Dayton Ballet School Showcase
Sunday, May 16, 2021
5:00 p.m.
Levitt Pavilion
Coppelia
DBII Senior and Junior Companies, Variations class
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Re-staged by: Megan Forney
Music: Leo Delibes
Swanhilda Variation #1: Emma Lowell
Dawn Variation: Taylor Thornburg
Spanish Variation: Chelsea Brecht, Adele Davis
Franz Variation: AJ Gross
Scottish Variation: Mollie Juniewicz, Ava McKinney, Elizabeth Roelle
Prayer Variation: Mckenna Steneman
Swanhilda Variation #2: Katie Griffith
Swanhilda’s Friends:
Trudie Arling, Sarah Cain, Molly Dunn, Jenna Mumford
Emma Rubin, Claire Takizawa, Caitlin Wehner, Caroline Woessner
Mazurka Corps:
Emma Barrentine, Carissa Buehler, Misha Casada, Eliana Egbert
Sophia Krapf, Annabelle May, Ellie Savage, Ella Strehle,
Karson Stubbs-Hartlage, Matthew Warren
Pause
CAUSEWAY
Career Track
Choreography: Jennifer Sydor
Music: Whispers
By: Max Richter
Katie Griffith, AJ Gross, Emma Lowell, McKenna Steneman, Taylor Thornburg
GENTLEMEN’S ALLEGRO
Junior Company Boys
Choreography: Jonathan Harris
Music: Volga No. 1 from Ballet Music for Barre & Center Floor
By: Isaac Duneyawski
Misha Casada, Karson Stubbs-Hartlage, Matthew Warren
WATER RIPPLES
DB II Junior Company
Choreography: Gabrielle Sharp
Music: Water Ripples
By: Enno Aare
Trudie Arling, Chelsea Brecht, Misha Casada, Adele Davis, Molly Dunn,
Mollie Juniewicz, Ava McKinney, Elizabeth Roelle, Karson Stubbs-Hartlage,
Matthew Warren
SING
Senior Jazz
Choreography: Isaac Jones
Music: Sing Sing Sing
By: Bebo Best
Katie Griffith, AJ Gross, Emma Lowell, Jenna Mumford,
Emma Rubin, McKenna Steneman, Taylor Thornburg,
Caitlyn Wehner, Caroline Woessner
NOTES OF NATURE
DB II Junior Company
Choreography: Megan Forney
Music: Tom Player
Emma Barrentine, Carissa Buehler, Eliana Egbert, Sophia Krapf,
Annabelle May, Ellie Savage, Ella Strehle
IN MOTION
Modern
Choreography: Mara Sturm
Music: DNA
By: Ludovico Einaudi & Marco Decimo
Katie Griffith, AJ Gross, Emma Lowell, Jenna Mumford, Emma Rubin,
McKenna Steneman, Taylor Thornburg, Caitlyn Wehner, Caroline Woessner
IT DON'T MEAN A THING
Junior Jazz
Choreography: Gabrielle Sharp
Music: It Don't Mean a Thing
Performed By: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Chelsea Brecht, Carissa Buehler, Adele Davis, Ashlyn Diesing
Mollie Juniewicz, Elizabeth Roelle, Karson Stubbs-Hartlage
FRENZY
DB II Senior Company
Choreography: Megan Forney and Gabrielle Sharp
Music: Sonata for Violin Solo #1
By: Hilary Hahn
Katie Griffith, AJ Gross, Emma Lowell, Emma Rubin, McKenna Steneman,
Claire Takizawa, Taylor Thornburg, Caitlyn Wehner, Caroline Woessner
Awards & Recognitions
In the last lines of my script for my ballet, “I Watched Myself Grow Up”, the narrator says, “this growing up never ceases”. Awareness, indecision, rebellion, loneliness and identification mark each phase of life…
Miss Jo, 1995
Dayton Ballet School
Founders: Josephine & Hermene Schwarz
Dayton Ballet Artistic Director: Karen Russo Burke
DBII Co-Directors: Megan Forney, Gabrielle Sharp
School Administrator: Anne Davis
Receptionist: Vicky Archibald
Teachers: TJ Cronley, Megan Forney, Katy Gilliam, Paul Gilliam, Jonathan Harris, Melissa Irons, Isaac Jones, Kathryn McCarty, Eric McIntyre, Gabrielle Sharp, Mara Sturm, Polly Sutton, Jennifer Sydor Learn More...
Dayton Ballet II Senior Company
Katie Griffith, AJ Gross, Emma Lowell, Emma Rubin, Mira Soin, Mckenna Steneman, Claire Takizawa, Taylor Thornburg, Caitlyn Wehner, Caroline Woessner
Dayton Ballet II Junior Company
Trudie Arling, Emma Barrentine, Chelsea Brecht, Carissa Buehler, Misha Casada, Adele Davis, Molly Dunn, Eliana Egbert, Mollie Juniewicz, Sophia Krapf, Ava McKinney, Annabelle May, Elizabeth Roelle, Ellie Savage, Ella Strehle, Karson Stubbs-Hartlage, Matthew Warren
Special Thanks!
the Dayton Ballet School Parent's Association
Cory Wilhite
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