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Toni Pimble, Artistic Director/Resident Choreographer | email

Ms. Pimble, born in England, studied at Elmhurst Ballet School. She co-founded the Eugene Ballet Company in 1978 with Riley Grannan and, to date, has choreographed over 60 works for the Eugene Ballet Company, many of those productions involving collaborations with composers, literary and visual artists and local arts organizations including the Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene Opera, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, The Shedd Institute for the Arts and the University of Oregon School of Music.

Under Ms. Pimble's leadership, the Eugene Ballet Company has toured to 32 states and internationally to Taiwan and as part of a United States Information Agency (USIA) Tour visiting India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Syria, Jordan, and Tunisia. Her creative work has brought her a number of awards and fellowships, including two Oregon Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Awards and a National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship Grant.

Ms. Pimble's work has been performed on many ballet companies in the United States including Atlanta Ballet, New York City Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Omaha, Washington Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theater, and Ballet NY, among others.

Riley Grannan, Managing Director | email

Riley Grannan, Eugene Ballet Co-founder, combines unique artistic and management perspectives to his position of Managing Director of the Eugene Ballet Company.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Grannan began his ballet career studying with Doreen Gilday in Eugene and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the School of Performing Arts at United States International University in San Diego. Mr. Grannan's professional career took him to Germany, performing with several ballet companies, touring throughout Europe, in leading roles in both classical and contemporary ballets by noted choreographers.

In 1978, Mr. Grannan to co-founded the Eugene Ballet Company with Artistic Director Toni Pimble. Since becoming Managing Director in 1987, Mr. Grannan has facilitated the Eugene seasons as well as the domestic and international tours.

As a performer with the Eugene Ballet Company, Mr. Grannan created several roles including of Katschei in The Firebird, and the Step Sister in Cinderella, among others.

In 1997, he and Toni Pimble were recipients of the Governor's Arts Award for their work in developing performance and educational programs with the Eugene Ballet Company, the first received by a dance organization in Oregon.

Under Mr. Grannan and Artistic Director Toni Pimble's leadership, Eugene Ballet receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Also, the EBC was the first Oregon company to be chosen to take part in the NEA's Advancement program and was the only ballet company in the nation to participate in the two month-long, NEA-sponsored "Dance On Tour" programs taking place in rural communities in Arizona and New Mexico. Mr. Grannan helped to facilitate a three year composer in residence for the ballet through Meet The Composer "New Residencies" program.

Mr. Grannan has served on three separate Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) dance touring panels, the National Endowment for the Arts "Creation and Presentation" panel, as well as selection panels for Arts Northwest and the Individual Artist Fellowship and Theatre panels in Oregon and Idaho.

Jennifer Martin, Ballet Mistress | email

In her seventeenth season with The Eugene Ballet, Jennifer has performed the principal roles in the company’s classical repertory, as well as Toni Pimble’s Still Falls the Rain, Money from Dark Side of the Moon and An American In Paris. Jennifer has also performed with The Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Francisco Martinez Dance Theatre and Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Jennifer has trained with Patricia Stander in Los Angeles and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. She is a recipient of the Boise Mayor’s Arts Award, the Canadian National Award of Excellence, and she successfully competed in the International Ballet Competition. In addition to her performance career, Jennifer teaches throughout the Northwest in the summer and has helped stage various works in the company’s repertory. Jennifer has been featured in the title role of Carmen, the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and in George Balanchine’s Who Cares?.

Board of Directors

OFFICERS
President - David Ramos; Vice President - Michael Vergamini; Secretary - Patti Chappel

TRUSTEES
Ann Delaney, Riley Grannan (EBC Managing Director), Cole Inman, Susan Jones
Brooke Newman, Jerril Nilson, Toni Pimble, (EBC Artistic Director), Ken Singer, Hannah Swan

PROGRAM BOOK SALES
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EBC for 2010/11:
Cinderella | The Nutcracker | Alice in Wonderland | Anne Frank
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