• The Nutcracker - At the Movies!

  • Dear Audience...

    This is the fifteenth year ballet tech of ohio has presented "The Nutcracker." Though this year looks a bit different, we are as excited as ever about the opportunity that these students have to perform this great work on stage, and on screen. I believe Tchaikovsky never could have imagined the effect his music would have upon future generations.

    Today, hundreds of companies and young dancers inspire audiences around the world with their performances to the beautiful score, and "The Nutcracker" has become a family Christmas tradition. The original story, with choreography by Marius Petipa, has been handed down through generations from its beginnings in Russia, with numerous alterations by many choreographers.

    The "Nutcracker" you will see today is based upon the version staged in Cincinnati in 1974 by Frederic Franklin, principal dancer of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, as well as Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski, the then co-directors of the Tulsa Ballet. I have subsequently seen many other Nutcrackers, but this is still my favorite! It has been slightly abbreviated to hold the attention of the youngest of family members.

    I wish to thank our guest artists, Alvin Tovstogray and Sergey Pakharev, for their inspiration and coaching of our pre-professionals. My gratitude goes to all my teachers, students, parents, and affiliates who helped to make this on-screen presentation possible. I could not have accomplished it without you! A big "Thank you" to my audience members for your enthusiasm and support of our young dancers and the art of ballet.

    Wishing all of you a peaceful and joyous holiday, and a happy New Year!

    Sincerely,
    Claudia Rudolf Barrett
    Founder and Director
    ballet tech of ohio

     

  • About "The Nutcracker"

    "The Nutcracker" was first performed in 1892 and still survives today, being presented in almost every major city in the United States and around the world. It is a fairy tale ballet that every young dancer enjoys performing and a holiday tradition for audiences around the world. E.T.A. Hoffman's story takes place in Nuremburg, Germany, early in the 19th century. Herr Drosselmeyer's nephew has been turned into a Nutcracker by the wicked King of the Mice. The only way to break the spell is to kill the Mouse King and have someone fall in love with the wooden Nutcracker. Drosselmeyer sees his goddaughter Clara's Christmas party as the chance to break the spell by taking Clara to a magical place where she helps the Nutcracker kill the Mouse King. The Nutcracker leads Clara through the Land of Snow to the Land of Sweets, and there, returns to life as a handsome Cavalier.

  • Claudia Rudolf Barrett

    Founder and Director, Master Teacher, Choreographer, Artistic Director, Producer


    Ms. Barrett, the recipient of the Post-Corbett 2001 Award for Individual Achievement in the Arts, received her initial training at the College Conservatory of Music (CCM) under Oleg Sabline and David McLain. Subsequently, she earned her BAS and MFA from CCM under Corbett Scholarships, studying with McLain, Dame Alicia Markova, P.W. Manchester, Frederic Franklin, and James Truitte, as well as many guest artists.

    As an original dancer, soloist, and ballet mistress of the Cincinnati Ballet Company from 1963 until 1990, Ms. Barrett worked under fiver artistic directors and with teachers and choreographers from major companies around the world. In 1993, Claudia opened her school, ballet tech of ohio, bringing many instructors of world renown to inspire her students. In 1997, after staging a full-length "Sleeping Beauty" to the orchestral accompaniment of the Lebanon Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Barrett created a performing outlet for her pre-professional dancers, the ballet tech of ohio performing arts association.

    Ms. Barrett has choreographed many ballets for pre-professionals, including "My Many Colored Days" to the music of Richard Einhorn, played by the Lebanon Symphony Orchestra, "Appalachian Spring" and "A Soldier's Tale" with the Clermont Philharmonic Orchestra, "Peter and the Wolf," Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik," and "Carmina Burana" to the accompanimentof the Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra, among many others.

    In September of 2006, Ms. Barrett left her non-profit organization to refocus upon her vision and the core values of the school, which continue to promote primarily the art of classical ballet through professional guest artists and performances. A number of Barrett's students have been awarded professional contracts or scholarships to prestigious schools throughout the United States. In August of 2010, Ms. Barrett was invited to teach at the Korea 2010 International Ballet Competition in Seoul. In March of 2011, Barrett and three of her students were invited to the Dance Open in St. Petersburg, hosted by the quintessential ballerina of the 21st century, Natalia Makarova.

    Many of Ms. Barrett's students have gone on to perform professionally, including roles with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Grand Ballet Montreal, Polish National Ballet, and the Cincinnati Ballet.

    In private life, Ms. Barrett is the proud grandmother of Rowan Alexander Barrett and Sienna Dylan Barrett.

  • Guest Artists

     

  • Alvin Tovstogray

    Alvin Tovstogray is an artist with BalletMet and is a former principal dancer with
    Oklahoma City Ballet. Born in Dnipro, Ukraine, he received his formal training at
    The Dnipro State Choreographic School under Viacheslav Volkov. From 2008 to
    2010 Mr. Tovstogray continued his training at San Francisco Ballet School and
    later joined The Washington Ballet Studio Company. In 2012 Mr. Tovstogray
    joined Oklahoma City Ballet as a company dancer, was named Soloist in 2014 and
    promoted to Principal in 2015. Notable awards include third place at the Istanbul
    International Ballet Competition (2010), Bronze Medal at World Ballet
    Competition Orlando (2011), and Gold Medal at 'Tanzolymp', Berlin (2012).
     
    His repertoire includes works by George Balanchine, August Bournonville,
    Anthony Tudor,Jiří Kylián , Nacho Duato, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch, Michael
    Pink, Septime Webre, Robert Mills, Helen Pickett, Ma Cong, , Margo Sappington,
    Matthew Neenan, Amy Seiwert, Brian Enos, Yui Sato, Jacob Sparso and others.
     
    Mr. Tovstogray is an American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum
    Certified Teacher.

  • Sergey Pakharev

    Sergey Pakharev is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia. Pakharev trained at the Academy of Russian Ballet and The School of the Kirov Ballet. Upon graduation, he danced as a Soloist at the Maryinsky Theater. He has had an exciting career, receiving diplomas at both the International Ballet Competition of Maya Plisetskaya in St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Pakharev was with Cincinnati Ballet from 2003-2008, and has performed lead roles in Coppelia, Swan Lake, Balanchine's Who Cares, and Prodigal Son.

    Sergey continues guest performing for ballet tech of ohio, and has been an instructor since 2005.

  • Cast

    ACT I

     

    CLARA
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA

    FRITZ
    LOUIS HEISLER

    MR. & MRS. SILBERHAUS
    DAVID KAREN HUNTER

    MAID
    GRACIE BRUNETTO

    PARTY SCENE FAMILIES

    FAMILY #1
    CHERYL SCARBOROUGH & JEFF JANSON
    AINSLEY BOTHELL, MAREN HEISLER, ULYSSES JANSON, ELENA SCHMEING, EMMA SCHMEING

    FAMILY #2
    JOY VAN PATTEN & RICK VAN PATTEN
    HOMER JANSON, MARIA KANSKI, MADELYN SALERNO, SCARLETT SHOCKEY

    FAMILY # 3
    YOLANDA GLAGO & MARVIN ABRINICA
    OLIVIA CURCI, FARYN GLAGO,JOHN PAUL HEISLER, EMILY PAPPAS

    FAMILY # 4
    KIM KOVACHEVICH TOD HESLOP
    EMILY GUBANICH, LILAH KINNETT, EMMA SCHMEING

    HERR DROSSELMEYER
    SERGEY PAKHAREV

    HARLEQUIN DOLL
    FULTON HEISLER

    COLUMBINE DOLL
    RILEY SHARP

    JESTER DOLLS
    ELLA ADDISON, EMMA SPEARS

    MICE
    AINSLEY BOTHELL, OLIVIA CURCI, FARYN GLAGO, EMILY GUBANICH, LILAH KINNETT, EMILY PAPPAS, MADELYN SALERNO, EMMA SCHMEING, ELENA SCHMEING, GEORGIA ANDERSON, ROSIE ANDERSON, VICTORIA CHULSKY, MACEY KANSKI, ALEXANDRA KOVACS, HANNAH HOWITZ, SOPHIA ANDREICHYKOVA, KEDYNCE DEATON, JULIA GALLES, EVA GARRETT, SCARLET SHOCKEY, BECCA WITSKEN

    NUTCRACKER
    LOUIS HEISLER

    ANGELS
    YENET GLAGO, MICAH VAN PATTEN

    SOLDIERS
    AMELIA CLEMENT, JENNIFER CLEMENTS, JULIA GALLES, JOHN PAUL HEISLER, HOMER JANSON, ULYSSES JANSON, SCARLETT SHOCKEY, MARIA VORONOV

    BUNNY SOLDIERS
    MAREN HEISLER, MARIA KANSKI

    MOUSE KING
    NIKKI TAYIDI

    SNOW QUEEN
    RILEY SHARP

    SNOW KING
    ALVIN TOVSTOGRAY

    SNOWMEN
    EMIL HEISLER, ARLO JANSON, ATLAS JANSON

    ICICLES
    JOHN PAUL HEISLER, HOMER JANSON, ULYSSES JANSON

    MEDIUM SNOW
    AMELIA CLEMENT, JENNIFER CLEMENTS,MAREN HEISLER, MARIA KANSKI, MARIA VORONOV

    SMALL SNOW
    GEORGIA ANDERSON, ROSIE ANDERSON, VICTORIA CHULSKY, MACEY KANSKI, ALEXANDRA KOVACS, HANNAH HOWITZ

    TINY SNOW
    IL YANA ASAKEEVA, NINA BATT, PRESLEY FITZWATER, CLARABELLE HETZLER, ELYSEA HOGUE, OLIVIA KADIROV, MACIE MASTERS, MALAYA MOFFETT, DENIZ NURLANOVA, ILYANA MILLER

    BIG SNOW
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA, ELLA ADDISON, YENET GLAGO, EMMA SPEARS, NIKKI TAYIDI, MICAH VAN PATTEN

    ACT II

    DEWDROP
    EMMA SPEARS

    OPENING FLOWERS
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA, YENET GLAGO, NIKKI TAYIDI,
    MICAH VAN PATTEN

    SUGAR PLUM
    ELLA ADDISON

    CAVALIER
    ALVIN TOVSTOGRAY

    PEPPERMINTS
    ISABELLE CADENA, MERIT HAVERKOS, CECILIA HEISLER, EMILIA
    MASELLA, EMIL HEISLER, ARLO JANSON, ATLAS JANSON,
    MIROSLAVA PAKHAREV

    CLARA DOUBLE
    ANNA WILLIAMS

    SPANISH
    RILEY SHARP, SERGEY PAKHAREV

    MIRLITONS
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA, YENET GLAGO, FULTON HEISLER

    ARABIAN
    RILEY SHARP EMMA SPEARS

    CHINESE
    FULTON HEISLER LOUIS HEISLER, AMELIA CLEMENT, JENNIFER
    CLEMENTS, MAREN HEISLER, HOMER JANSON, MARIA KANSKI,
    MARIA VORONOV

    MOTHER GINGER
    KAREN HUNTER

    GINGER CHILDREN
    SOPHIA ANDREICHYKOV, AINSLEY BOTHELL, OLIVIA CURCI, KE'DYNCE DEATON, JULIA GALLES, EVA GARRETT, FARYN GLAGO, EMILY GUBANICH, JOHN PAUL HEISLER, ULYSSES JANSON, LILAH KINNETT, EMILY PAPPAS, MADELYN SALERNO, EMMA SCHMEING, ELENA SCHMEING, SCARLET SHOCKEY, BECCA WITSKEN

    RUSSIAN
    FULTON HEISLER & LEWIS HEISLER
    AMELIA CLEMENT, JENNIFER CLEMENTS, MAREN HEISLER, HOMER JANSON, MARIA KANSKY, MARIA VORONOV

    WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS

    DEWDROP
    EMMA SPEARS

    FLOWERS
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA, YENET GLAGO, NIKKI TAYIDI, MICAH VAN PATTEN

    GRAND PAS DE DEUX
    ELLA ADDISON, ALVIN TOVSTOGRAY

    FINALE

    FLOWERS
    ALEXANDRIA ABRINICA, YENET GLAGO, NIKKI TAYIDI, MICAH VAN PATTEN

    DEWDROP
    EMMA SPEARS

    SPANISH
    SERGEY PAKHAREV

    ARABIAN
    RILEY SHARP

    CHINESE
    FULTON HEISLER, LOUIS HEISLER, MAREN HEISLER, MARIA KANSKI

    RUSSIAN
    AMELIA CLEMENT, JENNIFER CLEMENTS, HOMER JANSON, MARIA VORONOV

    GRAND PAS DE DEUX
    ELLA ADDISON, ALVIN TOVSTOGRAY

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