ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KRISTIN KINGSLEY

Story & Selected Lyrics from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Music by FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Ballet Mistress STEPHANIE TULEY

Music Director/Conductor BRANDON MATTHEWS

Production Design SEAN COCHRAN

Technical Director ISAIAH BOOTHBY

Lighting Design DAVID DENMAN

Costume Design NAOMI PRENDERGAST, SUSIE FAHRING, ANN MARCECA, & WANDA RICE WITH STRACCI FOR DANCE

NIWOT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM APRIL 26 2:00PM APRIL 27 1:00PM Longmont Dance Theatre Our mission is simply stated but it is not simple to achieve: we strive to enliven and elevate the human spirit by means of dance, specifically the perfect form of dance known as . A technique of movement that was born in the courts of kings and queens, ballet has survived to this day to become one of the most elegant, most adaptable and most powerful means of human communication.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BALLET MISTRESS Kristin Kingsley Stephanie Tuley LDT BOARD OF DIRECTORS RESIDENT OPERATION PERSONNEL President Susan Burton Production & Design Vice President Dolores Kingsley Lighting Designer/ David Denman Secretary Marcella Cox Production Stage Manager Members Sean Cochran, Jeanine Hedstrom, Eileen Hickey, Stage Manager Jenn Zavattaro David Kingsley, & Moriah Sullivan Technical Dir./Master Carpenter Isaiah Boothby Ballet Guild Liason Cathy McGovern Scenic Design & Fabrication Sean Cochran with Enigma Concepts and Designs Properties Coordinator Lisa Taft House Manager Marcella Cox RESIDENT COMPANY MANAGEMENT Auditorium Manager Jason Watkins (Niwot HS Auditorium) Willow McGinty Office Manager/ Marcella Cox Special Events Coordinator (Silver Creek HS Auditorium) Secretaries Melinda Jordan, Barb McDonald, Theatre Coordinator Kristy Foster Lisa Taft, & Jenn Zavattaro with St. Vrain Valley School District Webmaster Janna Vance Program Designer Suzanne Rogers Gruber Music Department Program Printing Ron’s Printing Music Director Rick Thomas Marketing/Graphic Design Jason Innes Conductor () Arturo Gonzales with Innes Photography Conductor (Spring Gala) Rick Thomas, Resident Photographer Keith Bobo Brandon Matthews with Photography Maestro Resident Pianist Devon Newburn Guest Photographers Tammy Kelly-Nielson with TKN Photography Jacqui Richart with Jacqui Richart Photography Piano Technician Bob’s Piano Service Video Production Ethan Hegel with Servant House Productions Costume & Wardrobe Concessions Coordinator Angela Carter Wardrobe Mistress Naomi Prendergast Apparel Printing Kim Taylor Assistant Wardrobe Mistress Susie Fahring with Family Fan Club Costume Consultants & Fabrication Wanda Rice Florist Liason Kelly Gibbs with Stracci for Dance, Ann Marceca & Derice Pfefferkorn LDT ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS Instructors: Heather Corey, Marcella Cox, Mimi Ferrie, April Health & Wellness Glaser, Julie Glass, Kathy Kerr, Mary Langlois, Acupuncturist Garth Reynolds Meghan Larson, Justin McMillan, Rachel Oliver, Massage Therapists Angie Simmons & Uma Basco Sarah Quillen, Georganna Mills Russell, Angie Simmons, Physical Therapists Michele Forsberg with Align PT Christopher Smidt, Larry Southall, & Stephanie Tuley Chiropractors Dr. Jessica Thompson Substitutes: Spenser Bernard, Susan Burton, Kat Gurley & Dr. Lane Bunker Wellness Coach & Hypnotherapy Zoilita Grant Nutritionist Lynn Smith with Source Nutrition

Glisser Tier: $200-$499 BARBARA THE BARBER*, BILLOW FAMILY, BOTTKE FAMILY, COLLENDER LDT WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DONORS FAMILY, DANGERFIELD FAMILY, DONNELLY FAMILY, EILEEN HICKEY, MERTZ FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT. FAMILY Pliér Tier: $1-$49 DENISE BUSTAMANTE, JAIDEN CRUGER, DISCOUNT CARD FUNDRAISER, Sauter Tier: $500-$999 FAHRING FAMILY, RICK HUGHES*, ROSS MCINTOSH, SUSAN SCHARF WII DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER

Entendre Tier: $50-$99 Elancer Tier: $1000-$1999 MAGGIE BENTON, RALPH AND LINDA GOBLE, NATANZI FAMILY, LONGMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, MIDLAND MOTHER’S DAY WALTERS FAMILY FUNDRAISER

Relever Tier: $100-$199 Tourner Tier: $2000 and above AMGEN, BURIANEK FAMILY, NICOLL FAMILY, CHRYSTAL POCHAY, XILINX* RIEDER FAMILY WORLD’S FINEST CHOCOLATE PBIP FUNDRAISER *Indicates in-kind donations Cast Oberon MATTHEW HELMS Demetrius DESHAWN MARSHALL Titania HELEN MARCECA (understudy SHARON PRENDERGAST) Helena RACHEL ELISE JORDAN (understudy ERIN DRUMMY) Lysander JUSTIN MCMILLAN Theseus CHRISTOPHER SMIDT Hermia MADDIE KING (understudy LAURA BOTTKE) Hippolyta MADISON WINTER (Cast A) CHARLOTTE CARMICHAEL (Cast B) (understudy ASHLEY MORGAN NICOLL)

Puck TERRA LIU (understudy CAMILLE CECELIA TAFT) Moth ERIN DRUMMY (understudy ELISE FERGUSON) Cobweb ASHLEY MORGAN NICOLL (understudy ISABELLE CLEMENT) Peaseblossom LAURA BOTTKE (understudy ANAKA WEISS-JONES) Mustardseed SHARON PRENDERGAST (understudy NORA HIXSON)

Grasshopper soloist NORA HIXSON (understudy ERICA LYNNE WALTERS) Grasshopper corps JULIE BOTTKE, HOLLY KUYT, CAMILLE CECELIA TAFT, ERICA LYNNE WALTERS, ANAKA WEISS-JONES, & DAISY YE (understudies LAUREN BILLOW, ERYN DIZEREGA, OLIVIA ROSE FERTIG, HANNAH ELIZABETH HEGEL, & ERIN ORNELAS)

Oberon’s Fairies ADRIENNE BRYANT, JAIDEN CRUGER, ALEAH DIZEREGA, ERYN DIZEREGA, ALYSIA MARTIN, SAMANTHA MEIER, JOURNEY MUELLER, SIOBHAN NELSON, & HOLLAND STEVENSON

Titania’s Fairies LAUREN BILLOW, CHARLOTTE CARMICHAEL, ISABELLE CLEMENT, ELISE FERGUSON, OLIVIA ROSE FERTIG, EMMA FLETCHER, NATALIE J. GRIFFIN, HANNAH ELIZABETH HEGEL, MADISON JUNKER, ANNE MCGOVERN, ERIN ORNELAS, & EMILY STOKES (understudy MADISON WINTER)

Pixies A ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, REBECCA HYDE, HANNAH MERTZ, RUMI NATANZI, SAGE RICHART, EMILY ANGELA TAFT, CLAIRE TERHAAR, JOCELYN WILLE, & MIKAYLA ZAVATTARO Pixies B ANNA ADLER, HELEN AMBROSE, NINA INNES, AND BROOKE LEILA SNISKY (understudies JANE DANGERFIELD, GRACE BATOR, TATUM CAROLINE HUGHES, & VICTORIA GIOVANNINI ISUANI)

Fireflies GRACE BATOR, JANE DANGERFIELD, ISABEL GRIFFITH, TATUM CAROLINE HUGHES, VICTORIA GIOVANNINI ISUANI, & ANYA RIEDER

Butterflies KENNEDY BAHR, MARIE HEFLEY, DEBORAH JOY HEGG, & HANNAH NIELSEN (Cast A) KENNEDY BAHR, MARIE HEFLEY, HANNAH NIELSEN, & ABIGAIL SPIEGEL (Cast B)

Purple Bugs A BENJAMIN CHAMPE, GRACE ANNE HAWKINS, HENRY HAYDEN HUGHES, & ELIZABETH JENSEN Purple Bugs B MADELINE ARNOLD, ELLA BROWN, UMA CHAMPE, FAITH HARVEY, & SOPHIE TRAHAN Purple Bugs C MARGARET BOOTHBY, ANNIKA HESTER, REYLYNN KILLINGER, ABIGAIL TOBIAS, & ABIGAIL M. WHITELEY

Changeling Child MADELYNN GRUBER (Cast A) / EMMA SOLC (Cast B) Dragonflies MENDEL BOOTHBY, AARON MATTHEW MESCALL, & GARRETT SCHMOKER Lady Bug ABIGAIL SPIEGEL (Cast A) / DEBORAH JOY HEGG (Cast B)

Mechanicals: Nick Bottom RANDY DOWNING Tom Snout EVAN HEGEL Francis Flute KEPLER BOOTHBY Snug ELLIOT HEGEL Peter Quince DAN HEGEL Robin Starveling DAVID SMITHEY

Maypole Dancers JADEN EICHER, KAITLYN FLOODEEN, KIRA HANVEY, CHLOE HIRAI, REBECCA HYDE, AMANDA STARR IOZZIA, EMILY LINDBERG, MAIA J. NORMAN, COLLEEN ROSE ORNELAS, MACKENZIE SIMON, LILLIAN MAE VANCE, & ASHLYN ZAVATTARO (understudies ANNA ADLER, HELEN AMBROSE, & BROOKE LEILA SNISKY)

Blue Ribbon Soloist CHARLOTTE CARMICHAEL (Cast A) / MADISON WINTER (Cast B) (understudy HOLLY KUYT) Blue Ribbon Corps LAUREN BILLOW, ELISE FERGUSON, HANNAH ELIZABETH HEGEL, & ERIN ORNELAS (understudy DAISY YE)

Flower Soloist ISABELLE CLEMENT, MADISON JUNKER, & CAMILLE CECELIA TAFT (Cast A) ISABELLE CLEMENT, MADISON JUNKER, & ERICA LYNNE WALTERS (Cast B) Flower Girls GRACE BATOR, JANE DANGERFIELD, TATUM CAROLINE HUGHES, NINA INNES, ANYA RIEDER, & EMMA SOLC (Cast A) JANE DANGERFIELD, ISABEL GRIFFITH, MADELYNN GRUBER, TATUM CAROLINE HUGHES, VICTORIA ISUANI, & ANYA RIEDER (Cast B) Ring Bearers MENDEL BOOTHBY, AARON MATTHEW MESCALL, & GARRETT SCHMOKER

Courtier Couple soloists OLIVIA ROSE FERTIG WITH DAVID SMITHEY (understudy ERIN ORNELAS) Courtier corps ELISSA APPLING, ADRIENNE BRYANT, SOPHIA COLLENDER, SEQUOIA COLLINS-NELSON, KATHERINE G. CUNDAY, ABBY JOHNSON, ALYSIA MARTIN, MIRA TOWNS, & LENA F. WEISMAN

Garland soloist NATALIE J. GRIFFIN (understudy EMILY STOKES) Garland corps JAIDEN CRUGER, ERYN DIZEREGA, ELISE FERGUSON, EMMA FLETCHER, ANNE MCGOVERN, SAMANTHA MEIER, SIOBHAN NELSON, & EMILY STOKES

Cast A performs SATURDAY APRIL 26, 2014 AT 2PM Cast B performs SUNDAY APRIL 27, 2014 AT 1PM

LDT Chamber Orchestra violin viola flute horn Concert Master EMILY MARIE LENCK Principal VICTORIA DIMARZIO Principal CAROLYN KEYES principal TINA HEROD Principal 2nd violin SARAH CRANOR FRED JEWELL KAY LLOYD NANCY ELLIOT MICHAELA BORTH ANA MONTENEGRA oboe trumpet PATRICK COLEMAN CHRISTOPHER STEELE MARGO DAVIS principal ROBERT DYLAN BONNER CHUCK FERGUSON cello CARRIE BLOSSER JILL FERGUSON clarinet Principal ETHAN FALLIS BRIAN COLLINS JULIA PARROTTA percussion ROWANNA BOBO AARON BAGBY AUSTIN STEVENS FRANCISCA LEILANI MAYO bassoon LINDA WOLPERT BRUCE ORR keyboard bass DEVON NEWBURN Principal MARK STEFANIW harp JOSH LUEBBERS RACHEL ELLINS guest vocalists NATALIE THOMPSON is a Music Education Major at Metropolitan State BRITTANY CHARD is a vocal performance student of Michelle Thompson University of Denver. She has studied with Dr. and has been studying with her for four and a Bradley Thompson and is currently studying half years. with Professor Judith Christin. She sang in the Her background in singing began at an early age Choir Program at Regis Jesuit High School and is when her mother enrolled her in singing lessons singing in the MSU Denver Chorale as an Alto. at “You Can Sing” studio in Longmont, Colorado. She accompanies and cantors for her community From there, a love for singing blossomed as she church. She has participated in Jazz Combos took choir classes and private lessons all through while attending MSU Denver. She has been the middle school and high school. Once she co-student producer of Choral Celebration and graduated, she began a degree in Art Education the President of Chorale for the past two years. at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and She was awarded 1st Place in her division from Design, while still studying voice privately. She National Association of Teachers of Society’s competition this spring. then transferred to Metro State intending to continue her degree in She will be student teaching within the next year. art with a minor in music. After receiving a positive response from the SARAH SANBORN, soprano, is pursuing the Bachelor of Music in Vocal faculty of the music department, she decided change her major to Vocal Performance degree at Metropolitan State Performance. University of Denver, where she has been in the While in attendance at MSU Denver, Brittany has participated in a voice studio of Michelle Diggs Thompson for number of performances. She sang in opera scenes as Susanna in Le four years. While pursuing her degree, Sarah Nozze di Figaro, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and has been very active in the voice area. She Manon in Manon. She has also had the chance to participate in master has participated in master classes and recitals classes with composer Tom Cipullo, and Soprano Sylvia Mcnair. featuring works by American composers Tom Brittany has received several talent scholarships from MSU Denver, Cipullo and Gwyneth Walker. She was also as well as two scholarships awarded by the Denver Lyric Opera Guild. chosen to participate in master classes held She also competed in the 2013 NATS competition and received an by Dr. Tiffany Blake, Assistant Professor of honorable mention. With the support she has received, Brittany plans Voice at Colorado State University and John to continue singing and performing. She has plans to start auditioning Baril, Principal Conductor/Chorus Master for Opera Colorado/Music for productions after graduation. Director for Central City Opera. Sarah has also been active in MSU Denver’s opera ensemble under the direction of Gene Roberts. She has participated in both opera scenes (Alice from Verdi’s Falstaff, Suor Angelica from Puccini’s Suor Angelica, and Violetta from Verdi’s La traviata) and full-length operas (Berta from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Angelo Custode from Cavalieri’s opera Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo). Sarah has participated in the NATS Colorado-Wyoming District Student Auditions where she received honorable mention. She also competed and became a national round finalist in the Classical Singer National Voice Competition that was held in Chicago. Sarah is currently the recipient of the Beverly Fernald Voice Scholarship. Sarah has been accepted into the graduate program at Colorado State University, where she will further her studies in vocal performance. ON YOO KIM, from Seoul, Korea, attended high school in Lakewood where she sang Mabel in Pirates of Penzance. At Colorado State University she won the Creative & Performing Arts and E & L Sallee Music School Scholarship. Ms. Kim sang Zelina in La ci darem la mano scene from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She ranked highly at NATS 2012 and 2013. On Yoo is currently studying with Professor Judith Christine at Metropolitan State University where she won the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Scholarship and received talent awards. Ms. Kim sang Anima in Rappresentazione di anima e di corpa by Emilio de Cavalieri and the Countess in Mozart’s scene Marriage of Figaro. She frequently solos in Denver area churches and choirs. Mise- -en -Scéene Act I SCENE I INTRODUCTION Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21 Puck, Pixies A & B, Oberon, Oberon’s Fairies, Purple Bugs, Butterflies, Dragonfly, Changeling Child, Titania, Moth, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Theseus, Hippolyta, The Mechanicals SCENE II IN TITANIA’S BOWER Overture to Athalie, Op. 74 (Complete) Titania, Moth, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, Titania’s Fairies, Fireflies, Changeling Child, Lady Bug, Butterflies, Puck, Dragonfly SCENE III IN OBERON’S REALM No. 1 (Scherzo) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (Complete) Oberon, Oberon’s Fairies, Puck, Pixies A, Grasshoppers, Purple Bugs, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, The Mechanicals SCENE IV MAKING MISCHIEF Compiled from No. 6 (Allegro) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 Puck, Oberon, Purple Bugs SCENE V THE MORTAL LOVERS Overture to The Beautiful Melusine, Op. 32 (Complete) Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, with Puck, Oberon, Pixies B SCENE VI TITANIA’S LULLABY No. 2 (Allegro Vivace) and No. 3 (Allegro ma non Troppo) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 Lady Bug, Butterflies, Changeling Child, Titania, Titania’s Fairies, Dragonfly, Moth, Peaseblosoom, Mustardseed, Cobweb Soprano: All: Worm, not snail do no offence, All: You spotted snakes with double tongue, Philomel, with melody, Beetles black, approach not near, Philomel, with melody, Thorny hedgehogs be not seen; Sing in our sweet la lullaby, Worm, not snail do no offence, Sing in our sweet la lullaby, Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong; La lullaby, lullaby, lullaby, lullaby; Worm, not snail do no offence, La lullaby, lullaby, lullaby, lullaby; Come not near our fairy queen, Never harm, our lovely lady nigh. Hence away! Never harm, our lovely lady nigh. Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong; So, good night, so, good night (etc.) So, good night, so, good night (etc.) Come not near our fairy queen, With la lullaby! With la lullaby! Come not near our fairy queen. So, good night . . . Soprano: So, good night . . . Hence away! Hence away!) etc. Hence away! Weaving spiders, come not here; Soprano: You spotted snakes with double tongue, Mezzo: Hence you long-legg’d spinners, hence; Hence away! Now all is well; Thorny hedgehogs be not seen; Weaving spiders, come not here; Hence away! (etc.) One, aloof, stand sentinel. Hence away! Hence you long-legg’d spinners, hence; Hence away! Beetles black, approach not near, SCENE VII A MORE BEFUDDLED MORTAL REALM No. 5 (Allegro Appassionato) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 Puck, Oberon, Hermia, Lysander, Helena, Demetrius SCENE VIII BOTTOM & THE MECHANICALS No. 5...continued Nick Bottom, Peter Quince, Francis Flute, Tom Snout, Snug, Robin Starveling, Puck SCENE IX BOTTOM & TITANIA (PAS DE DEUX) No. 5...continued (Complete) Nick Bottom, Titania, Puck, Oberon, Butterflies, Changeling Child, Moth, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb SCENE X THE HUNT, THE DUEL, & ALL IS WELL No. 7 (Andante Tranquillo) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (Complete) & The First Walpurgis Night, Op. 60 (excerpted) Hippolyta, Theseus, Demetrius, Lysander, Helena, Hermia, Puck, Titania, Oberon, Pixies A & B, Moth, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, Dragonfly, Changeling Child, Butterflies, Purple Bugs, The Mechanicals, Grasshoppers (Hunting Party), Grasshopper soloist

All: The vales are green The vales are green, Now May again breaks winter’s chain. Now May again breaks winter’s chain The woodland choirs are singing The woodland choirs are singing. Again breaks winter’s chain, The bud and bloom are springing The vales are green Again breaks winter’s chain. The woodland choirs are singing The vales are green, No snow is seen the vales are green The vales are green, The woodland choirs are singing No snow is seen, the vales are green. The woodland choirs are singing. Intermission Act II SCENE I AT THE COURT OF THESEUS - THE WEDDING MARCH No. 9 (Wedding March) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (Complete) Maypole Dancers, Blue Ribbon Dancers, Courtier Couple & their Corps, Garland soloist, Garland Corps, Flower Soloist, Flower Girls, Helena, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, Theseus, Hippolyta SCENE II RIBBON PAS DE DEUX No. 10 (Allegro Comodo) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (Excerpted), followed by Sinfonia for Strings No. 9, 1st Movement Maypole Dance Maypole Dancers Blue Ribbon Dance Blue Ribbon Dancers May Day Pas de Deux Helena, Demetrius SCENE III FLOWER PAS DE DEUX Sinfonia for Strings No. 9, 2st Movement (Andante) Flower Soloist, Flower Girls, Theseus, Hippolyta SCENE IV GARLAND PAS DE DEUX Overture to Son and Stranger, Op. 89 (Complete) Courtier Dance: Courtier Couple & their Corps Garland Dance: Garland Soloist, Garland Corps Garland Pas de Deux: Hermia, Lysander SCENE V FINALE AND EPILOGUE No. 13 (Finale) from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 (Complete) Garland Corps, Titania, Oberon, Moth, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, Puck, Fireflies, Pixies, Hippolyta, Theseus, Helena, Demetrius, Hermia, Lysander, Grasshopper Corps & Soloist, The Mechanicals All: Sing, and dance it trippingly. Will we sing, and bless this place. Sing, and dance it Through the house give glimmering Soprano: Hand in hand, with fairy grace, Sing, and dance it, Sing, and dance it, light, First, rehearse your song by rote, Will….we sing, and bless this place. Sing, and dance it By the dead and drowsy fire: To each word a warbling note: Will…we sing, will sing, will sing, and Sopranos: Every elf and fairy sprite Hand in hand, with fairy grace, bless this place. Sing, and dance it, Hop as light as bird from brier; Will we sing, and bless this place. All: Mezzos: And this ditty, And this ditty, And this Through the house give glimmering ditty, after me: Sing All: Sing, and dance it Will we sing, and bless this place. light, Sing, and dance it trippingly, Sing, and By the dead and drowsy fire: All: dance it trippingly Soprano: Every elf and fairy sprite Trip Away; make no stay; Hand in hand, with fairy grace, And this ditty, And this ditty, And this Hop as light as bird from brier; Meet me all by break of day. ditty, after me: Sing Will we sing, and bless this place. And this ditty, after me Sing, and dance it trippingly, Sing, and Hand in hand, with fairy grace, Sing, and dance it trippingly, dance it trippingly Sing, and dance it, Sing, and dance it, The Story SCENE I INTRODUCTION Theseus, bugs join the rest of Oberon’s Realm to see Hermia sleeping under a is left in the woods with Puck as his the Duke of Athens, and his fiancé in a joyous dance. nearby tree, and Helena decides to only companion. Hippolyta, the Amazon Queen, are SCENE II IN TITANIA’S BOWER fall asleep nearby. Puck, discovering SCENE IX BOTTOM AND TITANIA eagerly anticipating their wedding, Titania’s fairies dance happily among Lysander in his Athenian garb, Following Oberon’s shrewish orders, to be held in four days under the the flowers in the Bower. Titania mistakes Lysander for Demetrius and Puck guides Bottom to Titania’s new moon. Two of their subjects, and her attendants join them. As drips the love potion into the wrong Bower and sprinkles the purple Demetrius and Hermia, arrive and the sun begins to slip lower in young mortal’s eye. Lysander awakes flower’s dew in Titania’s eyes. Titania ask the Duke to settle a dispute: the sky, Titania’s fireflies arrive to and, upon seeing Helena, declares wakes and falls in love with Bottom. Hermia’s father has resolved that illuminate the revelry. The impish his undying affection for her. Helena She bids her fairies to attend to she marry Demetrius, and while and mischievous Puck steals into the becomes scared and confused Bottom, and he is given gifts from Demetrius is in love with Hermia Bower. He has alighted, on Oberon’s by Lysander’s sudden advances, each of them. At the conclusion and happy with this decision, orders, to capture the Changeling and flees in search of Demetrius. of their comical pas de deux, Puck Hermia is in love with another man, Child whom, due to his beauty, Lysander pursues her. When Hermia removes the enchantment from Lysander, of whom her father does Oberon desires to make his knight. wakes she becomes exceedingly Bottom and Oberon reverses the not approve. Demetrius has brought Four butterflies, a ladybug, and a frightened upon realizing that she spell on Titania. Oberon and Titania Hermia to Theseus with the hope dragonfly arrive to warn Titania and is all alone in the woods. Hermia is reconcile their differences and dance that Theseus will exercise Athenian her attendants about Oberon’s plan. relieved to see Helena, who became a jubilant pas de deux, agreeing that law, which requires a daughter marry Titania and her fairies indignantly lost and circled back, but is alarmed the Changeling Child can, indeed, the man chosen by her father. The band together to foil Puck’s mischief. when she discovers that Lysander dance in both realms. law commands that the punishment Once they have successfully thwarted has become enchanted by Helena. for a disobedient daughter be either Bewilderment ensues as Lysander SCENE X THE HUNT, THE DUEL, the plan, the Fairies rejoice at their AND ALL IS WELL Hippolyta, death or banishment to a nunnery. victory. pursues Helena, while she pursues Lysander, Hermia’s true love, Demetrius, who aspires for Hermia, Theseus’ fiancé, and her hunting interrupts and accuses Demetrius SCENE III IN OBERON’S REALM who remains in love with Lysander. party arrive in the grove where of being fickle in love, saying that he Deep in the enchanted woods Lysander and Demetrius are was once engaged to Hermia’s friend, outside Theseus’ court, Grasshoppers Puck arrives before Oberon with preparing to duel. Helena and Helena, but abandoned her after play with Puck and her Pixies. Lysander, eager to display how well Hermia are fearful of how the duel he met Hermia. Lysander proceeds Their frolicking is incessantly she has “resolved” the situation with will play out. Puck and her pixies to beg Theseus for Hermia’s hand interrupted by the four anguished the four lovers. Oberon is shocked draw a mystical fog into the grove in marriage. Helena also attends lovers (Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, to discover that the situation has which dazes the four lovers. Oberon this meeting to express her love for and Helena), each remonstrating become exacerbated. He blames Puck freezes the mortals and removes the Demetrius. Theseus gives Hermia their troubled plight . The four for aggravating the circumstances. spell reuniting Hermia with Lysander the time until his wedding to either distressed paramours pursue each Oberon and Puck attempt to remedy and Helena with Demetrius. The come to terms with the husband her other through the dusky woods. this befuddlemnet by sprinkling the Lovers woes mended, Bottom rejoins father has chosen for her, or prepare Meanwhile, the Mechanicals argue love potion in the eyes of Demetrius his theatrical compeers and attempt to die as a result of her disobedience. about who will play the leading roles and placing him next to Helena. to flounder their way out of the Having pronounced his judgment, of Pyramus and Thisbe in the play Demetrius wakens from the spell and woods. Hippolyta and Theseus Theseus and Hippolyta exit. Heart- they are composing for Theseus’ becomes deeply in love with Helena, provide them directions to the Duke’s broken, Hermia and Lysander flee wedding celebrations. who is now being pursued by both Court as fairies and bugs rejoice. to his aunt’s house outside of Athens men. The scene ends in confusion and beyond the reach of Athenian SCENE IV MAKING MISCHIEF as Demetrius and Lysander declare Act II law in order to be married. The Unhappy with his queen for foiling their love for Helena while Hermia his plan to obtain the Changeling watches, despairing at these events. SCENE I AT THE COURT OF journey will take them through the THESEUS enchanted forest. Demetrius follows Child, Oberon vows to requite ~ The Wedding March the couple into the forest, desiring Titania’s preclusion via impish SCENE VI TITANIA’S LULLABY The second act opens in the Duke’s to convince Hermia to change her chicanery. Oberon dispatches Puck In Titania’s Bower, four Butterflies, courtyard with a parade of wedding mind. Helena follows Demetrius to locate an alchemic purple flower, a Ladybug, and a Dragonfly dance guests and performers. Theseus with the intent to win back his love. the dew from which is a powerful with the Changeling Child and weds Hermia to Lysander and Helena love potion. He will anoint Titania’s attempt to teach her how to fly as to Demetrius. The newly married The curtains open to reveal Oberon’s eyes while she slumbers, and when the Fairy Queen happily looks on. couples ready themselves for the Realm, a land of trees, pixies, ferns, she awakens she will fall in love Titania begins to tire, and petitions celebration of their nuptials. and butterflies. Puck and her pixies with the first creature she sees. her fairies to sing her to sleep. After SCENE II RIBBON PAS DE DEUX frolic in the woods outside Theseus’ Additionally, Oberon has taken pity the fairies decant their lullaby, they court. Oberon, the king of the Maypole Dancers, Blue Ribbon on the forelorn mortal lovers, and he flit away into the night while the Dancers, Pas de Deux of Helena and fairies, appears with his sprites and commands Puck to find Demetrius Changeling Child keeps Titania joins the dance. Suddenly, Hermia Demetrius and employ the flower’s dew to make company. The Dragonfly sentinels SCENE III FLOWER PAS DE DEUX and Lysander appear pursued by him fall in love with Helena. This while the Lady Bug tucks Titania Demetrius and Helena. Oberon will save Hermia from an unhappy in. She then graciously petitions the White Flower Girls, Pas de Deux of and Puck watch with interest as the marriage, and allow all four lovers to enchanted woods to maintain silence Hippolyta and Theseus complicated entanglement of the be happy. Oberon tells Puck that he during the Fairy Queen’s repose. four young lovers plays out. The four SCENE IV GARLAND PAS DE DEUX will know Demetrius by his Athenian SCENE VII A MORE BEFUDDLED Courtier Couple and their Dancers, mortals disappear deeper into the garb. woods, each pursuing their heart’s MORTAL REALM Demetrius Garland Dancers, Pas de Deux of desire. They are followed by The SCENE V THE MORTAL LOVERS and Lysander are both pursuing Hermia and Lysander Hermia, and they become jealous Mechanicals, a group of townsmen Hermia and Lysander dance who are excitedly preparing to put of each others’ affections. Hermia SCENE V FINALE AND EPILOGUE romantically together through is distraught and angry at Helena on a play at the wedding of Theseus the enchanted woods. Helena When the celebrations have and Hippolyta. Titania, queen of because she thinks Helena must be concluded and the mortals retire, persistently pursues Demetrius, at fault. Demetrius and Lysander the fairies, and her four attendants, who remains loathsome to her Oberon and Titania assume their Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, declare a duel, and both young ladies devoir. The fairies offer each of the advances. As night encroaches, are horrified. and Mustardseed, enter Oberon’s Hermia becomes weary. Lysander newly married couples a blessing Realm to introduce and show off the suggests that she rest on some soft SCENE VIII BOTTOM AND THE that also extends to their future dancing Changeling Child. Oberon moss nearby. He requests to remain MECHANICALS The craftsmen confer progeny. Oberon and Titania then asks Puck to steal the Changeling near her in order to keep her safe with Peter Quince, the director, take their leave, reunited and at Child so that she might dance at his through the night, but she posits that to rehearse their play, “The Most peace. The Mechanicals, drunk court. However, Titania wants the such behavior would be improper Lamentable Comedy and Most Cruel with joy at their fortune of having Changeling Child to dance in her until they are married and sends him Death of Pyramus and Thisbe,” performed for the Duke and the Bower. After a small dispute, Titania to another place some distance away. which they will be presenting at the entire wedding party, retire to their and her four attendants exit angrily Demetrius wanders through the area, revel in honor of Theseus’ wedding. respective abodes. Puck remains with the beautiful Changeling seeking but not seeing Hermia and On an impish whim Puck resolves to behind to petition the audience’s Child. A group of butterflies and Lysander. Helena follows Demetrius, transform the clumsy Bottom into a forgiveness for any offense a handsome Dragonfly appear to but loses sight of him in the donkey. This now donkey-headed engendered during the course of the soothe Oberon’s hurt feelings. The gathering darkness. She is relieved weaver frightens away his friends and tale, and reminds them to heed the wisdom of the Bard’s tale. Artistic Staff Biographies KRISTIN KINGSLEY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, originally hails from Kansas City, MO where she danced professionally with the Kansas City Ballet. She began her studies with Diana Adams, Una Kai, and Todd Bolender. She continued her studies with Sandra Jennings, Bart Cook, and John Prinz. She enjoyed the teaching of Victoria Fedine, , Allegra Kent, and Melissa Hayden. Her professional performance repertoire favorites include Dance of the Hours from Coppélia, Alvin Ailey’s The River, Violente Fairy from Sleeping Beauty under the direction of John Prinz, Kitri in , Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, and Autumn Fairy in Cinderella. Ms. Kingsley formed the LDT Academy to offer a pre-professional ballet school and after 16 years in the community, it is still the only pre-professional ballet school in Longmont. Alumnae have gone on to work with Ballet Chicago (Danny Duell), Atlantic City Ballet, Louisville Ballet, and Ballet Austin. Students have been accepted to summer intensive programs such as: Ballet Met (Columbus, Ohio), Ballet West (Salt Lake City, Utah), Kansas City Ballet (MO), Orlando Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet (NY, NY), Julliard (NY, NY), Jillana’s Technique in Taos (Taos, NM), Pacific Northwest Ballet (Seattle, WA), American Ballet Theatre (division in Detroit, California, and Atlanta). LDT Academy students have been accepted to the following schools: CU Boulder, UNC Greeley, AMDA, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Boston College, University of Michigan, San Francisco Conservatory, NYU, and the University of Utah. Ms. Kingsley is the founder and Artistic Director of LDT. Thornton Wilder noted that “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” With that being said, Ms. Kingsley would like to thank the following groups or individuals. Ms. Kingsley is extremely grateful for the talented and dedicated instructors, staff, and students at LDT Academy. She would also like to offer her deep appreciation to balletomanes everywhere who financially donate to the arts. In addition to thanking her amazing family, she would like to mention with fondness all of the gifts divinely offered by Sean Cochran. STEPHANIE TULEY, BALLET MISTRESS, started teaching ballet at Interlochen Arts Camp, where she was on faculty for five summers. She went on to teach at many other schools, including Indiana University (Adjunct Faculty), Indiana University Precollege Program, Nashville Dance Studio, The School of Alaska Dance Theatre, and CU Boulder. In 2011 she conducted a four month research study in Australia funded by an Endeavour Research Fellowship from the Australian government on the historical development of pedagogical practices in Australian Ballet. Her research was conducted at The Australian Ballet School, The National Library of Australia, and The Queensland University of Technology. Stephanie has danced professionally with Alaska Dance Theatre, Utah Festival Opera, and Peoria Ballet. She was co-salutatorian of her graduating Interlochen Arts Academy class, where she majored in dance. Stephanie went on to receive dual B.S. degrees in Ballet (with high honors) and Mathematics (with highest honors) at Indiana University in Bloomington with a minor in Contemporary Dance. At IU, Stephanie had the privilege of working with ballet luminaries including Violette Verdy, John Clifford, Julie Kent, and Guoping Wang. After graduating, Stephanie served as Violette Verdy’s personal assistant. Stephanie received her M.F.A in dance and choreography, with a focus on ballet history and pedagogy, where her pedagogical studies included an exploration of an anatomically sound approach to teaching ballet technique. Stephanie currently teaches at The University of Colorado in Boulder.

BRANDON STEPHEN MATTHEWS, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, serves as Director of Orchestral and String Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Dr. Matthews regularly collaborates with orchestras and arts organizations in Colorado including the Denver Philharmonic, Longmont Dance Theatre, and the Boulder Symphony. In March 2013 he will conduct the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra in a program of Wagner, Vaughn Williams, and Tchaikovsky. Besides teaching conducting, chamber music, and strings, he also works as a musical director in MSU Denver’s musical theatre program. This season includes productions of Hair and Kiss Me Kate. In addition, Dr. Matthews serves as music director for MSU Denver’s Opera Ensemble, which presented a production of Rossini’s Barber of Seville in November 2012. Dr. Matthews is also an active adjudicator and clinician for competitions and honor orchestras in Colorado. Matthews obtained a doctor of musical arts degree in orchestral conducting at Arizona State University, studying with Timothy Russell and William Reber. While at ASU, he was co-music director of the ASU Sinfonietta and was as an assistant conductor for the ASU Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He also conducted operatic performances of Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Don Pasquale, Luisa Fernanda, as well as the musical Nunsense II while working in the ASU Lyric Opera Theatre. Matthews received a master of music degree in orchestral conducting at Brigham Young University under the direction of Kory Katseanes. Other conducting mentors include Kenneth Kiesler, Larry Rachleff, and Harold Farberman. Born in Spokane, Washington, he began his musical studies as a pianist and later learned the viola. His musical training continued during summers spent at the Brevard Music Center and the Marrowstone Summer Festival on the Puget Sound. He received a bachelor of music degree in piano performance at BYU, and continues to perform on both piano and viola. Dr. Matthews resides in Denver with his wife, Meghan, and their children, George, Sylvia, and William. JUSTIN MCMILLAN was first introduced to ballet at age 8 by his mother, Joanna, who brought him and his brothers along to her ballet classes. Guest Artists Justin danced alongside his mother for many MATTHEW HELMS began his training in Colorado years with Mary Knight at the Mendocino Ballet on full scholarship at the Academy of Classical in idyllic Ukiah, CA, attending summer sessions Ballet, where he danced principal roles in The at San Francisco Ballet School, Marin Ballet, and Nutcracker, and . He then the School of American Ballet. He completed studied on full scholarship with Mark and Sandra his training at Dance Theatre Seven in Fairfax, Carlson, and German Zamuel at the International CA with David Roxander and Jody White. For the last 19 years, Justin Ballet School where he performed soloist roles in has danced professionally with San Francisco Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and The Nutcracker and Peter Pan. Matthew competed Richmond Ballet. Most recently, Justin danced principal roles in story in the 2008 Youth America Grand Prix and the and mixed repertoire with Richmond Ballet - both during their 2008 Denver Ballet Guild Competition where he home season and on tour, including appearances at The Joyce Theatre received a full scholarship to The Ballet West Academy in Salt Lake in New York City. City, Utah. Matthew has been a guest artist with ballet companies in Currently, Justin is living in Boulder, where he continues to dance. Utah, California and Idaho, and for the last three years has performed In the last few years, he has performed in Alaska, Texas, Iowa, and leading roles in ballets such as The Nutcracker, , The Sleeping California. Mr. McMillan performed as a guest artist with Longmont Beauty, Don Quixote, Giselle, Coppelia, Flames of Paris, Cinderella, Little Dance Theatre as the Sugar Plum Cavalier in The Nutcracker 2012 and Mermaid, A Midsummer Night’s Dream & Le Corsaire. He choreographed 2013 and as Albrecht in Giselle 2013. His appearances continued as the a contemporary ballet that was premiered in the Ballet West Academy poet in the October Showcase 2013 performance of Les Sylphides and Spring show in 2009. Matthew was promoted to the Ballet West Pre- Bluebird in February Showcase 2014. When not dancing, Justin attends Professional Trainee Program in 2010 and has trained with professional CU, where he is working towards a business degree. He also enjoys dancers and instructors from American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, yoga, basketball, running (he ran 100 miles in one day in September!), Joffrey Ballet, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson chocolate, reading, and chocolate. Dance, Kirov Ballet and David Taylor Dance Theater. Matthew has DAVID SMITHEY is a 2013 graduate of the studied martial arts since age three, has been acting since age four, and Colorado University at Boulder and received has appeared in movies, commercials and TV shows as an actor or a fight his BFA in dance. He currently resides in choreographer. Denver, Colorado and is thrilled to be dancing CHRISTOPHER SMIDT first started ballet in Colorado for the Hannah Kahn Dance company. David Springs before embarking on a professional career would like to thank his friends and family in ballet. Studying ballet with Pacific Northwest for supporting him through his pursuit of Ballet School & School of American Ballet until his passion for dance. He is excited to be becoming a professional at Pacific Northwest Ballet performing in his first production with LDT. in Seattle. Christopher continued his career with the National Ballet of Canada then finished it RANDY DOWNING is thrilled to be in another LDT with the Richmond Ballet. Christopher has been production. Since his last appearance in Coppelia, a guest artist for a number of dance companies Randy has had both hips replaced, and is now able such as David Taylor Dance Theater & Ballet Jorgen to name a few. to dance like a donkey pain-free! Randy teaches Christopher taught ballet for 13 years at Jessica Morgan School of Dance tap in Greeley and Berthoud, as well as working at as well as various master classes. He has been a massage therapist for the Prima Bodywear in Fort Collins. Randy would like past 15 years and uses his acute knowledge of the body in his teaching. Christopher is presently studying at Southwest Acupuncture College. to thank Kristin, Stephanie, and all the amazing dancers at LDT for their kindness and patience. GARY DESHAWN MARSHALL JR. graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. He has since trained at ODC and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, in San Francisco, Steps on Broadway, in New York City, and various studios in the Denver area, including Colorado Ballet. He was a company member of the Anata Project, based in San Francisco, and an apprentice to the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble of Denver. He is honored to work with Kristin Kingsley, one of his first ballet instructors, and to be a part of the Longmont Dance Theatre’s staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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LAURA BOTTKE is 16 years old and is a sophomore at Silver Creek High School. She is currently in her tenth year at LDT Featured Performers Academy and in her first year of PBIP. Laura’s previous RACHEL ELISE JORDAN solo roles have included Ballerina Doll, Marizpan, is in her 13th season of ballet and tap with Arabian and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Zulma in Longmont Dance Theatre Academy and in her first year Giselle, the principle soloist in Les Sylphides and Lilac in the Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program. Rachel’s Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. In A Midsummer Night’s performance roles include Chinese Soloist, Rat King Dream, she is proud to be one of Titania’s four fairies. and Trepak Soloist in The Nutcracker, March Soloist Laura would like to thank her teachers, her friends, and her family for in Giselle, Flapper in An American in Paris, and Silver all of their love and support throughout her dance career and education. Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty as well as a performer in Rhyme or Treason. She is thrilled to be performing CHARLOTTE CARMICHAEL began her dance training with LDT Academy the role of Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Miss Jordan at the age of three. This is her second year as a member is a Junior at Niwot High School and participates every year in the of the Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program and she Summer Intensive Program at LDT Academy. She would like to thank has attended summer intensives with Alonzo King her parents, her Grandpa, and extended family for their support and LINES Ballet, The Harid Conservatory, Gelsey Kirkland encouragement. She would also like to thank Miss Kristin, Miss Jayne, Academy of Classical Ballet, and Boston Ballet School. and Miss Stephanie for helping her find her strengths. Her most notable performance credits include Dew MADDIE KING Drop and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Jo in Erika is 17 years old, has been dancing since the age of 3, and Randall’s Jo’s Journal, Pinocchio in Pinocchio, and Gretel in Hansel and is currently in her second year of the Pre-Collegiate Gretel. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, she is very honored to perform Ballet Intensive Program. She is a junior at Silver Creek the role as Hippolyta and Blue Ribbon Soloist. She is so thankful for all High School where she is involved with the National of the teachers who have inspired her, her spectacular friends, and her Honor Society as well as other leadership programs. incredible family. Her previous solo roles include Clara, Ballerina Doll, Arabian, Snow Queen, Dew Drop and Sugar Plum ERIN DRUMMY is 15 years old and attends Niwot High School as a in The Nutcracker, Cat in Pinocchio, Mustardseed in sophomore. She continues her ballet training in her A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Giselle in Giselle, Meg in Jo’s Journal, tenth year at LDT Academy by participating in the Pre- Le Travaille Soloist in Coppélia, and Sapphire Fairy in The Sleeping Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program. Aside from ballet, Beauty. Maddie is very excited about performing in A Midsummer she studies tap, jazz, and modern. Her previous soloist Night’s Dream as Hermia. This past summer Maddie studied at the Next roles include the Chinese Soloist, Russian Soloist, Generation Ballet summer intensive in and has attended Boston Soldier Doll and Spanish Soloist in The Nutcracker. Ballet’s summer intensive. Maddie would like to thank Kristin and She also performed as Polocca Soloist in The February Stephanie for all of their advice and the opportunities they have given Showcase’s The Sleeping Beauty. Erin is very excited to perform as her as well as her family and friends for their never-ending support. Moth in Titania’s Bower in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2014. She has TERRA LIU attended LDT Academy’s summer intensive program for five years and has been dancing with Longmont Dance Theatre Academy during the summer of 2013, she attended the ballet intensive program of since the age of three. Terra’s solo credits include Next Generation Ballet in Florida. Miss Drummy would like to thank Chinese, Trepak, and Mirliton in The Nutcracker, her family for their unending support, all of her teachers for their caring Dance of the Clock Soloist in Coppélia, the Pas de instruction, and Jesus Christ for all the blessing He has brought to her Vendanges pas de deux soloist in Giselle, the Waltz and life. Mazurka soloist in Les Sylphides, the Diamond Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and Puck in A Midsummer OLIVIA FERTIG is a freshman at Silver Creek High School and in her first Night’s Dream. This past summer, Terra participated season of the Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program. in the Joffrey West summer intensive on scholarship, where she worked She started dancing at the age of three with the Colorado with Chehon Wespi-Tschopp. She was cast as the soloist for his School of Dance and joined LDT Academy in 2008. She contemporary piece and performed in the final showcase in Los Angeles. recently enjoyed a summer at the Joffrey Ballet School Terra has also been to the Joffrey Ballet summer intensive in New York in New York. Olivia’s previous solo roles include Clara and their jazz and contemporary program. Miss Liu thanks the LDT and The Soldier Doll in The Nutcracker and, in Erika staff and all her friends for their love and support; and she would Randall’s Jo’s Journal, as Beth, Cinderella and Lilac Fairy especially like to thank her family. Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, as well as the Courtier soloist and a HELEN MARCECA fairy for Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. is 17 years old and a junior at Erie High School. This is Helen’s 14th season with Longmont Dance Theatre NATALIE J. GRIFFIN is currently in her junior year at Fairview High Academy and she is very excited to be a part of the School. Miss Griffin has attended summer programs Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program for her second at Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Southold year. Helen’s soloist roles include Clara, Ballerina Doll, Dance Theater. In her free time, Natalie enjoys reading, Chinese, Mirliton, Snow Queen and the Sugar Plum listening to music, volunteering at an after-school Fairy in The Nutcracker, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, center, working in her lab at CU, and spending time Punchinello in Pinocchio, Grasshopper soloist in A with friends. Natalie has performed previously as Midsummer Night’s Dream, Myrtha in Giselle, Amy in Erika Randall’s Chinese demi-soloist and the soloist roles of Spanish Jo’s Journal, and in The Sleeping Beauty as Princess Florine. Ms. and Trepak in The Nutcracker. She is delighted to Marceca is very excited to perform as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s perform as one of Titania’s Fairies and as the Garland soloist. Natalie Dream. She has previously attended Boston Ballet’s summer intensive would like to extend her love and gratitude to her family and friends for and the summer program at LDT Academy. Helen would like to thank standing beside her through everything, no matter what. Without their all of her family and friends for their support and the LDTA faculty for constant support, she would not be able to balance her life and do all the everything that they have taught her. things she loves so much. NORA HIXSON is 14 years old and a Freshman at Silver Creek High School. This is her second year in the Pre-Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program and she is looking forward to what this year will bring. Miss Hixson’s roles include Waltz and Mazurka Soloist in Les Sylphides, Clara, Arabian and Moonlight Soloists in The Nutcracker, Grahn in Pas de Quatre, Wili Soloist in Giselle, and Sapphire Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. Nora is excited to perform as Grasshopper Soloist in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She would like to thank her mom and dad for being fantastic and Ms. Stephanie, Ms. Kristin, Jayne and Angie for their support and performance opportunities. Ms. Hixson dedicates this performance to her Godmother who recently passed away. ASHLEY MORGAN NICOLL is a 16 year old sophomore at Niwot High School and is very excited to be back dancing after open heart surgery for endocarditis. She has been dancing at Longmont Dance Theatre Academy since kindergarten and has studied ballet, modern, and Craft Banking jazz. This year is her first year in LDTA’s Pre-collegiate - Since 1908 - Ballet Intensive Program. In The February Showcase, Ashley performed the soloist role of Silver Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and as a corps member in Rhyme or Treason. Miss Nicoll can be seen as one of Titania’s four fairies, Cobweb, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her previous soloist roles include Chinese, Trepak (Russian), and Marzipan soloist in The Nutcracker. Ashley has Supporting Culture in attended LDT Academy’s summer program for a number of years and last summer went away to Next Generation Ballet Intensive in Florida. Our Community She hopes to attend another summer program in 2014. She would like to thank her family, Stephanie Tuley, Kristin Kingsley, and Jayne Persch who have made ballet possible and helped her through this past year’s challenges. SHARON PRENDERGAST is a 15-year-old sophomore at Silver Creek High School and an original member of the Pre- Collegiate Ballet Intensive Program. Because of the wonderful opportunities of specialized classes and performances PBIP provides, she is truly excited to participate in its second year. She would like to thank her family for their love and her teachers for their support. Miss Prendergast is extremely proud to say she has grown up through the productions of Longmont Dance Theatre from a firefly in Hansel and Gretel to an orange bird in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to a corps member in Oberon’s Fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Her first solo role was Clara in the 2008 production of The Nutcracker. Her solo roles extended to the Marzipan and Spanish soloists in The Nutcracker, Carlotta Grisi in Pas de Quatre (The October Showcase 2012), the American in An American HIGH PLAINS BANK in Paris (The October Showcase 2013), Dew Drop in the 2013 production An Authentic Community Bank of The Nutcracker, and in the principal role of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. She is very excited to perform in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Give us a call: 303-776-BANK NMLS 411681 as Mustardseed. MADISON WINTER is sixteen years old and attends Silver Creek High 600 Kimbark600 Kimbark Street, Street, Longmont, Longmont, CO CO HighPlainsBank.comHighPlainsBank.com School. She is in her second year of PBIP and has danced with LDT Academy for ten years. Madison has attended summer programs at Next Generation Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and American Once in a Lifetime Ballet Theatre. Her most notable performance credits include The Sugar Plum Fairy and Ballerina Doll in The Nutcracker, Moyna in Giselle, Marie Taglioni in Pas de Quatre, and in Jewels in The Sleeping Beauty in The February Showcase. Madison is very excited to perform as Hippolyta and Blue Ribbon Soloist in Longmont Dance Theatre’s Spring Gala: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Madison would like to thank the PBIP faculty, her family, and all of her amazing friends.

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