Mariinsky Ballet

OCT 2019

Mariinsky Ballet George Balanchine’s Jewels* WITH LIVE MUSIC BY MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

* © The George Balanchine Trust.

Maria Khoreva & Xander in Diamonds by Svetlana Avvakum © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

JEWELS

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center

Note from our President & CEO

RACHEL S. MOORE

2019/2020

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS

For many in the arts, Fall is the time for the launch of new seasons, “mustsee” exhibitions, shows worth traveling for and exciting things to see, hear and do. While that is indeed the case for us as we launch the 17th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center with the Mariinsky Ballet in George Balanchine’s Jewels, our summer has been anything but quiet! In fact, nearly 20,000 people danced the summer nights away under the stars from JuneAugust with The Music Center’s Dance DTLA, enjoying Bollywood, K-Pop, Salsa, Cumbia, Disco, Tango and more. While we launched Dance DTLA in beautiful Grand Park, we concluded the series on the all-new Music Center Plaza — the Plaza for All — which reopened with a major Labor Day weekend celebration.

All of us at The Music Center very much appreciate the generosity of our many donors who supported our Plaza campaign and are thrilled we will be able to bring the Plaza to life with free and low-cost programs. Thanks to a $12 million donation from Cindy Miscikowski, our new board chair, and the Ring-Miscikowski/The Ring Foundation, we have critical seed funding for our new TMC Arts Fund, which will help us broaden access to the arts for all communities of Los Angeles through public programs, education and dance.

We are so grateful to Cindy for her support and eagerly anticipate more opportunities to engage with audiences, participants, visitors, donors, guests, artists and community partners as we strive to deepen the cultural lives of all in Los Angeles County.

That enthusiasm carries over to the “main stage” of The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for the incredible performances by the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra of Jewels. What an honor it is to present this company, which features some of the world’s most exquisite and athletic dancers, with a powerful performance of a neoclassical work, a signature style of the inimitable George Balanchine. Jewels, considered the first great three-act abstract ballet, is both elegant and accessible, with three different approaches to the genre: French in “Emeralds,” American in “Rubies” and Imperial Russian in “Diamonds.”

This is world-class ballet at its best, where the focus on movement and musicality of Balanchine’s choreography has the special imprint of the Mariinsky; this is a prime example of our commitment to offering Southern California audiences the chance to experience some of the world’s top performers and works they won’t see on any other stage in Los Angeles.

This dance season is both masterful and daring, with performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater featuring new works and the muchbeloved Revelations (March 18–20, 2020); the transformative and emotional performances of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch with Palermo Palermo (April 17–19, 2020); the agility and technical strength of Cuba’s leading contemporary dance company Malpaso (May 15-17, 2020) and the incomparable Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company with Giselle (July 24-26, 2020). I hope you will join us for these wonderful companies and follow our plans for the new Plaza at musiccenter.org as we offer more ways for more people to engage in the arts.

As always, I value your support and welcome your ideas.

Warmly,

Cindy Miscikowski Board Chair

Diane G. Medina Secretary

Robert J. Abernethy Darrell Brown Vice Chairs

Susan M. Wegleitner Treasurer

Rachel S. Moore President and Chief Executive Officer

William Taylor Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

MEMBERS AT LARGE Charles F. Adams William H. Ahmanson Wallis Annenberg Jill Baldauf Susan Baumgarten Phoebe Beasley Thomas L. Beckmen Kimaada M. Brown Dannielle Campos Greg T. Geyer Lisa Gilford Kiki Ramos Gindler Maria Rosario Jackson Glenn Kaino Stefanie Kane Terri Kohl Cary J. Lefton David Lippman Richard Lynn Martinez Bowen “Buzz” H. McCoy Mattie McFadden Lawson Elizabeth Michelson

DIRECTORS EMERITI Peter K. Barker Judith Beckmen Eli Broad Ronald W. Burkle Amb. (ret.) John B. Emerson* Richard M. Ferry Brindell Gottlieb Bernard A. Greenberg Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr. Amb. (ret.) Glen A. Holden Stuart M. Ketchum Amb. (ret.) Lester B. Korn

Darrell D. Miller Shelby Notkin Michael Pagano Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt Max Ramberg † Joseph Rice Richard K. Roeder Melissa Ann Romain Maria S. Salinas Lisa See Matthew J. Spence Marc I. Stern Philip A. Swan Walter F. Ulloa Timothy S. Wahl Alyce Williamson Jay Wintrob Rollin A. Ransom General Counsel †

Leave of Absence

* Chairman Emeritus

Kent Kresa Robert F. Maguire, III Ginny Mancini Edward J. McAniff Walter M. Mirisch Fredric M. Roberts Claire L. Rothman Joni J. Smith Cynthia A. Telles James A. Thomas Andrea L. Van de Kamp* Paul M. Watson Thomas R. Weinberger Rosalind W. Wyman

CONGRATULATIONS TO CINDY MISCIKOWSKI, THE MUSIC CENTER'S NEW BOARD CHAIR Cindy Miscikowski, The Music Center Board Chair I am thrilled to begin my term as The Music Center’s board chair, especially after our successful completion of the all-new Music Center Plaza — the Plaza for All. I hope you were able to join us for the Labor Day weekend celebration, and, if not, consider taking a stroll across the Plaza after the performance.

I want to thank our Board of Trustees for their leadership in approving the Plaza campaign. In the coming months, we will bring the Plaza to life with innovative community and educational programming. That’s why I also want to acknowledge our newest board members who are volunteering their creativity, expertise and time at this pivotal moment in our history.

Thank you to The Music Center board, Rachel Moore and her team for this opportunity to serve as chair.

Enjoy the show! — Cindy

The Music Center Board of Directors welcomes six new esteemed members of the community.

Jill Baldauf is a global brand strategist and has spanned both coasts with key positions at DDB, Grey, Ogilvy & Mather and Benton & Bowles. Baldauf’s clients have included Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Mars and Henkel, as well as Mattel and Hasbro. She launched her own agency, Ampersand, in 2003. Baldauf returned to her alma mater, UCLA Anderson School of Management, as associate dean, alumni relations, in September 2014.

Highly active in the community, Baldauf has served on the boards of Chrysalis, The Broad Stage, The Blue Ribbon, Wildwood School, Stanford Parents Advisory Board and LA Opera. Baldauf was previously a designee to The Music Center Board during her term as president of The Blue Ribbon; she will remain on the board and is firmly committed to The Music Center’s education programming.

Susan Baumgarten is a former ballerina, aerospace engineer and executive who has served for the past 10 years as executive-in-residence for technology and leadership at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Her professional career spanned 33 years, offering her a breadth of experience in executive leadership, business development and systems engineering at Hughes Aircraft Company and at Raytheon Inc., where she served as President of Raytheon International, Inc. Baumgarten now focuses on philanthropic leadership in STEM and the arts. She joins The Music Center Board as the designee for The Music Center’s support group Center Dance Arts (CDA), where she serves as president. Baumgarten was a member of the board of directors of Raytheon Systems Ltd UK, Raytheon Canada Ltd and Raytheon Australia.

She has served on the UCLA Foundation Board, on the board of trustees of Marymount High School as vice chair, and now serves on the boards of UCLA’s Women & Philanthropy (former president), Physical Sciences at UCLA, and The Gabriella Foundation.

Terri Kohl is the co-founder with her husband Jerry Kohl of Brighton Collectibles, a family-owned leather and silver accessories manufacturer. Kohl is a volunteer and patron for local and national organizations and served on the board of trustees for ArtCenter College of Design since 2006. She is a member of the San Marino League, a volunteer group that supports Art Center and the Huntington Library. She is a supporter of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Colburn School, Pasadena Symphony, MUSE/ IQUE, Pasadena Pops, HOLA the Heart of Los Angeles, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, City of Hope, Jewish Vocational Services and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In recent years, the Kohls have provided the Pasadena School District with more than 2,000 guitars for students and are currently funding a new cardiac unit at Pasadena’s Huntington Hospital. Kohl, with Brighton Collectibles, designed a special “Blue Ribbon” pin to help support The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival. Kohl joins The Music Center Board as a designee in her role as president of The Blue Ribbon.

Melissa Ann Romain moved to Los Angeles in 2017 from Washington, D.C., where she served on the advisory board for the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), a state-of-the-art campus that allows access to highquality educational, health, cultural, recreational and social service programs in the capital’s struggling Ward 8 neighborhood. While living in D.C., Romain was the audience development director for Arena Stage, where she increased audience size and improved audience engagement by creating partnerships with local artists, government, businesses, social media influencers and community groups. Romain joins The Music Center Board with a desire to increase arts education and exposure to the arts for underserved communities and understands how the human experience is enriched by attending live arts performances and bringing various communities together through cultural connections and shared conversations.

Maria S. Salinas is the president & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the first woman and Latina to lead the Chamber in its 130-year history. An accomplished business woman, entrepreneur and a stalwart community leader, Salinas represents the Los Angeles business community in local, state and federal policy initiatives. She is a member of the board of directors of Mobility 21, a regional transportation effort, and was appointed

by Mayor Garcetti to the MEXLA Commission, a foreign policy initiative between Mexico and Los Angeles.

Salinas also serves on the board of directors of Pacific Council, Southern California Leadership Network.

Recognizing the importance of attending artistic and music performances with her own children, Salinas joins The Music Center Board determined to maintain the performing arts organization not only as a premier arts institution, but also as a successful economic driver impacting the surrounding community and all of Los Angeles County.

Matthew J. Spence spent seven years in senior national security positions in the Obama Administration and has served as a foreign policy commentator in national news media, in Congressional testimony and in speeches and panels around the country. Spence also practiced criminal and international law in California and served as a law clerk for Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a board member of the Truman National Security Project for Senior Fellow, NYU Reiss Center on Law and Security or Senior Advisor at the Milken California Center, is a senior fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security and is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute California Center. He splits his time between New York and Los Angeles. Spence joins The Music Center Board with a worldly perspective of arts and culture and aims to propel Los Angeles’ reputation as a global leader through arts presentations. Given some of his earliest memories of attending performances with his family at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Hollywood Bowl, he intends to aid The Music Center in its mission to ensure everyone has those same opportunities.

And a special thank you to

WALTER & RUTH CHAMEIDES The Music Center is grateful to Walter and Ruth Chameides for their support of the Saturday evening performance of the Mariinsky Ballet. The Chameides made their first gift to The Music Center in 1983 and have been supporters ever since. As longtime fans of dance, they were thrilled when The Music Center began the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series. Married for 55 years, Walter still dances his way into Ruth’s heart with his smooth jitterbug, mambo and cha-cha moves. When asked why he and Ruth support the arts Walter shared, “The Music Center is giving gifts to younger generations by exposing them to dance and the arts. Donating to The Music Center and the arts just gives us a good feeling.” It is with deepest gratitude that The Music Center thanks Walter and Ruth Chameides for their passion and commitment to the arts.

A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY The Music Center is a cultural anchor in Los Angeles and home to the world's greatest and most highly regarded artistic programs and events.

Rooted in a strong commitment to equity, excellence and access, TMC Arts, The Music Center’s programming engine, provides year-round programming inside The Music Center’s four theatres, on The Music Center Plaza, outside at Grand Park — a 12-acre adjacent green space — and in schools and other locations all over Los Angeles County. From Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and free and low-cost

concerts and events, to customized learning experiences for all ages and more, TMC Arts programs reflect the diverse voices and interests of the many communities in the County and bring Angelenos together in ways that enable them to discover their shared humanity. The Music Center is also home to four renowned resident companies — Center Theatre Group, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera and LA Phil.

The Music Center is truly a performing arts center for the 21st century, continually pushing the boundaries to further inspire and contribute to the artistic voice of Los Angeles.

Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra George Balanchine’s Jewels* October 24–27 The Ballet of George Balanchine's Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust.

Support for this presentation is provided, in part, by: Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation Center Dance Arts • Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund • Elisabeth Katte Harris The Music Center Foundation • The Music Center Annual Fund • The Blue Ribbon Walter and Ruth Chameides Ekaterina Kondaurova in Diamonds by Natasha Razina © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre.

THE MARIINSKY BALLET & ORCHESTRA OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

VALERY GERGIEV Artistic & General Director YURY FATEEV Acting Director of the Mariinsky Ballet ALEXEY REPNIKOV Conductor

COMPANY PRINCIPALS Ekaterina Kondaurova, Alina Somova, Timur Askerov, Kimin Kim, Vladimir Shkliarov, Andrei Yermakov FIRST SOLOISTS Nadezhda Batoeva, Maria Khoreva, Renata Shakirova, Philipp Stepin, Konstantin Zverev SECOND SOLOISTS Roman Belyakov, Viktor Caixeta, Yekaterina Chebykina, Anastasia Lukina, Mei Nagahisa, Anastasia Nuikina, Yana Selina, Maria Shirinkina, David Zaleyev, Maxim Zyunzin PRINCIPAL CHARACTER ARTISTS Soslan Kulaev, Andrei Yakovlev CORYPHEES Yuliana Chereshkevich, Xenia Dubrovina, Shamala Guseinova, Svetlana Ivanova, Anastasia Petushkova, Vasilii Shcherbakov CORPS DE BALLET Orine Anzai, Anastasiia Asaben, Vlada Borodulina, Maria Bulanova, Nadezhda Dvurecgenskaia, Xenia Fateyeva, Laura Fernandez, Salome Figueiredo de Santana, Margarita Frolova, Tamara Gimadieva, Olga Gromova, Anastasia Demidova, Maria Iliushkina, Daria Ionova, Alexandra Khiteeva, Lira Khuslamova, Alina Krasovskaya, Elizaveta Kulikova, Oleksandra Lampika, Mariia Lebedeva, Biborka Lendvai, Olga Minina, Anastasiia Mikheikina, Aleksandra Popova, Anastasia Remkevich, Marina Teterina, Anastasiia Tkachenko, Lea Thomasson, Svetlana Tychina, Anastasiia Yaromenko Andrei Arsenev, Alexey Atamanov, Rustam Azizov, Yaroslav Baybordin, Aleksandr Beleborodov, Viacheslau Hnedchyk, Oleg Demchenko, Yevgeniy Deryabin, Nail Enikeev, Alexander Fedorov, Artemii Ibrianov, Oleg Ignatev, Maksim Izmestev, Artem Kellerman, Nail Khayrnasov, Nikita Kopunov, Nikita Korneev, Trofim Malanov, Roman Malyshev, Pavel Mikheev, Pavel Ostapenko, Yaroslav Pushkov, Iaroslav Ryzhov, Vladislav Shumakov

THE MARIINSKY BALLET & ORCHESTRA NORTH-AMERICAN MANAGEMENT FOR TOUR: Ardani Artists Management, Inc. Sergei Danilian, President & CEO Global Partner of the Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life.

PROGRAM

JEWELS

Ballet in Three Parts I. "EMERALDS"

30 Minutes

Music: Gabriel Fauré from Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) and Shylock (1889)

Intermission — 20 Minutes II. "RUBIES"

19 Minutes

Music: Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, 1929)

Intermission — 20 Minutes III. "DIAMONDS"

31 Minutes

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky from Symphony No. 3 in D Major, 1875 (first movement omitted)

Choreography: George Balanchine (1967) Staging: Karin von Aroldingen, Sarah Leland, Elyse Borne and Sean Lavery Scenery: Peter Harvey (1967) Costumes: Karinska (1967) Recreations of costumes supervised: Holly Hynes Original Lighting: Ronald Bates Lighting: Perry Silvey Lighting Adaptation for the Mariinsky II: Andrei Ponizovsky

Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Nadezhda Batoeva & Kimin Kim in Rubies by Natasha Razina © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

ABOUT

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Jewels is one of Balanchine’s best-loved ballets in Russia.

It has long been one of the choreographer’s calling cards at the Mariinsky Theatre, as well as a core part of the Mariinsky Theatre’s repertoire in the eyes of the world. The culmination of this ballet is the foundation of the Russian classical school — something very close to Russian dancers — which ultimately produced the American Balanchine, the greatest choreographer of the 20th century.

Daria Ionova & Maxim Zyuzin in Emeralds by Natasha Razina © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

ABOUT

As we know, George Balanchine — born Georgy Melitonovich Balanchivadze in St. Petersburg — trained at the famous Theatre School (today the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet), worked at the Mariinsky Theatre and, only in 1924, did he emigrate, first for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and later the unchartered world of American ballet. A citizen of the world, he easily integrated into new cultural expanses, though he retained an incredibly high regard for his homeland; it was this particular blend of classical training with free and modernist thinking that formed the basis for his art. Jewels is also an example of where his own legacy meets with the Russian school.

At the same time, this ballet is not entirely typical for Balanchine himself. In 1967, Balanchine, who for 30 years had been consistently leading the public toward the concept of pure dance, elevated the art to such a level of conditionality that exists in music alone and staged a ballet about precious stones in the spirit of the most archaic possible allegories! Balanchine shared the ballet’s inspiration of how Nathan Milstein, his friend and a great violinist, introduced him to the jeweler Claude Arpels and how he admired his collection of “stunning stones,” resolving to stage a ballet “about gemstones” without delay; to be more precise, Balanchine created a ballet with costumes adorned with emeralds, rubies and diamonds set to music by Fauré, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky. He innocently added “I’m a Georgian, I love beauty!” Balanchine always met with a sly smile the idea that he rejected the idea of a fourth part (sapphires and Schoenberg) merely because “it is hard to reproduce the color of sapphires on the stage.” The famed choreographer adored such mysterious trifles and the frivolous tone in which he deliberately simplified the essence of his dazzling works. He did this in all probability, because he did not think it necessary to express it in words. But if ever he had to supply some written commentary, he would compare the work of a choreographer to the art of a master chef and applied a deliberately naive intonation to the vital synopsis of his ballets. He wrote, for example, that “then comes a variation of the female soloist to light and elevated music.

This is followed by the dance of another female soloist.” Or, as in another case, “Stravinsky and I just decided to use this music, arranging it in a suitable manner for the lead pair of dancers, the female soloist and the corps de ballet of men and women.”

All of these gemstones and their colors as well as the symbolism connected to them prompted Balanchine to create a virtuoso work that is incredibly complex in terms of form and extremely light in terms of its feel. Jewels consists of three parts — green (emeralds), red (rubies) and white (diamonds). Here, Balanchine, as never before, embraced the possibilities afforded by the three-part format: the three pieces of music by three uniquely different composers are so independent that they are not infrequently performed as individual ballets, yet, at the same, time they are united by a common idea that can only be expressed fully when performed together. Even the costumes — long tutus of the romantic era in “Emeralds,” short skirts in “Rubies” and classical tutus in “Diamonds” — are all linked together and have numerous strata of ideas: three cultures, three ballet schools, three images and three kinds of ballerinas.

Balanchine wrote about “Emeralds” that if this part depicts anything at all then it could be his own memories of France: “A France of elegance, comfort, fashion and perfume...” There is, however, neither comfort nor fashion there, though there is a delicate fabric of dance: dance responds to the indistinct calls from Fauré’s music and, apropos, is reminiscent of Russian classical ballets. Who knows? Perhaps here we have a reflection of his own youth in Paris, then still full of Russian and childhood memories, though it is “Rubies” that is more closely associated with the “presumptuous” young Balanchine.

“Rubies,” the second part, comes as an energetic contrast to the first. The staging is sharp and witty with a piquant note of irony. Here, Balanchine steps forward as a gambler in a dialogue and friendly rivalry with Stravinsky: it is this swordplay of choreography and music that forms the inner plot of “Rubies.” There is, however, also specific imagery here: although Balanchine declared that he never intended it to be an image of America, it can nevertheless be seen here clearly enough — jazzy, sporty and life-loving America.

“Diamonds” is, of course, the Russian part, and not just because of Tchaikovsky. This is an image of classical St. Petersburg ballet— with its utter majesty, apex and, at the same time, a portrait of it, filled with admiration and reverance created by someone who had long since become a great American.

Inna Sklyarevskaya World premiere: 13 April 1967, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 October 1999, St. Petersburg

ABOUT

THE MARIINSKY BALLET The Mariinsky Ballet is closely linked with the entire history of the development of Russian choreographic art, which began more than two and a half centuries ago. Foreign dance masters played an important role in the establishment and evolution of Russian ballet. The history of St. Petersburg ballet in the 19th century was associated with the activities of Charles Didelot, Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-Léon. In 1869, the position of principal ballet master was entrusted to Marius Petipa who markedly raised the professional standards of the company.

The peak accomplishments of this famous choreographer were ballets staged in the period of his collaboration with the composers Pyotr Tchaikovsky (The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake) and Alexander Glazunov (Raymonda). At the turn of the 19th century, the Mariinsky Ballet produced such great dancers as Mathilde Kschessinska, Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Anna Pavlova, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spesivtseva and Vaslav Nijinsky. Many of them brought glory to Russian ballet during the legendary Les Saisons Russes in Paris, which brought the pioneering works of Michel Fokine to Europe.

In the 1920s, when Fyodor Lopukhov, a daring innovator and a brilliant connoisseur of the past, became head of the company, the company's repertoire was enriched with new productions, in particular ballets dealing with contemporary life. Galina Ulanova, Alexei Yermolayev, Marina Semenova and Vakhtang Chabukiani all danced at the Mariinsky Theatre during that period. Ballet in the 1930s was largely influenced by dramatic theatre, and this was reflected in such productions as Rostislav Zakharov’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai and Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet. During the 1950s–1970s ballets by Leonid Yakobson, Yuri Grigorovich and Igor Belsky revived the traditions of symphonic dances. The success of these productions would obviously have been impossible without superb performers.

During that period, the company’s dancers included Irina Kolpakova, Natalia Makarova, Alla Osipenko, Irina Gensler, Alla Sizova, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Valery Panov and Yuri Soloviev. The present-day repertoire of the Mariinsky Ballet includes, along with Petipa’s legacy — Swan Lake, Raymonda, Le Corsaire, La Bayadére and The Sleeping Beauty — ballets staged by Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Frederic Ashton, William Forsythe, Alexei Ratmansky, Angelin Preljocaj and Wayne McGregor.

ABOUT THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA The Mariinsky Orchestra is one of the oldest musical ensembles in Russia. It can trace its history back to the early 18th century and the development of the Court Instrumental Chapel. In the 19 th century, Eduard Nápravník played an extremely important role in the emergence of the Mariinsky Orchestra. He directed it for over half a century. The excellence of the orchestra was recognized on numerous occasions by the world-class musicians who conducted it, among them Berlioz, Wagner, von Bülow, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Nikisch and Rachmaninoff. In Soviet times, the ensemble’s illustrious traditions were continued by conductors such as Vladimir Dranishnikov, Ariy Pazovsky, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Konstantin Simeonov and Yuri Temirkanov.

Since 1988, the orchestra has been directed by Valery Gergiev, a musician of the highest order and an outstanding figure in the music world. Maestro Gergiev’s arrival at the helm ushered in a new era of rapid expansion of the orchestra’s repertoire, which today includes every symphony by Beethoven, Mahler, Prokofiev and Shostakovich; requiems by Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi, Brahms and Tishchenko, and various works by composers such as Stravinsky, Messiaen, Dutilleux, Henze, Shchedrin, Gubaidulina, Kancheli and Karetnikov. The orchestra performs programs of symphony music at prestigious concert venues throughout the world.

The orchestra has had the honor of being the first to perform many operas and ballets by Tchaikovsky, operas

by Glinka, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, and ballets by Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Asafiev.

Maria Khoreva & Xander in Diamonds by Svetlana Avvakum © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

WHO'S WHO

YURY FATEEV

ALEXEI REPNIKOV

Acting Director of the Ballet Company

Conductor

Honored Artist of Russia Born in St. Petersburg, Yury Fateev graduated from the Vaganova Choreography School in 1982 and joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet Company the same year. His repertoire includes, La Bayadère, Paquita, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Creation of the World, Le Carnaval, La fille mal gardée, The Knight in the Tiger's Skin and Coppélia among others.

In 1996, Fateev became a coach with the Mariinsky Ballet Company, and, in this post, worked on Mariinsky Theatre premiere performances of ballets by George Balanchine, Roland Petit, John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon and José Antonio. He has been a guest coach with the Royal Ballet in London and Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre and has given master-classes for the ballet company of the Opéra de Paris. He has taught for the Swedish Royal Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet (USA) and the Danish Royal Ballet where he staged a production of highlights from the ballet Le Corsaire.

He was involved in the Kings of Dance project in Russia and the USA, as well as the project Stiefel and Stars in the USA, where he staged highlights from classical ballets.

Since 2008, he has been Acting Director of the Mariinsky Ballet Company.

After graduating from the Specialized Secondary School of Music of the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 1991 (trombone class of Georgy Strautman), Alexei Repnikov continued his studies at the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (trombone class of senior lecturer Boris Vinogradov and Professor Viktor Sumerkin). In 2009, he took a training course specializing in symphony conducting (class of Alexander Polishchuk).

In 1991, he joined the Mariinsky Theatre as a Stage Band musician, entering the Symphony Orchestra in 1996 (trombone section). He has been conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre Stage Band since 2007. He made his debut with the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra with the ballets Le Sacre du printemps and The Magic Nut (2007). Since then, he has regularly conducted ballets. His repertoire includes Anna Karenina, Apollo, Ballet No 2, The Young Lady and the Hooligan, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, La Bayadère, Prodigal Son, Le Sacre du printemps, Le Spectre de la rose, The Magic Nut, La Rose malade (Adagietto from Gustav Mahler’s Fifth Symphony), Don Quixote, Jewels, The Firebird, Giselle, Bolero Factory, Cinderella, Infra, Carmen-Suite, Carnaval, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Le Corsaire, Swan Lake, The Legend of Love, Leningrad Symphony, Marguerite and Armand, Le Parc, Pétrouchka, Polovtsian Dances, Le Réveil de Flore, Raymonda, Romeo and Juliet, Sylvia, La Sylphide, Symphony in C, The Sleeping Beauty, Tarantella, Theme and Variations, The Dying Swan, Piano Concerto No 2, Schéhérazade, Chopiniana, Scotch Symphony, Shurale, The Nutcracker, Études, Le Jeune Homme et la mort, Concerto DSCH, “Paquita” Grand Pas, Inside the Lines and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.

As a conductor, Repnikov has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Covent Garden (Great Britain), the Festspielhaus (Germany), the Metropolitan Opera and the Kennedy Center (USA) and has toured to Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, Barcelona, Valencia and Hong Kong.

He conceived the idea of establishing the Grand Brass Ensemble. He founded the Brass Evenings at the Mariinsky international festival, first run at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall in March 2008. As leader of the Grand Brass Ensemble, he has taken part in the Summer Festival in Mikkeli (Finland, 2009) and toured to Great Britain, Japan and Switzerland.

DANCERS

ALINA SOMOVA

EKATERINA KONDAUROVA

MARIA KHOREVA

NADEZHDA BATOEVA

EKATERINA CHEBYKINA

ANASTASIA NUIKINA

TIMUR ASKEROV

KIMIN KIM

VLADIMIR SHKLIAROV

ANDREI ERMAKOV

PHILIPP STEPIN

CREDITS

THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA

FIRST VIOLIN Lyudmila Tchaikovskaya Elena Berdnikova Akhan Meirbekov Alexander Shirokov Irina Sukhorukova Boris Vasiliev Nina Moskvina Anna Vinogradskaya Liana Zingarenko Vera Kuzmina Viktor Zaitsev SECOND VIOLIN Zumrad Ilieva Yerdan Yergaliev Zhanna Abdulaeva Nina Pirogova Marcel Bejenaru Sergei Gavrikov Lyubov Gavrikova Anna Golovina Viktoria Afonkina VIOLA Lina Golovina Svetlana Kozlova Dmitry Veselov Angelina Vainer Yelizaveta Vasileshnikova Svetlana Sadovaya Yekaterina Stupnikova Vartan Gnoro

CELLO Yekaterina Larina Alexander Ponomarenko Kirill Yevtushenko Sarkis Ginosian Yulia Saakian Anton Rutkovsky DOUBLE BASS Alexander Shilo Demian Gorodnichin Yevgeny Mamontov Yuri Gladkov FLUTE Diana Cherezova Vasily Viland Polina Prokofieva OBOE Sergei Bliznetsov Pavel Terentiev Roman Zvorykin CLARINET Ivan Tersky Yevgeny Kultygin Vasily Zhuchenko BASSOON Arseny Makarov Alexander Kizilyaev

HORN Igor Prokofiev Dmitry Lezhnin Nikita Ioannisian Dmitry Chepkov TRUMPET Sergei Kryuchkov Gennady Nikonov Yuri Fokin Alexei Popov TROMBONE Ilya Belyaev Alexander Kovalchuk Mikhail Vinnitsky TUBA Konstantin Zlatin PERCUSSION Alexander Petrov Valery Kniga Vladislav Ivanov Vladimir Maslov Daniil Ivanov HARP Bozhena Chornak CARPENTER Dmitry Popov

CREDITS

THE MARIINSKY ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF

YURY FATEEV Interim Ballet Director

Yefim Ganzha Master Carpenter

ASSISTANTS TO BALLET DIRECTOR Sergei Proskuriakov

Maksim Vybornov Pavel Miroshnichenko Dmitry Anashkin Carpenters

BALLET TEACHERS Lyubov Kunakova Elena Chmil-Bobovnikova Elvira Tarasova Margarita Kullik Vanda Lubkovskaya Igor Petrov STAGE MANAGERS Sergey Salikov Tatiana Bazhitova PIANISTS Dmitry Sarytsyn Aleksandra Zhilina

Igor Karmanov Lighting Designer Dmitry Kabanov Electrician Denis Shaydulov Technologist Semion Asaturian Head of Props Department Anna Podvolotskaya Props

MASSEURS Veronika Maksimenkova Igor Maksimov

Nadezhda Shepovalova Olga Kostenetskaya Heads of Make-up Department

TECHNICAL STAFF

Tatiana Tsarik Yana Borisevich Make-up

Vasily Chuprakov Technical Director Tour Vitaly Obukhov Head of Carpenter Department

Nadezhda Vasilieva Yulia Beliaeva Heads of Wardrobe Department

Natalia Chubachina Julia Belyaeva Yulia Kostrova Wardrobe Maksim Terekhin Sound Engineer Aleksey Blinov Video Engineer STAFF FOR ARDANI ARTISTS Sergei Danilian President Gaia Danilian Vice President Michael Vool Production & Stage Manager Slava Kondratiev Production Associate Andrey Goniaev Tour Manager Evgenia Brileva Production Interpreter Lori Harrison, MOSCO Travel agents for tour Music instruments provided by LA Percussions

Rubies by Natasha Razina © State Academic Mariinsky Theatre

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THE MUSIC CENTER EXECUTIVE TEAM Rachel S. Moore President & CEO Howard Sherman Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer TMC Ops Josephine Ramirez Executive Vice President TMC Arts William Taylor Senior Vice President, Finance / CFO Valentine Gelman Senior Vice President, Advancement Bonnie Goodman Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications

THE MUSIC CENTER OPERATIONS (TMC OPS) BUILDING SERVICES Carlos Acosta Engineer Eric Amaya Engineer Sonia Amezcua Coordinator Ramon DeLeon Lead Engineer Erik Ekserjyan Mailroom Clerk Ruben Enriquez Mailroom Clerk Nick Garcia Engineer Jose Godinez Engineer Damon Joseph Apprentice Engineer Francisco Loayza Lead Engineer Delia Martin Office Services Manager Keith McTague Director & Chief Engineer Michael Muñoz Mailroom Clerk Adrian Padilla Engineer Jose Quintero Landscaping Ismael Rodriguez Engineer Alex Romero Engineer Jeff Rowland Assistant Chief Engineer Jose Santillan Engineer Gerard Silva Lead Engineer Brandon Villalobos Engineer

FOUNDERS Jane Jackson Director, Founders Elia Ortega Reservation Coordinator Michael Tanner Coordinator

GUEST RELATIONS Peggy Alvarez Head Usher David Bolanos Head Usher Alvin Broussard Senior Manager, Special Services Christine Cox House Manager, Ahmanson Theatre Robert Devis House Manager, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Greg Flusty House Manager, Walt Disney Concert Hall Omar Garcia Head Usher Jose Agustin Garibaldi Head Usher Linda Lawton Event Services Attendant Ruben Lopez Special Services Coordnator Jenna Loredo Head Usher

Seng Neth Head Usher Steve Olear Manager, Guest Services Santa Roman-Garcia Head Usher Kyle Smith Head Usher Carolyn Van Brunt Vice President Linda Walker House Manager, Mark Taper Forum Jeanice Williams Coordinator, Tours & Special Events Demetra Willis Head Usher

OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION Carol Zamora Executive Assistant

PRODUCTION Shawn Anderson Head Carpenter, Ahmanson Theatre Shane Anderson Head Flyman, Ahmanson Theatre Andrew Berger Senior Production Manager Jason Clark Director, Production Timothy Conroy Head Carpenter, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Katie Friesen Production Coordinator Ronald Galbraith Head Carpenter, Walt Disney Concert Hall Dennis Holbrook Head Property, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Emmet Kaiser Head Carpenter, Mark Taper Forum Terry Klein Head Electric, Walt Disney Concert Hall Ryan Lebetsamer Head Electric, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Scott Lucas Head Property, Ahmanson Theatre Bones Malone Head Audio, Mark Taper Forum Katie Miller Production Manager John Phillips Head Property, Walt Disney Concert Hall Todd Reynolds Head Audio/Video, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Mary Romero Head Property, Mark Taper Forum Lee Smilek Head Wardrobe Robert Smith Head Audio, Ahmanson Theatre Aaron Staubach Head Electrician, Ahmanson Theatre Kevin Wapner Head Audio, Walt Disney Concert Hall James Wright Head Electric, Ahmanson Theatre

SCHEDULING & EVENTS Charlie Costa Booking Manager Liliana Gonzalez Coordinator Lisa King Coordinator Marisol Moro Scheduling Administrator Sharon Stewart Director Ken Talley Scheduling Administrator Ismael Tenorio Coordinator

SECURITY MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION Juan Macias Captain, Events Operations Group Mark Miller Commander, Administration Jonathan Ng Commander, Field Services Division Bedros Ohanian Director of Security Scott Pollack Commander, Events Operation Group Edward Too Captain, Administration

THE BLUE RIBBON Suzy Boyett Associate Director

THE MUSIC CENTER ARTS (TMC ARTS) CIVIC STRATEGY Leticia Buckley Senior Civic Strategist

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Anne Marie Acosta Senior Administrative Assistant Gerlie Collado Program Director Mara De La Rosa Coordinator Ming Ng Vice President Daniel Soto Program Manager Lucy Zepeda Assistant Manager, Community Relations and Partnerships

EDUCATION Patrice Cantarelli Associate Director, School Programs Rada Jovicic Program and Events Manager Ebony Ruffin Manager, Professional Development Juan Sanchez Coordinator, School Programs Monk Turner Manager, The Music Center On Tour Belinda Vong Younis Manager, School Programs Jackie Waight Coordinator, School Programs Keith Wyffels Associate Vice President

GRAND PARK Kat Carrido Bonds Marketing Manager Julia Diamond Interim Director Derek Glover Production Manager Robert Gonzalez Operations Manager Nicole Mauricio Rental Coordinator Marty Preciado Program Manager Angela Tsai Business Manager

PRESENTING & PRODUCING Rebecca Baillie Associate Director, Presentations Cody Kopp Coordinator Nick Schwartz-Hall Senior Producer Patrick Traylor Producing Production Manager

SPOTLIGHT Monique Carroll Program Manager Jeri Gaile Director

THE MUSIC CENTER STAFF Laurie A. Selik Senior Director, Institutional Giving Melanye Taylor Assistant Director, Database Mark Teshirogi Grant Writer

FINANCE Silvia Canales Payroll Clerk Maria Justo Clerk, Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable Andrew Kayano Manager, General Accounting and Financial Systems David Modisett Manager, Financial Planning Sandor Otott Controller Lisa Quang Senior Accounting Clerk Ferdinand Ramos Manager, Payroll Services Cindy Rauch Manager, Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable

HUMAN RESOURCES Cynthia Covarrubias Manager Gloria Schaffer Senior Director

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Paul Kosal Administrator Johnny Perreira Manager

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Lisa Ducore Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Brand Communications Cameron Jackson Manager, Social Media & Promotions Stephanie Kao Manager, Web Content and Digital Analytics Paul Mercado Coordinator Marielle Shrock Coordinator Sabrina Skacan Manager, Media Relations Melissa Tan Assistant Vice President, Ticketing and Marketing Strategy

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Celeste Goblowsky Director of the President's Office and Board Relations

SAFETY Edward Hennings Manager

TELECOMMUNICATIONS Rona Compton Manager

CREATIVE SUPPORT Keith & Co. Graphic Design

BUSINESS RESOURCES ADVANCEMENT Bennett Anderson Coordinator, Institutional Giving Janine Bailey Senior Coordinator, Events & Special Projects Robert Boone Senior Director, Advancement Services Cheryl Brown Assistant Vice President Katie Colbert Membership Officer Elise Embry Annual Giving Officer Josh Lomeli Coordinator Cindy McHale Director, Institutional Giving Mayra Medina Donor Records Clerk Lorena Panfilo Prospect Research Analyst Laura Recchi Senior Director, Annual and Leadership Giving

The stage crew, wardrobe crew and box office staff are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States of America and Canada, AFL-CIO, CKC, Local Numbers 33, 768 and 857, respectively.

The House Managers employed by The Music Center are represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

THE MUSIC CENTER recognizes

TERRI and JERRY KOHL

for their generous challenge grant both to continue the legacy of The Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival and to support The Music Center’s vision to enrich the cultural lives of the people of Los Angeles.

THE MUSIC CENTER gratefully thanks

for sponsoring the matinee performance of Mariinsky Ballet on Saturday, October 26, 2019.Â

THE MUSIC CENTER'S AND DANCE DTLA CUMBIA! | AUG 30

The Music Center Plaza is now open for all to enjoy. The community celebrated the completion of the 20-month, $42 million renovation over Labor Day weekend.

CIVIC DEDICATION | AUG 28

THE MUSIC CENTER'S PLAZA FOR ALL CELEBRATION AUG 31

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION AND DANCE DTLA CUMBIA! | AUG 30

THE MUSIC CENTER'S SPLISH SPLASH PLAZA BASH | SEP 1

WHAT’S NEXT ON THE PLAZA? The Music Center's Very Special Arts Festival returns to the Plaza on Friday November 8, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. The festival is open to the public, so come and enjoy student and professional performances, workshops and student art exhibits as we celebrate the artistic achievements of students with all abilities!

For more information, visit musiccenter.org/vsaf

THANK YOU

The Music Center is grateful to our generous donors who have made the Plaza project possible.

PLAZA DONORS $1,000,000+ County of Los Angeles Robert J. Abernethy The Ahmanson Foundation The Blue Ribbon Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Terri and Jerry Kohl Cindy Miscikowski / Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation Merle and Peter Mullin The Rose Hills Foundation Mimi and Marie Song $500,000–$999,999 The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Fredric Roberts Lisa Specht $100,000–$499,999 Bank of America Judith and Thomas Beckmen John and Louise Bryson Field Family Foundation Kiki and David Gindler The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

$100,000–$499,999 cont.

Marla and Cary Lefton Jody and David Lippman Barbara and Joel Marcus Rachel S. Moore and Robert Ryan Lloyd E. Riger-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Wendy and Ken Ruby Howard Sherman and J. Gregg Houston Eva and Marc Stern Walter Ulloa and Alexandra Seros Dietrich Gene Wagner / In memory of his sister Edyth Wagner, DMA-USC Alyce de Roulet Williamson $50,000–$99,999 The Annenberg Foundation Jane Centofante Charlotte and Leslie Moore Foundation $25,000–$49,999 Dr. Stuart P. and Rebecca Bowne Elizabeth and Leslie Michelson Darrell Miller Valentine and Jonathan Gelman Allison and Richard Roeder Susan and Kurt Wegleitner

$10,000–$24,999 Kathy and Charles Adams Darrell R. Brown Rose and Michael Pagano Joseph Rice $1,000–$9,999 Jill Baldauf and Steven Grossman The Capital Group Companies / Kimaada Brown Dannielle Campos Lisa and Andrew Gilford Stefanie Kane Diane G. Medina Teresita and Shelby Notkin Lisa See and Richard Kendall Philip A. Swan Wendy and Jay Wintrob Additional Support Phoebe Beasley Fabiola Hensley in honor of Aiden and Marissa Hensley Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt Joni J. Smith Charlotte Spiegelman

THE PLAZA FOR ALL

Join The Music Center and All of Los Angeles as We Celebrate Grand Park + The Music Center's N.Y.E.L.A and 4th of July Block Party Dance Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center The Music Center's Dance DTLA Engage The Music Center's Very Special Arts Festival The Blue Ribbon Children's Festival Arts Education Programs Free and Low-Cost Programs Explore Interactive LED Screens Garden Patios, Open-Air Seating Fountain Views Mingle Abernethy's The Mullin Wine Bar Go Get Em Tiger Upstage Burger Cocina Raja Partner LA Phil LA Opera Los Angeles Master Chorale Center Theatre Group Local Artists and Community Arts Organizations and Breathe New Life into The Plaza for All! If you would like to learn more and support TMC Arts as it enriches the cultural lives of all Angelenos, please contact Cheryl Brown at (213) 972-3316.

CENTER DANCE ARTS Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Solomon Dumas. Photo by Andrew Eccles.

CENTER DANCE ARTS TOUR TO EDINBURGH FESTIVAL AND LONDON

As enthusiastic lovers of performing arts, Center Dance Arts (CDA) members engage in a variety of activities to enjoy and learn about local and international dance companies, including special trips like the recent one to Edinburgh and London.

CDA members came together in August for 8 days of dance, music, theatre and camaraderie at the Edinburgh International Festival. Dance highlights included a world premiere of Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible, including talks with the choreographer and executive director of the company, BalletBoyz and Floating Flowers as part of the Fringe Festival, a visit to Rambert Dance Company for rehearsal, the Bolshoi Ballet’s Swan Lake, and the premier of Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet, followed by a breakfast discussion the next morning with Matthew Bourne.

We also enjoyed the festival opening featuring a rousing performance of Mahler’s 2nd Symphony by the LA Phil, as well as a stunning chamber concert with pianist Yuya Wang and clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer. We took in several theater productions, ranging from the National Theatre’s provocative Peter Gynt, to a one-woman show by Diana Dinerman, a comedian and former dancer, to TINA, The Tina Turner Musical in London.

CDA members JoAnn and Wade Bourne, Tim Wahl and Julia Strickland, Jane Jelenko, Judith Reichman, Charlene Achki-Repko and Helene Rosenzweig at the New Club in Edinburgh.

While having fun and making friends, all the members became much more knowledgeable about dance and the performing arts. That’s what the CDA community is all about – coming together with like-minded individuals to share and deepen our cultural experiences. We hope you will join us for events at The Music Center, around town and maybe even our next trip!

CENTER DANCE ARTS

CENTER DANCE ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jane Jelenko* Chair Susan Baumgarten President JoAnn Bourne Vice President and Treasurer Joan Herman Secretary Liane Weintraub* Founding Chair

Jane Arnault-Factor, Ph.D* Homeira Goldstein Hany Haddad Mira Hashmall Liz Levitt Hirsch† Patrick Kinsella Nigel Lythgoe Steven Neu Judith Reichman, MD Dominique Shelton Julia Strickland Bradley Tabach-Bank Sue Tsao Diane Wittenberg

CENTER DANCE ARTS MEMBERS

The Music Center welcomes Mira Hashmall to the Center Dance Arts Board of Directors. Hashmall is a partner with Miller Barondess, LLP and has been recognized as a top litigator by Los Angeles Business Journal. In addition to her dance and arts advocacy, she is a longtime member of the League of Women Voters.

Do you want even more dance experiences off stage? Do you want to ensure that future generations are moved just like you? Then join the movement. Become a Center Dance Arts member to enrich your dance experience and to support dance for future generations.

CONNECT with celebrated artists and fellow dance lovers INSPIRE thousands of children through student performances, school assemblies and masterclasses ENRICH the cultural landscape of Los Angeles with world-class performances ENJOY concierge ticketing for performances, special post-performance receptions with artists and salons in private homes BECOME A MEMBER musiccenter.org/centerdancearts (213) 972-3359

DANCE AMBASSADOR ($10,000+) Jane Arnault-Factor* Susan Baumgarten JoAnn and Wayland Bourne Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Walter and Ruth Chameides Helen Funai Erickson Field Family Foundation Joan A. Friedman, PhD and Robert N. Braun, MD Homeira and Arnold Goldstein Hany G. Haddad/ US Bank Mira Hashmall Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej Liz Levitt Hirsch* Freya and Mark Ivener Jane Jelenko* Carol and Patrick Kinsella Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D. Kohl MaddocksBrown Foundation Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven Neu Judith Reichman, MD Dominique Shelton Marie H. Song Catharine and Jeffrey Soros Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Sue Tsao U.S. Bank / Darrell Brown Cynthia Watson, MD and David B. Katzin, MD, PhD Ron Watson Alyce Williamson* Diane Wittenberg and David Minning DANCE PACESETTER ($5,000 – $9,999) Charlene Achki-Repko Elizabeth and Otis Chandler Richard and Karla Chernick Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes Patricia Devin Elizabeth and Brack Duker Judy Fiskin Gerald D. Friedman* Allen and Anita Kohl Charitable Foundation

June Li Anita Lorber LEAD DANCE PATRON ($2,500 – $4,999) Libbie Agran Barry Baker Irene and Stuart Boyd Lynne and James DeWitt Jennifer Diener* Susan Friedman* Frederick and Leslie Gaylord* Marcy Gross Aliza and Mike Lesser Beth and Leslie Michelson Kathy and Michael Moray Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles Jerry Rosenstock Mpambo and David Shaw Vera Tsai Stuart Warren Dean Wong DANCE PATRON ($1,000 – $2,499) Shirley Ashkenas Paul N. Barkopoulos, MD Lillian Chin Allison Clago Sharon Darnov Nicholas Goldsborough Leonie Gross Claire and Robert Heron Christine M. Hessler Barbara and Richard Kernochan Julie McDonald Patrick Morrow Mary D. Nichols Valeria Rico-Nikolov and Nicholas Nikolov Ellen Pansky David Richard Pullman Hadley and Lee Rierson Maxine Savitz Sherie and Alan Schneider Katya Sussman Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Daniel and Janice Wallace Marcia and Charles Wasserman PhD Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut

* Charter Member

PINA BAUSCH Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo WITH LIVE AND RECORDED MUSIC Presented by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center in association with UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance. DISCLAIMER: This engagement contains nudity and mature content.

This is recommended for patrons 13+.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Coming to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 17–19, 2020! musiccenter.org/pinabausch (213) 972-0711 groups of 10+: (213) 972-8555 mcgroupsales@musiccenter.org Palermo Palermo. © Klaus Dilger.

The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of September 15, 2019

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY FOUNDATIONS $1,000,000+ Robert J. Abernethy Wallis Annenberg Glorya Kaufman Dance Foundation Terri and Jerry Kohl The Ring-Miscikowski Foundation /

The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski Merle and Peter Mullin Marie and Mimi Song $100,000–$999,999 Judy and Tom Beckmen Helen and Peter Bing Louise and John Bryson Edgerton Foundation Field Family Foundation Gerry Ibanez and Aja Bell Anita Mann Kohl and Allen D. Kohl Marla and Cary Lefton Jody and David Lippman Barbara and Joel Marcus Rachel Moore and Rob Ryan Teresita and Shelby Notkin Lloyd E. Rigler — Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation Fredric Roberts Wendy and Ken Ruby Howard Sherman and J. Gregg Houston Lisa Specht Marc and Eva Stern Foundation Julia Strickland and Timothy Wahl Walter Ulloa and Alexandra Seros Dietrich Gene Wagner Alyce Williamson $50,000–$99,999 Pamela and Dennis Beck Jane Centofante Kiki and David Gindler Marcia Israel Foundation Charlotte and Leslie Moore Foundation Jerry Moss Rose and Michael Pagano Jay and Barbara Rasulo Allison and Richard Roeder Kurt and Susan Wegleitner

$25,000–$49,999 Kathy and Charles Adams Stuart and Rebecca Bowne Elizabeth and Kirk Day / Norman F. Sprague Jr. Foundation Valentine and Jonathan Gelman Lisa and Andrew Gilford Gloria and Glen Holden Freya and Mark Ivener Stefanie Kane / YourCause, LLC Trustee PricewaterhouseCoopers Lee Graff Foundation LSMK Investments The Estate of Robert W. Olsen Cynthia M. Patton Karen Kay Platt and Lawrence B. Platt Lisa See and Richard Kendall Catharine and Jeffrey Soros Wendy and Jay Wintrob $10,000–$24,999 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Adamo Donna M. Altmann Maria V. Altmann Foundation Jane Arnault-Factor Beverly and Frank Arnstein Susan Baumgarten JoAnn and Wayland Bourne Claire and Brad Brian Maynard and Linda Brittan / Traub-Brittan Family Foundation Dwight Broadneax and Greg Moesser Darrell R. Brown Tony and Cindy Canzoneri Walter and Ruth Chameides Ana and Robert Cook Michael Dreyer Dr. Annette Ermshar and Mr. Dan Monahan Maude and Richard Ferry Joan A. Friedman, PhD and Robert N. Braun, MD Michael Gendler and Jessica Teich Homeira and Arnold Goldstein Hany G. Haddad Joan Herman and Richard Rasiej

Liz Levitt Hirsch Darryl Holter and Carole Shammas Jane Jelenko Allison Johnson Randi and Richard Jones Suzanne and Richard Kayne Carol and Patrick Kinsella Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald James D. Laur Lauren Lexton and Kevin MacCarthy Kenneth Lipper LLWW Foundation MaddocksBrown Foundation Cathy and Mark Louchheim Alfred E. Mann Family Foundation Linda May and Jack Suzar Barbara and Buzz McCoy Irene Mecchi Diane G. Medina Morris A. Hazan Family Foundation Olivia and Anthony Neece Steven Neu Judith Reichman, MD Shay Family Foundation Dominique Shelton Simms / Mann Family Foundation The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation Gayle Stettler Philip A. Swan Bradley Tabach-Bank and Dee Dee Dorskind Clare Phillips Tayback and Christopher Tayback Sally and James Thomas Cary and Karen Thompson Sue Tsao Elinor and Rubin Turner Cynthia Watson, MD and David B. Katzin, MD, PhD Ron Watson Thomas Weinberger and Leslie Vermut The Wetsman Foundation / Janis and William Wetsman Diane Wittenberg and David Minning Keenan and Orna Wolens

$5,000–$9,999 Charlene Achki-Repko Barry Baker Rosanna Hirshon Bogart Lynne M. O. Brickner Estate of Maurice and Jane Cattani Elizabeth and Otis Chandler Richard and Karla Chernick Garrett Collins Christopher Combs and Charlotte Hughes Alice and Joseph Coulombe Patricia Devin Erica and Vin Di Bona Jennifer Diener Elizabeth and Brack Duker Maxine Dunitz Ben / Joyce Eisenberg Foundation Roni and Ethan Eller Judy Fiskin Amy Forbes and Andrew Murr Gerald D. Friedman Constance and John Gavin Leslie and Cliff Gilbert-Lurie Patricia Glaser and Sam Mudie Cornelia Haag-Molkenteller, MD Barbara and Dan Horwitz Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen Stanley Iezman and Nancy Stark Richard W. Labowe Carl W. Large June Li Anita Lorber Dr. Debra Luftman and Mr. Harlan Gibbs Bill Maldonado and Charles P. Souw Nancy and Patrick McCabe Beth and Leslie Michelson Darrell Douglas Miller Molly Munger and Stephen English Ellen Pansky The Albert Parvin Foundation Travis Powers and Jeanne McDonald-Powers Rosemary Ringwald Fredric Rosen and Nadine Schiff Frank J. Sherwood Performing Arts Fund

THE MUSIC CENTER SUPPORTERS $5,000–$9,999 cont.

Fran and Ray Stark Foundation / Wendy Stark Morrissey Dennis Wasser and Ruth Roberts Wasser Aviva Weiner and Paulino Fontes Robert Willett $1,000–$4,999 Gay and Harry Abrams Libbie Agran Keith and Ingrid Agre Kathleen Aisling Dean V. Ambrose Shirley Ashkenas Jill Baldauf and Steve Grossman The Baltimore Family Fund Howard Banchik Sandy and Dan Bane Roy Manning Barber Paul N. Barkopoulos, MD Josephine Baurac Maralee Beck and Andrew Safir David Bender Lanie Bernhard Lucas Bierlein June and Paul Bilgore Debra and Norris Bishton Yvonne Bogdanovich Irene and Stuart Boyd Susan Brauneiss and Marc Gamsin Geri Brawerman Debbie and Jim Burrows Emily Carino Judy Carroll Marcy Carsey Fanya Carter Estate of Maurice and Jane Cattani Lillian Chin Marjore Chronister Allison Clago Pamela and V. Shannon Clyne Jane and Lawrence Cohen Alison Bryan Crowell and Richard Crowell Suzanne Crowell Louisa and Stewart Cushman Sharon Darnov Nancy and Donald de Brier Christopher Deacon Lynne and James DeWitt Laura Donnelley Dody Dorn and Kevin Hughes Malsi Doyle and Michael R. Forman Betty J. Dranow Suzanne Dworak-Peck, LCSW Sarah Eiman

MegAnn and Craig Ellis Kimberly and John Emerson Pun'kin's Feiman Family Foundation Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Harold Frankl Susan Friedman Diane Futterman Elaine Galanti Louise Grant Garland Frederick and Leslie Gaylord Susan and David Gersh Allen and Renee Gilbert Elaine Goldsmith Julie and Bruce Goldsmith Marjorie Goodson Louis Goren Peggy Parker Grauman The Lenore and Bernard Greenberg Fund Tricia and Richard Grey Marcy Gross Madeline Gussman Ms. Laura C. Guthman Penny Haberman Donna Handel Tim Hanseroth Eugene Hawkins Diane J. Henderson Claire and Robert Heron Christine M. Hessler Katinka and Eugene Holt Louise Horvitz Joan and John F. Hotchkis Ingrid and Frederic Ingram Nancy Israel Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD Daniel Jaffe and Cynthia Monaco Louise and Thomas Jones Ruth M. Jones Tylie Jones and John Towey Gerald Katell Don Kates Anita and Fred Kemmerling Barbara and Richard Kernochan Lisa and Victor Kohn Joanne Kozberg The Estate of Judith Krantz Kathleen and John Lacey Grace Latt Ellen and David Li Lee Betty and Maury Leonard Aliza and Mike Lesser Barbara Levinson Robin Lewin Tracey Lewin Dr. Melvyn Lewis Leigh Lindsey and Andrew Blaine Joanne and Ethan Lipsig

Anslyene Lloyd Marlene and Sandy Louchheim Elizabeth and Robert Lowe Kirk Luetkehans Pauline Marks James and Laura Maslon Janis B. McEldowney Beth McGlynn and James Zapp Linda and Sheldon Mehr Carolyn Miller Vibiana Molina Kathy and Michael Moray Patrick Morrow Diane Morton Carol and Jerome Muchin Diane Naegele David and Angella Nazarian C&R Newman Family Foundation Mary D. Nichols Valeria Rico-Nikolov and Nicholas Nikolov Renae Williams Niles and Greg Niles Phillip J. Nuxhall Annette and Peter O'Malley Alan Oppenheimer Sharon Patrick Michael and Susan Patzakis Janet Petersen Daniel J. Pocapalia Carol Swanson Price David Richard Pullman Ina Lee Ramer Hadley and Lee Rierson Ricki and Marvin Ring Susan W. and Carl. W Robertson Ann and Robert Ronus Donna and Harvey Rosen Melissa Rosenberg and Lev Spiro Jerry Rosenstock Barbara and Peter Rosenthal Susan and Marvin Rothenberg Linda and Tony Rubin Thomas Safran Ariane and Lionel Sauvage Maxine Savitz Mariette and Alexander Sawchuk Sherie and Alan Schneider Sandra and Vin Scully Stanley E. Sellers, Jr. Jane Semel Dr. and Mrs. P.K. Shah Mpambo and David Shaw Bonnie Sherman Laura and William Siart Muriel F. Siebert Foundation Susan Simmons Maggy and John Simon Rosa and Robert Sinnott Shani Berko Smolens

Lucerne Snipes Victoria Sofro The Stanford Family Trust Alan and Janet Stanford Eugene and Marilyn Stein Family Foundation Richard Stone and Marjorie Bender I.H. Sutnick Allan and Roslyn Holt Swartz George Takei and Brad Altman Thornton Foundation Karen Todman Reva and William Tooley Alex Trebek Vera Tsai Laurie Vender and Stephen Halper Daniel and Janice Wallace Marcia and Charles Wasserman PhD Amy Waterman Bill and Susan Weintraub Sheila and Wally Weisman David and Sylvia Weisz Family Foundation Luanne Wells Robert Allan White Susan and Josh Wieder Dean Wong Ellen and Arnold Zetcher And those who wish to remain anonymous

The Music Center strives to aknowledge all of our supports appropriately. If your name has been missspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Advancement Office at (213) 972-3371.

The Music Center Thanks Its Supporters Donors listed as of September 15, 2019

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS $1,000,000+ The Ahmanson Foundation The Annenberg Foundation Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions County of Los Angeles The Ring-Miscikowski Foundation / The Ring Foundation / Cindy Miscikowski The Rose Hills Foundation $100,000–$999,999 Bank of America / Cary H. Thompson / Dannielle Campos Dorothy Buffum Chandler Program Fund The James Irvine Foundation The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Wells Fargo Bank / Joseph Rice $50,000–$99,999 Entravision Communications Corporation / Walter F. Ulloa Max H. Gluck Foundation J.P. Morgan Chase Moss Foundation The Music Center Foundation U.S. Bank / Darrell Brown $25,000–$49,999 Amgen Foundation / Cynthia M. Patton The Capital Group Companies / Kimaada Brown City National Bank / Michael Pagano City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs David Geffen Foundation The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation HUB International Insurance Services, Inc. KPMG LLP / Greg Geyer The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Socius Group, LLC Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP YourCause, LLC Trustee PricewaterhouseCoopers / Stefanie Kane

$10,000–$24,999 Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation California Arts Council Costa de Oro Television Fox Rothschild LLP / Darrell D. Miller The Grand The Jerome and Kenneth Lipper Foundation Macy's The Louis and Harold Price Foundation Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Union Bank I.N. and Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation $5,000–$9,999 Chevron Corporation Colburn Foundation Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles Edison International Grand Park Foundation Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc.

Kaiser Permanente Rhino Records Sidney Stern Memorial Trust $1,000–$4,999 Action Marketing Group LLC Allied Integrated Marketing Alphonse Burnand and Charles Partridge Scholarship Trust Benevity Community Impact Fund Farwest Insulation Contracting Gladys Turk Foundation Harold and Nadine Davidson Foundation IATSE - Local 33 Lee Foundation Morrison & Foerster Foundation The Present Family Foundation Probity International Corp.

Ralph Lauren Corporation Rodriguez, Horii, Choi & Cafferata LLP Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation See's Candies, Inc. Strauss Foundation Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation Warland Investments Company

ALVIN

Left to right: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Jacqueline Green; Ghrai DeVore-Stokes; Jamar Roberts. All photos by Andrew Eccles.

AILEY Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ®

MIXED REPERTORY Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater embodies six decades of achievement, celebrating the human spirit with performances that unite and inspire. Under the leadership of its visionary artistic director Robert Battle, the company continues to honor the legacy of its founder, while stewarding the next generation of choreographers influenced by the African American experience. In all, more than 235 works by over 90 choreographers have been part of the Company’s repertory. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will perform different programs of mixed repertory along with the seminal masterpiece Revelations, which remains as poignant, relevant and moving as when it debuted in 1960.

Coming to The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion March 18–22, 2020! musiccenter.org/ailey (213) 972-0711 groups of 10+: (213) 972-8555 mcgroupsales@musiccenter.org

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: MARK RIDLEY-THOMAS, Second District; SHEILA J. KUEHL, Third District; JANICE HAHN, Fourth District, Chair; KATHRYN BARGER, Fifth District; and HILDA J. SOLIS, First District