Colorado Ballet 2016, Swan Lake

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SWAN LAKE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPH HAGEL

CREATIVE DIRECTOR VARTAN BASSIL

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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to the first production of Colorado Ballet’s spectacular 56th season!

The 2016/2017 season offers something for everyone, from the classical masterpiece Swan Lake, to family-friendly productions The Nutcracker and The Little Mermaid, and the innovative variety of master ballets in Ballet MasterWorks. As I start my 11th season as Colorado Ballet’s artistic director, I want to thank everyone who has supported the ballet by purchasing tickets, making donations and attending our events—you have contributed to our success! Speaking of success, did you know that the last three seasons have been the most successful in the history of our organization? We continue to break attendance and revenue records and we look forward to another amazing season of outstanding performances!

Season opener Swan Lake is one of the greatest classical ballets of all time, juxtaposing the themes of love and unrequited love, set to Tchaikovsky’s powerful score performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. The ballet features the original choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, set and updated by former American Ballet Theatre principals Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner and Sandra Brown, Ballet Mistress for Colorado Ballet. This timeless story will feature some of the greatest acting you will ever see during a ballet performance, with the lead female dancers portraying both Odette and Odile; a feat that is extremely challenging both psychologically and physically.

Whether you are a die-hard ballet lover or this is your first time watching Swan Lake, you will love this magnificent production.

After Swan Lake, I encourage you to join us for our 56th annual production of the captivating holiday classic, The Nutcracker. This larger-than-life extravaganza continues to be as popular as ever, with nearly all performances sold out in 2015 and 2014. Purchase your tickets early for this dreamy production that features lavish costumes, exuberant dancing, whimsical battles, hypnotizing snow flurries, sumptuous sets, majestic live music and a little bit of magic.

In the spring, do not miss Ballet MasterWorks, a collection of three ballets by the masters of dance and live music performed by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. Colorado Ballet performed Ballet MasterWorks productions in 2013 and 2015 and this new collection of works in 2017 will highlight the tremendous talent our dancers and musicians have to offer. The production includes Firebird by choreographer Yuri Possokhov and music by Stravinsky, Serenade choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings in C,” and Petite Mort by choreographer Jirí ˇ Kylián with music by Mozart. I am so excited to present a ballet by Kylián at Colorado Ballet for the first time.

In March, we will close the season with the children’s classic The Little Mermaid, with choreography by Tony Award nominated choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett and original music by composer Michael Moricz. The Little Mermaid is perfect for families and anyone who enjoys a classic love story set “under the sea.” This production opens with a favorite among Colorado Ballet patrons, a special performance of Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.

Before the production begins today, I want to take a moment to thank one of Colorado Ballet’s largest long-time supporters, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). For 28 years, Colorado Ballet has received support from this dedicated sales tax. The SCFD currently helps fund more than 300 small and large cultural facilities in the seven county Metro Area, ensuring that culture continues to thrive and organizations including Colorado Ballet continue to provide high-quality programming. Thank you SCFD for supporting the arts and allowing the creation of a vibrant, flourishing cultural scene in Colorado!

Thank you for attending Swan Lake and for supporting Colorado Ballet. Enjoy the performance!

Gil Boggs Artistic Director

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FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Welcome to the opening production of our 56th season, the masterpiece Swan Lake! The Colorado Ballet Board of Trustees is proud to bring you another season of stunning classical ballet and inspiring contemporary works. As Board Co-Chairs, we are honored to be a part of Colorado Ballet’s continued successes. The last few seasons have broken records and our exceptional dancers and musicians continue to receive rave reviews. Colorado Ballet is truly a world-class ballet company!

In addition to presenting outstanding performances, Colorado Ballet also educates the next generation of dancers through the Colorado Ballet Academy. Students from toddlers to adults, beginners to advanced pre-professionals all have the opportunity to take a wide range of dance classes in the Academy. Many of our Academy students also have the opportunity to audition for roles and perform on stage with the professional Company each year. Colorado Ballet further instills the love of dance through its education and community engagement programs. These programs, which impact more than 30,000 contacts each year in more than 225 schools and organizations, provide opportunities for in-need students, teachers, families and individuals with disabilities to take classes and attend performances.

We hope you enjoy today’s performance and will consider supporting Colorado Ballet through a donation. Ticket sales cover only fifty percent of our annual budget, so we depend on the generous support of our patrons to continue presenting world-class classical ballet and innovative dance in Colorado.

Donors of $1,000 or more belong to the Premiere Society and enjoy unique benefits such as a private lounge and bar at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and free parking for ballet performances at the Ellie.

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely, Elizabeth Katkin and Duke Hartman Board Co-Chair

COLORADO BALLET BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXECUTIVE BOARD BOARD CO-CHAIR Duke Hartman

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Swan Lake October 7 - 23, 2016 Ellie Caulkins Opera House Choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Additional Choreography by Amanda McKerrow, John Gardner and Sandra Brown Staged by Sandra Brown and Lorita Travaglia Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lighting by Todd Elmer Sets and Costumes courtesy of BALLET WEST, Adam Sklute, Artistic Director Scenic and Costume Design by Peter Cazelet Pas de Trois and Six Black Swan Costumes by Colorado Ballet ACT I Scene I – The Courtyard Prince Siegfried’s 21st birthday is being celebrated in festive splendor. The entire court is eager to pay homage to their beloved king-to-be. His mother, the Queen, arrives with the gift of a crossbow and reminds him that he must choose a bride at the palace ball the following day. She and her entourage return to the palace and the festivities continue. As the celebration draws to a close the courtiers depart, leaving Siegfried under a cloud of melancholy, as there is no one he truly loves. Seeing this, his good friend Benno attempts to lift his spirits by suggesting a swan hunt in the surrounding forest. Siegfried welcomes the distraction and the two set out with a hunting party.

ACT I Scene II – Lakeside The forest lake with its shores, is the kingdom of Baron Von Rothbart, who rules over Odette and her followers in the form of a bird of prey. Upon arrival, Prince Siegfried sends Benno and the hunting party in search of swans.

Suddenly, a swan approaches and Siegfried watches in amazement as it is transformed into a beautiful maiden.

She is Queen Odette. She and her companions have been turned into swans by Von Rothbart and only at night can they return to human form. Odette’s enchantment can be broken only if someone who has never loved before swears an oath of undying love. When Von Rothbart appears Prince Siegfried attempts to shoot him, but Odette intercedes, explaining that if the magician dies, the spell can never be broken. As dawn approaches, Prince Siegfried declares his love for Odette and swears to be true for eternity. Odette and her companions return to the lake and resume their guise as swans.

ACT II The Castle Ballroom At the palace ball, Prince Siegfried and the court are entertained by national dances from neighboring countries.

Following these, the Prince dances with the four beautiful princesses from whom he will choose his bride. As he comes to the realization that none are suitable, a fanfare announces the arrival of two uninvited guests; they are Von Rothbart disguised as an ambassador, and his daughter Odile, whom the sorcerer has transformed to look like Odette. The Prince is taken in by the unknown visitor’s startling resemblance to Odette and believes her to be the Swan Queen. While Odile and the Prince dance together, a vision of Odette appears, beseeching Siegfried to remember his vow, but his attention is distracted by the magician’s spell. Infatuated, Siegfried asks for Odile’s hand in marriage. Von Rothbart makes him swear his love for her and as Siegfried does so, Odette appears at the window. It is too late as he has pledged his vow to another. The court is thrown into chaos and, in despair, the Prince rushes out in search of Odette.

ACT III Lakeside Odette returns to her swan maidens, distraught and wishing to drown herself in the waters of the lake while still in human form. Realizing that Siegfried is following Odette, Von Rothbart creates a storm in a vain attempt to stop him. Siegfried arrives and begs Odette’s forgiveness. Sadly, she tells him that she forgives him, but nothing can now change that his vow is broken. Von Rothbart returns and a tug of war over Odette ensues. She realizes her 2 Swan Lake • Colorado Ballet

only escape lies in the depth of the lake. After a final embrace with Siegfried, she throws herself into the water.

Siegfried, not wanting to live without her immediately follows. The power of their love and sacrifice weakens Von Rothbart’s hold over the maidens and, for the first time, they are able to repel his commands. He is driven to his death by their final and united defiance. As dawn approaches, the swan maidens find themselves freed from Von Rothbarth’s evil spell, and rejoice in seeing Odette and Siegfried united in the light of eternal love.

Artistic Staff Gil Boggs, Artistic Director Gil Boggs began his dance career with the Atlanta Ballet. He joined American Ballet Theatre in New York in 1982 and was promoted to soloist dancer in 1984 and principal dancer in 1991. Boggs was a member of the company for 17 years. Boggs also performed with the Twyla Tharp Dance Company, Baryshnikov and Company, Nureyev and Friends, and made several guest appearances around the world. During his career with ABT, he was recognized as both an accomplished virtuoso and one of the company’s most popular performers. Boggs has worked with numerous noted choreographers, including Agnes de Mille, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jerome Robbins and Merce Cunningham and has an extensive performance repertoire of both classical and contemporary works. Boggs accepted the position of Artistic Director with Colorado Ballet in the Spring of 2006. In Boggs’ tenure with Colorado Ballet he has restaged full-length productions of Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote and Coppelia along with adding new full-length productions of Romeo & Juliet, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, Beauty and the Beast and Peter Pan. Boggs has also presented 15 world premieres and 12 Colorado Ballet premieres by such renowned choreographers as Twyla Tharp, Lar Lubovitch, Antony Tudor, Val Caniparoli, Dwight Rhoden and Lynne TaylorCorbett.

Sandra Brown, Ballet Mistress Sandra Brown joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in 1987 under the directorship of Mikhail Baryshnikov and was promoted to soloist in 1992 where she remained until 2003.

During that time, she danced not only numerous classical full length principal roles, but gained recognition for her leading contemporary roles as well. Most notably, she created and danced the world premiere role of Desdemona in Lar Lubovitch’s full-length Othello in 1997 and appears in ABT’s film productions of Romeo and Juliet, Le Corsaire, and the documentary Ballet. In 2000, Brown was featured in the movie Center Stage and appears in the film The Company.

Brown also holds the honor of appearing on Broadway as the original Louise Bigelow in the Tony Award-winning 1994 revival of Carousel, directed by Nicholas Hytner and choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan at the Lincoln Center Theater. In 2003, Brown left ABT to pursue work as a freelance artist with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Stiefel and Stars, Vladimir Malakhov, Peter Boal and Company, Chamber Dance Project, Dancers Patrelle, Ballet

Hawaii and Madison Ballet. During this time, she also was asked to perform as a guest artist at the Vail International Festival, became certified to teach Pilates, taught for the ABT Summer Intensive, and choreographed the ballet Synchronicity. In 2006, she joined her husband, Gil Boggs, to work with Colorado Ballet. Since then, she has assisted staging the full-length productions of Giselle, Don Quixote, and Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Brown has also assisted with choreographing and staging of The Nutcracker, Coppélia, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. In addition, she assisted staging Lar Lubovitch’s Smile With my Heart, Dwight Rhoden’s Ave Maria, Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods. Brown restaged her ballet, Synchronicity, for Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company.

In 2007, she was asked to stage Smile with my Heart for the Joffrey Ballet. In 2013, she staged Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk at the University of South Carolina and in 2014 at NBA of Japan. In 1989 and 1990, she was chosen by Mikhail Baryshnikov to choreograph for the American Ballet Theatre Choreographic Workshop.

During her tenure, she has choreographed for the Bal de Ballet, an event hosted by the Denver Ballet Guild. Her creations are From Within, Crimson Surges, Unforgettable, Grand Pas Fantastique, Heart Strings, One by One, Set Fire to the Rain, The Secret Garden, Young and Beautiful, The Charleston, Scheherazade, and Pirates of the Caribbean. In 2014, she gained critical acclaim for the ballet The Last Beat, which she created on the dancers of Colorado Ballet to the music of DeVotchKa.

Lorita Travaglia, Ballet Mistress Lorita Travaglia is originally from New Zealand. She received her ballet training at the National School of Ballet and later the Royal Ballet School in London. Lorita made her debut as a professional dancer with the Berlin Ballet.

After six years with the Company, she moved to the United States where she worked with Princeton Ballet, Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and International Ballet Rotaru, dancing solo and principal roles in a wide range of repertoire. Her favorite roles include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Cinderella, Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker and Paquita. In 1992, Lorita returned to New Zealand, but continued to perform as a guest artist with companies in the United States as well as Company Z, a contemporary dance company in New Zealand. Lorita began teaching in 1988 while still performing and studied the Vaganova methodology. She was the principal teacher for a professional training program in Auckland, New Zealand and later, as artistic director of Canyon Concert Ballet in Fort Collins, Colorado, she set up a similar aspirant program. In 1999, Lorita joined Colorado Ballet as director of the Apprentice Program and company repetiteur, and has

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Artistic Staff been ballet mistress since 2006. Her choreography includes Equanimity, Aspects, Pictures at an Exhibition, Piazzolla and, most recently, The Angel of Buenos Aires for Colorado Ballet and a full-length The Nutcracker for Canyon Concert Ballet.

Lorita graduated from the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2000 and has a private practice in Denver. She is an avid tango dancer and is the Creative Director of Parasol Arts.

companies of Portland and Salt Lake City. He serves on the musical faculties of both the Rocky Ridge Music Center and Summerfest at the Curtis Institute of Music. Adam Flatt has his bachelor’s degree in music with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, and his master’s degree in instrumental and opera conducting from the Indiana University School of Music. Adam Flatt and his family make their home in Denver. www.adamflatt.com

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Adam Flatt, Music Director & Principal Conductor Adam Flatt has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of Colorado Ballet since 2007, conducting hundreds of performances in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House and leading the Colorado Ballet Orchestra to a widely recognized period of excellence. Well known to Colorado audiences, Adam served as Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, where he led over 250 concerts in an acclaimed five-year tenure, and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra for seven years, leading that orchestra at home in Denver and on international tours. In addition to his work at Colorado Ballet, Adam is Music Director of the Newport Symphony Orchestra on the Oregon coast, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. As a guest conductor he has led performances with orchestras all over the United States and productions for the major ballet

Catherine Sailer, Associate Conductor Catherine Sailer, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver, conducts the Lamont Chorale, Lamont Women’s Chorus and the Evans Choir. She is also the Associate Conductor of the Colorado Ballet Orchestra.

Conducting credits include the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra, Beijing Symphony, National Symphony, Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, National Opera of China, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Central City Opera Chorus, Dale Warland Singers, Kansas City Chorale, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Oregon Bach Festival. She was the winner of Chorus America’s Robert Shaw Conducting Fellowship.

Dancers PRINCIPALS

Dana Benton Dana Benton was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where she began her training with Lou and Pauline Zamprogna at The Dance Centre.

At the age of 9, she was accepted to the National Ballet School in Toronto where she trained for eight years. Dana graduated from the National Ballet School with Honors in Academics and was awarded the Peter Dwyer Award for Excellence in Dance.

Upon graduating in 2000, Dana received a contract with the Alberta Ballet Company in Canada. She spent one year with the company as an apprentice. In 2001, she joined Colorado Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member. In 2007, she was promoted to Soloist and in 2014, she was promoted to Principal. With Colorado Ballet, Dana has worked with many well-known choreographers and repetiteurs including Val Caniparoli, Bronwen Curry, Karina Elver, Judith Fugate, John Gardner, Thierry Michel, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Jessica Lang, Edwaard Liang, Donald Mahler, Amanda McKerrow, Luiz Ortiz, Janie Parker, Michael Pink, Brian Reeder, Domy Reiter-Soffer, Dwight Rhoden, Amy Seiwert, Ben Stevenson, Paul Sutherland, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Doug Varone, Dominic Walsh, Shelly Washington, Septime Webre, Christopher Wheeldon and Lila York. Since joining Colorado Ballet, she

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has performed many Soloist and Principal roles. Her notable roles include The Sylph in La Sylphide, Alice in ALICE (in Wonderland), Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Swanilda in Coppélia, Cow Girl in Rodeo, Ave Maria Pas de Deux, Sugar Plum and Clara in The Nutcracker, Gulnara in Le Corsaire, Tinker Bell in Peter Pan, Pink and Aqua in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Red Girl in Celts, Lucy in Dracula, Princess Florine and Diamond Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Flower Girl and Cupid in Don Quixote, Hermia and Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Flames of Paris Pas de Deux, Bomb Squad in In The Upper Room, Lead Souvenir Lady in the Great Galloping Gottschalk, The Muse in Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb), The Angel in Lorita Travaglia’s The Angel of Buenos Aires and the featured role in Amy Seiwert’s Traveling Alone. In 2015, Dana was one of Pointe Magazine’s top 12 “Standout Performances” of the year for her performance with Amy Seiwert’s Imagery in Traveling Alone. This is Dana’s 16th season with Colorado Ballet.

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Dancers Chandra Kuykendall Chandra Kuykendall is from Parker, Colorado and trained at the Academy of Colorado Ballet from 1988 until graduating in 1997. In 1996, she won the Denver Ballet Guild Competition and received the prestigious Florence Rustin Award. She also attended summer programs at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Vail (under full scholarship), Kirov Academy of Ballet, San Francisco Ballet Academy and School of American Ballet. After graduating from the Academy in 1997, Ms. Kuykendall joined Colorado Ballet. She spent the 1998-1999 season with Leipzig Ballet in Leipzig, Germany under the direction of the brilliant choreographer Uwe Scholz. She returned to Colorado Ballet in the fall of 1999. With Colorado Ballet, Ms. Kuykendall has danced numerous principal roles including Princess Aurora and Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Giselle and Myrta in Giselle, Medora in Le Corsaire, Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in The Nutcracker, Cinderella in Cinderella, Dryad Queen in Don Quixote, Lucy in Dracula, Titania and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the principal role in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, the Crossover Girl in Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, the Mother in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, the Brown Girl in Celts, the Kick Girl in George Balanchine’s Rubies, principal role in Theme and Variations, 2nd Violin in Concerto Barocco, and Gerald Arpino’s well known pas de deux from Light Rain. Her favorite of these roles was the tragic Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. She has also been featured in Antony Tudor’s Leaves Are Fading, Stanton Welch’s Of Blessed Memory, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, S. Webre’s Where the Wild Things Are, Edwaard Liang’s Feast of the Gods, Jodie Gates’ Embellish, Emery LeCrone’s Archetypes, Val Caniparoli’s In Pieces, Jessica Lang’s From Foreign Lands and People and De Profundis, Mathew Neenan’s The Faraway, Amy Seiwert’s Traveling Alone and Things Left Unsaid, Carmina Burana, Great Galloping Gottschalk, Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet and Martin Fredmann’s A Little Love as well as his Dreamspace shown on PBS. Ms. Kuykendall was featured in the August 2013 issue of 5280 Magazine highlighting seven of Colorado’s athletes. This is Ms. Kuykendall’s 19th season with Colorado Ballet.

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by Joanne Posner Mayer Domenico Luciano Domenico Luciano was born in Naples, Italy and graduated from Royal Teatro di San Carlo Ballet School in Naples in 1999. In the same year, Mr. Luciano was invited to join the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, Germany. After dancing with several companies in Europe including Europadance in France, Maggio Danza in Florence, Teatro Dell’Opera in Rome and Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, in 2004 Mr. Luciano joined Tulsa Ballet as a Demi-Soloist. In 2005, he joined Dominic Walsh Dance Theater in Houston as Principal Dancer. His repertoire includes many of the classical principal leads such as Romeo, Paris, and Benvolio

in both Sir Kenneth MacMillan and John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet; Romeo and Paris in Amedeo Amodio’s Romeo & Juliet with Eleonora Abbagnato, Etoile with Paris Opera Ballet; Solor in La Bayadere, The Prince in The Nutcracker, and Albrecht in Giselle, all by Derek Dean; In the Night by Jerome Robbins; Onegin in John Cranko’s Onegin; Roland Petit’s Ma Pavlova with international ballerina Lucia Lacarra; and Don Jose with the National Ballet of China in Carmen.

Mr. Luciano also excels in his contemporary repertoire, which includes George Balanchine’s La Valse; Nacho Duato’s Jardi Tancat and Without Words; and Orfeo in Carole Armitage’s Orfeo and Eurydice. With Dominic Walsh Dance Theater he performed Matz Ek’s Pas de Dans, Jirí Kylián’s Double You and 27’52’’, and the role of the White Swan in the White Swan pas de deux from Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Le Spectre de la Rose, Desire in Sleeping Beauty, Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet, The Firebird with Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot. As an international Principal Guest Artist, Mr. Luciano danced in production with Tulsa Ballet, Ballet Quad Cities, The Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Atlanta Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, National Ballet of China and The New National Theater in Tokyo. Mr. Luciano is also invited to various national and International Galas and Dance Festivals.

In 2003, he received the Leonide Massine award in Positano, Italy as Best Male Dancer of the Year. In October 2008, the Houston Press named Luciano as “Best Dancer.” He was also named in Pointe Magazine “Standouts: Our 12 favorite performances of 2009” and in 2010 he received the “Young Talent Award” in Florence, Italy at DANZAINFIERA. He joined Colorado Ballet as a soloist in 2013 and was promoted to principal in 2014.

Generously supported by Paul Goodspeed and Mary Poole Maria Mosina Maria Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia. Upon graduation, Ms. Mosina joined the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company and (immediately) was chosen for principal roles. Mosina had toured the world appearing on all major European, American, African and Asian stages. In 1995, Ms. Mosina was invited by Colorado Ballet to join as a leading principal dancer. Ms. Mosina performed all major parts in classical productions such as Clara and Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Sylphide in La Sylphide, Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Aurora and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle in Giselle, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Kitri in Don Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Talioni in Pas de Quatre, The Dying Swan, Le Spectre de La Rose and pas de deux from Le Corsaire, Talisman, Paquita, Les Sylphides. Ms. Mosina also had the chance to show her talent in neoclassical, modern and contemporary choreographed master pieces such as Balanchine’s Apollo, Rubies, Theme and Variations, Western Symphony, Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Stars and Stripes and Who Cares?, as well as Christopher Weeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pucci’s Size Nine Spirit (as seen on PBS). She has also performed Alvin Ailey’s River, Martha Graham’s monumental Appalachian Spring, Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, Paul Taylor’s Company B, F.Ashton’s Facade, Antony Tudor’s Leaves are Fading and Echoing of Trumpets, Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs and In The Upper Room,

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Dancers Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, Michael Pink’s Dracula and Hunchback of Notre Dame, S.Welch’s Of Blessed Memory, Val Caniparoli’s In Pieces, Martin Fredmann and Alun Jones’ Romeo and Juliet, and Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, A Little Love, Mon Dieu, Sechertorte, Silent Woods and Dreamspace (as seen on PBS), Vebre’s Where the Wild Things Are, Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Matthew Neenan’s The Faraway, Lynn Taylor-Corbett’s Great Galloping Gottschalk, Lar Lubovitch’s ...smile with my heart, Emery LeCrone’s Archetypes, Jodie Gates’ Embellish, Sandra Brown’s The Last Beat, and many more. Ms. Mosina was a featured dancer on the cover of Dance Magazine and has been featured in other magazine articles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in methodology and pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Ms. Mosina is also an active ballet instructor throughout the United States. She participated as a master teacher and judge for the Youth American Grand Prix. Ms. Mosina performed leading roles in all major productions as a member of the Company, as well as a guest artist with many other festivals, galas, and companies. She is now in her 21st season with the Colorado Ballet.

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by Pam and Duke Hartman Yosvani Ramos Yosvani Ramos was born in Camagüey, Cuba and trained at the National Ballet School, going on to dance with Jeune Ballet de France and Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris after winning the Gold Medal at the Paris International Ballet Competition in 1998. He joined English National Ballet as a Soloist in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Soloist in 2000, then Principal Dancer in 2003 after his performance as Franz in Coppélia. He danced with ENB until 2008 when he joined The Australian Ballet as a Principal Artist, where he remained until April 2013. He has danced the lead roles in all the mayor classical ballets like Giselle, Swan Lake, Coppélia, Romeo & Juliet, Don Quixote, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, The Merry Widow, Manon, La Silphíde as well as in ballets

by Balanchine, Ratmansky, Duato and many others and has guested all around the world. He danced at the XVIII International Ballet Festival in Miami in September 2013, spent several months guesting with companies in Europe and the USA and joined the Cincinnati Ballet as principal dancer in July 2014. Yosvani joined Colorado Ballet at the beginning of the 2015-2016 season as principal dancer.

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by Katherine and Michael Whitcomb

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Alexei Tyukov At age 10, he enrolled in Perm State Ballet Academy and in 1995, he graduated with a red diploma.

He started dancing with The Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1998, he won a gold medal in the Senior Men’s division at the Arabesque competition of Perm and received the Mikhail Arnapolskiy prize for the most talented participant of the competition. During the next four years, Mr. Tyukov performed leading roles and traveled throughout the world. In 1999, he became a Principal dancer with Ballet Internationale and performed leading roles in full-length ballets including Carmen, Phaedra, Creation of The World, Thousand and One Nights, La Fille Mal Garde’, Cinderella, Fire Bird and Napoli. With Ballet Internationale, he danced throughout the United States and in Taiwan, China, Canada, Germany and France. In 2006, he joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Principal and performed classical and contemporary works. Mr. Tyukov has also participated in numerous galas including La Gala Des Etoiles in Montreal, Stars of Mariinskiy in Germany, International Gala in South Korea, and Russian Stars in memory of Galina Ulanova.

He has been a guest artist in Amsterdam, Croatia, Japan and several American ballet companies. Mr. Tyukov has received many great reviews from The New York Times, Le Figaro, Los Angeles Times and Financial Times UK. He is a candidate of Master of Sports for Figure Skating. This is his 20th season performing with ballet companies and 8th season with Colorado Ballet.

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by Collen Curran and Stephen Boane Sharon Wehner Sharon Wehner is originally from San Jose, California. She trained with Jody White and David Roxander, San Jose Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and San Jose/ Cleveland Ballet. Ms. Wehner joined Colorado Ballet in 1995 and was promoted to Principal in 1999, and in the last 21 years, has performed many lead roles with the Company. These include Kitri in Don Quixote, Giselle in Giselle, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Medora in Le Corsaire, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Swanilda in Coppelia, Mina in Dracula, Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, the Cowgirl in Rodeo, the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Cinderella in Cinderella, Esmerelda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Titania and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Second Violin in Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, the Principal couple in Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Rubies, and Theme and Variations, Antony Tudor’s Leaves are Fading, Twyla Tharpe’s In The Upper Room, the Sylph in La Sylphide, Alice in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), and Amy Seiwert’s duet It’s Not a Cry. She has been honored to have solos and pas de deuxs created on her by choreographers Val Caniparoli, Edwaard Liang, Mathew Neenan, Christopher Wheeldon, Darrel Grand Moultrie, Dwight Rhoden, Jessica Lang, Brian Reeder and Toru Shimazaki. In addition to Colorado Ballet, Ms. Wehner has also performed with

Dancers The Washington Ballet, Oakland Ballet and Amy Seiwert’s Imagery. She has also been a guest artist at the Vail International Dance Festival, in Japan in the Aoyama Ballet Festival, and the National Ballet of Japan’s Golden Ballet Costar. Sharon enjoys teaching dance to all ages and abilities, particularly Dance for Parkinson’s Disease. Sharon is a certified Yoga Instructor and is in the process of earning her GYROKINESIS® certification.

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Morgan Buchanan Morgan Buchanan is from Houston, Texas. She trained at the Ballet Center of Houston under the direction of Victoria Vittum and Gilbert Rome. Ms. Buchanan also trained at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy for two years, under the direction of Sally Rojas and Sabrina Lenzi, where she earned the highest final evaluation variation score in her class. Before joining the Colorado Ballet Studio Company in 2009, Ms. Buchanan attended summer programs with American Ballet Theatre, Orlando Ballet and Houston Ballet. She joined the Company in 2011 and was promoted to Soloist in 2016. Her notable roles with Colorado Ballet include Wendy in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, Vitality Fairy and Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty, Moyna in Giselle, Autumn Fairy and Fairy Godmother in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, First Passerby in Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, and Effie in La Sylphide. This is Ms. Buchanan’s eighth season with Colorado Ballet.

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by Lynette Morrison Shelby Dyer Shelby Dyer is a soloist with Colorado Ballet. She joined the company in 2006 after working professionally with Ballet Internationale Indianapolis, Tulsa Ballet and Cincinnati Ballet. She has had the pleasure of performing in the Florida International Ballet Gala, the Stars of the Russian National Ballet Gala in Chicago and the Vail International Dance Festival. Some of Dyer’s most notable roles include Lisa in La Fille Mal Gardee, Wendy in Peter Pan, Myrtha in Giselle, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Dryad Queen in Don Quixote, Gulnara and Third Odalisque in Le Corsaire, Big Swan and Pas de Trois in Swan Lake and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker.

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Francisco Estevez Born in Quito, Ecuador, Francisco moved to the USA in 1995. He began his ballet training in Louisville, Kentucky and at the age of 16 was invited to finish his professional training at the School of American Ballet in New York where he also had the opportunity to perform featured roles with the New York City Ballet.

Upon graduating in 2008, Francisco joined Boston Ballet under the direction of Mikko Nissinen where he danced for 2 years before joining the Barcelona Ballet under the direction of Angel Corella. As a member of this company, he performed various soloist and principal roles and took part in the “Feria del Libro” in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Spoleto Festival in both Italy and Charleston, North Carolina and the Peralada festival, Catalonia. Francisco won 1st Place at the Premio Internacional de Danza Roseta Mauri, in 2011.

His notable roles to date include Balanchine’s Tarantella and the 1st and 2nd themes from The Four Temperaments, Jorma Elo’s Carmen Illusions, Principal in Jerome Robbin’s 2 & 3 Part Inventions and the 1st and 3rd Sailor in Robbins’ Fancy Free, Peter Martin’s Les Gentil Hommes, Christopher Wheeldon’s For Four, DGV, Polyphonia and VIII, Pink, Red and Aqua Couples in Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Stanton Welch’s Clear, Franz in Coppelia, Benno and Neopolitan in Swan Lake, the Peasant pas de deux from Giselle, the pas de six from Napoli, the Nutcracker Prince and Sugarplum Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Lysander in Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Renfield in Michael Pink’s Dracula, James in La Sylphide, White Rabbit, Dodo Bird and Joker in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland) and Amy Seiwert’s It’s Not a Cry Pas de Deux, among others. Francisco joined Colorado Ballet during the 2012-2013 season and was promoted to soloist in 2015.

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by Janis and Jim Brewster Asuka Sasaki Asuka Sasaki was born in Nagano, Japan. She trained at the Beijing Dance Academy in China and later joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet as an Aspirant. She joined Colorado Ballet’s Company in 2005 and was promoted to Soloist in 2010. With Colorado Ballet, she has worked with accomplished choreographers such as Val Caniparoli, Eldar Aliev, Michael Pink, Ben Stevenson, Martin Fredmann, Lila York, Shelly Washington, Jessica Lang, Dwight Rhoden, Edwaard Liang and Amy Seiwert. Sasaki has danced many soloist roles with the Company. Her notable roles include, Clara and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Mercedes and Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Gulnara in Le Corsaire, Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, Myrta and Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, Fleur de Farine, Miettis Fairy and diamond in The Sleeping Beauty, Autumn Fairy and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Red and Pink Couple in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Soloist in George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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Dancers Kevin Gaël Thomas Kevin Gaël Thomas is from France and studied at Rosella Hightower’s International Ballet Center and at Canada’s National Ballet School, where he received a full scholarship and graduated in 2006, with honors. Mr. Thomas also graduated with honors from the Music Conservatory in France for piano. He then danced for a year with Houston Ballet II. Mr. Thomas joined Colorado Ballet in 2007. During his first season, he performed well-known roles such as Fritz and Russian in The Nutcracker. He has been performing Soloist roles in Colorado Ballet productions including Blue Bird and Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty, the Whip Boy in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, and Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella. In 2012, he performed his first principal role as Peter in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan. Since then, he has danced other leading roles including Puck in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role in Michael Smuin’s Peter and the Wolf, the first sailor in Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker, and Gurn in La Sylphide. Mr. Thomas was chosen to represent France at the New York International Ballet Competition in 2009 and at the USA Jackson International Ballet Competition in 2010. He was promoted to Soloist in 2016.

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Joshua Allenback Josh Allenback, a native of Colorado, has been dancing since he was 4 years old. He has studied, on scholarship, with American Ballet Theatre, The Rock School, and Joffrey Ballet. He is also a former member of Houston Ballet II as well as Ballet San Antonio.

Josh has performed many principal roles including Firebird’s Katchi, Giselle’s Prince Albrecht, Cavalier and Snow King in The Nutcracker, and Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2013 and was promoted into the Company in 2014.

Ariel Breitman Ariel Breitman of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, began his dance training at the age of eight with the Boys Scholarship Program of Metropolitan Ballet Academy directed by Lisa Collins. At sixteen, Ariel moved to New York City to train with Edward Ellison, director of Ellison Ballet-Professional Training Program. While in New York, Ariel performed roles such as Jerome from Flames of Paris,

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Basilio’s Variation from Don Quixote, the Poet’s Variation from Chopiniana, James’ Variation from La Sylphide, and Cavalier from The Nutcracker. In 2012 and 2013, Ariel earned three gold medals from the Youth America Grand Prix competition and one silver medal in 2013 from the Tanzolymp International Ballet Competition in Berlin. After graduating from Ellison Ballet, Ariel joined The Washington Ballet Studio Company for one season, performing roles such as Liza in George Balanchine’s Who Cares? and John Darling in Septime Webre’s Peter Pan. His repertory also includes the Grand Pas de Deux from La Esmeralda, Flames of Paris, and The Nutcracker, as well as the Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux from La Esmeralda, the Pas de Trois from Swan Lake, the Pas de Quatre from Raymonda, and the Grand Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire. Ariel was invited to compete in the 2014 USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, where he performed with his partner in the final round and galas. Since joining the Colorado Ballet in 2014, Ariel has danced roles such as Puck in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Bulldog Sailor in Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, Joker in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), and Nutcracker Prince in Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker.

Emily Dixon Emily was born in Lubbock, Texas and she was raised in Colleyville, Texas. She received her training at the Ballet Academy of Texas under the direction of Lisa Slagle.

Upon graduating high school, Emily joined Tulsa Ballet II where she danced for two seasons. In 2009, Emily accepted a corps de ballet contract with The Sarasota Ballet. During her five seasons in Sarasota, Emily had the opportunity to perform a wide variety of repertoire including works by Sir Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Antony Tudor, Paul Taylor, Sir Peter Wright, Will Tuckett, Matthew Bourne, Dominic Walsh, Peter Darrell, Agnes De Mille, Johan Kobborg, among others. Some highlights in her career include performing in Ashton’s Monotones II; 5 girls in Balanchine’s Who Cares?; Surabaya Johnny in Christopher Wheeldon’s There Where She Loved; Emilia in Peter Darrell’s Othello; The Violetta Elvin Solo in Ashton’s Birthday Offering; and the pas de deux in Will Tuckett’s Speilende Kinder. Other favorite ballets in Emily’s repertoire include Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations, The Four Temperaments, Diamonds, Concerto Barocco and Serenade; Ashton’s Les Patineurs, La Fille Mal Gardee, and The Two Pigeons. Emily also had the opportunity to perform both Diamonds and Les Patineurs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with the Sarasota Ballet. Emily joined Colorado Ballet in 2014 and enjoyed adding works such as Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Michael Pink’s Dracula, Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free, George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb) to her repertoire. This is Emily’s third season with Colorado Ballet.

Dancers Kevin Hale

Bryce Lee

Born in Warren, New Jersey but raised in England, Kevin began dancing at the age of 5. At the age of 11, he was accepted into The Royal Ballet School where he graduated from in July 2013. Kevin has won the Kenneth McMillan Choreographic Competition twice and had one of his ballets performed at the school’s annual show at the Royal Opera House. During his graduate year, Kevin performed with The Royal Ballet in various ballets including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Valse and The Sleeping Beauty. His repertoire also includes Jiˇrí Bubeníˇcek’s Canon in D Major, Bejart’s 7 Greek Dances and Ashley Page’s Larina Waltz. He has also been featured as a dancer on the BBC. Kevin joined the Colorado Ballet in 2013.

Kevin’s notable repertoire with Colorado Ballet has included Stepsister in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, the Wolf in Clark Tippet’s Peter and the Wolf, In Pieces by Val Caniparoli, The Duchess in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), and as Wolfgang in Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb). This is Kevin’s fourth season with Company.

Bryce Lee was born in Missouri and started his professional training at 12 at Dmitri Kulev Classical Ballet Academy, in Laguna Hills.

California. In the summer of 2011, he attended School of American Ballet, which he then was asked to stay for the Winter Term program from 2011-2012. Bryce has been awarded several awards in classical and contemporary forms of dance as well as 1st place, semi-finalist at YAGP Europe, as well as 2 time YAGP Finalist Qualifier. He has guested for numerous ballet schools across the US, including performances in Vancouver. He has attended several summer courses on full scholarship including SAB, Miami City Ballet and Colorado Ballet. He received his first Studio Company contract with Colorado Ballet in 2013. Since then, he has performed numerous professional works such as Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Michael Pink’s Dracula, Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Chinese and Russian in The Nutcracker, and Tweedle Dee in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland). He has also had the pleasure to perform principal roles in Paul Mejia’s Seasons and Donizetti Variations. This will be Bryce’s fourth season with Colorado Ballet.

Tracy Jones Born in Cork, Ireland, Tracy started dancing at the age of 5 with Ballet Theatre Ireland. She went on to train professionally at The Royal Ballet School which she graduated from in 2007. In 2006, she was a winner of the Ursula Moreton Choreographic Competition and a finalist of the Young British Dancer of the Year. During her graduate year, Tracy performed with the Royal Ballet in various ballets and joined them on their 2007 International tour to Mexico and the USA. Upon graduating, she joined the English National Ballet as an Artist where she performed in the UK and toured to Beijing, China. From 2008 to 2012, Tracy was a member of the Barcelona Ballet under the direction of Angel Corella, where she danced notable roles including the 3rd principal couple in Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV, the 3rd Shade variation in Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere, Pas de Trois and Big Swans in Swan Lake and Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room among others. Tracy joined Colorado Ballet during the 2012-13 season. In June 2013, she was named as one of 10 “Stars in the Corps” by Pointe Magazine.

She appeared on the cover of Denver Life Magazine in November 2015. Her notable roles with Colorado Ballet include Zulma in Giselle, the Arabian Divertissement in The Nutcracker, Summer Fairy in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Principal couple in Sandra Brown’s The Last Beat, Hermia and Scherzo fairy in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pas De Deux Girl in Jerome Robbin’s Fancy Free, Effie in La Sylphide, Caterpillar in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), The Muse in Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb) and Gerald Arpino’s Light Rain Pas de Deux.

Christophor Moulton Christophor Moulton born in Colorado Springs, Colorado began his training with Rozanne David at the Dance Center of Colorado Springs and continued his training in Colorado with German Zemuel.

He is a graduate of the Harid Conservatory in Florida, where he trained under Svetlana Osiyeva, Olivier Pardina and Victoria Schnider. During his years at Harid, Moulton performed numerous roles including Siegfried in Swan Lake and the lead in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. He also studied for a year at the Jacquelyn Kennedy Onassis School under Franco Devita. Moulton is a recipient of the 2007 Rudolph Nureyev Education Fellowship. He joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company in 2009 and was promoted into the Company in 2010. During his time he has worked with esteemed choreographers, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Edwaard Liang, Ben Stevenson, Stephen Mills, and Michael Pink. He has performed the roles of Lovers in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Step Sister in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Arthur in Michael Pink’s Dracula, Hilarion in Giselle, Cavalier in The Nutcracker, and Red in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.

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Dancers Fernanda Oliviera

Emily Speed

Fernanda Oliveira, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in her second season with Colorado Ballet.

Fernanda trained at the Escola Estadual de Danca Maria Olenewa in her hometown and later was awarded a full scholarship to The Washington School of Ballet, where she trained with Kee Juan Han, Carlos Varcárcel and Vladimir Djouloukhadze. While still a student at TWSB, Ms. Oliveira won the third prize in the regionals of the Youth America Grand Prix and was invited to perform in Miami Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker, in the role of Dew Drop. Upon graduating, Ms. Oliveira joined The Washington Ballet under Septime Webre as a Studio Company member, where she performed in classics such as Le Corsaire and Giselle, as well as in Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Theme and Variations and Who Cares?. The contemporary works of Twyla Tharp (Push Comes to Shove) and Trey McIntyre (Blue Until June Suite) are also in her repertoire. Since she became a member of Colorado Ballet, Ms. Oliveira has had the opportunity to perform in masterpieces such as Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco and Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1. Her notable roles include Bird in Brian Reeder’s Peter and the Wolf, Doll in The Nutcracker and the lead in Septime Webre’s Sympathique, for which she received honorable mention in the DC Metro Theater Arts’ review as “a commanding presence […], she is in control, is perfectly poised, and […] lets the entire audience know she was born to perform.”

Emily Speed is originally from Argyle, TX and began her professional training under Marina Almayeva. In 2006, she was a Finalist at World Ballet Competition, in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Speed won first place in the classical division at the 2007 Youth American Grand Prix Regionals. Emily was one out of a hundred participants worldwide who qualified and competed in the 2010 Varna International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria and in 2014, went to the USA IBC in Jackson, MS. During her career, she has danced professionally with Alabama Ballet, Ballet Tucson and Boulder Ballet. Ms. Speed has performed multiple principle and soloist roles including, Flower Girl in Don Quixote, roles in George Balanchine’s Serenade and The Nutcracker, Anthony Tudor’s Lilac Garden and Continuo, Daniel Precup’s Bolero, Third Act Raymonda, The Wedding Pas de Duex from Don Quixote, and The Fairy Doll Pas de Trios staged

by Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner. Since joining Colorado Ballet in 2014, Emily has performed “Scherzo” in Wheeldon’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, and played the role of Clara in The Nutcracker.

Sean Omandam Sean Omandam is from Fresno, California, where he began his training with Shirley Winters. He later went on to train on full-scholarship at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, under the instruction of Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina, and Svetlana Osiyeva. Upon his graduation in 2004, he joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, and was promoted into the Company in 2005. With Colorado Ballet, Mr. Omandam has performed a variety of soloist and principal roles including Puck in Christopher Wheeldon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, White Rabbit in Septime Webre’s ALICE (In wonderland), Peter in Michael Smuin’s Peter and the Wolf, Champion Roper in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, Jester in Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Whip Boy in Glen Tetley’s The Rite of Spring, Max in Septime Webre’s Where the Wild Things Are, John Darling in Michael Pink’s Peter Pan, Green Man in Lila York’s Celts, and Russian in Martin Freedman’s The Nutcracker. His repertory also includes featured roles in works by Lar Lubovitch, Val Caniparoli, Amy Seiwert, Edwaard Liang, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Dwight Rhoden, Darrell Grand Moultire, and Jessica Lang, among others. In 2007, he was a competitor and gala performer at the New York International Ballet Competition. In the summer of 2013, he was featured as a contestant on the premier season of the South Korean television show, Dancing 9. Most recently, Mr. Omandam was featured in Pointe Magazine’s Dancer Spotlight for their 2014 October/November issue.

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Sarah Tryon Sarah Tryon was born in Hanmer, Ontario, Canada and at the age of 11 was accepted to train at Canada’s National Ballet School.

During her six years with NBS, Sarah was selected to partake in exchange programs with various international schools including Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle, École Supérieur De Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes France, and Tanz Akademie Zurich in Switzerland. Upon graduating in 2010, she then moved to New York City to train with world renowned coach Edward Ellison. In 2013, Sarah was invited to join the Sarasota Ballet as a corps de ballet member. During her two seasons with the Sarasota Ballet, Sarah performed many works by major choreographers such as George Balanchine, Agnes DeMille, Will Tuckett, Rudolph Nureyev, Christopher Bruce, Mikhail Fokine, Paul Taylor, Sir Anthony Tudor, and Sir Frederick Ashton. Highlights of Sarah’s time with the Sarasota Ballet would include performing in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, Serenade, Four Temperaments, and Rubies; Ashton’s Façade, La Fille Mal Gardée, Sinfonietta, Les Patineurs, and Montones I; Christopher Bruces’ Sergeant Early’s Dream; Will Tuckett’s Lux Aterna; Agnes De Milles’ Rodeo; Anthony Tudor’s Gala Performance; Mikhail Fokine’s Petrushka; Paul Taylor’s Company B; and Nureyev’s Raymonda. During her first season with the Colorado Ballet, Sarah performed many corps and notable roles throughout the season, including: Effy in Bournonville’s La Sylphide; Clara in The Nutcracker; Twin, Four Little Flamingos and Card in Septime Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland); and as the first duet in Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb). This is Sarah’s second season with the Colorado Ballet.

Dancers Luis Valdes

APPRENTICES

Luis Valdes was born in Matanzas, Cuba, and joined Colorado Ballet in 2005. Previously, he performed with the National Ballet of Cuba and Cincinnati Ballet. Mr. Valdes’ favorite role with Colorado Ballet is Espada in Don Quixote. Since joining Colorado Ballet, Valdes has had the opportunity to dance as a guest in modern dance pieces in Florida, New York, and Iowa. He has had the chance to perform in new works by Val Caniparoli and Amy Seiwert.

Mr. Valdes also enjoyed the opportunity to perform The Rite of Spring in Colorado Ballet’s MasterWorks in 2013. Some of his favorite choreography includes Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, Paul Taylor’s Company B and Antony Tudor’s Echoing of Trumpets.

Arianna Ciccarelli

Benjamin Winegar Ben Winegar is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He began his training at the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet at the age of 11. There he was trained by Attila Mosolygo, Gaiane Akopian, and Akop Akopian, and was given the opportunity to perform in several ballets with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. In 2010, Ben spent a year training at the School of American Ballet. Upon graduating, he danced one season with the Los Angeles Ballet under the direction of Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary. This is Ben’s fourth season as a member of Colorado Ballet.

Melissa Zoebisch Melissa grew up in Mexico and studied at the Chamber Ballet of Jalisco. She was awarded a scholarship to attend for a year at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Mme. Sizova’s class, and returned to Mexico to graduate in 2004.

Throughout her school years, she participated in many workshops around the world including: Cuba, Canada, Austria, Spain and the United States. In 2005, Ms. Zoebisch joined the National Dance Company, where she obtained soloist roles in her first year in ballets including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Carmen.

Her other repertoire includes principal roles in Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire, original contemporary choreographies, and many others. She was a finalist at the Korea International Ballet Competition, 2010; recipient of a Special Award KIBC. Before joining the Colorado Ballet in 2014, she had been freelancing with her husband around the country.

Arianna Ciccarelli is from Bristol, CT. She began dancing ballet at age 12 and studied in the preprofessional resident program at The Nutmeg Conservatory for The Arts. While at Nutmeg, she had the privilege of studying under Eleanor D’Antuano, Sharon Dante, Kirk Peterson and Victoria Mazzerelli.

She has spent her summers training at The School of American Ballet, English National Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and Washington Ballet. Arianna was a member of the Colorado Ballet Studio Company in the 2013/2014 season. Before joining Colorado Ballet in 2016, she spent two years dancing with Ballet Arizona.

Mackenzie Dessens Mackenzie Dessens is from New Orleans, Louisiana where she began her training at Giacobbe Academy of Dance and privately with Kimberly Beck. She attended summer programs in New York with the School of American Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.

Ms. Dessens continued her training at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and upon completion joined Cincinnati Ballet’s second company. With Cincinnati Ballet, Dessens’ repertoire included Peter Pan, 7th Symphony, The Nutcracker, Alice, Symphony in C, and the world premiere of King Arthur’s Camelot, in which she performed as the Lady of the Lake.

Dessens was chosen to perform as Guinevere in the “Wedding Pas de Deux” for the second company’s rep to promote the new ballet throughout the season. Her second year, Victoria Morgan chose her to perform as Clara in a recreation of the pas between Clara and the Prince from The Nutcracker. She also had the opportunity of working with Jennifer Archibald and received a solo and pas in her piece for the second company. This is Mackenzie’s second season with Colorado Ballet. Since joining Colorado Ballet, her notable repertoire has grown to include Marzipan in The Nutcracker and the Pas de Trois from Dominic Walsh’s Wolfgang (for Webb).

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Dancers Regan Kucera Regan Kucera grew up in Cary, North Carolina and started dancing at the age of four. She studied at International Ballet Academy in Cary under the direction of Rossana Nesta Gahagan, Servy Gallardo, Roberto Munoz and Miguel Campaneria. She attended summer programs at ABT NY, Orlando Ballet with full scholarship, and Saratoga Springs with Melinda Roy and Roberto Munoz. She has participated in competitions including Youth American Grand Prix and World Ballet Competition. In 2013, she joined the Studio Company at Colorado Ballet. Her favorite roles at Colorado Ballet have been one of the Wilis in Giselle and Princess Aurora in the “From the Page to the Stage” runouts.

This is her first season as a company member.

Kristine Padgett Kristine Padgett was born in Littleton, Colorado and began dancing at the age of three. At eleven years old, she started training professionally at the Academy of Colorado Ballet under Elizabeth Shipiatsky. From 2006 to 2014, Ms. Padgett attended summer intensives and school training programs all over the world including American Ballet Theater in New York City,

the Royal Ballet School in Richmond, England, and Bolshoi Ballet Summer Intensive in New York City. In 2011, Ms. Padgett won a full scholarship to perform at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy’s spring gala in Moscow, Russia and then attended year round for the 2012-2013 school year. While in Russia, Ms. Padgett trained under Irina Sirova, and had the opportunity to perform in many productions including soloist roles in La Fille Mal Gardee, The Nutcracker, and several character dances. Ms. Padgett returned to Colorado Ballet as a studio company member in 2013 and danced in many of their productions. This is Ms. Padgett’s second season as a company member.

Tyler Rhoads Tyler Rhoads is from Midland, Texas, where he began his training with Susan Clark at Midland Festival Ballet. He later went on to train on full-scholarship at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, under the instruction of Victoria Schneider, Olivier Pardina, and Svetlana Osiyeva. After his graduation in 2011, he attended Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music. There he studied under acclaimed staff such as Violette Verdy and Michael Vernon. He had the privilege to perform a variety of works ranging from George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, to August Bournonville’s Napoli, to Twyla Tharp’s Sweet Fields. Upon his graduation from college, Tyler joined Colorado Ballet’s Studio Company, and he was promoted into the Company this year.

Photos by Allen Birnbach and Francisco Estevez

Guest Artist Gregory K. Gonzales, Guest Dancer Gregory graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Kinesiology/Dance.

His teachers include Larry Boyette, James Clouser, Nadia Tikhanova, Milenko Banovic and Sandra Minton among others. He received a scholarship in dance and Best Dancer Award while at UNC and was a full scholarship student at the American Dance Festival. Gregory spent the bulk of his career at Colorado Ballet where he was promoted to principal in 1997 and danced leading roles as well as character roles in works by major choreographers such as Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Eugene Loring, Christopher Wheeldon, Toru Shimazaki and Doug Varone.

Gregory has also danced with Ballet Pacifica, Ballet Arizona,

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Nevada Dance Theater, David Taylor Dance Theater, Kim Robards Dance, The Wylliams-Henry Dance Theater and Zikr Dance, among others. He has danced with Opera Colorado and as a principal for Les Ballets Grandiva completing a multicity tour of Japan in the summer of 2011. Gregory was a co-founder of On Edge Productions staging combat and comedy at numerous festivals. He was adjudicated by The Society of American Fight Directors and was recommended in rapier and dagger. He was a Choreographer in Residence for Colorado Ballet from 2003-2004 and created such works as Carmina Burana, Peter Pan (both co-choreographed), Broken Web, Incantation and Last Breath. Gregory has also set work for the David Taylor Dance Theater, Ballet Ariel, University of Northern Colorado and Denver Independent Choreographer’s Project, as well as others. He plays guitar for the Natural Tango Oquesta Tipica and also enjoys theater and film work and has been cast in several independent film projects in the Denver area.

Colorado Ballet Studio Company

From top left: Brendan Rupp, Michael Pell, Claire Wilson, Hannah Stolrow, Sara Jumper, Vara Shiva Reom, Amber Ball, Ian Santiago; 2nd row: Toni Marie Martin, Molly Huempfner, Tracy Fuller, Molly Klug, Sara VanderVoort, Francesca Martoccio, Sophie Moffatt, Camille Robinson; Front row: Macie Rowe, Reagan Lawthers, Brianna Crockett, Marie Tender, Katie Buckmiller, Kelly Dornan, Leah McFadden. Not pictured: Riko Fujita, Georgina Ocampo

2016/2017 Colorado Ballet Orchestra Adam Flatt, Music Director & Principal Conductor Catherine Sailer, Associate Conductor Violin 1 Lydia Sviatlovskya* Concertmaster Debra Holland Cynthia Mancinelli Britt Swenson Takanori Sugishita Angela Dombrowski Lian Emmerling Annamaria Karacsony

Cello Jeff Watson* Evan Orman Elle Wells Cedra Kuehn

Violin 2 Margaret Soper Gutierrez* Gyongyver Petheo Phyllis Carlson Michelle Davis Chris Jusell Anne Paulu

Flute Paul Nagem* Elizabeth Sadilek

Viola Lora Stevens* Isaac White Stephanie Mientka Sarah Richardson

Bass James Vaughn* Robin Olshner Andy Holmes

Bassoon Kaori Uno-Jack* Brian Jack French Horn Matthew Scheffelman* Steve Simpson Marian Hesse Stuart Mock Cornet John King* Andrew Bishop

Piccolo Olga Shylayeva

Trumpet Derek McDonald Colin J.A. Oldberg

Oboe Kathryn Dupuy* Elizabeth Telling

Trombone William Stanley* Robert Olds

Clarinet Michelle Orman* Debra Wilbur

Bass Trombone Jim Gray

Tuba Michael Allen* Timpani Mark Foster* Percussion Scott Higgins* Carl Dixon Peter Cooper Harp Pamela Eldridge* *Principal Orchestra Personnel Manager Steve Simpson Orchestra Librarian Cynthia Mancinelli

Colorado Ballet Orchestra members are represented by the Denver Musicians Association, Local 20-623 of the American Federation of Musicians

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Colorado Ballet’s Maria Mosina prepares for her final curtain call A

fter 26 years as a professional dancer and 21 seasons at Colorado Ballet, Maria Mosina is preparing for her final curtain call. Colorado Ballet’s extraordinary principal dancer plans to retire when the season ends.

“The 2016-2017 will be my last season as a member of the Colorado Ballet Company,” said Mosina. “Of course, I have mixed feelings about that. To be honest, I would dance forever, but I believe this is the time for me to step out and give the opportunity to younger dancers to step in and dance for our audience.”

Mosina says that her brain and even her body do not feel that she has to stop dancing now. Going into the season, she knew this would be the last year of her career, but while teaching this summer, she bumped into a metal barre and broke her foot. “I’m working very hard, doing my best for a fast recovery, and I’m hoping that I will dance the full season,” said Mosina. “Of course, throughout my career, there were little injuries and there’s always pain, but I don’t feel that it is time to stop because my body feels that it is enough. I think it’s better to stop when you’re on top of your career and not when you are going down.”

A small part of her will miss the roles and ballets that she did not have the chance to dance during her career and performing on stage. But the thing she will miss the most is spending time in the studios working on the ballet process. This is where she spent most of her time as a professional dancer, in the studios from morning until night rehearsing, learning new pieces, finding new emotions and using every part of her body.

“On stage, of course, it’s magic, but it’s a finished product,” said Mosina. “Most of the time, we’re in studio working so hard, digging into our body, our brain, our soul, to pick up the best way to present our body, our soul to the audience. And for me, it’s the most interesting process.”

After she retires at the end of the season, she plans to continue her work in the studio, but on the other side, as a teacher, mentor and coach to the younger dancers.

For Mosina, this transformation seems easier. She feels as though she is still serving the art, just in a different role. “I believe that I can stay in that process, but in another side, to help other dancers, to guide them, to give them my experience and my knowledge; to bring out the best that they have.”

Looking back on her career, Mosina is thankful for the opportunities she has had to work with amazing choreographers, coaches and teachers around the world. Additionally, she feels very thankful for Colorado Ballet, the audience, her partners, friends, and mentors.

“I was very fortunate that throughout my career, I had a lot of people close to my heart—people, mentors that guided me through my career,” said Mosina. “Teachers, who not only showed me the steps of ballet, but they helped me to create the parts and roles.

They’d tell me about little secrets and details that their teachers told them. There is a little chain, and I think it’s time for me to give this knowledge and my experience to younger generations.”

Mosina first started coaching and teaching during Colorado Ballet’s Summer Intensive Program in 1996 and since then, she has continued teaching, coaching and setting ballets. She also finished her a bachelor’s degree in methodology and pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. She plans to use her experience and degree to pass on her knowledge to the next generation of dancers.

While her professional dancing career at Colorado Ballet is coming to an end, Mosina does not believe her relationship with Colorado Ballet is finished. She says that this Company is her home and she hopes to stay in this home in some capacity.

“Everyone knows that the career of a ballet dancer is not so long, but for me, I had 26 years of dancing professionally, and I’ve traveled 24 Colorado Ballet

around the world to show my art to different audiences,” said Mosina. “I’ve been working with the best teachers, coaches and choreographers and I’ll be very thankful for all my life that I had the opportunity. I believe I had the best career that you can wish for.”

Mosina is also thankful to Colorado Ballet Artistic Director Gil Boggs, for the opportunity to be a leader over the years and for trusting in her art. She also mentioned previous Artistic Director Martin Fredmann for giving her a job in the Company, for believing in her and giving her the opportunity to dance different styles. “Martin helped me open up and gave me confidence that I was able to trust in myself and my ability to dance different styles and difficulties. He developed my talent with the repertoire and with the choreographers that worked with the Company. He made me believe that I was capable of doing anything,” said Mosina. “And I feel like Gil gave me the opportunity to show to the audience and to the Company my experience. He used me as an example of how to deal with the whole process, rehearsals, preparation for roles, and how to have a positive attitude for the work that was needed. I feel that he was very respectful to me for who I was as a professional dancer.”

When Gil Boggs became the artistic director of Colorado Ballet in 2006, he said that he was overjoyed to find Maria Mosina dancing with the Company. “Maria is an artist who could have been a member of any major company in the world,” said Boggs. “Because she chose Colorado Ballet, she helped make this Company truly exceptional. Her sheer artistry and professionalism are a joy to behold. It was a teary moment for me when realization came that her career was coming to an end. I respect her artistry and what she has brought to this organization day after day.”

Maria Mosina in Romeo and Juliet - by David Andrews; Maria Mosina in Don Quixote - by Terry Shapiro; Maria Mosina and Alexei Tyukov in The Nutcracker - by Mike Watson; Maria Mosina and Igor Vassine in Giselle - by Rosalie O’Connor; Maria Mosina in Appalachian Spring

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