— Mary Guarnieri, student, age 13
Acknowledgements
Metropolitan Ballet Company gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the following foundations, government and business supporters of our 2008–2009 season and programs:
Presenting Corporate Sponsors
American Realty Capital
The Loeb Performing Arts Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation
The Douty Foundation
Corporate Directors
Barra Foundation
Prudential
Sam’s Club, Willow Grove #6676
Sparks Marketing Group Inc.
York Children’s Foundation
This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Great Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
Corporate Benefactors
Sovereign Bank
Walmart of Wyncote
Corporate Patrons
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Corporate Sponsors
AIG Matching Grants Program
Baseman Design Associates
Paul Sheriff of Sheriff Design
Tenet Healthcare Foundation
Verizon Foundation
- Board of Directors
- Lisa Collins Vidnovic, President
- Marcia Steinberg, Secretary
- Janet Blenheim, Treasurer
- Judith Bishop, Director
- Nina Edelman, Director
- Betsy McKinstry, Director
- Barbara Mattleman, Director
- Julie Price, Director
The official production management and lighting design consult companies for Metropolitan Ballet are:
The Prop Shop, Inc www.propshopinc.net &
Entertainment Technologies www.etrentals.com
Website Design and Production:
Philadelphia University Design Workshop
Design Direction: Frank Baseman
Designers:
Fred Freeman,
Crystal Hill,
Melissa Levenduski,
Matthew Roosa
Photography:
Principal Photography: E.A. Kennedy III
Additional Photography: Andy Snow