Storybook Divertissements: A Celebration of Minkus
Saturday,June7th,2025
LangleyHighSchool,McLean,VA
T H E A T E R A N D B A L L E T
E T I Q U E T T E
N D C U S T O M S
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 THREE GENERATIONS OF BALLET TEACHERS HER GRANDMOTHER, ALICIA KISH, WAS A PRIMA BALLERINA ASSOLUTA WITH THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL BALLET HER MOTHER JULIA CZILLER REDICK TAUGHT FOR 55 YEARS, CREATING MORE PROFESSIONAL BALLET DANCERS THAN ANY OTHER TEACHER OF HER KIND REVERED BY MANY AS THE BEST BALLET TEACHER IN THE AREA, MRS REDICK BROUGHT ALEXIA EVERYWHERE SHE WENT ALEXIA WAS IN EVERY CLASS SHE TAUGHT HER WHOLE LIFE. CONSERVATORY BALLET FOUNDATION IS CREATED IN HER HONOR.
ALEXIA HAS STUDIED UNDER SOME OF THE GREATS HERSELF, INCLUDING RUDOLPH KHARATIAN, MR ZIMMELEROV, MADAME VINOGRADOVA, MADAME KOLPAKOVA SHE WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE THE LITTLE SISTER OF TWO EXTRAORDINARY MALE DANCERS WHO THEMSELVES STUDIED UNDER GREAT BALLET MASTERS. SHE HAS PERFORMED AT THE KENNEDY CENTER AND WITH BALLET PARADISO ALEXIA IS FULL OF ENERGY AND THRIVES IN A ROOM FULL OF CHILDREN
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 ADDITION TO THE CONSERVATORY BALLET FAMILY AS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, AND ESTEEMED PROFESSOR OF BALLET AND DANCE, SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE AND PASSION TO OUR TEAM. SPECIALIZING IN THE RENOWNED VAGANOVA METHODOLOGY, MADAME ILONA HAS DEDICATED 28 YEARS TO TEACHING AND NURTURING STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND SKILL LEVELS HER EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE MAKE HER A VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR CONSERVATORY, INSPIRING AND GUIDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DANCERS
ADMINISTRATOR
MARIA JONES
MARIA IS THE ADMINISTRATOR AT CONSERVATORY BALLET, WHERE SHE ENSURES THE SCHOOL RUNS SMOOTHLY MARIA HANDLES CLASS SCHEDULES, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, AND DAILY OPERATIONS WITH EFFICIENCY AND CARE. HER COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING BOTH STUDENTS AND PARENTS MAKES HER A KEY PART OF OUR CONSERVATORY BALLET FAMILY
M E M O R I A M A R T I S T I C
D I R E C T O R A N D F O U N D E R
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
D R E A M S C E N E
C U P I D S
MILA FRANCHAK, SOFIA BARRESI, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, CARISSA JIN, CHARLOTTE LAWLER, KATE BHANDARI, FIONA MINIHANE, QUINN HINDERDAEL, ISABELLE KIM
C O R P S 1
FAITH THOMAS, XOLILE NDLOVU, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, BETTY MATTIS, AMELIA LOHRUM, ADDISON GOODWIN, CHARLOTTE GOODRICH, AURELIA VAN NESS, ESME LOLA
BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN
C O R P S 2
DANIEL THOMAS, ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LANA WYNANDS, SOPHIA MICHAELS, AVA LEE, LEILA KENEIPP, ISABELLA KRIEGER, DAPHNE AFTENI
S O L O I S T S
ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, EMMA STEVENS, ROSE AUSTIN
A M O R A
VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, ELMIEN THOMAS
D O N Q U I X O T E - D U L C I N E A V A R I A T I O N T H E Q U E E N O F T H E D R Y A D S EMMA STEVENS C O D A ALL TOGETHER **Intermission or brief pause**
ROSE AUSTIN
ACT 2
M A R C H , D O N Q U I X O T E
C U P I D S
FAITH THOMAS, XOLILE NDLOVU, TEAGAN MCAULIFFE, AMELIA
LOHRUM, ADDISON GOODWIN, CHARLOTTE GOODRICH, ESME
LOLA BARNES, HAYES HOHMANN
C O R P S
SOPHIA MICHAELS, ELMIEN THOMAS, DANIEL THOMAS, LEILA
KENEIPP, EMMA STEVENS, LANA WYNANDS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, AVA LEE, ISABELLA KRIEGER, ROSE AUSTIN, DAPHNE AFTENI
D O N Q U I X O T E , C L A S S I C A L
V A R I A T I O N I ISABELLA KRIEGER
P A Q U I T A , V A R I A T I O N
ROSE AUSTIN
D O N Q U I X O T E V A R I A T I O N
LANA WYNANDS
D O N Q U I X O T E , Q U I T E R I A ’ S
V A R I A T I O N
EMMA STEVENS
A W A K E N I N G O F F L O R A
A P O L L O
LEILA KENEIPP
C U P I D
SOPHIA MICHAELS
P E T I T A M O U R S
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
C O D A ALL CORPS
F I N A L E EVERYONE IN THE MARCH
A C T 3
G H O S T T O W N
EMMA STEVENS, ROSE AUSTIN
CHOREOGRAPHED BY AUDREY KELLEY
F E E L I N G G O O D
VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LEILA KENEIPP, SOPHIA MICHAELS, ADDISON GOODWIN, BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY
CHOREOGRAPHED BY MIGUEL PEREZ
L A F I L L E M A L G A R D E E
ISABELLA KRIEGER
O D A L I S Q U E 1 S T V A R I A T I O N
DANIEL THOMAS
O D A L I S Q U E 3 R D V A R I A T I O N
SOPHIA MICHAELS
C O R S A I R E W A L T Z
S O L O I S T S
EMMA STEVENS, DANIEL THOMAS
S E R V A N T S
BLAIR GARVEY, SCARLETT VALMONT, HAYDEN BERKEY, CARISSA JIN, FIONA MINIHANE, QUINN HINDERDAEL, ISABELLE KIM
F L O W E R G I R L S
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
C O R P S
ELMIEN THOMAS, VICTORIA FEDOSEEVA, LANA WYNANDS, SOPHIA MICHAELS, AVA LEE, LEILA KENEIPP, ISABELLA KRIEGER, DAPHNE AFTENI, ROSE AUSTIN, EMMA STEVENS, DANIEL THOMAS
W E W O U L D L I K E T O E X T E N D O U R D E E P E S T
G R A D I T U D E F O R T H E G E N E R O U S G I F T O F T I M E T H A N K Y O U
V O L U N T E E R S
TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, WE HUMBLY THANK YOU MERCI!
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