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alt Creek Ballet's2014-2015 Season

SALT CREEK BALLETSergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskaya, Artistic Directors

Presents

The Nutcrackerfeaturing

Yumelia Garcia and Ilya KozadayevHinsdale Central Auditorium, Hinsdale

Saturday, November 29, 2014 1 :00 & 5:00 PMSunday, November 30, 2014 1 :00 PM

Maria Mosina and Alexei Tyukov

Center for Performing ArtsGovernors State University, University Park

Saturday, December 6, 2014 1 :00 & 5:00 PM

Milena Garcia and Ilya Kozadayev

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, SkokieSaturday, December 13, 2014 1:00 & 5:00 PM

Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:00 PM

Production SponsorThe Grover Hermann

Foundation

Production Partner Victorian Dress Sponsor

COMMUNITYFOI N 1 U I I O N

Leading Sponsors

I Harris Bank

Benchmark Support

Media Sponsor

The Doings

MacArthurFoundation

Community Partner

Neiman Marcus Oakbrook Center

Salt Creek Ballet is a not-for-profit Illinois corporation. This program is partially supported by a grant fromthe Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

SALT CREEK BALLETArtistic Directors

Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskaya

Executive DirectorChristina Salerno

Board of DirectorsKen Nelson, PresidentGreg Sjullie, TreasurerJoan Emery, Secretary

Sarah Cuddihee, Kim Dyson, Katharine L.S. Hamilton, O.J. Mavon,Kay Vee Rhoads, Carolyn Schanzer, Christine Schultz,

Mary Lynne Shafer,Irene Antoniou (Advisory), Mary Castellano (Advisory),Ricardo Garcia (Advisory), Timothy Rivelli (Advisory)

Honorary Board of DirectorsThe Honorable Judy Biggert, Marianne Calhoun,

George L. Faulstich, Jr., Lisa Gengler, William E. Parry,Carolyn Stillman, Joel Wilcoxen, Carson Yeager

In Memoriam

Founding Artistic DirectorPatricia Sigurdson

Michael Majewski, Alice Mansell, Gary Sigurdson, Bud Stillman

Salt Creek Ballet has performed for more than 230,000 people in andaround Chicagoland since its founding, while earning a national

reputation for excellence in dance. Founded by Patricia and GarySigurdson in 1985 and directed since 1998 by Sergey Kozadayev and

Zhanna Dubrovskaya, the company is dedicated to presentingprofessional-quality dance performances, to providing high-levelperforming opportunities for area dancers and to encouraging the

appreciation and awareness of dance in the community.

Salt Creek Balletfrom the Artistic Directors

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Dear Friends,Welcome back to Salt Creek Ballet's2014 Nutcracker! With both excitementand much anticipation, we want to sharewith you our brand new production - inhonor of our 30th Anniversary. You willbe drawn into the story more than everbefore, and experience new costumes,new scenery, and new concepts. We areso excited to have you participate in this

production with us. The production could never havecome to 'life' without the dedicated efforts and hard workof our entire Salt Creek family. The list of these dedicatedindividuals would go on forever! We want to offer a sin-cere 'thank you' to each one of you! We are so very grate-ful! This new production is Salt Creek Ballet's gift to allof you. We are delighted to be a part of your holiday tra-dition, and look forward to sharing this 30th anniversaryproduction with you. We wish you a joyful, warm, andloving Christmas season. Thank you! Thank you! Thankyou!

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Salt Creek BalletSergey Kozadayev and Zhanna Dubrovskaya, Artistic Directors

Sleeping BeautyAurora's Wedding

& Additional Repertoire

The quintessential storybook ending. Join Salt Creek Ballet forPrincess Aurora's wedding, with Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Bootsand the White Cat in attendance. Additional Salt Creek Ballet repertory

will complete the performance. Perfect for young and old alike.

McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, ILatthemac.org

Saturday, May 16, 2015 Sunday, May 17, 2015

3:00 pm 1:00 pm

The Nutcracker2014

Staged & Choreographed by Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna Dubrovskayaafter Dace Dindonis & George Verdak

Set DesignCostume DesignProduction Designer and PainterWardrobe CoordinatorTechnical DirectorLighting DesignerAssistant Rehearsal Directors

Costumers

Costume Support

Photographers

Presentation BouquetsPublicityProgram Cover DesignUshers

Simon PastukhGalina SolovyevaOleg SmirnovMary BlakeJason Haag, F5D inc.Charles Cooper, USA*Angie Keneipp, Emily Moser

Kay JohnsonSabena Sellnow & Carl GramzaHalsey Onstage

Travis Halsey, Rachel YoungRick Coleman, Redding Baker

Elizabeth Flauto (mouse head design),Susan Baladi, Kelly Hamilton,Carmela Hoerman, Angie Keneipp,Kristin Millhollin, Sarah Mills,Kristen Nairn, Alison Nelson,Terry SanFillippo, Marie Schaefers,Laura Shah, Adriana Sjullie,Natalia Smak, Carolyn Stillman,Susan WilsonKeith CedingSarah MillsHeidi PetersCarolyn StillmanJulie RusinKatie PendlayCourtesy of the Saints

Thank you to the committee chair volunteers: Maria Brooks, Heidi Drescher,Cheryl Gibson, Kerri Metelski, Voula Montesantos, Susan Scehovic and Joy Witt

*Those designers and scenic artists identified by U.S.A. are members of United Scenic Artists, IATSE Local 829, AFL-CIO.

Salt Creek Ballet would like to thank all of the many wonderful volunteers whohelped to make this exceptional production a reality.

As a courtesy to our dancers and for their safety, there is nophotography or videotaping allowed.

Sunday, November 30th

2014Please listen to performance announcements

for how to proceed to the Party.

Thank you Clarendon Hills Lions Club for providing stunningChristmas trees for our Sugar Plum Party.

We ServeBe sure to show your support for the Lions Club by

purchasing your Christmas tree at Lions Park Pool inClarendon Hills, chlions.org

Salt Creek BalletSalt Creek Ballet will celebrate its thirtieth year with a history of critically acclaimed performancesfor tens of thousands of viewers. Its annual The Nutcrackers a major holiday event in Hinsdale,University Park and Skokie. As a member of Regional Dance America, Salt Creek Ballet appears indifferent cities at the Mid-States Regional Festival each year. Repertory includes traditional classicalworks plus original ballet and jazz works by both resident and guest choreographers.

Salt Creek Ballet's spacious studios, with the finest spring-built floors, accommodate expandedclasses at all levels including Classical Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Pas de Deux and Character.

Salt Creek Ballet dancers are pre-professionals drawn from the best Chicago area talent.Nationally known guest artists, choreographers and designers regularly work with Salt CreekBallet to provide dancers and audiences alike with a level of performance usuallyassociated with top professional companies.

The NutcrackerMusic by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman

It is Christmas Eve and the Von Stahlbaums are preparing to welcome their partyguests, who arrive family by family, bearing gifts for the host's children, Claraand Fritz. The presents are all carefully placed under the Christmas tree. Clara'sGodfather, the mysterious Herr Drosselmeyer, arrives with a marvelous group ofmechanical dolls. In addition, the magical and eccentric Herr Drosselmeyer hasplanned a special surprise for his beloved godchild, Clara. He presents her with awonderfully mysterious nutcracker. Clara is immediately taken with her strangegift. Fritz is jealous and steals the nutcracker from Clara. In the chaos of his teas-ing, Fritz accidentally breaks the nutcracker. Herr Drosselmeyer comes to therescue and assures Clara that all will be well. The guests perform a contredanse,after which they depart and the Von Stahlbaums prepare for bed.

Just before the stroke of midnight, Clara returns to the darkened living room tocheck on her nutcracker. She is frightened by large mice, but suddenly, HerrDrosselmeyer appears and the mice flee. Much to Clara's amazement, HerrDrosselmeyer commands the Christmas tree to grow to such an enormous sizethat it pushes away the entire room. Next, he changes her little toy into a life sizeNutcracker. The mice suddenly reappear and a vicious battle ensues. Just whenthe soldiers seem to be winning, the great Mouse King appears and the tide turns.The Nutcracker and the Mouse King fight and just as the Mouse King is about tooverpower the Nutcracker, Clara distracts him with her shoe, giving the Nut-cracker the chance to run him through with his sword. The Nutcracker, releasedfrom an enchanted spell, turns into a handsome prince. Clara becomes a Princess.The Nutcracker Prince takes Princess Clara's hand, and escorts her on a magicalvoyage to the Kingdom of Snow and beyond.

Princess Clara journeys to the Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Plum Fairygreets her. A series of entertaining divertissements are ordered. Princess Claraand the Nutcracker Prince dance together surrounded by radiant flowers. TheSugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier then dance for Clara and the Prince. When thefestivities are over, everyone bids goodbye to the Nutcracker and Clara wholeave together to her home, where she awakens, uncertain if her magical journeywas a dream or reality.

Counselor Von Stahlbaum

Frau Von Stahlbaum

Their Daughter, Clara

Their Son, Fritz

Nurse

Party Guests

Salt Creek Ballet Nutcracker 2014Cast List

In Order of Appearance

ACT I

Brian Campbell

Jessica Metelski

Mice

Children at the Party

Dr. Drosselmeyer

Columbine

Harlequin Doll

Soldier Dolls

The Mouse King

Baby Mice

The Nutcracker

Soldiers

Kathryn Nairn (11/29, 12/6)Savannah Campbell (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Mitchell Millhollin

Marissa Rohan (11/29, 12/6)Grace Jaworski (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Brenna Schaefers(11/29, 12/6)Mary Kelly, Anya Lei Koza, Sophie Palo(11/30, 12/13, 12/14)Luis Caro, J.R. Kirchner, Markian Pylypczak

Ava Alessi, Noah Campbell, Charlotte Eninger,Taylor Fodor, Audrey Giltner, Avery Hoerman,Caroline Kelly, Emma Keneipp, Julia Kucera,Holly Marcus, Ingrid Pearson, Jillian Reid,Sophia Shah, Yasmeen Shah, Madelyn Wren(11/29,12/6)Noah Campbell, Brittney DiBartolo, Alana Jodwalis,Caroline Kelly, Leah Kline, Julia Kucera,Samantha Leddy, Holly Marcus, Anya Mills,Megan Montinola, Sarah Jane Nicholson,Ingrid Pearson, Jillian Reid, Maggie Ward,Madelyn Wren (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Ricardo Garcia

Olivia Brooks (11/29, 12/13)Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)

Jack Gerling

Nicole Gibson (11/29 Mat., 11/30, 12/6)Monique Lagessie (11/29 Eve., 12/13, 12/14)Misha Barkidjija

J.R. Kirchner

Ana Bareno, Olivia Rivera, Ellie Rossini,Vivian Sweeney, Angela Timova, Lena Yerlioglu

Toys

Princess Clara

The Nutcracker Prince

Snowflakes

Snow Crystals

Sugar Plum Fairy & Cavalier

Spanish Dance

Chinese Dance

Mirlitons

Maria Basile, Ella Bonecutter, Tess Denault,Talia Johnson, Skylar Penland, Angie Plys,Stephanie Salerno, Allyson Volk (11/29, 12/6)

Talia Johnson, Claire Kucera, Meghan Malec,Ella McDevitt, Allyson Volk, Catherine Wagner,Katie Wilson, Lauren Witt (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Misha Barkidjija

Brittney DiBartolo, Alana Jodwalis, Leah Kline,Samantha Leddy, Anya Mills, Megan Montinola,Sarah Jane Nicholson, Maggie Ward (11/29, 12/6)

Ava Alessi, Charlotte Eninger, Taylor Fodor,Audrey Giltner, Avery Hoerman, Emma Keneipp,Sophia Shah, Yasmeen Shah (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Emily Block, Molly Creech, Naomi Marx,Grace McGowan, Jenna Nilles, Polina Seidel

Stefanee Montesantos

Kody Jauron

Katherine Cackovic, Ella Gatermann, Mary Kelly,Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Rachel Newton,Sophie Palo, Vivian Marina Pifia, Marissa Rohan,Emily Scehovic, Sarah Scehovic, Brenna Schaefers,Anna Conidi, Grace Jaworski, Angie Plys,Kayla Yerlioglu

Olivia Brooks, Nicole Gibson, Monique Lagessie,Jessica Metelski, Natalie Sprovieri, Emily Scehovic

Yumelia Garcia & Ilya Kozadayev* (11/29, 11/30)Maria Mosina & Alexei Tyukov** (12/6)Milena Garcia & Ilya Kozadayev* (12/13, 12/14)

Monique Lagessie (11/29, 12/13)Nicole Gibson (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)

Zoe Lagessie & Vivian Marina Pina (11/29)Emily Scehovic & Sarah Scehovic (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)Ella Gatermann & Vivian Marina Pifia (12/6)

Rheana Montesantos, Sophie Palo, Brenna Schaefers(11/29); Olivia Brooks, Monique Lagessie,Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)Anya Lei Koza, Rheana Montesantos, Sophie Palo(12/13)

Russian Dance

Arabian Solo

Arabian Corps

Mother Ginger

Her Children, the Bon Bons

Bon Bon Soloists

Waltz of the FlowersWaltz Solo

Waltz Couples

Waltz Corps

Finale and Apotheosis

Mary Kelly & Marissa Rohan (11/29, 12/13)Rheana Montesantos & Sophie Palo (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)Markian Pylypczak

Natalie Sprovieri (11/29, 12/13)Anya Lei Koza (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)Edson Cabrera

Anna Conidi, Rachel Distler, Faith Drescher,Nandini Sadagopan, Abby Stockmal,Rachel Thompson, Katie Wilson, Kayla Yerlioglu(11/29, 12/6)Ella Bonecutter, Rachel Distler, Ashley Fodor,Zoe Lagessie, Sofia Marcic, Nandini Sadagopan,Melina Slone, Jenny Witt(11/30, 12/13,12/14)

Luis Caro

Maya Conway, Anna Creech, Natalie DiBartolo,Nicolette Fox, Sarah Govostis, Ingrid Pearson,Amanda Schlieben, Claudia Witte (11/29, 12/6)Ellie Andrzejewski, Haley Cashman, Olivia Costello,Peri Deroche, Sallie Keiner, Gretchen Laurence,Kylie Norman, Caroline Tio (11/30, 12/13, 12/14)

Audrey Giltner, Megan MontinolaMitchell Millhollin

Nicole Gibson (11/29, 12/13)Jessica Metelski (11/30, 12/6, 12/14)

Olivia Brooks (11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/14)Monique Lagessie (12/13), Emily Scehovic(11/29, 11/30, 12/6), Natalie Sprovieri (11/30, 12/14),Misha Barkidjija & Jack Gerling

Katherine Cackovic, Anna Conidi, Ella Gatermann,Grace Jaworski, Mary Kelly, Rachel Newton,Vivian Marina Pina, Marissa Rohan,Emily Scehovic, Sarah Scehovic, Kayla Yerlioglu,Brenna Schaefers

The Company

SALT CREEK BALLET

Sergey Kozadayev & Zhanna DubrovskayaArtistic Directors

Christina Salerno

Executive Director

Patricia SigurdsonFounding Artistic Director

Mary BlakeAdministrative Assistant

Sue Nystrom

Administrative Assistant

Carmela HoermanCommunications Coordinator

Dr. Kelly StokesOutreach Coordinator

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Artistic Directors

SERGEY KOZADAYEV, Artistic Director, was born in St. Petersburg,Russia, and trained at the famed Vaganova Ballet Academy, graduatingin 1968. Mr. Kozadayev danced with the St. Petersburg State Ballet asa principal dancer for 22 years, performing in lead roles in ballets suchas Swan Lake, Scherherazade, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, La Fille MaiGardee, Petrushka, Don Juan, Harlequinade, Hercules, Flower Festival, Pierot,Figaro and Mozartiana. He received the Merit of Honor of the RussianRepublic, signifying his reputation for the highest level of dance trainingand performance and was featured in a biographical documentary forRussian TV. In 1991, he graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoryin Choreography and Dance and holds a degree from the University ofCulture and Art in St. Petersburg. He has choreographed and danced

in over 15 countries and was the first Russian choreographer invited to participate in theAmerican Dance Festival in North Carolina in 1990. In 1991, he became Ballet Master, choreog-rapher and teacher for the Colorado Ballet, where he staged all the major classical ballets andset his own choreography for the company. In 1998, he and his wife, Zhanna Dubrovskaya,joined the Salt Creek Ballet as Artistic Directors. Mr. Kozadayev has staged full-length balletsfor the Salt Creek Ballet such as The Nutcracker, Paquita, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle andexcerpts from Flower Festival, Tango, Le Corsaire and The Fairy Doll. His original choreographyfor the Salt Creek Ballet includes Concerto in F, Danse Macabre, Carnival of the Animals, Alice inWonderland, Black Sea Suite and Classical Symphony. In 2006, Mr. Kozadayev was asked to sethis own choreography entitled Divertissements, a ballet for select dancers from each of the mem-ber companies in Regional Dance America to perform in Jackson, Mississippi during the USAInternational Ballet Competition.

ZHANNA DUBROVSKAYA, Artistic Director, is a native of St.Petersburg, Russia, where she trained at the famed Vaganova BalletAcademy and graduated with honors in 1968. She studied withthe renowned O. Yordan and V. Kostrovitskaya. For over 20 years,Madame Dubrovskaya was a soloist with the Choreographic MiniaturesCompany led by L. Yacobson and the Maly Theatre of Opera and Ballet(St. Petersburg State Ballet). Zhanna Dubrovskaya has worked withinternationally acclaimed choreographers such as L. Yacobson, I. Belsky,N. Boyarchikov, O. Vinogradov and B. Eifman. She has performedthroughout the world, extensively in Europe and Asia, and is an accom-plished ballerina with recognition in classical, contemporary, modernand character ballets such as Swan Lake, Paquita, La Corsairs, Giselle, La

Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, La Fills Mai Gardee, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth,The Hooligans, Serenade and Theme and Variations. Madame Dubrovskaya holds a mastersdegree in teaching, coaching and choreographing from the St. Petersburg Ballet Academy.Her U.S. experience began in 1991 at the Colorado Ballet Academy and Company as aPrincipal Teacher and Ballet Mistress. In 1998, she assumed the position of Artistic Directorof the Salt Creek Ballet School and Company, where she continues to enrich the dance com-munity throughout Chicago. Ms. Dubrovskaya has been invited as a master teacher andchoreographer to stage classical ballets such as Giselle, La Sylphide, The Sleeping Beauty, DonQuixote, Paquita, and Swan Lake for major companies and competitions throughout the UnitedStates and Europe. Her students have received numerous awards at the Prix de Lausanne, theNew York International Ballet Competition, the Helsinki Ballet Competition in Finland, theYouth America Grande Prix and many others. In June 2006, Ms. Dubrovskaya was invited toparticipate as a judge at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. She isinternationally respected for her preservation of the purity, musicality and aesthetics of theRussian classical ballet technique and traditions. Today, her students perform worldwide inmajor dance companies.

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Christina Elida Salerno (Executive Director) received her formativeI ballet training and performing experience with Salt Creek Ballet asI a pupil of Founding Director, Patricia Sigurdson. She completed her

ballet training at San Francisco Ballet School before joining BostonBallet, where she rose to the rank of Soloist. Ms. Salerno left BostonBallet to pursue a dance career in Europe, initially joining ZurichBallet. Ms. Salerno was then invited by Monica Mason to join RoyalBallet in London, where she spent five years as a Soloist, performingprincipal and soloist roles in La Bayadere, Les Patineurs (Ashton),Danses Concertantes (MacMillan), Cinderella (Ashton), SymphonicVariations (Ashton), Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Apollo (Balanchine),Theme and Variations (Balanchine), Symphony in C (Balanchine),

Agon (Balanchine) and Qualia (MacGregor). Her repertoire includes the Sugar Plum Fairy,Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Helena in MidsummerNight's Dream, Paul Taylor's Company B, Tharp's Waterbaby Bagatelles, Rudi VanDanzig's Four Last Songs, Nacho Duato's Songs Without Words, and Hans Van Manen'sGrosse Fuge. Ms. Salerno has toured the world extensively, performing on the Bolshoistage in Moscow, the Maryinski in St. Petersburg and other theatres in Germany, Italy,Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico, the United States, France, Japan, Singapore and SouthKorea. Ms. Salerno has also taught ballet technique classes around the world, teachingnine-year-olds through adults. She now teaches specialized ballet classes for young athletesinterested in the benefits of ballet training at SCB. Ms. Salerno completed a Bachelor ofArts degree with a concentration in Nonprofit Administration from Skidmore College andshe is currently a Masters of Performing Arts Administration degree candidate in RooseveltUniversity's Chicago College of Performing Arts. She has appeared as a guest lecturer forLoyola University's Dance Department and is on the advisory committee of The DuPageCommunity Foundation's All for Arts initiative.

PATRICIA SIGURDSONFounder and Artistic Director of the Salt Creek Ballet.Salt Creek Ballet was founded by Patricia Sigurdson in 1985 asan outgrowth of her ballet school, then in its tenth year. But thetrue foundation of Salt Creek Ballet began to take form decadesearlier with Patti's strong early training in Denver and at the RoyalBallet School in London. In New York she studied with FrederickFranklin and Robert Jeffrey after which she joined the BalletRusses de Monte Carlo and then American Ballet Theatre. WithABT she was on the historic European tour which culminated

in six weeks behind the Iron Curtain - ABT being the first American ballet companyinvited to perform there. This professional experience plus teaching posts at NationalMusic Camp, the Intcrlochen Arts Academy and elsewhere, provided an ideal backgroundon which to build a ballet school and company here. Having given her students a solidfoundation of musicality and strong technical and interpretative skills, the Salt Creek BalletCompany evolved seamlessly from the school. Many of Patti's students have gone on todistinguished professional careers in dance.

The Designers

Simon Pastukh (Set Designer) is a native of Russia and graduated as a Scenicand Costume Designer from Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema-tography in 1975. He has designed over 200 opera, ballet and theatrical produc-tions all over the world for such major theatres as the Bolshoi, Mariinsky and Sov-remennik in Russia; NHK in Japan; National Theatre in Norway; Gesher theatre inIsrael; Universal Ballet Company in Seoul, Korea; National Theatre in Bulgaria;and American Ballet Theatre in the USA. From 1980 to 1991 he was a residentdesigner at Michailovsky (Maly) Opera and Ballet Theatre, Saint Petersburg(Leningrad), Russia. He received two Golden Mask Awards for the scenic designof the opera Semyon Kotko by S. Prokofiev in 1999 and for the scenic design ofthe ballet Bolt by D. Shostakovich in 2006; moreover he was awarded GoldenSofit, the Highest Theatre Award of Saint Petersburg in 1999, and the GoldenHarlequin Award in 2007. Mr. Pastukh has lived in the USA since 1992.

Galina Solovyeva (Costume Designer) is a native of St. Petersburg(Leningrad), and graduated as a Costume and Scenic Designer from LeningradState Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, Russia, in 1975. She wasthe resident costume designer for the Mariinsky Theatre (formerly, Kirov Operaand Ballet Theatre), St. Petersburg from 1975; she immigrated to the USA in1992. Her international career includes over 100 designs for ballet, opera, andtheatre; she has been working with such renowned venues as the Mariinskyi, Bol-shoi, and Mihailovsky theaters in Russia; Ballet Internationale, American BalletTheatre and NY City Ballet in the USA; Het Nationale Ballet in the Netherlands;and the Japan Ballet. Her costume credits for ballet and opera include Othello,Eugene Onegin, Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, The Bolt, The Nutcracker, Fire-bird, Romeo and Juliet, Semyon Kotko, and Swan Lake (the three last have touredin NY). In collaboration with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from 1996 to2001 she designed costumes for Uncle Vanya, Force of Nature, Rosmersholm, andEnter the Guardsman. She was honored with a Barrymore Award nomination in2000 for outstanding costume design, received the Golden Sofit, the Highest The-atre Award of Saint Petersburg in 2001 and 2008, and the Nika, the main nationalfilm award in Russia in 2001.

Oleg Smirnov (Production Designer and Painter) was born in Saint Peters-burg Russia. Classically educated, he trained in painting, drawing and design.Since 1992, he is working as a free lance artist-painter. In 2000, he startedolegsmirnovstudios.com with his daughters Anya and Elena, specializing in scenicart, mural painting, dedcorative finishes, fine art and portraits. Oleg has collabo-rated with Salt Creek Ballet for many years including: stage set, painting and scen-ery construction for A lice in Wonderland, set design, painting and construction forHarlequinade, and scenery painting for the 2014 new Nutcracker. He also paintedthe designs for the 2004 Nutcracker, 2007 Halequinade, Giselle and SleepingBeauty posters. Oleg is a resident of Downers Grove for 22 years and proud to bepart of Salt Creek Ballet.

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Jason Haag (Technical Director) has served Salt Creek Ballet for 16 years. He owns F5d Inc.,a company producing custom fabrications of all types for the entertainment and marketingindustries, as well as providing event production management. Jason has worked in theentertainment field for over 20 years. He partnered in a regional sound, lighting, and stagingcompany prior to venturing into his current company. He offers expertise in both structuraland operational design and logistics. His natural talent for risk and oversight management,and strong "big picture" thinking, has drawn work from National acts such as Ronnie Dunn(formerly of Brooks & Dunn), the 2013 TomorrowWorld Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, and the2014 Spring Awakening Festival in Chicago. He has also designed and fabricated immersiveexperience marketing displays for numerous companies including Brown-Forman, Netflix, andTicketmaster. Jason lives in rural Herscher, Illinois with his wife Rachel, their two daughtersAddison and Josslin, 3 cats and 18 chickens.

Charles Cooper (Lighting Designer ) returns to Salt Creek Ballet for his ninth season of lightingThe Nutcracker. Recent credits include Around the World in Eighty Days at Indiana RepertoryTheatre Curtains at Drury Lane Oakbrook; Of Mice and Men and First Look Repertory ofNewworkat Steppenwolf Theatre; Old Glory, As You Like It, Another Part of the Forest, Seagull and TheDoctor's Dilemma at Writers' Theatre; Blue Door, The Defiant Muse, The Court Marshall at FortDevens and Shoes at Victory Gardens, She Stoops to Conquer and The Chalk Garden at NorthlightTheatre; Welcome to Arroyos, True West and Top Dog/Underdog (in rep), Speech and Debate Halfof Plenty, Heritage and Orpheus Descending at American Theater Company, Well, and TheOverwhelming at the Next Theatre; Rhymes With Evil, Creole and The Last Supper for InfusionTheatre. Charles is an Associate Artist of TimeLine Theatre where his many credits include AllMy Sons, Weekend, Dolly West's Kitchen, Harmless, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom,A Man For All Seasons, Martin Furey's Shot and This Happy Breed. Other credits include work atApple Tree Theatre, Teatro Vista and numerous other theaters in and around Chicago. Charlesis the recipient of five Jefferson nominations and two After Dark Awards. He is proud to bea member of United Scenic Artists local 829. Current and upcoming projects include ThievesLike Us for The House Theatre, To Master the Art for TimeLine Theatre; Eclipsed for NorthlightTheatre, Do the Hustle for Writers' Theatre, Tree for Victory Gardens, and Soul Samauri forInfusion Theatre. Charles lives in Oak Park, II with his wife Angela, son Ethan and goldenretriever Shelby. Please visit his Website at cooperportfolio.com.

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Emily Moser began her studies with Irina Vassileni-Uralsky at the Schoolof Ballet Iowa and also with Susan Snider at Vine Street Ballet. She wenton to earn a BFA in Dance Performance from Northern Illinois Universitywhere she trained under Randall Newsom, Judith Chitwood and PaulaFrasz. While attending NIU, Emily performed many principle and solo-ist roles in ballets such as Paquita, Les Sylphides, Giselle, Coppelia and TheNutcracker. Emily has performed with many Chicagoland dance compa-nies such as Chicago Ballet, Momenta, the Schaumburg Dance Ensembleand Tyego Dance Project. She also has danced on the east coast withConnecticut Ballet and Ballet Long Island.

Angie S. Keneipp is a native of Los Angeles who moved to Chicagofifteen years ago. While in L.A., she was senior member, soloist andchoreographer for Jazz Dancers Inc., L.A.'S premiere concert jazz dancecompany. Angie has also appeared as a featured dancer in several filmssuch as Staying Alive, One From the Heart, and /'// Do Anything. She hasworked and collaborated with the creative talents of Twyla Tharp,Sylvester Stallone, James L. Brooks, Ben Vereen and John Travolta, justto name a few. Her teaching and choreographic talents have taken her allover the globe. She has taught at Paramount Film Studios, Dupree DanceAcademy and tours with conventions annually. Angie has performedwith Chicago Dance Medium, a prominent Modern Company on theChicago dance scene and is choreographing for several projects in Los

Angeles and Chicago. Angie was honored to choreograph for Dance Chicago's showcase, one ofChicago's largest dance festivals. She recently was honored to have a piece premier at the RDAFestival. Her unique style is appreciated by all.

Guest ArtistsMilena Garcia is a former dancer with National Ballet of Cuba and theNational Ballet of Ecuador and she is a Guest Artist with the Florida ClassicalBallet under the direction of Magaly Suarez. Presently a dancer in CincinnatiBallet. Born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba, Mrs.Garcia started dancing at age9 and her professional training includes The Vocational Arts School "AlfonsoPerez Isaac" in Matanzas Cuba, and the National Ballet School "Vicentina deLa Torre" in Cuba, graduating from, in 2010. Mrs. Garcia's most significantteachers are Yolanda Dominguez, Fernando Alonso, Lazaro Carreno, RolandoSarabia , Magaly Suarez, Victoria Morgan, Johanna Bernstein Wilt andDevon Carney . Mrs. Garcia was a Finalist for three consecutive years at TheInternational Ballet Competition in Havana, Cuba getting special mention andhigh recognitions for her dancing. Mrs. Garcia won the gold medal at World

Ballet Competition in EUA. Mrs. Garcia has been invited to dance at several important ballet eventslike the Miami International Ballet Festival in 2012. Some of Mrs. Garcia's most important rolesinclude Principal Gypsy, Spanish Dance, Mirlitons and Flowers in The National Ballet of Ecuador'sproduction of The Nutcracker, choreography by Jaime Pinto. Other Roles performed by Mrs. Garciain Ecuador are Kitri's Friends and Dream Variation in Jaime Pinto's Don Quixote, Big Swans in SwanLake, Ben volio's Girlfriend in Jaime Pinto's Romeo & Juliet, one of the four Principal ladies in JorgeGarcia's Majisimo and Principal Role in Jaime Pinto's Snow White. Her repertoire with Cuba includesPaquita, Mirlitons and Doll in The Nutcracker. She has also performed many pas de deux from theclassical repertoire like La Fille Mai Gardee, Camaval in Venice, Esmeralda, Don Quixote and Diana &Acteon. In the Cincinnati Ballet, Mrs. Garcia's most important roles include Swan corp and waltz inSwan Lake, flowers, snow corps, party and mirliton in Nutcracker.

Yumelia Garcia was born in Venezuela and she received her professionaltraining in Caracas at the Escuela de Ballet Gustavo Franklin. She joinedthe National Ballet of Caracas at the age of 15 under the direction of VicenteNebrada and was promoted to soloist one year later. Ms. Garcia began herU.S. career with Heinz Pohl at Ohio Ballet. She then performed as a prin-cipal dancer with the Milwaukee Ballet where she had a ballet created forher: Scheherazade by {Catherine Possen. Ms. Garcia then moved on to BalletFlorida where she was featured in principal roles in contemporary andclassical works, most recently in Ben Strevenson's Cleopatra. Ms. Garcia wasmost recently a Leading Artist with Jeffrey Ballet. Her remarkable versatility,technical prowess and intensity have led her to perform classical roles in fulllength ballets such as Kitri in Dan Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Aurora

in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Giselle and Carmen in their title roles. Ms. Garcia has also performedcontemporary lead roles in pieces by George Balanchine, Alonzo Ving, Cho San Goh, David Parson,Jean-Paul Comelin, Lar Lubevich and Christopher Weeldon. She was invited to be a part of The TreyMclntyre Project at White Oak in 2006, and has performed at prestigious festivals such as Jacob'sPillow, Vail International Festival and Wolf Trap.

Ilya Kozadayev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia to a family of balletdancers. He received his dance training from Vaganova Ballet Academy inSt. Petersburg, The School of American Ballet in New York City, and grad-uated from the John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart, Germany. Mr.Kozadayev has danced with numerous prestigious ballet companies in theUnited States including Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, as a soloistwith Colorado Ballet, a principal dancer with Columbia Classical Ballet anda soloist with the Houston Ballet. Throughout his career Mr. Kozadayevhas performed works by such choreographers as Marius Petipa, GeorgeBalanchine, Alvin Ailey, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth McMillan, Fredrik Ashton,Agnes de Mille, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Ben Stevenson, Glen Tetley,William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Jorma Elo, Aszure Barton, Christopher Bruce,

Cho San Goh, Rudi van Danzig, Donald McKayle, Michael Pink, and many others. Ilya has tourednationally and internationally and has performed in the US, Canada, Austria, Germany, France,Spain and Japan. Mr. Kozadayev was the winner of the New York International Ballet Competitionin 2000. Mr. Kozadayev's choreographic credits include works for Boston Ballet's Raw Dance project,Houston Ballet, Houston Ballet II, Kansas City Ballet, Oklahoma Festival Ballet, and Festival Ballet ofProvidence. Mr. Kozadayev serves as an Assistant Professor of Ballet at the University of OklahomaSchool of Dance where he teaches courses in Ballet Technique, Character, Partnering, Pointe,Choreography and Understanding Dance. Mr. Kozadayev holds a Master of Fine Arts degree fromJacksonville University in Florida.

Maria Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi BalletAcademy in Russia. Upon graduation, Ms. Mosina joined the Bolshoi BalletGrigorovich Company and (immediately) was chosen for principal roles.Mosina had toured the world appearing on all major European, American,African and Asian stages. In 1995, Ms. Mosina was invited by Colorado Balletto join as a leading principal dancer. Ms. Mosina performed all major partsin classical productions such as Clara and Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker,Sylphide in La Sylphide, Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Aurora and PrincessFlorine in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle in Giselle, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Kitriin Don Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Talioni in Pas de Quatre, The DyingSwan, Le Spectre de La Rose and pas de deux from Le Corsaire, Talisman,Paquita, Les Sulphides. Ms. Mosina also had the chance to show her talent in

neoclassical, modern and contemporary choreographed masterpieces such as Balanchine's Apollo,Rubies, Theme and Variations, Western Symphony, Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Stars and Stripes and WhoCares?, as well as Christopher Weeldon's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Pucci's Size Nine Spirit (asseen on PBS). She has also performed Alvin Alley's River, Martha Graham's monumental AppalachianSpring, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo, Paul Taylor's Company B, Ashton's Facade, Antony Tudor's Leaves arefading and Echoing of Trumpets, Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and In The Upper Room, Glen Tetley'sThe Rite of Spring, Michael Pink's Dracula and Hunchback of Notre Dame, S.Welch's Of Blessed Memory,Val Caniparoli's In Pieces, Martin Fredmann and Alun Jones' Romeo and Juliet, and Ben Stevenson'sCinderella, A Little Love, Man Dieu, Sechertorte, Silent Woods and Dreamspace (as seen on PBS), Vebre'sWhere the Wild Things Are, Clark Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No.l, Matthew Neenan's The Faraway,Lynn Taylor- Corbett's Great Galloping Gottschalk, Lar Lubovitch's...smile with my heart, EmeryLeCrone's Archetypes, Jodie Gates' Embellish, Sandra own's The Last Beat, and many more. Ms. Mosinawas a featured dancer on the cover of Dance Magazine. She holds a master's degree in methodologyand pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Ms. Mosina is also an active balletinstructor throughout the United States. She participated as a master teacher and judge for the YouthAmerican Grand Prix. Ms. Mosina performed leading roles in all major productions as a member ofthe Company, as well as a guest artist with many other festivals, galas, and companies. She is now inher 19th year with the Colorado Ballet.

Alexei Tyukov enrolled in Perm State Ballet Academy at age 10 and in1995, he graduated with a red diploma. He started dancing with The PermTchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1998, he won a gold medal in theSenior Men's division at the Arabesque competition of Perm and receivedthe Mikhail Arnapolskiy prize for the most talented participant of the com-petition. During the next four years, Mr. Tyukov performed leading rolesand traveled throughout the world. In 1999, he became a Principal dancerwith Ballet Internationale and performed leading roles in full-length balletsincluding Carmen, Phaedra, Creation of The World, Thousand and One Nights,La Fille Mai Garde, Cinderella, Fire Bird and Napoli. With Ballet Internationale,he danced throughout the United States and in Taiwan, China, Canada,Germany and France. In 2006, he joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Principal

and performed classical and contemporary works. Mr. Tyukov has also participated in numerousgalas including La Gala Des Etoiles in Montreal, Stars of Mariinskiy in Germany, InternationalGala in South Korea, and Russian Stars in memory of Galina Ulanova. He has been a guest artist inAmsterdam, Croatia, Japan and several American ballet companies. Mr. Tyukov has received manygreat reviews from The New York Times, Le Figaro, Los Angeles Times and Financial Times UK. Heis a candidate of Master of Sports for Figure Skating. This is his 18th season performing with balletcompanies and 6th season with Colorado Ballet.

Kody Jauron was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Kody began his professionaltraining with Andrew Needhammer and later furthered his studies at theMiami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin's Professional Division TraineeProgram. At Ballet Austin, Kody was honored to become a recipient of theSarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship, and after one season, Kody was promoted toan apprentice to the company. He has supplemented his training on scholarshipat Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago,and The School at Jacob's Pillow. After three seasons with Ballet Austin, Kodyrelocated to Chicago where he is currently dancing with DanceWorks Chicago,under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. Kody has been privileged to performfeatured roles by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Thang Dao, JamesGregg, Harrison McEldowney, and Stephen Mills.

Edson Cabrera was born in Cuba and graduated from the National School ofArt (Escuela Nacional de Arte) in Dance, in Havana, Cuba in 2005. During histime with the company, Edson participated in the ITS Festival in Netherlandsunder the direction of Feri de Geus and Noortje Bijvoets. After his graduation,he joined the dance company Ballet Rakatan based in Havana, dancing as asoloist. In 2007 he became a member of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, par-ticipating in several international tours to England, Mexico, Hungary, Poland,Spain, the Netherlands, Australia, and the USA. He has also performed inthe Sziget Festival in Budapest, Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona, BrisbaneFestival, Manchester International Festival, The Bydgoszcz Opera Festivaland Virginia Arts Festival. Edson was made Principal Dancer for DanzaContemporanea de Cuba in 2010. During his time in Danza Contemporanea

de Cuba, Edson worked with choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Carlos Acosta, George Cespedes,Julio C. Iglesias, Juan Kruz, Mats Ek, Itzik Galili, and Pedro Ruiz and performed works by JanLinkens and Kenneth Kvarstrom.

Brian Campbell is excited to return for his fifth season with Salt Creek Ballet.This season is made even more special, as his daughter Savannah has beencast as Clara. It will be a real father and daughter performing the ballet'sfather and daughter - and he couldn't be more proud to share the stage withher. He also has the honor to perform with his 7-year-old son, Noah for thefourth consecutive year! This past year, Brian performed in The Jeffrey Ballet'spremiere of Romeo and Juliet. He has also performed in the Jeffrey Ballet's pro-ductions of Don Quixote and The Nutcracker. Years ago he also performed withthe Lithuanian Opera Company of Chicago, Joseph Holmes Dance Theatre,and Candlelight Theatre. These days, when not chauffeuring Savannah andNoah back and forth the Salt Creek, he spends his time as a college professorof both English and Philosophy.

Luis Caro originally from Puerto Rico, began his dance training in Lansing,Michigan where he was a theater student. In 1993, he earned a B.F.A. fromButler University in Indianapolis. Since that time he has danced professionallywith Louisville Ballet, Montgomery Ballet, Eugene Ballet and guest appear-ances with several other dance troupes around the U.S. In Chicago, Luis hasbeen a faculty member at Columbia College and the Chicago Academy for theArts. Also, he performed with the Ruth Page Foundation under the formerdirection of Larry Long, Ballet Chicago, Ginger Farley's former 58 Group andother contemporary companies. Luis is a certified Pilates, Red Cord and coretrainer as well as a Thai and clinical Thai body worker. Mr. Caro has been aguest performer with Salt Creek Ballet every year since 1998.

^^•^^ Ricardo J. Garcia (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico) began his training at Point Parkf& Bkk University in Pittsburgh, where he earned a BA in Dance. Upon graduating,g ^m he joined the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, under the direction of

founder Jeraldine Blunden and subsequently Kevin Ward. At DCDC, he hadJj|—A 1 the honor to work with acclaimed choreographers Bill T. Jones, Doug Verone,

* L' Donald McKayle, Ronald K. Brown and Dwight Rhoden, among others.Additionally, he was the recipient of the Josie Award for Outstanding MaleDancer of the Year in 2002. Mr. Garcia has also performed with The Joffrey

^^B ^ Ballet, I l l inois Ballet, Peoria Ballet, Rhythm in Shoes, Walt Disney World andI most recently with Luna Negra Dance Theater. He has conducted classes

^H^KHL^i^H throughout the US and Russia and his choreography has been performedby Luna Negra Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II,

South Dayton Dance Theater, Stivers School for the Arts and Piel Morena Contemporary Dance.Mr. Garcia is currently a dance instructor at The Chicago High School for the Arts and holds aMaster's of Science in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy from Bay Path College. He is also anAdministrator for the Chicago Office of Career Transitions for Dancers. He was just nameAdministrator for the Chicago OffiDirector for Lucky Plush Productions.

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J. R. Kirchner is a Chicago native who trained at Indiana University andthe Richmond Ballet. He danced for five seasons with the Delta FestivalBallet in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he performed lead roles inSleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Aladdin. For the last 18 years, when J.R.is not performing with the Salt Creek Ballet, he spends the majority ofhis time as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. He is thrilled to returnto SCB for his 18th season. J.R. currently lives with his wife, Deanna, inDowntown Chicago, Illinois.

Markian Pylypczak is a guest artist of the Salt Creek Ballet from theHromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Chicago. This year marks his 7thNutcracker season with Salt Creek Ballet. He has been a member for 9 yearsunder the direction of Roxana Dykyj-Pylypczak. The group is comprisedof about 50 dancers and has performed extensively throughout the UnitedStates, Canada and a tour of Europe in 2007 and 2011 where he performedas a featured artist and soloist. Markian started his dance career at age fourwith the company's School of Ukrainian Dance. He has also competed intumbling, trampoline and diving. He is a recent graduate of Loyola Universityin Chicago where he studied Molecular Biology.

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$2,000 to $4,999Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cuddihee (in-kind)Sun-Times Media, LLC (in-kind)Ms. Elaine AdamsMarv and Kim DysonLieselotte and Duane Gengler FoundationMr. and Mrs. R.E. Grisemer

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The Grover Hermann Foundation ~ $23,000

Golden Town Production Angels ~ $10,000 and upMr. and Mrs. Robert BoardmanMr. and Mrs. William CastellanoMr. and Mrs. John Hamilton

Mr. and Mrs. Brendan KavanaughMs. Eloise Smith

Adagio Society ~ $5,000 - $9,999The DuPage Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth NelsonMr. and Mrs. Marv Dyson Sigurdson Family

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Mr. Carl NeumannMr. and Mrs. Michael RiordanMr. and Mrs. David SchanzerThe Service Club of Chicago

Fouette Society ~ $1,000 - $2,499Dr. and Mrs. Francis BanichMr. Leon and Dr. Rose Beicos-VainikosMr. and Mrs. Aaron BrooksMr. and Mrs. Thomas ConidiMr. and Mrs. Kevin CuddiheeMs. Joan EmeryMr. and Mrs. Duane GenglerMr. and Mrs. Michael GibsonMr. and Mrs. Stephen GrimesMr. and Mrs. John KayserMr. and Mrs. Al KorandaMr. and Mrs. P. Girard Mavon

Dr. and Mrs. D. Dirk NelsonMr. and Mrs. Raymond PowersMr. Jim SanfilippoMr. and Mrs. Patt SchiewitzMs. Christine SchultzMr. and Mrs. Andy ShaferMr. and Mrs. Greg SjullieMr. and Mrs. Dan VanEekerenMr. and Mrs. Adam WaldoDr. and Mrs. Richard WrenMr. and Mrs. Bret Zbikowski

Grand Jete Society ~ $500 - $999Mr. and Mrs. James BairdMrs. Susan BaladiMr. and Mrs. Chris BarkidjijaMr. and Mrs. William BarnardMr. and Mrs. Alan BiernackiThe Honorable Judy BiggertBurr Ridge Bank and TrustMr. and Mrs. Thomas CreganMr. Randy CoxMr. and Mrs. George FaulstichMr. and Mrs. Thomas GibsonDr. and Mrs. David HaydenMr. and Mrs. Tracy Leddy

Mr. and Mrs. Scott MagnesenMr. and Mrs. Albert MillerMr. and Mrs. Peter MillerMr. and Mrs. Jay NicholsonMr. and Mrs. Richard Parish IIIMr. and Mrs. William ParryMr. and Mrs. Reggie ReedMr. and Mrs. Paul RhoadsMs. Marcy RohanMr. and Mrs. John SachandaMr. and Mrs. Eric SigurdsonMrs. Carolyn StillmanMr. and Mrs. Al Van Eekeren

Nutcracker Tree Ornament Sponsors ~ $250Ms. Suzanne AugustynDr. and Mrs. Francis BanichMr. and Mrs. Michael BlockMr. and Mrs. Thomas CreganMr. and Mrs. Kurt DrescherMs. Laura DygusMs. Joan EmeryMs. Chery GibsonThe Jaworski FamilyMr. and Mrs. Patrick Kelly

Drs. Branislav and Sonja MarcicMrs. O.J. MavonThe Norman FamilyMr. and Mrs. J.W. PenlandMs. Linda RiordanMs. Marcy RohanMr. and Mrs. David SchanzerThe Slone FamilyMs. Barbara VanEekerenMs. Pam Wise

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Saturday, November 29, 2014 1:00 PM &5:00 PMSunday, November 30, 2014 1:00 PM

Sunday includes the Sugar Plum Party

The Center for the Performing ArtsGovernors State University, University Park

Saturday, December 6, 2014 1:00 & 5:00 PM

North Shore Center for Performing Arts, Skokie

Saturday, December 13, 2014Sunday, December 14, 2014

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McAninch Arts CenterGlen Ellyn

Saturday, May 16, 2015Sunday, May 17, 2015

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Nancy Hayden, Carmela Hoerman, Maria Kelly, Alice Koza,Gia LaGrippe-Zbikowski, Lynn Magnesen, Sonja Marcic, O.J. Mavon,

Cari McLean, Betsy Miller, Holly Nance, Alison Nelson, Alice Nicholson,Sue Nystrom, Susan O'Connell, Lisa O'Donnell, Robin Parish, Sally Felling,

Nancy Powers, Jeanette Quirk, Kay Vee Rhoads, Mary Rivelli,Christina Salerno, Susan Scehovic, Carolyn Schanzer, Christine Schultz,

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