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Swan Lake 2021 Cast List Long Beach Ballet’s SWAN LAKE 2021 Cast Cast A performance ...... Saturday, June 12th – 2:00 p.m. Cast B performance ...... Sunday, June 13th – 2:00 p.m. Cast AB ......................... Both performances A Abigail Adolph Neopolitan Dance A Ayumi Aguirre Bassallo Mazurka Dance AB Sumi Akin Hungarian Dance AB Erica Alfaro Palace Jester B Kennedy Allen Neopolitan Dance A Imani Amyson Russian Dance B Leigh Anderson Russian Dance A Astrid Angulo Russian Dance AB Ella Ruby Arko Palace Waltz A Melia Armenta Neopolitan Dance B Elizabeth Ashley Mazurka Dance A Samantha Bayudan Mazurka Dance AB Kennedy Beach Palace Herald AB Nadia Benjamin Spansh Dance AB Nikki Boggs Hungarian Dance AB Artemis BrodakSilva Palace Jester A Alesi Brown Young Hungarian Czardas B Natalie Brunt Neopolitan Dance B Nia Brunt Russian Dance AB Lily Bumacod‐Weismuller Palace Herald AB Autumn Bumacod‐Weismuller Palace Herald A Maeve Callahan Russian Dance AB Rachel Camerino Young Russian Dance AB Nicole Capcha Palace Waltz AB Camila Carrillo Palace Jester B Kaytlan Carvajal Russian Dance B Sophia Casillas Mazurka Dance AB Joaquin Chavez Mazurka Boy B Arianna Cisneros Young Hungarian Czardas AB Juliana Colorado Spansh Dance AB Marisa Conneally Hungarian Dance AB Valentina Crain Spansh Dance AB Makena Crawshaw Young Russian Dance AB Olivia Cullado Palace Jester A Audrey Culligan Mazurka Dance A Olivia Dailey Young Hungarian Czardas AB Isabella Dee Young Russian Dance AB Samantha Dege Hungarian Dance AB Aundenet Diress Hungarian Dance AB Hadley Duzan Spansh Dance A Michelle Ebrahimi Neopolitan Dance B Delaney Faessler Neopolitan Dance AB Ava Faessler Palace Herald B Leia Fernandez Young Hungarian Czardas A Anna Field Russian Dance B Maria Flores Russian Dance B Sasha Foreman Mazurka Dance B Samantha Foster Neopolitan Dance A Kaya Gagnon Mazurka Dance AB Eve Galvan‐King Hungarian Dance AB Hector Garcia Mazurka Boy AB Ysabella Gaza Palace Herald AB Leonardo Gentile Palace Jester B Lazuli Gentile Russian Dance AB Cerulean Gentile Spansh Dance B Luna Giao Russian Dance B Kayleigh Gillette Neopolitan Dance AB Diana Ginsburg Palace Herald B Stella Glazier Mazurka Dance A Bianca Gorbenko Russian Dance B Katherine Gore Russian Dance A Isabella Guerrero Mazurka Dance AB Olive Gurga Palace Herald A Clare Hannan Neopolitan Dance B Leilah Harris Neopolitan Dance AB Sylvia Hendron Palace Waltz A Sarita Herrera‐Guelcher Young Hungarian Czardas B Ripley Hildebrandt Young Hungarian Czardas AB Sophia Holbrook Palace Waltz AB Tricia Hsiung Spansh Dance AB Adriana Huizar Palace Herald AB Cady Irons Palace Jester AB Simone Johnson Hungarian Dance A Adelaide Johnston Young Hungarian Czardas A Charlotte Jones Russian Dance A Alexa Juarez Neopolitan Dance B Harriet Jung Russian Dance AB Elina Karmos Palace Waltz AB Emma Keefe Palace Waltz AB Bella Kim Palace Waltz AB Emmy Kim Spansh Dance AB Sofia Kitano Young Russian Dance B Claire Kurkjian Neopolitan Dance A Naomi Kwast Neopolitan Dance A Mikayla Kwast Russian Dance AB Jonás Lamb Mazurka Boy A Mattea Le Coz Russian Dance A Nina Le Coz Russian Dance AB Cassidy Lefebvre Palace Herald AB Merary Magana Palace Waltz AB Misa Malley Palace Waltz B Ellie Malley Mazurka Dance A Katherine McMahon Mazurka Dance AB isabella McNally Young Russian Dance B Sophia Meneshian Russian Dance B Anaia Jane Mercado Mazurka Dance AB Zahlei Miller‐Underwood Hungarian Dance AB Rhea Missios Hungarian Dance B Eva Moraca Neopolitan Dance B Maia Moraca Young Hungarian Czardas A Ava Ng Mazurka Dance AB Layla O'Day Spansh Dance B Vera Okuneva Mazurka Dance AB Violet Owens Palace Herald AB Hazel Owens Palace Jester AB Navia Pagtakhan Palace Herald AB Melissa Palabiyikoglu Palace Jester A Luna Pires Russian Dance AB Kaitlyn Pong Hungarian Dance AB Ashlee Pong Spansh Dance B Avasette Rau Young Hungarian Czardas B Milana Rau Young Hungarian Czardas AB Keira Rawlings Palace Waltz AB Maya Ray Young Russian Dance AB Miranda Reynolds Hungarian Dance A Reese Rhinehart Russian Dance AB Darianna Rosas Cuevas Hungarian Dance A Liv Russell Neopolitan Dance A Henley Samia Young Hungarian Czardas AB Logan Sandvig Palace Jester AB Hermionie Santos Palace Herald B Alayna Santos Russian Dance AB Mina Savittieri Palace Waltz AB Gabrielle Schoonover Young Russian Dance A Sophie Shin Mazurka Dance AB Madeline Smith Palace Herald AB Liliana Smith Palace Jester A Cameran Snyder Young Hungarian Czardas A Charlotte Staudt Neopolitan Dance A Abigail Stone Neopolitan Dance A Elizabeth Stone Russian Dance AB Ava Swietlikowski Palace Waltz AB Charlotte Taylor Spansh Dance B Maialen Teagle‐Alarcon Russian Dance AB Mina Terzic Palace Jester AB Ares Togiaso Hungarian Dance A Scarlet Torres Young Hungarian Czardas AB Sarah Tout Spansh Dance B Ava Tout Young Hungarian Czardas A Olivia Truninger Russian Dance AB Amaya Turner Young Russian Dance AB Emilia Vadnais Palace Herald AB Matilda van der Fluit Hungarian Dance B Maya Velasco Mazurka Dance A Evangeline Wanner Young Hungarian Czardas AB Adelynn Widera Palace Herald AB Kennedy Wood Young Russian Dance B Zoey Wood Young Hungarian Czardas AB Audrey Woolman Palace Jester A Miakoda Yniguez Mazurka Dance B Grace Yoon Russian Dance A Abigail Adolph Neopolitan Dance LBB Swan Lake 2021 ‐ Company Casting Sofia Aniceto Swan, Waltz Couple Sarah Bartholomew Cygnet, Spanish Princess Mikayla Cardin Swan Isabel Cash Swan Bianca Chen Swan Zoe Comstock Cygnet, Hungarian Princess Vera Fratovich Swan, Waltz Couple Alfredo Garcia Jester, Neopolitan Lead Aurora Gray Tall Swan, Pas de Trois Solo ‐ Cast A Hector Hernandez Waltz Couple Lauren Hughes Swan, Pas de Trois Solo ‐ Cast A Isabelle Ignacio Swan Lucia Johansen Tall Swan, Russian Princess Baxter Jung Waltz Couple, Mazurka Lead Benjohn Magcalas Waltz Couple, Spanish Lead Liliana Rose McCarty Cygnet, Pas de Trois Alec Mercado Waltz Couple, Hungarian Lead Kiralise Nygaard Tall Swan, Pas de Trois Solo ‐ Cast B Madison Oliver Cygnet, Pas de Trois Hailey Pemberton Odile Karena Rawles Swan Jayne Romero Swan, Pas de Trois Solo ‐ Cast B Bryn Savittieri Swan, Waltz Couple April Shavelle Swan, Neopolitan Princess Brent Shavelle Pas de Trois, Russian Lead Kaylee Smith Swan Nathalie Vazquez Swan Nicole Weaver Tall Swan, Mazurka Princess Grace Wells Swan, Waltz Couple .
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