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March 18–26 at
TPAC’s Polk Theater
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PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director
LISA DIXON FRENCH, Executive Director
Friday, March 18, 2022–Sunday, March 26, 2022
James K. Polk Theater, TPAC
Supporting Sponsor:
Under continued consultation with a team of trusted medical
advisors, close collaboration with the Metro Nashville Public
Health Department, and guidance from the CDC, Nashville
Ballet instituted numerous policies to ensure this production
was completed in the safest way possible. For more
information on Nashville Ballet’s ongoing COVID-19 health
and safety regulations, visit www.nashvilleballet.com/health-
and-safety-protocols.
Nashville Ballet is grateful to CareNow’s Cody Bartone and
Scott Poston for their diligence in helping to keep our dancers,
staff, and crew safe while preparing for this production.
Vanderbilt University
is a proud sponsor of the
Nashville Ballet production of
LUCY NEGRO
REDUX
adapted from the book by Vanderbilt writer-in-residence
Caroline Randall Williams
Lucy Negro Redux
Conceived and adapted as a ballet by
Paul Vasterling*
Libretto, choreography, and direction by
Paul Vasterling
Based on the book by Caroline Randall Williams
Original Score by Rhiannon Giddens**
With contributions by Francesco Turrisi
Music performed by
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
Spoken word performed by
Caroline Randall Williams
Costume, scenic, and prop design by Doug Fitch
Costume design assistant, Sharone Malka
Lighting design by Scott Leathers
Staged by Kate Crews Linsley,
Allison Zamorski, and Michael Burfield
*Lucy Negro Redux libretto and ballet © 2022, Paul Vasterling.
All rights reserved.
The ballet Lucy Negro Redux was made possible in part by Paul
Vasterling’s Resident Fellowship at The Center for Ballet and the
Arts at New York University, and fellowships at the Virginia Center
for Creative Arts and the Chautauqua Institution.
Special thanks to Seth Williams for consultation on
Elizabethan dances.
**Music for “The Love We Almost Had” by Bhi Bhiman
Additional Lyrics for “At The Purchaser’s Option” by Joey Ryan
World Premiere February 8–10, 2019 at
TPAC’S Polk Theater in Nashville, TN
Underwriting
The performance of Lucy Negro Redux would not be
possible without these generous supporters.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck*
Laura and Brad Currie*
Maureen and James Danly*
Charlyn Jarrells*
Neil Krugman and Lee Pratt*
Karen and Sylvain Lapointe*
James and Patricia Munro
Mimi Oka and Jun Makihara*
Sandra Schatten Foundation*
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sohr
Heather and Curt Thorne*
Dallas and Fleming Wilt
PRODUCERS
Susan and Carl Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. Jones*
Roger E. Moore and Brian E. Jackson*
Jennifer and Gus Puryear*
*Thank you to the generous investment of Lucy Negro Redux
original underwriting supporters
Lucy Negro Redux was initially funded in part by awards
from the National Endowment for the Arts and the
Metro Nashville Arts Commission.
Lucy Negro Redux was supported by New Music USA.
CAST
Narrator/Poet
Caroline Randall Williams
Musicians
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi
Lucy
Imani Sailers
Shakespeare
Brian Waldrep
Fair Youth
Garritt McCabe
Professor
Brett Sjoblom
Ensemble
Celeste Borman Noah Miller
Aeron Buchanan Lily Saito
Michael Burfield Brett Sjoblom
Jamie Kopit Raquel Smith
James Lankford Marissa Stark
Quartet
Michael Burfield Lily Saito
Jamie Kopit Brett Sjoblom
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SYNOPSIS
Lucy Negro Redux, a ballet in 18 scenes with a
prologue and an epilogue
PROLOGUE: In which we meet our Narrator, Musicians,
and Lucy.
1. In which our Narrator and Lucy travel through a
train station to meet the Professor.
2. In which the Narrator and Lucy are introduced to
the Professor.
3. In which the Professor introduces his theory of
Lucy as Shakespeare’s Dark Lady.
4. In which the Narrator and Lucy travel back
to Shakespeare’s world, and in which we are
introduced to him.
5. In which Lucy and Shakespeare share a happy and
loving moment.
6. In which we go to Lucy’s brothel to meet her
women and the Fair Youth.
7. In which we learn more of Lucy’s story.
8. In which Shakespeare and the Fair Youth
consummate their attraction.
9. In which Shakespeare writes and the sonnets come
to life as dancers on the stage.
10. In which we return to Lucy’s brothel and the
tension in the love triangle comes to a head.
11. In which Shakespeare and Lucy have a
confrontation.
12. In which we see Shakespeare attempting to justify
himself.
13. In which Lucy furiously rejects his equivocations.
– 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION –14. In which we attend the Gesta Grayorum, a raucous
celebration.
15. In which the Fair Youth thinks about Lucy, in bed.
16. In which Shakespeare and the Fair Youth hold
mirrors up to their natures.
17. In which Lucy, Shakespeare, and the Fair Youth
find their way to one another.
18. In which we understand that dreaming is a kind of
truth.
EPILOGUE: In
which we feel resolution, claim power,
and know our own beauty.
POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK
Join former Executive Director of the Human Rights
Commission, Beverly Watts, as she discusses Lucy
Negro Redux with the creatives behind the work.
These discussions will immediately follow the
performances on Friday, March 18, Saturday,
March 19, Sunday, March 20, and Friday, March 25.*
To join the post-performance Talkback, remain in your seat to allow
guests to exit the theater. Then make your way to orchestra level
and take a seat near the stage.
*Audience members staying for the Friday, March 25
post-performance Talkback will meet in the Polk lobby
immediately following the performance.Susan Underwood Physical Therapy Susan Underwood Physical Therapy proudly provides physical therapy services to Middle Tennessee, including Nashville Ballet’s company dancers. Our therapists’ goals are to help patients reach their full potential using hands-on techniques to facilitate healing in a compassionate, personalized setting. CLI CK H E R E FO R M O R E I N FO R M ATI O N
NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
PAUL VASTERLING, Artistic Director
Paul Vasterling’s artistic career began at age 10
when he started studying piano, then expanded at
age 16 when he started dancing. From this start, Mr.
Vasterling landed at Nashville Ballet where he became
a company dancer, teacher, rehearsal director, and
choreographer. He stepped into the role of Artistic
Director of Nashville Ballet in 1998, 10 years after
he began his association with the organization. A
choreographer with a deep affinity for music, Mr.
Vasterling has created works ranging from classical,
full-length story ballets to contemporary one-acts.
With a special focus on highlighting the wealth of
artistry and rich history of Nashville, Mr. Vasterling’s
connection to music and passion for community
have led to collaborations with numerous nationally
and internationally renowned musicians and
institutions, including The Bluebird Cafe, Ben Folds,
Rhiannon Giddens, and more. Nashville Ballet has
commissioned 22 original scores for brand-new ballets
under his direction. Mr. Vasterling is also a gifted
storyteller with a penchant for creating vivid narratives
such as Peter Pan, Layla and the Majnun, Lizzie
Borden, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, and Nashville’s favorite holiday
tradition, Nashville’s Nutcracker. Mr. Vasterling’s
choreographic credits extend beyond ballet to the
recent Nashville Children’s Theatre production
Dragons Love Tacos. Beyond his own choreography,
Mr. Vasterling has expanded the company’s repertoireNASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS to include works by Salvatore Aiello, Jennifer Archibald, George Balanchine, James Canfield, Lew Christensen, Jirí Kylián, Matthew Neenan, Twyla Tharp, and Christopher Wheeldon, among many others. He has also edited and updated the classic productions Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake, and has grown the company from a troupe of 12 to 25 professional dancers. With a commitment to cultivating an organization high on artistry and dramatic power, Mr. Vasterling has taken Nashville Ballet across the country and beyond—Nashville Ballet’s company made its Kennedy Center debut in 2017 and has toured throughout the U.S., including performances in St. Louis, Charleston, and a debut at the Chautauqua Institution in August 2018. The company has also toured internationally in South America and Europe, and many of Mr. Vasterling’s original works have been staged by companies nationally and internationally. Mr. Vasterling graduated Magna Cum Laude from Loyola University. He is a Fulbright Scholar and has been awarded many prestigious fellowships. Mr. Vasterling is a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellow and was selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017-2018 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University.
NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
LISA DIXON FRENCH, Executive Director
Lisa Dixon French moved to Nashville following a
successful tenure as Executive Director of the Portland
(Maine) Symphony Orchestra. While in Portland,
Mrs. French led a highly inclusive strategic planning
process that focused the organization on service to
the community by enriching lives through music. Mrs.
French also strengthened the orchestra’s financial
stability, with increased contributed and earned income,
increased endowment funds, and five years of balanced
operating budgets that grew from $2.5 million to $3.3
million from 2010–2015.
Originally from Edina, Minnesota., Mrs. French went to
Portland from her role as the Chief Operating Officer of
the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. French is also
a graduate of an executive level orchestra leadership
program through the League of American Orchestras.
This intensive one-year fellowship program included
residencies with the Boston Symphony, North Carolina
Symphony, Memphis Symphony, and the Aspen Music
Festival and School. Mrs. French graduated from the
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in clarinet
performance and music education, and received an
Arts Leadership Program Certificate. She currently
serves on the Board of the Nashville Arts Coalition
and has previously served on the Board of the Maine
Association of Nonprofits and the Board of Visitors
for the University of Southern Maine. Mrs. French
completed her Executive MBA at Vanderbilt’s Owen
Graduate School of Management in the spring of 2020.NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
NICK MULLIKIN, Associate Artistic Director
Nick Mullikin began his training at the Wisconsin
Dance Ensemble in Madison, and continued at
the Virginia School of the Arts and Houston Ballet
Academy. Upon his completion of training with
Houston Ballet Academy, he was invited to join
Houston Ballet with Artistic Director Ben Stevenson,
and subsequently joined Ballet West under the
direction of Jonas Kage. During his tenure as a
performing artist, Mullikin performed notable works
by William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Ben
Stevenson, Anthony Tudor, and more. Additionally,
he toured nationally and internationally including
at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2004 and
performed as a guest artist for Ballet Arizona, and
regional companies throughout the country.
While at Ballet West, Mullikin was an elected union
representative for the American Guild of Musical
Artists before joining the administrative staff as the
Company/Tour Manager and Assistant to the Artistic
Director in 2006. Since that time, he has worked as
Company Manager for The Washington Ballet and as
Assistant Manager at the Dance Institute in Austin,
Texas. Mullikin has guest taught at summer programs
and schools across the country, coached students for
competition at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP),
taught in after school programs in the Washington,
D.C. area, and consulted on the creation and setup of
Honolulu Classical Ballet in Honolulu, Hawaii.NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
Since joining Nashville Ballet’s staff in 2015, Mullikin
has made numerous contributions to the organization.
Under his direction, School of Nashville Ballet
has grown exponentially both in numbers and in
strength of training, and NB2, Nashville Ballet’s
second company, performed its first mainstage
production. Promoted to Associate Artistic Director
in 2018, Mullikin’s advanced role in working with
Nashville Ballet’s Company has been integral to recent
programming choices, defining a more prominent
through line from the School of Nashville Ballet
Academy to the Company, and much more.
Currently, with his responsibilities at Nashville Ballet,
he acts as a YAGP judge, and has coached dancers
for YAGP and the International Ballet Competition
in Varna, Bulgaria. In 2012, Mullikin graduated
from the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in
Government, minoring in Communications, while
completing the Business Foundations Program at the
McCombs School of Business.
KATE CREWS LINSLEY, Rehearsal Director
Kate Crews Linsley is a current Rehearsal Director for
Nashville Ballet, formerly the School of Nashville Ballet
Academy Principal. Linsley enjoyed a successful dance
career as a soloist with Ballet West for 10 seasons and
danced with Kansas City Ballet from 1995–2000. Most
recently, Linsley performed as a guest artist in Salt Lake
City with NOW-ID Dance Company and AVA Ballet
Theater, where she performed Principal roles in balletsNASHVILLE BALLET
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To make a gift or to learn more, contact
Individual Philanthropy Manager, Kathryn Bennett, at
kbennett@nashvilleballet.com or visit NashvilleBallet.com.NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS such as Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. Ms. Linsley trained at Kansas City Ballet School under Todd Bolender and The Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Professionally, Linsley’s time at Ballet West was highlighted in works in the following world-renowned dance festivals and tours: Edinburg International Dance Festival in Scotland, Dance Across America in Washington, D.C., and Fall for Dance in New York City. Most memorable roles for Linsley were dancing the Principal Pas de Deux in Balanchine’s Agon, Pas de Duex couple in Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Myrthe in Giselle, The Siren in Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Lady Capulet in Kage’s Romeo and Juliet, and The Lark in Bruce Mark’s Lark Ascending. In February of 2009, cast as the Hostess in Diaghilev’s Les Biches, Linsley was honored to be on the cover of Dance Magazine in celebration of Diaghilev’s centennial anniversary. From her time with Ballet West and Kansas City Ballet, Linsley’s resume contains many works from Tudor, Balanchine, Forsythe, Cranko, Morris, Tharp, and Ashton, to name a few. After retiring from her professional dance career in June of 2010, Linsley served as the Dance Department Chair at The Waterford School, as well as the Director of the Waterford Dance Academy in Sandy, Utah from 2012 to 2017. During her time there, Linsley restaged the following ballets: The Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, Swan Lake, Cinderella, and Carnival of Animals. Linsley was on staff at Ballet West Academy where she taught
NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS in the school, as well as coached and created works for dancers for YAGP, Creative Arts Academy Ririe- Woodbury Dance Company, Salt Lake Ballet, AVA Ballet Theater, Utah Regional Ballet, and The University of Utah, among others. Linsley moved to Nashville with her family in 2018 to accept the role of School of Nashville Ballet Academy Principal, where she oversaw the artistic aspects of the School and trained dancers in the Academy, Professional Training Division, NB2, and Company. During her time with Nashville Ballet, Linsley has staged and coached works for the Academy and NB2 working with Nashville Ballet Artistic Director, Paul Vasterling restaging his work, Fresco and with Associate Artistic Director, Nick Mullikin in his creation, He Loved Big Brother. Linsley also worked with guest choreographers like Charlotte Boye-Christenson, Michael Bearden, and Gina Patterson in her creation of 72 Steps. Linsley also staged works on School of Nashville Ballet’s Academy, including Paquita and The Sleeping Beauty Suite. In 2021, Linsley was promoted to Rehearsal Director for Nashville Ballet’s main company. Beyond her career in dance and dance education, Linsley was Chairman of the Board for Inbody Outreach after five years as Executive Director for the Utah nonprofit, which supplies qualified yoga instructors to populations in need. She has served on staff in the Utah yoga community at Centered City Yoga, The Yoga Center, University of Utah, and Primary Children’s Medical Center. She is certified to teach yoga to veterans through the Yoga Warriors
NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
Program and at-risk youth under the Street Yoga
training. She is also certified in the Mindful Schools
curriculum to implement mindfulness teaching in
schools. Linsley has led mindfulness sessions on trips
traveling with Rivers of Recovery working with Vets
with varying degrees of PTSD.
ALLISON ZAMORSKI, Rehearsal Director
Originally from Virginia, Allison Zamorski began her
formal dance training with the Virginia Ballet Theatre.
She was an honors graduate from the Virginia
Governor’s School for the Arts High School Dance
Program, majoring in both ballet and modern dance.
In 1999, after being awarded a scholarship with School
of Nashville Ballet, Zamorski relocated to Nashville to
train under the direction of Adam Sage. She danced
in NB2, Nashville Ballet’s second company, developed
her skills as an apprentice, and was promoted to full
company member in 2002 under Artistic Director
Paul Vasterling. Zamorski danced professionally with
Nashville Ballet for four years and had multiple ballets
set on her including Vasterling’s Cinderella, Romeo &
Juliet, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake.
After retiring as a dancer in 2006, Zamorski continued
her expression of dance as a faculty member with
School of Nashville Ballet, teaching a variety of dance
classes to children and adults including ballet, pointe,
modern, character, improvisation, and repertory.
She has worked extensively with the Education andNASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
Outreach Department, exposing approximately 30,000
Middle Tennessee residents to the art of dance.
Now, as Rehearsal Director with Nashville Ballet,
Zamorski stages and rehearses various main company
performances and oversees all youth casts in Nashville
Ballet productions. Also, Zamorski has the distinct
honor of being entrusted to set the works of Paul
Vasterling in Nashville, throughout the country and
internationally. Outside of Nashville Ballet, Zamorski
has attended the Regional and National High School
Dance Festivals to teach master classes and act as
adjudicator multiple times.
MICHAEL BURFIELD, Assistant Stager
Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Michael Burfield
studied at Ballet Lubbock and Lone Star Ballet. In
the summers, he attended several programs on full
scholarships, including Kansas City Ballet, The Joffrey
Ballet School, Carolina Ballet, and Pacific Northwest
Ballet. After graduating high school, Burfield returned
to Pacific Northwest Ballet on full scholarship as a
professional division student.
In 2010, Burfield joined Ballet Austin’s second
company and was quickly promoted to the
organization’s main company the following season.
There, he spent three years working closely with
artists such as Stephen Mills and Michelle Martin
and had the honor of working on Mills’s Light /
The Holocaust & Humanity Project. In addition to
touring the work in Miami and across Israel in Akko,June 4–5
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Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Burfield was also selected
to perform a section of the project at the Kennedy
Center during Ballet Across America. Burfield also
had to the opportunity to work with world-renowned
choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and toured her
piece Requiem for a Rose to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Passionate about the organization’s diverse repertoire,
Burfield made the move to Sarasota Ballet in 2014
as a coryphee member under the direction of Iain
Webb. Some of Burfield’s highlights there include
performing Dicken in Will Tuckett’s The Secret Garden,
George Balanchine’s Jewels and Stars & Stripes, Rudolf
Nureyev’s Raymond Act III, Christopher Bruce’s Sargent
Early’s Dream, Paul Taylor’s Company B, Christopher
Wheeldon’s The American, Sir Peter Wright’s
Summertide, Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto, Dominic
Walsh’s Wolfgang for Webb, and Anthony Tudor’s
Continuo. In 2018, Burfield joined Nashville Ballet.
SCOTT LEATHERS, Resident Lighting Designer
Scott Leathers has served as the Resident Lighting
Designer for Nashville Ballet since 1987. He has also
served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Nashville
Children’s Theatre since 2003, Kentucky Repertory
Theatre (’04–’08), Chattanooga Symphony and
Opera, and Ballet Tennessee. He periodically serves as
interim Lighting Director for the Ryman Auditorium.
Mr. Leathers has designed lighting for theatre,
opera, ballet, and modern dance since 1981 to critical
acclaim. His design experience includes work with theNASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
Nashville Repertory Theatre, Opera Omaha, Studio
West Dance Theatre, Milwaukee Ballet, Theatre Craft,
Stage One, American Negro Playwrights Theatre,
Amun Ra Theatre, Musical Theatre Louisville, Karen
Steele Dance Quintet, Ballet Omaha, Ballet Austin,
Cumberland County Playhouse, and Dollywood. He
has also worked internationally with performing arts
organizations such as Tanz Ensemble Cathy Sharp
(TECS-Switzerland) and Ballet Manila (Philippines).
He has also designed scenery for numerous
productions including Nashville Ballet’s productions of
Robin Hood, Postcards from the Boys, The Bell Witch,
Harvest Home, Western Stars, and Fête Champêtre.
CAROLINE RANDALL WILLIAMS,
Author, Lucy Negro, Redux
Caroline Randall Williams is a multi-genre writer,
educator, and performance artist in Nashville,
Tennessee, where she is a writer-in-residence at
Vanderbilt University. She is a co-author of the
NAACP Image Award-winning cookbook Soul Food
Love. Her debut collection of poetry, Lucy Negro,
Redux, was turned into a ballet in 2019 by Nashville
Ballet’s Artistic Director Paul Vasterling. Caroline
performed her poetry as an integral member of the
cast, all set to an original score by multi-GRAMMY
nominee Rhiannon Giddens. Named by Southern
Living as “One of the 50 People Changing the
South,” the Cave Canem fellow has been published
and featured in multiple journals, essay collections,NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
and news outlets, including The Iowa Review, The
Massachusetts Review, CherryBombe, Garden and
Gun, Essence, and The New York Times. Most recently,
she was ranked by The Root as one of the 100 most
influential African Americans of 2020.
RHIANNON GIDDENS, Composer
Acclaimed musician Rhiannon Giddens uses her art
to excavate the past and reveal bold truths about
our present. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient,
Giddens co-founded the GRAMMY Award-winning
Carolina Chocolate Drops and has been nominated for
six additional GRAMMYS for her work as a soloist and
collaborator. She was most recently nominated for
her collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Francesco
Turrisi, there is no Other (2019). Giddens’s latest album,
They’re Calling Me Home, is a twelve-track album,
recorded with Turrisi in Ireland during the COVID-19
lockdown and speaks of the longing for the comfort
of home as well as the metaphorical “call home” of
death, which was a tragic reality for so many during
the COVID-19 crisis.
Named Artistic Director of Silkroad in 2020, Giddens
also recently wrote the music for Nashville Ballet’s
premiere of Lucy Negro Redux in 2019, and the libretto
and music for an original opera, Omar, based on the
autobiography of the enslaved man Omar Ibn Said
for the Spoleto USA Festival, which will premiere in
2022. She is also a member of the band Our Native
Daughters with three other black female banjoNASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS
players, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, and Amythyst
Kiah, and co-produced their debut album Songs of
Our Native Daughters (2019), which tells stories of
historic black womanhood and survival. As an actor,
Giddens had a featured role on the television series
Nashville.
FRANCESCO TURRISI, Co-Composer
Blending elements of jazz, early, and world music,
this “musical alchemist” (The Irish Times) seamlessly
blends genres to create ancient melodies and rhythms
through a contemporary jazz prism. Francesco Turrisi
has collaborated with a wide range of artists in jazz,
world, and early music such as Bobby McFerrin, Dave
Liebman, Gianluigi Trovesi, Nils Landgren, Wolfgang
Muthspiel, Barry Guy, Gabriele Mirabassi, Savina
Yannatou, Maria Pia de Vito, Theodosii Spassov,
Gavin Bryars, Bang on a Can, Misia, The King’s
Singers, Veronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Pepe el
Habichuela, Lucilla Galeazzi, and Bijan Chemirani.
DOUG FITCH, Costume, Scenic, and Prop Designer
Visual artist, designer, and director Doug Fitch created
several productions with the New York Philharmonic,
including Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, Janáček’s The
Cunning Little, A Dancer’s Dream and HK Gruber’s
Gloria—A Pig Tale. Petrushka, one half of A Dancer’s
Dream, was later performed at the Barbican in
London. Le Grand Macabre will be remounted at the
ElbPhilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany this May.NASHVILLE BALLET LEADERSHIP, ARTISTIC STAFF, AND GUESTS He has created major productions for Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, and for Bard’s SummerScape Festival. His Tanglewood production of Elliot Carter’s What Next? conducted by James Levine was filmed, then screened at The Museum of Modern Art. He directed and designed the original version of Orphic Moments at National Sawdust, which was later remounted at the Salzburg Landestheater. He designed a third version for Master Voices at the Rose Theater, Lincoln Center. Also at National Sawdust, he performed a live animated version of Pictures at an Exhibition with Alessio Bax, later remounted with Inon Barnaton at Town Hall. His cabaret Doug Fitch’s Art Gallery Variety Show has appeared at National Sawdust and La Maison Francaise, Columbia University. He is currently creating a new puppet show for The Salzburg Marionette Theater for the city’s Mozart Festival. Mr. Fitch is a co-founder of Giants Are Small, which in co-production with Universal Music and Deutsche Grammophon, developed Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood, an iPad app, CD and digital album featuring Alice Cooper as narrator and the German National Youth Orchestra playing the music. Recent projects include the premiere of the opera 6/20/ Outrageous by Daniel Thomas Davis at Symphony Space and Pan, created in collaboration with Marcos Balter and Claire Chase at The Kitchen. Mr. Fitch resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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KENNEDY BROWN MICHAEL BURFIELD
From Chesterton, Indiana From Lubbock, Texas
With Nashville Ballet since 2017 With Nashville Ballet since 2018
Training and Education Training and Education
Eclipse Performing Arts, Phoenix Lone Star Ballet, Ballet Lubbock,
Ballet, A&A Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet
Previously Austin II
NB2 Previously
Ballet Austin, Sarasota Ballet
JULIA EISEN JAMIE KOPIT
From Chapel Hill, North Carolina From Huntington Beach, California
With Nashville Ballet since 2010 With Nashville Ballet since 2018
Training and Education Training and Education
The Ballet School of Chapel Hill, Southland Ballet Academy, The
North Carolina School of the Arts, Royal Ballet Upper School
Richmond Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre Previously
of Dance, National Choreographer’s American Ballet Theatre
Initiative
Previously
NB2NASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 COMPANY ARTISTS GARRITT McCABE JAISON McCLENDON From Macungie, Pennsylvania From Tampa, Florida With Nashville Ballet since 2021 With Nashville Ballet since 2020 Training and Education Training and Education Boston Ballet School, Patel Conservatory, Sarasota Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Previously Previously BalletMet 2, Ballet Idaho Pennsylvania Ballet NOAH MILLER CLAUDIA MONJA From Lake Forest, California From Havana, Cuba With Nashville Ballet since 2019 With Nashville Ballet since 2021 Training and Education Training and Education Laguna Dance Theater, Dmitri Kulev Elemental Ballet School, Classical Ballet Academy, Houston Cuban National Ballet School Ballet Academy, Texas Ballet Theater Previously Previously Cuban National Ballet, Ballet de Texas Ballet Theater Camagüey, Joburg Ballet
NASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 COMPANY ARTISTS
SARAH PIERCE DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
From Cambridge, Massachusetts From New York, New York
With Nashville Ballet since 2016 With Nashville Ballet since 2019
Training and Education Training and Education
Boston Ballet Pre-Professional Manhattan Youth Ballet,
Program, School of American Ballet, Laguardia High School of
Chautauqua School of Dance Music and Performing Arts
Previously Previously
NB2 Charlotte Ballet, Sarasota Ballet,
Dayton Ballet, Kansas City Ballet
IMANI SAILERS LILY SAITO
From Chicago, Illinois From New York, New York
With Nashville Ballet since 2017 With Nashville Ballet since 2018
Training and Education Training and Education
Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center, School of American Ballet,
Indiana University Jacobs School of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School,
Music Ellison Ballet, Washington Ballet
Previously Previously
NB2 American Repertory BalletNASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 COMPANY ARTISTS MOLLIE SANSONE NICOLAS SCHEUER From Jacksonville, North Carolina From Joinville, Brazil With Nashville Ballet since 2004 With Nashville Ballet since 2012 Training and Education Training and Education The Joffrey Midwest Workshop, the Bolshoi Theatre School of Brazil, Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory, Atlanta Boston Ballet School, New English Ballet Ballet Theatre London Also With Piedmont Dance Theater, Competitor in Quixotic Fusion and MOTION Dance 2016 Varna International Ballet + Theater Competition Previously Previously NB2 Nashville Ballet Apprentice BRETT SJOBLOM MARISSA STARK From Columbia, Missouri From Purcellville, Virginia With Nashville Ballet since 2012 With Nashville Ballet since 2018 Training and Education Training and Education Columbia Performing Arts Center, The Art of Technique, The Virginia School of the Arts, The Washington School of Ballet, The Boston Conservatory Washington Ballet Previously Previously NB2 NB2
NASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 COMPANY ARTISTS OWEN THORNE COLETTE TILINSKI From New Orleans, Louisiana From Atlanta, Georgia With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Training and Education School of Nashville Ballet, Central Metropolitan Ballet Theatre Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, San Previously Francisco Ballet NB2 Previously Houston Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Joburg Ballet, Royal Opera, DeNada Dance, Boca Ballet Theatre, The Peter Schaufuss Company, Antonia Franceschi Dance, Nashville Ballet as a Guest Artist BRIAN WALDREP ERIN WILLIAMS From Winston-Salem, North Carolina From Franklin, Tennessee With Nashville Ballet since 2021 With Nashville Ballet since 2017 Training and Education Training and Education North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Nashville Ballet American Ballet Theatre Studio Previously Company NB2 Previously Houston Ballet, Ballet Nacional Sodre
NASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 APPRENTICES
CELESTE BORMAN AERON BUCHANAN
From Denver, North Carolina From Hyattsville, Maryland
With Nashville Ballet since 2019 With Nashville Ballet since 2020
Training and Education Training and Education
Charlotte Ballet Academy, San Maryland Youth Ballet, The
Francisco Ballet, Washington Ballet, Washington Ballet, Baltimore School
Boston Ballet, Nashville Ballet for the Arts, Boston Ballet, Pacific
Previously Northwest Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet II
NB2 Previously
Cincinnati Ballet II
ANNELIESE GUERIN EMILY IRELAND-BUCZEK
From Spokane, Washington From Los Angeles, California
With Nashville Ballet since 2019 With Nashville Ballet since 2017
Training and Education Training and Education
Pacific Northwest Ballet School, The School of American Ballet
San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Previously
Northwest Ballet School NB2
Previously
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JAMES LANKFORD RAQUEL SMITH
From Nashville, Tennessee From Los Angeles, California
With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2021
Training and Education Training and Education
School of Nashville Ballet Lauridsen Ballet Centre, San
Young Men’s Scholarship Program Francisco Ballet
Previously Previously
NB2 Richmond Ballet
FARIN TAFT JASMINE WHEELER
From Littleton, Massachusetts From Chicago, Illinois
With Nashville Ballet since 2018 With Nashville Ballet since 2020
Training and Education Training and Education
Boston Ballet Ballet Chicago, A&A Ballet
Previously Previously
NB2, Boston Ballet Kansas City BalletNASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 NB2 MEMBERS
NB2: Nashville Ballet’s Second Company
2021-2022 NB2 Members
left to right: Alyssa Eyster, Franscisco Rivera, Elisabeth Baehman,
James Lankford, Autumn Tierney, Justin Abel, Annalyn Bakland,
Joshua O’Conner, Jacob Kline, Diana Paredes
2021-2022 NB2 Trainees
front row left to right: Sofia Williams, Isabella Davila, Mackenzie Kenyon,
Issac Lee, Rachael Dean, Dargan Swearingen, Serena Reed
back row left to right: Emily Bolar, Greer Gage, Emily Bailey, Miran Hirano,
Kyra Piper, Sophie Cserey, Melanie EilenstinePHOTO BY KARYN PHOTOGRAPHY
SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET
YOUNG MEN’S SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM & ACADEMY AUDITION
STUDENTS AGES 8 AND UP
Saturday, 10:15–10:45 a.m. Check-in
April 9, 2022 10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Technique Class
Register for your audition today!ADMINISTRATION
Associate Artistic Director Board and Employee
Nick Mullikin Engagement Manager
Isabel Tipton-Krispin
Chief Financial Officer
Felicia Dunlap Senior Manager of
Community Engagement
Director of Sales and Marketing
Briona Richardson
Eleanor Barbee Palmer
Individual Philanthropy Manager
Director of Development
Kathryn Bennett
Joel Abramson
Public Relations Manager
Accounting and Grant
Paige Atwell
Compliance Manager
Melinda Sue Kimble Development and Database
Coordinator
Staff Accountant
Abigail Inglis
Dianne Rodgers
Events Coordinator
Advertising and Corporate
Katie Vasilopoulos
Relations Manager
Deborah Kehoe HR Coordinator
Brady Shipman
Creative Content and
Project Manager School and Box Office Associate
Dustin Hensley Peter DonnellyPRODUCTION
Director of Production Carpenters
Timothy OConnell Joshua Whitfield
Robert Helvey
Production Technical Director
Edward Curington First Hand
Mycah Kennedy
Production Stage Manager
Deborah Climo Wardrobe Supervisor
Mary Soule
Stage Manager
Nicole Leonard Costume Stitchers
Christana Jones
Resident Lighting Designer
Aryana Gaines
Scott Leathers
Tiffany Rodriguez
Assistant Lighting Designer Leza Tungl
Kelly Landry
Dressers
Colton Wood
Maura Neff
Production Electrician Sarah Newman
Christopher Mount Hannah Willets
Electricians Sound Designer
Jillian “Roe” Woolf Timothy Grace
Kelly Scheuman
A-2
Props Aaron Sollman
Maura Neff
Instrument Tech
John MahoneySCHOOL OF NASHVILLE BALLET FACULTY AND STAFF
Academy Principal and Julia Eisen
NB2 Rehearsal Assistant Lexie Finer
Dodie Askegard Claire Hahn
Eric Harris
School Administrative Director
Megan Hug
Sarah Dey
Elisabeth Johnson
School Programs and Thea Jones
Events Manager James Lankford
Rachel Stover Issac Lee
Youth Programs Coordinator Chloë Marais
Emily Wells Melissa Mangold
Hannah Mariani
Full-Time Faculty Noah Miller
Anaïs Chalendard Rachel Nasuti
Kate Kastelnik Grace Nevin
Nicole Koenig Sarah Pierce
Lydia McRae Francisco Rivera
Shabaz Ujima Mollie Sansone
School Associates Dargan Swearingen
Chloë Marais Brett Sjoblom
Cara Kincaid Brian Waldrep
Claire Hahn Alex Winer
Mia Zappacosta Company Rehearsal Pianist
Part-Time Faculty Alessandra Volpi
Justin Abel Nashville Ballet Accompanists
Antonette Arsenault Sarah Barham
Emily Bailey Eric Burgett
Kennedy Brown Joshua Carter
Jamie Bubb Ryan Huber
Aeron Buchanan Svetlana Keith
Michael Burfield Al Marcelli
Melissa Cassidy Bill White
Jennifer Colavito Tony Crow
Krissy DodgeFirst Class $5! ADULT CLASSES Ages 18+, No Experience Required! Visit NashvilleBallet.com to see our class schedule
2021–2022 NASHVILLE BALLET BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mrs. Nancy Abbott Mr. Sylvain Lapointe Megan Andereck* Mrs. Dionne Lucas Ms. Meera Ballal Mrs. Melissa Mahanes Mr. Bart Bowling Ms. Chambre Malone Dr. LaDonna Boyd Ms. Apphia Maxima Ms. Elizabeth Burch* Mrs. Adrienne McRae Mr. John Carter Cash Mr. Roger Moore Mrs. Monica Cintado-Scokin Mr. James F. Munro Mr. Eric Cook Mr. Dan Murphy Mrs. Allison Cotton Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mrs. Laura Currie Mrs. Jessica Osaki Mrs. Laurie Gold Eskind Dr. Megan Parker Peters* Mr. Brian T. Fitzpatrick Mr. Brant Phillips Mrs. Catherine Gemmato-Smith* Mrs. Rebecca Pitt Mr. Amos E. Gott Ms. Ashley E. Propst Mrs. Frederick S. Grace Mrs. Jennifer Puryear Mr. Lance Gruner Mr. Shannon Sanders Dr. Celeste Hemingway Dr. Kara Smith Dr. Anna Hemnes Mrs. Joanne Sowell* Mrs. Emily Humphreys Mr. Joe Sowell Mrs. Suzan Gibbs Ilic Mr. Bill Stefek Mrs. Caylan Jarman Mrs. Heather Thorne Ms. Charlyn Jarrells Mrs. Brooke Trusley Ms. Michelle McKenney Jones Mrs. Maggie Warrier Mrs. Susan Short Jones Mrs. Ann Parker Weeden Mrs. Mary Morgan Ketchel *Denotes Ex-Officio member Mr. Neil B. Krugman*
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to Nashville Ballet,
you provide access to ballet
classes for the next generation
of aspiring young artists.
Share the gift of dance
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PHOTO BY TIM BROEKEMA2021-2022 NASHVILLE BALLET ADVISORY BOARD
Mrs. Hunter Armistead Mrs. Amy M. Joyner
Mrs. Anita Baltimore Mr. Eugene Lotochinski
Mrs. Lucius W. Carroll II Ellen H. Martin
Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr. Mrs. Cathy C. McLure
Mr. Gary B. Crigger Mr. Lannie Walker Neal, Jr.
Mrs. Robert V. Dale Mrs. Elizabeth Litterer Nichols
Mrs. Ralph W. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Emily J. Noel
Mr. Patrick G. Emery Ms. Linda Coss Reeve
Mrs. Annette S. Eskind Mr. Dudley C. Richter
Ms. Karyn Frist Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd
Mrs. James F. Gallivan Mrs. Lucy S. Smith
Mr. Don Greene Mrs. Leah E. Sohr
Mr. H. Lynn Greer, Jr. Mr. Jim Todd
Mr. William L. Haralson Mrs. Claire W. Tucker
Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey Mrs. Robert F. Weigel
Mrs. Martha R. Ingram
2021-2022 FRIENDS OF NASHVILLE BALLET
BOARD OF OFFICERS
We applaud the leaders of Friends of Nashville Ballet, a dynamic group
of professionals and community volunteers who share a passion for
dance and are committed to furthering the mission of Nashville Ballet.
Ms. Emmicia Bracey Ms. Lynda (Jody) Kelly
Mrs. Mary Katherine Bratton Ms. Katherine Kirkland
Mrs. Elizabeth Burch* Mrs. Elise Lowery
Mrs. Alex Fisher Mr. Aaron Shaull
Dr. Lauren Hansen *Board Chair
Ms. Alexis HensleeNASHVILLE BALLET LEGACY CIRCLE
The Legacy Circle recognizes and honors donors who have made
enduring gifts or commitments to Nashville Ballet by including the
organization in their financial or estate plans.
Anonymous Barry Lapidus
Stephen Abelman and Frances and Eugene Lotochinski
Robin Holab-Abelman Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller
The Late Mr. and Mrs. Patricia W. and James F. Munro
Brownlee O. Currey Ms. Rachel Pena
Brian Fitzpatrick Mrs. J. Ronald Scott and The Late
Mr. William L. Haralson Ronnie Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Matt A. Holst Dr. and Mrs. Michael Spalding
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hutton Curt and Heather Thorne
Mr. Paul H. Kuhn K. Janelle Wilson
Ms. Charlyn Jarrells The Late William H. Woerner Jr.
NASHVILLE BALLET FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT FUND
Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for the donors who have
made contributions to the Nashville Ballet Foundation Endowment
Fund ($250+ from 06/01/2020 to 02/28/2022). All efforts have been
made to recognize everyone who has given.
Anonymous Patricia and James Munro
Nancy and John Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel
Mr. Charlie B. Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. W. Brantley Phillips
Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle Mr. and Mrs. Justin Pitt
Ana Cristina and John Carter Cash Ms. Ashley E. Propst
Dr. Elizabeth Cato Jennifer and Gus Puryear
Monica Cintado-Scokin and The Rich Foundation
Daniel Scokin Elaina and Ronnie Scott Fund
Brad and Laura Currie Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith
Laurie and Steven Eskind The Diane Lynch Smith
The Jane Fabian Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund
Brian Fitzpatrick Dr. Kara Smith
Brad and Grace French Bill Stefek
Lance Gruner Heather and Curt Thorne
Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, III The Patricia and Louis Todd Family
Mr. Houston Howell and Foundation
Ms. Jessica Osaki The Patricia C. Todd
Suzan Ilic Scholarship Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson L. Jarman Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Trusley
Adrienne and Richard McRae, III The Paul Vasterling Artistic Fund
Roger E. Moore and G. Brian Jackson Ann Parker and Douglas WeedenNASHVILLE BALLET IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS
SUPPORT OF OUR SPONSORS
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Chiropractic Clinic
Benjamin A. Lensgraf, DCNASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!
Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for its Benefactors’ Society
members, Ambassadors’ Society members, Ballet Ball supporters
and in-kind donors. All efforts have been made to recognize
everyone who has given ($250+ from 02/01/2021 to 02/28/2022).
If you are interested in supporting Nashville Ballet, please visit
nashvilleballet.com/donate.
$100,000+ $10,000 – $19,999
Ballet Ball 2021 Anonymous
Ingram Charitable Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Beck
Mrs. Martha Rivers Ingram Benefits, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Martin, Jr. in Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund
honor of Ellen Martin Dollar General Corporation
Sandra Schatten Foundation Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Small Business Administration Mrs. Annette S. Eskind
Fairlane Hotel
$50,000 – $99,999
Grand Hyatt
Eric Cook and Jason Somerville
Mr. William L. Haralson
Metro Arts
Marlene And Spencer Hays
The Shubert Foundation
Foundation
Tennessee Arts Commission
The HCA Foundation
$20,000 – $49,999 Healthpeak Properties, Inc.
Advance Financial Mr. David Hormby
Climb Nashville Ingram Industries
Dance/USA Ms. Charlyn Jarrells
Maureen and James Danly K&L Gates
Deloitte & Touche, LLP Lensgraf Chiropractic Clinic
Ernst & Young, LLP Makioka Foundation
Laurie and Steven Eskind Ellen Harrison Martin
HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health Mr. Wade McGregor
Frances and Eugene Lotochinski Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
Patricia and James Munro Oldacre McDonald
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. The Portner Charitable Remainder
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Seabury, III Leta D. Priest
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sohr Truist
Susan Underwood Physical Therapy Vanderbilt University
State of Tennessee Washington Foundation
Tennessee Titans Mrs. Karen Weeks
Heather and Curt Thorne Mr. Bradley D. Wensel and
The Patricia and Louis Todd Family Mr. Larry J. Savage
Foundation WTVF NewsChannel 5
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
WallerNASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!
$5,000 – $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, Jr.
Anonymous VMG Health
AllianceBernstein
$2,500 – $4,999
Best Brands
Anonymous
Bart Bowling
Nancy and John Abbott
Ms. LaDonna Y. Boyd
Stephen Abelman and
Mr. Charlie B. Carlisle and
Robin Holab-Abelman
Mrs. Anissa Nelson-Carlisle
Mr. Clifford G. Adlerz
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cheadle, Jr.
Ms. Rebecca Ayer
The Community Foundation of
Mrs. Meera Ballal and
Middle Tennessee
Dr. Seenu Reddy
Katherine and Keith Crosthwaite
Ms. Lillian Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Crumbo
Sylvia and Doug Bradbury
The Danner Foundation
Mr. Jason T. Bradshaw and Mr.
Suann and Ralph Davis
Robert J. Deal
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Eastwood, Jr.
Ann and Frank Bumstead
Erie Insurance
Ana Cristina and John Carter Cash
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Grace
Caterpillar Foundation
Lance W. Gruner
Caterpillar Financial
Mr. & Mrs. J. Michael Hayes
Veta Cicolello and Theodore
Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes
Antoniadis
Ms. Rhea D. Heath
Mr. and Mrs. Ian F. Cotton
Anna Hemnes and Jacob Schwarz
Bonne and Gary Crigger
Google, Inc.
Cumberland Trust and Investment Co.
HUB International
Brad and Laura Currie
Roland and Susan Jones
Patrick and Virginia Dodge
Mr. Jay Jones, Jr. and
Facebook
Mr. Robert J. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fenswick
LifeWorks Foundation
Brian Fitzpatrick
Adrienne and Richard McRae, III
McKesson Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. W. Brantley Phillips
Ms. Karyn M. Frist
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Galletti
Publix Super Markets Charities
Google, Inc.
Jennifer and Gus Puryear
Risa Greendlinger and Don Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Richter
Elizabeth and Lynn Greer
Dan, Lisa, Sam and Jake Slipkovich
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Hayden
J. T. Smith in Memory of
Jeffrey and Holly Christine Hayes
Diane L. Smith
Drs. Celeste and Graham Hemingway
Chris and Barbara Stark
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Hensler
Bill Stefek
Ms. Amanda Hite
SVB Leerink
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett
Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance
Frederick Horne, Jr.
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$2,500 – $4,999 (cont.) AllianceBernstein
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Houff Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation
Suzan Ilic Mrs. Hunter Armistead
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson L. Jarman Mr. and Mrs. J. Brannan Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ketchel III Laurie and Michael Austin
Mr. Neil B. Krugman and Jeanette Barker and Dax Langford
Ms. Lee Pratt Carl and Susan Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain Lapointe Belmont University
Laurie J. Kirsch and Rodney J. Gasch Annie Laurie Berry
George and Kelli Luallen John and Ariel Biggs
Middle Tennessee Honda Dealers Mr. Charles C. Blackburn and The
Roger E. Moore and G. Brian Jackson Honorable Marsha Blackburn
Oksana and Tim Myers Blake and Stefanie Carter
Nashville Predators Ruth L. Cate and Dr. Charles White
Leslie and Scott Newman Dr. Elizabeth Cato
Dr. Megan and Ryan Peters Drs. Michael and Rowena Cuffe
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Pickrell Cheryl Dastugue
Ms. Ashley E. Propst Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon
George Ritzen and Dr. Morel Enoch Harvey
Mary Katherine Atkins-Ritzen Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind
Dr. Norm Scarborough and Ms. Alice Fitzgibbon
Ms. Kimberly Hewell Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Francis
Dr. and Mrs. John Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gensler
Mrs. J. Ronnie Scott Amy Gill
Ms. Anita Sloan Mr. Anthony Grande
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Smith Mr. and Mrs. T. Hartley Hall V
Dr. Kara Smith Janet and Jim Hasson
Rich and Lucy Smith Doug and Sydney Hester
Ray D. Smith and Jacqueline and Robert Hutton
Michael H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ingram
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Sowell III Bud Ireland
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Speyer Liz and Drew Josey
Jane Vandeventer Amy and Owen Joyner
Maggie Warrier John Keach
Ann Parker and Douglas Weeden Dr. and Mrs. Howard S. Kirshner
Woodmont Investment Counsel, LLC Linda R. Koon
Ken and Bev Leiser
$1,000 – $2,499
Natalie-Chantal Lévy-Sousan
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Looney
Anonymous, in memory of
William K. Marlow
Tony Viglione
Lowell and Shari Martin
Felicia and Joel Abramson
Richard and Sheila McCarty
Dr. and Mrs. Dave A. Alexander, Jr.NASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS! $1,000 – $2,499 (cont.) $500 – $999 The McKesson Foundation Anonymous c/o JK Group, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Justin Albright Mrs. Jayne Menkemeller American Endowment Foundation Mr. Wayne Morris Briana Beebe Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ralls Niewold Mr. and Mrs. John K. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Noel Ms. Shirley Blackburn Newt and Jill Ogden Vicki Brown and Chris Klein Lauren Patten Elizabeth and Matthew Burch Mrs. Theresa Payne Sharon Charney Susan Liu and Ken Pierce Barbara and Eric Chazen Kellie and Will Robinson Lisa and Jonathan Cole Mrs. Anne Roos Mr. & Mrs. Chad Driver Samuel A. Santoro and Ms. Linda Dyer Mary M. Zutter Allyson and Walker Eastham Dr. Norm Scarborough and Ms. Cathey and Wilford Fuqua Kimberly Hewell Norman Gillis Michael Schlosser and Kerri Mr. and Mrs. Perry T. Gooch Cavanaugh Mary Hastings Dr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Schoettle Mr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, III Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Schwartz Alexis A. Henslee Mary Jo and Steve Shankle Mr. and Mrs. M. Wright Hickerson, III Mrs. Jack W. Shepherd Mr. and Mrs. R. Gavin Ivester Mr. Donald K. Skelton Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Kazimi Irvin and Beverly Small Foundation Lynda J. Kelly Trey Smith Carolyn Kendall Judy Spencer and Scott Knowles Mrs. Mary Kennedy Randall Strunk Gregg Killoren Catherine Cate Sullivan Ms. Stephanie L. Knight and Kerry and George Swearingen Dr. Richard A. Duschl Rebecca and William Taylor Diane and Wayne Kopit Toni Thompson Marianne and Charles Leach Mr. and Mrs. James S. Turner, Jr. Alicia Leadford Paul Vasterling and Jason Facio Wendy and John Leonard William Verheide Elise, Jackson, and Emilia Lowery Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Wallace Jonathan and Blair Lund K. Janelle Wilson Beth and Paul Moore Patricia A. Wilson Josie Nielson Dallas and Fleming Wilt Jeremy Palmer Dr. Lawrence K. Wolfe, in memory of Elizabeth and Larry Papel Sally Wolfe Bunny Porter-Shirley Melissa and Chris Wyatt Regions Financial Corporation Katherine L. Young Mr. and Mrs. Frederic W. Reisner
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$500 – $999 (cont.) The Hale Family
Janice Rempe and Michael Wagner Charlsie and John Halliburton
Alix Weiss Sharp Sara Hill
Mr. Aaron Shaull Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holland
Mark Spaniol Mr. John Perry and
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Spitz Ms. Catherine Holsen
Mr. & Mrs. John Bennett Stephenson The Doctors Ellen and Ned Jacobson
Caitlin E. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Kane
Ms. Amy Stroup Kendra Scott
Kate Tallmadge Mr. John Kidd
Chris and Allison Thompson Robert Knox
Thomas J. Tilinski Celinda Lake
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Turner Christine Lee
Jennifer C. Turner Ms. Andrea O. Lindsey
American Endowment Foundation Ms. Mary L. Linn
Joyce A. Vise Eunice Park and Eric Liu
Mr. & Mrs. R. Anthony Waller Mr. Jon Lucas
Michele Whittaker Dr. Adrianne McKeon
Janet Whittington McNutt Pediatric Dentistry
Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Wills III Ingrid Meszoely
Vivian R. and Richard A. Wynn Anja and Todd Miller
Donna and Jim Zamorski Mark and Bonnie Miller-McLemore
Mr. and Mrs. Volker Oberacker
$250 – $499
Susan and Rick Oliver
Anonymous
Willl and Lauren Pendleton
Angie Adams
Sharon and Douglas Pugh
Karen Ahern
Ellie Raths
Carolyn and Jan Bakland
Kathleen Roth and Randy Powell
Bell Estates Homeowners’ Association
Dr. Stephanie Schultz
Audrey Borden
Ms. Lynda Sebastian
Anonymous
T.J. and Wanda Shuflin
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Bryant
Kimberly and David Silvus
Betsy Chernau
Brian and Mary Ann Smokler
Ms. Lauren Clay
Mr. & Mrs. James Stefansic
Jamie C. Cutler
Tom and Keipp Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Dickerson
Mr. John H. Thurman
Michael Doochin and
Mr. Mark Tobin
Linda Kartoz-Doochin
Tiffiny Tung
William and Susan Dupont
Linda and Don Ware
Ms. Susan Eaton
Mrs. Lisa W. Wheeler
Jeannie and Alan Gaus
Whit and Kristin Wilson
Ms. Jane Gilliam
*DeceasedNASHVILLE BALLET STANDING OVATIONS!
NASHVILLE BALLET 2021-2022 VIRTUAL SEASON UNDERWRITERS
Nashville Ballet is immensely grateful for the donors who have
made contributions to underwrite our Virtual Season this year!
All efforts have been made to recognize everyone who has given
($100+ as of 2/28/22).
Anonymous, in memory of Kathleen Ireland Paterno
Tony Viglione Matt Kastellec
Carolyn and Jan Bakland Ms. Mary L. Linn
Ms. Karen Catignani Laura Meyecic
Betsy Chernau Jamie O’Connor
Ms. Anne Cooper Sandra O’Connor
Patrick and Virginia Dodge Mr. and Mrs. Volker Oberacker
Michael Doochin and Bunny Porter-Shirley
Linda Kartoz-Doochin Pamela Tierney
Camilla Finlay Thomas Joseph Tilinski
Dr. and Mrs. J. Brevard Haynes Janet WhittingtonShare the gift of dance
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A N D M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E TO DAY!
When you donate
to Nashville Ballet,
you bring dance and arts education
directly into our local schools and
community centers.Ballet is for Everyone
Nashville Ballet is invested in creating a diverse, equitable, and
inclusive community. We believe we can best achieve our mission
by creating a climate of respect that is supportive of all voices,
celebrating diverse stories, increasing arts access, and sparking
communal discussion about our community and our world through
our art form and artistic programming. When considering the
diversity of the Nashville Ballet community, we look at all aspects,
including: race, gender, age, socioeconomic status, disability status,
geographic (rural/urban), and sexual orientation. However, Nashville
Ballet recognizes the racial inequalities that have plagued the dance
world for far too long and is deeply committed to educating our
constituencies on systemic racism, engaging in antiracist work in
every branch of our organization, and doing our part to abolish
racial inequalities in ballet.
Land Acknowledgement
As we share this space today, let us acknowledge the history and
wisdom that the ground beneath our feet holds. We recognize that
the land that is holding us is the ancestral and traditional Land of
the Eastern Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee peoples, who today
have nation boundaries in Oklahoma, after the Indian Removal Act
of 1830 led to the forced removal of southern tribes west of the
Mississippi River via the Trail of Tears, which weaves throughout
this region. We also recognize the Yuchi tribal nation. As residents
and culture bearers here now, we are connected to the Indigenous
communities of this place through the land. We must honor the
people and their history.
The foundation of this land acknowledgment was developed in
collaboration with the 2021 Racial Equity in Arts Leadership cohort.We create, perform, teach, and
promote dance as an essential
and inspiring element of our
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