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James R. Armstrong Theatre

Redondo Ballet Company

3330 Civic Center Dr, Torrance, CA 90503

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Redondo Ballet

James R. Armstrong Theatre

PRESENTS

SNOW QUEEN

Based on Hans Christian Anderson's Snow Queen

Choreographed and Concept by

Francesca Stern and Donna Perkins

Armstrong Theatre Production Staff

Stage Manager

Leonard Siquedos

Fly Rail

Steve Wadleigh

Lighting Designer

Al Bittner

Follow Spot

Allison Mamann

Alex Schewchuk

Sound

Adam Sack

House Manager

Ozzie Vinueza

Redondo Ballet Production Staff

Production Coordinator

Dr. Randolph Stern

Wardrobe Mistress

Peggy Webber

Video

Greg Montemurro/4site Video

Set Design & Construction

Natalie Best

Assistant Wardrobe Mistress

Andrea Bedners

Photography

Steve Wakisaka

Artistic Direction by

Francesca Stern and Donna Perkins

Thank you to all the parents who have supported the students througout rehearsals, practices,

and classes. We know that without you this show would not be possible. Thank you for all you

do to ensure your dancer is able to dance to the best of their ability! We hope that you enjoy

the show and see all the hard work our students have put into this performance.

Now sit back and enjoy the show!

Program Design and Photography

Dr. Jo Webber


SNOW QUEEN This performance of The Snow Queen is based upon Hans Christian Andersen's children'stale. We meet two best friends, Ruby and Pearl, on a fun-filled summer day. Jealous oftheir friendship, the evil Snow Queen freezes summer and steals Pearl away. Pearl is heldprisoner by the Queen, her minion, and her guards. All that is left behind is Pearl's redscarf. While Ruby frantically tries to find her friend, the Snow Queen gives her a poisonous pastrywhich causes Ruby to fall into a dream state. In her dreams, she embarks on an adventureto find and bring home her missing friend. Along the way, Ruby depends on the kindness ofsome very strange strangers. She meets pirates, gypsies, a fortune teller, birds, bees,horses, reindeer, jungle creatures, mermaids, seaweed, jellyfish, dolls, northern lightsand debutantes, all who help her on her quest.

SCENES

Summer's Day/GypsiesEvil Minion AppearsSnow Queen in her CastleBroken GlassDescent into MadnessIce SkatingMinion Steals Broken GlassThe Queen and her GuardsRuby begins her search for PearlThe Garden: Birds, Bees, Tiny Flowers and FlowersBirds FlyMinion Chases BirdToy ShoppeJungle------INTERMISSION-----PrisonerRuby TravelsMasquerade BallChevalsNorthern LightsReindeerOcean's DepthPirates TreasurePiratesPirates MapSnow Queen ControlsCastle BattleReunitedReverence


Cast Members

The Snow Queen Isabella Olivas

Ruby Ella Fukushima

Pearl Molly Paulson

Minion Katy Cloutier

Lead Pirate Charlie Sue Birznieks

Lead Broken Glass Annie Cushman

Lead Bird Jaden Mooney

Queen Bee Nene Nakagomi

Black Pearl Julisa Carbajal

Lead Gypsy Alex Best

Lead Mermaid Selena Pattishall

Fortune Teller, Masquerade Ball

Hostess

Sondi Kroeger Foley

Gypsy, Masquerade Ball Nanny Jordan Walton

Summer's Day Adrienne Gonzalez, Naomi Arias, Michella Delgado,

Gwyneth Dowdee, Natalie Esquivias, Veronica Fish,

Sofia Jansen, Sirenna Padilla, Lauren Webber, Sora

Seki, Francesca Marchesini, Kingsley Aguillen, Jaya

Chatterji, Isabella Delgado, Rhiannon Garcia, Juliette

"Iggy" Im, Kyrstin Nguyen, Shreya Shah,

Keira Shaw, Avelena Wijesundera

Gypsies Charlie Sue Birznieks, Julisa Carbajal, Annie Cushman,

Ruby Gentzler, Melanie Groba, Sofia Laden, Nene

Nakagomi, Abigail Wolschon, Jaden Mooney, Marisa

Douglas, Moon Schulze, Selena Pattishall

Broken Glass Jaden Mooney, Marisa Douglas, Nene Nakagomi, Ruby

Gentzler, Melanie Groba, Naomi Arias, Adrienne

Gonzalez, Sora Seki

Ice Skating Selena Pattishall, Alex Best, Sofia Laden, Moon

Schulze, Gwyneth Dowdee, Natalie Esquivias, Sirenna

Padilla, Sofia Jansen, Lauren Webber, Veronica Fish,

Michella Delgado

Queens Guards Abigail Wolschon, Julisa Carbajal, Charlie Sue

Birznieks, Selena Pattishall

CAST


(continued)

Ruby Searches Ice Skaters Melanie Groba, Jaden Mooney

Birds Melanie Groba, Molly Paulson, Marisa Douglas, Alex

Best, Selena Pattishall, Ruby Gentzler, Sofia Laden

Bees Veronica Fish, Sofia Jansen, Natalie Esquivias, Naomi

Arias, Sirenna Padilla, Lauren Webber, Michella

Delgado, Gwyneth Dowdee, Adrienne Gonzalez

Tiny Flowers Francesca Marchesini, Kingsley Aguillen, Jaya

Chatterji, Isabella Delgado, Rhiannon Garcia, Juliette

Im, Kyrstin Nguyen, Shreya Shah, Keira Shaw,

Avelena, Wijesundera

Flowers Charlie Sue Birznieks, Julisa Carbajal,

Abigail Wolschon, Annie Cushman

Toy Shoppe Dolls Lauren Webber, Sora Seki, Adrienne Gonzalez, Naomi

Arias, Veronica Fish, Sofia Jansen

Jungle Marisa Douglas, Charlie Sue Birznieks, Jaden Mooney,

Julisa Carbajal, Annie Cushman

Masquerade Ball Dancers Abigail Wolschon, Jaden Mooney, Marisa Douglas,

Nene Nakagomi, Annie Cushman, Ruby Gentzler,

Melanie Groba, Moon Schulze, Gwyneth Dowdee,

Natalie Esquivias, Sora Seki, Sirenna Padilla

Chevals Julisa Carbajal, Charlie Sue Birznieks

Northern Lights Katy Cloutier, Sofia Laden, Selena Pattishall, Alex

Best

Reindeer Sofia Jansen, Sora Seki, Naomi Arias, Adrienne

Gonzalez, Veronica Fish

Ocean Mermaids Sofia Laden, Jaden Mooney, Annie Cushman

Seaweed Nene Nakagomi, Abigail Wolschon

Sea Snail Lauren Webber

Jellyfish Rhiannon Garcia, Jaya Chatterji, Kingsley Aguillen

Pirates Marisa Douglas, Alex Best, Melanie Groba, Katy

Cloutier, Nene Nakagomi, Ruby Gentzler, Moon

Schulze, Abigail Wolschon, Jaden Mooney, Annie

Cushman

Battle Guards Gwyneth Dowdee, Julisa Carbajal, Selena Pattishall,

Sora Seki, Sofia Laden, Sirenna Padilla, Veronica Fish

CAST


(continued)

Reunited Marisa Douglas, Alex Best, Melanie Groba, Avelena

Wijesundera, Nene Nakagomi, Ruby Gentzler, Moon

Schulze, Abigail Wolschon, Jaden Mooney, Annie

Cushman, Naomi Arias, Adrienne Gonzalez, Francesca

Marchesini, Kingsley Aguillen, Jaya Chatterji, Isabella

Delgado, Rhiannon Garcia, Juliette Im, Kyrstin Nguyen,

Shreya Shah, Keira Shaw, Sophia Jansen, Lauren

Webber

CAST


CREW

Show Director Donna Perkins

Stage Manager Francesca Stern

Costume Design Peggy Webber, Andrea Bedners, Sharon Cloutier

Dressers Melodie Genova, Susie Nguyen, NataliaJansen, Sharon Cloutier, Monica PedrosaFish, Kari Chatterji, Norma Esquivias, LourdesDelgado, Kathleen Shaw, Kelly Wolschon, MindyPaulson, Heather Dowdee, Melissa Arias, JessicaAguiar, Louisa Cushman

Backstage Coordinators Peggy Webber, Andrea Bedners

Intermission Coordinator Melissa Arias

Backstage Crew Melissa Arias, Karen Pattishall, Randolph Stern,Jim Mooney, Julian Stern, Matt Johnston, HannahJohnston

Additional Crew Chatterji Family, Wijesundera Family, Paul Fish,Ethan Laden, Minh Nguyen, Joy Gonzalez,Jennifer Wowries, Tasneem Sutarwala, FoleyFamily, Audrey George, Peyton Holcomb

Welcome Girl Scouts

Thank you for coming to our performance! You've just watched our dancers perform andnow its your turn! Come up on stage and participate in our workshop to earn your DancerBadge. Each dancer who completes the workshop will receive a Fun Patch as a keepsakefor her special evening. Lookng forward to dancing with you!


SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST

Isabella Olivas as Snow Queen

Isabella is honored to join the cast of Snow

Queen after dancing and teaching at Dance 1

for four years. She received her classical ballet

training from the Houston Ballet Academy and

Long Beach Ballet, where she performed in

ballets such as The Nutcracker, Aladdin, and

Sleeping Beauty. She also trained in many

other styles of dance including jazz, tap, and

modern, and attended the Rockette Summer

Intensive for four summers. In addition to

dancing, Isabella sings and acts, and has

performed for professional musical theater

companies around Los Angeles such as 3-D

Theatricals, Musical Theatre West, and Palos

Verdes Performing Arts. This past spring,

Isabella graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in

Biology and a Theater minor. She is happy to

now be back in the South Bay where she

continues taking and teaching classes at Dance

1, tutoring, and performing as much as

possible!

Many thanks to God, her loving and supportive family, her agent, Steven Dry, Francesca,

Donna, her amazing students and fellow dancers, and everyone who made this performance

possible. Enjoy! @isabellamolivas


DANCERS

Ella Fukushima as Ruby

Ella has been dancing since she was young, but has begun to train

more seriously in the last three years. She has participated in four

dance competitions and won second overall at Spotlight National

Dance Competition. Ella performed in The Snow Queen last year,

and is very excited to perform this year as Ruby. She would like to

thank Ms. Francesca, Dr. Stern, Ms. Donna and her family for this

amazing opportunity.

Molly Paulson as Pearl

Molly, 12, is the oldest of 4. She loves her pets, family, and friends.

Molly was a member of the Redondo Ballet Apprentice Company

last year and is now a member of the Ensemble Company. Dancing

is a great love of Molly’s. She enjoys how dance helps her take on a

character and tell a story. Some of her favorite roles have been Abu,

granddaughter, and Tinkerbell in “Through the Pages”. Molly is

thrilled to be playing Pearl in this year's production of "Snow

Queen". She looks forward to jeteing through life and seeing where

dance will take her.

Katy Cloutier as Minion

This is Katy’s third year at Dance 1, but she has been dancing since

she was four. She was a member of RBAC last year and enjoyed

her role as a granddaughter in Through the Pages. She loves to be

challenged and thinks ballet is a great way to do so. While ballet is

her first love, she also enjoys Contemporary dance and acting. Katy

would like to thank her family, Ms. Francesca and Ms. Donna who

have helped her get to where she is today.


DANCERS

Charlie Sue Birznieks as Lead Pirate

Charlie Sue has been dancing for nine years and is so excited to be

a part of Redondo Ballet! She has been dancing with Dance 1 for

almost three years as a member of the Elite Company and was able

to represent Dance 1 at four competitions. Charlie Sue loves all

styles of dance including jazz, contemporary and of course, ballet.

She would like to thank her teachers for the amazing training she

receives every day and her parents for supporting her in everything

she does.

Annie Cushman as Lead Broken Glass

Annie has trained at Dance 1 for almost three years, but she has

been dancing since the age of seven. Last year, Annie performed in

Through the Pages and The Snow Queen. She loves Dance 1 and

thinks of it as her happy place; she feels that the day is always

better after a ballet class! She would like to thank her family, Ms.

Francesca, and Ms. Donna for their continued support

Jaden Mooney as Lead Bird

Jaden is a member of the Elite Performing Company at Dance

1. She's won many awards for dance, winning 1st in the ballet

category and 2nd overall for her ballet solo at the Star Systems

Dance Competition. She's appeared in a Disney documentary

entitled Women in Animation, has traveled to Thailand and Norway

to shoot episodes of the travel/adventure tv series andiamo! and is

proud to be a Cadette Girl Scout. She was especially honored to be

chosen to travel to Belize for the Ballet in a Box program. She looks

forward to her roles in The Snow Queen and is so grateful to her

family, Ms Donna, Ms Francesca and Dr Stern for all of their support

and love.


DANCERS

Nene Nakagomi as Queen Bee

Nene has been training at Dance 1 for the last 2 years. She was

part of the Redondo Beach Apprentice Company last year and now

is in the Ensemble Company. She has performed in previous

productions of The Snow Queen and Through the Pages. She is

very thankful to be part of Redondo Ballet Company and is excited

to perform in this year's The Snow Queen. She would like to thank

her family and friends as well as Ms. Francesca, Dr. Stern and Ms.

Donna for their support.

Selena Pattishall as Lead Mermaid

Selena started dancing at age four and instantly loved performing.

She spent two years in Dance 1’s Performing Company before

switching her focus to Redondo Ballet. While ballet is her first love,

she also enjoys tap dancing. Selena looks forward to a professional

career in dance but, for now, is very excited to be a part of The

Snow Queen for the third time! She’d like to thank her parents, Ms.

Francesca and Ms. Donna for all their love and guidance.

Julisa Carbajal as Black Pearl

Julisa made her debut with Redondo Ballet in Through the Pages.

She has been dancing since she was 2 and has been with Dance 1

for 7 years. Julisa thanks God for the gift of dance. She thanks her

parents, her family and friends, Ms. Francesca and Ms. Donna, for

all of their love, support and encouragement.

Alex Best as Lead Gypsy

Alex has been studying all styles of dance for six years, but her

heart and soul belong to ballet. She was one of the original

members of the Redondo Ballet Company and has played Ruby in

the first and second productions of The Snow Queen as well as

many roles in Through The Pages. Alex aspires to major in dance in

college and become a professional ballerina. She would like to thank

her parents, Ms. Francesca, Dr. Stern and Ms. Donna for all their

support and guidance.


DANCERS

Abigail Wolschon

Abigail began tap and ballet in preschool and has been dancing

through the years ever since. This is her third year at Dance 1 and

she could not be more thrilled to be part of such a dedicated and

dynamic group. Abigail performed as an Ensemble member in

2016's Snow Queen, and eagerly anticipates today’s

production. Abigail is honored to have Ms. Francesca and Ms.

Donna as her mentors and would like to thank them for their

supreme dedication.

Sofia Laden

Sofia began seriously studying ballet at age 12 at Dance 1. She is

proud to be a part of Redondo Ballet and enjoys her various roles in

both full-length and shorter ballet productions. She looks forward to

carrying her love of dance, music and choreography into her future

endeavors.


CHARACTER ARTISTS

Sondi Kroeger Foley

Sondi became a member of Illusions Dance Company in Tampa, FL

at age 18 where she worked on the MS Noordam. A move to Los

Angeles launched her successful acting career which she enjoyed

until retiring to become a full-time mom. Sondi started taking dance

classes at Dance 1 when it first opened and has continued ever

since. She is Director of the Fitness Program and teaches several

fitness and dance classes each week. Sondi would like to extend

her thanks to Francesca and Donna for the opportunity to perform in

The Snow Queen.

Jordan Walton

Originally from Scottsdale, Arizona, Jordan started dancing at the

age of five at Plumb Performing Arts Center. After High School she

moved to Hollywood, CA and received her Bachelors in Fine Arts

Dance from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Soon

after she began teaching and hasn’t stopped since. Jordan has truly

found her passion in sharing the art of dance with her students!


PHOTOS

Company Dancers

Hermosa Beach


PHOTOS

Rehearsal scene with the Snow Queen and Pearl

Lead Pirate


PHOTOS

Birds

Snow Queen Rehearsals


THANK YOU

A big thank you to all our volunteer workers who have given countless hours. We appreciate

your time. Without you this production would not be possible.


REDONDO BALLET

Ballet in a Box

Redondo Ballet, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization, will travel across the United States and

around the world to bring a beautifully decorated box containing all the components required

(costumes, leotards, tights, music, shoes, make-up and accessories – all donated), to perform a

scene from an original Redondo Ballet production.

Ballet in a Box at St Columbkille in South Los Angeles

Ballet in a Box™ is designed to provide an all-inclusive program to dance organizations and

schools that have been lacking resources.

California State law requires that every grade level must have an arts program, yet 80% of

schools fall short of this mandate. Ballet in a Box fills this gap and helps schools meet the

standard.

The directors and dancers will rehearse and mentor the recipients of the Box and when ready

they will perform the scene for the community. The newly empowered dancers retain all the

contents of the box and continue to share the experience with others.

Ballet in a Box in Belize


REDONDO BALLET

Mission

The Redondo Ballet’s mission is to deliver original and unique works of dance to ballet

enthusiasts and to those that have yet to discover the art of dance, while providing a nurturing,

challenging and creative environment that enables dancers to artistically thrive.

We will build our foundation on works of unparalleled excellence, rooted in the classical tradition

with a conscious commitment to create distinctive, innovative works of art.

We will instill in each dancer, with our Ballet in a Box Program, the importance of outreach and

philanthropic endeavors.

Redondo Ballet: Education. Entertainment. Empowerment.

Our Vision

Dance has the power to facilitate emotion, to tell a story...to change a life.

Redondo Ballet is a passionate advocate for dancers in the training and pursuit of a classical

dance education whereby empowerment exudes from every dancer as they delve into the

philosophies of a classical education that are imparted upon them on a daily basis, giving the

dancers the ability and power to craft a narrative that creates a connection with an audience that

ranges from the earnest realities of life to the heights of frivolity.

We attain our vision of outreach and philanthropic endeavors with the Ballet in a Box program.


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