Nutcracker
Casting
Saturday, December 13 AT 7 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
The 2004 premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker was made possible by Lead Sponsors The Herbert Family and The Swanson Foundation, and Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella, Kathleen Scutchfield, and The Smelick Family.
Nutcracker
Casting & Credits
Saturday, December 13 AT 7 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
The 2004 premiere of Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker was made possible by Lead Sponsors The Herbert Family and The Swanson Foundation, and Sponsors Yurie and Carl Pascarella, Kathleen Scutchfield, and The Smelick Family.
CONDUCTOR: Mikhail Agrest
ACT I
*UNCLE DROSSELMEYER: Pascal Molat
*CLARA: Ava Allaire
FRITZ: Bode Jay Nanola
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Jamie Adele Stephens, Carlota Cruz
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Hansuke Yamamoto, Kamryn Baldwin
GRANDPARENTS: Jasper True Stanford, Katita Waldo
PARTY GUESTS: Maya Chandrashekaran, Jihyun Choi, Pemberley Ann Olson, Juliana Wilder, Benjamin Davidoff, Davide Occhipinti, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Lucas López, Tyla Steinbach, João Percilio da Silva
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Wei Wang
*KING OF THE MICE: Nathaniel Remez
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Carmela Mayo and Alexis Francisco Valdes
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Jacey Gailliard, Carly Graham, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliette Windey
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Nikisha Fogo
SPANISH: SunMin Lee, Leili Rackow, Benjamin Davidoff, Victor Prigent, Jasper True Stanford
*ARABIAN: Sasha Mukhamedov with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Nathaniel Remez
*CHINESE: Lleyton Ho with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Jihyun Choi, Rimi Nakano, Seojeong Yun
*RUSSIAN: Luca Ferrò with Lucas López, Simone Pompignoli
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with João Percilio da Silva
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Alya Cogur, Carlota Cruz, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Pemberley Ann Olson, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Hui-Wen Peng, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Wona Park and Wei Wang
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.