Nutcracker Program 2025

THEATER AND BALLET ETIQUETTE AND CUSTOMS

Here are some simple rules of common sense and courtesy.

Do feel free to applaud: 1. When your favorite dancer appears on stage.

2. When a dancer does many turns (rond de jambe fouette).

3. When a dancer balances on pointe.

4. When a boy dancer lifts a girl dancer.

In other words, you may applaud whenever you like what you see.

Do give full attention to what is being performed on stage.

We shall not: 1. Talk 2. Use cellular phones 3. Take any pictures 4. Hum, sing, or tap fingers or feet 5. Rustle programs 6. Make noise with gum 7. Open cellophane-wrapped candies 8. Snap purses open and closed 9. Read 10. Sigh with boredom 11. Arrive late or leave early

CONSERVATORY BALLET'S THE NUTCRACKER A BALLET IN THREE ACTS N ARATED BY MS ALANA REDICK

ORIGINALLY AN 1892 TWO-ACT BALLET, CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARIUS PETIPA AND LEV IVANOV WITH A SCORE BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (OP. 71). THE LIBRETTO IS ADAPTED FROM E. T. A. HOFFMANN' S STORY "THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING".

Founders Conservatory Ballet, Julia Cziller Redick 1972 Original Set Design for Conservatory Ballet, Meridee Levy Original Set Coordinator, Donald Correll Costumes by Darlene Corell & Imogene Hunt

EN MEMORIAM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER JULIA CZILLER REDICK Julia Cziller Redick began her training in Budapest, Hungary, at the Hungarian Opera House and the Artist Academy.

After the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, Mrs. Redick immigrated to the United States and resumed her studies with her mother, Madame Alicia Reisz, formerly Prima Ballerina of the Hungarian Opera. Mrs. Redick also studied with Miss Carol Lynn, Dale Senhardt, Ann Parsons, and Oleg Tupine, and she performed with the National Ballet under the direction of Fredrick Franklin.

Mrs. Redick held the position as Head of the Dance Department at Hannah More Academy in Reisterstown, Maryland, St. Timothy's School in Stevenson, Maryland, and in 1971 founded the Conservatory in Columbia, Maryland. Conservatory Ballet, Ltd., of Reston followed in 1979, where she continued for the next 40 years.

FACULTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALEXIA REDICK BARTLETT ALEXIA REDICK BARTLETT IS FROM TH REE GEN E RAT I ONS OF B ALL E T T E AC H E R S. HE R G RA N DM O T H ER , ALICIA KISH, WAS A PRIMA BALLERIN A A S SOL U TA W ITH THE HUN G ARI A N N A T IO N AL B A LL E T. H E R M OT H E R JULIA CZILLER REDICK TAUGHT FOR 5 5 Y E ARS , CR E ATI N G M O RE P ROF E SS I O N AL BA L L E T D AN C E R S T HA N ANY OTHER TEACHER OF HER KIND. R E VER E D B Y MA N Y A S TH E BE S T B A LL E T TE A CH E R IN TH E A RE A , M R S .

REDICK BROUGHT ALEXIA EVERYWH ERE SHE WEN T . A L EXI A WA S IN EVE R Y C L A SS SH E T AU G HT H E R WHOLE LIFE. CONSERVATORY BALLET F OUN D ATI O N I S CR E ATE D IN HER HO N O R .

ALEXIA HAS STUDIED UNDER SOME OF THE GRE A TS H ERS E LF, INC L UDI N G R U D OL P H K H A RA T IA N , MR .

ZIMMELEROV, MADAME VINOGRADOV A, M ADA M E K O LPA K OVA . SH E WA S FO R TU N A T E E NO U G H T O B E T HE LITTLE SISTER OF TWO EXTRAORDINA R Y M A LE D ANC E RS W HO T HEM S ELV E S S T U DI E D U N D ER GR E A T BALLET MASTERS. SHE HAS PERFORME D AT THE KEN N EDY CEN T ER A ND W IT H B AL L ET P A RA D IS O .

ALEXIA IS FULL OF ENERGY AND THRI VES IN A RO O M F U LL O F C H ILD R EN.

INSTRUCTOR

MICHELE ARNHOLD BEGAN HER DAN CE T RAI N ING AT T HE A GE O F 7 AT T HE R E STO N C O N SE RVATO RY B AL L E T

MICHELE ARNHOLD

SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE, MICHE LE S PEN T HE R SU M MER S IN NEW YOR K I N B AL L ET I N TE N SI V E S AT T H E

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JULIA REDI CK, WHE R E S H E WA S T R AIN E D I N TH E VA G AN O VA T E CH N I Q UE . F R O M H I GH BOLSHOI BALLET ACADEMY OF MOSCOW, TH E JO F FRE Y BA L LET SCH O OL, TH E O PE N W O R L D D AN C E FOUNDATION, AND AMERICAN BALLET T HEAT ER. MIC H ELE FUR T HER E D H E R D A N CE ST U D I ES AT B U TL E R UNIVERSITY JORDAN COLLEGE OF THE ART S AN D GR A DUAT ED W ITH A B FA I N DA N CE P E RF O RM A N C E I N 2 0 2 3. AT BUTLER, SHE EXPANDED HER DANCE T E CHN I QUE TO I NCL U DE M ODE R N, J AZ Z , IM P RO V I S AT I ON , C HA R AC T E R , AND PARTNERING, WITH PROFESSORS R OSA N NA R UFF O , M A REK CHO L EWA , R A M O N F LO W E R S, AN D PAU L TAYLOR ALUMNA SUSAN MCGUIRE.HER FAVO R ITE ROL E S W H ILE AT B UTL E R W E R E T HE W I LI S I N G IS E LL E , SWA N LAKE’S WALTZ, AND MIRLITONS IN TH E N U TCR A CKE R .

MICHELE JOINED NEW YORK CITY’S CH EVA L IER BAL L ET C OMPA NY I N S E PT E M B ER 20 2 4 . S H E P E R FO R ME D SPANISH AND DEW DROP IN LONG ISLA ND B ALL E T T H EAT R E’S THE NUT C RA C K E R, AN D I N D EC E M B ER 20 2 4 PERFORMED IN A DANCER’S CHRISTMA S WI T H C H EVA L IER BAL L ET. MIC H EL E ’ S P E RF O R M AN C ES W I TH CHEVALIER INCLUDE ACT 2 OF GISELL E, N EW Y ORK STO R IES , PA Q UITA , L A VI VAN D I E RE , G O S S IP, CHOREOGRAPHED BY DANIELLE DINIZ, AND RED , WH I TE & BL U E, C HOR E OG R A P HE D B Y S AR A K N I G HT. CURRENTLY, MICHELE TEACHES BALLE T AN D MA N AGE S TH E DA N CE T EAM AT C I TY D AN C E ST U DI O S IN WASHINGTON D.C., AND TEACHES BAL L ET, POI N TE, AND CHA R ACT E R AT CO N S ERVATO RY B A LL E T IN GR E AT FALLS, VIRGINIA.

INSTRUCTOR YUKARI BROWN

YUKARI BROWN IS A REGISTERED TEA C HER WIT H TH E RO YAL A CAD E MY O F D A N CE . A S A M I LI TA RY S PO U S E , SHE HAS SHARED HER LOVE OF BALLE T AN D TE A CHI N G W H ERE V ER S HE G OE S , IN S PI R I N G S TU D E N TS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABR O AD. SHE HAS TAUGHT AT SHREVEPORT DAN C E A C ADE M Y ( L OUI S IAN A ), D AYTO N B A L LE T ( O H I O) , Y U K A RI ’ S BALLET SCHOOL (GEORGIA), AND SEK I NE B ALL E T S T UDI O (TO KYO ) . I N RE C O GN I TI O N OF HE R D ED I CAT I O N, SHE WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE U.S. D EPA R TME N T O F DE F ENS E IN 201 8 FO R BR I NG I N G B A LL E T ED U CAT I O N TO EACH NEW COMMUNITY. MRS. YUKARI EARNED DISTINCTION ON HE R RO YAL A CAD E MY O F D A NCE EX A M I NAT IO N S AN D H A S PERFORMED LEADING ROLES IN MANY C LAS S ICA L BA L LET S , I N CLU D ING DO N Q UI X OT E , RAY MO N D A , S WA N LAKE, AND LA BAYADÈRE. IN ADDITION TO TEACHING AND PERFO RMI N G, S HE I S T H E D I REC TOR O F T H E J A PA N E S E B AL L E T B R AN D FAIRY MARY BALLET, WHERE SHE DES I GNS AND CRE ATES BAL L ET I TEM S .

ADMINISTRATOR MARIA JONES MARIA IS THE ADMINISTRATOR AT CON SER V ATO R Y B A LLE T , W H ERE SHE EN S U R ES TH E S CH O OL R U NS SMOOTHLY. MARIA HANDLES CLASS SC H EDU L ES, STU D ENT ENR O LLM E NT, AN D D AI L Y O P E RA T IO N S WI T H EFFICIENCY AND CARE. HER COMMITM E NT T O S U PPO R TIN G BO T H S T UDE N TS A N D P AR E N T S M AK E S HE R A KEY PART OF OUR CONSERVATORY BAL L ET F AMI L Y.

SYNOPSIS ACT I It’s a snowy Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum home, and Dr. and Frau Stahlbaum and their children, Marie and Fritz, are welcoming their guests to a holiday party. There are games and gifts for the children, and dancing for everyone. Marie’s beloved godfather, Herr Drosselmeier, introduces her to his young nephew and gives her a wonderful present: a handsome wooden Nutcracker.

After the party, Marie falls asleep on the sofa with her Nutcracker. Suddenly, she sits up — something is not right. Out of nowhere, giant mice scurry into the room, and the Christmas tree begins to grow, higher and higher, until it towers over Marie. Everything in the room disappears except for Fritz’s toy soldiers and the Nutcracker — all now as big as Marie. The Nutcracker leads the toy soldiers into battle with the mice, and Marie helps him by throwing her slipper at the fierce Mouse King, who the Nutcracker then slays. Now that the Mouse King is dead, an ancient spell has been broken, and the Nutcracker is transformed into a handsome prince. As he presents Marie with the Mouse King’s crown, she recognizes him as Herr Drosselmeier’s nephew. The children enter a beautiful forest, where the snowflakes dance a lovely waltz and guide Marie and the Prince toward the Christmas Star.

ACT II Marie and the Prince arrive in the Land of Sweets and are greeted by the beautiful Sugarplum Fairy and all the other inhabitants of her realm. The Prince tells the story of the battle with the mice, describing how Marie helped him defeat the Mouse King. Everyone is delighted that the Prince and Marie are safe, and the Sugarplum Fairy leads them to a glittering throne, where they can enjoy cakes and candies.

Everyone dances for the two children: Hot Chocolate from Spain, Chinese Tea, Coffee from Arabia, the Candy Canes, the Marzipan Shepherdesses, and Mother Ginger, with her eight little polichinelles. Then comes the Waltz of the Flowers, with a shimmering Dewdrop dancing among the lovely blooms, and finally, the Sugarplum Fairy returns with her Cavalier to perform a majestic dance.

It’s time for Marie and the Prince to say goodbye. Everyone returns to bid them farewell, and they soar off in a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.

ACT 1, SCENE 1 THE PARTY MARIE ELMIEN THOMAS, ADDISON GOODWIN, EMMA STEVENS

LOUISE LEI LA KENEI PP, DANI EL THOMAS, AVA LEE THOMAS,

FRITZ JAMES LEE, HUGH BARTLETT

HERR SILBERHAUS YUKARI BROWN, NI COLE DOYLE, MI CHELE ARNHOLD

FRAU SILBERHAUS JOBY DOYLE

HERR DROSSELMEYER CAROUX THOMAS

MAIDS I SABELLLA KRI EGER, EMMA STEVENS

MARIES FRIENDS FAI TH THOMAS, KATE BHANDARI , TEAGAN MCAULI FFE, HANNAH HOLT, AMEI LI A LOHRUM, BETTY MATTI S

LOUISES FRIENDS DAPHNE AFTENI, AREV DEURDULIAN, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ELMIEN THOMAS, CHARLIE DOYLE, STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, HAYES HOHMANN, AVA ZARE, ANNA DUBNIK, ESME BARNES

STAGE RIGHT GIRLS SOFIA BARRESI, MILA FRANCHAK,

FRITZ FRIENDS HUGH BARTLETT, MAX DOYLE, TEDDY KRIEGER

MAGICAL SPRITE IN THE FFREEZE BETTY MATTIS, BLAIR MATTIS, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY

MARIONETTE DOLLS SOFIA BARRESI, MILA FRANCHAK

BIG BEAR SAGE FABER

FIRST DOLL VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA

SECOND DOLL ISABELLLA KRIEGER, AVA LEE

THIRD DOLL ADDISON GOODWIN, JAMES LEE, EMMA STEVENS

ACT 1, SCENE 2& 3 THE MAGIC MAGICAL SPRITES STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, AMELIA LOHRUM, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, FAITH THOMAS

STAR STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN

ANGELS HAYES HOHMANN, HANNAH HOLT, CHARLIE DOYLE, AVA ZARE

DOLLIES UNDER THE TREE SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, MILA FRANCHAK, BETTY MATTIS, ISABELLE KIM, BLAIR GARVEY, KATE BHANDARI, SOFIA BARRESI, FIONA MINIHANE

NURSE MOUSE SAGE FABER

BEARS CHARLOTTE LAWLER, SIENA BARRESI, HANNAH LOHRUM, JULIANA DOYLE, SEREN GOODWIN

MAGIC MICE ELMIEN THOMAS, DANIEL THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LEILA KENEIPP, AVA LEE

THE BATTLE SOLIDERS ANNA DUDNIK, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, FAITH THOMAS, STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, AVA ZARE, HAYES HOHMANN, ADDISON GOODWIN, AMELIA LOHRUM, JAMES LEE, ESME BARNES

MICE AREV DEURDULIAN, DANIEL THOMAS, LEILA KENEIPP, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ELMIEN THOMAS, DAPHNE AFTENI, AVA LEE

CANNON BOYS HUGH BARTLETT, JAMES LEE, TEDDY KRIEGER

THE NUTCRACKER EMMA STEVENS

MOUSEQUEEN ISABELLLA KRIEGER

**Intermission or brief pause**

ACT 2 THE LAND OF SNOW

SNOW QUEEN EMMA STEVENS YUKARI BROWN

SNOW PRINCESS VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ISABELLA KRIEGER, DANIEL THOMAS, LEILA KENEIPP

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER YUKARI BROWN

SNOW ANGELS HANNAH LOHRUM, SEREN GOODWIN, ARIA CHAILIN, SIENA BARRESI, JULIANA DOYLE, ISABELLE KIM, LILIANA LACROSS, SCARLETT BOLAR

ICE FAIRIES AVA ZARE, CHARLIE DOYLE, HANNAH HOLT, ESME BARNES, KATE BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN, BETTY MATTIS, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, MILA FRANCHAK, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, SOFIA BARRESI, ISABELLE KIM, FIONA MINIHANE

SNOW CORPS STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, AREV DEURDULIAN, DAPHNE AFTENI, FAITH THOMAS, AMELIA LOHRUM, ELMIEN THOMAS, TEAGAN MCAHULIFFE, ANNA DUDNIK, AVA LEE, ADDISION GOODWIN,

**Intermission or brief pause**

ACT 3, SCENE 1 THE LAND OF SWEETS

CLOWNS ELMIEN THOMAS, STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, CHARLIE DOYLE, ESME BARNES

BUTTERFLIES SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, BLAIR GARVEY, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, ISABELLE KIM, HANNAH LOHRUM, SEREN GOODWIN, KATE BHANDARI, ARIA CHAIKIN, JULIANA DOYLE, SIENA BARRESI, LILIANA LACROSS, FIONA MINIHANE

SPANISH (CHOCOLATE) EMMA STEVENS, ISABELLA KRIEGER

CHILDREN'S DANCE HAYES HOHMANN, ADDISON GOODWIN, SOFIA BARRESI, ESME BARNES, CHARLIE DOYLE, AVA ZARE, MILA FRANCHAK, AMELIA LOHRUM, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, BETTY MATTIS, KATE BHANDARI

RUSSIAN VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA DAPHNE AFTENI, AVA LEE, JAMES LEE, ANNA DUDNIK

ARABIAN SOLO(COFFE) STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN

ARABIAN COURT FAITH THOMAS, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, ELMIEN THOMAS, LEILA KENEIPP, AREV DEURDULIAN, AMELIA LOHRUM

BABY ARIBIAN BETTY MATTIS, ISABELLE KIM

ITALIAN TARANTELLA DANIEL THOMAS, AVA LEE

CHINESE (TEA) FAITH THOMAS, ADDISON GOODWIN, JAMES LEE, AMELIA LOHRUM, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE

BON BONS AREV DEURDULIAN, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ELMIEN THOMAS, ISABELLA KRIEGER

CUPID EMMA STEVENS

PERSEPHONE DANIEL THOMAS

ACT 3, SCENE 2 WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS

WALTZ SOLO LEILA KENEIPP, DANIEL THOMAS

WALTZ QUARTET ISABELLA KRIEGER, AREV DEURDULIAN, ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LEILA KENEIPP

PRELUDE AMELIA LOHRUM, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, ADDISON GOODWIN, FAITH THOMAS, ESME BARNES,

WALTZ CORPES DE BALLET KATE BHANDARI, HAYES HOHMANN, CHARLIE DOYLE, AVA ZARE, SOFIA BARRESI, HANNAH HOLT, SAGE FABER, ESME BARNES, JAMES LEE

ROSESONNET STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, DAPHNE AFTENI, ANNA DUDNIK, AVA LEE

ACT 3, SCENE 3 FAIRY WALTZ EMMA STEVENS, ISABELLA KRIEGER, AREV DEURDULIAN, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, AVA LEE, LEILA KENEIPP

SUGAR PLUM FAIRY EMMA STEVENS, MICHELE ARNHOLD

FINALE & APOTHEOSIS

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