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CAROLYN CLARK, Director PAUL McRAE, Asst. Director

ALLISON LARENA, President & CEO present

New Jersey Ballet’s

Based on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E. T. A. Hoffman Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky GARY S. FAGIN Conductor MICHAEL ANANIA Scenic Design

PAUL MILLER Lighting Design

BRIAN COAKLEY Production Stage Manager A. CHRISTINA GIANNINI, NANCY REED PAUL HILLIARD McRAE, PATTI LEVINSON, PRIMA DONNA Costumes JOSEPH CAROW Choreography Act I, Scenes 1 & 2

GEORGE TOMAL Choreography Act I, Scene 3 & Act II

The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated New Jersey Ballet a Major Arts Institution in recognition of “artistic excellence, substantial programming, and broad public service.”

New Jersey Ballet’s extensive performance schedule is made possible in part by a grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by generous corporate, foundation and individual contributors.

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NEW JERSEY BALLET New Jersey’s Favorite Dance Company

Company History

This year, New Jersey Ballet celebrates the 44th anniversary of its Nutcracker, making it the longest running original professional production in the state. The production debuted in 1971 with Edward Villella, then an international star with New York City Ballet, as the Cavalier. Today, after close to 900 performances and over a million viewers, it has become a cherished holiday tradition with generations of theatergoers throughout New Jersey and beyond. In 2008, the production made history as the first full length classical ballet ever performed in India, where it sold out three performances at that country’s Performing Arts Center in Mumbai.

For more than fifty years, NJB has thrilled audiences from Bergen to Cape May with top quality professional ballet. It has given hundreds of thousands of adults and children their first introduction to ballet and inspired in many a lifelong love of the arts.

New Jersey Ballet has also taken the best of New Jersey arts to audiences in other parts of the country and set records on international tours to Bermuda, India, Italy, Russia and Taiwan.

The founding of New Jersey Ballet created a profound change in the cultural landscape of New Jersey.

Thanks to NJB, countless children, teens, adults and senior citizens in every corner of the state have enjoyed the magic of dance theatre. During its 26 week season, New Jersey Ballet performs a variety of works from classical, contemporary and jazz ballet. And the company also has one of the largest collections of ballets for children in the country.

New Jersey Ballet’s extensive repertory includes works choreographed by some of the greatest names in the world of dance: Balanchine, deMille, Tudor, Nebrada, North, Pourfarrokh, Taras, Sappington, Renvall, Tomal, Vernon, Vesak, Petipa, Chabukiany, Saint Leon and Bournonville. The company’s artistic advisors include three of the greatest international dancers of the 20th century; Edward Villella, Eleanor D’Antuono and Leonid Kozlov, who coach the dancers in repertory they themselves danced at New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi.

New Jersey Ballet is proud to be designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in recognition of its “artistic excellence, substantial programming and broad public service.” The company is a three-time winner of the title New Jersey’s Favorite Dance Company in the People’s Choice competition.

Barbara Gilford, dance writer for The New York Times New Jersey Weekly for more than ten years, wrote this about the impact and value New Jersey Ballet has for New Jersey.

“New Jersey Ballet Company is the ONLY dance organization in the New York metropolitan area that takes high quality programming and performances to urban, rural and suburban communities throughout New Jersey (and at a cost that is “affordable” in comparison with the major organizations in New York City who are at home at Lincoln Center). Residents of our state have access to a three hundred year-old dance tradition, frequently on their doorsteps. New Jersey Ballet is an assemblage of professional dancers who embody the highest standards of technique and artistry and they are OURS!!!”

NEW JERSEY BALLET New Jersey’s Favorite Dance Company

CAROLYN CLARK, Director PAUL HILLIARD McRAE, Assistant Director ELEANOR D’ANTUONO, Artistic Advisor LEONID KOZLOV, Artistic Advisor EDWARD VILLELLA, Artistic Advisor LUBA GULYAEVA, Ballet Mistress CAROLYN TENER BROWN, Repertory Coach ROSEMARY SABOVICK-BLEICH, Repertory Coach ALEXANDER BOITSOV, Repertory Coach DAVID TAMAKI, Repertory Coach

The Company IORI ARAYA, KERRY MARA COX, ALBERT DAVYDOV LEONID FLEGMATOV, ALBINA GHAZARYAN, NIC GILI, ILSE KAPTEYN RAEMAN KILFOIL, KOTOE KOJIMA-NOA, ANA LUIZA LUIZI, NAREK MATIROSYAN RISA MOCHIZUKI, GABRIELLA NOA-PIERSON, ANDREW NOTARILE RUBEN RASCON, MARI SUGAWA, RYO SUZUKI, ANDRE LUIS TEIXEIRA CHRISTINA THERYOUNG-NEIRA, CATHERING WHITING, YUUKI YAMAMOTO NAHOKO NAKAMOTO, RACHEL CARINA JUNIO TEIXEIRA , HUMBERTO TEIXEIRA, BARBARA A. GILLE New Jersey Ballet Board of Directors

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J. Anthony Manger, Esq. William R. Burns, Esq. Melissa Connolly, MD D. Nicholas Miceli Ellen Dec Mark A. Scherer Susan A. Manardo, Esq. Kara Segreto Susan Torricelli Chairmen Emeriti David J. Farris

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Michael K. Furey, Esq.

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NEW JERSEY BALLET New Jersey’s Favorite Dance Company

THE STORY OF NUTCRACKER ACT ONE The curtain rises on a Christmas Eve party at the home of the Mayor, his wife, and their children, Clara and Fritz. Everyone is engaged in games and dancing when old Herr Drosselmeyer arrives with his handsome nephew. At first the children are afraid of the old man, but their fear disappears when they discover what the old man has brought: a life-size porcelain doll and a soldier doll! Drosselmeyer distributes toy swords and trumpets to the boys and dolls to all the girls….all except Clara. The old gentleman presents her with a colorful Nutcracker. Jealous Fritz grabs for the Nutcracker and breaks it.

Drosselmeyer’s nephew helps Clara tuck the broken Nutcracker into her doll’s bed. The guests leave and the family retires for the night.

As the empty living room grows dark, Clara returns for one last look at her Nutcracker. She falls asleep on the sofa and a magic spell creeps over the room. Giant mice appear from behind the walls. Child-sized toy soldiers pursue the mice. The Christmas tree grows very tall. The room changes and everything disappears except the now-giant Nutcracker who leads the toy soldiers in a battle against the mice.

Suddenly, Clara gets up and helps the Nutcracker defeat the Mouse King. The Nutcracker turns into a handsome prince, and he and Clara glide away in a strange flying Swan Boat. As they pass through a strange, enchanted forest, the King and Queen of Snowflakes and their swirling subjects dance a splendid waltz.

ACT TWO Clara and her Prince journey to the Kingdom of Sweets where the Sugar Plum Fairy and her court await.

The Sugar Plum shows the young couple to a pair of thrones and the whole kingdom comes to entertain them. There are dancers from faraway lands, Mother Ginger and her Clown Children, and a garden of Waltzing Flowers. Finally, the Sugar Plum dances a pas de deux with her Cavalier. The entire court joins in a final waltz, and the curtain falls as Clara climbs into the Swan Boat and sails home.

THE ORCHESTRA Violin I Ming Yang Concert Master Amy Hamilton-Soto Eric Schaberg Nancie Lederer Rebecca Harris Yen Yu Violin II Ruth Zumstein Valerie Ciancosi Karen Kamp Susan Heerema

Viola Lucy Corwin Andrea Santora Effie Yue Jordan Tarantino Violoncello John Furia Jennifer Gravenstein Laura Casparie Bass Anthony Morris David Kingsnorth

Celeste/Synth Kenneth Pierson Flute/Piccolo Reva Youngstein Oboe/English Horn Richard Foley

French Horn Lee Ann Newland Lauren Hosford Trumpet Charles Bumcrot Tom Verchot

Clarinet Dan Spitzer

Trombone Vernon Post

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Dennis Ciancosi

Percussion Scott Simpson

Bassoon Wendy Large

Harp Keith Goodman

All musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians.

Nutcracker Cast

(in order of appearance - alternating casts)

Act I Scene 1

Fritz ................................................................................................................................. Liam Hiester, Michael Paradiso Clara ............................................................................ Allison Ivan, Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Giulia Arpino, Kristin Leechow Veronica Lenox, Sabrina Silverman, Eunice Suba Father ............................................................................................................................Leonid Flegmatov, Junio Teixeira Mother ............................................................................................................................ Kerry Mara Cox, Ana Luiza Luizi Drosselmeyer .................................................................................................................................... Humberto Teixeira Drosselmeyer’s Nephew .................................... Nic Gili, Andrew Notarile, Ruben Rascon, Ryo Suzuki, Yuuki Yamamoto Porcelain Doll ............................................................. Iori Araya, Kotoe Kojima-Noa, Risa Mochizuki, Nahoko Nakamoto Gabriella Noa-Pierson, Catherine Whiting Soldier Doll .................................................................................................. Ruben Rascon, Ryo Suzuki, Yuuki Yamamoto Grandmother ........................................................................................................................................... Barbara A. Gille Guests .................................................Albert Davydov, Leonid Flegmatov, Nic Gili, Narek Martirosyan, Andrew Notarile Ruben Rascon, Andre Luis Teixeira, Junio Teixeira, Yuuki Yamamoto, Rachel Carina, Ilse Kapteyn Alexandra Blomfield, Juliann Forbes, Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli, Raynor Rubel, Lucas Sverdlen Little Girls ...................................................................................................................................... Alternating Cast Page Little Boys ....................................................................................................................................... Alternating Cast Page

Act I Scene 2 - The Magic Spell

Solo Mice ....................................... Madison Hobbs, Nicolette Rubel, Raynor Rubel, Maxwell Silverman, Lucas Sverdlen Solo Soldiers .....................................................................Giulia Arpino, Kristin Leechow, Allison Ivan, Sabrina Silverman Nutcracker Prince ...............................................Nic Gili, Andrew Notarile, Ruben Rascon, Ryo Suzuki, Yuuki Yamamoto Mouse King .........................................................................Leonid Flegmatov, Nic Gili, Narek Matrisoyan, Junio Teixeira Mice ............................................................................................................................................. Alternating Cast Page Soldiers .......................................................................................................................................... Alternating Cast Page Bugle Boy ................................................................................................... Diego Arpino, Jake Davis, Timothy Silverman

Act I Scene 3 - In The Forest

Snow Queen ..................... Kerry Mara Cox, Albina Ghazaryan, Ana Luiza Luizi, Mari Sugawa, Christina Theryoung-Neira Snow King ........................... Leonid Flegmatov, Narek Matirosyan, Andrew Notarile, Andre Luis Teixeira, Junio Teixeira Solo Snowflakes ....................................................................................... Iori Araya, Kotoe Kojima-Noa, Risa Mochizuki Nahoko Nakamoto, Gabriella Noa-Pierson, Christina Theryoung-Neira, Catherine Whiting Snowflakes ....................................................................................................................................... Alternating Cast Page

INTERMISSION Act II - Kingdom Of Sweets

Guardian Angel .............................................................. Kerry Mara Cox, Albina Ghazaryan, Ilse Kapteyn, Ana Luiza Luizi Angels ............................................................................................................................................. Alternating Cast Page Courtiers ........................................................................................................................................ Alternating Cast Page Spanish Dance/Chocolate ......................................Iori Araya, Kotoe Kojima-Noa, Risa Mochizuki, Gabriella Noa-Pierson Albert Davydov, Andrew Notarile, Ruben Rascon, Ryo Suzuki Arabian Dance/Coffee ...................................... Leonid Flegmatov, Narek Matirosyan, Andre Luis Teixeira, Junio Teixeira Kerry Mara Cox, Albina Ghazaryan, Ana Luiza Luizi, Christina Theryoung-Neira Ilse Kapteyn, Juliann Forbes, Allison Ivan, Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli Chinese Dance/Tea .........................................................................Nic Gili, Ruben Rascon, Yuuki Yamamoto, Ryo Suzuki Iori Araya, Risa Mochizuki, Nahoko Nakamoto, Catherine Whiting, Rachel Carina Mirlitons/Dance of the Reed Flutes ............................. Iori Araya, Albina Ghazaryan, Risa Mochizuki, Kotoe Kojima-Noa Gabriella Noa-Pierson, Mari Sugawa, Christina Theryoung-Neira , Catherine Whiting, Nahoko Nakamoto Russian Dance/Trepak ............................................................. Albert Davydov, Nic Gili, Ruben Rascon, Yuuki Yamamoto Mother Ginger .................................................................................................................... Raynor Rubel, Lucas Sverdlen Solo Clowns .................................................................. Diego Arpino, Ella Gilman, Alissa Gurevich, Accalia Quintana Anneliese Silverman, Timothy Silverman, Emily Weisman Clowns ........................................................................................................................................... Alternating Cast Page

Waltz of the Flowers

Dew Drop .............................................................. Iori Araya, Kotoe Kojima-Noa, Risa Mochizuki, Gabriella Noa-Pierson Mari Sugawa, Christina Theryoung-Neira, Catherine Whiting Solo Flowers .................................................................. Kerry Mara Cox, Albina Ghazaryan, Ilse Kapteyn, Ana Luiza Luizi Flowers ................................................................................................ Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Juliann Forbes, Allison Ivan Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli, Erin Snyder, Julia Wang and Giulia Arpino, Kristin Leechow, Sabrina Silverman, Eunice Suba, Rachel Yoo

Grand Pas De Deux

Sugar Plum .............................. Iori Araya, Albina Ghazaryan, Kotoe Kojima-Noa, Risa Mochizuki, Gabriella Noa-Pierson Mari Sugawa, Christina Theryoung-Neira Cavalier ........................................................ Albert Davydov, Leonid Flegmatov, Narek Matirosyan, Andre Luis Teixeira Finale ...................................................................................................................................................... Entire Company

Nutcracker Alternating Casts Junior Company I

Alexandra Blomfield, Mia Cana, Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Juliann Forbes, Rachel Hamburger Allison Ivan, Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli, Erin Snyder, Julia Wang, Raynor Rubel Junior Company II Giulia Arpino, Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro, Kaitlyn DalBon, Alice Hwang, Mia Jaderlund, Kristin Leechow, Veronica Lenox Devin Loh, Justine Mastro, Carmen Ruiz, Vanessa Sacks, Caroline Sacripanti, Sabrina Silverman, Safia Speer Emily Stevens, Eunice Suba, Ashley Warner, Michelle Wu, Rachel Yoo, Michael Paradiso, Lucas Sverdlen Little Girls Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Rachel Hamburger, Allison Ivan, Erin Snyder, Julia Wang and Giulia Arpino, Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro, Kaitlyn DalBon, Kristin Leechow, Veronica Lenox Justine Mastro, Carmen Ruiz, Sabrina Silverman, Eunice Suba, Michelle Wu and Eleanor Cohen, Adrianna Green, Mariel Loughlin, Michele Loughlin, Becky Young Little Boys Diego Arpino, Jake Davis, Liam Hiester, Nick Komaroff, Michael Paradiso Maxwell Silverman, Timothy Silverman, Zachary Zukowsky Mice Rhianna Bhatia, Armani Davidson, Colleen Fetherston, Kate Glasser, Madeline Gould, Madison Hobbs, Kasia Kapustka Reid Phillips, Maxwell Silverman, Michaela Skelley, Jacquelyn Steen, Lucas Sverdlen, Charlotte Sweeney, Justine Ventisette Soldiers Diego Arpino, Isabella Becchi, Kendra Boyd, Corrine Budris, Stephanie-Rose Caragiulo, Noelia Carrasco, Lauren Ciotola Layla Clarke, Mikayla Cole, Renata Curcio, Jake Davis, Simone DeVoe-Caccavo, Alexandra DiCostanzo Kailey Fahy, Colleen Fetherston, Isabel Flicker, Dora Gladstein, Laura Gyan, Chumani Heard, Julia Heiman Samantha Howden, Sophia Howson, Francesca Infante-Meehan, Noni Johnson, Toni Johnson, Kasia Kapustka Joanne Kim, Kyla Kinahan, Ainsley Klein, Nick Komaroff, Holly Kopit, Lillian Kucharski, Olivia Kwon, Anneka Lambert Emma Leung, Hailey Linck, Arielle Loubier, Rebecca Mairella, Victoria Marques, Madison McDonald Victoria Meguro, Morgan Mehmel, Abby Miller, Sarah Miller, Mia Montero, Elise Montes, Kira Montes, Grace Moroses Christina Pantagis, Victoria Pantagis, Kaitlyn Parker, Alexa Pena, Fayona Prupis, Fiona Quirk, Jessica Santa Sydney Santo Domingo, Gabriella Savastano, Emily Schablik, Ella Schestag, Abigail Shaw, Anneliese Silverman Timothy Silverman, Helen Simmons, Miranda Spaulding, Alana Spitzers, Sydney Stavraka, Ava Steneck, Isabella Stravoiu Ella Surmeli, Sydney Sweeney, Bronwyn Terry, Olivia Van de Vusse, Emily Walsh, Aprina Wang, Katherine Whelan Kailyn Williams, Camille Wong, Rena Xu, Anneliese Yodlowsky Snowflakes Alexandra Blomfield, Mia Cana, Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Juliann Forbes, Rachel Hamburger Allison Ivan, Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli, Erin Snyder, Julia Wang and Giulia Arpino, Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro, Kaitlyn DalBon, Alice Hwang, Mia Jaderlund, Kristin Leechow, Veronica Lenox Devin Loh, Justine Mastro, Carmen Ruiz, Vanessa Sacks, Caroline Sacripanti, Sabrina Silverman, Safia Speer Emily Stevens, Eunice Suba, Ashley Warner, Michelle Wu, Rachel Yoo Angels Sarah Blake, Michele Christian, Eleanor Cohen, Catherine Dougherty, Isabelle Fagan, Adrianna Green, Izzy Kalodner Kara Kamenski, Mariel Loughlin, Michele Loughlin, Nicolette Rubel, Camille Wilk, Becky Young and Kristina Arriaga, Armani Davidson, Chumani Heard, Diana Mastellone, Ariana West, Serena Zhao and Jillian Bengivenga, Rebecca Casel, Wynona Chotiner, Bridget Clark, Julia Dabrowska, Kimberly DeDonato Julie Fawcett, Madison Hobbs, Katherine Jiao, Jillian Kaplan, Kasia Kapustka, Morgan Mehmel, Samantha Regimbal Francesca Rosenblatt, Abby Rothenberg, Emma Silverman, Giselle Wong and Marina Chiafullo, Ariel Foss Anneka Lambert , Ava Sutter, Anna Van Wie and Stephanie Davidson, Katie Goldberger, Camryn Graf Francesca Infante-Meehan, Grace San Roman, Ava Steneck, Charlotte Sweeney Courtiers Alexandra Blomfield, Mia Cana, Jessie Dromsky-Reed, Juliann Forbes, Rachel Hamburger, Allison Ivan Alexandra Marek, Emma Massarelli, Erin Snyder, Julia Wang and Giulia Arpino, Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro, Kaitlyn DalBon Alice Hwang, Mia Jaderlund, Kristin Leechow, Veronica Lenox, Devin Loh, Justine Mastro, Carmen Ruiz, Vanessa Sacks Caroline Sacripanti, Sabrina Silverman, Safia Speer, Emily Stevens, Eunice Suba, Ashley Warner, Michelle Wu, Rachel Yoo and Sarah Blake, Eleanor Cohen, Catherine Dougherty, Isabelle Fagan, Adrianna Green, Izzy Kalodner Kara Kamenski, Mariel Loughlin, Michele Loughlin, Nicolette Rubel, Becky Young Clowns Antonetta Albano, Gabriella Albano, Megan Altier, Rada Angelkov, Claire Annuik, Gigi Apel, Natalia Arroyo, Elizabeth Bazhenov Isabella Becchi, Isabella Blanco, Yemmanuella Bragarnik, Kelly Cao, Stephanie-Rose Caragiulo, Giuliana Cascarano Kathryn Chen, Sunnina Chen, Courtney Cullen, Summer Cullen, Anya daSilva, Alexandra DiCostanzo, Lauren Diorio Ruby Dyer, Sofia Elliott, Annanda Espina, Katherine Gibbemeyer, Ana Maria Gomez, Sara Gomez, Eliana Goodman Dana Harel. Emilia Howard, Samantha Howden, Yaxi Huang, Sarah Hwang, Armani Jackson, Naomi Kahl, Hailey Ko Lauren Kollar, Victoria Marques, Rachel Mendoza, Alexis Mikhelis, Abby Miller, Emma Miller, Bella Moceri Annabel Molner, Laura Molner, Amber Moncada, Kayley Moncada, Victoria Nicely, Vanessa Nussbaum, Sophia Pardo Alexis Pugliese, Melissa Rachofsky, Skye Riller-Miltner, Victoria Ruiz, Gwendolyn Sabato, Liat Salama, Emily Schablik Ella Schestag, Abigail Shaw, Anna Shick, Emily Gu Siegel, Gabriela Sierra-Ceballos, Anneliese Silverman, Skylar Smith Clara Steneck, Julietta Stravoiu, Ella Surmeli, Rachel Tam, Emma Tanaka, Hana Toguchi, Sophia Vail, Ashley Wang, Melanie Wang Chelsea Yang, Daisy Yao, Zara Zhao, Stephanie Zimany

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THE COMPANY IORI ARAYA trained at the Hisomi Rakaashi Ballet School in Japan and the Australian Ballet School in Southland, Victoria. She toured Australia with the Australian Ballet Dancers’ Company and later joined and toured internationally with the Singapore Dance Theatre. Her repertoire includes Giselle, Theme and Variations, Nutcracker, Divertissements and Sleeping Beauty. As a teenager, Iori entered the Youth American Grand Prix where she won a scholarship to the English National Ballet School.

KERRY MARA COX studied at New Jersey School of Ballet and graduated as a scholarship student from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She became an apprentice with that company, under the direction of Patricia Wilde, and later performed for 10 years with St. Louis Ballet, where she rose to the rank of principal. Her repertoire includes Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum and Snow Queen in Nutcracker, Myrtha in Giselle, and featured roles in Dennis Nahat’s Brahms Quintet. She joined New Jersey Ballet in 2008.

ALBERT DAVYDOV was born in Russia and began his ballet training at the age of eleven at the Kazan Choreographic School of Ballet. Upon graduation, he joined the Tatar State Theater of Opera and Ballet where he danced solo and principal roles and toured with the company in Europe and the United States. He has won numerous prizes in international competition. His repertoire includes Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet. He joined New Jersey Ballet in 2004.

LEONID FLEGMATOV graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2001 and joined the Russian Academy of Theatrical Arts GITIS as a soloist. His repertoire includes principal roles in such ballets as Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet and Futile Precaution. Leonid was awarded a prize in the First International Chabukiani-Balanchine Ballet Competition in 2001. He has toured in Europe, Asia and the United States. He has danced with Miami City Ballet, Columbia Classical Ballet, International Ballet Theater, and Grand Rapids Ballet Company. A member of NJ Ballet in 2007-2008, he rejoined the company in the 2011-2012 season.

ALBINA GHAZARYAN trained at the Armenian National Ballet School and joined the Armenian National Ballet as a soloist in 2004. In 2011, she joined the Israel Ballet company as a principal dancer. Albina is a laureate of the Grigorovich International Ballet Competition in 2010. She has extensive classical ballet repertoire including Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Nutcracker, Carmen and Spartacus, to name a few.

NIC GILI is from Idaho Falls, Idaho. He trained at the Kirov Academy, Ballet West and Boston Ballet.

Professional experience includes solo and principal roles with Ballet Idaho and the Teatrul de balet Sibiu in Romania. Repertoire includes several roles in Nutcracker, Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle, Esmeralda Pas de Deux and Pas de Dix. ILSE KAPTEYN began her training at the East Street Ballet, Massachusetts. She continued training with Irina Vakhromeeva while a student at Deerfield Academy. Ilsa attended summer programs at the

School of American Ballet, the Chautauqua Institution, and American Ballet Theatre NY. Ilsa traveled to Moscow in the summer of 2011 and was accepted at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Ilse joined New Jersey Ballet in the fall of 2012. graduated from Moscow State Academy of Ballet (Bolshoi Ballet Academy). She also studied at School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.

RAEMAN KILFOIL came to NJB from Festival Ballet of Providence, Rhode Island, where he was a principal dancer. Prior to that, he performed with North Carolina Dance Theatre and with St. Louis Ballet.

A native of New York, he received his training from the School of American Ballet and attended Indiana University where he studied under Violette Verdy. He has performed Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty, the Cavalier in Nutcracker, and Swan Lake, among many others.

KOTOE KOJIMA-NOA was born in Japan and studied with Bolshoi and New York City Ballet principals Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov, as well as at the School of American Ballet and Boston Ballet. Ms. Kojima-Noa placed in the top 10 at the Youth American Grand Prix. She joined New Jersey Ballet during the 2001-2002 season and has appeared in numerous solo and principal roles in the company’s repertory. She has guested with Valentina Kozlova in Concert and with Ballet Theatre of Ohio for its production of Summer Night.

ANA LUIZA LUIZI was born in Belo Horizonete, Brazil where she began her training at age 8. She joined the Sesiminas Dance Company and toured throughout Brazil and Latin America performing in Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, La Fille Mal Gardee, Coppelia, Don Q and Raymonda. Ana toured China with the Europe Ballet Conservatory of St. Polten, Austria before coming to the U.S. and joining NJB in 2008.

NAREK MARTIROSYAN trained at the Armenian National Ballet School. Upon graduation, he joined the Armenian National Ballet as a principal dancer, and in 2011 he became a principal with the Israel Ballet.

Repertoire includes Don Quixote, Carmen, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker as a principal dancer.

RISA MOCHIZUKI was born in Tokyo and trained at the Royal Ballet of Flanders, and Kishibi and Kawasaki Ballet Schools in Japan. Winning medals in several international competitions. she danced solo and principal roles with the Teatrul balet Sibiu, Romania, the Constanta National Opera Ballet and the Timisoara National Opera Ballet. Principal roles include Don Quixote, Paquita, Nutcracker, Chopiniana and La Vivandiere.

GABRIELLA NOA-PIERSON began her training locally and entered New Jersey School of Ballet at the age of 8. At 11, she performed the coveted role of Clara in New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker at Paper Mill—one of the youngest ever to dance the role. Ms. NoaPierson was a scholarship student at the Pennsylvania Ballet, and returned to New Jersey and NJB in 1999.

Her repertory includes roles in Allegro Brilliante, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Tango, For Ella, Saturday Night and the Cowgirl in deMille’s Rodeo.

ANDREW NOTARILE began studying ballet, tap and jazz at the age of eight at New Jersey School of Ballet.

He also studied at School of American Ballet and is a graduate of Professional Performing Arts School. He made his debut as Fritz in NJ Ballet’s Nutcracker and later appeared as the Jester in New York City Ballet’s production of Swan Lake. Andrew has also appeared with BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio. His virtuosity has distinguished his dancing in such varied roles as the Cavalier and Nutcracker Prince in Nutcracker, the title role in Petruchka, and featured roles in Danzantes, Octet and I (Heart) Kenji.

RUBEN RASCON began his training in Santa Fe at the National Dance Institute and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet School. He also studied at the University of North Carolina School of the arts and at East Street Ballet, Massachusetts. He was a scholarship student at summer program at Boston Ballet, ABT, School of American Ballet, and the Rock School. In 2011, Ruben graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, where he passed his exams with top marks in every category.

Ruben joined New Jersey Ballet in 2012.

MARI SUGAWA was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Japan where she received her training. She joined the Matsuyama Ballet Company in 1994 and performed as a soloist in such classics as Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, and Giselle. She also performed Ballet Ballet Ballet, a contemporary work

by Matsuyama Company choreographer Tetsutaro Shimizu. Ms. Sugawa has performed with Ballet Austin, New York Theatre Ballet and Eglevsky Ballet.

Her Juliet, Princess Aurora and Giselle with New Jersey Ballet have met with high critical praise.

RYO SUZUKI trained at Le Course de Ballet Iwaki Japan and the Houston Ballet Academu. He performed with Houston Ballet in productions of La Bayadere, Jewels and Taming of the Shrew. He joined Singapore Ballet as a soloist in 2011. His repertoire also includes Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Illumination, Sleeping Beauty, and Coppelia. Ryo has won many awards and prizes in competitions in Japan and the U.S. ANDRÉ LUIS TEIXEIRA began studying ballet in his native Brazil at the age of 8. Six years later, he joined Sesiminas Companhia, where he rose through the ranks from corps de ballet to principal dancer.

His repertoire includes leading roles in such classical ballets as Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, Swan Lake and Nutcracker. André has won numerous gold and silver medals in international competitions. He joined New Jersey Ballet in 2008.

CHRISTINA THERYOUNG-NEIRA started her training at New Jersey School of Ballet and later studied at the School of American Ballet and the Royal Ballet, London. Upon returning to the U.S., she joined the Los Angeles Ballet, directed by John Clifford, and also performed with the Fort Worth Ballet. Christina appeared in New Jersey Ballet’s 25th Anniversary Nutcracker in 1995 and joined the company for the 1996 season. In 1997, she entered the New York International Competition and was chosen to perform the Stars and Stripes solo at the Gala performance.

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YUUKI YAMAMOTO trained at the Hakucho Ballet Academy in his native Japan. He was a finalist in the Japan Grand Prix and won a scholarship to the Ailey School in New York. He has appeared in Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Flames of Paris, Sleeping Beauty, Gopak, Nutcracker and many others. Yuuki joined NJB as an apprentice in 2010 and was taken into the company in the 2011-2012 season.

CATHERINE WHITING trained at the NJ School of Ballet and also attended programs at School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. She was part of the NJ School of Ballet ensemble that took first place twice in the Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey. She also won first place in pas de deux in that competition. Her repertoire includes Fairy Doll, Le Corsaire and Don Quixote.

NAHOKO NAKAMOTO was born in Japan where she trained at the Yuasa Ballet Academy. She has also trained in Vancouver, Canada, and at Alvin Ailey School. Her repertoire includes roles in Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote.

RACHEL CARINA was born and raised in Morris County, New Jersey. She began her ballet studies with Michael Shannon and Sara Knight. Rachel studied at New Jersey School of Ballet for three years, two of them as a member of the Junior Company. She won a full scholarship to The Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton and upon graduation, was accepted into Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Graduate Program. Rachel has performed professionally with the Gainesville Ballet and In New Jersey Ballet’s Nutcracker. She joined New Jersey Ballet in 2014.

ARTISTIC STAFF CAROLYN CLARK (Director) A native of New Jersey, Ms. Clark is Founder/Director of New Jersey Ballet Company and Director of New Jersey School of Ballet.

Ms. Clark performed classical and contemporary ballet with American Ballet Theatre and toured with that company throughout North America, Scandinavia, Europe and Africa, in addition to tours in the US and Canada. Additional ballet company credits include the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Radio City Ballet, and as principal dancer with New Jersey Ballet and New Jersey State Opera. Ms. Clark’s professional credits also include Broadway musicals, and television shows, most notably The Bell Telephone Hour where she was assistant to the choreographer. She is a founding member of ArtPride New Jersey, served two years on the President’s Council on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center, and five years on the Advisory Board of Channel 13. Ms. Clark was honored in 1976 by Governor Brendan Byrne for her “unique contribution to the arts of the State of New Jersey.” She has also been honored with a New Jersey Pride Award, and by the National Society of Arts and Letters and DanceNJ. Ms. Clark attended Rutgers University.

PAUL HILLIARD McRAE (Assistant Director) began his training at San Francisco School of Ballet at the age of 9. He spent 8 years at New Jersey School of Ballet, and became an apprentice to New Jersey Ballet Company at age 16. After high school, he joined Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, where he danced solo roles while attending nearby Point Park College. Upon returning to New Jersey, Mr. McRae joined New Jersey

Ballet and performed numerous solo and principal roles in the Company’s extensive repertory. In recent seasons, he earned critical praise for his work as the evil fairy Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. Mr. McRae is on the ballet faculty at New Jersey School of Ballet and Kean University, and serves as Artistic Advisor for Dance Residencies at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. He is a co-founder and former president of Dance/New Jersey and a board member of ArtPride New Jersey and New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and a member of the Artistic Advisory Board of the New York Interntional Ballet Competition. He was recently elected Co-Chair of the performing Arts Advisory Committee at Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey.

ELEANOR D’ANTUONO (Artistic Advisor) received accolades from public and press alike during her years as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre where she danced leading roles in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppelia and Les Sylphides among many others. Her dancing was marked by fiery virtuosity, unique lyricism and bravura technique. She was the first American ballerina to dance leading roles with the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg. She was also the first American artist to perform in mainland China.

Her staging and coaching contributed greatly to the extraordinary success of New Jersey Ballet’s Giselle, Act II. She has served as Artistic Director of the New York International Ballet Competition since 1996.

LEONID KOZLOV (Artistic Advisor) was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi until 1979 when he defected from the Soviet Union. He became a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. His role in the 1983 Broadway musical On Your Toes won him critical acclaim. Mr. Kozlov has staged his versions of Swan Lake and Don Quixote for the National Ballet of Chile and Nutcracker for the Australian Ballet. Mr. Kozlov has appeared as a guest artist with major companies worldwide and tours with his own Kozlov and Friends.

For New Jersey Ballet, he staged Paquita, La Satinella, Diane and Acteon, El Cid and La Vivandiere. To provide a showcase for aspiring dancers, he organized New Jersey’s Youth Dance Festival in 2005.

EDWARD VILLELLA (Artistic Advisor) A Kennedy Center honoree, Mr. Villella is perhaps the greatest American premier danseur ever. Among his accomplishments are Emmy Award winner, star of New York City Ballet, guest artist with the Bolshoi, performer at President Kennedy’s Inaugural, and first American to guest with the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1968, the Bell Telephone Hour’s salute to Villella became an Emmy Award-winning special.

His Harlequin – A Patchwork of Love, the first ballet ever commissioned by an American TV network, resulted in Emmy Awards for the show and for Villella as choreographer, producer and star! He is a former member of the President’s Council on the Arts and a past recipient of the prestigious Capezio Award. Mr. Villella is founder/Director of Miami City Ballet and has been Artistic Advisor to New Jersey Ballet since 1972.

LUBA GULYAEVA (Ballet Mistress) A graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad, Ms. Gulyaeva joined the Kirov Ballet in 1972, dancing featured roles in Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, La Bayadere

and Don Quixote. In the 1980s, she was invited by Mikhail Baryshnikov to join the staff of American Ballet Theatre where she taught company class and coached the dancers. She also taught all levels at the ABT School. Additional teaching credits include the Australian Ballet in Melbourne, the School of American Ballet in New York, and seminars at numerous universities in the U.S. ALEXANDER BOITSOV (Coach) received his ballet training at the Kiev School of Choreography.

Upon graduation in 1970, he joined Donetsk Ballet and quickly rose to the rank of principal. He toured Europe, Japan, Israel, the Middle East and the United States with an extensive repertoire that included Albrecht in Giselle, Siegfried in Swan Lake, Solar in La Bayadere and Spartacus in Spartacus. In addition, he became an expert in Russian and Ukranian character dance styles. Since retiring from the stage, Mr. Boitsov has taught ballet at all levels. He is founder and Artistic Director of International Ballet Theatre, a company which specializes in Russian Repertoire.

CAROLYN TENER BROWN (Coach) began her ballet training at age 7 at New Jersey School of Ballet and was NJB’s original Clara in the company’s first production of Nutcracker. Ms. Brown was a soloist with American Ballet Theatre for 7 years and later danced in a variety of Broadway shows including Hair, Carousel, Brigadoon, Fame-The Musical, La Cage Aux Folles and Phantom of the Opera, where she danced the role of Meg (the best friend) for 8 years. She has worked with some of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century including Agnes deMille, Twyla Tharp and Anthony Tudor. She has also appeared

on television in All My Children, The Sopranos and several PBS programs. She teaches at New Jersey School of Ballet and coaches the Company and the Junior Company.

ROSEMARY SABOVICK-BLEICH (Coach) danced with New Jersey Ballet for 20 years. A strong classical dancer, she excelled in many diverse roles that demanded the elegance of the Sylvia Pas de Deux, the bravura virtuosity of the Stars and Stripes Pas de Deux, and the feistiness of the Cowgirl in Agnes deMille’s Rodeo. Miss Sabovick-Bleich toured with the Pavlova Celebration Ballet, Kozlov and Friends, and International Stars of Ballet. Her teaching experience includes ballet and pointe classes for all levels.

BRIAN COAKLEY (Production Stage Manager) served as Assistant Technical Director at Kean University’s Wilkins theatre for 7 years, assisted for 3 years at Raritan Valley Community College and with New Jersey Ballet productions at both venues. He was responsible for all aspects of production for NJB’s premieres of Giselle, Esmeralda and Tom Sawyer.

He also designed lighting for Minneapolis Ballet’s productions of Midsummer Night’s Dream and Rodeo.

Mr. Coakley holds a B.A. in Communications from Kean University. He joined New Jersey Ballet in 2001.

JAMIE GRADY (Development Director) Prior to joining New Jersey Ballet, Jamie served as the Director of the Institute for Arts and Culture at Mercyhurst University, where he was responsible for overseeing an 800 seat performing arts center as well as heading up an undergraduate arts management degree program.

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NANCY HARTMANN (Marketing/Public Relations) joined New Jersey Ballet in 1991, bringing a wealth of experience in advertising and public relations. A writer by training, she has written scripts for radio and produced and hosted a cable TV program. She has also written fortunes for fortune cookies. While serving as Director of the Somerset/Hunterdon Business & Education Partnership, Nancy developed a highly successful board game/training tool to address school shootings and other violence by training educators in various aspects of school safety. The game, EduCaution, has been used in school districts across the county. Nancy graduated from Douglass College with at B.A. in English.

DAVID TAMAKI (Repertory Coach/Music Librarian) A former principal dancer with New Jersey Ballet, David began his formal dance training at New Jersey School of ballet at age 7. He also studied at the Joffrey Workshop in Texas and with Miami City Ballet. He was noted for his work in Allegro Brillante, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, For Ella, Saturday Night, Trepak and the Cavalier in Nutcracker, and Rodeo,in which he wowed audience and critics as the tap dancing Champion Roper. David has segued to administration, where he manages the company’s video and audio collections, and coaches the NJB Junior Company. He is on the faculty of New Jersey School of Ballet.

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