BKS Nutcracker Performances 2023
Act 1 Scene 1: Party Scene
Choreography by Morgan McGuire and Kristen Samson
Clara - Kianna Huang (10:00 am), Hadley Sharkey (2:00 pm)
Fritz - Sadie Herring (10:00 am), Layla Zizza (2:00 pm)
Maid - Shaylee Sparks
Party Parents - Amy Laffin, Wes Osswald, Chelsea Riggs
Drosselmeyer - William Fafard Jr.
Party Guests - Willow Barnes, Stella Mae George, Sadie Herring, Natalie Knowles, Madison Lennon, Blake Mikolajewski, Emily Miletic, Scarlett Trayner, Isleigh Riggs, Isabel Wassilie, Layla Zizza
Columbine - Ashlyn Whitney
Harlequin - Amelia Herring
Candy Canes - Avery Austin, Orla Bolduc, Bailey Driscoll, Natalie Newman, Anna Powers, Dylan TenBroek, Ella TenBroek, Alla Uliano
Choreography by Jacqueline Goodhue
Peppermints - Quinn Cameron, Kaitlyn Cedegren
Choreography by Kaitlyn Cedegren
Acro Dolls - Savannah Baker, Camilla DeBenedictis, Evelyn Bednarek, Anna Beynon, Thea Byers, Samantha Driscoll, Ann Glenn, Olivia Gupta, Phineas Gupta, Olivia Hamilton, Lillian Hass, Juliette Medieros, Olivia Rothchild-Miller, Rylie Reed, Brinley Stead, Mia TenBroek, Vanna Uliano, Emilia Varney, Lucien Wagner, Evelyn Woodhouse
Choreography by Jacqueline Goodhue
Act 1 Scene 2: Battle Scene
Choreography by Morgan McGuire and Kristen Samson
Mouse Queen - Gisele Sullivan
Nutcracker - Sloan Muske
Mice - Amelia Herring, Kianna Huang, Lila Kies, Finn Osswald, Lauren Russman, Lucy Sanford, Hadley Sharkey, Ashlyn Whitney
Soldiers - Willow Barnes, Stella Mae George, Sadie Herring, Natalie Knowles, Madison Lennon, Blake Mikolajewski, Emily Miletic, Scarlett Trayner, Isleigh Riggs, Isabel Wassilie, Layla Zizza
Baby Mice - Cameron Mulder, William Sowers
Act 1 Scene 3: Snow Scene
Choreography by Kristen Samson
Snow Queen - Sophie Pacelli (10:00 am), Miya Tsuji (2:00 pm)
Snow King - Finn Osswald
Snowflakes - Sophia Harvey, Natalie Kroner, Sophie Pacelli, Alexandra Sowers, Shaylee Sparks, Miya Tsuji, Anna Whitney
Snow Flurries - Amelia Herring, Kianna Huang, Sloan Muske, Lauren Russman, Hadley Sharkey, Gisele Sullivan, Ashlyn Whitney
Snow Princesses - Brianna Chisholm, Adalyn Evans, Aria Field, Adelyn Herlihy, Sloane Huwar
10 Minute Intermission
Act 2: The Kingdom of Sweets
Arrival
Angel Soloist - Miya Tsuji (10:00 am), Sophie Pacelli (2:00 pm)
Cherubs - Wyatt Bottomley, Lyla Evans, Gray Graham, Riley Guthrie, Samantha Hornsby, Paige Lavigne, Nora Sweet
Choreography by Morgan McGuire
Opening
Act II Cast
Choreography by Kristen Samson
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Sugar Plum Fairy - Camila Garcia
Choreography by Morgan McGuire and Kristen Samson
Spanish Chocolate
Spanish Soloist - Anna Whitney (10:00 am), Alexandra Sowers (2:00 pm)
Spanish Corps de Ballet - Amelia Herring, Kianna Huang, Sloan Muske, Finn Osswald, Lauren Russman, Hadley Sharkey, Gisele Sullivan, Ashlyn Whitney
Choreography by Kristen Samson
Arabian Coffee
Arabian Prince - Jon Donahue
Arabian Princess - Alexandra Sowers (10:00 am), Anna Whitney (2:00 pm)
Choreography by Morgan McGuire
Chinese Tea
Chinese Soloist - Shaylee Sparks
Chinese Corps de Ballet - Lyle Bottomley, Margot Fitzpatrick, Jolene George, Ariana Graham, Vivian Herold, Evelyn Lane, Phoebe Lane, Adelyn Livengood, Arabella Reno, Abigail Whalley
Choreography by Jacqueline Goodhue
Russian Candy Cane
Candy Cane Soloist - Isabella Huang
Candy Cane Acrobats - Avery Austin, Annabelle Goss, Natalie Newman, Willow Wierbonics
Choreography by Jacqueline Goodhue
Mirliton Reed Flutes
Mirliton Soloist - Natalie Kroner
Mirliton Corps de Ballet - Stella Mae George, Claire Gillespie, Madison Lennon, Blake Mikolajewski, Emily Miletic, Anna Powers, Isleigh Riggs
Choreography by Kristen Samson
Waltz of the Flowers
Dew Drop Fairy - Sophia Harvey
Flowers - Sophie Pacelli, Alexandra Sowers, Shaylee Sparks, Miya Tsuji, Anna Whitney
Choreography by Morgan McGuire
Grand Pas de Deux
Sugar Plum Fairy - Camila Garcia
Cavalier - Kenneth Cedegren
Choreography by Kristen Samson
Coda - All Cast
Choreography by Morgan McGuire and Kristen Samson