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Kent Stowell and Francia RussellFounding Artistic Directors

March 16–25, 2018Marion Oliver McCaw Hall

Karel Cruz Lindsi Dec Rachel Foster Benjamin Griffiths

William Lin-Yee James Moore Elizabeth Murphy Sarah Ricard Orza Seth Orza Noelani Pantastico Jonathan Porretta Lucien Postlewaite

Lesley Rausch Jerome Tisserand Laura Tisserand

Leta Biasucci Kyle Davis Angelica Generosa Joshua Grant Steven Loch Leah Merchant Margaret Mullin Matthew Renko Price Suddarth Ezra Thomson

Madison Rayn Abeo Guillaume Basso Ryan Cardea Nancy Casciano Henry Cotton Dammiel Cruz

Cecilia Iliesiu Elle Macy Angeli Mamon Amanda Morgan Sarah Pasch Miles Pertl

Christian Poppe Nicole Rizzitano Calista Ruat Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan Carli Samuelson

Emma Love Suddarth Madison Taylor Leah Terada Dylan Wald

Apprentices Christopher D’Ariano Clara Ruf Maldonado Genevieve Waldorf

Emil de Cou Music Director/Principal Conductor Allan Dameron Company Pianist/Conductor

Otto Neubert, Anne Dabrowski, Paul Gibson Ballet Masters Norbert Herriges Technical Director Randall G. Chiarelli Resident Lighting Designer Larae Theige Hascall Costume Shop Manager

Christina Siemens Company Pianist

SOLOISTS

PRINCIPALS

Peter BoalArtistic Director

SEASON SPONSORS:

Cover: James Moore in William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced. © Angela Sterling.

CORPS de BALLET

P A C I F I C N O R T H W E S T B A L L E T

PRESENTING SPONSOR: MAJOR SPONSORS: SUPPORTING SPONSOR:Peter & Peggy Horvitz

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OFFICERSChairman – David Hadley 3

President – Joan FitzmauriceTreasurer – Maria Mackey GunnSecretary – Lynn LindsayAssistant Secretary – Lynne GraybealAssistant Secretary – H. David KaplanImmediate Past Chairman – Aya Hamilton 2 3

Chairman Emeritus – Sheffield Phelps 2 3 *

COMMITTEE CHAIRSEducation – Jon ConteBoard Development – Gail James Marketing & Public Relations – Sara JonesLeadership – Peter Horvitz 2 3

Major Gifts – Peter Horvitz 2 3

Foundation Board Chairman - Peter Horvitz 2 3

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEESArtistic Director – Peter Boal1 Executive Director – Ellen Walker1

Young Patrons Circle – Andrew Hoge 1

Parents Association – Jennifer Gaines 1

PNB STARS – Terri Richardson 1

GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEESDonna BarnettCarl Behnke 2

Susan Brotman 2

Jane CreminSharon FalknerJerald FarleyStephen E. FuhsRobin F. GaineySusan GrinsteinWilliam GrinsteinW. Daniel Heidt 2

Kalen HolmesToni HooverChristy JonesApril KieburtzDan KingstonWendy KizzierAlex LangeTerrel LeffertsFrederick W. McDonald

Carol NeimanSusan OkamotoAlida OlesGwendolyn C. PaytonBetty PirnatMac Powell Tom A. Puentes James RaisbeckBarbara RiesCatherine RiesVivian SchwabElizabeth StokesShannon TierneyAimee TruchardNatasha Lalji VerjeeConnie WalshSheree WenJodi WongLeslie Yamada

ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEESNancy D. Alvord*Mariana AnciraCourtney BearElisabeth BodalSue BuskeBarbara ChaplinCheryl ClarkBrooke de BoutrayMargaret Dell’OssoElizabeth DoughertyPatricia EdwardsBecky FigueroaKathy Alvord GerlichStacy GravesCathyBeth HooperPamela JohnsonGlenn KawasakiMegan Kirley

Rocke KoreisGregory KusnickCandy J. LeeHelene MawyerArnold NessKristin PastorizaMimi RichardsMichael RighiAlesha ShemwellMel Sturman Peggy SwistakChristina TannerJennifer ThompsonRussell WagstaffLisa WahbeStephanie WallachKathryn Wickham

TRUSTEES EMERITINorma Cugini* Jane M. Davis* Wendy Griffin 2 Cathi Hatch 2 Travis Keeler 3 Arthur H. Mazzola 2

Jane McConnell Joe Norman 3 Rick Redman Francia Russell Kent Stowell Carol Wright

BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE FELLOWSPatty BarrierKay BaxterRobert R. Braun, Jr.Ron Elgin James A. EliasDon C. FranklinDavid F. Hill 3

Catherine Hobi HawesJohn Iverson 2 *Jim Judson*

Dr. Susan LindsayMaria Postnikoff-DowningMarsha Rich InghamSharon RichardsonSusan R. RicheyCynthia StroumLinda WarsonDavid B. Winder 2 3

Linda Wyman

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PNB News

Company PromotionsArtistic Director Peter Boal is pleased to announce the promotion of corps de ballet members Steven Loch and Price Suddarth to the rank of soloist.

Steven Loch is from Denton County, Texas, and studied at Ballet Conservatory in Lewisville, Texas, and on scholarship at Harid Conservatory and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He attended summer courses on scholarship at American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet School (Canada), the School of American Ballet, Harid Conservatory, and PNB School. Mr. Loch won the Junior Bronze Medal in the New York Youth America Grand Prix competition in 2005 and won the Regional “Youth Grand Prix” Award in 2006. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2011 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012. Mr. Loch has also choreographed for PNB’s NEXT STEP choreographers’ showcases.

Price Suddarth is from Westfield, Indiana. He studied at Central Indiana Dance Ensemble, the School of American Ballet, and PNB School, and he attended summer courses on scholarship at PNB School, the Rock School, the School of American Ballet, and Miami City Ballet. He joined PNB as an apprentice in 2010 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2011.

Mr. Suddarth’s choreography credits include works for the Regional Dance America gala in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PNB’s NEXT STEP, and PNB School’s Annual School Performance. In 2015, he choreographed Signature for PNB’s mainstage repertory, and in 2017, he choreographed Shifted Figures for Sculptured Dance, a collaboration between PNB and Seattle Art Museum presented at Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park.

Audience Education: Ballet 101

Don’t miss the final two sessions of PNB’s very popular new audience education program, Ballet 101. An engaging point of entry for both seasoned and new audience members, attendees enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at many facets of the ballet industry. Moderated by Audience Education Manager Doug Fullington. $25 per session. For tickets: 206.441.2424

Contemporary Ballet: New Works and Current Trends in BalletTuesday, April 10 @ 7:00 PMNesholm Family Lecture Hall

Join Artistic Director Peter Boal and PNB’s ballet masters for a discussion of the ballets

in the current season, what makes them contemporary, the diversity of styles PNB offers in its repertory, and the multiple demands on dancers and staff in preparing new work.

Ballet Basics Part Two: Terminology and PartneringSaturday, May 12, 3:00 pm The Phelps CenterLearn advanced ballet terminology through further demonstrations of steps, followed by a discussion and demonstration of the art of partnering with PNB Company dancers and members of the senior artistic staff.

Visit PNB.org/community/audience/ballet-101 to learn more.

Stay Tuned for JuneMark your calendars now for exceptional one-time-only annual June performances. Watch PNB.org for on-sale dates. All performances take place at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

Season Encore Performance, June 10 at 6:30 pmJoin PNB for a truly once-in-a-lifetime performance celebrating the season and careers of remarkable PNB artists.

NEXT STEP Choreographers’ Showcase, June 15 at 7:30 pmSee new works by up-and-coming Company choreographers performed by PNB School’s Professional Division students.

PNB School 37th Annual Student Performances, June 16 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pmSee the stars of tomorrow on stage today! Featuring students in Levels I through the Professional Division performing original works by PNB School faculty, designed to showcase the students’ skills and accomplishments over the past year.

The Level VIII students will perform a new work by Eva Stone. The Professional Division students and Men's Division will perform Jerome Robbins' Fanfare as part of PNB's Jerome Robbins Centennial Celebration as well as excerpts from George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They will be joined Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Girls Choir's Prime Voci Choir.

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Hello Dance Enthusiasts!

We’re so happy to welcome you to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2018 DIRECTOR’S CHOICE!

The Boeing Company is thrilled to support this program—one of my personal favorites every season—and the emphasis it places on innovation, creativity, and artistic excellence.

The Boeing Company is committed to improving the quality of life within the communities where our employees live and work. Our Global Engagement programs implement Boeing’s strategic philanthropy through our charitable investments, volunteer programs, employee drives, disaster response, and other integrated programs. In 2017, Boeing provided approximately $160M to communities around the world—our key priorities include Education, Veterans, and building Dynamic Communities.

Boeing’s arts investments foster creative expression, celebrate diverse cultures, stimulate civic dialogue, and strengthen communities. Our partnership with Pacific Northwest Ballet spans three decades and is an integral part of our corporate philanthropy in the Puget Sound. We are especially honored to partner with Peter Boal on the 2018 DIRECTOR’S CHOICE program to celebrate the work of Ezra Thomson, Ulysses Dove, and William Forsythe—three exceptional and daring choreographers.

Enjoy the show!

Sam Whiting Director, Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

From the Sponsor

Pacific Northwest Ballet is honored to be invited to perform in Paris at the Les Étés de la Danse festival from June 25-July 7, 2018. A week-long celebration of Jerome Robbins’ centenary will feature PNB performing Opus 19/The Dreamer alongside performances by Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, New York City Ballet, and Perm Opera Ballet Theatre. A second festival week will showcase PNB in two programs of eight works whose creation and acquisition were made possible by donors to PNB’s New Works Initiative.

The opportunity to perform in renowned cultural centers worldwide is vitally important to PNB dancers. Touring enables dancers to gain broader recognition of their talents as audiences around the world have the opportunity to see PNB’s distinguished style and varied repertory. PNB extends special thanks to Principal Sponsors James and Sherry Raisbeck, who helped make the tour possible. PNB also acknowledges additional support from Dan & Pam Baty, Susan Brotman, and Peter & Peggy Horvitz. PNB is offering an exclusive Patron Trip in support of its first tour to Paris, June 30 - July 4, 2018. During the trip, our patrons will enjoy beautiful performances and fully experience the cultural life of Paris. The Patron Trip opens the doors to rehearsals, private collections, receptions in official residences, private tours of cultural landmarks and more! For more information about PNB’s upcoming tour, visit PNB.org/season/touring. If you are interested in joining us on tour or donating to PNB’s New Works Initiative, please contact Carrie Mood in PNB’s Development office at 206.441.3599 or CMood@PNB.org

We can’t wait to see you in Paris! Programming subject to change.

PNB Exclusive EngagementLes Étés de la Danse FestivalTuesday, July 3, 2018 – Saturday, July 7, 2018

As soon as the 2017-2018 season ends, PNB is off to Paris to perform in the Les Étés de la Danse festival.

PNB Program 1July 3, 6 & 7 (mat)

Tide Harmonic (Talbot/Wheeldon)Red Angels (Einhorn/Dove)Little mortal jump (various/Cerrudo)Emergence (Belton/Pite)

PNB Program 2July 4, 5 & 7 (eve)

Her Door to the Sky (Britten/Lang)Slingerland Duet (Bryars/Forsythe)Appassionata (Beethoven/Millepied)Waiting at the Station (Toussaint/Tharp)

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From the ChairmanDear Friends,

Welcome to DIRECTOR’S CHOICE! This annual program has become a fan favorite over the years for good reason. Peter

Boal’s selection of works demonstrates the breadth and depth of contemporary ballet and brings to PNB esteemed artists of the dance world along with rising stars.

PNB is unique in the large number of mixed bills it offers each season. Our audience is unique as well, supporting new work that both expands the definitions of ballet and dance and challenges viewers. You are a group of critical thinkers who always want to know more. You are passionate champions of your favorite works and choreographers, but you never hesitate to welcome the new.

PNB’s audience is the reason such a diversity of dance is performed onstage at McCaw Hall and around the world. This summer, the Company will perform in Paris, bringing with it many of the thrilling works you are seeing this season. By being part of our supportive, adventurous audience, you have made this tour possible.

I am honored to be included in this vibrant community. Thank you for all you do for PNB, and enjoy the show!

Warmest regards,

David Hadley, ChairmanPNB Board of Trustees

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HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO April 19-21, 8 p.m.

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itself as a cure for the ills of the era.”

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welcome to director’s choice. I’m often asked what criteria I use for selecting works for this annual mixed repertory program. People will say, “Isn’t everything the director’s choice?” Well, yes, but the works I choose are ones I want audiences to understand are worth their attention and exploration. It is often the story of a work or of a choreographer that I find compelling.

Ezra Thomson is a rare individual. He left a job with Orlando Ballet to come to PNB as a student. His sights were set on this company and he was willing to invest and wait. One year later he was hired as an apprentice and last year he became a soloist. He’s a true professional in every way and is rightfully and unanimously respected by his peers. During the past decade, in addition to dancing a lot, he has choreographed almost constantly, never content with his last success and always experimenting in new ways. Opportunities came through our NEXT STEP program, but we’ve also tasked him with creating an original work at the Frye Art Museum under a giant sculpture of a claw, while museum-goers milled around. He’s been part of Sculptured Dance and has created works for Spectrum Dance Theater. He’s ready for the mainstage and I’m proud to give him this opportunity. His work is personal and powerful, and we are all excited to see his premiere.

Ulysses Dove came to watch company class at New York City Ballet in 1994. On that day, as on most days, I was running from Fordham University and I was late. I entered the studio after class had begun and looked for a spare place at the barre. In a company of 90-plus dancers with a visiting choreographer watching, there was none. I had to ask Ulysses if he could move his chair further into the corner, Peter Boal

“� ”…the works I choose are ones I want audiences to understand are worth their attention and exploration.

and I stood right in front of him. I was already resigned to the fact I would not be in the new Dove piece. Turns out a little tardiness and standing on the choreographer’s toes did the trick.

There were only four dancers called to Red Angels (Darci Kistler, Wendy Whelan, Albert Evans, and me)—no covers or alternates—and our ballet master was rarely available for rehearsal. We were a small family of five finding our way through an arresting and dynamic new creation. As the level of trust and collaboration grew between us, Ulysses shared stories of the power of his mother and grandmother, the intensity of religion, and the constant presence of spirits. He knew a darker world, too, from New York at night and secrets of domestic violence that existed all around him in his childhood. These themes channeled into the creation of Red Angels. Eventually composer Richard Einhorn began attending rehearsals and introduced us to violinist Mary Rowell. Under Mary’s fierce wielding of the bow on her white electric violin, the piece came to vibrant life. It was a milestone in all five careers and a moment in NYCB’s history. Balanchine’s house of classicism and innovation had a new addition. My relationship with Ulysses was too short. He completed a second work on four of us, but just barely. AIDS stole his life days after the premiere. I think of him often and could swear a spirit hovers nearby every time this ballet is performed.

William Forsythe also came to NYCB to create a ballet called Behind the China Dogs. I was on time that day but only earned understudy status. But when a dancer and his understudy were injured, I jumped at the chance, lying just a little when I said I knew the part. Three hours a day—one on one with Bill—for a week and onstage I went. Bill is intoxicating

to work with. He’s been in our studios on a few precious occasions and I’ve seen eyes open, limbs unleash, and everything click. Credit to three stagers who bring Bill’s work to life in this program. PNB ballet master Paul Gibson staged the beguiling Slingerland Duet after having learned alongside Stephanie Arndt when it was first performed by the Company in 2015 as part of New Suite. Cyril Baldy and Ayman Harper have staged One Flat Thing, reproduced for us by incorporating Bill’s signature investment in movement and motivation.

One Flat Thing, reproduced—or “table dance,” as Bill refers to it—is both fascinating and controversial. Bill researched the fatal expedition of Robert Scott and his team of explorers as they traveled to Antarctica. Each man was dependent on another’s actions and instincts to survive. Not working as a cohesive team meant men would slip through shifting plates of ice into frigid and deadly waters below. This interdependency is recreated, as are dangerous shifting surfaces, in “table dance.” The piece offers arresting movement and wild physicality, whether you see it through the creator’s inspiration or not, but once you understand the premise of the work, you see the brilliance of Bill Forsythe.

These four works intrigue me. You may feel the same way, and you may find yourself challenged by content, music, or motion that seems beyond classical ballet’s vocabulary and norm. In my view, PNB is a perfect example of tradition and innovation, and we continue to excel at both.

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Violin 1Michael Jinsoo Lim,

ConcertmasterJennifer Caine

Provine, Associate Concertmaster

Emilie Choi, Assistant Concertmaster

Stephen Daniels**Tom Dziekonski*Ella Marie Gray*Lynn Bartlett

Johnson**Raffaela KalmarPetro KrysaChristine Olason*

Violin 2Rita Lee, PrincipalIngrid Fredrickson*William E. Boyd*Anne Cady*Adrianna HulscherLaurie WellsKim Zabelle**

ViolaAlexander Grimes,

PrincipalBetty Agent*,

Assistant PrincipalTim ChristieJoyce Ramée*Laura RenzEileen Swanson*

CelloPage Smith*, PrincipalVirginia Dziekonski*,

Assistant PrincipalMeg Brennand**Andrea Chandler**Charles JacotBrian Wharton

BassTodd Larsen**,

PrincipalStephen Schermer**,

Assistant PrincipalMaurice ClubbBen Musa**

FluteKarla Flygare*,

PrincipalLaura Werner

PiccoloLaura Werner

OboeDan Williams,

PrincipalTad Margelli*

English HornTad Margelli

ClarinetJennifer Nelson**,

PrincipalDenise Lum

Bass Clarinet/E-FlatDenise Lum

BassoonMona S. Butler*,

PrincipalDana Jackson

HornRodger Burnett*,

PrincipalDanielle LemieuxRichard Reed*Ryan Stewart

TrumpetRichard Werner*

TromboneMark Williams*,

PrincipalKay D. Nichols*

Bass TromboneDouglas Nierman*

TubaRyan Schultz,

Principal

TympaniPhil Hanson*,

Principal

PercussionMatthew

Kocmieroski*, Principal

Gunnar Folsom

HarpJohn Carrington,

Principal

KeyboardAllan DameronChristina Siemens

Personnel ManagerRodger Burnett

Music LibrarianMona S. Butler

PNB Orchestra

*Founding members of PNB Orchestra (1989).**25 plus years with PNB Orchestra.The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Steinway & Sons is the official piano of PNB.

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Program Notes

Former principal dancer Carla Körbes and Seth Orza in Slingerland Duet (Pas de deux). © Angela Sterling.

The Perpetual StateMUSIC: Francis Poulenc (Concerto for

Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61, 1932)

CHOREOGRAPHY: Ezra ThomsonCOSTUME DESIGN: Ezra ThomsonLIGHTING DESIGN: Reed NakayamaPREMIERE: March 16, 2018; Pacific Northwest Ballet

The 2018 world premiere of Ezra Thomson's The Perpetual State is principally supported by Joan Fitzmaurice, Anne Holmes, Toby & Linda Warson, and H. David Kaplan.

After my father’s memorial service had concluded, I turned to my childhood friend. When we were 11 or 12, his father had passed away. I asked him whether these terrible feelings I had would get better. His response was, “No, they just become a part of you. You learn to live with them and they shape the rest of your life.” This is the perpetual state we find ourselves in when we lose someone. But there is another perpetual state, the state of love—the amazing state of love that I have and will continue to have for my wife for my entire life. We carry all these feelings with us and find ourselves in these perpetual states.

Notes by Ezra Thomson.

Slingerland Duet (Pas de deux)MUSIC: Gavin Bryars (String Quartet No. 1,

“Between the National and the Bristol“)CHOREOGRAPHY: William ForsytheSTAGING: Stefanie ArndtSTAGE, COSTUME, AND LIGHTING DESIGN:

William ForsythePREMIERE: April 13, 2000; Ballet FrankfurtPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: March 13, 2015

(New Suite)

William Forsythe’s Slingerland Duet was first performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet as part of New Suite. The 2015 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of William Forsythe’s New Suite was generously underwritten by Jeffrey & Susan Brotman.

William Forsythe’s pas de deux from Slingerland Duet is drawn from his larger work, Slingerland (Part I), which featured music by British composer Gavin Bryars (Three Viennese Dancers, in addition

to String Quartet No. 1), stage design and film by Cara Perlman, and costume and lighting design by the choreog-rapher. Parts II, III, and IV followed in 1990 to form Slingerland (Parts I-IV), a full-length ballet in four acts. In 2000, Slingerland Duet was first presented, made up of two duets from Slingerland (Part I) and additional choreography.

Dance writer Roslyn Sulcas referred to Slingerland as “one of Forsythe’s most poetic and magical ballets, with its post-apocalyptic world of scattered stones, its supernatural fairies of the corps de ballet in tutus that look like crisp, curved potato chips [this costume recently has been redesigned by Forsythe for the pas de deux], its Beckettian tramps, and passages in which individuals suspended in

harnesses achieve the weightless dream of the dancer, yet float (to mysterious music by Gavin Bryars) in vulnerable limbo, unable to dance without gravity.”

Notes compiled by Doug Fullington.

Red AngelsMUSIC: Richard Einhorn

(Maxwell’s Demon, 1988-1990)CHOREOGRAPHY: Ulysses DoveSTAGING: Peter BoalCOSTUME DESIGN: Holly HynesLIGHTING DESIGN: Mark StanleyPREMIERE: May 9, 1994; New York City Ballet

(Diamond Project)PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: September 17,

2005

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Red Angels is a ballet of intense dramatic impact that is calculated to charge all the senses. Dressed in scarlet leotards and bathed in white and red hot light, four dancers perform with powerful athleticism to a riveting score for electric violin. Ulysses Dove commented on working with the dancers of New York City Ballet: “I wanted to deal with aspects of the Balanchine aesthetic I find appealing: the speed, legginess, the formality. As for the title, I think the dancers are angelic. And for me, the angels of the senses are red.” Composer Richard Einhorn has described Maxwell’s Demon as “a conscious attempt...to transmute American popular music into art...with a nod towards direct expression and to an audience steeped in American rock ‘n roll.”

Notes compiled by Doug Fullington.

One Flat Thing, ReproducedMUSIC: Thom Willems (2000)CHOREOGRAPHY: William ForsytheSTAGING: Cyril Baldy and Ayman HarperSCENIC AND LIGHTING DESIGN: William ForsytheCOSTUME DESIGN: Stephen GallowayPREMIERE: February 2, 2000; Ballett FrankfurtPACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PREMIERE: March 13, 2008

The 2008 PNB premiere of William Forsythe’s One Flat Thing, reproduced was generously underwritten by Jeffrey & Susan Brotman.

William Forsythe’s recent One Flat Thing, reproduced caused a stir when it premiered at Pacific Northwest Ballet in March 2008. Set to a rumbling sound construction by the choreographer’s frequent collaborator, composer Thom Willems, and performed by fourteen dancers on and around twenty metal tables, One Flat Thing thrilled some, angered others, and, for some, called into question the definitions of “ballet” and “dance.”

Forsythe’s eclectic, intellectual starting point was a consideration of the risk and adventure of Robert Scott’s Antarctic expeditions, during which explorers relied on each other for survival, juxtaposed with his own interest in the idea of a “baroque machinery,” an ornamental, highly organized construct that runs like clockwork. The melding of these thoughts manifested itself in the collaborative development of a movement vocabulary involving high-speed choreography performed within the confines of a tightly spaced set of tables with the requirement that the dancers play off

William Forsythe and Ezra Thomson in rehearsal (2015). © Angela Sterling.

each other, rather than a musical score, in timing their moves. The result is a thrilling sequence of team choreography, a “baroque machinery” running dangerously close to reckless abandon.

Notes by Doug Fullington.

Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61, 1932, by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., sole agent in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for Editions Salabert, a Universal Music Publishing Group company, publisher and copyright owner.

Gavin Bryars String Quartet No. 1, “Between the National and the Bristol,” used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Schott Music Ltd., publisher and copyright owner.

Thom Willems One Flat Thing, reproduced (2000), used by permission with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.

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About The Artists

Francis PoulencComposer, The Perpetual State

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was a French composer and pianist. Among his many compositions are the ballet Les biches (1923), an organ concerto (1938, used as the score for Glen Tetley’s ballet Voluntaries in 1973), the opera Dialogue of the Carmelites (1957), and the Gloria (1959), for soprano, choir, and orchestra.

(2015), and Measure Twice, Cut Once (2016). In 2016, he choreographed Stinger for Sculptured Dance, a collaboration between PNB and Seattle Art Museum presented at Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park, and in 2017, he choreographed D.A.B.D.A. (On Death and Dying) for PNB Annual School Performance. The Perpetual State is his first work for PNB’s mainstage.

Reed NakayamaLighting Designer, The Perpetual State

Reed Nakayama is a lighting and video designer based in Seattle. Originally from Denver, Colorado, he moved to Washington to attend Cornish College of the Arts, where he studied lighting and scenic design, receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2007. His designs for local companies include Seattle Shakespeare Company (A Winter’s Tale), Strawberry Theatre Workshop (Our Town), and Teatro Zinzanni (In Tents). In 2013, Mr. Nakayama joined PNB as a member of the stage crew, but he is honored with this new opportunity—his first design on Company dancers.

Allan DameronPiano Soloist, The Perpetual State (see page 18)

Christina SiemensPiano Soloist, The Perpetual State

Christina Siemens is a professional pianist and vocalist who joined PNB in 2003 and was promoted to Company Pianist in 2008. Her solo keyboard repertoire with PNB includes Variations Serieuses, Concerto DSCH, The Four Temperaments, Remembrances, Petite Mort, Polyphonia, The Piano Dance, Rubies, After the Rain, Rush, and Pictures at an Exhibition. Ms. Siemens performances as soprano soloist have included Seattle Symphony’s Carmina Burana, Bach & Handel, Sibelius Art Songs, and Songs of Innocents – Aaron Jay Kernis, as well as PNB’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carmina Burana, the Stowell & Sendak Nutcracker, and West Side Story Suite. She tours regularly to New York City with Company dancers to perform ballet excerpts for the Guggenheim Museum’s Works and Process series and also toured with PNB to Las Vegas to perform Rubies as part of the opening of the Smith Center. She regularly performs with the Seattle Symphony, Auburn Symphony, The Tudor Choir, and Byrd Ensemble, and performs for commercial and soundtrack recordings.

Ms. Siemens enjoys ongoing engagements with the Northwest Boychoir, performing in their annual Lessons and Carols, as well as on their national tours. As chamber musician, she is frequently featured on the Auburn Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series, as well as the St. Andrew’s Chamber Series and Haller Lake Chamber Series. 2017 marks her debut as pianist with the Seattle Art Song Society. In 2018, Ms. Siemens will perform with the Company on tour in Paris.

Richard EinhornComposer, Red Angels

Richard Einhorn’s music has been described as “hauntingly beautiful,” “sensational,” and “overwhelming in its emotional power.” He has become one of a small handful of living composers who not only reaches a large worldwide audience but whose music receives widespread critical praise for its integrity, emotional; depth, and craft. Einhorn has written opera, orchestral and chamber music, song cycles, film music, and dance scores.

Ulysses Dove. © Paul Kolnik.

Ulysses DoveChoreographer, Red Angels

Ulysses Dove was an independent choreographer who worked in both the modern dance and ballet idioms. After attending a Martha Graham performance in 1967, Dove gave up his pre-med studies at Howard University to dance professionally with Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey, and Anna Sokolow. His first choreography, I See the Moon...and the Moon Sees Me (1979), was commissioned by Ailey. Although he never maintained

Ezra Thomson.© Angela Sterling.

Ezra ThomsonChoreographer, The Perpetual State

Ezra Thomson is from San Bernardino, California, and studied on scholarship at Riverside Ballet Arts, Orlando Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He attended summer courses at PNB School, the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet School (Toronto), the Rock School, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and Burklyn Ballet Theatre. Mr. Thomson was a 2009 recipient of the Flemming Halby Exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet School. He danced with Orlando Ballet before joining Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2009. He was promoted to corps de ballet in 2010 and soloist in 2017.

As a freelance choreographer, Mr. Thomson has created works for Spectrum Dance Theatre, Seattle International Dance Festival, and PNB School, as well as other companies and schools around the U.S. His works for NEXT STEP, PNB’s annual choreographic showcase, include Passages (2011), The Sole in my Shoe is the One I Love (2012), Ich Liebe Dich (2013), Win, Lose or Draw (2014), There are no rules

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a company of his own, Dove worked closely with Jeraldyne Blunden’s Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and created works for American Ballet Theatre, Ballet France de Nancy, the Basel Ballet, Cullberg Ballet of Sweden, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, New York City Ballet, and the Swedish National Ballet, for which he created the transcendent Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven (1993). In 1980, he became the assistant director of the experimental Choreographic Research Group of the Paris Opera. Ulysses Dove died in 1996.

Ballet at the John F. Kennedy Center where she serves as Resident Costume Designer. She is the leading authority for recreating costume designs for the George Balanchine Trust and the Jerome Robbins Estate in the United States and internationally.

Mark StanleyLighting Designer, Red Angels

Mark Stanley is resident lighting designer for New York City Ballet, where he has designed more than 200 premieres for their repertory, including works by Peter Martins, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, William Forsythe, and Ulysses Dove, among many others in numerous ballet companies across Europe and the United States.

Mr. Stanley previously served as resident designer for New York City Opera. He has designed plays for the Kennedy Center, Huntington Theatre Company, Long Wharf, The Ordway, The Goodspeed, and Off-Broadway companies. Currently, Mr. Stanley is MFA Programs Head, Design & Production and Associate Professor of Theatre (Lighting Design) at Boston University and also is on the board of directors of the Gilbert Hemsley Lighting Programs. He is author of The Color of Light Workbook.

Mary RowellViolin Soloist, Red Angels

Equally at home on the stages of Lincoln Center and grunge rock clubs, critics have described Mary Rowell’s playing as “amazing” and “fascinating,” a “versatile” performer who plays with “hyperactive brilliance.” She has appeared as soloist with such orchestras as the National Symphony, Houston Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Northwest Arkansas Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic and Concordia Orchestra, and she has recorded and toured with Sheryl Crow, Joe Jackson, the Tango Project and the Silos. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she currently teaches at Middlebury College and is the concertmaster of the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and the Broadway hit show Newsies.

Michael Jinsoo LimViolin Soloist, Red Angels

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim has been praised by Gramophone for playing with “delicious abandon,” described as “bewitching” and “masterful” by the Seattle Times, and hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “conspicuously accomplished champion of contemporary music.” Concertmaster and solo violinist for Pacific Northwest Ballet, Mr. Lim is also artistic director of the Seattle-based chamber ensemble Frequency. For twenty years, he concertized and recorded extensively as a member of the renowned Corigliano Quartet, a group he co-founded. He has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, and the Kennedy Center, and has been heard on NPR programs such as “Performance Today” and “All Things Considered.” Mr. Lim’s chamber music recordings can be found on Naxos, Sono Luminus, Albany, CRI, and Bayer record labels, and include the Corigliano Quartet recording of works by John Corigliano, which was honored as one of The New Yorker’s Top Ten Classical Recordings of the Year. Mr. Lim attended Indiana University, where he studied with the legendary Josef Gingold, and the Juilliard School, where he taught an assistant to the Juilliard String Quartet. He serves on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts.

Gavin BryarsComposer, Slingerland Duet

Gavin Bryars got his start in music as a jazz bassist, working in the early sixties with improvisers Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley, and for a time in the United States with John Cage. His first major work as a composer was The Sinking of the Titanic (1969), originally released on Brian Eno’s Obscure label in 1975, and Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971); the original 1970s recordings have been re-released on CD by Virgin Records. Mr. Bryars commissions from the dance world include works for choreographers Lucinda Childs, Siobhan Davies, David Dawson, Jiri Kylian, and Edouard Lock. His collaboration with Merce Cunningham, Biped, was in the Cunningham Company’s repertoire and was the last work performed on the Cunningham “Legacy Tour”, which marked the close of the company in December 2011.

Peter Boal staging Red Angels. © Lindsay Thomas.

Peter BoalStager, Red Angels (see page 18)

Holly HynesCostume Designer, Red Angels

Holly Hynes has designed more than 200 ballets, including more than 60 at the New York City Ballet, where she served as Director of Costumes for 21 years. PNB audiences have seen her designs in Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance), After the Rain pas de deux and Polyphonia, Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, Richard Tanner’s Ancient Airs and Dances, George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels and Lynn Taylor Corbett’s Mercury. She also designed the co-production of La Baiser de la Fée for PNB and the Suzanne Farrell

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About The Artists

William ForsytheChoreographer, Stage Designer, Costume Designer, and Lighting Designer, Slingerland Duet,

Choreographer, Scenic Designer, and Lighting Designer, One Flat Thing, reproduced

William Forsythe has been active in the field of choreography for more than 45 years. His work is acknowledged for reorienting the practice of ballet from its identification with classical repertoire to a dynamic 21st-century art form. Mr. Forsythe’s deep interest in the fundamental principles of organization has led him to produce a wide range of projects including installations, films, and web-based knowledge creation. Raised in New York, Mr. Forsythe danced with Joffrey Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet, where he was appointed resident choreographer in 1976. He also created works for Stuttgart and ballet companies in The Hague, London, Berlin, Paris, New York, and San Francisco. In 1984, he began a 20-year tenure as director of Ballet Frankfurt, where he created works such as Artifact (1984), Impressing the Czar (1988), Limb’s Theorem (1990), The Loss of Small Detail (1991, in collaboration with composer Thom Willems and designer Issey Miyake), Kammer/Kammer (2000), and Decreation (2003). In 2004, Mr. Forsythe established The Forsythe Company and produced Three Atmospheric Studies (2005), Human Writes (2005), Heterotopia (2006), Yes we can’t (2008/2010), and Sider (2011), among others. Mr. Forsythe has been commissioned to produce architectural and

performance installations worldwide. In 2002, he was chosen as the founding Dance Mentor for The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. He is a current A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University (2009-2015) and as of fall 2015, Professor of Dance and Artistic Advisor for the Choreographic Institute at the University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance.

Stefanie ArndtStager, Slingerland Duet

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Stefanie Arndt studied at the Hamburg Ballet Opera School; she won the Prix de Lausanne in 1983 and joined Hamburg Ballet in 1984, where she rose to Soloist in 1986 and Principal in 1989. In 1994 Ms. Arndt joined Ballet Frankfurt and has since worked closely with William Forsythe, dancing in all his major works. A freelance artist since 2002, she has staged Forsythe works world-wide and is renowned internationally as a coach and teacher.

Thom WillemsComposer, One Flat Thing, reproduced

Thom Willems has collaborated with William Forsythe since 1985—at Ballet Frankfurt

until 2004, and from 2005, at The Forsythe Company. Together they have created more than 65 works, including In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (1987), Impressing the Czar (1988), Limb’s Theorem (1990), The Loss of Small Detail (1991), ALIE/N A©TION (1992), Eidos/Telos (1995), One Flat Thing, reproduced (2000), Sider (2011), and Study #3 (2013). These works are featured in the repertory of major ballet companies around the world—in total, 66 companies in 25 countries. Mr. Willems has also composed for fashion shows by Issey Miyake and Gianni Versace and for the opening of Tate Modern, London (2000).

Cyril BaldyStager, One Flat Thing, reproduced

Cyril Baldy is from Woippy France, and studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and then danced for Jeune Ballet de France, Nederland Dans Theatre II and I (under the

direction of Jiri Kylian), Frankfurt Ballet, and The Forsythe Company. He made his choreographic debut with a collaborative work named Hue commissioned by the Forsythe Company. He developed a performance technique called Spanging The Berg Or The Theory of Whatever and created three derivative works: If I had known it would come to this, If I had known it would come to this again, and O? In 2014, Mr. Baldy was invited to be artist-in-residence at Centre Choreographique Circuit-Est/Goethe Institut Montreal. He has since choreographed for Den Danske Scenekunstskole, the Goethe Institute in Montreal, and DSS2016 in San Sebastian, and his work has also been presented at PACT zollverein, in Melbourne, and in Wuppertal. Cyril is co-artistic director of SAD and a member of HOOD.

Ayman HarperStager, One Flat Thing, reproduced

Ayman Aaron Harper was born in Clear Lake City, Texas, in 1979 and trained with Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theater while attending Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He danced with Hubbard Street’s trainee program before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Mr. Harper then moved to Holland to join Nederlands Dans Theatre II and currently resides with The Forsythe Company, under the direction of William Forsythe. He has choreographed Bedfears;Dreampiles for Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, as well as works for Nederlands Dans Theatre ll and Hubbard Street ll.

Steven GallowayCostume Designer, One Flat Thing, reproduced

Raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, Stephen Galloway joined Ballet Frankfurt when he was 17 and remained with the company as principal dancer for two decades. Shortly after his arrival in Frankfurt, he began designing costumes for the company at William Forsythe’s request; in 1991, he was named head costume designer and style coordinator. He has also designed for the Kirov Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera, La Scala Opera, Scottish Ballet, and Finnish National Ballet. Mr. Galloway has deep ties to the fashion world, acting as creative director for Issey Miyake and staging runway shows for fashion houses Versace and Yves Saint Laurent. Since 1997, he has served as creative consultant to The Rolling Stones.

William Forsythe. © Angela Sterling.

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Peter BoalArtistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet School since 2005.

Born in Bedford, New York, Peter Boal received his

training at the School of American Ballet while performing children’s roles with New York City Ballet. George Balanchine invited Peter to join the company as an apprentice in 1983, and he continued to dance for NYCB until his retirement in 2005, when he moved to Seattle. He also served as a faculty member for SAB. In addition to directing PNB School, Peter teaches the Professional Division and Company. He has staged works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Ulysses Dove for PNB, PNB School, and other companies.

Emil de CouMusic Director/Principal Conductor

Emil de Cou has been Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Music Director and Principal Conductor since 2011. Previously, he was associate

conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra and 2016 will mark his 15th season as conductor of the NSO performances at Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. Mr. de Cou debuted at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor for the New York Pops, and has also conducted the orchestras of Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Saint Louis, Detroit, Montreal, and Boston Pops, among others. He was Principal Pops Conductor for the San Francisco Symphony and also serves as musical consultant for NASA. In 1985, Mikhail Baryshnikov hired Mr. de Cou to conduct American Ballet Theatre and in 1994, he joined the staff of San Francisco Ballet. Other ballet companies he has conducted include New York City Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Netherlands Dance Theatre, and Hong Kong Ballet. Mr. de Cou was born in Los Angeles and studied at the University of Southern California. He was the subject of a documentary on National Public Radio and was chosen from 200 candidates to study in Leonard Bernstein’s master class at the Hollywood Bowl.

Allan DameronCompany Pianist/Conductor

A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Allan Dameron graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts

and studied conducting at the Pierre Monteux School in Maine. Mr. Dameron has been Music Director and Conductor for Chicago City Ballet and Assistant Conductor at Chicago Lyric Opera. Prior to joining PNB he was a chamber music professor at Northern Illinois University. As a chamber music pianist, Mr. Dameron has been a guest artist with the Vermeer and Audubon Quartets and is a member of Ariel Trio. Mr. Dameron performs piano solo work for PNB ballets, including Appassionata, The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody), Duo Concertant, Für Alina, and Rubies.

Norbert HerrigesTechnical Director

Norbert Herriges began working in Seattle theater after receiving his degree in Theatre Arts at Southern Oregon State College in

Ashland, Oregon. In 1984, he started at ACT as a scenic builder and in 1991 moved to Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he worked for fifteen years as a shop carpenter and later as scenic Coordinator. In the course of his 28-year career in local theater, Mr. Herriges worked backstage for PNB in various capacities. He was appointed Interim Technical Director for PNB in February 2011 and assumed the position of Technical Director in July of 2011. Mr. Herriges oversees and coordinates all technical aspects of PNB’s productions, assisted by an exceptional staff of stage technicians and managers.

Randall G. ChiarelliResident Lighting Designer

Mr. Chiarelli has devoted a career to lighting for dance. For PNB he designed the majority of work by Kent Stowell,

Founding Artistic Director. Together with Francia Russell he designed the lighting for the Company’s entire Balanchine repertory. Other choreographers at PNB include Lucinda Childs, Mark Dendy, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon. In addition he has designed lighting

for American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and San Fran-cisco Ballet. Examples of his scenic credits with PNB are Carmen, Divertimento #15, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and La Sonambula. His concert credits include designs for Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, and Tony Bennett.

Larae Theige HascallCostume Shop Manager

Born in Spokane, Washington, Larae Hascall joined PNB in 1983 and became Costume Shop Manager in 1987. She

supervises both Costume Shop and Wardrobe in the creation, alteration, and maintenance of all costumes worn in PNB productions. She is also supervisor for specialty makeup and wigs. Ms. Hascall has been the primary collaborator for costumes created by such renowned designers as Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Paul Tazewell (Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake), Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia), Santo Loquasto (Waiting at the Station) and Jérôme Kaplan (Jewels).

Otto NeubertBallet Master

Otto Neubert has been PNB’s Ballet Master since 1991. Born in Munich, Germany, Mr. Neubert received his training with Alex Ursuliak, the Stuttgart

Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, and with Marika Besobrasova in Monte Carlo. He danced as a soloist with New York City Ballet and at Stuttgart Ballet. Mr. Neubert assists the Artistic Director in teaching and rehearsing the Company, and rehearses PNB School students in their roles for Company productions. He has performed as a guest artist in The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, Prodigal Son, and George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.

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Anne DabrowskiBallet Master

Anne Dabrowski was named a PNB Ballet Master in 1997. Originally from San Diego, California, Ms. Dabrowski received her training

at California Ballet School and with Truman Finney at the School of Hartford Ballet. She danced professionally with Hartford Ballet and then continued there as Company Teacher and Assistant Ballet Master, and as a principal faculty member for Hartford Ballet School. Ms. Dabrowski assists the Artistic Director in teaching and rehearsing the Company and prepares PNB School students for their roles in PNB productions.

Paul GibsonBallet Master

Paul Gibson was appointed a PNB Ballet Master in 2005. Mr. Gibson joined PNB in 1994 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1996. Upon his

retirement in 2004, he was named Assistant Ballet Master. His choreographic work includes ballets for PNB and PNB School, San Francisco Ballet School, the San Francisco Ballet Choreographic Workshop, Allegheny Ballet Company, and the New York Choreographic Institute. Originally from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Mr. Gibson trained at Allegheny Ballet Academy and the School of American Ballet. He won a scholarship at San Francisco Ballet School and joined San Francisco Ballet in 1988, where he rose to the rank of soloist. Mr. Gibson assists the Artistic Director in teaching, rehearsing, and scheduling the Company and rehearsing PNB School students in their roles for Company productions.

Harry PartchFestival

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Peter Boal, Artistic Director | Kent Stowell & Francia Russell, Founding Artistic Directors | Ellen Walker, Executive Director

ARTISTIC STAFFPeter Boal, Artistic DirectorOtto Neubert*, Anne Dabrowski, Paul Gibson, Ballet MastersDoug Fullington, Assistant to Peter BoalEmil de Cou, Music Director/Principal ConductorAllan Dameron*, Company Pianist/ConductorRodger Burnett*, Orchestra Personnel ManagerChristina Siemens, Elisabeth Ellis, Company PianistsStephen Barnes*, Yelena Golets, Jeff Junkinsmith, Randall Plut, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton, Rob Vienneau, Don Vollema, Annastasia Workman, Class PianistsMona Butler*, Orchestra LibrarianJon Blake, Birgit Hansen, LibrariansSheila Dietrich*, ArchivistMichele Curtis, Family Matinee Ballet MasterLauren Kirchner, Student Cast & Parent Volunteer Coordinator

PRODUCTIONNorbert Herriges, Technical DirectorSandra Barrack, Production Stage ManagerLeigh’Ann Andrews, Stage ManagerMeleta Buckstaff, Assistant for Shoes & RentalsRandall G. Chiarelli*, Resident Lighting DesignerMurray Johnson*, Master CarpenterDante Leonardi, Master ElectricianJeffrey Stebbins*, Master of PropertiesNicolette Vannais, PropsAlan Hiskey*, FlymanPeter Gantt*, Shop CarpenterHoward Neslen*, Tim Casey, Assistant CarpentersJonathan Hackett*, Production ElectricianReed Nakayama, Assistant ElectricianJay Gosselin*, Kevin Krist*, Properties AssistantsJan Harvey-Smith*, Master Scenic ArtistScott Bennett, Jennifer Law, Kelly Staton, Scenic ArtistsDominic Iacono, Lighting TechnicianToby Basiliko, SoundJim Austin*, John Evans, Follow SpotJack Taylor, Videographer

COSTUME SHOPLarae Theige Hascall*, Costume Shop ManagerSherri J. Thompson*, Wardrobe MistressRobin Emerson*, Costume Shop AssistantVictoria McFall, Luna Pham, DrapersPauline Smith*, First HandMadeleine DeGracia, Patrick Stovall, Wardrobe AssistantsTerry Frank, Millinery/CraftsWendy Oberlin, Dyer/PainterShelby Richardson-Rogers, Head of Specialty MakeupJoyce Degenfelder, Wigmaster

EXECUTIVE OFFICEEllen Walker, Executive DirectorTerrie Flaming, Director of Human ResourcesCraig Big Eagle, IT ManagerJason Darland, Desktop Support

FINANCEDavid Thorpe, Chief Financial OfficerKaren Portzer, Accounting AnalystKaleriya Maslyak, Accounting/Payroll Associate

OPERATIONSSerni Reeves, Office ManagerBrian Zenk, Maintenance SupervisorCheryl Gunder, ReceptionistDiane Sardeson, Saturday Receptionist

COMPANY OPERATIONS & TOURINGMichael Ann Wilson, Director of Company Operations

DEVELOPMENTElizabeth Damore, Director of DevelopmentLiza Madison, Associate Director of DevelopmentNicole Frederiksen, Corporate Relations ManagerCarrie Mood, Major Gifts & Planned Giving ManagerSuzanne Erickson, Foundation & Govt. Relations ManagerHannah Franke, Major Gifts OfficerKristin Price, Special Events ManagerNicole Song, Research ManagerSarah Tackett, Annual Fund ManagerErin Richmond, Development CoordinatorSamantha Sheats, Donor Information Coordinator

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSLia Chiarelli, DirectorGary Tucker, Media Relations ManagerMarsha Bennion, Publications ManagerLindsay Thomas,VideographerLexi Clements, Marketing ManagerCassandra Lea-Saxton, Digital Experience DesignerCaitlin Klask, Senior Marketing CoordinatorKristen Liang, Engagement Manager/Executive AssistantDoug Fullington, Audience Education ManagerJennifer Shealy, Senior Manager of Ticket OperationsMegan Weigley, Patron Experience ManagerMax Frauel, Patron Experience SupervisorJulie Jamieson, Group SalesAlex Hagen, Amanda Mulvihill, Customer Service RepresentativesShaliese Rogers, Telesales Campaign ManagerKate Farwell, Manager of Amusements

COMMUNITY EDUCATIONKayti Bouljon, DirectorShannon Barnes, Curriculum ManagerRochelle Rapaszky, Education Programs CoordinatorAnn Marie Caldwell, Education Programs AssistantEllen Cooper, Adriana Hernandez, Lauren Kirchner,Ciara McCormack, Robert Moore, Miles Pertl, Fathiya Ritter, Hayley Shannon, Ayako Shapiro, Suzanne Singla, Teaching ArtistsBecca Baggenstoss, Devin Bews, Jeremy Jones,Max Holmberg, Adam Kessler, Accompanists

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOLPeter Boal, DirectorDenise Bolstad*, Managing DirectorAbbie Siegel*, School PrincipalAndrea Abercrombie, School SupervisorMeg Potter, Assistant PrincipalWendy Casper, Assistant to the Managing DirectorJennifer McLain, DanceChance ManagerKiyon Gaines, Next Step Program ManagerLauren Kirchner, DanceChance CoordinatorDavid Jensen, Summer Residence DirectorBriana Boche, Katharine Grimm, Associate RegistrarsBethany Nielcen, FRC Operations CoordinatorAndrea Abercrombie, Amy Barkley, Briana Boche, Nia Dickens, Katharine Grimm, Ian Hill, Jennifer Rudsit, Administrative Assistants

FACULTYMarisa Albee, Peter Boal, Nancy Crowley, Dana Hanson, Dane Holman, Carrie Imler, William Miglino, Kaori Nakamura, Meg Potter, Abbie Siegel*

Kelly Boal, Emily Coello, Caitlin Cooney, Michele Curtis, Kyle Davis, Juanita Franke, Kiyon Gaines, Naomi Glass, Susan Gorter, Benjamin Griffiths, Claudia Houston-Aragon, Deborah Kenner, Miriam Landis, Dina McDermott, Louise Nadeau, Laurie McKarns Perrault, Lesley Rausch, Suzanne Singla, Eva Stone, Marjorie Thompson, Julie Tobiason, Malia Vassar, Amber Willett, Le Yin

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ACCOMPANISTSDon Vollema*, Music Staff CoordinatorStephen Barnes*, Carol Buschmann*, David Clodfelter, David Close, Tatyana Dadayeva, Oleg Dusaev, DJ Gommels, Irv Huck*, Nathan Jensen, Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Adam Kessler, William Kirkpatrick, Art Koshi, Avi Lasser, Emi Oguri, Michael Owcharuk, Susan Paton, Genevieve Peaslee, Megan Phillips, Randall Plut, Angela Rinaldi-Gribas, Katja Rubin, Shelley Sutton-Bolton, Rob Vienneau, Annastasia Workmann

PNBCONDITIONING STAFFAndrea Abercrombie, Pilates CoordinatorMelissa Brown, Carol Elsner, Teresa Hanawalt, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Uraina Nagy, Kayoko Price, Suzanne Singla, Tara F. Stepenberg, Marjorie Thompson

THERAPYSteven Anderson, MD, Consulting PhysicianBoyd Bender, Director of Physical Therapy Services & Physical TherapistElizabeth Rigsbee, Lisa Van Loben Sels, Physical TherapistsLori Brewington, Physical Therapy AssistantChristopher Kagen, Dorothee Wihl, Massage TherapistsSeattle Gym, Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers & Staff

SCHOOL CONSULTANTSToby Diamond, Ph.D., PsychologistPeggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D., NutritionistAlan Woodle, D.P.M., Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle SpecialistHenry Lu, Physical Therapist

SPECIAL COUNSELPerkins Coie, Employment LawMacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Immigration LawMoss Adams LLP, Auditors

Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers are represented by AGMA—the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Stage Crew is represented by I.A.T.S.E., local #15. Wardrobe attendants are represented by Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887, I.A.T.S.E. Stage Draperies: I. Weiss, New York.

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PNB Audience Service DirectoryMailing Address: Pacific Northwest Ballet301 Mercer Street, Seattle WA 98109Administration Main Desk: 206.441.9411Donation and Membership: 206.441.3599John Tangeman, Manager of Audience

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JACK QUARTETMay 10, 2018, 7:30pmJack Quartet with Joshua RomanJoshua Roman will join returning favorite Jack Quartet onstagefor a night of cutting-edge classical music, including Roman’s composition ‘Tornado,’ co-commissioned by Town Hall.First Baptist Church: 1111 Harvard Ave

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FoundationMeeka CharlesCheryl Clark & Stephan

Coonrod

PNB’s New Works Initiative provides a flexible environment to create new works, develop dancers through performances, and fashion a repertory both firmly rooted in tradition and committed to the evolution of the artistic medium. New works contribute to the advancement of the art form, while presenting PNB’s audiences with a wide range of dance to bolster a strong appreciation of the versatility of ballet and a true understanding of various choreographers’ bodies of work. PNB would like to thank the following individuals and organizations that have supported the New Works Initiative with a gift of $1,000 or more over the past year.

PNB’s New Works Supporters

Leah Merchant and William Yin-Lee in Benjamin Millepied's Appassionata. © Angela Sterling.

The Révérence Society was established to honor those who remember Pacific Northwest Ballet in their long-range financial and estate plans–ensuring the artistic and financial strength of PNB for future generations. Estate gifts come in all sizes and include gifts through wills, living trusts and beneficiary desig nations on retirement plan accounts, and life insurance policies; other deferred gifts such as charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts provide lifetime income. If you would like more information on how to join the Révérence Society and begin receiving special behind-the-scenes benefits or how to include PNB in your estate plans, please contact Carrie Mood, Major Gifts & Planned Giving Manager, at 206.441.3599 or CMood@PNB.org, or visit www.PNB.org/support/plannedgiving.

David AkiyamaRev. Mary Petty AndersonSena BaronPatty & Jimmy BarrierCourtney and John GeistCarl & Renee BehnkeSharon A. BidwellElisabeth BottlerJohn H. BowenMr. Robert BraunSusan BrotmanLorna BrownMr. Peter Brown &

Ms. Janet McKinnonCarol A. BurchDiane BurgessDaniel BurkertSally S. Cahill BrookbankDorrienne ChinnFerrell Nathan ConnGail A. CottleTavia CrowderJudith Cushman &

Bob QuickMichael W. DabneyRita DaubenspeckTatiana DavidsonJohn DeloSheila C. DietrichJennifer DoscherWilliam J.* & Sandra B. DunnMrs. Patty EdwardsJim & Ann EliasKristina EricksonThomas & Jane FaddenStockton & Janice ForrestKate ForsterRussell & Nancy FosmireDeborah GatesNatalie GendlerGail GoralskiInger A. GoransonGene GranthamMrs. James S. GriffinMr. & Mrs. James M.

HalversonAya HamiltonJan HarperCathi & Ken* HatchJoann HaugerudMs. Amy J. HaugerudCatherine Hobi HawesW. Daniel Heidt &

Michele B. HeidtKlaus & Joaquenia HeinrichPaula HoppingPeter HorvitzRoy L. HughesTom* & Gail JamesRobert C. JenkinsSpencer A. Johnson & Braiden

Rex JohnsonMs. Karlene JohnsonBarbara A. JohnstonH. David KaplanApril & Steven KieburtzKen & Claudia KilbreathDebby KimBruce & Carol KochRocke R. Koreis &

Candy J. Lee

Edith KraemerBetty KreagerFrances J. KwapilJoan T. LasersohnDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayLeslie* & David MattsonMs. Penny LorenzArthur H. MazzolaMr. & Mrs. J. Daniel*

McConnellFrederick W. McDonaldEdward McGuirkDavid MichaudCurt & Mary MikkelsenRoger F. MillerDr. Armin & Beverly MohrAnn D. MolitorLisa & Jonathan MorrisPhyllis MossCarol & Paul NeimanJudy & Arnie NessDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Ms. Margaret OrdorniaMr. & Mrs. Richard ParsellWilliam & Carol ParsonsRichard & Jean PattonJean E. PhillipsTony Sepanski &

Ann Logan PhillipsDennis Pierce & Eddie

EdmondsonLynn RiesJames & Sherry RaisbeckE.R.H.Richard C. RedmanMs. Christina RichMimi RichardsRoyce & Maura RobertsAnn Lyda RogersMary K. RogersKathryn McPherson RoonDr. H. Martin RosaCornelius & Penny RosseJoAnne Hardt RudoJohn RudolfMichael Ann SaginJudith SchoeneckerSam SebestaJohn F. & Julia P.* ShawMr. & Mrs. Michael SheetzJohn & Melba ShortSue Ann SmithW. Dyanne StepanekDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakSharon Van Valin &

Richard TaitWayne ThurmanDr. Darlene A. TownsendBeni TuranNicholas Utzinger &

John RochfordElaine VonaDeidra WagerRebecca WalkerMr. Mike WatersCathy & Ross WigginsRay & Judy WilliamsMr. John C. Wilson, Jr.Ms. Jodi WongEvelyn ZaboAnonymous (10)

Révérence Society

Jon R. Conte & Margaret Kerrigan

In Honor of Norma CuginiColonel & Mrs. Dennis

CunneenMichael W. DabneyDr. Katharyn Del BeccaroDonna & Rob DughiPatty EdwardsWilliam & Carole Ellison

FoundationMs. Juli Farris in honor of

Norma CuginiJoan FitzmauriceMs. Anne M. FosterKatharyn Alvord GerlichNatalie GendlerLynne E. Graybeal &

Scott Harron

David & Cheryl HadleyAya Stark HamiltonW. Daniel Heidt &

Michele B. HeidtMs. Anne HolmesMs. Toni Hoover &

Mr. Alfred NettlesPeter & Peggy HorvitzMs. Ming HuMs. Laura HunterTom* & Gail JamesH. David KaplanGlenn KawasakiApril & Steven KieburtzMr. & Mrs. Tim KirleyGreg Kusnick & Karen Jo

GustafsonSharon LeeBarbara LewisDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayMaria Mackey GunnMichael & Barbara MaloneMr. David MattsonHelene MawyerMarcella McCaffrayFrederick McDonaldMelba Mckay & Paul GockelDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Simon & Carol OttenbergBob & Annette ParksElizabeth & Stephen PirnatSuzanne & John RahnMimi RichardsMichael RighiMary-Catherine SchugelPatrick & Dianne SchultheisPeyton & Carolann StorliDr. Michael & Peggy

SwistakMs. Jessica TarzanMs. Amy TheobaldJennifer ThompsonVirginia B. Toulmin

Foundation Martha-Ellen Tye

FoundationMs. Natasha Lalji VerjeeMs. Maggie WalkerTom & Connie WalshToby & Linda WarsonCathy & Ross WigginsMs. Jodi WongCarol WrightLeslie & Tachi YamadaPNB Young Patrons CircleAnonymous

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Rachel Foster and Joshua Grant in Emergence. © Angela Sterling.

theMillionDollar gift club

Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations who have committed $1 million or more to support the Ballet’s operating needs or capital, endowment, touring, and new works initiatives.

Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their generous support of the Annual Fund during the past year. These generous contributors are an integral part of our success, sustaining and enriching artistic productions, dance education, and community outreach programs. For information on how to become part of this esteemed group of donors, contact Hannah Franke, Major Gifts Officer, at 206.441.3597, or HFranke@PNB.org

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE$100,000 AND ABOVECarl & Renee BehnkeJeffrey* & Susan BrotmanMrs. Patty EdwardsDavid & Cheryl HadleyPeter & Peggy HorvitzAnonymous

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE$50,000-$99,999Chap & Eve AlvordDr. & Mrs. Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr.*Bob BensonAya Stark HamiltonGlenn KawasakiMarcella McCaffrayTom & Connie Walsh

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE$25,000-$49,000Richard & Lisa AltigLyndall BoalThe Kemper Freeman FamilyLynne E. Graybeal & Scott HarronMs. Toni Hoover & Mr. Alfred NettlesJim* & Diana JudsonMr. H. David KaplanMr. & Mrs. Travis H. KeelerJolene McCaw & FamilyJames & Sherry RaisbeckJohn & Melba ShortDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakDeidra WagerMs. Jodi WongLeslie & Tachi Yamada

BALLET MASTERS CIRCLE$10,000-$24,999Mr. William E. Anspach &

Mrs. Kari Nelson-AnspachDonna & Anthony BarnettCourtney Bear & John GeistLinda BerkmanJack Blaylock & Jane EvansElisabeth BodalElisabeth BottlerDr. & Mrs. Thomas R. BoyceMs. Susan Y. BuskeShirlee D. ChristensenJon R. Conte & Margaret KerriganJane CreminJohn Delo & Elizabeth StokesWilliam J.* & Sandra B. DunnWilliam & Carole Ellison FoundationJerald E. FarleyMs. Rebecca FigueroaJoan FitzmauriceMarcus Fontoura & Ana DoliveiraWilliam E. FranklinDr. Stephen & Beverly FuhsRobin GaineyKatharyn Alvord GerlichSusan & Bill GrinsteinW. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. HeidtMr. & Mrs. Charlie HerbMs. Anne HolmesKalen & Sean HolmesCathyBeth & Steven W. HooperTom* & Gail JamesSpencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex JohnsonChristy Jones & Rob LillenessSara A. JonesGilla KaplanMs. Janet KetchamSteven & April Kieburtz

Daniel Kingston & Maureen MooneyMr. & Mrs. Tim KirleyRocke R. Koreis & Candy J. LeeGreg Kusnick & Karen Jo GustafsonFrancis J. KwapilFiroz & Najma LaljiAlex & Sandra LangeSharon LeeDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayJeff & Nancy LochMaria Mackey GunnThe MacRae Family FoundationChristina Marra & Paul SilverFrederick W. McDonaldCarol & Paul NeimanDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Susan & Dennis OkamotoAlida & Douglas OlesGwendolyn Payton & John NeelemanElizabeth & Stephen PirnatPNB School Parents’ AssociationPNB STARSCharles M. Powell & Tuan NgoMr. & Mrs. Tom A. PuentesAnonymous in Honor of Mimi RichardsBarbara RiesCatherine & Grant RiesLynn Ries & Rod ProctorHaim N. SchoppikMs. Vivian SchwabDenise Littlefield SobelKent Stowell & Francia RussellMs. Maryanne Tagney JonesShannon Tierney, MDAimee TruchardMs. Natasha Lalji VerjeeSheree WenBagley* & Virginia WrightAnonymous (4)

SCHOLARSHIP PATRONS$6,000-$9,999Linda & Tom AllenPatty & Jimmy BarrierTom & Jeannie BlankKent & Barbara Chaplin

Royce & Aggie ChurchCheryl Clark & Stephan CoonrodBertrand & Brooke de BoutrayMrs. Tatiana DavidsonSheila C. DietrichJean Enersen & Bruce CarterSharon Falkner & Gene ChamberlainCaroline Gallée & Frank Peschel-GalléeNatalie GendlerStacy & Frank GravesStephen & Marie HeilChristian Huitema & Neige GilMs. Laura HunterNed & Pam JohnsonLisa KroeseMr. Joshua LiebermanMs. Laura LundgrenHelene MawyerJudy & Arnie NessMr. John O’Connell & Mrs. Joyce LatinoJohn Parchem & Barbara LycettMr. & Mrs. William G. Reed Jr.Susan & Ron RunyonEric Schlegel & Mary StoutMary-Catherine SchugelMel & Leena SturmanChristina TannerStephanie WallachDavid & Romayne WattSally Anne West & Peder Knudsen*Ray & Judy WilliamsMs. Carol WrightMs. Virginia D. WymanAnonymous (2)

MEMBERS OF THE BARRE$4,000-$5,999Mariana AnciraKari Anderson & Mark PavlovicPhoebe AndrewThe Art Works Charitable FundMs. Katherine Barclay-RobertsonCapt. & Mrs. Paul BlochGary & Linda BlumeEllen C. CarnwathDaniel & Margaret Carper Foundation

4Culture • The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation • ArtsFund • ArtsWA • Bank of America • The Boeing Company • Jeffrey and Susan Brotman • Jane M.* and David R. Davis • John and Carmen* Delo • Estate of Ruth Hoffman • Peter and Peggy Horvitz • Glenn Kawasaki • Kreielsheimer Foundation • Office of Arts & Culture-Seattle • David Michaud • Microsoft Corporation • National Endowment for the Arts • Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield Phelps • PONCHO • James D. and Sherry Raisbeck Touring Fund • Samuel and Althea Stroum* • Seattle Foundation • The Talented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation The Wallace Foundation • Washington State Office of Community Development • Anonymous

Friends of Pacific Northwest Ballet

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Stuart H. Coleman & Mery RosofskyMs. Collett CoxMichael* & Lois CraigIn Honor of Norma CuginiNicole & Weiyou CuiJudith CushmanJohn Dagres & Jack OdellJane M.* & David R. DavisPhil & Lenore DeflieseKathryn Del BeccaroMargaret & Luino Dell'OssoElizabeth & Shawn DoughertyDonna & Rob DughiDr. Milton & Nancy EnglishKristina M. EricksonMs. Juli Farris in honor of Norma CuginiMs. Margaret J. FieldMichelle & Matt GalvinMrs. James L. GoedhartGail GoralskiMr. & Mrs. Richard. C. HedreenMs. Marilyn Lee Huey & Ms. Dorothy Sloan Huey*Roy Hughes & Julie DavisMs. Jo Anne IaciofanoJJ & Erica JaramilloJeanne KanachSamuel & Melissa KaufmannMs. Ellen KowalczykBill & Kathie KreagerStephen & Marleen LandBarbara LewisNikki & Mark MahanMichael & Barbara MaloneMr. David MattsonJim & Julie McElroyMr.* & Mrs. Curt MikkelsenThomas A. Nowak M.DDr. Jeffrey Okey & Mrs. Paige FrankeBarbara OmalevRichard & Jean PattonMrs. Marda PhelpsMrs. Ellen Pottenger & Simone J. BergerDick & Alice RapaskyMs. Christina RichDr. Mack & Susan RicheyCarolyn L. RoeThe Rita and Herbert Rosen Family FoundationMaher & Elena SabaMs. Alesha & Dr. David ShemwellDiane StevensAndre Suttles & Natalie ScarellaJessica TarzanJennifer ThompsonJohn & Eileen TietzeMimi A. TutihasiNicholas Utzinger & John RochfordRobert & Lisa WahbeToby & Linda WarsonAnonymous (3)

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PNB FOUNDATION BOARDChairman, Peter HorvitzFoundation Immediate Past Chair, Susan Brotman

President, Aya Hamilton

Vice President, David HadleySecretary, Joan FitzmauriceTreasurer, Dan HeidtMembers at large, Carl Behnke, Phil Schlaepfer,

Dan Kingston

Pacific Northwest Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following donors to the PNB Endowment. Established in 1996 to ensure the future stability of PNB, the Endowment stands at $16 million in current and planned gifts. If you would like to give a gift to the PNB Endowment that will help secure the future of PNB, please contact Elizabeth Damore, Director of Development, at 206.441.3594.

$1,000,000 and aboveJeffrey* & Susan BrotmanKreielsheimer FoundationDavid MichaudAnonymous

$500,000–$999,999Estate of Ruth HoffmanPeter & Peggy HorvitzDr. Joe G. Norman, Jr.Estate of Althea StroumArlene A. WrightThe Bagley Wright FundTalented Students in the Arts Initiative, a collaboration

of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Surdna Foundation

Anonymous

$250,000–$499,999Mr. & Mrs. William* J. DunnEstate of Gerard L. HanauerEstate of Helen C. KloessEstate of Gloria Peck-Neils$150,000–$249,999Carl & Renee BehnkeJane & Robert CreminJohn & Carmen* DeloLaurie A. GriffithWilliam Randolph Hearst FoundationGlenn KawasakiAnonymous (2)

$100,000–$149,999Patrice & Kevin AuldEstate of Louise V. BlanksEstate of Mrs. Jack CluckJane M.* & David R. DavisAya Stark HamiltonJeremy & Jacqueline JaechHenry* & Mary Ann JamesSpencer A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-JohnsonH. David Kaplan, In Memory of Dr. Stanley M. PierTravis & Suzanne KeelerCatherine S. LeschenThe Norcliffe FoundationMr. & Mrs. Tom A. PuentesRick & Jennifer RedmanJohn & Elizabeth Rudolf John F. & Julia P.* ShawAllen & Kathleen ShoupKayla Skinner*Sophie Sussman*Estate of Jack D. Wulfekuhle

$50,000–$99,999Chap & Eve AlvordApex FoundationRobert M. Arnold*Estate of Edward S. BrignallEstate of Evangeline EdwardsEstate of Erma EricksonJane Erskine*Reed & Maren ErskineEstate of George FranzMrs. Paul S. Friedlander*Robin Gainey & Jerry Sanford, Jr., In Memory of

Jerome G. Sanford, Sr.

John Graham FoundationW. Daniel Heidt & Michele B. HeidtEstate of Pauline HoodBruce & Carol HosfordEstate of Susanne F. HubbachJim* & Diana JudsonFrederick W. McDonaldEstate of Shirley Callison MinerMargaret Perthou-Taylor*Jeanne Ellen Tweten & James W. LeslieEstate of Frankie WakefieldEstate of Barbara L. WeinsteinRon & Carolyn WoodardCarol Wright

$25,000–$49,999The Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff Charitable FoundationJerry* & Rita AnchesSharon & Jay BallantinePatty & Jimmy BarrierJohn & Kay BaxterRebecca & Jack* BenaroyaBenjamin Bevis*Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Braun, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Anson Brooks, Jr.Ralph E. Bruno*Estate of Cordelia BurnsDale & Leslie ChihulyCheryl Clark & Stephan CoonrodClise Properties, Inc.Gail Cottle & Reynold BrownAlex* & Norma* CuginiEstate of Trudel DeanDerdick TrustPatty EdwardsJoan FitzmauriceEliza FlugSusan E. Foster & Maurice J. PirioWilliam FranklinEstate of Merrill GerstelMr.* & Mrs. James S. GriffinDavid & Cheryl HadleyMike & Janet HalvorsonRoss Hartling, MD & Johnese SpissoCathi & Ken* HatchCatherine Hobi HawesLuke & Gail HelmsDavid F. Hill & Barbara M. Hyland-HillKalen & Sean HolmesMoe & Susan KrabbeJames A. Kraft & Dominique PosyFiroz & Najma LaljiDr. Frank & Lynn LindsayMichael & Barbara MaloneMarcella McCaffrayAudrey McCoyMCM a Meisenbach CompanyRoger F. MillerCarol & Paul NeimanLaura J. PetersonIn honor of our parents, Sheffield & Patricia PhelpsJames & Sherry RaisbeckDr. Mack & Susan RicheyJohn & Sarah RindlaubMrs. John S. Robinson*Jan RogersJon & Judy RunstadJohn Charles & Mary R. Sellen-KlinkerJan & Jim SinegalEstate of Phillip SothDelphine & Charles StevensJohn Stokes & Laurie McDonaldHarry C. & Joan StonecipherKent Stowell & Francia RussellDr. Michael & Peggy SwistakDoug & Janet TrueToby & Linda WarsonRichard L. WeismanAlbrecht Widmann & Kenneth BarlowWyman Youth TrustLeslie & Tachi YamadaAnonymous (3)

$15,000–$24,999Mrs. Phyllis B. Clark*Barry & JoAnn FormanRuth & Bill GerberdingDr. Hellmut & Marcy Golde

Adele GolubGerald & Lyn GrinsteinMark & Julie HutchesonSkip & Jackie KotkinsLisa KroeseDiane & Gordon KuensterHelen L. Luchs*Dennis & Linda MitchellEstate of Beatrice R. OlsonHeidi OrrEstate of Opal J. OrrCynthia Phelps*Mr. R. Stewart PhelpsBarbara Prestrud, In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Louis K. ByeLynn RiesEstate of Mary SchneidlerDonna & Joshua TaylorWayne ThurmanAnonymous

$10,000–$14,999Erik & Sherilyn AndersonBetty L. BlakeneyTom & Jeannie BlankBill & June BoeingDiane Canaday & Daniel HesseTatiana DavidsonMrs. Mildred K. Dunn*Jim & Ann EliasDr. Stephen & Beverly FuhsMr. & Mrs. George M. GalpinG. Keith & Naomi GrimEstate of Mary S. HelmickJohn* & Marli IversonEstate of Ralph C. JacobsonCraig & Karen KennedyLee Kraft Cressman & Paul R. CressmanJoan T. LasersohnPatricia & Wilfrid LoekenKeith & Mary McCaw Family FoundationGalen Mohr*JPMorgan Chase & Co.Estate of Nancy Nuckols KeefeLea Anne & Randall OttingerJohn Parchem & Barbara LycettSafeco CorporationEstate of Amy L. SidellPNB STARSGeorge* & Nelly SoferPaula Rose*Craig TallEstate of David Wagoner

* Deceased

The following named funds have been created in the PNB Endowment:Alexis Phelps Dancer’s Support Endowed FundThe Althea Stroum Production FundArlene A. Wright DanceChance Endowment FundBenjamin Houk Scholarship for Young MenCarmen Elizabeth Delo Endowed Fund for Education

and OutreachCatherine S. Leschen Endowed Scholarship FundFrank Hobi Endowed Scholarship FundFrankie Ladley Wakefield Endowment for Ballet

Educational ProgramsHelen Kloess Endowed Scholarship FundJane McConnell ScholarshipJanet Reed Scholarship FundKreielsheimer Artistic Development FundLaurie A. Griffith Endowed Scholarship FundLouise Nadeau Endowed FundLucinda Hughey Endowed Scholarship FundNorthwest Endowed FundPatricia Barker Endowed Scholarship FundPatricia Phelps Endowed Scholarship FundPaula Rose Endowed Scholarship FundSpender A. Johnson & Braiden Rex-Johnson Principal

Dancers’ Endowed FundTom & Gretchen Puentes Endowed Scholarship FundWilliam Randolph Hearst Foundation Endowed Education

& Outreach Fund

Pacific Northwest Ballet Endowment

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Pacific Northwest Ballet applauds the following corporations, foundations, agencies, and government institutions for their commitment to enrich the cultural life of our community through support of PNB. Their generosity provides vital funding needed to fulfill PNB’s mission of artistic excellence, innovation, and creativity along with dance education and wide-reaching community programs.

$200,000 & AboveArtsFundKOMO 4*The Seattle Times*The Wallace Foundation

$100,000-$199,999Alaska AirlinesThe Boeing CompanyOffice of Arts & Culture|SeattlePerkins Coie LLP*PricewaterhouseCoopers*The Shubert Foundation

$50,000-$99,9994CultureThe Hearst FoundationsMicrosoft CorporationNational Endowment for the ArtsNesholm Family FoundationStarbucks Coffee Company*Anonymous

$25,000-$49,999Anonymous Anonymous Fund of

The Philadelphia FoundationChateau Ste. Michelle*Freed of LondonThe Jerome Robbins FoundationJohn Graham FoundationJohn T. VisticaProvidence St. Joseph HealthSAVOR*Seattle FoundationU.S. Bank

$10,000-$24,999ArtsWADilettante Chocolates*Harvest FoundationJean K. Lafromboise FoundationJPMorgan Chase & Co.Lane Powell PCMacDonald Hoague & Bayless*Moss Adams LLP*Northwest Danish AssociationPerkins Coie LLPscan|design Foundation by

Inger & Jens Bruun

Virginia B. Toulmin FoundationWells Fargo

$2,500-$9,999AetnaAlabastro Photography*AmazonBank of AmericaBen Bridge Jeweler*Bossak/Heilbron Charitable

FoundationByron & Alice Lockwood

FoundationChris Graves Music*City of BellevueCliftonLarsonAllen LLP*Delta DentalFales Foundation TrustFreed of London*Goldman, Sachs & Co.Kendra Scott*Kilpatrick Townsend

& Stockton LLPKUOW 94.9 Public Radio*Macy’sMuckleshoot Indian Tribe

Neiman MarcusNorthern TrustPrecept Wine*Professional Claims Intervention

ServicesSeattle Rotary Service FoundationTalking Rain*Anonymous

$1,000-$2,499Alaska Airlines*Amore Events & Entertainment,

LLC*Bossa in Wonderland*Crimson Haze Event Lighting*Crisp Creperie*Harold L. Wyman FoundationLuly Yang Couture*Magnolia Kitchen*Servco Pacific InsuranceSOLO Bar*Trophy Cupcakes*Anonymous

*In-Kind Support

SEASON PARTNERS

2017-2018 SEASON SPONSORS

MAJOR SUPPORTERS

PREFERRED PROVIDERS

THE HEARST FOUNDATIONS

Nesholm FamilyFoundation

JOHN GRAHAM FOUNDATION

Corporate, Foundation, and Government Sponsors

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Karel Cruz Havana, Cuba. Corps de ballet 2002, soloist in 2007, principal in 2009.

Lindsi Dec* Fairfax, Virginia. Apprentice in 2001, corps de ballet in 2002, soloist in 2009, principal in 2014.

James Moore San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2008, principal in 2013.

Noelani Pantastico*Oahu, Hawaii. Apprentice in 1997, corps de ballet in 1998, soloist in 2001, principal in 2004 and 2015.

Jerome Tisserand Lyon, France. Corps de ballet in 2007, soloist in 2012, principal in 2014.

Rachel Foster Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet in 2002, soloist in 2008, principal in 2011.

Benjamin Griffiths* Boise, Idaho. Corps de ballet in 2005, soloist in 2008, principal in 2016.

Elizabeth Murphy* Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2014, principal in 2015.

Jonathan Porretta Totowa, New Jersey. Apprentice in 1999, corps de ballet 2000, soloist in 2002, principal in 2005.

Laura Tisserand* Hammond, Louisiana. Apprentice in 2003, corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2010, principal in 2014.

Sarah Ricard Orza Amherst, Massachusetts. Corps de ballet in 2007, soloist in 2010, principal in 2017.

Lucien Postlewaite*Santa Cruz, California. Apprentice in 2003, corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2007, principal in 2008 and 2017.

William Lin-Yee San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in 2008, soloist in 2014, principal in 2016.

Seth Orza San Francisco, California. Corps de ballet in 2007, soloist in 2008, principal in 2010.

Lesley Rausch* Columbus, Ohio. Corps de ballet in 2001, soloist in 2007, principal in 2011.

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Leta Biasucci Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2014.

Kyle Davis* Green Bay, Wisconsin. Apprentice in 2008, corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2016.

Leah Merchant* Mobile, Alabama. Apprentice in 2007, corps de ballet in 2008, soloist in 2016.

Angelica Generosa* South River, New Jersey. Apprentice in 2011, corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2016.

Margaret Mullin* Tucson, Arizona. Apprentice in 2008, corps de ballet in 2009, soloist in 2014.

Joshua Grant* Niceville, Florida. Corps de ballet in 2001–2004 and 2011, soloist in 2015.

Steven Loch* Denton County, Texas. Apprentice in 2011, corps de ballet in 2012, soloist in 2018.

Price Suddarth* Westfield, Indiana. Apprentice in 2010, corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2018.

Ezra Thomson* San Bernardino, California. Apprentice in 2009, corps de ballet in 2010, soloist in 2017.

Matthew Renko Sumter, South Carolina. Corps de ballet in 2011, soloist in 2016.

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet are members of AGMA — the American Guild of Musical Artist, AFL-CIO. Pacific Northwest Ballet School Professional Division students perform courtesy of AGMA. Headshot photography by Lindsay Thomas.

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Madison Rayn Abeo*Seattle, Washington. Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017.

Guillaume Basso Dijon, France. Corps de ballet in 2015.

Dammiel Cruz* New York, New York. Apprentice in 2016,corps de ballet in 2016.

Amanda Morgan* Tacoma, Washington. Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017.

Nicole Rizzitano* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Apprentice in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

Ryan Cardea* New York, New York. Apprentice in 2009, corps de ballet in 2010.

Nancy Casciano* Decatur, Georgia. Apprentice in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

Cecilia Iliesiu New York, New York. Corps de ballet in 2015.

Sarah Pasch* Dublin, California. Apprentice in 2011, corps de ballet in 2012.

Calista RuatParis, France. Corps de ballet in 2017.

Elle Macy* Huntington Beach, California. Apprentice in 2012, corps de ballet in 2013.

Miles Pertl* Seattle, Washington. Corps de ballet in 2015.

Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Apprentice in 2016, corps de ballet in 2017.

Henry Cotton* Portland, Oregon. Corps de ballet in 2015.

Angeli Mamon* Seattle, Washington. Apprentice in 2015,corps de ballet in 2016.

Christian Poppe* Lake Stevens, Washington. Apprentice in 2013, corps de ballet in 2014.

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Carli Samuelson* Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. Corps de ballet in 2008.

Emma Love Suddarth* Wichita, Kansas. Apprentice in 2008, corps de ballet in 2009.

Christopher D’Ariano*Yonkers, New York. Apprentice in 2017.

Madison Taylor* Gig Harbor, Washington. Corps de ballet in 2015.

Clara Ruf Maldonado* New York, New York. Apprentice in 2018.

Leah Terada* Dallas, Texas. Apprentice in 2015,corps de ballet in 2016.

Dylan Wald* Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apprentice in 2014, corps de ballet in 2015.

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