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Cover: Joffrey dancers: Fabrice Calmels & April Daly in Fool’s Paradise. | Photo by: Cheryl Mann
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Dances are often categorized as either “abstract” or “narrative.” In reality, I believe most works fall upon a continuum, with elements of both. For me, good work, whether abstract or narrative, speaks of the human condition and touches the heart.
Game Changers explores the interplay of these ideas. We present three works which are, on the surface, abstract. But true emotional content is never on the surface: it resides within and, in the case of INFRA, below.
As Artistic Director, I am a curator of dance. I try to assemble works that resonate with one another, like colors in a Rothko painting. I am extremely proud to present Fool’s Paradise, INFRA, and Year of the Rabbit together. I believe they are some of the finest dance creations of the last decade. They are fresh and they have heart, each in a different way.
Fool’s Paradise is sublimely beautiful. We presented the piece last spring in Florida and a woman, realizing I was the Artistic Director, leaned forward and said, “I am in my eighties and this is the first ballet I have seen. If I had known it was going to be so beautiful, I would not have waited this long.”
INFRA is heartbreaking. Inspired by the terrorist bombings in London in 2005, INFRA explores longing and loss.
Year of the Rabbit is whimsical and joyous, a sensory explosion. Clever and original choreography captures the creative spirit, like holding a sprite in your hands.
Each of these masterworks is inspired by, commissioned, or adapted to new music, and with INFRA, the artistry of Julian Opie.
I hope you enjoy this performance,
Ashley Wheater Artistic Director
“I love anything by Tchaikovsky. He was the real pop star of his day.”
— Sufjan Stevens
Dear Dance and Music Lovers:
Under the artistic leadership of Ashley Wheater, we honor the legacy of our founder Robert Joffrey and his commitment to celebrating the classics, while welcoming the new — the “pop stars of our day.” It is your openness and curiosity that allows us to move beyond Tchaikovsky for a program of artistic collaboration that pairs world-class musicians with choreographers that take the Joffrey artists to new heights.
Please join me in celebrating the artists that will bring Game Changers to life — the dancers, choreographers, composers, and musicians. Bravo! As we enter 2017, we are surrounded by “change.” One of the most powerful facets of art is that it helps us make sense of our world — it connects us to those we do not yet know and understand — it provides answers and asks questions.
It is my privilege to thank those who we do know that have generously provided support to make Game Changers possible: Year of the Rabbit Production Sponsor JHL Capital Group LLC, Fool’s Paradise Production Sponsors Anne L. Kaplan and Bill and Orli Staley, and Live Music Sponsors The Marina and Arnold Tatar Fund for Live Music and Cheryle and Joel V. Williamson. I also want to thank the Palmer House Hilton for their partnership and generosity.
Tonight, you will not hear a Tchaikovsky score, but I guarantee you will leave the Auditorium Theatre wanting more music and dance in your life, with a heart filled with joy, and a renewed sense of optimism.
Thank you for your commitment to the Joffrey as we enter our seventh decade.
Christine Rocas | Paulo Rodrigues | Chloé Sherman | Temur Suluashvili
Olivia Tang-Mifsud | Alonso Tepetzi | Elivelton Tomazi | Alberto Velazquez
Mahallia Ward | Joanna Wozniak | Joan Sebastián Zamora
SCOTT SPECK
Music Director
GERARD CHARLES
Director of Artistic Operations | Ballet Master
NICOLAS BLANC
Ballet Master | Principal Coach
ADAM BLYDE
SUZANNE LOPEZ
Ballet Masters
PAUL JAMES LEWIS
Senior Pianist | Music Administrator
GRACE KIM
Company Pianist
Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones, and signal watches during performances. The taking of photographs and the use of recording devices is not allowed in this auditorium. Program and artists subject to change.
Christopher Wheeldon’s Fool’s Paradise was created for his former company Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and had its premiere at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in 2007. The dance was inspired by the magical romanticism of Joby Talbot’s music, originally written as a contemporary score to the 1916 silent film The Dying Swan. Wheeldon asked Talbot to fully orchestrate the score for his company and brought on American fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez to design the costumes, creating a unique fusion of new fashion, new music, and dance.
Fool’s Paradise blends classical technique with a modern sensibility in choreography of great beauty. Bathed in warm light, the dancers move through solos, duets, and trios, occasionally settling into still, sculptural tableaux. The work contains a moving pas de deux and builds to a spectacular arrangement for the whole ensemble as gold petals shower down on the stage.
“I wanted to capture the innate drama of the music without telling a literal story. It’s as if the couples, trios, and groupings are passing through a fantasy realm reminiscent of the fairyland of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” — Christopher Wheeldon
Photo by Cheryl Mann.
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BALLET NOTES
INFRA
INFRA is a piece of “sumptuous beauty and shimmering possibility,” (The Telegraph) that combines the brilliance of world-renowned artist Julian Opie, Max Richter’s mournful mix of industrial and string quartet writing, and the poignant choreography of Wayne McGregor, one of the most exciting and relevant choreographers in dance. Opie’s set — a narrow strip of LED screen that runs the full width of the stage — adds a beautiful and hypnotic sense of the monotony of human life as electronic figures walk on and off the screen throughout the piece. Beneath these figures nonchalantly strolling by (the word infra means below), dancers perform intense and thoughtful choreography, “exposing the agonies of indecision, doubt, and hope that live under the surface of the skin” (The Telegraph). With this simple, yet incredibly striking piece,“McGregor’s movement speaks of compassion and anger, happiness and anxiety, tenderness and tears” (The Times). INFRA is a state-of-the-art ballet, combining emotionally moving dance with the calm indifference of the cyber world, resulting in a revolutionary piece of 21st-century dance.
“Literally below the life-affirming Opie screen and beneath the haunting surface of Max’s music, I have attempted to create a series of human intimacies, bared from under the skin — prosaic, imperfect, and fragile. In this landscape of miniatures that expose the very signs of life, physical empathies and emotional inferences rescue the lost narratives of the population on stage. INFRA has become simply about people.” — Wayne McGregor
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Photo by Cheryl Mann.
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BALLET NOTES
YEAR OF THE RABBIT
Justin Peck’s acclaimed Year of the Rabbit highlights its corps de ballet as they form intricate and architectural patterns that envelop its featured dancers.
Peck’s second work for New York City Ballet (where he is Resident Choreographer), Year of the Rabbit is a collaboration with American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and is set to Stevens’ Enjoy Your Rabbit, an electronica album and song cycle based on the Chinese zodiac. The ballet features a new orchestration of the score by Michael Atkinson that was created specifically for the ballet. Year of the Rabbit is an elaboration of Peck’s Tales of a Chinese Zodiac, which was created in 2010 for the New York Choreographic Institute.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Principals
Ben Griffiths and Noelani Pantastico.
Photo by Angela Sterling.
BIOS
ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director
Born in Scotland and raised in England, Ashley Wheater was trained at The Royal Ballet School. Wheater began his professional career with The Royal Ballet and danced at the London Festival Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. In 1997, he became Ballet Master at San Francisco Ballet, and in 2002, Assistant to the Artistic Director.
In 2007, Wheater was appointed Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet. New work is the life blood of a company, and he has introduced numerous premieres to the repertoire. In 2008, the Boeing Corporation recognized his commitment to community outreach and diversity in the world of dance, presenting him the “Game Changer” award. In 2010, Wheater, representing The Joffrey Ballet, was named Lincoln Academy Laureate, the highest honor presented by the State of Illinois. The Chicago Tribune selected Wheater as 2013 “Chicagoan of the Year” for his contributions to dance. In 2014, Wheater accepted the Chicago Spirit of Innovation Award for The Joffrey Ballet and in 2015, he received the University of Chicago Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts. He also serves as the Artistic Director of the Joffrey Academy of Dance, the Official School of The Joffrey Ballet.
SPECK Music Director
Scott Speck has inspired international acclaim as a conductor of passion, intelligence, and winning personality. In addition to his position as Music Director for the Joffrey, he is the Artistic Director of the Chicago Philharmonic and Music Director of the Mobile (AL) and West Michigan Symphony Orchestras. He has led major orchestras at London’s Royal Opera House, the Paris Opera, Washington’s Kennedy Center, San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, and the Los Angeles Music Center.
He has been Conductor of the San Francisco Ballet; Music Advisor/ Conductor of the Honolulu Symphony; and Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Opera. He was named Principal Guest Conductor of the China Film Philharmonic in Beijing.
Speck is the co-author of three of the world’s best-selling books on classical music and dance: Classical Music for Dummies, Opera for Dummies, and Ballet for Dummies. These books have been translated into twenty languages and are available around the world.
A Fulbright scholar and summa cum laude graduate of Yale; Speck is a regular commentator on NPR, the BBC, ABC Australia, and Voice of Russia. He has been featured in TED talks and at the Aspen Ideas Festival. His writing appears in numerous magazines and journals.
SCOTT
BIOS
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Choreographer Fool’s Paradise
English choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet School and danced with the Company from 1991–1993. For The Royal Ballet, he has choreographed Tryst, DGV: Danse à grande vitesse, Electric Counterpoint, ‘Trespass’ (Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, in collaboration with Alastair Marriott), Aeternum (Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production), Strapless, and the three-act ballets Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter’s Tale. Works of his performed by The Royal Ballet and originally created for other companies include After the Rain and Within the Golden Hour.
Wheeldon was born in Yeovil and trained at The Royal Ballet School. In 1991, he won gold medal at the Prix de Lausanne with a solo of his own creation and that year entered The Royal Ballet, where Kenneth MacMillan encouraged him in his choreographic work. In 1993, Wheeldon joined New York City Ballet (NYCB), promoted to soloist in 1998. He created his first work for NYCB, Slavonic Dances, in 1997 and became the company’s first Resident Choreographer in 2001. Works for NYCB include Polyphonia (London Critics’ Circle Award and Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production) and The Nightingale and the Rose.
Wheeldon regularly choreographs for leading international companies, including Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and The Joffrey Ballet. In 2007, he founded Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company and became the first British choreographer to create a new work for the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2012, he collaborated with Marriott on the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games. His awards include the Tony Award® for Best Choreography (An American in Paris). He was made an OBE in 2016, and that year was artistic director for Les Arts Décoratifs’ Fashion Forward exhibition.
The position of Artistic Associate of The Royal Ballet is generously supported by Kenneth and Susan Green.
Photo by Angela Sterling.
BIOS
WAYNE MCGREGOR Choreographer INFRA
Born in 1970, Wayne McGregor CBE is a multi-award-winning British choreographer and director, internationally renowned for trailblazing innovations in performance that have radically redefined dance in the modern era. His experiments have led him into collaborative dialogue with an array of artistic forms, scientific disciplines, and technological interventions. The startling and multi-dimensional works resulting from these interactions have ensured McGregor’s position at the cutting edge of contemporary arts for over two decades.
Studio Wayne McGregor is the creative engine of McGregor’s lifelong choreographic inquiry into thinking through and with the body. It encompasses his own touring company of dancers, Company Wayne McGregor; creative collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science; and highly specialized Creative Learning and Engagement programmes. In early 2017, Studio Wayne McGregor will move into its own newly created studio space at Here East in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Company Wayne McGregor is McGregor’s ensemble of highly skilled dancers. Founded in 1992, this was the original instrument through which McGregor evolved his distinctive visual style, revealing the movement possibilities of the body in ever more precise degrees of articulation.
McGregor is Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet, where his productions are acclaimed for their daring reconfiguring of classical language. He is commissioned by and has works in the repertories of the most important ballet companies in the world, including Paris Opera Ballet, NDT1, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Australian Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet.
Wayne McGregor is Professor of Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and has an Honorary Doctor of Science from Plymouth University and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from University of Leeds. He is part of the Circle of Cultural Fellows at King’s College London. McGregor’s work has earned him a multitude of awards including four Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, two Time Out Awards, two South Bank Show Awards, two Olivier Awards, a prix Benois de la Danse, and two Golden Mask Awards. In 2011, McGregor was awarded a CBE for Services to Dance.
Most recently McGregor premiered Multiverse, Obsidian Tear and Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet, Tree of Codes for Company Wayne McGregor, Alea Sands for The Paris Opera Ballet, Kairos for Zurich Ballet, and presented Thinking with the Body at Wellcome Collection, an exhibition exploring his collaborative inquiry into choreographic thinking.
Photo by Nick Mead.
BIOS
JUSTIN PECK Choreographer Year of the Rabbit
At 29 years old, Justin Peck has already been hailed as an important new voice in 21st-century choreography. He is currently the Resident Choreographer and a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet (NYCB). Peck, originally from San Diego, California, moved to New York at the age of 15 to attend the School of American Ballet. In 2006, he was invited by ballet master in-chief Peter Martins to become a member of the NYCB.
Since joining NYCB, Peck has danced extensive repertoire, including principal roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins, Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, and many others. In 2013, Peck was promoted to the rank of Soloist.
Peck had his choreographic debut in 2009, and has been fervently creating since then. He has been commissioned to create new ballets for the NYCB, the Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute, the School of American Ballet, the Miami City Ballet, the New World Symphony, L.A. Dance Project, NY Fall For Dance, The Guggenheim Museum, and more. He has collaborated with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Shepard Fairey, John Baldessari, Bryce Dessner, Marcel Dzama, Humberto Leon, Prabal Gurung, Sterling Ruby, Mary Katrantzou, and Karl Jensen.
In 2014, Peck was appointed Resident Choreographer of NYCB, making him the second choreographer in the history of the institution to hold this position. At NYCB, he has created over 10 ballets, including Year of the Rabbit (2012), In Creases (2012), Paz de La Jolla (2013), Everywhere We Go (2014), Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (2015), the Most Incredible Thing (2016), and others.
In 2015, Peck received the Bessie Award for Outstanding Production for his work Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes. In addition to his work for stage, Peck’s choreography extends into many other mediums. He has choreographed for dance-on-film in collaboration with Vogue, Nowness, Pitchfork Media, and the Guggenheim Museum; has choreographed print shoots for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Vogue China, Vogue Australia, New York Magazine, Dujour Magazine, the Last Magazine; and in 2015, choreographed the Opening Ceremony runway show for New York Fashion Week.
In 2014, the choreographer, then age 26, was the subject of filmmaker Jody Lee Lipes’s Ballet 422. The documentary, released by Magnolia Pictures, followed Peck for two months as he created NYCB’s 422nd original dance, Paz de la Jolla.
Originally from Colleferro (Rome), Davide Di Pretoro studied ballet and contemporary dance in Rome at the National Dance Academy. In 2002, he won a scholarship to study at the Cunningham Dance School in New York City. He danced for Company Wayne McGregor from 2010 until 2013. Between 2003 and 2016, he worked across Europe as a dance artist with many established companies and choreographers such as: Thierry Smits/Cie THOR, Ballet Preljocaj, Itzik Galili-Krisztina DeChatel/Dansgroep Amsterdam, Andonis Foniadakis, Virgilio Sieni, Sasha Waltz and Guests, among others.
As a choreographer, he won the The International Choreographic Competition 2013 in Milan, was commissioned to create a work for the International Festival Invito alla Danza in 2014 in Rome, and created a piece for the Italian National Dance Academy in 2016.
Di Pretoro teaches his classes for many dance schools and companies across Europe and continues his collaboration with McGregor as a re-stager of several of his works such as L’Anatomie de la Sensation for Paris Opera Ballet, INFRA for Hessisches Staatsballett and The Joffrey Ballet, Entity and FAR for Ballet Junior de Genève, Josette Baïz/ Groupe Grenade and Milano Contemporary Ballet. As McGregor’s assistant, he worked on the creation of Alea Sands for Paris Opera Ballet and the West Kowloon Cultural District Residency in Hong Kong.
Janie Taylor was born in Houston, Texas, where she began her ballet training at age two with Gilbert Rome. She trained at the Giacobbe Academy of Dance in New Orleans from 1993–1996. After attending two years of the summer program at the School of American Ballet (SAB), she became a full-time student in the fall of 1996. While a student at SAB, she originated a featured role in Christopher Wheeldon’s Soiree Musicale for the Spring workshop performance in June of 1998. She received the Mae L. Wien Award at the SAB Annual Workshop and was invited to become an apprentice with New York City Ballet (NYCB). A month later, she became a member of NYCB’s corps de ballet. She was promoted to the rank of Soloist in February 2001 and to Principal in 2005. During her career with NYCB, she originated roles in ballets choreographed by Peter Martins and Benjamin Millepied. She also performed featured roles in numerous ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, as well as pieces by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Susan Stroman, Twyla Tharp, and Miriam Mahdaviani.
(Biographies continued on page 45)
JANIE TAYLOR Stager Year of the Rabbit
Photo by David Mickalek.
BOARD
OF
DIRECTORS
| 2016–2017
HONORARY CHAIRMAN | Mayor Rahm Emanuel
OFFICERS
Zachary D. Lazar, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
Lorna Ferguson
1st Vice Chair
Sonia Florian
Anne Kaplan
Vice Chairs
Adam DeWitt
Treasurer
Ronald J. Allen
Secretary
Patti S. Eylar
Women’s Board President
Ashley Wheater
Artistic Director
Greg Cameron
Executive Director
Kathleen Hechinger
Assistant Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Patty Perkins Andringa
Mary Jo Basler
Marc Berman
Roger Deromedi
Pamella Roland DeVos
Terence Donnelly
Fred Eychaner
Shelley MacArthur Farley
Jamie-Clare Flaherty
Chip Flannagan
Emily Follas
Patrick M. Gallagher, Jr.
Mrs. Robert W. Galvin
Dana Hokin Garvey
Linda Chaplik Harris
Richard Holson III
Una C. Jackman
Guy Lakonishok
Donna M. LaPietra
Michael Larsen
Barry Litwin
Judith MacLeod
James McDonough
Coco Meers
Jess Merten
Stuart Miller
Leslie D. Minier
Daniel L. (D.L.) Morriss
Susan Oleari
Diane Patience
Stephen Reiss
Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
Bruce Sagan
Eric C. Schieber, M.D.
Liz Sharp
Courtney Shea
Ross Shelleman
Ildefonso Alvim de Abreu e Silva
Chuck Smith
Maureen Dwyer Smith
Rita Spitz
Dawn M. Stanislaw
Lauren F. Streicher, M.D.
Ben Strobel
Courtney Thompson
MarrGwen Townsend
Jason J. Tyler
Ronald V. Waters III
Amanda Williamson
Mrs. Joel V. Williamson
Bryony Winn
Elizabeth Yntema
LIFE DIRECTORS
Grace Barry
Patricia H. Gerber
Pamela B. Strobel
Joseph H. Wender
PAST CHAIRPERSONS
William M. Daley
Fred Eychaner
Gary E. Holdren
Dr. David A. Kipper †
C. Steve McMillian
Bruce Sagan
Maureen Dwyer Smith
Pamela B. Strobel
Jason J. Tyler
Ronald V. Waters III
As of January 19, 2017 † Deceased
BREAKING BARRIERS
Thanks to support from Board Director Patrick M. Gallagher, Jr. as well as Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Joffrey is able to share the power of dance with audiences of all backgrounds.
WOMEN’S BOARD OF THE JOFFREY BALLET | 2016–2017
Patti S. Eylar
President
Noren Ungaretti
1st Vice President
Merritt DeWitt
Kathy Kalesperis Smith
2nd Vice Presidents
Ellie Forman
Secretary
Courtney Shea
Treasurer
Jessica Steffensen
Sandi Hartstein Members-at-Large
Dora J. Aalbregtse
Elisabeth Adams
Mrs. Keene Harwood Addington III
Julie O’Donnell Allen
Laura Ferris Anderson
Melissa Anton
Raheela Anwar
Dr. Emily L. Arch
Annie Atzeff
Melissa M. Babcock
Grace Barry
Kimberly Bartuch
Mary Jo Basler
Nancy Gottlieb Bauer
Heidi Best
Dorothy Bousseau
Jetta Boschen
Sophia P. Bross
Marisa Bryce
Mrs. John E. Burke
Mary Patricia Burns
Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville
Patsy Callahan
Wendy Lynn Chronister
Joan Colmar
Rachel De Marte
Sandra Deromedi
Kelly Dettmann
Bonnie Deutsch
Pamella Roland DeVos
Jill Dodds
Ellen Distelheim
Maia Dunkel
JoNan Eastridge
Christine Du Boulay Ellis
Beth Engel
Deborah Engle
Shelley MacArthur Farley
Lydia Fisher
Jamie-Clare Flaherty
Katherine Fox
Katherine E. Freiburger
Beth Fulkerson
Astra Gamsjaeger
Susan Garland
Patricia H. Gerber
Sue-Gray Goller
Darcy E. Goldfarb, MD
Donna Greenberg
Stephanie Grinage
Shana Bear Guthman
Mrs. Marjorie E. Habermann
Helen Hall Melchior*
Mrs. Michael F. Harron
Kathleen A. Henson
Elizabeth Browne Hess
Mrs. John W. Higgins
Leslie S. Hindman
Dana Hokin Garvey
Courtney A. Hoffmann
Mrs. David Hoffmann
Sharon King Hoge
Sherry Lea Holson
Marci Holzer
Brooke Hubbuch
Melinda Jakovich
Candace Collins Jordan
Anne Kaplan
Mrs. Brian Karaba
Jackelyn Kastanis
Elizabeth Ann Kasten
Heidi Keeling
Kerrie Kennedy
Wendy Kilcollin
Alissa King
Kathleen Klaeser
Laura Kofoid
Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel*
Donna M. LaPietra
Whitney Lasky
Anne Lazar
Dania Leemputte
Anita E. Livaditis
Leslie Logsdon
Mary Keough Lyman
Judith MacLeod
Lisa Klimley Malkin
Joan Malliband
Traci Mansur
Anita Mark
Vida Marks
Heather Martin
Kristina McGrath
Astrid A. McKinnon
Amanda Merten
Ms. Julianne Migely
Patricia Miller
Lucy Minor
Anne Simon Moffat
Brooks Morgan
Linda Curtis
O’Bannon, MD
Christine Ott
Mrs. Jay L. Owen, Jr.
Mrs. John R. Pacholick
Mary Ellen Pavone
Judith Pierpont
Ibby Pinsky
Victoria Poindexter
D. Elizabeth Price
Rona Radler
Hallie Blanchard
Rehwaldt
Emily Rubenstein
Camille Kearns Rudy
Elizabeth Dunkel Ryan
Maggie Scheyer
Sarah Schrup
Andréa J. Schwartz
Liz Sharp
Anne Shea
Carolyn Sheridan
Ms. Veronica Siegel
Amelia Silva
Mrs. Howard Silverman
Mrs. Patricia Simpson
Wright
Marilyn Slattery
Maureen Dwyer Smith
Maria Smithburg
Rita Spitz
Dawn Stanislaw
Constance Steinhaus
Liz Stiffel
Carol J. Stone
Cheryl Tama Oblander
Lauren D.W. Tatar
Marina D.W. Tatar
Melissa Trandel
Yolanda Tyler
Kathryn Vail
Victoria C. Verity
Chrissie Walker
Mrs. John R. Walter
Ann Waters
Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV
Mary Agnes Welsh
Pam Phillips Weston
Kim White
Diana Weiss Widman
Elizabeth Wippman
Joyce M. Wippman
Leslie Zentner
Julie Zuckerman
As of January 19, 2017
*Honorary Life Member
SUPPORTERS
The Joffrey Ballet would like to extend thanks to those who provide us with funding that ensures quality and engaging experiences for a variety of audiences. The following is a list of those who made contributions in the amount of $300 or more between January 5, 2016 and January 5, 2017. Although space does not permit us to list all of our friends, we are grateful for the support from each and every one of our loyal donors.
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Fred Eychaner
Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa
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Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson
Women’s Board of The Joffrey Ballet
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
BMO Wealth Management
BrickStreet Insurance
Chauncey and Marion Deering
McCormick Family Foundation
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ITW
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JHL Capital Group, LLC
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Denise Littlefield Sobel
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Wells Fargo
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Neil Bluhm
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The Brinson Foundation
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
The Crown Family
Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt
Dr. Jill S. Dodds and Dr. Guriqbal Nandra
Janet Duchossois and Craig Duchossois
Exelon
Patti Eylar and Charles Gardner
Fox Ford Lincoln
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Jill Garling and Thomas Wilson
Karen Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel, Jr.
Harris Family Foundation
Sherry Lea and Richard Holson III
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Susan and Richard† Kiphart
La Perla Fashions
Make It Better Media
Mr. and Mrs. E. Barry Mansur
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
National Endowment for the Arts
Alexandra Nichols and John D. Nichols
The Northern Trust Company
Prince Charitable Trusts
Sage Foundation
Eric C. Schieber, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr.
Maria Smithburg and William D. Smithburg
Ms. Rita Spitz and Mr. David Blears
Stout Risius Ross, Inc.
Pamela and Russ Strobel
The Poetry Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III
Mr. and Mrs. Miles D. White
Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson for the Ferguson-Yntema Family Trust
$10,000–$24,999
Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen
Ariel Investments, LLC
Baxter International Inc.
Meta S. and Ronald Berger
Family Foundation
The Boeing Company
Burberry
Kay and Rhett Butler
DeSantis Foundation
Deborah and Cody Engle
Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark
Mr. and Mrs. F. Conrad Fischer
Tiffany Flannagan and Chip Flannagan
Nancy Follis
Suzanne and Albert M. Friedman
Dana Hokin Garvey and Robert Garvey
Sabrina and Antonio Gracias
GrubHub, Inc.
Sherry and Michael Guthrie
Joan Hall
SUPPORTERS
$10,000–$24,999 (continued)
Sandi and Barry Hartstein
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Holly Hunt
Hyatt Hotels Foundation
Jenner & Block LLP
Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust
Jewell Events Catering
JPMorgan Chase
Brian and Yvette Karaba
Dennis D. Kendzora
Olivia Kittle and Brian Kittle
Dennis and Kathleen Klaeser
Kovler Family Foundation
Kryolan Professional Make-Up
Julie and Guy Lakonishok
Adele Lane
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Langdon
Michael and Jennifer Larsen
Ms. Whitney Lasky and Mr. Jerry Lasky
Latham & Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary D. Lazar, Jr.
Lefkofsky Family Foundation
Leibovitz Family Philanthropic Fund
Jay Leibovitz
Elizabeth Liebman
Macy’s
Coco B. Meers and Ethan Meers
Martha Melman and Rich Melman
Lucy Minor
Ann Nash and Tom Nash
New York Choreographic Institute
D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies
Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt and Thomas Rehwaldt
John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe
Cari and Michael Sacks
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David Sensibar
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp
Ms. Courtney C. Shea
Melissa de Abreu e Silva and Ildefonso Alvim de A Silva
Siragusa Family Foundation
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Melissa and Chuck Smith
Ben Strobel
Andrew Thorrens
U.S. Bank Foundation
Pamela Phillips Weston and Roger L. Weston
Diana and Stuart Widman
William Blair & Co., LLC
Amanda Williamson and Matthew Johnson
Workiva
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zentner
$5,000–$9,999
Anonymous (2)
Ada Addington and Whitney Addington
Emily Strobel Amiet and Michael Amiet
Melissa Anton and John Anton
Dr. Emily L. Arch
Annie Atzeff and Kristopher Atzeff
Nancy Gottlieb Bauer
Edward Beam
Luann Blowers and David Blowers
Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
Mrs. Joyce Chelberg
Michael Cragg
Credit Suisse
Christine Du Boulay Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. William Farley
Paula Fasseas and Peter Fasseas
Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation
Emily Follas
Jay Franke and David Herro
Katherine and Richard Freiburger
Christine Gallagher and Greg Gallagher
Ethel and William Gofen
The Marvin and Elaine Gottlieb Family Foundation
Richard and Mary L. Gray
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
The Irving Harris Foundation
Janet W. and Robert A. Helman
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hildy
Leslie Hindman
Mary Ittelson
Jen Kurth and Brian Van Klompenberg
Dr. Lynda Lane and Ben Lane-Korn
Meir Lewis
Luminarts Cultural Foundation
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Jess and Amanda Merten
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
Nordstrom, Inc.
Thomas O’Keefe
Mary Plauche
Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss
Revel Global Events
Tricia Rooney and Ross Shelleman
Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
Susan and David Ruder
Patricia Schmalzl and William Schmalzl
Betty Seid and Richard Seid
Carolyn and Michael Sheridan
Sidley Austin, LLP
Veronica Siegel
Sills Foundation
Lisa Silverberg and Jim Challenger
Jeanette Stevens
Liz Stiffel
Cheryl Tama Oblander and Scott Oblander
Lorraine Trachtenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Tyler
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walter
Dia Weil and Edward Weil
Hilary and Barry Weinstein
Tamar Weiss
Mary Agnes Welsh
Bryony and David Winn
$2,500–$4,999
Anonymous
Dora Aalbregtse and R. John Aalbregtse
Bridgette, David, and Chloë Alexander
Evelyn Alter Family Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III
Ms. Carolyn A. Blessing
John Brazzale
Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper
Wendy Lynn Chronister and Peter Rogers
The Colmar Foundation
Terri and Alfred D’Ancona
Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts
Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly
Elizabeth Duquette
Marilyn Fields and Larry Fields
Christine Fisher and Paul Fisher
Jamie-Clare Flaherty
Mimi Frankel and Bud Frankel
Sue-Gray Goller
Michelle Goodman and Larry Goodman
Stephanie Grinage and Richard Grinage
Mary Henderson and James Henderson
SUPPORTERS
$2,500–$4,999 (continued)
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Higgins
Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt
Courtney A. Hoffmann and Sebastian Hoffmann
Brooke Hubbuch and Nick Hubbuch
Lauren Huefner
Masahiro Kasai and William Myers
Jackelyn Kastanis and Taki Kastanis
Heidi and David Keeling
Jeffrey Kerr
Laura Kofoid and David Ricci
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Dania Leemputte and Patrick Leemputte
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litwin
Leslie Logsdon and Duncan Bourne
Lisa Klimley Malkin and Cary J. Malkin
Joan Malliband and David Malliband
George Mariner and Michael Payette
Heather Martin and Sean Martin
John R. Menninger
Pamela Meyer
Ms. Julianne Migely
Patricia Miller and Christopher Miller
Prof. Keith and Anne Moffat
Peggy Morris and Pat Morris
Jazelle Morriss and Daniel L. (D.L.) Morriss
Barbara and Jonathan Moss
Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD
Virginia Owens and James Owens
Victoria Poindexter and Joseph P. Gaynor III
Carol Pollock
Richard and Ellen Sandor
Family Foundation
Leticia Rodriguez-Marsico
Mickey Rolfe
Christine Ruttenberg and David Ruttenberg
Ms. Maggie Scheyer and Mr. Eric J. Scheyer
Lynda Silverman and Howard Silverman
Thomas G. Sinkovic
Beth Smetana and Gerard Smetana
Ms. Kathy Kalesperis Smith and Mr. Dion Grimes Smith
Dawn Stanislaw
Penelope Steiner and Robert Steiner
Dr. Lauren Streicher and Mr. Jason Brett
Dr. Steve Stryker
Nathan Tannenbaum
Foundation
Jennifer Tengelsen and Erich Tengelsen
Tom Ford International
Melissa Trandel
Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister
Richard and Noren Ungaretti
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Vail, Jr.
Leslie Warner and Stephen Warner
$1,500–$2,499
Anonymous (3)
Greg Albiero
Raheela Gill Anwar and Dr. M. Naveed Anwar
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aron
Carey August and Brett August
Jennifer Birmingham
Gary and Linda† T. Blumenshine
Ms. Evelyn Bosenberg
Anthony Bruck
Carolyn Bucksbaum
Tamara Buday and Robert Buday
Suzette Bross Bulley and Allan E. Bulley III
Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville and Art Bushonville
Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick J. Callahan, Jr.
Gerald Carter
Marge and Lew Collens
Ray Coronado
Bette Jane Crigger
Pamela Crutchfield
Dr. John Dainauskas
Mr. and Mrs.
Terence Donnelly
Rees Donofrio and Joseph Donofrio
Ms. Maia Dunkel
The Elia Group Llc
Hattie A. and Marie V. Fatz Foundation
Dr. and Mrs.
Anthony G. Finder
Arthur Frank
Darcy Goldfarb, MD
Keith Goldstein and Rodney Goldstein
Ann Gootee and James Gootee
Anthony and Susan Grosch
Shana Guthman and David Guthman
Anastasia and Gary Gutting
Christy Hand and Matthew Hand
Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Harris
Stacie R. Hartman
K. Susan Heintz
Cynthia Helle and Dan Helle
Jim Henry
Marci and Ronald Holzer
Myrna Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs.
William O. Kasten
Wendy Kilcollin and T. Eric Kilcollin
Roberta Killeen and Timothy Killeen
Polly Kintzel
KPW Family Foundation
Sarah Ladgenski and Derek Ladgenski
Robin and Jack Lavin
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lawson III
Alexandra Leichtman
Sherren Leigh
Dr. Richard E. Leithiser
Mia Levy and Paul Levy
Beth Loeb
Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek
Judy and John MacLeod
Elizabeth Marcus and Ira Belcove
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Marks
Jean McCabe and Joseph Missbrenner
James D. McDonough
Astrid A. McKinnon and McKay McKinnon
Ken Norgan
Lee and Sharon Oberlander
Anthony and Izabel Olson
Sharon Olson and Fred Fleischbein
Christine Ott
Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Pacholick
Beth Parin
Kristie Paskvan
Mary Ellen Pavone, MD and Christopher Novak
Kathleen Pipala and Michael Pipala
Bonnie Price and Jack Hirsch
Bluford Putnam
Donald H. Ratner and Bruce A. Gober
Jennifer Ross
Barbara and Donald Ruhman
Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Salamader Resort And Spa
A. Sue Samuels
Sarah Schrup
Glenn Selander
Anne Shonk
Craig Sirles
Marilyn Slattery
Patricia Smith
Smithburg Family Foundation
Shirley Stanley and Paul Stanley
Ned Stebbins
Jessica and Erik Steffensen
Constance and Orin Steinhaus
Patricia Sternberg
Carol Stone and David Stone
Lauren D.W. Tatar and Scott Borstein
Tawani Foundation
The William F. O’Connor Foundation
Courtney Thompson
Nancy Timmers and Michael Timmers
Carol Trapp and James Trapp
Lauren Vitale
Debbie Wang and David Hoyt
Olga Weiss and George Honig
Joyce M. Wippman
William Ziemann
Julie Zuckerman and Daniel Zuckerman
$1,000–$1,499
Anonymous (2)
Mr. and Mrs. Keene Harwood
Addington III
Amsted Industries
Anderson-Barnicle Family Foundation
Anne and Mark Bagan
The Ann Barzel/Patrick Henry Arts Fund
Sandra Bass
Christopher Begy
Bernstein Charitable Foundation
Thomas Berry
Judy Block and Philip Block
SUPPORTERS
$1,000–$1,499 (continued)
Shaun Block and Andrew Block
Virginia Bobins and Norman Bobins
Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph A. L. Bogan, Jr.
Robyn Bowland
Bradbury Family
Jeanne Brett
Stephen Burns
Carter Chinnis
Enid Collins
Michelle L. Collins
Mrs. John C. Colman
Lawrence Corry
Chrissy Davis and Matt Davis
Diana Widman Design Fine
Jewelry
Paul Fangman
Regan Friedmann and Philip Friedmann
Elisabeth Geraghty and Robert Geraghty
Linda Graubart and Jeffrey Graubart
Tracy Hamilton and Jay Hamilton
Patricia and O.J. Heestand
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henson
Dennis Holtschneider
Zach Huesling and Jonathan Lehman
Patricia Huffman and Robert Huffman
Melinda Jakovich and Lucien Lagrange
Howard Kirschbaum
Avril Klaff
Patricia Koldyke and Martin Koldyke
Susan Koltun and Thomas Koltun
Lew and Laurie Leibowitz
Peggy Lim and Yung Bong Lim
Jim and SuAnne Lopata
Jessica Lundevall and Torjus Lundevall
Sue Mazzone and Don Mazzone
Jo Ann McNaughton-Kade and Christopher Kade
Lynne Mcnown
Julie Moller and Scott Moller
Morgan Stanley-Shayne Fund
Amy Morrison
Nike, Inc.
Mary Nixon and Ted Nixon
Joanna Norcross
Mr. Jonathan F. Orser
Ibby Pinsky and Milton Pinsky
Sheila Pizer and Howard Pizer
Madeleine Plonsker and Harvey Plonsker
Richard and Charlene Posner
Mary Prescott
Allan Reich
Corinne Corky and Larry Richman
Carol Roberts
Jane Nicholl Sahlins and Bernard Sahlins
Lois Scott and David May
Anne Searle Bent and Stephen Bent
Thomas Shapiro
Marcey Siegel and Kenneth Siegel
Beth Silverman
Stearns Family Charitable Fund
Joanne Storm
Ann-Marie Streibich and James Streibich
Peggy Swartchild and James Swartchild
The Elbert W. Rogers Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg
Kathleen and John Vondran
John Walcher
Ashley Wheater and Brian Johnson
$750–$999
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr.
Diane Baj
Marisa Bryce
Suzanne Burns
Ellen Carnahan and Bill Daniels
Stephanie Chueh
Jenny Cizner
Kelly Dettmann and Brian Dettmann
Dorothy Ellesin-Janus and Christopher Janus
Joel Farran
Kathy Fergemann and Brian Fergemann
Beth Fulkerson and Joshua Kellman
Marc and Carol Gordon
Rebecca Graines
Marjorie Habermann
Elleke Haggerty
Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron
The Holzer Family Foundation
David Israel
Elaine Jaharis and Steven Jaharis
Debbie Kelly
Kelly Kerfin
Alissa King and Thomas King
Brittany Kottler
Zach Leonard
Karen Lo
Nichole Mann Kerber
Marion and Terry Martin
Natalie Matwijiszyn
Karen McEniry
Donna Milanovich
Lydia Ringwald
Deborah Ross and Jeffrey Ross
Maya Rubalcuba
Julia Simpson
Anita Tyson
I.B. Weil and Thomas Weil
Karen and Richard Weiland
$500–$749
Anonymous (2)
Fillomena Albee
Sara Albrecht
Ann Allison and Richard Vitkus
James Amend
Mina Amir-Mokri
Patty Perkins Andringa
Courtney Ashley
Christine Bakalar and John Bakalar
Carol Anne Been and Daniel Freedman
Susan Belgrad and Donald Belgrad
Megan Bero
Heidy and Phil Best
Aaron Boesky
Cary Bomier and David Bomier
Jetta Boschen and Dallas Boschen
Adrianne Boylen
Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden
Judy Bross and John Bross
Debbie Buckley
Laura Danforth
Cathy Deutsch
Paul DiSangro
Julia and Matt Doherty
James Dornenburg
Michael Downing
Joseph Eatherly
Sonia Evers
Joan and James Fencil
Ellie Forman and Jeremy Forman
Erica Fornari
J. Victor Frandel
Astra Gamsjaeger
Patricia Gentry
Gigi New York
Linda Glick and Robert Glick
Amy and Michael Gordon
Wes Gordon
Joel Guillory
Sandra Guy
Patrick and Karen Heick
Ross Heim
Geoffrey and Adrianna Hewings
Holzman Design LLC
Rose Houston Charitable Foundation
IBM International Foundation
Ellen Israel and Rich Israel
Nancy Jacobs
Paul Judy
Rachel Klein and Neil Klein
Erica Kuhlmann
Ms. Donna M. LaPietra and Mr. William Kurtis
Scott Leibovitz
Kathy Lipp and Roman Lipp
Susan Loiacano
Phillip Lumpkin
Sharon Mackes
Patricia Hickey Manz
Jeanne Martinez and John Segreti
Michael and Linda Mason
Helen Hall Melchior
Melvin M. Kaftan Revocable Living Trust
Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.
Lisa Mezzetti
Barbara Moser and David Moser
Alice Moss
Meryl Lyn Moss and Charles Moss
Maggie and Michael Murzanski
Ruth O’Brien and Stuart Rice
Margaret O’Connor and Michael O’Meara
Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Owen, Jr.
Pappas Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Papuga
Lynn Pearl
Leland Hutchinson and Jean Perkins
Alice Perry and Raymond Perry
Maria Pinto
SUPPORTERS
$500–$749 (continued)
Mary Prescott
Karine Provost
Julie Pryor and A Keith Housman
Boyd Rice
Christine Riker and Walter Riker
James Rocks
Mr. and Mrs. Morton I. Rosen
Emily Rubenstein and Angel Rivera
Barbara Schultz
Jennifer Seda
Elizabeth Shepherd and Scott Kinsloe
Amelia Silva and Alejandro Silva
Susan Stern and James Elliott
Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey J. Struthers, Jr.
Kartika Sujdak
Mary Summers and William Summers
Supera Family Foundation
Cynthia Taylor and Gregory Taylor
Joan Traynelis
Robert Veasey
Lynne Walton
LaDonna Wicklund and Gary Wicklund
Paula Wise
Wrigley, A Subsidiary of Mars, Inc.
Zapwater Communications
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zelisko
$300–$499
Anonymous (3)
Linda Abrahamson
Derrick Agnoletti
Margery Al-Chalabi and Suhail Al-Chalabi
Kristine Anderson and Tom Coonan
Lynn Arensman and Robert Arensman
Kimberly Bartuch and Brian Bartuch
Steven Bashwiner
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Bates Jr.
Andrea H. Bauer
Suzanne Bessette-Smith
Lois and Stanley Birer
Marshall Blaise
Blow Out Junkie
Marie Bousfield and Aldridge Bousfield
Jacqueline Brody
Beth Sprecher Brooks
Marion Cameron
Linda Campbell
Denise Casalino
Frances Chapman
Cathleen Choi
Liz Cleveland
Tom and Bette Cogan
Ann Cole and Roger Cole
Arlene Coustan and Harvey Coustan
April Daly
Robert Delaney
Virginia Demos
Gary Drescher
Maria Dubycky and Roman Dubycky
Sandra Dumalski and Raymond Dumalski
Adam Dunn
Frank and Faith Dusek
Joan and Warren Eagle
Amal Elahmady
Regina Murphy
Eugenia Kim
Thelma Evans
Dr. Robert A. Fajardo
Adrienne and Robert Z. Feldstein
Dr. W. Clinton Fisher and Lois Farrell Fisher
Joan Flavin
Sarah Frick
Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Fried
Niki Gabrielson
Christine Geiger
Virginia Gluckman
Anne Gottlieb
Jack and Robin Graham
Ginger Griffin
Deborah Gubin
Joyce Hasmonek
Marsie R. Hass and Scott D. Hite
Trudy Havens and Gary Neilson
Florentino and Kelly Hernandez
Joanna Horsnail
Joyce Ibers and James Ibers
Kathleen Ihrig and Glenn Ihrig
Sarah and Michael Jacobs
Jenny Patinkin
Gayle Jensen
Pamela Johnson
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Marissa Kalman and Gregg Kalman
Isabella & Alexandria
Kasprisin
Helen N. Kedo
Sandiya Killion
David Kimball
Mary Kimble
Sanja Kirovski
Drs. Kristi Kirschner and Raymond Curry
Sue Cleary Koch
Tina Koegel and Ron Koegel
John Kurtz & Gerry Salvacion
James Clark and Christina Labate
Lana Jewelry
Janet Lang
Anne Laumont
Alison Leff
Saralyn Levine
Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew O. Lewicky
Kathleen Lewis
Ann Logue and Rik Lantz
Sarah Lombardi
Persephone Ma
Sandra Mangurian
Marissa Martin
Laura Martinez and Andrew Martinez
Thomas McCaffer
Mr. and Mrs.
John C. McCarter
Rebecca Miles-Steiner
Meredith Mitchell
Sanford Moltz
Beverly Mook and Wallace Mook
Brooks Morgan and Mr. Howard C. Morgan
Dr. and Mrs.
David D. Morimoto
Steven Morris
Suzanne Muchin and David Brown
Kathleen Mueller
Kristina Mulhall and John Mulhall
Carol Mullins and Steve Mullins
Eileen M Murray
Bradley Nelson
Elaine Newquist
One Two Lash
Rebekah Parker
Craig Peterson
Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Pierpont
Thomas Pool
Razan Prassas and Stephen Prassas
Ravinia Festival Association
Nicole Reifman
Thomas Roberts
Florence Ann Romano
John Rosenheim
Linda Rosenson and Harold Rosenson
Camille Kearns Rudy and Robert M. Rudy
Floyd Rueger
M. Catherine Ryan
Elizabeth Saar
Laura Sage
Carol Ann Saikhon
Constance Sampson
Patricia Sayre
Jenna Schlageter
Marilyn Schmitt
Sandra Schmoll and Jon Schmoll
Patricia Schnadig and Richard Schnadig
Meaghan Schneider
Jana Schreuder and Eric Schreuder
Mary Shea and Charles Shea
Elisa Shlofrock-Zusman
Melissa Skoog and Chris Dunagan
Brittany Smith
Drs. April and Frank Smith
Rodd Specketer
Linda Stein
Bruce Stevens
Laurene Szkatulski
Joani Tarsitano
TMF Tours and Travel
United Way
James Van Metre
Arlene Wagner and Albert Wagner
Emily Wall
Cliff Wallach
Annie Wallis and Tom Whitehead
Ceta Walters
Kathleen Warner
Sherry Weiss and Albert Weiss
Barbara H. West
John Wheeler
Elizabeth Wippman and Tom Wippman
Linda Wise
Amy Yi and Peter Yi
Joan Zajtchuk and Russ Zajtchuk
SUPPORTERS
RUDOLF NUREYEV FUND
AT THE JOFFREY BALLET
The Joffrey shares Rudolf Nureyev’s commitment to storytelling, through great works of the past and compelling new works of today. We gratefully recognize the donors listed below for their gifts and pledges to the Rudolf Nureyev Fund for the creation, production, and performance of full length story ballets.
DON QUIXOTE
Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation
Sonia Florian
Susan and Richard† Kiphart
Nancy and Sanfred Koltun NIB Foundation
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Marc and Sharen Berman
Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss
Pamela and Russ Strobel
GISELLE
Mary Jo and Doug Basler
Sandy and Roger Deromedi
Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Holson III
Jane Ellen Murray Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson
LES SYLPHIDES
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen
Carolyn A. Blessing
Torrence Boone and Ted Chapin
Robyn Bowland
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP
Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper
Dillon Foundation
Mrs. Christine Du Boulay Ellis
Deborah G. Engle
Mr. and Mrs. William Farley
Mr. and Mrs. F. Conrad
Fischer
Chip and Tiffany Flannagan
Dana Hokin Garvey and Robert Garvey
Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt
Una C. Jackman
Brian Johnson and Ashley Wheater
Anne Kaplan
Julie and Guy Lakonishok
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary D. Lazar, Jr.
Stanley and Lucy Lopata
Charitable Foundation
Judy and John MacLeod
Coco and Ethan Meers
Jess and Amanda Merten
Barbara and Jonathan Moss
Thomas J. O’Keefe
Victoria Poindexter and Joseph Gaynor
Carol G. Pollock
Jeffrey C. Rubenstein
Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill
Dr. Eric C. Schieber
Terry Schwartz
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp
Courtney C. Shea
Ms. Rita Spitz and Mr. David Blears
Dawn Stanislaw
Jeanette Stevens
Dr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Tatar
Courtney A. Thompson
Townsend Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen B. Warner
Olga Weiss and George Honig
Amanda Williamson and Matthew Johnson
Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin
William Ziemann
ROMEO & JULIET
Patty Perkins Andringa
Victor Cassidy and Donna Hapac
Ms. Jamie-Clare Colvin and Mr. Nicholas Colvin
DeVries Fine Arts
International Inc.
Julia R. Doherty
Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Harris
Kathleen and Mark Hechinger
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litwin
James D. McDonough
Wendy Nicholson
Cheryl Tama Oblander and Scott Oblander
Ruth O’Brien and Stuart Rice
Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister
Sallie Wilson
Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson
Simone Zurawski
As of August 31, 2016
THE JOFFREY BALLET STAR SOCIETY
The Joffrey Ballet Star Society recognizes those individuals who have invested in the future of The Joffrey Ballet through a planned gift. We wish to thank the following for their commitment to our legacy.
Mr. and Mrs.
Brian W. Babcock
Mr. D. Jeffrey Baddeley
Christine Du Boulay Ellis
Dr. and Mrs. David L. Faulk
Patricia H. Gerber
Michael Goldberger
Sue-Gray Goller
Barbara and John Henigbaum
Marci and Ronald Holzer
Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper
Ms. Darlene Johnson
Mr. Stuart Kane
Ms. Linda Levey
Mr. John McAllister
Prof. Keith and Anne Moffat
Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor
Jane Ellen Murray
Mr. Jonathan F. Orser
Constance and Orin Steinhaus
Elisabeth Wilcox Szegho
Ms. Marilyn J. Ward
Diana and Stuart Widman
Andrea and Rich Winship
Mrs. Anna Mary Zarrelli
TRIBUTE GIFTS
Contributions were made to celebrate the following individuals between January 5, 2016–January 5, 2017. The Joffrey Ballet thanks the donors for their generosity.
IN HONOR OF Anonymous (3)
Annie Atzeff
Christina Bourne
Adam DeWitt
Merritt DeWitt
Dale Cherry
Deborah and Bruce Crown
Deborah Engle
Yvette Karba
Cindy A. Kronman
Barry Litwin
Courtney Shea
Ed Weil
Dia and Ed Weil
Ashley Wheater
IN MEMORY OF Robert Albee
Donna Bast
Linda Blumenshine
Eric B. Eatherly
Ronald Fishman
Saul Gerber
Paul Green
Mrs. Francis J. Klimley
Dianne Nishimura
John O’Neal
Barbara Rich
Walter F. Tama
JOFFREY AUXILIARY BOARD GOVERNING COUNCIL 2016–2017
Emily Strobel Amiet
Carolyn Blessing
Co-chairs
Michael Amiet
Lauren Huefner
Jaqueline Lentz
Sarah Lombardi
Rees Mason
Natalie Matwijiszyn
Dan Patton
John P. Walcher
DONORS
Donors from December 15, 2015 through January 15, 2017. Please contact 312.341.2364 with questions or concerns.
$100,000+
The Baryl Family
Thomas Baryl
Efroymson Family Fund, a CICF Fund
Sonia Florian
MacArthur Foundation
NIB Foundation
Pasquinelli Family Foundation
Maria Pasquinelli
Denise Littlefield Sobel
$50,000–$99,999
Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner
$25,000–$49,999
The Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation
Chauncey and Marion Deering
McCormick Family Foundation
Joyce Chelberg
The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust
Exelon
Anne L. Kaplan
Polk Bros. Foundation
Caryn and Jerry Skurnick
Jill and John Svoboda
Dia S. and Edward S. Weil, Jr.
$10,000–$24,999
Allstate Insurance Company
Kathleen and Nicholas Amatangelo
Avison Young
Scott Bauer
Virginia and Norm Bobins
Marge* and Lew Collens
The Colmar Foundation
Deborah and Bruce Crown
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Mayor of Chicago
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Charles R. Gardner
Chairman, Board of Directors
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John Svoboda | Vice-Chair
Bruce Crown | Treasurer
Ann Nash | Secretary
Nicholas S. Amatangelo
Bruce R. Bachmann
Thomas R. Baryl
Lew Collens
Joan Colmar
Henry Fogel
Robert Held
Richard Helldobler
Mel Katten, Chair Emeritus
John R. Kaufman
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Tangella Maddox
Ali Malekzadeh
Suzanne Martin
Helen Hall Melchior
Maria L. Pasquinelli
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EMERITUS DIRECTORS
Sondra Berman Epstein
David D. Hiller
Kenneth L. Tucker
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko
Chief Executive Officer
Judie Moore Green
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Colleen Flanigan
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Michael Bauman
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Development Associate
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CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
Kristen Smiley Hansel
Director of Educational Programming
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS
Stephen Sell
Director of Production & Facilities
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Director of Operations
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Front of House Manager
Mary Mazza
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Scott Zissman
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Annie Slaughter
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Ashley Young
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Patron Services
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Steven Olvera
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Carpenter
Robert Patterson
Properties
Pat Donahue, Jr.
Electrician
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Flyman
Dale Kuypers
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Frank Romeo
Custodial Foreman Emeritus
Marie A. Cali
Theatre Manager Emeritus
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Historian
THE OFFICIAL ORCHESTRA OF THE JOFFREY BALLET
GAME CHANGERS
SCOTT SPECK
Artistic Director
JAMES BERKENSTOCK
Artistic Advisor
THOMAS MANNING Board Chairman
DONNA MILANOVICH
Executive Director
FOOL’S PARADISE
VIOLIN
Florentina Ramniceanu
CELLO
Judy Stone
PIANO
Grace Kim
INFRA
VIOLIN
Jeremy Black
Mathias Tacke
VIOLA
Rose Armbrust Griffin
CELLO
Barbara Haffner
Margaret Daly
PIANO
Grace Kim
Michael Shelton Music Librarian
Terrell Pierce
Personnel Manager
YEAR OF THE RABBIT
VIOLIN
Jeremy Black Concertmaster
Mathias Tacke
Principal Second Violin
Bernardo Arias
Stephen Boe
Jennifer Cappelli
Injoo Choi
Renée-Paule Gauthier
Sheila Hanford
David Katz
Florentina Ramniceanu
VIOLA
Rose Armbrust-Griffin
Principal
Daniel Golden
Aurelien Pederzoli
Benton Wedge
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CELLO
Larry Glazier Principal
Margaret Daly
Judy Stone
BASS
Douglas Johnson Principal
Christian Dillingham
PIANO
Grace Kim Principal
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ARTISTIC
Gerard Charles
Director of Artistic Operations/ Ballet Master
Nicolas Blanc
Ballet Master/Principal Coach
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Ballet Masters
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Head of Pre-Professional Programs
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COMPANY ADMINISTRATION & PRODUCTION
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Director of Production
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Administrative Assistant
ASHLEY WHEATER
Artistic Director
Katherine Selig
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Courtney Tan
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Executive Director
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Kathleen Hechinger
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Chief Financial Officer
Aaron Glynn
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Scott Speck
Music Director
Grace Kim
Company Pianist
Paul James Lewis
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Kirk Muspratt
Cover Conductor
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Q&A WITH THE GAME CHANGERS
All three of our Game Changers choreographers were appointed Resident Choreographer for major ballet companies at a young age: Wayne McGregor (The Royal Ballet), Christopher Wheeldon and Justin Peck (New York City Ballet). We spoke with them about what inspires them and how they recharge their creative energy.
What was the most CHALLENGING OR REWARDING ASPECT of taking on the role of Resident Choreographer?
Staying true to my own artistic vision. Opening up the possibilities of what ballet can be and say.
One of the most challenging aspects is to avoid redundancy
with my choreographic work. The most rewarding thing is the continued growth, both with my personal choreographic development and with the working relationships I forge.
It was an overwhelming honor to become the first resident choreographer of New York City Ballet. I think the responsibility to make work that fit in to such a richly populated repertoire was the biggest challenge. The rewards seemed boundless.
What MUSIC are you currently listening to? What about a piece of music inspires or moves you?
Leonard Bernstein at the moment, in preparation for a new work for the Bernstein Centennial celebration at The Royal Ballet in 2018. Ultimately, a piece of music must make me want to dance.
Joanna Newsom’s Divers, some Aaron Copland concert pieces, the Mica Levi score written for the film Jackie, Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, and Frank Ocean’s Blonde. There is always a healthy rotation.
Jlin. Music that transports you to another dimension. Beyond words.
McGregor in rehearsal for Tree of Codes with Company Wayne McGregor/Paris Opera Ballet/MIF. Photo by Percy Dean. | Photo of Christopher Wheeldon by Todd Rosenberg. | Photo of Justin Peck by Cheryl Mann.
Q&A
WITH THE GAME CHANGERS
CHOREOGRAPHERS
(continued)
What BOOK are you currently reading/last book you read?
Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks and The Brutal World by Peter Chadwick.
Talking Theatre, a collection of interviews of actors, directors and designers by Sir Richard Eyre.
Robert McKee’s Story, which is a book on the structure/style/ substance of storytelling.
Do you prefer creating ABSTRACT OR NARRATIVE work?
I love to make both types of work.
There is always a bit of both in almost all of my work.
I don’t believe there is a difference. A body cannot be abstract.
What UNIQUE QUALITIES do Joffrey dancers bring to your work?
The ecosystem that exists at Joffrey is one of great joy, openness, buoyancy, passion, and determination.
Athleticism, drive, sensitivity.
The quality that makes Joffrey Ballet so unique for me, is that the dancers care deeply for the artistic growth of the company as a whole. More so than in any other ballet company, there is a feeling of a common goal.
How do you RECHARGE your creative energy?
I find the best way to stay energized creatively is to take in all sorts of art and culture.
Time with my husband. We are passionate travelers.
Research, unfamiliar adventures, and Lamu (East Africa).
What are your HOPES for 2017?
That art and artists continue to be individual, inspirational, and challenging.
That as an artist I am able to continue to make works that can help people escape from the craziness of our world.
A hope for greater peace, respect, and tolerance, both domestically and globally. I can only hope for more positivity in the world.
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JANIE TAYLOR Stager Year of the Rabbit (continued from page 23)
Taylor appeared in the film Center Stage directed by Nicholas Hytner, which was released in 2000. She retired from the NYCB on March 1, 2014.
Taylor is now a repetiteur setting ballets for Justin Peck and Benjamin Millepied on companies around the world and has since started a career in design. She has designed costumes for the NYCB and LA Dance Project.
Born in London in 1971, Joby Talbot studied privately with Brian Elias and under Simon Bainbridge at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Talbot’s catalogue is diverse, comprising scores for dance and screen, works for orchestra, choir, soloists and chamber groups, as well as a recent and critically acclaimed opera debut with Everest, premiered by The Dallas Opera in early 2015.
Talbot’s collaborations with Christopher Wheeldon include Fool’s Paradise (2007), Tide Harmonic (2013), and the full-length Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2011), and The Winter’s Tale (2014). Further prominent works for dance include Chroma (2006), Genus (2007), and Entity (2008) with Wayne McGregor and Chamber (2012) with Medhi Walerski and Nederlands Dans Theater.
JOBY TALBOT Composer Fool’s Paradise
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MAX RICHTER Composer INFRA
Hailed as the most influential composer of his generation, electroacoustic polymath Max Richter defies definition: composer he may be, but he is also a pianist, producer, remixer, and collaborator, and beyond argument, one of the most prolific of contemporary musical artists.
Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock, and ambient electronica, Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training (he graduated from The Royal Academy of Music) with modern technology. His unique and distinctive brand of heartbroken melodicism bridges the minimalist greats with pioneering electronics and the contemporary digital music production universe.
Over the year, Richter has become best known for his genredefining and highly influential solo albums which have given rise to and are seen as ‘landmarks’ (The Independent, Pitchfork) of the ever-burgeoning ‘neo-classical’ movement, but his monumental collaborative output also encompasses concert music, operas, ballets, art and video installations, and multiple film, theater, and television scores. Ballets include his many collaborative ventures with maverick Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, with his works also being used by, amongst others, The Joffrey Ballet, Nederlands Dans Teatre, Lucinda Childs, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dutch National Ballet, Dresden Semper Oper, Ballet du Rhin, and Northern Ballet.
Sufjan Stevens is a singer-songwriter currently living in New York City. A preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated two state records (Michigan & Illinois), a collection of sacred and biblical songs (Seven Swans), an electronic album for the animals of the Chinese zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit), two Christmas box sets (Songs for Christmas, vol. 1-5 and Silver & Gold, vol. 6-10), and a programmatic tone poem for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (The BQE). In 2010, Sufjan released an expansive EP (All Delighted People) and the full-length The Age of Adz, a collection of songs partly inspired by the outsider artist Royal Robertson. His most recent release is Carrie & Lowell, released in March of 2015.
Born in Detroit and raised in Northern Michigan, Stevens attended Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, and the Masters program for writers at the New School for Social Research.
SUFJAN STEVENS Composer Year of the Rabbit
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CHRIS EKERS Sound Design INFRA
Sound designer Chris Ekers made his Royal Ballet debut in 2008 on Wayne McGregor’s INFRA and has since returned to work on McGregor’s Woolf Works.
Ekers trained as a musician. He began his career as a sound designer in 1981 with theatre sound rental company Autograph Sound Recording. During this time, he was involved in many West End musical productions, including Song and Dance, Starlight Express, and Chess. Since 1987, he has worked as a freelance sound engineer and designer with composers and ensembles and with dance, theatre, and opera companies, including with Gavin Bryars, Jan Garbarek, Max Richter, and the Hilliard Ensemble. In addition to works for The Royal Ballet, Ekers’s collaborations with Richter include touring with his ensemble in the UK and internationally, and the world premiere of the eight-hour Sleep in Kraftwerk, Berlin.
Ekers is Head of Sound for the annual Fès Festival of Sacred World Music in Morocco. Previous positions include Head of Sound for Assembly Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Senior Production Manager for Audio, Broadcast Audio and Communications for London 2012 Ceremonies Ltd.
MICHAEL P. ATKINSON Orchestration Year of the Rabbit
Michael P. Atkinson actively participates in the cultural life of New York City and Brooklyn as a Hornist, Arranger, Conductor, and Composer. He holds B.M. and M.M. in French horn performance from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Ashby and William Purvis. As a younger horn student in Pittsburgh, he studied with Dennis R. Abelson and Howard Hillyer.
As an arranger, Atkinson has frequently worked with Sufjan Stevens. In 2007, he was commissioned to realize songs from Stevens’ 2001 Enjoy Your Rabbit for string quartet. These works would later capture the attention of New York City Ballet member and choreographer Justin Peck, and in 2011, Atkinson was commissioned to orchestrate seven movements from the album Run Rabbit Run to accompany a new ballet called Year of the Rabbit.
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JULIAN OPIE Set Design INFRA
Julian Opie (British, b.1958) is a sculptor and digital artist associated with the New British Sculpture movement, and best known for portraits that reduce subjects to essential lines and color planes. Born in Oxford, he studied at Goldsmith’s School of Art from 1979 to 1983, during which time he created the series Eat Dirt, Art History of tongue-in-cheek copies of famous artworks. In his early work, Opie made steel sculptures of domestic appliances, architectural structures, and abstract, geometrical shapes. More recently, he has focused on digital media such as LED projections and graphic art. His work draws on classical portraiture, Japanese woodblock prints, and Pop Art aesthetics, particularly the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Opie has created a stylized, fragmentary visual language that depersonalizes his subjects, but he includes details, such as an exotic flower in Muliati, Shop Assistant (2002), specific titles, and different colored background to distinguish each work. His work is included in several public collections, including the Tate Gallery in London, the National Museum of Art in Osaka, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He lives and works in London.
NARCISO RODRIGUEZ
Costume Design Fool’s Paradise
One of the foremost American designers during the last two decades, Narciso Rodriguez plays a singular role in fashion. In 1996, Rodriguez received international acclaim when he designed the bias-cut wedding dress that Carolyn Bessette wore for her marriage to John F. Kennedy, Jr.
On November 4, 2008, Narciso Rodriguez became part of a monumental event in American history. To celebrate her husband Barack Obama’s triumphant victory as the first African American president of The United States, Michelle Obama chose to wear a dress from the designer’s Spring 2009 Collection. “It was both emotional and exhilarating,” Rodriguez said. “To be part of this memorable moment in history was a great honor.” The designer was again honored when the First Lady chose to wear Narciso Rodriguez to her husband’s first State of the Union address in 2009 and his last State of the Union address in 2016.
Today, Narciso Rodriguez’s fashion house is based in New York City where he shows his women’s ready-to-wear collections.
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MORITZ JUNGE Costume Design INFRA
Moritz Junge was born in Germany and studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. He was the overall winner of the Linbury Prize for stage design in 2001.
For The Royal Ballet his work includes Live Fire Exercise, Limen, INFRA (also Mariinsky Ballet), and Chroma (also Alvin Ailey, Boston Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Bolshoi, DNB). Most recently he created the designs for Wayne McGregor’s new work for The Royal Ballet, Multiverse.
Other opera and ballet work includes Cosi fan tutti (Opera Australia); Cavalleria rusticana/Pagliacci (Metropolitan Opera, New York), Les Troyens, Aida, and The Tempest (Royal Opera); Don Carlo (Bolshoi); L’Anatomie de la sensation (Paris Opera Ballet); Outlier (NYCB); Daphne (La Monnaie, Brussels); Messiah (ENO, Opéra de Lyon); Dyad 1929 (Australian Ballet); Renature (NDT); and La Cenerentola (Glyndebourne).
Designs for theatre include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe); In the Republic of Happiness (Royal Court); The Kitchen, Dido, Queen of Carthage, and The Hour we Knew Nothing of Each Other (National Theatre); Judgment Day (Almeida); and All About my Mother (Old Vic). He designed costumes for the London 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony.
JACOBUS Lighting Design Fool’s Paradise
Penny Jacobus is currently the Lighting Director for the New York City Ballet and has been with the company since 2000. Her credits include lighting four world premieres in addition to managing the lighting department for the repertory and touring seasons of the company. Additional credits include Lighting Supervisor and Designer for Christopher Wheeldon and the Morphoses Dance Company, designs for Tom Gold Dance Foundation, and recreations of NYCB designs at various ballet companies. She previously worked as a staff assistant lighting designer for the New York City Opera and assisted on several NYC Broadway shows. Penny graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and she was the Gilbert V. Hemsley Intern in Lighting in 1997.
PENNY
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LUCY CARTER Lighting Design INFRA
Lucy Carter trained in Dance and Drama at the Roehampton Institute before training in Lighting Design at Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2008, she received the Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Chroma and in 2015 for Woolf Works.
She is the main collaborator with choreographer Wayne McGregor. Their work includes Borderlands at San Francisco Ballet; Atomos, FAR, UNDANCE, Entity, Dyad 1909, Amu, Digito1, AtaXia and Nemesis for Company Wayne McGregor; Multiverse, Obsidian Tear, Woolf Works, Tetractys: The Art of Fugue, Raven Girl, Machina, Carbon Life, Live Fire Exercise, Limen, INFRA, Chroma, Qualia, Dido and Aeneas, Acis and Galatea, and Nimbus (Royal Opera/Royal Ballet), Kairos (Ballet Zürich); Outlier (New York City Ballet); Dyad 1929 (Australian Ballet); Kirikou and Karaba (musical, Maison de la danse, Lyon); Alea Sands, L’Anatomie de la Sensation, and Genus (Paris Opéra Ballet); Skindex and Renature (Nederlands Dans Theater); 2 Human (ENB); Yantra and Nautilus (Stuttgart); Chroma (Bolshoi, Canadian National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet); Yantra (Stuttgart Ballet) and INFRA (Mariinsky, St Petersburg, Tulsa Ballet).
BRANDON
STIRLING BAKER Lighting Design Year of the Rabbit
Brandon Stirling Baker’s lighting can be seen in the repertories of New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Berlin Staatsballet, Dutch National Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, LA Dance Project, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Guggenheim Bilbao, and many others. Baker has worked with choreographer Justin Peck since 2010 collaborating on over fifteen world premieres internationally. Baker’s lighting for ballet was awarded with the 2016 Lotos Foundation Prize for emerging artists. Baker is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow, Scotland.
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JACK MEHLER Lighting Design Fool’s Paradise, INFRA
A Chicago-area native, Jack Mehler earned a BFA from the University of Illinois/Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and then an MFA from New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. Based in New York for the last 19 years, Mr. Mehler designs lighting and/or scenery for an exciting mix of dance, musicals, plays, and commercial projects for groups such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet Florida, Ballet Memphis, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Capital Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Freedom Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Manhattan Theatre Club, North Shore Music Theatre, Norwegian National Opera Ballet, Paper Mill Playhouse, San Francisco Ballet, Seattle Rep, The Spoleto Festival, Syracuse Stage, The Working Theatre, and the WPA Theatre among many others. Mehler’s designs for choreographer Lar Lubovitch include Pentimento, Elemental Brubeck, Dvorak Serenade, Little Rhapsodies, and Jangle for Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, as well as Nature Boy (previously Love’s Stories) for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Recordare for José Limón. For The Joffrey Ballet, Mehler designed Donald Byrd’s Motown Suite and To Know Her, as well as the 2007 and 2008 versions of The Nutcracker (based on Tom Skelton’s original design).
Mehler also provides Design Coordination/Owner’s Representation for arts organizations building or renovating performance and rehearsal facilities, having recently completed work on a major project for a Minnesota performing arts school with a 3,000 seat amphitheatre and 23,500 sq ft year-round rehearsal facility.
• EFROYMSON PATRON SERVICES CENTER is located in Aisle 1 of the main floor and is open throughout performances to assist patrons with any needs they may have.
• CONCESSIONS are available throughout the theatre lobbies.
• OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE THEATRE. For Joffrey performances, all purchased snacks must be consumed in the lobby. Only bottled water is allowed in the seating area.
• RESTROOMS are located on the lower level and in the Baryl Family Lobby (third floor). Accessible restroom facilities are located in the southwest corner of the main lobby and on the third floor.
• ACCESSIBILITY: The Auditorium Theatre is accessible to all patrons and fully complies with ADA requirements. Various levels of accommodations are available to patrons who require assisted listening devices, signed performances, or accessible seating. Additionally, our Efroymson Patron Services Center office, located in Aisle 1 of the main lobby, is open throughout performances to assist patrons with any needs they may have. For more information on accessibility, please call 312.341.2300.
• PUBLIC TELEPHONES are located in Patron Services.
• Please turn off all ELECTRONIC DEVICES that may ring, beep, vibrate, or otherwise produce a sound that may disrupt the performance. Electronic devices include mobile phones, pagers, and watches.
• SMOKING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED in the theatre and within 25 feet of any entrance.
• COAT CHECK is seasonal and located in the main floor lobby.
• THE USE OF VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, or any other recording devices is strictly prohibited in the theatre during performances.
• THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE HAS A STRICT POLICY OF NO LATE SEATING. Patrons arriving after the performance begins, or leaving the seating area for any reason, will be seated in a designated section and may take their ticketed seats at intermission.
• LOST AND FOUND: Found articles should be left with Patron Services located in Aisle 1 of the main lobby. To determine whether a personal article has been turned in to the Lost and Found, please call 312.341.2389. Any items lost or presumed stolen are not the responsibility of the Auditorium Theatre.
• EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER during performances is 312.341.2389.
• FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a lighted sign nearest to your seat is the shortest route out of the theatre. In the event of a theatre evacuation, WALK TO THAT EXIT.
• FIREARMS: In compliance with the Illinois Firearms Concealed Carry Act, the Auditorium Theatre prohibits the carrying of weapons of any kind in the theatre and on theatre property.
• AN ATM is located in Aisle 1.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois is proud to support the arts throughout Chicago and is honored to sponsor the Joffrey Ballet.
