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TABLE OF CONTENTS Across the Pond April 24–May 5, 2019 2 | Letter from Ashley Wheater & Greg Cameron 3 | Letter from Zach Lazar 5 | Across the Pond Program 8 | Ballet Notes 12 | Artists of the Company 16 | Bios 23 | Joffrey Boards 25 | Supporters ommunity Engagement 38 | C Spotlight: Building Bridges 44 | B etter, formerly Make It Better, editorial: The Ultimate Chicago Museum Bucket List THE JOFFREY BALLET ASHLEY WHEATER The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director GREG CAMERON President and CEO Graphic Design: CHIRP DESIGN, INC. 312.226.5333 lynda@chirp-design.com Print: ACTIVE GRAPHICS 708.656.8900 active-us.com 2018–2019 Season Content Partner: Better, formerly Make It Better Cover image and above: Alessa Rogers and Christian Clark.

Photos by Kim Kenney courtesy of Atlanta Ballet.

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Dear Joffrey Patrons, Great Britain has always “punched above its weight.” For centuries, this small island, with less than ideal weather and limited local resources, has generated ideas which have sparked change throughout the world. This influence extends to music and dance as well.

In the mid-twentieth century, powerhouses Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, and Kenneth MacMillan created an English ballet language. Today, the vocabulary is being reimagined by a new generation of choreographers. Already at the Joffrey, we have explored the work of Christopher Wheeldon and Wayne McGregor, two of England’s fresh voices. With Across the Pond, we introduce the choreography of three young talents: Andrew McNicol, Liam Scarlett, and Andrea Walker.

We are particularly proud to present one Joffrey premiere and two world premieres in this program, the first work by any of these artists in our repertoire.

Andrew McNicol trained at The Royal Ballet School in London and created Yonder Blue to the beguiling, atmospheric music of English composer Peter Gregson. Liam Scarlett, resident choreographer of The Royal Ballet, shares his Vespertine, inspired by the Baroque music of Arcangelo Corelli. Andrea Walker worked with composer Ross Allchurch to create HOME, a poignant and timely narrative drawn from contemporary dance themes.

The creation of new work starts with artists committed to music, storytelling, and collaboration.

Andrew, Liam, and Andrea — the Joffrey Family says thank you. We also extend our most sincere thanks to Denise Littlefield Sobel for believing in the power of dance and for her support of the new in Chicago and beyond.

Our showcase of English creativity continues next season with the October Joffrey premiere of Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre.

We hope you enjoy this visit to Great Britain!

Ashley Wheater

Greg Cameron

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director

President and CEO

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Dear Friends, For the past six years, I have had the incredible privilege of serving as Chair of the Joffrey Board of Directors. The time has come to pass the mantle. But first, allow me to look back and share a few thoughts.

I am proud of this organization. During my tenure, I have witnessed bold, original work dazzle audiences for the first time; I have watched thousands of students light up at the sight of opening curtain; and I have seen young, aspiring dancers grow into first-rate professionals. Under the leadership of Ashley Wheater and Greg Cameron, the Joffrey has evolved from local icon to a world-class cultural institution, based right here in Chicago.

I know that for Ashley, Greg and the entire Joffrey Family, this is only the beginning. There are more mountains to climb, more worlds to explore. And that is what I’ve enjoyed the most — the collaborative spirit and the thrill of taking on new challenges. The Joffrey continues to reach farther than it did before, shaping the future of dance for the people who love it so. It humbles me to know that I had a role to play. This experience has deepened my belief in the profound impact of dance as an art form. As importantly, it has taught me a lot about our broader community and its passion for first-rate culture.

Chicago is unique in that respect.

I will miss many of the responsibilities of being Chair.

But while my term may be ending, the fact is the Joffrey will be a part of my life forever. Thanks to everyone who made this journey so special.

With much gratitude,

Zach Lazar Board Chair | The Joffrey Ballet

Photo by Dan Rest.

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ASHLEY WHEATER The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director GREG CAMERON President and CEO ROBERT JOFFREY Founder GERALD ARPINO Founder Artists of The Company Derrick Agnoletti | Yoshihisa Arai | Amanda Assucena | Edson Barbosa | Miguel Angel Blanco Evan Boersma | Anais Bueno | Fabrice Calmels | Valeria Chaykina | Nicole Ciapponi Lucia Connolly | April Daly | Derek Drilon | Fernando Duarte | Olivia Duryea Cara Marie Gary | Anna Gerberich | Stefan Goncalvez | Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Dylan Gutierrez | Rory Hohenstein | Dara Holmes | Yuka Iwai | Victoria Jaiani | Hansol Jeong Gayeon Jung | Yumi Kanazawa | Brooke Linford | Greig Matthews | Graham Maverick Jeraldine Mendoza | Xavier Núñez | Princess Reid | Aaron Renteria | Christine Rocas Julia Rust | Chloé Sherman | Leticia Stock | Temur Suluashvili | Olivia Tang-Mifsud Alonso Tepetzi | Elivelton Tomazi | Alberto Velazquez | Joanna Wozniak Valentino Moneglia Zamora | Joan Sebastián Zamora

SCOTT SPECK Music Director BRADLEY RENNER General Manager BLAIR BALDWIN Company Manager NICOLAS BLANC | ADAM BLYDE | SUZANNE LOPEZ Ballet Masters | Principal Coaches GRACE KIM | MICHAEL MORICZ Company Pianists CODY CHEN Production Manager KATHERINE SELIG Principal Stage Manager AMANDA HEUERMANN Stage Manager Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones, and signal watches during performances. The taking of photographs and the use of recording devices are not allowed in this auditorium. Program and artists subject to change.

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ACROSS THE POND Yonder Blue Choreography by ANDREW MCNICOL Music by PETER GREGSON Scenic and Lighting Design by JACK MEHLER Costume Realization by THE JOFFREY BALLET WARDROBE DEPARTMENT WORLD PREMIERE: April 24, 2019, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL By arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

Vespertine Choreography and Costume Design by LIAM SCARLETT Music by BJARTE EIKE, JOHN DOWLAND, ARCANGELO CORELLI, FRANCESCO GEMINIANI Lighting Design by MICHAEL HULLS Lighting Recreated by JACK MEHLER Staged by KRISTEN MCGARRITY Scenery and Costume Courtesy of ATLANTA BALLET WORLD PREMIERE: November 15, 2013, Norwegian National Ballet, Den Norske Opera & Ballett, Olso, Norway JOFFREY PREMIERE: April 24, 2019, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

HOME Choreography by ANDREA WALKER Music by ROSS ALLCHURCH Lighting Design by JACK MEHLER Costume Realization by THE JOFFREY BALLET WARDROBE DEPARTMENT Associate Director PATRICK COLLIER Assistant to the Choreographer MICHAELA CISARIKOVA WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION SPONSOR Denise Littlefield Sobel WORLD PREMIERE: April 24, 2019, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Casting details for performances of Across the Pond can be found on the program insert.

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Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, which spurred the ongoing movement for LGBTQ rights, Wrightwood 659 presents About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art. The new exhibition features contemporary works by US and international artists, altogether providing a nuanced depiction of the evolving meaning of queerness.

MAY 22 – JULY 20, 2019 Tickets are available online only and may be purchased for $20.

A limited number of free tickets are released each Monday for the current week. Walk-ins are not accommodated.

For all tickets, please visit:

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Alphawood Exhibitions presents About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art at Wrightwood 659.

TOP | Deborah Kass | Daddy I Would Love To Dance | Acrylic on canvas | 2008 BOTTOM | Zanele Muholi | Phaphama, at Cassilhaus, North Carolina | Archival pigment print | 2016

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2018–2019 SEASON SPONSORS

LIVE MUSIC SPONSORS Sandy and Roger Deromedi The Marina and Arnold Tatar Fund for Live Music

PRODUCTION SPONSORS SWAN LAKE

ANNA KARENINA

Production Sponsor

Producing Sponsors

Sage Foundation

Margot and Josef Lakonishok NIB Foundation

THE NUTCRACKER

Major Sponsors

Production Sponsors

Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson Walter E. Heller Foundation

With gratitude to The Nutcracker commissioning sponsors

Jane Ellen Murray Foundation Diane and John Patience

Margot and Josef Lakonishok Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa And the many “Believers”

Rudolf Nureyev Fund at The Joffrey Ballet Sponsors

HOME

Mary Jo and Doug Basler

Production Sponsor

Ethel and William Gofen

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Bill and Orli Staley Foundation

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Yonder Blue Above all, this piece is a response to Peter Gregson’s MUSIC the Quartets: Two. For me, his music suggests an ever-changing, expansive landscape that continues to melt, unfold, and collapse into itself over time. This expansive, musical landscape creates the idea of distance: from ourselves, each other, and the environment around us. It relates to the idea of distance between dancers, between body parts when we move — as if losing and re-finding ourselves or each other.

The TITLE Yonder Blue relates to people and nature, the human and the physical, internal and external, the real and imagined. Most importantly both words move. I found inspiration from Siri Hustvedt’s wise and illuminating book A Plea for Eros. She described ‘yonder’ as “a word that wobbles,” its meaning shifts and moves. It implies distance, the space between here and there. It’s tangible yet hard to grasp, it lives more in the imagination than reality. You can never really find yourself ‘yonder,’ once you arrive you become here, and so ‘yonder’ recedes forever back into the imaginary horizon.

‘Blue’ similarly shifts and holds multiple associations. We think of nature — the infinite ocean and the boundless sky. We attribute it to the qualities of a person: honesty, integrity, loyalty — or an emotional state: feeling blue, melancholy in addition to a name, implying a person, individual, or loved one.

For me this conveys a meaningful MESSAGE about the fragility of people, place, and nature. It speaks to the innate human desire for connection at the same time as the need to move alone — the tension between belonging and isolation, the individual and community.

— Andrew McNicol

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Choreographer Andrew McNicol.

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Vespertine Vespertine was the second ballet that I created for Norwegian National Ballet. It came very quickly after Firebird, which was a big production. Obviously with that momentous Stravinsky score, the opulence and scale of everything was enormous, so I wanted to do something a little more pared down and slightly more nuanced and delicate.

Vespertine was part of a Baroque evening. I got in touch with a small chamber orchestra based in Norway that dealt with Baroque-era music, but with a slight updated twist and electronic undertones to it and it came from there.

Music is a big driving force for me. It’s your script. You don’t have words, you have music. I pride myself on being a choreographer who really is a musical one and will pay respect to the score I’m using regardless of what it is. It’s a real driving point. Every step I choreograph, that music is in the back of my head. I try and go in with a good understanding of the musical layout of it, even if I don’t have steps. The musical arc and the climaxes and the suspense it builds is a narrative layout for the piece itself.

— Liam Scarlett

Atlanta Ballet Dancers. ©Kim Kenney 2017.

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HOME Inspired by personal stories of being an immigrant, Andrea Walker directs the Joffrey dancers through a story of strength, resilience, and the nature of belonging, asking what happens to our identity when our idea of home is taken away. Through his signature fusion of commercial and contemporary dance styles, Walker explores what home means, within ourselves, our relationships, and our country.

As an immigrant living in the country I consider to be my home, I have experienced the anxiety of feeling unwelcome, of having people question the truth of where I feel I belong. With this new production, I wanted to explore these feelings of uncertainty, and how it can feel living in a country that you weren’t born in. People all over the world face uncertain futures in places where they may have lived most of their lives. Many cross borders as children and know no other country. They finish school with normal dreams of going to college or starting a job, only to find that they’re to be treated differently than the people they’ve grown up alongside.

Home is more than a house or a place. Home is security and safety and a feeling of rest. We find it in places that remind us of childhood, in other people that know us deeply, and within ourselves. The anxiety of knowing that this feeling could be taken away from you at any moment affects every part of your life – from relationships to mental health. It is this experience that moved me to create this piece with The Joffrey Ballet.

— Andrea Walker

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Choreographer Andrea Walker.

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The Joffrey Ballet wishes to extend warmest thanks and deepest appreciation to

MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL, Honorary Chairman of the Board, for his advocacy for the arts and dedicated service to the dance community.

Photo by Brooke Collins.

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2018 2019 SEASON

Derrick Agnoletti San Jose, CA

Nicole Ciapponi

Vancouver, Canada

Lucia Connolly

Yoshihisa Arai

Amanda Assucena* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

April Daly

Derek Drilon*

Fernando Duarte*

Hiroshima, Japan

Los Angeles, CA

Rockford, IL

Dylan Gutierrez

Rory Hohenstein

Dara Holmes*

Graham Maverick

Jeraldine Mendoza

Olivia Tang-Mifsud

Alonso Tepetzi*

Los Angeles, CA

San Francisco, CA

Los Angeles, CA

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Washington, D.C.

San Francisco, CA

Orizaba, Mexico

Wilmington, NC

Xavier Núùez

Vancouver, WA

Yuka Iwai*

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victoria Jaiani

Iwate, Japan

Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia

Princess Reid

Aaron Renteria

Caguas, Puerto Rico

Jacksonville, FL

Elivelton Tomazi*

Alberto Velazquez

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Edson Barbosa

Havana, Cuba

Corona, CA

Joanna Wozniak

Rolling Meadows, IL

Photos by Cheryl Mann.

Valeria Chaykina

Miguel Angel Blanco

Evan Boersma* Chicago, IL

Córdoba, Mexico

Anais Bueno

Fabrice Calmels Paris, France

St. Petersburg, Russia

Olivia Duryea*

Cara Marie Gary

Anna Gerberich

Stefan Goncalvez

Luis Eduardo Gonzalez

Gayeon Jung

Yumi Kanazawa

Brooke Linford*

Julia Rust

Chloé Sherman

Havana, Cuba

Haslett, MI

Hansol Jeong

Namyangju, South Korea

Christine Rocas

Manila, Philippines

Belton, SC

Seoul, Korea

Noblesville, IN

Dillsburg, PA

Los Angeles, CA

New York, NY

São Paulo, Brazil

Alpine, UT

Leticia Stock

Rio de Janiero, Brazil

Bogota, Colombia

Greig Matthews

Aberdeen, Great Britain

Temur Suluashvili

Tbilisi, Rep. of Georgia

2018–2019 ARTISTS OF THE COMPANY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DANCERS, VISIT:

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Valentino Moneglia Zamora* Murcia, Spain

Joan Sebastián Zamora Cali, Colombia

■ NEW JOFFREY ARTISTS *JOFFREY ACADEMY OF DANCE ALUMNI The Joffrey Ballet | 13

HOME choreographer Andrea Walker.

The Joffrey is committed to advancing the art form of dance through innovative new works, which can only happen through generous support.

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For her visionary sponsorship of Andrea Walker’s world premiere HOME, we would like to thank

DENISE LITTLEFIELD SOBEL

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A Celebration of Lar Lubovitch

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Featuring Ballet Austin, The Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more

Spirit Nyapanyapa

October 5, 2019 / 7:30PM October 6, 2019 / 2:00PM

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo

November 22, 2019 / 7:30PM November 23, 2019 / 7:30PM

May 1, 2020 / 8:00PM May 2, 2020 / 7:30PM May 3, 2020 / 2:00PM

Image courtesy of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

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Season Sponsor

Chicago Dancing Festival A Celebration of Lar Lubovitch Presenting Sponsor

The Harris Family Foundation, Caryn and King Harris

Abby McCormick O’Neil and D. Carroll Joynes

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Engagement Presenting Sponsor

Bangarra Dance Theatre Engagement Presenting Sponsor

Jack and Sandra Guthman Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina BauschThe Joffrey Ballet | 15 Engagement Lead Sponsor

BIOS ASHLEY WHEATER The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Born in Scotland and raised in England, Ashley Wheater was trained at The Royal Ballet School. Wheater began his professional career with The Royal Ballet and danced at the London Festival Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet.

In 1997, he became Ballet Master at San Francisco Ballet, and in 2002, Assistant to the Artistic Director.

In 2007, Wheater was appointed Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet. New work is the life blood of a company, and he has introduced numerous premieres to the repertoire. In 2008, the Boeing Corporation recognized his commitment to community outreach and diversity in the world of dance, presenting him the “Game Changer” award. In 2010, Wheater, representing The Joffrey Ballet, was named Lincoln Academy Laureate, the highest honor presented by the State of Illinois. The Chicago Tribune selected Wheater as 2013 “Chicagoan of the Year” for his contributions to dance. In 2014, Wheater accepted the Chicago Spirit of Innovation Award for The Joffrey Ballet and in 2015, he received the University of Chicago Rosenberger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Creative and Performing Arts.

He also serves as The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director of the Joffrey Academy of Dance, the Official School of The Joffrey Ballet.

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.

Speck is the co-author of three of the world’s best-selling books on classical music and dance: Classical Music for Dummies, Opera for Dummies, and Ballet for Dummies. These books have been translated into twenty languages and are available around the world. A Fulbright scholar and summa cum laude graduate of Yale; Speck is a regular commentator on NPR, the BBC, ABC Australia, and Voice of Russia.

He has been featured in TED talks and at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

His writing appears in numerous magazines and journals.

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ANDREW MCNICOL Choreographer — Yonder Blue British choreographer Andrew McNicol began choreographing at The Royal Ballet School where he won the Kenneth MacMillan choreographic competition and completed formal studies through Ballet Central’s Professional Choreographic Programme (MA). He has created work for well-known companies and organizations such as The Royal Ballet in London, The Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium), Northern Ballet, The London Olympics, New English Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet School, Juice Opera, among others. He was invited twice to create works for the New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet, and has participated in dance lines, a Royal Opera House choreographic initiative.

Recently, he was awarded the 2018 Choreographic Fellowship with Ballet X, Philadelphia, which culminated in a new creation for their 2018 summer season. His latest endeavor, The McNicol Ballet Collective was launched in 2017 as a collaborative European project to create experimental new works that draw on the artists’ collective experiences.

LIAM SCARLETT Choreographer — Vespertine English choreographer Liam Scarlett is The Royal Ballet’s Artist in Residence. His works for The Royal Ballet include Despite, Vayamos al Diablo, Consolations and Liebestraum (nominated for a Critics’ Circle Award), Asphodel Meadows (nominated for a South Bank Award and an Olivier Award, and winner of a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award), Sweet Violets, ‘Diana and Actaeon’ in Metamorphosis: Titian 2012, Hansel and Gretel, Jubilee pas de deux (in celebration of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee), The Age of Anxiety, Summertime, Frankenstein (a co-production with San Francisco Ballet) and Symphonic Dances. In the 2017/18 Season, he produced a new production of Swan Lake for The Royal Ballet.

Scarlett was born in Ipswich and trained at the Linda Shipton School of Dancing before joining The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge.

While at the School he won both the Kenneth MacMillan and Ursula Moreton Choreographic Awards and was the first recipient of the De Valois Trust Fund Choreographers’ Award. He graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2005, promoted to First Artist in 2008. He retired as a dancer in 2012, that year becoming The Royal Ballet’s first Artist in Residence.

Scarlett’s work for other companies includes No Man’s Land (English National Ballet), Gargoyles and Funérailles (New York City Ballet), With a Chance of Rain (American Ballet Theatre), Vespertine, The Firebird and Carmen (Norweign National Ballet), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal New Zealand Ballet and Queensland Ballet), The Joffrey Ballet | 17

BIOS Viscera and Euphotic (Miami City Ballet), Hummingbird (San Francisco Ballet), Promenade Sentimentale (K-Ballet), Serpent (BalletBoyz: The Talent) and Hinterland and Indigo Children (Ballet Black). In 2016, he was appointed Artistic Associate at Queensland Ballet, created Fearful Symmetries (San Francisco Ballet), and made his first main stage full-length production for The Royal Ballet Frankenstein (a co-production with San Francisco Ballet). In 2018, Scarlett created the closing ceremony for the Commonwealth Games, The Queen of Spades (Royal Danish Ballet), a new Swan Lake for The Royal Ballet, and choreographed for Disney’s motion picture The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In 2019, he will create his first full-length work for Queensland Ballet, Dangerous Liaisons, as well as a one-act commission for San Francisco Ballet, Die Toteninsel.

ANDREA WALKER Choreographer — HOME Andrea Walker is a dancer, choreographer and movement director based in Brighton, U.K. He is the founder and Artistic Director of 201 Dance Company, and choreographed the company’s two award-winning shows, SKIN and SMOTHER. Both productions toured internationally with acclaimed reviews (“This is the future of street dance” — 4 Stars — The Times on SMOTHER/“Stand-Out Dance of Summer 2017” — The Guardian on SKIN).

Walker began dancing at age 14 in Rome, Italy, and continued his study and exploration of dance at The Metropolitan Arts Institute in Phoenix, Arizona (USA), and at The Broadway Dance Center in New York City, from which he graduated with a Certificate of Excellence.

His credits include Ebony Bones’ international tour, Coldplay, Aggro Santos, Kimberly Walsh, Xbox, T-Mobile, Martini and D&G.

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PETER GREGSON Composer — Yonder Blue Peter Gregson is a composer and cellist “working at the forefront of the new music scene” (The New Yorker). His latest album, Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach — The Cello Suites, was released on Deutsche Grammophon in October 2018. It is a stunning reinterpretation of Bach’s six suites, performed by Gregson and an ensemble of five cellos underpinned by a subtle electronic soundbed.

His debut solo album, Terminal (2010), was commissioned by Bowers & Wilkins and led to his first ballet commission, Hubert Essakow’s FLOW at The Print Room, London.

Other albums include Lights in the Sky (2014), composed for cello, piano, and analogue synthesisers, TOUCH (2015), released on Sono Luminus and Quartets: One and Quartets: Two (both 2017).

The soundtrack to his first feature film, A Little Chaos, directed by Alan Rickman was nominated for the Public Choice award at the World Soundtrack Awards.

ROSS ALLCHURCH Composer — HOME Ross Allchurch’s music pushes the boundaries of conventional dance-theatre with a hard-hitting, cinematic style that has been described as “enigmatic” (Graham Watts), “diverse and intelligent” (TheReviewsHub). Recently, he has composed the “vibrant and filmic” (FringeReview) score for SKIN, by 201 Dance Company; Boxes, by Purple Theatre; and I Love Myself Do You?, by MCDC — Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company. Allchurch lectured in Music Technology at South Kent College, Folkestone, England before progressing to his freelance composing career. His music has spanned various mediums including film, animation and video-games, with credits including TED Ed, film maker Glen Delahaye and Documentary Photographer Edward Thompson. When he is not writing music, Allchurch enjoys snowboarding and practicing Krav Maga.

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BIOS JACK MEHLER Lighting and Scenic Designer — Yonder Blue, Lighting Designer — HOME, Lighting Director — Vespertine Lighting designer Jack Mehler’s previous designs for Lar Lubovitch include Pentimento, Elemental Brubeck, Dvorak Serenade, Little Rhapsodies, and Jangle for Lar Lubovitch Dance Company as well as Nature Boy (previously Love’s Stories) for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Recordare for José Limón. For The Joffrey Ballet, he designed Donald Byrd’s Motown Suite and To Know Her as well as the 2007 and 2008 versions of The Nutcracker Suite (based on Tom Skelton’s original design). A Chicago-area native, Mehler earned a BFA from the University of Illinois/Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and then an MFA from New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. Based in New York for the last 19 years, Mehler designs lighting and/or scenery for an exciting mix of dance, musicals, plays and commercial projects for groups such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Florida, Ballet Memphis, Buglisi-Foreman Dance, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Capital Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Freedom Theatre, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Manhattan Theatre Club, North Shore Music Theatre, Norwegian National Opera Ballet, Paper Mill Playhouse, San Francisco Ballet, Seattle Rep, The Spoleto Festival, Syracuse Stage, The Working Theatre and the WPA Theatre among many others. He also provides Design Coordination/ Owner’s Representation for arts organizations building or renovating performance and rehearsal facilities, having recently completed work on a major project for a Minnesota performing arts school with a 3,000 seat amphitheatre and 23,500 sq. ft. year-round rehearsal facility.

MICHAEL HULLS Lighting Designer — Vespertine Over the last 25 years, Michael Hulls has worked exclusively in dance and his collaborations with choreographer Russell Maliphant have won international critical acclaim and many awards: PUSH and Broken Fall, both with artist Sylvie Guillem, won major awards including the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. Over many years, Hulls has also worked on productions with choreographer Akram Khan, including the Olivier Award-winning DESH, Until the Lions, and most recently, XENOS. For Ballet Boyz, he designed Liam Scarlett’s Serpent and Christopher Wheeldon’s Mesmerics. In 2009, Hulls became an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells and his contribution to dance was recognized with his entry into the Oxford Dictionary of Dance. In 2014, he received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.

In 2016, he won a second Knight of Illumination Award for Dance.

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KRISTEN MCGARRITY Stager — Vespertine Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Kristen McGarrity trained at The Royal Ballet School (RBS) and graduated into Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), where she danced most of the company’s soloist repertoire, including notable roles in Agon, Take Five, Shakespeare Suite, In The Upper Room, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty. Since leaving BRB, she has attained an honors degree in Psychology and a diploma in vocational training from The Royal Ballet School, going on to guest teach at RBS and other top vocational schools in the U.K. McGarrity is Ballet Mistress and Repetiteur to the RBS students involved in The Royal Ballet’s repertoire, Assistant to the Choreographer Liam Scarlett, including on Disney’s feature film The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, Swan Lake, The Cunning Little Vixen, and Principal Coach on the revival of his Frankenstein. She has also appeared as the female lead, Lise Dassin, in Christopher Wheeldon’s An American In Paris.

PATRICK COLLIER Associate Director — HOME Patrick Collier (patrickcollier.co.uk) is a London-based director and producer working in dance and theatre. He is producer and associate director of 201 Dance Company (201dancecompany.com), and Executive Director of Access All Areas (accessallareastheatre.org).

Recent productions include Graeae Theatre Co’s Aruna and the Raging Sun in South India — a large scale outdoor aerial performance featuring 100 artists with disabilities which headlined the U.K./India Year of Culture; and Access All Areas’ MADHOUSE, an immersive theatre production by artists with learning disabilities that toured the U.K. and staged performances in the U.K.’s Houses of Parliament.

Other work includes 201 Dance Company’s SKIN (U.K. Tour), Theatre Témoin’s The Marked (international tour), Access All Areas’ The Misfit Analysis (international tour), Frode Gjerløw’s The Dam (Barbican, London), Theatre Témoin’s The Fantasist (international tour), 201 Dance Company’s SMOTHER (international tour), Metta Theatre’s Flicker (Sadler’s Wells), and Theatre Re’s Little Soldiers (U.K. tour).

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BIOS MICHAELA CISARIKOVA Assistant to the Choreographer — HOME Michaela Cisarikova is a U.K.-based choreographer, dancer, and movement director. She is also the Artistic Director of Michaela Cisarikova Dance Company (MCDC) which she founded in 2014.

Cisarikova’s unique style fuses elements of contemporary with poppin,’ breakin’ and other Hip Hop styles. “The way Michaela dances and tells a story is quite remarkable. You can literally feel it oozing from her” — Theatre Full Stop. She’s become a prominent voice on the U.K. dance scene and is now an associate artist of Andrea Walker’s 201 Dance Company. She was a dancer in 201’s break-through hit SMOTHER (“Taking Hip Hop into thrillingly new terrain” — The Guardian), and last year took the lead role in the company’s second show SKIN (“A masterpiece of human sensitivity” — Fringe Review), which recently completed a U.K. tour.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 2018–2019 HONORARY CHAIRMAN | Mayor Rahm Emanuel Zachary D. Lazar, Jr. Chairman of the Board

Sabrina Gracias

LIFE DIRECTORS

Linda Chaplik Harris

Grace Barry

Anne Kaplan First Vice Chair

Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann

Fred Eychaner

Lorna Ferguson Sonia Florian Vice Chairs

Richard Holson III

Patricia H. Gerber†

Greg Jenkins

Pamela B. Strobel

Myrna Kaplan

Joseph H. Wender

Guy Lakonishok Treasurer

Donna M. LaPietra Michael Larsen

PAST CHAIRPERSONS

Ronald J. Allen Secretary

Barry Litwin

William M. Daley

Ashley Wheater The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director

James McDonough

Fred Eychaner

Coco Meers

Gary E. Holdren

Jess Merten

Dr. David A. Kipper†

Greg Cameron President and CEO

Daniel L. (DL) Morriss

C. Steve McMillian

Susan G. Oleari

Bruce Sagan

Shari Massey Assistant Treasurer

Diane Patience

Maureen Dwyer Smith

Stephen Reiss

Pamela B. Strobel

DIRECTORS

Jeffrey C. Rubenstein

Jason J. Tyler

Kathleen Abbott

Elva Rubio

Ronald V. Waters III

Patty Perkins Andringa

Bruce Sagan

Mary Jo Basler

Eric Schieber, MD

Marc Berman

Liz Sharp

Luann Blowers

Courtney Shea

Roger Deromedi

Ildefonso Alvim de Abreu e Silva

Pamella Roland DeVos

Chuck Smith

Adam DeWitt

Maureen Dwyer Smith

Patti Eylar

Rita Spitz

Shelley MacArthur Farley

Lauren F. Streicher, MD

Jamie-Clare Flaherty

Ben Strobel

Emily Follas

MarrGwen Townsend

Patrick M. Gallagher, Jr.

Jason J. Tyler

Mrs. Robert W. Galvin

Noren Ungaretti

Jill Garling

Ronald V. Waters III

Dana Hokin Garvey

Amanda Williamson

Mark Giragosian

Joel V. Williamson

As of March 23, 2019

Larry Goodman

Elizabeth Yntema

† Deceased

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WOMEN’S BOARD OF THE JOFFREY BALLET | 2018–2019 Noren Ungaretti President Sandi Hartstein 1st Vice President Merritt DeWitt Julianne Migely 2nd Vice Presidents Dania Leemputte Secretary Amanda Merten Treasurer Dr. Emily L. Arch Jamie-Clare Flaherty Members-at-Large Elisabeth Adams Mrs. Keene Harwood Addington III Julie O’Donnell Allen Raheela Gill Anwar Annie Atzeff Melissa M. Babcock* Grace Barry* Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Heidy Best Jetta Boschen Sophie Bross Marisa Bryce Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville Jenelle M. Chalmers Joan Colmar Kelly Demers Sandra Deromedi Ellen Distelheim Dr. Jill S. Dodds Maia J. Dunkel Christine Du Boulay Ellis Beth Engel Patti S. Eylar Shelley MacArthur Farley Emily Follas Laura Suzanne Foote Ellie Forman 24 | The Joffrey Ballet

Katherine E. Freiburger Beth Fulkerson Dana Hokin Garvey Susan Geiselhart Darcy Goldfarb, MD Shana Bear Guthman Elisa D. Harris Mrs. Michael F. Harron Stacie R. Hartman K. Susan Heintz Kathleen Henson Martha Higgins Leslie S. Hindman Courtney A. Hoffmann Jerrilyn M. Hoffmann Sherry Lea Holson Brooke Hubbuch Melinda Jakovich Lagrange Anne Kaplan Jackelyn Kastanis Elizabeth Ann Kasten Kathleen Klaeser Laura Kofoid Mrs. Frederick A. Krehbiel* Whitney Lasky Anne Lazar Kathryn Meneely Leister Anita E. Livaditis Leslie Logsdon Joan Malliband Elizabeth Marcus, MD Heather Martin Kristina McGrath Astrid A. McKinnon Helen Hall Melchior* Patricia Miller Lucy Minor Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD Susan G. Oleari Christine Ott* Gigi Owens

Mrs. John R. Pacholick Daniela Pagani Cynthia S. Passalino Mary Ellen Pavone, MD Judith Pierpont Ibby Pinsky Victoria Poindexter D. Elizabeth Price Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt Emily Rubenstein Camille Kearns Rudy Maggie Scheyer Sarah Schrup Andréa J. Schwartz Liz Sharp Anne Shea Courtney Shea Carolyn Sheridan Veronica Siegel Amelia Silva Mrs. Howard Silverman Marilyn Slattery Maureen Dwyer Smith* Kathy Kalesperis Smith Maria Smithburg Rita Spitz Dawn Stanislaw Jessica Steffensen Liz Stiffel Carol J. Stone Nancy Sussman Cheryl Tama Oblander Lauren D.W. Tatar Marina D.W. Tatar Melissa Trandel Jennifer Tscherney Yolanda Tyler Andria van der Merwe Jen VanEekeren Laura Larsen Venkus Annabelle Volgman Chrissie Walker Magnes Welsh

Susan L. Welsh Pam Phillips Weston Kim White Diana Weiss Widman Elizabeth Wippman Joyce M. Wippman Marcie L. Wright Leslie Zentner Julie Zuckerman SUPPORTING AND NON-RESIDENT Dora Aalbregtse Laura Ferris Anderson Melissa Anton Mary Jo Basler Mrs. John E. Burke Kelly Dettmann Pamella Roland DeVos Deborah Gordon Engle Lydia Fisher Katherine Fox Astra Gamsjaeger Sue-Gray Goller Stephanie M. Grinage Marjorie E. Habermann Sharon King Hoge Marci Holzer Candace Collins Jordan Donna M. LaPietra Anne Simon Moffat Brooks Morgan Mrs. Jay L. Owen, Jr. Kathleen A. Swien Kathryn Vail Victoria Verity Carol A. Walter Ann Waters Mrs. Thomas E. Wells IV *Indicates Honorary Member As of March 1, 2019

SUPPORTERS The Joffrey Ballet would like to extend thanks to those who provide us with funding that ensures quality and engaging experiences for a variety of audiences. The following is a list of those who made contributions in the amount of $300 or more between March 14, 2018 and March 14, 2019.

Although space does not permit us to list all of our friends, we are grateful for the support from each and every one of our loyal donors. $500,000+ Alphawood Foundation Chicago Clear Channel Airports Fred Eychaner Paul Galvin Memorial Foundation Trust Estate of Dennis D. Kendzora Margot and Josef Lakonishok $100,000–$499,999 Abbott Fund Chicago Athletic Clubs Sandy and Roger Deromedi Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation Anne L. Kaplan Nancy and Sanfred Koltun Beth Levine The Reva and David Logan Foundation The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust NIB Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Patience Polk Bros Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Tatar The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Joel V. Williamson $50,000–$99,9999 Allstate Insurance Company Athletico Physical Therapy BMO Wealth Management Lorna Ferguson and Terry Clark Illinois Arts Council Agency The Julius N. Frankel Foundation Lloyd A. Fry Foundation The Walter E. Heller Foundation Sherry Lea and Richard Holson III ITW Jewell Events Catering JHL Capital Group LLC JW Marriott The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Jane Ellen Murray Foundation Susan and Nicholas Noyes in memory of Clara Rideout Noyes and her love of ballet

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The Poetry Foundation Bruce Sagan and Bette Cerf Hill Sage Foundation The Shubert Foundation Bill and Orli Staley Pamela and Russ Strobel Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Waters III $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous Australian Consulate-General Chicago Mary Jo and Doug Basler The Bill Bass Foundation Marc and Sharen Berman The Brinson Foundation Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Chicago Community Trust Citi The Crown Family Mr. and Mrs. Adam DeWitt Exelon Patti S. Eylar and Charles R. Gardner Jill Garling and Thomas Wilson Ethel and William Gofen Michelle Goodman and Larry J. Goodman, MD Sabrina and Antonio Gracias GrubHub, Inc. Julie and Guy Lakonishok Myrna W. Kaplan Macy’s Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Mayer Brown LLP Coco B. Meers and Ethan Meers Alexandra Nichols and John Nichols The Northern Trust Company Eric C. Schieber, MD Ms. Courtney C. Shea Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Rita Spitz and David Blears Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Miles D. White Amanda Williamson and Matthew Johnson Elizabeth Yntema and Mark Ferguson for the Ferguson-Yntema Family Trust $10,000–$24,999 Abbott Anonymous (2) Edward B. Beam, Jr. in Loving Memory of John Palatinus and Jack Alexander Luann and David Blowers Rosemarie and Dean Buntrock Capital Group Companies, Inc. Audre Carlin Paul Chasnoff and Joe Hopper

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Lawrence Corry DeSantis Foundation Fifth Third Bank Mr. and Mrs. F. Conrad Fischer Fresenius Kabi Sherry and Michael Guthrie Joan Hall John R. Halligan Charitable Fund Harris Family Foundation Sandi and Barry Hartstein Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hoffmann Jenner & Block LLP Estate of Stuart Kane Kovler Family Foundation Kryolan Professional Make-Up The Lane Trust: Dr. Lynda Lane, Adele Lane and Ben Lane-Korn Michael and Jennifer Larsen Latham & Watkins LLP Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arie Leibovitz Susan Lichtenstein and John Rokacz Elizabeth Liebman Julie Litfin and Matthew Litfin Margaret MacLean MacLean-Fogg Company Joan Malliband and David Malliband The Mazza Foundation Karen McEniry and Roger McEniry Richard & Martha Melman Foundation Lucy Minor Negaunee Foundation Ken Norgan The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation Gigi Owens and James Owens Palmer House Hilton Stephen Reiss and Rena Hozore Reiss Judy A. Saslow Gallery Dr. Scholl Foundation Sarah Schrup Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Sharp Melissa de Abreu e Silva and Ildefonso Silva Chuck Smith Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Smith, Jr. Maria Smithburg and William D. Smithburg Jeanette Stevens Liz Stiffel Hadas Teuscher and Philip Teuscher Andrew Thorrens and Donald Mizerk Lorraine Trachtenberg U.S. Bank Foundation Walt Disney Company Foundation Richard and Diane Weinberg William Blair The Joffrey Ballet | 25

SUPPORTERS $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Allen Emily Strobel Amiet and Michael Amiet Athene Annie Atzeff and Kristopher Atzeff Autism Speaks Christine Bakalar and John Bakalar Nancy Gottlieb Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Francis Beidler III Ms. Carolyn A. Blessing John Brazzale CA Ventures Chanel Mrs. Joyce Chelberg CIBC Geoffrey Davis Laura Duggan and Jim Duggan Dunham Fund Mr. and Mrs. William Farley Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Emily Follas and Timothy Jacob Jennifer Gallagher and Patrick Gallagher Dana Hokin Garvey and Robert Garvey GI Energy Greg Goldner Mary L. Gray The Irving Harris Foundation Janet W. and Robert A. Helman Mr. and Mrs. John W. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hildy Dennis and Kathleen Klaeser Jay Krehbiel Laura Kofoid and David Ricci Mr. and Mrs. Zachary D. Lazar, Jr. Linda Levie and Glenn Levie Luminarts Cultural Foundation Fellowship by Myrna Kaplan Elizabeth Marcus, MD and Ira Belcove Kate Morrison and William Morrison David and Suzu Neithercut Susan Noel Susan G. Oleari Michael Payette Kathleen Pipala and Michael Pipala D. Elizabeth Price and Lou Yecies Carol and Robert Rasmus John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Jeffrey C. Rubenstein Susan and David Ruder Mr. and Mrs. David Sensibar Sidley Austin, LLP Sidney Kohl Family Foundation Ms. Kathy Kalesperis Smith and Mr. Dion Grimes Smith Nathan Tannenbaum Foundation Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. Tyler Richard and Noren Ungaretti 26 | The Joffrey Ballet

Leslie J. Warner and Stephen B. Warner Dia Weil and Edward Weil Hilary and Barry Weinstein W.E. O’Neil Construction Magnes Welsh Elizabeth Wippman and Tom Wippman Julia Yao and Kevin Chin $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. William Adams IV Allegro Dance Boutique Evelyn Alter Ero Amiridis and Michael Amiridis Dr. Emily L. Arch and Mr. Justin Arch Carey August and Brett August Francis Beidler III & Prudence R. Beidler Foundation Francis Beidler Foundation Meta S. and Ronald Berger Family Foundation Sondra Berman Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. L. Bogan, Jr. Mr. Jimmie R. Alford† and Ms. Maree G. Bullock Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville and Art Bushonville Jenelle Chalmers and Stephen Chalmers Juliana Chyu and David Whitney Pamela Crutchfield Amina Dickerson and Julian Roberts James Dolenc and Tom Riker Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly Christine Du Boulay Ellis Jamie-Clare Flaherty Nancy Follis Arthur Frank Greg and Christine Gallagher Darcy Goldfarb, MD Dedrea Gray and Paul Gray Stephanie Grinage and Richard Grinage Shana Guthman and David Guthman Dr. and Mrs. Alan G. Harris Elisa Harris and Ivo Daalder Julie F. Harron and Michael F. Harron Stacie R. Hartman K. Susan Heintz and Thomas Heintz Courtney A. Hoffmann and Sebastian Hoffmann Lauren Huefner Illinois Bone & Joint Institute Intralink Global Melinda Jakovich-Lagrange and Lucien Lagrange Marilyn Katz and Scott Chambers Jeffrey Kerr

Avril Klaff and Hersch Klaff Dr. Jennifer Kurth and Mr. Brian Van Klompenberg Lannan Foundation Robin and Jack Lavin Dania Leemputte and Patrick Leemputte Ms. Dana Levinson and Mrs. Barbara Levinson Leslie Logsdon and Duncan Bourne Colleen Loughlin and John Sirek Lyric Opera of Chicago Lisa Klimley Malkin and Cary J. Malkin Holly and Matt Maloney James D. McDonough Kevin McGirr John R. Menninger Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Pamela G. Meyer Mrs. Julianne Migely Patricia Miller and Christopher Miller Peggy Morris and Pat Morris The Neiman Marcus Group Linda Curtis O’Bannon, MD Lee and Sharon Oberlander Thomas O’Keefe Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pacholick Daniela Pagani M. Scott Peckler, MD and Lisa Laurent Peckler, MD Catherine Perez and William Perez Victoria Poindexter and Joseph P. Gaynor III Carol Pollock Carol Prins and John Hart RSM LLP Camille Kearns Rudy and Robert M. Rudy The Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Foundation Ms. Maggie Scheyer and Mr. Eric J. Scheyer Terry Schwartz Louis and Nellie Sieg Fund Veronica Siegel Amelia Silva and Alejandro Silva Thomas G. Sinkovic Marilyn Slattery Shari Slavin and Mark Slavin Snaidero Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Neele E. Stearns, Jr. Edwin Stebbins Penelope Steiner and Robert Steiner Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Carol Stone and David Stone Nancy and Ira Sussman Bhaskaran Swaminathan Cheryl Tama Oblander and Scott Oblander †

Deceased

SUPPORTERS $2,500–$4,999 (continued) Melissa Trandel Jennifer Tscherney Thomas Tupper Barboza Andria van der Merwe Annabelle Volgman and Keith Volgman Christina Walker and Joe Walker Sherry Weiss and Albert Weiss Diana and Stuart Widman Alice and Herb Zarov Lisa Zenk and Jason Zenk Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Zentner Helen Zimmermann and John Zimmermann Julie Zuckerman and Daniel Zuckerman $1,500–$2,499 Anonymous (3) Dora Aalbregtse and R. John Aalbregtse Kathleen and Jeff Abbott Ada Addington and Whitney Addington Greg Albiero and Mark Zampardo Patty Perkins Andringa Melissa Anton and John Anton Lynn Arensman and Robert Arensman Christopher Begy Lindsay Bennett Jennifer Birmingham Ms. Evelyn Bosenberg Robyn Bowland Anne Brody and Michael Brody Sophia Bross Anthony Bruck Carolyn Bucksbaum Tamara and Robert Buday Jean Cameron and Carlyle Cameron Rachel Cannon Katie Cochran Earle Cromer Elliott Crigger Dr. John Dainauskas Leah Day C.J. Dillon and Steve Clements Dr. Jill S. Dodds and Dr. Guriqbal Nandra Julia and Matt Doherty Mr. and Mrs. Terence Donnelly Maia J. Dunkel Wendy Eager Deborah and Cody Engle Dr. and Mrs. Anthony G. Finder Lois Farrell Fisher Mimi Frankel and Bud Frankel Sara Friedle Beth Fulkerson and Joshua Kellman Abby Funk and Donald Funk

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Susan Geiselhart and David Geiselhart Mr. Mark Giragosian and Mrs. Alexis Polito Giragosian Sue-Gray Goller Ann Gootee and James Gootee Barbara Greis and Howard Gottlieb Anthony and Susan Grosch Patricia and O.J. Heestand Leslie Hindman Sarai Hoffman and Stephen Pratt Julie Holland Alan J. Hommerding and Robert K. Personett Kathleen Ihrig and Glenn Ihrig Mary Kamraczewski and Kevin Kamraczewski Masahiro Kasai and William Myers Jackelyn Kastanis and Taki Kastanis Mr. and Mrs. William O. Kasten Wendy Kilcollin and T. Eric Kilcollin Roberta Killeen and Timothy Killeen Sandiya Killion and Andrew Killion Polly Kintzel Ann Klimek and Adam Klimek Karen Krefman and Ron Krefman Erica Kuhlmann and Frank Kuhlmann Sarah Ladgenski and Derek Ladgenski Laura Larsen Venkus and David Venkus Ms. Whitney Lasky and Mr. Jerry Lasky Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lawson III Deej and Hunter Leggitt Sherren Leigh Kathryn Leister and Douglas Leister Dr. Richard E. Leithiser Mia Levy and Paul Levy Mr. and Mrs. Barry Litwin Susan Lucas and Stuart Lucas Stephanie Marshall Heather Martin and Sean Martin Matt McCartt Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGrath James Meixner Sally Metzler Lois and Robert Moeller Prof. Keith and Anne Moffat Jazelle Morriss and Daniel L. (DL) Morriss Barbara and Jonathan Moss Morrell Neely Courtney Nelson Janis Notz and John Notz The William F. O’Connor Foundation Sharon Olson and Fred Fleischbein Robert Parris and Bradley Renner Katherine Patch and Jason Patch Mary Ellen Pavone, MD and Christopher Novak Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker Susan Poser and Stephen Di Magno Bonnie Price and Jack Hirsch

Christine Provost and David Provost Donald H. Ratner and Bruce A. Gober Hallie Blanchard Rehwaldt and Thomas Rehwaldt Jennifer Ross Anthony Rufo Barbara and Donald Ruhman Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Salesforce Judith Sawyier and Michael Sawyier Patricia Schmalzl and William Schmalzl Lewis and Barbara Schneider Anne Shonk Stephanie Sick and William Sick Craig Sirles Beth Smetana and Gerard Smetana Patricia Smith Mirja Spooner Haffner and Edward Haffner Dawn Stanislaw Shirley Stanley and Paul Stanley Patricia Sternberg Holly Stevens and Randy Stevens Dr. Lauren Streicher and Mr. Jason Brett Mary Summers and William Summers Torri & Swinand Family Dana Shepard Treister and Dr. Michael Roy Treister Judy Van Arsdale Jen and Luke VanEekeren Robert and Etti Van Etten Debbie Wang and David Hoyt Michelle Wasson and Joel Farran Olga Weiss and George Honig Susan L. Welsh Jeffrey Wright Marcie Wright Russ Zajtchuk and Joan Zajtchuk William Ziemann $1,000–$1,499 Anonymous (2) Ms. Rochelle Abramson and Mr. Elliott Abramson Active Graphics Mina Amir-Mokri Amsted Industries Michael Andrews and Ryan Ruskin Neda Ashourian Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr. Anne and Mark Bagan Sandra Bass Shan Bhati Shaun Block and Andrew Block Bradbury Family Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden Nicole Caffrey Marion Cameron The Joffrey Ballet | 27

SUPPORTERS $1,000–$1,499 (continued) Susan Carlins and Joel Carlins The Carmi Family Charitable Fund Kathleen Carpenter and John Gould Andrea Chadwick Mrs. John C. Colman Michelle Erb Virginia Farley Katherine and Richard Freiburger Cidney Golman and Jeffrey Golman Marc and Carol Gordon Madeleine Grynsztejn and Thomas Shapiro Heestand Foundation, Inc. Danielle Hoeg Libby Holdren Nancy Jacobs Gayle Jensen and Kenneth Jensen Janet Jentes and William Jentes Maryl R. Johnson, MD Kemper Foundation Ariel Knowles Patricia Koldyke† and Martin Koldyke James Van Kollenburg Karyn Kruschka and Edward Kruschka Nicole Legere Lew and Laurie Leibowitz Krista Linn Anita Livaditis and Stephen Livaditis Melinda J. Inc. Jess and Amanda Merten Gary Metzner Marisa Murillo Maggie and Michael Murzanski Kristina Nicolas Phoebe Nixon and Jamin Nixon Old Second Bank Marjory Oliker Christopher Olson and Charlene Huang Olson Mr. Jonathan F. Orser Mark Overholser Rachel Pasquini Marian Pearcy and Peter Jones Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pierpont Ibby Pinsky and Milton Pinsky Sheila Pizer and Howard Pizer Rosa Prado and Jose Luis Prado Christine Riker and Walter Riker Richard Ryan Jane Nicholl Sahlins Doug Schmidt Illeane Schwartz and Sheldon Schwartz Marcey Siegel and Kenneth Siegel Lynda Silverman and Howard Silverman Julia Simpson Judie Stein G. Bradley Sterrenberg Rebecca Stimson Nunn 28 | The Joffrey Ballet

Peggy Swartchild and James Swartchild Susan and Bob Underwood Mr. and Mrs. Todd Vieregg Joyce M. Wippman Regina Witkowski and Kenneth Witkowski $750–$999 Fillomena Albee Margery Al-Chalabi Cynthia Berryman Heiji Choy Black and Brian Black Chapman and Cutler LLP Patty Delony Beth Engel and James Fuentes Marjorie Habermann Don Hiliker and Ky Hiliker The Holzer Family Foundation Elaine Jaharis and Steven Jaharis James Clark and Christina Labate Kary McIlwan and John McIlwan Lindsey Mossman Michael and Adele Murphy Mary Prescott Gerald Schultz Betty Seid and Richard Seid Timothy C. Sherck Karen and Richard Weiland $500–$749 Anonymous (3) Cleopatra Alexander and James Alexander Mr. and Mrs. James M. Amend Kristine Anderson and Tom Coonan Peter Bandelow Penny Barr Susan Belgrad and Donald Belgrad Harrison Jacobse Bennett Alana Berish Thomas Berry Leigh Bienen and Henry Bienen Judy Block Aldridge Bousfield John Bramsen and Norma Bramsen Myrna Bromley Judy Bross and John Bross Jackie Bryant and Timothy Bryant Edward Bucher Mary Kay Burke Susan Canmann and Michael Canmann Isabel Wong and Charles Capwell Susan Civgin and Dogan Civgin Tom and Bette Cogan James Colello Enid Collins Doris Cook and Robert Cook Terri and Alfred D’Ancona Judith Desenis and E. Scott Peterson

David and Annette Dezelan Sidney Dillard Gary Drescher Frank and Faith Dusek Rebecca Eby Michelle Ervin Marilyn Fields and Larry Fields Archie Fletcher Lewis Flint Mary Ford Erica Fornari Ms. Loren Friend and Mr. Howard Friend Christine Geiger Patricia Gentry Christy Gerst Joyce Gerstein and Allen Gerstein Amy and Michael Gordon Gaby Griffin and Hollis Griffin Joel Guillory Tonja Hall and Max Hall Andrew and Tracie Harris Ronne Hartfield and Robert Hartfield Ann Heide and Charles Heide Geoffrey and Adrianna Hewings Cathy Hirschmann and Ricky Hirschmann Kathryn Hodges and Sewell Hodges Rose Houston Charitable Foundation Sarah and Michael Jacobs Eric Jacobson Cher Keck and Sean Keck Sheila King Susan Koltun and Thomas Koltun Roger Kramer John Kurtz and Gerry Salvacion Tammy Laidlaw and Mike Laidlaw JC Lapiere Ms. Donna M. LaPietra and Mr. William Kurtis Jacqueline Lentz Michael Leppen Anne Lerner and Alan Lerner Lori Litwin and Mark Litwin Molly Luthman and Stephen Luthman Lauren Mack Sandra Mangurian Jeanne Martinez and John Segreti Laura Martinez and Andrew Martinez Michael and Linda Mason Mr. and Mrs. John C. McCarter Scott McCausland Carol McCordell and Michael Solomon Elizabeth McCostlin and Adam McCostlin Tynnetta McIntosh Renee Menegaz-Bock and R.D. Bock Martha Metz Lisa Mezzetti † Deceased

SUPPORTERS $500–$749 (continued) Lori Montana and James Montana Dr. and Mrs. David D. Morimoto Barbara Moser and David Moser Alice Moss Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Papuga Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Passalino Joseph Paszczyk Lynn Pearl and Melvin Pearl Marilyn Pearson Georgy Ann Peluchiwski and William Peluchiwski Jean Perkins and Leland Hutchinson Julie Pryor and A. Keith Housman Marcella Raia and Andrew Raia Boyd Rice William Richards Carol Roberts James Rocks Janice Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Morton I. Rosen Barbara Ruben Elva Rubio and Scott Timcoe Stefanie Ryan and Brennan Ryan April Schink and James Schink Cheryl Seder and John Seder Mary Shea and Charles Shea Elisa Shlofrock-Zusman Sarah Shu James Sison Janet Smith and Mel Smith Vanna Soonthon-Brant and Adam Brant Ms. Jocelyn M. Stoller Joanne Storm Jill Svoboda and John Svoboda Dr. Mark Majkowski and Ms. Kathleen Swien Irene Tang Tamara Trittschuh Truist Stacey Van Metre and James Van Metre Marlene Van Skike David Varnerin Arlene Wagner and Albert Wagner Annie Wallis and Tom Whitehead LaDonna Wicklund and Gary Wicklund Chad Williams and Amy Williams Eloise Zeller $300–$499 Anonymous (3) Melissa Ackerman Janet Anixter Wendy Anker Anna Assenmacher Todd Baisch Natali Balog Stephen W. and Susan M. Baird Foundation

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Patricia Barretto Mary Anton and Paul Barron Rachel Bartunek and Jeremy Bartunek Donna Gerber and Steven Bashwiner Andrea H. Bauer Heidy and Phil Best Lois and Stanley Birer Jacqueline Birkel Patrick Bova and James Darby Sandra and Jim Boves Andrea Brands Giovanna Breu and Joe Breu Lorraine Carnes Ron Chadha Jane Chapman and John Chapman Henry Charles Melissa Clark Raymond Coronado Mrs. Erin C. Court and Mr. Stephen Court Richard Covello Dan Crowe April Daly Janet Dauparas Cory Daverman Alfred Davis Robert Delaney Sheryl Desanto and Ronald Desanto Keith Donaldson Robert Donoghue Maria Dubycky Sandra Dumalski and Raymond Dumalski Joan and Warren Eagle Regina Murphy and Mark Etzel Thelma Evans Dr. Robert A. Fajardo Dr. and Mrs. William E. Fishman Ellie Forman and Jeremy Forman Elizabeth Foster and Michael Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Jay R. Fried Susan Goldman and James Pellegrino Alanna Gordon and Robert Gordon Jack and Robin Graham Ginger Griffin Lynn Grogan and James Grogan Teresa Grosch and Thomas Roberts Deborah Gubin Ada Gugenheim and Jon Will Suzanne Gylfe Lori and Rose Mireles-Hannigan Joyce Hasmonek Kathleen Henson Martha Hesse Richard Higginbotham Douglas Hogarth Brent Holman-Gomez and Luis Holman-Gomez Marci and Ronald Holzer Giovanna Imbarrato and Mario Imbarrato

Ellen Israel and Rich Israel Stephanie Janulis John Jawor Felicia Johnson Janet Jones Jason Kalajainen Shannon Kennedy David Kimball Mary Kimble Sheila Kirscher and John Kirscher Agnieszka Klus Scott and Julie Krueger Zoe Landers Ginger Lane Mark Larsen Dr. and Mrs. Andrew O. Lewicky Sarah Lombardi Molly Lowe Jessie and Douglas MacDonald Robert Marks Nancy Mattorano Natalie Matwijiszyn Thomas McCaffer Jennifer McClary Megan Mistarz Sanford Moltz Mr. and Mrs. C. Barry Montgomery Beverly Mook and Wallace Mook Gary Morton Marci Moses and Michael Moses Ellen Muhlbacher Carol Mullins and Steve Mullins Joanne O’Brien Christine Ott Lara Pappas Sharon Perazzoli Craig Peterson Karen Pierce Mary Pierson Frances Renk Barbara Rocah Tracy Roemer Debra Rosenberg and Alan Rosenberg Linda Rosenson and Harold Rosenson Emily Rubenstein and Angel Rivera Jennifer Rubin Fabian Floyd Rueger Katherine Ryan and Robert Ryan Carol Ann Saikhon David Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. Larry Selander Carolyn Selke Victoria Severson Ravi Shah Nicole and Luke Shepard Carolyn and Michael Sheridan Carol Sladek Sarah Slaughter Drs. April and Frank Smith Cameron Soelberg The Joffrey Ballet | 29

SUPPORTERS $300–$499 (continued) Spencer Foundation Nancy Stasiek Nancy Stehno Carol Trapp and James Trapp John Treece Virginia Uhlmann Theodore Utchen John Walcher Cliff Wallach Donna Weaver and Daniel Weaver John Wheeler Amy Williams Samuel Williamson Patrice Wooldridge and Patrick Wooldridge Michael Worley William Zeiler

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TRIBUTE GIFTS The following tribute gifts were made between March 31, 2018–March 31, 2019.

In Honor Of Niki Arias Annie Atzeff Melissa Babcock Josh and Megan Black Lucy Brown Mary Kay Mudd Bushonville Jimmy Byrne Greg Cameron Chris Causer Lucia Connelly Sara Cunningham Sandy and Roger Deromedi Erica Edwards J Elise Edwards Christine Du Boulay Ellis Deborah Engle Fred Eychaner Patti Eylar Bill and Shelley Farley Jill Garling Julie Harron Sandi Hartstein Taylor Hiller Jerri Hoffmann Sherry Lea Holson Jen Houghton Jackie Kastanis Cindy Kronman Stephanie Martinez James McDonough George and Kathryn McNulty Kate Meister Susan Oleari Karine Provost Hallie Rehwaldt Liz Sharp Courtney Shea Maria Smithburg Kathy Smith Gayle Tama Marina Tatar Ashley Wheater Noren Ungaretti

In Memory Of Robert Albee Roberta Dominiak Eric B. Eatherly John Henigbaum Burton Kaplan Henry Levey Mr. Norris James McNerney Dianne M. Nishimura Charlotte G. Schwartz and Edward H. Schwartz Rose Stierle Weona “Cuz” Armstrong Sutton Walter Tama Karin Elizabeth Wagner Carey Rose Winski Beatrice Wittels GENERATION J LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Carolyn Blessing (Co-Chair) Lauren Huefner (Co-Chair) Rachel Bartunek Jacqueline Lentz Sarah Lombardi Nichole Mann Kerber Natalie Matwijiszyn Sarah Shu Emily Strobel Amiet (Chair Emeritus) John Walcher (Chair Emeritus)

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ABOUT THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE DESIGNED BY LOUIS SULLIVAN AND DANKMAR ADLER at the behest of Chicago businessman Ferdinand Wythe Peck, the Auditorium Theatre was hailed as one of the most beautiful venues in the world when it opened on December 9, 1889. Peck charged the architects with creating a Theatre for the People that was open to all Chicagoans.

When the theatre opened, Chicago was in fierce competition with many cities in a bid to host the 1893 World’s Fair. Many notable figures of the day, including President Benjamin Harrison, attended the opening night performance at the theatre and were impressed by its perfect acoustics, beautiful architecture, and incredible sightlines. The attention that the theatre attracted helped convince the U.S. Congress that Chicago was ready to host such an event as important as the World’s Fair.

During its early decades, the Auditorium hosted leading entertainers like John Philip Sousa and the Ziegfeld Follies, and political figures including Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. It was the home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the opera, and even hosted indoor baseball games. During World War II, the theatre became a Servicemen’s Center (complete with a bowling alley!) for traveling soldiers.

After the war, the theatre closed until 1967, when it reopened with a performance by New York City Ballet. Throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s, famous performers took to the stage, including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Prince, among many others.

Since its opening, the theatre has hosted some of the world’s premier dance companies, including The Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Bolshoi Ballet. Starting in the 80s through today, the theatre presents many Broadway musicals including The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.

In 2015 and 2016, the theatre hosted the televised NFL Draft, giving over 7 million home viewers the opportunity to see inside the beautiful theatre.

Today, the staff and board of the Auditorium Theatre continue to preserve and restore the National Historic Landmark. More than a quarter of a million people visit the theatre each year to experience music shows, slam poetry competitions, dance performances, and beyond, making the Auditorium Theatre a true staple in Chicago and the rest of the world.

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Top: Auditorium Theatre, photo by Arturo Gonzalez.

Bottom: Historic photo of the Auditorium Theatre, photo by Richard Nickel.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADMINISTRATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Honorable Rahm Emanuel Mayor of Chicago Honorary Chairman, Board of Directors

Judie Moore Green Chief Development Officer

Denise Santomauro ADMIT ONE Program Manager

Nick Tigue Chief Operating Officer

Nailah Cartman Camp Coordinator, Hearts to Art

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS

John Svoboda Chairman, Board of Directors

Denise Cosman Senior Director of Accounting

Norman R. Bobins Vice Chair, Development

Cynthia Darling Director of Accounting

Stephen Sell Director of Production & Facilities

Lew Collens Vice Chair, Strategic Planning

Kathy Bliss Assistant to CEO/Board Liaison

Bruce Crown | Treasurer

DEVELOPMENT

Thomas R. Baryl | Secretary

Kelly Saroff Allen Associate Director of Individual Giving

Amanda Brimmer Tania Castroverde Moskalenko Joan Colmar Mark E. Ferguson Andrew Harris Robert Held William “Skip” Hidlay Mel Katten, Chair Emeritus John R. Kaufman John J. Lewis Phil Lumpkin Ali Malekzadeh Rudy Marcozzi Suzanne Martin Matt McNicholas Helen Hall Melchior Mariaelena Morales Ann Nash Danny Nikitas Maria L. Pasquinelli Stephanie Pirishis Denise Littlefield Sobel Patricia L. Turner Edward S. Weil, Jr. Robert L. Wieseneck EMERITUS DIRECTORS

Sondra Berman Epstein Charlie Gardner David D. Hiller Seymour Taxman EXECUTIVE STAFF

Rachel Freund Interim Chief Executive Officer/ Chief Financial Officer C.J. Dillon Chief Programming Officer Colleen Flanigan Chief Marketing Officer

Raechel Hofsteadter Associate Director of Development Operations Kathryn TeBordo Associate Director of Institutional Giving MARKETING AND SALES

Nicole Wetzell Director of Sales Lily Oberman Associate Director of Communications

Noé Villagómez, Jr. Director of Guest Experience Mary Mazza Box Office Treasurer Scott Zissman Assistant Box Office Treasurer Annie Slaughter Patron Services Coordinator Kam Hobbs Production Manager Josh Light Event Manager Sharon Butler Patron Services Carl Ward Assistant House Manager Steven Olvera Food & Beverage Manager

Lisa Klier Wetherald Associate Director of Marketing

Timoteo Pablo Custodial Manager

Luke Bandoske Digital Content Manager

Tim Steimle Carpenter

Christopher Dorsey Ticket Services Manager

Robert Patterson Properties

Madison Jones Julian Otis Sarah Seo Ticket Services Representatives

Pat Donahue, Jr. Electrician

PROGRAMMING AND CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT

Bill Karcz Flyman

Tiffany Brown Director of Education & Creative Engagement Beth Kaskel Director of Programming Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman Creative Engagement Associate

Brad Friebolin Audio Engineer

Dale Kuypers Volunteer Usher Coordinator Marie A. Cali Theatre Manager Emeritus Bart Swindall Historian

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2019–20 SEASON INTERNATIONAL DANCE SERIES

Bolshoi Ballet — Swan Lake

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

March 4–8, 2020

American Ballet Theatre — La Bayadère March 19–22, 2020

Bolshoi Ballet — Swan Lake

June 10–14, 2020

DANCE SERIES Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater + Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre

American Ballet Theatre — La Bayadère Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater

October 4, 2019

Trinity Irish Dance Company February 29, 2020

Giordano Dance Chicago

June 6, 2020

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add-on! :: Hedwig Dances

February 26, 2020

add-on! :: Dance for Life

August 17, 2019

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AuditoriumTheatre.org 312.341.2300

50 E Ida B Wells Dr | Chicago, IL

Please note: Artists, programs, and dates are subject to change. | Photo Credits: Bolshoi Ballet in Swan Lake, photo by Damir Yusupov. | Trinity Irish Dance Company, photo by Chelsea Hoy. American Ballet Theatre’s Devon Teuscher and Christine Shevchenko in La Bayadère, photo by Rosalie O’Connor. | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Yannick Lebrun, photo by Andrew Eccles.

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater in Mar de Fuego, photo by Dean Paul.

FACILITIES AND SERVICES EFROYMSON PATRON SERVICES CENTER is located in Aisle 1 of the main floor and is open throughout performances to assist patrons with any needs they may have.

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CONCESSIONS are available throughout the theatre lobbies.

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OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE THEATRE.

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RESTROOMS are located on the lower level and in the Baryl Family Lobby (third floor).

Accessible and all-gender restroom facilities are located in the southwest corner of the main lobby and on the third floor.

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ACCESSIBILITY: The Auditorium Theatre is accessible to all patrons and fully complies with ADA requirements. Various levels of accommodations are available to patrons who require assisted listening devices, signed performances, or accessible seating.

Additionally, our Efroymson Patron Services Center office, located in Aisle 1 of the main lobby, is open throughout performances to assist patrons with any needs they may have.

For more information on accessibility, please call 312.341.2300.

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PUBLIC TELEPHONES are located in Patron Services.

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Please turn off all ELECTRONIC DEVICES that may ring, beep, vibrate, or otherwise produce a sound that may disrupt the performance. Electronic devices include mobile phones, pagers, and watches.

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SMOKING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED in the theatre and within 25 feet of any entrance.

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COAT CHECK is seasonal and located in the main floor lobby.

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THE USE OF VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, or any other recording devices is strictly prohibited in the theatre during performances.

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THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE HAS A STRICT POLICY OF NO LATE SEATING. Patrons arriving after the performance begins, or leaving the seating area for any reason, will be seated in a designated section and may take their ticketed seats at intermission.

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LOST AND FOUND: Found articles should be left with Patron Services located in Aisle 1 of the main lobby. To determine whether a personal article has been turned in to the Lost and Found, please call 312.341.2389.

Any items lost or presumed stolen are not the responsibility of the Auditorium Theatre.

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EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER during performances is 312.341.2389.

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FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a lighted sign nearest to your seat is the shortest route out of the theatre. In the event of a theatre evacuation, WALK TO THAT EXIT.

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FIREARMS: In compliance with the Illinois Firearms Concealed Carry Act, the Auditorium Theatre prohibits the carrying of weapons of any kind in the theatre and on theatre property.

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PREFERRED PROVIDERS | 2018–2019

OFFICIAL PHYSICAL MEDICINE

MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

AND ORTHOPEDIC PROVIDER

Agency H5 | Allied Live Chirp Design, Inc. | The Silverman Group

Dr. Leda Ghannad | Dr. Michael Hanak Dr. Simon Lee OFFICIAL PROVIDER OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

Alyssa Hartley | Jennifer Janowski Kim Schumacher | Alex Timm Kathleen Warner | Rachel Wise OFFICIAL HEALTH CLUB

LEGAL COUNSEL

Dentons | Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Marilyn A. Pearson | McDermott Will & Emery LLP Robert L. Mink | Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP COSMETIC |

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Joanna Wozniak and Fernando Duarte. Photo by Cheryl Mann.

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Every week, Jakaiyah enjoys coming to Joffrey Tower to study ballet. Her face lights up when she talks about becoming a choreographer and her mother beams as she explains how much her daughter loves ballet.

Fifth-grader Jakaiyah is one of more than 100 students at Isabelle C. O’Keeffe Elementary School who accessed the world of dance through Joffrey Community Engagement’s Beth Levine Bridge Program. This program includes four phases, beginning with Phase I, an introduction to ballet at school.

Like her schoolmates, Jakaiyah began to learn ballet technique and vocabulary through classes led by Community Engagement Teaching Artists. Because of her talent and dedication at school, she was invited to attend Phase II of the Beth Levine Bridge Program, free weekly classes at Joffrey Tower. Jakaiyah exceeded expectations and was selected to attend Phase III, a free two-week summer intensive focused on continued training taught in collaboration with the Joffrey

Academy of Dance. Her passion for the art form propelled her to new heights of success as she advanced to Phase IV; Jakaiyah received a full scholarship to the Joffrey Academy of Dance until her high school graduation.

This final phase of the Beth Levine Bridge Program has the potential to advance students to the Academy’s professional training programs — our main pipeline to The Joffrey Ballet Company.

Jakaiyah’s journey requires extraordinary talent, discipline, passion — and most importantly, access. Through the dedication of our staff and the support of our sponsors, Chicago Public School students develop technique, creativity, and lifelong learning skills, allowing them to achieve success in school and on the stage.

TO LEARN MORE about Joffrey Community Engagement and the Joffrey Academy of Dance, visit joffrey.org.

TO SUPPORT THE JOFFREY’S MISSION of achieving equitable access to arts education through Community Engagement programming, visit joffrey.org/support or call 312.386.8952 for information about sponsorship opportunities.

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Putting off your estate planning?

Dip your toe in the water.

We can help you across the pond.

Estate planning can be easy and empower you to make a transformative gift to help secure the Joffrey’s future.

The Joffrey Ballet is honored to recognize donors who have made a planned gift through their wills, trusts, or other estate plans as members of the Star Society.

THE JOFFREY BALLET STAR SOCIETY Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Brian W. Babcock, Sr. Pamela Jo Block D. Jeffrey and Joan H. Blumenthal Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson Mr. Paul Chasnoff and Mr. Joe Hopper Christine Du Boulay Ellis Deborah and Cody Engle Patti S. Eylar and Charles R. Gardner Ms. Christine B. Fisher Mr. Michael Goldberger Sue-Gray Goller Barbara Henigbaum Marci and Ronald Holzer Ms. Jessica Jagielnik

Ms. Darlene Johnson Myrna W. Kaplan Ms. Linda Levey Mr. John McAllister Prof. Keith and Anne Moffat Drs. Bill and Elaine Moor Ms. Jane Ellen Murray and Mr. Edwin Wentz Mr. Jonathan F. Orser D. Elizabeth Price Mr. Doug Schmidt Thomas G. Sinkovic Constance Steinhaus Jeanette Stevens Elisabeth Wilcox Szegho Diana and Stuart Widman Andrea and Rich Winship Mrs. Anna Mary Zarrelli

TO LEARN MORE about the benefits of planned giving and the Star Society, call Jimmy Byrne at 312.386.8953, email jbyrne@joffrey.org, or visit joffrey.org/plannedgiving.

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Joffrey artists Graham Maverick, Aaron Renteria, and Edson Barbosa. Photo by Cheryl Mann.

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The Joffrey Ballet is growing at an exceptional rate.

Will you grow with us?

Donate to the Joffrey’s Annual Fund today and join the hundreds of dance advocates who have done the same.

To donate, please visit joffrey.org/donate or call 312.386.8974.

Joffrey artist Yoshihisa Arai. Photo by Cheryl Mann.

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ADMINISTRATION

ASHLEY WHEATER The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director

ARTISTIC

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Nicolas Blanc Adam Blyde Suzanne Lopez Ballet Masters Principal Coaches

Erica Lynette Edwards Director of Community Engagement

ACADEMY

Julianna Jarik Community Engagement Manager

Karine Provost Academy Director Stephanie Archambeau Student Services Administrator Keesha Beckford Youth Division Liaison Allie Deaver-Petchenik Administrative Assistant Karin Ellis-Wentz Head of Pre-Professional Programs Bridget Holmes Communications Coordinator Grace Kowalski Academy Coordinator Raymond Rodriguez Head of Studio Company & Trainee Program Cara Scrementi Partnerships & Production Manager Kyle Seguin Pre-Professional Division Liaison

Keila Hamed-Ramos Community Engagement Business Administrator

Caitlyn Huynh Evelyn Sanchez Michael Smith Community Engagement Program Coordinators Linda Swayze Community Engagement Program Supervisor

GREG CAMERON President and CEO

COMPANY ADMINISTRATION & PRODUCTION Bradley Renner General Manager Blair Baldwin Company Manager Cody Chen Production Manager Katherine Selig Principal Stage Manager Amanda Heuermann Stage Manager Erin Brown Artistic & Production Administrative Assistant Ellie Cotey Head of Wardrobe Gregg Benkovich Shoe Manager Wardrobe First Assistant Kate Shattock Wardrobe Second Assistant Barbara Luchsinger Lead Stitcher Jerica Hucke Stitcher Daria Wright Head of Hair & Make-Up James E. Walsh Interim Head Carpenter Erin Tinsley Head Electrician

Trish Strong Children’s Division Liaison

Gregg Moeller Head of Properties

Isabella Davila Juanita Diaz Molly Hillson Christina Mancusa Melissa Salinas Celina Wu Academy Receptionists

George Paulin Sound Engineer Matthew Carney Assistant Electrician Matthew Black Flyperson David Klein Carpenter Steve Lange Carpenter

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DEVELOPMENT

FINANCE & OPERATIONS

MARKETING

Julia Doherty Chief Development Officer

Shari Massey Deputy Director & Chief Financial Officer

Brian Smith Chief Marketing Officer

Clare Brody Assistant Director of Grants & Sponsorships Jimmy Byrne Associate Director of Planned Giving & Major Gifts Mimi de Castro Associate Director of Corporate Partnerships Adele Dillon Development Operations & Data Specialist Lauren Gardier Associate Director of Major Gifts Alex Goodman Assistant Director of Development & Events Annie Lyonswright Associate Director of Individual Giving Alicia Petrone Major Gifts Coordinator Chelsea Robinson Director of Events

Aaron Glynn Database Analyst

Colene Byrd Director of Sales & Patron Services

Sheryl Guyer Staff Accountant

Vicki Crain Marketing Manager

Paul Key Director of Technology

Matt de la PeĂąa Director of Communications

John Kurtz Director of Facility Operations

Sam Fain Group Sales Manager

Lauren Martin Executive Assistant

Sarah Fiala Marketing Director

Dena Shadlow Payroll & Accounts Payable Coordinator

Christina Grant Director of Audience Development

Abby Smith Administrative Assistant

Casey Peek Patron Services Manager

Sarah Venuti Yates Director of Human Resources

Elisabeth Sladek Marketing Coordinator Allison Diamond Chelsea Dvorchak Fernando Fernandez Patron Services Associates MUSIC Scott Speck | Music Director Grace Kim | Michael Moricz Company Pianists

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2018–2019 SEASON CONTENT PARTNER

By Emily Stone, Associate Editor, Better, formerly Make It Better

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2018–2019 SEASON | ACROSS THE POND

Chicago is home to some of the greatest museums and cultural institutions in the world. Ready to start exploring?

Whatever your interest, there’s a place in this great city guaranteed to open your mind and engage your senses.

Here are 10 of our favorite Chicago-area museums to get you started.

1. Field Museum

1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago | 312.922.9410 fieldmuseum.org Housing over 40 million artifacts, the museum explores the past, present, and future of our planet.

2. M useum of Science and Industry

5700 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago | 773.684.1414 msichicago.org As one of the largest science museums in the world, the Museum of Science and Industry inspires visitors of all ages through a hands-on scientific experience.

Left: Máximo the Titanosaur at the Field Museum. Photo by Lucy Hewett.

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3. S hedd Aquarium 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 312.939.2438 | sheddaquarium.org Home to 32,000 animals, The John G. Shedd Aquarium is a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation, protection, and welfare of animals. The Shedd is affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and certified by American Humane.

4. A dler Planetarium 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 312.922.7827 | adlerplanetarium.org The Adler Planetarium, America’s first planetarium, fosters a better understanding of our universe through space science and exploration.

5. Art Institute of Chicago

111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago | 312.443.3600 | artic.edu The world-renowned fine arts institution houses a permanent collection of 300,000 works, spanning all mediums and eras.

6. DuSable Museum of African American History

740 E. 56th Place, Chicago | 773.947.0600 | dusablemuseum.org Dedicated to the preservation and study of African and African American history, the museum brings stories to life through the collection of art, history, and culture.

7. Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

9603 Woods Drive, Skokie | 847.967.4800 | ilholocaustmuseum.org Best represented by its founding principle, “Remember the Past, Transform the Future,” the suburban museum is committed to preserving the legacy of the Holocaust through interactive storytelling and exhibits that empower future generations to combat all acts of hatred, prejudice, and indifference.

Above: Shedd Aquarium. Photo by Brenna Hernandez. | Right: Courtesy of Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.

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8. Chicago History Museum

1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago | 312.642.4600 | chicagohistory.org Chicago History Museum connects visitors to the roots of Chicago’s history through educational initiatives, publications, exhibitions, and programming.

9. Museum of Contemporary Art

220 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago | 312.280.2660 | mcachicago.org MCA highlights a provocative side of contemporary art and culture; connecting audiences of all ages with the works and ideas of distinct artists from around the world.

10. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

2430 N. Cannon Drive, Chicago | 773.755.5100 | naturemuseum.org Widely known for its Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, the Chicago institution connects visitors of all ages to nature and science through interactive exhibits and programs.

For our complete list of the best museums in Chicago, head to makeitbetter.com/ museumguide.

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THE OFFICIAL ORCHESTRA OF THE JOFFREY BALLET ACROSS THE POND

CELLO Craig Trompeter Principal

SCOTT SPECK Artistic Director

Larry Glazier

JAMES BERKENSTOCK Artistic Advisor THOMAS MANNING Board Chairman DONNA MILANOVICH Executive Director VIOLIN Robert Hanford Concertmaster Heather Wittels Principal Second Violin Jennifer Cappelli Injoo Choi Karen Andreasen Gambell Renèe-Paule Gauthier Sheila Hanford Carmen Kassinger Stephen Boe

BASS Collins Trier Principal HARPSICHORD Mark Shuldiner Principal THEORBO Brandon Acker Principal MUSIC LIBRARIAN Danielle Ray PERSONNEL MANAGER Terrell Pierce PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Nathaniel Davis

VIOLA Elizabeth Hagen Principal Loretta Gillespie Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff Michael Lieberman

For more information about Chicago Philharmonic’s 29th Anniversary Season please visit us online at: chicagophilharmonic.org

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