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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Bold Moves FEBRUARY 10–21, 2016

20 | Letter from Ashley Wheater 30 | Letter from Greg Cameron 60 | Bold Moves Program 100 | Ballet Notes 14 | Artists of the Company 17 | Bios 210| Joffrey Boards 230| Supporters 39 | On That Note with Scott Speck eet Ashley Page 40 | M

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Most of us realize that creative vision is fundamental to the arts, but sometimes we do not recognize the importance of community support in advancing our work. The dance you enjoy on the stage is only possible because of the commitment of people “behind the scenes.”

These people allow us to be “bold,” encourage us to take chances, and guarantee that dance remains a living, evolving art form. Please join me in thanking the generous donors who supported this program: Sage Foundation, The Anne and Burt Kaplan Fund of the Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, Jay Franke and David Herro, and MacLean-Fogg.

I am particularly grateful to the late Burt Kaplan, a champion of the creative spirit and an inspiration for all of us in the Chicago arts community. As one of Burt’s final gestures of generosity, he initiated a gift which supports Ashley Page’s world premiere.

Robert Joffrey first introduced Jir˘í Kylián’s Forgotten Land into the Joffrey repertoire in 1985. I was a dancer with the Company at the time. I was moved at the core. Here was a groundbreaking work with soul and purpose. We introduced Yuri Possokhov’s RAkU in September of 2014.

After erupting in an ovation that lasted for several minutes, the audience lingered in silence, contemplating the power of their emotional response.

As we celebrate our 60th year, it is helpful to realize that bold artistic vision has defined The Joffrey Ballet from the beginning. The author, Sasha Anawalt, summarized her book about the Company by writing: “The lesson of Robert Joffrey is that the artistic spirit is indomitable…

Repeatedly The Joffrey Ballet was quashed, and repeatedly Robert Joffrey resurrected it in a new form…each time, he aimed beyond his reach…

That is the promise of the arts. This is the greatness of American dance.”

Celebrating the artistic spirit,

Ashley Wheater Artistic Director

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Our program today is named Bold Moves. While this title describes the artistic choices on the program, it can also be applied to the state of the Joffrey today. It is in the spirit of “bold moves” that I am “moved” to express appreciation for the impact of donor support on our Company, and that I will also be “bold” in presenting a call to action to you, our dedicated audience.

After 20 years in Chicago, the Joffrey is poised for its best decade ever.

The creation and presentation of new work — like Ashley Page’s world premiere — enhances the thoughtful programming and artistry our beloved Artistic Director Ashley Wheater brings to our entire subscription season year after year. Our commitment to live music, which you will hear as a part of every production this season, is another investment the Joffrey has made in its programming.

We aim to delight Chicago with world-class dance programs that are relevant and beautifully performed, while at the same time providing access to broad audiences. Your ticket or subscription purchase provides less than half of what it costs to produce our season each year. Though Joffrey is known for its efficiency (we were recognized by Chicago magazine as one of Chicago’s best charities in 2015), we must raise millions of dollars each year to present the kinds of programs you are enjoying today.

To those of you who have already been generous, we send our thanks for your support. ou can help keep us dancing by making a charitable gift to the Joffrey.

Y Whether large or small, your support will have an impact that you — and tens of thousands of others — will see, hear, and experience.

To make a gift today, visit our website at joffrey.org/donate.

Greg Cameron Executive Director

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GERARD CHARLES Director of Artistic Operations | Ballet Master

NICOLAS BLANC Ballet Master | Principal Coach

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FORGOTTEN LAND

Choreography by JIR˘Í KYLIÁN Music by BENJAMIN BRITTEN Staged by STEFAN ZEROMSKI Scenic and Costume Design by JOHN F. MACFARLANE Lighting Design (concept) by JIR˘Í KYLIÁN, (realization) JOOP CABOORT Lighting Redesign and Technical Adaptation by KEES TJEBBES, Recreated by ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS WORLD PREMIERE: April 12, 1981, Stuttgart Ballet, Wurttemberg State Theatre, Stuttgart, Germany | June 13, 1981, Nederlands Dans Theatre 1, Circustheater, Scheveningen, The Netherlands JOFFREY PREMIERE: October 2, 1985, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem Opus 20 by arrangement with Boosey Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

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TIPPING POINT Choreography by ASHLEY PAGE Music by THOMAS ADÈS Scenic and Costume Design by JON MORRELL Lighting Design by DAVID FINN WORLD PREMIERE: February 10, 2016, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Thomas Adès’ Violin Concerto — Concentric Paths Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Faber Music Ltd., London, publisher and copyright owner.

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RAkU Choreography by YURI POSSOKHOV Music by SHINJI ESHIMA Staged by QUINN WHARTON Costume Design by MARK ZAPPONE Lighting by ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS, after original design by CHRISTOPHER DENNIS Projection Design by ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS Libretto by GARY WANG Live chanting by Ancient Dragon Zen Gate, Chicago Buddhist Student Association, Shambhala Buddhist Center and Udumbara Sangha WORLD PREMIERE: February 3, 2011, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA JOFFREY PREMIERE: September 18, 2014, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL RAkU Production Sponsor: MacLean-Fogg Costumes and Scenery for RAkU courtesy of San Francisco Ballet

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BALLET NOTES

FORGOTTEN LAND — Forgotten Land is a work made in the idiom of a ‘musical choreography,’ meaning that all choreography derives directly from the music. The musical score itself was commissioned by the nationalist government of Japan in 1939.

Benjamin Britten received a commission to write a score which would be used as a part of the celebrations commemorating the 2600th anniversary of Japan’s existence. Britten accepted it and wrote a work entitled Sinfonia da Requiem. But the fact that he used Latin Christian liturgical text as an underlying theme, lead to the refusal of his composition. The Sinfonia da Requiem is divided into three parts: Lacrimosa (Weeping) — Dies Irae (God’s Wrath) — Requiem Aeternum (Eternal Rest). This piece is now dedicated to the memory of his parents.

Benjamin Britten was born in East Anglia, a part of England always threatened by the sea. I have taken the idea of the everlasting presence of the ocean as a life-giving and life-taking force, as a main theme for my choreography. Another very important source of inspiration for me was the famous painting by Edvard Munch, Dance of Life (1899), in which the woman in three stages of her life is very clearly present. In close collaboration with the painter John Macfarlane, the design for stage and costumes emerged, taking into account all these influences. — Jir˘í Kylián.

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BALLET NOTES

TIPPING POINT — Music is so often the primary factor for me in guiding a new dance work, and it’s definitely the case with this piece.

The violin concerto by Thomas Adès (Concentric Paths) is brimming with overwrought tensions and, although the writing isn’t particularly rhythmic, it’s a very physical piece of music and suggested itself to me on first hearing.

It’s quite ‘dark’ music, and conjures images of something elemental taking place — the shifting tectonic plates of the earth’s geological structures, for instance — and carries within it a sense of uneasy alliances and claustrophobic atmospheres. At times the choreography is placed ‘alongside’ the music, and at others it inhabits it completely, creating a kind of physical map or commentary through the score.

The design (by my long-time collaborator Jon Morrell) reflects these moods and qualities, encasing the ballet in its own world and enhancing the activities of the dancers. The lighting design (by David Finn) is another crucial layer of the work, bringing the design and the dancing into sharper focus and conjuring atmospheres that spring directly from the music. In this way, it’s a truly collaborative project.

— Ashley Page

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has more in common with traditional Japanese theater than with European-style storytelling. Basing his ballet on the burning of Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion in 1950, but setting it in an earlier period, he adopted a style similar to Noh theatre, which presents the essence of a story rather than a literal depiction. “It is aesthetic lines, but not story lines,” Possokhov said. The choreographer pairs inventive, classically based movement with folk-based character steps and slow-moving butoh. Shinji Eshima’s commissioned score for full orchestra uses no traditional Japanese instruments, yet conveys a Japanese feeling and incorporates a recurring love theme, Morse code, and Buddhist chanting to create a sense of burning emotion and unspeakable pain. Created for the San Francisco Ballet in 2011 (his 13th for the Company), RAkU is a story of love and separation, desire and jealousy, violence and grief, simply told to stunning effect.

BALLET NOTES

RAkU — In RAkU, Yuri Possokhov has created a story ballet that

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ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director Born in Scotland and raised in England, Mr. Wheater was trained at The Royal Ballet School. Mr. 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, Mr. 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, Mr. Wheater, representing The Joffrey Ballet, was named Lincoln Academy Laureate, the highest honor presented by the State of Illinois. The Chicago Tribune selected Mr. Wheater as 2013 “Chicagoan of the Year” for his contributions to dance. In 2014, Mr. Wheater accepted the Chicago Spirit of Innovation Award for The Joffrey Ballet. In 2015, Wheater received the University of Chicago Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts.

SCOTT SPECK Music Director Scott Speck has inspired international acclaim as a conductor of passion, intelligence and winning personality. 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.

Scott 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; Scott 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.

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JIR˘Í KYLIÁN Choreographer, Forgotten Land

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Jir˘í Kylián (Czechoslovakia, 1947) started his dance career at the age of nine at the School of the National Ballet in Prague. In 1962, he was accepted as a student at the Prague Conservatory. He left Prague when he received a scholarship for The Royal Ballet School in London in 1967. After this, he left to join the Stuttgart Ballet led by John Cranko. Here Kylián made his debut as a choreographer with Paradox for the Noverre Gesellschaft. Later, Cranko asked him to create more works for the Noverre Company. After having made three ballets for Nederlands Dans Theater (Viewers, Stoolgame and La Cathédrale Engloutie), he became Artistic Director of the Company in 1975. In 1978, he helped rebuild the Nederlands Dans Theater with Sinfonietta, which earned international recognition. That same year, he and Carel Birnie founded Nederlands Dans Theater II, which served as a bridge between school and professional company life. It was meant to give young dancers the opportunity to develop their skills and talents, and to function as a breeding ground for young talent. In 1991, he also initiated Nederlands Dans Theater III, the company for older dancers above forty years of age. This three dimensional structure was unique in the world of dance. In 1995, Kylián designed a performance which all of the dancers of NDT I, II, and III were in, entitled Arcimboldo.

After an extraordinary record of service, Kylián handed over the artistic leadership in 1999, but remained associated to the dance company as House Choreographer until December 2009. Jir˘í Kylián has created nearly 100 works for the Nederlands Dans Theater, Stuttgart Ballet, Paris Opera, Swedish Television, Bayerisches Staatsballett München, and the Tokyo Ballet, among others. His works are performed by companies and schools worldwide.

In the course of his career, Kylián received many international awards including: Officer of the Orange Order (Netherlands), Honorary Doctorate (Juilliard School New York), three Nijinsky Awards for Best Choreographer, Company, and Work (Monte Carlo), Benoit de la Dance (Moscow and Berlin), Honorary Medal of the President of the Czech Republic, Commander of the Legion d’honneur (France), and in 2008 he was distinguished with one of the highest royal honors, the Medal of the Order of the House of Orange given to him by Her Majesty the Queen Beatrix from the Netherlands. In 2011, Kylián received the Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of dance and theater by the Czech Ministry of Culture in Prague.

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ASHLEY PAGE, OBE Choreographer, Tipping Point Ashley Page trained at The Royal Ballet School before joining The Royal Ballet in 1975. During his formative years in the Company, he worked closely with Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, and with visiting choreographers including Glen Tetley and, crucially, Richard Alston, who became a mentor for Page during his subsequent development as a choreographer.

He was promoted to the rank of Principal dancer in 1984, the same year in which he choreographed his first professional work for the Company, A Broken Set of Rules. Page continued to develop his choreographic ‘voice’ alongside his dancing career, creating 18 ballets for the Company as well as being commissioned by Rambert and Dutch National Ballet among others. He became known for his often daring collaborations with visual artists and contemporary composers, and for his interest in finding new contexts for dance to explore. In 1994–95 his Fearful Symmetries (for The Royal Ballet), which provided a celebrated leading male role for Irek Mukhamedov, won the Olivier and Time Out awards for best new dance production.

In 2002, after 27 years with The Royal Ballet, Page was offered the Artistic Directorship of the then-failing Scottish Ballet. Over the subsequent decade, he redeveloped them into an internationally renowned modern ballet company with an eclectic repertoire which attracted critical acclaim, numerous awards and new audiences. He created many new works for the Company, including four full-length ballets (Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Alice) as well as several contemporary and neo-classical pieces, and curated a broad repertoire consisting of late 20th century classic works and numerous new commissions by leading choreographers. In 2005, the Company was invited back to the Edinburgh International Festival for the first time in 20 years (which subsequently became a regular invitation) and returned to London/Sadler’s Wells for frequent visits. They also toured to China and the USA during his directorship.

During his final year at Scottish Ballet, Page was commissioned to create a new work for San Francisco Ballet (Guide to Strange Places), which was premiered in March 2012 and featured in that Company’s highly successful London season six months later. Now established in the third phase of his career as a freelance choreographer and theatre director, Page is currently responding to numerous commissions from ballet, contemporary dance and opera companies internationally.

In June 2014, he directed his first opera (La Bohème), and has subsequently created new productions of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and Bizet’s Carmen.

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YURI POSSOKHOV Choreographer, RAkU

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After receiving his dance training at the Moscow Ballet School, Yuri Possokhov danced with the Bolshoi Ballet for ten years, working primarily with Ballet Master Yuri Grigorovich. During this decade, he was promoted through the ranks to Principal dancer. In 1992, he joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a Principal dancer, at the invitation of Ballet Master Frank Andersen. The following December, Possokhov was cast as Prince Desiré in Helgi Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty and after being invited to perform in San Francisco Ballet’s opening night gala, he moved West. In 1994, he joined San Francisco Ballet as a Principal dancer.

In 1999, Possokhov organized and performed in a Russian tour entitled “Ballet Beyond Borders.” Sixteen dancers from San Francisco Ballet performed on the tour, which traveled to five cities throughout Russia. Following his retirement as a Principal dancer from the Company, Possokhov was named Choreographer in Residence in May 2006. His final engagement with the Company as a Principal dancer was on tour to New York’s Lincoln Center Festival in summer 2006.

As a choreographer, Possokhov’s credits include Songs of Spain, choreographed in 1997 for dancer Muriel Maffre; A Duet for Two, created the same year for Joanna Berman; and Impromptu Scriabin, for Felipe Diaz. In 2000, he completed a new work for a dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet, as well as 5 Mazurkas for the Marin Dance Theatre.

Possokhov’s Magrittomania was commissioned for San Francisco Ballet’s Discovery Program in 2000, and in April 2001, Possokhov received an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Choreography for the work. In 2001, Possokhov choreographed for ice dancers Renée Roca and Gorsha Sur. Works for the San Francisco Ballet include: Damned; Don Quixote; Study in Motion; Reflections; Ballet Mori; Firebird; Fusion; Diving into the Lilacs; Classical Symphony; RAkU; Francesca da Rimini; The Rite of Spring; and Swimmer.

In 2004, Possokhov’s Firebird premiered at Oregon Ballet Theatre, and the following year, he created another work for the Company. In February 2006, the Bolshoi Ballet premiered his Cinderella and in February 2008, The Georgia State Ballet gave the American premiere of Possokhov’s one-act work, Sagalobeli. Possokhov returned to work with the Bolshoi Ballet in 2015, creating Hero of Our Time, a fulllength ballet based on the famous novel written by Mikhail Lermontov.

For The Joffrey Ballet, Yuri has choreographed Bells, Adagio, and Don Quixote.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 2015–2016 HONORARY CHAIRMAN | Rahm Emanuel OFFICERS Zachary D. Lazar, Jr. Chairman of the Board Lorna Ferguson Sonia Florian Anne Kaplan Vice Chairs Ronald J. Allen Secretary Adam DeWitt Treasurer 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 Joan Colmar Jamie-Clare Colvin Roger Deromedi Pamella Roland DeVos

Terence Donnelly Fred Eychaner Shelley MacArthur Farley Chip Flannagan Mrs. Robert W. Galvin Linda Chaplik Harris Dana Hokin Garvey Richard Holson III Una C. Jackman Guy Lakonishok Donna M. LaPietra Michael Larsen Barry Litwin Judith MacLeod James McDonough Coco Meers Jess Merten Leslie D. Minier Susan Oleari Diane Patience Jeffrey C. Rubenstein Bruce Sagan Eric C. Schieber, M.D. Liz Sharp Carrie L. Shea Courtney Shea Ross Shelleman 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 Elizabeth Yntema LIFE DIRECTORS Grace Barry Patricia H. Gerber 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 November 17, 2015 † Deceased

BOARD DIRECTOR ANNE KAPLAN, WITH THE MAYER & MORRIS KAPLAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, has provided the Joffrey with sustained support and visionary leadership for 20 years. The Joffrey Ballet honors the Kaplan Family, Anne Kaplan, and the memory of Burt Kaplan for their commitment to creating new, innovative, and challenging work. Please join us in thanking and celebrating Anne and her family.

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WOMEN’S BOARD OF THE JOFFREY BALLET | 2015–2016 Patti S. Eylar President Elisabeth Adams 1st Vice President Joan Colmar Helen Hall Melchior 2nd Vice Presidents Ellie Forman Secretary Lauren D.W. Tatar Treasurer Dana Hokin Garvey Leslie Logsdon Members-at-Large Dora J. Aalbregtse Mrs. Keene Harwood Addington III Julie O’Donnell Allen Laura Ferris Anderson Melissa Anton Annie Atzeff Melissa M. Babcock Priscilla Barlow Grace Barry Kimberly Bartuch Mary Jo Basler Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Rebecca Besser Dorothy Bousseau Sophia P. Bross Marisa Bryce Suzette Bulley Mrs. John E. Burke Mary Patricia Burns Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville Patsy Callahan Wendy Lynn Chronister Jamie-Clare Colvin Rachel De Marte

Sandra Deromedi Kelly Dettmann Bonnie Deutsch Pamella Roland DeVos Merritt DeWitt Ellen Distelheim Sheryl Dyer JoNan Eastridge Christine Du Boulay Ellis Deborah Engle Shelley MacArthur Farley Lydia Fisher Katherine Fox Katherine E. Freiburger Annette N. Freyman Astra Gamsjaeger Susan Garland Patricia H. Gerber Sue-Gray Goller Donna Greenberg Mrs. Marjorie E. Habermann Mrs. Michael F. Harron Sandi Hartstein Odele Desmuke Hawkins Kathleen A. Henson Mrs. John W. Higgins Leslie S. Hindman Courtney A. Hoffmann Mrs. David Hoffmann Sharon King Hoge Sherry Lea Holson Marci Holzer Sonya Y. Jackson Melinda Jakovich Candace Collins Jordan Anne Kaplan Mrs. Brian Karaba

Kathleen Klaeser Laura Kofoid Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel Donna M. LaPietra Whitney Lasky Anne Lazar Mary Keough Lyman Judith MacLeod Lisa Klimley Malkin Joan Malliband Mrs. E. Barry Mansur Vida Marks Heather Martin Kristina McGrath Astrid A. McKinnon Amanda Merten Ms. Julianne Migely Patricia Miller Lucy Minor Anne Simon Moffat Brooks Morgan Kerrie Kennedy Mudd Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD Sheila O’Grady Christine Ott Mrs. Jay L. Owen, Jr. Mrs. John R. Pacholick Mary Ellen Pavone Mrs. Jerry K. Pearlman Judith Pierpont Ibby Pinsky Victoria Poindexter D. Elizabeth Price Rona Radler Sugar Rautbord Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt Camille Kearns Rudy

Elizabeth Ann Kasten Wendy Kilcollin

Elizabeth Dunkel Ryan Maggie Scheyer

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Sarah Schrup Kathryn Babcock Shaffer Liz Sharp Anne Shea Carrie L. Shea Courtney Shea Carolyn Sheridan Ms. Veronica Siegel Amelia Silva Mrs. Howard Silverman Ms. Patricia J. Simpson Marilyn Slattery Kathy Kalesperis Smith Maureen Dwyer Smith Rita Spitz Dawn Stanislaw Jessica Steffensen Constance Steinhaus Liz Stiffel Carol J. Stone Cheryl Tama Oblander Marina D.W. Tatar Jennifer Tengelsen Yolanda Tyler Noren Ungaretti Kathryn Vail Katherine Porter Veach Victoria C. Verity Mrs. John R. Walter Ann Waters Heather G. Webster Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV Pam Phillips Weston Kim White Diana Weiss Widman Joyce M. Wippman Leslie Zentner As of January 11, 2016

SUPPORTERS The Joffrey Ballet would like to extend many 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 support of the annual fund, special events, or annual programs in the amount of $300 or more between November 1, 2014 and January 8, 2016. Although space does not permit us to list all of our friends, we are very grateful for the support from each and every one of our loyal donors. Thank you for your thoughtful generosity. $500,000+ Alphawood Foundation Chicago Fred Eychaner $100,000–$499,999 Abbott Fund Athletico Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Centers BMO Private Bank Chicago Athletic Clubs Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust JW Marriott Anne Kaplan Margot and Josef Lakonishok NIB Foundation Marcus Lemonis The Satter Foundation $50,000–$99,999 Allstate Insurance Company Audre Carlin Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Sandy and Roger Deromedi Patti S. Eylar and Charles R. Gardner Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark Sonia Florian Jay Franke and David Herro The Julius N. Frankel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Holson III ITW Susan and Richard Kiphart

The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Polk Bros. Foundation Sage Foundation The Shubert Foundation Pamela and Russ Strobel Wells Fargo

CNA Financial Corporation Pamela Crutchfield Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation DeSantis Foundation Merritt DeWitt and Adam DeWitt DHR International, INC. Deborah and Cody Engle Tiffany Flannagan and $25,000–$49,999 Chip Flannagan Abbott Laboratories Dana Hokin Garvey and Mary Jo and Doug Basler Robert Garvey Marc and Sharen Berman GrubHub, Inc. The Boeing Company Sandi and Barry Hartstein The Brinson Foundation Denise Hoeflich and Adam Hoeflich Caterpillar, Inc. Katherine Hurley and Charles Hurley Nelson D. Cornelius Trust JPMorgan Chase The Crown Family Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Exelon Kehoe Designs GCM Grosvenor Dennis Kendzora Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hoffmann Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc. George Jewell Kovler Family Foundation Kendra Scott Kryolan Professional Make-Up MacLean-Fogg Julie and Guy Lakonishok Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Langdon Lucy Minor Michael and Jennifer Larsen Jane Ellen Murray Foundation Elizabeth Liebman National Endowment for the Arts Judith MacLeod and John MacLeod Negaunee Foundation Macy’s Nuveen Investments, Inc. Robert R. McCormick Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Patience McKinsey & Company, Inc. Prince Charitable Trusts Coco and Ethan Meers Glenn Richter and Negaunee Foundation, Ltd. Danielle Lutz Richter David and Suzu Neithercut The Estate of Joseph Semrow NFL Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Alexandra Nichols and Ms. Rita Spitz and Mr. David Blears John D. Nichols Bill and Orli Staley Nordstrom, Inc. Stout Risius Ross, Inc. The Northern Trust Company Walgreens The Palmer House Hilton Mr. and Mrs. Miles D. White Restoration Hardware Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson Jeffrey Rubenstein for the Ferguson-Yntema Family Trust Cari and Michael Sacks Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill $10,000–$24,999 Judy A. Saslow Gallery Anonymous Eric C. Schieber, MD Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Dr. Scholl Foundation Susan Asher and Daniel Asher Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Ms. Courtney C. Shea Baxter International Inc. Kay and Rhett Butler 2015–2016 SEASON Joffrey Ballet | 23

SUPPORTERS $10,000–$24,999 (continued) Southwest Airlines Marjorie Staples Ben Strobel Mary Swietnicki and Adam Mortara Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend U.S. Bank Foundation Richard and Noren Ungaretti John and Carol Walter Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Weston Amanda Williamson and Matthew Johnson Women’s Board of The Joffrey Ballet

Lisa Silverberg and Jim Challenger Mrs. Joyce Chelberg Pamela Conant Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts The Hattie A. & Marie V. Fatz Foundation Sherry Guthrie The Irving Harris Foundation Janet W. and Robert A. Helman Lucille Jewett Mrs. Abby McCormick O’Neil and Mr. Carroll Joynes Mr. and Mrs. Dennis L. Klaeser Dr. Lynda Lane and Mrs. Adele Lane Whitney Lasky and Jerry Lasky Dania Leemputte and Patrick Leemputte Jess and Amanda Merten Kevin and Annee Phillips Mayari Pritzker Carol and Robert Rasmus Carol Ann Saikhon Mr. and Mrs. David Sensibar Kathryn Babcock Shaffer and Jack Shaffer Sidley Austin, LLP Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Cheryl Tama Oblander and Scott Oblander Jennifer Tengelsen and Erich Tengelsen Kevin and Ellen Van Wart

Dr. and Mrs. David L. Faulk Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Ms. Jamee C. Field and Mr. Michael Kane Mimi Frankel and Bud Frankel Katherine and Richard Freiburger Jill Garling and Thomas Wilson Michelle Goodman and Larry Goodman Gary and Anastasia Gutting Mary Henderson and James Henderson Leslie Hindman Courtney A. Hoffmann Jeffrey Kerr Laura Kofoid and David Ricci $7,500–$9,999 Lannan Foundation Anonymous Sherren Leigh Laura and David F. Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Cary J. Malkin Ariel Investments, LLC Barry Mansur Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Barlow Elizabeth Marcus and Ira Belcove Annie Atzeff and Kristopher N. Atzeff Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Marks Phil and Janice Beck Helen Hall Melchior Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson John R. Menninger The Colmar Foundation Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Farley Michael Miller and Jeff Davis Sabrina Gracias and Antonio Gracias Keith and Anne Moffat Richard and Mary L. Gray Gerald T. Nowak, PC, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Linda O’Bannon Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hildy Lee and Sharon Oberlander Marisa Jackson and Stuart Jackson Thomas O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Langan Susan Oleari Mr. and Mrs. Zachary D. Lazar, Jr. Gigi Owens Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. $2,500–$4,999 Catherine Perez and William Perez Ms. D. Elizabeth Price and Anonymous (4) Victoria Poindexter and Mr. Lou Yecies Dora Aalbregtse and John Aalbregtse Joseph P. Gaynor III Patricia Schmalzl and William Schmalzl Evelyn R. Alter Carol Prins and John Hart Doug Schmidt Emily Strobel Amiet and Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt and The Siragusa Foundation Michael Amiet Thomas Rehwaldt Jeanette Stevens Melissa Anton and John Anton Stephen Ross Jeanne Stewart and Scott Stewart Bruce Barron Susan and David Ruder Liz Stiffel Kathryn Berti and Robert Berti The Richard and Ellen Sandor William Blair & Co., LLC Bradford Allen Realty Service Family Foundation Wrigley, A Subsidiary of Mars, Inc. Art and Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville Veronica Siegel The Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Callahan Marilyn Slattery Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Orin Steinhaus $5,000–$7,499 Cynthia Chereskin and David and Carol Stone Ada Addington and Benjamin Chereskin Dr. Lauren Streicher and Mr. Jason Brett Whitney Addington Nathan Tannenbaum Foundation Jackie and Glenn Tilton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen Shawn M. Donnelley and Brian Van Klompenberg and Jen Kurth Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, PC Christopher M. Kelly Leslie Warner and Stephen Warner Maureen Dugan and John Dugan Hilary and Barry Weinstein 24 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

SUPPORTERS $2,500–$4,999 (continued) Rebecca Wight Elizabeth Wippman and Tom Wippman Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zentner Julie Zuckerman $1,500–$2,499 Anonymous (4) Greg Albiero Patty Andringa John Ansehl and Timothy Solberg Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aron Diane Atwood and Paul Reilly Carey August and Brett August AVP Jewelry and Beads Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr. Sarah Beardsley Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III Jennifer Birmingham Donald H. Bittner Carolyn Blessing Gary and Linda Blumenshine Ms. Evelyn Bosenberg Audrey Bromberger and John Birmingham Anthony Bruck Carolyn Bucksbaum Burke-Brunger Fund Of Horizons Foundation Mary Patricia Burns Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd, LLP Maureen Byron and Scott Byron Gerald Carter Ms. Wendy Lynn Chronister and Mr. Peter Rogers Mia Connolly Lawrence Corry Keith and Elizabeth Crow Dr. John Dainauskas Terri and Alfred D’Ancona Claire Douglass Maia Dunkel Wendy Eager Lois Eisen and Stephen Eisen Mrs. Christine Du Boulay Ellis Christine Fisher and Paul Fisher Arthur L. Frank Miriam and Bernard Frankel Albert and Suzanne Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Geifman Mark Gerber and Connie Gerber

Sue-Gray Goller Ann Gootee and James Gootee Stephanie Grinage and Richard Grinage Susan Grosch and Anthony Grosch Deborah Gross and John Gross Francia Harrington and Verne Broders Odele and Brent Hawins K. Susan Heintz and Thomas Heintz Patricia Hendrick Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henson Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Alan J. Hommerding and Robert K. Personett Melinda Jakovich and Lucien Lagrange Kathryn and Bruce Johnson Sherry Kaplan and Barry Kaplan Margo Kapor and Burt Gordon Nancy Karger and Frank Karger Masahiro Kasai and William Myers Marilyn Katz and Scott Chambers Wendy Kilcollin and T. Eric Kilcollin Polly Kintzel Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel Shirley A. Kubly Sarah Ladgenski and Derek Ladgenski Karen LeFrak Deej and Hunter Leggitt Alexandra Leichtman Dr. Richard E. Leithiser Ms. Jani Lesko and Mr. David Moes Dana Levinson and James Noonan Mia Levy and Paul Levy Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litwin Beth Loeb Leslie Logsdon and Duncan Bourne Daniel Harold Lome Bob Loquercio Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek Magnolia Bakery Chicago Roger McEniry Pamela Meyer Britt Miller Patricia Miller and Christopher Miller Barbara and Jonathan Moss Joanna Norcross Ken Norgan Janis and John K. Notz Mary Jane O’Connor Erin Ohlms Christopher Olson and Charlene Huang Olson

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pacholick Kristie Paskvan Michael Payette Ibby Pinsky and Milton Pinsky Carol Pollock Bonnie Price and Jack Hirsch Bluford Putnam Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss James Rosenbloom Christina Ross and Wayne Boulais Jennifer Ross Adrianne Rotfeld and Steve Rotfeld Sahara Enterprises, Inc. April Schink and James Schink Terry Schwartz Glenn Selander Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Thomas G. Sinkovic Craig Sirles Beth and Gerard Smetana Mrs. Kathy Kalesperis Smith and Mr. Dion Grimes Smith Patricia Smith Dawn Stanislaw Shirley Stanley and Paul Stanley Patty Sternberg Janet Surkin and Robert Stillman Pamela Suter and Donald Suter Tablescapes Ginnee Tallman and William Ziemann Lauren D.W. Tatar and Scott Borstein Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Tawani Foundation Courtney Thompson The Travelers Foundation Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister Kay Tuber and Craig Tuber Katherine Porter Veach and Carson Veach Debbie Wang and David Hoyt Joan Wagner and Paul Haskins I.B. Weil and Thomas Weil Olga Weiss and George Honig Mary Agnes Welsh Evangelina Whittenburg and Eve Rice Whole Foods Market Diana Weiss Widman and Stuart Widman Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin 2015–2016 SEASON Joffrey Ballet | 25

SUPPORTERS $1,000–$1,499 Anonymous Amsted Industries Foundation Anne and Mark Bagan Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg, LLP Sandra Bass Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. L. Bogan, Jr. Joan and William Brodsky Adela Cepeda Carter Chinnis Mrs. John C. Colman ComEd, An Exelon Company Theresa Corrao Bette Jane Crigger Kelly Dettmann and Brian Dettmann Margaret Duncan Sue and Melvin Gray Marjorie E.Habermann Joan M. Hall Tonja Hall and Max Hall Tracy Hamilton and Jay Hamilton Patricia and O.J. Heestand The Holzer Family Foundation Keith Housman David Israel Kennie James Mr. and Mrs. Brian Karaba Koldyke Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. N. Thomas Koltun Amy Kuhns and Thomas Kuhns Lew and Laurie Leibowitz Ms. Judith Lennox Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Jim and SuAnne Lopata Joan Malliband and David Malliband Holly and Matt Maloney Carlette McMullan and John Gibbons Lynne E. McNown Martha and Rich Melman Lisa Mezzetti Amy Morrison Mary P. and Robert Murley Marcia Nowak and Gerald Nowak Ms. Sheila O’Grady and Mr. Dan Duffy Mr. Jonathan F. Orser Madeleine Plonsker and Harvey Plonsker Charlene Posner and Richard Posner Lisa and Seth Prostic Donald H. Ratner Carol J. Roberts Leticia Rodriguez-Marsico Sue Samuels

Sarah Schrup Todd Schwebel Robin and Frederic Seegal Anne Shonk Lynda Silverman and Howard Silverman Maria Smithburg and William Smithburg Mary Sutherland Peggy Swartchild and James Swartchild The Holzer Family Foundation Carol Trapp and James Trapp Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Wilkins Investment Counsel, Inc. Gia and Brett Zbikowski $750–$999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Keene H. Addington III John Ambrose Christine Bakalar and John Bakalar Donna Bogdanski Robyn Bowland Annette Carroll Annamette Clausen and Henrik Clausen Mary Collins Jamie-Clare Colvin and Nicholas Colvin Julie Deutsch Jill Dodds Mr. and Mrs. Terence Donnelly Marjorie Habermann Gricel Harris and Philip Harris Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron Marci and Ronald Holzer Diane Jacoby Kathy Kinsella Thomas Manning Heather Martin and Sean Martin Cathleen McClendon and Fredric McClendon Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Maya Rubalcuba Jordan Scher Thomas Shapiro Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Carrie Shea and Michael Shea Carolyn and Michael Sheridan Judie Stein Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Vail, Jr. Robert Veasey Karen and Richard Weiland

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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV Joyce M. Wippman Richard Wippman $500–$749 Anonymous The Art Institute of Chicago Community Associates Denise L. Ashurst Sallie and John Bailey Diane Baj Carol Anne Been and Daniel Freedman Ms. Katharine Bensen and Mr. C. Richard Johnson Thomas Berry Heidy Best Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Block III Marsha Borin Adrianne Boylen Willard Bransky Amy Brock Beth Sprecher Brooks John Bross Debbie Buckley Dr. and Mrs. John E. Burke Suzanne Burns Janna and David Caldarelli Dale Caridine Megan Cecil and C.W. Dilts Stephanie Chueh Ann Cole and Roger Cole Enid Collins Kimberly Collins Elizabeth Cournoyer Chrissy Davis and Matt Davis Virginia Demos Erin Dern and John Dern Paul DiSangro Michelle and Steven Dufault Tom Durica Mr. and Mrs. William Dutton Joel Farran Joan and James Fencil Kathy Fergemann and Brian Fergemann Marilyn Fields and Larry Fields Katherine Findlay and Donald Findlay Diane G. Fisher Joan Flavin Ellie and Jeremy Forman Sherwin Friedman Patricia Gentry Linda Glick and Robert Glick Ethel Gofen and William Gofen Marc and Carol Gordon Amy and Michael Gordon Elizabeth Graham Jack and Robin Graham Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Greenberg Joel Guillory

Elleke Haggerty Carla Hahn and Brian Hahn Anne Heekin Geoffrey and Adrianna Hewings Mary Hickey and Brian Hickey Elzie Higginbottom and Deborah Higginbottom Don and Ky Hilliker Rose Houston Charitable Foundation Caroline Huebner and Charles Huebner Kathleen Ihrig and Glenn Ihrig Gayle Jensen Paul Judy Debbie Kelly Steve and Nina Kindrick Lisa Kornick and Michael Kornick Christina Labate and James Clark Ms. Donna M. LaPietra and Mr. William Kurtis Anne and Alan Lerner Laurie Levy Jan and Ramsey Lewis Cindy Macfarland Aaron Martell Ms. Jeanne Martinez and Dr. John Segreti Michael and Linda Mason Dr. and Mrs. John Paul McGee Astrid and McKay McKinnon Sharon Herbert and Herbert Meltzer Barbara Fosco and David Missner Drs. Marsha and Robert Mrtek Margaret O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Papuga Dr. Mary Ellen Pavone and Mr. Christopher Novak Mandy Pekin Cecelia Pikul Mary Prescott Anne Puotinen Kevin Ray Brooke Remes Boyd V. Rice Christine and Walter Riker Theresa Rolloff Mr. and Mrs. Morton I. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rudy Christine Ruttenberg and David Ruttenberg Linda Scheuplein Barbara Schultz David Schultz Lois Scott Julie Sherman Marcey Siegel and Kenneth Siegel Linda and Michael Simon Julia Simpson

SUPPORTERS $500–$749 (continued) Gena Siruno-Roden Diane Smith Melissa and Charles Smith Carrie Stanton Joseph Stock Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Emanuel Tabachnik Jessica and Ronald Tessarik Melissa Trandel Rochelle Trotter Elizabeth B. Van Ness Johanna Vetter Annabelle and Keith Volgman John Walcher Lynne C Walton Sherry Weiss and Albert Weiss Paula Wise Susanne Woloson Arlene Wymer

Dorothy Ellesin-Janus and Christopher Janus Mark Etzel Thelma Evans Dr. Robert A. Fajardo Brett Farris Alison Finley Dr. W. Clinton Fisher and Lois Farrell Fisher Maureen Flood Erica Fornari Amy Forrest Katherine and John N. Fox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Fried Christine Geiger Samantha Giffin Susan Gohl and Fredrick Gohl Alanna Gordon and Robert Gordon Rebecca Graines Judie Green and Rich Green $300–$499 Ginger Griffin Anonymous (2) Teresa Grosch and Margery Al-Chalabi and Thomas Roberts Suhail Al-Chalabi Deborah Gubin Mr. and Mrs. James M. Amend Francia Harrington Michael Andrews and Ryan Ruskin Marsie R. Hass and Scott D. Hite Lynn Arensman and Joyce M. Hasmonek Robert Arensman Kerri Herman Margaret Baczkowski Mr. Richard Higginbotham Mary Anton and Paul Barron Joanna Horshail Marilyn and Brit Bartter Elizabeth Houlihan Steven Bashwiner Joyce Ibers and James Ibers Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bates Jr. Ellen Israel and Rich Israel Andrea H. Bauer Kristin Izenstark Susan Belgrad and Alexander Jacobs Donald Belgrad Sarah and Michael Jacobs Cynthia Berryman Jamberry Nails Leigh Bienen and Henry Bienen Janet and Carl Kalbhen Bloomingdale’s Arnold Kanter Luann and David C. Blowers Kim and James Kasprzyk Joan Blumenthal and Helen N. Kedo D. Jeffrey Blumenthal Kelly Kerfin Marie Bousfield and Marilyn and Jack Kessler Aldridge Bousfield Martha and Kunaal Khanna Sandra and Jim Boves David Kimball Holly Boyd and Thomas Boyd Mary Kimble Judy Bross Steve and Nina Kindrick Judy and Steve Brown Joanna King Mr. and Mrs. Allan E. Bulley III Sanja Kirovski Antonia Contro and Kristi Kirschner and George Marquisos Raymond Curry Anna Cooper-Stanton Brittany Kottler Kim Dahlborn Theodora Kras and Frances Kras Julia and Matt Doherty Erica Kuhlmann Lenore Duda John Kurtz Sandra Dumalski and Barbara Lancaster Raymond Dumalski Burt Lasko Joan and Warren Eagle Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Rebecca Eby Jahna Liindsay-Jones

Karen Lo Linda Loving Carlotta Lucchesi and Ronald Lucchesi Sandra Mangurian Anita Mark Stephanie Marshall Laura Martinez and Andrew Martinez Douglas Masters Natalie Matwijiszyn Carol McCordell and Michael Solomon Kristina McGrath Adrienne Meisel and Rand Sparling Ragan Memmott Athena Merageas Sanford Moltz Beverly Mook and Wallace Mook J.C. Moos Dr. and Mrs. David D. Morimoto Steven Morris M. Kathleen Mueller Carol Mullins and Steve Mullins Mary Murley and Robert Murley Eileen M Murray Maggie and Michael Murzanski Mykonos Greek Restaurant Bradley Nelson Pixie Newman Elaine Newquist Karen Nickelson Ann and Richard Nikcherich Tara and Brian Norris Shawna Hanson Norsman NYSE Euronext Foundation Marjory Oliker Jessica Paul Lynn Pearl Lashondra Peebles and Eric Peebles Sharon Perazzoli and Paul Perazzoli Alice Perry and Raymond Perry Craig Peterson Betha Piper Elizabeth Price Laura I. Puente Terri and John Reuter Thomas Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roscoe Linda and Harold Rosenson Floyd Rueger Snow Rutkowske Laura Sage Andrew Schaye Maggie Scheyer Eric Scheyer Lewis and Barbara Schneider Jana Schreuder and

Eric Schreuder Mr. and Mrs. Larry Selander Jennifer Sensenbrenner Mona and Harold Shabelman Mr. and Mrs. V.R. Shackelford IV Timothy C. Sherck Drs. April and Frank Smith The Solberg Family Gayle and Mort Speck Rodd Specketer Susan Stanislaw Kimberly Stephens Michael Tiknis Joan Traynelis Anita Tyson Robert and Etti Van Etten Marlene Van Skike Arlene Wagner and Albert Wagner Andrea Wald Ann M Warren Barbara H. West Patrick Woolridge Amy Yi and Peter Yi Sally and Shep Young Joan Zajtchuk and Russ Zajtchuk

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STAR SOCIETY PRESERVE THE LEGACY. ENSURE THE FUTURE.

THE JOFFREY VISION IS FLOURISHING. It is the feeling that we get in our theater seats when the first notes from the orchestra reach our ears as the curtain rises. It is the gift of dance, passionately performed on stage by the brilliant and athletic Joffrey dancers. It is the invaluable treasure that we will hand down to future generations.

This is the legacy of The Joffrey Ballet.

The Joffrey Star Society was established to recognize those individuals who have generously invested in that future, today.

If you have included The Joffrey Ballet in your estate plans or would like to learn more about our planned giving program, please contact Julia Doherty, Director of Major Gifts, at 312.386.8921 or jdoherty@joffrey.org.

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Joffrey Dancers: Victoria Jaiani and Dylan Gutierrez | Photo by Cheryl Mann

SUPPORTERS TRIBUTE GIFTS Liz Adams Ronald J. Allen Gerald Arpino Fern Batchko Ava and Natalie Bednyak Frank and Prue Beidler Harriet Bloom Annies Blum Jamie Borkan and Miranda Borkan Greg Cameron Cristina De Guia Sandy and Roger Deromedi Merritt DeWitt The DeWitt Family Ann Dickerson Miss Grace Duffy J. Elise Edwards Deborah Engle Fred Eychaner Patti Eylar Shelley Farley The Fiala Family Juliana Forrest Jay Franke Yumelia Garcia Dana Hokin Garvey John Mark Giragosian Sue-Gray Goller Sandi Hartstein Janet Helman Sarai Hoffman Jerri Hoffmann Jackie Jaffe Joffrey Academy of Dance Brian Johnson Anne Kaplan Rosalie and Victor Klein Ms. Laura Kofoid and Mr. David Ricci Erin and Peter Lane Dr. Lynda Lane Coco Meers Lucy Minor Shauna Montgomery Marilyn O’Connor Ibby Pinsky Anne Puotinen Bennett Rosenberg Geri Rosenfeld Jeffrey Rubenstein Saul Sanders Maggie and Nina Scheyer Elizabeth Sharp Willy Shives Marilyn Slattery

Brian Smith and Geyer Morford Scott Speck Rita Spitz Ryan Strum Petrina Suiter Dr. Arnold and Marina Tatar Michael C. Walters Ashley Wheater Kim White Diana Widman Joel and Cheryle Williamson Pera Wirszup Elizabeth Yntema

MEMORIAL GIFTS Debbie Beitler Nora Brown Lawrence Davis Sam and Katherine DeDakis Eric Eatherly Richard Ellis Sheldon Epstein Bruce Goers Mr. and Mrs. Max Hart Jean Hillbruner Urby L. Hobbs Wesley L. Humphrey Jen Jansma Virginia Kepil Roselyn Kerstein Maggie Miretzky and Aunt Ruth Elaine Sticca Walter F. Tama Richard P. Wippman

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, Sr. Mr. D. Jeffrey Baddeley Mr. Paul Chasnoff and Mr. Joe Hopper Mrs. Christine Du Boulay Ellis Dr. and Mrs. David L. Faulk Mrs. Patricia H. Gerber Mr. Michael Goldberger Barbara and John Henigbaum Mr. Richard Higginbotham

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Holzer Ms. Darlene Johnson Mr. Stuart Kane Ms. Linda Levey Mr. John McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Keith Moffat Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Mrs. Jane Ellen Murray and Mr. Edwin R. Wentz Mr. Jonathan F. Orser Doug Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Orin Steinhaus Ms. Elisabeth W. Szegho Ms. Marilyn J. Ward Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Widman Mrs. Anna Mary Zarrelli

JOFFREY CIRCLE COMMITTEE 2015–2016 K. Susan Heintz Dawn Stanislaw Co-Chairs Ronald Allen Carolyn Blessing Patti Eylar Ann Finder Charlie Gardner Melinda Jakovich Jeffrey Kerr Wendy Kilcollin Lynda Lane Richard Leithiser Barry Litwin Helen Melchior Anne Moffat Barbara Moss Linda O’Bannon Thomas O’Keefe Mary Ellen Pavone Carol Pollock Terry Schwartz Amelia Silva Marilyn Slattery Beth Smetana Constance Steinhaus Lauren Streicher Cheryl Tama Oblander Marina D.W. Tatar Dana Shepard Treister Diana Weiss Widman Olga M. Weiss Susan Youdovin Leslie Zentner 2015–2016 SEASON Joffrey Ballet | 29

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

The Honorable Rahm Emanuel Mayor of Chicago Honorary Chairman

Denise Cosman Controller

Board of Directors Charles R. Gardner Chairman, Board of Directors Norman R. Bobins | Vice-Chairman

Vanessa Moreno Accountant Kathy Bliss Asst. to the Executive Director/ Board Liaison

John Svoboda | Vice-Chairman

DEVELOPMENT

Bruce Crown | Treasurer

Kathryn TeBordo Associate Director of Institutional Giving

Ann Nash | Secretary Nicholas S. Amatangelo Bruce R. Bachmann Thomas R. Baryl Lew Collens Joan Colmar Bruce Crown Gisela Riba DiSpigno Henry Fogel Robert S. Held Richard Helldobler Mel Katten, Chair Emeritus John R. Kaufman Sidney Kerley Miroslava Mejia Krug Phil Lumpkin Ali Malekzadeh Helen Hall Melchior Linda C. O’Bannon McGhee Williams Osse Maria L. Pasquinelli John F. Sandner Denise R. Sobel Seymour Taxman Edward S. Weil, Jr. Robert L. Wieseneck EMERITUS DIRECTORS

Sondra Berman Epstein David D. Hiller Kenneth L. Tucker EXECUTIVE STAFF

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TRIBUTE GIFTS Given by Barbara Auerbach in memory of Muriel Auerbach Given by Barry Axler in honor of Brett Batterson Given by Brett and Veronica Batterson in honor of Roderick Hawkins Given by Robert J. Callahan in memory of Ann Barzel Given by Rich and Judie Green in memory of Brenda Sollitt Given by Kevin McGirr in honor of Patti Eylar and Charlie Gardner Given by Raymond and Tina Nihlean in honor of Darrell Windle and Dave Samber Given by Dana and Michael Treister in honor of Charlie Gardner and Brett Batterson Given in memory of Joyce Leonardi: Johara Marcel Lewinski Wendy Mancini Nancy A. Radosky Given in honor of Darrell Windle: Howard Clauser Charles J. Goldman Barbara Huyler Geraldine King ECHO SOCIETY Robert A. and Evy J. Alsaker Brett and Veronica Batterson Gail Beedie Laurence and Patricia Booth Patti Eylar and Charlie R. Gardner John T. Geary* Michael Goldberger Dar Johnson Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Walter Renfftlen Brenda Sollitt* Ken and Marsha Tucker Dia S. and Edward S. Weil Nike B. Whitcomb and James McKechnie* *our friends remembered

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ADMINISTRATION

ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director

GREG CAMERON Executive Director

ARTISTIC Gerard Charles Director of Artistic Operations/ Ballet Master

DEVELOPMENT Sarai Hoffman Chief Development Officer

Christine O’Brien Board Manager & Executive Assistant to the Executive Director

Nicolas Blanc Ballet Master/Principal Coach Suzanne Lopez Ballet Master COMPANY ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION Claude Binder Director of Production Blair Baldwin Company Manager Erin Brown Artistic & Production Administrative Assistant

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Cinderella

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CELEBRATING

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THE OFFICIAL ORCHESTRA OF THE JOFFREY BALLET BOLD MOVES SCOTT SPECK Artistic Director JAMES BERKENSTOCK Artistic Advisor THOMAS MANNING Board Chairman DONNA MILANOVICH Executive Director SOLOIST Yumi Hwang-Williams Violin VIOLIN Florentina Ramniceanu Concertmaster Mathias Tacke Principal Second Violin Mark Agnor Lori Ashikawa Jennifer Cappelli Injoo Choi Daniela Folker Roberta Freier Carmen Kassinger David Katz Helen Kim Clara Lindner Kjersti Nostbakken Rika Seko Paul Vanderwerf VIOLA Sally Chisholm Principal Rose Armbrust-Griffin Loretta Gillespie Daniel Golden Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff CELLO Judy Stone Principal Matthew Agnew Margaret Daly Edward Moore 38 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

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Music Director SCOTT SPECK Discusses the Music for Bold Moves THE JOFFREY’S BOLD MOVES PROGRAM contains three substantial, serious musical works by important composers, two of whom are very much alive. The Sinfonia da Requiem is the largest-scale, purely orchestral piece Benjamin Britten ever composed. Concentric Paths is a virtuosic, thorny, occasionally ethereal violin concerto by the contemporary British composer Thomas Adès. And RAkU is Japanese-American composer Shinji Eshima’s evocative, hypnotic and tragic ballet score.

Of the three, only RAkU was composed to accompany the dance that you will see tonight, and the only one that tells an explicit story; the other two were conceived as abstract concert works.

What fascinates me is that each piece creates a new and original sound world. Benjamin Britten, writing in 1940, created an instantly recognizable language — his music sounds like nobody else’s. He drew on Latin liturgical titles, Lacrymosa (Mournfully), Dies irae (Day of Wrath) and Requiem aeternam (Eternal Rest) for his three-movement work, moving from deep sadness to violence, and finally to resolution. But there is nothing Catholic about the music itself, which seems abstractly to describe the buildup to war and its

aftermath. The Sinfonia is deeply moving, and Jir˘í Kylián’s gorgeous choreography only amplifies its impact.

Thomas Adès has also created a world of sound. His music is paradoxically both tonal and dissonant. Most notable in his works are the intricate rhythms; he purposely makes it impossible to know where the beat is. His spiky, angular melodies create enormous challenges for performers, including the virtuosic violin soloist. Adès has said, “There’s a difference between impossible and difficult.” He skirts that edge here. I imagine that of all the works on this program, this is the hardest to dance to.

Shinji Eshima’s music to RAkU is soothing by comparison, but it deftly depicts a sad and horrifying story. In conjuring up a legend of old Japan, he creates an ancient sound world of meditation and ritual, including the chanting of Buddhist monks.

If one thing unites all of these pieces, it’s that they are unsettled — constantly in a state of becoming, and never fully at rest. Bold moves indeed!

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Internationally acclaimed British choreographer Ashley Page discusses his prolific career as a dancer and choreographer, as well as his creative process.

MEET

ASHLEY

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On Dancing I started dancing when I was four and it became quite an obsessive thing. At nine, I went to a two-week summer workshop at the Legat School in Kent and was offered a six-year scholarship.

But then I auditioned for The Royal Ballet School and secured a place at White Lodge (the lower school of The Royal Ballet School) and joined at age 12. The most exciting and valuable thing about my time at the school was being involved in performances at the Opera House.

I remember seeing Anthony Dowell, Antoinette Sibley, Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, and knew then that I really wanted to be a part of that world. I worked my way through the school and eventually got into the Company in 1976.

On Choreography In my early years with The Royal Ballet there was a thriving choreographic workshop, and around 1981, I felt it was time to have a go, so I made my first piece. It was successful enough for me to feel emboldened to continue and in 1982, they founded the Frederick Ashton Choreographic Award, which I won. Then in 1984, I made my first piece for the Opera House, the same year I was promoted to Principal dancer.

It occurred to me that if I was going to seriously choreograph I needed to get my movement language sorted out, so I decided to really strip everything down to the bare basics of classicism and re-examine it. A Broken Set of Rules, was about that paring down process and the beginnings of building it up into something else. It was quite a radical thing to present at the Opera House at that time.

I went on to choreograph alternatively for the Opera House and Rambert, as well as Dutch National Ballet. My salary was still as a performer, but I was presenting work all over, including creating 18 pieces for The Royal Ballet. Subsequently during my ten years as Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet, I created eight works including four full-length ballets; and since becoming a full-time freelance choreographer in 2012, I’ve created 14 works for companies around the world, including directing three operas.

On Creative Process Music has always been my big passion, as well as the visual arts. In my creative process, music is integral and the choice of dancers is crucial.

The cast is chosen to support the ideas of what I want to do with the music. The movement is found in the studio with the dancers, but I will have a strong idea about what kind of movement I want to make with a particular section of music and with which dancers, to make the most efficient use of the time. In making an abstract work, as I am now for Joffrey, the music is usually the guiding component, but I also work very closely with Jon Morrell, my long-time design partner (sketches on page 40). We talk about what the music is doing and saying, what kind of atmosphere it creates. We pull in all sorts of ideas and references (fashion, film, literature, architecture, etc.) and assemble a sort of library of things that might influence the work to dovetail with what interests us in the music. All these references on that journey and in our dialogue ultimately lead us to a clearer picture, and we make decisions based on what we feel is essential for the work.

For more information on Ashley Page, please refer to his bio on page 19.

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3. John Mark Giragosian, David Gombert, Brian Gephart, and Derrick Agnoletti in Paul Taylor’s Cloven Kingdom.

7. Matthew Adamczyk in Val Caniparoli’s Aria.

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Photos by Cheryl Mann 1. Edson Barbosa, Derrick Agnoletti, Joanna Wozniak, and Fernando Duarte in James Kudelka’s The Man In Black.

5. George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son. .

Photo by Zachary Freyman 4. The original Robert Joffrey Dancers.

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STEFAN Z˙EROMSKI Stager, Forgotten Land

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Stefan Z˙eromski was born in Poland. He received his dance education at the State Ballet College in Poznan, Poland. Upon graduation, Mr. Z˙eromski joined Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. He became a Soloist the following year, and was also awarded the Leon Wojcikowski Prize for the best young dancer. The next year, Mr. Z˙eromski joined Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he danced as a Soloist and worked with choreographers such as Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, Lucinda Childs, and others.

Until recently, Stefan Z˙eromski has been working as a Principle dancer with the Nederlands Dans Theater, a Company where he participated in creating many original works by choreographers such as Jir˘í Kylián, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Ohad Naharin, and others. Mr. Z˙eeromski has also participated in many television recordings of the Nederlands Dans Theater repertoire, such as Bella Figura, Sweet Dreams, Petit Mort, Signing Off, and Wings of Wax. He has also created works for the annual choreographic workshop presented by the Nederlands Dans Theater.

QUINN WHARTON Stager, RAkU Born in Seattle, raised in Hawaii, and trained in North Carolina; Quinn Wharton danced for the San Francisco Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He recently completed a new project with the Bolshoi Ballet and is co-choreographing a musical adaptation of Crime and Punishment in Moscow. He is a full-time Photographer/ videographer and choreographer. Find out more at @qwharton.

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BENJAMIN BRITTEN Composer, Sinfonia de Requiem Opus 20, Forgotten Land Benjamin Britten was born in 1913 in Lowestoft, Suffolk. In 1930, he attended the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Arthur Benjamin, Harold Samuel and John Ireland. As a student he wrote Op. 1, the Sinfonietta, the Phantasy Quartet, and Our Hunting Fathers.

At the outset of World War II, Britten stayed in the United States, where he produced works including Sinfonia da Requiem, Les Illuminations, and his Violin Concerto.

In 1942, he returned to Britain and began to work on the opera Peter Grimes, which premiered in 1945. The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell was first performed in the following year. Britten founded the English Opera Group in 1946 and the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948. In 1976, he was the first composer to be appointed a life peer.

THOMAS ADÈS Composer, Concentric Paths, Tipping Point Thomas Adès was born in London in 1971. His compositions include two operas, Powder Her Face and The Tempest. Other orchestral works include Asyla, Tevot, Polaris, Violin Concerto Concentric Paths, In Seven Days, and Totentanz for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra.

Chamber works include the string quartets Arcadiana and The Four Quarters, Piano Quintet, and Lieux retrouvés for cello and piano.

Solo piano works include Darknesse Visible, Traced Overhead, and Three Mazurkas. Choral works include The Fayrfax Carol, America: a Prophecy, and January Writ.

From 1999 to 2008 he was Artistic Director of the Aldeburgh Festival.

Awards include: Grawemeyer Award for Asyla (1999); Royal Philharmonic Society large-scale composition awards for Asyla, The Tempest and Tevot; Ernst von Siemens Composers’ prize for Arcadiana; and Best Opera Grammy and Diapason d’or de l’année (Paris) for The Tempest.

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SHINJI ESHIMA Composer, RAkU

BIOS

Shinji Eshima, a graduate of Stanford University and the Juilliard School is a double-bassist in the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Opera Orchestras. He is on faculty at San Francisco State University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His instrument is the Plumerel bass (1843) featured in the painting by Degas, The Orchestra of the Opera.

His first commissioned ballet score RAkU, for San Francisco Ballet in 2011, was choreographed by Yuri Possokhov. It has since toured the world. The Joffrey Ballet was the first new company to perform this ballet in 2014. It returned to San Francisco Ballet as part of Helgi Tomasson’s 30th anniversary season in 2015 along with a new world premiere, Swimmer, created again by Mr. Eshima and Mr. Possokhov.

The city of Berkeley, California, named December 6th, 2011, “Shinji Eshima Day,” for his contributions to the arts.

JOHN F. MACFARLANE Scenic and Costume Design, Forgotten Land John Macfarlane was born in Scotland in 1948 and studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He spent two years as Resident Designer at the Young Vic Theatre in London. For the first fifteen years of his career he worked mainly in dance. He has also designed for the classical ballet repertoire; in 2010, he designed Cinderella for Birmingham Royal Ballet to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the creation of that Company. Over the next few years, he is commissioned to design sets and costumes for contemporary and classical ballets at Covent Garden. Latterly, Macfarlane has focused on designing sets and costumes for opera.

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JON MORRELL Scenic and Costume Design, Tipping Point English designer Jon Morrell trained at the Central School of Art and Design in London.

His designs include costumes for Santa Fe Opera; Canadian Opera Company; English National Opera; De Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam; Frankfurt Opera; English National Opera/Houston/ Washington; ENO/Dallas/Houston/Warsaw; ENO/Opera Australia// San Francisco Opera; Opera North and Opera Australia; Dallas and Houston; Le Châtelet Paris; and Vilnius City Opera.

Sets and Costume designs include Royal Opera House/Chicago Lyric Opera; English National Opera/ Royal Swedish Opera; Santa Fe Opera; Turin; Hamburg Staatsoper; and Scottish Opera/ New Zealand Opera.

Costume designs for theatre include His Dark Materials and The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre London. Awarded the Olivier Award for Best Costume Design in 2013 for London’s West End production of the musical Top Hat.

MARK ZAPPONE Costume Design, RAkU Mark Zappone served Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) from 1983–1988 as costume designer, shop supervisor, and wardrobe master. He then moved to Monte Carlo, where he managed costume shops for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and Le Cabaret de Monte-Carlo, continuing on to Switzerland and Amsterdam with Holiday on Ice. Mr. Zappone has collaborated with renowned choreographers and designers such as Lucinda Childs, Maurice Sendak, Christopher Wheeldon, Kent Stowell, Twyla Tharp, the George Balanchine Trust, Helgi Tomasson, Molissa Fenley, Dominique Dumais, Kevin O’Day, James Kudelka, Martin Pakledinez, Christopher Stowell, Yuri Possokhov, Jérôme Kaplan, Donald Byrd, Nicolo Fonte, Paul Tazewell, Paul Gibson, Edwaard Liang, and Nuno Corte-Real. In addition to his numerous designs for PNB’s repertory, he has designed for San Francisco Ballet, Peter Boal: Solos, New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Perm Opera Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Spectrum Dance Theatre, Teatro ZinZanni, and Wear Moi Dancewear of London.

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Lighting Design, Forgotten Land Lighting and Projection Design, RAkU

Alexander V. Nichols’ Broadway credits include: Wishful Drinking, Hugh Jackman — Back On Broadway, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and off-Broadway productions: In Masks Outrageous and Austere, Los Big Names, Horizon, Bridge and Tunnel, Taking Over, Through the Night, and In the Wake. Recent projects include the museum installation Circle of Memory, a collaboration with Eleanor Coppola, recently presented in Stockholm, Sweden; and video and visual design for LIFE: A Journey Through Time, a collaboration with Frans Lanting and Philip Glass, recently presented at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.

DAVID FINN Lighting Design, Tipping Point Lighting designs for dance include The Nutcracker and Cinderella (Birmingham), Romeo & Juliette (Paris), Swan Lake (Munich), and works for renowned choreographers such as Sasha Waltz, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham, James Kudelka, Jose Limon, Liam Scarlett, Yuri Possokhov, and Dana Reitz. David was resident lighting designer for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project from 1993–2000. His opera work includes projects for the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Paris Opera, La Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Berlin Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper, La Monnaie, Dutch National Opera, Stuttgart Opera, Opera Australia, Santa Fe Opera, and San Francisco Opera. David has designed two shows for Cirque du Soleil: ZED in Tokyo, and MICHAEL JACKSON ONE in Las Vegas.

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