American Youth Ballet
http://www.americanyouthballet.org/
Nutcracker 2016
In Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College
Saturday 19 December 2016, 2 pm and 7 pm
and Sunday 20th 2pm
2 - JCCC (dress/tech/performance) in Yardley Hall (15, 19 / 17, 18 Dec)
Ticketing - JCCC Box Office: 913-469-4445
http://www.americanyouthballet.org/Nutcracker.html
Tickets prices were - Adults Orch.- $23 Tier/Terr - $21 Balcony - $15. Youth 12 & Under $15
Yardley Hall's capacity is 1341 seats -
Despite the weather, Saturday 2 pm was just about sold out, 7 pm with really bad roads and weather
was full but with seats left and Sunday 2 pm was almost standing room only. Cold (0-degress F) and clear to dicey roads.
Dec. 17, Saturday 2pm and 7 pm -
Dec. 18, Sunday 2 pm
== Pictures ==
Updated cast id's coming
Thursday at Tech / Dress
Snow Queen and King, Meredith Green Soares and Jose Soares
The professionals, Meredith started ballet with AYB and is now a working dancer where she met her husband, Jose, who is from Brazil!
Snow Queen and King, Meredith Green Soares and Jose Soares
Snowflake
Miss Jennifer Tierney leading cherubs backstage
Pictures, Brooke Peck (plays Frau Stahlmeyer and is a mom to a couple of the young performers)
Miss Jennifer orienting the cherubs
Arabian
Friday at dress
Kristopher Estes-Brown leading class before Friday's dress
Kristopher, after class, exhorting the troops prior to Friday's dress
Curt Knupp, "Dr. Drosselmeyer"
getting ready
Party girl
Crew
The Stahlbaums, Brooke Peck and Tony Witt
Snow Queen and King - Cassie Wang and ...
Snowflakes head for stage right
Backstage, looking upward
Elise Johnson in Spanish
Mollie Cook
Hannah Baillie
Rebekah Nelson
Juliana Kuhn
Working Tools, sound and lighting controls
Friday night after - weather is the outside performer
Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
Company Class Saturday afternoon before the 7pm show, doing échappé sautés (way tougher jumping jacks for dancers).
Check the camera frame numbers to see the company's consistency,
first as Kristopher Estes-Brown leads from the front, then walks into the company.
View from the pit
Ready to start
Mary Lou
Sunday
Company class before Sunday 2 pm performance, Asher Wilson, Jose Soares and Cameron Miller
Lance Harshbarger taking a picture of the chock-full house for the Sunday 2 pm performance
Mary Lou, and Angel Mercier
Cherub alert! Ready to go on.
Cherub prep
On Stage before Act II, Sunday
Angels, broom crew, then practicing the Spanish part, Cameron Miller and Malerie Moore (in the air with a jeté to stage left)
Spotting the "invisible" photographer - Molly Cooke in Sugar Plum tutu
More spotting the "invisible" photographer. Tony Witt in stage crew black hoody ("invisibility" suit) from behind a stage left leg (stage drape)
Malerie Moore and Cameron Miller practicing their "Spanish" routine onstage behind the curtain during intermission with angels on the left and flowers on the right
American Youth Ballet | |
The Nutcracker 2016 | |
| Choreography | Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Music composed | Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky |
| Set Design | Jason Phillips, Paul Mesner Puppets, Ethan Steimel, Ryan Hasler, and Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Lighting Design | Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Costuming Director | Jennifer Tierney with Deborah Green, Gayla Voss, Denna Flickner, Carol Brookover, and Kate Erlinger |
| Orchestra generously underwritten by The Versluis Family, Linda Hensley and The Lozaw Family | |
Prologue | |
| Dr. Drosselmeyer | Curt Knupp |
| Nephew | Asher Wilson |
| Columbine Doll | Malerie Moore (2 pm), Hannah Baillie (7 pm and 2 pm) |
| Columbine Tutu generously underwritten by the Wilson Family and the Green Family | |
| Vivandiére | Emily Galloway (2 pm), Elise Johnson (7 pm and 2 pm) |
| Soldier Doll | Jeremy Shapel |
| Grandmother | Jennifer Tierney |
| Party Guest Parents | Moe Graesner, Jose Soares, Cameron Miller, Zoee Huskey, Juliana Kuhn, Molly Cook |
| Party Guest Children | Elsa Pineda, Hannah Chong, Caitlin Blackwood, Nadine Peck, Annika Jones, Samantha Marx , Zeleon Sea, Colin Kim, Owen Chambers, Max Isaac, Mason Cook |
ACT I | |
| Interior Drop generously underwritten by the Moore Family | |
| Maids | Annie Cook, Rebekah Nelson, Amanda Young |
| Frau Stahlbaum | Brooke Peck |
| Clara | Elyse Johnson(2 pm), Ella Hiebert (7 pm and 2 pm) |
| Clara Party Scene Costume generously underwritten by the Acosta Family | |
| Clara Nightgown costume generously underwritten by Jesse Cooper | |
| Fritz | Hank Peck |
| Louisa | Cassie Wang |
| Governess | Audrey Merckling |
| Herr Stahlbaum | Tony Witt |
| Lieutenant Mice | Vera Scanlan, Vivian Hsiao, Christine McCubbins, Tara Cook, Lily Leach |
| Baby Mice | (2 pm):Anna Sawafuji, Danielle Harvey, Violette Witt, Emily Allen, (7 pm and 2 pm): Aoi Morita, Josie Dolembo |
| Mice | Madalyn Hesterlee, Julia Sollars, Kaylee Johnson, Ellie Johnson, Elise Hermann, Alice Lenz, Grace Wang, Cindy Jiang |
| Growing Tree generously underwritten by Cliff and Elaine Tatham | |
| Christmas Dolls | Wren Versluis, Kyla Hess, Kylie Julianto, Addison Tharp |
| Christmas Doll Costumes generously underwritten by James and Kerry Albertson | |
| Nutcracker Prince | Asher Wilson |
| Bunny | Lexi Arp (2 pm), Alexandria Tan (2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Cavalry | Evey Musgrave, Maureen Borberg |
| Soldiers | Ally Kaestner, Anne Chen, Kennedy Newell, Natalie Goldman, Olivia Ayres, Ximena Flores, Erica Domen, Tina Li |
| Rat King | Jeremy Shapel |
| Pirate Mouse | CaroIine Taliaferro (2 pm), Samantha Thurston (2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Pirate Mouse Costume generously underwritten by The Lozaw Family | |
| Snow King | Cameron Miller (2 pm), Jose Soares (2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Snow Queen | Cassie Wang (2 pm), Meredith Green Soares (2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Snow Flakes | AYB Company |
| Snow Fall generously underwritten by The Walewicz Family, The Peck Family, Linda Hensley, and The Moore Family with Madi Mali Homes | |
| Snowflake Tutus generously underwritten by the Wang Family, Toby and Barbara Cook | |
| Intermission | |
ACT II | |
| Angel Scene generously sponsored by Paula and Bryan Dahms | |
| Cherubs | (2 pm): Layla Maciula, Shiloh Nelson, Luca Branit, Betsy Rodriguez, Sophia Sitzes, (2 pm and 7 pm): Koko Sato, Wakana Matsuo |
| Cherub costumes generously underwritten by the Witt Family | |
| Angels | Julia Walewicz, Madeline Oliver, Miriam Rogers, with Kennedy Newell, Tina Li, Erica Domen (2 pm), Anne Chen (7 pm and 2 pm), Hannah Chong, Maureen Borberg |
| Pages | James Baker (2 pm), Ze-lan Sea (2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Sugar Plum Fairy | JuIiana Kuhn (2 pm), Cassie Wang (7 pm), Molly Cook (2 pm) |
| Sugar Plum Fairy Tutu generously underwritten by the Mueller Family | |
| Spanish | EIise Johnson (2 pm), Rebekah Nelson(2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Chinese | (2 pm): Madeline Oliver, Miriam Rogers, Audrey Merckling, Emily Galloway, (2 pm and 7 pm): Amanda Young, Zoee Huskey, Julia Walewicz, Julia Harshbarger -- with -- Lily Leach, Tara Cook, Alexandria Tan (2 pm), Vera Scanlan(2 pm), Christine McCubbins(2 pm), Ellie Johnson(2 pm), Lexi Arp(2 pm and 7 pm), Elise Hermann(2 pm and 7 pm), Vivian Hsiao(2 pm and 7 pm), Caroline Taliaferro(2 pm and 7 pm) |
| Chinese Costume generously underwritten by the Acosta Family | |
| Mirliton | Julia Harshbarger (2 pm), Annie Cook (7 pm and 2 pm) -- with -- (2 pm): Zoee Huskey, Ella Hiebert, Evey Musgrave, Amanda Young, (7 pm and 2 pm): Ximena Flores, Emily Galloway (7 pm), Samantha Marx, Audrey Merkling, Hannah Baillie (2 pm) |
| Black Licorice Sheep | Nadine Peck (2 pm), Annika Jones (7 pm and 2 pm) |
| Cotton Candy Sheep | Jamie Chapple, Lily Witt, Lilian Meier, Ellie Xu, Kaitlyn Musgrave, Halle Jaeger, Ashley Chen, Sara Ye |
| Sheep Costume generously underwritten by the 3GenWealth and The Peck Family | |
| Arabian | Molly Cook (2 pm), Malerie Moore (7 pm and 2 pm) with Cameron Miller |
| Russian | Hannah Baillie (2 pm), Elise Johnson (7 pm), Emily Galloway (2 pm) |
| Russian Corps | (2 pm): Tina Li, Caitlin Blackwood. (7 pm and 2 pm) Erica Domen, Hannah Chong |
| Russian costume generously underwritten by the Wang Family | |
| Gingerbreads | Miran Marutani, Annika Jones, Nadine Peck, Natalie Goldman, Olivia Ayres, Elsa Pineda |
| Gum Drops | Maya Li, Mia Maciula, Sophia Qiu, Joina OnYang, Arielle Li, Adeline Qin, Sophia Hatch |
| Lead Cooks | Annabella Choi, Koyuri Morita |
| Cooks | Kelsey Teply, Mathis Haun, Bella Breithaupt, Madeline Harvey, Penelope Peck |
| Rose | Rebekah Nelson(2 pm), Juliana Kuhn(7 pm and 2 pm) |
| Flowers | (2 pm): Cassie Wang, Annie Cook, Hannah Baillie, Malerie Moore, Amanda Young, Zoee Huskey, Julia Harshbarger, Julia Walewicz, Audrey Merckling, Miriam Rogers, Ally Kaestner, Samantha Marx, (7 pm and 2 pm): Molly Cook, Elise Johnson, Emily Galloway, Madeline Oliver, Evey Musgrave, Ximena Flores |
Orchestra | |
| Conductor | James Funkhouser |
| Violin I | Vicki Hauser, Concertmaster, Richelle Basgall, Clara Blauwiekel, Kara Hess, Sunita Lavin, Molly Vogt, Alexa Wilden |
| Violin II | Darren Moring, Principal, Monica Chen, Edwin Fukunaga, Patrick McAnany, James Taylor, Ernestine Wildman |
| Viola | Jackie Ives, Principal, Heather Athon, Kelly Childers, Diana Yancey |
| cello | Michael Davidson, Principal, Celia Arnold, Gail DeGeer, Kelly Irvin, Becky Miller, Ed Roxas |
| Bass | Kathleen McCullough, Principal, Carolyn Thurlby |
| Flute | Nancy Clark, Principal, Emily Smith, Charles Jessup |
| Piccolo | Charles Jessup, Principal |
| Oboe | Roy Messick, Principal, Hannah Thurlby |
| English Horn | Kristin Thurlby, Principal |
| Clarinet | Janet Ashburn, Principal, Celia Nicholas |
| Bass Clarinet | Bailey Stines |
| Bassoon | Melissa Cain, Principal, Kailey Peterson |
| Horn | Jerry Old, Principal, Paul Jolley, Conja Summerlin, Lauren Harris |
| Trumpet | David Clark, Principal, Tim Gillispie |
| Trombone | Bob Wilson, Principal, Michael Anthony Sturm, David Hass |
| Tuba | Jacob Neiman, Principal |
| Timpani | Mark Lowry |
| Percussion | Brian Jackson |
| Harp | Kara Land, Principal |
| Celesta | Mark Pretzel |
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