Nutcracker
Casting
Sunday, December 21 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
Sunday, December 21 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: Ricardo Bustamante
*CLARA: Ui Kambayashi
FRITZ: Oliver Gurrea
HOUSEKEEPER AND MAID: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Hui-Wen Peng
DR. & MRS. STAHLBAUM: Myles Thatcher, Gabriela Gonzalez
GRANDPARENTS: Alan Takata-Villareal, Kristi DeCaminada
PARTY GUESTS: Anna Chaziroglou, Carlota Cruz, Pemberley Ann Olson, Tyla Steinbach, Benjamin Davidoff, Davide Occhipinti, Jasper True Stanford, Asher Stephenson with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
*DANCING DOLLS: Simone Pompignoli, Juliette Windey, Dylan Pierzina
*THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE: Adrian Zeisel
*KING OF THE MICE: Rubén Cítores Nieto
*QUEEN & KING OF THE SNOW: Carmela Mayo and Nathaniel Remez
SNOWFLAKES: Sofia Albers, Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Carly Graham, Erin Jung, Aaliyahmarie Key, JeeHo Lee, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee,Rimi Nakano, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder
INTERMISSION
ACT II
*THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY: Isabella DeVivo
SPANISH: SunMin Lee, Tyla Steinbach, Benjamin Davidoff, Jasper True Stanford, Myles Thatcher
*ARABIAN: Elizabeth Mateer with Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jakub Groot
*CHINESE: Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
FRENCH: Aaliyahmarie Key, Rimi Nakano, Juliette Windey
*RUSSIAN: Lleyton Ho with Lucas López, Asher Stephenson
MADAME DU CIRQUE: Louis Schilling
and her BUFFOONS: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti
WALTZING FLOWERS: Sofia Albers, Julieta Castro, Maya Chandrashekaran, Samantha Ciske, Alya Cogur, Carlota Cruz, Erin Jung, Kyra Orozco-Davey, Luna Mae Pao, Hui-Wen Peng, Kira Rupnow, Amelia Soh, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja, Juliana Wilder, Madison Young
*GRAND PAS DE DEUX: Jihyun Choi and Adrian Zeisel
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.