American Youth Ballet - 4 performances
http://www.americanyouthballet.org/
Nutcracker 2018
In Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College
Saturday 15 December 2018, 2
pm and 7 pm
and Sunday 16th 2 pm and 6 pm
( Note that evening times differ between Sat 7pm and Sun 6pm )
JCCC(dress/performance) in Yardley Hall (14,15 / 16, 17Dec)
Ticketing - JCCC Box Office:
913-469-4445
Via: https://www.americanyouthballet.org/nutcracker
- at $15, $21 and $23
Tickets prices: Adults
Orch.- $23 Tier/Terr - $21 Balcony - $15 Youth 12 & Under
Yardley Hall's capacity is 1341 seats - Full or nearly full each performance
= = Pictures = =
Last Year's:
See a full set (1,214) of pictures with options to buy prints at: http://www.kcdance.com/Events/Default.asp
These are in two folders, displayed as a very long page each:
1 - first folder of 607 files
2 - second folder of 607 files
The Updated Program from optical character recognition (OCR) scan is at the bottom of this page
In-Theater pictures at JCCC's Yardley Hall
Pictures from Dress and Performance Days
Hannah Baillie - Dress 2
Hannah Baillie - Dress 1
Grown Clara, Ellie Heibert
Louisa (Nadine Peck) and Fritz (Julia Walewicz) stuggle over the Nutcracker
Working on notes following dress # 1
Conductor Shah Sadikov and Assistant conductor Raffaele Cipriano go over the score
Julia Harshbarger with saute chat to stage left followed by ...
... a cross with saute chat, Trey Johnson (L) and Julia Harshbarger (R)
Annie Cook - rose and flowers
Seth York and Julia Harshbarger, Snow King and Queen
Three-frame sequence with Hannah Baillie as Sugar Plum Fairy.
Julia Walewicz as Grown Clara
8-frame sequence of Grown Clara (Julia Walewicz)
Bass entering, backstage production landing
setting up in the orchestra pit
Behind the curtain, pre-performance Saturday evening
Behind the curtain, Seth York and Julia Harshbarger
Behind the curtain, Seth York and Julia Harshbarger
Ximena Flores practicing for her Spanish lead behind the curtain between acts at 7pm performance Saturday
Class before Sunday 6 pm performance, temps leve
Class before Sunday 6 pm performance, pas de chat
Loading out Sunday about 8:30 pm
My primary video camera setup, one for close and one for wide with another in back, high for reconstruction footage
Pictures from Studio Rehearsal Saturday before theater
Party Guests with Curt Knupp (Center) as Dr. Drosselmeyer
My "window shot" - snowflakes heading out, stage right
OP Orchestra Conductor Shah taking notes
Pictures from Studio Rehearsal - 1st run
American Youth Ballet | |
| Artistic Directors | Jennifer Tierney and Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Company Manager and Rehearsal Director | Laura Jones-Wallner |
| Senior Company | Abbey Crews, Ann Nelson, Ansley Chambers, Alexis Applegate, Annie Cook, Audrey Merckling, Ella Hiebert, Gavin Hoedl, Hannah Baillie, Hannah Chong, Julia Harshbarger, Julia Walewicz, Mackenzie Feldman, Maureen Borberg, Miriam Rogers, Ximena Flores |
| Junior Company | Avani Lakkireddy, Annika Jones, Caroline Taliaferro, Ella Huggins, Elsa Pineda, Madalyn Hesterlee, McKenzie Dull, Nadine Peck, Olivia Ayres, Rebeca Flores, Lexi Arp, Lily Leach, Tara Cook, Vera Scanlan, Vivian Hsiao |
| Apprentice Company | Arielle Li, Sophia Qiu, Lily Deich, Lindsey Kim, Koyuri Morita, Cindy Jiang, Hannah Kang, Ella Kaemmer, Halle Jaeger, Daphne Johnson, Sara Ye, Janina Ouyang |
Nutcracker 2018 | |
| Choreography | Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Music composed | Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky |
| Set Design | Jason Phillips, Paul Mesner Puppets, 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 |
| Act I | |
| Young Clara | Tara Cook (2 pm), Rebeca Flores (7,6 pm) |
| Dr. Drosselmeyer | Curt Knupp |
| Nephew | Asher Wilson |
| Louisa | Nadine Peck |
| Fritz | Julia Walewicz |
| Governess | Audrey Merckling |
| Columbine | Ella Heibert (2 pm), Ann Nelson (7,6 pm) |
| Vivandiere | Maureen Borberg (2 pm), Hannah Chong (7,6 pm) |
| Soldier Dol | l Seth York |
| Frau Stahlbaum | Laura Wallner |
| Herr Stahlbaum | Tony Witt |
| Grandmother / Rat Queen | Jennifer Tierney |
| Maids | Annie Cook, Ximena Flores, Abbey Crews |
| Party Guest Parents | Gavin Hoedl, Trey Johnson, Hannah Baillie, Alexis Applegate, Makenzie Feldman, Moe Graenser |
| Party Guest Children | Mason Cook (2 pm), Max Isaac, Preston Cook, Souleye Bodian, Evan Albee, Owen Chambers (7,6 pm), Vera Scanlan, Lexi Arp (2 pm), Ella Kaemmer, Sophia Qui (2 pm), Halle Jaeger, Koyuri Morita (2 pm), Arielle Li Daphne Johnson, Lindsey Kim, Annabella Choi (2 pm), Lily Leach (7,6 pm), Cindy Jiang (7,6 pm), Sara Ye (7,6 pm), Jonina Ouyang (7,6 pm) |
| Baby Mice | Madeline Davenport, Rivka Albee, Claire Wheat, Clare Nissen, Sophia Teply, Kylie Mohr, Liberty Davis |
| Mice | Matalin Patel, Mia Maciula, Addison Tharp, Adeline Qin, Ellie Xu, Lillian Meier, Juliet Lothyan, Emily Allen Kyla Hess, Bella Breithaupt, Ashley Chen |
| Cavalry | Nadine Peck, Olivia Ayres |
| Soldiers | Annika Jones, Vivian Hsiao, Elsa Pineda, Caroline Taliaferro (2 pm), Hannah Kang (2 pm), Avani Lakkireddy, Madalyn Hesterlee, Rebeca Flores (2 pm), McKenzie Dull (7,6 pm), Lily Deich, Tara Cook (7,6 pm) |
| Nutcracker | Asher Wilson |
| Grown Clara | Julia Walewicz (2 pm), Ella Hieibert (7,6 pm) |
| Snow King | Seth York |
| Snow Queen | Abbey Crews (2 pm), Julia Harshbarger (7,6 pm) |
| Snowflakes | Ansley Chambers, Ximena Flores, Julia Harshbarger, Maureen Borberg, Audrey Merckling, Alexis Applegate, Ella Heibert, Miriam Rogers, Ann Nelson, Avani Lakkireddy, Annika Jones, Ella Huggins, Hannah Baillie, Annie Cook, Hannah Chong, Julia Walewicz, Abbey Crews, Mackenzie Feldman, Madalyn Hesterlee, Olivia Ayers, Ella Huggins, Annika Jones |
| intermission | |
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Party Boy Costume partially underwritten by the Albee Family Cherub costumes generously underwritten by the Witt Family Sugar Plum Fairy Tutu generously underwritten by the Mueller Family Sheep Costume generously underwritten by the 3GenWealth and The Peck Family Russian costume generously underwritten by the Wang Family | |
| Act II | |
| Sugar Plum Fairy | Hannah Baillie (2 pm) Annie Cook (7,6 pm) |
| Chinese Leads | Makenzie Feldman (2 pm) Audrey Merkling (7,6 pm), Maureen Borberg (2 pm) Ansley Chambers (7,6 pm), Russian Leads Ximena Flores (2 pm) Abbey Crews (7,6 pm) |
| Angel Leads | Alexis Applegate (2 pm) Hannah Chong (7,6 pm), Madalyn Hesterlee (2 pm) Annika Jones (7,6 pm), Avani Lakkireddy (2 pm) Ella Huggins (7,6 pm) |
| Spanish Leads | Miriam Rogers (2 pm) Ximena Flores (7,6 pm), Gavin Hoedl |
| Mirliton Lead | Audrey Merckling (2 pm), Miriam Rogers |
| Arabian Leads | Julia Harshbarger (2 pm), Hannah BaiIlie (7,6 pm), Trey Johnson |
| Rose Queen | Annie Cook (2 pm) Julia Walewicz (7,6 pm) |
| Black Sheep | Lexi Arp (2 pm) Lindsey Kim (7,6 pm) |
| Lead Cook | Vera Scanlan, Lexi Arp (7,6 pm) Lily Leach (7,6 pm) |
| Angels | Elsa Pineda (7,6 pm), Tara Cook (2 pm) Vera Scanlan, Vivian Hsiao, Lexi Arp, Caroline Taliaferro, Lily Leach |
| Cherubs and Page | James Klenke, Phoebe Fyten, Vivienne Weaver, Claire Wheat |
| Spanish Corps | Alexis Applegate, Ansley Chambers, Maureen Borberg, Ann Nelson |
| Arabian Corps | Kira Ayers, McKenzie Dull |
| Chinese Corps | Matalin Patel, Mia Maciula, Adeline Qin, Ellie Xu, Lillian Meier, Juliet Lothyan |
| Mirliton Corps | Hannah Chong (2 pm) Ann Nelson (7,6 pm), Annika Jones (2 pm) Nadine Peck (7,6 pm) Ella Huggins (2 pm) Madalyn Hesterlee (7,6 pm), Olivia Ayres (2 pm) Avani Lakkireddy (7,6 pm) |
| Sheep | Madellne Harvey, Estella Stawarz, Kiersten Koenings, Hadley Reeves, Fiona Ye, Yunah Kang (7,6 pm) Bella Gladish (2 pm) Aoi Morita (7,6 pm) Emily Patrella |
| Russian Corps | Lily Leach (2 pm) Vivian Hsiao (7,6 pm) Caroline Taliaferro (2 pm) Elsa Pineda (7,6 pm) |
| Gingerbreads | Sophia Qui, Lily Deich (2 pm) Koyurio Morita (7,6 pm), Sara Ye (2 pm), Halle Jaeger (7,6 pm), Arielle Li (2 pm), Ella Kaemmer (7,6 pm), Cindy Jiang (2 pm), Annabella Choi (7,6 pm), Daphne Johnson (2 pm), Janina Ouyang, Hannah Kang (7,6 pm) |
| Gumdrop | Buttons Anna Sawafuji, Shiloh Nelson, Layla Maciula, Caroline Nissen (2 pm) Katie Chen (7,6 pm), Rowan McGill Chloe Hanks, Sofia Huqqins |
| Cooks | Nyla Yearby (2 pm) Audrey Brown (7,6 pm), Hazel Leach (2 pm) Sophia Sitzes (7,6 pm), Betsy Rodriguez (7,6 pm), Amelie Meintjes (2 pm) Asher Merkling (7,6 pm), Evyn Diegel |
| Flowers | Ansley Chambers, Ximena Flores, Julia Harshbarger, Maureen Borberg, Audrey Merckling, Alexis Applegate, Ella Hiebert, Miriam Rogers, Ann Nelson, Avani Lakkireddy, Annika Jones, Ella Huggins, Hannah Chong, Abbey Crews, Madalyn Hesterlee |
| Overland Park Orchestra | |
| Sponsored by the City of Overland Park | |
| Conductor | Shah Sadikov |
| Assistant Conductor | Raffaele Cipriano |
| Violin I | Vicki Hauser, Concertmaster, Joyce Ahn, Cynthia Dong, Kara Hess, Rebecca Hill, Yeanna Moon |
| Violin II | Edwin Fukunaga, Principal, Mary Adams, Arjun Gampala, James Taylor, Ernestine Wildman, Julianne Zheng |
| Viola | Jackie Ives, Principal , Kelly Childers , Faith Childress , Hali Liu , Karen Sowers, Erin Wilson |
| Cello | Gail DeGeer, Kelly Irvin , Becky Miller , Ed Roxas , Betsy Wright |
| Bass | Kathleen McCullough, Principal , Carolyn Thurlby |
| Flute | Nancy Clark, Principal , Susan Culp , Charles Jessup |
| Piccolo | Charles Jessup, Principal |
| Oboe | Roy Messick, Principal , Hannah Thurlby, Principal |
| English Horn | Kristin Thurlby |
| Clarinet | George Pagels, Principal , Calvin Winkler |
| Bass Clarinet | Will Belden |
| Bassoon | Carissa Kasper, Principal , Fraser Farmer, Principal , Kailey Peterson |
| Horn | Jerry Old, Principal , Paul Jolley , Emily Johns , Conja Summerlin |
| Trumpet | David Clark, Principal , Tim Gillispie |
| Trombone | Bob Wilson, Principal , Micheal Anthony Sturm , David Hass |
| Tuba | Jacob Legg |
| Timpani / Percussion | Anthony Liu, Principal , Christopher Culp |
| Harp | Kara Gibson, Principal |