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Original choreography by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot; production and additional choreography by Michael Pink and Christopher Gable.

Michael Pink is the longest serving artistic director in Milwaukee Ballet history. Since joining the Company in December of 2002, he has established himself as a prominent member of the Milwaukee arts community, demonstrating his commitment to the future of dance through new work, education and collaboration.

Pink is known internationally for his theatrical productions including Dracula, Esmeralda, Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet, La Bohème, Don Quixote, Mirror Mirror, Dorian Gray, and Beauty and the Beast, which have been hailed as “Classical Ballet for the 21st Century.” His production of Peter Pan signified a major landmark in the Company’s history and was broadcast nationally by PBS in 2014. 

Pink trained as a classical dancer at The Royal Ballet School and danced with English National Ballet. He was the founding director of Ballet Central in London and the associate artistic director of Northern Ballet in England.

Lez Brotherston trained at Central School of Art and Design in London. He is an Associate Artist of New Adventures.    

Dance credits include Dorian Gray, Swan Lake, Highland Fling, Cinderella, The Car Man, Play Without Words, and Edward Scissorhands with Matthew Bourne. He also designed Seven Deadly Sins (Royal Ballet); Into the Woods and The Soldier’s Tale (ROH 2). He designed, co-wrote and co-directed Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Adam Cooper (Japan and Sadler’s Wells). For Northern Ballet, he designed Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, A Christmas Carol, Carmen, Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Brontës, and Dracula.    

Brotherston has an impressive catalog of theatre, musical, film, and opera credits. Accolades include: Tony Award, Outer Critics’ Circle, two Drama Desk Awards, Olivier Award, and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award.

David Grill is a Drama Desk Nominee, fourteen-time Emmy® Award Nominee, and five-time Primetime Emmy® Award winner. He has also won a 2015 and 2016 Telly Award for his Lighting. His Broadway musical and dance credits include Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, The American Dance Machine, and works for Milwaukee Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Met, Houston Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, Cincinnati Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and numerous choreographers. Grill is also responsible for lighting The Drew Barrymore Show and New York Philharmonic, providing Lighting Direction for the National Memorial Day and A Capitol Fourth concerts on PBS, and lighting over 17 Super Bowl Halftime Shows.  He has been featured in numerous publications and is an Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Design / Technology Program at Purchase College, State University of New York.