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CELEBRATING

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THE JOFFREY BALLET ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director GREG CAMERON Executive Director CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS Founder and editor in chief: RANCE CRAIN Publisher: DAVID SNYDER Crain’s Custom Media, a division of Crain’s Chicago Business, serves as the publisher for The Joffrey Ballet program books.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cinderella MAY 11–22, 2016

40 | Letter from Ashley Wheater 50 | Letter from Greg Cameron 80 | Cinderella Program 10 | Synopsis 14 | Ballet Notes 16 | Artists of the Company 18 | Bios 20 | Joffrey Boards 22 | Supporters 42 | On That Note with Scott Speck 46 | 2016–2017 Season Preview

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Cover Photo: Joffrey Dancers: Christine Rocas and Temur Suluashvili I Photo by: Herbert Migdoll Above: Joffrey Dancer: Christine Rocas I Photo by: Cheryl Mann

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It is particularly appropriate that we close our 60th anniversary season with Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella. This was one of Robert Joffrey’s favorite ballets. In Cinderella, we see Joffrey’s love for exacting classical technique and a childlike sense of wonder. This is the same spirit of magic which inhabits his Nutcracker.

When I was young, I believed that “magic” involved changing a pumpkin into a coach, mice into footmen, and an impoverished young girl into a princess. Magic was a transformation of common objects into spectacular ones.

Now as an adult having lived a life in the arts, I understand that magic does not reside in a glass slipper, but in the human mind. We project our dreams onto a pumpkin and it becomes a coach. Initially, I feared that magic had lost its spark, that as an adult I had become jaded. Now, I realize that imagination is one of the great gifts of our humanity.

We long for a world in which lowly Cinderella meets her Prince; a world just a bit kinder than the one in which we live. When this world appears on stage, we allow ourselves to believe.

Robert Joffrey understood the power of the creative spirit to touch the human heart. Frederick Ashton and Robert Joffrey departed from this world during the same year, but their work remains with us as a celebration of their lives.

To the power of dreams,

Ashley Wheater Artistic Director

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WELC

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” — Anatole France Dear Joffrey Believers — As we close our 60th anniversary season, I share sincere and profound thanks on behalf of the entire Joffrey Family with each of you — for helping us to accomplish great things, for encouraging dreaming, and most importantly, for believing. It is because of your steadfast and generous support that we continue to transform and grow.

We are indeed a stronger and more vital Joffrey today because of your commitment to our mission. Whether it be the beauty and precision of the Joffrey dancers in a Cinderella performance, a learning moment in our Academy of Dance, or a Chicago Public School student discovering the power of creative expression through our commitment to community, we know that Joffrey makes Chicago a better place to live, work, learn, play, and dance.

Please join me in thanking Cinderella Presenting Sponsor Margot and Josef Lakonishok and Production Sponsor Sandy and Roger Deromedi for believing in the magic of storytelling through dance and for generously supporting this production.

As you leave today’s performance, I hope that you walk with a lighter step, that you reconnect with “magic,” and that you will embrace Cinderella’s virtues to “have courage and be kind.”

With a focus on the future, and from the bottom of our hearts, we send thanks for your kindness and goodness to the Joffrey.

Sincerely,

Greg Cameron Executive Director

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ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director

GREG CAMERON Executive Director

ROBERT JOFFREY Founder

GERALD ARPINO Founder Artists of The Company Matthew Adamczyk | Derrick Agnoletti | Yoshihisa Arai | Amanda Assucena Artur Babajanyan | Edson Barbosa | Miguel Angel Blanco | Anais Bueno Fabrice Calmels | Raúl Casasola | Valeriia Chaykina | Nicole Ciapponi | April Daly Fernando Duarte | Camila Ferrera | Cara Marie Gary | Anna Gerberich Stefan Goncalvez | Luis Eduardo Gonzalez | Dylan Gutierrez | Rory Hohenstein Anastacia Holden | Dara Holmes | Victoria Jaiani | Hansol Jeong | Gayeon Jung Brooke Linford | Graham Maverick | Caitlin Meighan | Jeraldine Mendoza Jacqueline Moscicke | Amber Neumann | Christine Rocas | Paulo Rodrigues Lucas Segovia | Temur Suluashvili | Elivelton Tomazi | Alberto Velazquez Mahallia Ward | Joanna Wozniak | Joan Sebastián Zamora Guest Artists Heather Capen

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SCOTT SPECK Music Director

GERARD CHARLES Director of Artistic Operations | Ballet Master

NICOLAS BLANC Ballet Master | Principal Coach

SUZANNE LOPEZ Ballet Master

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CINDERELLA

CINDERELLA MAY 11–22

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LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT BY THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

CINDERELLA Choreography by SIR FREDERICK ASHTON Music by SERGEI PROKOFIEV Production Directed, Supervised and Staged by WENDY ELLIS SOMES and MALIN THOORS Scenic and Costume Design by DAVID WALKER Lighting Design by SCOTT KEPLEY and WENDY ELLIS SOMES, recreated by CHRISTINE BINDER WORLD PREMIERE: December 23, 1948, Sadler’s Wells Ballet, The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London JOFFREY PREMIERE: October 4, 2006, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL Prokofiev Cinderella, Op. 87 by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

Cinderella Presenting Sponsor Margot and Josef Lakonishok Cinderella Production Sponsor Sandy and Roger Deromedi Casting details for performances of Cinderella can be found on the program insert.

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CINDERELLA

SYNOPSIS

ACT I

A room in the house of Cinderella’s father

The Stepsisters are busily preparing for the court ball. Cinderella sits quietly by the fire looking at her mother’s portrait and thinks of happier times. Her father wishes to be kind, but is afraid of his badtempered stepdaughters who scold him for comforting Cinderella.

Cinderella, using her broom as her dance partner, dreams of dancing with a prince at the ball, creating a lovely solo tinged with sadness and humor, a typical Ashton touch.

Her dream is interrupted by a beggar woman who asks for alms.

The Stepsisters send her away, but Cinderella gives her bread. The old woman leaves, giving Cinderella a kind look.

Dressmakers, shoemakers, hairdressers, a jeweler, and dance master arrive to prepare the Stepsisters for the ball. All but Cinderella leave for the ball.

Cinderella returns to her dreams. The old woman reappears and reveals herself as Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother. She calls on the Fairies of the Four Seasons and their attendants who bring gifts to reward Cinderella for her kindness and prepare her for the ball.

Cinderella leaves in a coach escorted by the Seasons and the Stars; the Fairy Godmother warns that she must leave the ball before the clock strikes midnight or all is lost.

ACT II

A hall at the palace Courtiers move in a formal dance and a jester dances alone.

Cinderella’s father and the Stepsisters arrive, as does the Prince.

Mysterious music is heard. Cinderella arrives and is believed to be a princess. The Prince, enraptured, offers her three rare oranges.

Prince and Cinderella, alone, declare their love. A waltz begins.

Enthralled, Cinderella forgets the warning. The clock strikes midnight.

Cinderella rushes from the palace, losing a slipper. The Prince holds it and vows to find the woman he loves.

Synopsis continued on page 12 of the program.

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CINDERELLA

SYNOPSIS

ACT III

After the ball Cinderella awakens. A slipper in her apron proves that she was not dreaming about the ball. The Stepsisters return and tell Cinderella about the ball. Word arrives of the Prince’s search for the owner of the slipper. The Prince enters and the Stepsisters try on the slipper.

As Cinderella helps, the second slipper falls from her apron, and the Prince recognizes her.

The Fairy Godmother appears and unites the lovers.

Joffrey dancers: Raul Casasola, Christine Rocas and Matthew Adamczyk | Photo by: Cheryl Mann

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BALLET NOTES 14 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

CINDERELLA — Cinderella was Sir Frederick Ashton’s first full-evening ballet for the Sadler’s Wells Ballet (which became The Royal Ballet), the first full-length ballet of the century by an English choreographer, and the first in the Western world to use the Prokofiev ballet score that had been written for the Bolshoi Ballet. With sets and costumes designed by Jean-Denis Malclès, it premiered at The Royal Opera House, London, on December 23, 1948.

Cinderella, a beautiful young woman with unrecognized virtues magically redeemed from a life of oppression, has been part of the folk tradition of every culture since antiquity. Marius Petipa, the father of classical ballet, was the first to choreograph Cinderella, and it greatly influenced Ashton. Cinderella was also a subject of traditional English holiday pantomimes, with Cinderella performed by a woman and the Stepsisters’ roles by men, which Ashton brilliantly adopted for the Stepsisters, played by Ashton and Robert Helpmann.

Because of injury to Margot Fonteyn, the first performances were danced by Moira Shearer, of The Red Shoes fame. Michael Somes, Fonteyn’s longtime partner, danced the Prince. His widow, Wendy Ellis, first staged Cinderella for The Joffrey Ballet in 2006, fulfilling Robert Joffrey’s dream of having the Ashton ballet in the Company’s repertoire, and she returns with her colleague Malin Thoors for this staging.

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Matthew Adamczyk

Derrick Agnoletti San Jose, CA

Hiroshima, Japan

Fabrice Calmels

Raúl Casasola

✶ Valeriia Chaykina

Ware, MA

Ashley Wheater Artistic Director

Paris, France

Madrid, Spain

Yoshihisa Arai

Belton, South Carolina

Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

✶ Anna Gerberich

✶ Stefan Goncalvez

✶ Luis Eduardo Gonzalez

Dylan Gutierrez

✶ Gayeon Jung

Brooke Linford*

Graham Maverick San Francisco, CA

Caitlin Meighan

Jeraldine Mendoza

Alpine, UT

Elivelton Tomazi*

Alberto Velazquez

Mahallia Ward*

Cara Marie Gary

Seoul, Korea

Temur Suluashvili

Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia

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Santa Catarina, Brazil

São Paulo, Brazil

Havana, Cuba

Bogota, Colombia

Weston, CT

Austin, Texas

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St. Petersburg, Russia

Los Angeles, CA

San Francisco, CA

Joanna Wozniak

Rolling Meadows, IL

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Amanda Assucena* Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

✶ Nicole Ciapponi

Artur Babajanyan Yerevan, Armenia

Rockford, IL

Rory Hohenstein

Anastacia Holden

Jacqueline Moscicke

Amber Neumann

Milwaukee, WI

Ann Arbor, MI

Niles, MI

MEET THE

Miguel Angel Blanco Havana, Cuba

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Dara Holmes*

Hoboken, New Jersey

Victoria Jaiani

Wilmington, NC

Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia

Christine Rocas

✶ Paulo Rodrigues*

Manila, Philippines

São Paulo, Brazil

Anais Bueno

Córdoba, Mexico

✶ Camila Ferrera*

Fernando Duarte*

April Daly

Vancouver, Canada

Washington, D.C.

Edson Barbosa

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Namyangju, South Korea

Lucas Segovia

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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DANCERS

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ASHLEY WHEATER Artistic Director

BIOS

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. 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.

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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BIOS

SIR FREDERICK ASHTON Choreographer Founder and choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Sir Frederick Ashton was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and trained under Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert. He began to choreograph in 1926 (A Tragedy of Fashion for a Hammersmith revue) and 1935 became chief choreographer of Vic-Wells (now The Royal Ballet), creating such works as Le Baiser de la fée, Les Patineurs, A Wedding Bouquet, Dante Sonata, Symphonic Variations, Scènes de ballet, Cinderella (first British full-length classical ballet), Ondine, La Fille mal gardée, The Two Pigeons, Marguerite and Armande, The Dream, Enigma Variations and A Month in the Country over a period of 50 years. He distinguished himself as a mime and character dancer in such roles as Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty and the gigolo in Façade. He was The Royal Ballet’s principal choreographer from 1933 to 1970 and was the director from 1963 to 1970. Ashton was knighted in 1962. He died on August 18, 1988, in England.

SERGEI PROKOFIEV Composer Sergei Prokofiev was born April 23, 1891, in Sontsovka, Ukraine.

His mother, who devoted her life to music, was a musical influence on young Sergei, beginning to teach him the piano at age three.

He wrote his first composition when he was six, The Indian Galop.

After a trip to Moscow at age eight where he was exposed to The Sleeping Beauty, Faust, and Prince Igor, he declared, “I want to write an opera.” Three or four months later, he presented his parents with The Giant, an opera in three acts and six tableau for solo piano.

Prokofiev eventually was tutored by young Reinhold Glière for whom he developed a great affection, especially after he had accepted Prokofiev’s challenge to a duel with pistols.

By age 12, it was decided that Prokofiev should continue his studies at a conservatory. In 1904, he was sent to the St. Petersburg Conservatory under the direction of Rimsky-Korsakov. Against the established thinking of the Conservatory, Prokofiev became a committed antiRomantic, not liking the music of Chopin and Liszt. In 1914, despite not playing one of the prescribed Classical concertos, he won the Rubenstein Prize for piano performance playing his own composition.

In 1917, he produced the Violin Concerto in D Major and the Classical Symphony. He moved to the U.S. in 1918, where he was greatly discussed, somewhat admired, but little liked. The lack of success for his opera The Love of Three Oranges, commissioned by the Chicago Opera in 1921, was enough to spur his return to Europe. He went on to produce Lieutenant Kijé, Romeo and Juliet, War and Peace, and Cinderella.

For more artistic bios, please refer to page 34 of the program.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 2015–2016 HONORARY CHAIRMAN | Mayor 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

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Pamella Roland DeVos Merritt DeWitt Ellen Distelheim Sheryl Dyer JoNan Eastridge Christine Du Boulay Ellis Maia Dunkel Deborah Engle Shelley MacArthur Farley Lydia Fisher Katherine Fox Katherine E. Freiburger Astra Gamsjaeger Susan Garland Patricia H. Gerber Sue-Gray Goller Donna Greenberg Mrs. Marjorie E. Habermann Mrs. Michael F. Harron Sandi Hartstein Kathleen A. Henson Elizabeth Browne Hess Mrs. John W. Higgins Leslie S. Hindman 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 Elizabeth Ann Kasten Heidi Keeling Wendy Kilcollin 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 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 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 Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt Camille Kearns Rudy Elizabeth Dunkel Ryan Maggie Scheyer Sarah Schrup Andréa J. Schwartz 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 March 9, 2016

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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 March 1, 2015 and March 31, 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 Wealth Management Chicago Athletic Clubs Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust JW Marriott Anne Kaplan Margot and Josef Lakonishok Marcus Lemonis and Beth Levine The Reva and David Logan Foundation NIB Foundation 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 22 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

Sherry Lea and Richard Holson III ITW JHL Capital Group, LLC The Joyce Foundation Susan and Richard Kiphart Nancy and Sanfred Koltun The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation MacLean-Fogg The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust Polk Bros. Foundation Sage Foundation The Shubert Foundation Pamela and Russ Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend Wells Fargo Mr. and Mrs. Miles D. White Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous Abbott Laboratories Mary Jo and Doug Basler Marc and Sharen Berman The Boeing Company The Brinson Foundation Caterpillar, Inc. Nelson D. Cornelius Trust The Crown Family Exelon Grubhub, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hoffmann Kendra Scott Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Lucy Minor National Endowment for the Arts Negaunee Foundation Nuveen Investments, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. John Patience Prince Charitable Trusts Glenn Richter and Danielle Lutz Richter The Estate of Joseph Semrow Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Ms. Rita Spitz and Mr. David Blears Bill and Orli Staley Stout Risius Ross, Inc. Walgreens Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson for the Ferguson-Yntema Family Trust

$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous (3) Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Annie Atzeff and Kristopher N. Atzeff Baxter International Inc. Kay and Rhett Butler Pamela Crutchfield DeSantis Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt DHR International, INC. Dr. Jill S. Dodds and Dr. Guriqbal Nandra Deborah and Cody Engle Mr. and Mrs. F. Conrad Fischer Tiffany Flannagan and Chip Flannagan GCM Grosvenor Sabrina Gracias and Antonio Gracias Sherry Guthrie Sandi and Barry Hartstein Denise Hoeflich and Adam Hoeflich Katherine Hurley and Charles Hurley George Jewell JPMorgan Chase Brian and Yvette Karaba Kehoe Designs Dennis Kendzora Olivia Kittle and Brian Kittle Kovler Family Foundation Kryolan Professional Make-Up Julie and Guy Lakonishok Mr. and Mrs. Larry Langdon Michael and Jennifer Larsen Elizabeth Liebman Judy and John MacLeod Macy’s Mr. and Mrs. E. Barry Mansur Robert R. McCormick Foundation Coco B. Meers and Ethan Meers Jane Ellen Murray Foundation NFL Foundation Alexandra Nichols and John D. Nichols Nordstrom, Inc. The Northern Trust Company Restoration Hardware John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Jeffrey C. Rubenstein Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Judy A. Saslow Gallery Eric C. Schieber, M.D. Dr. Scholl Foundation

SUPPORTERS $10,000–$24,999 (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp Ms. Courtney C. Shea Southwest Airlines Marjorie Staples Ben Strobel U.S. Bank Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III Amanda Williamson and Matthew Johnson Women’s Board of The Joffrey Ballet

Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, PC Mrs. Joyce Chelberg Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts Hattie A. and Marie V. Fatz Foundation The Irving Harris Foundation Janet W. and Robert A. Helman Lucille Jewett Mrs. Abby McCormick O’Neil and Mr. Carroll Joynes Dennis and Kathleen Klaeser Adele Lane and Lynda Lane Whitney Lasky and Jerry Lasky Jess and Amanda Merten Cheryl Tama Oblander and Scott Oblander Kevin and Annee Phillips Mayari Pritzker Carol and Robert Rasmus Revel Global Events Carol Ann Saikhon Mr. and Mrs. David Sensibar Kathryn Babcock Shaffer and Jack Shaffer Sidley Austin, LLP Lisa Silverberg and Jim Challenger Denise Littlefield Sobel

Katherine and Richard Freiburger Jill Garling and Thomas Wilson Sue-Gray Goller Michelle Goodman and Larry Goodman Mary Henderson and James Henderson Leslie Hindman Courtney A. Hoffmann and Sebastian Hoffmann Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper Heidi Keeling and David Keeling $7,500–$9,999 Jeffrey Kerr Anonymous (2) Gerald T. Nowak, PC, Laura and David F. Abbott Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Ariel Investments, LLC Laura Kofoid and David Ricci Baker & McKenzie LLP Jen Kurth and Brian Van Klompenberg Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Lannan Foundation Phil and Janice Beck Sherren Leigh Burberry Lisa Klimley Malkin and Cary J. Malkin Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Callahan, Jr. Joan Malliband and David Malliband Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Elizabeth Marcus and Ira Belcove Dr. Michael Cragg Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Marks Shelley MacArthur Farley and John R. Menninger William Farley Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Richard and Mary L. Gray Pamela Meyer John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Michael Miller and Jeff Davis Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hildy Anne Simon Moffat and Keith Moffat Dania Leemputte and Alicia Mullen and Timothy Mullen Patrick Leemputte Linda O’Bannon Robert R. McCormick Foundation Lee and Sharon Oberlander Natalie Miller and Stuart Miller $2,500–$4,999 Thomas O’Keefe Andrew Thorrens and Don Mizerk Anonymous (4) Susan G. Oleari Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. Dora Aalbregtse and John Aalbregtse Origin Ventures D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Evelyn R. Alter Gigi Owens Tricia A. Rooney and Ross Shelleman Emily Strobel Amiet and Catherine Perez and William Perez Patricia Schmalzl and William Schmalzl Michael Amiet Victoria Poindexter and Doug Schmidt Carey August and Brett August Joseph P. Gaynor III The Siragusa Foundation Kathryn Berti and Robert Berti Carol Pollock Jeanette Stevens Bradford Allen Realty Service Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt and Jeanne Stewart and Scott Stewart Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville and Thomas Rehwaldt Jennifer Tengelsen and Art Bushonville Jennifer Ross Erich Tengelsen Cynthia Chereskin and Susan and David Ruder Richard and Noren Ungaretti Benjamin Chereskin David and Christine Ruttenberg Ashley Wheater and Brian Johnson Shawn M. Donnelley and The Richard and Ellen Sandor William Blair & Co., LLC Christopher M. Kelly Family Foundation Wrigley, A Subsidiary of Mars, Inc. Wendy Lynn Chronister and Veronica Siegel Peter Rogers Marilyn Slattery $5,000–$7,499 Maureen Dugan and John Dugan Constance and Orin Steinhaus Ada Addington and Dr. and Mrs. David L. Faulk Carol J. Stone and David Stone Whitney Addington Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen Marilyn and Larry Fields Mr. and Mrs. John J. Anton, Jr. Mimi Frankel and Bud Frankel 2015–2016 SEASON Joffrey Ballet | 23

SUPPORTERS $2,500–$4,999 (continued) Dr. Lauren Streicher and Mr. Jason Brett Nathan Tannenbaum Foundation Leslie Warner and Stephen Warner Hilary and Barry Weinstein Diana and Stuart Widman Elizabeth Wippman and Tom Wippman Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zentner Julie Zuckerman and Daniel Zuckerman $1,500–$2,499 Anonymous (3) Greg Albiero Patty Andringa John Ansehl and Timothy Solberg Mr. and Mrs. Adam Aron Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr. Sarah Beardsley Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III Jennifer Birmingham Carolyn Blessing Gary and Linda Blumenshine Ms. Evelyn Bosenberg Christina Ross and Wayne Boulais 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 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Callahan, Jr. Gerald Carter Carter Chinnis The Colmar Foundation ComEd, An Exelon Company Pamela Conant Lawrence Corry Dr. John Dainauskas Terri and Alfred D’Ancona Claire Douglass Wendy Eager Lois Eisen and Stephen Eisen Christine Du Boulay Ellis Dr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Finder Christine Fisher and Paul Fisher 24 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

Arthur L. Frank Albert and Suzanne Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Geifman Mark Gerber and Connie Gerber Ann Gootee and James Gootee Margo Kapor and Burt Gordon Stephanie Grinage and Richard Grinage Anthony and Susan Grosch Deborah Gross and John Gross Francia Harrington and Verne Broders Joan Wagner and Paul Haskins Odele and Brent Hawkins K. Susan Heintz and Thomas Heintz Alan J. Hommerding and Robert K. Personett Brooke and Nick Hubbuch Lauren Huefner Melinda Jakovich and Lucien Lagrange Kathryn and Bruce Johnson Myrna Kaplan Sherry Kaplan and Barry Kaplan 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 Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Lawson III 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 Beth Loeb Leslie Logsdon and Duncan Bourne Bob Loquercio Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek George Mariner and Michael Payette Heather Martin and Sean Martin Jean McCabe and Joseph Missbrenner Roger McEniry Lynne McNown Helen Hall Melchior Britt Miller Patricia Miller and Christopher Miller Barbara and Jonathan Moss Joanna Norcross Ken Norgan

Mary Jane O’Connor Erin Ohlms Christopher Olson and Charlene Huang Olson Sharon Olson and Fred Fleischbein Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pacholick Kristie Paskvan Mary Ellen Pavone, MD and Christopher Novak Ibby Pinsky and Milton Pinsky Carol Pollock Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Bonnie Price and Jack Hirsch Bluford Putnam Diane Atwood and Paul Reilly Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss James Rosenbloom Adrianne Rotfeld and Steve Rotfeld Sahara Enterprises, Inc. A. Sue Samuels April Schink and James Schink Sarah Schrup and Barry Matchett Terry Schwartz Glenn Selander Mr. and Mrs. Alejandro Silva Thomas G. Sinkovic Gerard Smetana Patricia Smith Dawn Stanislaw Shirley Stanley and Paul Stanley Patty Sternberg Ms. Jocelyn M. Stoller Janet Surkin and Robert Stillman Pamela Suter and Donald Suter Tablescapes Lauren D.W. Tatar and Scott Borstein Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar Tawani Foundation The Travelers Foundation Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister Kay Tuber and Craig Tuber Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Vail, Jr. Katherine Porter Veach and Carson Veach Debbie Wang and David Hoyt I.B. Weil and Thomas Weil Olga Weiss and George Honig Mary Agnes Welsh Evangelina Whittenburg and Eve Rice Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin Ginnee Tallman and William Ziemann

SUPPORTERS $1,000–$1,499 Anonymous (2) Amsted Industries Foundation Anne and Mark Bagan Sandra Bass Thomas Berry Donald Bittner Mr. and Mrs. Andrew K. Block Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. L. Bogan, Jr. Adela Cepeda Mrs. John C. Colman Theresa Corrao Bette Jane Crigger Kelly Dettmann and Brian Dettmann Paul DiSangro Margaret Duncan Sue and Melvin Gray Tonja Hall and Max Hall Tracy Hamilton and Jay Hamilton Patricia and O.J. Heestand Keith Housman Zach Huesling and Jonathan Lehman David Israel Patricia Koldyke and Martin Koldyke Mr. and Mrs. N. Thomas Koltun Erica Kuhlmann Amy Kuhns and Thomas Kuhns Lew and Laurie Leibowitz Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Jim and SuAnne Lopata Holly and Matt Maloney Carlette McMullan and John Gibbons Natalie Matwijiszyn Jo Ann McNaughton-Kade and Christopher Kade Martha and Rich Melman Lisa Mezzetti Amy Morrison Mary Murley Sheila O’Grady and Dan Duffy Mr. Jonathan F. Orser Madeleine Plonsker and Harvey Plonsker Charlene Posner and Richard Posner Lisa and Seth Prostic Carol Roberts Todd Schwebel Anne Shonk Lynda Silverman and Howard Silverman Craig Sirles Maria Smithburg and William Smithburg Mary Sutherland Peggy Swartchild and James Swartchild Carol Trapp and James Trapp Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Wilkins Investment Counsel, Inc. $750–$999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Keene Harwood Addington III John Ambrose AVP Jewelry and Beads Christine Bakalar and John Bakalar Donna Bogdanski Robyn Bowland Annette Carroll

Annamette Clausen and Henrik Clausen Mary Collins Jamie-Clare and Nicholas Colvin Virginia Demos Julie Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Terence Donnelly Marjorie Habermann Gricel Harris and Philip Harris Mr. and Mrs. Michael Henson Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron Marci and Ronald Holzer Diane Jacoby Gayle Jensen Kathy Kinsella Magnolia Bakery Chicago Thomas Manning Cathleen McClendon and Fredric McClendon Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Maya Rubalcuba Jordan Scher Thomas Shapiro Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Shea Carolyn and Michael Sheridan Ms. Kathy Kalesperis Smith and Mr. Dion Grimes Smith Judie Stein The Neiman Marcus Group Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Tyler Robert Veasey Karen and Richard Weiland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV Whole Foods Market Joyce M. Wippman $500–$749 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. James Amend Lynn Arensman and Robert Arensman Denise L. Ashurst Sallie and John Bailey Diane Baj Carol Anne Been and Daniel Freedman Heidy and Phil Best Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Block III Bloomingdale’s Willard Bransky Amy Brock Beth Sprecher Brooks John Bross Debbie Buckley Dr. and Mrs. John E. Burke Suzanne Burns Dale Caridine Megan Cecil and C.W. Dilts Chicago Athletic Association Stephanie Chueh Ann Cole and Roger Cole Enid Collins Kimberly Collins Elizabeth Cournoyer Laura Danforth Chrissy Davis and Matt Davis Erin Dern and John Dern Michelle and Steve Dufault

Sandra Dumalski and Raymond Dumalski 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 Fisher Dr. W. Clinton Fisher and Lois Farrell Fisher Joan Flavin 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 Deborah Gubin Joel Guillory Elleke Haggerty Carla Hahn and Brian Hahn 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 Ms. Katharine Bensen and Mr. C. Richard Johnson Paul Judy Helen N. Kedo Debbie Kelly Lisa Kornick and Michael Kornick James Clark and Christina Labate Anne Lerner and Alan Lerner Laurie Levy Linda Loving Cindy Macfarland Aaron Martell Marion and Terry Martin Michael and Linda Mason Astrid A. McKinnon and McKay McKinnon Sharon Herbert and Herbert Meltzer Barbara Fosco and David Missner Barbara Moser and David Moser Drs. Marsha and Robert Mrtek Maggie and Michael Murzanski Margaret O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Papuga Alice and Raymond Perry Mary Prescott Anne Puotinen Kevin Ray Brooke Remes Boyd Rice Christine Riker and Walter Riker Theresa Rolloff Mr. and Mrs. Morton I. Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rudy 2015–2016 SEASON Joffrey Ballet | 25

SUPPORTERS $500–$749 (continued) Christine Ruttenberg and David Ruttenberg Linda Scheuplein Barbara Schultz David Schultz Lois Scott and David May Jeanne Martinez and John Segreti Julie Sherman Marcey Siegel and Kenneth Siegel Julia Simpson Gena Siruno-Roden Melissa Smith and Charles Smith Carrie Stanton Joseph Stock Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Emanuel Tabachnik Courtney A. Thompson Melissa Trandel Rochelle Trotter Johanna Vetter Annabelle Volgman and Keith Volgman Lynne C Walton Paula Wise Susanne Woloson Arlene Wymer Zapwater Communications $300–$499 Anonymous (2) Margery Al-Chalabi and Suhail Al-Chalabi Michael Andrews and Ryan Ruskin The Art Institute of Chicago Community Associates Margaret Baczkowski Mary Anton and Paul Barron Marilyn and Brit Bartter Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bashwiner Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bates, Jr. Andrea H. Bauer Susan Belgrad and Donald Belgrad Cynthia Berryman Leigh Bienen and Henry Bienen Marie Bousfield and Aldridge Bousfield Sandra and Jim Boves Holly Boyd and Thomas Boyd Beth and Terrence Brooks Judy Bross Sophia Bross Bette and Tom Cogan Antonia Contro and George Marquisos Anna Cooper-Stanton Kim Dahlborn Mr. Kyle DeSantis and Mr. Mitchell Hatcher Julia and Matt Doherty Maria and Roman Dubycky Lenore Duda Rebecca Eby Thea Ellesin-Janus Mark Etzel Thelma Evans Dr. Robert A. Fajardo Brett Farris Adrienne and Robert Z. Feldstein 26 | Joffrey Ballet 2015–2016 SEASON

Alison Finley Dr. and Mrs. William E. Fishman Maureen Flood Ellie Forman and Jeremy Forman Erica Fornari Katherine Fox and John N. Fox, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Fried Niki Gabrielson Ms. Christine Geiger Susan Gohl and Fredrick Gohl Alanna Gordon and Robert Gordon Anne Gottlieb Rebecca Graines Judie Green and Rich Green Ginger Griffin Joyce M. Hasmonek Florentino Hernandez Mr. Richard Higginbotham Marsie R. Hass and Scott D. Hite Joanna Horshail Elizabeth Houlihan Joyce Ibers and James Ibers Ellen Israel and Rich Israel Kristin Izenstark Alexander Jacobs Sarah and Michael Jacobs Jamberry Nails Jewell Events Catering JPMorgan Chase Foundation Janet and Carl Kalbhen Arnold Kanter Kelly Kerfin Marilyn Kessler and Jack Kessler David Kimball Steve and Nina Kindrick Joanna King Sanja Kirovski Drs. Kristi Kirschner and Raymond Curry Brittany Kottler John Kurtz and Gerry Salvacion Christina Labate Barbara Lancaster Anne Adams Laumont Burt Lasko Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Karen Lo Sarah Lombardi Carlotta Lucchesi and Ronald Lucchesi Anita Mark Stephanie Marshall Laura Martinez and Andrew Martinez Douglas Masters Carol McCordell and Michael Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGrath Ragan Memmott Athena Merageas Sanford Moltz Beverly Mook and Wallace Mook Dr. and Mrs. David D. Morimoto Steven Morris M. Kathleen Mueller Carol Mullins and Steve Mullins Mary Murley and Robert Murley Eileen M Murray Bradley Nelson

Pixie Newman Elaine Newquist Karen Nickelson Shawna Hanson Norsman Northern Trust Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Progra NYSE Euronext Foundation Marjory Oliker Jessica Paul Lynn Pearl Lashondra Peebles and Eric Peebles Sharon Perazzoli and Paul Perazzoli Craig Peterson Laura I. Puente Terri and John Reuter Thomas Roberts Teresa Grosch and Thomas Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roscoe Linda Rosenson and Harold Rosenson Floyd Rueger Laura Sage Patricia Sayre Andrew Schaye Ms. Maggie Scheyer and Mr. Eric J. Scheyer Patricia Schnadig and Richard Schnadig Lewis and Barbara Schneider Jana and Eric Schreuder Mr. and Mrs. Larry Selander Jennifer Sensenbrenner Mr. and Mrs. V.R. Shackelford IV Timothy C. Sherck Elisa Shlofrock-Zusman Drs. April and Frank Smith The Solberg Family Rand Sparling and Adrienne Meisel Rodd Specketer Kimberly Stephens Michael Tiknis TMF Tours and Travel Joan Traynelis Anita Tyson Robert and Etti Van Etten James Van Metre Marlene Van Skike Arlene Wagner and Albert Wagner John Walcher Andrea Wald Annie Wallis and Tom Whitehead Janice Walsh and Terrence Walsh Ann M Warren Sherry and Albert Weiss Barbara H. West Sallie Wilson Patrick Woolridge Amy Yi and Peter Yi Sally and Shep Young Joan Zajtchuk and Russ Zajtchuk

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 Barbara Kerr Rosalie and Victor Klein Ms. Laura Kofoid and Mr. David Ricci John Kurtz Erin and Peter Lane Dr. Lynda Lane Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Langan Kirsty MacKeller 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 Courtney Shea Willy Shives Marilyn Slattery Brian Smith and Geyer Morford Scott Speck Rita Spitz Ryan Strum Petrina Suiter Dr. Arnold and Marina Tatar Noren Ungaretti Michael C. Walters Ashley Wheater Kim White Diana Widman Joel and Cheryle Williamson Pera Wirszup Elizabeth Yntema

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

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

JOFFREY CIRCLE COMMITTEE 2015–2016 K. Susan Heintz Dawn Stanislaw Co-Chairs

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

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 | 27

RUDOLF NUREYEV FUND

The Joffrey Ballet shares Rudolf Nureyev’s commitment to storytelling through great works of the past and compelling new works of today.

We would like to extend special thanks to the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation and the following donors for contributing to the Rudolf Nureyev Fund at The Joffrey Ballet 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 Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister Sallie Wilson Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson Simone Zurawski

Rudolf Nureyev from L’Apres-midi d’un faune, performed with The Joffrey Ballet, 1979

To make a contribution to the Rudolf Nureyev Fund at The Joffrey Ballet visit Joffrey.org/Nureyev or contact Julia Doherty, Director of Major Gifts, at 312.386.8921 or jdoherty@joffrey.org.

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Photo by Herbert Migdoll List as of October 31, 2015

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Honorable Rahm Emanuel Mayor of Chicago Honorary Chairman Board of Directors Charles R. Gardner Chairman, Board of Directors Norman R. Bobins | Vice-Chairman John Svoboda | Vice-Chairman Bruce Crown | Treasurer 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

Colleen Flanigan Chief Marketing Officer

Scott Zissman Assistant Box Office Treasurer

C.J. Dillon Chief Operating Officer

Noé Villagómez, Jr. House Manager

Margaret M. Walsh Interim Chief Financial Officer

Annie Slaughter Patron Services Coordinator

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Ashley Young Event Coordinator

Denise Cosman Senior Director of Accounting Cindy Darling Director of Accounting Kathy Bliss Asst. to the C.E.O. and Board Liaison DEVELOPMENT

Kathryn TeBordo Associate Director of Institutional Giving Kelly Saroff Associate Director of Individual Giving MARKETING AND SALES

Nicole Wetzell Director of Sales Natasha Burroughs Communications Manager Lisa Klier Sales Manager Kerri Martin Marketing Associate Cavya Sharma Marketing Intern

Denise Littlefield Sobel

CALL CENTER

Seymour Taxman

Chris Dorsey

Edward S. Weil, Jr.

Julian Otis

Robert L. Wieseneck

Melanie Vitaterna

EMERITUS DIRECTORS

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS

Sondra Berman Epstein

Stephen Sell Director of Production and Facilities

David D. Hiller Kenneth L. Tucker EXECUTIVE STAFF

Beth Kaskel Director of Operations

Judie Moore Green Chief Development Officer

Mary Mazza Box Office Treasurer

Sharon Butler Patron Services Kam Hobbs Operations and Production Associate Carl Ward Assistant House Manager Clayton Wilson Auditorium Theatre Ambassador Steven Olvera Assistant Concession Manager Robert Patterson Properties Tim Steimle Carpenter Pat Donahue, Jr. Electrician Brad Friebolin Audio Engineer William Karcz Flyman Dale Kuypers Volunteer Usher Coordinator Frank Romeo Custodial Foreman Emeritus Marie A. Cali Theatre Manager Emeritus Bart Swindall Historian Ted Weissberg Arts Administration Intern CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Christina Bourné Director of Education Kristen Hansel Assistant Director of Educational Programming

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WENDY ELLIS SOMES Répétiteur

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Wendy Ellis was born in Blackburn, England. She trained with Peggy Wilson at the Carlotta School of Dance, later winning a British Ballet Organization scholarship. In 1963, she was selected to study at The Royal Ballet School, and moved to London with her parents to continue training. She joined The Royal Ballet in 1970 and was promoted to Soloist in 1975, then Principal in 1979.

Her talent was such that when still in the corps de ballet she was dancing Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, the Young Girl in The Two Pigeons and Lise in La Fille mal gardée, and later danced leading classical ballet roles such as Juliet, Aurora, Titania and Cinderella. Other roles included Fairy Spring and Autumn in Cinderella, Golden Hours in Elite Syncopations, Polka in Façade, the pas de trois and second solo in Raymonda Act III, Sunday’s Child and Tuesday’s Child in Jazz Calendar, Katia and Vera in A Month in the Country, Moyna and peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Dora Penny in Enigma Variations, Dark Elegies, the Bride in A Wedding Bouquet, Les Sylphides, My Brother, My Sister, Serenade, Monotones I, Liebeslieder Walzer, Four Temperaments and Birthday Offering.

Kenneth MacMillan created Princess Stephanie in Mayerling and a role in Gloria on her and she danced in the Company premieres of Agon and Four Schumann Pieces. Margot Fonteyn invited her to dance Lise with David Wall for her 1979 BBC television series ‘The Magic of Dance,’ which included footage of rehearsals with husband Michael Somes (former danseur noble and Assistant Director of The Royal Ballet). The same year, Frederick Ashton also created a role for her in his film Stories from a Flying Trunk.

After retiring in 1990, she worked closely with Somes through to 1994, staging and producing Ashton’s Symphonic Variations and Cinderella, and is now their owner and custodian. Regarded as an important link in passing down the Ashton tradition and in much demand around the world, she has since staged these ballets in Stockholm, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Sarasota, Salt Lake City, Boston, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Sydney, Düsseldorf and London.

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MALIN THOORS Répétiteur Malin Thoors was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and began her ballet training there at the age of seven. A year later, she was selected for the Royal Swedish Ballet School and subsequently joined the Royal Swedish Ballet. She worked closely with prominent choreographers such as Cullberg, Kylián, van Manen, MacMillan, Tetley, and Skeaping, and also danced ballets by acclaimed choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Bournonville, Cranko, Fokine, Limón, and Robbins.

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Parallel to her dance career, Malin grew a strong desire for staging choreographic works. She moved to London where she studied Benesh Dance Notation and techniques in teaching and rehearsing under the tutelage of Monica Parker. On her recommendation, Malin was invited to The Royal Ballet in London, where she worked with choreographer and principal dancer Wayne Eagling and rehearsed eminent dancers such as Lesley Collier, Anthony Dowell, Stephen Jefferies and Jonathan Cope. With accumulated new skills, Malin was requested by the Dutch National Ballet to work with former dancers from George Balanchine’s most glorious years. She worked with Karin von Aroldingen, Bart Cook, Sean Lavery, Patricia Neary, Elyse Born and Richard Tanner, to name a few, and since this time Malin is authorized by the George Balanchine Trust to stage his ballets.

Malin’s interest in staging Frederick Ashton’s works was triggered by working directly with Michael Somes and Wendy Ellis Somes. From Ashton’s repertoire she has staged Cinderella, Symphonic Variations, La Fille mal gardée, and Scènes de Ballet.

In 2000, Malin was invited to work with the Paris Opera Ballet on George Balanchine’s Jewels, the success of which led Brigitte Lefèvre, the company’s artistic director at the time, to appoint her Ballet Master. For the Paris Opera Ballet, Malin has staged and worked on productions by choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Bart, Carlson, Duato, Lacotte, Lifar, McGregor, Millepied, Neumeier, Nureyev and Ratmansky. After many years with the Paris Opera Ballet, she continues a career staging ballets on a freelance basis with leading companies in the world, including The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Ballet West, Dutch National Ballet, and the Australian Ballet.

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She is Jeff nominated for her work with The Court, Lookingglass, and Northlight. Recent designs include Disgraced at the Goodman Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre; Lookingglass Alice at the Arsht Center in Miami and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Onegin at Geneva Opera in Switzerland and Houston Grand Opera; and The Heir Apparent for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.

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NOTE This year marks the 125th anniversary of Sergei Prokofiev’s birth. In his honor, we perform two ballets with his music: Cinderella and Romeo & Juliet.

TO GAIN MORE INSIGHT into this prolific composer, we sat down with Music Director Scott Speck.

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Why do people love Prokofiev’s music?

Prokofiev was one of the greatest musical giants of the 20th century. At a time when most “serious” composers were engulfed by atonality and serialism, he wrote tonal melodies, yet his music is spiky and astringent. He might change key three times in one tune. His accompaniments are rhythmic and fast; his instruments play at the extremes of their ranges; his patterns are irregular; his orchestral sonorities are sometimes harsh; and his otherwise “pure” harmonies are studded with “wrong notes.” The music often comes across as sarcastic, even darkly funny.

Despite all that, he was capable of a simple, honest expression that can take your breath away.

Our audiences are most familiar with his music from Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. How are the scores similar or different?

In Romeo and Juliet (1935), Prokofiev began to stretch the definition of melody to include tunes that we couldn’t possibly sing; the intervals are often too wide for the average human voice. In Cinderella (1944), he takes this to the next level. Most of the melodies are unsingable — but it would be a mistake to underestimate them. They just take a little longer to become familiar, before their beauty shines through.

Is the Cinderella score difficult to play?

It’s extremely complex. Prokofiev was a brilliant pianist, and he composed a lot of his orchestral music at the piano. To leap back and forth between octaves is relatively easy on the piano, but on many orchestral instruments, this is infinitely more difficult. Furthermore, his irregular patterns don’t let the musicians rest for a moment. It takes a superb orchestra like the Chicago Philharmonic to play Cinderella well.

Musically, do you have a favorite scene in Cinderella?

I have three. The first is the dancing lesson in Act I, because two of our violinists actually get to play onstage, in costume! The second is the Grand Waltz in Act II, where Prokofiev ingeniously depicts Cinderella’s growing ecstacy — until it is cruelly cut off by the stroke of midnight.

And finally, I love the last moments of the score, where Prokofiev expresses simple and honest love in his exquisite setting of “And they lived happily ever after.”

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2016–2017 SEASON PRE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ASHLEY WHEATER DISCUSSES JOFFREY’S 2016–2017 SEASON

Robert Joffrey taught us to think big and think boldly. It is important that we continue to move forward. It is equally important that we cherish the classics, because they are the foundation of our language. Ballet is our foundation, but it is not the circumference of our world.

When I design a season, I think of it as an artistic arc. Within a five-year period, the goal is to explore the breadth of the repertory — we want to explore the romantic, classical, and contemporary. We started by doing reimagined full-length classics with La Bayadère, Swan Lake, and Romeo & Juliet, followed by a very contemporary idea of a traditional ballet, Sylvia. We know with ballets like Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake (the greatest classical ballet) that there is a demand to see them more than once, so we are bringing them back. Looking forward to future seasons, we will have Giselle (the greatest romantic ballet) coming back into the repertoire, as well as a brand new Anna Karenina by Yuri Possokhov.

“ ...we explore what is happening NOW in dance.”

With our mixed repertory programs we explore what is happening “now” in dance. We bring Possokhov’s The Miraculous Mandarin ­— which premiered in Ohio this season in collaboration with The Cleveland Orchestra — to Chicago audiences; Year of the Rabbit, a brilliantly inventive collaboration between Justin Peck and musician Sufjan Stevens; and a work by Swedish phenom Alexander Ekman. Plus, the return of INFRA by Wayne McGregor, Mammatus by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Christopher Wheeldon’s sublimely beautiful Fool’s Paradise, this time with a full orchestra.

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REVIEW Some may say that we don’t have anything traditional programmed for this year. That’s why the arc is important. The arc is for the audience and the dancers equally. We need to show a deeper understanding of choreography, but also story. I am immensely proud of this Company. These dancers are hungry to take on new challenges and they work hard to meet them at an exceptional level. To have these choreographers that are redefining our art form at the Joffrey is a mark of respect for what we are doing.

The focus of next season is our new Nutcracker

by Christopher Wheeldon. Undertaking a new production is no simple task. It requires copious weeks of rehearsal, which alters how we do things. Christopher will be creating a new Nutcracker on this generation of dancers for this wonderful city of Chicago. He will tell us a story that all of us can relate to. The Artistic Team — Brian Selznick, Julian Crouch, Natasha Katz, Basil Twist, Ben Pearcy — are some of the most creative minds in the theater world today. They will bring this Nutcracker to a full realization.

All of us at the Joffrey are extremely excited for this new chapter in our history. It’s a beautiful way to celebrate the culmination of 60 years as a Company and 20 years calling Chicago our home.

Top: Romeo & Juliet: Rory Hohenstein and Christine Rocas Middle: Global Visionaries: Anna Gerberich and Stefan Goncalvez Bottom: Game Changers: Fabrice Calmels and April Daly Photos by Cheryl Mann.

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Photos by Cheryl Mann 2. Mahallia Ward and Alberto Velazquez in Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum.

4. Anastacia Holden, Cara Marie Gary, Amanda Assucena, and Caitlin Meighan in Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake.

5. April Daly and ensemble in John Neumeier’s Sylvia.

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Photos by Herbert Migdoll 1. Edwaard Liang’s Age of Innocence.

3. Jessica Lang’s Crossed.

6. Antony Tudor’s Offenbach in the Underworld.

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS

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WHEN WATCHING THE SHOW, PLEASE REMEMBER TO: • Arrive early • Sit quietly and try not to get up until the performance is over • Show your appreciation by applauding or yelling “Bravo” • Not use a camera • Turn off cell phones • Not eat or drink in the theater

CINDERELLA FUN FACTS • The first performance of Sir Frederick Asthon’s Cinderella was performed in 1948.

• In this version, the roles of the Stepsisters are performed by men.

• The arrangement of steps in the ballet is called choreography (kawr-ee-OG-ruh-fee); the person who creates the steps is the choreographer.

• Pointe shoes are very hard when new, but they become very soft as a dancer wears them.

In fact, a ballerina may wear out a pair of pointe shoes in just one performance!

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DISCOVER THE MAGIC OF CHICAGO’S MYSTERIOUS 1893 WORLD’S FAIR THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD IN THE JOFFREY’S ASTOUNDING NEW NUTCRACKER

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON’S

NUTCRACKER NUTCRACKER PRODUCING SPONSORS

Margot and Josef Lakonishok Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa

NUTCRACKER SPONSORS Mary Jo and Doug Basler Rosemarie and Dean Buntrock Sandy and Roger Deromedi Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation The Walter E. Heller Foundation Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Bill and Orli Staley Foundation

DECEMBER 10–30, 2016 JOFFREY.ORG/NUTCRACKER | 312.386.8905

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PERFORMS AT:

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This project is partially supported by an IncentOvate grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Additional generous support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Joyce and Bruce Chelberg, Coco B. Meers and Ethan Meers, Polk Bros. Foundation, and Prince Charitable Trusts.

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