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The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker, the first outreach production of Montage Dance Theatre, was a smashing success. Under the artistic direction of Jeng Halili, the wonderful production with a cast of professional soloists and nearly 70 student dancers from almost twenty different dance studios, schools, colleges and universities dazzled in front of more than 1,000 people.
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Soloists
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Sugar Plum Fairy: Gina Cerato, trained at Joffrey ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Pacifica; featured performer / principal / soloists -"The Golory of Christmas", The glory of Easter", Festival Ballet Theatre, Ballet Pacifica, Anaheim Ballet. |
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Cavalier: Cory Gram, BFA / Butler University, MFA ( in progress ) / University of Arizona; began dancing at the Canton Ballet, graduated high school from the harid Conservatory in Boca Ration, Florida; performed with Dayton Ballet and currently with Ballet Tucson. |
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Dew Drop Fairy: Li-Ann Lim, MFA-Dance / UCI, BA / Columbia University, Joffrey Ballet School; performed with Chen and Dancers in NYC, Between Lines Dance Co., the Ziggurat Theatre Ensembie, and Rosanna Gamson / World Wide. |
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Prince: Yicun Sun, MFA-Dance & MS-EE/UCI; trained in traditional Chinese folk dance; specializes in choreography fusing chinese dance elements and western modern dance techniques; interested in the interdisciplinary practice of dance and media technology. |
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Spanish: Piper Harris, BFA-Ballet/ University of Utah; principal and soloist of Columbia City Ballet, USC Dance Dept., Westside Ballet, Long Beach Ballet, Ballet Pacifica; performed as Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop, among many other lead roles. |
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Mouse King:: Branden Pohl, Chapman University; performed as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Tateh in Ragtime,
Huck in Big River, among others; currently peforming as Aladdin in Disney's Aladdin at California Adventure. |
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Doll / Russian: Dale Padelford, trained at Long Beach ballet Arts Center and Lauridsen Ballet Center; studied with Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Alberta Ballet, ande Milwaukee Ballet ( on scholarship); currently with Ballet Tucson. |
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Doll / Russian: Ashley Chung, Graduated from Brown University one year early, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa; will enter Harvard Law School Fall 2009; performed as Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen and Arabian with Hirschl's Sunrise Ballet Theater. |
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Doll / Merliton: Leah Gerstenlauer, BA - English Literature / Chapman University, recipient of multiple scholarships from both Chapman University and Grand Valley State University (Dance Performance Major) prior to transferring to Chapman. |
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Arabian Keila Halili, Senior at OCHSA, - Commercial Dance Dept., 4.0 GPA since 6th Grade, member of National Honor Society, American Legion Award recipient, president of Make-A-Wish Club, California Scholarship Federation tutor, church youth group leader. |
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Clara (Dec 20, 2008 performance): Sydney Cheung, 8th Grade, homeschooled, excels in academics - has been working on high school level coursework since 6th Grade; studies classical ballet, opera, tap, musical theater and piano; loves reading, literature and dressage. |
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Clara (Dec 21,2008 performance): Rika Jitosho, 8th Grade / OCHSA, recipient of Plotkin Foundation in 2007 and 2008, first overall awards in National Dance Competitions, first place in Choreography at the 2007 IUSD Reflections Program. |
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