2023 Nutcracker program

BalletNova

THE

Presents

NUTCRACKER

20TH ANNIVERSARY

Congratulations To BalletNova’s students, staff, faculty and volunteers: Thank you for donating your time, energy, and amazing talent to bring this 20th anniversary production of The Nutcracker to life.

We continue to be awed by your dedication and artistry.

Here’s to the next 20 years!

The BalletNova Board of Directors

Dear Friends, Family, and Patrons of the BalletNova Community, Welcome to our 20th Anniversary production of The Nutcracker! Over the years, BalletNova has welcomed thousands of our students to perform in this time-honored holiday classic.

Indeed, it is our alum who have made BalletNova and The Nutcracker what it is today, and not one, but five alumni are a part of this year’s production! A huge thanks to Mary Clare Durel, Samantha Miles, Madeleine Luchetti, Jamison Foreman and our guest Cavalier Zachary Mench for lending your artistry and talents to BalletNova. These are full-circle moments that make me so happy and proud of the achievements of our students.

Additional thanks must be said to our sponsors, donors, staff, faculty and volunteers over the years. Without your generosity, our production would never have reached this huge milestone.

Now it’s time to sit back and once again relive the wonders only The Nutcracker can provide. Here’s to twenty years of magic, and many more to come!

With gratitude,

BalletNova Center for Dance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. BalletNova is supported in part by ARTSFAIRFAX, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Capital Bank, and Wegner CPAs.

The Artists Matthew Powell Artistic Director Mr. Powell received his training at the School of American Ballet, and danced professionally with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, San Francisco Opera, the international tour of West Side Story and more. As a choreographer, he was awarded a fellowship from the New York Choreographic Institute, and received a choreographic award at Regional Dance America. He has created works for Kansas City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Point Park University, Broadway Dance Center, the art exhibit Capturing Nureyev, and worked as an on-set choreographer for BLOCH dancewear.

Powell's rehearsal director credits include Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Slovak National Ballet, Oklahoma City Ballet, and the television show Flesh and Bone, which aired on STARZ. His teaching credits include The Juilliard School, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Rock School for Dance Education, Ballet Hispanico, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Paul Taylor American Modern Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Peridance, Ballet Tech, Kansas City Ballet School, Trey McIntyre Project, Matthew Bourne, Karole Armitage, Billy Elliot on Broadway, and Universities of Iowa and Alabama, and more.

Constance Walsh Associate Artistic Director Ms. Walsh began her training in New Jersey with Vitale Fokine.

She continued her training at The French School of Ballet and with William Inglis at the New Jersey School of Performing Arts.

After a summer working with Daniel Nagrin, Ms. Walsh moved to NYC to attend the Martha Graham School on full scholarship for 10 years. Ms. Walsh danced with Martha Graham, Pearl Lang, Michael Owens and John Goodwin. In NY she started her own company Lacey/Strom. Her work was chosen by Martha Graham to be in The Young Choreographers Series in 1975. She began her teaching career in the 1980s after moving to DC to dance with Larry Ensign. In 1991 she opened her own ballet studio in Easton, Maryland. Designing a four studio/theater space, she created a new company and performance venue, Dance Harrison Street. In 1998, her work was honored by Gov. and Mrs. Glendening. She was appointed and served for six years on the Maryland State Arts Council. After moving back to DC in 2008, she began teaching ballet at the Metropolitan School of the Arts and BalletNova. She has choreographed many works for BalletNova and directs the adult and enrichment program. She was promoted to Associate Artistic Director of BalletNova in 2013 and continues in that role. She currently serves on the Kennedy Center's Dance Council.

The Artists Jamison Foreman Guest Artist, Herr Drosselmeyer Foreman is excited to be involved in the Nutcracker this year.

Foreman was a student at BalletNova when it was still Arlington Center for Dance, graduating in 2005. Since then, he has performed around the world as a professional actor. When not performing onstage himself, he teaches acting, Shakespeare, and Musical Theatre Performance at the University of the Arts, Drexel University, and West Chester University in the Philadelphia area, as well as joyously accompanying ballet classes for students at BalletNova. He is a proud member of Actors Equity and the United Federation of Teachers.

Zachary Mench Guest Artist, Cavalier Born in Vacaville, California, Zachary Mench began his training at the age of 8 under a former Bolshoi Ballet Soloist, Sobir Utabaev, in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He then moved to the states and resumed training with The School of Washington Ballet, before moving to BalletNova and training there for 4 years. In 2021, he was accepted to Houston Ballet Academy on a full scholarship and is continuing his training there under Claudio Muñoz and Orlando Molina.

Austin St. John Guest Artist, Herr Drosselmeyer Austin is a native of Pasadena, CA where he trained at Le Studio (now Pasadena Dance Theater) with Phillip and Charles Fuller and Cynthia Young Fuller. He was a company member of the Oakland Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, and Cleveland San Jose Ballet. He has performed works by George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, Lew Christensen, Flemming Flindt, Bronislava Nijinska, Alonzo King, Dennis Nahat, and many others. He performed with Rudolph Nureyev in “The Overcoat” at the Edinburgh Festival. After moving to Bethesda in 1991 he danced with the Maryland Youth Ballet, Eric Hampden Dance, Bowen McCauley Dance, Dancesmith, and other local companies. He has been a teacher in the DC area since 1991 and at the Maryland Youth Ballet from 1991-2020. His responsibilities at MYB included rehearsal director, outreach leader, Gala co-coordinator, and for over 15 years, performing the role of Drosselmeyer in their annual production of The Nutcracker. He is excited to be teaching at BalletNova.

The Story It is Christmas Eve, and the Stahlbaum family is holding their yearly holiday celebration. Their daughter, Clara, is not particularly excited about the holidays this year – a mood not helped by her brother Fritz’s antics.

Meanwhile, inside his workshop, the toymaker Herr Drosselmeyer and his nephew, James, are putting the final touches on a toy Nutcracker. With a flourish of his cape, he and his nephew are off to the Stahlbaum’s party.

Back at the Stahlbaum’s, the festivities are interrupted by the sudden arrival of Herr Drosselmeyer and James. Drosselmeyer, excited to present his toy inventions, tells the guests of items he has brought back from his travels that have fueled his inspiration: beautiful silks, fanciful jeweled fans, intricate stacking dolls, and more. The excitement builds as Drosselmeyer presents three of his latest creations - lifelike dolls to entertain the guests!

Drosselmeyer offers Clara his beloved Atlas, that he has used to document his worldly travels, and offers Fritz the Nutcracker doll. Fritz is uninterested in the Nutcracker; Clara, however, is intrigued by the unassuming Nutcracker.

Seeing his sister’s interest, Fritz steals the Nutcracker doll and, after a struggle, breaks Drosselmeyer’s new invention. Upset, Clara leaves the party.

Realizing that the Nutcracker must be repaired immediately, Drosselmeyer and James hurriedly return to their workshop. As the governess helps Clara to bed, the sleepy guests depart and Herr Drosselmeyer secretly returns a newly repaired Nutcracker.

Unable to sleep, Clara sneaks down to the living room in search of the Nutcracker. As the clock strikes midnight, mice appear! Drosselmeyer once again enters the scene and casts a magical spell, and Clara finds herself in the middle of a fierce battle between the mice, the Mouse King, the Nutcracker, and his toy soldiers. Seeing the Nutcracker is in danger, Clara distracts the Mouse King, allowing the Nutcracker to make his final attack. The battle won, the Nutcracker is magically transformed into a prince.

Clara and the Nutcracker Prince are then led on a journey filled with snowflakes and sweets. By our story’s end we wonder, was it a dream? We may never know, but Clara will always remember her magical holiday adventure for years to come.

The Nutcracker Grand Pas de Deux – after Marius Petipa Music: Choreography and Synopsis: Coffee Choreography: Flowers Choreography: Angels Choreography: Rehearsal Directors:

Peter Tchaikovsky Matthew Powell Constance Walsh Nancie Woods Lynne Mulligan, Constance Walsh Melanie Riffee, Elizabeth Spatz

Act One The Party Clara Stahlbaum Cora Bragg**, Elizabeth Trinh* Her Brother, Fritz Teddy Fontaine Mrs. Stahlbaum Madeleine Lucchetti

Party Children Cara Brown, Rose Cobucci, Keira Fattouh, William Ford, Julia Garbaliauskas, Paul Gould, Eric Kaplan Cate Kelly, Kellen McCleaf, Natalie Mehaffey, MacKayla Natalini, Juliana Robbins, Cecilia Wear

Herr Drosselmeyer Austin St. John (Thursday/Friday), Jamison Foreman (Saturday/Sunday)

Party Guests Hiromi Akyama, Jon Erdman, Michael Harley, Jennifer Kolouch, Adam Levenson, Erin Smith, Brock Snyder, Katie Weigl Strain,

Nephew/Prince Theodore Marvin**, Luke Summers*

Harlequin Doll Katie Klein*, Arzu Yavuz**

Governess Samantha Miles

Princess Doll Alexa Salas**, Lucinda Valdez*

Clara’s Friends Jocelyn Allen, Maeva Felix**, Zoe Gardner, Caroline Lee*, Samantha Thomas

Soldier Doll Jeila Foronda**, Amelia Waldman*

* Friday 7pm, Saturday 1pm, and Sunday 5pm only ** Thursday 7pm, Saturday 5pm, and Sunday 1pm only

The Battle Mouse King Emma Ballentine

Thursday/Saturday 1pm Adriana Anderson Mila Petrovska Helen Grace Pipke Cecilia Mills Jade Foster Joanna Gilkey Betty Lowery Brooke Rogers Fabiola Silva-Acuna Anne Harrison

Mice Friday/Sunday 1pm Clara Koster Ann Chen Ava Davis Grace Kolodjeski Megan Hu Luna Alvarado Jiménez Sloane Jackson Katya Epifanovskaya Penelope Lawhon Lyda Wentzell

Saturday 5pm/Sunday 5pm Adriana Anderson Ann Chen Helen Grace Pipke Grace Kolodjeski Willow Wilhelm Saraphina Glover Sonia Chauvenet Sloane Cowart Kira Shiffer Rosa Tedeschi

Soldiers Emily Allen, Azra Bebek**, Eleanor Berg*, Campbell Bray, Avi Caceres-Rubio*, Beatrice Dikow, Yasmine Fisher**, Samantha Hobbs*, Beatrice Huber*, Everly Johnson*, Lena Kaufmann**, Asha Nath*, Bridget Pittinger**, Charlotte Reed*, Liesl Schildknecht**, Hallie Schneider**, Rebecca Schneider** General Bert Rives

The Land of Snow Snow King Axel McAhren Snow Queen Lily Durand Snowflakes Jocelyn Allen**, Georgia Anderson*, Megan Buch, Danielle Djamson**, Maeva Felix*, Jeila Foronda*, Zoe Gardner**, Evie Hall**, Ellery Hughes*, Katie Klein*, Emma Kolouch*, Caroline Lee, Marjan McNulty*, Evangeline Nammo**, Dee Dee Quigley, Alexa Salas*, Samantha Thomas**, Lucinda Valdez, Amelia Waldman**, Arzu Yavuz**

15 Minute Intermission

Act Two Kingdom of the Sweets The Sugar Plum Fairy MacKenzie Hand Cavalier Zachary Mench Zachary Mench appears courtesy of Houston Ballet Academy, official school of Houston Ballet, Julie Kent and Stanton Welch AM, Artistic Directors.

Angels Olivia Browne*, Liliana Cappoli*, Sylvia Chadwick**, Juliette Cohen**, Rose Destine*, Emily Doyle**, Ayla Du Preez**, Anna Galanes*, Carlin Geary**, Ella Holo**, Shannon Keating*, Hannah Kettell*, Adriana Marr*, Eavan McGinnis**, Reneiza Perera**, Genevieve Peterson*, Catherine Raymond*, Leila Smith*, Blake Thompson**, Madison Tseng**, Moira Walker** Hot Chocolate Evie Hall**, Axel McAhren, Marjan McNulty*, Samantha Thomas**, Arzu Yavuz* Coffee Evie Hall*, Evangeline Nammo** with Victoria Colombo-Salinas**, Lola Kosakowski**, Sylvia Lawlor**, Amelia Love** Tea Caroline Lee*, Maeva Felix** with Ava Kolouch, Lydia Ovuka, and Ellie Robb Trepak Jeila Foronda*, Amelia Waldman** with Georgia Anderson, Danielle Djamson, Ellery Hughes, Katie Klein*, Emma Kolouch, Dee Dee Quigley, Arzu Yavuz** Marzipan Megan Buch**, Alexa Salas* with Lola Kosakowski**, Sylvia Lawlor*, Amelia Love* Victoria Colombo-Salinas**, Anya Yeow

Mother Ginger Brock Synder Polichinelles Penelope Acker, Laurel Bragg, Isabella Cobucci, Fiona Gibson, Isabel Izquierdo**, Elena Jaramillo**, Asha Mumford, Sayuri Rios*, Lily Smith, Victoria Umana Cooks Sofia Le**, Claudia Kandies**, Chesmei Lin*, Abigail Mills*, Karoline Slone*, Manduulai Telman** Chefs Teddy Fontaine, Caroline Peterson*, Bert Rives, Adriana Storrs** Bakers Ava Cortez**, Ella Davis*, Elsa Inget, Aliza Kaplan**, Alden Kim, Eloise LaMonica*, Penelope Liu**, Lillian MacKenzie**, Maggie Moeller*, Charlotte Seeger, Emery Shulof* The Flower Faerie Katie Klein**, Evangeline Nammo* Flowers Jocelyn Allen, Megan Buch*, Lily Durand, Maeva Felix*, Jeila Foronda**, Evie Hall*, Caroline Lee**, Marjan McNulty**, Alexa Salas**, Samantha Thomas*, Lucinda Valdez, Amelia Waldman*, Arzu Yavuz**

Artistic Director: Stage Manager: Lighting Design: Set Design: Costume Mistress: Costume Design: Technical Director: Assistant Technical Director: Cinematography: Props Masters: House Manager: Photography: Programs: Concessions: Lead Usher: Catering: Nutcracker Treasures: Costuming Assistants: Stage Crew:

Production Staff

Matthew Powell Mary Clare Durel AnnMarie Castrigno Kip Desch, Matthew Powell Sally Finley Candy Braden, Sally Finley, Nancie Woods Kip Desch Brian Anderson Michael Mench Kip Desch, Ross Kaplan Carmita Signes Ruth Judson Lisa Medici Joshua Waldman, Sarah Waldman Layton Lawlor Laura Nammo Rhian Allvin, Virginia Buch, Heather Jones Candy Braden, Carmen Rives, Amelia Shelton, Lisa Valdez Sara Fisher, Kim Klaren, Alyssa Medici Linda Mench, Michael Schneider

The School Since 1981, BalletNova Center for Dance (formerly Arlington Center for Dance) has been one of Metro DC’s premier dance education organizations. BalletNova offers over 150 classes and workshops to more than 1400 students, seven days a week. Although BalletNova’s primary focus is on ballet, classes are offered in other styles, including contemporary, jazz, modern, and tap.

BalletNova offers year-round programs designed for dancers at all levels, including an intensive pre-professional ballet curriculum. For adult students seeking a creative outlet and quality instruction, BalletNova provides an encouraging yet challenging environment, offering one of the most comprehensive adult class programs in the region.

From professional dancers to people seeking personal enrichment and exercise, BalletNova provides excellent training at all levels. Individual attention, detailed instruction and correction, and an emphasis on maintaining a healthy approach to the demanding dance disciplines are all hallmarks of BalletNova’s teaching philosophy. In 2014, BalletNova received the Youth America Grand Prix Award for Outstanding Studio.

The Artistic Staff Artistic Director Matthew Powell Associate Artistic Director Constance Walsh Faculty David Arce, Candy Braden, Cindy Bragg, Colleen Buck, Silvia Burstein-Hendi, Gab Calderon, Sabrina Cohn, Shu-Chen Cuff, Leslie Durand, Becky Sorto, Rachel Goldberg, Courtney Lapenta, Abby Leithart, Jeremy McShan, Lisa Medici, Amanda Melrose-Smith, Harriet Moncure Fellows, Lynne Mulligan, Melanie Riffee, Elizabeth Spatz, Austin St. John, Veronique Kim Tran, Maria Watson, Irina Wunder Accompanists Jamison Foreman, Matteo Mangialetti, Linda Mench Many thanks to BalletNova Center for Dance faculty for their excellent instruction and dedication to the training of our students in the art of dance.

Management Staff Managing Director: Finance: Development Manager & Outreach Coordinator: Program Manager:

Carmita Signes Hassan Sultan Elizabeth Spatz Lisa Medici

Facility BalletNova Center for Dance is housed in a state-of-the-art 20,800 square foot facility in the Bailey’s Crossroads area of Falls Church, Virginia. The six spacious studios (ranging in size from 865 to 2,500 square feet) feature top of the line Harlequin sprung flooring, 16-foot ceilings, and wide, uninterrupted space.

BalletNova provides changing rooms for adults and children, a waiting room with free WiFi, and plentiful parking free of charge. BalletNova rents studio space to local and national dance companies, providing the dance community with exceptional rehearsal, class, and studio performance space.

The Fredgren Studio Theatre opened in September 2014, and is open to the local arts community as a performance venue designed specifically, but not exclusively, for dance. The Fredgren Theatre is named after BalletNova’s founders, Kathryn and Kenneth Fredgren.

To inquire about studio rentals, theatre rentals, or other special events, please contact Rentals@BalletNova.org.

Mission, Vision, and Values Mission. To provide unparalleled training and education for our dancers by offering the finest in programming and events as the premier center for dance excellence in Northern Virginia.

Vision. A nationally-recognized ballet conservatory that honors the past, embraces the now, and celebrates the future.

Values.

Artistry. BalletNova is a school with artistry and heart.

Dedication. Our dancers emerge from BalletNova with confidence, discipline, and the utmost sense of artistry, whether or not they enter the dance profession.

Community. An arts organization is only as strong as its surrounding community. By building healthy and diverse relationships among students, Board members, parents, patrons, and other brave ambassadors of the arts, we honor BalletNova as a national institution and elevate our passion for the art we love.

The Board The BalletNova Center for Dance Board of Directors welcomes you to our production of The Nutcracker. We are exceedingly proud of our Artistic Director, our choreographers, our inspirational teaching staff, our dedicated legion of volunteers, and of course, our talented dancers.

President: Cathy Campbell Vice President: Surayyah F. Colbert, Esq. Secretary: Sandra Jenkins Treasurer: Kimberly Notarianni Past President: Adrienne Geis

Additional Board Members: Jennifer Atkin Rebecca Grutz Linda Winston

Interested in Serving on the Board?

BalletNova is looking for civic-minded leaders who would like to serve on our Board of Directors. If you have a passion for the arts and want the opportunity to partner with other community leaders to help fulfill the mission of BalletNova, please email a cover letter and your resume to: president@ balletnova.org and include the following in the email subject line: “Last name, first name – Board Director.” Thank you for your interest!

Next Steps...

Help BalletNova take its next steps as we look to the future and…

Expand our reach into the community with additional performances and classes in schools and community centers Continue to make improvements to the BalletNova facility Increase educational opportunities for children and adults with additional workshops and master classes BalletNova is a critical part of the DC region’s arts infrastructure.

Our spacious studios and black box theatre provide space for individual artists, performing arts organizations and community partners for classes and performances. BalletNova’s six gorgeous studios and a fully-equipped black box theatre, named the Fredgren Theatre after our founders, supports our own performances as well as local artists’ productions.

BalletNova is honored to be a grantee of ARTSFAIRFAX and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. We hope you will follow their lead and help us take our next steps with a donation today.

Support BalletNova BalletNova helps people of all kinds to achieve their dreams of dancing.

Young pre-professional dancers working to achieve technical excellence; adult dancers who find artistic expression through dance classes; and local professional dancers and choreographers who need studio or performance space to bring their visions to life.

As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, BalletNova depends on people like you who want to have an impact on your community through your support of the arts.

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Donors and Contributors November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023 Ruby Circle ($25,000 and above) ARTSFAIRFAX Virginia Commission for the Arts Gold Allegro Circle ($2,500-$24,999) Capital Bank MD Silver Pirouette ($1,000 - $2,499) Marilyn Barner, Cathy Campbell, Lian Duffy, Matthew Fontaine, Sandra Jenkins, Ruth Judson, Kristen J. McAhren, Kimberly Notarianni, Michael Rothe, Linda and Tor Winston Bronze Arabesque ($500 - $999) Anonymous, Adrienne Cannon, In honor of the students at BalletNova, Hang Nguyen and Dave Bray, Julie and David Brown, Eagle Bank, The Kaplan Family, Kristine Lindroth, Kara Nath, Mary Ann Penner, Terrie Sothy, Wegner CPAs LLP, Wendy Frieman

Benefactor ($250 - $499) Anonymous, Negar Ahkami, Amazon, Eric Chancellor, Smita Dutta, Danielle and Andrew King, Layton Lawlor, Christopher and Kakuti Lin, Network For Good, Linda Sparke Patron ($100 - $249) Anonymous, Alison Acker, Louise A. Arnheim, In Honor of Candy Braden, Vicky Choy, Noel Durman, Gary Espinas, Sarah Franz and Nathan Gould, Courtney French, Ashley Gunn, Joanne Hama, Anthony and Barbara Holtry, The Hughes Family, Lois Jentsch, Ann Kirbabas, Kristine Lebras, Heather McPhail, Laura Nammo, Frances D. Park-Stryk, Christine Pittinger, Fahad Qureshi, Barbara Raizen, Claire Sheng, Patricia Smith, Christopher Trimble, In honor of Constance Walsh, Pamela Stewart, Xiomara Umana, United Way Campaign, Sarah and Josh Waldman, Evelyn Watson

BalletNova would like to thank the many donors who have supported the organization throughout the years. We wouldn’t be where we are today without your generosity. We sincerely regret any typographical errors or omissions.

Sponsorships Special thanks to our sponsors

Sponsors can choose to support performances like The Nutcracker and our spring show and/or outreach efforts (free ticket program, financial aid, scholarships, free community performances). Sponsorship opportunities start at $1,000.

Contact espatz@balletnova.org for more information.

Thank you to our volunteers!

You have chaperoned mice and angels, fitted costumes, set the stage, coordinated details, sold treasures, seated guests, worked backstage, made dinners for dancers, and assisted with many, many other tasks to make this production a success.

We could not do it without YOU!

Capital Bank is proud to partner with BalletNova Center for Dance

Congratulations on a beautiful production of The Nutcracker!

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Spring registration opens December 1 (register online or at the studio).

Spring classes start January 29.

Try a free class at our open house on January, 20, 2024!

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Adult 4-Week Workshops These 4-week workshops are perfect for trying something new!

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