NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 12, 6PM
COMPOSER
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
CHOREOGRAPHER
Helgi Tomasson
RUNTIME
Act I – 47 min
Intermission – 20 min
Act II – 50 min
Total runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes
CASTING
Conductor: Martin West
ACT I
Uncle Drosselmeyer: Hansuke Yamamoto
Clara: Ava Allaire
Fritz: Mateo Wexler
Housekeeper & Maid: Pemberley Ann Olson, Katharine Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Myles Thatcher, Gabriela Gonzalez
Grandparents: Jasper True Stanford, Joanna Berman
Party Guests: Kamryn Baldwin, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Seojeong Yun, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Andris Kundzins, Alexis Francisco Valdes with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
Dancing Dolls: Lleyton Ho, Nicole Moyer, Lucas López
The Nutcracker Prince: Mingxuan Wang
King of the Mice: Jakub Groot
Queen & King of the Snow: Sasha Mukhamedov and Adrian Zeisel*
Snowflakes: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Anna Chaziroglou, Thamires Chuvas, Carlota Cruz, Sofia de la Fuente, Laurel Ho, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Campbelle Malicse, Swane Messaoudi, Rimi Nakano, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Nicole Kosasih Widjaja
ACT II
The Sugar Plum Fairy: Katherine Barkman
Spanish: Swane Messaoudi, Tyla Steinbach, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Lleyton Ho, Andris Kundzins
Arabian: Elizabeth Mateer with Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez
Chinese: João Percilio da Silva with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
French: Sofia Albers, Thamires Chuvas, Jamie Adele Stephens
Russian: Luca Ferrò with Benjamin Davidoff, Lucas López
Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling
with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Jasper True Stanford
Waltzing Flowers: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Laurel Ho, Jayoung Kim, Katharine Lee, Noe Lynds, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Angela Watson, Maggie Weirich, Seojeong Yun
Grand Pas de Deux: Jasmine Jimison and Mingxuan Wang
*Denotes premiere in role