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MADISON BALLET PRESENTS
REPERTORY III
REPERTORY
APRIL 17-18, 2015 / BARTELL THEATRE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Program...............................2
2014-2015 Company............4
Artistic/Production Staff......7
About Madison Ballet...........9
Board of Directors..............10
Faculty & Staff....................10
Tradition of Support...........11
Great Performance Fund.... 12
Madison Ballet
School of Madison Ballet
160 Westgate Mall / Madison, WI 53711
Ph: 608-278-7990
madisonballet.org
COMPANY DANCERS
Rachelle Butler
Elizabeth Cohen
Jason Gomez
Andrew Erickson
Kristen Hammer
Abigail Henninger
Marguerite Luksik
Phillip Ollenburg
Cody Olsen
Shannon Quirk
Annika Reikersdorfer
Jackson Warring
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program
MADISON BALLET
2014-15
TSCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX (1960)
Choreography by George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust
Staging by Michele Gifford
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act III
Costumes courtesy of Kansas City Ballet
Shannon Quirk, Phillip Ollenburg
PALLADIO (2011)
Choreography by W. Earle Smith
Music by Karl Jenkins
Exceprt from Palladio, 1st Movement (Presto),
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
Costumes courtesy of Milwaukee Ballet
Music courtesy of Sony
Rachelle Butler, Kristen Hammer, Abigail Henninger, Annika Reikersdorfer
Intermission
WHITE SWAN PAS DE DEUX
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Excerpt from Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II
Marguerite Luksik, Jason Gomez
Intermission
ELÉGIE (1970)
Choreography by George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust
Staging by Michele Gifford
Music by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Excerpt from Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
Costumes courtesy of TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance
Shannon Quirk, Phillip Ollenburg,
Rachelle Butler, Elizabeth Cohen, Kristen Hammer,
Abigail Henninger, Annika Reikersdorfer, Madeline Gambino**
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EXPRESSIONS (2011)
Choreography by W. Earle Smith
Costumes designed by Tracy Lyons
Rachelle Butler, Jason Gomez
Elizabeth Cohen,Andrew Erickson, Kristen Hammer, Abigail Henninger,
Marguerite Luksik, Phillip Ollenburg, Cody Olsen, Shannon Quirk,
Annika Reikersdorfer, Jackson Warring, Madeline Gambino**
Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine
Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Music by Walter Donaldson, Lyrics by Gus Kahn
That’s All
Music by Alan Brandt and Bob Haymes
Don’t Get Around Much More
Music by Duke Ellington, Lyrics by Bob Russell
Don’t Explain
Music and Lyrics by Arthur Herzog Jr. and Billie Holiday
One Note Samba
Music and Lyrics by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Stormy Weather
Music by Harold Arlen, Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Almost Like Being In Love
Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Expressions is graciously underwritten by an anonymous donor.
*The performance of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, a Balanchine® Ballet, and Elégie, a Balanchine® Ballet,
are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust
and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style®
and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the trust.
** Appears courtesy of the School of Madison Ballet.
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company
MADISON BALLET
Rachelle Butler
Rachelle Butler, a
native Madisonian,
trained with Ballet
Chicago, Miami City
Ballet, and The Rock
School. She previously
danced professionally with Sacramento
Ballet and E:motion Dance Ensemble, as
well as Ballet Chicago’s Studio Company.
Favorite roles include: Mina Harker in
Dracula, Cassini Pas De Deux and
Balanchine’s Who Cares? Pas De Deux. This
is Ms. Butler’s is fifth season with Madison
Ballet.
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen began
training with Irina
Makaii and continued
with the Civic Ballet of
Chicago. She attended
summer programs at
ABT, Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet,
Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, and Cincinnati
Ballet. Ms. Cohen graduated from the
University of Cincinnati’s College
Conservatory of Music where her
repertoire included Nikiya in La Bayadère,
soloist in Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht and
Pas de Dix, Myrtha in Giselle, and works by
Jiang Qi. She has danced with Ballet Austin,
Ballet San Antonio, and in the title role in
O.B.E Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella and has
performed with Kentucky Ballet Theatre,
Dayton Ballet, Ballet Theatre Midwest, and
Ballet Latino de San Antonio. This is her
first season with Madison Ballet.
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Jason Gomez
Originally from San
Antonio, Texas, Jason
Gomez began his
training in Florida with
Charles Hagan and
Natalia Botha, and he
studied on scholarship with the Nutmeg
Conservatory and The Joffrey Workshop.
Mr. Gomez has danced with Ballet San
Antonio, Ballet Quad Cities, Missouri Ballet
Theatre, and has been a guest dancer with
Tallahassee Ballet, Fort Wayne Ballet, and
Ballet Arts Ensemble. Career highlights
include the roles of Oberon in Adam Sage’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the title role
in Dracula, and being one of eight dancers
to showcase Deanna Carter’s Ash to Glass
at Ballet Builders 2010. This is his first
season with Madison Ballet.
Kristen Hammer
Kristen Hammer’s
professional work
includes dancing for
Nevada Ballet Theater,
Chicago Repertory
Ballet, and Elements
Contemporary Ballet. While with NBT, she
had the opportunity to perform
Balanchine’s Serenade at the Smith Center
for the Performing Arts during its
inaugural season. She also had the honor
to choreograph and perform a duet at the
“Couture for Causes” fundraising event
attended by Las Vegas executives
including Steve and Elaine Wynn. Ms.
Hammer holds a B.S. in Dance Arts
Administration from Butler University. This
is her first season with Madison Ballet.
company
MADISON BALLET
Abigail Henninger
Abigail Henninger joins
Madison ballet after
spending two seasons
with Missouri Ballet
Theatre, and six
seasons with Sarasota
Ballet. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania,
she trained at the Lake Erie Ballet and then
went on to pursue her professional career.
She has performed works by renowned
choreographers George Balanchine,
Christopher Wheeldon, Sir Frederick
Ashton, Andre Prokovsky, and Matthew
Bourne. Favorite roles include Concerto
Barocco, There Where She Loves, Checkmate,
and Serenade. This is her first season with
Madison Ballet.
Marguerite Luksik
Marguerite Luksik, a
native of Johnstown,
PA, trained with
Allegheny Ballet under
Deborah Anthony and
the Pittsburgh Ballet
Theatre Graduate Program. Before coming
to Madison Ballet, she danced with
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin,
and Chicago Ballet, performing works by
Stanton Welch, Thaddeus Davis, Paul
Gibson, Ben Stevenson, Steven Mills and
Terrence Orr. She has performed lead roles
in Balanchine’s Who Cares?, W. Earle
Smiths’s Dracula and Nutcracker, and Peter
Anastos’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This
is her seventh season with Madison Ballet.
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Phillip Ollenburg
Originally from
Milwaukee, Phillip
Ollenburg began his
training with
Milwaukee Ballet
School and later at
Young Dance Academy. Mr. Ollenburg
went on to study at the University of Iowa
where he graduated with a B.S. in
microbiology and a minor in dance. He has
danced with University of Iowa’s Dancers
in Company, Duarte Dance Works, Kayle +
Company, Ballet Quad Cities, Ballet Austin,
Minnesota Dance Theatre, River North
Contemporary Dance Chicago, NoMi
Dance Company, Jaxon Movement Arts
and Chicago Repertory Ballet. This is his
fifth season with Madison Ballet.
Shannon Quirk
Originally from Orange,
California, Ms. Quirk
began her classical
training with Orange
County Regional Ballet,
under the direction of
Kristen Olsen Potts. She earned a BFA in
Dance Performance from the University of
California, Irvine, where she worked with
distinguished faculty members David
Allen, Jodie Gates, and Molly Lynch. She
began her professional career at Pasadena
Dance Theater with Cynthia Young and
Laurence Blake. Ms. Quirk also trained
with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, American
Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Austin. This is Ms.
Quirk’s third season with Madison Ballet.
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company
MADISON BALLET
Jackson Warring
A Madison native,
Jackson Warring
received his early
training at West Side
Performing Arts
(WSPA). He attended
Milwaukee Ballet School’s Summer
Intensive and remained as a student of the
School, where he performed in the Holiday
Arts Festival and debuted the role of the
Mad Hatter in Rolando Yanes’ Alice In
Wonderland. Mr. Warring attended the
Joffrey Ballet School in New York as
member of the student company,
performing a variety of classical and
contemporary roles and he spent a season
with Ballet Quad Cities, under Director
Courtney Lyon. His favorite role has been
Renfield in W. Earle Smith’s Dracula. This is
Mr. Warring’s second season with Madison
Ballet.
Andrew Erickson,
Apprentice
Andrew Erickson was
born in Baltimore,
Maryland and began
his training under
Birute Barodicaite. He
received a full scholarship to study with
Daniel Duell and Patricia Blair at Ballet
Chicago where he performed Balanchine’s
Divertimento 15 and Who Cares? He also
appeared as Gamache in University Ballet
of Chicago’s Don Quixote. A classical
trained singer, Mr. Erickson has toured
nationally and internationally in venues
which include Carnegie Hall, Chicago
Symphony Hall, and Auditorium Theater of
Chicago. He was also featured on a national
radio broadcast as a soloist on WFMT. This
is Mr. Erickson’s second season with
Madison Ballet.
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Cody Olsen,
Apprentice
Cody Olsen is a native
of New Orleans and
recently graduated
with Honor’s Degrees
from Northwestern
State University (LA) in both Musical
Theatre and Dance. He has performed as a
featured dancer with TEXAS! the Musical
and at The Lost Colony for two seasons. He
has also appeared in productions of The
Wizard of Oz, The Tale of the Frog Prince,
Jesus Christ Superstar, and Oklahoma! Mr.
Olsen studied at the American Dance
Festival and the Paul Taylor Summer
Intensive, and has danced with 2B Tribe
Dance Theatre in New Orleans and
draMAStic dance works in Virginia. This is
his second year with Madison Ballet.
Annika Reikersdorfer,
Apprentice
Annika Reikersdorfer
began her dance
training at a young age
and joined the School
of Madison Ballet in
2005. As a student, she has performed in
Madison Ballet’s productions of The
Nutcracker, Cinderella, and Dracula. In
addition to her training in Madison, Ms.
Reikersdorfer has attended summer
intensives at Ballet Chicago, Milwaukee
Ballet, Joffrey Ballet Chicago, and
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. As a senior at
Middleton High School, she is a member of
the National Society of High School
Scholars. This is her first season with
Madison Ballet.
artistic/production staff
MADISON BALLET
W. EARLE SMITH, Artistic Director.
W. Earle Smith has over 25 years of
professional experience choreographing,
teaching and performing and this is his
16th season with Madison Ballet as Artistic
Director. As a dancer, D Magazine called Mr.
Smith “meticulously chosen and prepared
… who knows Balanchine.” The Wisconsin
State Journal hails his choreography as
“imaginative and … rhythmically smooth
and lively.” Principal and soloist credits with
Texas Ballet Theater include Balanchine’s
Western Symphony, Four Temperaments
and Who Cares, and Meija’s Sonata, Eight
by Adler, Sarasate, Seasons, The Nutcracker
and Cinderella. His choreography credits
in New York, New Orleans, Hawaii, Seattle,
Texas and Madison include Cinderella,
The Nutcracker, Night Dances, Le Luce d’
Amore, Peter Pan, and Dracula. Mr. Smith’s
preparation for his role as Artistic Director
goes beyond the traditional. He worked as
a program counselor for inner-city youth in
New York City, as a financial and business
analyst, and as director of special projects
for a national membership association.
Smith has long believed that collaborating
with other performing arts organizations
not only expands his own personal artistic
growth, but strengthens the performing
arts community as a whole. His passion
is sharing his love for ballet with young
people and an important part of his artistic
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vision is to develop and expand education
and outreach programs, making ballet
affordable and accessible to all.
SARAH MELLI, Ballet Master. Born in
Madison, Ms. Melli began her ballet
training at the Wisconsin School of
Ballet with Tibor Zana. She began her
professional dance career with the Boston
Ballet, and has danced with Chicago City
Ballet (Director, Maria Tallchief ), Joffrey II
(Director, Sally Bliss), San Antonio Ballet
(Director, Vladimir Marek) and Dayton Ohio
Ballet (Director, Stuart Sebastian). She
has performed leading roles in Concerto
Barocco, Serenade, Jewels, Stars and Stripes,
Apollo, Coppelia, Swan Lake, Tarantella,
Tchaikovsky Pas De Duex, Sleeping Beauty,
Nutcracker, and Graduation Ball and was
awarded scholarships and danced with
Ballet West, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Joffrey
Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Houston Ballet,
Cleveland Ohio Ballet, and Cincinnati
Ballet. Ms. Melli served as Choreography
Assistant for Jillana, one of George
Balanchine’s first Prima Ballerinas, for her
summer programs in Taos, NM. She has
taught Master Classes at California State
Fullerton, Mt. Sac College, Malibu by the
Sea, Huntington Academy, Tustin Ballet
Academy, Bare Dance Company, and
Inland Pacific Ballet.
Enriching classes
for students
of all ages
and abilities
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SCHOOL OF MADISON BALLET
608-278-7990 or
madisonballet.org
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artistic/production staff
MADISON BALLET
CHRIS BARKER, Lighting Designer.
Lighting Designer Chris Barker is
privileged to enjoy designing for the
Madison Ballet’s Repertory I and Repertory
II this season. For over thirty years, Mr.
Barker has designed lighting for many
performing arts companies (including
dance, opera, dramatic work, comedy, and
musical theater) in the Southern Wisconsin
region, as well as in Chicago and San
Francisco. He earned a Bachelor of Arts
Degree at the University of Wisconsin—
Madison, majoring in Theatre & Drama
with an emphasis in Lighting Design.
There, he had the privilege to study under
the world-renowned Gilbert Hemsley. Mr.
Barker looks forward to many more years
of creative collaboration with W. Earle
Smith and Madison Ballet.
BRIAN WEINKAUF, Production Manager.
Mr. Wienkauf has been working
professionally as a production manager
for over 17 years. A native of Wausau, WI,
he primarily works for productions held in
the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center,
for Madison Ballet, and at American
Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Some of his favorite productions include
Madison Ballet’s Dracula: A Rock Ballet and
touring with Phantom of the Opera – 3rd
National Tour for 6 years. Brian is a member
of IATSE Local 251.
KATHLEEN “NEEN” ROCK, Stage
Manager. Ms. Rock has designed and
constructed costumes, sets and props for
numerous shows at the popular Northern
Sky Theatre (formerly the American
Folklore Theatre) in Ephraim, WI, for many
years and has served as the organization’s
Production Stage Manager for their
summer and fall seasons since that
position was created. In the off-season,
Neen resides in Madison, where she works
as a freelance stage manager and is a
member of IATSE Local 251.
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KAREN BROWN-LARIMORE, Costumer.
Karen Brown-Larimore has been the
Madison Ballet costumer for the past six
years. Most recently, Ms. Brown-Larimore
designed costumes for the 10th anniversary
of Madison Ballet’s production of The
Nutcracker, and prior to that brought her
take on steampunk to the stage with
Madison Ballet’s production of Dracula:
A Rock Ballet. She is also the resident
costumer for Madison Opera (her work was
recently seen in Acis and Galatea as well
as Galileo Galilei) and Opera for the Young
(Cinderella, Pirates of Penzance, Hansel and
Gretel.) Her costumes have graced the
stages of Madison Savoyards, Children’s
Theater of Madison, University Theatre,
University Opera, as well as the Madison
Repertory theatre. Ms. Brown-Larimore is a
proud member of IATSE 251.
ALYSSA GUNSOLUS, Assistant Stage
Manager. Alyssa Gunsolus graduated
with a BS in Dance from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Gulsolus began
her formal dance training with Madison
Ballet in 2000 under the direction of W.
Earle Smith and has trained with the
Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and
the Sarasota Ballet on full scholarship. She
has been a faculty member with Madison
Ballet since 2011, creating the curriculum
for the Wiggle Worms Program and
introducing the Jazz/Contemporary class
in the school’s Open Division. Ms. Gunsolus
served as Stage Manager for Madison
Ballet’s touring production in Menomonie,
WI, in September 2014 and has been
Assistant Stage Manager for several
Madison Ballet repertory productions.
about madison ballet
2014-15
Madison Ballet, celebrating its 33rd year, presents world-class ballet to the greater Madison
area annually. Best known for its dazzling production of the holiday classic, The Nutcracker,
the company’s season is filled with breathtaking performances featuring the dynamic
choreography of Artistic Director, W. Earle Smith, alongside works by other well-known
choreographers.
Madison Ballet’s repertory offers something for audiences of all ages, from timeless
stories like Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the high-flying Peter Pan, to
contemporary works such as Expressions and the all-new Dracula: A Rock Ballet, which
premiered in March 2013.
The School of Madison Ballet provides professional ballet instruction for dancers from
birth through adult and is the official training institute for Madison Ballet. SMB is designed
to take students from their very first steps through a comprehensive curriculum of classical
ballet and related studies.
”Discover Dance,” Madison Ballet’s education and outreach program, engages the young—
and young at heart—with its fun and informative presentations. Whether it’s an “Offstage
& Personal” look at the life of a ballet dancer, or its “Movement in Your World,” creative
movement workshops for the city’s Head Start students, every program helps to further
the organization’s mission to promote appreciation of and access to ballet.
Madison Ballet gratefully acknowledges the
support of our 2014-2015 Season sponsors:
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board of directors
MADISON BALLET
Robert Cottingham
Board President
Wipfli, LLP, Partner
Corkey Custer
Board Treasurer
Custer Financial Services,
Managing Partner
Scott Knapp
CUNA Mutual Group,
Director of Investment
StrategyCUNA Mutual Fiduciary
Consultants
Andrea Marquardt Finck
Board Secretary
Anchor Bank, Vice President –
Commercial Sales &
Service Manager
David Nissenbaum
Sports & Spine Clinic of
Madison, Partner/Director
Maria Rivera-Lupu
Whyte Hirschboeck & Dudek
S.C., Attorney
Martha Schram
Aegis Therapies, President
Patricia Struck
WI Department of Financial
Institutions, Administrator
faculty & staff
MADISON BALLET
Madison Ballet Staff
W. Earle Smith
Artistic Director
Faculty
Alissa Bratz
Rachelle Butler
Elizabeth Cohen
Gretchen Bourg
Krystle Davis
General Manager
Jason Gomez
Alyssa Gunsolus
Sarah Melli
Ballet Master/School Director Kristen Hammer
Abigail Henninger
Beth Shippert-Myers
Maelanie Kuzma
Marketing Director
Marguerite Luksik
Phillip Ollenburg
Alyssa Gunsolus
Sarah Melli
Program Services Coordinator Jackson Warring
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Production Staff
Chris Barker
Lighting Designer
Brian Weinkauf
Production Manager
Kathleen Rock
Stage Manager
Karen Brown-Larimore,
Costumer
Alyssa Gunsolus
Assistant Stage Manager
Amy Miller
Music Staff
Support Services Coordinator Marina Hegge
Principal Accompanist
Perry Bourg
Artistic Contractor
Brittany Leemon
Marketing Intern
Patrick Christians
Lucija Drake
Jingwen Fan
Lisa Mueller
Gregg Punswick
Stacy Regehr
Madison Ballet would like to thank Leah Olson Graphic Design, Jennifer Bock, and Marcus Promotions
for their special contributions to the 2014-2015 Season.
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tradition of support
MADISON BALLET
2014-15
We are proud to acknowledge the wonderful generosity of the individuals, corporations, foundations and government
agencies who support Madison Ballet. Every gift plays an important part in allowing Madison Ballet to continue offering
world-class performances and excellent education and outreach activities. We gratefully recognize the gifts received to
our Annual Fund between January 15, 2015 and March 31, 2015.
Founder $30,000+
Great Performance Fund
Artist: $10,000-$14,999
Wisconsin Arts Board
Pleasant T Rowland
Foundation
CUNA Mutual Group
W Jerome Frautschi
Charitable Lead Unitrust
Premier: $5,000-$9,999
Karen and Craig
Christianson
Dane Arts
Anytime Fitness
Eloisa and Emil Sanchez
WA & DJ Frautschi
Charitable Unitrust
Isthmus Partners, LLC
Custer Financial
Whyte Hirschboek Dudek
Scott and Heidi Knapp
Principal: $2,500-$4,999
Anonymous
Wipfli LLP
Frank J Gambino
Badger Utility
Evjue Foundation,
Charitable Arm of The
Capital Times
Thrivent Financial
Capital Times Kids Fund
Madison Arts Commission
Robert and Ann
Cottingham
TDS Telecom
Smith, Bock, Brooks and
Longo Family
Marcus Promotions
Andrea Finck
Johnson Bank
Patricia Struck & Lawrence
Bechler
Enthusiast: $500-$999
Right Touch Dry Cleaners
Pasqual’s
Wisconsin Chamber
Orchestra
Anonymous
Patricia Hackworthy
Life in the Middle
Publishing
Inkworks
Janus Galleries
Contributor: $250-$499
BRAVA Enterprises
Bishop’s Bay
Paradyme Productions
Goodman’s Jewelers
Lombardinos Restaurant
The Tipsy Cow
Madison Police Department
Ted and Gail DeDee
Steve & Cherie Levy Family
Charitable Fund
Catharine and Ellis Waller
Wormfarm Institute
Patron: $100-$249
Nextdoor
Madison Opera*
Maria Rivera-Lupu
Robert, Audrey, Andrew
Buchanan and Sue
Hilgemann
Timothy Byrne
Reynold Peterson
Christine Holcomb
Hotel Red
Corps: $1,000-$2,499
Michelle Chui and Thad
Avendula Massage Therapy
Schumacher
David Hackworthy
Nature’s Bakery Coop
Becky McKenzie
Saris
Photography
Amazon Smile Foundation
Corkey and Betty Custer
Lululemon Athletica
David Ringdahl and
Florentine Opera
Annette Grosz-Ringdahl Cornblooms
BR Diamond Suite
Holden Pilates
Doug and Katie Reuhl
Ardith J Thomas
West Bend Mutual
HYART Gallery
Insurance Co
Gary’s Art and Frame
The Madison Concourse
Robin Baldah
Hotel
Madison Mallards
BMO Harris Bank
Children’s Theater of
Chris Shanahan
Madison
David Nissenbaum
SprintPrint
Laurits and Bea Christensen Perry and Gretchen Bourg
Metcalfe’s Sentry Foods
Patty Neumueller
Hyvee Grocery Store
Portrait Innovations
Kat Stiennon
Dan and Alice Ann Steward
Chuck Bauer and Chuck
Beckwith
Jill Jokela
Brian Mott
Deborah and Ryan Wubben
Christopher and Natalie
Armstrong
Helen Schmedeman
Leigh Mills
David and Deborah Olien
Willy Street Co-op
Erica Gehrig
Milwaukee Bucks
Friend: $99 or Less
Hair
Madison Sole
Forward Theatre Company
Humble Sweet and Savory
Pies
Milwaukee Chamber
Theatre
MMoCA Museum Store
Thomas and Pam Culviner
Suzanne Gillingham
Jonathan & Stephanie
Woloshin
Chazen Museum of Art
Shop
Tommy and Hally Marlino
Olbrich Botanical Society
Wisconsin Historical
Museum Store
Stephen Abrams
Sarah Whelan Blake
Downtown Madison
Endless Knot
Food Fight Restaurant
Group
Lombardino’s
Rosy Cheeks & Co
St. Vincent de Paul
Wisconsin Craft Market
Lise Skofronick
Charles and Joanne Taylor
Constance Palmer
Kimberly Stalker-Herron
and Chris Herron
Chautte Home
Delaney’s Charcoal Steaks
Fleming’s
Hyvee Grocery Store
Metcalfe Markets Inc #200
Moka Cafe
Prarie Athletic Club
Nicole Sparacino
Trek Bicycle Store of
Madison
Sharon Trimborn
Momentum Floral
Chocolate Shop Ice Cream
Co, The
Mimosa Books & Gifts
Ale Asylum LLC
Great Dane
Kat Stiennon
Sephora
Sharon Trimborn
Karen and Jeff Haas
Cristina Bustamante
Jeffrey and Erin Gelhausen
Margarita Northrop
Driftless Studio
Square Wine Co.
Square Wine Co.
Hubbard Avenue Diner
Capital Brewery
Judith Howard
William Norsetter
Sams Club Madison West
43 North
Chez Nanou
Little Luxuries
Mallatt Pharmacy &
Costume
Monroe Street Arts Center
Orange Tree Imports
Tex Tubbs Taco Palace
The Tipsy Cow
Sheila Endres
Amanda Wegner
William Lane
Cafe Porta Alba
Copp’s
Judith Howard
William Lane
Shoo
Gail Fahey
HYPE Communications
Art Gecko
Green Owl
Relics
Shawna Greenwood
Liang Hou
Ian’s Pizza
Consuelo Hilla
Jan Mason
Mother Fool’s
Eric and Lainie Barber
Brisa Flores
Amber Hollman
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great performance fund
MADISON BALLET
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Great Performance Campaign
Diane Ballweg, Honorary Chair
American Girl
AnchorBank Corporation
Douglas R. Andrews and Maureen
Murphy
Anonymous
Norma V. Arvold
Associated Bank
Waltraud A. Arts
George Austin and Martha
Vukelich-Austin
Valerie Bailey-Rihn and David Rihn
Helen Bakke
Diane Ballweg
Angela and Jeffrey Bartell
Marjorie Berlow & Stanley Berlow,
M. D.
Bennett Berson and Rebecca
Holmes
Philip and Katherine Blake
Bob and Anne Bolz
Frank Burgess
Jim and Cathie Burgess
Jim and Sue Bakke
Capital Newspapers, Inc.
Chamberlain Research
Consultants, Inc.
Peter C. Christianson
Nicolas Cindric
James and Lauri Cole
Jane Taylor Coleman
Marvin and Mildred Conney
Robert J. Cottingham
William and Judith Craig
Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc.
CUNA Mutual Group
Betty and Corky Custer
Frank J. Daily
John J. Dawson
Kevin A. Delorey
Mary DeNiro and Robert F. Berns
Sandra Derer
Nancy Cross Dunham and Michael
H. Dunham
Julie Ebert
Eugenie Mayer Bolz Gregory
T. Everts Family Foundation, Inc.
Fiore Companies
First Business Bank
First Weber Realty Group
Flad & Associates, Inc.
Rockne and JoAnne Flowers
Foley & Lardner
James D. Friedman
Fred Gants
Roberta A. Gassman and Lester
A. Pines
The Gialamas Company
Linda and Bob Graebner
Fritz and Janice Grutzner
Terry L. Haller
Peggy Hedberg
Hooper Foundation
J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
Marie and Ralph Jackson
John A. Johnson Foundation
Kim Johnson
Peter Johnson
Johnson Bank
Lee and Rosemary Jones
Terry and Mary Kelly
Kenneth R. Kimport
David L. Kinnamon
Kraft Foods
Ron and Lois Krantz
Deirdre W. Garton
Bill Kraus and Toni Sikes
Michael and Kathleen Laskis
Fred G. Lautz
Lee Foundation
Ruth and George Lewis
Ruth Ann and Jack Loew
Peter and Jill Lundberg
Nancy and Dennis Lynch
Richard and Mary Lynch
Madison Gas & Electric
Foundation, Inc.
Madison Investment Advisors Inc.
Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc.
Len and Luann Mattioli
Hal and Christy Mayer
Marie S. McCabe
Walter A. and Jean Meanwell
Margaret Metcalfe
Michael Best & Freidrich LLP
Lauri D. Morris
Mortenson Family Foundation
Oscar Rennebohm Foundation
Park Bank
W. Stuart Parsons
Terrance D. Paul
Donna Peters
John Peterson
Evan F. Pizer
Thomas and Janet Plumb
Potter Lawson, Inc.
Carol Prange
Quarles & Brady LLP
David and Kim Reinecke
James K. Ruhly
Patrick M. Ryan
Marianne and Stephen Schlecht
Donald K. Schott
Carol Schroeder
Anne and Charles Scott
Nicholas and Wendy Seay
Marti Sebree
Mary Ellyn and Joseph
Sensenbrenner
David and Margaret Sharpe
Terry and Sandy Shockley
Mr. & Mrs. Marcus G. Singer
The Stark Company
Joseph and Jamie Steuer
Kent W. Stevens
John and Mary Storer
William and Audrey Strang
John Taylor
Gamber and Audrey Tegtmeyer,
Jr., M.D.
Thomas Terry
Todd and Elizabeth Tiefenthaler
William J. Toman
Judy and Nick Topitzes
US Bank
James and Sylvia Vaccaro
Chris Hamacher Vincent and Ron
Vincent
Virchow, Krause & Co., LLP
Wahlin Foundation, Inc.
Ellis and Katie Waller
Ronald L. Wallenfang
Michael S. Weiden
Dr. Carl and Susan Weston
Stephen R. White
John T. Whiting and Mary S. Olen
Elyn L. Williams
Wingra Technologies, LLC
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
WISC-TV 3
Kathleen E. Woit, Ph.D.
Paul and Tracy Wrycha
Sue and Michael Zaleski
Zander’s Interiors, Inc.
Madison Ballet graciously thanks the Great Performance Fund for its support.
Donors make gifts to Madison Ballet’s endowment through the Great Performance Campaign to be held in a fund
at the Madison Community Foundation. The Great Performance Campaign was established with a $23 million
challenge grant from the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation to build endowments for nine Madison arts organizations.
For more information, email [email protected].
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