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THE NUTCRACKER CHAMPAIGN URBANA BALLET | CHAMPAIGN-URBANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thursday-Friday, December 1-2, 2016, at 7:30pm Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 2pm and 7:30pm Sunday, December 4, 2016, at 2pm and 6pm Tryon Festival Theatre PROGRAM THE NUTCRACKER A ballet in two acts after the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography by Deanna Doty Presented by Champaign Urbana Ballet Deanna Doty, Artistic Director Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Stephen Alltop, Music Director and Conductor Matthew Sheppard, Guest Conductor Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Mike Ross, Director The Nutcracker Overture ACT I The Party The Battle The Land of Snow 20-minute intermission ACT II The Land of Sweets A classical ballet in two acts, The Nutcracker is based on E. T. A. Hoffmann’s tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816). Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky created the music for the ballet of this charming story in close collaboration with Marius Petipa, the renowned choreographer who, due to illness, turned the project over to his assistant, Lev Ivanov. The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892. Flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc. Note: this production uses controlled special effects in the form of lighting, fog, and smoke. THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THIS PERFORMANCE This Champaign Urbana Ballet presentation of The Nutcracker, in cooperation with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, is made possible with support from promotional sponsors including Area-Wide Technologies; The Bill Bass Foundation; Carlton Bruett Design; Champaign Ballet Academy; Champaign Telephone Company; Chifan Cheng DDS, Vickie Hemann DDS, and Leah Davis DMD, MSD; Christie Clinic | Department of Foot & Ankle Surgery; Hilton Garden Inn; Iroquois Federal; Kam’s; Merrill Lynch; R Rentals; Scott Machin Remodeling; Stone Ridge Dairy; and Two Men and a Truck. This vital support keeps our local arts environment lively and thriving. 3 THE ACT OF GIVING OF ACT THE * 4 SYNOPSIS ACT I appears with his army of soldiers and cavalry at On Christmas Eve, the Stahlbaum household his side. A fierce battle with the rats and mice prepares for a grand holiday party. Clara, her ensues. The Rat Queen and the Nutcracker fall brother, Fritz, and their parents have invited injured, despite Clara’s bravery in defending guests to dance and celebrate. The arrival of the Nutcracker. Ice fairies appear and revive the Clara’s eccentric godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer, fallen Nutcracker, who comes to life in his true brings a sudden air of surprise to the party. princely form. The Nutcracker and Clara begin Drosselmeyer gathers the children and presents their journey to his homeland and dance among each with a special gift, including a nutcracker snowflakes in the Land of Snow before they are for Fritz and two magical life-sized dolls for magically carried away. Clara. While the guests are enamored with all Drosselmeyer’s creations, Clara is only interested ACT II in the nutcracker. A playful Fritz steals the key to Clara and the Nutcracker travel across a the life-sized dolls, and his mischievous behavior lemonade sea toward his homeland, the Land of causes them to dance frenetically and frighten Sweets, where they are greeted warmly by the the guests. Afraid that the party has gone awry, Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier. Clara recounts Mrs. Stahlbaum calls for the adults to assemble her heroic tale in which the Sugar Plum Fairy in the dining room for a holiday feast. No longer presents Clara with a magnificent crown and under the watchful eye of his parents, Fritz and flavorful dances of foreign confections, including his friends disrupt the girls at play, causing the the beautiful waltz of flowers, before the entire nutcracker doll to break in two. Drosselmeyer court joins in a final gavotte. Drosselmeyer reappears and, to console his goddaughter, reappears, and Clara’s reverie begins to fade as repairs the broken doll before leaving in a dash. she is magically returned to the comforts of home After a final dance, the guests depart and the and the memory of a fantastic dream. family retires for the night. Just before midnight, Clara steals down to the eerily darkened room to find her nutcracker. She falls asleep, and the events from the day slip into her dreams. The Rat Queen and her legions of rodents appear, threatening Clara. As the nightmarish taunting escalates, Drosselmeyer shows his power by casting the rodents and furniture away and making the Christmas tree grow to enormous heights. The Nutcracker, grown to life size yet trapped in toy form, 5 CAST ACT I: THE PARTY Party Girls ACT I: THE BATTLE Amalia Bollero Drosselmeyer Nutcracker Byla Chapman^ John Dayger* Luke Worland* Ilana Cohen Christopher Ochs^ Elijah Ochs^ Beatrice Ebel^ Clara Elizabeth Hall* Rat Queen Irina Cheng* Janie Lee Angie Song* Amanda Norcross^ Addison McClure* Erin King^ Emily Shunk* Fritz Clara Wood^ Rats Beau Chapman* Beau Chapman^ Oscar Lewis^ Party Boys Jon Ebel Finnegan Cochran^ Emily Ge* Mrs. Stahlbaum Elliott Denmead* Alexander Hynes Erin King* Cale Helfer* Hanna Laible-Seif Hailan Shanbhag^ Leo Lewis* Isaac Lee Emmett Morrison^ Mr. Stahlbaum Kiera McCoy Finn Morrison* Kevin Burnside* Elijah Ochs* Alexandre Pantano^ Luke Worland^ Rob Rypka Lorenzo Pantano^ Emerson Urban Party Mothers Luke Worland^ Sophia Ebel Boy Doll Isaac Lee* Lauren Frost* Mice Elijah Ochs^ Mariel Ferreira^ Ana Artz^ Avery Benson* Valerie Linsner Girl Doll Cecilia Calfas* Hailan Shanbhag* Charlotte Ebel* Odin Cochran^ Angie Song^ Lara Morgan^ Maggie Tewksbury* Leyla Cohen* Farah Willenbrock^ Footman Lana Cooper^ Elijah Ochs* Marlie Guernsey-Mohr* Party Fathers Isaac Lee^ Drake Helfer* Jon Ebel Alivia Learned^ Nick Hittle Maid Claudia Esther Lundsgaard* Tony Hynes Ella Peirce* Pilar Martinez^ Sean Morrison Lauren Frost^ Hannah Kuester* Rob Rypka Isabella Marino* Brenna Murphy^ Ally Nelson^ Janaki Rajamannar-Underhill^ 6 Evangeline Rice^ Soldiers ACT I: THE LAND Cadence Scheunemann^ Annika Drasgow^ OF THE SNOW Amelia Snodgrass* Adam Dobrucki^ Ice Fairies Nora Troyer* Emily Duong^ Sophia Ebel Nao Tsuchimoto* Catherine Feinen^ Lauren Frost Samantha Walden* Sierra Freund* Valerie Linsner Taylor Wells^ Noah Grucza^ Lara Morgan Russell Young^ Emily Hall* Hailan Shanbhag Cale Helfer* Maggie Tewksbury* Cavalry Noelle Hunt* Angie Song^ Charlotte Ebel^ Breanna James^ Mariel Ferreira* Sidney Jones* Snowflakes Eve Freund* Siyeon Joo^ Amalia Bollero Ellie Hatcher Xavia Kennedy* Irina Cheng^ Maya Keeble^ Daisy Grace Lewis^ Charlotte Ebel Ella Peirce^ Chloe Lim^ Mariel Ferreira Lillian Rice^ Sophia Marino* Eve Freund Zoey Rypka* Finn Morrison^ Ellie Hatcher Lily Summers^ Dorisa Mosher^ Maya Keeble Farah Willenbrock* Sydney Ochs^ Amanda Norcross* Dorcas Wong* Rosy Odum^ Ella Peirce Captains Alexandre Pantano* Lillian Rice Emma Donnini^ Natalie Pociask^ Lily Summers Eleanor Kraatz* Sophia Pyo^ Farah Willenbrock Leo Lewis^ Lily Belle Rice* Dorcas Wong Oscar Lewis* Lark Runkle* Addison McClure^ Mia Sherman* Lorenzo Pantano Abagail Teague* Emma Rypka* Ava Teague* Claire Trask^ Momoka Tsuchimoto* Renee Wang* Grace Williams-Kim* ^denotes dancers performing on the evening of December 1 and on the matinees of December 3 and 4. *denotes dancers performing on the evenings of December 2, 3 and 4. 7 ACT II: THE LAND Chinese Butterfly Arabian Bearers OF THE SWEETS Sophia Ebel* Jon Ebel Angie Song^ Tony Hynes Lemonade Sprites Sean Morrison Amalia Bollero Chinese Dragon Rob Rypka Irina Cheng^ Norah Hatcher Charlotte Ebel Russian Dance Mariel Ferreira Chinese Dragon Legs Hailan Shanbhag^ Eve Freund Emma Donnini^ Angie Song* with Lauren Frost^ Beatrice Ebel^ Charlotte Ebel Ellie Hatcher Catherine Feinen^ Mariel Ferreira Maya Keeble Sierra Freund* Alexander Hynes Amanda Norcross* Emily Ge* Maya Keeble Ella Peirce Elizabeth Hall* Emerson Urban Lillian Rice^ Noelle Hunt* Farah Willenbrock Zoey Rypka Breanna James^ Angie Song* Xavia Kennedy* Ribbon Candy Lily Summers Eleanor Kraatz* Beau Chapman Maggie Tewkbury* Chloe Lim^ Amalia Bollero^ Farah Willenbrock Dorisa Mosher^ Ilana Cohen* Dorcas Wong Rosy Odum^ with Cale Helfer* Emma Rypka* Leo Lewis Heralds Mia Sherman* Oscar Lewis Beau Chapman Claire Trask^ Alexandre Pantano^ Noah Grucza^ Lorenzo Pantano Cale Helfer* Arabian Princess Byla Chapman^ Leo Lewis Lauren Frost* Janie Lee Oscar Lewis Valerie Linsner^ Addison McClure Alexandre Pantano Arabian Prince Emily Shunk* Lorenzo Pantano Kevin Burnside* Grace Sugar Plum Fairy Nick Hittle^ Williams-Kim Valerie Linsner* Arabian Harem Amalia Bollero* Clara Wood^ Lara Morgan^ Irina Cheng^ Eve Freund Mother Ginger Cavalier Ellie Hatcher^ Constance Hosier Nick Hittle* Kiera McCoy Kevin Burnside^ Amanda Norcross* Lily Summers Spanish Dancers Dorcas Wong Isaac Lee Sophia Ebel^ Lillian Rice* 8 Polichinelles Flowers Matilda Cochran^ Amalia Bollero Elliott Denmead* Irina Cheng^ Alexis Hunt* Charlotte Ebel Katherine Kibler^ Sophia Ebel Jimin Kim^ Mariel Ferreira Sarah Kuester* Eve Freund Reina Lee* Lauren Frost * Lahori Mitra* Ellie Hatcher^ Mayameen Mizan^ Maya Keeble Emmett Morrison^ Valerie Linsner^ Brian Pyo^ Lara Morgan* Christina Rao^ Amanda Norcross* Róisín Rice* Ella Peirce^ Eleanor Rypka* Lillian Rice* Soma Sarathy* Zoey Rypka Gianna Wilson^ Hailan Shanbhag^ Angie Song Flower Pas de Deux Lily Summers Lauren Frost^ Maggie Tewksbury* Nick Hittle^ Farah Willenbrock Elijah Ochs* Dorcas Wong Hailan Shanbhag* Rose Buds Ellie Hatcher* Ella Peirce*
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