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NUTCRACKER 2005 Cast ACT I * SCENE 1
PRESIDENT SILBERHOUSE	DAVID AUTHEMENT
MME SILBERHOUSE	JUDY D’APUZZO
CLARA	MADELINE DOLGIN
FRITZ	ERIC WHITE
MAID	KATHERINE RAMSEY
BUTLER	GARY WHITE
MOTHERS	ROBIN BENING, JULIE HATHAWAY, MAUREEN LIPSON, KATHY SIRWAITIS, JESSICA LARSON
FATHERS	WENDELL DUNCAN, ARTOUR SANGUELI, GREG MARKOV, CHRISTION SMALLEY, PETER WELKIN
CHILDREN	TERRA APPLEMAN, MARYANNE BURR, LAUREN CHMELIK, SARAH DAVIS, COURTNEY EVANS, GIOVANNA KAUFMAN, AUDREY LAZZERI, JAY MARKOV, STEPHANIE MOEN, HANNAH MORELL, HANNAH WHITE, MELAINA WRIGHT
UNDERSTUDY	MADELINE DAVIS
HERR DROSSELMEYER	GEORGE QUEBBEMAN
DOLLS	KATELIN AHERN, STACY JAW, ELYSE SALISZ, JACQUELINE VILLA
* UNDERSTUDY	ANNA SEARS
NUTCRACKER	ERIC WHITE
KING MOUSE	DAVID AUTHEMENT
MICE	AMY CARDWELL, EMILEE HORYZA, MEGAN WILKINSON, BETSY NEWMAN, ALLI TAKACS, AILEA TOBACK, HANNAH WHITE, SARAH ZORMAN
* UNDERSTUDY	JESSICA LARSEN
SOLDIERS	ROBERT BACKER, COURTNEY EVANS, KELSEY GILLIS, EMILY HONG, AUDREY, LAZZERI, JAY MARKOV, CARMEL McCULLOUGH, KYLEE WILKINSON
* UNDERSTUDY	MARYANNE BURR
ACT I * SCENE 2
GNOMES	SHELBY DRUSHEL, MIKAELA HANSEN, ANNIE LAMBERT, JIN LAN MOEN
SNOW QUEEN	KELLY SWENSON
SNOW CAVALIER	SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK
SNOW FLAKES	KATELIN AHERN, JULIE GIORDANO, STACY JAW, MICHELLE LINDEMAN, HILLARY MINICH, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, ALEXIS QUEBBEMAN, KATHERINE RAMSEY, EMMIE SALISZ, ANNA SEARS, JACQUELINE VILLA, ALISON YURCAK
* UNDERSTUDY	SERENA REMI
ACT II
ANGELS	AMY CARDWELL, SARAH DAVIS, EMILEE HORYZA, JESSICA LARSEN, SUZANNE LAU, HANNAH MORELL, BETSY NEWMAN, KALLI TAKACS, AILEA TOBACK, MEGAN WILKINSON, MELAINA WRIGHT, SARAH ZORMAN
* UNDERSTUDY	ELYSE SALISZ
SPANISH	HILLARY MINICH, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, DAVID AUTHEMENT
ARABIAN	EMMIE SALISZ, WENDELL DUNCAN
CHINESE	JULIE GIORDANO, SERENA REMY, SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK Jr, MICHAEL WOZNIAK
RUSSIAN	ARTOUR SANGUELI
MERLETON	ANNA SEARS
MOTHER GINGER	PETER WELKIN
POLICHENELLES	TERRA APPLEMAN, MARYANNE BURR, MADELINE DAVIS, KELSEY GILLIS, GIOVANNA KAUFMAN, CARMEL, McCULLOUGH, HANNAH WHITE, KYLEE WILKINSON
* UNDERSTUDY	JAY MARKOV
WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS
DEW DROP & CAVALIER	ALISON YURCAK, CHRISTION SMALLEY
WALTZ CORPS	KATELIN AHERN, JULIE GIORDANO, STACY JAW, SUZANNE LAU, MICHELLE LINDEMAN, HILLARY MINICH, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, ALEXIS QUEBBEMAN, SERENA REMY, ELYSE SALISZ,EMMIE SALISZ, KELLY SWENSON, JACQUELINE VILLA, MEGAN WILKINSON

SUGAR PLUM	THERESE WENDLER
SUGAR PLUM CAVALIER	SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK

Snow Queen - Kelly Swenson

Clara & Nutcracker - Madeline Dolgin, Eric White

Madelin Dolgin, Our Toys For Tots Marine, Eric White

Arabian - Emilienne Salisz, Jill Mahoney, Wendall Duncan
Chinese - Julie Giordano, Serena Remy

Spanish - Caitlin Nothwehr, David Authement, Hillary Minich
Snow Queen - Kelly Swenson
Dewdrop & Cavalier - Alison Yurcak, Christion Smalley
Merleton - Anna Sears

Caitlin Nothwehr, Hillary Minich
Serena Remy, Julie Giordano, Madeline Dolgin, Eric White,
Alison Yurcak, Jill Mahoney, David Authement
Kelly Swenson, Christion Smalley, Anna Sears, Our Marine, Wendall Duncan, Emilienne Salisz

NUTCRACKER 2004 Cast ACT I * SCENE 1
PRESIDENT SILBERHOUSE	DAVID AUTHEMENT
MME SILBERHOUSE	JUDY D’APUZZO
CLARA	ELYSE SALISZ
FRITZ	MICHAEL WOZNIAK
MAID	KATHERINE RAMSEY
BUTLER	JILL MAHONEY
MOTHERS	ROBIN BENING, JULIE HATHAWAY, MAUREEN LIPSON, JACINTHE MOREARTY, KATHY SIRWAITIS
FATHERS	WENDELL DUNCAN, ARMEN HAGOPIAN, GREG MARKOV, CHRISTION SMALLEY, PETER WELKIN
CHILDREN	ALLIE ARENDT, MARYANNE BURR, LAUREN CHMELIK, SARAH DAVIS, MADELINE DOLGIN, GIOVANNA KAUFMAN, STEPHANIE MOEN, HANNAH MORELL, ERIC WHITE, HANNAH WHITE, MELAINA WRIGHT, SARAH ZORMAN
HERR DROSSELMEYER	GEORGE QUEBBEMAN
DOLL	MADELINE ARENDT, JULIE GIORDANO, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, JACQUELINE VILLA
* UNDERSTUDY	ANNA SEARS
NUTCRACKER	ERIC WHITE
KING MOUSE	DAVID AUTHEMENT
MICE	KATELIN AHEARN, ALISON CARY, JESSICA LARSEN, ERICA LINKER, SARAH ONG, KALLI TAKACS, AILEA TOBACK, HANNAH WHITE
* UNDERSTUDY	MEGAN WILKINSON
SOLDIERS	TERRA APPELMAN, ALLEGRA CAMPAGNA, COURTNEY EVANS, KELSEY GILLIS, LAUREN, KILE, JAY MARKOV, ADRIANNA MATTEI-MENDES, MARYANNE BURR
* UNDERSTUDY	LAUREN CHMELIK
ACT I * SCENE 2
GNOMES	COURTNEY EVANS, HAYLEY TOPP, KATIE TRUMP, KYLEE WILKENSON,
SNOW QUEEN	THERESE WENDLER
SNOW CAVALIER	SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK
SNOW FLAKES	JULIE GIORDANO, KRISTEN LOCKER, JILL MAHONEY, HILLARY MINICH, JACINTHE MOREARTY, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, KATHERINE RAMSEY, EMMIE SALISZ, ANNA SEARS, KELLY SWENSON, JACQUELINE VILLA, ALISON YURCAK
* UNDERSTUDY	SERENA REMY
ACT II
ANGELS	KATELIN AHERN, MADELINE ARENDT, ALLISON CARY, KRISTA GILLIS, STACEY JAW, JESSICA LARSEN, ERICA LINKER, SARAH ONG, ALEXIS QUEBBEMAN, SERENA REMY, AILEA TOBACK, MEGAN WILKINSON
* UNDERSTUDY	HILLARY MINICH
SPANISH	KRISTEN LOCKER, KATHERINE RAMSEY, DAVID AUTHEMENT
ARABIAN	EMMIE SALISZ, WENDELL DUNCAN
CHINESE	ANNA SEARS, MICHAEL WOZNIAK, ALISON YURCAK, SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK JR
RUSSIAN	ARMEN HAGOPIAN
MERLETON	JILL MAHONEY
MOTHER GINGER	PETER WELKIN
POLICHENELLES	TERRA APPELMAN, ALI ARENDT, MADELINE DOLGIN, GIOVANNA KAUFMAN, JAY MARKOV, STEPHANIE MOEN, HANNAH MORELL, HANNAH WHITE
* UNDERSTUDY	TBA
WALTZ DEWDROP	KELLY SWENSON
WALTZ CAVALIER	CHRISTION SMALLEY
WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS	MADELINE ARENDT, KRISTA GILLIS, JULIE GIORDANO, STACEY JAW, HILLARY MINICH, JACINTHE MOREARTY, CAITLIN NOTHWEHR, SARAH ONG, ALEXIS QUEBBEMAN, SERENA REMY, EMMIE SALISZ, JACQUELINE VILLA
* UNDERSTUDY	ALISON YURCAK
SUGAR PLUM	THERESE WENDLER
SUGAR PLUM CAVALIER	SLAWOMIR WOZNIAK

Nutcracker 2004 Cast Bio's

SUGAR PLUM & SNOW CAVALIER

SNOW CAVALIER & SUGAR PLUM CAVALIER

Slawomir Wozniak

Slawomir Wozniak is the principal dancer with the Theatre Wielki in Warsaw, Poland. He began his early training in the Warsaw school with teachers from Bolshoi and Kirov schools in Russia. A graduate of the Poznan ballet school, Mr. Wozniak became a soloist in the Wroclaw Opera Ballet in 1986. After moving to the Grand Theatre in Lodz, Mr. Wozniak received the title of principal dancer in 1989. In 1991 he joined the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.

Mr. Wozniak is the 1990 Bronze Medal recipient of the prestigious New York City International Ballet Competition, and the Bronze Medal recipient of the 1992 Japanese International Ballet Competition. He is the recipient of the Wojcikowski Medal and the Wyspianski Young Artists' Award (1991).

Together with the Warsaw ballet company, Mr. Wozniak has performed in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, and Canada. Mr. Wozniak has also given performances in Latvia, the United Kingdom, Finland, and the United States. He is a judge of the Polish national ballet competitions in Gdansk. Mr. Wozniak debuted as a choreographer in 1998 in Warsaw, preparing a piece called "Only Love…" to the music of Albioni. In November 2001 Slawomir debuted a ballet he choreographed about the life of Nijinsky, with his son Slawomir Junior dancing the role of Nijinsky as a child. The ballet received enthusiastic reviews.

In May of 2002 Mr. Wozniak performed "Zorba the Greek" at the Capitol Theatre, Australia. On May 27, 2002 Jill Sykes, of the Sydney Morning Herald " wrote in her review "…Wozniak's lyrical style is a joy to watch." Dancing the role of John in Lorca Massine's "Zorba the Greek", Mr. Wozniak was nominated "Sensation of the Year 1992" by Dance Magazine in France. During the summer of 2002 Mr. Wozniak performed with the Warsaw Ballet in "Romeo and Juliet" in Montreal Canada - with extended performances due to rave reviews.

Mr. Wozniak's repertoire includes performing the lead male parts in Warsaw in "Swan Lake", "Giselle", "The Nutcracker", "The Sleeping Beauty", "La Gitane", and "Romeo and Juliet". He has danced the parts of D'Artagnan, Aramis, and Athos in "The Three Musketeers" by Prokovsky, and Guido in "La Dolce Vita" by Zofia Rudnicka.

In 2003 Mr. Wozniak was a great success dancing the title part in Boris Eifman's ballet "Tchaikovsky - The Mystery of Life and Death". On opening night May 15, 2004, at the Warsaw premier of "La Bayadere", (directed and choreographed by the famous Russian dancer Natalia Makarova - assistant choreographer Cynthia Harvey), Mr. Wozniak danced the role of Solor. The following night, May 16, he performed the role of the Golden Idol. Again, both performances met with great success.

Mr. Wozniak comes from a theatrical family in Warsaw. He is married to Irena Wozniak, a ballerina in the Theatre Wielki. They are the parents of two boys. This is the sixteenth year Mr. Wozniak has danced with Ballet & Friends' production of Nutcracker.

SUGAR PLUM FAIRY & SNOW QUEEN
Therese Miyoshi Wendler

Ms. Wendler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Therese received her ballet training from Nina Marlow in Phoenix, Arizona. The Joffrey Ballet Program brought Ms. Wendler to NYC. Since then, she has worked with Ballet Metropolitan of Caracas, in Venezuela, Albany Bershire Ballet, Ballet International in Indianapolis, Indiana, Ballet Hawaii, Victoria Ballet Theatre, Connecticut Ballet, Brookoff Dance Repertory Company, and Ballet Jorgen Toronto

Ms. Wendler has worked intensely with Elena Kunikova, Diana Cartier, and Irina Koplakova. Therese has also performed for choreographers Frances Patrelle, Matthew Brookoff and Rebecca Kelly in NYC. While performing "I'm in Love" with the Brookoff Dance Repertory Company Miss Wendler was reviewed by Alicia Mosier - "Wendler gets a vivacious solo that showcases her quick attack, great jumps, and high temperament."

In 1996, Ms. Wendler was a semi-finalist in the New York City International Ballet Competition, coached by Cynthia Gregory. In 2002, Therese danced in the International Fringe Dance Festival in Toronto. She was chosen to perform in Ballet Builders Choreography on Pointe in NYC where she worked with Oksana Konobeyeva and other soloists of American Ballet Theater in a production of Paquita.

Currently working with Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Therese performed at the Duke 42nd Street, and at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts - Rebecca Kelly's summer residence. Miss Wendler is currently working on the title role in Rebecca Kelly's Carmen.

Spanish

Kristen Locker

Kristen is a seventeen-year-old senior at Scottsdale Christian Academy. She has been dancing with MBT for the past 10 years. She has performed the roles of Polichenelle, Child Act I, Clara, Harlequin Doll, Waltz and Snow Corps, Maid, Spanish, Chinese and last year delighted audiences as the sultry Arabian. This year Kristen will be dancing the lively role of Spanish. She enjoys singing and is in the honor choir at school. On graduation she hopes to get a degree in psychology and be an animal trainer at Sea World.

Katherine Ramsey

Katherine is a sixteen-year-old, home schooled 11th grader. She has studied with Nina Marlow for the past 7 years and was a Child Act I in her first Nutcracker with MBT. She has danced the solo roles of Chinese and Spanish.

Miss Ramsey has gotten medals and trophies in Scottish Highland Dancing. She was a gold medalist at the Jazz & Ragtime Festival and received honorable mention at the Arizona Piano Festival. Katherine plans to get a degree in nursing and teach ballet.

David Authement

David will reprise the role of President Silberhouse and King Mouse in his fourth Nutcracker production this year. David has danced the demanding partnering role of Arabian and last year danced a lively rendition of Spanish which he will repeat this year. Mr. Authement teaches percussion for Desert Mountain High School marching band and was a member of the world champion Santa Clara Vanguard drum line in 1998. David is an up-and- coming member of Marlow Ballet Theatre.

Arabian

Emilienne Salisz

Emilienne has been dancing with MBT for the past 6 years and is a 9th grade student at Veritas Prep Academy who has won 1st place in district and 2nd place in state in the National Reflection Competition in writing. She also has played the piano for 7 years and won superior ratings in local district competitions. Miss Salisz is sure to engage audiences in the sultry role of Arabian.

Wendell Duncan

Wendell Duncan is from Salt Lake City where he trained with William Christensen and Conrad Ludlow. Wendell has danced in numerous productions at the University of Utah's Ballet Company and has been guest artist in several operas and musicals. Audiences will be thrilled with his masterful and acrobatic portrayal of Arabian. We are very fortunate to have Wendell return this year.

Chinese

Anna Sears

Anna is a 14 year old freshman honor student at Veritas Preparatory Academy where she is on the yearbook committee and likes playing volleyball. Anna has danced the roles of Gnome, Polichenelle, Mouse, Child Act I, Angel, Harlequin Doll, Waltz & Snow Corps and Clara. This year she will delight audiences in the role of Chinese.

Alison Yurcak

Alison has been dancing with MBT for the past six years. She has performed the roles of Gnome, Soldier, Child Act I, Angel and Waltz & Snow Corps. This year she will be dancing the lively and charming role of Chinese. Miss Yurcak is a 14-year-old honor student at Xavier College Preparatory who hopes to become a professional ballerina/actress.

Slawomir Wozniak Jr.

Slawomir Jr. is a fifteen-year-old student at the National School of Ballet in Warsaw, Poland. He has been studying at the school for 5 years and is in the 6th level. He is preparing for the National Ballet Competition in Gdansk in March 2005 as well as the International Ballet Competition in Nagoya, Japan in July 2005. He studies piano and loves movies and the computer and also loves to play soccer.

Michael Wozniak

Michael is a fourteen year old student at the National School of Ballet in Warsaw, Poland. He and his older brother began their dance careers at the same time and he is also in level 6 at the school. He will also be going to both competitions in Gdansk and Nagoya, Japan in 2005. He also studies piano and, as his older brother, both boys dreams of being an even better dancer than their father who is dancing the lead role as Snow & Sugar Plum Cavalier.

Russian

Armen Hagopian

Originally from Armenia, Mr. Hagopian received specialized training in character dance as well as gypsy dancing, sword fighting and acrobatics. He performs in many companies including Aspen Ballet and Nevada Ballet Theater dancing the role of Russian. We feel very fortunate to have a Russian dancer of his caliber in our production. We are sure our audiences will enjoy his exhilarating Russian

Merleton

Jill Mahoney

Jill has been dancing with MBT for the past six years. She has performed the roles of Child Act I, Soldier, Mouse, Angel and Waltz and Snow Corps and Chinese. This year she will be dancing the exacting role of Merleton. Jill is a 15-year-old sophomore at Desert Mountain High School where she is in the pre-I.B. program and dances in the DMHS dance program. She hopes to go into political science or law with a minor in dance.

Waltz of the Flowers

Dewdrop Fairy
Kelly Swenson

Kelly is a sixteen-year-old junior on the honor roll at Shadow Mountain High School. She is a member of student government, the National Charity League and dances on the pom line. Kelly has studied with Nina Marlow for the past 9 years performing roles of Child in Act I, Harlequin Doll, Angel, Waltz of the Flowers and Snow Corps. She has danced Dewdrop Fairy and last year, Snow Queen. Miss Swenson will charm audiences with her grace and beauty.

Dewdrop Cavalier
Christion Smalley

Christion grew up in San Diego, California and danced under the direction of Sylvia Palmer and Anita Ardalan at Black Mountain Dance Center. He has also trained with Joffrey Ballet, ABT, Ballet Austin and was a full time scholarship student at Houston Ballet Academy for 2 years. After moving to Phoenix, Christion began his studies under the direction of Nina Marlow. For the last two years he was a company member with Ballet Arizona and danced in such ballets as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, La Bayadere, Prodigal Son and Slaughter on 10th Ave, to name a few. We are excited to have Christion back at MBT performing as Dewdrop Cavalier.