Company Dancers Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. During her career she has danced in several professional companies including Colorado Ballet, Alabama Ballet, and Ballet Tucson. Emily has danced multiple principal and soloist roles including Flower Girl and Mercedes in Don Quixote, roles in George Balanchine’s Serenade and The Nutcracker, Anthony Tudor’s Lilac Garden and Continuo, Daniel Precup’s Bolero, Third Act Raymonda, The Wedding Pas de Deux from Don Quixote and the Fairy Doll Pas de Trois staged by Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner. She has been invited to guest with various schools and companies around the U.S. as well as international festivals and gala performances. Emily has appeared as a guest artist with Boulder Ballet, and this is her first season as a company member. KATHRYN WAGNER, a native of Colorado, trained at the Arvada Center with Christina Noel-Adcock, Eve Paris, and Lisi Elsey. Kathryn has performed in numerous productions and outreaches with the Arvada Center Dance Theater, and is now co-artistic director and choreographer for the pre-professional performance group. Additionally, Kathryn is an instructor for the Arvada Center’s Dance Department, teaching aspiring dancers of all ages, and Arts Days program, offering art-centered, curriculum-based workshops to schools and corporate offices. In addition to teaching at the Arvada Center, Kathryn is an instructor for Boulder Ballet School. As a company member with Boulder Ballet, Kathryn’s favorite roles include ‘Sugar Plum Fairy’ in The Nutcracker, ‘Carabosse’ in The Sleeping Beauty, ‘Evil Sea Witch’ in The Little Mermaid, ‘Stepsister’ in Cinderella, ‘Bride’ in Crimson Butterfly, and the role affectionately referred to as ‘Doom’ in On the Move. A graduate of Regis University with an elementary education license, Kathryn is an experienced teacher who may be spotted subbing in classrooms around Boulder! This is Kathryn’s eighth season with Boulder Ballet. AVIVAH LYNN – Company Apprentice
“SPOTLIGHTS” CHOIR FROM BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY Kendra James, Director
Rhianna Beaupre Evyn Bendele Aidan Bieger Nora Blair-Houston Isabella Boza Sabrina Feld Anika Fergusson Imani Fernandez-Gorbea Katie Fowler Chrissy Franz Cali Fuller Jordyn Grace
Meghan Gram-Dinger QingQing He Charlotte Hill Owen Hill Morgan Hunt Sydney Jaques Emily Kang Lia Kubitschek Alyssa Ledford Jaimi Lutes Jordan Lutes Elise McLean
Aly Meek Alysh Mercer Benjamin Mollborn Lily Morton Trinity Paulson Quinn Perian Poornima Ramesh Brooke Rucker Miles Rucker Nicki Smith Samantha Vanzura Audrey Wellington
Nutcracker Program 8 BoulderBallet | Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra 2013-2014