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and Colleen Anthonisen (Nov. 30, Dec. 1 mat., & Dec. 2), Carly Baum (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 eve.), Marielle Bingham, Ivy Chow (Dec. 1), Kjersti Cubberley (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2), Kelsey Dick, Annie Duffey (Dec. 1 mat. & Dec. 2), Danielle Dyson (Dec. 1 eve.), Juliann Hyde (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2), Caitlin Kirschenbaum (Dec. 1), Megan Liberty, Courtney Ramm (Dec. 1 mat. & Dec. 2), Grace Reeves (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2), Elizabeth Rodbell (Dec. 1), Alison Trumbull, Mary Wroth (Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 eve.) Pas de Deux: Sugar Plum Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Thursby (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2) Jenna Sagraves (Dec. 1 mat.) Juliann Hyde (Dec. 1 eve.) Cavalier .......................................Tom Penman (Nov. 30 & Dec. 2) Pablo Sanchez (Dec. 1 mat.) Paul Dandridge (Dec. 1 eve.) Finale ................................................................. Entire Cast Ballet Synopsis Act I The story is set in Vienna in the middle of the 19th century. Herr Silberhaus and his wife, along with children, Clara and Fritz, celebrate the holiday festivities with their friends and family. During this Christmas Eve night, the guests and their children rejoice in the magical Christmas atmosphere that Herr Drosselmeyer, Clara’s godfather, brings to the Silberhaus home. He fills the festivities with magical entertainment, dancing dolls, and toys for the children. Herr Drosselmeyer has a special surprise for Clara — a Nutcracker doll. Overjoyed, Clara dances with her new Nutcracker, but her jealous brother, Fritz, damages the Nutcracker. Herr Drosselmeyer fixes it with his magical powers, and after one final dance, the guests leave. That night, Clara falls into a deep sleep but is woken by giant mice that menace and threaten her. Herr Drosselmeyer protects her and helps her escape. She finds herself back in the living room where, to her amazement, the Christmas tree grows to a giant size and she finds herself in the midst of a huge battle between an army of tin soldiers and the mice. The Nutcracker doll comes to life and duels with the King Mouse. The Nutcracker ultimately rescues Clara from the King Mouse, whom she distracts by throwing her slipper thus saving herself from his clutches. Herr Drosselmeyer takes Clara on a magical journey, the first stop of which is the Land of Snow, presided over by the Snow Queen and her Cavalier. Act II Herr Drosselmeyer then takes Clara to the Land of Sweets, where she is met by the Sugar Plum Fairy and her court of angels. Clara recounts her story of battle with the King Mouse. As a reward, the Sugar Plum Fairy performs her famous dance for Clara and invites her to stay and watch while she is entertained by the many Divertissements who inhabit her kingdom.
Artistic Staff Biographies Michael Vernon, Artistic Director, Choreographer. Michael Vernon studied at the Royal Ballet School in London with such legendary teachers as Dame Ninette de Valois and Leonide Massine. He performed with the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera Ballet, and the London Festival Ballet before coming to New York in 1976 to join the Eglevsky Ballet as ballet master and resident choreographer. He was artistic director of the Long Island-based company from 1989 to 1996. He has choreographed numerous works for ballet companies in the United States and worldwide. Mikhail Baryshnikov commissioned him to choreograph In a Country Garden for American Ballet Theatre (ABT). His solo S’Wonderful was danced by ABT principal Cynthia Harvey in the presence of President and Mrs. Reagan and shown nationwide on CBS television. He also worked as the assistant choreographer on Ken Russell’s movie “Valentino,” starring Rudolph Nureyev and Leslie Caron. Vernon has taught at StepsNYC for many years, working with dancers from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, and many other high profile companies. He is an integral part of the Manhattan Dance Project, which brings NY-style master classes to all regions of the country. He has been involved with the Ballet Program at Chautauqua Institute since 1995, regularly teaches and mentors dancers for Ballet Hawaii in Honolulu, and is the artistic director for Ballet School of Stamford in Connecticut. Vernon has been company teacher for ABT, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and Alvin Ailey Company and School, as well as guest teacher for the Julliard School. Richard Bernas, Conductor. Gramophone Award-winning conductor Richard Bernas is also music consultant at Tate Modern. Events he has developed there are without equivalent in European museums, being gallery rather than concert based. They have included performing Feldman’s Rothko Chapel and Tallis’ Lamentations in Tate’s Rothko Room, commissioning Rebecca Saunders’ Chroma for the large Turbine Hall, performing music during such exhibitions as Arte Povera, Surrealism and Brancusi, and collaborations with BBC Radio 3 and the Almeida Festival. As well as conducting many of the BBC Orchestras and performing extensively in Europe, he has worked with many of today’s leading composers. World premieres have varied from Nicholas Maw’s Odyssey with the BBC Symphony at the Royal Festival Hall to Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Sternklang in the Berliner Tiergarten, including James Dillon’s Oceanos for the BBC Proms and a number of ballets for The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, where he has been a guest for over a dozen years. Highlights of his varied theatre work include Britten’s Death in Venice for Scottish Opera; Mozart’s Idomeneo for the Theatre du Capitole, Toulouse; the Ravel Operas for Opera Zuid, Holland; Britten’s Prince of the Pagodas at Covent Garden and the MET; Will Tuckett’s full staging of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale at ROH2; and the première of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire on the main stage at Covent Garden. As well as the Royal Ballet, other dance companies he has worked with include the Paris Opera, San Francisco, Hong Kong and New York City Ballets.
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