New Jersey Ballet New Jersey’s Favorite Dance Company
The Story of Nutcracker
CAROLYN CLARK, Founder/Director PAUL HILLIARD McRAE, Assistant Director LUBA GULYAEVA, Ballet Mistress ACT ONE CAROLYN TENER BROWN, Repertory Coach KOTOE Repertory Coach his wife, and their children, The curtain rises on a Christmas Eve party at theKOJIMA-NOA, home of the Mayor, ROSEMARY SABOVICK-BLEICH, Repertory Coach Clara and Fritz. Everyone is engaged in games and dancing when old Herr Drosselmeyer DAVID TAMAKI, Repertory Coach
arrives with his handsome nephew. At first the children are afraid of Drosselmeyer, but their fear disappears when they discover what the old man has brought: a life-size porcelain doll VILLELLA, Artistic Advisor and a soldier doll! Drosselmeyer distributes EDWARD toy swords and trumpets to the boys and dolls to all the girls...all except Clara. Drosselmeyer The Company gives her a colorful Nutcracker. Fritz grabs for the Nutcracker and breaks it. Drosselmeyerʼs nephew helps Clara tuck the broken Nutcracker JUSTIN ESTELLE, LEONID FLEGMATOV, ALBINA GHAZARYAN into her doll's bed. The guests leave and the family retires for the night. ESNEL RAMOS HERNANDEZ, SE HYUN JIN, ILSE KAPTEYN
As the empty living room grows dark, Clara returns for one last look at the Nutcracker. She EMMANUEL MARTIROSYAN, NAREK MARTIROSYAN falls asleep on the sofa and a magic spell creeps over the room. Giant mice appear from RISA MOCHIZUKI, GABRIELLA NOA, EUNICE SUBA behind the fireplace. Child-size toy soldiers pursue the mice. The Christmas tree grows very MARI SUGAWA, ANDRE LUIS TEIXEIRA tall. The room changes and everything disappears except the now-giant Nutcracker who CATHERINE WHITING, YUUKI YAMAMOTO leads the toy soldiers against the mice. Clara wakes up and helps the Nutcracker defeat the RACHEL CARINA, KAITLYN DALinto BON, a JACKSON FERREIRA prince, and he and Clara glide away. As Mouse King. The Nutcracker turns handsome NAHOKO they pass throughSOFIA theGONZALEZ forest, GARCIA, the King andNAKAMOTO Queen of Snowflakes and their swirling subjects AND dance a splendid waltz. DARA SACRIPANTI, ROSEMARY SABOVICK-BLEICH
ACT TWO CHRISTINA THERYOUNG, HUMBERTO TEIXEIRA Clara and her Prince journey toANDthe Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Plum Fairy and her court await. The SugarQUINCY PlumSOUTHERLAND shows the young couple to a pair of thrones and the whole kingdom comes to entertain them. There are dances from faraway lands, Mother Ginger and New Jersey Ballet Board of Directors her Clown Children, the Waltz of the Flowers and the grand pas de deux. The entire court James R. Gillen, President Scott T. Tross, Esq., Chairman joins in Lynn a final waltz, Vice andPresident the curtain falls as Clara climbs into the swan boat and sails home Liza M.Walsh, Esq.,Vice President H. McMahon, once more.Gale Raffield, Vice President Susan A. Manardo, Esq. Secretary Jennifer Bakshi Sally Levin Nicole Blomfield Donald A. Robinson, Esq. Jason Dailey Mark A. Scherer Ellen Dec Nicole Stefanelli, Esq. Lisa D. Taylor, Esq.
Honorary Board of Directors The Hon. Thomas H. Kean Ruthi Zinn Byrne David J. Farris Leonard M. Fisher, Esq. Michael K. Furey, Esq. Lawrence P. Goldman Nina Mitchell Wells, Esq. New Jersey Ballet Company, 15-17 Microlab Road, Suite 102, Livingston NJ 07039 Phone (973)597-9600 Fax (973)597-9442 Web www.njballet.org
