Program

Terpsichore 

Modern Beginner 

Choreographer: Margaret Hassenstab 

Music: “Migrants” by Anselm Kreuzer & Andreas Suttner 

Gia Cabell, Miles Duddy, Caroline Halverson, Clara Hayde, Stephanie Ma, Adele Monahan, Lia Yap

A Spring Symphony 

Primary IB/IC 

Choreographer: Gabby Billy 

Music: “Appalachian Spring II: Allegro” by Aaron Copland, “The Grasshopper’s Dance” by Ernest Bucalossi, “Ladybug” by Jean Francois Marais, “Butterfly Waltz” by Brian Crain, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, & “Four Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet & Piano” by Dmitri Shostakovich 

Emmie Ambler, Suzan Aydin, Delphine Bell, Chloe Bremer, Imogene Collins, Nora Croghan, Frances DeWitt, Willa Duddy, Rosalind Eaves, Diana Esmantovich, Maya Freedle, Leila Ghasemi, Cameron Halverson, Reyna Lazaroff, Julia Liu, Anna O’neal, Camille Oberkfell, Grace Thornton, Lina Versical, Liliana Wind 

Le Corsaire Odalisque 3^rd Variation  

Choreographer: Marius Petipa, coached by Ashley Hamann 

Composer: Adolphe Adam 

Evelyn Overmyer, Outstanding Soloist 

Character Dance Variations 

Character Dance 

Choreographer: Norma Gabriel 

Music: A Medley of Music from Different Countries 

Note: Character Dance is a theatrical presentation of national dances. 

Phoenix Cousins, Ruby Hasemeier, Paislee Kern, Alexis Kimani, Libby Shoemaker, Ramona Stokes

4ever 

Hip-Hop Beginner 

Choreographer: Jada Vaughan 

Music: “4ever” by Lil’ Mo ft Fabolous 

Jan Errando, Sosi Hansen, Mazie Larson, Rebecca Levy, Athena Montgomery, Elsie Post, Norah Price, Nathan Ramjeet, Ahana Woods, Amelia Yanez, Isabella Yanez 

Optimo 

Contemporary III/IV 
Choreographer: Jada Vaughan 

Music: “Optimo” by Liquid Liquid  

Phoenix Cousins, Paislee Kern, Cali Lauren Evans 

Intermission

les nuits d’été 

Dance Composition: Crafting the Choreographer’s Voice 

Choreographers: Fiona Bell, Lily Goldman, Kameron Samuel Henry, Derrick Johnson, & Heather Walker, with coaching by C. Anthony Cole 

Music: Loure 

Fiona Bell, Lily Goldman, Kameron Samuel Henry, Derrick Johnson, Heather Walker 

La Fille Mal Gardée, Colas Variation Act II 

Choreographer: Sir Frederick Ashton, coached by Ashley Hamann 

Composer: Ferdinand Hérold 

Dwight Erdmann, Outstanding Soloist 

Squabble Up 

Hip-Hop I/II/III 
Choreographer: Jaime Chipman 

Music: “Pass the Courvoisier Part II” by Busta Rhymes, “Squabble Up” by Kendrick Lamar, & “Sports Car” by Tate McRae 

Alexis Clark, Harper Green, Mia Green, Cora Heaney, Rani Naidoo 

Syncopated Ladies 

Adult Tap 

Choreographer: Gina Bon-Perez 

Music: “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing)” by Club des Belugas 

Laurel Dantas, Sonja Furiya, Lauren Monahan, Meredith Sheth, Susan Yaeger 

The Carnival of the Animals 

Choreographer: Carrie Fernandez, Gabby Billy, & Carly Vanderheyden 

Music: The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns 

Hallie Abrams, Sloane Abrams, Cecelia Anzalone, Sol Arpon, Fiona Bell, Jaron Bentley, Natalie Bivens, Daisy Blair, Josephine Blair, Gia Cabell, Margaret Chibnall, Amari Coleman, Lily Collins, Phoenix Cousins, Luna Cuddihee, Miles Duddy, Frances Engelmeyer, Olive Engelmeyer, Dwight Erdmann, Alice Esmantovich, Caroline Halverson, Clara Hayde, Legacy Jackson, Paislee Kern, Alexis Kimani, Lexie Kummant, Chloe Lee, Alice Little, Caroline Lovett, Stephanie Ma, Alexandra Malone, Eva Marsh, Lennox Mcallister, Audrey McMillin, Ella Miller-Ruddy, Bella Milligan, Adele Monahan, Rani Naidoo, Kaitlyn O’neal, Laila Ortega, Evelyn Overmyer, Zoey Palacios, Kamila Rachamsetty, Libby Shoemaker, Eliana Sleet, Ramona Stokes, Scarlett Tipton, Heather Walker, Ismeria Willard, Lia Yap 

Production Team

Production Manager: Carolyn Carter

Stage Manager: Emily Birnstein

Technical Director: Cameron Tesson

Lighting Designer: Jayson Lawshee-Gress

Costume Manager: Cody Floyd

Assistant Stage Manager: Hayden Munro

Light Board Operator: Morgan Brennan

Sound Board Operator: Justin Foster

Artistic Team

Senior Director of Artistic Strategy & Programs: Shawna Flanigan

Artistic Director of Dance: Jay Staten

Interim Artistic Director of Dance: Kirven Douthit-Boyd

Dance Manager: Kate Bircher

Pre-Professional Division Manager: Rachel Schneider

Pre-Professional Division Dance Rehearsal Directors: Gabby Billy, Carrie Fernandez, Ashley Hamann, Dave McCall, & Carly Vanderheyden