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CHOREOGRAPHY: Stephen Mills MUSIC: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky COSTUME DESIGN: Judanna Lynn SCENIC DESIGN: Holly Highfill LIGHTING DESIGN : Tony Tucci

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Stephen Mills, Sarah & Ernest Butler Family Fund Artistic Director Known for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has works in the repertoires of companies across the United States and around the world. From his inaugural season as artistic director in 2000, Mills attracted attention from around the United States with his worldpremiere production of Hamlet, hailed by Dance Magazine as “...sleek and sophisticated.” The Washington Post recognized Ballet Austin as “one of the nation’s best-kept ballet secrets” in 2004 after Ballet Austin performed Mills’ world premiere of The Taming of the Shrew, commissioned by and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Company was first invited to perform at the Kennedy Center in January of 2002 with Mills' production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and later presented a variety of works at The Joyce Theater (NYC) in 2005. In 2005 after two years of extensive research, Mills led a community-wide human rights collaboration that culminated in the world premiere work Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. In 2006 Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project was awarded the Audrey & Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award by the Anti-Defamation League. In September of 2013, the work made its international debut with a tour in three cities across Israel. In October 2016, Mills led his company of dancers through another "first," a 16-city tour of the People's Republic of China, which included performances in China's largest city, Shanghai, an international economic and cultural center.

In 1998, Mills was the choreographer chosen to represent the United States through his work, Ashes, at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine Saint-Denis in Paris. Mills was awarded the Steinberg Award, the top honor at le Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur International Choreographic Competition for One / the body’s grace.

Mills has created more than 40 works for companies in the United States and abroad. His ballets are in the repertoires of such companies as Hong Kong Ballet, Ballet Augsburg, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Washington Ballet, Cuballet in Havana, Cuba, BalletMet Columbus, Dayton Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Louisville Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater, The Sacramento Ballet and Dance Kaleidoscope. He has worked in collaboration with such luminaries as the eight-time Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel, Shawn Colvin and internationally renowned flamenco artist José Greco II. As a dancer, Mills performed with a wide variety of companies such as the world-renowned Harkness Ballet and The American Dance Machine under the direction of Lee Theodore. He also performed with the Cincinnati Ballet and The Indianapolis Ballet Theatre before becoming a part of Ballet Austin. Mills has danced principal roles in the Balanchine repertoire, as well as works by Choo-San Goh, John Butler, Ohad Naharin, Vicente Nebrada, Domy Reiter-Soffer and Mark Dendy.

In addition to his work as a choreographer, Mills is a master teacher committed to developing dancers. He has been invited as guest faculty at many pre-professional academies including Jacob’s Pillow, Goucher College, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas, The Virginia School of the Arts, The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Stephens College and Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Mills is a member of the national dance service organization Dance/USA and has served both in leadership roles and on the board of trustees for the organization. In 2013, Mills was a participant in the Chief Executive Program of National Arts Strategies.

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Cookie G. Ruiz, C.F.R.E., Executive Director Cookie Gregory Ruiz has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development and non-profit fund-raising/ management. Since 2002 she has held the professional designation of Certified Fund Raising Executive (C.F.R.E.) by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.Her community honors include Austin Business Journal’s “Profiles in Power” Award, Leadership Austin’s Polly Scallorn Community Trustee Award, Austin Community Foundation’s Beverly S. Sheffield Award for Excellence as a Nonprofit Executive, The American Red Cross “Clara Barton Medal of Honor,” Volunteer of the Year for the Austin Independent School District, the Lone Star Girl Scout Council “Women of Distinction” Award, The Junior League of Austin’s Volunteer Extraordinaire Award and is a 2016 Austin Arts Hall of Fame inductee. Ruiz served as the city-wide Chair of CreateAustin, a City Council appointee to ImagineAustin’s Citizen’s Advisory Task Force, and is a graduate of the Austin’s City Works Academy. As a graduate of Leadership Austin she served four years on its Board of Directors. Ruiz is a currently President of the Board of Texans for the Arts, a member of the national Board of Directors of the Performing Arts Alliance, the Board of Directors of Housing Works Austin, the President of the Board of Directors of the Mayor’s Better Austin Foundation and is a Fellow of The National Arts Strategies International Chief Executive Program. Ruiz serves as a speaker, facilitator and presenter for a variety of leadership conferences, including the National Conference on Community Leadership, the National Performing Arts Conference, American for the Arts Annual Convention, National Conference of Dance/USA, The Governor’s Women’s Business Leadership Forum and the Texas Commission on the Arts. In 1996 Ruiz joined the staff of Ballet Austin as Development Director, became General Manager in 1997 and Executive Director in 1999.

Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director Michelle Martin had her early dance training at the Alberta Ballet School and danced professionally with the Alberta Ballet Company, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Austin. During her tenure with these companies she performed soloist and principal roles in a range of classical, contemporary and modern works. Martin’s teaching credits include guest teaching engagements in Canada and across the nation, as well as five years on the faculty of Jordan College at Butler University in Indianapolis. Martin began her tenure with Ballet Austin in 1991 as a dancer with the Company and in 1992 she was appointed ballet mistress and curriculum director of the Academy. In 1999 she founded Ballet Austin II, Ballet Austin’s apprentice program, followed by the Trainee Program (now the Butler Fellowship Program) in 2000. In addition to her work in the rehearsal studio, Martin supervises the curriculum and faculty of Ballet Austin Academy, designs arts education and audience engagement programs and writes grants. She has served on the Texas Commission on the Arts peer panels for Arts Education, and Music and Dance and has been a juror for the American Ballet Competition for the past nine years. Martin was the 2001 recipient of the Austin-Under-40 award for contributions in the area of Arts and Entertainment.

Christopher Swaim, Rehearsal Director Christopher Swaim is originally from Bryant, Ark., where he began his training with Kirt and Linda Hathaway at the Academy of Ballet Arkansas. He then went on to graduate with distinction from the University of Oklahoma with a B.F.A. in Ballet Pedagogy. Swaim has danced a variety of soloist and principal roles across classical, contemporary, and modern repertory including works by Stephen Mills, George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Justin Peck, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nicolo Fonte, Amy Seiwert, Ben Stevenson, Miguel Terekhov, Pam Tanowitz, Sidra Bell, and Septime Webre. While at Ballet Austin he had the pleasure of touring the globe, performing at the Kennedy Center in our nation’s capital with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and again with Ballet Across America III, and guesting with Ballet Arkansas and Amy Seiwert’s company, Imagery. In May of 2019, he retired from the stage after 15 years with Ballet Austin as Albrecht in Giselle. Swaim teaches in the Ballet Austin Academy and has guest taught across the country.

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Bill Sheffield, Director of Production / Stage Manager Bill Sheffield’s long tenure with Ballet Austin extends back to the late 1980s when he served as the first director of production for the organization. Sheffield rejoined the company as production stage manager in 2002 and added the duties as director of production in 2006. An Austin native, Sheffield also produced the summer musicals at Zilker Park, including the recent hits: Seven Brides, Annie Get Your Gun, Into the Woods and the award-winners Crazy for You and Big River. Sheffield formerly worked with the Austin Musical Theater, where he was stage manager for many of their productions. He has worked with many Austin arts groups, serving as stage manager, lighting designer or master electrician. Some of these groups include Austin Opera, Bruce Wood Dance, Conspirare, Roy Lozano Ballet Folklorico, ZTP, Austin Shakespeare Festival, Slavin-Nadal Dance, ADE, ART, ZST and Tapestry.

Tony Tucci, Lighting Designer Residing in Austin, Tucci has been resident lighting designer for Ballet Austin’s repertory, for 30 years and also currently serves as resident lighting designer/ director for Ben Stevenson’s Texas Ballet Theater and Bruce Wood Dance.

Tucci created the lighting designs for Bernstein’s Mass at the Long Center in June 2018. In September 2018, Tucci designed a new production of Cinderella, choreographed by Ben Stevenson for the National Ballet of China. Tucci and has created designs for national and international dance companies: Mejia International Ballet, Washington Ballet, Houston Dance Salad, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Cirque Ziva, the Golden Dragon Acrobats, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Danish Ballet, Winnipeg and Swedish Ballets, Hong Kong Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas, Christopher Bruce's Kingdom- Geneva Ballet, Flemming Flindt's Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer's Daughter-Royal Danish Ballet. Tucci has designed for musical theater, including Austin productions of Damn Yankees, Carousel, West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line, Carousel and Sound of Music as well as Charles Duggan’s productions of Dames at Sea in San Francisco and at the Goodspeed Opera House. For 1996 Summer Olympics, Tucci designed for the Cultural Olympiad, showcasing national and international companies. He is the recipient of two Iden Payne Awards and Critics Table awards for lighting in Austin.

Alexey Korygin, Wardrobe Master Alexey Korygin was born in Donetsk City, Ukraine. He earned a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Kiev State Ballet School of the Ukraine, and following his graduation in 1984, he danced with Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as a soloist and toured extensively throughout the USSR, Europe and United States. In 1992 after auditioning in New York, Korygin joined and danced for four seasons with Ballet Austin. At the same time, he began designing and building costumes for the company. In 1996, Korygin finished his dancing career and assumed the position of Ballet Austin’s wardrobe master. His costumes can be seen in Stephen Mills’ My Wall of Names and Bolero, as well as Lambros Lambrou’s Remembrances, Lady of the Camellias, Evolution of An Angel: Part II, Homecoming and Ulysses. He is also credited for his costumes in Ballet Austin’s production of Fokine’s Les Sylphides, Balanchine’s Pas de Dix, the pas de deux from Le Corsaire, and the principal costumes for Ballet Austin’s Swan Lake production. In 1996, Ballet Austin unveiled a new production of The Nutcracker with costumes designed by Tommy Bourgeois; Korygin masterfully constructed 40 of the new costumes, while also building all of the costumes for Not Afraid of the Dark—The Show that Glows!® in 2001. Additionally, Korygin has served as resident costume designer and codesigner for Ballet Austin’s New American Talent / Dance competition and has designed and co-designed costumes for 32 full- length and one-act ballets, while supervising costume construction and wardrobe operations for more than 100 Ballet Austin productions.

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Maestro Jeffrey Eckstein, Guest Conductor Maestro Jeffrey Eckstein celebrates 16 years as Guest Conductor with the Austin Symphony and Ballet Austin in 2019. He has also been a frequent Guest Conductor with Miami Lyric Opera since 2008. He is the Executive Producer of Passion of Flamenco, and Flamenco Sephardit, a unique fusion of Classical music with Flamenco and Ladino from Spain; 2014 premiere Miami Beach, 2016 international premiere Venice Italy, featured on PBS. He is the Co-Producer of When Change Comes, Mark Stuart Dance Theatre's social action project about truly seeing one another as a way to overcome prejudice and intolerance. Maestro Eckstein holds a Bachelor's degree in both Music and Business Management, and a Master's degree in Orchestral Conducting.

THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: JEFFREY ECKSTEIN Violin 1

Cello

Bassoon

Percussion

Jessica Mathaes Patrice Calixte Molly Emerman Paula Bird David Denizon Megan Zapfe Sophie Verhaeghe Eugene Gratovich

Douglas Harvey Anna Park Muriel (Betsy) Sanders Frank Jenkins Matthew Armbruster

William Lewis Daris Word Hale

Genaro Gonzalez

French Horn

Alex Maynegre-Torra

Violin 2 Richard Kilmer Helen Cooper Tracy Seeger Joseph D. Smith Caleb Polashek Elizabeth Stoppels Girko Georgeann DuBell Shockley

Viola Bruce Williams Blake Turner Lana Harris Martha Carapetyan Emma Martin Alexander Smith

Bass Jonathan Rouse Paul Determan Christopher Flores

Flute Rachel Lopez Nicholas Goodwin April Determan

Oboe Julianne Webner Ian Davidson Stanley Chyi

Keyboard Tom Hale Ed Tschoepe Kurt Moede Jill Rodriguez

Harp Elaine Barber

Trumpet Robert Cannon Kyle Koronka

Trombone Brenda Sansig Salas R. Ben Osborne Philip Arno

Tuba Steve Curtis

Clarinet

Timpani

Stephen Girko Hilary Scop Nicholas Councilor

Tony Edwards

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MOTHER GINGER CAST Derrick Chubbs, President & CEO, Central Texas Food Bank Night of Community, Friday, December 6, at 7:30pm

Jimmy Flannigan, District 6 Austin City Council Member Thursday, December 19, at 7:30pm

Hema Mullur, Anchor at KEYE TV Saturday, December 7, at 2pm

Quan Cosby, Former UT Longhorn and NFL wide receiver, current VP at Marsh & McLennan Companies, and Director of Alumni Relations UT Austin Friday, December 20, at 2pm

Dr. Denise Trauth, President, Texas State University Saturday, December 7, at 7:30pm Tate Donovan, Actor and Director Sunday, December 8, at 2pm Richard D. Morrow, Partner, Locke Lord LLP Friday, December 13, at 7:30pm Kathy Valentine, Member of groudbreaking allwoman band the Go-Go's and native Austinite Saturday, December 14, at 2pm Quita Culpepper, Anchor & Reporter at KVUE News Saturday December 14, at 7:30pm Sofia Avila, Co-Founder & Executive Director at Mandarin Design Lab Sunday, December 15, at 2pm

Nicole Conley, Chief of Business & Operations/ CFO of AISD Friday, December 20, at 7:30pm Virginia Miracle, Ballet Austin Board Member and Chief Customer Officer, ScaleFactor Saturday, December 21, at 2pm Major John Landry, Chief of Communication Plans at U.S. Army Futures Command Sunday, December 22, at 2:00pm Alejandro Rose-Garcia aka Austin Musician, Shakey Graves Sunday, December 22, at 7:30pm Jaime Salvador Castillo, Chair of the Arts Commission, City of Austin Monday, December 23, at 2pm

Kendra Scott, CEO, Designer and Philanthropist Wednesday, December 18, at 7:30pm

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THE NUTCRACKER: PRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COSTUME CONSTRUCTION

Millinery Work: Kathy Kreuter, Jeffrey

Costume Project Manager: Alexey Korygin

Lieder, Christina Hobbs, Emily Cawood, Zhanetta Koryagina and Alexey Korygin

Costumes constructed in the United Kingdom by Anne Nichols, Jane Gill, Jackie

Wigs: Wendy Sanders

Hallatt, Jane Johnson, Karen Crichton, Lal D’Abo, Sue Smith, Suzanne Parkinson and Yoshi Terashima on behalf of Parkinson Gill Ltd.

Stitchers: Alexey Korygin, Emily Cawood,

Costume Supervision: Cathy Hill on behalf

SCENIC CONSTRUCTION

Joan Miller and Miriam Jurgensen, Colleen PowerGriffin

of Parkinson Gill Ltd.

Full-sized drops painted by Cobalt Studios Costume Painting: Penny Hadrill and Bernie Esplin on behalf of Parkinson Gill Ltd.

Additional drops painted by Holly Highfill, Jessica Wade and Andrew Benepe

Additional Costume Construction: AllStitch, Altanta, Ga.—Valerie Gruner, Owner Operator—Assisted by Rebecca Evans Mask / Special Construction: Robert Allsopp & Associates

Nutcracker Tree constructed by Michael Hagen Inc., Glens Falls, N.Y.

3-D scenery constructed by Gary Powers and Barbara Thompson

Mask / Special Construction: Robert Allsopp & Associates

Judanna Lynn, Costume Designer Judanna Lynn has designed costumes for most of the major dance companies in the United States, among them Ballet Austin, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Ballet West, Milwaukee Ballet, Ballet Met, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Hartford Ballet, Hubbard Street, The Jose Limon Dance Co., Louisville Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Washington Ballet. Selected credits include the costumes for Ballet de Santiago’s Dracula; NYCB’s Seven Deadly Sins; Ballet Austin’s and Pennsylvania Ballet’s latest productions of The Nutcracker; Festival of the Lion King for the opening of Disney’s theme park in Hong Kong; Houston Ballet’s highly-acclaimed productions of Don Quixote, Dracula and Cleopatra; the musical Lyle for Charles Strouse; The Hartford State / Old Globe Theatre’s production of Tintypes; Once On This Island for the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis; and Hats! and Tin Pan Alley Rag for the Cleveland Playhouse. Lynn formerly danced with San Francisco Opera Ballet and was a resident costume designer of The Juilliard School. She is also a painter whose work has been seen at the Rizzoli and Miniatura Galleries in New York City, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Art and in private collections.

Holly Highfill, Scenic Set Designer Holly Highfill has designed and painted numerous sets for ballets, operas and plays. She has designed sets for Ballet Austin, Baltimore Opera, Washington Summer Opera, Washington Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Ballet West and Ballet Memphis among others. In addition to her theatre work, Highfill has done several large museum projects, designing and painting murals and other artwork for the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the American Indian, the Audubon Society’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and the Robinson Nature Center.

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ACT I, SCENE I: THE SILBERHAUS HOME It is Christmas Eve at the Silberhaus residence as daughter Clara and her brother Fritz anxiously await their holiday party. Gifts are distributed. Clara receives a doll’s cradle and Fritz a trumpet.

Suddenly, Clara’s mysterious Godfather, Drosselmeyer, appears with his nephew. Drosselmeyer wins the children over by producing life size dolls. After the dolls perform for the guests, Drosselmeyer presents Clara with a wooden nutcracker in the shape of a soldier. Out of jealousy, her brother Fritz takes the nutcracker from her and smashes her cherished gift. Clara is brokenhearted, but Drosselmeyer is able to repair the nutcracker. Clara is consoled and happily joins Drosselmeyer’s nephew to dance with the adults. As midnight approaches the guests depart and Clara and Fritz are sent to bed. The evening is seemingly over.

ACT I, SCENE II: THE BAT TLE In the quiet of the evening, a pack of mice scurry into the parlor. Clara returns to the parlor to see her nutcracker once more. Suddenly she is surrounded by rats. A transformation takes place. The room begins to disappear and the tree begins to grow. A regiment of soldiers appears and a battle between the rats and the soldiers ensues. Clara’s nutcracker magically appears in human size and leads the battle. The nutcracker is suddenly overpowered by the Rat King. Clara stabs the Rat King with the nutcracker’s sword, sending him crashing to the ground. Because of Clara’s bravery, the nutcracker is transformed, revealing himself to be Drosselmeyer’s nephew, now a handsome Prince. The Prince takes her through the enchanting Land of Snow.

ACT I, SCENE III: THE LAND OF SNOW Magically, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince find themselves in a land filled with dancing snowflakes and a glistening Snow Queen and King. Clara is honored with their beautiful dancing. Wrapped up in a magnificent coil of never-ending snow, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince bid farewell to the Snow Queen and King and continue their journey to the court of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

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ACT II: THE COURT OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY Clara and the Nutcracker Prince arrive at a majestic castle. They are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her entire court. Clara tells of her encounter with the evil Rat King. In celebration, the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Court dance for Clara. As the festivities draw to a close, Clara suddenly awakens to find herself back in her own home, with her nutcracker, once again a wooden doll, safely at her side. We are left to wonder if Clara’s adventure was real or simply a dream.

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CAST ACT I FRAU SILBERHAUS ..................Jaime Lynn Witts | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Ashley Lynn Sherman | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 HERR SILBERHAUS ...................Morgan Stillman | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 at (2pm) ........................................................James Fuller | Dec 7 at (2pm), 8, 14 at (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 at (7:30pm), 23 CLARA ..........................................Nya Mitchell | Dec 7 (2pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Josephine Willman | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................ Isabelle Wilwayco | Dec 8, 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 FRITZ ............................................Lucas Wilsino | Dec 7, 8, 13, 14 (2pm) ........................................................Arie Wood | Dec 14 (7:30pm), 15, 18, 19, 20 (2pm) ........................................................Maximillion Wulfmeyer | Dec 20 (7:30pm), 21, 22, 23 DROSSELMEYER .......................Orlando Julius Canova | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Edward Carr | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 NEPHEW ......................................Dylan Hesser | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Harrison Broadbent | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 GOVERNESS ...............................Constance Doyle | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Hailey Dupont | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 GUESTS ........................................Katherine Deuitch, Jasmine Getz, Elizabeth-Jane Moller, Chelsea Marie Renner, ........................................................Leanna Rinaldi, Dianetzy Rojas ........................................................Max Azaro, Ian J. Bethany, Oliver Greene-Cramer, Paul Martin, ........................................................Kevin Murdock-Waters, Preston Andrew Patterson PARTY GIRLS ..............................Valeria Avila, Zoe Barilla-Deuschle, Katie Alice Chong, Dana Gonzalez, Sofia Gonzalez, ......................................................................Arianna Maurici, Maria do Carmo Moniz, Chloe Moyer, Madolyn Siela, ......................................................................Kaleigh Stewart, Audrey Thurmond, Amanda Wolff PARTY BOYS ...............................Zeph Brinton, Jack Diemicke, Sasha Grapko, August Gupton, Avinash Hecker, ........................................................Ronan Henson-Wheat, Franco Jackson, Jude Kennedy, Payton Lyons, ........................................................Subaryah “Ryah” Narayan Boyd, Jasper Press, Finnley Singler, Marshall Thompson DRESDEN DOLL.........................Courtney Holland | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Leanna Rinaldi | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 PIERROT DOLL ..........................Paul Martin | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Ian J. Bethany | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 MICE .............................................Devlin Barta, Noelle Biven, Leah Canchola, Naomi DeLacy, Isa Hardy, ........................................................Kalistah Hatch, Samantha Leon, Amara Loyde, Bella Frances Luna, Addison Lynch, ........................................................Isabella MacLeod, Caelyn Mitchell, Brooke Montejano, Charlotte Prodel, ........................................................Avalynn Ramos, Isabella Rashidi, Katie Turner, Sofia Turner, Annette Urias, ........................................................Leah Whiddon, Elizabeth Wiatrek, Lily Wilcox, Madeleine Wolfe, Taelyn Zinnecker NUTCRACKER PRINCE ............Dylan Hesser | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Harrison Broadbent | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 RAT KING.....................................Maxim Vladimirovich | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 14 (7:30pm), 15, 20 (2pm), 21, 22 (2pm) ........................................................Shane Powell | Dec 7 (2pm), 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 19, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm), 23 RATS .............................................Harrison Broadbent, Malena Bhonslay, Isabella Franco, Chloe Hebdon, Dylan Hesser, .............................................................Jake Howard*, Eva Kahn, Rebecca McEnroe, Shane Powell, Isabelle Ramage, .............................................................Samantha Sherry, Kathleen Tiernan, Maxim Vladimirovich TOY SOLDIERS...........................Natalia Andrade, Bella Friedrich, Erika Jones, Zachary Masaryk, Nina Mosler, Owen Mueller, ......................................................................Claire Schaefer, Ava Schultz, Vivian Smith, Olivia Swonke, Naomi Tharp, Sakura Willingham CAVALRY .....................................Catherine Anne Bircher, Azaliah Buhrig, Audrey Marie Johnson, Natalia Lule, ........................................................Lara Murray Palma, Irina Raleigh, Dalila Ramirez, Neela Swartz, Katie Tarin ANGELS........................................Madeline Adams, Rae Bagnall, Gabrielle “Ella” Brinton, Ekaterina “Kate” Buiankina, ......................................................................Jayne Cooper, Ellah Daniel, Kaylie Daniels, Hadley Deters, Julia Domagalski, ......................................................................Penelope DuBois, Mazalee Floreani, Owen Fronk, Elliana Giambrone, Zeena Jenna Hakim, ......................................................................Senna Houston, Shola Houston, Claire Kaltenbach, Vivian Langham, Alyssa Li, Mia Naik, ......................................................................Alison Nelson-Cook, Adaneli Ortega, Brylee Patterson, Emma Reiss, Davianna “Davi” Rondero, ......................................................................Morgan Rubine, Samrawit Waelbroeck, Ella Wolfard, Youjia Yu, Carmyn Zoghby

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SNOW QUEEN ...........................Brittany Strickland | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Elise Pekarek | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Grace Morton | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 SNOW KING................................Preston Andrew Patterson | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Orlando Julius Canova | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Oliver Greene-Cramer | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 SNOWFLAKES ............................Sabrina Appleby, Danielle Archuleta, Ellis Broderick, Katherine Deuitch, Constance Doyle, .................................................................. Hailey Dupont, Jasmine Getz, Courtney Holland, Lucia Lorenzo, Megan McKelvey, .................................................................. Elizabeth-Jane Moller, Isabella Phillips, Leanna Rinaldi, Dianetzy Rojas, Eliza Schwartz

ACT II SUGAR PLUM FAIRY .................Ashley Lynn Sherman | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Jaime Lynn Witts | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Chelsea Marie Renner | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 CAVALIER ....................................James Fuller | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Morgan Stillman | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Max Azaro | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 CHOCOLATE ..............................Katherine Deuitch, Maxim Vladimirovich | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Leanna Rinaldi, Kevin Murdock-Waters | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Constance Doyle, Morgan Stillman | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 ........................................................Harrison Broadbent, Dylan Hesser, Jake Howard*, Kevin Murdock-Waters, ........................................................Shane Powell, Maxim Vladimirovich COFFEE ........................................Chelsea Marie Renner, Oliver Greene-Cramer | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Brittany Strickland, Edward Carr | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Elise Pekarek, Orlando Julius Canova | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 TEA ................................................Paul Martin | Dec 7, 13, 15, 19, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm), 23 ........................................................Ian J. Bethany | Dec 8, 14, 18, 20 (7:30pm), 21, 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Catherine Anne Bircher, Azaliah Buhrig, Sadie Davison, Ella K Fallon, ........................................................Madison-Elizabeth Hastings, Audrey Marie Johnson, Natalia Lule, Katelyn Merritt, ........................................................Lara Murray Palma, Sophia Muto, Meadow Petusky, Irina Raleigh, Dalila Ramirez, ........................................................Liliana Romriell, Henry Schaefer, Kyla Scott, Neela Swartz, Katie Tarin, ........................................................Qiu Li Tovo-Hurt, Ava Wang, Mikaela Washlesky TREPAK ........................................Max Azaro | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Preston Andrew Patterson | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Kevin Murdock-Waters | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 ........................................................Harrison Broadbent, Dylan Hesser, Shane Powell, Maxim Vladimirovich MARZIPAN ..................................Grace Morton, Ian J. Bethany | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Courtney Holland, Paul Martin | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Leanna Rinaldi, James Fuller | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 ........................................................Malena Bhonslay, Ellis Broderick, Isabella Franco, Chloe Hebdon, Eva Kahn, ............................................................... Lucia Lorenzo, Rebecca McEnroe, Isabelle Ramage, Samantha Sherry, Kathleen Tiernan BON BONS ..................................Angelina Alpert, Valentina Bernal, Daphne Blue, Caroline Marie Carper, Selena Chock, .............................................................Hana Cornali, Isabel “Izzie” Creixell, Elyse Daniels, Siobhan Fitzgerald, Paloma Fuentes, .............................................................Kylie Jo Garcia, Tatiana Gomez, Evelyne Rose “Evy” Gradincic, Ayah Hakim, .............................................................Phoebe Herbert, Elli Grace Hodges, Ruth Howard, Lisa Lule, Rebekah Luo, .............................................................Gabriela McArthur, Beatrix Monday Yankus, Amiya Nakra, Sharanya Narayan Boyd, .............................................................Isabela Peña, Genevieve Putegnat, Josaphina Ramos, Maria Sanchez, Sadie Sarrat, .............................................................Jessica Tan, Rosemary Tong, Emma Urrutia, Ariel Whiddon, .............................................................Sevahna Emmalise Wilson, Scarlett Zahirniak, Rhea Zhang, Ailia Zhao WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS ......Hailey Dupont | Dec 7 (7:30pm), 13, 15, 20 (2pm), 22 (2pm) ........................................................Katherine Deuitch | Dec 8, 14 (2pm), 18, 20 (7:30pm), 22 (7:30pm) ........................................................Courtney Holland | Dec 7 (2pm), 14 (7:30pm), 19, 21, 23 ........................................................Sabrina Appleby, Danielle Archuleta, Jasmine Getz, Megan McKelvey, ........................................................Elizabeth-Jane Moller, Isabella Phillips, Dianetzy Rojas, Eliza Schwartz ........................................................*Guest Artist

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES Max Azaro BAII: 2017–2018 | Joined Company: 2018 Max began dancing under Risa Kaplowitz at Princeton Dance and Theater Studio in Princeton, N.J. He completed his ballet education at American Ballet Theatre’s JKO School (NYC) with full scholarship, first under Franco De Vita and then Cynthia Harvey. During his time at JKO, he studied with Ethan Steifel, Fabrice Herrault, Karin Averty, Raymond Lukens, Richard and Melissa Bowman, and other master ballet teachers. In 2016 Max was awarded the prestigious Northern Trust Scholarship. Max joined Ballet Austin II in 2017 and was promoted to company dancer the following year. His pre-professional dance credits include the lead in Paquita by Marius Petipa, as well as the principal roles in La Source and Valse Fantaisie, both choreographed by George Balanchine. During his first year in the company, Max performed lead Russian in The Nutcracker, Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, and was featured in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Symbiotic Twin, Requiem for a Rose, and Sombrerísimo.

Ian J. Bethany BAII: 2008–2009 | Joined Company: 2009 Ian is from Long Island, N.Y. He started dance as a tap and jazz student at Robert Mann Dance Centre, continuing at Tap to Pointe Dance Center, the Frank Ohman School of Ballet, the School of Ballet Chicago, Ballet Academy East, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ian has been featured in Balanchine’s Agon and Allegro Brillante, Lar Lubovitch's Dvořák Serenade, Stephen Mills’ Grimm Tales, The Magic Flute, The Nutcracker, and Cinderella (Master of Ceremonies), in The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird Pas de Deux), in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland) (White Rabbit), in Paul Vasterling's Peter Pan (Peter), and in works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Nicolo Fonte, Gabrielle Lamb, and Bradley Shelver. He has performed with ZACH Theatre, Performa/Dance, Zilker Theatre Productions, the Austin Opera, and does numerous juggling gigs around Austin. Ian has choreographed and taught for the Ballet Austin Academy, the ZACH Theatre Pre-Professional Company, and for other schools across Texas.

Orlando Julius Canova Joined Company: 2005 Orlando began his ballet training with Lawrence and Sarma Rosenberg at the Anaheim Ballet School. At 16 he began training at the School of American Ballet (SAB) where he received a full tuition merit scholarship and was sponsored by Debbie Allen. Orlando furthered his ballet training with Miami City Ballet School. In 2001, he became an Arpino Apprentice with Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and in 2003 he joined as a full company member.

At Joffrey, Orlando played the part of apprentice in Robert Altman's The Company. At Ballet Austin Orlando has danced lead roles in The Nutcracker, Cult of Color: Call to Color, Truth & Beauty: The Bach Project, Romeo & Juliet, Nine Sinatra Songs, silence within silence and The Magic Flute. He has worked with such choreographers as Stephen Mills, Twyla Tharp, KT Nelson, Dominic Walsh, Nicolo Fonte, Sonya Delwaide, Toni Bravo, Michelle Thompson, Reginald Harris, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Orlando has also danced for Molly Lynch’s National Choreographers Initiative in 2012 and 2013. There he worked with Darrell Moultrie, Melissa Barak, Val Caniparoli, Frank Chavez, Kitty McNamee, and Susan McCullough.

Orlando also teaches dance at Ballet Austin Academy, The Butler Center for Dance & Fitness, Saint Mary’s Hall, Austin City Ballet, and Alamo Heights High School.

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Edward Carr BA Trainee: 2006–2007 | BAII: 2007–2008 | Joined Company: 2008 Growing up in Pittsburgh, Penn., Carr received his first 12 years of ballet training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School. After graduating high school he continued his training at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto. Since joining Ballet Austin he has been featured in Stephen Mills’ Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project, premiered as The Beast in Mills' Belle REDUX / A Tale of Beauty & the Beast, and has been featured in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, Pontus Lidberg, Nicolo Fonte, and Jennifer Hart. Carr was featured in visual artist Rodney McMillian’s film Untitled (neighbors), part of McMillian’s first solo exhibition Against a Civic Death at The Contemporary Austin. He also serves as associate director to local contemporary dance company Performa/Dance, founded in 2014 by Carr and local choreographer Jennifer Hart, which continues to produce dance for the Austin scene and has been recognized with several Austin Critics Table Awards.

Katherine Deuitch BAII: 2016–2018 | Joined Company: 2018 Katherine is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota. She began her pre-professional training at Minnesota Dance Theatre under Lise Houlton and went on to apprentice with MDT’s professional company in 2013. In 2014, she was invited to attend the School of American Ballet. While at SAB, she worked with choreographers, Peter Walker and Dana Genshaft, and participated in the annual Workshop performances of George Balanchine’s Four Temperaments and Jerome Robbin’s Fanfare. She went on to spend two seasons as an apprentice with Ballet Austin, having the opportunity to dance in works by Stephen Mills, Jennifer Hart, Michelle Thompson, Thang Dao and Septime Webre. Since joining the company, she was featured in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Requiem for a Rose as well as Symbiotic Twin. Katherine has also performed with Performa/Dance for two seasons in Jennifer Hart’s Fellow Travelers and Murmuration.

Constance Doyle BAII: 2015–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Born in Frankfurt, Germany, and raised in Atlanta, Ga, Constance trained until age 17 under Gigi Hyatt and Janusz Mazon. She was then invited to study yearround at the School of American Ballet, where she was thrilled to complete her final years of training. She performed George Balanchine's Serenade, Western Symphony and Valse Fantaisie during the school's Workshop performances featured in a 2015 PBS Live from Lincoln Center national broadcast. She was repeatedly invited to dance in the annual New York Choreographic Institute and to participate as both dancer and choreographer in SAB's Student Choreographic Workshop. At Ballet Austin she has particularly enjoyed dancing the principal couple in Stephen Mills’ Touch, George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, and as the soloist in The Nutcracker’s Waltz of the Flowers. She was also honored to join the company in their month-long tour of China in 2016.

Hailey Dupont BAII: 2016–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Hailey is from Lafayette, La., where she began her ballet training. She has attended the summer programs of American Ballet Theatre (NYC), Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, The School of American Ballet (SAB) and Ballet Austin. At 15, Hailey was awarded full scholarship to study year round at SAB where she then trained for three years. While at SAB Hailey danced in many ballets choreographed by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Hailey joined Ballet Austin II in 2016 and was promoted to the main company in 2017. Since joining the company Hailey has performed in works by Justin Peck, Pam Tanowitz, Lar Lubovich and Stephen Mills. Hailey has also danced with Austin-based company Performa/Dance under the direction of Jennifer Hart. Hailey is a certified pilates instructor and teaches at the Butler Center for Dance and Fitness at Ballet Austin. She would like to thank her parents for their continued support.

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James Fuller Joined Company: 2010 James Fuller is from Irvine, Calif., and was trained at Ballet Pacifica Conservatory. In 2004, James received a Youth America Grand Prix scholarship to study at the Boston Ballet School where he completed his final year of training. James apprenticed with Oregon Ballet Theatre for a year before enrolling at Harvard University. At Harvard, James performed works by Paul Taylor, Martha Graham, George Balanchine, and Alvin Ailey. In the summers, James studied modern dance with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Dance Festival, and Beijing LDTX. James directed the Harvard Ballet Company in 2009 and graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of the Arts in Philosophy, a secondary field in dramatic arts, and a language citation in Urdu-Hindi. Since joining Ballet Austin, James has danced Tamino in The Magic Flute, Ivan in The Firebird, Albrecht in Giselle, and the final duet in Stephen Mill's Four Mortal Men.

Oliver Greene-Cramer BAII: 2013–2014 | Joined Company: 2014 An Austinite by birth, Oliver was raised in southern Vermont and received his early training at the Brattleboro School of Dance and Burklyn Ballet Theatre.

He graduated from the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance where he danced works by George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, Nicolo Fonte, John Heginbotham, and Gabrielle Lamb. After graduation Oliver joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company with whom he continued to perform until 2016. At Ballet Austin, Oliver has been featured in works by Stephen Mills, Lar Lubovitch, Pontus Lidberg, Pam Tanowitz, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Septime Webre, and Nelly van Bommel. Outside of Ballet Austin, he has performed in the Galas of such festivals as Jacob’s Pillow (2019 - Symbiotic Twin by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa) and Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta (2017 - We Circle the Night by Thang Dao). Oliver has also been featured in works by artists Rodney McMillian (2018 - Against a Civic Death) and Jack Ferver (2019 - Mon Ma Mes).

Courtney Holland Joined Company: 2016 Originally from Toronto, Canada, Courtney began her professional training at age 11 at Canada’s National Ballet School and graduated in 2010. She continued training at the Dance Theatre of Harlem. In 2012, she was a finalist at Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition. She received a scholarship to the Banff Centre’s Professional Dance Program and appeared as a guest artist in the Arts Summer Festival performing George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Christopher Wheeldon’s Souvenirs. In 2013, Courtney joined Charlotte Ballet II where she performed works by George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Sasha Janes, Mark Diamond and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and was featured in The Nutcracker and Cinderella (The Autumn Fairy), directed by Kennedy Center Honoree Patricia McBride. At Ballet Austin, Courtney has danced works by Stephen Mills, Septime Webre, Pam Tanowitz and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. She enjoyed performing Justin Peck’s In Creases, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s A deux and was featured in Paul Vasterling’s Peter Pan as ‘Tinker Belle.’

Paul Martin BAII: 2015–2017 | Joined Company: 2017 Paul began his ballet and dance training in West Des Moines, Iowa, under the tutelage of Hank and Beth Adams. With their guidance, Paul earned scholarships to notable summer intensive programs, including Kansas City Ballet School, Nutmeg Conservatory, San Francisco Ballet School and Ballet Austin. In 2014, Paul received a scholarship to Kansas City Ballet School where he advanced his training, culminating in a performance opportunity with Kansas City Ballet II. As a Ballet Austin II apprentice, Paul performed lead roles, such as The Judge in Nick Kepley’s Season of Innocence and The Prince in Nelly Van Bommel’s Snow White. Additionally, he’s performed in Jennifer Hart’s Spaces and Stephen Mills’ Touch and The Nutcracker.

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Grace Morton BAII: 2012–2013 | Joined Company: 2013 Grace is from Seattle, Wash., She received her early training at Dance Fremont under the direction of Vivian Little and Mary Reardon. In 2010 she continued her study under Damara Bennett in Oregon Ballet Theater's professional division. As a member of Ballet Austin II she enjoyed performing featured roles in Stephen Mills' Luminaria, Jennifer Hart's Wavemakers, and Nelly van Bommel's Snow White. After joining the company, Grace has danced lead roles in Mills' The Nutcracker (Snow Queen, French), One/the body's grace, and CARBON53. She has also appeared in works by George Balanchine, James Gregg, Jennifer Hart, Gabriel Lamb, Pontus Lidberg, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Pam Tanowitz. Grace has danced for project-based company Performa/Dance and appeared in Zilker Theatre Production's presentation of Oklahoma! as Dream Laurie. She is also a teacher in the Ballet Austin Academy.

Kevin Murdock-Waters BAII: 2013–2015 | Joined Company: 2015 Originally from Roseville, Calif., Kevin began his dance training at The Hawkins School of Performing Arts. He then went on to train at the San Francisco Ballet School for six years before moving to Austin. At Ballet Austin Kevin has enjoyed dancing roles such as Mercutio in Stephen Mills' Romeo & Juliet, the Dodo Bird in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland), and being a part of new works like Exit Wounds and Grimm Tales by Stephen Mills. He has also performed in works by Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, Pontus Lidberg, and Justin Peck. While in Austin Kevin has also danced in productions with Performa/Dance.

Preston Andrew Patterson BAII: 2008–2010 | Joined Company: 2010 Preston Andrew Patterson was born in Atlanta, Ga., and began his dance studies at the Ballethnic Academy of Dance. At 17 he attended the School of American Ballet and later the National Ballet School of Canada. As a member of Ballet Austin Preston Patterson has had the privilege of performing in Stephen Mills’ Wolftanzt, Light/ The Holocaust & Humanity Project, BELLE REDUX/A Tale of Beauty & The Beast, George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, the Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle, and the Blue Bird pas de deux in Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty.

Elise Pekarek BA Trainee: 2007–2009 | BAII: 2009–2011 | Joined Company: 2011 Elise is originally from the Chicago area and began her early ballet training with the Judith Svalander School of Ballet under the direction of Judith Svalander and Greg Begley. Since joining Ballet Austin’s main company, Elise has been honored to have been featured in several works by Stephen Mills, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, George Balanchine, Lar Lubovitch, Pam Tanowitz, and Septime Webre. She has participated as a dancer in the National Choreographer's Initiative in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Elise has also performed in Austin based projects such as Michelle Thompson's Illusory Impressions as well as with Performa/Dance, directed by Jennifer Hart and Edward Carr. In 2017, she performed Thang Dao's award-winning duet, We Circle The Night, for the Danza in Arte a Pietrasanta festival in Pietrasanta, Italy. Elise also teaches classes for Ballet Austin's Pilates Center.

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Chelsea Marie Renner BA Trainee: 2005–2007 | BAII: 2007–2008 | Joined Company: 2008 Originally from Bozeman, Mont., Chelsea received her early training from Ann Bates of Montana Ballet and Campbell Midgley of Queen City Ballet.

Since joining Ballet Austin's main company, Chelsea has enjoyed performing principal roles in Stephen Mills' The Nutcracker as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Paul Vasterling’s Peter Pan as Wendy. She has also enjoyed performing in Mills’ Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project, Kai, Hamlet, and as Rosalyn in Romeo & Juliet, along with George Balanchine's Agon, Nicolo Fonte's Lasting Imprint, and works by Nelly van Bommel, Gregory Dolbashian, Gabrielle Lamb, Jimmy Orrante, and Pam Tanowitz. Chelsea has toured with the company domestically as well as internationally. Chelsea was the first recipient of the Sarah and Ernest Butler Scholarship.

Chelsea also loves spending her time with her son, Landon, her husband, Aaron, and running her skincare business with Rodan & Fields. Chelsea would like to thank her husband, parents, and grandparents for their endless love and support.

Leanna Rinaldi Joined Company: 2019 Leanna Rinaldi began taking dance classes at age 3. She trained at Franklin School of Performing Arts until her family relocated to Frisco, Texas. She continued her training at Chamberlain Performing Arts under the direction of Kathy Chamberlain. She attended summer intensives at the School of American Ballet and Miami City Ballet School. She received a scholarship for the year-round program at Miami City Ballet School in 2011. She was hired in 2013 and spent 6 seasons with MCB. She’s danced a diverse repertoire of works including George Balanchine’s La Source, Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds, Serenade, Swan Lake, Raymonda Variations, and Who Cares? among others. She was also featured in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story, danced Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit and Heatscape; Nacho Duato’s Jardi Tancat; Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, Fairy’s Kiss, and Symphonic Dances; Paul Taylor’s Company B and Mercuric Tidings; and Twyla Tharp’s Sweet Fields.

Ashley Lynn Sherman Joined Company: 2002 Originally from the Chicago area, Ashley received her training from Sherry Moray. She then danced with Alabama Ballet under the direction of Wes Chapman and Roger Van Fleteren. Since joining Ballet Austin, Ashley has especially enjoyed dancing the roles of Giselle, Odette/Odile, Juliet, and Ophelia in Mills’ Hamlet. Ashley originated the roles of Pamina in Mills’ The Magic Flute, and, most recently, Snow White in Mills’ Grimm Tales. She has also danced the principal pas de deux in Balanchine’s Agon, Lar Lubovitch’s Dvořák Serenade, and Pontus Lidberg’s Stream. Ashley has toured internationally with Ballet Austin and made guest appearances with National Choreographer’s Initiative, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, and Performa/Dance. She is an alumna of St. Edward's University, and a yoga instructor with specialization in Restorative and Ayurveda. Ashley is also the proud mama of a very energetic two-year old boy. She would like to thank her husband, Joshua, and her family for their generous support.

Morgan Stillman Joined Company: 2017 Morgan Stillman began his ballet training with Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, Ind., and attended Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. In 2014 he joined Nevada Ballet Theatre and performed principal and soloist roles in works by James Canfield and George Balanchine. At Ballet Austin Morgan has danced principal roles in Mills’ Romeo & Juliet, The Nutcracker, The Firebird, and Giselle, and has been featured in works by Justin Peck and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.

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Brittany Strickland BA Trainee: 2007–2008 | BAII: 2008–2010 | Joined Company: 2010 Brittany Strickland is from Winston-Salem, N.C., where she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts from 2001-2007. There she trained under Melissa Hayden, Nina Danilova and Kee-Juan Han. She continued her education as a Ballet Austin trainee under full scholarship and then spent two years with Ballet Austin II. Since joining the main company, Brittany has enjoyed dancing featured roles in Justin Peck’s In Creases, Balanchine’s Agon, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Requiem for a Rose, Stephen Mills’ Wolftantz and in works by Pam Tanowitz, Lar Lubovitch, Gabrielle Lamb, and Jimmy Orrante.

Brittany has performed roles in classical ballets such as Peasant Pas in Giselle, Dew Drop and Arabian in The Nutcracker, and Big Swans in Swan Lake. Brittany has her Bachelor's Degree from St. Edward’s University and teaches in Ballet Austin’s Academy.

Maxim Vladimirovich Butler Fellow: 2017-18 | BAII: 2018-19 | Joined Company 2019 Originally born in Stavropol, Russia, Maxim was raised in an orphanage until age 5 when he was adopted by two loving and caring parents.

He began his training at the Marin Dance Theater in 2008 under the direction of Margaret Swarthout. In 2014 Maxim began studying at the San Francisco Ballet School with a full scholarship under Patrick Armand, where he danced the lead roles in Balanchine's Serenade and in John Neumeier's Yondering. He also got the chance to perform in San Francisco Ballet's performance tour of Cinderella in Washington D.C., and danced character roles in Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker.

Jaime Lynn Witts BA Trainee: 2001–2003 | BAII: 2003–2004 | Joined Company: 2004 Jaime is originally from Bucks County, Penn., where she received most of her training from Maxim Ponomarenko, Oleg Briansky, and Mireille Briane. She attended summer programs at CPYB, Boston Ballet, and Ballet Austin. She continued training with Truman Finney in Ballet Austin's Trainee program and as a member of Ballet Austin II. Since joining the company, Witts has performed works by numerous choreographers including Pontus Lidberg, Pam Tanowitz, KT Nelson, Nicolo Fonte, Loni Landon, Jennifer Hart, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Gabrielle Lamb. She’s performed principal roles in George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante and Agon. She has also performed the title roles in The Firebird and Cinderella, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, for which she earned her second Austin Critics Table Award. Most recently she made her premiere as Ophelia in Mills’ Hamlet. Ms. Witts has also had the honor of performing the role of The Survivor in Mills' Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project in Austin and on tour in Miami and Israel.

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ARTISTS ENDOWED BY SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER THROUGH THE BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION

Alexa Capareda

BALLET MASTER Ballet Austin II & Butler Fellows

Sabrina Appleby

Danielle Archuleta

Harrison Broadbent

Jasmine Getz

Needham, Mass.

Littleton, Colo.

Concord, N.H.

Sleepy Hollow, Ill.

Dylan Hesser

Megan McKelvey

Elizabeth-Jane Moller

Isabella Phillips

El Paso, Texas

Seattle, Wash.

Staten Island, N.Y.

Union City, Calif.

Dianetzy Rojas

Eliza Schwartz

North Bergen, N.J.

Boulder, Colo.

ENDOWED BY SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER THROUGH THE BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION

Malena Bhonslay Ellis Broderick Isabella Franco

Chloe Hebdon Eva Kahn Lucia Lorenzo

Rebecca McEnroe Shane Powell Isabelle Ramage

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Samantha Sherry Kathleen Tiernan

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2019 / 20 BALLET AUSTIN VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President

Chair

Treasurer

At Large Members

Mike Blue

Sarah Butler

Bruce Irick

Secretary

Immediate Past President

Alex Ladage

Jon Ivester Nidhi Nakra Vishal Pahwa Jare Smith Cathy Thompson

Everett Plante

Long Center Liaison

Jennifer Guthrie

Hunter Armstrong Becky Beaver Paula N. Boldt Marla Bommarito-Crouch Nikki Bryant Irion Andrew Buchholz, M.D. Bliss Burdett Daniel Byrne Greg Casas Socar Chatmon-Thomas Rich Cleary Ryan Coaxum Jeff Coddington Ada Corral Steve Dalbey Kristen Day Robert Dintzner

Cliff Ernst Kathleen Farlow Cynthia D. Fresch Renee Gallagher Jennifer Garcia, PE, CFM Wade Giles Richard J. Groos Priscilla Guajardo-Cortez David L. Harrington E.D. Hill Aileen Hooks Chris Hosek Jannette Keating Craig Kuglen, M.D. Nora Linares-Moeller Dr. Marcella Madera Sly Majid

Kristin Marcum Dr. George Martin, Ph.D. Jennene Mashburn Judy Matula Andrea McWilliams Nikelle Meade Jennifer Millspaugh Virginia Miracle Emily Moreland Meeta A. Morrison Paul B. Nelson, M.D. Charles A. Phillips Deborah Portman Elizabeth T. Powdrill Forrest Preece Deanna Rankin Ryann Reaud

Steve Redman Edie Rogat Shon Owens Saliga Pilar Sanchez Cord Shiflet Polly Shrewsbury Matt Swinney Janice L. Ta Judge George C. Thomas Jeffrey M. Trigger Natasa Valocchi David Webber Tom Welch Aisha White, M.D. Jason R. Wills Scott G. Yarborough

BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair

Trustees (cont'd)

Advisory Council

Legal Advisor

Sarah Butler

Craig Kuglen, M.D., Secretary Diane T. Land Jennene Mashburn, Vice Chair Emily Moreland Edie Rogat, Treasurer

Paula Boldt Blaine Bull Dorothy Drummer Alexander C. Ladage Ryann Reaud Stephanie Whitehurst Tom Welch

Derry Swanger Giordani, Swanger, Ripp & Jetel, L.L.P.

Vice President of Communications

Vice President of Fundraising Events

Monica Pereira

Shane Manning

Trustees Mike Blue Cliff Ernst, The Legacy Circle Chair Bruce Irick

Financial Advisors Lana Macrum-Craig, Gideon Derr, J.P. Morgan

BALLET AUSTIN GUILD OFFICERS President

Parliamentarian

Jennifer Millspaugh

Betty Oltorf

President-Elect

Vice President of Membership

Araceli Tapia

Suzanne Mackowiak

Secretary

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Brooke Howard

Megan Kohout

Vice President of Member Events

Treasurer

Lorrie Garcia

Lori Keller

Vice President of Ballet Austin Support

Vice President of Merchandising Nancy Barnes

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CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION ANNUAL SUPPORTERS

SEASON UNDERWRITERS Silicon Labs, The Wallace Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS The Shubert Foundation, Inc. JPMorgan Chase

Baylor Scott & White

THE NUTCRACKER PRESENTER The Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM PRESENTER

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM UNDERWRITER

St. David's Healthcare

Moreland Properties

PRODUCTION SPONSORS Clara & Paul Bancroft David Booth Boulette, Golden & Marin L.L.P. Sarah & Ernest Butler Ernst & Young

The Fifth Age Of Man Foundation Mary Sullivan Casas & Greg Casas/ Greenberg Traurig L.L.P. The Guild Hotels

H-E-B JW Marriott Austin Maxwell Locke & Ritter RetailMeNot

COMMUNITY EDUCATION SPONSORS The Powell Foundation

Bank of America

Texas Women for the Arts

IN-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING SPONSORS Dance in the Classroom/Leaps and No Bounds Sponsors 3M Google

Michael & Alice Kuhn Foundation Texas Commission on the Arts

NIGHT OF COMMUNITY SPONSORS The Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund of the Austin Community Foundation

Wells Fargo Bank

THE NUTCRACKER SCHOOL SHOWS SPONSOR H-E-B Tournament of Champions

BALLET-O-MANIA! SPONSOR Junior League of Austin

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ACTIVE LIFE WORKSHOPS SPONSOR Health’s Angels, a program of St. David’s Foundation Community Fund

PINK PILATES PROGRAM SPONSORS NXP Semiconductors

Texas Oncology

PARTNER’S CIRCLE SPONSORS TWIN Liquors

Whim Hospitality

Spectrum Concession & Events

SNOW WHITE SCHOOL SHOWS SPONSOR Applied Materials Foundation

BEWELL TALKS SPONSOR

SUMMER INTENSIVE SPONSOR

Texas Mutual Insurance

Dwight Global Online School

GOVERNMENT FUNDING National Endowment for the Arts Texas Commission on the Arts Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin’s Economic Development Department

OTHER CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & IN-KIND SUPPORT Amazonsmile Foundation Anderson’s Coffee AT&T Ballet Austin Guild Bancroft-Clair Foundation Benevity Community Impact Fund Bento Picnic Blue Whale Moving Company, Inc. Brunetti Foundation CassandraCollections The Dianne Smith Goggan Foundation H-E-B IBM Employee Services Center

Ilios Lighting Design Junior League of Austin Milk + Honey Spa Randall's Good Neighbor Program Richard's Rainwater Royal Blue Grocery Ride Share Austin Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits The Trudy Foundation United Way / State Employee Charitable Campaign Wells Fargo Foundation

HEALTHCARE SUPPORT Chief, Ballet Austin Medical Services

Physical Therapy

Jeffrey Padalecki, M.D. Chiropractic Care: Dr. Rosanne Butera Counseling: Shelley Graham, Ph.D., LPC Podiatry: Dr. Gary D. Prant

Baylor Scott & White Rehabilitation, Official Physical Therapy Provider for Ballet Austin Vanessa Muncrief, P.T., D.P.T.–On-site Medical Officer

On-site (Theater) Medical Support Texas Orthopedics, Sports & Rehabilitation Associates

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DONOR BENEFITS YOU KEEP US DANCING! Ticket sales cover only a portion of the cost to bring productions to the stage. Your generous support helps bridge the gap so we can continue to stage the classics, unveil innovative new work and incubate the next generation of dancers.

In appreciation of your gift, you will enjoy a comprehensive collection of carefully selected benefits designed to bring you closer to the art form and offer VIP behind-the-scenes access to the works you see on stage.

FOUNDER: $7,500+

CORPS: $1,000+

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Personalized benefits package including lunch with Artistic Director Stephen Mills and the opportunity to watch a performance backstage • All Premier Partner benefits

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PREMIER PARTNER: $5,000+

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Production Sponsorship Opportunity— Be recognized for the production of your choice and join us behind the scenes • Invitation to a complimentary pre-performance appreciation dinner at The Long Center • All Principal Partner benefits •

Complimentary Champagne Intermission at all productions* • Concierge ticketing service • All Contributor benefits

CONTRIBUTOR: $500+ Invitation to Intermission reception during The Nutcracker • Invitation to a special donor ballet class taught by a Company dancer • All Supporter benefits

SUPPORTER: $250+ Studio rehearsal viewing followed by a Q&A session with Company dancers • All Patron Benefits •

PRINCIPAL PARTNER: $3,500+ Complimentary VIP valet parking, with expedited service* • Opportunity to watch Company Class at the Long Center prior to a performance • All Preferred Partner benefits •

PATRON: $100+ • •

Donor recognition in the Season program All Member Benefits

PREFERRED PARTNER: $2,500+

MEMBER: $50+

Post-Performance Parties with Company dancers in the Kodosky Donor Lounge (All parties for The Nutcracker will be held during intermission) • Invitation to a final dress rehearsal • All Partner benefits

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Donor recognition in the season finale program Invitation to an open studio rehearsal • Invitation to the Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellows Spring performance • Updates from the Studio emails •

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PARTNER: $1,500+

Long Center Performances

Complimentary VIP self-parking* Special recognition at your seat* • All Corps benefits • •

PARTNER’S CIRCLE SPONSORS

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2019 / 20 ANNUAL CAMPAIGN DONORS Ballet Austin donors support the annual budget of the organization with a yearly gift.

$150,000+

$90,000+

Ballet Austin Foundation

Ballet Austin Guild

PREMIER FOUNDERS $20,000+ David Booth

Sarah & Ernest Butler

PREFERRED FOUNDERS $10,000+ Clara & Paul Bancroft Virginia & Gilbert Burciaga Annie Chandler

Kodosky Family Foundation John Mahan Gerard & Sissi O'Reilly

FOUNDERS $7,500+ Jeffrey P. Coddington The Honorable Michael & Marsha Dyson

Renée Gallagher Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham

Carolyn & Marc Seriff Cathy & Dwight Thompson

PREMIER PARTNERS $5,000+ Becky Beaver Brenda & Mike Blue Nikki Bryant Irion & Terry Irion Mary & Greg Casas Dr. Beverly Dale Ann & James Downing Kathleen & Robert Farlow Carlos & Jennifer Garcia Jennifer Guthrie Georgia & Don Henrich E.D. & Joe Hill Aileen Hooks & Ray Donley

Chandra & Chris Hosek Beverly & Bruce Irick Jannette & Patrick Keating Dr. & Mrs. Craig C. Kuglen Alexander C. Ladage Dr. Marcella Madera Judy & Michael Matula Andrea & Dean McWilliams Nikelle S. Meade The Monday-Yankus Family Emily Moreland Drs. Cathy & Rodney Nairn

Dr. Tanuj & Nidhi Nakra Charles A. Phillips Linda Ball & Forrest Preece Jenna Salwen Natasa & Michael Valocchi Dr. Christy Sue Waters David Webber & Ransom Baldasare Tom & Sally Welch The Wills Family

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ Anonymous Hunter & Maggie Armstrong Paula & Bob Boldt Bommarito Group Elizabeth & Andy Buchholz Bliss Burdett Darlene & Daniel H. Byrne Socar Chatmon-Thomas Victoria Cheney Richard P. Cleary Ryan & Laura Coaxum Ada Corral & Matthew Ames John-Michael & Priscilla G. Cortez Charlotte & Steve Dalbey Aaron & Kristen Day Robert Dintzner Martha & Cliff Ernst

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Wade Giles & Jeff Schab Joani & Richard Groos David L. Harrington Jo & Jon Ivester Nora Linares-Moeller & Mike Moeller Sly Majid Kristin Marcum Dr. George Martin & Eva Muñoz Virginia & Jed Miracle Mona Morgan Meeta & R.J. Morrison Paul Nelson, M.D. & Jessica Shadoian, Ph.D Vishal Pahwa & Sabrina De Veylder Pahwa Mandy & Everett Plante

Deborah S. Portman Elizabeth & Brent Powdrill Deanna & Marc Rankin Ryann Reaud & Jorge Rangel Steve Redman Wanda A. Reynolds Cookie & Phil Ruiz Jani & Shon Saliga Pilar Sanchez & John Hernandez Quata Schoolar Annie & Cord Shiflet Dr. Polly Shrewsbury Jare & Jim Smith Matt & Kara Swinney Janice Ta & John Beavers

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PRINCIPAL PARTNERS $3,500+ (cont’ d) Judge George C. Thomas & Jolsna John Thomas

Kathy Steele & Jeff Trigger Aisha White & Anthony Hall

Eva & Marvin Womack Sarah & Scott Yarborough

PREFERRED PARTNERS $2,500+ A Friend Dr. Maureen Alexander Cheryl & Robert Butler Dilum & Surangi Chandrasoma Jessie & Bret Curtis Emily & Ryan Deiss David A. & Constance B. Elko Hollis & Robert Gaston Michael Baryshnikov Le Burkien

Melanie Lewis Julia Marsden Movin' Easy Katie & Jesse Newland MariBen Ramsey & Karen Kahan Mr. & Mrs. W.S. Romney Safina Sadruddin Nancy Scanlan Carol & Frank Sheppard

Danny Snyder Stephanie Steenstrup Carolyn & Eric Thompson Valerie & Craig Tyler Betty Marie Welch Polly & Jay Westbrook

Meghan Hollis & Bryan Jones Robert & Aubyn Howe Sara J. Jones Pamela & Don Leighton-Burwell Jeff Mace Flo & Ren MacNary Arthur J. Manson, III Monica & Jonathan Marler James Martin & Sky Benson Linda McDavitt Candice & Clayton McKay Jeff & Tracy Miller Rick Morrow & Mark Jones Alicia & Robert Nellis Betty & Charles Oltorf The Pacey Family Foundation Francine & Robert Paino Mark & Vicki Parsons Jane Webre & David Plaut

Shalini Ramanathan & Chris Tomlinson Carrie & Taylor Riché Ann Riopel-White & Nikolas White Edward Z. Safady J.B. & Traci Hughes Sigmon Lonnie Karotkin Taub & Albert Taub Frances & Robin Thompson Sue & Terry Tottenham Tiffany Walker Dr. Desmar Walkes J. Craig Wallace Connie & Dan Weaver Stephanie & Bill Whitehurst Dr. Joseph & Ran Willman Melissa Wilson Stacy & Rob Young Hilary & Stan Young

Lynn Carter & Alan Moore Rebekkah & Tyson Cole Barbara & Alan Cox Cynthia D. Fresch Kelvon Hansen & Neil Ely – In honor of Frank Shott Sean, Teresa, Lilli & Kate Henry Joanne Hogan & Laurie Biggar Scott Joslove

Rosie & Roger Oberg Jim & Rebecca Popp Karen Sonleitner Chris & Quenby Swinson-Mitchell Mary Herr Tally & Rusty Tally Watkins Insurance Group Karlan & Cam Witt

PARTNERS $1,500+ Anonymous Danny Babineaux & Alan Carsrud Delores Baccus Mr. & Mrs. Darnese A. Bell, Jr. Rick Bennett Dahl & Joyce Black Tracy Burgess Dr. Rosanne Butera, Chiropractor Dr. & Mrs. Gil Cloyd Betty Edmond Rose & Carey Epps Dr. Harvey Evans & Gloria Evans Lorrie & Carlos Garcia Iris Groten Jeremy Guiberteau & Dan Jackson Debra Haas & Marty Hood Dr. Brent Hasty & Stephen Mills Becky & Richard Herrington Joy & Gregory Hodgson

CORPS $1,000+ Anonymous In honor of Hailey Dupont In memory of Regine Schumaker Juliana & Bryan Azar Anne Beckner Rena Bitter Casey Blass & Lee Manford Myra & Blaine Bull

Please review the benefits of giving on page 53.

Listing reflects current cash and in-kind gifts to Ballet Austin’s Annual Campaign as of October 25, 2018 – October 25, 2019.

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CONTRIBUTORS $500+ Jim & Debbie Alsup Fred Andrews Nina Blanson & Phillip Balli Rosalie & Jim Boldin Brendan Bujold & Spencer Cronk Orlando Julius Canova Patricia Cherico Tana & Joe Christie Rachel Cloyd Larry Connelly Barbette & John Cooper Catherine & Brian Cruver Christi Cuellar Lotz & David Lotz Roberto Rondero de Mosier Jane Driscoll Stacy & Richard Dunavan Janet Eaddy

Thomas Edwards Jill Fatzer Adriana & Jonathan Graf Marilyn Halpin Judy & David Harris Margaret Herman Sheridan Hewson-Smith Jeanne & Van R. Hoisington Jodi & Rocky Holland JoAnn & Kenneth Johnson Paula & Parker Jameson Krystin & Mike Johnson Caroline Jones Dana & Ian Kemp Patrick Landrum Michelle Martin Laurence McCullough Suzanne & John McFarlane

Ellyn Moore Branigan Mulcahy Kilyong Natho Randall & Meredith Owens Lisa Perrella Bill Piner Amy Rankin Daniel E. Rodriguez Vlada & Gennadi Sheber Elizabeth & Anthony Siela Anderson Smith Patrick Starley Nicole & Adam Swies Lahleh Talakoub Donald R. Wertz Sherry & Richard Wilkison Paula Wood & Family

Nathan Idais Kathleen Irvin Loughlin Robert Izor Stephen Jackson Issa Kafena Lori A. Keller Jan & Orion Knox Mark Kroeker Lauren & Lucas Lee Jessica & Andrew Lee Sandra Littlejohn Georgia Lochridge Jane-Elizabeth Madison Ricky & Laura Matz R. John & Melanie Miner Susan Morehead Nancy & Leo Mueller Maureen Mulrooney Cmdr. James F. O'Leary Michael Owen Michael Ellwood Owens Emily Pratte Cristina Rangel Justin & Katy Rankin Alyssa Rome

Chuck & Kathy Rothstein Deena & Michael Santori Michelle Schumann & Matt Orem Charles & Carole Sikes Tabrizi Family Maria L. Talamo Rachel Talbot Vickie & Rex Taylor Colleen & Brad Theriot In honor of Leslie Cox Bill & Mary Throop Sarah & Robert Tober Virginia Urban Jyll Vertuno Mary Walcutt Michael Walters Chris & Darcie Ward Boo & Kyle Wong Carol Wood Lital & Arik Yaacob Ruth Yanoff Debbie Zappen

Lesley Nowlin Blessing Marybeth & Tom Bolerjack Flannery Bope Pei-San & Daniel Brown April Busby Judy Bush Kira Carey Linda Cartwright

Deborah Casati Laura Catania Alania Cater Flesher Ernest Cerda Michael & Robin Clark Michele Connors Leslie Cox & Duane Sanford In Memory of Alexei Bauereis

SUPPORTERS $250+ Anonymous In honor of Jeff Coddington Beth Bergen & Jay Weiner Billie Bledsoe Cynthia Brown Julia Brown Julia & Bill Buchholz Frank Cheff & Sharon Shuppert Lillia & Tim Clark Katrina Daniel Matt & Shana Dudley, Ph.D. with Yaya & Elliot Moulton Scott Ertrasvaag Dr. Robert & Sherrie Frachtman Vanessa Fuentes Mark Gagnon Tia & Adam Garaas Claudia Garvey Abigail Garwin Mrs. Shelby Goodrum Anne J. Gray & David J. Carr Joanne Hanifan Sharon & Ken Herman Brooke & Levi Holmes Louis & Margaret Hughston

PATRONS $100+ Eugene Alvarez Rick Andersen Lisa Ashby David Beck Xavier, Michelle, Sidnee & Savannah Bell Rebecca Bell-Metereau & Jean-Pierre Metereau

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PATRONS $100+ (cont’ d) David de la Pena Lisa & Paul Delacruz Linda DeMayo Sharon Dockery Beth & Cate Domel Connie & Charles Doubrava Diane Drew Mr. & Mrs. D'Souza Susan & Claude Ducloux Jim Durkin Ingeborg L. Eichberg Jeanne Ellenstein Amy Evors Mary Fernandez Edie Finch Dan & Jacque Fowler Emma Garcia De Alba & Joe Salinas Charles & Dora Gembinski Fred Gibson Dawn Ginestra Joel & Regina Goldstein Priscilla Gonzales Lois & Ira Goodman Anne Goshorn Delilah Grad Ann S. Graham & Arlen Johnson Carla & Douglas Greenleaf Becky & Wayne Gregory Aubrey Groves Jessica Stafford Harper Anne Marie Harrison Elizabeth Hendrix Laurie Higginbotham & Jamal Alsaffar Lydia Hoffman Mitch & Jennifer Holt

Mrs. Tyresse Horne Laura Jackson Linda & Peter Kangos Kellye King Ray Koerth Kurt & Ulrike Lapham Loriann Lavallee Marie & Demosthenes Lyriotakis Niccole Maurici Alissa McCain Kat McCartney Tom McKeone Margaret Miller John Milligan Sonia Molad-Einstein Mary Ellen Mondi Kayleigh Victoria Nance Edna Nation Dr. Marlowe Niemeyer Leslie Noble & Chris Brown Teresa O'Connell Liz O'Dea Ghadeer Okayli Fay Osborn Jonathan Park Betty L. Patterson Michael Angel Peña Kylie Phillips Virginia Phillips Joan Pinkham Lily Pipkin Coralie & Jim Pledger Talina Prow & Brett Nemeroff Marcia Raff Marianne Reat & Mark Estes Sharon & Katie Reeves Pat & Walt Reid

Alan Robinson Alissa SaenzIn honor of Brett Smith Marilyn Sharratt David & Susan Sheppard Debra Simpson Gerardo Soto Ron & Jo Ann Stehle Kimberley Stengel Jamee & Charlie Stewart Kay Taebel The Taylor Family Laura Upchurch Dr. Allison Urrutia Daylia Vaughan Shan Wang Milissa & Gary Warren Louise & Steven Weinberg Barbara Wensel Birdie White Wiatrek Family Elizabeth & Lars Wiedenhoefer Erin Marie Williams Thomas Wilson Maria E. Wilwayco Margaret Wofford Barbara Woodward Joelyn Wooldridge John Worley Homer, Katie, Ailyn & M.J. Yarchak Bradley Young Coralinn Young Katja Zink

Please review the benefits of giving on page 53.

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VISION To build the financial base and secure the future of Ballet Austin.

FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, Ballet Austin has built an international reputation for artistic excellence and innovation. Now, the Ballet Austin Foundation is undertaking a permanent fundraising effort to raise endowment and legacy gifts that will set in motion a bold vision for Ballet Austin’s future. Gifts made today will create a permanent impact beyond our lifetimes, ensuring that future generations will benefit from a legacy that you can create.

Ballet Austin is here to INNOVATE, here to TEACH, and here to SERVE…We are Here for GOOD.

BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION THANKS OUR ENDOWMENT DONORS! $5,000,000+

$50,000+

$25,000+

Dr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Butler

Anonymous (2) Ballet Austin Guild Dr. & Mrs. Craig C. Kuglen Edie Rogat & Cotter Cunningham Dilum & Surangi Chandrasoma in honor of Jennifer Guthrie

Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Martha & Cliff Ernst In loving memory of Marilyn H. Ferguson In loving memory of Martha B. Harrington Jo & Jonathan Ivester Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Emily Moreland /M oreland Properties Cathy & Dwight Thompson

$100,000 + Anonymous Ballet Austin Board of Directors Mr. & Mrs. Joe Long

2019 BALLET AUSTIN FOUNDATION GIFTS Reaud Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Linda Ball & Forrest Preece

In honor of Sarah Butler Becky Beaver Pei-San & Daniel Brown Blaine & Myra Bull Robert & Cheryl Butler Glenn Chandler Leslie Cox & Duane Sanford Aaron & Kristen Day Susan & Claude Ducloux Dorothy Drummer & Greg Eden

Becky & Dick Herrington Alegria & Charles Hibbetts Jon & Jo Ivester Amy LeBus Jackson Lynn Langley Lawrence Miller Tony Morris Cindy Evan Nelson Mark & Vicki Parsons

Mary Ellen Poole Catherine Scholl Linda & Nicholas Van Bavel Pat & Ted Wallis Hana Weinberg Jan Wilson Laurie Nagel Zaza

In memory of Lise Carter Ann & Jim Downing

Learn more about supporting Here for Good by contacting Ballet Austin Development Director Christi Lotz at christi.lotz@balletaustin.org or 512.476.9151, ext. 124.

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2019 Ballet Austin Foundation Trustees and Advisory Council Members

THE LEGACY CIRCLE The Legacy Circle invites donors to include the Ballet Austin Foundation in their wills, life insurance, retirement plans, charitable remainder or charitable lead gifts to help preserve the future of Ballet Austin, enriching the lives of future generations.

BALLET AUSTIN THANKS THE LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS! Mayor Steve Adler & Diane T. Land Becky Beaver & John Duncan Rick Bennett Paula Boldt Dr. & Mrs. Ernest Butler Darlene & Dan Byrne Ann & Jim Downing Martha & Cliff Ernst Dr. Harvey Evans & Gloria Evans Malcolm Ferguson Jennifer Guthrie David L. Harrington Becky & Richard Herrington Terry & Nikki Bryant Irion Caroline C. Jones Alexander C. Ladage

Laraine & Leon Kentridge Lasdon Mike Baryshnikov Le Burkien Jennene & K. Ray Mashburn Helen G. Miller Michael Ellwood Owens Forrest Preece & Linda Ball Joanne Ravel Wanda A. Reynolds Cookie & Phil Ruiz Peter Schram & Harry Ullmann Rosemarie L. Schwarzer Jare & Jim A. Smith Karen Sonleitner Mary & Bruce Walcutt J. Craig Wallace Bill & Stephanie Whitehurst

Please contact the Development Office at 512.476.9151, ext. 1 24 if you would like to have a conversation about a gift or charitable planning.

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BALLET AUSTIN STAFF ARTISTIC TEAM Stephen Mills, Sarah and Ernest Butler Family Fund Artistic Director Michelle Martin, Associate Artistic Director Eugene Alvarez, Company Manager Christopher Swaim, Rehearsal Director

Allisyn Paino-Martin, Rehearsal Assistant Paul Michael Bloodgood, Creative Brand Producer & Licensing Manager Alexa Capareda, Ballet Master – Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellows

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM Cookie Gregory Ruiz, C.F.R.E., Executive Director Billie Bledsoe, Director of Business Development Pei-San Brown, Community Education Director Tony Casati, Operations Director Christi Cuellar Lotz, C.F.R.E., Development Director Julie Loignon, Audience Engagement Sales and Services Director

Vicki Parsons, Butler Center for Dance & Fitness Director William Piner, Academy Director Gail Romney, Director of Finance & Administration Bill Sheffield, Director of Production Cydney Washington, Director of Marketing Revenue Strategies Lital Yaacob, Business Analytics Director

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Anne Marie Bloodgood, Digital Content Coordinator Samantha Canedy, Business Development Manager Graham Emmons, Creative Services Manager & Graphic Designer Emma Garcia De Alba, Accounting & HR Manager Diana Lynn Gembinski, Audience Sales & Services Senior Manager Marie Herrera, Audience Services Associate Brooke Holmes, Associate Director of Individual Giving Jordan Moser, Creative Content Producer

Maria Murphy-Mayberry, Grants Manager Kylie Phillips, Community Education Associate Lily Pipkin, Database Specialist Kent Pool, Facilities Manager Cassidy Schulze, Development & Community Education Administrator Erin Marie Williams, Development & Special Events Manager Boo Wong, Business Development Communications & Content Manager

PRODUCTION TEAM* Bill Sheffield, Production Director / Stage Manager Steven Myers, Technical Director Tony Tucci, Lighting Supervisor Alexey Korygin, Wardrobe Master Conrad Haden, Head Carpenter Ryan Gallagher, Head Electrician C.J. Swinburn, Head Electrician Valerie Sadorra, Head Props Bill Mester, Head Audio Joan Miller, Head Wardrobe

Bon Davis, Head Projectionist James Cameron, Assistant Carpenter George Wenning, Props Assistant Larry Jameson, Head Flyman Miriam Jurgensen, Ballet Austin II Head of Wardrobe Colleen PowerGriffin, Lead Stitcher Brad Wilson, Assistant Production Manager Maria Neff, Assistant Stage Manager * Stage employees of Ballet Austin are represented by I.A.T.S.E. Local 205.

BALLET AUSTIN ACADEMY William Piner, Academy Director Michelle Martin, Curriculum Director Katelyn Yeary, Resident Faculty & Academy Programs Manager

Emily McLaughlin, Academy Registrar Jennifer Hart, Levels 1–5 Curriculum Director Joan Wolfe, Creative Movement Curriculum Leader Joshua Piper, Pianist Coordinator

BUTLER CENTER FOR DANCE & FITNESS Vicki Parsons, Butler Center for Dance & Fitness Director Vlada Sheber, Pilates Program Director Stephanie Albrecht, Butler Center for Dance & Fitness Associate Director Michelle Ballesteros, Customer Experience Team Coordinator Adam Gonzalez, Customer Experience Team

Monica Martinez, Customer Experience Team Elliot Moulton, Customer Experience Team Michael Owens, Customer Experience Team Ekaterina Raleigh, Customer Experience Team Mariya Raleigh, Customer Experience Team Kari Schackmann, Customer Experience Team

ACADEMY AND BUTLER CENTER INSTRUCTORS Jenny Alperin Max Azaro Ian J. Bethany Courtney Borrero Toni Bravo Pei-San Brown Dane Burch Isabelle Burnetta Orlando Julius Canova Alexa Capareda Lisa del Rosario Casey Cisler Constance Doyle Hailey Dupont

Laura Beth "LB" Flett James Fuller Genevieve Guinn Jared Hale Amir Hammoudeh Terri Hickerson Susanna Hill Libby James Vivian Kaw Aara Krumpe Jean Claude Lessou Arletta Howard Logan Prakash Mohandas Mia Moi

Allyson Morales Grace Morton April Nygaard Selena Offenberg Lauren Parra Elise Pekarek Lucy Record Megan Richard Adam K. Roberts Francis Rodriguez Melissa Roetker Delaney Romero Morgan Stillman Christopher Swaim

Dereke Thompson Owen Towles Maxim Vladimirovich Ramsay Wall Kelsey Walsh Taylor Williams Boo Wong Carla Wright Terri Lynn Wright Erick Yanez Erikka Youngstrom

Cate Kennedy Blake Lewandoski Stevie Sparks

Peter Stopschinski Zonia Tsang Corinne Vassallo

John Wassmuth

ACCOMPANISTS Shawn Ellison Rob Greenfield Louis Ray Hughston

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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING

“Money well spent.”

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Both center stage and behind the scenes, through service and community involvement, I constantly strive to support local, advocate for the arts and grow along with my city.

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Established to build a community of leaders that will further elevate a sustainable creative culture in Austin.

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All great performances start with the printed word... we use the press to give it life.

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2 0 1 9 -2 0 2 0 s ea s o n • Pa RT I The Guess Who

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ToWer of poWer

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albriGhT family chrisTmas

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The mike sTern/Jeff lorber fusion feaTurinG Jimmy haslip & dave Weckl

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norman broWn's Joyous chrisTmas W/ bobby caldWell & marion meadoWs

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kim WaTers

12.29

sTanley clarke band

1.10.20

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1.17.20

Tuck & paTTi

1.19.20

The kinGsTon Trio

2.1.20

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2.9.20

GeorGe WinsTon

2.18 & 2.19

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Wishbone ash

2.23.20

The sTeeldrivers

2.26.20

eliza Gilkyson & carrie rodriGuez las hiJas de cancion

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The Weepies

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