Caroline DeLeon
as Clara December 9th at 10:30 am & December 16 at 7pm
From the very first time we saw you perform on the stage we knew immediately that you will be a star! A star which shines brightly from within and exudes confidence, life and passion for the arts! You possess the very characteristics that are required in an exceptional allaround performance: dedication, sacrifice, persistence, and motivation! Congratulations on achieving one of your many dreams; and tonight we are blessed to witness the fruit of your hard work and passion! From the bottom of our hearts we celebrate your every accomplishment...cheers Titi Love, Mami and Daddy.
Imani Carre As Clara December 9 at 7pm & December 16 at 10:30 am
Congratulations Imani! Your daily commitment, dedication and passion are impressive. We are so proud of you! May God bless you and guide your every step. Keep on dancing! Love, Mom Dad, Shalomi and grandparents
Natalia Narvaez as Clara December 10
Dear Natalia, May God bless your every step, may your pointe shoes set your soul free. Never give up on your dreams no matter what obstacles you may face, remember nothing is conquered without discipline, perseverance and hard work. We love you Dad, Mom, Gaby, Grandma, Kodah & Princess! Dear Mr. Vladimir, Ms. Ruzana, & Ms. Giselle. Thank you for helping me develop my strength and technique, for being helpful and kind teachers. Natalia Narvaez
Dalia Saba
as Clara, December 11 & December 17
Dalia, Congratulations on your role as Clara! Since you were a little mouse you dreamed about this day. Your hard work and commitment made it a reality. We are very proud of you! With all our love, Mama, Papa, Moy y Mark Mr. Vladimir, Ms. Ruzana, Ms. Giselle and Ms. Luana, thank you for making me a better ballerina. Mr. Vladimir, thank you for this incredible opportunity. Love, Dalia
Victoria Toiberman, as Clara, December 15
Dearest VĂctoria Since you were a little kid you showed hard work and kindness. We can not believe you grew up to be a beautiful dancer. We are so proud of the talented, beautiful and kind young woman that you became. We love you so much !! Mom, Dad and Sophie
Danicka Joseph as Clara, December 18
Your dedication and discipline keep amazing us. We are so proud of your accomplishments. Keep believing that no dream is too big, We’ll always love and support you. Mommy, Daddy, Bibicange, Leila, Grandma & Bibi
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PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Mary Carmen Catoya, Daniel Sarabia (Principal dancers) Kazuya Arima, Stephanie Browning, Hinano Eto, Roger Fonnegra, Lillian Hill, Yasamin Haghayegh, Lusian Hernandez, Janis Liu, Zihan Min, Renee Roberts, Kayci Rodriguez, Kevin Zong APPRENTICES TO THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Diana Hernandez, Claudia Suarez, Astrid Zuluaga ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Executive Director Administrative Director Music Director Press and PR School Registrar Athletic Trainer
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VLADIMIR ISSAEV BALLET MASTER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Vladimir Issaev was born in Russia in 1954. His career
started at the age of 11 at the Choreographic School of Voronezh. After working as a ballet dancer at the Opera House of Ufa and at the Opera House of Odessa, he studied at the “Gitis State Institute of Arts in Moscow” where he graduated as Ballet Master and Master Choreographer with the highest honors in 1986. He held the position of Academic and Artistic Director at the “Choreographic School of Frounze”, in the former Soviet Union. In 1987, he worked as Ballet Master and Regiseur for the Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas and Ballet Nacional de Caracas, directed by Vicente Nebrada, where he worked for more than ten years, teaching and coaching the principal dancers of the Company for their soloist classical roles. During his extensive career as a Choreographer and Ballet Master, Issaev has had the opportunity to work with many prestigious dancers and directors such as Papa Beriozoff for Don Quixote, having Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano as soloists; Alla Sizova, Alla Osipenko, Tatiana Terekhova and Irina Kolpakova. He has also been invited as a guest Ballet Master by several companies such as Le Jeune Ballet de France, Ballet Nacional de España, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Orlando Ballet among others. Until August of 2002 he held the position of Ballet Master at the Miami City Ballet School. As a Choreographer, he has mounted several ballets in Russia, the United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Japan and Venezuela. Mr. Issaev was the recipient of the “New Choreographer Award” for his piece “El Encuentro” at the Dance Under the Stars Choreography Competition in Palm Desert, California. In June of 2005 Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico presented the premiere of Issaev’s work “Doctor Ouch!“, a ballet in two acts based on the story of Korney Chukovskiy with great success. In 2004, Vladimir Issaev staged “Shostakovich Suites” for the Voronezh Choreographic School in Russia. An invitation from Prima Ballerina Altanay Assylmuratova, director of the Vaganova - Kirov School of Ballet in Saint Petersburg followed to stage a Ballet for the graduating students joining the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet Company. This choreography premiered in March of 2006 at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Due to its success this choreographic work was presented again in June of 2006. In 2007, Mr. Issaev re-staged his very popular ballet “ Chipollino” for Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. Vladimir Issaev belongs to the Artistic Advisory Council for the Classical Dance Alliance. Issaev is recipient of the Honorable Merit Diploma from the Terpsihora Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts of Dance of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in recognition for his outstanding performance enhancing the art of classical ballet on the Vaganova Style in the United States. He has also been awarded with the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts award as the most influential Ballet teacher. Mr. Issaev was awarded 2009 Best Arts Educator of the State of Florida by the Florida Alliance for Arts Education. He has been Artistic Director of the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela; Artistic Director of the Russian Ballet of South Africa and International Ballet Competition in Lima, Peru. In January of 2011 his ballet Stone Flower was premiered in Nagoya, Japan with tremendous success and the greatest reviews. In 2013, two new ballets were premiered in Japan during the Aichi Trienale Festival and presented by the Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: Polovetsian Dances and the premiere of Firebird. Mr. Issaev has been invited to present his dancers and choreogaphies in Poland, Germany, Peru and most recently he had the honor to teach Master Classes at the Beijing Ballet Academy. Mr. Issaev is considered one of the top ballet masters and choreographers world wide.
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY COMPOSER
Born in Kamsko-Votkinsk, the 7th of May 1840, Tchaikovsky was the second eldest of six children. At the age of six he could read French and German and began piano lessons. He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1862. Graduating after four years he went on to teach for twelve years at the Moscow Conservatory, where he began to compose. In his first two years there he had already written his first symphony and the opera Voyevoda. In 1868 he met with the famous group of young Russian composers “The Five” - Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. Although he greatly admired them and wrote his second symphony in response to their fervor, he never joined the group. From 1869 to 1875 he wrote three more operas and became music critic for Russkiye Vedomosti in 1872. Tchaikovsky became well regarded in Russia and also in Britain and the United States. In 1885 he moved to a country house in Klin where he lived in virtual isolation and wrote Manfred. 1888 and 1889 brought tours as a conductor to Germany, France and England. After the production of The Sleeping Beauty in 1890, Tchaikovsky went to Florence to work on his opera The Queen of Spades which was produced in St. Petersburg later that year. 1891 brought the very successful tour of the United States and Tchaikovsky’s appearance at the opening of the Music Hall (renamed Carnegie Hall), followed the next year with the premiere of The Nutcracker, commissioned by the legendary choreographer Marius Petipa. Upon completion of the score in the summer of 1892 Tchaikovsky wrote that the music he composed was “infinitely poorer than The Sleeping Beauty” (which he had composed and premiered in 1890). In March of 1892 Tchaikovsky premiered the music for The Nutcracker Ballet Suite before was ballet was even produced. This eight-part concert version of the ballet music was a success. At least six times, the audience demanded immediate encores of specific music selections. Because of the Suite’s instant success, the score was published even before the ballet premiered. On December 18 of 1892 The Nutcracker World Premiere took place at the Maryinsky Theater in St Petersburg, Russia with choreography by Petipa/Ivanov. The first review of the Nutcracker did not look too favorably on what would become the most attended holiday ballet ever produced. In 1893 he received an honorary doctorate of music from Cambridge University. The sixth symphony, having been begun in 1891 but abandoned, was completed in 1893. Tchaikovsky believed it to be his best work. The critics were not too kind. A few days later, November 6, 1893, Tchaikovsky died of cholera. Tchaikovsky raised the status of ballet music to previously unknown distinction. Such a revolution, however, did not happen instantly. In his lifetime his ballet music was considered too symphonic, much as some of today’s critics claim his symphonies are too balletic. Tchaikovsky loved danceable music, particularly that of Mozart who was one of his favorite composers. Tchaikovsky’s music, imbued with its sweeping lyricism, richness, and danceable qualities is a frequent choice of inspiration for choreographers.
LUANA HIDALGO BALLET MISTRESS Luana Hidalgo is a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela. She studied ballet at the Cultural Institute of Maracaibo and graduated at the Madame Irene Levandosky Ballet School. She was a soloist of Ballet de Maracaibo and Principal dancer of Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas in Venezuela along with prima ballerina Zhandra Rodriguez dancing works of Vicente Nebrada, Alvin Ailey, Judith Jamison, Margot Sapington and Ulysses Dove who created a work specially for her “Urban Songs of the Moon”. Soon after, she moved to the US where she was immediately hired at Cleveland Ballet where she achieved the Principal position dancing the entire repertoire of the company and working with many well known choreographers such as Michael Smuin, Flemming Flindt, who reconstructed “Toreador” for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1978, as to Bournonville and Donald McKayle among others. She has performed all classic repertoire from Petipa to Fokine and Ballanchine as well as modern works. She retired as a dancer to become a Ballet Teacher for the Cleveland San Jose Ballet School, The Nevada Ballet Theater and Ballet San Jose. In 1995 she was awarded “Best Classical Ballerina - Casa del Artista” in Venezuela and she received the honor of the “City of Avignon” in France as a ballet dancer. Luana Hidalgo teaches at Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet since 2003 and now serves as Ballet Mistress for our professional ballet company Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
JORGE ARCILA GUEST ARTIST Singing actor, diction and style professor, vocal pedagogue, stage director, artistic consultant A singing actor with a flair for deep characterizations, Jorge Arcila trained as a linguist at Universidad Central de Venezuela and as a musician at the José Angel Lamas Music Conservatory in Caracas and in New York City. An opera specialist and avid recitalist, Prof. Arcila holds a degree in Modern Languages from Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Master’s degree in Performance from the City University of New York. At present he serves on the faculty at Barry University and the New World School of the Arts. He is the Artistic Director of The Opera Atelier. In his Singing and Interpretation Studio, he instructs artists and students in the art of singing within the humanistic tradition. Jorge is thrilled to play the role of Clara’s Grandfather for the third season of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
THE NUTCRACKER COMPOSER: PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY CHOREOGRAPHER: VLADIMIR ISSAEV
SYNOPSIS
FIRST ACT
It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum home. Family and friends gather
around the beautifully decorated tree; it’s a night of rejoicing, exchanging gifts, and dancing. The joy is suddenly interrupted when Herr Drosselmeyer enters. He is a strange, but kind old man who brings beautiful life-size toys for Clara and Fritz, which dance at the touch of his wand. Drosselmeyer has another present for Clara: a Nutcracker. When the party is over and all the guests leave, Clara sneaks down to the living room in her nightgown to take another look at the Nutcracker. The clock strikes midnight and as Clara goes to fetch the Nutcracker, pandemonium breaks loose; toy soldiers come to life along with the mice. A great battle takes place as Clara huddles in her chair. The Mouse King fights with the Nutcracker. Clara saves the Nutcracker by hitting the Mouse King’s head with her shoe. The battle is over and Clara is now transported to the Kingdom of Snow where she meets the Nutcracker, transformed into a prince.
SECOND ACT
After dancing with the King and Queen of Snow and the Snowflakes, Clara and her Prince are taken to the Kingdom of Sweets where they are met by the Dew Drop Fairy and her Cavalier. The celebration begins in their honor, and dances representing Chocolate from Spain, Tea from China, Coffee from Arabia, and Marzipan follow. The Flowers delight them with a waltz and to top it all, the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier honor Clara and her Prince with a beautiful Pas-de-Deux. Afterwards everyone joins in the dancing of a spectacular Coda.
FIRST ACT THE PARTY SCENE CLARA Caroline DeLeon, Imani Carre, Natalia Narvaez, Dalia Saba, Victoria Toiberman, Danicka Joseph FRITZ Pablo Manzo, Alexander Sokolov MRS. STAHLBAUM Lusian Hernandez MR. STAHLBAUM Kazuya Arima HERR DROSSELMEYER Alberto Mendez, Guest artist GRANDPARENTS Ms. Joanie Weiss & Jorge Arcila THE DOLL Daniella Ludmir, Nicole Espinel, Camille Ruiz, Therese Racpan, Gabriela Nicolaievsky THE SOLDIER Daniel Panameno, Pablo Manzo THE DEMONS Imani Carre and Dalia Saba Danicka Joseph and Caroline DeLeon Victoria Toiberman and Gabriela Velasquez Natalia Narvaez and Isabella Kennedy Beyonca Streeter and Danicka Joseph THE GUESTS Company members CHILDREN OF THE PARTY SCENE - BOYS Mia Bianchi, Anastasia Cortada, Garsha Mompoint, Kimia Ndombe-LaFortune, Christopher Noel, Natalia Leizorek, Isabelle Previlus, Miranda Rivero, Catherine Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Siena Valdivia, Antonella Sosa CHILDREN OF THE PARTY SCENE - GIRLS Christina Andersen, Emila Cohen, Noah Fishman, Annie Gampel, Emily Howe, Luna Olender, Violeta Rebuffo, Mia Riosolia, Hazel Rodriguez, Alfonsonia Santucho, Mirabelle Toskovic, Celine Werta, Ayana Woodman, Julia Xavier
THE BATTLE SCENE
THE NUTCRACKER PRINCE Alexander Sokolov or Pablo Manzo THE MOUSE KING Ari Barbarella
THE MICE Alexandra Abelson, Penelope Aguilera, Alessia Anesse, Ela Bermudez, Leila Bernard, Romy Breton, Amy Caceres, Kamila Castillo, Kaitleen Castillo, Jisela Cruz, Emma Cusnaider, Paloma Deen, Samantha Desjardins, Kaleah Derisma, Rianna Dunn, Celine Elias, Chloe Farreau, Cybille Gaeton, Charli Gourrier, Ahlya Jimenez, Azaria Joseph , Anastasia Knyshova, Alexia Kruglov, Penelope Litman, Taneesha Louis Jeune, Lillia Martinez, Sofia Massiani, Ayana Michel, Elizabeth Morgenstern, Makayala Ocean, Madelaine Patz, Evanyelina Perdomo, Amara Perdomo, Erika Ramirez, Angelique Rico, Bella Salvador, Camila Sanchez, Kylie Sargeant, Emannuel Sasson, Karhene Sejour, Yakov Seliukov, Nina Shubin, Zachary Snigur, Caylee Theresias, Victoria Valera, Ekaterina Zorina MICE WHO ATE TOO MUCH CHEESE Elizabeth Morgenstern, Penelope Aguilera, Azaria Joseph, Anastasia Knyshova, Leila Bernard, Camila Sanchez, Jisela Cruz, Romy Breton THE SOLDIERS Mia Bianchi, Anastasia Cortada, Garsha Mompoint, Kimia Ndombe-LaFortune, Christopher Noel, Natalia Leizorek, Isabelle Previlus, Miranda Rivero, Catherine Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Siena Valdivia, Antonella Sosa THE SNOW SCENE SOLOISTS Saori Morioka and Kevin Zong ( Dec 16, Dec 17) Lillian Hill and Zihan Min (Dec 9, Dec 11, Dec 18) Mary Carmen Catoya and Daniel Sarabia ( Dec 10) HInano Eto and Kazuya Arima (Dec 16 pm) Janis Liu and Kevin Zong ( Dec 15) LITTLE SNOWFLAKES Christina Andersen, Emila Cohen, Noah Fishman, Annie Gampel, Emily Howe, Violeta Rebuffo, Mia Riosolia, Luna Olender, Hazel Rodriguez, Alfonsonia Santucho, Mirabelle Toskovic, Celine Werta, Ayana Woodman, Julia Xavier SNOWFLAKES Stephanie Browning, Nicole Espinel, Hinano Eto, Yasamin Haghayegh, Jessica Haykov, Diana Hernandez, Lusian Hernandez, Lillian Hill, Agustina Iglesias, Marjdole Jadotte, Janis Liu, Daniella Ludmir, Grace Lyons, Andrea Marrero, Sara Marlin, Della Medovoy, Saori Morioka, Camila Muse, Gabriela Narvaez, Maria F Papa, Gabriela Rodriguez, Kaicy Rodriguez, Maylen Rodriguez, Paola Nava, Gabriela Nicolaievsky, Meike Pardo, Theresse Racpan, Renee Roberts, Camille Ruiz, Claudia Suarez, Victoria Szymkiewicz, Emily Talalaevsky, Samira Umpierre, Astrid Zuluaga
SECOND ACT THE KINGDOM OF SWEETS ANGELS Kamilla Alberti, Ariana Asoeva, Valentina Buttice, Shalomi Carre, Ella Garcia, Sophia Goldstein, Milanya Gordiyenko, Jasmine Guilbald, Monisha Jain, Elizaveta Kolotova, Julia Lima, Bianca Mathurin, Alyssa Paget, Ava Pumo, Briar Richmond, Claire Seleznev, Anna Strassing, Sophia Torrens, Rebecca Tuch Bussey CHOCOLATE FROM SPAIN SOLOISTS Yasamin Haghayegh, Diana Hernandez, Maria F Papa, Sara Marlin with Kazuya Arima, Daniel Panameno, Kevin Zong, Zihan Min CORPS Imani Carre, Caroline DeLeon, Danicka Joseph, Isabella Kennedy, Natalia Narvaez, Dalia Saba, Beyonca Streeter, Victoria Toiberman, Gabriela Velazquez Christine Anderson, Luna Olender, Mia Risolia, Alfonsina Santucho, Celine Werta, Julia Xavier TEA FROM CHINA SOLOISTS Yasamin Haghayegh, Diana Hernandez, Sara Marlin, Saori Morioka, Maria F Papa, Victoria Szymkiewicz, Samira Umpierre with Kazuya Arima, Daniel Panameno, Kevin Zong, CORPS Kamilla Alberti, Ariana Asoeva, Valentina Buttice, Shalomi Carre, Ella Garcia, Sophia Goldstein, Milanya Gordiyenko, Jasmine Guilbald, Monisha Jain, Elizaveta Kolotova, Julia Lima, Bianca Mathurin, Alyssa Paget, Ava Pumo, Briar Richmond, Claire Seleznev, Anna Strassing, Sophia Torrens, Rebecca Tuch Bussey COFFEE FROM ARABIA SOLOISTS Kayci Rodriguez, Lillian Hill, Lusian Hernandez, Astrid Zuluaga with Luke Stolkton, Zihan Min and Roger Fonnegra CORPS Nicole Espinel, Jessica Haykov, Agustina Iglesias, Marjdole Jadotte, Daniella Ludmir, Grace Lyons, Sara Marlin, Della Medovoy, Camila Muse, Gabriela Narvaez, Paola Nava, Gabriela Nicolaievsky, Meike Pardo, Theresse Racpan, Maylen Rodriguez, Camille Ruiz, Victoria Szymkiewicz, Samira Umpierre, Astrid Zuluaga RUSSIAN DANCE Danil Osipov and Denis Osipov
MARZIPAN DANCE SOLOISTS Renee Roberts, Maria F Papa, Gabriela Rodriguez, Sara Marlin, Lusian Hernandez, Astrid Zuluaga Andrea Marrero, Yasamin Haghayegh CORPS Nicole Espinel, Jessica Haykov, Agustina Iglesias, Marjdole Jadotte, Isabella Kennedy, Daniella Ludmir, Camila Muse, Natalia Narvaez, Paola Nava, Gabriela Nicolaievsky, Meike Pardo, Theresse Racpan, Maylen Rodriguez, Camille Ruiz, Victoria Szymkiewicz, Victoria Toiberman, Samira Umpierre, Gabriela Velazquez THE CHILDREN DANCE THE LADY Claudia Suarez, Agustina Iglesias, Gabriela Narvaez, Emily Talalaevsky, Gabriela Rodriguez, Grace Lyons, Andrea Marrero SOLOISTS Dalia Saba, Gabriela Velazquez, Victoria Toiberman, Danicka Joseph, Isabella Kennedy, Beyonca Streeter HER CHILDREN Mia Bianchi, Anastasia Cortada, Garsha Mompoint, Kimia Ndombe-LaFortune, Christopher Noel, Natalia Leizorek, Isabelle Previlus, Miranda Rivero, Catherine Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Siena Valdivia, Antonella Sosa WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS DEW DROP Hinano Eto and Kazuya Arima (Dec 9, am) Janis Liu and Kevin Zong (Dec 9, pm - Dec 10 -Dec 15 ) Lillian Hill and Zihan Min ( Dec 11 - Dec 16, am) Saori Morioka and ZIhan Min ( Dec 18 ) Renee Roberts and Kazuya Arima (Dec 14 - Dec 17, pm) Kayci Rodriguez and Kazuya Arima (Dec 16, pm) CORPS Stephanie Browning, Nicole Espinel, Hinano Eto, Yasamin Haghayegh, Jessica Haykov, Diana Hernandez, Lusian Hernandez, Lillian Hill, Agustina Iglesias, Janis Liu, Daniella Ludmir, Grace Lyons, Sara Marlin, Andrea Marrero, Della Medovoy, Saori Morioka, Gabriela Narvaez, Paola Nava, Gabriela Nicolaievsly, Maria Fernanda Papa, Mekie Pardo, Theresse Racpan, Renee Roberts, Kayci Rodriguez, Maylen Rodriguez, Camille Ruiz, Claudia Suarez, Victoria Szymkiewicz, Emily Talalaevsky, Samira Umpierre, Astrid Zuluaga GRAND PAS DE DEUX Janis Liu and Kevin Zong (Dec 9, am - Dec 14) Mary Carmen Catoya and Daniel Sarabia (Dec 9, pm – Dec 11) Hinano Eto and Kazuya Arima (Dec 10 – Dec 16, am – Dec 18) Lillian Hill and Zihan Min (Dec 15 – Dec 16 - Dec 17)
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Programación Programación
Noticias 18 Noticias 18 12:00 pm 12:00 pm Cocinando con Cocinando con Don Davis Don Davis 2:00 pm 2:00 pm Dr. Misael 3:00 pm
Dr. Misael 3:00 pm
El Secreto deElPuente Secreto de Pu Viejo Viejo 4:00 pm 4:00 pm Noticias 18 Noticias 18 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
Una Rosa con Amor Una Rosa con A 6:00 pm 6:00 pm
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PROFESSIONAL DIVISION MARY CARMEN CATOYA from Venezuela, began her training at the age of 6 in Caracas and her professional career at the age of 13. She danced with the Youth Ballet of Venezuela, the Contemporary Ballet of Caracas, the Cleveland Ballet and as a principal with the National Ballet of Caracas, where she was coached and trained by Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev. She danced as a principal with the Miami City Ballet from 1999 to 2015. Her repertoire includes works of George Balanchine, Vicente Nebrada, Dennis Nahat and Vladimir Issaev. Ms. Catoya has danced extensively abroad at many festivals and galas, including an international gala before the King and Queen of Spain, the inauguration of the Theater Simon Bolivar in Brazil, Dance Aspen, and the Gala of Stars at the Festival International de Santander. In 1999, she received the award “Premio Casa del Artista” as Best Classical Dancer of the Year and “Premio Municipal de Danza 2002” as best dancer. Mary Carmen have been coached and trained by remarkable artists such as Jose Pares, Vicente Nebrada, Vladimir Issaev, Rafael Portillo, Zane Wilson, Karemia Moreno, Elena Madan Vera at the Ballet Nacional de Caracas, Dennis Nahat at Cleveland Ballet, Ileana Lopez, Violette Verdy, Jean Pierre Frohlich, Maria Cagliari, Mary Ashley and Edward Villella at Miami City Ballet. In 2004, she performed for the opening of “Queen Mary 2” Ship Gala and in August 2005, she was invited to dance “Una noche con Tamara Rojo” in Madrid, Spain. In October 2006, she danced the full-length ballet Don Quixote to open the Carnival Center Performance Arts Center now Arsht Center in the city of Miami. In 2008, she was invited by Dennis Matvienko to perform in his own Gala Night at the Mikhailovsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2009, she was invited to dance at the Orlando Competition Gala of the Stars. In June of 2009, she performed with Taras Domitro in Queretaro, Mexico and with Rolando Sarabia at the Fire Island Festival in New York City repeating such honors in 2015 with Kleber Rebello. In July 2011, Mary Carmen opened and closed Les Etes de la Danse at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris with Miami City Ballet dancing the principal role in Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial. Mary Carmen has been invited as a guest artist in Spain, Brazil, China, United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Canada, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Mexico, Bosnia, Curacao, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba and Argentina. Most recently, in July 2015, Mary Carmen performed with Kleber Rebello and Paulo Arraiz at the Ballet Now The Latin Stars Gala in Los Angeles conducted by Hernan Cornejo and Roberto Bolle. Ms. Catoya has come back to her mentor and main coach Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev joining as principal dancer of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the 2015-2016 Season. For the opening of the season she danced principal role of Laurencia, in Laurencia Grand Pas, Kitri in Don Quixote Grand Pas and guest choreographer Alberto Mendez staged for her a new version of his ballet Suite Generis, renaming it Eros Game. Last December, she danced the role of the Sugarplum Fairy in Issaev’s Production of The Nutcracker. During this past season Ms. Catoya performed choreographies by Alberto Mendez, Vicente Nebrada, Issaev’s Coppelia, Le Printemps, A Celebration to Klimt, “Endless” as a Guest star at the International Golden Pointe Competition in Poland, Don Quixote at the International Young Dancers Festival in Indonesia, and Le Printemps at the Ballet Gala in Queretaro, Mexico. Ms. Catoya continues her brilliant career next to her mentor Vladimir Issaev. DANIEL SARABIA Born in Cuba, Daniel Sarabia joined the Provincial School of Ballet Alejo Carpentier in Havana in 1993, and graduated from the Cuban National Ballet School in 2002. He began his professional career with the Cuban National Ballet in 2002 under the direction of prima ballerina Alicia Alonso. He has appeared in Latin America, the United States, Asia and Europe, dancing such roles as Basilio in Don Quixote, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Siegfried in Swan Lake choreography of George Balanchine, In the Night by Jerome Robbins, Three Preludes by Ben Stevenson for the Gala of Stars in Houston, Texas. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux, the Black Swan Pas de Deux and Le Corsaire. He danced with the Boston Ballet in 2005-2006; the Miami City Ballet in 2007. He was principal dancer of the Béjart Ballet of Lausanne (2012 - 2014). In 2013 he danced the Nutcracker Grand Pas de Deux with Lorna Feijoo, principal ballerina of Boston Ballet. Daniel joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in January of 2016. Since then he has performed principal roles in Coppelia, Issaev’s Four Seasons, Glink Suite Fantastique and along Mary Catoya he performed Issaev’s Le Printemps at the Ballet Gala in Queretaro , Mexico.
KAZUYA ARIMA began his training at the Akamatsu Masaru Ballet School. He
is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the 2nd prize in the 7th Ballet Competition for Youth In Hukuoka, the 2nd prize in the 24th Kobe Dance Competition and Best 12 in Youth America Grand Prix 2012 in Japan. He studied at The Washington School of Ballet under Kee Yuan Han for a year and later joined Milwaukee Ballet II as a principal. He also performs as a guest all over Japan. His repertory includes Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Sylphide and Paquita among other classical roles. He joined Milwaukee Ballet II as a principal role in 2012 and in 2015 after performing as a guest all over Japan he joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. This is his second season with the company.
STEPHANIE BROWNING is from Orlando, Florida. She received most of her
training at the Orlando Ballet School, and has also studied at Central Florida Ballet. Stephanie recently danced as a trainee at Florida Dance Theatre. She has attended summer intensives at Orlando Ballet, Metropolitan Ballet Academy, Festival Ballet Providence, The Pennsylvania Ballet, and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Stephanie has had numerous roles in the ballets of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Little Mermaid, Hansel and Gretel, Le Corsaire, Paquita, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty. She placed in the top 10 Senior Classical Women at the Universal Ballet Competition and was awarded a scholarship. Stephanie joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2015. She is looking forward to her second season with the company.
HINANO ETO was born in Osaka, Japan and trained at the Setsuko Hirano Ballet
School under Setsuko Hirano’s tutelage. She attended the New Zealand School of Dance after being awarded with a scholarship during the Youth America Grand Prix in 2010. She then studied at The Washington School of Ballet in 2010 under Kee Juan Han for two years. Hinano has been awarded several times in different competitions such as Prix de Lausanne and Youth America Grand Prix. Her repertoire includes Snow White, La Sylphide, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Sleeping Beauty among other classical roles. She also has an extensive contemporary repertoire. She danced with Milwaukee Ballet II in 2012. After performing as a guest in Japan, she joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2015. In June of this year, she attended the International Young Dancers Festival in Indonesia with the company.
YASAMIN HAGHAYEGH began her ballet training at Vladimir Issaev School
of Classical Ballet. Yasamin has expanded her extensive repertoire by performing in all of the company’s productions such as The Nutcracker, Firebird, Doctor Ouch!, Petrouchka, Taiko, Suite of Waltzes, Fuga con Pajarillo, Harlequinade, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, A Celebration to Klimt, among other classical and neoclassical pieces, as well as contemporary pieces by choreographers J.Garant, Yanis Pikieris and Edgar Anido. She has also consistently demonstrated her vigorous dedication to her training, by attending all Summer Intensive Programs of Russian Technique. She has traveled around the world with the company to participate in various renowned dance festivals in Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Poland and Germany. After two years as an apprentice, Yasamin has been promoted to member of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. LUSIAN HERNANDEZ was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela where she started her ballet training at 7 years old at the Fundacion Escuela de Ballet Clasico del Edo. Lara. She has participated in many local and international dance festivals including the Festival Danza Joven in Colombia in 2009 and has been awarded several times with scholarships from programs such as the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Minneapolis where she attended in 2008. In 2010, she was awarded Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela repeating the same accolade for 2011. After attending the Summer Intensive Program of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011, she was invited by Vladimir Issaev to join the company’s apprentice program. Since then, she has performed the repertoire of the company including Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon, and Issaev’s The Nutcracker, Chipollino, Suite of Waltzes, Dr. Ouch!, Shostakovich Suites, Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento, Alberto Mendez’s Tarde en la Siesta, Coppelia, Fuga con Pajarillo, Glinka Suite Fantastique among others.
LILLIAN HILL is a native Floridian. She began her training at Pro-Am Dance and Magda Aunon School of Classical Ballet in Fort Lauderdale. While attending Dillard Center for the Performing Arts as a dance major, she apprenticed with Jubilee Dance Theater. She joined Richmond Ballet and began working towards a BFA in dance at Virginia Commonwealth University. She joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011 and has performed solo roles in Issaev’s Harlequinade, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, Firebird, Dr. Ouch!, The Nutcracker, El Encuentro, among others. She has had the opportunity to dance Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon , Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento, Alberto Mendez’s Tarde en la Siesta and has toured with the company to New York, Peru, Indonesia and Germany. She performed Fuga con Pajarillo at the Latin Choreographers Festival in New York in 2012. She continues to represent Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida nationally and internationally performing in galas, and dancing soloist roles as Coppelia, Four Seasons, La Traviata among many others.
JANIS LIU was born in Hong Kong and began her ballet training under Ivy Chung
School of Ballet in Hong Kong. After being accepted into the pre-professional program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, she joined Coastal City Ballet of Vancouver, Canada in 2013 and until 2016 she was a soloist at Columbia Ballet. In 2013 she was asked to perform in Swan Lake with the Hong Kong Ballet Company at the Guangzhou Theatre and in 2014 she was a guest artist for Charleston Ballet. Ms. Liu has won numerous international and important awards in many significant competitions including the prestigious Varna International Ballet Competition held in Bulgaria, the USA IBC in Jackson, and the Asian Grand Prix. We welcome Janis Liu for the 2016-2017 season of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. ZIHAN MIN was born in China. He is a graduate with a major in Ballet from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and started his ballet training at the Guangzhou Art School. He also trained with Vadim Pisarev. Among his repertoire: Don Quixote, Blue Bird, Corsaire, Giselle, Napoli, Swan Lake Nutcracker, La Bayadere among many other classical ballets. He has performed with the Royal Academy of Dance, the HK Academy for the Performing Arts, and had a TV special appearance in Berlin, Germany, dancing Napoli. He has received the Excellence of Performance Award in 2012 at the Shanghai Theatre Academy College Cup Technique Competition; the Golden Prize for “Theme and Variation” and he was awarded First prize for his performance in La Sylphide. In 2015 he joined the Suzhou Ballet Theatre dancing Flames of Paris and Giselle. ZiHan is now joining Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. JAIME REYTOR was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1991 and started dancing at the age of 9 at the Alfonso Perez Isaac Elementary School. He finished his training at The National Ballet School “Ena”. Upon graduation, Jaime joined The National Ballet of Cuba where he danced many roles in the classical Ballets including, Giselle, Coppélia, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleepy Beautiful, and many others. He also worked with some contemporary companies in Havana. He recently arrived in the United States and has been a part of The Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami. Jaime joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida early this year and performed in Vladimir Issaev’s Coppelia, Glinka’s Suite Fantastique, A Celebration to Klimt and Issaev’s Four Seasons. Jaime is looking forward to the 2016-2017 season RENEE ROBERTS started her ballet training with Vladimir Issaev. During her years as a student she performed roles such as Snow Queen and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Winter and Fall in The Seasons, as well as other original classical works by Mr. Issaev performed in Poland and Germany. She continued her training with the at Butler University, performing in classical pieces such as Gerald Arpino’s “Viva Vivaldi” and Finger Fairy in “Sleeping Beauty,” as well as modern works like Paul Taylor’s “Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal),” and an the contemporary work, “Displacements” by Marek Cholewa performed at the International Concert of Schools of Dance in Bratislava. She graduated cum laude majoring in Dance Performance, and received the Lynnette Jordan Schisla scholarship. Renee began her professional career last season dancing a soloist role in Alberto Mendez’s Tarde en la Siesta, and solos in pieces such as Don Quixote Grand Pas, Coppelia, Glinka Suite Fantastique, TaikoWomen, Verdi’s Four Seasons and A Celebration to Klimt. Renee also had the honors to attend the International Young Dancers Festival in Indonesia, this past summer. She is also a promising modern chorographer. Renee will be continuing her professional career next to her Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev.
KAYCI RODRIGUEZ , started taking ballet lessons at Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet under the tutelage of Vladimir Issaev, Olga Mekhonoshina and Liza Maltseva. Kayci has an extensive experience on stage, dancing the most challenging classical and neo classical repertoire in The Nutcracker, Paquita, Raymonda, La Bayadere, Shostakovich Suites, Taiko, Dr. Ouch!, Harlequinade, Chipollino, Fairy Doll, Firebird, Petrouchka, Fuga con Pajarillo, Danzon, Fragmentos by Edgar Anido and Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento. She has also been fortunate to have been invited to participate in the International Young Dancers Festival in Miami, Mexico, Poland, and Germany and most recently to Indonesia in addition to the Choreographers’ Festival in New York in 2012. During her first season as a professional dancer in 2015, she performed Alberto Mendez’s Tarde en la Siesta, Paquita and Fuga con Pajarillo in the awarded Ballets with Latin Flavor performances, later on she danced in the Spring Ballet Gala of 2016 Glinka’s Suite Fantastique, A Celebration to Klimt and Four Seasons. She is looking forward to a wonderful 2016-2017 season.
KEVIN ZONG is a recent graduate from the Ellison Ballet of New York where he
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studied for the last three years trained by Edward Ellison himself and under full scholarship. He started his ballet training at the First State Ballet Theater in Wilmington, Delaware under the tutelage of Pasha and Kristina Kambalov. He also attended the Shanghai Dance School, and summer programs at the American Ballet Theater, Next Generation Ballet in Florida, the School of American Ballet and s short –term apprenticeship at the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2015. His repertoire includes Swan Lake Pas de Trois, Napoli, Villanelle, Carmen, Flams of Paris, Le Corsair among many others. He has been awarded Silver Medal at the Indianapolis International Ballet Competition in 2015, and First and Second prize awards at the Youth American Grand Prix Semifinals in 2014 and 2015 along with several full merit scholarships. Kevin will begin his professional career this season at Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
DIANA HERNANDEZ was born in Santiago de Cuba. She started her ballet training at the age of 4 at the Taller Vocacional Jorge Lefebre, and later on joined the Escuela Vocacional the Arte (EVA), where she got the opportunity to participate in several choreography competitions obtaining first place in her category. At the age of 12, Diana joined the Miami City Ballet School, participating in their summer programs, performing in some of their company productions, and graduated after six years training. In 2016, she attended The Arts Ballet Theatre summer intensive, and she will be joining the company as an apprentice for the 2016-2017 season.
CLAUDIA SUAREZ was born in Venezuela. She began her ballet studies at
EFPDanza and had additional training at Central School of Ballet, in London. She continued at Fundación Ballet de Las Américas in Caracas and Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet, where she graduated. She has participated in festivals in her country and at the International Festival in La Habana, Cuba as well as workshops at English National Ballet and The Royal Ballet School in London. In 2010, she was awarded Silver Medal at Caracas National Ballet Competition and Top Ten Dancer at Universal Ballet Competition in 2015. In 2012, she won a scholarship to attend Arts Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive which she also attended in 2014 and 2015. After one year as a trainee in the company Claudia has been promoted to an apprentice position for the 2016-2017 season.
ASTRID ZULUAGA was born in Venezuela. She began her training at the age
of 6 at the Fundacion Escuela de Ballet Clasico del Edo. Lara, she also attended Allegro Estudio de Ballet where she graduated. In 2012 she became an apprentice with Ballet Nacional de Panamá where she had the opportunity to dance “The nutcracker”, “Coppelia”, as well excerpts of ballets of the classical repertoire. Astrid participated in the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela and in The Star of the 21st Century International Ballet Competition in Panamá, where she got to be one of the ten finalists of her category. In 2013 she decides to audition for Miami City Ballet School to improve her technique where she graduated after a year and a half training. In 2015, she attended Arts Ballet Theater summer intensive when she joined as an apprentice.
ALBERTO MENDEZ Born in 1939 in San Luis, Cuba. His career started in 1959. After debuting in starring roles in “Mambi and Mulato” Ballets and dance principal roles with the National Modern Dance Group (now Contemporary Dance of Cuba), he enrolled at the Academy of Ballet Alicia Alonso. In 1960, he joined the cast of the National Ballet of Cuba, under the direction of Alicia Alonso, Fernando Alonso and Azari Plisetski, reaching the rank of Principal Dancer in 1968 where he remained until 1999. He has danced innumerable roles and has shared the stage with great international ballet stars. His choreographic career began in 1970 with the ballet “Plásmasis”, winning the first prize at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. He also received numerous awards including the International Ballet Competition in Japan and the “Prize Nina Verchinina” in Brazil in 1984. His choreography career includes more than eighty works for the National Ballet of Cuba. In October of 2015 Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida had the privilege of having Maestro Mendez as a guest choreographer bringing his pieces: “Tarde en la Siesta” and “Eros Game” with great success. Today Maestro Alberto Mendez is honoring our production with his very unique characterization of Drosselmeyer in our production of The Nutcracker.
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LUKE STOCKTON Luke is a graduate of California State University of Long Beach
(CSULB), where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Dance in 2009. During his time at Long Beach, he had the privilege to perform works by Twyla Tharp, River North Chicago Dance Company, Motion/Tribe Dance Company and many of the faculty members at CSULB. He was also a member of Body Current Dance, a guest artist with San Pedro Ballet and a performer at Disneyland. Luke has performed internationally with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines. He also has had the privilege to perform in the Ziff Ballet Opera House at the Adrienne Arsht Center in The Donkey Show: A Midsummer Night’s Disco. Luke has been a member of Dance NOW! Miami since 2012. He was honored to be the first recipient of the John Beadel Fellowship for the 2013-2014 season. During the 2013-2014 season, he performed The Light Rain Pas de Deux choreographed by the founder of the Joffrey Ballet Gerald Arpino. Luke has also had the privelage to work with Carolyn Dorfman and preform her work of Odisea. Luke is excited to be back performing with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida during the holiday season! DANIL & DENIS OSIPOV Both artists from Russia, professional dancers and specialized in character dance and folkloric dance, have been performing with Arts Ballet Theatre for more than 9 years showing their fantastic skills dancing the Trepak Dance of The Nutcracker. They continue to perform in different private events in South Florida. JOANIE WEISS, (GRANDMOTHER) Ms. Joanie was our school receptionist for 17 years until she retired, but continues supporting our organization. She attends every performance and fundraising event. This is her fifteenth year as the Grandmother of all the children in the Nutcracker. We are always happy to have you among us and admire your high spirit and dedication to Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. We thank you for your continuous support and for dedicating your time to us.
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Our amazing and fearless girl. We are so proud of you! Love, Mom and Dad
Imani and Shalomi We are so proud of your accomplishments and your dedication to the art of ballet. We have watched you excel throughout the years. Congratulations Imani on your role as “Clara” and Shalomi as “Angel” and “Chinese”. Special thanks to all your teachers. We wish you success for this Nutcracker season and may God continue to bless you and guide you throughout your journey. With love, Mom and Dad
Michelle Rodriguez To our special daughter and granddaughter, Congratulation on a beautiful performance. You danced beautifully. It was truly inspiring! All the hard work you put into dance make it look so easy! That is a true measure of success! So proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad and your grandparents.
Hazel Gina Rodriguez
Passion, dedication and hard work keeps you moving! Congratulations on achieving Point at the tender age of 9. May the good Lord always watch over you. May you continue to leave a little sparkle wherever you go. With much love, Dad, Mom & Big Brother
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Siena Valdivia We’re so proud of you Siena! Reach for the stars! Love, Mama, Papa & Luca
My beautiful champion! You continue to amaze me and make me proud. I adore you! Nany
Daniella Ludmir So proud of this sweet, smart and strong young lady. We love you Daniella. Dad, Mom & Sebastian.
Yakov Seliukov
Leila Bernard Congratulations on your first Nutcracker performance! With love, Mommy, Daddy and Danicka
Dear Yakov Congratulations! We love you! Thank you for bringing so much joy & happiness to our lives. Never stop dreaming. Mom and Dad
Zachary Snigur Congratulation for you wonderful performance, for making your dreams come true! Some are dreamers, some are talented. You are both. You have done remarkable well at such a young age! May you keep climbing new heights of success ever, forever and after! You have made us all proud, with your sincere determination and serious efforts. Our best wishes are always with you! You are our favorite shining star. Love you so much! Your biggest fans, your family and friends.
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Hilda Mitrani Zuleika Beriro Takayuki Asai Deborah R. Starr Camille Erickson Terry Beall Linda Drozdow Yukina Yasuhara Hellevi Woodman Miao Zong Daniella Freeman Monika Lindley Susana Novak Felix Liu Kevin Michael Reed Juliana Arraras Isabel Anzola Fortuna Ludmir Allen Greenwald Kristina Lyons Gaetano Papa Sylvia Padron Harriet & Henry Pownall Ricardo Montealegre Liliana Estrada Robert Sugarman Maria Risolia Josefina Quintero Tommy & Sabina Howe Claudia Lewis Justin Gold Eva Gitlin Diana Gutenstein Lorena Mata Sofi Matz
Did you know that‌ ...A pair of Pointe shoes costs between $70.00 and $90.00 and lasts approximately eight hours of dancing? ...Each tutu costs between $500 and $2,000 ? ...A backdrop costs approximately $6,000 ? ...Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is a non-profit organization? Contributions to Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida are Tax deductible If you want to become a benefactor to Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida of Florida, please call (305) 948 4777 or log on to our website www.artsballettheatre.org
La Familia Romero se honra al donar la coleccion de manuscritos originales de las composiciones del Maestro Aldemaro Romero a la biblioteca Otto G Richter de la Universidad de Miami para la difusion, estudio y analisis de su musica y ponerla al alcance de la humanidad. The Romero Family is honored to have donated a collection of original manuscripts of Maestro Aldemaro Romero' works and compositions to the Otto G Richter Library at the University of Miami for the study, analysis and exposure of his music and make it available to mankind. Esta coleccion esta disponible en linea, solo visitando el vinculo abajo nombrado This collection is available online, by visiting the link posted below
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/specialCollections/asm0038/
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