Spring demo 2025 progra

Storybook Divertissements: A Celebration of Minkus

Saturday, June 7th, 2025 Langley High School, McLean, VA

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

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 GRANDMOTHER, ALICIA KISH, WAS A P RIM A BA L LER I NA A SSO L UTA WIT H TH E HU N GA R I A N NATIONAL BALLET. HER MOTHER JULI A CZ I LLE R RE D ICK TAU G HT F OR 5 5 Y E A RS , CREATING MORE PROFESSIONAL BALLE T DA N CER S TH A N A N Y O T HER TEA C HE R O F H ER KIND. REVERED BY MANY AS THE BEST BA L LET TEA C HER IN T HE A REA , MR S . R E DI C K BROUGHT ALEXIA EVERYWHERE SHE WE N T. A LEX I A W A S I N EV E RY C LAS S S H E TA U GH T HER WHOLE LIFE. CONSERVATORY BAL L ET F OUN D ATI O N I S CR E ATE D IN HE R H ON 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 KHARATIAN, MR. ZIMMELEROV, MADAM E VI N OGR A DOV A , M A DAM E KO L PAK O VA . S HE WA S FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THE LITTL E SI S TER OF T WO E XTR A ORD I NAR Y M A L E D A NC E R S WHO THEMSELVES STUDIED UNDER GRE A T B A LLE T MA S TER S . S H E H A S P E RF O R M ED AT T H E KENNEDY CENTER AND WITH BALLET P A RAD I SO. ALEXIA IS FULL OF ENERGY AND THRI VES IN A RO O M F U LL O F C H ILD R EN. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AUDREY KELLEY

AUDREY IS A PREVIOUS DANCER WITH THE CONSERVATORY BALLET OF SIXTEEN YEARS. SHE WAS TAUGHT BY MRS. REDICK (THE FOUNDER OF THE CONSERVATORY BALLET AND ALEXIA’S MOTHER), AND WAS THE LAST SENIOR TO GRADUATE WITH HER BEAUTIFUL PRESENCE STILL WITH US. AUDREY JUST GRADUATED FROM JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY WITH A MAJOR IN HEALTH SCIENCE AND A DOUBLE MINOR IN DANCE AND PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY. AUDREY PLANS ON USING HER GAP YEAR TO BE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THEN PLANS ON GETTING HER DOCTORATE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY. SHE’S VERY EXCITED TO BE IN OUR CONSERVATORY BALLET FAMILY AGAIN AND CAN’T WAIT TO TEACH WITH US FOR A WHOLE YEAR! ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MADAME ILONA MADAME ILONA IS OUR LATEST ADDITI ON T O T H E C O NSE R VAT O RY B ALL E T F A M IL Y . A S A PROFESSIONAL DANCER, CHOREOGR APH E R, A ND E STE E MED PRO F ESS O R O F B A L L ET AN D DANCE, SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXP ERT I SE A ND P ASS I ON T O O U R T E AM . S PE C IA L I Z IN G I N THE RENOWNED VAGANOVA METHODO LOG Y , M A DAM E IL O NA H AS D EDI C A TE D 2 8 Y EA R S T O TEACHING AND NURTURING STUDENTS O F A L L A G ES A ND S KIL L LE V ELS . HE R EX T EN S I V E EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO EXC E LLE N CE M AKE HER A V A LUA B LE A SS E T TO OU R CONSERVATORY, INSPIRING AND GUID I NG T HE N EXT GEN E RAT I ON O F D A NC E R 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 SCHOOL RUNS SMOOTHLY. MARIA HAND L ES C LAS S SC H EDU L ES, STU D ENT ENROLLMENT, AND DAILY OPERATIONS WIT H EF F ICI E NCY AND CAR E . H E R COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING BOTH ST U DEN T S A N D P A REN T S M A KES HER A K E Y PART OF OUR CONSERVATORY BALLET F AMI L Y.

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.

SYNOPSIS WELCOME TO OUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORKS OF LUDWIG MINKUS. MINKUS WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROMANTIC COMPOSITIONS AND DEEP LOVE FOR BALLET. IN THIS PROGR AM, WE EXPLORE HIS SOMATIC STORYTELLING THROUGH CLASSICAL MUSICAL VARIATIONS FROM DON QUIXOTE, LE CORSAIRE, AND THE AWAKENING OF FLOR A (OR L’AWAKENING DE FLOR A).

EACH BALLET CAPTURES A DIFFERENT FACET OF LOVE, BEAUTY, AND TR ANSFORMATION. WE BEGIN WITH DON QUIXOTE, THE STORY OF A DREAMER ENCHANTED BY THE VISION OF HIS BELOVED DULCINEA. OUR SCENE OPENS IN THE WORLD OF DREAMS AND DEVOTION. FROM THERE, WE SHIFT TO THE AWAKENING OF FLOR A, TR AVELING BACK IN TIME TO THE MYTHIC WORLD OF ANCIENT SPRING. FLOR A, THE GODDESS OF FLOWERS, AWAKENS IN A LUSH, BLOOMING LANDSCAPE FILLED WITH CUPID’S LOVE AND THE JOY OF RENEWAL. FINALLY, WE SET SAIL TO LE CORSAIRE, WHERE OUR HEROINE PREPARES FOR HER WEDDING ON A DISTANT PIR ATE ISLAND— HER LOVE STORY UNFOLDING AMIDST ADVENTURE AND THE SEA.

ACT 1 DREAM SCENE CUPIDS MILA FRANCHAK, SOFIA BARRESI, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, CARISSA JIN, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, KATE BHANDARI, FIONA MINIHANE, QUINN HINDERDAEL, ISABELLE KIM

CORPS 1 FAITH THOMAS, XOLILE NDLOVU, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, BETTY MATTIS, AMELIA LOHRUM, ADDISON GOODWIN, CHARLOTTE GOODRICH, AURELIA VAN NESS, ESME LOLA BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN

CORPS 2 DANIEL THOMAS, ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LANA WYNANDS, SOPHIA MICHAELS, AVA LEE, LEILA KENEIPP, ISABELLA KRIEGER, DAPHNE AFTENI

SOLOISTS ELMI EN THOMAS, VI CTORI A FEDOSEEVA, EMMA STEVENS, ROSE AUSTI N

AMORA VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ELMIEN THOMAS

DON QUIXOTE- DULCINEA VARIATION ROSE AUSTIN

THE QUEEN OF THE DRYADS EMMA STEVENS

CODA ALL TOGETHER

**Intermission or brief pause**

ACT 2 MARCH, DON QUIXOTE CUPIDS FAITH THOMAS, XOLILE NDLOVU, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, AMELIA LOHRUM, ADDISON GOODWIN, CHARLOTTE GOODRICH, ESME LOLA BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN

CORPS SOPHIA MICHAELS, ELMIEN THOMAS, DANIEL THOMAS, LEILA KENEIPP, EMMA STEVENS, LANA WYNANDS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, AVA LEE, ISABELLA KRIEGER, ROSE AUSTIN, DAPHNE AFTENI

DON QUIXOTE, CLASSICAL VARIATION I ISABELLA KRIEGER

PAQUITA, VARIATION ROSE AUSTIN

DON QUIXOTE VARIATION LANA WYNANDS

⁠D O N Q U I X O T E , Q U I T E R I A ’ S VARIATION EMMA STEVENS

AWAKENING OF FLORA APOLLO LEILA KENEIPP

CUPID SOPHIA MICHAELS

PETIT AMOURS MILA FRANCHAK, SOFIA BARRESI, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, CARISSA JIN, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, KATE BHANDARI, FIONA MINIHANE, QUINN HINDERDAEL, ISABELLE KIM, BETTY MATTIS, AURELIA VAN NESS

CODA ALL CORPS

FINALE EVERYONE IN THE MARCH

**Intermission or brief pause**

ACT 3

GHOST TOWN EMMA STEVENS, ROSE AUSTIN CHOREOGRAPHED BY AUDREY KELLE Y

FEELING GOOD VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LEILA KENEIPP, SOPHIA MICHAELS, ADDISON GOODWIN, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY CHOREOGRAPHED BY MIGUEL PEREZ

LA FILLE MAL GARDEE ISABELLA KRIEGER

ODALISQUE 1ST VARIATION DANIEL THOMAS

ODALISQUE 3RD VARIATION SOPHIA MICHAELS

CORSAIRE WALTZ SOLOISTS EMMA STEVENS, DANIEL THOMAS

SERVANTS BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, CARISSA JIN, FIONA MINIHANE, QUINN HINDERDAEL, ISABELLE KIM

FLOWER GIRLS FAITH THOMAS, XOLILE NDLOVU, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, BETTY MATTIS, AMELIA LOHRUM, ADDISON GOODWIN, CHARLOTTE GOODRICH, AURELIA VAN NESS, ESME LOLA BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN, MILA FRANCHAK, SOFIA BARRESI, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, KATE BHANDARI

CORPS ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LANA WYNANDS, SOPHIA MICHAELS, AVA LEE, LEILA KENEIPP, ISABELLA KRIEGER, DAPHNE AFTENI, ROSE AUSTIN, EMMA STEVENS, DANIEL THOMAS

THANK YOU WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRADITUDE FOR THE GENEROUS GIFT OF TIME

VOLUNTEERS

TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, WE HUMBLY THANK YOU. MERCI!

Autographs:

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