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2015 Season Program 8: Romeo & Juliet 4 Greetings from the Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

6 Board of Trustees and Endowment Foundation Board of Directors

8 History of San Francisco Ballet

10 For Your Information

12 SF Ballet Adult Education

14 SF Ballet Leadership

15 Artists of the Company

26 PROGRAM 8 Romeo & Juliet

36 San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

38 San Francisco Ballet Staff

40 Calendar of 2015 Repertory Season Donor Events

42 Sponsor and Donor News

44 Great Benefactors

45 Artistic Director’s Council

46 San Francisco Ballet Season Sponsors

48 Chairman’s Council

50 Christensen Society

54 Corporate and Foundation Support of San Francisco Ballet

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62 San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

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COVER: Sarah Van Patten and Carlos Quenedit in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

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greetings from the artistic director & principal choreographer

Welcome!

What better way to end our 2015 Repertory Season than with the full-length Romeo & Juliet, a romantic, emotion-filled ballet set to Sergei Prokofiev’s gorgeous and much-loved score.

Romeo & Juliet is a timeless ballet, with a story that’s universally appealing. It’s relevant to any time period, and it loses nothing in constant retellings. Whether you discovered this story through Shakespeare’s play, through its many stage and film adaptations, or through ballet, you’ll find that it’s powerful and touching each time you see it. The Company’s dancers know how compelling the story is, and you can see it in their performances. They bring this tragedy—and Renaissance-era Verona—vividly to life through the characters they play and their exquisite dancing. I never danced the role of Romeo, but the dancers who perform it make that character everything I would have wanted him to be.

This production is beautiful in many ways—the dancing, the music, and the story, of course, but also visually, with its set and costumes. Before the designer, Jens-Jacob Worsaae, and I began working on this production, we spent some time in Verona soaking up the city’s atmosphere and essence. Worsaae transferred what we saw and felt to the stage so perfectly. He passed away only months after the production premiered, but I know he was as proud of it as I am. It gives me great pleasure to present it to you this season, and to watch the dancers perform it so brilliantly.

Thank you for your support this season. It’s been an exciting one, with many highlights that make my 30th season as artistic director very memorable. There’s one more event coming up later this month that I hope you’ll join us for—the SF Ballet School’s annual Student Showcase, where you’ll see the dancers of the future on stage. It’s always an exciting time.

Enjoy your summer, and we’ll see you in December for Nutcracker.

Sincerely,

Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

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san francisco ballet association board of trustees 2014–2015

Chris Hellman† Chair Emeritus

Richard C. Barker† Immediate Past Chair

Margaret G. Gill Vice Chair

James H. Herbert, II† Vice Chair

Lucy Jewett Vice Chair

James D. Marver Vice Chair

Carl F. Pascarella Vice Chair

Robert M. Smelick Vice Chair

Diane B. Wilsey Vice Chair

Jennifer J. McCall Secretary

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Christopher P. Johns Treasurer

Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

Glenn McCoy* Executive Director

Michael C. Abramson

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history of san francisco ballet

San Francisco Ballet, the oldest professional ballet company in America, has emerged as a world-class arts organization

since it was founded as the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1933. Initially, its purpose was to train dancers to appear in opera productions, but it separated from the opera in 1942 and was renamed San Francisco Ballet. Headed by brothers Willam, Lew, and Harold Christensen from the late ’30s until the ’70s, it made its mark early on by staging the first full-length American productions of Swan Lake (1940) and Nutcracker (1944). Under Lew’s direction, the Company made its East Coast debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in 1956 and toured 11 Asian nations the following year, marking the first performances of an American ballet company in the Far East.

In 1972 the Company settled in the War Memorial Opera House for its annual residency. The following year, Michael Smuin was appointed associate artistic director; in 1981, his The Tempest was nominated for three Emmy Awards (Willa Kim received the award for Outstanding Costume Design), and in 1984 Smuin received an Emmy Award for Choreography for the Great Performances: Dance in America national broadcast of A Song for Dead Warriors.

Helgi Tomasson’s arrival as artistic director in 1985 marked the beginning of a new era. Like Lew Christensen, Tomasson had been a leading dancer for the most important ballet choreographer of the 20th century, George Balanchine. He has since staged acclaimed full-length productions of Swan Lake (1988); The Sleeping Beauty (1990); Romeo & Juliet (1994); Giselle (1999); and a new Nutcracker (2004). In 1991, SF Ballet performed in New York City for the first time in 26 years. In May 1995, the Ballet played host to 12 ballet companies for UNited We Dance: An International Festival, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.

SF Ballet’s repertory includes works by George Balanchine, Lew Christensen, William Forsythe, Agnes de Mille, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Mark Morris, Rudolf Nureyev, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, and many others. In recent years, the Company’s touring programs have become increasingly ambitious, with engagements at venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; New York City Center; the Opéra de Paris-Palais Garnier in Paris; London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden; and Athens’ Megaron Theatre.

The San Francisco Ballet School, overseen by Tomasson, attracts students from around the world, training approximately 350 annually. In addition to filling the ranks of San Francisco Ballet, graduates have gone on to join distinguished ballet companies throughout the world.

In 2004, SF Ballet debuted Tomasson’s critically acclaimed new production of Nutcracker. The following year, Tomasson was awarded the Lew Christensen Medal in honor of his 20th anniversary as artistic director of SF Ballet, and that year the Company won its first Laurence Olivier Award, for its 2004 fall season at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. A readers’ poll conducted in 2006 by Dance Europe magazine named SF Ballet “Company of the Year,” marking the first time a non-European company took that honor. In 2008, SF Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet School celebrated their 75th anniversary. In 2012, SF Ballet’s tour schedule included London and Washington, D.C., as well as first-time visits to Hamburg, Moscow, and Sun Valley, Idaho. In 2013, the Company performed at New York’s Lincoln Center, and in 2014 the SF Ballet returned to Paris for a three-week engagement.

This year, 2015, Tomasson marks his 30th anniversary as artistic director of SF Ballet.

On the eve of the 1957 Far East Tour, members of San Francisco Ballet bid the city adieu.

Willam, Lew, and Harold Christensen at the 1982 ceremonial groundbreaking for the San Francisco Ballet Association’s new facilities.

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DINING

The Café at the Opera House in the lower lounge level opens two hours prior to curtain time for a delicious pre-performance buffet (no buffet on Saturday matinees) and is also open during intermission for refreshments. Call 415.861.8150 for buffet reserva-tions. Patrons arriving before front doors open will be admitted at the North Carriage entrance on the north side of the Opera House.

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Carmina buranaRagnar Bohlin leads the San Francisco Symphony Chorus in a chamber version of Orff’s exhilarating Carmina burana, arguably one of the best-loved classical works, and a true choral showpiece.

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Janine Jansen plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

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Pictures at an Exhibition, plus cellist Gautier Capuçon With its unforgettable opening, Mussorgsky’s dazzling showstopper is an enduringly popular collection of colorful musical portraits, led by Charles Dutoit. Plus, Gautier Capuçon performs Elgar’s gorgeous Cello Concerto.

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Seeing Ballet New this season! Do you love ballet, but want to understand and more deeply appreciate specific works? Join us for Seeing Ballet! Through a facilitated process led by experts in the ballet field, participants will learn to recognize key elements of choreography, staging, and design in a short segment from a work currently on stage at the Opera House.

Learn more at sfballet.org/seeingballet.

TICKETS:$25 general public $20 SF Ballet subscribers

Meet the Artist Interviews (and podcasts) FREE and open to all ticket holders for selected performances

Meet the Artist Interviews (MTAs) feature a wide range of artists, from the Company’s dancers to choreographers, designers, ballet masters, stagers, and production staff members. In conversation with a moderator, these artists discuss a work to be performed that afternoon/evening, along with other repertory, professional practices, and individual perspectives. Join the MTA audiences to learn about the people of SF Ballet and what happens behind the scenes as well as on stage. These 30-minute interviews take place on the Orchestra level one hour prior to the performance and are open to all ticket holders. Learn more at sfballet.org/MTA.

Select Meet the Artist podcasts are available at sfballet.org/podcasts.

PROGRAM 8FRI, MAY 1, 7PM SUN, MAY 3, 1PMSUN, MAY 10, 1PM

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Gennadi Nedvigin and Daniel Deivison-Oliveira in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

2015 DATESSAT, MAY 2 / 5:30PM Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet

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BALLET 101 A San Francisco Ballet Appreciation Course

Ballet 101 is our popular five-class program designed to share the talent and knowledge of the staff and artists of SF Ballet with committed adults in both studio and classroom settings.

Registration for Ballet 101 begins each year in November; courses are held in early January through February. Space is limited, so sign up for SF Ballet’s monthly e-news to be the first to know when registration begins. Learn more at sfballet.org/Ballet101.

Pointes of View (POV) Lecture Series FREE and open to the public

These 45-minute events include discussions with artists involved in producing work for that evening’s performance. Dancers, choreographers, ballet masters, composers, designers, or other artists give POV attendees an inside look at the ballet world. Learn more at sfballet.org/POV.

POV 8 / WED, MAY 6, 6PMThrough demonstration and discussion, explore how the artists of SF Ballet learn and execute the swordfighting scenes in Romeo & Juliet.

This exhibition is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. President’s Circle: The Estate of Merrill and Hedy Thruston. Conservator’s Circle: The Diana Dollar Knowles Fund. Benefactor’s Circle: The Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund, the Estate of Harriet E. Lang, and Robert and Carole McNeil. Patron’s Circle: Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton, Mrs. James K. McWilliams, and Jim and Arlene Sullivan. Additional support provided through proceeds from The Art of Fashion: Runway Show and Luncheon. Digital Design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

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H ELGI T OMASSON Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer

In 2015, Helgi Tomasson celebrates his 30th anniversary as artistic director of San Francisco Ballet. He is the longest serving sole artistic director of a major ballet company.

Under his leadership, SF Ballet has evolved from a respected regional troupe into a world-class company, praised for its diversity and broad repertory. Tomasson was first discovered by Jerome Robbins in his native Iceland and was offered a scholarship to New York’s School of American Ballet. Subsequently, he began his professional career with The Joffrey Ballet and Harkness Ballet, and later joined New York City Ballet where he became one of the company’s most celebrated principal dancers.

Tomasson has choreographed more than 40 works. His numerous awards include being named Officier in the French Order of Arts, an honorary degree from New York’s Juilliard School, and the Grand Cross Star of the Order of the Falcon, Iceland’s most prestigious honor. In 2005, Tomasson was awarded the prestigious Lew Christensen Medal in honor of his 20th anniversary as artistic director of SF Ballet. In 2012, Tomasson was presented the Dance/USA Honor Award for extraordinary leadership in the dance field, by reason of artistic excellence and force of vision. Tomasson is also the director of the San Francisco Ballet School.

GLENN MCCOY Executive Director

Glenn McCoy’s career in the performing arts spans more than 30 years of operations management and marketing in ballet and opera. He joined San Francisco Ballet in 1987, and has held the positions of company manager, general manager, and managing director. He was appointed to the position of executive director in April 2002.

McCoy has overseen the production of more than 60 new repertory and full-length ballets for SF Ballet and more than 45 domestic and international tours, including engagements in Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C.

McCoy supervised SF Ballet’s operations for the critically acclaimed international dance festival, UNited We Dance, in 1995; SF Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Season in 2008; and the tapings of Lubovitch’s Othello, Tomasson’s Nutcracker, and Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid, which have been broadcast on PBS by Thirteen/WNET New York’s performing arts series Great Performances.

Prior to joining SF Ballet, McCoy held marketing positions at the San Francisco Opera and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where as advertising manager he was responsible for promoting the Met seasons of American Ballet Theatre, as well as international dance companies.

MARTIN WEST Music Director & Principal Conductor

Martin West is acknowledged as one of the foremost conductors of ballet, garnering critical acclaim throughout the world. Born in Bolton, England, he studied math at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, before studying at the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music and London’s Royal Academy of Music.

In 1997, West made his debut with English National Ballet and was immediately appointed resident conductor. There, he conducted almost half of the company’s performances throughout England and abroad. From 2004 to 2007 he held the position of principal conductor. In recent seasons, he has worked with many of the top companies in North America, such as New York City Ballet, Houston Ballet, and National Ballet of Canada, as well as conducting a number of perfomances with The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. He made his U.S. symphonic conducting debut with Silicon Valley Symphony.

In fall 2005, West joined SF Ballet, having been a frequent guest since his debut two years earlier. He has made a number of critically acclaimed recordings with the SF Ballet Orchestra, including the complete score of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, a CD of Shostakov ich and Tchaikovsky cello music, an album of suites from Delibes’ Sylvia and Coppélia, and Bizet’s Symphony in C. In addition, he conducted on the award-winning DVD of Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid, as well as SF Ballet’s production of Nutcracker for PBS.

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artists of the companyARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHERHelgi Tomasson

PRINCIPAL DANCERSJoan Boada Frances Chung Taras Domitro Lorena FeijooMathilde Froustey Jaime Garcia Castilla Tiit Helimets Luke Ingham Davit Karapetyan John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer Maria Kochetkova Herbert Family Principal Dancer Vitor Luiz Pascal Molat Gennadi Nedvigin Carlos Quenedit Sofiane Sylve Yuan Yuan Tan Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh Vanessa Zahorian Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer

PRINCIPAL CHARACTER DANCERS Ricardo Bustamante† Val Caniparoli†Rubén Martín Cintas Anita Paciotti†

SOLOISTSDores André Clara Blanco† Daniel Deivison-Oliveira† Sasha De Sola Carlo Di Lanno Dana Genshaft Koto Ishihara† James Sofranko Jennifer Stahl†Anthony Vincent† Hansuke Yamamoto

CORPS DE BALLETGaetano Amico III† Sean Bennett†Thomas Bieszka Kimberly Braylock† Max Cauthorn†Thamires Chuvas† Diego Cruz† Isabella DeVivo† Megan Amanda Ehrlich Lacey Escabar† Jordan Hammond† Jillian Harvey Esteban Hernandez Ellen Rose Hummel† Emily Kadow Kristina Lind† Carolyn LippertNorika Matsuyama† Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey† Steven Morse† Francisco Mungamba† Sean Orza† Lauren Parrott† Elizabeth Powell† Alexander Reneff-Olson†Aaron Renteria†Rebecca Rhodes† Julia Rowe† Emma Rubinowitz† Shannon Marie Rugani† Skyla Schreter Grace Shibley Henry Sidford† Miranda Silveira† Benjamin Stewart† Myles Thatcher† Raymond Tilton† Mingxuan Wang† Wei Wang† Lonnie WeeksAmi Yuki† WanTing Zhao†

APPRENTICESSamantha Bristow†Benjamin Freemantle†John-Paul Simoens†Maggie Weirich†

BALLET MASTERS & ASSISTANTS TO THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORRicardo Bustamante† Christopher Stowell

BALLET MASTERSFelipe Diaz† Betsy Erickson† Anita Paciotti† Katita Waldo†

COMPANY TEACHERSHelgi Tomasson Patrick Armand* Ricardo Bustamante† Felipe Diaz† Christopher Stowell

CHOREOGRAPHER IN RESIDENCEYuri Possokhov

MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORMartin West

†Received training at the San Francisco Ballet School

*Guest Teacher

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principal dancers

JOAN BOADAA native of Havana, Cuba, Joan Boada trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba and danced with seven companies (including Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet National de Marseille Roland Petit, The Australian Ballet, and Royal Ballet of Flanders) before joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 1999.

FRANCES CHUNGBorn in Vancouver, British Columbia, Frances Chung trained at the Goh Ballet Academy before joining SF Ballet in 2001. She was promoted to soloist in 2005 and principal dancer in 2009.

TARAS DOMITROBorn in Havana, Cuba, Taras Domitro trained at Alejo Carpentier School and National Ballet School of Cuba. He performed as a prin-cipal dancer with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba prior to joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2008.

LORENA FEIJOOBorn in Havana, Cuba, Lorena Feijoo trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba. She danced with Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet of Monterrey, Royal Ballet of Flanders, and The Joffrey Ballet prior to joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 1999.

MATHILDE FROUSTEYMathilde Froustey was born in Bordeaux, France, and received her training at the Marseille National School of Ballet and Paris Opéra Ballet School. At age 17, she joined the Paris Opéra Ballet, where she was a soloist. She joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2013.

JAIME GARCIA CASTILLAJaime Garcia Castilla was born in Madrid, Spain, and studied at the Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance. He was named an SF Ballet apprentice in 2001 and joined the Company as a corps de ballet member the following year. He was promoted to soloist in 2006 and to principal dancer in 2008.

TIIT HELIMETSBorn in Viljandi, Estonia, Tiit Helimets trained at the Tallinn Ballet School and began his career as a soloist with Estonian National Ballet. He was promoted to principal dancer six months later. He joined SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2005.

LUKE INGHAM From Mount Gambier, South Australia, Luke Ingham trained at the Australian Ballet School and performed with The Australian Ballet from 2004–10. In 2008 he was promoted to soloist. Ingham danced with Houston Ballet for the 2011–12 season and joined as a soloist in 2012, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2014.

DAVIT KARAPETYAN Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Davit Karapetyan trained at the Armenian School of Ballet and Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule. After dancing with Zurich Ballet, he joined SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2005. He was appointed John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer in 2013.

MARIA KOCHETKOVA Born in Moscow, Russia, Maria Kochetkova trained at the Bolshoi School and danced with The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, and Mikhailovsky Theater before joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2007. She was appointed Herbert Family Principal Dancer in 2012.

VITOR LUIZBorn in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Vitor Luiz trained with Victor Navarro and Dalal Achcar, Pedro Kraszczuck, and the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet and Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro prior to joining SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2009.

PASCAL MOLATA native of Paris, France, Pascal Molat trained at Paris Opéra Ballet School and danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo before joining SF Ballet as a soloist in 2002. He was promoted to principal dancer the following year.

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GENNADI NEDVIGIN Born in Rostov, Russia, Gennadi Nedvigin trained at the Bolshoi School and danced with Le Jeune Ballet de France and Moscow Renaissance Ballet before joining SF Ballet as a soloist in 1997. Three years later, he was promoted to principal dancer.

CARLOS QUENEDIT Born in Havana, Cuba, Carlos Quenedit trained at Cuba’s National Ballet School. He has danced with Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Miami City Ballet, Ballet de Monterrey, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Joffrey Ballet. He joined SF Ballet as a soloist in 2012 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2014.

SOFIANE SYLVE Sofiane Sylve was born in Nice, France. She has danced with HET Nationale, NYCB, Hong Kong, English, Australian, Finnish, and Hungarian National Ballets, and Teatro San Carlo. She performed as a guest with SF Ballet in 2007. In 2008 she joined as a principal and as guest faculty of the School.

YUAN YUAN TANYuan Yuan Tan was born in Shanghai. She trained at Shanghai Dancing School and John Cranko Dance Academy. She has danced with Hamburg, Bolshoi, and Hong Kong Ballet, and at Beijing Grand Theater. She joined SF Ballet as soloist in 1995, was promoted to principal in 1997, and was appointed Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer in 2012.

SARAH VAN PATTEN Sarah Van Patten trained at Ballet Workshop of New England with Jacqueline Cronsberg, and danced with Massachusetts Youth Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet before joining the SF Ballet as a soloist in 2002. She was promoted to principal dancer in 2007. She was appointed Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer in 2013.

JOSEPH WALSH Born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Joseph Walsh trained at Walnut Hill School of the Arts and Houston Ballet II, before joining Houston Ballet in 2007; he was promoted to soloist in 2010 and principal dancer in 2012. He joined SF Ballet as a soloist in 2014 and was promoted to principal that same year.

RICARDO BUSTAMANTE†Born in Medellin, ColombiaJoined in 1980Named Principal Character Dancer in 2007

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VANESSA ZAHORIAN Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Vanessa Zahorian trained at the Kirov Academy and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She apprenticed at the Kirov, before joining SF Ballet in 1997. She was promoted to soloist in 1999 and to principal dancer in 2002. She was appointed Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer in 2014.

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CLARA BLANCO†Born in Valladolid, SpainJoined in 2001Returned in 2007 Promoted to Soloist in 2012

DANIEL DEIVISON-OLIVEIRA†Born in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJoined in 2005Promoted to Soloist in 2011

SASHA DE SOLABorn in Winter Park, FloridaNamed Apprentice in 2006Joined in 2007Promoted to Soloist in 2012

CARLO DI LANNOBorn in Napoli, Italy Joined as a Soloist in 2014

DANA GENSHAFTBorn in Moscow, Russia Named Apprentice in 2000 Joined in 2001Promoted to Soloist in 2008

JAMES SOFRANKOBorn in Marion, IndianaJoined in 2000Promoted to Soloist in 2007

JENNIFER STAHL†Born in Dana Point, California Named Apprentice in 2005 Joined in 2006Promoted to Soloist in 2013

ANTHONY VINCENT†Born in Phoenix, ArizonaNamed Apprentice in 2004Joined in 2006Promoted to Soloist in 2008

HANSUKE YAMAMOTOBorn in Chiba, Japan Joined in 2001 Promoted to Soloist in 2005

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GAETANO AMICO III†Born in Salem, OregonNamed Apprentice in 2006Joined in 2007

SEAN BENNETT†Born in San Francisco, CaliforniaNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

THOMAS BIESZKA Born in Grand Rapids, MichiganJoined in 2013

KIMBERLY BRAYLOCK†Born in New York, New YorkNamed Apprentice in 2009Joined in 2010

MAX CAUTHORN†Born in Tucson, ArizonaNamed Apprentice in 2013Joined in 2014

THAMIRES CHUVAS†Born in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilNamed Apprentice in 2014Joined in 2015

DIEGO CRUZ†Born in Zaragoza, SpainJoined in 2006

ISABELLA DEVIVO†Born in Great Neck, New YorkJoined in 2013

MEGAN AMANDA EHRLICHBorn in Charleston, South CarolinaNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

LACEY ESCABAR†Born in Fairfax, California Named Apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

JORDAN HAMMOND†Born in Irvine, CaliforniaJoined in 2010

JILLIAN HARVEYBorn in Holidaysburg, PennsylvaniaNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

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ESTEBAN HERNANDEZBorn in Guadalajara, MexicoJoined in 2013

ELLEN ROSE HUMMEL†Born in Greenville, South CarolinaNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

EMILY KADOWBorn in Winter Park, FloridaJoined in 2012

KRISTINA LIND†Born in San Jose, CaliforniaJoined in 2009

CAROLYN LIPPERT Born in Boston, Massachusetts Joined in 2014

NORIKA MATSUYAMA†Born in Chiba, Japan Joined in 2014

LEE ALEX MEYER-LOREY†Born in Zurich, SwitzerlandNamed Apprentice in 2003 Joined in 2004 Returned in 2013

STEVEN MORSE†Born in Harbor City, CaliforniaJoined in 2009

FRANCISCO MUNGAMBA†Born in Madrid, SpainJoined in 2011

SEAN ORZA†Born in San Francisco, CaliforniaNamed Apprentice in 2007Joined in 2008

LAUREN PARROTT† Born in Palm Harbor, Florida Named Apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

ELIZABETH POWELL†Born in Boston, MassachusettsNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

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ALEXANDER RENEFF-OLS0N†Born in San Francisco, California Named Apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

AARON RENTERIA†Born in Pasadena, CaliforniaNamed Apprentice in 2013Joined in 2014

REBECCA RHODES†Born in Chicago, IllinoisNamed Apprentice in 2008Joined in 2009

JULIA ROWE†Born in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Joined in 2013

EMMA RUBINOWITZ†Born in San Francisco, California Named Apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

SHANNON MARIE RUGANI†Born in Lake Tahoe, CaliforniaNamed Apprentice in 2004Joined in 2005

SKYLA SCHRETERBorn in Chappaqua, New YorkJoined in 2014

GRACE SHIBLEYBorn in Portland, OregonJoined in 2013

HENRY SIDFORD†Born in Marblehead, MassachusettsNamed Apprentice in 2011Joined in 2012

MIRANDA SILVEIRA†Born in Sao Goncalo, BrazilNamed Apprentice in 2013Joined in 2014

BENJAMIN STEWART†Born in Austin, TexasJoined in 2006

MYLES THATCHER†Born in Atlanta, GeorgiaNamed Apprentice in 2009Joined in 2010

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RAYMOND TILTON†Born in San Diego, CaliforniaNamed Apprentice in 2010 Joined in 2011

MINGXUAN WANG†Born in Shandong, ChinaNamed Apprentice in 2013Joined in 2014

WEI WANG†Born in Anshan-Liaoning, ChinaNamed Apprentice in 2012 Joined in 2013

LONNIE WEEKSBorn in Chicago, IllinoisJoined in 2010

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8full-length

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson

Scenery and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae

Lighting Design: Thomas R. Skelton

Fight Scene Choreography: Martino Pistone in collaboration with Helgi Tomasson

Made possible by the E. L. Wiegand Foundation

World Premiere: March 8, 1994— San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

These performances of Romeo & Juliet are made possible by Lead Sponsors Cecilia and Jim Herbert, Diane B. Wilsey, and San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary; Major Sponsors Reiko and Yasunobu Kyogoku, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Marver, and Mr. and Mrs. Kurt C. Mobley; and Sponsors Skip and Kristen Avansino, Colette Cornish, in loving memory of Roy Ballard, H. B. and Lucille Horn Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Randall N. Spratt.

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Romeo & Juliet

MARTINO PISTONEFight DirectorActor Martino Pistone received an MFA from American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) and trained in boxing, wrestling, competitive fencing, tae kwon do, and aikido. He has taught at A.C.T., California Institute of the Arts, The Juilliard School, New York University, and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. His choreography credits include regional theaters across the country, San Francisco Opera, The Public Theatre in New York, and many television shows and feature films. Pistone choreographed the fight scene for the 1994 world premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet and returns to train the dancers in swordfighting for every production of this ballet.

Romeo & Juliet (1994)—and costumes for Con Brio (1990) and Quartette (1994).

THOMAS R. SKELTONLighting DesignerThomas R. Skelton (1927–1994) was a prolific lighting designer in theater and dance whose credits include New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Boston Ballet, Eliot Feld Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Nureyev and Friends, Ohio Ballet’s complete repertory, and many Broadway shows. At SF Ballet, Skelton designed Helgi Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet, “Haffner” Symphony, and Meistens Mozart, and Val Caniparoli’s Tryst. Some of Skelton’s other prominent dance works include Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, Tudor’s The Tiller in the Fields, Limón’s The Moor’s Pavane, Joffrey’s Astarte, Graham’s Rite of Spring, and Jooss’ The Green Table.

BiosHELGI TOMASSONChoreographerSee bio page 14

JENS-JACOB WORSAAEDesignerDesigner Jens-Jacob Worsaae (1946–1994), who received his training in Prague and London, designed more than 100 productions during his career, primarily at the Royal Theatre and other theaters in Copenhagen. He first worked with SF Ballet in 1987, when he designed the decor and costumes for Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson’s Intimate Voices. During his years of collaboration with Tomasson, Worsaae designed five more of the artistic director’s ballets: sets and costumes for three full-length ballets—Swan Lake (1988), The Sleeping Beauty (1990), and

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

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Program NotesEvery dancer has a dream role that he never gets to dance, and for San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director & Principal Chore-ographer Helgi Tomasson, it was Romeo. That’s why, when he launched his produc-tion of Romeo & Juliet in 1994, he poured his heart into it, delivering through his dancers every emotion he would have brought to that role. And perhaps that’s why his version of William Shakespeare’s tale of “star-cross’d lovers” is rich in character and vibrantly human. Then again, as Tomasson says with a smile, it could be because he’s “a hopeless romantic.”

Shakespeare’s tragic tale of young lovers has been dramatized in theater, film, opera, music, and dance. Ballet versions of Romeo and Juliet first appeared in the late 1700s, in Italian productions by Eusebio Luzzi and Filippo Beretti. Next came a five-act version by Ivan Ivanovitch Valberkh in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1809, and Vincenzo Galleoti’s production for Royal Danish Ballet in 1811. Jumping ahead to 1926, in Monte Carlo, Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes presented Bronislava Nijinska’s version, about two dancers who elope during rehearsals for a Romeo and Juliet–themed ballet. Then, in 1938, Willam Christensen, ballet master of San Francisco Opera Ballet (SF Ballet’s predecessor), choreo-graphed a new production, with himself as Romeo. And in 1943, Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre) presented Antony Tudor’s meditative one-act version, with Alicia Markova and Hugh Laing (and Tudor as Tybalt).

The best-known productions are those set to the full-length ballet score by Sergei Prokofiev, written in 1935. The first major staging of the score came in 1940, with the Kirov Ballet’s produc-tion of Leonid Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, which had premiered in Brno, Czechoslovakia, two years earlier. Lavrovsky’s production had not been seen in the West when Sir Frederick Ashton created his version for Royal Danish Ballet in 1955. However, John Cranko and Kenneth MacMillan saw the Bolshoi perform Lavrovsky’s Romeo and Juliet in London, and their versions (Cranko’s in Milan in 1958, then at

Stuttgart Ballet in 1962; MacMillan’s at The Royal Ballet in 1965) show Lavrovsky’s influence.

Tomasson, too, decided on the Prokofiev score, but not without some delibera-tion. “I had thought of using something else, and the reason for it goes back a long time, when I went to Moscow for the International Ballet Competition in 1969,” he says. “Norman Walker had choreographed a solo for me, which was

to Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet. It was a beautiful solo, seven minutes long, and the music is beautiful, too. But I felt the music for this production had to be Prokofiev—for me it was more emotional, and it suited what I wanted to do more than any other composer.”

What Tomasson wanted to do was draw characters in detail; in his Romeo & Juliet the characters are as clearly etched in movement as they

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are depicted in words in the play. “I thought it was necessary to convey that because it’s not just Romeo and Juliet, it’s the people around them that make the story happen,” Tomasson says. “Tybalt has to be a hothead; he has to be a bully in many ways, to everybody outside his clan. There were things that had to come through so that the whole thing makes sense. It’s not an abstract, make-believe story or fairy tale; it’s a human story. This could be today, anywhere.”

Adding to the sense of realism are the ballet’s detailed fight scenes. Tomasson called in Martino Pistone, a movie stunt man and stunt coordina-tor, swordsman, fight choreographer, and actor, and together they created carefully timed street-fighting scenes that use real fencing technique. “Most productions have lots of this kind

of action,” Tomasson says, miming thrashing a sword about. “Ours is all choreographed, and if you miss [a step], it’s not that you’ll get killed, but you could hurt yourself. And people run through the fighting at certain times, because I thought that was realistic. But they have to know exactly when they can run and where the guys are placed.”

Tomasson’s production is set in the Italian Renaissance; true to the period, the men fight with rapiers (straight swords with narrow, double-edged blades), daggers, bucklers (small, round shields), and capes. Step one in teaching dancers how to fight is as basic as how to hold the weapons. From that point on, safety is the priority. Pairing the dancers for battle presents a rehearsal-time challenge along with safety concerns. “If you

rehearse this Tybalt and this Romeo together, because casting-wise you see them work well together, and then one of them gets sick or injured, you have to put someone else in,” says Tomasson. “The choreography of the fighting is the same, but the timing might be slightly different, so you have to find the time to rehearse. But sometimes casting changes happen at the last minute—and then I’m sitting there hoping that nothing’s going to happen.”

Working with the score before rehears-als began, Tomasson plotted each scene. Always one to look for a logical flow, he added action that helps drive the plot, referring to the play to ensure that he wasn’t tampering with Shakespeare’s intent. For example, in the ballet’s opening scene, Romeo and Juliet are both onstage but don’t see each other. “They live in the

Yuan Yuan Tan in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

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for Frankfurt Ballet. Now, after nine years as a principal dancer, she can re-create the emotions she felt at age 15 while adding depth to her interpretation. Her performance as an apprentice, she says, “was probably the most honest, because I was the age of Juliet. I was very inexperienced, so I think it made the story very real for the viewer.” Now she describes her approach as “finding that place again, but incorporating everything I’ve learned. I’m not saying it was better when I was 15 or 16, but it was different, and it was realistic in that sense. I was Juliet at 16.”

Most important to her in this ballet, Van Patten says, are the transitions, which define the emotional devel-opment of Juliet and move the story forward. “You go from this young, carefree, raw girl to grown, mature, deep, thoughtful,” she says. “I love the buildup of it, the moments when you recognize that there’s growth or a change or a decision happening.”

same village, and everybody else is there; the Nurse is taking Juliet to the market,” Tomasson says. “Who’s to say that they haven’t been in the same place without being aware of one another?” The multilevel set by Jens-Jacob Worsaae expanded the choreographic options. Tomasson has Juliet and the Nurse run onto the bridge and see Romeo kill Tybalt. Giving Juliet that knowledge made dramatic sense to Tomasson. “For me, that brought on the desperation of the bedroom scene,” he says. “This is what’s happened, and they both know.”

Despite detailed preparations, most of what ends up onstage evolves as Tomasson works with the dancers. Referring to choreographing the balcony scene, he says, “It’s an enormous thing in people’s expecta-tions, but on top of that, the dancers I work with influence me—who they are, how they react to that music and to each other. There has to be a connec-tion between those two dancers. And there are times when you see something and think, ‘Yes, it would suit them very well if I did that.’ I see the dancers as being part of the creative process and I use their approach to it and their willingness to do anything I want them to do.” Well-known moments like the balcony scene, he says, require him to block out expecta-tions and turn inward for direction. “Do I remember when I was a teenager? The first time I kissed a girl? What would I say, what did I feel? What was the insecurity, the attraction?”

The same complexities of character-ization that give this story its weight make the ballet, particularly the role of Juliet, appealing to dancers at any stage in their career. Those who dance Juliet in their teens come to the role with the immediacy of youth, with the tenderness of first love fresh in their minds; those who dance it later in their careers might offer more nuanced performances, layered with a deeper understanding of what it means to love someone—and sometimes, to make sacrifices for that love. For Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten, who has danced Juliet at five points

in her career, the role has served as a milestone in her development as a ballerina. “I would love to do it every couple of years, because it has been paving my way throughout my career,” she says. “It’s interesting to see and feel how you change in a role like that.”

In 2000 Van Patten was a 15-year-old Royal Danish Ballet apprentice when she first performed Juliet, in John Neumeier’s 1971 production created

Well-known moments like the balcony scene, Tomasson says, require him to block out expecta-tions and turn inward for direction. “Do I remember when I was a teenager? The first time I kissed a girl? What would I say, what did I feel?”

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Usually those moments are inter-ludes between major choreographic moments—so it’s not during the balcony scene that we see the extent of Juliet’s love for Romeo, nor is it when they spend their first night together. “It’s after the bedroom pas de deux, when he leaves and she feels the first sense of devastation that he’s gone,” Van Patten says.

If Juliet is a milestone role for Van Patten, so too is Mercutio for Principal Dancer Pascal Molat, whose career as a dancer began with this role; he calls it “kind of a trademark.” He was given the role at Royal Ballet of Wallonie in his first year as a professional dancer; he danced it again at Royal Ballet of Flanders and at Ballet de Monte-Carlo (where he also danced Romeo). Although he had read the play, it was Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film that shaped his perception of Mercutio. “Reading the Shakespeare gives you a beautiful idea, of course,” Molat says, “but for me, as a visual artist, to see the movie makes you

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What do swordfighting and ballet have in common?A lot! Like ballet, “the Italians introduced [swordfighting] and the French developed it,” says Principal Dancer Pascal Molat, who dances Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet. And like ballet, the official language of fencing is French; terms are French and many matches are conducted in French. Similar to ballet exercises, fencing has set moves (in this case, of the blade) that everyone must learn, and fencers must be able to do set offensive and defensive moves like parry (to fend off), riposte (to make an attack after a parry), and remise (to renew an attack without withdrawing the arm).

In both ballet and fencing, footwork is essential, and training involves repetitive exercises that strengthen bodies, develop quickness, and refine movement. Training in fencing, like in ballet, is intense, and it intensifies as students advance. All the training and work prepares fencers for relatively short, focused times of engagement in which physical and mental presence are essential—like being on stage!

understand even more the character. This is an ambiguous role; you can develop the character in many different directions.” Mercutio is a joker, but “this is the superficial layer,” he says, “underneath that there is a lot of depth. Maybe he

loves the women, but is he more attracted to Romeo?” Referring to the way Mercutio steps in for Romeo in the swordfight with Tybalt, Molat says, “If somebody touches your wife, you’re going to react. I think there is a little bit of that going on.

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

Swords await their assigned dancers in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

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Of course there is love in their rela-tionship, but is it just friendship or is it more than that?”

Of the versions he’s danced, Molat says Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet has the most depth, “even with things like the dying scene. It’s a long one; you don’t dance a lot, but every step is crucial, knowing that’s going to be his last steps. I think this gives also the humanity of that role.” In a sense, the death scene is the equivalent of Giselle’s mad scene, and it requires a similar approach. “It’s not about what you’re going to do,” Molat says, “it’s about the reason you’re going to take the step, your breathing, your look, your smile. For Mercutio, it’s first realizing, ‘I got hit,’ but making believe everything is OK. That subtlety is the most tricky part—to make sure they got it in the audience, and at the same time making sure onstage they don’t get it. That’s a complex thing to do; that subtlety gives the quality of your death.”

Mercutio is “a showman,” Molat says. “He’s sure about his force; he knows he’s the best in town. He doesn’t need to impress Romeo, but he always needs to impress the crowd and the ladies, to get the affection of everybody. Mercutio is loved—not by the other clan, of course, but in his own clan he is really loved.” Even during the death scene, what’s most important to Mercutio is the way others perceive him. “He cannot lose face,” Molat says. “It’s all about the last image you’re going to get from him.”

For Tomasson, Romeo & Juliet is close to his heart not only because it was a ballet he would have loved

For Tomasson, Romeo & Juliet is close to his heart not only because it was a ballet he would have loved to have danced, but because it was the last production he and Jens-Jacob Worsaae, the designer, did together.

to have danced, but because it was the last production he and Jens-Jacob Worsaae, the designer, did together. “He passed away,” says Tomasson. “I was in Copenhagen rehearsing The Sleeping Beauty and had to fly back here to do the costume fittings for Romeo & Juliet. He was not well enough to come, so I had to be his spokesperson. And he designed those wonderful sets.” Tomasson calls the designs “the most beautiful work [Worsaae] ever did. And yet he did not see it. That’s another reason why this production is very, very special to me.”

Program notes by Cheryl A. Ossola

Jaime Garcia Castilla in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

PRODUCTION CREDITS Music: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 54 used by arrangement with G. Schirmer, Inc., publisher and copyright owner. Fight Director, Martino Pistone; Assistant to the Fight Director, Dexter Fidler. Costume Supervisor, Anna Watkins, London, England; Fabric printing and dyeing, Mathilde Sandberg; Costume construction, Edith and Henrietta Webb, Sue Smith, Barbara Jane, Margaret Lamb, Fran Bristow, Nigel West, Ba Higgins, Jane Johnson, Lal d’Abo; Jewelry and Headdresses, Jean Gates; Hats, Mark Wheeler; Masks, Naomi Jefferies; Embroidery, Camée Broderie; Beading, James Hunting and Karen Spurgin. Additional costumes constructed by San Francisco Opera Costume Shop. Boots by Pluma, Inc. Scenic construction and painting by San Francisco Ballet Carpentry and Scenic Depart-ments at the San Francisco Opera Scenic Studios.

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Act ISCENE I: A Public SquareVerona’s main piazza comes alive with merchants and townspeople, including members of the Montague and Capulet families, who have been involved in a longstanding feud. Among the crowd are Romeo, son of Montague, futilely pursuing the fair Rosaline; Mercutio and Benvolio, friends of Romeo; and Tybalt, nephew of Capulet. A fight erupts between friends and members of the two houses, and only an order by the Prince of Verona restores the peace.

“Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”

SCENES II–V: The House of CapuletJuliet, the young daughter of Capulet, is in a frolicsome mood with her Nurse until Lord and Lady Capulet arrive with Paris, a count, who asks the reluctant girl for her hand in marriage. That evening, Juliet attends a ball given by her parents. Among the guests is the uninvited Romeo. Juliet and Romeo discover each other, and there is an instant attraction.

“My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me That I must love a loathed enemy.”

SCENE VI: The BalconyA restless Juliet wanders out onto her balcony. To her unexpected delight, Romeo appears below. They declare their love for each other in a romantic pas de deux.

“With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls; For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.”

The Story of Romeo & JulietAct 2SCENE I: A Public SquareJuliet’s Nurse comes in search of Romeo with a note from his beloved. He is to meet her at the chapel of Friar Laurence, who will perform the wedding ceremony.

“Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set On the fair daughter of rich Capulet; As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine.”

SCENE II: Friar Laurence’s ChapelRomeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Laurence.

“So smile the heavens upon this holy act...”

SCENE III: A Public SquareTybalt emerges from the crowd and draws his sword at Mercutio, who retaliates. Romeo tries to put a halt to their swordplay. But a duel ensues, and Tybalt kills Mercutio. An enraged Romeo exacts revenge for his friend’s death, fatally stabbing Tybalt. The Prince forever banishes Romeo from Verona.

“And if we meet, we shall not scape

a brawl, For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.”

Act 3SCENE I: Juliet’s BedroomThe newlyweds awaken and express their love and their fears in a passionate pas de deux. Romeo takes his leave. The Capulets arrive with Paris, and Juliet informs them that she will not marry him. Juliet’s parents threaten to disown her.

“More light and light—more dark and dark our woes!”

SCENE II: Friar Laurence’s ChapelA distraught Juliet implores Friar Laurence to help her. He gives her a potion to drink that will induce a sleep so deep that she

will appear to be dead. But Friar Laurence will get word to Romeo that Juliet is very much alive. Romeo will come for her, and they will flee Verona together.

“Come weep with me—past hope, past cure, past help!”

SCENE III: Juliet’s BedroomJuliet agrees to marry Paris. Later that night she drinks the potion. In the morn-ing, Juliet’s friends arrive to celebrate her wedding. But no one can arouse her from her sleep, and all believe she is dead.

“What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then tomorrow morning?”

SCENE IV: Outside VeronaAs word of Juliet’s death begins to spread, Friar Laurence dispatches a messenger to Romeo with the news that Juliet is, in fact, alive. But word fails to reach him, and Romeo decides to return to Verona to die beside his beloved.

“How fares my Juliet?”

SCENE V: The Capulet TombJuliet is buried. After the mourners have gone Romeo enters the crypt and finds Paris already there. The two men fight, and Paris is mortally wounded. Romeo then drinks poison and dies. Juliet awakens from her sleep and discovers Romeo’s body. She stabs herself, and joins Romeo in death.

“For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

Anita Paciotti and Sarah Van Patten in Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet.

Under the leadership of Associate Director Patrick Armand, San Francisco Ballet School is the nation’s oldest ballet school and the official school of SF Ballet. The diverse curriculum, grounded in classical technique, also includes classes in contempo-

rary dance, corps de ballet, music, conditioning, and character dance.

The School’s studios are located in the same building as SF Ballet, giving students daily opportunities to observe Company classes and rehearsals. The School plays a vital role in SF Ballet’s story ballet productions, providing students the once-in-a-life-time opportunity to perform in such productions as Nutcracker, Giselle, and Romeo & Juliet.

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For complete audition information and to register visit: school.sfballet.org.

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MUSIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORMartin West

GUEST CONDUCTORMing Luke

VIOLIN ICordula Merks, Guest ConcertmasterJanice McIntosh, Associate ConcertmasterBeni Shinohara, Assistant ConcertmasterHeidi WilcoxMia KimRobin HansenBrian LeeMariya BorozinaLev Rankov *Carla Picchi *Barbara Riccardi *Karen Shinozaki *

VIOLIN IIMarianne Wagner, PrincipalCraig Reiss, Associate PrincipalJeanelle Meyer, Assistant PrincipalPatricia Van WinkleClifton FosterElbert TsaiWenyi Shih *Katherine Button *Julie Kim *

VIOLAAnna Kruger, Acting PrincipalJoy Fellows, Acting Associate PrincipalCaroline Lee, Acting Assistant PrincipalElizabeth Prior **Paul Ehrlich *Katherine Johnk *Natalia Vershilova *

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CELLOEric Sung, PrincipalJonah Kim, Associate PrincipalVictor Fierro, Assistant PrincipalThalia MooreNora PirquetRuth Lane *

CONTRABASSSteve D’Amico, PrincipalShinji Eshima, Associate PrincipalJonathan Lancelle, Assistant PrincipalMark DruryJoseph Lescher *

FLUTEBarbara Chaffe, Principal Julie McKenziePatricia Farrell *

PICCOLOJulie McKenzie

OBOELaura Griffiths, Principal Marilyn CoyneJames Moore *

ENGLISH HORNMarilyn Coyne

CLARINETNatalie ParkerAnthony StriplenGinger Kroft *

BASS CLARINETAnthony Striplen*

EB CLARINETGinger Kroft *

TENOR SAXOPHONEDavid Henderson*

BASSOONRufus Olivier, PrincipalPatrick Johnson WhittyShawn Jones

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HORNKevin Rivard, PrincipalKeith GreenBrian McCarty, Associate PrincipalWilliam KlingelhofferLawrence Ragent *Eric Achen *

TRUMPET/CORNETAdam Luftman, PrincipalRalph WagnerJohn Pearson *David Burkhart *

TROMBONEJeffrey Budin, PrincipalHall Goff

BASS TROMBONEScott Thornton, Principal

TUBAPeter Wahrhaftig, Principal

TIMPANIJames Gott, Principal

PERCUSSIONDavid Rosenthal, PrincipalTodd Manley *Peter Thielen *

HARPAnnabelle Taubl, PrincipalSarah Voynow *

PIANO/CELESTE/ORGANMungunchimeg Buriad *

MANDOLINCraig ReissHoward Kadis *

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL MANAGER & MUSIC ADMINISTRATORTracy Davis

MUSIC LIBRARIANMatthew Naughtin

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fan of SF Ballet!

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san francisco ballet staffHELGI TOMASSON, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer GLENN MCCOY, Executive Director

ARTISTICRicardo Bustamante, Christopher Stowell, Ballet Masters and Assistants to the Artistic DirectorFelipe Diaz, Betsy Erickson, Anita Paciotti, Katita Waldo, Ballet MastersYuri Possokhov, Choreographer in ResidenceCaroline Giese, Artistic AdministratorAlan Takata-Villareal, Logistics ManagerAbby Masters, Assistant to the Artistic Staff

OPERATIONSDebra Bernard, General ManagerLauren Chadwick, Company ManagerJuliette LeBlanc, Production Analyst

PRODUCTIONChristopher Dennis, Production DirectorChad Owens, Technical Coordinator Kate Share, Manager of Wardrobe, Wig, Make-Up, and Costume Construction Jim French, Lighting Supervisor Jane Green, Stage ManagerJessica Barker, Assistant Stage ManagerNixon Bracisco, Master CarpenterKelly Corter Kelly, Master ElectricianKenneth M. Ryan, Master of PropertiesKevin Kirby, Audio EngineerJohn O’Donnell, FlymanGeorge Elvin, Wardrobe ManagerPatti Fitzpatrick, Interim Head of Women’s WardrobeRichard Battle, Make-Up and Wig SupervisorMelanie Birch, Assistant Make-Up and Wig SupervisorSherri LeBlanc, Company Shoe Administrator

MUSICMartin West, Music Director and Principal ConductorMungunchimeg Buriad, Natal ’ya Feygina, Nina Pinzarrone, Company PianistsTracy Davis, Orchestra Personnel Manager and Music AdministratorMatthew Naughtin, Music Librarian

ADMINISTRATIONCecelia Beam, Human Resources ManagerLaura Simpson, Board Relations ManagerMaja Valusek, Human Resources and Benefits CoordinatorBonnie Fisk, Assistant to Senior Executive Staff

DEVELOPMENTThomas W. Flynn, Director of DevelopmentJennifer Mewha, Associate Director of DevelopmentFermin Nasol, Principal Gifts OfficerSarah Malashock, Christensen Society and Membership ManagerJulia Nottebohm, Special Events ManagerElizabeth Lani, Planned Giving ManagerJim Sohm, Research ManagerPamela Sullivan, Major Gifts OfficerEmily Markoe, Membership ManagerAmy Crowson, Corporate Giving OfficerJasmine Yep Huynh, Christensen Society Officer Elisabeth Morgan, Institutional Giving Officer Ingrid Roman, Special Events AssociateJonathan Levin, Development Database CoordinatorNicole Lugtu, Major Gifts AssistantSarah Horowitz, Individual Gifts AssistantLynn Noonan, Principal Gifts Consultant

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSMary Beth Smith, Director of Marketing and CommunicationsBetsy Lindsey, Associate Director, Ticket and Patron ServicesKyra Jablonsky, Associate Director, CommunicationsValerie Megas, Senior Manager, Retail OperationsMary Goto, Senior Manager, Marketing and SalesThomas Weitz, Senior Manager, Digital MarketingApril Johnston, Marketing and Promotions ManagerAndrew Delaney, Web and Digital Platforms Manager

Robert Hold, Graphic DesignerNannette Mickle, Group Sales Representative Rena Nishijima, Communications AssociateJames Hosking, Video Producer/EditorErik Almlie, Media Asset AdministratorOlivia Ramsay, Social Media ProducerDeidre Kirk, Marketing and Communications Coordinator

TICKET SERVICESJennifer Peterian, Box Office Manager/TreasurerMark Holleman, Sales and Service SupervisorElena Ratto, Patron Services Specialist Jole Mendoza, Ticketing Database SpecialistDavid Clark, Box Office SupervisorMichelle Hughes, Jericho Lindsey, Jason Narin, Nick Valasco, Patricia Pearson, Ticket Services Associates

FINANCEKim Ondreck Carim, Chief Financial OfficerNatalie Quan, ControllerValerie Ruban, Accounting Supervisor Nicole Peterson, Senior AccountantStephanie Golden, Staff AccountantCasey Trujillo, Staff Accountant Jennifer Kovacevich, Lean Ops Project Manager Hannah Simmonds, Temporary Staff Accountant

FACILITIESNathan Brito, Facilities ManagerAdrian Rodriguez, Facilities CoordinatorRalph Baysac, LaeCharles T. Lawrence Jr., Todd Martin, Stanley Wong, Facilities Assistants Katharine Chambers, Nicole Drysdale, Tamara de la Cruz, Receptionists

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYMurray Bognovitz, Director of Information TechnologyEsther del Rosario, IT Operations and Project ManagerKaren Irvin, Application Administrator and Help Desk Coordinator

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Josh Marshall, Web AdministratorJiapeng Jiang, IT Specialist

FRONT OF HOUSEEric Colby, House ManagerGeorge Windstrup, Head UsherLaurent Dela Cruz, Martin Dias, Starsky Dias, Marialice Dockus, Karen Horvath, Elaine Kawasaki, Eileen Keremitsis, Bill Laschuk, Sharon Lee, Lenore Long, Doug Luyendyk, Dale Nedelco, Wayne Noel, Beth Norris, Jan Padover, Julie Peck, Robert Remple, Bill Repp, Rilla Reynolds, Joe Savin, Kelly Smith, Tom Taffel, Richard Wagner, Steve Weiss, JoAnne Westfall, Ushers

COMPANY PHYSICIANSRichard Gibbs, M.D., Medical SupervisorRowan Paul, M.D., Primary Care Sports MedicinePeter Callander, M.D., Keith Donatto, M.D., Supervising OrthopedistsFrederic Bost, M.D., Jon Dickinson, M.D., John Belzer, M.D., Orthopedic Advisors to the CompanyMichael Leslie, Company Physical TherapistKarl Schmetz, Consulting Physical Therapist Active Care, Lisa Giannone, Director, Physical TherapistsLeonard Stein, D.C., Chiropractic CareHenry Berg, Rehabilitation Class InstructorMichelle Zimmerman, Wellness Program Manager

sf ballet schoolHelgi Tomasson, DirectorPatrick Armand, Associate Director

FACULTYPatrick Armand Damara Bennett Kristi DeCaminada Yuko Katsumi Tina LeBlanc Jeffrey Lyons

Rubén Martín Cintas, Lee R. Crews Endowed Faculty MemberParrish MaynardPollyana RibeiroSofiane Sylve, Principal Guest Faculty Joanna Berman, Guest FacultyPascal Molat, Guest FacultyBrian Fisher, Contemporary DanceLeonid Shagalov, Character DanceHenry Berg, ConditioningJamie Narushchen, MusicDaniel Sullivan, Music

2014–15 VISITING GUEST INSTRUCTORSJacquelin Barrett, Yannick Boquin, Monique Loudieres

PIANISTS Ella Belilovskaya Ritsuko Micky Kubo Jamie NarushchenDaniel Sullivan Galina UmanskayaBilly Wolfe Emily Adams, Olga Blednova, Julia Ganina, Lucy Hudson, Eleanora Shevkhod, Sky Tan Jamie Narushchen, School Pianist Supervisor, Lee R. Crews Endowed Pianist

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Andrea Yannone, Administrative Manager Christina Gray Rutter, Student Services Coordinator and Registrar Katelyn Harris, Administrative Coordinator Wendy Van Dyck, Trainee Program Coordinator Elizabeth Roddy, Administrative Assistant Tai Vogel, Temporary School Media LibrarianRob Chaitin, Residence Manager Erin Kelly, Resident AssistantLauren Hamilton, Residence Desk Staff Chris Fitzsimons, School Physical TherapistLeslie Donohue, School Physical Therapist

center for dance educationAndrea Yannone, Interim Director of EducationDina D. Toy, Education Office ManagerCecelia Beam, Adult Education CoordinatorCynthia Pepper, Interim Dance in Schools and Communities Supervisor

DANCE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES TEACHING ARTISTSAlisa ClaytonMelanie MitchellPhoenicia PettyjohnJoti SinghMaura Whelehan

DANCE IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACCOMPANISTSDavid FrazierZeke NealyWade PetersonBongo Sidibe

The artists employed by San Francisco Ballet are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO, the Union of professional dancers, singers, and staging personnel in the United States.

The San Francisco Ballet Association is a member of Dance/USA; American Arts Alliance; the Greater San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; and the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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The Centers for Sports and Dance Medicine at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital are the official health care providers for San Francisco Ballet School. Special thanks to Dr. James G. Garrick, Dr. Susan Lewis, Dr. Jane Denton, Dr. Selina Shah, Dr. Rémy Aridizzone, Chris Corpus, Joseph Levinson, and the Physical Therapy Department for generously providing their services.

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calendar of 2015 repertory season donor eventsListed below are the 2015 Repertory Season events through May for members of the Artistic Director’s Council (ADC), Chairman’s Council (CHM), Christensen Society (CS), Legacy Circle (TLC), and Friends of San Francisco Ballet. For a complete schedule of 2015 Repertory Season events, please visit the website at sfballet.org/donate/donor_events. Contact Christensen Society and Membership Manager Sarah Malashock at [email protected] or 415.865.6624 with any questions.

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PROGRAM 8Romeo & Juliet

2015 STUDENT SHOWCASE

An Invitation to Dance: San Francisco Ballet School 2015 Student ShowcaseHonoring Helgi Tomasson’s 30th Season

STUDENT SHOWCASE DINNER Benefitting SF Ballet School Scholarship Fund

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco

THU, MAY 21 Dinner follows the performance.

SHOWCASE DINNER HOSTED BY THE SF BALLET AUXILIARYCarol Benz2015 Student Showcase Dinner ChairMs. Marie Louise HurabiellSan Francisco Ballet Auxiliary President

TICKETS AND INFORMATION Visit sfballet.org/studentshowcase

PERFORMANCES Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater

WED, MAY 20, 7:30PMTHU, MAY 21 , 6PM FRI, MAY 22, 7:30PM

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Every year the San Francisco Ballet School produces its Student Showcase, a series of special performances to dis-play the remarkable skills and talents of its students. Student Showcase will be held Wednesday, May 20, through Friday, May 22, 2015, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in downtown San Francisco.

To celebrate this important occasion, the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary, led by event chair Carol Benz in conjunction with the San Francisco Ballet School Committee, will host its annual Student Showcase Dinner, “An Invitation to Dance,” on Thursday, May 21, immediately following the performance.

This elegant evening will begin with the performance at 6pm, followed by a cocktail reception at 7:30pm and dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco (two blocks from the theater). The dinner raises funds to support scholarships and financial aid programs of the School, one of the leading ballet academies in the world.

Audiences for the Student Showcase Dinner performance will see demonstrations by students in Levels 2 through 8 as well as advanced-level students performing repertory pieces that showcase their achievements. This annual performance spotlights not only the School’s extraordinary students but also the outstanding caliber of its faculty.

SF Ballet School is delighted that Dodge & Cox is a sponsor again this year. Dodge & Cox has generously supported the Showcase for more than 16 years. The School is thrilled to welcome both St. John and Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC as new sponsors of this event. St. John will also gener-ously host the Launch Party at their elegant boutique next to the Four Seasons on Market Street.

For more information or to order tickets, please visit sfballet.org/studentshowcase.

Norika Matsuyama (then a San Francisco Ballet School student) with School Trainee Francisco Sebastião in Thatcher’s Spectrum.

An Invitation to Dance: San Francisco Ballet School 2015 Student Showcase Performance and Dinner

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10-Year Christensen Society HonoreesEach year San Francisco Ballet honors donors who have been members of the Christensen Society for 10 consecutive years. The 2015 season marks the 10th anniversary of the following Christensen Society members:

Anonymous

Ms. Phyllis Cook

Juliet and Roggie Dankmeyer

Mr. James Gosling

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Klett

Arlene and Steve Krieger

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Moonie

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Negrin

Melanie and Rob Pedrick

Mr. Gordon L. Radley

Ms. Marianne B. Robison

Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Ryan

Anne and Michelle Shonk

Mr. Harry Tierney

Mr. Bruce Albert and Dr. Chady F. Wonson

Dr. Keith R. Yamamoto

SF Ballet congratulates them and thanks them for their steadfast support.

We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as 10-year Christensen Society Honorees in the program books. Their names appear in italics in the Chairman’s Council and Christensen Society sections.

Liam Scarlett, here rehearsing Hummingbird at SF Ballet, is working on a new full-length ballet.

Just Announced! Scarlett’s Frankenstein Arrives at SF Ballet in 2017 In an ambitious programming move, Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson has teamed up with The Royal Ballet in London on a co-production of Frankenstein, an imaginative new full-length story ballet. Choreographed by Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett, Frankenstein will premiere at The Royal Ballet on May 4, 2016, and at SF Ballet during the 2017 Repertory Season. It will be set to a commissioned score by Lowell Liebermann, with scenic and costume designs by John Macfarlane and lighting design by David Finn.

Scarlett’s concept for his Frankenstein goes back to the original story by Mary Shelley, which he calls “an astonishing piece of literature.” Rather than the monster story it is commonly perceived to be, Shelley’s book “is a story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death, and above all, love,” Scarlett says. He plans to follow Shelley’s story closely and set the ballet in the book’s time and place, 18th-century Geneva. This large-scale work, with many secondary characters in addition to scientist Victor Frankenstein and his creation, “will deal with the events in the book—delicate issues of acceptance, betrayal, and revenge,” Scarlett says. “But, as with any great story, the main catalyst is love.”

The composer, pianist and Juilliard School graduate Lowell Liebermann, has been called “as much of a traditionalist as an innovator” by the New York Times. This prolific composer of orchestral, opera, and chamber music works has held residencies at Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Saratoga Performing Arts Center, among others.

Designer and painter John Macfarlane is one of the world’s leading designers for opera and ballet. His credits include Scarlett’s Hummingbird at SF Ballet and Sweet Violets at The Royal Ballet, plus designs for Birmingham Royal Ballet, Scottish Opera, and Metropolitan Opera. The government of France named him a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres in 2003.

David Finn’s lighting designs for SF Ballet include Helgi Tomasson’s 7 for Eight and Scarlett’s Hummingbird. The former resident designer for White Oak Dance Project, Finn has designed works by Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham, and Twyla Tharp, among others; his opera credits include the La Scala, Metropolitan, and San Francisco Operas.

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great benefactorsSince its founding in 1933, San Francisco Ballet has grown into one of the world’s leading ballet companies and ballet schools. This evolution has been made possible through the steadfast and generous support of patrons in the Bay Area and throughout the world. In 2005, SF Ballet created the honor of Great Benefactor to recognize donors whose cumulative giving to SF Ballet is $1 million or more.

American AirlinesEstate of Helen AndertonAT&TBank of America FoundationRichard C. BarkerBingham McCutchen LLPBRAVOJennifer Caldwell and John H. N. FisherCalifornia Arts CouncilThe State of CaliforniaEstate of Lewis and Emily CallaghanMrs. Daniel H. Case IIIChevron CorporationDeloitteSuzy Kellems DominikRudolph W. DriscollSonia H. EversFirst Republic BankFord FoundationDiana Stark and J. Stuart FrancisEstate of Georg L. FriersonGaia FundStephen and Margaret Gill Family FoundationRichard and Rhoda Goldman FundGrants for the ArtsEstate of Richard B. GumpEvelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. FundMimi HaasColleen and Robert D. HaasWalter & Elise Haas FundEstate of Katharine HanrahanDr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. HaysWilliam Randolph Hearst FoundationThe Hellman FamilyThe Hellman FoundationThe Herbert FamilyWilliam and Flora Hewlett FoundationThe Edward E. Hills FundDonald F. HoughtonEstate of Dora Donner IdeThe James Irvine FoundationThe William G. Irwin Charity FoundationG. William JewellGeorge F. Jewett, Jr. 1965 Trust Lucy and Fritz JewettEstate of Mildred Johnson

JPMorgan Chase & Co.Maurice KanbarDr. and Mrs. Jerome Ormond KirschbaumDiana Dollar KnowlesEstate of Diana Dollar KnowlesKoret FoundationMary Jo and Dick Kovacevich The Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation facilitated by Jennifer Jordan McCall, Trustee Catherine LegoPaul LegoMrs. Jeannik Méquet LittlefieldThe Marver Family Alison and Michael MauzéAndrew W. Mellon FoundationNicola Miner and Robert Mailer AndersonNational Endowment for the ArtsThe Bernard Osher FoundationJohn Osterweis and Barbara RavizzaPacific Gas and Electric CompanyYurie and Carl PascarellaThe Thomas J. and Gerd Perkins FoundationPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPKenneth RaininMr. George R. RobertsArthur and Toni Rembe RockBob RossGordon RussellSan Francisco Ballet AuxiliaryThe San Francisco FoundationKathleen ScutchfieldShubert Foundation, Inc.The Smelick FamilyEstate of Natalie H. StotzThe Swanson FoundationRichard J. ThalheimerMs. Susan A. Van WagnerVisa Inc.Phyllis C. WattisWells FargoThe E. L. Wiegand FoundationDiane B. WilseyAkiko Yamazaki and Jerry YangThe Zellerbach Family

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artistic director’s councilSan Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the members of the Artistic Director’s Council. Their generous annual support of $100,000 or more has been instrumental to the success of San Francisco Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet School, and the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education. Members of the Artistic Director’s Council receive customized benefits, including special access to performances, exclusive events, and rehearsals. For more information, please contact Fermin Nasol, principal gifts officer, at [email protected] or 415.865.6622.

Grand BenefactorsGIFTS OF $250,000 AND ABOVEThe Hellman FoundationLucy Jewett Artistic Director’s CouncilGIFTS OF $100,000-$249,999Richard C. BarkerFang and Gary BridgeJennifer Caldwell and John H. N. FisherElizabeth Pang Fullerton and Richard Fullerton

Gaia FundShelby and Frederick GansCecilia and Jim HerbertMr. and Mrs. John S. OsterweisYurie and Carl PascarellaArthur and Toni Rembe RockBob Ross FoundationThe Seiger Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. James N. SullivanDiane B. WilseyMiles Archer Woodlief

Want a behind-the-scenes experience at SF Ballet? Become a member of Friends of San Francisco Ballet and enjoy exclusive access during the 2015–16 Season! Even better, your support ensures an innovative future at SF Ballet by helping the Ballet attract the best dancers to the Company, train emerging artists in our School, and reach the entire community with its impressive artistry.

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Visit our website at sfballet.org/donate or call 415.865.6628 to make your gift and receive exclusive benefits designed to enhance your ballet experience.

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san francisco ballet season sponsors2014 NutcrackerLead Sponsors The Herbert Family The Swanson Foundation Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella Kathleen Scutchfield The Smelick Family

2015 Repertory SeasonPROGRAM 1 Serenade Major Sponsors Sonia H. Evers Catherine and Mark Slavonia Sponsor BRAVO

RAkU Major Sponsors David and Vicki Cox Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Smelick Sponsors Chaomei Chen and Yu Wu Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tai

Lambarena Major Sponsors Rosemary B. Baker Grady and Amy Burnett Irv H. Lichtenwald and Stephen R. Ripple Sponsor ENCORE!

PROGRAM 2 Giselle Lead Sponsor Diane B. Wilsey Sponsors Katherine and Gregg Crawford Dr. Janice and Mr. Jonathan Zakin

PROGRAM 3 The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude Lead Sponsor Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. FisherMajor Sponsor O.J. and J. Gary Shansby Sponsors Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish Kathleen Grant, M.D. and Thomas Jackson, M.D. Kacie and Michael Renc San Francisco Ballet Allegro Circle

Variations for Two Couples Lead Sponsor Jennifer Caldwell and John H. N. FisherMajor Sponsor O.J. and J. Gary Shansby Sponsors Courtney Benoist and Jason M. Fish Kathleen Grant, M.D. and Thomas Jackson, M.D. Kacie and Michael Renc San Francisco Ballet Allegro Circle

Manifesto World PremiereLead Sponsors Shelby and Frederick Gans Alison and Michael Mauzé Bob Ross Foundation The Seiger Family Foundation

“The Kingdom of the Shades” from La Bayadère, Act II Major SponsorsMary Jo and Dick Kovacevich Marie and Barry Lipman Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. Alexander R. Mehran

PROGRAM 4 Program Sponsor The Bernard Osher Foundation Dances at a Gathering Major Sponsor Donald F. Houghton

Hummingbird Major Sponsors Mrs. Suzy Kellems Dominik Beth and Brian Grossman Sponsor John Little and Heather Stallings Little

PROGRAM 5 Don Quixote Lead Sponsor Mr. and Mrs. James N. SullivanMajor Sponsors Sue and John Diekman Julie and Greg Flynn Mrs. Henry I. Prien Sponsor The Thalheimer Family PROGRAM 6 Shostakovich Trilogy Lead Sponsor Richard C. Barker Major Sponsors Teri and Andy Goodman Joyce L. Stupski Sponsor Karen S. Bergman

Piano Concerto #1 Sponsor Joan E. Roebuck

PROGRAM 7 Swimmer World PremiereLead Sponsors Kate and Bill Duhamel Gaia Fund Yurie and Carl Pascarella Judy C. Swanson Miles Archer Woodlief

The Four Temperaments Sponsor Larissa Roesch and Jason Crethar

PROGRAM 8 Romeo & Juliet Lead Sponsors Cecilia and Jim Herbert Diane B. Wilsey San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary Major Sponsors Reiko and Yasunobu Kyogoku Mr. and Mrs. James D. Marver Mr. and Mrs. Kurt C.Mobley Sponsors Skip and Kristen Avansino Colette Cornish, in loving memory of Roy Ballard H. B. and Lucille Horn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Randall N. Spratt

2015 Opening Night GalaPresenting SponsorOsterweis Capital ManagementBenefactor Dinner SponsorKPMGPatron Dinner SponsorJPMorgan Chase & Co.After Party SponsorHSBC Private Bank Cocktail Reception SponsorGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPGrand Benefactor Reception SponsorIntegnologyPerformance SponsorDonald F. Houghton Premieres SponsorDenise Littlefield SobelProsecco Promenade SponsorBurberryInvitation SponsorPacific Union - Christie’s International Real EstateGrand Benefactor Dinner Media SponsorNob Hill GazettePerformance and After Party Media Sponsor7x7

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SATURDAY NIGHT SUBSCRIPTION SERIES Lucy and Fritz Jewett Saturday Night Series 2014-2015 Touring Les Étés de la Danse at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France—July 2014Major Sponsors Donald F. Houghton Lucy Jewett Bob Ross Foundation The Seiger Family Foundation Miles Archer Woodlief Sponsors Elizabeth Pang Fullerton and Richard Fullerton Teri and Andy GoodmanDenise Littlefield SobelMr. and Mrs. James N. Sullivan

The following funds of the San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation provide permanent support for touring by San Francisco Ballet: Lead Underwriters Osher Touring Fund G. William Jewell Touring Fund The Hellman Family Touring Fund Major Underwriters Frannie and Mort Fleishhacker Touring Fund Stephen and Margaret Gill Family Foundation Touring Fund Teri and Andy Goodman Touring Fund Pamela J. Joyner and Alfred J. Giuffrida Touring Fund Bob Ross Foundation Touring Fund Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Touring Fund Underwriters Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite Touring Fund Glenn McCoy Touring Fund Phyllis W. Nelson Touring Fund Anne and Michelle Shonk Touring Fund

San Francisco Ballet’s performances are made possible in part by grants from Grants for the Arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, Koret Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

William Hill Estate Winery® and La Marca Prosecco® are the featured wine and sparkling wine of San Francisco Ballet.

Yamaha Pianos are the performance and rehearsal pianos of San Francisco Ballet and the School, and are provided by Piedmont Piano Company.

Co-Lead Sponsors of the San Francisco Ballet Center for Dance Education.

Major support for the Center for Dance Education is provided by the Wells Fargo Foundation. Generous support is provided by the Gap Foundation and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.

Major Support for Dance in Schools and Communities is provided by The Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation.

Nutcracker Media SponsorRepertory Season Media Sponsors

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chairman’s councilSan Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Chairman’s Council members, who contributed gifts of $15,000 or more to the annual fund as of February 25, 2015. In addition to receiving Christensen Society benefits, members of the Chairman’s Council receive benefits tailored to their individual interests, such as the opportunity to sponsor a ballet or enjoy an exclusive viewing of a ballet rehearsal. If you would like more information about the Chairman’s Council, please contact Pamela Sullivan, major gifts officer, at [email protected] or 415.865.6634.

We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as 10-year members of the Chairman’s Council or Christensen Society. Their names appear in italics in this section. Former SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Trustees are noted with an asterisk.

PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 Rosemary B. BakerAthena and Timothy BlackburnGrady and Amy BurnettChaomei Chen and Yu WuDavid and Vicki CoxSue and John DiekmanMrs. Suzy Kellems DominikKate and Bill DuhamelSonia H. EversMr. and Mrs. Greg FlynnDiana Stark and J. Stuart FrancisDrs. Richard D. and Patricia GibbsMargaret and Stephen GillTeri and Andy GoodmanBeth and Brian GrossmanAlicia and Philip HammarskjoldDonald F. HoughtonMr. and Mrs. James C. KatzmanMary Jo and Dick KovacevichNancy A. KukackaReiko and Yasunobu KyogokuIrv H. Lichtenwald and Stephen R. RippleMarie and Barry LipmanMr. and Mrs. James D. MarverAlison and Michael MauzéMarissa Mayer and Zachary BogueMr. James MilliganMr. and Mrs. Kurt MobleyMrs. Henry I. PrienO.J. and Gary ShansbyMr. and Mrs. Mark SlavoniaMr. and Mrs. Robert M. SmelickMs. Denise Littlefield SobelKaren and William Sonneborn David H. Spencer Joyce L. StupskiJudy C. SwansonJennifer and Steven Walske

SPONSOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Anonymous (1) John and Gioia ArrillagaCourtney Benoist and Jason M. FishKaren S. BergmanMrs. Malkah CarothersThe Dan and Stacey* Case Family FoundationColette V.A. CornishKatherine and Gregg CrawfordCarol Emory and The Wingate FoundationJacqueline and Christian P. ErdmanMr. Robert S. Fisher*Elizabeth and Robert FisherKathleen Grant, M.D. and Thomas Jackson, M.D.Thomas E. HornChristine and Pierre LamondDavid and Kelsey LamondMs. Patricia LamondJohn Little and Heather Stallings LittleMs. Laura McCabe-EdgarAlexander R. Mehran*Delanie and Peter ReadKacie and Michael RencMr. George R. RobertsJoan E. RoebuckLarissa Roesch and Jason CretharMr. Gordon Russell and Dr. Bettina McAdooMichael and Mary SchuhMr. and Mrs. Randall N. SprattTom Steyer and Kat TaylorMr. and Mrs. Alan TaiMr. Richard J. ThalheimerMr. and Mrs. William TruscottMr. and Mrs. David ViniarDr. Janice and Mr. Jonathan ZakinKenneth and Anna Zankel, The Grove CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Brenton and Lysbeth Warren AndersonKristen A. AvansinoDr. Margaret Bates and Scott JohnsonRachel Brass and Richard FosterRon and Susan BriggsMs. Eliza M. BrownMr. John G. CapoPaula and Bandel CaranoDr. Carolyn Chang and Mr. Patrick KingMs. Laura CliffordMr. and Mrs. Kent Colwell

Jordan Deschamps-Braly, M.D. and Maya AlexandrovaPaula M. Elmore*Dana and Robert EmeryMrs. Mortimer FleishhackerTim and Amanda GarryNicholas and Mary GravesJames C. GriesBrian and Elizaveta Gustafson Mimi HaasKathryn A. Hall* and Thomas C. KnutsenMr. Kenneth HitzBrian and Rene HollinsJames C. Hormel and Michael P. NguyenMr. Basheer JanjuaMs. Jeri Lynn JohnsonJoseph and Teresa KadowJohn G. Kerns*William and Gretchen Kimball FundSusan B. Levine and James W. LauerChrista and Mark LopezPatrice and Walther LovatoPeter and Melanie MaierMs. Susan MarschTimothy Marten, M.D.Mr. and Mrs. Gregg MattnerJane and Roger McCarthyStewart McDowell Brady and Philip BradyMr. and Mrs. James J. MessemerDr. Maya MeuxMary MewhaMrs. Stuart G. MoldawMrs. Jane S. MudgeRoland G. Ortgies and Carmela C. Anderson-Ortgies Mr. Kevin Osinski and Mr. Marc Sinykin Beth PriceAlex & Maria RaitzDave and Judy RedoGlenn H. Reid and Frank S. LanierMr. and Mrs. Edward RoachChristine Sherry and Lawson FisherThe Honorable and Mrs. George P. ShultzMichael and Susanna SteinbergRoselyne C. Swig*Mr. and Mrs. William R. TimkenMr. and Mrs. Thomas TuttleMr. Aaron T. WheelerThe Whitman Family FoundationMs. Patricia WyrodDiane and Howard Zack

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christensen societySan Francisco Ballet gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Christensen Society members, who contributed gifts of $2,500 to $14,999 to the annual fund as of March 6, 2015. The Christensen Society is named for American dance pioneers Harold, Willam, and Lew Christensen, three brothers who were instrumental in the founding and development of SF Ballet. This group of donors helps SF Ballet maintain its artistic excellence, and receives exclusive benefits including behind-the-scenes access. For more information about the Christensen Society please contact Sarah Malashock, Christensen Society and membership manager, at [email protected] or 415.865.6624.

We are pleased to give special recognition to donors who have been honored as 10-year members of the Christensen Society. Their names appear in italics in this section. Former SF Ballet Trustees and Associate Trustees are noted with an asterisk.

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $7,500–$14,999 Anonymous (5) Deborah K. Alton-MatthewsMs. Susan Anderson-NorbyEleonore and Edward AslanianChris and Janet BajorekJoseph Bernstein, M.D.Nordin and Donna BlackerMs. Martha E. Blackwell and Mr. Peter J. LevineMs. Susan BlakeClaire and Jared BobrowBruce BradenKelly and Samuel* Bronfman IIMr. and Mrs. G. Steven BurrillJon B. ChaneyDrs. Valerie and Devron CharAntoinette ChattonMs. Carolyn M. ClementsJack and Gloria ClumeckMichele Beigel Corash and Laurence CorashRobert and Laura CoryMs. Phoebe CowlesJill DalyMr. Thomas L. Davis and Mrs. Marden N.PlantJuanita and Manuel Del ArrozMr. and Mrs. Kevan del GrandeEarl DiskinMs. Paulette DoudellRobert and Judith DuffyMr.* and Mrs. Peter E. EngelDouglas and Barbara* EngmannLynn Feintech and Tony BernhardtMr. and Mrs. John L. FieldDoris FisherSally L. Glaser and David BowerJohn and Marcia GoldmanNonie H. Greene and Todd WerbyMr. and Mrs. Terry HoulihanRobert G. Hulteng

Dorothy and Bradford JeffriesGuyton JinkersonMr. and Mrs. Christopher P. JohnsMs. Lisa A. KeithMs. Micki KlearmanMr. and Mrs. Robert J. KlettArlene and Steve KriegerCaptain Witold Klimenko and Dr. Darlene Lanka-KlimenkoMark and Debra LeslieCarol and Hal LouchheimSean MadnaniLori and David F. MarquardtDr. Jack McElroy and Dr. Mary Ann SkidmoreNion T. McEvoyMarta L. MorandoMichael Moritz and Harriet HeymanManfred K. MundeliusMr. Eric MurphyMr. Richard OppenheimerMr. and Mrs. Michael O’SullivanMr. James Parsons and Ms. Andrea HongMelanie and Rob PedrickLeslie and Nick PodellTanya Marietta PowellMr. Fritz QuattlebaumJulian RobertsonMr. and Mrs. Sanford R. RobertsonKathleen ScutchfieldKamran and Helena ShamsavariMr. and Mrs. Roderick W. ShepardAnne and Michelle ShonkPeggy SkorniaMs. Cherida Collins SmithMr. and Mrs. Charles V. ThorntonHelgi and Marlene TomassonMs. Susan A. Van WagnerThe Watkins FamilyCynthia and Edgar WhippleTravis and Jim WrightMr. Timothy C. Wu DANCER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $5,000–$7,499 Anonymous (3)Ms. Diane K. AaronJola and John M. Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. David AndersonMr. and Mrs. Greer ArthurMr. and Mrs. Joachim Bechtle*Mr. Christopher BentlyLydia and Steven BergmanDavidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. WaiteMrs. Jan BirenbaumMr. Charles Alden Black, Jr. and Mr. C. Grisham, Jr.Dr. Thomas and Janice BoyceMr. and Mrs.* William S. BrandenburgDr. Odelia BraunCynthia and Fred BrinkmannPeggy and Donald BurnsMrs. Barbara ByrneDr. Heidi H. CaryMr. and Mrs. Donald ChaikenMs. Karen K. ChristensenRobert Clegg*Mr. and Mrs. Sol CoffinoDr. Charles ConnorMs. Phyllis CookMr. George H. CoronaMary B. CranstonMs. Nancy CurtissMr. and Mrs. James A. DavidsonMr. Don W. DeFrancoMarvin DennisMr. and Mrs. David DossetterMrs. Delia F. EhrlichMr. Frank J. Espina and Mrs. Andrea Valo-EspinaBuck Farmer and Leida SchoggenTawna and John FarmerMr. and Mrs. Irwin FedermanBrent and Sandra FeryMs. Katherine M. Fines and Mr. Henry HeinesMr. and Mrs. David FleishhackerMr. Dennis N. FluetCamille and Sean FlynnPhyllis K. FriedmanMarilyn & Robert Funarl Family FoundationMs. Sally GarbarinoMs. Jane L. GazzolaJames K. and Helen L. GoodwineAnn M. GriffithsLinda Groah

Mr. and Mrs. William J. GurleyMr. and Mrs. John and Lucie HallClarence W. HarrisonMr. and Mrs. A. Grant Heidrich IIIMary Lou Ambinder HeineMr. and Mrs. John S. HochMs. Kimberly M. HughesMr. and Mrs. Jim KautzMs. Daru H. KawalkowskiBonnie N. and George L. KennedyKevin King and Meridee MooreMaja KristinMs. Linda KurtzMs. Gladys KwongMr. and Mrs. Jude LaspaMs. Miko LaubeMr. David Laudon and Mr. Randall LarocheMr. and Mrs. Yakov J. LevinMs. Betsy A. LinderMark S. Litwin and Lorraine LustedMr. and Mrs. Allen LuniewskiMr. and Mrs. Laurence R. LyonsMr. Michael ManningMr. and Mrs. L.W. Thomas MayDr. and Mrs. W. D. McCallumDan McDaniel, M.D.Joan and Robert McGrathMr. and Mrs. John A. McQuownMr. Wallace MersereauByron R. Meyer*Fred and Carole MiddletonHank and Bonnie Miller Mrs. Toni R. MillerNancy and Larry MohrMs. Alexandra MosesRobert* and Berit MuhTom and Anne MullerMr. and Mrs. Robert L. NewmanMiriam Sedman and Ralph NyffeneggerMs. Carla OakleyMrs. Alexandra OttesenMs. Mindy OwenMr. Gordon L. RadleyMrs. Albert G. RaischBarbara Rambo* and Thomas A. GoossensDrs. Garry and Kathy RayantReach-A-Star FoundationMr. and Mrs. Todd G. RegenoldDr. and Mrs. Robert E. RichardsonRigg FamilyThomas C. Rindfleisch and A. Carlisle ScottMs. Marianne B. RobisonMr. N. D’Arcy Roche and Ms. Stephanie Twomey RocheMr. and Mrs. Mark J. RyanPaul Sack and Shirley Davis

Dorothy SaxeMr. Michael Scagliotti and Mrs. Miya R. PeardPeter and Linda SchwarzDr. and Mrs. Stephen SherwinMs. H. Marcia SmolensMr. and Mrs. George H. SollmanMr. and Mrs. Mathew SpolinSusanne StevensMs. Fran A. StreetsThe Streets FamilyMr. and Mrs. Jim SwartzMr. and Mrs. William L. ThorntonMr. Harry TierneyMr. and Mrs. Edward TortoriciJanet Sassoon-Upton and John R. Upton, Jr.Drs. Oldrich and Silva VasicekDr. Conrad VialPaul A. ViolichDr. and Mrs. Jon WackMs. Susan WarbleEmily and Bob WardenMr. and Mrs. Wallace WertschBenjamin and Mary Ann WhittenKaren and Stephen WielMarilyn WolperMr. and Mrs. Ronald C. WornickDr. Keith R. YamamotoSharon and Robert YoergDr. and Mrs. Burton A. Zabin

ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous (8)Michael C. AbramsonNorman Abramson and David BeeryMr. Amir AdibiMolly and Stewart AgrasMs. Kirsti Aho and Mr. Dale UnderwoodDr. and Mrs. Arnie AigenMr. Bruce Albert and Dr. Chady F. WonsonMr. Joseph W. AlegreDr. and Mrs. Joseph S. AndresenMs. Gigi AnthonyMr. Hiroki AsaiMs. Corine AssoulineDavid M. Atcheson*Mr. and Mrs. Bartley B. BaerDr. Thomas and Julie BallardMr. Stephen A. Bansak IIIMr. Stephen J. BarberMr. Charles BarrettKaren BartholomewMr. and Mrs. Kevin BartlettJeanne and William BarulichMarie-José and Kent BaumMr. and Mrs. David W. Beach

Mr. and Mrs. Gene BeckerMs. Desa C. BelyeaMiss Carol L. BenzMs. Helen BerggruenMiss Catherine BergstromMr. and Mrs. Andrew and Nina BermanMs. Sandra Moore BerreyMr. Phil BettensArthur and Roslyn BienenstockRADM and Mrs. John W. BitoffAmos and Carla BlackmonMs. Phyllis BlairMr. Noel T. BlosBon Air CenterMs. Candis A. BourdetMs. Carolyn J. and Mr. David W. BradyGermaine Brennan FoundationMr. and Mrs. Marvin BrennerMs. Barbara BrownCatherine Brown and Gerald GwathneyEdward and Carole BrownMr. and Mrs. James R. BrownMrs. Wynne Brown and Miss Parker BrownJosephine BrownbackMr. Peyton BryarsKatie BudgeBetty C. Bullock and Robert MurrayMr. and Mrs. Thomas H. BurkhartJulie and David BurnsThe Barbara and John Callander Family FundDr. Paula CampbellDr. and Mrs. Ronald E. CapeJohn and Carol Carlson Ms. Marion CarrMs. Linda CarsonDr. and Mrs. George CassadyDr. and Mrs. David Joseph MartinCharles R. Castellano and Deryl CastellanoDavid and Karin ChamberlainMs. Annag Rose Chandler and Mr. Victor VitlinJulia and Leo ChengMr. and Mrs. Allen ChozenMs. Diana ChulickMr. Paul CliffordDouglas Clough and Erin UesugiSusan and Mitchell CohenMs. Claudia ColemanMs. Robin CollinsRichard and Sylvia CondonJane A. CookIn Memory of Joan CooneyAlice M. CorningJoan and Victor CorsigliaMs. Sandi CovellRon and Shahla CowanMs. Nora C. Cregan

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Mrs. Mary A. Culp Juliet and Roggie DankmeyerDr. and Mrs. R.L. DavisMs. Bonnie De ClarkDr. Richard M. DelfsMs. Carole A. DemskyJulie Desloge and George A. NewhallMs. Patricia DobashiMr. and Mrs. Theodore S. Dobos Mr. and Mrs. William H. Draper IIIMichael E. Dreyer and Harry B. UgolMr. Garrettson Dulin, Jr.Mr. Timothy C. DuranMs. Anita C. EblëMichelle and Zane EdwardsDiane and Joseph Ehrman IIIEvans FundRev. Richard FabianMr. William E. FisherMs. Linda Jo FitzRussell and Lee FlynnMr. Thomas W. FlynnMr. Douglas FrantzDr. and Mrs. A. W. FrickeMr. Ian FriedlandMrs. Mary Ann FullilovePenny and Gregory GalloNora L. Gibson and William L. HudsonMs. Joy GimSandra and Yuen GinNora GoldschlagerDrs. Meryl Gordon and Robert SchermerMs. Shelley GordonMr. James GoslingPhyllis and Gene GottfriedMr. Reeve GouldRichard L. Grant and James L. MillerDonald W. and Patricia L. GreenMs. Joan GreenJudy and Josh GreenMrs. Robert M. GreenhoodWilliam J. GregoryGrey Ghost Car ServiceMs. Doris GrimleyClaude and Nina GruenMark Grundman & Elaine DeaneDuncan and Jeanie GurleyStephen and Diana HalprinMr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hamer IIIAlexander and Catherine HargraveSara and Catherine HarkinsMr. Christoph HartmannDr. Birt HarveyMr. and Mrs. David M. HaskinMichael and Julie HawkinsMs. Carleen Hawn

christensen societyJohn F. HeilMiranda Heller and Mark SalkindDr. and Mrs. I. C. HendersonMr. Bernardo HernándezMs. Kristine T. Hernandez and Mr. Michael R. GlaserMr. Matthew Herold and Ms. Laura MillerMr. and Mrs. John S. Herr, Jr.Sharon and Dale HilpertSunny Holland and Alan PryorMs. Carol Ann HolleyMr. Larry HortonMs. Kathryn HuberEugene and Nancy HughesMs. Margaret HutchinsMr. and Mrs. Ronald W. HuttonMs. Karen J. IrvinMs. Giovanna Jackson*Jackson FamilyMs. Andrea JacobyMr. and Mrs. Richard JasenMs. Barbara JohnsonMr. Todd Jolly and Ms. Judith MurioDr. Henry Jones III and Margaret D. TurnbullDebra and Blake JorgensenMr. Peter Joshua Mr. Campbell C. Judge and Ms. Kim EllisMs. Roberta KamedaBruce and Dasa Katz, Katz Family FoundationMr. Kris KazaksRev. Keenan C. KelseyDrs. Douglas and Carol KerrMs. Kathryn KerseyMs. Jennifer H. KilpatrickMrs. Jerome Ormond KirschbaumMs. Beverly P. KivelMr. and Mrs. Alan F. KleinMs. Trecia Knapp TapolskyMs. Patricia D. KnightMs. Suzanne Knott and Mr. Tom RoseMr. and Mrs. Mark S. KoenigMr. and Mrs. Martin M. KoffelHal and Iris KorolMr. Jordan KramerMs. Angella KriensSharon Lambert and Charles CohenPatricia W. LeicherPatricia Lekas and John WentzMr. and Mrs. Edward M. LeonardMr. and Mrs. David R. LeonettiMr. and Mrs. Mark R. LepperMrs. Mona Lessing-HarrochMr. Robert LevensonMs. Gayla Sue LevinMr. Roy LevinPam Lewis

Claire and Herbert LindenbergerCarol and Bill LokkeDr. and Mrs. Herschel Loomis, Jr.John and Kate LordMr. and Mrs. Kevin LouieMr. and Mrs. Steve LoveDr. and Mrs. G. Karl Ludwig, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. James J. LudwigMiss Jennifer Coslett MacCreadyMs. Joan MannEllen M. Martin and Philip L. SchaadtMrs. John MartinMs. Anita MartinezMs. Connie V. MartinezMs. Mary E. MasseeHolly and Stephen MasseyMr. and Mrs. Joseph MaurerMr. Patrick McCabeJennifer J. McCallDr. Sean McCarthy and Mr. Bert SalygaMr. and Mrs. George McCownMr. Glenn McCoyMs. Kathleen McEligotRuth Gates McGlashanLisa and Jason McPhateMr. David E. MedersMr. Martin MeliaDr. Beryl MellMr. Steve MerloMr. and Mrs. Lou MeylanRichard Miller and John VintonMs. Margaret MitchellMr. Ted E. MitchellSusan and Jack MolinariMr. and Mrs. Ken MoonieGary and Eileen MorgenthalerMrs. Janet MorrisMr. Milton J. Mosk and Mr. Thomas FoutchMs. Christine MotleyKathleen Much and Stanley PetersPeter Johnson MustoMr. and Mrs. David A. NegrinDr. Alex NellasDrs. Andrew and Lynn NewmanJeanne NewmanPeggy and Willis NewtonMr. and Ms. C.T. NicholasMs. Allison NielsenPatricia and Hayes NoelMr. Paul Nordine Ms. Louise NoroianMr. William D. ParentMr. Deric PatrickMr. Neil PeringThe Phillips FamilyDr. Ben M. Picetti

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Ms. Hilary PierceEdward and Linda PlantPatricia Sanderson PortMelissa and Ritchie PostMs. Melissa PowarMr.* and Mrs. John F. PowersMs. Sandra PriceVirginia Leung Price and Walter C. Price, Jr.Mr. John PringleLouis Ptacek and Ying-Hui FuRuth H. Quigley, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Quigley and Miss Joan QuigleyJennifer RaininMs. Ursula RalphMs. Deborah RamJon Q. and Ann S. ReynoldsMs. Kathryn RobertsL.L. Roberts and A.R. WilbanksMs. Carole J. RobinsonMs. Patricia Rock and Mr. John FetzerMs. Jeanne RoseMs. Patricia RosenbergMr. and Mrs. David E. RosenkrantzMr. and Mrs. Herbert RosenthalMs. Susan Rosin and Mr. Brian BockMs. Karen RothKate RoweMr. Paul L. Rowe and Mr. Michael SerenoDr. Ellen SalwenLouise Adler SampsonMs. Ellen SandlerDonald and Terry SarverGwendy and Anthony ScampaviaKathleen SchieboldMr. and Mrs. Andrew SchwabMrs. S. D. SchwabacherMs. Marilyn SefchovichMrs. Jack SelfJoan and Lynn SeppalaMr. and Mrs. Gary J. ShapiroDr. and Mrs. David Tai-Man ShenMs. Maryann SheridanSheri and Paul SiegelMrs. Harriet J. SimpsonMarietta and Earl SingerDr. Dale SkeenKaren L. SkidmoreMs. Linda SnyderMr. Scott C. SollersMr. and Mrs. Robert SolomonMary Ann SomervilleRosemary G. SouthwoodMs. Ellice Sperber and Mr. Dale Van FossanThe Spero FamilyMs. Marla Stark

Ruth and Alan SteinLisa J. Stern-HazlewoodMr. Ray S. Stewart and Ms. Norma PappasMrs. Dwight V. StrongJoseph J. SturkeyMaureen and Craig SullivanMr. Peter SullivanDarian and Rick SwigDr. Edmund TaiMr. and Mrs. Joseph TanMs. Nadine TangMs. Deborah TaylorMrs. Bente TellefsenMr. James TeterMr. Dana TomLowell Tong and Alasdair NealeMs. Christine Z. ToobyMs. Amanda TopperMs. Elizabeth W. Vobach Mr. Richard A. VotavaMr. Alexei V. VyssotskiTricia Weaver Moss* and Charles MossMs. Rosalie WeaverEitan Fenson and Barbara WeinsteinMr. and Mrs. Otto WeissDaniel and Marie WelchDaphne and Stuart WellsMelanie and Ronald WilenskyMr. Robert WilliamsDavid and Karima WilnerMr. Craig WilsonMs. Muriel WolvertonMr. Steve WongCeleste and Darryl WooSharon* and Dr. Russell WooLaureen WoodruffMs. Jacqueline Yeh and Mr. Jerry ChangMr. Timothy H. Young and Ms. Elizabeth MansfieldMrs. Richard E. Zimmerman

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corporate and foundation support of san francisco balletInstitutional gifts provide valuable support to SF Ballet’s artistic, touring, education, and outreach activities. Corporate and foundation grants of all sizes, in-kind gifts, and matching gifts enable the Ballet to train and perform at the highest standard of artistry.

Corporate partnership with SF Ballet delivers a wealth of valuable benefits such as public recognition as a supporter, hospitality opportunities for clients and executives, and discounts on tickets for employees. To learn more, please contact Amy Crowson, corporate giving officer, at [email protected] or 415.865.6616.

Foundation giving to SF Ballet is an investment in the cultural life of the Bay Area. To learn more, contact Elisabeth Morgan, institutional giving officer, at [email protected] or 415.865.6626.

Corporate Council GRAND BENEFACTORS’ COUNCILGifts of $250,000 and aboveGSR VenturesIDG VC Management

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 First Republic Bank Osterweis Capital Management

PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 Chevron KPMG Pacific Gas and Electric Company SPONSOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Abbot DowningBank of AmericaFair Isaac Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Freed of LondonGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPHSBC Private BankIntegnologyJPMorgan Chase & Co.Wells Fargo Foundation CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Burberry DeBartolo Corporation Pacific Union–Christie’s International Real Estate St. John Willis

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 Immersive Miette Nob Hill Gazette Piedmont Piano Company Sutter Securities Incorporated

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Academy of Art University The Bold Italic Carmen Marc Valvo Patina Catering

ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 Crystal Geyser Fairmont San Francisco FXIV Chapter LLC Raffles Le Royal Monceau Paris-Fairmont Raffles Hotels International

Foundation and Government Support GRAND BENEFACTOR Gifts of $250,000 and above Grants for the Arts The Hellman Foundation The James Irvine Foundation

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 Caldwell-Fisher Charitable FoundationRichard and Elizabeth Fullerton Family Foundation Gaia Fund Shelby and Frederick Gans FoundationThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation George F. Jewett Foundation Koret Foundation Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation The Bernard Osher Foundation Bob Ross Foundation The Seiger Family Foundation

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, LLC China Guangfa Bank Dodge & Cox Gap Foundation Mechanics Bank Wealth Management Men’s Wearhouse

DANCER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 Bingham McCutchen LLP BlackRock Delta Dental of California Ghurka Heart of Neiman Marcus Foundation

In-Kind Gifts ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $100,000–$249,999 ABC7 | KGO-TV Bay Area Rapid Transit KCBS Radio KPIX KQED TV La Marca Prosecco® Method Neiman Marcus Union Square Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP San Francisco magazine San Francisco Media Company William Hill Estate Winery®

PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 7x7 JRiccardoBenavides event styling McCalls Catering & Events SPONSOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 Bay Area Reporter McCall Associates St. Regis Beijing

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PRESENTER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $50,000–$99,999 Edward Baker Foundation Cox Family FoundationFlora Family Foundation Stephen and Margaret Gill Family FoundationNational Endowment for the Arts The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Wallis Foundation The Walske Charitable Foundation

SPONSOR’S COUNCIL Gifts of $25,000–$49,999Arrillaga Foundation Dan and Stacey Case Family Foundation DeBartolo Family FoundationThe William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Lamond Family FoundationThe Charles Henry Leach, II Foundation Masud and Alex Mehran Foundation

CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Gifts of $15,000–$24,999 The Cockayne Fund Inc. Robert and Dana Emery Family FoundationMimi and Peter Haas FundRoberts Foundation The Wingate Foundation K.A. Zankel Foundation

CHOREOGRAPHER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $10,000–$14,999 Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund John and Marcia Goldman FoundationGuzik Foundation Walter & Elise Haas FundHeising-Simons Foundation William and Gretchen Kimball FundZellerbach Family Foundation

DANCER’S COUNCIL Gifts of $5,000–$9,999 Nancy & Joachim Bechtle Foundation RBSL Bergman Foundation Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation, Inc. Sam And Kelly Bronfman Family Foundation Caritas Charitable FoundationClumeck Foundation Fleishhacker Foundation Crankstart Foundation Marilyn & Robert Funari Family Foundation Walter S. Johnson Foundation Laube Family FoundationJeanne and Sanford Robertson Fund Storm Castle FoundationThe Laney Thornton Foundation Uplands Foundation The Vasicek Foundation

ASSOCIATE’S COUNCIL Gifts of $2,500–$4,999 The Donald and Carole Chaiken Foundation Dorrance Family Foundation Lakeside Foundation Post Family Foundation Springcreek Foundation Whitman Family Foundation

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the legacy circleThe Legacy Circle recognizes and thanks individuals who, as a part of their own legacy, make an investment in the future of San Francisco Ballet. Legacy gifts come in all sizes and include gifts from wills and living trusts; gifts that return lifetime income, such as charitable gift annuities, our pooled income fund; and other planned gifts. The Legacy Circle is pleased to publicly acknowledge its members. For information about Legacy Circle membership and estate gift options, please contact Elizabeth Lani, planned giving manager, at [email protected] or 415.865.6623.

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Michael C. Abramson

Norman Abramson and David Beery

Sophie and Ted Aldrich

Anthony J. Alfidi

Cal Anderson

David and Judith Preves Anderson

Steven D. Arias

Roulhac and Tom Austin

Nancy R. Axelrod

ML Baird, in memory of Travis & Marion Baird

Rosemary B. Baker

Richard C. Barker

Valera Ferrea Barnhart

Marie Schoppe Bartee

Margaret Bates, M.D.

Richard and Kathy Beal

Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Berger

Karen S. Bergman

Davidson Bidwell-Waite and Edwin A. Waite

Arthur Bienenstock

Patricia Ellis Bixby

Phyllis B. Blair

Eileen Bobrow

Aviva Shiff Boedecker

Jon Borset

Bruce Braden

Lisa K. Breakey

Rita Brenner and Leonard Schwab

Ron and Susan Briggs

Leonard Brill and Richard Sanjour

Cynthia and Frederick Brinkmann

James R. and Melinda M. Brown

Marjorie and Gerald Burnett

Julie and David Burns

Adrian and Carol Byram

Patricia J. Campbell

Jack Capito

Linda Parker Cassady

Michaela Cassidy

Annag Rose Chandler

Antoinette Chatton

Diane and William Clarke

Robert Clegg

Bette Jean Clute

Michael Q. Cohen and Carol Berman Cohen

Jane A. Cook

Mary Ellen Copner

Colette V.A. Cornish

Sandi Covell

Kenneth and Diane Cox

Lynda Meyer Cronin

Gerald Currier

Barbara Daily

Martha Debs

Cornelia Y. de Schepper

David and Alaina DeMartini

Karel and Mark Detterman

Charles Dishman

Earl Diskin

Sam Alicia Duke

Joseph Ehrman III

Carol Emory

Ms. Frances Eubanks

Merritt and Mary Lou Fink

Richard Fitzgerald

Victoria Flavell

Frannie Fleishhacker

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Foote

Mary Jo and David Francis

Douglas Frantz

Sandra and Alfred Fricke

Joseph and Antonia Friedman

Connie Marie Gaglio

Shelby and Frederick Gans

John Garfinkle

Stephen and Margaret Gill

S. Bradley Gillaugh

Teri and Andy Goodman

Meryl Gordon, M.D.

Lawrence Grauman, Jr.

Patricia Lindsay and Donald W. Green

Roger W. Green

James Gries

Martin C. Hamilton

Rosemary (Rosie) Hayes

Terry Hynes Helm

Mrs. Louis E. Hendricks

Cecilia and Jim Herbert

Linda K. Hmelo

Betty Hoener

Thomas E. Horn

Donald F. Houghton

Vija M. Hovgard

Harold D. and Jocelyn P. Hughes

Dorothy and Bradford Jeffries

Berdine Jernigan

Mark G. Jones

Mrs. René Jopé

Dr. Devorah Joseph in memory of Nerrissa Joseph

David A. Kaplan

Rose Adams Kelly

John Kerns

Mrs. Jerome Ormond Kirschbaum

Ms. June Kronberg

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Joan Shelbourne Kwansa

Sharon Lampton

Kimun Lee

Marcia Lowell Leonhardt

John E. Leveen

Irv Lichtenwald and Stephen R. Ripple

Carol and Hal Louchheim

James J. Ludwig

Jo Markovich

John Robert Martin

Connie V. Martinez

Erika-Marie Matthes

Gwen and Hamp Mauvais

Mrs. Alice T. May

Steven and Niko Mayer

Mrs. William L. McGee

Betsy and Ed McGuigan

James H. McMurray

Susan J. Meadows

Robert L. Merjano

Steve Merlo

Karl Meyer and Kelly Hails

J. Sanford Miller

Ms. Joyce E. Miller

Mr. Sidney F. Mobell

Nancy and Larry Mohr

Patricia Mok

Milton J. Mosk

Kathleen Much

Tom and Anne Muller

Peter Johnson Musto

Virginia Mylenki and James J. Pidgeon

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Newman

Tom Nicoll

Norman and Hillevi Null

Peter Nye and James Marks

John S. Osterweis

Rudy Picarelli

Karen Posner

Steve and Cleo Postle

Roger and Deborah Potash

Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Price

Jessica M. Putney

Jane Radcliffe

Dave and Judy Redo

Glenn H. Reid and Frank S. Lanier

M.A. Rey-Bear Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Ringe

Pat Roberts

Elsie Robertson

Pauline and Richard Roothman

Renee and Dennis Ross

Renee Rubin

Karl Ruppenthal and Jo Maxon

R. L. Sauer

Norman Schlossberg

Ms. Catherine Schmidt

Walter and Sharon Schneider

Al Schroeder

Harold E. Segelstad

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Self

Christine Selle

Michael and Daryl Shafran

J. Gary and O.J. Shansby Foundation

John-Luke Sheridan

Mrs. Carter Parrish Sherlin

Carol R. Sholin

Edward M. Silva

Charles G. Smith

Cleveland M. Smith

Dr. W. Byron Smith

M. Eileen Soden, Ph.D.

Scott C. Sollers

Sue Sommer

Sharon St. James

Stephen B. Steczynski

Nancy Stern

Susanne Stevens

Mrs. Dwight V. Strong

Jane and Jay Taber

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Tai

Jack Eugene Teeters

Mrs. L. Jay Tenenbaum

Sam Thal, M.D.

Richard J. Thalheimer

Suzanne and Charles Thornton

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Timoney

Michael E. Tully

Janet Sassoon-Upton and John R. Upton, Jr.

Shirley Wilson Victor

Carolyn and Terry Voet

Mrs. Katherine Wallin

Mrs. Barbara W. Wanvig

Rosalie V. Weaver

Dr. Frieda Weiner

Ingrid M. Weiss

Daphne and Stuart Wells

Benjamin and Mary Ann Whitten

Karen and Stephen Wiel

Mr. Burlington Willes

Miles Archer Woodlief

Laureen Woodruff

Dr. Robert and Sharon Yoerg

Janice Hansen Zakin

Kristine A. Zeigler

Mrs. Stephen A. Zellerbach

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estate giftsSan Francisco Ballet gratefully recognizes the following patrons whose contributions to SF Ballet through their estates have provided meaningful support since July 1, 2011. The Ballet is honored by their generosity and vision for the future of the institution. Bequests and other estate gifts, both large and small, are an integral part of the Ballet’s financial well-being. To learn how to include the Ballet in your own plans, please contact Elizabeth Lani, planned giving manager, at [email protected] or 415.865.6623.

Gifts of $1,000,000 and aboveRichard B. Gump Diana Dollar KnowlesNatalie H. Stotz

Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999Lee R. CrewsMilan Milton HoldorfErnest N. LuttonMary Jo Pace

Gifts of $100,000 to $499,999S. E. Bush, Jr.Nancy CroleyWilliam K. DickSarah C. Evans Lloyd N. HarperGeorge W. LordMs. Vera M. LongPhyllis W. NelsonDelores M. Schweizer Olivia Thebus

Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999Ms. Edith HammersloughDr. Florence R. OaksHarry William RedellS. Grace Williams

Gifts up to $50,000Anonymous (5)Fritzi BeneschMs. Margaret M. CroninPhilip M. EisenbergPaul E. FeyMr. Mark HamiltonRuth Caron JacobsKeith Joseph IsaacsonMargaret M. KostourosRuth MorseLee J. MosleyKarl RuppenthalMarion and Willis SlusserL. Jay Tenenbaum

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For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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“We are proud to support the future of San Francisco Ballet through our estate plans. We feel fortunate to have such a wonderful ballet company right here in our city. The grace and artistry of the dancers has given us great pleasure over the years, and we are happy that we can offer something in return.” Tom Foutch and Milton Mosk are performing arts enthusiasts whose estate support

will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

The Legacy Circle

What will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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“We are proud to support the future of San Francisco Ballet through our estate plans. We feel fortunate to have such a wonderful ballet company right here in our city. The grace and artistry of the dancers has given us great pleasure over the years, and we are happy that we can offer something in return.” Tom Foutch and Milton Mosk are performing arts enthusiasts whose estate support

will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

The Legacy CircleWhat will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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“We are proud to support the future of San Francisco Ballet through our estate plans. We feel fortunate to have such a wonderful ballet company right here in our city. The grace and artistry of the dancers has given us great pleasure over the years, and we are happy that we can offer something in return.” Tom Foutch and Milton Mosk are performing arts enthusiasts whose estate support

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will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

The Legacy Circle

What will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

The Legacy Circle

What will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.The Legacy Circle

What will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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“We are proud to support the future of San Francisco Ballet through our estate plans. We feel fortunate to have such a wonderful ballet company right here in our city. The grace and artistry of the dancers has given us great pleasure over the years, and we are happy that we can offer something in return.” Tom Foutch and Milton Mosk are performing arts enthusiasts whose estate support

will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

The Legacy Circle

What will your legacy be?

For information about bequests, charitable gift annuities, and other estate gift options, contact Elizabeth Lani in SF Ballet’s planned giving office at 415.865.6623 or [email protected]. Patrons who include the Ballet in their will or other estate plans are welcomed to membership in The Legacy Circle and celebrated as essential members of the Ballet family.

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will help ensure that SF Ballet dancers can continue to excel in their field and beyond.

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thank you to our volunteersThe San Francisco Ballet “family” extends beyond the stage to include a large community of dedicated and generous volunteers who are personally involved with the success of the Company. The tireless efforts of these volunteers contribute greatly to SF Ballet’s accomplishments.

Auxiliary The San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary is a group of dedicated women who organize SF Ballet’s annual Opening Night Gala Dinner, Fashion Show, and Student Showcase Dinner fundraising events. For more information, please visit sfballet.org/auxiliary.

Ms. Marie Louise Hurabiell President

ACTIVE MEMBERS Ms. Blanca Aguirre Ms. Judy Anderson Ms. Donna Bachle Mrs. Bartley B. Baer Mrs. Kevin W. BartlettMs. Alletta BayerMiss Carol Benz Mrs. Steven Bergman Ms. Catherine BergstromMs. L’Ann Bingham Ms. Beverley Siri BorelliMs. Giselle Bosc Mrs. William S. BrandenburgMrs. Kent F. BrooksMrs. G. Steven Burrill Mrs. David J. ByersCarolyn C. Chang, MDMrs. Kathleen Coffino Ms. Christine Leong ConnorsMs. Rebecca Cooper Mrs. Angelos J. Dassios Ms. Carleen Hawn DeLayMs. Carole A. Demsky Ms. Christine DeSanzeMrs. William Diapoulos Mrs. John E. FetzerMs. Jane GazzolaMrs. James R. Gillette Mrs. Vincent Golde Mrs. James M. Goodman Ms. Shelley Gordon Mrs. David Grove Mrs. Joseph Harris, Jr.Mrs. Terrence M. Hazlewood Mrs. Ronald R. Heckmann Mrs. Christopher HemphillMs. Kimberly HopperMs. Kathryn A. Huber

Mrs. Richard JasenMrs. James C. Kelly Mrs. Mark S. Koenig Ms. Claire Stewart KosticMrs. Alexander Leff Ms. Betsy A. Linder Ms. Sheila M. LippmanMs. Patricia Ferrin LoucksMrs. Carol LouieMs. Rhonda Mahendroo Mrs. David Joseph MartinMs. Laura Miller Ms. Margaret Mitchell Mrs. Timothy Michael MonahanMrs. Michael O’Sullivan Ms. Melissa PowarMiss Tanya Marietta Powell Mrs. Michael PriorMs. Maria K. Ralph Ms. Megan Ray Ms. Kacie RencMs. Michelle Renee Ms. René E. Rodman Ms. Stephanie B. Russell Ms. Meg Ruxton Mrs. James D. Seltsam, Jr.Mrs. David Selzer Ms. V’Anne Singleton Ms. Grace Nicolson SorgShelby T. Strudwick Mrs. Trecia Knapp TapolskyMs. Deborah Taylor Mrs. Charles V. Thornton Mrs. Andrea Valo-EspinaMs. Amy Wender-Hoch Mrs. Aimee WestMs. Freddi WilkinsonMrs. Robert W. Wood Ms. Patricia Wyrod Miss Carla J. Wytmar Mrs. Ronald Zaragoza Mrs. Helgi Tomasson Honorary Member

SUSTAINING MEMBERSJola AndersonMrs. James P. AnthonyMrs. Thomas G. AustinMs. Rosemary B. BakerMs. Katherine BanksMs. Harriet L. Barbanell

Mrs. Patrick V. BarberMrs. Kent T. BaumMrs. Peter BerlinerMrs. John W. BitoffMrs. Athena BlackburnMrs. Richard A. BocciMs. Caroline Krawiec BrownstoneMrs. Donald W. CarlsonMrs. Walter CarpenetiMrs. Charles E. ClemensMrs. Daniel P. CronanMs. Gail De MartiniMrs. Theodore S. DobosMrs. David DossetterMrs. Happy DumasMrs. Paul Robert DuryeaDr. DiAnn EllisMrs. Douglas J. EngmannMrs. Christian P. ErdmanMs. Lorre ErlickMs. Dixie D. FurlongMrs. Stephen GhiselliMs. Nonie H. GreeneMrs. John P. GrottsMs. Catherine D. HargraveMrs. Michael R. HaswellMs. Terry Hynes Helm Ms. Mindy HendersonMs. Kelli Hill Ms. Allison K. HuegelMrs. Michael F. JacksonMs. Daru H. KawalkowskiMs. Lisa A. KeithMrs. Robert KlineMrs. Robert D. KrollMs. Jean LaretteMiss Elizabeth LeepMrs. Barry R. LipmanMrs. John C. LundDr. Katalin Kádár LynnMs. Susan A. MaleckiMs. Sandra MandelMrs. Michael L. MauzéMrs. Mark A. MedearisMrs. James J. MessemerMrs. Dennis MooradianMs. Alison MorrMrs. Jane S. MudgeMs. Vickie NelsonMrs. Robert L. NewmanMrs. Willis H. Newton, Jr.

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Ms. Carole A. ObleyMrs. Edward PlantMrs. Nick PodellMrs. Todd G. RegenoldMs. Lorrae RomingerMs. Dara C. RosenfeldMs. Isabel M. Sam-VargasMs. Ellen SandlerMrs. Thomas SchiffMrs. David Tai-Man ShenMs. Merrill Randol SherwinMs. Karen L. SkidmoreMrs. Mathew SpolinMrs. Jerome J. Suich IIMrs. Judy SwansonMs. Jody K. ThelanderMs. Elizabeth W. VobachMrs. Gregg von ThadenMs. Barbara WaldmanMrs. Jerome M. WeissMrs. Wallace Wertsch

Allegro Circle Allegro Circle is a diverse group of donors who contribute their professional expertise and networks in support of the ongoing excellence of SF Ballet. For more information, please contact Pamela Sullivan, major gifts officer, at [email protected] or 415.865.6634.

STEERING COMMITTEE Stewart McDowell Brady and Patrice Lovato, Co-Chairs Philip Brady Paula Elmore Tim and Amanda Link Walther Lovato Gregg and Kelly Mattner David H. Spencer Patricia Wyrod

BRAVO BRAVO is an organization of community volunteers who support San Francisco Ballet through a variety of administrative tasks and activities in the Ballet offices and at events. For more information and to apply for membership, visit bravo.sfballet.org, e-mail [email protected] or call 415.865.6750.

Patricia D. Knight President

Volunteer Hours During the 2013-2014 Season

250+ HOURS Corine Assouline Julie Hawkins Giovanna Jackson Patricia D. Knight Suzanne Knott Steve Merlo Deric Patrick Kathryn Roberts Steve Wong 100-249 HOURS Marilyn Breen Paulette Cauthorn Philip Fukuda Joan Green Roger Green James Gries Elmira Lagundi Aldona Lidji Dosia Matthews Betsy McGuigan Roberta McMullan Patricia A. Nelson Jazmine Paniagua Howard L. Perkins Sara Pope Twyla Powers Pauline Roothman Eileen Soden Karen Wiel 55-99 HOURS Jeanette Chudnow Mary Davi Inna Edwards Angela Friday Ditas Fuentes Lydie Hammack Michael Hart Sanae Kelly Robin Kinoshita David Lau Cyndy Lee Steve Loving Pirkko Lucchesi Linda Miyagawa Keiko Moore Sue Plasai Elizabeth Price Dara Seng-Sourinho Tracy Stoehr Joshua Theaker Desmond Torkornoo Leslie Tsirkas Sylvia Walker

40-54 HOURS

Ricardo Aisenberg

Edie Bazjanac

Matilda Belo-Aisenberg

Jon Borset

Monique Brown

Janet Gamble

Bettina Graf

Piers Greenhill

Kimberly Hall

Diane Hourany

Christine Jensen

Susan Kalian

Gale Niess

Kathi Saage

Anne Snowball

Nancy Tam

Steve Trenam

Mary Ann Whitten

Stephen Wiel

Daphne Wray

Jill Zerkle

Adam Zhang

ENCORE!

ENCORE! is a group of young Bay Area

men and women supporting SF Ballet

through performance attendance, volunteer

involvement, and financial support.

For more information on ENCORE!, please

email [email protected].

LEADERSHIP

Emily Hu

President

Alyson Blume

Vice President

Susan Lin

Secretary

Wilson Yan

Treasurer and Immediate

Past President

Jane Burkhard

Immediate Past President

Justin Bank

Christopher Correa

Bridget Dixon Nguyen

Lena Gikkas

Greer Goings

Jimmy Ho

Vanessa Jn-Baptiste

Ishara Kotagama

Sunil Sharma

Alka Tandan

S. B. Hadley Wilson

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TrusteesWilkes Bashford, PresidentThomas E. Horn, Vice President

Nancy H. BechtleBelva DavisGorretti Lo LuiMrs. George R. MosconeMajGen J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret.)

Paul F. PelosiCharlotte Mailliard ShultzJames W. StaffordDiane B. Wilsey

Elizabeth Murray, Managing DirectorJennifer E. Norris, Assistant Managing Director

War Memorial Opera House is owned and operated by the city and county of San Francisco through the board of trustees of the War Memorial of San Francisco, The Honorable Edwin M. Lee, Mayor.

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