2021 AwaH Program_DRAFT__011321

Cast
Castilleja Dancers
Ciara Bean
Amelie Bellemans
Karin Blumenfeld
Ava Chen
Madeleine Chen
Zoya Chughtai
Natalie Dang
Ella Debenham
Analisa Delgado
Alexandra Dimitreli
Tzewa Dingpontsawa
Cecily Durkin
Sadie Evans
Avani Ganesan
Sahana Ganesan
Louisa (Lulu) Guandi
Annika Heinemann
Zoe Ho
Ella Holsinger
Ella Hoy
Alizey Hussain
Sophie Jaffer
Julia Karsner
Ana Kelleher
Sofia Kelleher
Ella Kemp
Claire Kepner
Chloe Kim
Rena Kim
Kayley Ko
Callie Kocher
Gemma Kunnavatana
Charlie Laurel
Ella Lewis
Callie McElhinney
Bella Monsalve
Mia Monsalve
Leela Mudumbai
Yaiza Fernandez Munoz
Ananya Nukala
Sutchie Ofori-Nyako
Madeleine Parker
Mallika Patel
Carolina Pavlik
Claire Pettit
Ademi Rakhimbayeva
Araika Ramchandran
Jenna Razzak
Zenia Rehan
Miraya Rehman
Michaela Rohrbach
Antonia Ross
Jade Rothbaum
Allison Row
Production Team
Produced by Dance Production Workshop
Artistic Director
Visiting Guest Artists
Georgianna Shea
Sofiia & Vasyl Safriuk
Senior Executive Producers
Ciara Bean
Alia Singh
Alexandra Dimitreli Emilia Smith
Executive Producers
Zoya Chughtai
Bella Monsalve
Producers
Cecily Durkin
Yaiza Fernandez Munoz
Sahana Ganesan
Louisa Gunadi
Vivienne Wluka
Kaylene Yee
Ella Holsinger
Sofia Kelleher
Miraya Rehman
Allison Row
Alexa Schmeltzer
Juliet Schmeltzer
Penelope (Poppy) Scott
Anvi Shah
Caroline Silva
Alia Singh
Naveli Singh
Hazel Slavet
Emilia Smith
Vivi Sun
Savannah Tau-Vaka
Sophia Trabanino
Deeksha Venkat
Anaika Walia
Ayza Wasim
Vivenne Wluka
Kaylene Yee
Kaylin Yip
Senior Class of 2021
Ciara Bean
Catherine Debenham
Alexandra Dimitreli
Divya Ganesan
Violet Glickman
Samina Kaushek
Raveena Lele
Associate Producers
Ella Debenham
Analisa Delgado
Annika Heinemann
Ella Lewis
Skylar O’Brien
Honor Pimentel
Dayssi Phills
Madeleine Parker
Jenna Razzak
Alia Singh
Emilia Smith
Choreography 8
Saniya Ahmed
Avani Ganesan
Julia Karsner
Ella Kemp
Claire Kepner
Kaley Ko
Callie Kocher
Mia Monsalve
Mallika Patel
Claire Pettit
Araika Ramchandran
Michaela Rohrbach
Naveli Singh
Anaika Walia
Antonia Ross
Coco Sands
Vivi Sun
Middle School Producers
Rena Kim
Mallika Patel
Julia Karsner
Araika Ramchandran
Ella Kemp
Hazel Slavet
Ananya Nukala
Photographer/
Drone Operator
Technical Director
Graphic &
Visual Design
Finn Smith
Aya Matsutomo
Kevin Pyne
Our heartfelt thank you to Castilleja’s faculty and staff, who
are always willing to help with an open heart! Jessie
Surface, thank you for making sure we adhered to the
ever-changing health guidelines, assuring that our cast and
crew were safe! Thank you Meghan Guidry, Vice President
of Communications and Donor Engagement at the MAVEN
Project, for always being there for us. Lastly, we extend
our gratitude to the entire Castilleja community for your
support and encouragement… especially this year.

In the Midst of Chaos is Creativity.
We have all heard the phrase, The Show Must Go On, but for this year’s
production those words took on new meaning. We knew we had to create a
show that would educate and entertain. We knew we had to give our students
a little bit of ‘fun’ and ‘normal’ in a very ‘un-fun’ and ‘un-normal’ time.
We knew The Show Had to Go On.
To be honest, there were many, many challenges and setbacks with this
production. Yet, with each challenge, we became even more committed. We
needed to bring some joy to our Castilleja Community. We needed to shine a
light on a pressing issue in the world right now – healthcare disparity.
Our partnership with The MAVEN Project continually motivated us. Their work
is crucial, especially at this moment in time, as they tirelessly work to make
sure that those uninsured and underinsured have access to quality healthcare.
The MAVEN Project is an innovator in telehealth. They identified a need,
recruited dedicated and qualified volunteer doctors, and partnered with
clinics to create a solution to an unacceptable problem. The MAVEN Project
physicians, and partner clinics all work toward one goal:
To assure everyone can receive quality healthcare.
I know you will enjoy the shows and our extraordinary performers. You will
be inspired by the work The MAVEN Project is doing, and you will be uplifted
with what 100 determined young women can achieve when they decide that
The Show Must Go On.
Georgianna Shea
Artistic Director
Arts with a Heart
www.ArtswithaHeart.org

Dear Castilleja Community,
The MAVEN Project is honored and grateful to be the beneficiary of Castilleja’s
2021 Arts with a Heart production of Compassion, Together We Care - their first
ever virtual event. This past year, COVID-19 has upended our lives in ways we
couldn’t have imagined. It has also laid bare the inequities in our health care
system that The MAVEN Project is working to remedy. We believe health is really
about connection, and that by connecting expert physician volunteers to frontline
providers at community health centers through telehealth, we can remove the
barriers that prevent people from getting the care they need. After a year of
caution, distance, and sacrifice, I can think of no better way to connect than
through the joyous expression of dance.
When I joined The MAVEN Project as a volunteer, I was moved by the mission of
making universal access to the highest quality health care a reality for every
person in this country. I joined as CEO during the COVID-19 pandemic because I
knew the work we were doing was going to be needed more than ever. A consult
between a provider and volunteer can be the difference between a child staying
sick or returning to school. A mentoring session can be what prevents a nurse
from burning out. An education session can be the difference between
uncontrolled diabetes and doctors confidently supporting patients via telehealth.
As one of our providers said recently:
Having MAVEN Project physicians has been a tremendous blessing.
It is the best thing for a clinic like us that has no support when it
comes to specialty care. Thank you for being such a gift!
That’s why we do this work. Our health care system should be about facilitating
connections. Instead, it has too many barriers that prevent everyone from getting
the care they need, and COVID-19 has only magnified these challenges while
adding more to the mix. But if we persist in our mission to make universal access
to care a reality, we can build a health care system that fosters connection and
compassion for every person.
We are honored to be working with the Castilleja community to bring attention to
this crucial issue, and look forward to a wonderful weekend of dance, celebration,
and connection.
Warmly,
Ramona Doyle, MD
CEO, MAVEN Project

February 5, 2021
Performance One
Compassion
Choreographed by Choreography 8 &
Dance Production Workshop
Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music Compassion by Prince
Magic
Choreographed & Performed by Sofia Kelleher
Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music If It’s Magic by Stevie Wonder
Final Bow
Choreographed by Ciara Bean
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music Stole the Show by Kygo
For the Nameless
Choreographed by Ella Lewis
Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music Underdog by Alicia Keys
Put Your Hands Up
Choreographed by Ciara Bean & Kaylene Yee
Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music Put Your Hands Up by Forest Blakk

February 6, 2021
Performance Two
Heart Wide Open
Choreographed &
Performed by Ashely Ehrenpreis, Yaiza Frenandez Munoz,
Avani Ganesan, Zoe Ho, Sofia Kelleher,
Rena Kim, Callie McElhinney, Carolina Pavlic,
Vivi Sun & Vivienne Wluka
Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music Find Me by Sigma
ComPassion it On
Concept & Choreographed by Sofiia Safiuk
Visual Effects & Editor Vasyl Safriuk
Music Stay Alive by José González
Thoughts...
Choreographed by Ciara Bean
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music Overthinker by INZO
6 feet of Loneliness
Concept & Choreographed by Sofiia Safriuk
Visual Effects & Editor Vasyl Safriuk
Music Lonely Star by Oh Wonder
I Am Here
Choreographed by Ciara Bean & Vivienne Wlaka
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music I Am Here by Pink

February 7, 2021
Performance Three
Look for the Good
Choreographed by Yaiza Frenandez Munoz & Sofia Kelleher with
Rena Kim, Julia Karsner, Ella Kemp, Mallika Patel,
Araika Ramchandran & Hazel Slavet
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music Look for the Good by Jason Mraz
Together Apart
Choreographed by Kaylene Yee
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music Cold by Jorgé Méndez
Zoom Mooves
Concept & Choreographed by Sofiia Safriuk
Visual Effects & Editor Vasyl Safriuk
Music Move by Saint Motel
DistANCE
Choreographed & Performed by Ciara Bean
Illustrator & Editor Hsiu Hsiu Lin
Music Wildfire by Forest Blakk
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Choreographed by Vivienna Wluka
Editor Dakota Gregoric
Music Put a Little Love in Your Heart by KC and the Sunshine Band &
Houscream

Not Pictured: Zoya Chughtai

ANNECAMERON
For the past twenty-five years here at
Castilleja, Anne Cameron has always
supported, developed, and nurtured
Arts programs and the Arts with a
Heart productions.
Anne, thank you for your love, care,
and encouragement throughout the
years. You have made the Arts and
Castilleja a vibrant and happy place for
all our students. You will be missed.
The cast and crew lovingly dedicate
this show to Anne Cameron.
Guest Artists
Sofiia Safriuk
Dancer and Choreographer
After spending her childhood training in rhythmic
gymnastics, Sofiia discovered her love of dance
at age 15. She received a degree in dance from
the College of Art in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, followed
by a scholarship to study with Israel’s Kibbutz
Contemporary Dance Company, where she was
a member of the International Dance Journey
Program. Sofiia has founded and run a dance
team in the Ukraine and danced professionally in
Germany and China. Since 2020, she and her
husband Vasyl have produced innovative dance
videos for their social media pages. Sofiia
commented, “Art is so important to Vasyl and
me. It is our way to be heard.”
Sofiia and Vasyl live in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Follow their work on Instagram: sonyasafriuk
Vasyl Safriuk
Visual Effects and Editor
Vasyl holds a masters degree in electronics and
has worked professionally as a Musician. In 2015,
just after proposing to his eventual wife Sofiia,
the Ukrainian army drafted Vasyl in response to
rising tensions over Crimea. While serving in the
army, Vasyl began producing documentaries.
After release from active military service, he
continued studying filmmaking at a local film
school, which eventually hired him as an editor.
Vasyl has continued perfecting his craft, becoming
proficient in animation and 3D graphics. Since
2020, Vasyl and Sofiia have collaborated in
producing a series of unique dance videos.
Vasyl lives with Sofiia in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
Follow their work on YouTube: SafriFam