The Nutcracker Ballet

IOWA STATE CENTER PRESENTS THE 36 TH ANNUAL

Featuring Liza D. Kroeschell as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Brock Henderson as her Cavalier.

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IOWA STATE CENTER PRESENTS THE 36 TH ANNUAL

with

Principal Dancers Liza D. Kroeschell • Brock Henderson ACT I Scene I Overture The Christmas Tree March Children’s Gallop Drosselmeyer’s Presents Godfather Dance Departure of the Guests Dance of the Harlequins The Magic Spell Begins The Battle Between the Nutcracker & the Mouse King

Scene II Journey Through the Snow Waltz of the Snowflakes

Music Peter I. Tchaikovsky Choreography, Artistic Direction Robert Thomas Miyoko Kato Thomas

ACT II

The Kingdom of the Sweets Clara & the Prince Fairy Godmother & the Angels Divertissements Spanish Chinese Russian Flutes Hungarian Puppets American Mother Ginger Irish Neapolitan Arabian Flowers Pas de deux The Prince & the Sugar Plum Fairy Tarantella Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Coda Final Waltz & Apotheosis

Costumes Gene Bliss, Esther Hill, Ann Olson Linda Dawson & Jerri Baumeister Scenery Ronald Steger & Erica Zaffarano Choreography, Puppets Peter Pawlyshyn

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Act I Scene I Action takes place in Nuremberg, Germany in the 19th century. Chief Justice Silberhaus and his wife are in the ballroom putting the finishing touches on a beautiful Christmas tree before guests arrive for a party. Clara and Fritz, the children, help greet the guests, and the festivities begin with dances for both the adults and children.

One guest is late, the children’s godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer. When he arrives he gives gifts to the children, among them a wooden nutcracker in the form of a soldier for Clara. Fritz wants the doll for himself, and in his struggle to get it the nutcracker is broken. Clara loves and cares for the mended nutcracker. After the guests leave and the children have gone to bed, Clara comes back down to the darkened room to get the nutcracker and falls asleep by her doll.

Suddenly, she is awakened as huge mice enter the ballroom. The clock strikes midnight. She is transfixed as the Christmas tree and the entire room magically grow to enormous size. Led by the Mouse King, an army of mice comes out of the shadows to pick up the crumbs of cookies that were dropped at the party. Clara’s nutcracker turns into a handsome young prince, who protects her from the mice. The ballroom becomes a battleground when a brigade of tin soldiers, led by the Nutcracker Prince, confronts the mice. Clara springs to help, and they finally overcome the mice. Clara’s devotion inspires the Nutcracker Prince to invite her to visit the magical Candyland with him.

Scene II On their way to Candyland, Clara and the Nutcracker Prince pass through a great snowstorm with dancing snowflakes whirling around them.

Act II The delectable Sugar Plum Fairy, who orders a festival in Clara’s honor because she helped save the Prince, welcomes Clara and the Nutcracker Prince to the beautiful Candyland. With little angels in attendance, the people of Candyland dance for Clara. The Spanish, Arabians, Chinese, Russians, Flutes, Neapolitans, Hungarians, Puppets, Irish, Americans, Mother Ginger and her children perform their own special dances in the grand celebration.

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Even the flowers dance for the delighted children in this enchanted fairyland. The festival concludes with the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier paying homage to Clara and the Nutcracker Prince.

Epilogue Back in the ballroom, Mother and Father find a sleeping Clara and carry her back to bed. It has all been a dream...or has it?

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Cast

SaM = Saturday Matinee, SaE = Saturday Evening, Sun = Sunday’s Performance

ACT I, SCENE I Justice Silberhaus Bill Barry Frau Silberhaus Lisa Banitt Clara Ella Bates, SaE Lily Ferguson, Sun Isabel Wolf, SaM Fritz Matthew Jacobson-Fisher Maids Chloe Barry, SaE/Sun Amy Cyr, SaM/Sun Madison Moody, SaM/Sun Kaitley Peterson, SaE/Sun Carlie Seuferer, SaM/SaE Anna Snyder, SaM/SaE Clara’s Little Friends Kelsey Allman, SaM Kylee DeCamp, SaE Evalyn Gorshe, SaE Grace Helmers, Sun Penny Klindt, SaM Allison Kuhn, SaM Uliana Markutsya, Sun Georgia Vaughn, SaE Avery Voss, SaM Maia Westort, Sun Natalie Westort, Sun Harmony Wong, SaE Clara’s Big Friends Hannah Acton, SaE Noam Ben-Shlomo, SaE Morgan Damge, Sun Julia Divine, Sun Kayla Freeman, SaM Julia Fuerst, SaM Alessandra Hall, Sun Maggie Jacobson-Fisher, SaE Ella Keenan, SaM Emma Kisgen, Sun Gabriella Lempiainen, Sun Cambree Lunn, SaE

Clara’s Big Friends, continued Alyson McLaughlin, SaE Autumn Rettig, SaM Allison Stott, SaE Dinah Tritle, Sun Alexis Wheeler, SaM Katrina Wiech, SaM Fritz’s Friends Caleb Biensen Luke Biensen Laiken Buss Neely Ferguson Benjamin Jacobson-Fisher Ian Kumsher David Lopez Anton Ludes-Bedell Brett Walker Hendrix Widner Will Williams Female Party Guests Melissa Asklof, Sun Amy Coffey, SaM/SaE Jennifer Ensley Gorshe, SaM/SaE Jeni Grimmius, Sun Sharla Matthys, Sun Sara Nelson, SaM/SaE Lojean Petersen, SaM/SaE Amie Rockow-Nelson, Sun Barbara Steiner, Sun Kristin Peyton Strohman, SaM/SaE Male Party Guests Allen Beck Jayden Castle, Sun Daniel Kellen, SaM/SaE Erich Ludes, SaM/SaE Jim Nelson, SaM/SaE Trenton Sann, Sun Michael Stott, SaM/SaE Bill Williams, Sun Brandon Windus, Sun Drosselmeyer Nils Krumnack Indian Boys Leola Almquist Alissa Hoover

Ballerina Dolls Amy Cyr, SaE Kaitley Peterson, SaM Anna Snyder, Sun Raggedy Ann Dolls Ella Bates, Sun Evan Bay Brakke, SaM Lily Ferguson, SaM Marika Kisgen, Sun Kaitlin Like, SaE Lindsey Paulson, SaM Grace Schmitt, SaE Kaitlyn Smith, SaE Isabel Wolf, Sun Moor Dolls Chloe Barry, SaM Madison Moody, SaE Carlie Seuferer, Sun Harlequins Brinley Battles, SaM Sara Bierbaum, SaE Kaitlyn Crooks, SaM Sage Duskin, SaE Grace Farley Kenna Jack Foley Natalie Haila Lily Klindt, SaM Stella Klocke, SaM Riley Lempiainen, SaE LilyAnna Loveland Chloe Macke, Sun Aurelia McKinney, SaM Jadyn Melohn, SaM Abbie Molitor, Sun Alexa Nelson, SaE Molly Princehouse Hailey Schneider, Sun Madeline Schonhorst, Sun Alexandra Severe Greta Siler, Sun Samantha Smith Neve Sprecher, SaE Serenity Stanley, SaM Madison Stott, SaE Brianna Tjaden, SaE Josie VanGorp, Sun Taylin VanHouten, Sun

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ACT I, SCENE II

Mouse King Daniel Kellen, SaM Adam Wolf, SaE/Sun

Mice Haylie Bryant Elizabeth Burras Jayden Castle Anna Dodd Kilei Gunderson Kelli Helmer Lillian Hovar Josephine Johnson Allexus Keister Tallula Lamp Louisa Ludes-Bedell Stephanie Michael Libbie Peel Annika Rice Skylar Rippke Brianna Stott

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Nutcracker Trenton Sann, SaE/Sun Adam Wolf, SaM

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Cast

SaM = Saturday Matinee, SaE = Saturday Evening, Sun = Sunday’s Performance

ACT II, SCENE II Fairy Godmother Teagan DiSalvo, SaE Wendy Kepley, SaM Madaline Patton, Sun Angels Leah Biensen, SaM Catherine Cave, SaE/Sun Katie Delaney, SaE/Sun MaryLeeana Farrand Mosley, SaE/Sun Blair Hibbing, SaM Alexus Hildebrand, SaM Elizabeth Hinman, SaM/SaE Norah Klocke, SaM Ava Kusserow, SaM Autumn Little, SaE/Sun Emma Schmitt, SaE/Sun Anika Shrotriya, SaE/Sun Sahaana Venkat, SaM Spandhana Venkat, SaM Sarah Wetterberg, Sun Danielle Yoon, SaE/Sun Spanish Ellie Barry Sophie Barry Jane Ragland Justice See Carlie Seuferer Anna Snyder Neapolitans Chloe Barry Teagan DiSalvo Julia Hansen Kaitley Peterson Puppets Alexandrea Barwin, SaE Ireland Buss Addy Danielson, SaE Kwin Deike, SaM/Sun Delaney Eickert, SaM/Sun Blair Hibbing, SaE/Sun Libbie Johnson, SaM/SaE Tessa Lane, SaM/Sun Julia Marks Rylee Rash Allison Tjaden

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Chinese Emily Bowden Isabel Crosby Logan Ferriss Eva Kellen Haileigh Patton Lily Rettig Arabians Alexia Baker Kaitlyn Baker Ellie Barry Sophie Barry Joscelyn Buss Bailey Hergenreter Eva Kellen Michelle Osanya Lily Rettig Sadie Straub Arabian Men Jayden Castle Daniel Kellen Trenton Sann Zach Scholten Adam Wolf Flutes Amy Cyr Danilea McKee Madison Moody Madaline Patton Russians Alexia Baker Makayla Beisel Jewels Buss Joscelyn Buss MaCee Buss Anna Carrington Gabrielle Diggs Breanna Powell Madison Shelton

Hungarian Men Trenton Sann Irish Dance Kate Bergin Sara Bergin Evan Bay Brakke Bri Carey Frankie Feldmeier Amelia Gogerty Ashlea McConville Tara Mina Erin Murphy Haileigh Patton Madaline Patton Mother Ginger Bill Williams Mother Ginger Big Kids Hallie Johnson K.C. Murphy Riley Nelson Reese Pederson Ava Reason Maycin Sansgaard Madison Vogel Mother Ginger Little Kids Jordyn Calaway, SaE Camryn Damge, SaM/Sun Evelyn Damge, SaM/Sun Sydney Dodd, SaE Addison Downs, SaM/Sun Riley Ferriss, SaM/Sun Everlie Mitchell, SaM/Sun Brooke Nelson, SaE Nella Rivas, SaE Aliyah Sanchez, SaE Ella Walrod, SaE Raquel Wolf, SaM/Sun

Hungarians Kaitlyn Baker Teagan DiSalvo Megan Kelly Katherine Lundberg

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Cast

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ACT II, SCENE II (cont.)

Flower Soloist Ellie Conrad Rachel Tucker

Flowers Brealyn Anderson Roni Ben-Shlomo, SaE/Sun Eden Bruner Amy Guan Sara Joerger Eva Kumsher Sierra Mitchell, SaM/Sun Erin Murphy, SaM/SaE Grace Nelson Kate Nelson Kyla Perkins Cassidy Peterson Catherine Pollard

Americans Chloe Barry Ellie Barry Sophie Barry Lauren Hansen Natalie Helland Bailey Hergenreter Alexis Johnson Eva Kellen Eva Kumsher Madison Moody Mackenzie Mosher Lily Rettig Carlie Seuferer Anna Snyder Sadie Straub PAS17-Series_Ad.qxp_Layout 1 11/22/16 1:45 PM Page 1 Halle Walker

Dew Drop Fairy Amy Cyr, SaE Madaline Patton, SaM/Sun

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Artistic Directors & Choreographers Miyoko Kato Thomas received her extensive ballet training at the Tachibana Ballet School of Tokyo in her native Japan. In 1964 she came to study at the American School of Ballet (School of the New York City Ballet). A year later she signed with the Harkness Ballet Company and was promoted to the rank of Soloist in 1969. With the Harkness Ballet, Ms. Kato performed at the White House and toured Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and throughout the United States.

Ms. Kato joined the Joffrey Ballet in 1974. She has performed leading roles in works ranging from classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Coppelia, Giselle (Queen of the Willies), The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Les Sylphides, Raymonda, Pas des Quatre, and The Firebird to modern ballets and jazz. She has worked with numerous choreographers including Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins, Agnes DeMille, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp, Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, and Jack Cole. Among the highlights of her career was a performance for President Johnson at the White House in 1965. In 1966 Kato toured Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East under the sponsorship of the U.S. State Department.

Miyoko Kato Thomas has been married to Robert Thomas since 1971. Robert and Miyoko opened the Ames Dancenter in 1978. Robert and Miyoko own and operate the Robert Thomas Dancenter in Ames (two locations). In more than 30 years of dance instruction, Robert Thomas Dancenters have trained more than 10,000 young dancers. Robert and Miyoko are producers of the award-winning Dancenter Dancers and artistic directors of the Iowa Youth Ballet.

Robert Thomas, an Iowa native, studied dance in Iowa until 1964. In the summer of 1964 Robert received a dance scholarship to Ted Shawn’s Jacob’s Pillow in Lee, Mass. From the summer of 19641967, Mr. Thomas retained a position in the highly competitive Harkness Ballet trainee program in New York City.

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In 1967, Mr. Thomas joined the Harkness Ballet of New York. With the Harkness Ballet, Robert toured the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. When the first Harkness company disbanded in 1969, Mr. Thomas was offered a position with the Stuttgart Ballet, the National Ballet Contemporair, the Joffrey Ballet, the Geneva Ballet, and the second Harkness company.

Accepting a position with the Joffrey Ballet, Robert performed in New York, throughout the United States, Europe and Russia. Mr. Thomas has been guest artist with the Andre Eglevesky Ballet Co., Lar Lubovitch Dance Co., Jack Cole, and Stuart Hodes Ballet Close-Ups. Robert has performed in more than 70 major works which include ballets by choreographers such as Ailey, Arpino, Balanchine, Boris, Cole, Cranko, Folkine, Harkarvey, Hodes, Joffrey, Lubovitch, Massing, Neumeier, Petipa, Rivera, Saddles, Sappington, Severs, Van Dancing, Walker, and Willed. Mr. Thomas has appeared in a variety of media from opera and stage to television.

From 1984-1986 Mr. Thomas was Assistant Ballet Master to the Joffrey Ballet.

In 1981, Robert and Miyoko choreographed and assisted in the creation of the Iowa State Center’s Nutcracker Ballet. They have served as artistic directors each year.

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Ballet Mistress – Act I

Janice Baker has served on the dance faculty for the Performing Arts degree at Iowa State University for the past 33 years. Her teaching responsibilities include all levels of ballet, Janice Baker jazz, tap, and social dance.

She also specializes in methods of teaching dance for public education, dance in the private sector, and adaptation of dance for special populations.

Ms. Baker presented a summary of her work in the public schools with movement education and academic success at the 2016 national conference of the NDEO in Washington, D.C. She has been a judge for the Bill Riley Talent Search for 21 years and is presently an adjudicator for the Des Moines Performing Arts High School Musical project.

Her work has appeared in the annual Nutcracker

at CY Stephens in Ames, Iowa as well as at the American College Dance Festival. Her work has represented VSA of Iowa at the International Festival in Washington, D.C. Ms. Baker is the project coordinator for the 17th Anniversary of Iowa Dance Theater’s production of “Dracula, Tutus, Teeth and True Love.”

The New Visions Dance Project is a favorite aspect to her teaching. Here able bodies and special bodies are paired to create a dance where, “all shoes are dancing shoes, all clothes are dancing clothes, and all bodies are dancing bodies”.

As a choreographer, Ms. Baker’s work has been seen at Adventureland, the Ingersoll Dinner Theater, and in numerous high schools, university, and community productions.

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Principal Dancers Sugar Plum Fairy & Her Cavalier

Liza D. Kroeschell is an Ames native. She took her first dance class at the Robert Thomas Dancenter at age three, where she continued to train through high school under Robert Thomas, Miyoko Kato Thomas, Wendy Kepley, Lisa Luiken Woxwell, Ellen Mullen and Maureen McGrath as a member of the Dancenter Dancers Company. Kroeschell continued her dance training in college, graduating summa cum laude from the Alonzo King Lines B.F.A. program at Dominican University of

Liza D. Kroeschell

California in May 2015. Today, Kroeschell remains actively involved in the San Francisco Bay Area dance community. She teaches dance in public and private elementary schools throughout the city, and has performed professionally in dawsondancesf’s Intima (2015) and Garrett + Moulton Production’s The Luminous Edge (2016) and Speak, Angels (2016) as a member of the movement choir. This is Kroeschell’s seventh Iowa State Center Nutcracker and first in the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Brock Henderson is an Iowa native and lives in New York City. He began his dance training at age 16, studying at the Robert Thomas Dancenter with Robert Thomas, Miyoko Kato Thomas and Maureen McGrath, while participating in the Dancenter Dancer Company. Henderson

Brock Henderson

graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in

Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Cedar Lake

2014 earning a BFA in Dance, under the direction

Contemporary Ballet, American Ballet Theater

of Katie Langan. While at Marymount, he was a

Collegiate, and the Joffrey Ballet School. Since

member of the MMC Dance Company and had

graduating with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree,

the privilege of performing works choreographed

Henderson has danced as an apprentice with

by Dwight Rhoden, Twyla Tharp, Emery

ZviDance and 10HairyLegs in New York and a full

LaCrone, Pedro Ruiz, Ray Mercer, Jessica Lang,

company dancer with Bruce Wood Dance Project

John Butler, Tami Stronach, among others. In

in Dallas Texas. He is excited and grateful for this

2011, he was awarded the New York City Dance

opportunity to share, grow and learn with the other

Alliance Foundation Adele Astaire Scholarship.

talented artists in the place where his dance dreams

Additionally, he has trained in numerous summer

began, and is thankful for his parents, mentors, and

intensives including Springboard Danse Montreal,

friends for their continued support and love.

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History  The Nutcracker Ballet The Nutcracker Ballet is a classical ballet in two acts. Many classical ballets created during the 19th century have become mainstays of dance companies today. The classical age of ballet focuses on the spectacular collaborations of Marius Petipa with the music of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.

At first Tchaikovsky was not inspired by the story of The Nutcracker, but he ended up writing a brilliant score. During preparations for this ballet, Petipa had fallen ill and entrusted much of the work to his assistant Lev Ivanov, which is why Ivanov is credited as the choreographer. The Nutcracker Ballet was based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s book, Der Nüssknacker und der Maüsekönig (The Nutcracker and the King of the Mice).

The ballet was first presented at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on December 17, 1892.

Antoinetta Dell-Era and Paul Gerdt were featured dancers as the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Prince, respectively.

In London on January 30, 1934, the ballet was performed by the Sadler’s Wells Ballet troupe.

The Nutcracker Ballet finally made its way to the United States in an abbreviated form performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Fifty-First Street Theater in New York on October 17, 1940. In 1944, the San Francisco Ballet performed the first full-length version of the ballet. The New York City Ballet presented The Nutcracker Ballet,

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choreographed by George Balanchine, on February 2, 1954, a production which has become an annual tradition in the Big Apple.

A sign of how popular the ballet has become is the large number of companies that perform The Nutcracker Ballet annually. The Iowa State Center celebrates the 36th year of its production. It has become an annual holiday tradition not only in Ames, but in many American and Canadian cities. People once called this ballet “The Nutcracker Suite” because they knew the music better than the ballet.

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About the Composer

Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky was born May 7, 1840.

The son of a mining inspector, Tchaikovsky was brought up well. He received music lessons as a child, but none of his teachers discerned any signs of genius.

As a young man, he studied law and entered a civil service position with the government.

Tchaikovsky did not take up music seriously until the age of 22. He entered the newly opened St. Petersburg Conservatory as a student of Zaremba and A. Rubinstein. He resigned his government position and supplemented his finances by teaching ill-paid music lessons.

Tchaikovsky composed his first work in 1865, an overture to Ostrovsky’s The Storm. From there, he went on to teach at the new conservatory established in Moscow and his creative career progressed rapidly. He traveled extensively composing operas, symphonies, and ballets. He made his first appearance as conductor in 1887

when he gave a concert of his own works.

The next year he embarked on his first foreign tour as conductor.

His fame followed him Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky to America where he conducted a concert to dedicate the opening of Carnegie Hall in New York, followed by concerts in Baltimore and Philadelphia.

A year after he composed The Nutcracker Ballet, Tchaikovsky fell victim to the cholera epidemic that swept through St. Petersburg; he died November 6, 1893. This eminent Russian composer left a legacy of music that commands a deep and permanent hold on music lovers everywhere.

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Production Sta

Producer..............................................................................................................Tammy Koolbeck Assistant to the Producer...........................................................................................Missy Borton Artistic Directors...........................................................Robert Thomas & Miyoko Kato Thomas Assistant to the Directors......................................................................................Kimberly Kellen

Choreography, Act I............................................................................................... Robert Thomas Choreography, Act II & Snow......................................................................Miyoko Kato Thomas Act I to Snow Staged by...............................................................................................Janice Baker Choreography for Maids............................................................................................ Ellen Mullen Choreography for Flowers.............................................................................. Lisa Luiken-Woxell Choreography for Irish................................................................................................... Tara Mina Choreography for Arabians & Americans......................................................... Maureen McGrath Choreography for Russians.......................................................................Katherine Lundberg Choreography for Puppets....................................................................................Peter Pawlyshyn Ballet Mistresses....................................................................Ellen Mullen & Lisa Luiken-Woxell Assistant Ballet Mistresses .................... Teagan DiSalvo, Wendy Kepley & Katherine Lundberg Costumer............................................................................................................... Jerri Baumeister Costume Assistant............................................................................................. Christi Baumeister Studio Cast Coordinator............................................................................................ Ellen Mullen Backstage Coordinator....................................................................................................Lisa Davis Technical Director....................................................................................................... Mike Broich Stage Manager.............................................................................................................. Darren Geil Lighting....................................................................................................................... Mike Broich Audio................................................................................................................................Jake Ewalt Set Construction & Painting........................................................... Iowa State Center Shop Staff Technical Support Staff............................................................. The Iowa State Center Tech Staff Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Vietnam Era Veteran. Any person having inquiries concerning this may contact the Director of Affirmative Action, 318 Beardshear Hall, 515-294-7612.

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Acknowledgements

The Iowa State Center recognizes the following dance organizations for contributing the time and talents of their students to The Nutcracker Ballet.

Amy’s School of Dance, Huxley

Main Street Dance Academy, Marshalltown

Ankeny Dance and Performing Arts Academy, Ankeny

Main Street Dance Studio, Nevada

Behn’s Centre of Dance, Boone Beth Clarke and Nicole Seid Studio of Dance, Ames Carol Renae Dance & Tumbling, Boone Carol Tetmeyer Dance Studio, Des Moines Center Stage Dance, Nevada Dance Arts Centre, Mason City Dance Driven, Madrid Dance Vision Dance Studio and Ballet Academy, Johnston

Main Street Dance Studio, Panora Melissa’s School of Dance, Boone Micki’s Gotta Dance, Ogden Pat Barton Dance Studio, Altoona Performance Dance Centre, Ames Robert Thomas Dancenter, Ames Summer Jo’s Dance Academy, Iowa Falls Teresa’s School of Dance, Greenfield The Dance Connection, Webster City The Dance Konnection, Marshalltown

Dance With Me Studio, Belmond

United All Stars Cheer and Dance, Fort Dodge

Devine Dancers, Des Moines

University of Iowa Youth Ballet and Community Dance School

DMI Dance Force, Des Moines Fusion Dance, Carroll Grace Ballet and Acrobatics Studio, Ankeny Hollingsworth School of Dance, Fort Dodge Home School Tumbling – Studio C Iowa State University Dance Program Jeralyn’s School of Dance, Reinbeck

A special thanks to all the parents, family, friends, and volunteers who make this annual production of The Nutcracker Ballet possible.

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