American Youth Ballet
http://www.americanyouthballet.org/
Nutcracker 2015
In Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College
Saturday 19 December 2015, 2 pm and 7 pm
and Sunday 20th 2pm
Photos were shot in two locations:
1 - American Dance Center - http://www.amdance.org/ - (studio: 25 Oct, 13, 14 Dec) and
2 - JCCC (dress/tech/performance) in Yardley Hall (stage 18, 19, 20 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 - all three performances were near sellouts
Dec. 19, Saturday 2pm -
Dec. 19, Saturday 7 pm -
Dec. 20, Sunday 2 pm
== In-Theater Pictures ==
Snowflakes head for stage right
LIsa Kobayashi in a sisson performing in the Spanish section
Rebekah Nelson as the Columbine Doll from behind the scrim looking into the hall
The Nutcracker always takes a lot of organizing including keeping the little ones occupied
Snow Queen and King ( Anne-Marie Dahms [7psat 2psun] and Seth York)
Company class: Seth York (front) and David Cassidy (left)
David Cross in Russian
Mollie Cook - Rose Queen
Flowers
Mirliton lead, Hannah Baillie
Arabian - Seth York and Dena'h Gregory
Between acts backstage
Costume check between acts
Seth York as Snow King
Dr. Drosselmeyer and Columbine Doll (Curt Knupp and Lisa Kobayashi)
Overland Park Orchestra in rehearsal with Jim Funkhouser conducting
Mirliton lead - Elise Johnson
Dena'h Gregory as Sugar Plum Fairy
Rebekah Nelson as Columbine Doll
Rebekah Nelson
Snow Queen and King (Malerie Moore and Seth York)
American Youth Ballet | |
The Nutcracker 2015 | |
| Choreography by | Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Music composed by | Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky |
| The Overland Park Orchestra Director | Jim Funkhouser |
| The Overland Park Orchestra generously underwritten by the Lozaw Family and 3GenWealth | |
| Set Design by | Jason Phillips Paul Mesner Puppets Ethan Steimel Ryan Hasler Jeff Bartley and Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Lighting Design by | Kristopher Estes-Brown |
| Costuming Director | Jennifer Tierney with Deborah Green Denna Flickner Carol Brookover and Gayla Voss |
ACT I | |
| Interior Drop generously underwritten by the Moore Family | |
| Dr. Drosselmeyer | Curt Knupp |
| Nephew | Asher Wilson |
| Columbine | Lisa Kobayashi (2 pm Sat.),Rebekah Nelson |
| Columbine Tutu generously underwritten by the Wilson Family and the Green Family | |
| Vivandiere | Amanda Young (2 pm Sat.) Hannah Baillie (7 pm) Annie Cook (2 pm Sun.) |
| Soldier Doll | Seth York |
| Grandmother | Jennifer Tierney |
| Party Guest Parents | Anne Marie Dahms Dena'h Gregory Juliana Kuhn Jake Bartley David Cross Moe Graesner |
| Maids | Sofia Acosta Malerie Moore Cassie Wang |
| Frau Stahlbaum | Brooke Peck |
| Clara | Reina Kobayashi (2 pm Sat) Samantha Marx (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Clara Party Scene Costume generously underwritten by the Acosta Family | |
| Clara Nightgown costume generously underwritten by Jesse Cooper | |
| Fritz | Nate Lozaw |
| Louisa | Molly Cook |
| Party Children | Carter Robinson Sam Lozaw Hank Peck Caitlin Blackwood Hannah Chong Elise Johnson Ximena Flores Ella Hiebert Tina Li Elyse Jackson Erica Domen |
| Governess | Audrey Merckling |
| Herr Stahlbaum | Tony Witt |
| Soldiers | Ally Kaestner Audrey Merckling Sophia Egger Anne Chen Kennedy Newell Madeline Oliver Evey Musgrave Julia Walewicz |
| Cavalry | Julia Harshbarger Asher Wilson |
| Lieutenant Mouse | Olivia Ayres Nadine Peck Rebeca Flores Natalie Goldman Annika Jones |
| Pirate Mouse | Sam Lozaw |
| Bunny | Lily Leach (2 pm Sat.) Tara Cook (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Mouse | Samantha Thurston Vera Scanlan Alexandria Tan Christine McCubbins Caroline Taliaferro |
| Baby Mouse | Ellie Sturgeon Wren Versluis Kelsey Teply Penelope Peck |
| Christmas Doll | Sara Ye (2 pm Sat.) Lily Mesmer (2 pm Sat.) Alice Lenz (2 pm Sat.) Ella Kaemmer Linnaea Xie (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Elise Hermann Madeline Vielhauer Janeisha Nayak (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Ellie Johnson (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Kaylee Helmer (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Nutcracker | Jake Bartley |
| Snow King | Seth York |
| Snow Queen | Malerie Moore (2 pm Sat.) Anne Marie Dahms (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Snowflakes | Dena'h Gregory Sofia Acosta Lisa Kobayashi Rebekah Nelson Amanda Young Juliana Kuhn (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Julia Walewicz (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Julia Harshbarger (2 pm Sat.) Audrey Merckling (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Cassie Wang Hannah Baillie Madeline Oliver (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Elise Johnson (2 pm Sat.) Anne Marie Dahms (2 pm Sat.) Molly Cook (2 pm Sat.) Malerie Moore (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Annie Cook Miriam Rogers (2 pm Sat.) |
| Snow Fall generously underwritten by The Lozaw Family, The Taliaferro Family and Jim Albertson | |
| Snowflake Tutus generously underwritten by the Wang Family and Toby and Barbara Cook | |
| intermission | |
ACT II | |
| Angel Scene generously sponsored by Paula and Bryan Dahms | |
| Angel Leads | Annie Cook Elise Johnson (2 pm Sat.) Julia Harshbarger (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Amanda Young |
| Angels | Ella Hiebert Audrey Merckling Evey Musgrave Ximena Flores Julia Walewicz Madeline Oliver |
| Page | Mathis Haun |
| Cherubs | Anna Sawafuji (2 pm Sat.) Leia Thomas (2 pm Sat.) Violette Witt (2 pm Sat.) Kyla Hess (2 pm Sat.) Aurora Bellis (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Mana Kondo (2 pm Sat.) Anna Qi (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Josie Dolembo (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Malee Head (2 pm Sat.) Teghan Maynard (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Ekundayo Glover (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Charley Mesmer (2 pm Sat.) Emily Allen (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Madeline Harvey (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Aoi Morita (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Cherub costumes generously underwritten by the Witt Family | |
| Sugar Plum Fairy | Juliana Kuhn (2 pm Sat.) Dena'h Gregory (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Sugar Plum Fairy Tutu generously underwritten by the Mueller Family | |
| Spanish Lead | Cassie Wang (2 pm Sat) Lisa Kobayashi (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Chinese Leads | Rebekah Nelson(7 pm Sat.) Malerie Moore(2 pm Sun) Lisa Kobayashi (2 pm Sat.) Anne Marie Dahms (2 pm Sat.) Sofia Acosta (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Asher Wilson |
| Chinese Costume generously underwritten by the Acosta Family | |
| Chinese Corps | Olivia Ayres Natalie Goldman Nadine Peck Rebeca Flores Annika Jones |
| Mirliton Lead | Hannah Baillie (2 pm Sat.) Elise Johnson (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Mirliton Corps | Madeline Oliver (2 pm Sat.) Rebekah Nelson (2 pm Sat.) Julia Harshbarger (2 pm Sat.) Miriam Rogers (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Malerie Moore (7 pm Sat) Rebekah Nelson (2 pm Sun) Annie Cook Julia Walewicz (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Amanda Young (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Black Sheep | Tina Li (2 pm Sat.) Caitlin Blackwood (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Sheep Bella Blakeley Nora Burdoo Kalina Parvanova Tara Cook (2 pm Sat.) Jonina OnYang Charlotte Bellis (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Sophia Qui (2 pm Sat.) Lily Leach (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Ava Cook (2 pm Sat.) Koyuri Morita (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Sheep Costume generously underwritten by the 3GenWealth and The Peck Family | |
| Arabian Leads | Dena'h Gregory (2 pm Sat.) Molly Cook (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Seth York |
| Arabian Corps | Zoee Huskey Alexi Fernandez |
| Russian Lead | Sofia Acosta (2 pm Sat.) Juliana Kuhn (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) David Cross |
| Russian Corps | Ximena Flores (2 pm Sat.) Ella Hiebert (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Evey Musgrave |
| Russian costume generously underwritten by the Wang Family | |
| Rose Queen | Molly Cook (2 pm Sat.) Cassie Wang (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) |
| Flowers | Julia Walewicz (2 pm Sat.) Miriam Rogers (2 pm Sat.) Reina Kobayashi (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Julia Harshbarger Lisa Kobayashi (2 pm Sat.) Sofia Acosta (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Juliana Kuhn (2 pm Sat.) Anne Marie Dahms Malerie Moore Amanda Young Audrey Merckling (7 pm Sat) Annie Cook Rebekah Nelson Elise Johnson Hannah Baillie Madeline Oliver |
| Gingerbreads | Ally Kaestner Caitlin Blackwood (2 pm Sat.) Tina Li (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Kennedy Newell Hannah Chong Anne Chen Elyse Jackson. Sophia Egger Erica Domen |
| Gumdrop Buttons | Lexi Arp (2 pm Sat.) Cindy Jiang (7 pm Sat., 2 pm Sun) Kaitlyn Musgrave Eliana Kovacova Annabella Choi Liliana Witt Jamie Chapple |
| Cooks | Bella Gladish Maria Price Eloise Arnold Mia Maciula Max Isaac |
== In-Studio Rehearsals ==
Snowflakes: L-R: Lisa Kobayashi, Hannah Baillie, Anne-Marie Dahms, Dena'h Gregory
Malerie Moore
Chinese
Jennifer Tierney fitting dancers into their sheep costumes
Two sheep standing for their picture
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