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Don Guy
LIGHTING DIRECTOR
Don is a prolific designer for dance, theater, industrials, themed entertainment and architecture. He has designed numerous shows from Off-Broadway to Tony Award-winning regional theaters. Dance Design credits include: Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Romantique, More Morra, and Le Reve for choreographer Gen Horiuchi at Saint Louis Ballet, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, ETC!, and Fiesta for choreographer David Allan, Ash, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder, Games, Songs of the Disinherited, Delicious Obsession/Sweet Bondage and District Storyville for choreographer Donald McKayle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Giselle, and The Nutcracker for Festival Ballet and well over 400 dance pieces for numerous choreographers and dance companies across the country. Theatre Design credits include: Magikus for Famma Events in San Juan, Puerto Rico, The 19th & 20th Annual NAACP Awards at the Directors Guild of America, Booth! The Musical at the Skirball Performing Arts Center, Return directed by Donald McKayle, The Grand Tour, Grand Hotel, Rounding Third, Master Harold … and the boys, and The Immigrant at the Colony Theatre, A Picasso at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, La Posada Magica at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory, The Tempest for the Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Jubilee at Radio City Music Hall, Carnival of Wonders at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, the Reno Hilton in Reno, NV and Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI for award-winning magicians Kalin and Jinger. Themed Entertainment and Architectural Design credits include: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Universal Studios Japan, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, Master Card, Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, TV Guide Building, South Coast Repertory, Anheuser Busch, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Production Studios at the World Trade Center.

Amy Soll
STAGE MANAGER
is a native of St. Louis and a graduate of Washington University.  Amy has worked with the St. Louis Ballet since 2006 on such productions as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake and, of course, The Nutcracker.  While she does spend most of the rest of her year working with Opera companies, Amy always finds the Ballet a refreshing break and a wonderful chance to work in her hometown. Opera companies Amy has worked for include Atlanta Opera, Utah Symphony Opera, Indianapolis Opera, the Ryan Opera Center at Chicago Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis and Anchorage Opera.

Gigi Weaver
PHOTOGRAPHER IN RESIDENCE
Gigi's love of ballet began when she was five years old, taking class in St. Louis with Madame Casane for two years, and continuing for the next ten years with Stanley Herbert. Her association with Saint Louis Ballet began in 1986 when her children, Caleb and Caitlin, were studying with the founding Artistic Directors Ludmilla Dokoudovsky and Tony Zalewski. Gigi has been photographing performances for the company and working on studio publicity shots for the past twenty years. During these years she has photographed twenty seasons of The Nutcracker Ballet, several each of Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Midsummer Nights Dream, Cinderella, Waponga, Beauty and the Beast, Fall and Spring Series, and The Picnic. She has also worked on photography for the Saint Louis Ballet School, photographing classes, recital performances and studio work. In addition to her work with Saint Louis Ballet, Gigi has also photographed ballet performances and studio shots for Alexandra Ballet, Ballet Midwest, Ballet Evansville, and Dance St. Louis. She has photographed many company dancers and students for audition and portfolio collections. She is thrilled to be able to capture the beauty of ballet through her photography. Throughout her professional career, Gigi has focused on photographing people, striving to capture something genuine about each subject. In her event photography, she works to capture unguarded, candid photos. She has photographed plays, weddings, bar mitzvahs, family portraits, high school senior portraits, preschool portraits, corporate headshots, sports, and pets.

Nada Darandari
COSTUME SEAMSTRESS AND WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Ms. Darandari has always had a passion for fabrics color and clothing. She found great inspiration in her younger years living in the Middle East with the beautiful fabrics, exotic jewels, and gold. As a student Nada excelled in art classes and continued her education earning her B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Washington University School of Art. She maintained her name on the Dean’s list and graduated as The Designer of the Year. Nada then accomplished her M.A.T. in Art Education at Washington University’s School of Arts and Sciences. She began working on the corporate side of design at May Merchandising Company where she was formally trained and certified in color analysis. Nada utilized her skills working at the Missouri Historical Society researching and repairing garments dating back to the 1700’s including the exquisite Veiled Prophet Gowns. In 2005 Nada taught the Summer Fashion Design Course at Wash U. Nada has continuously worked as a freelance designer specializing in women’s formal wear and custom costumes. Nada joined the St. Louis Ballet to begin the 2007-08 season designing costumes for “Romantique”, sugar plumb fairies in the “Nutcracker” and Cinderella and her Prince for their performances in “Sleeping Beauty”.

Susan Erhart
COSTUME SEAMSTRESS AND WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Susan Erhart began teaching herself how to sew in 1989.  Since then she has worked in a bridal shop doing alterations and learning every type of hand and machine sewing and craft that she could.  She obtained a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from Webster University in 1997.  In 2001 her children began taking classes at St. Louis Ballet School where she started out as a volunteer sewing hooks and eyes.  Susan now organizes and alters recital costumes for St. Louis Ballet School, assists Nada Darandari with SLB company costumes, and has assisted in designing costumes for St. Louis Ballet's Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping beauty.  Susan has also designed and made costumes for Lifelight Youth Theatre's productions of "Oklahoma", "King and I" and "Beauty and the Beast".