Colorado Conservatory of Dance presents Gala 2021

Gala 2021

presented by Colorado Conservatory of Dance

Photo credit: Amanda Tipton

Thoughts from Executive Direc Do you remember the “two week” lockdown that started in midMarch, 2020? As I write this and reflect, all I can think is this: what a long, strange, two weeks it’s been over the past 15 months. I offer this somewhat glibly, but it’s true—what started as a wave of uncertainty and, frankly, panic has morphed over the last year into one of overcoming obstacles through sheer tenacity and force of will. And I’m not speaking specifically of CCD here, but of all of us.

And as we start to see signs of hope—vaccination rates increasing, restrictions lifting—I can’t help but find myself deeply grateful to a number of people for their steadfast support of our little “nonprofit that could” as we’ve tried so hard to keep the doors open, and keep people dancing, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

First, I have to thank the remarkable faculty of CCD. Asked to do nothing short of radically reinventing their teaching methods with less than a week’s notice, not only have you risen to the challenge but in the process become leaders in the rapidly-developing world of videoconference dance instruction. At times, you have taught from your living rooms to students in multiple CCD studios simultaneously (thanks, teaching assistants!) while also monitoring dancers from multiple living rooms of their own—while still providing the individual attention to dancer development, creativity, body positivity, and technique that make you among the finest group of instructors in the country.

Photo credit: Amanda Tipton

It also has to be said that the technology that has made our shift to online and hybrid delivery possible—thereby protecting the entire organization from possible collapse—was made possible by another group of people who deserve our most profound gratitude—our CCD community of families. Time and time again over the years, but especially in 2020, you stepped up and asked, “how can we help?”

And time and time again, not only did you offer your time, energy, and resources, but your moral and emotional support for the organization while coping with your own challenges at home and at work. It’s no stretch to say that we’d all be lost without you.

Sometimes, I have to admit that because they’re grown and selfsufficient, we take our adult dancers for granted—and for that I apologize, because you too have demonstrated your passion for CCD over the course of the pandemic. You have been patient, innovative, and supportive beyond all measure, and you’ve reminded us how important dance is in your lives. In doing so, you’ve also reminded us of the immeasurable value of dance to our mental and emotional health, and that has given us strength to keep striving to fulfill our

m the ctor mission no matter the challenges we face. I thank you for working with us, for motivating us, and for sticking with us through thick and thin.

To our younger students, I can’t possibly thank you enough. You have provided us with such incredible inspiration over the past year as you’ve seamlessly bounced back and forth between the CCD facility and your own amazing home studios.

Whether you’re two years old in “Dance with Me” or 18 in Studio Company, you’ve shown the adults in the room just how to handle the challenge of a lifetime, and believe me when I say that it is we who have looked to you to guide the way with grace, with dignity, and with class.

What also drives us—in virtually every conversation—is continuing to provide access to anyone who would dream to have dance as part of their lives. With this in mind, we embarked on an important journey in summer 2020 to explore the fabric of the organization through the lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusiveness—not to politicize the environment at CCD, but to be sure that we were modeling basic values of fairness, tolerance, and human rights in all our activities.

Nearly a year later, I want to thank our intrepid JEDI committee for your work in this important area. Composed of faculty, staff, board members, and even younger students, your commitment to helping make CCD an even more welcoming environment has empowered bold thinking and strategy and is already helping us live our creed— we believe in a better life through dance.

I’d of course be remiss if I didn’t also thank the CCD staff for your perseverance, dedication, creativity, and thoughtfulness over these long weeks and months. Asked to figure out a way to pivot completely into online instruction in only 96 hours, you made it happen. Never complaining, never second-guessing, you simply took onto your shoulders the very future of the organization and jumped far out of your comfort zones simply to

ensure that dance remained a fixture of our lives.

You knew just how important it would become to maintain the CCD community’s connections to one another, and from answering the phones to respond to questions of all kinds; crafting newsletters keeping people informed of ongoing changes; developing industry-leading health and safety protocols; or reworking the class & rehearsal schedule dozens upon dozens of times—your indefatigable efforts will always be remembered as having kept the organization afloat during an unparalleled existential threat.

Finally, I’d just like to thank YOU. Whether you’re someone in one of the above groups of folks or not, you’ve chosen to support CCD, to invest in creativity and artistry, and to take some of your own precious time to join us for one of our spring performances. Sure, we look forward to getting back on stage (possibly as soon as this summer!), but we’ve also been simply blown away by the attendance at our virtual events. I thank you all for your patronage and look forward to seeing you in person soon.

Oh…and as the chief development officer, I’d also be missing an opportunity to invite you to attend our second virtual Blossom Ball gala fundraiser from 7:00-8:00 on June 4, where we’ll seek to raise $50,000 to offset revenue losses over the course of the pandemic and continue to offer increased scholarship awards to families whose financial situations have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. You can find more information at http:// www.ccdance.org/blossomball.

Enjoy the performance, and thanks for helping us to keep dance alive!

Richard Cowden CCD Executive Director

CCD Leadership

Julia Wilkinson Manley, CCD Artistic Direct attended the Boston Ballet Centre for Danc pedagogy and danced soloist roles in Balan Fairy, as well as numerous solo roles choreo Ireland under the direction of Günther Falü has been performed by numerous compan Julia served on the committee to rewrite th Community Arts Education Leadership Insti

Julia joined the faculty of the School of Ball in becoming a new non-profit organization, performance.

Photograph: Misha Photography

Richard R. Cowden, CCD Executive Director, is the former Director of the Arts at Vermont’s Castleton U to coordinate and teach in the online Master of Arts in Arts Administration program he founded in 201 oversaw the departments of art, music, and theatre, while also serving as director of the campus’s fine advocate for the arts as tools for civic engagement and activism, he forged a unique partnership with R Paramount Theatre which sparked unprecedented collaboration between the two institutions and culm Celebrating the American Experience,” a 20-event series of arts, culture, and civic events framed aroun the 240th year since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Featured guests included luminar Matalin and James Carville, the United States Army Brass Quintet, and renowned pundits such as David Times.

Prior to his service at Castleton, Richard was the Associate Artistic Director of Denver’s Edge Theatre C world premiere of Jonson Kuhn’s NEWARK VIOLENTA and received a Broadway World award as Best Di regional premiere of BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO. Other professional credits as an actor, sing the Carnegie Hall stage with Stephen Sondheim as a member of Essential Voices USA, starring in Icelan SPAUGSTOFAN, and appearing as a featured soloist for the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. He is the fo of Theatre at Colorado Mesa University where he led efforts to increase major enrollments from 35 to redesign of the department’s curriculum, and the expansion of the Moss Performing Arts Center to inc spectacular dance studio atop the facility complete with 360-degree views of the Grand Valley through holds an MFA in directing from the Ohio University School of Theater and a BA in Music Theatre from C presenter and teacher, he has also served on the selection committee and in the acting company of th Photograph: Misha Photography

tor, began her training with Cristina Munro (London Festival Ballet, Eliot Feld) in Corpus Christi, Texas. Julia ce Education and the Houston Ballet Academy. At the University of Oklahoma, she earned a BFA in ballet nchine’s Serenade, Miguel Terekhov’s Four Moons, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker as Sugar Plum ographed for her by Mary Margaret Holt (Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet). She toured with Ballet üsy, and performed with David Taylor Dance Theatre and Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Her choreographic work nies, including Corpus Christi Ballet, David Taylor Dance Theatre and Ballet Nouveau Colorado. In 2009, he Colorado Academic Standards for Dance for the Colorado Department of Education and completed the titute under the mentorship of John McCann in 2015.

let Nouveau Colorado in January 2002, becoming School Director in 2003. In 2013, she lead the school , Colorado Conservatory of Dance, focused on making lives better through dance education and

University, where he continues 14. While at Castleton, he e arts center. A passionate Rutland, Vermont’s historic minated in “Project 240: nd the election of 2016 as ries such as Ken Burns, Mary d Sanger of The New York

Company, where he directed the irector for his direction of the ger, and director include sharing nd’s top-rated comedy series ormer head of the Department over 150, a comprehensive clude Western Colorado’s most h 18-foot windows. Richard Colorado Mesa. A sought-after he Telluride Playwrights Festival.

The CCD Staff Jennifer Howard, Director of Summer Programs, began her training at Boston Ballet, completed her Royal Academy of Dance exams under the direction of Mimi Ferrell and received her BFA from The Juilliard School.

Jennifer spent her extensive professional dance career between New York City and Europe, touring and performing as a member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project, Twyla Tharp Dance, Eliot Feld Ballet, Liz Gerring Dance, and Unterwegs TanzTheater, and as a freelance artist with acclaimed choreographers Lucinda Childs, Douglas Dunn, Lar Lubovitch, and Sarah Michelson.

Jennifer has been a guest teacher for NextGeneration Ballet, Burklyn Ballet Theater, Dartmouth College, Wesleyan University and taught for Jacques D’Amboise’s National Dance Institute in New York City. Most recently, before joining the Colorado Conservatory of Dance faculty, Jennifer was the Artistic Director of the St. Paul’s School Ballet Company in Concord, NH. Photograph: Amanda Tipton Rachel Long, CCD Communications Coordinator, has been involved with CCD since 2004 – first, as a parent and volunteer, then as a staff member since the fall of 2014. Rachel has had the pleasure of volunteering as a member of the Fundraising Committee, Volunteer Committee, and leading numerous fundraisers and events such as Nutcracker Tea and Blossom Ball. Rachel and her husband, Billy, have two children who have passed through each level of CCD and danced as Studio Company members for many years. Rachel graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and currently brings her many years of volunteer work and knowledge of design with her to communicate CCD’s great work in the community and its fabulous school to our CCD families and the broader community. Photograph: Misha Photography Julia Meng, CCD Controller & Rehearsal Director, was born and raised in California. She trained under Maria Vegh (Harkness House NYC) as well as at the Joffrey Ballet and American Repertory Ballet before accepting an apprenticeship with the Colorado Ballet in 1998. Julia has also danced with David Taylor Dance Theater, Boulder Ballet, Apex Contemporary Ballet, and as a guest artist with Oklahoma City Ballet, but spent the majority of her career at Ballet Nouveau Colorado. She has had the pleasure to work with many contemporary choreographers including Garrett Ammon, Alex Ketley, Laurie Stallings, Amy Seiwert, Sarah Tallman, and Robert Mills. Julia has also created work for Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Industrial Project, and Dance Found. She recently retired from her performing career to spend more time with her growing family.

Photograph: Lisa Conway Rachel Newbury, Community Education Coordinator, is a Colorado native who began her dance training at the age of 5 at Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance in Colorado Springs. She went on to further her training at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance. Throughout her college years, she had the privilege of performing at the American College Dance Festival, the Exchange Choreography Festival, RAW Arts Tulsa, and the eMerge Dance Festival. In 2012, Rachel traveled to Budapest, Hungary where she taught creative movement and ballet workshops in a number of schools across the country.

Since moving to Denver in 2014, Rachel has danced with Soul 2 Sole Contemporary Dance Company, choreographed for a number of their shows, and served as the Director of their pre-professional company for two seasons. She also danced with Whitney Waugh Dance for two seasons, and had the opportunity to perform alongside Art as Action in their production of TENSION. Rachel is a firm believer in the power of dance to better one’s physical and emotional health, and is honored to be taking CCD’s mission out into the community. Photograph: Amanda Tipton

Marnie Ina Rundiks, CCD Conservatory Docent, a Denver Native admits that the arts, theater and especially ballet has moved her soul since childhood.

Marnie has been involved with CCD since 2007 as a ballet mom, volunteer and now staff member. Not following a traditional path she has a BA in Classics from CU Boulder, managed a large catering company in Dallas, Texas, worked as both Food Service and Assistant Store Manager for Alfalfa’s / Wild Oats, as well as served as Director of English Robin Inc. an online language school. She is the proud mother of Inara and Bergen Wheeler, who are currently attending Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto. As an off-the-charts ENFP, Marnie has a high social and emotional IQ, which she dedicates to the CCD dancers, families and community at large. Beyond that, she is the face of the ballet either behind the front desk, on the phone, or at events to assist, guide or help with a smile, empathy, humor and enthusiasm. Marnie believes that ballet can enhance lives and is devoted to the cause, envisioning CCD as an international ballet destination and training school. Photograph: Amanda Tipton Shizuka Sue Sakai, Costume Supervisor, has had the pleasure of helping Colorado Conservatory of Dance with costumes since 2006. She became the Studio Company’s Costume Supervisor in 2011. Since then, she has taken part in the costuming process for several Studio Company and student productions, including The Nutcracker; Summer Moving Project (2014 – 2017); Madeline Stands Tall and Hall of the Mountain King by Camcie Foster; Tale of a Wounded Apple by Maree ReMalia; It All Starts Somewhere by Sarah Jannsen; Ballet Blanc, Secret Garden, and The Boxcar Children by Julia Wilkinson Manley; and Bartok Dances by Mark Foehringer. She is the proud mother of Angela “Momo” and Nicholas Sakai.

Photograph: Misha Photography Sean Watson, Conservatory Manager, began his dance training at 17 years old in Mukilteo, Washington. After 2 years of training, he attended Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle on scholarship, where he graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance. Throughout his time at Cornish, Sean was also taking multiple classes at Westlake Dance Center, private lessons, as well as attending summer intensive programs at American Ballet Theater, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Ballet Austin, and Milwaukee Ballet. Upon graduation, Sean joined Milwaukee Ballet II where he performed with the main company in works by Michael Pink, Auguste Bournonville, Mark Godden, Kathy Posin, LeeWei Chau, and Petr Zahradnicek, as well as was featured in the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Degas Exhibit and It’s Artistic! Exhibit. Sean moved to Colorado to join Ballet Nouveau Colorado (now Wonderbound), where he was a featured dancer in original works by Garrett Ammon, Alex Ketley, Laurie Stallings, Mark Godden, Ma Cong, Sarah Tallman, David Barbour, Julia Meng, Julia Wilkinson Manley, and Jennifer Hart. He then danced for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines as the Dance Captain for the Azamara Quest, where he travelled extensively throughout the Mediterranean.

Sean has been teaching ballet throughout his performing career and beyond. He has been an instructor at CCD and Premiere School of Dance for nearly 8 years before moving to Hawaii and teaching ballet as a lecturer at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is also certified in the Progressing Ballet Technique method, and is a licensed massage therapist with his own practice working with dancers and people of all ages.

Sean is very happy to be back in Colorado as the Conservatory Manager and to teach for his CCD ‘ohana.

Photograph: Misha Photography.

The CCD Staff, cont.

Kerry Healy, Administrator and Social Media, began her training at CCD when she was 4 years old. Following her graduation from CCD in 2015, Kerry attended Dominican University of California in the Bay Area, where she was a part of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program under Alonzo King and Marina Hotchkiss. She earned a BFA in Dance, graduating Magna Cum Laude with Honors in May 2019. While in San Francisco, Kerry worked with artists such as Gregory Dawson, Maurya Kerr, Christian Burns, Alice Klock, Alex Ketley, and Sidra Bell. Kerry’s choreography was performed at the LINES BFA Senior Project Performance and at CCD’s Summer Moving Project 2019.

She attended summer intensives at San Francisco Conservatory of Dance and Henny Jurriëns Dance Center in Amsterdam, where she learned Ohad Naharin, Jirí Kylián, and Hofesh Shechter repertoire. After teaching over school breaks for the last few years, Kerry is happy to return home to CCD this year to be a part of the faculty!

Photograph: Amanda Tipton Momo Sakai, Administrator, began her training here at CCD when she was 5 years old, and graduated in 2015. Since then, she danced professionally for 4 years with DC based contemporary ballet company: Dissonance Dance Theatre.

Momo has also had the opportunity to teach for Company E Movement Center, as well as Princess Mhoon Dance Institute in Washington DC. Additionally, she has attended summer intensives at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rambert Dane Company in London, and the Joffery Ballet School. After having taught several summers at CCD, she is excited to begin her second full season as part of the faculty. Photograph: Amanda Tipton

Congratulations to CCD’s 2021 Julia Garrison Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient

Jan Rodriguez Jan is originally from Oklahoma. In 2003, she moved to the Denver area, seeking a new adventure. Shortly after arriving, she literally found her future husband in the mountains when she went hiking at the Mesa Trail in Boulder and they met at the ranger station. Jan’s favorite thing to do is still spending time in the mountains hiking and camping with her husband Joe, and their two daughters Lauren and Sofie. Her hobbies include driving up and down the highway taking her two daughters to their activities and she also enjoys trying new recipes and doing crafts when she has time. Jan received her juris doctorate degree from the University of Tulsa and is the General Counsel for Ball Metalpack. She and her husband own Fuzziwig’s Candy Factory in Breckenridge.

Congratulations to CCD’s 2021 Student Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient

Sophie Trojanowski

Congratulations to CCD’s 2021 Graduating

Seniors!

Allison Beasley Amelia Harrelson Austin Price Emily Taft

Our Performance BALLET EDUCATION Dance of the Lilac Fairy

Children’s Ballet Choreography: Carly Hambridge Music: Lilac Fairy Variation from The Sleeping Beauty performed by Orchestra Victoria Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Caroline Braley, Esme Holmes, and Apollonia Martinez Notes from the teacher: My Children’s Ballet dancers have been such a fantastic group of young artists. Their love for dance has allowed them to learn so much this year, and I am so proud of them! “Dance of the Lilac Fairy” is based off of the Lilac Fairy Variation from the Ballet “Sleeping Beauty.” We have enjoyed studying this ballet this semester and the Lilac Fairy has become a true inspiration for us. Enjoy our performance!

Minute Waltz

Primary 2 Ballet Choreography: Karin Johnson Music: Frederic Chopin Danced by: Colin Manning, Kahri Nelson, and Charlotte Sellars Notes from the teacher: What a delight it has been to work with these dancers this year! The change and unpredictability of the year has ultimately made it even more special to celebrate dance and togetherness each week! These dancers have such positive attitudes. They also have tremendous focus during class. What a joy to celebrate their work in a lively gala dance!

Wonderland

Primary 2/3 Ballet Choreography: Austin Price Music: Suite from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: The Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party Composer: Joby Tilbot Danced by: Claire Clarke, Hadley Connolly, Juniper Coressel, Amy Goodin, Hannah Holman, Lola Jimenez, Tara Meaders, Sophia Nayoan, Lyonesse Pettinger Notes from the teacher: It has been such a wonderful year working with these dancers. Their bright energy and joy in their dancing has been a pleasure to watch and I am so proud to see how much they have grown since last fall. Their eagerness to learn and willingness to try new things has been an inspiration to witness.

The Gigue

Primary 2/3 Ballet Choreography: Kerry Healy Music: Coppelia, Act II: Gigue, Composed by Leo Delibes: Performed by Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Danced by: Claire Clarke, Tara Meaders, Camille Stavast, Roxana Vahdani Moghaddam Notes from the teacher: These Primary ⅔ dancers are rock stars! They have been a wonderful class this year, always eager to learn new things and be creative. I enjoy seeing their love for dance and I am excited to watch them continue to grow!

Sleeping Beauty Act 3, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Princess Florine’s Variation

Intermediate 1/2 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Sean Watson Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Juniper Brimmer, Parker Carlson, Beatriz Diez, Natalie Field, Duniya Mbagoyi, Paulette Rivadeneira

Paquita, 5th Principal Variation

Intermediate 1/2 Ballet Choreography: Joseph Mazilier Instructor: Sean Watson Music: Ludwig Minkus Danced by: Juniper Brimmer, Parker Carlson, Beatriz Diez, Natalie Field, Duniya Mbagoyi, Paulette Rivadeneira

Sleeping Beauty Act 3, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Princess Florine’s Variation

Intermediate 3 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Harper Jeffries, Ella Krug, Naomi Meng, Maeve Whalen Notes from the teacher: This class has been a blast this year! These hard-working dancers are always eager to learn new things. Their focus and positivity throughout this year’s obstacles have been inspiring and their love for dance is wonderful to watch. I have enjoyed seeing these dancers grow this year. Great work dancers!

Sleeping Beauty Act 3, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Bluebird’s Variation

Intermediate 3 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: August Rosenbarger Notes from the teacher: August has worked hard on these variations this year. He has learned new and complicated steps and worked on performing as the character he is portraying through his movement.

Thank you for your positive attitude and eagerness to learn! Great work August!

Raymonda, Act 1, Pizzicato Variation

Intermediate 3 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Alexander Glazunov Danced by: Harper Jeffries, Ella Krug, Naomi Meng, Maeve Whalen Notes from the teacher: This class has been a blast this year! These hard-working dancers are always eager to learn new things. Their focus and positivity throughout this year’s obstacles have been inspiring and their love for dance is wonderful to watch. I have enjoyed seeing these dancers grow this year. Great work dancers!

Giselle, Act 1, Peasant Pas de Deux, First Male Variation

Intermediate 3 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Music: Adolphe Adam Danced by: August Rosenbarger Notes from the teacher: August has worked hard on these variations this year. He has learned new and complicated steps and worked on performing as the character he is portraying through his movement.

Thank you for your positive attitude and eagerness to learn! Great work August!

Gigue

Accelerate! Ballet Choreography: Elizabeth Nesbitt Music: Peter Gregson Danced by: Jude Barela, Lola Graves, Craig Maine, Sofie Pelletier Notes from the teacher: It has been a joy to teach this group of dancers as they have jumped right into class whether in the studio or at home and worked hard from the barre to the center. Watching them begin to move with the music and perform this piece is a real treat, I am so proud of each of them!

Frozen Ballet

Ballet Expressions 2 Choreography: Heather Sutton Music: Let It Go (Warm Up) by Nate Field Danced by: Jin-Shiou Yang Notes from the teacher: Shiou-Shiou was a rock star this year! She transitioned to zoom classes and remote learning without missing a beat! Her ballet vocabulary grows larger every week and she continues to master barre and center exercises. She is always happy to be dancing and brings her positive energy to every class!

Uptown Dance

Ballet Expressions 3 Choreography: Heather Sutton Music: Uptown Girl, Grands Battements; Shiny Happy People, Centre Practice - by Andrew Holdsworth Danced by: Jillian Ball, Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Davis, Abigail Meyer, Ryann Sandoval

Raymonda, Act 1, Pizzicato Variation

Advanced 1 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Alexander Glazunov Danced by: Zoey Allmandinger, Alexa McKinley, Isabella Peterson, Alice Ritty, Lily Stavast, Sarah Wilson Notes from the teacher: The Advanced 1 dancers have grown so much this year! In these variations, we are working on bringing attention to the smaller details to bring precision into transition steps. Great work dancers!

Giselle, Act 1, Peasant Pas de Deux, First Male Variation

Advanced 1 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Adolphe Adam Danced by: Sarah Wilson Notes from the teacher: This class has been so wonderful this year! These dancers are hard-working and very focused; their adaptability to the obstacles this year has presented is inspiring. Great work dancers!

Our Performance, continu Sleeping Beauty Act 3, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Bluebird’s Variation

Advanced 1 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Hope Peddycord Notes from the teacher: This group of Advanced 1 dancers is eager to challenge themselves and learn new things. Their love for dance is a joy to experience.

Great work dancers!

Sleeping Beauty Act 3, Bluebird Pas de Deux, Princess Florine’s Variation

Advanced 1 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Kerry Healy Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Zoey Allmandinger, Alexa McKinley, Hope Peddycord, Isabella Peterson, Alice Ritty, Lily Stavast Notes from the teacher: I have enjoyed watching this group bring their creativity to these variations this year.

We have been working on embodying characters while holding onto the small details of the choreography.

Wonderful work dancers!

Paquita, Principal Jumping Variation

Advanced 2 Ballet Choreography: Joseph Mazilier Instructor: Laura Whitby Music: Ludwig Minkus Danced by: Vilate Carwin, Uma Diez, Kailey Goldstrohm, Simon Nguyen, Nicole Peterson Notes from the teacher: The Advanced 2 dancers have come so far this year! I have loved witnessing their growth as dancers and people. They worked incredibly hard on these variations, and I am very proud of them.

Sleeping Beauty, Act 1, Aurora’s Variation

Advanced 2 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Laura Whitby Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Grace Arland, Uma Diez, Mary Hickerson, Franziska Nagle, Grant Peddycord, Paige Rosener

The Nutcracker, Sugar Plum Fairy Variation Advanced 2 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Laura Whitby Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Grace Arland, Mary Hickerson, Franziska Nagle, Nicole Peterson, Paige Rosener, Charlie Trojanowski

La Bayadere, Act 3, Solor’s Wedding Variation

Advanced 2 Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Laura Whitby Music: Ludwig Minkus Danced by: Vilate Carwin, Kailey Goldstrohm, Simon Nguyen, Grant Peddycord, Charlie Trojanowski

Ode to La Ventana

Advanced 2 Beginning Pointe Choreography: Jamie Schuler Music: La Ventana: Scene 2: Jaleo by Hans Christian Lumbye & Le Conservatoire Act I: Entrance of the Students by Hans Christian Lumbye Danced by: Grace Arland, Vilate Carwin, Melinda Chen, Uma Diez, Kailey Goldstrohm, Mary Hickerson, Stella Langner, Franziska Nagle, Simon Nguyen, Grant Peddycord, Nicole Peterson, Leah Petro, Livia Scholtes, Charlie Trojanowski Notes from the teacher: We have been working hard on strength and pointe work fundamentals. This piece is a lovely display of the growth of these dancers this year.

La Fille mal Gardee

Advanced 3/4 Ballet Choreography: Frederick Ashton Instructor: Robert Muñoz Music: Friedrich Burgmüller Danced by: Brianna Baye, Gabriella Mbagoyi, Olivia Mousseau, Faith Peddycord, Taylor Portillo, Abbey Sterling Notes from the teacher: It has been very rewarding working with these students, especially considering the adverse circumstances that all of us have had to endure and work under. This is a very difficult variation from the romantic period, taken from a pas de deux. In those days it was common practice to include pieces of music written by other composers.

ued Flower Festival in Genzano

Advanced 3/4 Ballet Choreography: August Bournonville Instructor: Roberto Muñoz Music: Helsted Danced by: Brianna Baye, Gabriella Mbagoyi, Olivia Mousseau, Faith Peddycord, Taylor Portillo, Abbey Sterling Notes from the teacher: It’s been a pleasure seeing their progress this year. This variation is from a short Ballet by August Bournonville created for the Royal Danish Ballet in the 19th Century, 1858 to be exact.

Sleeping Beauty, Prologue, Lilac Fairy’s Variation

Pre-Professional Program Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Dominic Walsh Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Elizabeth Killian-Keup, Leilani Montoya, Madeline Nguyen Notes from the teacher: We dove deep into the details, therefore inviting the dancers to get curious and mindful about approaching the work.

Sleeping Beauty, Act 1, Aurora’s Variation Pre-Professional Program Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Dominic Walsh Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Danced by: Amelia Harrelson, Elizabeth Killian-Keup, Austin Price, Amelia Scott

La Bayadere, Act 3, Gamzatti’s Variation Pre-Professional Program Ballet Choreography: Marius Petipa Instructor: Dominic Walsh Music: Ludwig Minkus Danced by: Amelia Harrelson, Leilani Montoya, Madeline Nguyen, Austin Price, Amelia Scott

JAZZ DANCE EDUCATION Provenance and Rhythm Section 1

Intermediate 1/2 Jazz Choreography: Page Jenkins Music: East St. Louis Toodle-oo - Duke Ellington Danced by: Juniper Brimmer, Parker Carlson, Natalie Field, Duniya Mbagoyi, Adeline Meushaw, Evelyn Sideri Notes from the teacher: This is such a wonderful group of students and I am so proud of all the work they have

done this year! They were so focused while working on their gala dance and did a great job contributing their own shapes to the choreography. I hope they will continue to take jazz in the future and will keep exploring their own unique movement styles.

Provenance and Rhythm Section 2

Intermediate 3 Jazz Choreography: Page Jenkins Music: Jumin’ at the Woodside - Count Basie Danced by: Aria Baca, Harper Jeffries, Avenley Kulaga, Naomi Meng, Maeve Whalen Notes from the teacher: This is a super fun, energetic class, and I have had such a great time working with them in jazz this year. They have worked so hard on their gala dance, from creating their own shapes for the choreography to working together to go over new material during their breaks. I am so proud of them, and I hope you enjoy their piece!

Provenance and Rhythm Section 3

Advanced 1/2 Jazz Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Sent for you yesterday, Here you come today Count Basie Danced by: Zoe Bronson, Alexa McKinley, Claire Meushaw, Grant Peddycord, Hope Peddycord, Isabella Peterson, Eric Turner Notes from the teacher: This music is so much fun to work with and is a reflection of these students’ joy in dancing. This year was a push for us all and I am thankful that these young dancers shoved themselves into excitement and learning throughout this year. We hope you enjoy our exuberance!

Provenance and Rhythm Section 4

Advanced 1/2 Jazz Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie Danced by: Grace Arland, Finn Braun, Muireall Braun, Vilate Carwin, Kailey Goldstrohm, Stella Langner, Franziska Nagle, Ahalya Nowakowski, Alice Ritty Notes from the teacher: These dancers took on a huge challenge this year. Not only did they have to learn online, but they also had to alternate weeks with half of their class. I am proud that they took on the work so easily. This piece, along with the others in this suite, are reflective of the history of Jazz Dance that has been our focus this year.

Our Performance, continu Provenance and Rhythm Section 5

Tenacity

Provenance and Rhythm Section 6

CONTEMPORARY DANCE EDUCATION

Advanced 3 Jazz Choreography: Page Jenkins Music: Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins Danced by: Karina Lefort, Gabriella Mbagoyi, Taylor Portillo, Lauren Rodriquez, Rory Stuber, Sophie Trojanowski Notes from the teacher: I am so glad that I got to work with Advanced 3 for jazz this year! This is such a great group of dancers and it has been so much fun creating this gas piece with them. The solos at the beginning of the piece were choreographed by the dancers based on the jazz dance history discussions we have been having throughout the year. I am so proud of them!

Advanced 4 Jazz Choreography: Page Jenkins Music: So What - Miles Davis Danced by: Brianna Baye, Olivia Mousseau, Abbey Sterling Notes from the teacher: This is such a lovely group of dancers, and it has been amazing having the opportunity to teach them again this year. They have worked really hard, both on zoom and in person, and they have helped me so much with their gala piece this semester. They worked together as a class to choreograph the end of their piece, I hope you enjoy it!

Excerpt from 5/4 Architecture (LTW Repertory 2005)

Pre-Professional Program Jazz Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Take 5 - Dave Brubeck Danced by: Elizabeth Killian-Keup, Leilani Montoya, Madeline Nguyen, Austin Price, Amelia Scott Notes from the teacher: I chose to create this excerpt from my company repertoire because of the timelessness of the music and the challenge and excitement of working in a different time signature.

There is history embedded in the movements as well.

Recreating this piece was a joy. I am so thankful to these dancers for bringing it alive again.

Ballet Expressions 3 Jazz (2020) Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Dark Horse by Katy Perry, featuring Juicy J. Danced by: Jillian Ball, Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Davis, Abigail Meyer, Ryann Sandoval Notes from the teacher: ‘The Girls’ just loved this dance so much, they wanted to keep doing it! It was meant to be performed at last year’s Gala, but we kept working on it and it is exciting they get to finally perform it!

Arrive/Shift

Advanced 2 Contemporary Choreography: Jamie Schuler Music: Long Forgotten by Grandbrothers Danced by: Grace Arland, Vilate Carwin, Makailyn “KJ” Felder, Kailey Goldstrohm, Mary Hickerson, Franziska Nagle Notes from the teacher: We have been exploring “contemporary” dance through the lens of classical ballet and how we can shift and manipulate those shapes we work with so often. Our formula for this piece was: reach, arrive, manipulate, carve, gather, drop. Each dancer created their own phrase using this sequence along with learning the phrase I created. That is how we crafted the piece.

Movement #1

Advanced 3/4/Pre-Professional Program Contemporary Choreography: Jennifer Howard Music: Recomposed by Max Richter; Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring; Max Richter, Daniel Hope Danced by: Allison Beasley, Austin Price, Abbey Sterling

Movement #2

Advanced 3/4/Pre-Professional Program Contemporary Choreography: Jennifer Howard Music: Jitterbug Waltz- Buddha Remastered, Chet Atkins Danced by: Amelia Harrelson, Elizabeth Killian-Keup, Madeline Nguyen

ued Movement #3

Advanced 3/4/Pre-Professional Program Contemporary Choreography: Jennifer Howard Music: Just Another Dead Rat in a Garbage Pail by Alexandre Desplat Danced by: Leilani Montoya, Olivia Mousseau, Amelia Scott

Movement #4

Advanced 3/4/Pre-Professional Program Contemporary Choreography: Jennifer Howard Music: Cuckoo, Cosmos Sheldrake Danced by: Brianna Baye, Faith Peddycord, Blythe Truhe

MODERN DANCE EDUCATION A Sequence of Major Concepts Swings/ Spirals

Intermediate 3 Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: The Winter - Balmorhea Danced by: Aria Baca, Chelsea Garnett, Harper Jeffries, Ella Krug, Naomi Meng, Maeve Whalen Notes from the teacher: This year, these dancers worked on finding the gravity and release of swings and the three dimensionality of the spiral. This would not be an easy task in a regular year with studio instruction, but these dancers worked hard to understand the differences and similarities between Modern and the other techniques they are learning. I hope you enjoy these dancers in their first foray into Modern dance as much as I enjoyed experiencing it with them. They did great!

A Sequence of Major Concepts Fall/ Recovery

Advanced 1/2 Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Redrawn - Steven Gutheinz Danced by: Zoe Bronson, Makailyn “KJ” Felder, Alexa McKinley, Claire Meushaw, Simon Nguyen, Grant Peddycord, Hope Peddycord, Isabella Peterson, Lily Stavast, Charlie Trojanowski, Ashlyng Tucker Notes from the teacher: The concept of fall and recovery was codified by Modern Dance Pioneer Doris Humphry. Focusing on the use of muscles and of the breath cycle, fall and recovery emphasizes a movement vocabulary based on suspension and release and the inherent rhythms found in those ideas. These dancers

had the great challenge of remembering movement for two weeks between classes, something complicated even for professionals to do. I enjoyed working with them and am so pleased at their perseverance.

A Sequence of Major Concepts Three Dimensions

Advanced 1/2 Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Infra 8 - Max Richter Danced by: Grace Arland, Finn Braun, Muireall Braun, Vilate Carwin, Uma Diez, Kailey Goldstrohm, Mary Hickerson, Stella Langner, Franziska Nagle, Nicole Peterson, Alice Ritty Notes from the teacher: One of the ideological and conceptual basis of modern dance is three dimensionality. Rudolph Laban explained that the use of all parts of the body in all dimensions is fundamentally human and necessary for full expression.

The use of all dimensions leads to a rich exploration of space and I hope you see our exploration in this piece. These dancers had the complicated task of remembering movement for two weeks between classes. I am so proud of what they have accomplished!

A Sequence of Major Concepts Balance/ Momentum

Advanced 3 Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Physics - Richard Burmer Danced by: Karina Lefort, Gabriella Mbagoyi, Olivia Mousseau, Taylor Portillo, Lauren Rodriguez, Rory Stuber, Sophie Trojanowski Notes from the teacher: This Piece is based on the concept of Balance and Momentum. Balance is about finding stillness and control in a movement while Momentum is about the use of gravity and the power it gives us when we can harness it for a quick moment. Both of these concepts are truly fleeting and complicated to find in the body. The dancers and I worked to find uses of the body that they were not used to and included them in this process. They have pulled it off magnificently!

Our Performance, continued A Sequence of Major Concepts Contraction/Release

Advanced 4 Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: Rhythm Song - Evelyn Glennie Danced by: Brianna Baye, Faith Peddycord, Abbey Sterling Notes from the teacher: Contraction and Release are the main components of one of the most famous Modern dance techniques developed by Martha Graham. This concept uses the principles of breathing in an exaggerated form to create a supple yet strong use of the spine. While this is not a Graham technique piece, it uses many of the same ideas in its creation. It was fun to create with these dancers and I hope they, and you, enjoy this exploration.

Excerpt from Lost in Translation (LTW repertory 2013)

Pre-Professional Program Modern Choreography: Chris Harris Music: A simple place - Bill Ryan Danced by: Amelia Harrelson, Elizabeth Killian-Keup, Leilani Montoya, Madeline Nguyen, Austin Price, Amelia Scott Notes from the teacher: I recreated a section of this piece for a few reasons. The first is that it includes all the concepts explored by the other Modern Technique classes this year. Second, I originally created this piece using images from historic modern dancers we have been learning about this year as the inspiration for its movement. Third, Modern dance includes improvisation and individual interpretation as a basic tenet of its training and that is built into the structure of this piece. These dancers are a joy to work with and took on all the challenges that I, and life, threw at them. I am overjoyed to see this piece again and I very much appreciate the work that they did to help me recreate it.

Photo by: Amanda Tipton

Photo by: Amanda Tipton

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Studio Company Biograp Andrew Adams is a 16-year-old sophomore at Jefferson Academy in Broomfield, Colorado. Andrew has been dancing for 13 years. He has danced in six productions of The Nutcracker, in roles including Fritz, Lead Chinese, Solder Doll, The Nutcracker Prince and Snake Charmer. Andrew has been a member of Colorado Conservatory of Dance’s Studio Company for three years. He has had the pleasure of dancing roles choreographed

by Vadim Fedotov, Robert Mills, Dominic Walsh, Caili Quan, Cameron Terry, and Tilman O’Donnell. Andrew adores his people at CCD and really misses the studio being open and performing live. He hopes to be a professional dancer after high school.

Brianna Baye is 16-years-old and is currently in her junior year at Broomfield High School, where she enjoys attending Anatomy and Language Arts classes. Brianna is a member of the German Honor Society at her school and is hoping to earn the Seal of Biliteracy in German. She has been studying with Colorado Conservatory of Dance for 13 years, and this is her third year of dancing with CCD’s Studio Company. Brianna has been a part of CCD’s performance of The Nutcracker for five years, dancing roles such as Party Boy, Soldier, Bon Bon, Mouse, Sheep, and Harlequin Doll. She has performed in works by Julia Wilkinson Manley, Robert Mills, Amelie Klemmt, and many others. She is looking forward to attending her first Summer Intensive at Oregon Ballet Theater this summer. She aspires to be a certified physical therapist and professional dancer. Besides dance, she also enjoys reading, writing poetry, playing her ukulele, and listening to music.

Madelyn Blanchard is a 16-year-old junior at Colorado Early Colleges High School. She has been a member of Studio Company with Colorado Conservatory of Dance for two years. Studio Company has afforded Madelyn the opportunity to perform in a variety of pieces, work with amazing choreographers, and continue to develop her skills as a dancer.

Madelyn has performed as a Swan in The Ugly Duckling, Violet in Crayon Box and a Party Mom, Lead Snow, Lead Spanish, and Flower in The Nutcracker. In addition to dance, Madelyn enjoys spending time in the mountains, traveling, and spending time with her family.

Gabriella Mbagoyi is a 13-year-old in her freshman year at Boulder High School, where she is currently enrolled in many advanced classes and holds a 4.3 GPA. She has earned an academic letter for each quarter so far. Her favorite subject is science. Gabriella has been a student at Colorado Conservatory of Dance for four and a half years. This is her second year in Studio Company, in which she has had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Dominic Walsh, Julia Wilkinson Manley, Michael Hinton, Cameron Terry, and Robert Mills. At CCD, Gabriella has participated in four productions of The Nutcracker, and has danced the roles of Party Girl, Baby Sheep, Bon Bon, Chinese, Soldier, Dragonfly, Angel and Snow. Outside of dance, Gabriella participates in Girlscouts of America and recently completed her Girl Scout Silver Award by sewing 50 dresses for kids in need.

Leilani Montoya is a 17-year-old junior at Branson School Online with a GPA of 4.0. She has been studying dance at Colorado Conservatory of Dance for nine years, and this is her fifth year in Studio Company. She is honored to have the experience of being taught by wonderful teachers, dancing with outstanding students, and working with amazing choreographers. She has enjoyed being a part of anti-bullying performances such as Madeline Stands Tall, The Ugly Duckling, and the more recent Crayon Box choreographed

by Michael Hinton. This year was Leilani's eighth year performing in CCD's yearly production of The Nutcracker. She has performed roles such as Lead Chinese, Clara, and Dewdrop. She has also had the privilege of performing in past Studio Company productions, including 25th Silver Anniversary Spectacular, Tales en Pointe, and Aurora's Wedding. She was also grateful to have worked with Cameron Terry, Caili Quan, Tillman O’Donnell, and Dominic Walsh for this year's Studio Company performance. Outside of dance, Leilani enjoys crocheting, drawing, and spending time with her family. She would like to have a career in dance someday and is ecstatically looking forward to another year at CCD!

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phies Franziska (Siska) Nagle is a 14-year old homeschool student. She has been dancing at Colorado Conservatory of Dance for nine years, and this is her first year in Studio Company.

She has performed in four productions of CCD’s The Nutcracker. In The Nutcracker, Siska has danced the roles of Party Girl, Little Angel, Chinese, and Dragon, Soldier, Angel, and Baby Sheep. Siska has really enjoyed her first year in Studio Company, and has learned so much from her fellow dancers, the CCD staff, and the exquisite guest choreographers. In her spare time, Siska loves to read, write, and enjoy nature.

Austin Price is an 18-year-old senior at Pomona High School. She has a 4.0 GPA and has lettered in both academics and advanced journalism all four years. She has also written for the school newspaper throughout high school, and this past year was the Editor-in-Chief.

Austin began her training at Colorado Conservatory of Dance when she was six years old.

She has been a part of CCD’s Studio Company for five years, three of which she has been a Studio Company Representative. She is currently a dancer in the Pre-Professional Program.

She has worked with choreographers including Maree ReMalia, Alex Ketley, John McFall, Sarah Hillmer, Dominic Walsh, Tilman O'Donnell, Caili Quan, and Julia Wilkinson Manley.

At CCD, she has performed several lead roles, including Madeline in Madeline Stands Tall, the Lilac Fairy in Aurora’s Wedding, and the Duck in Peter and the Wolf. She has also performed soloist roles in CCD's The Nutcracker, including Arabian, Mirliton, Rat King, Snow and Lead Flower. Austin has attended CCD’s Advanced Summer Intensive for five years and has performed in CCD’s annual Summer Moving Project for four years. This past summer, she attended CCD’s Movement Lab where she worked with many world-renowned choreographers, in addition to creating work and films of her own. Austin has created works for CCD’s Young Choreographer’s Showcase. This fall marked Austin’s first year teaching as an Apprentice Faculty Member, and she looks forward to many more years of dancing and teaching with CCD to come.

Lauren Rodriguez is a 13-year-old 7th grader at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School, where she enjoys biology and is a member of the National Junior Honors Society. This is Lauren's 11th year dancing at Colorado Conservatory of Dance, and this is her second year in Studio Company. As part of Studio Company, Lauren has danced in productions of Robert Mills’ The Ugly Duckling and Michael Hinton's Crayon Box. She has also performed in the 2019 Studio Company production of Aurora’s Wedding. Lauren has performed in six productions of The Nutcracker at CCD, dancing in a variety of roles such as Snow, Dragonfly, Party Girl, Party Boy, Baby Mouse, Angel, Soldier, Bon Bon, Baby Sheep and Chinese. Lauren has participated in CCD's Summer Intensive program for several years, and for the past two years, in its Summer Moving Project, performing works by ​​​​​​​​​​​Julia Wilkinson Manley, Melissa French, Carly Hambridge, Dominic Walsh, Kerry Healy and Momo Sakai. Lauren participated in Colorado Ballet's Young Dancer Workshop in summer 2018, and in the Winter Workshop at Lemon Sponge Cake under the direction of Robert Sher-Machherndl in 2020. She was a participant in the Denver Ballet Guild’s Young Dancers Competition in 2020. Lauren was excited to choreograph and produce her first dance film work, Water in the Flame, as part of CCD's Choreology Festival this year. Lauren loves being a part of the CCD family and looks forward to many more years of dance.

Abbey Sterling is a 14-year-old 8th grader at Nativity: Faith & Reason Catholic School.

She currently holds a 3.5 GPA and enjoys being Vice President, altar serving, and being in numerous clubs at her school. She has been studying dance at Colorado Conservatory of Dance for ten years, and this will be her third season with CCD’s Studio Company. She has performed in nine annual performances of CCD’s Gala and in several works choreographed

by Julia Wilkinson Manley and Julia Meng, as well as works by Dominic Walsh, Robert Mills, and Michael Hinton. This last December marked Abbey’s seventh year performing in The Nutcracker. She has danced the roles of Little Angel, Party Girl, Bon Bon, Fritz’s Friend, Spanish, Lead Angel, Mouse, Snow, Flower, Harlequin Doll and Mirliton. Abbey also enjoys assisting Childrens Ballet at CCD. Abbey is excited to study ballet this summer at CCD and at Colorado Ballet Academy. Abbey is looking forward to attending Holy Family High School as a freshman in the fall, and to continuing to study dance through her high school years. continued on next page...

Biographies, continued Emily Taft is an 18-year-old homeschooled senior; she will graduate with the APEX Homeschool Program with highest honors. She joined the Pre Professional Program at Colorado Conservatory of Dance last fall as a senior, and joined Studio Company in January. She had performed and trained at Longmont Dance Theatre Academy since age three, and had participated in their Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program since 7th grade. She has had the pleasure of working with many choreographers: Erica Randall, Kristin Kingsley, Stephanie Tuley, Rachel Dodson, Julia Wilkinson Manley, Dominic Walsh, Tilman O’Donnell, Caili Quan, Cameron Terry, and more. Emily has performed in The Nutcracker for 11 years. With CCD, she loved dancing Snow Queen and Flower. Some of her other The Nutcracker roles include Snow Queen, Dewdrop, Arabian Pas de Duex, Columbine Doll, and Clara. Among the roles she’s danced, Grasshopper soloist in A Midsummer Night’s Dream under Stephanie Tuley and Kristin Kingsley was a favorite. Emily has attended Summer Intensives for many years, including Kansas City Ballet’s program last summer. Emily will be at CCD’s Summer Intensive this year, and will continue in the Pre-Professional Program for one year before pursuing a professional career in ballet, most likely with a trainee or second company program.

Photograph: Lisa Taft Sophie Trojanowski is a 13-year-old 8th grader at Jefferson Academy. She is an Honors student with a 3.9 GPA and a love for history. She looks forward to taking college-level psychology classes in the coming year. Sophie has trained with Colorado Conservatory of Dance for eight years, and has been in the Studio Company for two years. For her, Studio Company offers a way to build her leadership skills and to strengthen her dancing. Her favorite Studio Company production so far has been The Ugly Duckling. Sophie has also performed in works

by Julia Wilkinson Manley, Dominic Walsh, Robert Mills, Michael Hinton, and many others. She has also danced in five productions of The Nutcracker with CCD, dancing such roles as Mouse, Sheep, Party Girl, Bon Bon, and Angel. In the past year, she had the honor of dancing as Clara in The Nutcracker. Sophie has also had the opportunity to perform and to choreograph for the Young Choreographers Showcase. Sophie hopes to pursue a career in child psychology. Outside of dance, she enjoys reading, photography, and cooking.

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