PRESENTING SPONSOR
The Nutcracker
SEASON SPONSOR
GOH BALLET TOUR SPONSOR
GOH BALLET + THE VICTORIA SYMPHONY Friday, Dec. + Saturday, Dec. Saturday, Dec. + Sunday, Dec.
: pm : pm
Running time (including intermission): hours Goh Ballet Premiere: December , — The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts
© David Cooper
Choreography: Anna-Marie Holmes Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design: Dinghao Zhang & Ming Li Lighting Design: Pierre Lavoie Principal Coaches: Alejandro Vargas, Yao Ping Zhu Principal Teacher and Coach: Fiona Smith
Teachers & Assistant Coaches: Tanya Phelps, Ken Guan Executive Producer: Chan Hon Goh Conductor: Kenneth Hsieh Orchestra: The Victoria Symphony Victoria Repetiteur: Wendy Vernon Victoria Assistant Repetiteur: Capri Aspé
Goh Ballet Casting PROLOGUE & ACT 1 Drosselmeyer: Clara: Fritz: Mr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Grandmother: Grandfather: Mr. & Mrs. Kaufmann: Mr. & Mrs. Silberhaus: Mr. & Mrs. Hortense: Mr. & Mrs. Heinz: Maids: Governess: Delivery Boy: Chestnut Seller: Lamplighter: Party Boys and Girls:
Damien Carriere Natalie Thornley Hall Matthew Ma Ajozadaque Silva, Tanya Phelps Jessa Ruthven Lorenzo Heiden Ichiro Yoshino, Aja Jacques Gabriel Oliveira, Sorami Moriyama Dustin Carnie, Josephine Chang Don Adair, Marian Adair Kaitlyn Iacovone, Misaki Yobino Ashlyn Hait Jake Preece Kaitlyn Iacovone Diego Siqueira Layanna Robinson, Ella Geoghegan, MyaGoodmanson, Vicka Pluzhnikova, Sasha beardmore, Nio Hirano, Isabel Gillespie, Emma Knight, Heidi Henry, Gracie Borbridge, Maya Tidswell, Ramiro Bolanos DeLeon, Emily-Margaret Morrow, Allison Carmichael, Zofka Svec, Grace Rathburn, Alexis Shaw, Kasmira Crouse, Shelby Leeming Harlequin: Theo Duff-Grant Columbine: Nov , Dec evening: Cierra Munro Dec matinée, Dec matinée: Mary Liu Bear: Diego Siqueira Assistant to Drosselmeyer: Nyssa Song Nutcracker Prince: Tyler Carver Mouse King: Diego Siqueira Gingerbread Doll: Maya Tidswell Cavalry: Holly Collis Hanford, Emma Staicu, Sierra Hall, Gabrielle Houle Soldiers: Sophie Beauchesne, Payton Howard, Kathy He, Lauren Cherrie, Maisie Leblanc, Djuna Nagasaki, Paris Iverson, Marielle Muller, Emily Payne, Alyssa Fletcher, Emma Rossander, Catherine Palfy Giant Mice: Elyse Bourgeois, Emily Spargo, Caeleigh Ryalls, Emily Albert, Alison Robertson, Simone Ingstrup, Amanda Sharpe, Beate Friesen Little Mice: Kennadie Friedlander, Makenna Field, Kelsey Banfield, Sophie Lester, Samantha Sheaff, Gravity Veley, Lauren Rhode, Mhari Macintosh Snow King: Vlademir Pereira Snow Queen: Yoshiko Kamikusa Snowflakes: Kana Ajimu, Mackenzie Brousson, Sara Carver, Josephine Chang, Carmen Cheung, Morgan Desfosses, Wendy Guo, Sakura Innoue, Aja Jacques, Mary Liu, Sorami Moriyama, Cierra Munro, Kaho Obata, Saki Okuyama, Jessa Ruthven, Nyssa Song, Risa Terasawa, Saki Uchida, Misaki Yobino Reindeer: Amber Rose Jellema, Kiyannah Hughes, Grace Thomas, Ella Hoogewerf, Elisabeth Hallsor, Anouk Janess There will be one 20 minute intermission
ACT 2 Sugar Plum Fairy: Cavalier Prince: Drosselmeyer: Clara: Nutcracker Prince: Mrs. Stahlbaum: Tall Angels: Little Angels: Chocolate (Spanish): Coffee (Arabian): Tea (Chinese): Children: Marzipan (Merlitons): Little Lambs: Peppermints (Russian): Mere Gigogne: Bon Bons: Valse Des Fleures Dew Drop: Les Fleurs:
Soloist Couples: Les Cavaliers
Rachel Foster Seth Orza Damien Carriere Natalie Thornley Hall Tyler Carver Tanya Phelps Josephine Chang, Carmen Cheung, Morgan Defosses, Ashlyn Hait, Kaitlyn Iacovone, Mary Liu, Cierra Munro, Saki Okuyama, Saki Uchida Kathy He, Lauren Cherrie, Maisie Lebalnc, Djuna Nagasaki, Paris Iverson, Marielle Muller, Emily Payne, Alyssa Fletcher, Zofka Svec, Catherine Palfy, Amelia Robertson, Skyla MacDonald Vlademir Pereira, Risa Terasawa Yoshiko Kamikusa, Diego Siqueira Kana Ajimu, Kaya Fujji, Sakura Innoue, Misaki Yobino Chanel Ghesquiere, Anna Mieduniecki, Carly Heemskerk, Kayla Tol, Hannah Twa, Macy Weymar, Sasha McGhee, Lily Baines Theo Duff-Grant Chihiro Abe, Michelle Khoo London Ford, Caroline Palfy, Mackenzie Meckelburg, Lucy McClung Dustin Carnie, Gabriel Oliveira, Ichiro Yoshino Christopher Hunte Sasha Beardmore, Nio Hirano, Mirin Hirano, Jacklyn Halaburda, Amber Crowley, Tijah Marshall, Vicka Pluzhnikova, Emma Rossander Wendy Guo Mackenzie Brousson, Josephine Chang, Carmen Cheung, Morgan Defosses, Kaitlyn Iacovone, Mary Liu, Sorami Moriyama, Cierra Munro, Kaho Obata, Saki Okuyama, Jessa Ruthven, Nyssa Song, Saki Uchida Sara Carver, Aja Jacques Jake Preece, Renan Carvalho
Nutcracker Interns:
Elyse Bourgeois, Amanda Sharpe, Chanel Ghesquiere, Kiera Won, Emily Spargo, Jade Rocha, Devon Carmichael, Emily Albert, Caeleigh Ryalls, Yulia Plutzhnikova, Alison Robertson
Volunteer Mothers:
Kate Beardmore, Barbara Carmichael, Angela Morrow, Cindy Borbridge, Denise Rossander
All casting subject to change
Victoria Symphony Tania Miller, Music Director First Violins
Piccolo
Bass Trombone
Terence Tam, Concertmaster Christi Meyers, Assistant Concertmaster Müge Büyükçelen-Badel Michele Kwon Misako Sotozaki++ Christopher Taber
Sally Harvey
Bob Fraser
Oboes
Tuba
Michael Byrne, Principal Russell Bajer
Paul Beauchesne, Principal
English Horn
William Linwood, Principal
Timpani
Russell Bajer
Second Violins Victoria Lindsay, Principal Cory Balzer Nancy Kershaw Julian Vitek *Mariana Vitek
Violas
Percussion
Clarinets
Corey Rae, Acting Principal
Keith MacLeod, Principal Jennifer Christensen
Harp Annabelle Vitek, Principal
Bass Clarinet
Celeste
Jennifer Christensen
Tzenka Dianova
Bassoons
Kenji Fuse, Principal Stacey Boal Mieka Michaux
Jennifer Gunter, Principal Anne Marie Power
* on leave ++One year term, 2011-12 season
Horns
Celli Joyce Ellwood, Acting Principal Martin Bonham Alasdair Money
Basses
Orchestra Manager
Alana Despins, Principal Michael Oswald Janet Parker Dan Moses
Peter Burris
Stage Manager Eric Gallipo
Trumpets
Mary Rannie, Principal Darren Buhr
David Michaux, Acting Principal Timothy Quinlan, Acting 2nd trumpet
Flutes
Librarians Ronald Comber Russell Bajer, Assistant
Trombones
Richard Volet, Principal Sally Harvey Mary Byrne
Brad Howland, Principal Marcus Hissen
Nutcracker Kids The following individuals and organizations generously donated to Dance Victoria’s Nutcracker Kids which provided free Nutcracker tickets to Big Brothers Big Sisters 3 Anonymous Donors Muriel Andrews Lynne Bain Bank of Montreal (James Bay) Christine Bloomfield Anne Bowen
W. Coull & Janice Kreiger Jean Field Norah Garyali Eleanor Gjelsten James Bay Community School
Victoria, so the kids and their Bigs could enjoy the performance together. Thank you.
Centre Amanda King Kathy Lang – Elev8 Youth Dance Project Arabella Martin Rod & Marilyn McCrimmon
Michael Morres Mandy Niddrie Pacific Dance Centre Lynda Raino Dance William Shearer Dale Shortliffe Judith Stevenson
Alix Sutton DL Walker Kai Whalley Whitespace Dance Peter Wren Accurate to November 23, 2012