Now is the time to enjoy the beauty of the classic holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker,” and audiences in Plainsboro and West Windsor have two separate productions — featuring many hometown performers — on stage this weekend, December 5 to 7.##M:[more]##
The West Windsor Plainsboro Dance Company, based at the Dance Corner in both West Windsor and Plainsboro, presents its Nutcracker at Grover Middle School in West Windsor on Saturday, December 6, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, December 7, at 1 p.m. Tickets at the door: $9. Call 609-799-9677 or visit www.thedancecorner.org.
DanceVision Youth Ensemble, part of the non-profit dance education company based at Forrestal Village in Plainsboro, presents its production of the Peter Tchaikovsky holiday classic at Montgomery High School in Skillman on Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, December 6, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, December 7, at noon and 4 p.m. Admission: $25. Call 609-514-1600 or visit www.dancevision.org.
Who’s Who in the Casts
Juliet Martone of Plainsboro will again dance the lead role in DanceVision’s Nutcracker. (Juliet will perform Friday, December 5, and at the 4 p.m. performance on Sunday, December 7.)
Other WW-P dancers include Mikayla Gershuny, Amy Jian, Sitara Kumar, Olivia Lee, Elise Milrod, Grace Sandford, Elica Suzuki, and Sophia Tian.
Heading Dance Corner’s cast of 150 members will be Kate Henry, a 16-year-old from High School North, who will dance the coveted role of Clara. (Henry’s father will again play Drosselmeyer.)
Soloists include: Marissa Wiener (High School North, whose father plays Clara’s father) as the Ballerina Doll, Snow Queen, and Arabian, Molly Karlin (North) as the Tap Doll, Hope Jin (North) and Danielle Erickson (South) as Chinese Tea, and Jennifer Rogers (a senior at South appearing in her last Nutcracker) as the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Other dancers from WW-P include Taylor Alphonso, Ana Fitzgerald, Shannon Smith, Samantha Katz, Katherine Antos, Jessica Fu Abigail Tattle, Hayden Klein, and Carol Berner. Also, Marguerite Girandola, Kelsey Tattle, Samantha Koch, Elise Burton, Asha Hauser, Sydney Tattle, Elizabeth Lanphear, and Kathryna Caparino. Also, Kiran Hauser, Elissa Teles, Annabel Lecky, Isabella Capuano, Hope Jaworowski, Femia Tonelli, and Elizabeth Legge.
Also, Rea Tonelli, Kate Liggio, Rob Henry, Anahita Joshi, Regina Trevino, Christina Markus, Juliana Isnardi, and Eve Kavalov. Also, Rebecca Van Dyke, Annalynn McPetrie, Serena Jia, Lula Kavalov, Anika Vincent, Amanda Mistretta, Mary Kacsur, and Ariana Kedoin.
Also, Lindsey Walter, Amber Muniz, Katie Kane, Nicole Kedoin, Heather Muniz, Molly Karlin, Emiko Koboyashi, Jiya Wit, Julia Patella, Amanda Kowalski, and Courtney Kobus.
Also, Julia Pendino, Carly Kowalski, Jamie Kobus, Christy Phillips, Gabbie Louis-Jacques, Kelsey Kobus, Elaina Phillips, Nicole McCarthy, Connor Kraft, Rebekah Bedor Jordan Polefka, Laura Parsons-Hutton, and Courtney Kraft.
Also, Taylor Britt, Alyssa Poveromo, Jessica Polin, Jessica Lewinson, Emily Brown, Sarah Rackowski, Ominay Robertson, Allison Liang, Meghan Callahan, Devon Reilley, Allison Safranek, Audrey Liang, Lucille Cinoa, Ana Rodriguez, Alexandria Sine, Katherine LiPuma, Nikolette Clark, Audrey Ryer, Natasha Singer, Karlie Lombardi, and Shannon Conway.
Also, Ava Thomson, Alexa Lombardi, Julia D’Ovidio, Julia Thomson, Jennifer Stalzer, Giulia Marolda, Sophia D’Ovidio, Victoria Velez, Elizabeth Wembacher, Casey McElroy, Nora Devine, Claire Wroblewski, Madison Zaro, Kelly McElroy, Gina Ethe, Angelina Xi, Alyssa Miller, and Lilah Ethe.
Also, Amanda Musmanno, Madison Fetch, Aditi Nayak, Kaileigh Fox, Maggie Abitanto, Elisabeth O’Connell, Kiara Fox, Sydney Abitanto, Julia Revock, Lilly Gabriello, Kayla Athey, Christine Rexroad, Carina Garcia, Juliana Bell, Jennifer Rogers, Charlotte Garcia, and Alexa Bornstein.
Also, Rebecca Rost, Sydney Gawason, Vivian Chen, Mollie Rubinstein, Kate Geller, Madeline Chia, Grace Sawyers, Caroline Gibson, Steven DelCol, Kaila Shah, Lauren Gibson, Alison Durke, Emily Sharlach Cassidy Halligan, Danielle Erickson, Corinne Smith, Penelope Helck, Mia Ferri, Jeanette Smith, and Gemma Hutton.
