Dancers from the West Windsor Plainsboro Dance Company return to the Emerald City with a condensed, narrated, and updated version of the classic movie tale, “The Wizard of Oz,” Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and 28, at Thomas Grover Middle School, Southfield Road, West Windsor. Held in conjunction with the West Windsor Department of Parks and Recreation, Saturday performances are at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday performance is at 1 p.m. For ticket information call the Dance Corner at 609-799-9677.
Directed and choreographed by Roni Wilityer and Amy DeCesare, the multi-genre production features more than 160 performers displaying their talents through ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and hip hop. The show features a total of 22 numbers, including longtime favorites Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Ease on Down the Road, If I Only Had A Brain, and No Bad News.
The role of Dorothy is double cast with Allissa Goldberg and Mollie Stern, both of Plainsboro, sharing performances. Allissa, a student at High School North, turns 16 on March 21. Mollie, a student at High School South, turned 16 on March 9. They both have extensive training in ballet, pointe, and jazz.
“We have three casts because we have a lot of good dancers and we wanted to give them all a chance,” says Wilityer. “I always try to find something challenging for the dancers, but still pleasing for the audience to watch.”
West Windsor dancers include: Maggie Abitanto, Ann Anchi-Xu, Julia Bahash, Emma Bailey, Jessica Bistrais, Kristin Bitter, Karen Bortolus, Julie Bradley, Kathleen Bryant, and Alexandra Carminati. Also, Caroline Charles, Keira Charles, Kelly Charles, Leah Churinskas, Angelica Marie Cruz, Kelly Davidson, Steven Del Col, Alison Durkee, Molly Fisch-Friedman, Audrey Guo, Sarah Anne Hurley, Fallon Keane, Ariana Kedoin, and Nicole Kedoin.
Also, Katie Laresch, Lauren Leahy, Allison Leathem, Hannah Leventhal, Katherine LiPuma, Alexa Lombardi, Karlie Lombardi, Lauren Louie, Chlo, Madison, Taylor Madison, Lauren McTigue, and Catalina Mehnert. Also, Kelsey O’Connor, Yuzki Oey, Sarah Parylak, Julia Perdigao, Catie Raeter, Krystyna Redmond, Allison Reich, Jennifer Rogers, Rebecca Rost, Mollie Rubinstein, and Sarah Rutstein. Also, Shanaz Sanjana, Soraya Sanjana, Zarina Sanjana, Grace Sawyers, Danielle Sleeper, Alexandra Valen, Marissa Wiener, Megan Wilityer, and Melissa Xu.
Plainsboro dancers include: Cecelia Baumann, Kara Benerofe, Alexis Biegeleisen, Caroline Bromberg, Katie Bromberg, Joseph Brown, Paige Brown, Christina Buttner, Carolyn Campbell, Victoria Campbell, Carissa Chan, Kaylyn Christian, Heather Collins, and Sara Cvetanovic. Also, Elizabeth DeMoine, Gina Eth, Lilah Eth,””, Emily Ford, Jessica Fox, Alexis Garcia, Allissa Goldberg, Kate Henry, Alexa Hoyne, and Stefanie Infante.
Also, Juliette Jeffers, Hope Jin, Kristen Kane, Molly Karlin, Chandler Karp, Mackenzie Karp, Heather Lyon, Tara Lyon, Jessica Manuel, Lauren McGinley, Kelly McKenna, Julia McLaughlin, Caitlin Maliszewski, and Annie Menninger. Also, Reetika Mohanty, Nicole Monteiro, Clarice Muron-Bendaoud, Christina Patti, Lisa Patti, Caitlin Petty, Nicole Petty, Alison Richman, Hannah Richman, and Kerry Richman.
Also, Lindsay Richmond, Allison Safranek, Vinitha Simhadri, Cassandra Staib, Catherine Staib, Rebecca Staib, Mollie Stern, Diana Tang, Sophia Tian, Amanda Troger, Lindsey Velez, Alicia Wezel, and Lynna Ye.
