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OOn the 20th of November 1972, a pen scrawled across the bottom of a document and Pacific Northwest Dance was incorporated. I wish I could tell you that at that very moment a conductor’s baton thrust into the first downbeat of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and the curtain rose on seventeen women in blue tulle, but that was not the case. There was no conductor, no orchestra, no dancers, and no tulle. All of that would come. In truth, there were no performances for a few years, but the intention on that day became a reality, and now on our fortieth anniversary we are grateful not only to the bold pioneers of our company’s history but to the thousands who contributed in so many invaluable ways over the past forty years.

There were several attempts to found a company prior to 1972 and a few false starts afterwards. The first incorporation of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Association was in 1966. The Association presented successful summer seasons of the Joffrey Ballet, but after four seasons, attendance for the Joffrey was in decline. Support shifted to present Seattle-based First Chamber Dance Company, though by 1972, finances were in disarray and the Association was dissolved.

With newfound momentum under the guidance of Seattle Opera director Glynn Ross and former Opera board chair Sheffield Phelps, various pieces were put in place to establish a classical ballet company in Seattle. Pacific Northwest Dance was formed with an initial charge of finding an artistic director and growing from there. A school was created and installed in an old municipal bathhouse. Janet Reed, former New York City Ballet principal, was appointed ballet mistress and director of the School in 1974. Performances in Seattle Opera productions of Mefistofele, Manon, and Eugene Onegin followed in 1974 and 1975, and the company found new digs in Wallingford at the Home of the Good Shepherd. Todd Bolender, another former New York City Ballet principal, and Lew Christensen, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, joined newly appointed Company Manager Leon Kalimos in helping to present performances. A 1975 production of Christensen's Nutcracker sold out all eight performances. In 1976, Melissa Hayden, recently retired from New York City Ballet, arrived in Seattle with the title of ballet mistress and later artistic director, but Hayden was not the right fit for Seattle and less than a year after her hire, PND was again searching for the a new artistic director. Fortuitously, Kalimos knew Kent Stowell from San Francisco Ballet. Kent was initially approached back in 1974 to come to Seattle with his wife, respected Balanchine repetiteur Francia Russell, as artistic director and ballet mistress prior to Hayden’s appointment. But without enough money to fly Kent to Seattle for discussions, the opportunity passed. The young couple opted to direct the Frankfurt Ballet instead. This time around, funds were found for the flight and Kent and Francia were hired. PND was soon to become PNB and the rest is history.

(Below) Lew Christensen and Janet Reed rehearsing Lew Christensen's Nutcracker. Photo © Victor Gardaya.(Right) Thordal Christensen, Kent Stowell, Francia Russell, and Colleen Neary in rehearsal. Photo © Kurt Smith.

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With the arrival of Kent and Francia, the company moved from great moments to greatness. Change happened in every aspect of the institution: name, home, school, audience, outreach, orchestra, theater, repertory, and finance. Kent and Francia built with unwavering excellence and grand ambition. I inherited an impressive tradition and an arts institution of great influence when I arrived here in 2005, and it has been an honor to continue and develop this vision.

The history of PNB can be read in books or programs or in the comprehensive timeline that Sheila Dietrich prepared meticulously for this publication, and the facts are informative. The other side of our company’s history is harder to tell. It’s that of the individuals, every one of them, whose stories would warrant volumes. Some have worked for the company for nearly the span of its entire history and some for much shorter stints, but it is these stories that tell the tale and make PNB an organization of uncommon integrity and character.

In 1980, Denise Bolstad took a job as an evening receptionist for the School shortly after graduating from college. Today, after having taken on countless responsibilities and holding numerous positions, she’s the School’s administrative director. Denise has seen tens of thousands of students attend our School, each with their own stories of performances, injuries, lost leotards, and their first pairs of pointe shoes. Larae Theige Hascall, hired by Mark Zappone in 1982 to help create the horses for a new production of Nutcracker, worked with choreographer Kent Stowell and designer Maurice Sendak to help realize their vision of the fight scene. Today, thousands of costumes, fittings, and washings later, Larae continues to run the PNB Costume Shop to the highest standards and with admirable grace. Doug Fullington, who started out as a PNB audience member as a teenager in the 1980s, may have worn more hats than anyone else. His first job at PNB was as a pianist for the School. He later added assistant to

Kent, Francia, and then me to his list of responsibilities. He has also appeared as the Major Domo in Cinderella, served as tour manager, staged works for both the School (Le jardin animé) and Company (Giselle), written extensively on dance history and research, and lectured for PNB both preceding every home performance and in other cities.

Eric Hipolito Jr. was sort of drafted for PNB’s DanceChance program from the third grade of Maple Elementary in 1993. As the first DanceChance grad to join the Company, Eric can be seen on stage and in the studio all the time. It’s fair to say that the day PNB interrupted Eric’s third-grade class was a day that changed his life. Aya Hamilton’s life was also changed by DanceChance. A friend brought Aya to the DanceChance observation day in 1994. She watched a room full of young Eric Hipolitos and was hooked, becoming a fan and then a board member and now a board chair, following a lineage of essential and excellent leadership. These are only a few of the stories that are the real history of PNB.

At this proud point in our history, we can take a moment to puff up and pat ourselves on the back. Forty years, from uncertain beginnings to acknowledged excellence, is quite an accomplishment. We have never rested on our laurels and won’t start now. With six world premieres, four tours, and a season brimming with favorite works and favorite dancers, we are grateful for all who have brought us here. Now, I think I see a raised baton and I’m pretty sure I hear a thunderous downbeat.

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Director's Notes 2–3 Peter Boal 6–7 Principals 8–9 Soloists 10–11 Corps de Ballet 12–15 Company 16–17 Emil de Cou 18Orchestra 19 Artistic Staff 20–21 Crew & Costume 22–23 D. David Brown 24 Executive Staff 25 Staff 26–27 Faculty 28–29

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School 30–31 Historical Timeline 32–41 Season 42–43Cinderella 44–45 All Premiere 46–47 Nutcracker 48–49 Romeo et Juliette 50–51 Modern Masterpieces 52–53 Swan Lake 54–55 Director’s Choice 56–57 Repertory Index 58–65 Dancers, Orchestra & Staff 66–67Board of Trustees & Credits 68–69

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Peter BoalARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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PNBPrincipals

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PNBSoloists

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PNBCorps de Ballet

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PNBCorps de Ballet

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Emil de CouMUSIC DIRECTOR / PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

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PNB Orchestra

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PNBArtistic Staff

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D. David BrownEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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FacultyPNB SCHOOL

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H 1964: Glynn Ross, director of Seattle Opera, attempted to establish a resident ballet company to perform in opera productions. Eleven dancers performed in Faust in November 1964; seven dancers identified as members of “the new Opera Ballet established by Glynn Ross” performed in a holiday dance concert in December 1964.

1966: Pacific Northwest Ballet Association (PNBA) was founded with the immediate goal of sponsoring Joffrey performances in the Pacific Northwest and with the general goal of promoting interest in ballet. The Joffrey Ballet performed in the Seattle Opera House under the sponsorship of PNBA from 1967-1970.

1974–1976: PND dancers performed in Seattle Opera productions (Aida in July 1974, Mefistofele in September 1974, Manon in March 1975, Eugene Onegin in October-November 1975, and Aida in March and July 1976).

May 1977: The Ballet Board review committee unanimously endorsed the recommendation that PND employ Kent Stowell and Francia Russell as artistic directors, and Russell as director of the School, effective August 1977.

December 1977: Fourteen performances of Nutcracker.

Spring 1974: Janet Reed, former ballerina with San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet, appointed ballet mistress and director of the School to take effect July 1974, conducted auditions for the first scholarship class of Pacific Northwest Dance.

Spring 1975: PND dancers combined with members of the Seattle Symphony and with Seattle Opera singers for performances of Pulcinella (choreographed by Janet Reed) in several area high schools and in Kane Hall at the University of Washington.

December 1975: Pacific Northwest Dance performed its first Nutcracker (choreography by Lew Christensen), with eight sold-out performances at the Seattle Opera House. Guest artists Cynthia Gregory and Ivan Nagy danced leading roles on opening night.

December 1976: Eleven sold-out performances of Nutcracker.

Spring season 1977: Pacific Northwest Dance’s first repertory season in the Seattle Opera House, with performances in February, March, and May. Each program featured two guest artists in selected roles.

H I S TO R I C A L T I M E L I N E 1964–Today Compiled by Sheila C. Dietrich PNB Archivist

Lew Christensen and Janet Reed rehearsing Nutcracker children. Photo © Victor Gandaya.

Vivian Little and Robert Sund in Todd Bolender’s La Favorita.

PNB dancers in Aida. Photo © Des Gates & Associates.

1964–1973

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1971–1972: PNBA sponsored performances in Seattle by the First Chamber Dance Company. PNBA was dissolved in late 1972.

November 1972: Pacific Northwest Dance Association was incorporated under the aegis of Seattle Opera; its most immediate goals were to engage an artistic director and establish a paid dancer apprenticeship program.

November 1974: Pacific Northwest Dance moved to its first permanent home at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford, where it remained until January 1993.

March 1975: Maria Tallchief, former ballerina with New York City Ballet and artistic director of Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet, conducted a master class at the Good Shepherd Center for PND’s scholarship students.

December 1975: PND’s Board approved offering the dancers six-month contracts—one of the first commitments to a permanent company (six dancers were paid $125 per week, four apprentices received $75 per week).

Summer 1976: “Ballet ’77 - A Summer Preview” featured four preview performances in Meany Hall (University of Washington) of the 1977 spring season. Approximately 25 dancers under the direction of choreographer Todd Bolender performed works by George Balanchine, Bolender, Lew Christensen, and John Taras.

Spring season 1978: PND gave its first repertory performances under Stowell and Russell’s direction; the Company consisted of 21 dancers plus 6 apprentices. Works performed included George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, staged by Russell, and ballets choreographed by Stowell.

Late 1972–early1973: Glynn Ross considered several potential artistic directors to head Pacific Northwest Dance (PND).

October 1973: PND hired Leon Kalimos as executive/administrative director. Kalimos engaged in a search for artistic leadership. He served as administrative director until late 1977.

1973–1977: PND sponsored performances by the Joffrey Ballet at the Seattle Opera House.

Summer 1976: Former New York City Ballet dancer Melissa Hayden replaced Janet Reed as ballet mistress/artistic director and head of the School; she served in those positions until May 1977.

1976: Bylaws amended to eliminate the requirement that the majority of board members be members of Seattle Opera Association, and that the president of the Opera Association be president of PND.

June 1978: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Coppélia, (scenery and costumes by Robert O’Hearn) the first full-length ballet Stowell choreographed for the Company.

1978: PND initiated its official separation from Seattle Opera and changed its name from Pacific Northwest Dance Ballet Company to Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB).

Leon Kalimos, Maria Tallchief, and Janet Reed. Photo © Carol Beach.

Leslie Peck, R. Crawford, and Lisa Stickleman in The Four Temperaments, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Melissa Hayden with Charlotte Richards.

PND brochure.

PNB dancers in Aida. Photo © Des Gates & Associates.

Uncredited photos courtesy of PNB Archives.

1964–1973

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December 1978: PNB toured its Nutcracker to Vancouver, BC, the Company’s first major appearance outside Seattle.

Spring 1979: Deborah Hadley joined PNB as a principal dancer.

July 1978: First of four annual Summer Inventions programs, designed to showcase new choreography. The first was presented in Meany Hall at the University of Washington; the next three were presented in the Seattle Center Playhouse.

1981: Beginning of four-year collaboration with San Francisco Ballet to jointly acquire five large-scale ballets by George Balanchine. Among the works included in the agreement were Western Symphony, Chaconne, and Prodigal Son.

June 1987: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (with scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costumes by Theoni Aldredge, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli, and music by P.I. Tchaikovsky).

April 1981: Premiere of Swan Lake, with choreography by Kent Stowell, staging by Francia Russell (after Petipa and Ivanov) (scenery by Filippo Sanjust, costumes by Sandra Woodall, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

March 1983: PNB performed an All Balanchine Program (The Four Temperaments, Chaconne, Stars and Stripes) as a tribute to the choreographer. (Balanchine died shortly thereafter, on April 30.)

July 1983: PNB’s San Francisco debut at the Stern Grove Festival.

July 1986: Pacific Northwest Ballet School’s Eastside location in Bellevue, Washington opens.

November 1986: Release of the feature film of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (directed by Carroll Ballard).

April 1987: First PNB tour to Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (return engagements in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2010).

Deborah Hadley in Kent Stowell’s Coppélia. Photo © Jim Cummins.

Deborah Hadley and Jory Hancock in Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake. Photo © John Turner.

Deborah Hadley and Benjamin Houk rehearsing Kent Stowell’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Photo © Kurt Smith

Lucinda Hughey and Michael Auer in Western Symphony, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Lucinda Hughey in Prodigal Son, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Ben Kerns.

PNB brochure.

(l-r) Maurice Sendak, Patricia Barker, Alaina Alberston, Wade Walthall, Kent Stowell, and Hugh Bigney on opening night of Nutcracker. Photo © David Cooper.

1981–1982

1978–1981

1983–1985

December 1983: Premiere of the Kent Stowell/Maurice Sendak Nutcracker, with 26 near-capacity performances.

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October 1979: Notification of National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant of $150,000 awarded to PNB.

1979–1980: First full fiscal year of operational independence from Seattle Opera; PNB hired its own production/stage manager, “costumer”, and Randall G. Chiarelli as lighting designer and technical director. Prior to this, those positions were provided by Seattle Opera.

1983: Stewart Kershaw hired as PNB’s music director and conductor, a position he held until 2009. Larae Theige Hascall hired; she became costume shop manager in 1987.

March 1984: PNB’s New York debut, with performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Among the works presented were Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Chaconne, and Kent Stowell’s Ravenna and Dumbarton Oaks.

1987–1988 season: The tenth anniversary of Kent Stowell and Francia Russell as artistic directors and the 15th anniversary of the founding of the institution. The Company consisted of 36 members plus 5 apprentices; the performing schedule had expanded to six repertory programs as well as Nutcracker. This season was representative of the range of PNB’s repertory: full-length story ballets (A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Coppélia); Balanchine ballets, including the PNB premiere of Rubies to celebrate the 40th (ruby) wedding anniversary of long-time supporters Sheffield and Patricia Phelps; the premiere of Kent Stowell’s Delicate Balance; and modern classics, including Paul Taylor’s Roses and Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas.

1979–1980 season: The Company gave 30 performances in the Seattle Opera House, including 16 Nutcrackers.

1980–1981 season: Tours to Wyoming and Alaska.

Summer 1981: Patricia Barker joined PNB as an apprentice, the first step in her stellar career with the Company.

February 1982: PNB’s first tour outside of North America, to Taiwan’s International Arts Festival.

June 1982: First annual School performance, held at Meany Hall.

Fall 1982: Expansion of PNB’s season, with first performances in the fall season of programs other than Nutcracker.

June 1984: PNB performed at the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

1985: The National Endowment for the Arts awarded PNB a $500,000 Challenge Grant. This year witnessed PNB premieres of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Theme and Variations, and Kent Stowell’s Hail to the Conquering Hero, set to selections of Handel’s choral and orchestral works and marking the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

Deborah Hadley and Jory Hancock on tour in Alaska. Photo © Archie Horspool.

Patricia Barker and Hugh Bigney in Rubies, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Ben Kerns.

Irena Pasaric and Wade Walthall in George Balanchine's Chaconne, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Patricia Barker.Company photo. Photo © Archie Horspool.

PNB dancers in Kent Stowell's Hail to the Conquering Hero. Photo © David Cooper.

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November 1988: PNB launched a $10 million capital campaign to underwrite a new state-of-the-art facility on the site of the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center.

1989: PNB Orchestra (PNBO) organized as independent entity (separate from Seattle Opera and Seattle Symphony).

June 1988: Annual School Performance of Pacific Northwest Ballet School was held at the Seattle Opera House for the first time; prior School Performances (1982-1987) had been held at Meany Hall. In 1988 the School earned accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Dance.

1988–1989: Francia Russell staged Balanchine’s Theme and Variations for the Kirov Ballet, the first authorized staging of a Balanchine ballet in Russia. She initiated an exchange program through which the directors of the Kirov subsequently staged Paquita for PNB in 1990.

Summer 1990: Performances at the Goodwill Games Arts Festival.

October 1990: Public announcement of the capital campaign; $5.5 million already had been raised by the time of the public announcement.

November 1990: First tour to Hawaii (subsequent tours occurred in November 1991 and October 1992).

February 1991: Construction of the new facility at Seattle Center began.

January 1993: Official opening of PNB’s new facility, the Phelps Center, named after Sheffield and Patricia Phelps, founding members of the organization in 1972 and generous supporters in subsequent years.

April 1996: Dance Magazine Award presented to Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, and to New York City Ballet principal dancer Peter Boal.

October 1996: East Coast Tour, with performances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and at City Center in New York City. The Company will return to City Center in February 2013.

Spring 1990: PNB Offstage, the first of six annual performances created to develop new choreography and artistic collaborations. Performances in 1990-1992 were held at the Seattle Opera House Rehearsal Hall; in 1993-1995, performances were held at the Phelps Center.

November 1992: Launch of Bravo! Ballet, an arts-in-education program that brought elementary and middle school students to special performances at the Opera House.

1992–1993 season: Celebration of the life and work of George Balanchine on the tenth anniversary of his death. Ten of his ballets were performed, including PNB premieres of Agon and Apollo (both staged by Francia Russell), and Who Cares?.

Fall 1994: Beginning of DanceChance program, offering classical ballet training on full scholarship to elementary school children in the Seattle School District. Eric Hipolito Jr. was the first DanceChance graduate to join the Company in 2008.

October 1995: PNB performances opened the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in Australia.

PNB Board Chairman Sheffield Phelps. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Ariana Lallone and Sterling Kekoa in Trey McIntyre’s Mantis. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Ariana Lallone in Who Cares?, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Kent Stowell in Studio C at the Phelps Center. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Julie Tobiason and Paul Gibson in Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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Fall 1989: PNB’s second tour to The Kennedy Center included the premiere of Kent Stowell’s Firebird (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costumes by Theoni Aldredge, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli) and performances of Balanchine’s Symphony in C. Firebird received its Seattle premiere in May 1990.

June 1991: Principal dancer Deborah Hadley’s last performance before her retirement from the stage; she danced the role of Juliet, created for her by Kent Stowell in 1987.

Summer 1992: First performance at Chateau Ste. Michelle (summer outdoor performances continued in 1993-1995).

October 1993: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Carmina Burana (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costume design by Theoni Aldredge, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli).

November 1993: Special performance of Carmina Burana for the delegates to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference.

June 1994: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Cinderella (scenic design by Tony Straiges, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli). In fall 1994 and spring 1995, PNB toured Cinderella to Arizona, California, and Alberta, Canada.

May 1997: New production of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (staged by Francia Russell, scenery and costumes by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

September 1997: Opening of Museum of History and Industry’s exhibit on PNB (Ballet Backstage: Celebrating 25 Years of Pacific Northwest Ballet).

September 1989: PNB performed at the Bumbershoot Arts Festival. Subsequent Bumbershoot appearances occurred in August 1997 (in the Opera House, as in 1989) and in September 2006 and 2007 in the Bagley Wright Theater.

1989: PNB was the first performing arts organization in Washington State to be awarded a National Arts Stabilization Fund grant (for $1 million).

1997–1998: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Season featuring all new works, ending with Kent Stowell’s Silver Lining, set to Jerome Kern songs (scenery by Ming Cho Lee, costumes by David Murin, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

Paul Gibson and Seth Belliston in George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Kent Stowell's Silver Lining. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Kent Stowell and Francia Russell with Anne Derieux and Olivier Wevers rehearsing Cinderella. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Francia Russell, Arthur Jacobus, Michel Mesnier, Kent Stowell, Thordal Christensen, Erica Fischbach, Colleen Neary, and Wendy Griffin. Photo © Fitz Dent.

PNB at Chateau Ste. Michelle. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Deborah Hadley and Colleen Neary backstage at The Kennedy Center. Photo © Steven Caras.

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February 1999: Tour to Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, featuring a mixed repertory program of American choreographers and Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the BBC filmed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and released the award-winning DVD in 2001.

May 2000: D. David Brown hired as executive director.

1997–1998: Beginning of Discover Dance, a community education and outreach program that included performances at the Seattle Opera House.

August 1998: PNB performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Edinburgh International Festival.

1998: PNB announces the public phase of a $10 million endowment campaign, chaired by Susan Brotman.

July 2002: Return visit to Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London.

October 2002: The Francia Russell Center (the new School facility in Bellevue) opened.

August 2006: Dancers from PNB first performed at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts; the Company also appeared there in August 2009.

October 2006: Dancers from PNB first performed at the Fall for Dance festival in New York City, with return performances in 2007 (Orange County, California) and 2012 (New York City).

April 2007: PNB’s Celebrate Seattle Festival featuring Northwest choreographers and honoring individuals and institutions that have contributed to the Seattle dance community since the first half of the twentieth century.

January 2002 to June 2003: PNB performed in the Mercer Arts Arena.

January 2002: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Carmen, a multi-media production designed for the Mercer Arts Arena stage (scenery and lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli, costumes by Larae Theige Hascall, video by Iole Allessandrini).

November 28 to December 28, 2003: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker.

2004: The Balanchine Centenary, with performances of nine of his ballets to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

April 2004: First Choreographers’ Showcase, new works choreographed by PNB dancers performed in McCaw Hall.

2005–2006: First season of Artistic Director Peter Boal included works new to PNB by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, and Ulysses Dove.

April 2006: The first of three tours in 2006–2009 to Palm Springs, California.

Sadler’s Wells program book.

Ariana Lallone and Jeffrey Stanton in Kent Stowell's Carmen. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Nutcracker poster.Louise Nadeau and Christophe Maraval in Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Olivier Wevers with Liora Neuville and Andrew Bartee. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Peter Boal. Photo © Angela Sterling.


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Summer 2000: Tours to Istanbul in June and to Hong Kong in July.

February 2001: PNB premiere of The Sleeping Beauty (choreography by Ronald Hynd after Marius Petipa).

June 28, 2003: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall Opening Night Celebration, with performances by Pacific Northwest Ballet and by Seattle Opera.

September 25, 2003: PNB’s inaugural season in McCaw Hall opened with the premiere of the Company’s new production of Kent Stowell's Swan Lake (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli).

2004–2005: Dedication Season commemorating the 28 years Kent Stowell and Francia Russell led PNB.

November 2004: The PNB board announced Peter Boal had accepted the position of artistic director and director of the School, effective summer 2005.

April 2005: PNB participated in the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process program in New York City. Subsequent appearances occurred in May 2010, January 2011, May 2012 , and September 2012.

June 2007: A Celebration of Patricia Barker, year-end performance honoring principal dancer Patricia Barker upon her retirement after 26 years with PNB.

July–August 2007: PNB performed at the Vail (Colorado) International Dance Festival; subsequent tours to the Festival occurred in 2008 and 2010.

September 2001: Program celebrating principal dancer Patricia Barker’s 20th anniversary with the Company.

December 27, 2001: The Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker was the last performance in the Opera House before it closed for renovation.

June 12, 2005: Tribute performance honoring retiring Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell.

January 2008: PNB premiere of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette (originally created for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 1996). Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico danced the role of Juliet in all nine performances.


Patricia Barker. Photo © Angela Sterling. Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite in Jean Christophe-Maillot's Roméo et Juliette. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Tribute performance, June 12 2005. Photo © Jack Austin.

Sadler’s Wells program book. Patricia Barker and Stanko Milov in Kent Stowell's Swan Lake. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Ronald Hynd with Timothy Lynch. Photo © Matthew Lawrence. Carrie Imler in Kent Stowell's Nutcracker. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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June 2009: Year-end performance honoring the career of principal dancer Louise Nadeau upon her retirement after 19 years with PNB.

June 2008: PNB dancers performed at Kennedy Center under the auspices of Ballet Across America. They made a second appearance there in June 2010.

September 2008: Lecture-demonstration by Twyla Tharp presented at McCaw Hall prior to PNB’s All Tharp program that included two world premieres commissioned for PNB.

June 2011: Year-end performance honoring 8 departing dancers, including principal dancers Ariana Lallone, Jeffrey Stanton, Olivier Wevers, and Stanko Milov upon their retirements from PNB (after 24 years, 17 years, 14 years, and 12 years, respectively).

September 2011: Emil de Cou hired as music director/principal conductor.

June 2011: Premiere of PNB’s historic new production of Giselle, staged by Peter Boal with the assistance of dance historians Marian Smith and Doug Fullington, based on primary musical and dance notation sources from Paris and St. Petersburg. PNB hosted the annual Dance Critics Association Conference in conjunction with the premiere.

Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Kaori Nakamura, and Olivier Wevers in Twyla Tharp's Afternoon Ball. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Louise Nadeau. Photo © Bill Mohn.

Giselle poster. Ariana Lallone and Jeffrey Stanton in Val Caniparoli's Lambarena. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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January 2010: Performances at the Joyce Theater, New York City.

June 2010: Premiere of new production of Balanchine’s Coppélia (scenery and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

September 2011: The Company opened the season with a mixed bill of ballets by Christopher Wheeldon.

February 2012: PNB presented the American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s production of Don Quixote (originally created for the Dutch National Ballet in 2010).

June 2010: Year-end performance honoring Music Director and Conductor Stewart Kershaw who led the PNB orchestra from late 1983 to late 2009.

October 2010: PNB performed at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, BC and will return in February 2013.

March 2012: Executive director of the Joyce Theater presented The Rudolph Nureyev Prize for New Dance (a $25,000 grant) to Peter Boal, enabling PNB to commission a new ballet that will be presented at the Joyce Theater during the 2013/2014 season.

July 2012: Tour to Spoleto Festival (Italy) with an all -Tharp program.

2012–2013 Season: 40th anniversary of the organization’s incorporation in November 1972.

Carla Körbes in Alexei Ratmansky's Don Quixote. Photo © Angela Sterling

Lesley Rausch. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Kaori Nakamura and Jonathan Porretta in Coppélia, choreography by Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine (after Marius Petipa) © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Stewart Kershaw. Photo © Angela Sterling.

2011–2012

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A Stellar Celebration

“Pacific Northwest Ballet is a jewel in the crown of American ballet and a rightful source of Northwest pride. This season we celebrate our 40th by honoring the past with repertory favorites as we leap into our future with six new works by choreographers ranging from promising fledglings to the best in the business. Please join us for this stellar celebration season, and thank you for loving PNB.”

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CELEBRATE SEATTLE Sept 16, 2012

SEASON OPENING GALA Sept 21, 2012

REP 1 CINDERELLA Sept 21–30, 2012

REP 2 ALL PREMIERE Nov 2–11, 2012

NUTCRACKER Dec 7–29, 2012

REP 3 ROMÉO ET JULIETTE Feb 1–10, 2013

REP 4 MODERN MASTERPIECES Mar 15–24, 2013

HANSEL & GRETEL Mar 17–23, 2013

REP 5 SWAN LAKE Apr 12–21, 2013

REP 6 DIRECTOR'S CHOICE May 31–June 9, 2013

CELEBRATE SEASON ENCORE PERFORMANCE June 9, 2013

NEW WORKS NEXT STEP June 14, 2013

PNBS ANNUAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCES June 15, 2013

2012–2013 SEASON

Programming subject to change.

FIRST LOOK 2012

THE NEXT FIFTY

CHILDREN’S MATINEE SERIES

STOWELL & SENDAK

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September 21–30, 2012REP 1

Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Kent StowellStaging: Kent Stowell & Francia Russell

Scenic Design: Tony StraigesCostume Design: Martin PakledinazLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

TO LAUNCH THE 40th ANNIVERSARY SEASON and honor Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell, PNB’s wondrous Cinderella returns to McCaw Hall. Choreographer Stowell conjures rare enchantment from this best-loved fairy tale by recalling Cinderella’s long-lost mother in a tender memory scene and then returning her in the guise of Fairy Godmother. As if stepping between the pages of a beloved storybook, the ballet’s breathtaking beauty, in union with Prokofiev’s evocative score, vividly illustrates the familiar narrative and supports a rich array of character roles—from silly step-sisters to tiny dancing pumpkins to a gentle, handsome prince. And when her ivory carriage rolls to a stop at the entrance to a magnificent golden ballroom and Cinderella takes her first, shy steps into the midst of swirling, scarlet-clad dancers, all hearts go with her into this dream come true.

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November 2–11, 2012REP 2

WORLD PREMIERE Kammermusik No. 3 Music: Paul Hindemith Choreography: Mark Morris WORLD PREMIERE Sum StravinskyMusic: Igor StravinskyChoreography: Kiyon Gaines

WORLD PREMIERE Lost in LightMusic: Dan ColemanChoreography: Margaret Mullin

WORLD PREMIERE arms that workMusic: Barret AnspachChoreography: Andrew Bartee

A FOUR-PACK OF WORLD PREMIERES underscores the commitment to dance innovation and encouragement of emerging choreographers that has been central to PNB’s mission from its inception. Headliner Mark Morris—internationally acclaimed as his generation’s most musical choreographer—debuts his first commissioned ballet for PNB, set to cello concerto Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36, No. 2 by Paul Hindemith. Artistic Director Peter Boal developed PNB’s NEXT STEP choreographers’ showcase to cultivate the Company’s current crop of young dance-makers. NEXT STEP veteran and Company soloist Kiyon Gaines debuts his second ballet for the mainstage, Sum Stravinsky, an homage to inspirations George Balanchine and Kent Stowell. Another pair of NEXT STEP participants, corps de ballet dancers Margaret Mullin and Andrew Bartee, make professional leaps forward with their first works for PNB’s repertory, Lost in Light and arms that work.

All Premiere

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NutcrackerStowell / Sendak

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET CAN PROUDLY LAY CLAIM to the world's most recognized and celebrated production of Nutcracker, now in its 29th season. The brilliant result of close collaboration between Kent Stowell and renowned children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, Nutcracker draws on E.T.A. Hoffman's original story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." Stowell and Sendak delved deeply into the story, infusing the ballet with a drama and strength that fully complements Tchaikovsky’s rich score, while creating a kaleidoscope of roles for all levels of the Company and School. Nutcracker premiered to national acclaim in December 1983. The following year saw the publication of "Nutcracker," a new edition of the original Hoffman story with illustrations by Sendak. In 1986, a feature-length film of Nutcracker was premiered in Seattle, released nationwide and, subsequently, on video. In addition to annual Seattle performances, PNB has performed Nutcracker in Vancouver, Portland and Minneapolis. Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography: Kent StowellScenic and Costume Design: Maurice SendakLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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Nutcracker

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February 1–10, 2013REP 3

Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot Staging: Bernice Coppieters, Giovanna Lorenzoni & Gaby Baars

Scenic Design: Ernest Pignon-Ernest Costume Design: Jérôme KaplanLighting Design: Dominique Drillot

FROM WEST SIDE STORY TO TWILIGHT, Shakespeare’s great romance seems always to find new interpretation, and its tale of forbidden love has been especially enticing to the dance world. Peter Boal was so mesmerized by Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette when he attended its New York debut in 1999, that it became his first full-length acquisition for PNB as artistic director. Though Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette is firmly grounded in classical ballet, his choreography is imbued with natural and intuitive movement that feels progressive and expands margins of expression. As the famous story unfolds, the dancers' swimming hands, flying arms, and off-kilter balances speak for racing hearts, reckless impulses, and inner turmoil. Stage action is brought into high relief by the ballet’s spare and elegant design. Great washes of blue and gold light reflect the magnitude of Prokofiev's dramatic score, and the piercing elation and lament of young love project like Hollywood close-ups.

ROMÉO etJULI ETTE

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March 15–24, 2013REP 4

Concerto Barocco Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Choreography: George Balanchine © New York City Ballet

Staging: Francia Russell

WORLD PREMIERE Music: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartChoreography: Paul Gibson

Dancing on the Front Porch of HeavenMusic: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Ulysses DoveStaging: Eva Säfstrom

In the Upper Room Music: Philip Glass, arranged by Kurt Munkacsi Choreography: Twyla TharpStaging: Shelley Washington, William Whitener

MARCH’S IDEALLY BALANCED MIXED-BILL DELIVERS three repertory giants and a world premiere. Peter Boal’s desire to curate new choreographic collections paved the way for works by Ulysses Dove and Twyla Tharp to enter PNB’s repertory. In Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Dove’s ode to love and loss, the pairing and parting of three couples is illuminated in still pools of white light. Aerobic-clad “stompers” and ankle-socked ballerinas convene under arena-rock haze for Tharp’s In the Upper Room, an exuberant full-court assault from the 80s. Concerto Barocco, George Balanchine’s testament to the mathematical beauty of Bach, achieves flawless form via Francia Russell, one of the first ballet masters chosen by Balanchine to stage his works. PNB’s own Paul Gibson (The Piano Dance) unveils a new work for the Company set to Mozart, sensitively crafted to the dancers he knows best.

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Concerto Barocco Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Choreography: George Balanchine © New York City Ballet

Staging: Francia Russell

WORLD PREMIERE Music: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartChoreography: Paul Gibson

Dancing on the Front Porch of HeavenMusic: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Ulysses DoveStaging: Eva Säfstrom

In the Upper Room Music: Philip Glass, arranged by Kurt Munkacsi Choreography: Twyla TharpStaging: Shelley Washington, William Whitener

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April 12-21, 2013REP 5

Music: Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography: Kent StowellStaging: Francia Russell (after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov)

Scenic Design: Ming Cho LeeCostume Design: Paul TazewellLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

REVERED BY AUDIENCES AND DANCERS, Swan Lake is widely considered the greatest of all classical ballets. In 1981, Founding Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell judged their young company ready for a major challenge and mounted PNB’s first Swan Lake. In 2003, the production was magnificently re-designed for the grand opening of McCaw Hall. Swan Lake’s tale of young maidens under the spell of an evil sorcerer offers its lead ballerina an exceptional dual role—Odette, trapped in the body of a white swan until the oath of a faithful man sets her free—and Odile, the “Black Swan” temptress, whose deception snares Odette's true love, Siegfried. Ultimately, Swan Lake’s haunting beauty stems from its pure union with Tchaikovsky’s sublime score—most completely realized when twenty-four perfect swans emerge from the mist and move as one through the moonlight.

Made possible by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation.

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Music: Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography: Kent StowellStaging: Francia Russell (after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov)

Scenic Design: Ming Cho LeeCostume Design: Paul TazewellLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

Made possible by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation.

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ChoiceDirector's

May 31–June 9, 2013REP 6

WORLD PREMIERE Music: Joby TalbotChoreography: Christopher WheeldonCostume Design: Holly Hynes

AgonMusic: Igor StravinskyChoreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Francia RussellLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

DiamondsMusic: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Elyse BorneCostume Design: KarinskaLighting Design: Mark Stanley

PNB’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE WITH A TRIBUTE to George Balanchine, whose works have been vital to the Company’s history. This triple-bill also features a world premiere from Christopher Wheeldon, frequently cited as today’s best contemporary ballet choreographer and often compared to “Mr. B” for his prolific versatility and capacity to up-date tradition. Agon returns, expertly staged by Francia Russell (an original New York City Ballet cast member) and as startlingly avant-garde as its 1957 premiere. The program’s dazzling grand finale is Diamonds, the crowning gemstone of Balanchine’s three-part Jewels, added to PNB’s repertory by Peter Boal in 2006.

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RTITLE COMPOSER PNB PREMIERE

IB ANDERSEN Brandenburg Concerti* Johann Sebastian Bach February 1, 1994

AFTER SAMUIL ANDRIANOV Le Corsaire Pas de Trois Riccardo Drigo April 12, 2001

GEORGE BALANCHINE Agon Igor Stravinsky March 30, 1993Allegro Brillante Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky February 10, 1977Apollo Igor Stravinsky February 23, 1993Ballet Imperial Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky November 4, 1997Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Johannes Brahms February 28, 1985Chaconne Cristoph Willibald von Gluck March 3, 1983Concerto Barocco Johann Sebastian Bach March 10, 1977Coppélia Léo Delibes June 3, 2010Diamonds Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky June 1, 2006Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée" Igor Stravinsky November 4, 2011Divertimento No. 15 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March 10, 1977Duo Concertant Igor Stravinsky September 17, 2005Emeralds Gabriel Fauré June 1, 2006The Four Temperaments Paul Hindemith February 23, 1978Harlequinade Pas de Deux Riccardo Drigo November 19, 1982A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn May 15, 1985Mozartiana Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart November 15, 1994Pas de Dix Alexander Glazunov July 30, 1976Pavane Maurice Ravel April 1, 2006Prodigal Son Sergei Prokofiev April 19, 1984Rubies Igor Stravinsky February 3, 1988Scotch Symphony Felix Mendelssohn February 10, 1977Serenade Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky September 29, 1978Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Richard Rodgers September 20, 2008La Sonnambula Vittorio Rieti (based on themes by Bellini) March 15, 2007Square Dance Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi March 5, 1981Stars and Stripes John Philip Sousa March 3, 1983Stravinsky Violin Concerto Igor Stravinsky March 5, 1986Sylvia Pas de Deux Léo Delibes November 11, 1987Symphony in C Georges Bizet March 25, 1987Symphony in Three Movements Igor Stravinsky September 17, 2005Tarantella Pas de Deux Louis Moreau Gottschalk January 31, 1985Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky February 10, 1977Theme and Variations Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky October 16, 1985La Valse Maurice Ravel May 21, 1981Valse Fantaisie Mikhail Glinka July 30, 1976Western Symphony Hershy Kay February 11, 1982Who Cares? George Gershwin October 6, 1992

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ANDREW BARTEE arms that work* Barret Anspach November 2, 2012

STEPHEN BAYNES El Tango* Astor Piazzolla April 11, 2002

HUGH BIGNEY No. 1 ("Sweet Levinsky")* Paul Hindemith April 12, 1989

PETER BOAL Adieu* John Kennedy June 9, 2007

PETER BOAL (production), Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Giselle* Adolphe Adam June 3, 2011

TODD BOLENDER La Favorita Gaetano Donizetti August 13, 1976Seraglio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart August 13, 1976Souvenirs Samuel Barber April 19, 1984

AUGUST BOURNONVILLE Bournonville Variations Edvard Helsted, Holger Simon Paulli February 3, 1988La Ventana Pas de Trois Hans Christian Lumbye February 23, 1978

TRISHA BROWN Carmen Entr'acte Georges Bizet April 20, 2007Carmen Overture Georges Bizet April 20, 2007Spanish Dance Gordon Lightfoot April 20, 2007

DONALD BYRD Capricious Night* William Bolcom April 7, 1998Seven Deadly Sins* Kurt Weill May 30, 2002Subtext Rage* Louis Andriessen February 22, 1999

VAL CANIPAROLI The Bridge* Dmitri Shostakovich February 24, 1998Gran Partita* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March 22, 1991Lambarena Johann Sebastian Bach, traditional African music April 9, 1997The Seasons* Alexander Glazunov November 5, 2009Torque* Michael Torke May 31, 2001

CARLOS CARVAJAL Three Poems* K. Schultze, T. Mayuzumi, Takemitsu July 22, 1978

LUCINDA CHILDS Cascade* Steve Reich March 1, 1984Clarion* Paul Chihara April 2, 1986

LEW CHRISTENSEN Con Amore Gioachino Rossini November 12, 1986Filling Station Virgil Thomson July 30, 1976Il Distratto Franz Josef Haydn May 1, 1980Jinx Benjamin Britten August 13, 1976The Nutcracker Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky December 19, 1975

JOHN CLIFFORD Ravel Concerto* Maurice Ravel February 5, 1986Satie* Erik Satie April 11, 1987

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DIANE COBURN BRUNING Symphony of Psalms* Igor Stravinsky November 4, 1997

JEAN PAUL COMELIN Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Dmitri Shostakovich February 28, 1980

MERCE CUNNINGHAM Inlets 2 John Cage April 17, 2007Septet Erik Satie November 15, 1989

CHARLES CZARNY Concerto Grosso George Frideric Handel April 3, 1980

LYNN DALLY Black Iris* Duke Ellington February 2, 1984Ruby, My Dear* Thelonius Monk January 27, 1998

JACQUES D'AMBOISE Thaïs Jules Massenet March 10, 1977

SONIA DAWKINS Ripple Mechanics* Nina Simone, Jacqueline Fuentes, Matthew Segal March 23, 2005

DAVID DAWSON A Million Kisses to my Skin Johann Sebastian Bach March 16, 2012

MARK DENDY Auguries: one, two, and three* Philip Glass February 24, 1998Les Biches* Francis Poulenc March 11, 1997Symmetries* John Adams February 22, 1994

ULYSSES DOVE Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven Arvo Pärt November 2, 2006Red Angels Richard Einhorn September 17, 2005Serious Pleasures Robert Ruggieri March 18, 2010Vespers Mikel Rouse September 15, 2007

NACHO DUATO Jardí Tancat Maria del Mar Bonet February 27, 1996Rassemblement Toto Bissainthe April 7, 1998

DOMINIQUE DUMAIS Scripted in the Body* Johann Sebastian Bach, Arvo Pärt March 13, 2003Time and other Matter* David Lang March 16, 2006

BILL EVANS Le Jazz* Bohuslav Martinu March 5, 1981

ELIOT FELD Intermezzo Johannes Brahms November 4, 1999

MOLISSA FENLEY State of Darkness Igor Stravinsky May 31, 2007

NICOLO FONTE Almost Tango* Laurie Anderson, Karl Jenkins, Thomas Oboe Lee April 11, 2002Within/Without* Arvo Pärt March 18, 2004


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WILLIAM FORSYTHE Artifact II Johann Sebastian Bach February 24, 1998In the middle, somewhat elevated Thom Willems March 16, 2000One Flat Thing, reproduced Thom Willems March 13, 2008Urlicht Gustav Mahler June 7, 2009

KIYON GAINES ə {Schwa}* Astor Piazzolla March 22, 2006M-Pulse* Christina Spinei November 6, 2008Sum Stravinsky* Igor Stravinsky November 2, 2012

PAUL GIBSON Diversions* Morton Gould January 27, 1998New work* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March 15, 2013The Piano Dance* Frederic Chopin, John Cage, György Ligeti, April 14, 2005 Bela Bartok, Alberto Ginastera Rush* Bohuslav Martinu November 7, 2002Sense of Doubt* Philip Glass April 20, 2007

MARCO GOECKE Mopey C.P.E. Bach and the Cramps November 3, 2005 Place a Chill* Camille St. Saens March 18, 2011

CHOO SAN GOH Variations Sérieuses Felix Mendelssohn May 11, 1978

PAT GRANEY Light Years* Arvo Pärt November 9, 1988

BENJAMIN HARKARVY Madrigalesco Antonio Vivaldi May 9, 1979

MELISSA HAYDEN (after Marius Petipa) Coppélia Léo Delibes May 20, 1977

IAN HORVATH Matrix* Bela Bartok February 11, 1987Terre á Terre* Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky April 11, 1985

BENJAMIN HOUK By When* Georg Muffat April 12, 1989

LOYCE HOULTON Lone Poems Ralph Vaughan Williams May 1, 1980

LUCINDA HUGHEY Painting the London Bridge* Walter Piston April 12, 1989

RONALD HYND The Merry Widow Franz Lehar September 26, 2002

RONALD HYND (after Marius Petipa) The Sleeping Beauty Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky February 1, 2001

ROBERT JOFFREY Remembrances [pas de deux] Richard Wagner September 16, 2006

JIRI KYLIAN Petite Mort Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart November 5, 2009Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart September 24, 2010


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EDWAARD LIANG Für Alina Arvo Pärt March 13, 2008

JOSE LIMÓN The Moor's Pavane Henry Purcell November 12, 1986

EUGENE LORING Billy the Kid Aaron Copland April 13, 2000

LAR LUBOVITCH America Gesture* Charles Ives January 28, 1992Sinfonia Concertante* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart February 8, 1991

MIRIAM MAHDAVIANI And Then Again…* Steve Reich April 7, 1998

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT Roméo et Juliette Sergei Prokofiev January 31, 2008

SUSAN MARSHALL Kiss Arvo Pärt February 2, 2006

PETER MARTINS Fearful Symmetries John Adams March 15, 2001Valse Triste Jean Sibelius November 2, 2006

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED 3 Movements Steve Reich November 6, 2008

MARK MORRIS A Garden Richard Strauss November 6, 2008Kammermusik No. 3* Paul Hindemith November 2, 2012Pacific Lou Harrison April 5, 2007

MARGARET MULLIN Lost in Light* Dan Coleman November 2, 2012

MARJORIE MUSSMAN Octet* Igor Stravinsky March 25, 1982

VICENTE NEBRADA Lento, a Tempo e Appassionato Alexander Scriabin May 20, 1982Six Waltzes* Sergei Prokofiev April 14, 1983

ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA Cylindrical Shadows* David van Bouwel, Johann Sebatian Bach, March 16, 2012 Henry Purcell

KEVIN O'DAY Aract* Graham Fitkin November 4, 1997[soundaroun(d)dance]* Pieter Hellendaal April 12, 2001

RUTH PAGE, BENTLEY STONE Frankie & Johnny Jerome Moross March 10, 1977

DAVID PARSONS Caught Robert Fripp September 15, 2007

SARA PEARSON, PATRIK WIDRIG Ordinary Festivals [excerpts] Italian folk music April 20, 2008


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KIRK PETERSON Amazed in Burning Dreams* Philip Glass April 22, 1992

AFTER MARIUS PETIPA Don Quixote Ludwig Minkus November 8, 2001 Don Quixote Pas de Deux Ludwig Minkus September 29, 1978 Esmeralda Pas de Deux Riccardo Drigo January 30, 2003 Le Corsaire Pas de Deux Riccardo Drigo February 23, 1978 Paquita Ludwig Minkus, et al. May 16, 1990

TONI PIMBLE Two's Company [pas de trois] Antonin Dvorak April 18, 2007

VICTOR QUIJADA Mating Theory* Jasper Gahunia March 16, 2012Suspension of Disbelief* Mitchell Akiyama November 2, 2006

ALEXEI RATMANSKY Concerto DSCH Dmitri Shostakovich March 18, 2011

ALEXEI RATMANSKY (production), MARIUS PETIPA, ALEXANDER GORSKY Don Quixote Ludwig Minkus February 3, 2012

BRIAN REEDER Lost Language of the Flight Attendant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart April 17, 2008

ANN REINKING, WILLIAM WHITENER Sondheim Suite Stephen Sondheim November 15, 1989

JEROME ROBBINS Afternoon of a Faun Claude Debussy May 11, 1978The Cage Igor Stravinsky October 11, 1984Circus Polka Igor Stravinsky September 16, 2006The Concert Frederic Chopin September 15, 2007Dances at a Gathering Frederic Chopin May 28, 2009Fancy Free Leonard Bernstein September 21, 2006Fanfare Benjamin Britten November 15, 1994Glass Pieces Philip Glass September 24, 2010In the Night Frederic Chopin September 22, 2005West Side Story Suite Leonard Bernstein March 12, 2009

TOM RUUD Mobile Aram Khachaturian July 30, 1976

MARGO SAPPINGTON Les Cerises Perdues* George Gershwin May 21, 1981

RONALD SEQUOIO Astral Night Samuel Barber February 10, 1977

TON SIMONS The Tenderness of Patient Minds* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart November 12, 1996

MICHAEL SMUIN Harp Concerto Pas de Deux Carl Reinecke September 26, 1979Songs of Mahler Gustav Mahler February 11, 1982Stravinsky Piano Pieces Igor Stravinsky October 11, 1984

DENNIS SPAIGHT Crayola* [performed in silence] August 10, 1979


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BEN STEVENSON Cinderella Sergei Prokofiev May 21, 1980

CHRISTOPHER STOWELL Quick Time* Camille Saint-Saëns April 14, 2005Zaïs* Jean-Philippe Rameau April 10, 2003

KENT STOWELL Agam* Gerhard Samuel February 3, 1983Anima Mundi* Richard Danielpour April 2, 1996Carmen* Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin January 31, 2002Carmina Burana* Carl Orff October 5, 1993Cinderella* Sergei Prokofiev May 31, 1994Coppélia* Léo Delibes June 15, 1978Daphnis and Chloe* Maurice Ravel February 23, 1979Delicate Balance* Frederic Chopin February 3, 1988Deranged Dances* Charles Ives February 28, 1980Dual Lish* William Bolcom March 18, 2004Dumbarton Oaks* Igor Stravinsky February 11, 1982Duo Fantasy* William Bolcom December 17, 1988Fauré Requiem* Gabriel Fauré March 30, 1993Firebird* Igor Stravinsky September 29, 1989Hail to the Conquering Hero* George Frideric Handel October 16, 1985Kammergarten Tänze* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart March 19, 1991Karelia* Jean Sibelius February 28, 1980L'Heure Bleue Maurice Ravel April 13, 1978La Bergère Célimène* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart February 28, 1985Nutcracker* Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky December 13, 1983Orpheus Portrait* Franz Liszt February 7, 1990Over the Waves* arr. G. Hubbard Miller and Gunther Schuller April 13, 1978Palacios Dances* Ramon Delgado Palacios October 4, 1997Pas de Deux Campagnolo* Giuseppe Verdi May 21, 1981Poeme St. Saëns* Camille Saint-Saëns November 13, 1990Quaternary* Sergei Rachmaninoff March 28, 1995Ragtime Igor Stravinsky February 23, 1978Ravenna* Gioacchino Rossini March 27, 1984Romeo and Juliet Pas de Deux* Sergei Prokofiev November 19, 1982Seattle Slew* William Bolcom March 5, 1986Silver Lining* Jerome Kern May 26, 1998 Symphonic Expressions* Igor Stravinsky September 29, 1978Symphony #5* Franz Schubert February 23, 1978Through Interior Worlds* Joseph Schwantner October 9, 1992Time and Ebb* Sergei Prokofiev November 15, 1991The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet* Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky June 3, 1987Zirkus Weill* Kurt Weill March 15, 1989

KENT STOWELL (after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov) Swan Lake Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky April 8, 1981

SUSAN STROMAN TAKE FIVE…More or Less* Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond April 17, 2008

RICHARD TANNER Ancient Airs and Dances Ottorino Respighi February 2, 2006

JOHN TARAS Design with Strings Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky July 30, 1976


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PAUL TAYLOR Company B Songs sung by the Andrews Sisters February 2, 1993Roses Richard Wagner, Heinrich Baermann April 20, 1988Three Epitaphs American folk music February 1, 1989

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT Ballad of You and Me Peter Seeger May 30, 2002The Quilt* Benjamin Britten April 2, 1996Mercury Franz Josef Haydn February 21, 1995Tunes Charles Strouse November 12, 1991

GLEN TETLEY Alice David del Tredici February 28, 1992The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky February 5, 2005Voluntaries Francis Poulenc February 27, 1990

TWYLA THARP Afternoon Ball* Vladimir Martynov September 25, 2008In the Upper Room Philip Glass November 1, 2007Nine Sinatra Songs Songs sung by Frank Sinatra February 2, 2006Opus 111* Johannes Brahms September 25, 2008Waterbaby Bagatelles Anton Webern, Kevin Volans, John Lurie, November 2, 2006 David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Mickey Hart, John Adams

CLARK TIPPET Chrysalis Regarding* John Adams October 12, 1990Gigue* Johann Sebastian Bach April 4, 1990

ANTONY TUDOR Dark Elegies Gustav Mahler March 25, 1987Jardin aux Lilas Ernest Chausson November 11, 1987

RUDI VAN DANTZIG Ginastera Alberto Ginastera February 27, 1998Ramifications György Ligeti February 5, 1981

HANS VAN MANEN Five Tangos Astor Piazzolla March 15, 2001

BRUCE WELLS III for V* Maurice Ravel January 27, 1998Salute* Igor Stravinsky May 20, 1982

OLIVIER WEVERS Shindig* Leroy Anderson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, April 20, 2008 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON After the Rain pas de deux Arvo Pärt September 20, 2008Carousel (A Dance) Richard Rodgers March 12, 2009New work* Joby Talbot May 31, 2013Polyphonia György Ligeti March 15, 2007Variations Sérieuses Felix Mendelssohn April 17, 2008

LILA YORK Rapture [first movement] Sergei Prokofiev April 2, 1996


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P N B S TA F F

PRINCIPALSBatkhurel BoldMaria ChapmanKarel CruzRachel FosterCarrie ImlerCarla KörbesKaori NakamuraSeth Orza Jonathan Porretta Lesley Rausch

VIOLIN 1Michael Jinsoo Lim Concertmaster Brittany Boulding Associate ConcertmasterLynn Bartlett-Johnson Natasha Bazhanov Stephen Daniels Tom Dziekonski Ella Marie Gray Peter Krysa Rebecca Lowe Christine Olason

VIOLIN 2Ingrid Frederickson, PrincipalBryan Boughten Assistant Principal William Boyd Anne Cady Adrianna Hulscher Rita Lee Laurel Wells Kim Zabelle

VIOLAScott Ligocki PrincipalBetty Agent Assistant PrincipalTim Christie Joyce Ramée Laura Renz Eileen Swanson

ARTISTIC STAFFPeter Boal Artistic Director

Otto Neubert Ballet Master

Anne Dabrowski Ballet Master

Paul Gibson Ballet Master

SOLOISTSLindsi DecKiyon GainesLaura GilbreathBenjamin GriffithsKylee KitchensJames MooreSarah Ricard OrzaJerome Tisserand

CORPS DE BALLETChelsea AdomaitisJessika AnspachAndrew Bartee

CELLOPage Smith PrincipalVirginia Dziekonski Assistant PrincipalMeg Brennand Andrea Chandler Charles Jacot Brian Wharton

BASSTodd Larsen PrincipalStephen Schermer Assistant PrincipalMaurice Clubb Ben Musa

FLUTEKarla Flygare Principal

OBOEOve Hanson PrincipalTad Margelli

ENGLISH HORNTad Margelli

CLARINETJennifer Nelson PrincipalDenise Lum

Doug Fullington Assistant to the Artistic Director

Emil de Cou Music Director/Principal Conductor

Allan Dameron Company Pianist/Conductor

Rodger Burnett Orchestra Personnel Manager

Leta BiasucciRyan CardeaAmanda ClarkKyle Davis Angelica GenerosaJoshua GrantEric Hipolito Jr.William Lin-Yee Steven LochEmma Love Charles McCallMargaret MullinElizabeth MurphyJenna Nelson

BASS CLARINET/ E-FLAT CLARINETDenise Lum

BASSOONMona Butler Principal Penny Lorenz

HORNRodger Burnett PrincipalDanielle Lemieux Richard Reed Ryan Stewart

TRUMPETGeorge Oram PrincipalRichard Werner

TROMBONEMark Williams PrincipalKay Nichols

BASS TROMBONEDouglas Nierman

TUBARyan Schultz

Christina Siemens, Jessica Choe Company Pianists

Stephen Barnes, Yelena Golets, Katja Rubin, Don Vollema Class Pianists

Mona Butler Orchestra Librarian

Jon Blake, Birgit Hansen Librarians

Liora NeuvilleLeah O’Connor Sarah PaschBrittany ReidMatthew RenkoSean RollofsonCarli Samuelson Price Suddarth Ezra Thomson

APPRENTICESJahna Frantziskonis Elle Macy

TYMPANIPhillip Hanson

PERCUSSIONMatthew Kocmieroski PrincipalGunnar Folsom

HARPJohn Carrington

KEYBOARDJessica Choe Allan Dameron Christina Siemens

PERSONNEL MANAGERRodger Burnett

MUSIC LIBRARIANMona Butler

Revolving members of the string sections are listed alphabetically. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Sherman Clay & Co. is the official purveyor of pianos for PNB. Steinway & Sons is the official piano

Sheila Dietrich Archivist

Di Anna Kurriger Parent Volunteer Coordinator

Peter Boal Artistic Director | Kent Stowell and Francia Russell Founding Artistic Directors | D. David Brown Executive Director

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PRODUCTIONNorbert Herriges Technical Director

Sandra Barrack Production Stage Manager

Liz Willett Assistant Stage Manager

Murray Johnson Master Carpenter

Dante Leonardi Master Electrician

Jeffrey Stebbins Master of Properties

Alan Hiskey Flyman

Howard Neslen, Tim Casey Assistant Carpenters

Jonathan Hackett, Bob Breeden Assistant Electricians

Peter Gantt, Jay Gosselin Properties Assistants

Jan Harvey-Smith, Sarah Middleton Master Scenic Artists

Charlene Hall, Scott Bennett, Nina Crampton, Kelly Staton Scenic Artists

Jeff Doll Lighting Technician

Toby Basiliko Sound

Jim Austin, Chris Balducci Follow Spot

Jack Taylor Videographer

Randall G. Chiarelli Resident Lighting Designer

COSTUME SHOP STAFFLarae Theige Hascall Costume Shop Manager

Sherri J. Thompson Wardrobe Mistress

Barbara Pritchard Assistant Wardrobe Mistress

Robin Emerson Costume Shop Assistant

Victoria McFall, Mark Zappone Drapers

Lisa Petersen, Luna Pham, Pauline Smith First Hands

Patrick Stovall Wardrobe Assistant

Terry Frank Millinery/Crafts

Wendy Oberlin Dyer/Painter

Karen Armand Head of Specialty Makeup

Joyce Degenfelder Wigmaster

EXECUTIVE OFFICED. David Brown Executive Director

Terrie Flaming Director of Human Resources

FINANCEDavid Thorpe Chief Financial Officer

Karen Portzer Accounting Analyst

Kaleriya Maslyak Accounting/Payroll Associate

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYJim Mitchell IT Manager

Craig Big Eagle IT Consultant

Doug Jones Report Developer

OPERATIONSSerni Reeves Office Manager

Brian Zenk Maintenance Supervisor

Cheryl Gunder Receptionist

Teresa Mosteller Saturday Receptionist

COMPANY MANAGEMENT & TOURINGMichael Ann Mullikin

DEVELOPMENTKatherine Cardinal Director

Lilah Helton Associate Director

Katie Johnson Major Gifts & Planned Giving Manager

Geri Morris Annual Fund Manager

Lindsay Krause Corporate Relations Manager

Suzanne Erickson Foundation & Government Relations Manager

Liza Turner Special Events Manager

Yelena Brandman Donor Information Coordinator

Matthew Echert Research Manager

Jillian Vasquez Individual Giving Associate & Board Liaison

Alyssa Harvey Development Coordinator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSEllen Walker Director

Lia Chiarelli Associate Director

Gary Tucker Media Relations Manager

Marsha Bennion Publications Manager

Doug Fullington Education Programs Manager

Kayti Bouljon Community Education Programs Manager

Shannon Barnes

Community Education Programs Coordinator

Ana Maria Campoy Community Education Programs Assistant

Josh Rowland Webmaster/Digital Media Specialist

Judith May Austin Marketing & Media Relations Assistant

Lindsay Thomas Videographer

Jennifer Maier Senior Manager of Ticket Operations

John Tangeman Manager of Audience Services

Megan Weigley Customer Service Manager

Julie Jamieson Group Sales

Tim Garrison, Madeleine Horst, Kelsey Von Stubbe Customer Service Representatives

Elizabeth Suckow Telesales Campaign Manager

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOLPeter Boal Director

Denise Bolstad Administrative Director

Abbie Siegel School Principal

Marjorie Thompson, Meg Potter Assistant Principals

Wendy Casper Assistant to the Administrative Director

Jennifer Panara School Supervisor

Kerrie Thornton Interim School Supervisor

Jennifer McLain DanceChance Manager

Lauren Kirchner DanceChance Coordinator

David Jensen Summer Residence Director

Teri McCarthy-Greene Registrar

Elizabeth Belyea Assistant Registrar

Benjamin Benne, Barbara Nakatani, Zach Lombardo, Bethany Pruitt, Mae Saul Administrative Assistants

FACULTYMarisa Albee, Peter Boal, Dana Hanson, Dane Holman, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Timothy Lynch, Meg Potter, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson, Bruce Wells, Le YinElaine Bauer, Megan Becker, Kelly Boal, Kayti Bouljon, Tatiana Cater, Michele Curtis, Alexandra Dickson, Sara de Luis, Juanita Franke, Susan Gorter, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Stanko Milov, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Suzanne Singla, Jeffrey Stanton, Eva Stone, Julie TobiasonPNB Company dancers Special Guest Faculty

ACCOMPANISTSDon Vollema Music Staff Coordinator

Ray Allan, Nichalas Barnes, Stephen Barnes, John Boatner, Sheila Bristow, Rob Cook, Carol Buschmann, Sue Clifford, David Clodfelter, Tatyana Dadayeva, Yelena Golets, Irv Huck, Nathan Jensen, Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Beth Ann McKelvey, Katja Rubin, Rob Vienneau, Anastasia Workmann

PNBCONDITIONING STAFFMarjorie Thomson PNBConditioning Program Director

Alexandra Dickson, Carol Elsner, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Uraina Nagy, Kayoko Price, Tara Stepenberg, Jamien Cvjetnicanin, Teresa Hanawalt

THERAPYSteven Anderson, MD Pierce E. Scranton Jr., MD Consulting Physicians

Boyd Bender Physical Therapist

Melanie Foust, Jennifer Pastore, Ellie Pierce Massage Therapists

Seattle Gym Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers & Staff

SCHOOL CONSULTANTSToby Diamond, Ph.D. Psychologist

Peggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D. Nutritionist

Alan Woodle, D.P.M. Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle Specialist

Karen Clippinger, M.S.P.E. Kinesiologist

Henry Lu Physical Therapist

Doug Fullington Dance Historian

SPECIAL COUNSELPerkins Coie Employment Law

Amy M. Royalty, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless Immigration Law

Moss Adams LLP Auditors

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet are members of AGMA—the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO. Stage Crew work is performed by employees are represented by I.A.T.S.E. local #15. Wardrobe attendants provided by members of Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887, I.A.T.S.E. Stage Draperies: I. Weiss, New York. PNB is an EOE.

Peter Boal Artistic Director | Kent Stowell and Francia Russell Founding Artistic Directors | D. David Brown Executive Director

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T H A N K S

OFFICERSAya Hamilton Chairman

Joe Norman President

W. Daniel Heidt2 Treasurer

Lynn Lindsay Secretary

Lynne Graybeal Assistant Secretary

Carl Behnke2 Immediate Past Chairman

VICE PRESIDENTSGail James Board & Donor Development

Pamela Johnson Marketing/PR

Gregory Kusnick Education

Rocke R. Koreis Volunteer Development

Peter Horvitz2

New Works

Peter Horvitz2

Foundation Board Chairman

Peter Horvitz2

Governance Leadership

Sheffield Phelps* Chairman Emeritus

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEESPeter Boal1

Artistic Director

D. David Brown1

Executive Director

Jon Wagher & Emily Van Dyke Backstage Pass

Kari Anspach PNB Stars

Rebecca Wakefield PNB League

Jennifer Parker & Jennifer Northrop Parents Annual Fund

This 40th Anniversary Book is generously underwritten by H. David Kaplan.

GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEESPatrice AuldElisabeth BodalSusan Brotman2

Kathy BudinickCheryl ClarkRobert CreminJerald FarleyJoan FitzmauriceEliza FlugStephen E. FuhsJoerg GablonskyRobin F. GaineySusan GrinsteinWilliam GrinsteinDavid HadleyCathi Hatch2

John E. Iverson2

Sara A. JonesH. David KaplanTravis Keeler2

April KieburtzWendy KizzierLisa KroeseCarol NeimanSusan OkamotoAlida OlesBarbara PearsonTom A. PuentesJames RaisbeckRichard C. RedmanSharon RichardsonBarbara RiesCatherine RiesScott SchererJohnese SpissoJeanne TwetenDavid VaskevitchDeidra WagerConnie WalshDeborah WatsonLeslie Yamada

ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEESNancy AlvordKathy Alvord GerlichDiane BurgessBarbara ChaplinPatricia EdwardsCaroline GoedhartGail GoralskiStacy GravesTracy HarsvikAnne-Marie HedgesTom HedgesCathy Beth HooperC. James JudsonGlenn KawasakiJackie KotkinsSusan KrabbeFiroz LaljiCandy J. LeeJennifer LoweHelene MawyerFrederick W. McDonaldCindy MossMimi RichardsMichael RighiGladys RubinsteinJohn C. RudolfLaura SelipskyJohn F. ShawJohn H. ShortMelba ShortMel SturmanAngela SutterPeggy SwistakChristina TannerShannon TierneyBertrand ValdmanLisa WahbeLinda WarsonArlene WrightJack D. Wulfekuhle

TRUSTEES EMERITIKent StowellFrancia RussellJane M. DavisNorma CuginiWendy Griffin2

Arthur H. Mazzola2

Jane McConnellCarol Wright

BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE FELLOWSPatty BarrierBenjamin W. BevisRobert R. Braun, Jr.James A. EliasRon ElginDon C. Franklin2

Catherine Hobi HawesDavid F. HillDr. Susan LindsayMaria Postnikoff-DowningMarsha Rich InghamSusan R. RicheyCynthia StroumDavid B. Winder2

Linda Wyman

1Advisory/Ex Officio 2Past Chairs *Deceased

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Photos © Angela Sterling, except where noted.

COVER: PNB School students.

PAGE 4 & 5: PNB Company dancers.

PAGE 6 & 7: Peter Boal.

PAGE 8 & 9: PNB principal dancers (l-r) Carla Körbes, Karel Cruz, Rachel Foster, Kaori Nakamura, Seth Orza, Carrie Imler, Jonathan Porretta, Lesley Rausch, Batkhurel Bold, and Maria Chapman.

PAGE 10 & 11: PNB soloist dancers (l-r) Kiyon Gaines, Lindsi Dec, Benjamin Griffiths, Sarah Ricard Orza, James Moore, Kylee Kitchens, Jerome Tisserand, and Laura Gilbreath.

PAGE 12 & 13: PNB corps de ballet (l-r) Carli Samuelson, Elle Macy, Jessika Anspach, Eric Hipolito Jr., Sarah Pasch, Andrew Bartee, William Lin-Yee, Brittany Reid, Leta Biasucci, Price Suddarth, Emma Love, Jahna Frantziskonis, Josh Grant, and Amanda Clark.

PAGE 14 & 15: PNB corps de ballet (l-r) Steven Loch, Ryan Cardea, Margaret Mullin, Liora Neuville, Ezra Thomson, Chelsea Adomaitis, Elizabeth Murphy, Kyle Davis, Leah O’Connor, Jenna Nelson, Sean Rollofson, Angelica Generosa, Matthew Renko, and Charles McCall.

PAGE 16 & 17: Company dancer candids. (l-r) Chelsea Adomaitis. Ezra Thomson. Jerome Tisserand. Laura Gilbreath. Lindsi Dec and Maria Chapman. Sarah Pasch. Kiyon Gaines. Sarah Ricard Orza and Seth Orza. Batkhurel Bold. Carla Korbes. Lindsi Dec, Kylee Kitchens, and Jonathan Porretta. Carli Samuelson and Emma Love. Anne Dabrowski and Kylee Kitchens. Amanda Clark. Seth Orza and Company dancers. Lindsi Dec, Kylee Kitchens, and Paul Gibson. Jonathan Porretta. Benjamin Griffiths and Kaori Nakamura. Elizabeth Murphy. Kylee Kitchens. Laura Gilbreath and Otto Neubert. Joshua Grant.

PAGE 18: Emil de Cou.

PAGE 19: PNB Orchestra. Photo © Dean Forbes.

PAGE 20 & 21: PNB artistic staff (l-r) Doug Fullington, Paul Gibson, Otto Neubert, Randall G. Chiarelli, Allan Dameron, Anne Dabrowski, Christina Siemens, Norbert Herriges, Larae Theige Hascall, and Jessica Choe.

PAGE 22 & 23: PNB costume and crew candids.

PAGE 24: D. David Brown.

PAGE 24: PNB executive staff (l-r) Terrie Flaming, Denise Bolstad, Ellen Walker, David Thorpe, Katherine Cardinal, and D. David Brown.

PAGE 25: PNB staff candids. Photos © Angela Sterling and Lindsay Thomas.

PAGE 26 & 27: PNB School faculty (l-r top row) Jeffrey Stanton, Marisa Albee, Miriam Landis, Bruce Wells, Tatiana Cater, Kelly Boal, Alexandra Dickson, Dane Holman, Peter Boal, Nicholas Ade, Victoria Pulkkinen, Julie Tobiason, Deborah Kenner, Stanko Milov, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson, Timothy Lynch, and Elaine Bauer. (l-r bottom row) Dina McDermott, Meg Potter, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Dana Hanson, Michele Curtis, and Kayti Bouljon.

PAGE 42: Company dancers in Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

PAGE 43: Lesley Rausch.

PAGE 44: Company dancers in Cinderella.

PAGE 45: (l-r) Kent Stowell. Photo ©Kurt Smith. Olivier Wevers and Lindsi Dec. Larae Theige Hascall, Martin Pakledinaz, Pauline Smith, and Jen Stone (staff photo). Rachel Foster. Jonathan Porretta, Lindsi Dec, Ariana Lallone, Chalnessa Eames, and Lucien Postlewaite. Kent Stowell and Patricia Barker. Photo © Jill Sabella. Maria Chapman. Louise Nadeau. Laura Gilbreath.

PAGE 46: Tutu detail. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

PAGE 47: (clockwise l-r) Andrew Bartee. Kiyon Gaines. Mark Morris. Photo © Rosalie O’Connor. Margaret Mullin. Photos © Lindsay Thomas except where noted.

PAGE 48: Company dancers in Nutcracker.

PAGE 49: (l-r) Patricia Barker. Nutcracker tree. Hugh Bigney and Kent Stowell. Photos © David Cooper. Mother and Baby Mice. Company dancers and PNB School students. Brittany Reid. PNB Company and PNB School students. Kylee Kitchens and Jerome Tisserand. Otto Neubert and PNB School student. Photo © Kurt Smith. Maria Chapman. Company dancers and PNB School students. Elizabeth Murphy.

PAGE 50: Company dancers in Roméo et Juliette.

PAGE 51: Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite. Josh Spell, Olivier Wevers, and Jerome Tisserand. Noelani Pantastico. James Moore, Kaori Nakamura, and Peter Boal. Maria Chapman and Lucien Postlewaite. Kaori Nakamura and Lucien Postlewaite. Carla Körbes. Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite.

PAGE 52: Lindsi Dec in Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven.

PAGE 53: (l-r) Maria Chapman, Lesley Rausch, and Chalnessa Eames. Lindsi Dec and Batkhurel Bold. Louise Nadeau and Charles Newton*. Melanie Skinner*. Kaori Nakamura and Company dancers*. Lindsi Dec and Stacy Lowenberg*. Paul Gibson and Maria Chapman. © Lindsay Thomas. Peter Boal and Paul Gibson. Christopher Wheeldon and Paul Gibson. Lesley Rausch and Jordan Pacitti. Twyla Tharp. Photo © Marc von Borstel. Jonathan Porretta. *Concerto Barocco, choreography by George Balanchine © The New York City Ballet.

PAGE 54: Carla Körbes in Swan Lake.

PAGE 55: (l-r) Kent Stowell, Lucien Postlewaite, and Francia Russell. Patricia Barker and Otto Neubert. Company dancers. Louise Nadeau. Photo © Ben Kerns. Le Yin. Kaori Nakamura and Lucien Postlewaite. Company dancers. Kent Stowell and Patricia Barker. Lindsi Dec. Company dancers.

PAGE 56: Company dancers in Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

PAGE 57: (l-r) Francia Russell with George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky. Photo © Martha Swope. Patricia Barker and Jeffrey Stanton*. Company dancers*. Casey Herd and Carla Körbes. Company dancers. Leah O’Connor and Jerome Tisserand.+. Christopher Wheeldon, Maria Chapman, and Paul Gibson.*Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. +Agon, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

BACK COVER: Louise Nadeau. Photo © Bill Mohn.

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