escuela Nacional de Arte, Havana. Joined Trockadero: February 2012 Previous companies: National Ballet of Cuba, National Ballet of Costa Rica, Ballet San Antonio. Awards: International Ballet Competitions in Havana (Gold medalist 1999, 2001, 2002) Nagoya (Gold medalist 2002), and Jackson, Mississippi (finalist, 2010).

PHILIP MARTIN-NIELSON. Birthplace: Middletown, NY. Training: Natasha Bar, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Institution of Dance. Joined Trockadero: September 2012. Previous company: North Carolina Dance Theater.

LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, INC. is a nonprofit dance company chartered by the State of New York.

Board of Directors: Vaughan de Kirby, president; Martha Cooper, vice-president; Tory Dobrin, secretary/treasurer.

James C.P. Berry, Amy Minter, Jenny Palmer All contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law. trockadero.org FACEBOOK @thetrocks INSTAGRAM @lesballetstrockadero TWITTER @TrocksB Special Thanks to: The Max and Victoria Dreyfus foundation The Howard Gilman Foundation The Harkness Foundations for Dance NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Kolano Design

GIOVANNI RAVELO. Birthplace: Bucaramanga, Colombia. Training: Ballet Anna Pavlova (Bogota), The Rock School, Escuela del Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Joined Trockadero: October 2008. Previous Companies: Roxey Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Colombia.

SALVADOR SASOT SELLART. Birthplace: Lleida, Spain. Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid Mariemma. Escuela de Ballet Camina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye. Joined Trockadero: August 2019. Previous company: Severočeske Divadlo Opera a Balet.

JOSHUA THAKE. Birthplace: Providence, RI Training: Boston Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, Brae Crest School of Classical Ballet.

Joined Trockadero: November 2011. Previous company: Man Dance Company of San Francisco.

YERIC VALENTINO. Birthplace: Santiago, Chile. Training: Escuela de ballet del Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Chile), Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Joined Trockadero: May 2019. Previous companies: Ballet de Camara del Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Chile), Ballet Teatro Nescafe De Las Artes (Santiago, Chile), GDB Compania de Ballet (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Ballet Misha (Manchester, NH).

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s 2020 United States tour is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Make up provided by MAC Program subject to change without notice.

Music for Swan Lake and Go for Barocco is conducted by Pierre Michel Durand with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Prantl, Leader BOOKING INQUIRIES: Liz Harler General Manager liz@trockadero.org

HAOJUN XIE. Birthplace: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. Training: Beijing Dance Academy, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: August, 2018. Prevous company: Columbia Classical Ballet Company.

TAKAOMI YOSHINO. Birthplace: Osaka, Japan. Training: Vaganova Ballet Acaemy, Ellison Ballet. Joined Trockadero: August, 2018. Previous company: Atlantic City Ballet.

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DIRECTOR CIRCLE $1,750–$3,749

The Aboytes Family Ezra and Beulah Amsterdam Russell and Elizabeth Austin Robert and Susan Benedetti Don and Kathy Bers Edwin Bradley Richard Breedon, Pat Chirapravati, and Rosa Marquez Marguerite Callahan

Cantor & Company, A Law Corporation Margaret Chang and Andrew Holz Allison P. Coudert Jim and Kathy Coulter* Terry Davison Gwendolyn Doebbert and Richard Epstein Joyce Donaldson* Matt Donaldson and Steve Kyriakis Noel Dybdal Karl Gerdes and Pamela Rohrich David and Erla Goller Dr. Eva G. Hess Sharna and Mike Hoffman Ronald and Lesley Hsu Martin and JoAnn Joye* Barbara Katz Nancy and John Keltner Robert and Cathryn Kerr Joseph Kiskis and Diana Vodrey Charlene R. Kunitz Thomas Lange and Spencer Lockson Francie and Artie Lawyer* Hyunok Lee and Daniel Sumner Bob and Barbara Leidigh Lin and Peter Lindert David and Ruth Lindgren Richard and Kyoko Luna Family Fund Natalie and Malcolm MacKenzie* Dennis H. Mangers and Michael Sestak Susan Mann Betty Masuoka and Robert Ono Janet Mayhew In Memory of William F. McCoy Sally McKee Mary McKinnon and Greg Krekelberg Katharine and Dan Morgan Craig Morkert Augustus B Morr Rebecca Newland John Pascoe and Susan Stover J. Persin and D. Verbeck Nancy Petrisko and Don Beckham Linda and Larry Raber Kay Resler* Marshall and Maureen Rice Dwight E. and Donna L. Sanders Christian Sandrock Ed and Karen Schelegle Bonnie and Jeff Smith Janet Shibamoto-Smith and David Smith Edward Speegle Maril and Patrick Stratton Geoffrey and Gretel Wandesford-Smith Rosalind Ramsey Tyson* Dale L. and Jane C. Wierman Susan and Thomas Willoughby Verena Leu Young* And 3 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

ENCORE CIRCLE $700–$1,749

Drs. Ralph and Teresa Aldredge Michael and Shirley Auman* Laura and Murry Baria In Memory of Marie Benisek Al Patrick and Pat Bissell Muriel Brandt Craig and Joyce Copelan Robert and Nancy Crummey Gayle Dax-Conroy In Memory of Jan Conroy Dotty Dixon* Anne Duffey John and Cathie Duniway Melanie and Robert Ferrando Doris Flint Jennifer D. Franz Cynthia Gerber Florence Grosskettler Mae and David Gundlach

Robin Hansen and Gordon Ulrey Rick and Zheyla Henriksen Leonard and Marilyn Herrmann Ralph Hexter and Manfred Kollmeier B.J. Hoyt James and Nancy Joye Peter G. Kenner Paul Kramer Paula Kubo Ruth M. Lawrence Michael and Sheila Lewis* Shirley Maus Robert Medearis Roland and Marilyn Meyer John and Carol Oster Celia Rabinowitz John and Judith Reitan C. Rocke Joan Sallee Elizabeth St. Goar Sherman and Hannah Stein Karen and Ed Street* Eric and Pat Stromberg* Mont Hubbard and Lyn Taylor Cap and Helen Thomson Virginia Thresh Roseanna Torretto* Henry°and Lynda Trowbridge* Rita and Jack Weiss Steven and Andrea Weiss Dan and Ellie Wendin Kandi Williams and Frank Jahnke Paul Wyman Gayle K. Yamada and David H. Hosley* Karl and Lynn Zender Karen Zito and Manuel Calderon de la Barca Sanchez And 3 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

ORCHESTRA CIRCLE $350–$699

Dorrit Ahbel Susan Ahlquist Andrew and Ruth Baron Paul and Linda Baumann Mrs. Marie C. Beauchamp Delee and Jerry Beavers Carol Benedetti Jane D. Bennett Robert Bense Ernst Biberstein Robert Biggs and Diane Carlson Biggs Brooke and Clay Brandow Meredith Burns Anne and Gary Carlson* Bruce and Mary Alice Carswell* Simon and Cindy Cherry Dr. Jacqueline Clavo-Hall Mr. and Mrs. David Covin Doug and Joy Daugherty Daniel and Moira Dykstra Nancy and Don Erman Helen Ford Edwin and Sevgi Friedrich* Joyce and Marvin Golman Paul N. and E.F. (Pat) Goldstene Tom Graham and Lisa Foster Darrow and Gwen Haagensen Sharon and Don Hallberg* Marylee Hardie Dione and Roy Henrickson Michael and Margaret Hoffman Jan and Herb Hoover Robert and Marcia Jacobs Don and Diane Johnston Weldon and Colleen Jordan Susan Kauzlarich and Peter Klavins Helen L. Krell, M.D. Bill and Laura Lacy Allan and Norma Lammers Ellen J Lange Larkin Lapides Sevim Larsen Carol Ledbetter Randall Lee and Jane Yeun

Barbara Levine Ernest and Mary Ann Lewis Bunkie Mangum Joan and Roger Mann Dr. Maria I. Manea-Manoliu David and Martha Marsh Katherine F. Mawdsley* Susan and David Miller Elaine and Ken Moody Robert and Susan Munn William and Nancy Myers Margaret Neu* Suzette Olson Frank Pajerski Sue and Jack Palmer Jill and Warren Pickett James D. and Lori K. Richardson Ms. Tracy Rodgers and Dr. Richard Budenz Ron and Morgan Rogers Sharon and Elliott Rose Shery and John Roth Bob and Tamra Ruxin Roger and Freda Sornsen Tony and Beth Tanke Robert and Helen Twiss Ardath Wood Iris Yang and G. Richard Brown Wesley Yates Melanie and Medardo Zavala And 9 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

MAINSTAGE CIRCLE $125–$349

M. Aften Elizabeth Allen* Penny Anderson Nancy Andrew-Kyle* Elinor Anklin Alex and Janice Ardans Antonio and Alicia Balatbat* Charles and Diane Bamforth Michele Barefoot and Luis Perez-Grau Carole Barnes Jonathan and Mary Bayless Lynn Baysinger Lorna Belden Merry Benard Kristen and Alan Bennett Bevowitz Family Dr. Robert and Sheila Beyer Elizabeth Ann Bianco Roy and Joan Bibbens* John and Katy Bill Sharon Billings and Terry Sandbek Dolores Blake Dr. Caroline Bledsoe Fredrick and Mary Bliss Judith Blum Brooke Bourland* Jerry and Verne Bowers—Advent Consulting Services Jill and Mary Bowers Carol Boyd* Melody Boyer and Mark Gidding Dan and Mildred Braunstein* Linda Brown Alan and Beth Brownstein Mike and Marian Burnham Dr. Margaret Burns and Dr. W Roy Bellhorn William and Karolee Bush Edward Callahan Nancy Callahan Richard and Marcia Campbell Nancy and Dennis Campos* James and Patty Carey Ping Chan* Bonnie and LeRoy Chatfield Amy Chen and Raj Amirtharajah Carol Christensen* Lesli and John Chuck* Craig Clark and Mary Ann Reihman Gail Clark Linda Clevenger and Seth Brunner James and Linda Cline Stuart and Denise Cohen Sheri and Ron Cole Steve and Janet Collins Richard and Katie Conrad

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Karen Cook* Terry Cook Nicholas and Khin Cornes Fred and Ann Costello Catherine Coupal* Victor Cozzalio and Lisa Heilman-Cozzalio Crandallicious Clan Tatiana and Virgil Cullen Fitz-Roy and Susan Curry Laurence Dashiell Doug and Joy Daugherty* Nita A. Davidson Relly Davidson Eric Davis* Judy and Mike Davis Judy and David Day Ann Denvir* Carol Dependahl-Ripperda Robert Diamond Linda and Joel Dobris Marjorie Dolcini* Jerry and Chris Drane Karen Eagan James Eastman and Fred Deneke Laura Eisen and Paul Glenn Carol Erickson and David Phillips Robbie and Tony Fanning Eleanor E. Farrand* Michael and Ophelia Farrell Les and Micki Faulkin Janet Feil Cheryl and David Felsch Robin and Jeffrey Fine Maureen Fitzgerald and Frank DeBernardi Dave and Donna Fletcher Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Glenn Fortini Daphna Fram Marion Franck and Bob Lew Marlene J. Freid* Larry Friedman and Susan Orton David Fudala In Memory of David Gatmon Barbara Gladfelter Ellie Glassburner Marnelle Gleason and Louis J. Fox* Mark Goldman and Jessica Tucker-Mohl Pat and Bob Gonzalez* Drs. Michael Goodman and Bonny Neyhart Joyce and Ron Gordon Karen Governor Halley Grain Jeffrey and Sandra Granett Jim Gray and Robin Affrime Paul and Carol Grench Don and Eileen Gueffroy Abbas Gultekin and Vicky Tibbs Cary and Susan Gutowsky Wesley and Ida Hackett* Myrtis Hadden Bob and Jen Hagedorn Jane and Jim Hagedorn Kitty Hammer

William and Sherry Hamre M. and P. Handley Jim and Laurie Hanschu Susan B. Hansen Alexander and Kelly Harcourt Kay Harse Anne and Dave Hawke Mary A. Helmich Rand and Mary Herbert Calvin Hirsch, MD Clyde Hladky and Donna Odom Pamela Holm Steve and Nancy Hopkins Daniel and Sarah Hrdy David Kenneth Huskey Lorraine J Hwang L. K. Iwasa Diane Moore and Stephen Jacobs Vince Jacobs and Cecilia Delury Ron and Cheryl Jensen Karen Jetter Mun Johl Gary and Karen Johns* Michelle Johnston Andrew and Merry Joslin David Kalb and Nancy Gelbard Shari and Tim Karpin Stephen and Beth Kaffka Steve and Jean Karr Patricia Kelleher* Sharmon and Peter Kenyon Leonard Keyes Nicki King Ruth Ann Kinsella* Camille Kirk Don and Bev Klingborg John and Mary Klisiewicz* Kerik and Carol Kouklis Sandra Kristensen Roy and Cynthia Kroener C.R. and Elizabeth Kuehner Kupcho-Hawksworth Trust Leslie Kurtz Kit and Bonnie Lam* Nancy Lazarus and David Siegel Peggy Leander* Evelyn A Lewis Barbara Linderholm* Motoko Lobue Joyce Loeffler and Ken McNeil Mary Lowry and Norm Theiss Karen Lucas* Melissa Lyans and Andreas Albrecht Ariane Lyons David and Alita Mackill Dr. Vartan Malian and Nora Gehrmann Drs. Julin Maloof and Stacey Harmer Theresa Mann Pam Marrone and Mick Rogers J. A. Martin Leslie Maulhardt* Keith and Jeanie McAfee Karen McCluskey and Harry Roth*

Artistic Ventures Fund

We applaud our Artistic Ventures Fund members, whose major gift commitments support artist engagement fees, innovative artist commissions, artist residencies and programs made available free to the public.

James H. Bigelow Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Patti Donlon Richard and Joy Dorf

Nancy McRae Fisher Wanda Lee Graves and Steve Duscha Anne Gray Barbara K. Jackson° Rosalie Vanderhoef

Endowment Giving

Thank you to the following donors whose support will leave a lasting impact on Mondavi Center programs.

James H. Bigelow Karen Broido Chan Family Fund Sandra Togashi Chong and Chris Chong John and Lois Crowe Richard and Joy Dorf

Mary B. Horton Barbara K. Jackson° Dean and Karen Karnopp Debbie Mah and Brent Felker Diane Marie Makley Rosalie Vanderhoef Verena Leu Young

Jim and Jane McDevitt Tim and Linda McKenna Thomas R. McMorrow Karen Merick and Clark Smith Joe and Linda Merva Cynthia Meyers Beryl Michaels and John Bach Leslie Michaels and Susan Katt Maureen Miller and Mary Johnson Sue and Rex Miller Vicki and Paul Moering James Moorfield Hallie Morrow Marcie Mortensson Rita Mt. Joy* Robert and Janet Mukai Bill and Diane Muller Robert Nevraumont and Donna Curley Nevraumont Kim T. Nguyen R. Noda Jay and Catherine Norvell Jeri and Clifford Ohmart Allyson Oide* Jim and Sharon Oltjen Andrew and Sharon* Opfell Mary Jo Ormiston* John and Nancy Owen Mike and Carlene Ozonoff Thomas Pavlakovich and Kathryn Demakopoulos Pete Peterson The Plante Family Jane Plocher Bonnie A. Plummer Harriet Prato Otto and Lynn Raabe Lawrence and Norma Rappaport Olga Raveling Catherine Ann Reed Fred and Martha Rehrman* Maxine and Bill Reichert David and Judy Reuben Ralph Riggs* Russ and Barbara Ristine Kenneth Ritt and Pamela Rapp Jeannette and David Robertson Denise Rocha Jeep and Heather Roemer Ron and Mary Rogers Maurine Rollins Carol and John Rominger Richard and Evelyne Rominger Warren Roos Janet F. Roser, Ph.D. Cathy and David Rowen* Cynthia Jo Ruff* Paul and Ida Ruffin Joy and Richard Sakai* Jacquelyn Sanders Elia and Glenn Sanjume Fred and Pauline Schack Patsy Schiff

Leon Schimmel and Annette Cody Dan Shadoan and Ann Lincoln Jeanie Sherwood Jennifer Sierras Jo Anne S. Silber Teresa Simi Paula Smith-Hamilton and John Hamilton Robert Snider and Jak Jarasjakkrawhal Jean Snyder Nancy Snyder William and Jeannie Spangler* Curtis and Judy Spencer Tim and Julie Stephens Judith and Richard Stern Daria and Mark Stoner Deb and Jeff Stromberg George and June Suzuki Bob Sykes Yayoi Takamura and Jeff Erhardt Stewart and Ann Teal Julie Theriault, PA-C Virginia Thigpen Henry and Sally Tollette Victoria and Robert Tousignant Justine Turner* Ute Turner* Sandra Uhrhammer* Ramon and Karen Urbano Ann-Catrin Van In Memory of Lewis Vance and Philip Acton Barker Diane Vandepeute (in memoriam) Marian and Paul Ver Wey Richard Vorpe and Evelyn Matteucci Craig Vreeken and Lee Miller Kim and James Waits In Memory of Carl Eugene Walden Andrew and Vivian Walker Don and Rhonda Weltz* Doug West Martha S. West Robert and Leslie Westergaard* Nancy and Richard White* Sharon and Steve Wilson Janet G. Winterer Suey Wong* Jessica Woods Jean Wu Timothy and Vicki Yearnshaw Jeffrey and Elaine Yee* Dorothy Yerxa and Michael Reinhart Chelle Yetman Phillip and Iva Yoshimura Phyllis and Darrel Zerger* Marlis and Jack Ziegler Linda and Lou Ziskind Dr. Mark and Wendy Zlotlow And 24 donors who prefer to remain anonymous

Legacy Circle

Thank you to our supporters who have remembered the Mondavi Center in their estate plans.

These gifts make a difference for the future of performing arts and we are most grateful.

Wayne and Jacque Bartholomew Karen Broido Ralph and Clairelee Leiser Bulkley John and Lois Crowe Dotty Dixon Nancy DuBois° Jolán Friedhoff and Don Roth Anne Gray

Benjamin and Lynette Hart L. J. Herrig° Mary B. Horton Margaret Hoyt Barbara K . Jackson° Roy and Edith Kanoff° Robert and Barbara Leidigh Yvonne LeMaitre° Jerry and Marguerite Lewis Robert and Betty Liu Don McNary°

Ruth R. Mehlhaff ° Joy Mench and Clive Watson Trust Verne Mendel Kay Resler Hal° and Carol Sconyers Joe and Betty° Tupin Lynn Upchurch And one donor who prefers to remain anonymous

If you have already named the Mondavi Center in your own estate plans, we thank you.

We would love to hear of your giving plans so that we may express our appreciation.

If you are interested in learning about planned giving opportunities, please contact Nancy Petrisko, director of development, 530.754.5420 or npetrisko@ucdavis.edu.

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