NUTCRACKER CASTING: DEC 28, 7PM
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: Marc Taddei
ACT I
Uncle Drosselmeyer: Val Caniparoli
Clara: Loé Dechelette
Fritz: Mateo Wexler
Housekeeper & Maid: Jamie Adele Stephens, Katharine Lee
Dr. & Mrs. Stahlbaum: Steven Morse, Maggie Weirich
Grandparents: Alan Takata-Villareal, Kristi DeCaminada
Party Guests: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Jihyun Choi, Elizabeth Powell, Tyla Steinbach, Andris Kundzins, Davide Occhipinti, Ben Taber, Adrian Zeisel with Students of San Francisco Ballet
Dancing Dolls: Luca Ferrò, SunMin Lee, João Percilio da Silva
The Nutcracker Prince: Esteban Hernández
King of the Mice: Benjamin Davidoff
Queen & King of the Snow: Kamryn Baldwin and Rubén Cítores Nieto
Snowflakes: Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Carlota Cruz, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Sarah Lusetti, Campbelle Malicse, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Amelia Soh, Tyla Steinbach, Juliana Wilder, Juliette Windey
ACT II
The Sugar Plum Fairy: Seojeong Yun
Spanish: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Gabriela Gonzalez, Luca Ferrò, Emmitt Friedman, Dylan Pierzina
Arabian: Swane Messaoudi with Benjamin Davidoff, Simone Pompignoli
Chinese: Mingxuan Wang with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
French: Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Juliana Wilder
Russian: Lleyton Ho with Jasper True Stanford, Ben Taber
Madame Du Cirque: Louis Schilling
with her Buffoons: Students of San Francisco Ballet School with Davide Occhipinti
Waltzing Flowers: Martia Bertodatti, Anna Chaziroglou, Jihyun Choi, Jacey Gailliard, Laurel Ho, Aaliyahmarie Key, Katharine Lee, Sarah Lusetti, Nicole Moyer, Rimi Nakano, Hui-Wen Peng, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens, Angela Watson, Juliette Windey
Grand Pas de Deux: Katherine Barkman and Esteban Hernández