Sunday Matinee Performance 12-11-2022

CONSERVATORY

Ballet

Nutcracker 2022

Sunday Matinee, December 11, 2022

CONSERVATORY BALLET FOUNDATION SUPPORT

SUPPORT EVERY YEAR, CONSERVATORY BALLET HAS BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BY GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MERIT, FINANCIAL NEED, AND MAINTAINING DIVERSITY IN BALLET. THE CONSERVATORY BALLET FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTES $100,000+ EVERY YEAR TO THE PRESERVATION OF ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS, PERFORMANCES, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT. OUR MISSION IS THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS THE RIGHT TO BE TAUGHT. HELP US BECOME THE FIRST TUITIONFREE CONSERVATORY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA!

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HEY, ISN'T THAT...?

NUTCRACKER FUN FACTS THERE IS ALWAYS A FUNNY MOUSE THAT THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE AWARE OF. THESE MICE WILL SCURRY THROUGH THE AUDIENCE-AND MAYBE POP OUT AT YOU TO THROW "SNOW" IN YOUR LAP OR WALK ONSTAGE IN SUNGLASSES AND MODERN OUTFITS!

NUTCRACKER FUN FACTS

LUCKY NUTCRACKERS IN GERMANY, NUTCRACKERS ARE TRADITIONALLY THOUGHT TO BRING GOOD LUCK AND ARE OFTEN GIVEN TO CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS.

LEGEND HAS IT...

THE STORY GOES THAT A WEALTHY FARMER WANTED TO SPEED UP HIS NUT PRODUCTION AND OFFERED A PRIZE FOR THE BEST SOLUTION. A PUPPET MAKER WON, WITH HIS WOODEN DOLL WITH A LEVER MOUTH.

DID YOU KNOW? THE NUTCRACKER IS A HOLIDAY TRADITION IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD THIS DELIGHTFUL BALLET IS ENJOYED YEAR-ROUND AND NOT PARTICULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH CHRISTMAS.

MARIE OR CLARA? IN E.T.A. HOFFMAN' S ORIGINAL 1816 STORY, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO GOES ON AN ADVENTURE WITH HER NUTCRACKER IS NAMED MARIE, AND HER DOLL IS CALLED CLARA. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY ADAPTATIONS OF THE STORY SINCE THEN, AND THE CHARACTER IS SOMETIMES MARIE AND SOMETIMES CLARA. IN RUSSIA, SHE IS OFTEN CALLED MASHA, A VARIATION OF MARIE.

CELESTIAL MUSIC THAT DISTINCTIVE TINKLING MUSIC IN THE DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY IS MADE BY A CELESTA. THE INSTRUMENT LOOKS LIKE A PIANO OR ORGAN, BUT ITS HAMMERS STRIKE METAL BARS INSTEAD OF STRINGS. TCHAIKOVSKY INTRODUCED THE CELESTA TO RUSSIA WITH HIS NUTCRACKER BALLET.

HELP US CRACK THE NUT

BY FILLING THE HAT Kyrylo Kruhlov

Pavlo Yevtushenko

Mr. Kruhlov is originally from Kyiv, Ukraine. He received his training at the Kyiv State Ballet School and graduated in 2014. Mr Kruhlov danced multiple roles with the National Opera of Ukraine, Novosibirsk State Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre, and with the Ukrainian Classical Ballet in Kyiv.

Mr. Yevtushenko is from Cherkasy, Ukraine. He was trained at the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Dance under the direction of Serge Lifar and danced many roles for the Russian National Ballet as well as Odessa Opera House.

THIS YEAR'S THE PROCEEDS OF THE NUTCRACKER IS DEDICATED TO THE ONGOING SUPPORT AND UPKEEP OF OUR TWO RESIDENT GUEST ARTISTS FLEEING THE WAR IN UKRAINE. PLEASE VISIT THE KIOSK AT THE CONCESSIONS TO DONATE TO CONSERVATORY BALLETS EFFORTS TO HOUSE AND ASSIST THESE TWO WONDERFUL DANCERS AND TEACHERS

THEATER AND BALLET ETIQUETTE AND CUSTOMS

Here are some simple rules of common sense and courtesy.

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When your favorite dancer appears on stage.

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

When a dancer balances on pointe.

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:

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Talk Use cellular phones Take any pictures Hum, sing, or tap fingers or feet Rustle programs Make noise with gum Open cellophane-wrapped candies Snap purses open and closed Read Sigh with boredom Arrive late or leave early

CONSERVATORY BALLET'S THE NUTCRACKER A BALLET IN THREE ACTS NARATED 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 SUPPORT DIRECTOR, ALEXIA BARTLETT CURRENT SET DESIGN BY LINDSAY ANNE PEARSON & ALEXIA REDICK C O S T U ME S B Y MA N Y P R E C I O U S H A N D S & MR S . R E D I C K PUBLIC RELATIONS L O U R I G R O V E S & G A B R I E L A L D R I N T A N C U E C O ME N D O Z A

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

FRAU SILBERHAUS MELISSA REISLAND

HERR SILBERHAUS KIRYL KRUHLOV

LOUISES FRIENDS KIERA MOTSINGER, IRIS MASLOW, EMMA STEVENS, ARIA WEN, ANNABELLE YU, NYLAH SARTAJ

FRITZ FRIENDS THOMAS OSMANI, HUGH BARTLETT, CHASE HARRIG PORTER, GRETCHEN & AVERY

FRITZ LUKE OSMANI

MARIES FRIENDS AVA LEE, , MEGAN LOWERY, ANNEMARIE CHALK, OLIVIA YU,ARIA WEN

MARIE ABIGAIL RUBIS

MAGICAL SPRITE IN THE FFREEZE LOUISE

LILY CHALK

WREN KIMBLE

MARIONETTE DOLLS SARAH HABER

MAIDS YOLANDA GOYONE, LAKESHA MEEKINS

ANIMATED TEDDY BEAR PHILIP RICHARDS

HERR DROSSELMEYER

MECHANICAL DOLL#1

JASON RUBIS

ABIGAIL SOBAN

ADULT PARTY GUESTS

MECANICAL DOLL # 2 ROSE AUSTIN

SADIE FOWLER, AYESHA COOPER, ALYSSA LIMPSTOM KRYLL KRUHLOV PAVEL YEVTUSHENKO

MECHANICAL DOLL # 3 MERI FOWLER

ACT 1, SCENE 2

ACT 1, SCENE 3

THE MAGIC

THE BATTLE

ANGELS

THE NUTCRACKER

NIKA MASLOW, IRIS

PAVEL YEVTUSHEKO

MASLOW, ELLIE EBNAREZA, WEI WEI LEGRAND, CHARLOTTE WRAY, SARAH

TOY SOLDIERS: CANNON REGIMINE

HABER, LEXIE FOWLER

LUKE OSMANI,THOMAS OSMANI

DANIELLE THOMAS,

MAGICAL SPRITES & STAR ANNEMARIE CHALK MEGAN LOWERY ELLIE EBNAREZA

HUGH BARTLETT

TOY SOLDIERS: MILITIA & CALVERY WREN KIMBLE KEIRA MOTSINGER

TEDDY BEARS & TOYS

ABIGAIL SOBAN EMMA STEVENS

LUMIING LEGRAND, TALIA DININ

ROSE AUSTIN

AKSURA SAI

NYLAH SARTAJ

MORGAN MACHLALAN, HAZEL SWARTZBAUGH ERROLYN DICKERSON

THE MOUSE KING

DOLLIES UNDER THE TREE JORDAN HARRIG, OLIVIA YU AELITH DICKERSON JENNIFER MACHLALAN, VIDA RAYSON

KRYLL KRUHLOV

MICE EVA MOHLER SALLIE DOUGHTY YOLANDA GOYONE CAMILLA RODRIGEZ LAKESHA MEEKINS

ELMIEN THOMAS SOPHIA MICHAELS

MERI FOWLER SADIE FOWLER NATASHA GROVES

intermission or brief pause

THANK YOU TO OUR PROGRAM SPONSOR:

ACT 2 THE LAND OF SNOW

THE FAIRY GODMOTHER SADIE FOWLER

THE SNOW ANGELS TALIA DININ, AELITH DICKERSON, SCARLETT BOLAR, XOLILIE NDLOVU, ELLA SONI, CHAROLOTTE GOODRICH, MORGAN MACLALAN ELMIEN THOMAS, AKSURA SAI, ERROLYN DICKERSON

THE ICE FAIRIES

IRIS MASLOW, ARIA WEN, AVA LEE, AREV DEURDULIAN, SOPHIA MICHAELS STEPHANIE DEURDULIAN, ELLIE EBNAREZA

THE SNOW FLAKES ABIGAIL SOBAN, ANNEMARIE CHALK, AVERY KRAPER, CAMILLA RODRIGEZ, EMMA STEVENS,, GRETCHEN KRENTAL, KEIRA MOTSINGER, LAKESHA MEEKINS, MERI FOWLER, ROSE AUSTIN, SADIE FOWLER, NASTASHA GROVES, SALLIE DOUGHTY, WREN KIMBLE, YOLANDA GOYONE

SNOW FLURRIES ROSE AUSTIN, MEGAN LOWERY, ELLIE EBNAREZA

THE SNOW SQUIRES THOMAS OSMANI, HUGH BARTLETT, LUKE OSMANI

H.R.M. THE SNOW QUEEN EVA MOHLER

COLD CAVELEIR KRYLL KRUHLOV

intermission or brief pause

ACT 3 SCENE 1

ACT 3 SCENE 2

COURT OF THE

THE LAND OF SWEETS

SUGAR PLUM FAIRY

GERMAN CHILDREN'S DANCE (GINGERBREAD)

H.R.H. THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY NATASHA GROVES

ABIG A I L R UBIS, ANNA B E L LE YU, AR EV DEURDULIAN, LEXI E F O W LER, NYLAH SARTAJ, SARAH H A B E R , A R I A WEN, A V A LEE AS M ARIE, EMMA STEVE N S , S T E P H A N I E DEUR D U L IAN, CAM DEN O'NEIL, ELLIE E B N E R E Z A , N I K A MASL O W , IRIS MAS LOW, ANNEMARIE C H A L K , M E G A N LOWE R Y , CAROLIN E, SWARTZBAUGH ( A S C L O W N ) MERI F O WLER (AS CLOWN)

CLOWNS CAROLINE SWARTZBUAGH, MERI FOWLER

ANGELS WEI WEI LEGRAND, SARAH HABER,

TREPAK (FOLK DANCE) LAKEISHA MEEKINS

CHARLOTTE WRAY, DANIELLE

ARABIEN (COFFE)

THOMAS

PHILLIP RICHARD YOLANDA GOYONE

ARABIEN COURT

BUTTERFLIES HAZEL SWARTBAUGH, AVA LEE, XOLILIE NDLOVU, JENIFER MACHLALAN, ELMIEN THOMAS,

SADIE FOWLER, NYLAH SARTAJ, MEGAN LOWERY, CAROLINE SWARTZBAUGH, ELLIE EBNEREZA, LUKE OSMANI

SOPHIA MICHAELS, VIDA

ITALIAN TARANTELLA (FOLK DANCE)

RAYSON,

CAMILLA RODRIGUEZ

ELLA SONI, AELITH DICKERSON,

TALIA DININ, ARIA WEN

PASTILLES AKSURA SAI EROL Y N DICKERSO N, CHARLOTTE GOOD R I C H, NOELIA GARCIA, XOLI L I E

CHINESE (TEA) KIERA MOTSINGER, WREN KIMBLE, ELLA STEVENS

NDLO V U

LILY CHALK GWYNETH MILLBANK

SPANISH (CHOCOLATE) EVA MOHLER

FRENCH (BON BONS) SALLIE DOUGHTY AVERY KRAPER GRETCHEN KRENTAL

ACT 3, SCENE 3 WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS

PRELUDE ABIGAIL SOBAN, EMMA STEVENS, ROSE AUSTIN, KIERA MOTSINGER, WREN KIMBLE, ANNEMARIE CHALK

BABIES BREATH NYLAH SARTAJ, MEGAN LOWERY, ELLIE EBNAREZA, AVA LEE

BABIES BREATH BEAUS THOMAS OSMANI, HUGH BARTLETT,LUKE OSMANI

WALTZ CORPES DE BALLET NYLAH SARTAJ, MEGAN LOWERY, ELLIE EBNAREZA, SADIE FOWLER, MERI FOWLER, AVA LEE, LEXIE FOWLER, CAROLINE SWARTZBAUGH, ANNABELLE YU, AREV DEURDULIAN, VIDA RAYSON, ARIA WEN, SOPHIA MICHAELS, SARAH HABER

ROSESONNET EVA MOHLER, SALLIE DOUGHTY, AVERY KRAPER, GRETCHEN KRENTAL, YOLANDA GOYONE, CAMILLA RODRIGUEZ, LAKEISHA MEEKINS

QUEEN OF THE FLOWERS KENNA POWELL

CAVALIER PAVLO YEVTUSHENKO

CONSERVATORY BALLET FUN FACTS, TRADITIONS, & HISTORY

TRADITION: CAN YOU SPOT IT? EVERY YEAR DURING THE FINAL PERFORMANCE, USUALLY THE SUNDAY MATINEE, THE SENIOR(S) GET TO PLAY A PRANK ON THE AUDIENCE AND MRS. REDICK. CAN YOU SPOT IT? IN YEARS PAST SENIORS HAVE TAKEN A SELFIE DURING THE FREEZE IN ACT I, COME ON IN A GORILLA SUIT DURING THE MAGIC, & EVEN BECAME AVENGING ANGELS DURING BATTLE!

FUN NUTCRACKER FACT FOR THE LAST PERFORMANCE THE SNOW FALL BECOMES A BLIZZARD, AS WE MUST GET RID OF THE REMAINING SNOW IN THE SNOW CRADLE. OUR CAST THEN GETS TO HAVE A SNOW FIGHT BEFORE IT ALL GETS SWEPT AWAY!

CONSERVATORY BALLET HISTORY MRS. REDICK FIRST CHOREOGRAPHED AND PERFORMED THE NUTCRACKER IN 1973 IN COLUMBIA, MD.

TRADITION: DON'T MISS AT THE FINAL BOW OF THE SUNDAY MATINEE, THE SENIOR KISSES THE STAGE GOODBYE, AS SHE WILL NEVER PERFORM ON THIS STAGE AGAIN. BRING YOUR TISSUES: IT IS BITTERSWEET!

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

VOLUNTEERS

MANY PRECIOUS HANDS WENT INTO THE VAST UNDERTAKING WHICH IS NUTCRACKER. TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, WE HUMBLY THANK YOU. MERCI!

In Memoriam:

COURTNEY KAMPA JUNE 13, 1987 - NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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