PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEO LISA DIXON FRENCH, COO

This regional premiere of Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Projectis made possible in part by our generous sponsors.

PRESENTING SPONSOR:

FEBRUARY 9-11, 2018TPAC’S POLK THEATER

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:

Concept and Choreography by Stephen MillsAssistant to the Choreographer Michelle Martin

Music by Steve Reich, Evelyn Glennie, Michael Gordon, Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass*Set and Costume Design by Christopher McCollum

Lighting Design by Tony TucciMedia Design by EXOPOLIS

*I. Tehillim by Steve Reich, by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company, publisher and copyright owner.II. Music by Evelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song), by arrangement with Keyboard Percussion Publications.

III. Music by Michael Gordon, by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.IV. Music by Arvo Pärt, by arrangement with ECM Records, publisher and copyright owner.

V. Music by Philip Glass performed by Dennis Russell Davies, by arrangement with Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

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Presented to the Nashville community through the generosity of LAURIE AND STEVEN ESKIND, GLORIA AND PAUL STERNBERG, JOYCE A. VISE and SHIRLEY ZEITLIN AND FAMILY

This project is funded in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Original production funded in part by a Ballet Austin Foundation Endowment through the generosity of Jennene and K. Ray MashburnOriginal presenting sponsor: The Fifth Age of Man Foundation

LIGHT / THE HOLOCAUST & HUMANITY PROJECT

CASTMollie Sansone (Fri. & Sun.) or Katie Vasilopoulos (Sat.)

Denise Eason*

Sarah Cordia, Julia Eisen, Katie Eliason, Keenan McLaren Hartman, Alexandra Meister,Julia Mitchell, Kayla Rowser, Lauren Terry, Daniella Zlatarev

Logan Hillman, Nicolas Scheuer, Brett Sjoblom, Christopher Stuart, Bridge Taylor,Owen Thorne*, Jon Upleger, Judson Veach, Gerald Watson, Nathan Young

*Guest artists

CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE

“Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a story of survival. Situated during the catastrophic events of the Holocaust, this work strives to illustrate the courage, resilience, and sometimes pure luck required to endure and rebuild life after unimaginable and devastating loss. I am grateful to Naomi Warren and the many survivors who

shared their testimony during the creation of this work. I am forever changed by this knowledge and hope that by my sharing Naomi’s story, others will be affected to fight indifference and intolerance when witnessed. Past is present

and not to be forgotten.”

– Stephen Mills, Choreographer

SYNOPSIS

The work unfolds as a survivor reflects on her life.

Section ISteve Reich (Tehillim, Track 1)

Life begins with man and woman, Adam and Eve. Civilization develops; families and cultures evolve to include a pattern of daily life and valued traditions, a wedding. As this section ends, change is imminent.

Section IIEvelyn Glennie (Greatest Hits, Paul Smadbeck’s Rhythm Song)

Those deemed “different” become exploited. What is familiar slowly disappears. People retreat from one another, beginning to socially isolate; to hide in hopes of survival.

Section IIIMichael Gordon (Weather, Track 3)

No longer seen as individuals, life or death is determined by powers outside of their control. People are treated as property and transported to camps. Many do not survive the trip.

Section IVArvo Pärt (Tabula Rasa)

How do relationships develop within confinement? The circle of life is complex with acts of kindness, rescue, survival, frustration and anger. We enter and leave alone.

Section VDennis Russell Davies (Performs Philip Glass, Movement 2)

The final section represents the power of the human spirit to cling to hope. Survivors create new relationships; build families and careers, and productive lives.

Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is 90 minutes with no intermission.

CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACKStay after the performance for a talkback with Ballet Austin Artistic Director/Choreographer Stephen Mills,

Nashville Ballet Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling and Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director Beverly Watts. Attendees are invited to relocate to the first 10 rows of Polk Theater’s orchestra level to participate.

Please line up behind a microphone in the aisles of the theater to ask a question or make a comment.A moderator will cue questions from the audience.

COMMUNITY PARTNERSLight / The Holocaust & Humanity Project is a full-length contemporary ballet and Holocaust education partnership

that promotes tolerance and the protection of human rights against bigotry and hate through art, education and public dialogue. This performance is the culmination of weeks of educational community programming.

We would like to thank our community partners for making these efforts possible.

Lead PartnerTennessee Human Rights Commission

Community PartnersBelcourt Theatre, Fisk University, Nashville Symphony, Tennessee Holocaust Commission,

Williamson County Performing Arts Center at Academy Park

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How are the issues of the Holocaust relevant in our community today?

What is our responsibility when confronted with acts of bigotry and hate?

What actions will we take to promoteunderstanding in our community?

VIOLINS OF HOPENashville Ballet is a partner of Violins of Hope, a community-wide Holocaust and human rights education initiative.

The Violins of Hope are a collection of instruments played by musicians interned in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Nashville Symphony is bringing these instruments to Nashville to facilitate a citywide dialogue about music, art, social justice and free expression. The sound, presence and stories of these instruments will drive

the creation of new music, visual art, live performances, public conversation and interfaith dialogue, reading and educational activities throughout Middle Tennessee.

Learn more and view upcoming community events at violinsofhopensh.com.

PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director & CEOPaul Vasterling’s artistic career begin at age 10 when he started studying piano, then expanded at age 16 when he started dancing. From this start, Mr. Vasterling landed at Nashville Ballet where he became a company dancer, teacher, ballet master and choreographer. He stepped into the role of Artistic Director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, and was promoted to CEO for the ballet in the spring of 2010, at the board’s request. His choreography maneuvers between classical full-length story ballets, contemporary one-acts set to the music of local artists and everywhere in between. He has a particular penchant for collaborating with nationally and internally renowned composers, songwriters and institutions such as Nashville’s own Bluebird Cafe, Ben Folds, Matthew Perryman Jones, Fisk Jubilee Singers and others. His artistry as a storyteller has led him to create pieces such as Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Pan and Layla and the Majnun. Beyond his own choreography, Mr. Vasterling has expanded the company’s

repertoire to include works by Salvatore Aiello, George Balanchine, James Canfield, Lew Christensen, Twyla Tharp and Jirí Kylián, among many others. In addition, he has edited and updated classic productions of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. In 2004, Mr. Vasterling received a Fulbright Scholarship that enabled him to work with three different companies in Argentina, paving the way for Nashville Ballet’s tour there a year later. His ballets have also been performed internationally in Asia as well as across the U.S. to great acclaim, including a debut appearance on stage at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in April 2017. Most recently, Mr. Vasterling was selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017-18 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Loyola University, Mr. Vasterling has set a new standard for arts development. Under his leadership as CEO, the company’s operating budget has doubled and Nashville Ballet became the first local performing arts organization to purchase its own building. He oversaw a capital campaign to raise $5.8 million to renovate and reopen as The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet in 2015. He has transformed a troupe of 12 professional dancers into a company of 25, and his commitment to developing the dancers of tomorrow inspired him to establish a second pre-professional company of over 20 dancers. Mr. Vasterling has shaped Nashville Ballet into a company high on artistry and dramatic power as well as commanding technical ability and virtuosity.

LISA DIXON FRENCH, COOLisa Dixon French recently moved to Nashville following a successful tenure as Executive Director of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. While in Portland, Mrs. French led a highly inclusive strategic planning process that focused the organization on service to the community by enriching lives through music. Mrs. French also strengthened the orchestra’s financial stability, with increased contributed and earned income, increased endowment funds and five years of balanced operating budgets that grew from $2.5 million to $3.3 million from 2010-2015. Originally from Edina, Minn., Mrs. French went to Portland from her role as the Chief Operating Officer of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. French is also a graduate of an executive level orchestra leadership program through the League of American Orchestras. This intensive one-year fellowship program included residencies with the Boston Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Memphis Symphony and the Aspen Music Festival and School. Mrs. French graduated from the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in clarinet performance and music education, and received an Arts Leadership Program Certificate. Mrs. French has also served on the Board of the Maine Association of Nonprofits and the Board of Visitors for the University of Southern Maine.

SHARYN MAHONEY, Director of Artistic OperationsSharyn Mahoney joined Nashville Ballet as a company dancer in 1989. Since her retirement from performing, she has continued to work with the organization as School of Nashville Ballet faculty member, Artistic Associate, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Ballet Master and currently, Director of Artistic Operations. During her nine years as Director of Education and Community Engagement, Mrs. Mahoney worked closely with Artistic Director Paul Vasterling to develop and fine-tune NB2, Nashville Ballet’s official second company. While in that same position, she initiated the ballet’s Community Engagement program, which has grown tremendously and now proudly reaches more than 43,000 children and families each year. As Director of Artistic Operations, she works closely with Mr. Vasterling to supervise the company’s artistic endeavors, overseeing the company and Community Engagement.

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NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP & STAFF (CONT’D)TIMOTHY RINEHART YEAGER, Ballet MasterA native of Washington, Pa., Timothy Yeager received his dance training at Sally Miller Dance, Third Street Music School Settlement, Syracuse University and North Carolina School of the Arts. Mr. Yeager spent 10 seasons with the North Carolina Dance Theatre where he achieved the rank of principal artist. While there, he starred in ballets by Salvatore Aiello, Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, Agnes De Mille, David Parsons, Peter Pucci and Paul Taylor, among others. He has also performed as a guest artist with The Dancers Ensemble, Chautauqua Ballet Company and Tampa Ballet. Mr. Yeager has taught master classes and led intensive arts residencies throughout the eastern United States. Before joining the staff of Nashville Ballet in 2001, he served as the Ballet Master with the Moving Poets Theatre of Dance in Charlotte, N.C. From 2003 to 2010, he was also Ballet Master for Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, a summer season company located in Asheville, N.C. Mr. Yeager has the honor of being a repetiteur of the Salvatore Aiello Trust and has been staging Aiello’s ballets since 1996.

ALLISON ZAMORSKI, Ballet MasterOriginally from Virginia, Allison Zamorski began her formal dance training with the Virginia Ballet Theatre. She was an honors graduate from the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts High School Dance Program, majoring in both ballet and modern dance. In 1999, after being awarded a scholarship with School of Nashville ballet, Allison relocated to Nashville to train under the direction of Adam Sage. She danced in NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company, developing her skills as an apprentice, and was promoted to full company member in 2002 under Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Allison danced professionally with Nashville Ballet for four years and had multiple ballets set on her including Vasterling’s Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. After retiring as a dancer in 2006, Allison continued her expression of dance as a faculty member with School of Nashville Ballet, teaching a variety of dance classes to children and adults including ballet, pointe, modern, character, improvisation and repertory. She has worked extensively with the Education and Outreach Department, exposing approximately 30,000 Middle Tennessee residents to the art of dance. Now, as Ballet Master with Nashville Ballet, Allison assists in the staging and rehearsals of various main company performances. She also oversees all youth casts in Nashville Ballet productions. Also, Allison has the distinct honor of being entrusted to set the works of Paul Vasterling in Nashville, throughout the country and internationally. Outside of Nashville Ballet, Allison has attended the Regional and National High School Dance Festivals to teach master classes and act as adjudicator multiple times.

DENISE EASON, Associate Ballet Master/Guest ArtistDenise Eason returned to Nashville after a 20-year residency in Hartford, Conn., where she was with the Hartford Ballet and, after retirement, an adjunct professor of dance at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. Mrs. Eason was a Nashville Ballet company dancer from 1989-1994, and she returned to Nashville Ballet in 2016 as a company teacher, coach and faculty member. Mrs. Eason moved to Connecticut to join the Hartford Ballet in 1994 under the direction of Kirk Peterson where she danced many principal and soloist roles by George Balanchine, Choo-San Goh and Peterson, to name a few. Among her favorites were Tall Girl Principal in Balanchine’s Rubies, Sanguinic and Choleric in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Third Movement Principal Girl in Choo-San Goh’s In the Glow of the Night, Myrtha in Peterson’s Giselle, and Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in Peterson’s American Nutcracker. Prior to joining the Hartford Ballet, she danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Chautauqua Festival Company, Michigan Opera and Septime Webre Dance. Mrs. Eason has been a faculty member of academies affiliated with professional ballet companies, and she brings with her a career of more than 30 years of professional ballet and teaching experience.

SCOTT LEATHERS, Resident Lighting DesignerScott Leathers has served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Ballet since 1987. He has also served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville Children’s Theatre since 2003, Kentucky Repertory Theatre (‘04-’08), Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and Ballet Tennessee. He periodically serves as interim Lighting Director for the Ryman Auditorium. Mr. Leathers has designed lighting for theatre, opera, ballet and modern dance since 1981 to critical acclaim. His design experience includes work with the Nashville Repertory Theatre, Opera Omaha, Studio West Dance Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Theatre Craft, Stage One, American Negro Playwrights Theatre, Amun Ra Theatre, Musical Theatre Louisville, Karen Steele Dance Quintet, Ballet Omaha, Ballet Austin, Cumberland County Playhouse and Dollywood. He has also worked internationally with performing arts organizations such as Tanz Ensemble Cathy Sharp (TECS-Switzerland) and Ballet Manila (Philippines). He has also designed scenery for numerous productions including Nashville Ballet’s productions of Robin Hood, Postcards from the Boys, The Bell Witch, Harvest Home, Western Stars and Fête Champêtre.

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NASHVILLE BALLET GUESTSSTEPHEN MILLS, Ballet Austin Artistic Director/ChoreographerKnown for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has work in the repertories of companies across the U.S. and around the world. From his inaugural season as Artistic Director in 2000, Mills attracted attention from around the United States with his world-premiere production of Hamlet, hailed by Dance Magazine as “...sleek and sophisticated.” The Washington Post recognized Ballet Austin as “one of the nation’s best-kept secrets” in 2004 after Ballet Austin performed Mr. Mills’ world premiere of The Taming of the Shrew, commissioned by and performed at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Company was first invited to perform at Kennedy Center in January of 2002 with the Mills production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and at The Joyce Theater (NYC) in 2004. In 2005, after two years of extensive research, Mills led 13 organizations through a community-wide human rights collaboration that culminated in the world premiere work Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project, after which

he was awarded the Austin Anti-Defamation League’s Audrey & Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award. In 1998, Mr. Mills was the choreographer chosen to represent the U.S. through his work, Ashes, at the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. Most recently, Mr. Mills was awarded the Steinberg Award, the top honor at the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur International Choreographic Competition for One/The Body’s Grace. Mr. Mills has created more than 40 works for companies in the United States and abroad. His ballets are in the repertories of such companies as The Hong Kong Ballet, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, The Atlanta Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet, Washington Ballet, Cuballet in Havana, Cuba, BalletMet Columbus, The Dayton Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet of Florida, Ballet Pacifica, Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Louisville Ballet, Nashville Ballet, Fort Worth/Dallas Ballet and The Sacramento Ballet. He has worked in collaboration with such luminaries as the eight-time Grammy Award-winning band, Asleep at the Wheel, Shawn Colvin and internationally renowned flamenco artist José Greco II. As a dancer, Mr. Mills performed with a wide variety of companies such as the world-renowned Harkness Ballet and The American Dance Machine under the direction of Lee Theadore. He also performed with the Cincinnati Ballet and The Indianapolis Ballet Theater before becoming a part of Ballet Austin. Mr. Mills has danced principal roles in the Balanchine repertoire as well as works by Choo-San Goh, John Butler, Ohad Naharin, Vicente Nebrada, Domy Reiter-Soffer and Mark Dendy. In addition to his work as a choreographer, Mr. Mills is a master teacher committed to developing dancers. He has been invited as guest faculty at many pre-professional academies including Jacob’s Pillow, Goucher College; Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas; The Virginia School of the Arts; The New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts; Stephens College and Point Park College in Pittsburgh. Mr. Mills is a member of the national dance service organization Dance/USA and has served both in leadership roles and on the Board of Trustees for the organization.

MICHELLE MARTIN, Ballet Austin Associate Artistic Director/StagerMichelle Martin had her early dance training at the Alberta Ballet School and danced with the Alberta Ballet Company for four years before joining the Indianapolis Ballet Theatre (IBT) in 1982. While with IBT and, subsequently, the Hartford Ballet in Connecticut, she performed leading and soloist roles in Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and The Moor’s Pavane as well as creating roles in many original works. Ms. Martin’s teaching credits include guest-teaching engagements at schools and universities in Canada, South Carolina, Michigan, and throughout Indiana and Texas. She was on faculty at Butler University in Indianapolis for five years. Ms. Martin began her tenure with Ballet Austin in 1991 as a dancer with the Company and in 1992 she was appointed ballet mistress and curriculum director of the Academy. In 1999 she founded Ballet Austin II, Ballet Austin’s apprentice program, providing professional development for the 10-member second company and designing educational programming for presentation in the community. Ms. Martin has served on the Texas Commission on the Arts advisory panels for Arts Education, and Music and Dance. She is also a recipient of the Austin Under Forty award for contributions in the area of the Arts and Entertainment. Ms. Martin was appointed Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Austin in 2000.

ALLISYN PAINO-MARTIN, Ballet Austin Rehearsal Director/StagerAllisyn Paino-Martin started her dance training in New York with Ali Pourfarrokh and Kaleria Fedicheva. She has performed principal roles with the Fedicheva Ballet Company, The Indianapolis Opera and Butler Ballet. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. from Butler University. Since joining Ballet Austin in 1996, Ms. Paino-Martin has performed works by many choreographers including Stephen Mills, George Balanchine, Dwight Rhoden, Thaddeus Davis, Twyla Tharp, and David Parsons. She has danced the roles of The Chosen One in Mills’ The Rite of Spring; Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Painter in Cult of Color: Call to Color. In 2005, Ms. Paino-Martin had the honor of dancing the role of The Survivor in the award winning Light / The Holocaust and Humanity Project. In May of 2009, she retired from the stage dancing the lead role in Stephen Mills’ Cinderella. Her teaching credits include being on faculty of the Ballet Austin Academy and working as guest faculty at Butler University. Since her retirement, she has joined the Ballet Austin Artistic Staff as the Rehearsal Director.

NASHVILLE BALLET GUESTS (CONT’D)TONY TUCCI, Lighting Designer Now residing in Austin, Texas, Mr. Tucci has created lighting designs for the current Ballet Austin repertory and West Side Story, Annie, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Music Man, Oklahoma, A Chorus Line and Sound of Music for Austin Musical Theatre. He is the recipient of the B. Iden Payne Award for lighting (Gypsy). He also designs for Bruce Wood Dance Company, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Ballet Arlington, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Houston Ballet, Fort Worth Opera and Casa Manana Musicals. Other works include American Ballet Theatre’s Configurations choreographed by Choo-San Goh with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the video Baryshnikov, The Dancer and The Dance, Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre’s Carmina Burana, Cynthia Gregory’s staging of Swan Lake and Fernando Bujones’ dances for Ballet de Monterey. For the 1996 Summer Olympics, Mr. Tucci designed lighting for the Cultural Olympiad, which showcased six national and international companies. Internationally, Mr. Tucci’s work includes Christopher Bruce’s Kingdom (Geneva Ballet), Flemming Flindt’s Caroline Mathilde and Lucifer’s Daughter (Royal Danish Ballet).

CHRISTOPHER McCOLLUM, Set & Costume DesignerChristopher McCollum is a designer and faculty member at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. As a freelance designer, he was based for many years in his hometown of Austin, Texas. He designed both sets and costumes for most of the performing arts companies located there, and several across the United States. He designed the first major production of the opera Little Women by Mark Adamo at Houston Grand Opera, which was later broadcast by Great Performances. During the early part of his professional career, he assisted many notable American and European designers both here, and in Germany and Switzerland. Prior to joining the faculty at Incarnate Word, he taught and designed at Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music. He also served as the Resident Scenic Designer at Theatre Memphis for six seasons, designing more than 60 productions. He is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University and a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829. christophermccollum.carbonmade.com

BEVERLY WATTS, Tennessee Human Rights Commission Executive Director/Guest Talkback SpeakerNashville native Beverly L. Watts was appointed the Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission in July 2007. Prior to her current appointment, she served as Special Advisor to the Chair at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for state and local relations. She has more than 30 years of experience in civil rights enforcement and education in the public and private sector. She served as the first Executive Director of the National Fair Housing Training Academy in Washington, D.C. Dir. Watts has served as the Executive Director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights; Director of Management Advisory Services for the Ralph G. Moore and Associates; Regional Director of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Executive Director, Illinois Minority and Female Business Enterprise Council and as one of the first Title IX coordinators in the country during her tenure at the U.S. Office for Civil Rights. She was an adjunct faculty member at Spalding University. She has made presentations to numerous organizations on civil rights, diversity, and leadership at the national and international level. Dir. Watts is a Past President of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) where she represented IAOHRA throughout the U.S., Canada and at the UN World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa. She currently serves as the IAOHRA Southern Region Representative and Annual Conference Planning Chair. She has served as Chair of Women Executives in State Government and currently serves as the Mission Advisor to the Cable Board and on the board of the YWCA of Middle Tennessee and is a life member of the NAACP. Dir. Watts is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2014 NAACP Frances Dancy Hooks Award, 2014 ECHO Dreamers Award, 2014 YWCA Carrie Hull Award, the City of Louisville Martin Luther King award and induction into the KY Civil Rights Hall of Fame. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University, Southern Illinois University, and has completed Executive leadership programs at Duke University and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.

OWEN THORNE, Guest ArtistBorn in New Orleans, La., Owen Thorne studied ballet at School of Nashville Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and as a trainee with San Francisco Ballet. After dancing professionally with Houston Ballet and Ashley Page’s Scottish Ballet, Mr. Thorne performed as a Principle Guest Artist with Joburg Ballet in South Africa in 2016 and as a freelance artist with the Royal Opera, DeNada Dance, Nashville Ballet, Boca Ballet Theatre, The Peter Schaufuss Company and Antonia Franceschi Dance. His repertory includes works by renown choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Bruce, Elo, Forsythe, Kylián, MacMillian, Page, Possokhov, Pastor, Tetley, Van Manen, Vasterling and Wheeldon. Performance highlights include James in Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Stanley Kowalski in Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire, White Swan pas de duex at The International Ballet Stars Gala in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Brighella in Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Chekhov Festival in Moscow. Recently, Mr. Thorne performed with Nashville

Ballet at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

2017 - 2018 ADVISORY BOARD

Mrs. Hunter ArmisteadMrs. Anita BaltimoreMrs. Lucius W. Carroll IIMrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr.Mr. Gary B. CriggerMrs. Robert V. DaleMrs. Ralph W. Davis, Jr.Mr. Patrick G. EmeryMrs. Annette S. EskindMs. Karyn FristMrs. James F. Gallivan

Mr. Don GreeneMr. H. Lynn Greer, Jr.Dr. Morel Enoch HarveyMrs. Martha R. IngramMrs. Amy M. JoynerMr. Eugene LotochinskiMrs. Ellen H. MartinMrs. Cathy C. McLureMr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr.Mrs. Elizabeth Litterer NicholsMrs. Emily J. Noel

Ms. Linda Coss ReeveMr. Dudley C. RichterMrs. Jack W. ShepherdMrs. Lucy S. SmithMrs. Leah E. SohrMr. Jim ToddMrs. Claire W. TuckerMrs. Robert F. Weigel

FRIENDS OF NASHVILLE BALLET BOARD OF OFFICERS

Ms. Kate AbramsMrs. Hillary BlackburnMs. Michelle Drinkard BalfourMrs. Kayla Clayborne CountsMs. Brittany N. DaltonMrs. Jewel Dedmon

Mrs. Melissa Jane LeeMs. Kimberly NovoselMr. George L. Ritzen*Mrs. Noelle Tabor

Ms. Adria DelauneMrs. Evelyn Cate GallettiMrs. Jennifer HamiltonMs. Lauren L. HansenMrs. Keshia Hay-TambleMs. Lynda J. Kelly

We applaud the leaders of Friends of Nashville Ballet, a dynamic group of professionals and community volunteerswho share a passion for dance and are committed to furthering the mission of Nashville Ballet.

NASHVILLE BALLET ENDOWMENT FUND

AnonymousDr. Elizabeth CatoBob Cowan and Pia Caruso, USAF (Retired)Monica Cintado-Scokin and Daniel ScokinMr. and Mrs. J. Bradford CurrieMr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr. Laurie and Steven EskindThe Jane Fabian Scholarship FundGordon and Ann FlygareMr. William L. Haralson

Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for the donors who have made $250 or larger gifts to the Endowment Fund (12/01/2016 to 01/08/2018). All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given.

NASHVILLE BALLET LEGACY CIRCLE

AnonymousStephen Abelman and Robin Holab-AbelmanBrian FitzpatrickMr. William L. HaralsonMr. and Mrs. Matt A. HolstDr. and Mrs. Robert M. HuttonMr. Paul H. Kuhn

The Legacy Circle recognizes and honors donors who have made enduring gifts or commitments to Nashville Ballet by including the organization in their financial or estate plans.

Ms. Charlyn JarrellsPatricia and James MunroMs. Rachel PenaMrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late Ronnie ScottDr. and Mrs. Michael SpaldingCurt and Heather ThorneK. Janelle Wilson

2017 - 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ms. Meera Ballal Mr. Lance Bloom Dr. Elizabeth Cato Dr. Kerri CavanaughMrs. Monica Cintado-Scokin Mrs. John P. Cooper Mrs. Allison Malone Cotton Mrs. Laura P. Currie Mr. Sam Dashiell Mrs. Emmely M. Duncan Mrs. Laurie Gold Eskind Mrs. Catherine Gemmato-SmithMs. Katelyn Hamaker**Mr. William L. Haralson Mr. Gerard M. Hayden, Jr. Mrs. J. Roderick Heller III Dr. Anna Hemnes Mrs. Raymond A. Hensler Mr. B. Hunter Hill

Mrs. Amber C. HolmMr. Mark Humphreys Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic Mrs. Martha Ivester Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Mrs. Susan Short Jones Mr. Edward Wade Joyner III Mrs. Paul John Ketchel IIIMr. Neil B. Krugman* Mr. Sylvain Lapointe Mrs. Dionne Lucas Mrs. David J. Mahanes III Mrs. Adrienne McRae Mr. Donald R. Moody Mr. Roger E. Moore Mr. James F. Munro Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mr. Stephen F. Peluso Mrs. G.A. Puryear IV

Mrs. Sarah Reisner Mr. George L. Ritzen**Mr. G. Kyle RybczykMrs. M. Todd Sandahl Mr. Shannon Sanders Mrs. John S. Scott Mrs. Steven B Shankle Mr. Daniel S. Slipkovich Mrs. Suzanne Smothers** Mr. Joe A. Sowell III Mrs. Julie C. Stadler Ms. Angie M. Swinford Mrs. Heather Thorne Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Mrs. Johnna Benedict Watson Mr. Bradley D. Wensel Mrs. Dallas H. Wilt

Mr. and Mrs. B. Hunter HillMr. Edward Wade Joyner IIIMr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee PrattMr. and Mrs. Lee F. NoelMary and David RollinsEdmund and Sue RudnickeElaina and Ronnie Scott FundDaniel and Lisa SlipkovichThe Diane Lynch Smith Scholarship FundMr. and Mrs. David R. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. SowellMs. Angie SwinfordHeather and Curt ThorneThe Patricia C. Todd Scholarship FundMr. Louis B. Todd, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr. Mrs. Johnna Benedict Watson

*Board Chair **Ex officio

*Board Chair

Director of Artistic Operations Sharyn Mahoney Director of Sales & Marketing Jan Puckett Morrison

Director of Development Jeanette Barker

Director of Finance Felicia Dunlap

Executive AssistantIsabel Tipton

Community Engagement Manager Briona Richardson

Human and Physical Resources ManagerMike Ford

Accounting ManagerMelinda Sue Kimble

Marketing Manager Brittany Carlton

Strategic Development ManagerMolly Golinvaux

Box Office CoordinatorJeremy Maxwell

Events CoordinatorNicholas Gulick

Development CoordinatorNicole Long

Director of School ofNashville Ballet & NB2 Nick Mullikin

School Artistic AssociateKathryn Crews Linsley School Manager Alexandra Whetzel School RegistrarAnnie Carter

Youth Programs CoordinatorMaggie Boehme

Children’s Program CoordinatorKatelyn Yeary

Part-Time Faculty (cont’d)Jon UplegerJudson VeachCatherine ViningGerald WatsonNathan Young

Accompanists Sarah BarhamEric BurgettJoshua CarterSvetlana KeithAl MarcelliJay VernalliBill White

Company Rehearsal PianistAlessandra Volpi

Director of Production Todd Coogen Technical Director Isaac Castille

Resident Lighting Designer Scott Leathers

Production Stage Manager Deborah Climo

Costume Shop ManagerWilliam H. Ditty

First Hand Katherine Zywczyk

Wardrobe SupervisorJeri Meador

Company DresserLydia Bushfield

Production ElectricianKelly Landry

Electrician Kristen Rosengren

Head Carpenter Ray LeGrand

School AssociatesAbram BagwellBernadette BoggsMilissia DavidsonTrey Thompson

Full-Time FacultyKate KastelnikNicole Koenig

Part-Time Faculty Cara AllisonClaire AndersonAbram BagwellAlainna BrownKate CoferSarah CordiaClaire DietrichKrissy Dodge

Part-Time Faculty (cont’d)Andrea GreeneEric HarrisCaylan JarmanThea JonesElisabeth JohnsonJimmy JoynerTracy JuliasErin KouweKristin LindsayJennifer McNamaraJulia MitchellIsabel MontagueEmma MorrisonRachel NasutiKathryn PhillipsKim RatcliffePhylicia RoybalShabaz Ujima

Videographers Tim BroekemaChad DriverRichard DriverEugene Lotochinski

ADMINISTRATION

PRODUCTION

SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET

THE CENTER STAGE CLUB

The Center Stage Club is Nashville Ballet’s campaign to achieve mission-critical support fromlocal businesses and entrepreneurs.

Thank you to our current members, including:

Learn more at NashvilleBallet.com/Center-Stage-Club

Photographers David BaileyTim BroekemaChad DriverKaryn KipleyHeather Thorne

Nashville Ballet2017 - 2018 COMPANY MEMBERS

ALEXANDRA MEISTER From Aurora, OhioWith Nashville Ballet since 2008Training and EducationHouston Ballet, training with Ana Lobe, NB2 Competitor in 2010 USA International Ballet Competition, 2011 Boston International Ballet Competition, 2016 Varna International Ballet CompetitionPreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

KEENAN MCLAREN HARTMANFrom Boston, Mass.With Nashville Ballet since 2011Training and EducationBoston BalletPreviouslyDayton Ballet, Ballet Fleming, Ballet Montana, Ballet Austin II

SARAH CORDIAFrom Atlanta, Ga.With Nashville Ballet since 2010Training and EducationMetropolitan Ballet Theater, NB2AwardsNational Endowment for the Arts Young Artists Merit Scholarship PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

KAYLA ROWSERFrom Conyers, Ga.With Nashville Ballet since 2007Training and EducationMagdalena Maury School of Classical Ballet, Georgia Youth Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Washington Ballet, NB2PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice, Charleston Ballet Theatre

JULIA EISENFrom Chapel Hill, N.C. With Nashville Ballet since 2010Training and EducationThe Ballet School of Chapel Hill, North Carolina School of the Arts, Richmond Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, NB2, National Choreographer’s Initiative PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

JULIA MITCHELLFrom Hingham, Mass.With Nashville Ballet since 2011 Training and EducationBoston Ballet, Exploring Ballet with Suzzane Farrell, Miami City Ballet, NB2 PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

MOLLIE SANSONEFrom Jacksonville, N.C.With Nashville Ballet since 2004Training and EducationThe Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 Also With Piedmont Dance Theater, Quixotic Fusion and MOTION Dance + Theater Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

KATIE ELIASONFrom Manchester, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2010Training and EducationHartford Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Atlanta Ballet, NB2 PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

LOGAN HILLMANFrom Mt. Vernon, Va.With Nashville Ballet since 2016Training and EducationVirginia Ballet, Kirov Academy, Akhmedova Ballet AcademyPreviouslyAtlantic City Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet, Richmond Ballet 2

NICOLAS SCHEUERFrom Joinville, BrazilWith Nashville Ballet since 2012Training and EducationBolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Boston Ballet School, New English Ballet Theatre LondonCompetitor in2016 Varna International Ballet Competition PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

JUDSON VEACHFrom Columbus, OhioWith Nashville Ballet since 2010Training and EducationColumbus Dance Theatre, School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Julliard SchoolPreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

CHRISTOPHER STUARTFrom Sandy Hook, Conn.With Nashville Ballet since 2003Training and EducationNorth Carolina School of the Arts, NB2Awards 2010 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist FellowshipChoreographed Emergence series, Ballet Ball 2013-2017, various music videos, Under the Lights, Seven Deadly Sins, The Raven Previously Nashville Ballet Apprentice

KATIE VASILOPOULOSFrom Rockville Centre, N.Y.With Nashville Ballet since 2008Training and EducationMaple Avenue Dance in Rockville Centre, Ballet Academy East, NB2 PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

BRETT SJOBLOMFrom Columbia, Mo. With Nashville Ballet since 2012Training and EducationColumbia Performing Arts Center, Virginia School of the Arts, The Boston Conservatory, NB2 PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

DANIELLA ZLATAREVFrom Walnut Creek, Calif. With Nashville Ballet since 2014Training and EducationContra Costa Ballet Centre, School of American Ballet, Houston Ballet, Kirov Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, NB2PreviouslyCompany C, BalletMet, Ballet Austin II, Oakland Ballet, MOTION Dance Theatre

JON UPLEGER From Sterling Heights, Mich.With Nashville Ballet since 2000Training and EducationVirginia School of the ArtsAlso WithTerpsicorps Theater of Dance PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

NATHAN YOUNG From Little Rock, Ark. With Nashville Ballet since 2014Training and EducationArkansas Festival Ballet, The University of Oklahoma PreviouslyDance Theater of Tennessee

GERALD WATSON From St. Petersburg, Fla. With Nashville Ballet since 2012Training and EducationAcademy of Ballet Arts, Boston Conservatory PreviouslyNashville Ballet Apprentice

Nashville Ballet2017 - 2018 COMPANY MEMBERS

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BRIDGE TAYLORFrom Juneau, AlaskaWith Nashville Ballet since 2015Training and EducationNext Generation Ballet, Boston Ballet Pre-Professional ProgramPreviouslyNB2

SARAH PIERCE From Cambridge, Mass. With Nashville Ballet since 2016Training and EducationBoston Ballet Pre-Professional Program, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua School of Dance PreviouslyNB2

JACKSON BRADSHAWFrom Los Angeles, Calif.With Nashville Ballet since 2017Training and EducationBoston Ballet Pre-Professional Program, Colburn Dance AcademyPreviouslyBoston Ballet Trainee

LAUREN TERRYFrom Virginia Beach, Va.With Nashville Ballet since 2012Training and EducationEast Virginia School for the Performing Arts, The HARID ConservatoryPreviouslyNB2

AARON STEINBERGFrom Tenafly, N.J.With Nashville Ballet since 2016Training and EducationJacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT, Hamburg Ballet School, Sarasota BalletPreviouslyKansas City Ballet 2

Nashville Ballet2017 - 2018 APPRENTICE MEMBERS

LINNEA SWARTING From New Canaan, Conn. With Nashville Ballet since 2013Training and EducationThe Washington Ballet, Nashville Ballet Professional Training Division, Boston Ballet School PreviouslyNB2

“COUNTDOWN TO KENNEDY” SUPPORTERS!Nashville Ballet was honored to make its debut performance at The Kennedy Center in April 2017. This opportunity would not have

been possible without the support of our community. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given.To learn more and read reviews, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/kennedy-center.

AnonymousMs. Kate AbramsBen and Nancy AdamsBrandee Anderson and Andrew CommiskeyCarol ArendallMs. Melissa BahanMs. Anoosh BahiraeiMr. Adam Balfour and Ms. Michelle Drinkard BalfourAnita and Don BaltimoreMr. Carlysle BarfieldMs. Jeanette BarkerYuki BeachJeremiah BeatyMr. and Mrs. Robert N. BeckMs. Kelley Ann BellMr. and Mrs. John K. BerryMs. Aimee BobbittDr. and Mrs. Mark L. BornAnn and Frank BumsteadMrs. Kristy Cason and Mr. Tim WiseIma Lee CatinnaBarbara and Eric ChazenMs. Anne ChristesonMr. and Mrs. Thomas ClaytonCourtney and Chase Condon

Ms. Joyce CookMr. and Mrs. John P. CooperMr. and Mrs. Ian F. CottonMs. Heather CramsieBonne and Gary CriggerMr. and Mrs. J. Bradford CurrieMs. Anna Linn CurrieSuann and Ralph DavisDr. James DedmonMr. and Mrs. Patrick EmeryMrs. Annette S. EskindMs. Julie EskindLaurie and Steven EskindKaryn M. FristMr. and Mrs. Gabriel GallettiJeannie and Alan GausMargaret and Robert GibbonsElizabeth and Lynn GreerSammie GriffinMs. Marjorie HainesCharlsie and John HalliburtonGarrett and Jennifer HamiltonMr. William L. HaralsonDr. Morel Enoch HarveyJanet and Jim HassonDr. and Mrs. J. Brevard HaynesMr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller IIIAnna Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz

Drs. Nan and Duane HollandMr. David HormbyMs. Marcia HughesMr. and Mrs. Mark HumphreysMs. Charlyn JarrellsMelanie A. JarzynkaLynda J. KellyMr. Dax LangfordMarianne and Charles LeachTara and Geoffrey LittleHelen LogvinovFrances and Eugene LotochinskiMs. Mary Magada-WardMr. and Mrs. David J. Mahanes IIIEd R. Mayers, Jr.McNutt Pediatric DentistryAdrienne and Richard McRae, IIISamuel and Sandra McSeveneyMrs. Jayne MenkemellerJames and Patricia MunroMr. and Mrs. Charles L. NelsonMs. Melanie G. NenniKimberly NovoselMs. Sandy ObodzinskiMs. Charlotte ParkerGus and Jennifer PuryearMr. and Mrs. Frederic W. ReisnerAnne and Charles Roos

Mrs. Ceci SachsMs. Kimberly ShadwickDr. and Mrs. Steven B ShankleMarc SiegelJ. T. SmithMr. and Mrs. Will SmithElaine and Robert SmythSally SolesbySarah StampsMs. Leigh Anne Strickland and Mr. Shane HuttonS. S. SwartingNoelle and John TaborMr. and Mrs. Mark ThienelHeather and Curt ThorneMr. Louis Todd, Jr.Flynn TracyMr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr.Ken and Sandy UplegerDr. and Mrs. Robert W. WahlMr. and Mrs. Brian WatsonMs. Katherine Davis WellsLisa WheelerDonna and Jim ZamorskiMrs. Martin Zeitlin

First Year Women Back Row (L-R): Skyler Levine, Alexandra Hutchinson, Erin Williams, Lauren Thompson, Emily Ireland-Buczek,Colette Tilinski, Molly Yeo, Cecilia Hoffman

First Year Women Front Row (L-R): Ashleigh Sewell, Johanna Crick, Leah Hiller, Imani Sailers, Sabrina Benavides, Kennedy Brown, Caitlin Elledge, Emilia Sandoval

Not Pictured: Emma Town

NB2: Nashville Ballet’s Pre-Professional Company

Men (L-R): Sean Daly, Talbot Rue, JonPaul Hills, Addison Goodwin, Tanner Blee, Aleksandr Schroeder, Abram Bagwell

Nashville Ballet2017 - 2018 SECOND COMPANY MEMBERS

Second Year Women (L-R): Mallory Williams, Elena LaMadrid, Manuela Lavalle, Stephanie Dyke, Elisabeth Johnson, Emma Matthews

$10,000 - $19,999 (cont’d)Lipman Brothers and the R.S. Lipman CompanyThe Memorial FoundationPatricia and James MunroParamount Extrusions CompanyPublix Super Markets CharitiesGus and Jennifer PuryearSimply BalancedDan, Lisa, Sam and Jake SlipkovichMr. and Mrs. James M. SohrJulie C. StadlerGloria and Paul SternbergSunTrust FoundationShirley Zeitlin and Family

$5,000 - $9,999AnonymousAdvance FinancialBenefits, Inc.BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community TrustMr. Charlie B. Carlisle and Mrs. Anissa Nelson-CarlisleDr. Elizabeth CatoThe Honorable Karl F. Dean and Ms. Delta Anne DavisCaroline and Rascoe DeanElement SalonBrian FitzpatrickSamuel M. Fleming FoundationKaryn M. FristGoogle Fiber Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Gerry HaydenAnna Hemnes and Jacob SchwarzMr. and Mrs. B. Hunter HillMartha and Gavin IvesterMs. Charlyn JarrellsLoeb & Loeb LLPM.A.C. CosmeticsMr. and Mrs. David J. Mahanes IIIThe Mall at Green HillsMarket Sheet EnterprisesAdrienne and Richard McRae, IIINew York Choreographic InstituteRegions Financial CorporationMr. and Mrs. D. Tate RichR. J. Young CompanyMary and David RollinsSandra SchattenMichael Schlosser and Kerri CavanaughSESACMr. and Mrs. Joseph A. SowellCatherine Cate SullivanSunTrust BankTennessee Orthopaedic AllianceMr. Louis Todd, Jr.

$5,000 - $9,999 (cont’d)UBS Financial ServicesVacoVanderbilt UniversityWallerWashington FoundationDallas and Fleming Wilt

$2,500 - $4,999Nancy and John AbbottDrs. JJ and Rachel AilorAladdin Industries FoundationAT&TMr. and Mrs. Ward Ashley BakerMrs. Meera Ballal and Dr. Seenu ReddyBart BowlingCapStar BankMr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll IICommunity Choice Financial, Inc.Monica Cintado-Scokin and Daniel ScokinMr. and Mrs. John P. CooperMr. and Mrs. Kevin CrumboCumberland Skin Surgery and DermatologyCumberland Trust and Investment Co.Mr. and Mrs. Sam DashiellMs. Gail DannerSuann and Ralph DavisMr. Charles W. DunnDVL SeigenthalerMr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr.Erie InsuranceErnst & YoungLisa and Michael FrenchPatricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Elizabeth and Lynn GreerMr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, IIIMr. and Mrs. Raymond A. HenslerMark and Amber HolmCarlene HuntBud IrelandKaryn PhotographyMr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ketchel IIIMr. Neil B. Krugman and Ms. Lee PrattMs. Natalie C. Levy-SousanLewis Thomason King and KriegFrances and Eugene LotochinskiMr. Donald R. Moody and Ms. Tyler L. RigginsRoger E. Moore and G. Brian JacksonMorgan StanleyMr. and Mrs. Cameron L. Munson

$2,500 - $4,999 (cont’d)Mr. and Mrs. Stephen PelusoPine Haven Foundation TrustMr. and Mrs. Frederic W. ReisnerG. Kyle RybczykSalem Media Group, IncMr. and Mrs. Todd SandahlDr. Norm Scarborough and Ms. Kimberly HewellMr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, IIIDr. and Mrs. Steven B ShankleShepherd TherapeuticsMr. and Mrs. David R. SmithJ. T. Smith in Memory of Diane L. SmithDr. and Mrs. Michael J. SpaldingMs. Ashley StringfellowMs. Angie M. SwinfordLori TigertMr. and Mrs. Jim ToddPatricia A. Todd and Sean C. KellyU.S. Bank FoundationU.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth ManagementJane VandeventerMr. and Mrs. Bart E. VerhulstVolkswagen of Cool SpringsMrs. Johnna B. WatsonWells FargoBradley D. Wensel

$1,000 - $2,499AnonymousMrs. Hunter ArmisteadAnita and Don BaltimoreMr. and Mrs. John Barkerbarre3Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. BeckCarl and Susan BeckerThe Bentley FamilyAnnie Laurie BerryMr. and Mrs. John K. BerryBest BrandsMrs. James C. Bradford, Jr.Ann and Frank BumsteadBusiness Center Partners, LPCaterpillar FoundationVeta Cicolello and Theodore AntoniadisDr. Aaron CoffeyMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. CorcoranMr. and Mrs. Ian F. CottonBonne and Gary CriggerMr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, IIIMr. and Mrs. Jason DasalMr. and Mrs. Robert DennisMr. and Mrs. Mark DixonEmmely and Michael DuncanDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. EskindMr. Michael Fluck

$100,000+Ballet Ball 2017Ingram Charitable Fund, Inc.Mrs. Martha Rivers IngramMetropolitan Nashville Arts CommissionPhase 3 Marketing & Communications

$50,000 - $99,999Selby and Richard McRae FoundationThe Shubert FoundationSusan Underwood Physical TherapyTennessee Arts Commission

$20,000 - $49,999AnonymousMr. Lance Bloom and Ms. Brittany DenhamBridgestone Americas Trust FundClimb NashvilleBrad and Laura CurrieMaureen and James DanlyDedmon ChiropracticDeloitte and Touche LLPDollar General Literacy FoundationLaurie and Steven EskindMr. and Mrs. Mark HumphreysMrs. Ellen Harrison MartinMr. and Mrs. Howard McLureMrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late Ronnie ScottSP+ ParkingHeather and Curt ThorneMr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr.

$10,000 - $19,99921c Museum Hotel NashvilleAnonymousMs. Christine BarggrenCaterpillar FinancialMr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr.The Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeCoreCivicCorner Partnership, LLCBrownlee Currey FoundationDollar General CorporationMr. and Mrs. Jere ErvinMrs. Annette S. EskindFriends of Nashville BalletThe Frist FoundationGoogle, Inc.Mr. William L. HaralsonThe HCA FoundationHCA/TriStar HealthHotel IndigoIngram IndustriesMr. and Mrs. Roland L. JonesKaren and Sylvain LapointeLeague of Women Voters

NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for its Benefactor’s Society members, Ambassador’s Society members, Ballet Ball 2017 and 2018

supporters and in-kind donations. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given ($250+ from 12/01/2016 to 01/08/2018). If you are interested in supporting Nashville Ballet, please visit www.nashvilleballet.com/giving.

$2,500 - $4,999 (cont’d)Mr. and Mrs. Stephen PelusoPine Haven Foundation TrustMr. and Mrs. Frederic W. ReisnerG. Kyle RybczykSalem Media Group, IncMr. and Mrs. Todd SandahlDr. Norm Scarborough and Ms. Kimberly HewellMr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, IIIDr. and Mrs. Steven B ShankleShepherd TherapeuticsMr. and Mrs. David R. SmithJ. T. Smith in Memory of Diane L. SmithDr. and Mrs. Michael J. SpaldingMs. Ashley StringfellowMs. Angie M. SwinfordLori TigertMr. and Mrs. Jim ToddPatricia A. Todd and Sean C. KellyU.S. Bank FoundationU.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth ManagementJane VandeventerMr. and Mrs. Bart E. VerhulstVolkswagen of Cool SpringsMrs. Johnna B. WatsonWells FargoBradley D. Wensel

$1,000 - $2,499AnonymousMrs. Hunter ArmisteadAnita and Don BaltimoreMr. and Mrs. John Barkerbarre3Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. BeckCarl and Susan BeckerThe Bentley FamilyAnnie Laurie BerryMr. and Mrs. John K. BerryBest BrandsMrs. James C. Bradford, Jr.Ann and Frank BumsteadBusiness Center Partners, LPCaterpillar FoundationVeta Cicolello and Theodore AntoniadisDr. Aaron CoffeyMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. CorcoranMr. and Mrs. Ian F. CottonBonne and Gary CriggerMr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dale, IIIMr. and Mrs. Jason DasalMr. and Mrs. Robert DennisMr. and Mrs. Mark DixonEmmely and Michael DuncanDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey B. EskindMr. Michael Fluck

$1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d)Ken and Sandy UplegerPaul Vasterling and Jason FacioVerchota Floors Inc.William VerheideVillage Real Estate ServicesJoyce A. ViseDr. and Mrs. Robert W. WahlWalgreensMr. and Mrs. Brian WallerMr. and Mrs. Scott WilliamsDr. and Mrs. Lawrence K. WolfeMr. Scott A. WoodMrs. Carol YarbroughManuel Zeitlin Architects

$500 - $999AnonymousStephen Abelman and Robin Holab-AbelmanAngie AdamsAmazonSmile FoundationMs. Jeanette BarkerMrs. Patricia F. BelcherBetty C. BellamyMr. Charles C. Blackburn and The Honorable Marsha BlackburnMs. Shirley BlackburnAngela and Jerry BostelmanRichard and Judith BrackenMr. and Mrs. P. James Brady IIIKathy Callaghan and Wayne EdwardsCindy CampbellMr. and Mrs. John ChadwickDrs. Ravi Chari and Sharon AlbersMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey C. CliftonMr. and Mrs. John ClineChase ColeLisa and Jonathan ColeRonald and Brenda CorbinMr. and Mrs. Robert V. DaleThe Eden FoundationRobin and Joshua EmbryJane and Richard Eskind and FamilyThe Farmer’s FloristMary Gale and Gerry GaintnerMr. and Mrs. James F. GallivanMr. and Mrs. Douglas GhertnerDr. and Mrs. Michael Gold and FamilyMr. and Mrs. Frederick GraceSammie GriffinMr. and Mrs. Chris F. HarwellDr. and Mrs. J. Brevard HaynesMrs. Lisa HendersonMr. and Mrs. John HewittMr. and Mrs. M. Wright Hickerson, IIIMr. and Mrs. Henry HicksJ. Michaels ClothiersDr. and Mrs. Stephen HouffThe Huggett FamilyAudrey and Frank JonesClint and Lisa Kelly

$500 - $999 (cont’d)Linda R. KoonMarianne and Charles LeachMs. Ellen LehmanWendy and John LeonardMr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Lipman Dr. and Mrs. James LodenMs. Arnita Long and Mr. Tim OzgenerJoseph and Lynn May FoundationMrs. Laura and Mr. Thomas MoranChris and Whitney MorrisMr. and Mrs. Robert MosesNashville Zoo at GrassmereLeslie and Scott NewmanDr. and Mrs. Jefferson NunleyNewt and Jill OgdenSusan and Rick OliverMr. and Mrs. Jason PadgettMrs. Mary Sarratt PerkinsMr. and Mrs. M. Cameron PlatoMr. Alan PoenitskeSharon and Douglas PughMr. and Mrs. Jackson Lockwood Ross IIIMr. and Mrs. Jordan M. SchneiderMs. Kimberly ShadwickAlix Weiss SharpMrs. Judy F. SimmonsSteve Sirls and Allen DeCuyperVictoria and John SlaterRich and Lucy SmithMr. and Mrs. Grant SmothersLibby and Shooter SteinTapSnap 1208Chris and Allison ThompsonMr. and Mrs. James S. Turner, Jr.William W. WadeAndrew and Alice WallDr. and Mrs. J. J. WendelJoni WerthanK. Janelle WilsonMr. and Mrs. Paul WilsonDonna and Jim Zamorski $250 - $499 AnonymousAdventure Science CenterMr. and Mrs. T. Clark AkersMrs. Rachel AllenBrandee Anderson and Andrew CommiskeyCarol ArendallMr. Adam D. Balfour and Ms. Michelle D. BalfourThe Barr Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. John BeardenMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. BuntingMr. Robert H. BurnsMr. and Mrs. Rawls ButlerCarden AvenueBarbara and Eric ChazenMs. Elizabeth J. Chernau

$250 - $499 (cont’d)Ms. Anne ChristesonMr. and Mrs. Thomas ClaytonMs. Valorie W. ColeMr. Robert CovingtonMs. Kelly Pappas CrockettMs. Linda DyerSusan FleschnerMr. Fletcher FosterJeannie and Alan GausMolly and Nicholas GolinvauxMr. Michael B. GoodloeMr. and Mrs. Frank E. GordonMr. Chris Guthrie and Mrs. Tracey GeorgeMs. Marjorie HainesCharlsie and John HalliburtonMr. and Mrs. James HaltomMr. and Mrs. J.R. HandHaymakers and Co.Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. HillMr. and Mrs. Robert M. Holland, Jr.The Home EditMs. Mari-Kate HopperThe Hermitage Hotel Mr. Jay JoynerAnne KnauffAlicia LeadfordAndree and Alan LeQuireMs. Andrea O. LindseyLindt ChocolateElizabeth and Samuel Marney, Jr.Ed R Mayers JrKaren and Scott McKeanMcNutt Pediatric DentistryCol. and Mrs. William H. MitchellMr. and Mrs. Gregory J. MuellerKent and Alice Ann NagelMr. and Mrs. Charles L. NelsonMr. Chris F. PairDr. Megan Parker PetersDr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. PassDr. C. Wright PinsonThe Poland Family in Honor of Dianna SchwarzGeorge L. RitzenMs. Kathleen E. RothMr. and Mrs. Richard RouchDr. Stephanie SchultzMrs. Herb ShayneMr. and Mrs. Brandon SiskGabriel SmithDr. Kara SmithTonya and Walker StevensTom and Keipp TalbotMr. and Mrs. Mark ThienelKent and Karen WeeksWesterfield FamilyEleanor WhitworthMr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Willis in Memory of Jennifer WillisMr. William H. WoernerVivian R. and Richard A. Wynn

$1,000 - $2,499 (cont’d)Margaret and Robert GibbonsBarbara and Greg HagoodDr. Morel Enoch HarveyJanet and Jim HassonDr. Celeste HemingwayAshley and Douglas HenryMr. David HormbyHouston Howell and Jessica OsakiMs. Laura E. HutflessJacqueline and Robert HuttonShane Hutton and Leigh Anne StricklandMrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic and Mr. Christian IlicMr. and Mrs. Anderson Lipscomb JarmanMr. and Mrs. William Owen JoynerDr. and Mrs. Howard KirshnerHeloise Werthan KuhnKen and Bev LeiserMr. and Mrs. Kevin LucasMr. and Mrs. David L. ManningRichard and Sheila McCartyMr. and Mrs. M. F. McNamara IIIMrs. Jayne MenkemellerThe Honorable Gilbert S. MerrittDianne NealAnne and Peter NeffMr. and Mrs. Lee F. NoelNoteable Blends, Kristen and Scott DavisOBX, Inc.Dr. Christopher Ott and Mr. Jeremy SimonsMr. and Mrs. James PardoPinnacle Financial PartnersMr. and Mrs. Steven PowersAdam RagauskisRed Light ManagementMr. and Mrs. Dudley C. RichterAnne and Charles RoosSalt and Vine, LLCSamuel A. Santoro and Mary M. ZutterMr. and Mrs. William E. SaundersDr. and Mrs. Timothy P. SchoettleMr. and Mrs. David S. SchwarzMr. and Mrs. John S. ScottMrs. Jack W. ShepherdMarc SiegelMr. Donald K. SkeltonIrvin and Beverly Small FoundationRay D. Smith and Michael H. JohnsonMr. and Mrs. Stuart SpeyerMr. and Mrs. B. Finn SwartingNoelle and John TaborRebecca and William TaylorPeggy and Tim Thomson in Honor of Elizabeth ThomsonJosh and Brooke TrusleyThe Tyrrell Family

NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!

Founder’s Circle($100,000+)Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr.Mr. Brownlee O. Currey In Honor of Agneta Currey Earl Swensson Associates Inc.Laurie and Steven EskindThe HCA FoundationThe Martin FoundationMr. and Mrs. Charles N. Martin, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. McRae IIIMetropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County Elaina and Ronnie ScottMr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury IIIDaniel, Lisa, Sam and Jake SlipkovichLeah and Jim Sohr In Honor of Paul VasterlingCurt and Heather ThorneMr. and Mrs. Louis B. Todd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr.James Stephen Turner Foundation

Artistic Director’s Circle ($25,000-$99,000)Anonymous Angie and Maggie AdamsBelmont UniversityBridgestone Americas Corner Partnership, LLCThe Currie FamilyAnnette S. EskindDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey EskindHerb and Barbara FritchMr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller IIIAnna R. Hemnes and Jacob SchwarzMr. and Mrs. Raymond A. HenslerJacqueline and Robert HuttonI.C. Thomasson Associates, Inc.Ingram Civil Engineering Group, LLCMs. Charlyn JarrellsKidman Urban FamilyMr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. LipmanLovers of MovementMrs. Ellen Harrison MartinMr. and Mrs. Howard McLureThe Memorial FoundationJames and Patricia MunroMrs. Emily Jordan NoelMr. and Mrs. Gustavus A. Puryear IVMr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rechter

The Container StoreBrenda and Ronald CorbinKim and Jim CraftonMr. and Mrs. Robert V. DaleJames and Maureen DanlyThe Danner FoundationDr. and Mrs. James DedmonPat and Kitty Moon EmeryBrian FitzpatrickKaryn McLaughlin FristGerry and Mary Gale GaintnerCindee and Michael GoldElizabeth and Lynn Greer In Honor of Mollie SansoneAshley and Douglas HenryMr. and Mrs. Matt A. HolstMartha and Gavin IvesterMr. and Mrs. Roland L. JonesKraft CPAs PLLCMr. Paul H. Kuhn, Jr.Robert S. LipmanEugene and Frances LotochinskiMr. and Mrs. Walker C. MatthewsMcNutt Pediatric DentistryThe Honorable Gilbert S. MerrittMills Family LLCNashville Convention and Visitors CorporationMr. and Mrs. Dudley C. RichterRichters - CorzinesDr. and Mrs. Gregg ShepardJoe and Joanne SowellHope and Howard StringerJoyce A. ViseDr. and Mrs. Robert W. WahlMr. and Mrs. Robert F. Weigel

Corps de Ballet ($2,500-$4,999)AnonymousAnita and Don BaltimoreRussell and Oguz BatesMr. and Mrs. Michael A. Crabb IIIMr. and Mrs. John W. DickersonEmmely and Michael DuncanAmy S. EskindMr. and Mrs. James F. GallivanAmos E. GottMs. Terry HardestyMr. and Mrs. Rick HorneMr. and Mrs. Anderson JarmanDr. Lois JordanMr. Edward Wade Joyner IIIMolly and John KellyKelly Construction, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. SpaldingShirley and Stuart SpeyerClaire Whitfield TuckerPaul Vasterling and Jason FacioToby Wilt Family Foundation

Choreographer’s Circle ($15,000-$24,999)AnonymousMr. and Mrs. C. Dale AllenMr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr.Mrs. Jane M. FabianSamuel M. Fleming FoundationBen FoldsMichelle GaffneyMJ GravesMr. and Mrs. Gerry HaydenMr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones Lee Pratt and Neil KrugmanNashville Ballet Staff and Dancers 2013-2015Mr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr. RegionsMr. and Mrs. David RollinsDallas and Fleming Wilt Principal Dancer’s Circle ($10,000-$14,999)ACU Signs In Memory of Ian Merrill-Facio The Band PerryMrs. James C. Bradford, Jr. In Honor of Elaina and Ronnie ScottMr. and Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll IIThe Cintado-Scokin Family Jane and Richard Eskind and FamilyThe Fugitive FoundationBill HaralsonChris and Gina KeatonHeather and David LangLynn and Ken MelkusJayne MenkemellerDonald R. MoodyAnissa Nelson-Carlisle and Charlie CarlisleDonald R. MoodyDavid Randolph Smith and Catherine Gemmato-SmithGloria and Paul SternbergSunTrust FoundationBetsy and Ridley Wills III

Soloist’s Circle($5,000-$9,999)Mr. and Mrs. J. Barry BankerJeremiah BeatyAnn and Frank BumsteadDrs. Keith and Leslie ChurchwellLisa and Jonathan Cole

Many thanks to our ELEVATE donors. All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given above $1,320.

For a full listing of ELEVATE donors, please visit our website at www.nashvilleballet.com/elevate.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. KestnerHeloise Werthan KuhnRobert and Marlene Eskind MosesMr. and Mrs. Mark NicolThe Honorable Gary Odom Michael Schlosser and Kerri CavanaughDr. and Mrs. Steven B. ShankleMrs. Jack W. ShepherdLuke and Susan SimonsMr. and Mrs. William T. SpitzSuburban Asset Management In Honor of Lauren ThompsonMs. Betsy TaylorMr. Tom WalkerLouise B. Wallace FoundationBradley WenselMs. Rachel Zamata

Tutu Society($1,320-$2,499)Anonymous Mrs. Hunter ArmisteadMs. Cassidy BentleySuann and Ralph DavisThe Ferre FamilySusan and Frank HammerMr. and Mrs. Houston W. HowellMr. Mark HumphreysDr. Mitchell D. KornMs. Alena Kozunda and Mr. Pavel BukengoltsHeather and Paul LefkowitzDr. and Mrs. MasonJoseph and Lynn May FoundationPatrick and Ellen McIntyreChristopher and Patricia MixonMs. Kathryn Sevier PhillipsMr. Kevin SandersMr. and Mrs. Jordan SchneiderDr. Wesley and Mrs. Sheila ThayerLori TigertMr. Scott A. Wood