King of the Polar Bears Program

PYMBLE LADIES’ COLLEGE, RAD BALLET STREAM PRESENTS

Adaptation and Direction TONYA GRELIS Choreography SAMANTHA HIBBURT Music Curation TONYA GRELIS

THE KING OF THE POLAR BEARS A magical tale about love, loss, and acceptance.

The wise and mighty King of the Polar Bears loses his beautiful coat to human hunters of the artic.

He is saved by the gulls who shower him with feathers from which he grows a new and magnificent plumed coat.

But now, because he is neither bird nor bear, his kingship is threatened because he looks different from his fellow bears.

The King must overcome doubt and challenges to prove his worth and show that after all, what really matters is what’s on the inside.

THE CAST NARRATOR 1 Phoebe Paleologos

NARRATOR 2 Grace McSweeney

NARRATOR 3 Alannah Tang

THE KING

Ashleigh Henderson

QUEEN GULL Emily Rothery

WOOF

Carine Kong

POLAR BEAR ELDERS + HUNTERS Isabelle Johnston Eleni Vassiliadis Lauren Whitfield-Lowe

LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN GULLS Stella Boyle Nuha Hassan Macy Sun Annabel Taylor India Wells Lister Bonnie Xu

WOLVES

Jessica Bao Saskia Nicholson Eva Pieterse Lucy Simpson Stella Xu Joy Yin Emily Zhai Annabella Bayfield Yiling Gu

WOLVES (continued) Wing Ki Rain (Rain) To Leahara Wijesuriya Jane Zhang Sarah Foo Yan Yuet (Cabrini) Lee Savannah Lorimer Indigo Meldrum Emma Scott Chloe Tian-Cheong Zifei (Feifei) Wang Xyla White Lily Xing Emma Yates

POLAR BEARS

Davina Excell Avril Huang Jianing Li Zhiqiao (Isabella) Li Alyssa Ng Jingrong (Anne) An Luoyao (Emma) Feng Bella Geng-Yang Zhun (Julie) Kang Hannah Kim Isabelle La Wanting (Aurora) Lin Caroline Liu Isla Lu Sarah Lu Kayley Su Melody Chen Macy Feng Audrey Li Amy Peng Alexandra Qiu Adeline Wu Charlotte Xue Mandy Zhou Raaya Boruah Ellie Cao Isabelle Ha Selina Jiang Zihui (Molly) Liu Stella Pieterse Lana Tao

Victoria Xu Shuwen (Cindy) Xue Wenhui Zheng Annabelle Zhou Mia Zhu

POLAR BEAR CUBS

Chloe Chen Sienna Cheng Olivia Guo Claire Lee Adaline Li Nina Li Kaymi Madugalle Wijeratne Jin Nuo (Maggie) Wang Lok Sum (Sophie) Woo Mia Xu Teresa Zhang

GULLS

Charlotte Chan Bubu Chen Clara Conn Naomi Fang Mona Garg Reena Geng-Yang Amelia Hao Karen Jo Evelyn Li Jiaman (Jasmina) Li Shicheng Li Charlotte-Alexia (Charlie) Liu Elena Liu Elizabeth Ma Zanetor Nanewortor Laveda Piao Claudia Qiu Yixuan (Mia) Sun Hongor Temuqile Isabella Wang Madison Yang Tara Yang Qinchi (Chloe) Yu Zhiqi (Abigail) Yu Phoebe Zhao Qikun (Melody) An Ella Birch

GULLS (continued)

Yuwen (Catherine) Chen Leah Ji Olivia Kang Margaret Ko Evelyn Lee Josie Li Violet Li Aria Shi Ruby Shi Agnes Wu Amelia Yip Aeka Ashwin Reya Chawla Clover Gong Elizabeth Jiang Lua Jung Su-Ya Koo Viola Li Jacqueline Liu Rainie Liu Audrey Ren Olivia Sun Sophia Thach Isabella Welden-Iley Shihan (Lyanna) Xue

Director Tonya Grelis Choreography Samantha Hibburt Music Curation Tonya Grelis Lighting Design Matthew Osborne Sound Design Tim Colvin Set, Mask and Logo Design Badaboom Graphics Stage Manager Mitchell Rayner Flys Rebecca Peters, Mackenzie Goldthorpe & Trinity Watkins Lighting Assistant Marni Collier Crew Savanna Lumley Head of Dance Katrina Cluff Dance Program Manager Samantha Hibburt Dance Program Coordinator Genevieve Gardiner Ballet Teachers Mitchell Rayner, Laura Fishwick, Alexandra De Santi, Hannah Fowler, Emma Foster, Ginevra Marr, Genevieve Gardiner & Chloe Luzar