Atlanta Ballet, Frida, May 2026

May 8–10, 2026

ATLANTA BALLET

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Gennadi Nedvigin

With the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra Conductor, Jonathan McPhee

Music by Peter Salem

Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Artistic Collaboration by Nancy Meckler

Set and Costume Design by Dieuweke van Reij

Lighting Design by Christopher Ash

Sound Design by Roy Cheung

Scenery and Costumes courtesy of Ballet Arizona

Performance underwritten by Nancy Field & Michael Schulder

Supported by

COMPANY BALLET REPETITEURS

Angela Agresti, Rory Hohenstein, Eduardo Permuy

CHOREOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE

Claudia Schreier

DEAN OF THE CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION

Sharon Story

THE COMPANY

Santiago Bedoya, Severin Brotschul, Khulan Burenjargal, Georgie Grace Butler, Valeria Chaykina, Catherine Conley, Larissa Dal’Santo, Talisson Farias, Brooke Gilliam, Jessica He, Gianna Horton-Sibble, Airi Igarashi, Darian Kane, Matoi Kawamoto, Milei Lee, Sojung Lee, Jordan Leeper, Guilherme Maciel, Juliana Missano, Miguel Angel Montoya, Marius Morawski, Mayu Nakayama, Denys Nedak, Carraig New, Sayron Pereira, Sophie Poulain, Ángel Ramírez, Júlio Santos, Mikaela Santos, Anderson Souza, Paxton Speight, Emanuel Tavares, Jonas Tutaj, Munkhjin Ulziijargal, Luiz Fernando Xavier, Rei Yamaguchi, Nicholas Yurkevich, Rachel Olivia Zinman

ATLANTA BALLET 2

Pierce Bevans, Caroline Giltner, Daniel Gray, Sayaka Iwase, Camille-Margaret Jackson, Jacob Lainchbury, Santiago Larronda, Emily McAllister, Sakura Natorigawa, Avery Nelson, Isabela Oku, Leo O’Reilly Okuno, Dyhan Pierre, Ícaro Queiros, Gianni Salazar, Eliza Soto, Kahlen Wright

Atlanta Ballet 2 courtesy of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education

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Dorothy Moses Alexander Atlanta Ballet Founder, 1929 –1960

Robert Barnett Artistic Director Emeritus, 1961–1994

John McFall Artistic Director, 1994–2016

Choreographer’s Notes: A Portrait Unfolding

FRIDA KAHLO’S STORY is not just about suffering; it’s about resilience, reinvention and the ability to create beauty from pain. This message is universal and deeply inspiring to me. From the moment I first saw the movie Frida about 20 years ago, I felt the urge to tell her story through dance. The work is not so much a biopic but a portrait of the Mexican artist unfolding through a journey of her paintings. Frida always said that she was not a surrealist because she painted her life. By reversing this process by bringing her paintings to life I hope to share some glimpses of her indomitable spirit. Ultimately, some deeply tragic life events materialized on her canvases through haunting imagery full of symbolism and raw emotions.

Frida was a trailblazer in art and feminism, challenging gender, beauty and identity conventions. The ballet celebrates her as a powerful figure, inspiring audiences, particularly women, to embrace self-expression and strength in adversity.

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Synopsis

ACT I

The ballet begins on the Day of the Dead, introducing a vibrant, young Frida Kahlo, whose life will be forever altered after a horrific bus accident. Bedridden, she discovers painting, finding solace in her alter ego, the Deer. Frida’s journey of self-expression unfolds as nine Male Fridas embody her iconic self-portraits. She dresses in the traditional Tehuana attire, a reflection of her feminist and cultural identity. Frida meets the renowned Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and marries him, but their union is marked by his relentless infidelities. Her physical and emotional pain deepens echoing her famous quote: “There have been two great accidents in my life. One was with a trolley, the other one was Diego Rivera. Diego was by far the worst.” Frida forgives Diego, but her pain is compounded by hallucinations and the devastating loss of her ability to bear children.

ACT II

Frida channels her anguish into art, depicting themes of fertility and rebirth. Traveling with Diego to America, she grows lonely and seeks solace through affairs. Despite their tumultuous relationship, their bond endures and they decide to return to Mexico. Once back home, Frida creates some of her famous works, including The Two Fridas and The Broken Column, a visual testament to her physical and emotional suffering. Betrayed by Diego’s affair with her own sister, Frida cuts her hair and pours her pain into her art. As her health declines, Diego seeks reconciliation. Frida dies in his arms, and leaves behind a legacy of resilience and creativity. Upon her death, a colorful bird emerges, symbolizing her indomitable spirit and lasting impact.

In February 2016, Gennadi Nedvigin was named Atlanta Ballet’s fourth artistic director in the Company’s then 87-year history. Nedvigin, born in Rostov, Russia, began his training at age 5. At 10, he was accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Upon graduating, he joined Moscow Renaissance Ballet as a soloist before he was invited to dance with Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 1997, while on tour in the U.S., San Francisco Ballet (SFB) Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson offered Nedvigin a soloist contract. After three years, he was promoted to principal dancer. During 19 seasons at SFB, Nedvigin won the International Competition’s Erik Bruhn Prize (1999). He has also received three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (2001, 2010 and 2017). Along the way, Nedvigin was fortunate to work with many world-renowned choreographers. In addition to his dancing career, Nedvigin also taught master classes and staged ballets in the U.S. and abroad before becoming an artistic director. Recently, Nedvigin sat on juried panels at the World Ballet Competition in Orlando, the International Ballet Competition held in Jackson, Mississippi, the Japan Grand Prix and the Youth America Grand Prix. Under Nedvigin’s guidance, Atlanta Ballet has established the Academy training program, which includes a top-tier performance ensemble, Atlanta Ballet 2, representing his commitment to training for the next generation of professional dancers.

Sharon Story joined Atlanta Ballet after a professional dance career that spanned more than 20 years and included tenures with Joffrey Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Stars of New York City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and 10 years with Boston Ballet. Her Boston Ballet tenure included international tours with Rudolf Nureyev. In 1996, along with her role as ballet mistress, Story became dean of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education (the Centre), which has grown to become one of the largest dance schools in the nation. The Centre is nationally recognized for its programs and community initiatives. Under Story’s direction, the Centre achieved accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD). She serves on the board of directors for NASD. In 2021, Story received Atlanta Ballet’s Dorothy Alexander Award. She received the 2015 Women Making a Mark Award from Atlanta Magazine and was featured in the Arts ATL Legacy Series 2018. Story is committed to providing a noncompetitive atmosphere and access to dance education that is shaped by the community’s needs, is innovative and inspires the commitment and excellence that are the trademarks of Atlanta Ballet.

Angela Agresti grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she began her training at the Jordon College Academy of Dance and later transferred to North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) for ballet. After UNCSA, Agresti danced with Cincinnati Ballet for one season before joining Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam where she danced a mix of classical ballets, Balanchine works, Hans van Manen repertoire, contemporary and neoclassical works, and new creations. Agresti has been featured in William Forsythe’s Second Detail, Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quichot, Shen Wei’s Sacre du Printemps , and other notable ballets, such as The Dream, Paquita and Swan Lake. During her time dancing in Amsterdam, Agresti gained experience as a choreographic assistant for multiple choreographers’ stage, film, and festival works. She traveled to Riom, Switzerland, assisting works by Juanjo Arques and Peter Leung for the Origen Cultural Festival. She also worked with Peter Leung on the first ever virtual reality ballet entitled Nightfall. Upon returning to the U.S. in 2018, she assisted Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in the making of Tulips and Lobster for Kansas City Ballet and re-staged the work for the company the following season. Since joining Atlanta Ballet in 2022, she has worked with classical repertoire such as Don Quixote , La Sylphide , and Coppélia , as well as new works for Remi Wörtmeyer, Garrett Smith, Juliano Nunes, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Agresti has had the privilege of guiding dancers in Tu Tu (Stanton Welch), Classical Symphony (Yuri Possokhov), 7 for Eight (Helgi Tomasson), and Prodigal Son (George Balanchine), and has staged the North American premiere of Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon

Rory Hohenstein was born in Washington D.C., where he began dancing at the age of six. Hohenstein furthered his training from the age of 12 at the Kirov Academy of Ballet. At 17, he joined Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 2000, he joined San Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps, being promoted to soloist in 2006. In 2008, he moved to New York, joining Christopher Wheeldon’s company, Morphoses, performing in its home seasons at New York City Center and at Sadler’s Wells in London. He spent a season dancing with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company before joining the Joffrey Ballet in 2011, where he continued to be a leading artist with the company through the 2018-19 season. Some personal highlights include dancing the roles of Romeo in Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet, Riff in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite , Fancy Free , Red Man in Lar Lubovitch’s Elemental Brubeck , The Roper in Agnes De Mille’s Rodeo, Levin in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina , Forgotten Land from Jiri Kylián and Wayne McGregor’s Eden/ Eden. As a Repetiteur, Rory has staged several works from choreographers Helgi Tomasson, Lar Lubovitch, Liam Scarlett, and Justin Peck. He has been a Company Repetiteur with Atlanta Ballet since 2019.

EDUARDO PERMUY COMPANY REPETITEUR

Eduardo Permuy was born in Cuba, where he began his training at the age of seven at Laura Alonso’s ballet school Pro-Danza, later joining the National Ballet School of Cuba and finishing at Miami City Ballet School under the tutelage of Nancy Raffa. At the age of 17, Permuy started his professional career with Miami City Ballet as an apprentice and he went on to enjoy a career of 18 years also dancing for American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and appearing as guest artist with a few others. During this time, his repertoire included most of the classics and a vast number of ballets from the Balanchine repertoire, ranging from corps to principal roles. He also had the opportunity to perform ballets from Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Jiri Kylián, Kurt Joss, John Cranko, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Twyla Tharp, Helen Picket, Nicolo Fonte, Antony Tudor, Ulysses Dove, Michael Smuin, Val Caniparoli, Alberto Alonso, Benjamin Millepied, Leonide Massine, and Amy Seiwert. Throughout his career, Permuy feels blessed to have learned from figures like Nancy Raffa, Fernanado Bujones, Martha Bosh, Sir Anthony Dowell, Christopher Carr, Eddie Villella and Clinton Luckett. In 2021, he joined Cleveland Ballet as a director of repertoire, where he had the opportunity not only to perform ballet master duties but also was able to return to the stage as a character dancer, performing the roles of Don Quijote in the ballet by the same name and Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. This is Permuy’s fourth season with Atlanta Ballet.

CLAUDIA SCHREIER

CHOREOGRAPHERIN-RESIDENCE

Claudia Schreier has choreographed, directed, and produced for dance, opera, and film across the U.S. and internationally. She has created over 50 works for various companies and organizations, including San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Vail Dance Festival, Richmond Ballet, Guggenheim Works & Process, ABT Studio Company, Juilliard Opera, New York Choral Society, and New York Choreographic Institute. Her works for Atlanta Ballet include You Dig, The Rite of Spring, Nighthawks , Carnivale , Fauna , Pleiades Dances , and First Impulse , named a 2019 Standout Performance by Pointe Magazine . Schreier and Atlanta Ballet partnered with the Cathedral Choral Society in 2022 to present Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2021, Schreier released Force of Habit, a film commissioned by Guggenheim Works & Process and co-presented by Atlanta Ballet. She has contributed to programs at the White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center, including the Kennedy Center Honors. Her work is the subject of two documentaries, most recently PBS’s Emmy Award-Winning “Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants” (Capital Region). Schreier presented her TEDx talk “Thinking On Your Feet,” at Columbia University in 2018. She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award, Toulmin Fellowship at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, Lotos Prize, and Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize.

SANTIAGO BEDOYA Medellín, Colombia

VALERIA CHAYKINA

St. Petersburg, Russia

SEVERIN BROTSCHUL Glen Arbor, Michigan

CATHERINE

Chicago, Illinois

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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MIGUEL ANGEL MONTOYA Cali, Colombia

CARRAIG NEW Juneau, Alaska

JÚLIO

Araruama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fortaleza, Brazil

Łódž Poland

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

MUNKHJIN ULZIIJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

San Francisco, California

ANNABELLE

LOPEZ OCHOA

Choreographer

NANCY MECKLER

Artistic Collaborator

DIEUWEKE VAN REIJ

Set & Costume Designer

CHRISTOPHER ASH

Lighting Designer

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa is a prolific, award-winning, and sought-after choreographer who has created more than a hundred ballets for 81 dance companies around the world. A versatile choreographer, Lopez Ochoa creates regularly within the dance field but also for theatre, opera, and musical theatre. Her wide-ranging body of work includes short conceptual pieces, full-length narratives, and dance films. Lopez Ochoa is proud to be the program director of the Contemporary Ballet Summer Program of the School at Jacob’s Pillow since 2019. In the season 2025/26, she became artist-in-residence at Ballet Dortmund in Germany, a position she shares with choreographer Edward Clug. During the pandemic of 2020-21, Lopez Ochoa pioneered remote choreography and premiered dance film creations online. She created a total of 22 dance films. In 2023, Lopez Ochoa’s notoriety made her to be invited as a judge on the TV show The Greatest Dancer of Vlaanderen. The show aired on Belgian National TV for nine episodes in February/March 2023. Lopez Ochoa is one of the world’s busiest choreographers (Dance Magazine 2016) as well as one of the very few female choreographers who excels in narrative ballet. She has successfully created 14 narrative ballets to date, including Frida; Doña Perón; Callas, La Divina; A Streetcar Named Desire; and Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon, a co-creation by Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Queensland Ballet.

Nancy Meckler is a freelance director of theatre, film and dance. She ran Shared Experience Theatre, a UK touring company, for over 20 years and has directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe. She collaborated with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in 2012 on A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet. Since then, they have worked together on Broken Wings, Frida, The Little Prince, Doña Perón and Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon. Meckler was the first woman to direct at the National Theatre. She has also directed two feature films for Film Four including Alive and Kicking, a film about a dancer, which won the London Film Festival Audience Award in 1997.

Dieuweke Van Reij works as scenographer and costume designer for opera, dance and theatre in renowned houses across the world. Designs for opera include La bohème (Glyndebourne), Katya Kabanova (Komische Oper Berlin), Juditha Triumphans (DNOB), Manon, Idomeneo (Zürich Opera), Antigona (Opera Osnabrueck), Les Contes d’Hoffman, Don Giovanni (Staatstheater Karlsruhe), Don Carlo, Eugine Onegin (Opera Graz), La traviata, Orphée et Eurydice (Reisopera, Netherlands), and Cosi fan tutte (Bolshoi). Designs for ballet include Frida (Arizona Ballet), Normality no more (Conny Jansen danst) Dorian, How Anansi Freed the Stories of the World and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Frida (DNOB), Dangerous Liaisons (Augsburg Ballet), Celeste (National Ballet Cuba), Mammatus (Joffrey Ballet Chicago), and Broken Wings (English National Ballet/San Francisco Ballet).

Christopher Ash’s dance credits include Arizona Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Municipal de Santiago, Atlanta Ballet, Northern Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, and River North Chicago Dance. Broadway credits include New York, New York; Sunday in the Park with George, and Saint Joan. Opera credits include The Metropolitan Opera, Paris Opera, La Monnaie, Lausanne, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Canadian Opera, and Houston Grand Opera. Regional theater work includes the Guthrie Theater, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, and Yale Repertory Theatre. His work has been seen in 19 countries and recognized with 17 awards. Ash holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

creative team

Peter Salem has been composing almost exclusively for contemporary ballet for the last decade, completing his 11th ballet score this year the critically acclaimed Gentleman Jack for Northern Ballet, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. His first collaboration with Lopez Ochoa was working on the award-winning A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet. Since then they have worked together on Broken Wings (English National Ballet), Frida (Dutch National Ballet), Doña Peron (Ballet Hispanico), Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon (a co-production by Hong Kong Ballet, Queensland Ballet and Atlanta Ballet), and The Little Prince (BalletX). Other ballet scores include Camino Real for Atlanta Ballet, The Crucible for Scottish Ballet, Emma Bovary for The National Ballet of Canada, and Lady Macbeth for Dutch National Ballet, choreographed by Helen Pickett. In 2019 he was nominated for the ‘Outstanding Artistic Contribution’ award at the UK National Dance Awards for his score to The Crucible . Salem’s extensive theatre work includes many scores for productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre, and Shared Experience Theatre. His media work, including dramas and documentaries for the BBC, is also internationally renowned, particularly his music for the first four series of BBC’s Call the Midwife, which won him a Music and Sound Award in 2015.

Jonathan McPhee is Conductor Emeritus of Boston Ballet having served as Music Director for the Boston Ballet Orchestra for 28 years. In recent seasons McPhee has conducted many orchestras at home and abroad including the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra (SA), the Toledo Symphony (Ohio), London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarasota Symphony (FL), Germany’s Hamburg Philharmonic, the Ukraine National Opera Orchestra, Houston Ballet Orchestra, and conducted performances at the Dubai Opera House and Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan. Some of the world’s most distinguished dance companies for which McPhee has served as conductor include The Royal Ballet (England), Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, the New York City Ballet, Den Norske Ballett in Norway, and The Royal Danish Ballet in Denmark. In addition to a broad repertoire in the field of dance, McPhee has conducted grand opera, pops, musical theatre and operetta. McPhee’s works as an arranger and composer are in the repertoires of orchestras and ballet companies around the world. His edition of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the complete Firebird ballet are the only reduced orchestrations of these works authorized by the Stravinsky Trust. McPhee’s compositions and arrangements are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. & Schott Music Publishers in Germany. His arrangement of Wagner’s complete RING Cycle, entitled “The Essential RING,” has received international acclaim and is available from Boosey & Hawkes. Inc. McPhee’s best-selling recording of The Nutcracker with the Boston Ballet Orchestra has achieved “classical gold” status. McPhee received his L.R.A.M. from the Royal Academy of Music and University of London, and a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School. While at Juilliard, McPhee was the recipient of a Naumburg Scholarship in English Horn and Conducting. He studied with Rudolf Kempe, Sixten Ehrling, and master classes with Sir Georg Solti.

VIOLIN

Lisa Morrison Concertmaster

Sally Gardner-Wilson Associate Concertmaster

Linda Pinner Principal Second

Patti Gouvas

Alison James

Kathryn Koch

Mao Omura

Patrick Ryan**

Elonia Varfi

Rafael Veytsblum

Ying Zhuo

Felix Farrar*

Shawn Hurt*

Matvey Lapin*

Serena Scibelli*

VIOLA

Joli Wu Principal

Josiah Coe

Shadwa Mussad

Meghan Yost*

CELLO

Charae Krueger Principal

Alana Bennett

Alexis Lee

InYoung Park

CONTRABASS

Adam Bernstein Principal

Jack Meisburg**

Maurice Belle*

Jonathan McWilliams*

ATLANTA BALLET ORCHESTRA

FLUTE

Jeanne Carere Principal

Aaron Rib

OBOE

Alexandra Shatalova Prior Principal

Christina Gavin**

Katie Smith*

CLARINET

Katherine White Principal

Greg Collins*

BASSOON

Amy Pollard Principal

Jazmyn Barajas-Trujillo*

HORN

Jason Eklund Principal

Eric Hawkins

Mackenzie Newell

Amy Trotz

TRUMPET

Kevin Lyons Principal

Anthony Barrington

Victor Pires

TROMBONE

William Mann Principal

Ryan Black

Mark Spradley

TUBA

Don Strand Principal

PIANO Western-Li Summerton

KEYBOARD

Harrison Ude*

HARP

Nella Rigell** Principal

ACOUSTIC GUITAR

John Huston*

TIMPANI

Scott Douglas Principal

PERCUSSION

Mike Cebulski Principal

Karen Hunt

Jeff Kershner

Todd Mueller*

* Substitute Musician  ** Leave of Absence

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The Artistic Director’s Circle provides multi-year leadership gifts in support of innovative and new works that fulfill Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin’s vision for world-class ballet in Atlanta. Atlanta Ballet would like to thank the leadership donors below for their exceptional generosity:

INNOVATOR $400,000+ over four years

Anonymous

Nancy Field & Michael Schulder

The Robert & Virginia Barnett Fund

Katherine Scott

PRODUCER $200,000+ over four years

Anonymous

DIRECTOR $100,000+ over four years

Jan Beaves

Ginny & Charles Brewer

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Gifts in Honor of Former Artistic Director Robert Barnett

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INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals whose generous contributions were received during the period of March 1, 2025 –March 1, 2026. These contributions are cumulative among events and general operating support. Please note membership benefits are exclusive to contributing to Atlanta Ballet’s annual fund. If you find that we did not recognize you appropriately, we apologize. For corrections, please contact us at advancement@atlantaballet.com.

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$250,000+

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$100,000+

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$50,000+

Ms. Jan P. Beaves

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Nigel Ferguson

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$25,000+

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Special thanks and deepest gratitude to the Atlanta Ballet Trustees for 100% participation in contributions to Atlanta Ballet’s Operating Reserve Fund, with leadership gifts from The Carlos Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II, Nancy Field & Michael Schulder, and Katherine Scott.

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Caroline P. Jeffords

Dr. Leslie & Mrs. Marilyn Kelman

Mr. Serguei Kouzmine & Mrs. Elena Kouzmina

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy & Timothy Hardy

Mrs. Vaughn Linder, in honor of Richard & Lynda Courts

Drs. Robert & Mary Jo Lund

Gino & Belinda Massafra

Janet Maxwell

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany

Brooke Goldman Moore & Damien Moore

Audrey Morgan

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier

Stuart Pliner & Barbara Bing Pliner

Kama Pierce

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi

Michelle Rearden

Ursula Reynolds

Nell & Bret Schiller

Amanda & Paul Shailendra

Michelle & Steven Shlansky

Baker & Debby Smith

Brandon & Emily Smith

Sharon Story, Kim & Julien

Kenney, in memory of Lavona Currie

Aida Techilo

Ashley & Terry Tillman

August & Jonathan Trammell

Mrs. Julie Turner-Davis & Mr. John Davis

Alan & Marcia Watt

Tom West & Erwin Godoy

Andrea Weyermann

Tara Widener

Ms. Lisa Williams & Mr. Dale Metz

Ling Yang

$1,000+

Courtney Abramovitz

Anonymous

Ms. Tracie Arnold

Shervin Bahraini

Sallie Banta

Hope Barrett

Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Bennett

Eric & Dana Bernath

Xavier & Stephanie Bignon

Sally Bogus

Peter & Dulce Boucher

Amy Bowden

Henry & Jeanne Bowden

Kit Bowlin

Shannon K. Bradshaw

Mrs. Lynn Brindell

Mr. Michael E. Carroll

& Mr. Paul Alberto

Lisa Carvalho

Churches Home Foundation

Monetha Cobb

David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin

Winnifer Thomas Cox

Marjorie Cundy

Heather Dean

Katie Deegan †

Martha DeLuca

Susan Dutson

Jessica Eachus

Elaine Eaton

De Edmond

Susanna H. Eiland & Tomer Zvulun

Annalee Everett

Brad Foresythe

Fruechtenicht Charitable Trust

Lauren Gaid

Dr. Spencer Gelernter & Sonya Kuropatwa

Linda Givens

Dr. Marvin Goldstein, Ph.D.

Margaret Graff

William L. Green

Cathi Guerrieri

Mr. & Mrs. Doug Hamilton

Ayonna Hammond

Desmond Hollingsworth

Nancy Holmes

Mr. & Mrs. Chester Hosch

Dennis Howie

Melissa Jernigan

Oren Johnson

Julie Wynne Jones

Samantha Jones

Emily Williams Jordan & David Jordan

Alison Womack Jowers

Peter Kahn

Kelly Kardian

Dr. Harvey P. Kaufman

Yana & Mark Kershteyn

Tom Kilpatrick, in memory of Barbara Greene Kilpatrick

Rita & Larry Kohse

Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor

Ami Lisko

Vanessa & Allan Little

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III

Stewart MacDonald

Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone

Clay Martin & Johnny Thigpen

Albert & Jeanie Marx

Raina Massand

Stephen R. McBrayer

Catherine Mealor

Ashley Miller

Sara Mixon

Ms. Sasha Morozova

Talia Murphy

Doug & Dawn Mullins

Miho & Gennadi Nedvigin

Ms. Amy B. Nelson & Mr. Simon Davidoff

Diana C. Nicholson

Sandra Noecker

Melissa Nowak

Walter Porter

Anthony & Judith Ragunas

Dr. Tiffany Rand

Belinda Bunnen Reusch

DeRetta C. Rhodes

Paul & Frances Robertson

Alexia Rogers

Mr. Scot Safon & Mrs. Rebecca Leary Safon

James & J. Ann Sandy

Mr. Timothy Ste. Marie & Mr. Joe Meeks

Renee Schwarzkopf

Ashley & Drew Scott

Manda & Jeremy Shankel

Mary Shaver

Toreya Shea

Mai Shiver

Beverly & Dianne Shlapak

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Shlesinger

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein

Matt Simon

Treshina Smith

Bradley & Louise Sosebee

Cote Spiegel

Jasmine Spivey

Anne M. Spratlin, in memory of Joanne Lee

Tracey Steele

Kalen Swanson

Beth Tate

Ms. Marsha Taylor

Perry & Karen Taylor

Dawn Tresh

Annie York Trujillo & Karen Trujillo

Mr. John J. UyHam & Dr. Kirsten Travers-UyHam

Catherine B. Tucker

Eric & Chan Voiles

April Walstad

Caroline Warren

Randi Warren

Piper Williams

Michael & Radka Winwood

Timothy & Kim Wolfe

Dee Dee Worley

Alexandria Younossi

Angelica Young

Mr. Norman Zapien

$500+

Patricia Alias

Anonymous

Stephan & Laura Anderson

Dragana Andes

Samira Ashkar

Babatunde Bakare

Jennifer Barlament & Ken Potsic

Kimberly & Brett Bartlett

Annie Baxter

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Beem

Walda Besthoff

Bianca Blades

Allison Blaisdell

Jane Blount

Monique Borland

Katherine R. Brewer

Christine Brodnan

Kate & Scott Carmack

Zipporah Cea

Tanya Chapman

Dr. Lawrence Cohen

Ms. Kirstie Cohen

Carol Comstock & Jim Davis

Rita Davis

Carter DeHaven

Dr. Carlos del Rio & Dr. Jeannette Guarner

Laura Diamond

Ashleigh Dobrin, in memory of Mel Dobrin

Jennifer Downey

Paul Edson

Michelle Edwards

Karen Fallon

Christi Feeney

Connie Field-Morris

Carolyn Gates

Courtney Gleason

Reema Gillian

Richard Goodjoin & Kelvin Davis

Cheryl Hadley

Ms. Marguerite Hallman

Mr. Charles A. Harrison

Jerre Haskew, in memory of Barbara Greene Kilpatrick

Emily Hertz

Lisa and Forrest Hibbard

Chauntina Renee Hill

Jake & Leslie Hill

Tera Hodges

Amanda Hopkins

J. David Hopkins

Laura Hopkins

Angela Howard

Julie Hungeling

Corrie Johnson

Jean Gatton Jones

Lee Kapner

Susan & Max Ker-Seymer

MJ Kim

Ja’Nae Kimble

Blake & Chris Kopecky

Richard Kopelman

Mark Landy

Mr. Kevin S. Langsett & Mrs. Melanie P. Langsett

Ashton Lewis

Caroline Lombard

Michelle Louis

Lauren Abraham Mahoney

Tucker B Mahoney

Janet Mainor

Paul Maley

Amanda Mansfield

Kelli Massaquoi

Rose Maruhn

Jean & Robert McColl

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

Tiffany McKitrick

Kay McMillan

Alex McNair

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Meacham

Amy Miele

Carol & Ben Mitchell

Perry Mitchell, in memory of Barbara Greene Kilpatrick

Mr. & Mrs. George T. Munsterman

Regina Murray

Michelle Murphy

Terri & Stephen Nagler

Dana Neacsu

Spalding McArthur Nix & Aimee Nix

Sandra Noecker

Carol Osner

Chanté Parker

Robin Parker

Katherine S. Payne

Grace Pownall & Ron Harris

John W. Prugh

Michelle Quinones

Alexei Rojanets

Sherren Sandy

David Schirmer

Marcia & Daniel Schroeder

Erica Schwalm

Aria Shell

Elizabeth Sherman

Simi Singh

Caryl Greenberg Smith

Matthew & ShuShura Smith

Kristan Sock

Teena Stern

Sherri Stevens

Mercedes Stevenson

Judith Story

Mr. James A. Swanson

Erica Tarabadkar

Roberta Taylor, in memory of James Hill

Robert Thompson

Todd & Katharine Tinkler

Courtney Van Horn

Sara Ann Vaughan

Aisha & James Walth

Debbie H. Warren

Tom & Judie Wilhite

Kara & Brian Williamson

Preston Wilson, Jr.

Jennifer Wimpfheimer

Ambassador Andrew Young & Mrs. Carolyn Young

THE DOROTHY ALEXANDER LEGACY SOCIETY

Individuals who have included Atlanta Ballet in their long-term estate plans through bequests and other deferred-giving arrangements.

Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr.

Ms. Jan P. Beaves

C.D. Belcher

Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder

Cynthia Crain

Patty & Marc Dash

Melodi Ford

Brad Foresythe

Joyce Houser, Ph.D.

Joia Johnson

Mrs. Audrey B. Morgan

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morgan

John K. Palmisano & Stephen A. Williams, III

Katherine Scott

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Marianne Stribling

Interested in including Atlanta Ballet in your long-term estate planning? Contact Brandon Brown, Senior Director of Individual Giving, at bbrown@atlantaballet.com

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INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose generous contributions were received during the period of March 1, 2025 – March 1, 2026.

$250,000+

The Coca-Cola Foundation

$150,000+

Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation

$100,000+

The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank

Family Foundation

PNC Bank

The Shubert Foundation

The Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation

The Zeist Foundation, Inc.

$25,000+

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Corporate Health Unlimited

Cox Enterprises

Fulton County Arts & Culture

Google

Kettering Family Foundation

Morgan Family Fund

OpenArc Corporate Advisory

WM Events

$20,000+

Aprio

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

$15,000+

Atlanta Braves Foundation

Ed Voyles Automotive Group

Georgia Power

$10,000+

Arrow Exterminators

Atlanta Gas Light

Deloitte

Georgia Council for the Arts

I Do Linens

National Endowment for the Arts

Publix Super Markets Charities

Riveron

Telemundo

Waffle House

Yee Family Charitable Fund

$5,000+

Anonymous (2)

Aflac

AT&T

ATS Waypoint

Dante S. Stephensen Foundation

Delta Community Credit Union

Genuine Parts Company

Georgia Natural Gas

Kaiser Permanente

Morgan Stanley

Nicky Rudd, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

ReedSmith, LLP

Synovus

Texas Instruments Foundation

Warner Bros. Discovery

$2,500+

Ferragamo

$1,000+

CareQuest

Élevé Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Gas South

Insperity

Kendra Scott

The Roderick Seward, Flossie Radcliffe & Helen M. Galloway Foundation, in honor of Kathleen Knous

$500+

Sweet Tea Murals

Atlanta Ballet is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. This program is also supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

PARTNERS

Atlanta Ballet is grateful to the following partners for their support:

Aprio

Canaan Marshall Designs

CityWide Facility Solutions

CohnReznik, LLC

Cookerly PR

Corporate Health Unlimited, Inc., The Official Fitness Partner of Atlanta Ballet

Daniel Solberg, DSol Productions

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Doc-Q-Max, Printing Services

Dr. Courtney N. Gleason, Consulting Physician

I Do Linens, The Official Linens Partner of Atlanta Ballet

IPCOMM, Printing Services

JD French Media

JJA Project Management

Jones Day, Attorneys

Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co., The Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta Ballet

Kim Kenney Photography

KO Photography

More Than Me, LLC

Dr. Rosa Pasculli, Consulting Physician

Plumbers 4 Real

Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet

ReedSmith, LLP

Republic National Distributing Company, The Official Liquor Provider of Atlanta Ballet

Shoccara S. Marcus Photography

Sidley Austin LLP, Immigration Counsel

Smith & Howard, Audit Firm

SpeedPro Graphics, Signage

Synovus Bank

Thiru & Doyle, LLC, Immigration Counsel

Troutman Pepper Locke

Wallace Graphics, Printing Services

Weinstock Immigration Partners

WM Events

Physical Therapy Services provided by PhysioEdge Physical Therapy.

Atlanta Ballet supports and participates in the mission of Arts Capital | Atlanta. www.artscapitalatlanta.org

EXECUTIVE

Pamela Whitacre, Interim Executive Director

ARTISTIC

Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director

Angela Agresti, Company Repetiteur

Rory Hohenstein, Company Repetiteur

Eduardo Permuy, Company Repetiteur

Claudia Schreier, Choreographer-in-Residence

Western-Li Summerton, Company Pianist

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Sicily Palms, Director of Artistic Operations

Allison Cash, Artistic Operations Coordinator/ Assistant Stage Manager

Katie Ude, Orchestra Operations Coordinator/ Music Librarian

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Calla Kallina, Controller

Kimberly Jackson, Project Accountant/AP Manager

Dana Hylton Calabro, Director of Technology and Sales Operations

PATRON SERVICES

Megan Pearson, Patron Services Manager

Sophia Doctoroff, Patron Services Associate

Kate Biddle, Group Sales Manager

ADVANCEMENT

Nicole Pietro, Interim Chief Advancement Officer

Brandon Brown, Senior Director of Individual Giving

Kelly Criss, Senior Director of Institutional Giving

Ansleigh Brown, Individual Giving Manager

Kathryn Gutierrez, Special Events Manager

Stephen Hall, Advancement Operations Manager

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer

Fiona Shaw, Marketing and Communications Director

Alane Marco, Design Director

Amber Times, Social Media Manager

Tumi Akin-Deko, Communications Coordinator

PRODUCTION

Nicole Walters, Director of Production

Jonathan Fries, Technical Director

Jai Auzenne, Production Stage Manager

COSTUMES

Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director

Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor

Abigail Dupree-Polston, Patternmaker

Abby Thurman, Company Shoe Manager/ Wardrobe Supervisor

Erin Magner, Costume Technician

Briá Sanders, Costume Technician

Katherine Savage, Costume Technician

CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION

Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director

Sharon Story, Dean

Serena Chu, Atlanta Ballet 2 Repetiteur

Diane Caroll, Community Partnerships Director

Kelly Tonina Cooper, Centre Administrative Director

Ansilla Bearden, Buckhead Centre Manager/ Summer Programs Manager

Mia Givens, Virginia-Highland Centre Manager/ Adult Dance Coordinator

Evan Rozier, Front Desk Manager

Academy Faculty

Serena Chu, Anna Penny, Natalya Vyashenko, Kirill Zaretskii

Part-Time Faculty

Marlena Abaza, Shirley Bennett, Sean Bennett, Georgie Grace Butler, Diane Caroll, Kelly Tonina Cooper, Kameron Davis, Taia Galloway, Mia Givens, Jennifer Inman, Madelin Jamison, Courtney Johnson, Calla Kallina, Matoi Kawamoto, Stephany Kuzminski, Janan Mirza, Alyssa Myers, Arneshuia Nelson, Abi Pace, Andrea Pell, Chantia Robinson, Lay’la Rogers, Roscoe Sales, Ericka Shannon, Anderson Souza, Caitlin Spencer, Jasmine Stevenson, Abi Tan-Gamino, Emanuel Tavares, Rebecca Trionfo

Accompanists

Stephanie Kosarin, Yulia Rice, Kyla Zollitsch

Centre Education Associates

Anna Ames, Imani Banks, Daniel Gray, Sidney Hall, Megan Leach, Emily McAllister, Rania Mirza, Ava Price, Evan Rozier

Atlanta Ballet Boutique

Louise Gordon, Retail Operations Manager

Alina Chaudhri, Boutique Coordinator

is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Company.

Atlanta Ballet is an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Company.

SPECIAL THANKS

Ashley Laverock, Ph.D., Professor of Art History at SCAD for her guidance and scholarship, and to her Art History students for their contributions to Frida lobby and social media activations.

BAG SIZE

The venue does not permit bags larger than 11”×13.” You will be asked to return an oversized bag to your car before entering the venue.

CONCESSIONS

Concession stands are located in the center of the lobbies. All sales are cashless credit or debit card only.

RESTROOMS

Located on house right and house left of all three lobbies. Family restrooms are located on house right of all three lobbies. Mobility-impaired patrons may use any of our restrooms.

ELEVATORS

Elevators are located on each side of the lobbies on all levels.

PARKING

Day-of parking is available for $20 (credit or debit card only). There are 1,000 on-site parking spaces: 700 in a fourlevel deck and 300 more in a surface lot.

There is no pre-pay option available at Cobb Energy Centre. Parking passes sold on third party websites are fraudulent and will not be honored.

Parking operates on a firstcome, first-served basis. Accessible parking spaces are available on each level of the deck near the elevators. These spots go quickly please plan accordingly.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

In the event of an emergency, please locate the nearest usher who will direct you to the appropriate exit.

LOST AND FOUND

Items are turned in to Public Safety (at the Concierge Desk in the Orchestra Lobby) on the day of a Performance. To inquire about a lost item, please call Public Safety at 770.916.2911.

COAT CHECK

No coat check is available.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

The venue does not check prohibited items. Please visit the venue’s website at www. cobbenergycentre.com/ plan-your-visit/prohibiteditems-security for the full list of prohibited items.

SMOKING

Smoking, vaping and e-cigarettes are prohibited inside the building.

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact Ticketmaster at 800.982.2787 for advance arrangements.

Audio clarification devices are available to our hearingimpaired guests at no charge. This is on a first-come, firstserved basis. Devices are available at the Synovus Box Office. Wheelchairs are available upon request.

All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned.

ATLANTA BALLET POLICIES

• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to be admitted into the venue. Please be aware that not all events are suitable for children. Visit atlantaballet. com for recommended ages.

• Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

• Photography and videography of the performance (including use of cellphone camera) by anyone is strictly prohibited during all performances.

• Please silence all cellphones and watch alarms before each performance.

• Please unwrap all candies and cough drops before the perfomance begins.

• Please be considerate of other patrons and limit conversation during the performance.

• Late arrivals will be seated in alternative seating until intermission, when you may then access your seats.

• We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes early to park, go through security, visit concessions and get to the seats you purchased. Doors to Cobb Energy Centre open 90 minutes prior to the performance.