Artistic Staff

	Victoria Morgan \| Artistic Director & CEO Over the past 14 years, Cincinnati Ballet has experienced tremendous growth and critical success under the leadership of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. As the company entered its 45th Anniversary Season, Ms. Morgan took on the additional role as an executive leader, serving for the first time as both the Artistic Director and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet to lead the company into a vibrant and confident future. [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Sue & Bill Friedlander, The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
	Frederic Franklin CBE \| Artistic Director Emeritus Mr. Franklin was co-founder of the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet, and founding director of the National Ballet in Washington, and has staged works for companies throughout the world. His choreographic credits include Etalage (1958) and Homage Au Ballet (1963) for the Washington Ballet, and Tribute (1962) for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Fortunately, local Cincinnatian Julius Fleischmann was a major donor for the Ballet Russe, which often toured to Cincinnati. Mr. Franklin became an important part of the artistic evolution of Cincinnati Ballet. He staged the company’s very first Nutcracker in 1974, was interim artistic director from 1984-86, and was christened our artistic director emeritus in 1988.
	Carmon DeLeone \| Music Director Carmon DeLeone, Music Director of The Cincinnati Ballet, The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and The Middletown (OH) Symphony, possesses an impressive list of accomplishments. At New York's Carnegie Hall, he has served as Conductor and Host of the "Family Concert" Series. He has conducted frequent performances in Europe with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; and has been named the Illinois "Music Director of the Year." [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund and Norma Petersen
	Devon Carney \| Associate Artistic Director Mr. Carney currently serves as Associate Artistic Director of Cincinnati Ballet and has been with the company since 2003. He has had the opportunity to work closely with choreographers Donald Byrd, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Jorma Elo, Victor Kabanieav, Trey McIntyre, Donald McKayle, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kirk Peterson and others during this time and has choreographed and staged a number of full-productions for the company, including The Sleeping Beauty, and currently Giselle and Steadfast Tin Soldier for the 2011-12 season. [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. John Boorn
	Johanna Bernstein Wilt \| Principal Ballet Mistress Johanna Bernstein Wilt danced with Cincinnati Ballet for 11 seasons before becoming Ballet Mistress in 1992. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and studied at the MetropolitanBalletSchool, the New York School of Ballet, The American Dance Festival, Ohio State University, and Rotterdam Dance Conservatory in the Netherlands. Bernstein Wilt has staged a number of works including Table Manners for Peter Anastos at the Jacob's Pillow Summer Dance Festival in Massachusetts, John Butler’s Carmina Burnana for Oakland Ballet, sections of Madame Butterfly for BalletMet, and Victoria Morgan's Cinderella for Ballet Internationale. [Read more]
	Adam Hougland \| Resident Choreographer Adam is the Principle Choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet and The Louisville Ballet. Since becoming Lousiville's resident choreographer, he has created five critically acclaimed original works for the company, the most recent being Rite of Spring with special guest artist Wendy Wehlan (principal dancer, New York City Ballet). Adam was recently named Resident Choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet and began this new relationship by creating a ground-breaking and innovative world premier to Mozart's Requiem in March 2010, followed by The Firebird in 2011. [Read more]

Trad A Burns | Resident Lighting Designer
Enjoying his tenth season as the Resident Lighting Designer for Cincinnati Ballet, Trad has been privileged to design two world premieres by Choreographer Adam Hougland, as well as world premiere works by Artistic Director Victoria Morgan, Devon Carney, Johanna Bernstein Wilt, Kirk Peterson, Trey McIntyre, Val Caniparoli, Donald Byrd, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Viktor Kabaniaev, and Jessica Lang. [Read more]

Jim Gage | Lighting Designer

Cincinnati Ballet Pianists
Daniel Joseph Dorff
Youngwon Park French
Della Enns

	Victoria Morgan \| Artistic Director & CEO Over the past 14 years, Cincinnati Ballet has experienced tremendous growth and critical success under the leadership of Artistic Director Victoria Morgan. As the company entered its 45th Anniversary Season, Ms. Morgan took on the additional role as an executive leader, serving for the first time as both the Artistic Director and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet to lead the company into a vibrant and confident future. [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Sue & Bill Friedlander, The Lorrence T. & Barbara W. Kellar Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
	Frederic Franklin CBE \| Artistic Director Emeritus Mr. Franklin was co-founder of the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet, and founding director of the National Ballet in Washington, and has staged works for companies throughout the world. His choreographic credits include Etalage (1958) and Homage Au Ballet (1963) for the Washington Ballet, and Tribute (1962) for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Fortunately, local Cincinnatian Julius Fleischmann was a major donor for the Ballet Russe, which often toured to Cincinnati. Mr. Franklin became an important part of the artistic evolution of Cincinnati Ballet. He staged the company’s very first Nutcracker in 1974, was interim artistic director from 1984-86, and was christened our artistic director emeritus in 1988.
	Carmon DeLeone \| Music Director Carmon DeLeone, Music Director of The Cincinnati Ballet, The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and The Middletown (OH) Symphony, possesses an impressive list of accomplishments. At New York's Carnegie Hall, he has served as Conductor and Host of the "Family Concert" Series. He has conducted frequent performances in Europe with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra; and has been named the Illinois "Music Director of the Year." [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Doris M. & Charles B. Levinson Fund and Norma Petersen
	Devon Carney \| Associate Artistic Director Mr. Carney currently serves as Associate Artistic Director of Cincinnati Ballet and has been with the company since 2003. He has had the opportunity to work closely with choreographers Donald Byrd, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Jorma Elo, Victor Kabanieav, Trey McIntyre, Donald McKayle, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kirk Peterson and others during this time and has choreographed and staged a number of full-productions for the company, including The Sleeping Beauty, and currently Giselle and Steadfast Tin Soldier for the 2011-12 season. [Read more] 2011/12 Season Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. John Boorn
	Johanna Bernstein Wilt \| Principal Ballet Mistress Johanna Bernstein Wilt danced with Cincinnati Ballet for 11 seasons before becoming Ballet Mistress in 1992. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and studied at the MetropolitanBalletSchool, the New York School of Ballet, The American Dance Festival, Ohio State University, and Rotterdam Dance Conservatory in the Netherlands. Bernstein Wilt has staged a number of works including Table Manners for Peter Anastos at the Jacob's Pillow Summer Dance Festival in Massachusetts, John Butler’s Carmina Burnana for Oakland Ballet, sections of Madame Butterfly for BalletMet, and Victoria Morgan's Cinderella for Ballet Internationale. [Read more]
	Adam Hougland \| Resident Choreographer Adam is the Principle Choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet and The Louisville Ballet. Since becoming Lousiville's resident choreographer, he has created five critically acclaimed original works for the company, the most recent being Rite of Spring with special guest artist Wendy Wehlan (principal dancer, New York City Ballet). Adam was recently named Resident Choreographer for Cincinnati Ballet and began this new relationship by creating a ground-breaking and innovative world premier to Mozart's Requiem in March 2010, followed by The Firebird in 2011. [Read more]