REVISED SCHEDULE – per email on 2/12/2025
Saturday, February 15 from 9:00-2:30pm at St. Ambrose Academy – Commons
**Arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your scheduled start time. Dance shoes are required. Bring water and snacks + lunch if staying for afternoon blocking.**
Choreography & Blocking with Mrs. Hineline, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Ahlers
9:00-10:00 = (Block) Act 2, scene 8 (p. 81-83) [Swan Lake Dancers, Anya, Dmitry, Vlad, Dowager Empress, Lily, Gleb]
- No. 23 – Quartet at the Ballet [Swan Lake]
- Swan Lake Dancers: Marian Haun(Swan), Maddie Klaas(Swan), Gianna Hineline(Swan), Hannah Freng (Lead), Monica Speece, John Paul Draves
- Elizabeth Carrano (Dowager Empress), Juney Westby (Anya), Samuel Hineline (Dmitry), Daniel Nornberg (Gleb), Clare Freng (Countess Lily), Peter Karlen (Vlad) + In the Boxes Ensemble: Elijah Heller, Anna Haun, Therese Carrano + Backstage Ballet Chorus: (men) Noah Cavanaugh, Isaiah Heller, Isaiah Olson, Joey Lancaster* (Theater Attendant*), (women) Greta Schafer, Lucy Tejeda, El Thompson, Lily Zellner, Kateri Zimmerman
10:00-10:40 = (Review) Act 1, Prologue (p. 1-6) [Young Anastasia, Dowager Empress, Tsar, Tsarina, Countess Lily + Last Dance of the Romanovs Ensemble]
- Elizabeth Carrano and Clare Freng
- Seth Baertlein (Tsar), Bella Speece (Tsarina), Xavier Klingele (Alexei), Marian Haun(Maria), Maddie Klaas (Olga), Gianna Hineline(Tatiana), Hannah Freng (Teen Anastasia) Maggie Freng (Young Anastasia) + Cadets: Thomas Joy, John Paul Draves, Isaiah Olson, and Dietrich Sommers + Manservants: Noah Cavanaugh, Elijah Heller + Maids: Monica Speece, Lucy Tejeda + Backstage Russian Chorus: (men) Isaiah Heller, Joey Lancaster, Daniel Nornberg (women) Therese Carrano, Adie Hartberg, Anna Haun, Greta Schafer, El Thompson, Lily Zellner, Kateri Zimmerman
10:40-11:10 = (Review) Act 2, scene 7 (p. 79-80) [Dowager Empress, Lily, Vlad, Dmitry, Anya + In the Boxes Ensemble]
- No. 22 – Arriving at the Ballet / Meant to Be
- Elizabeth Carrano (Dowager Empress), Juney Westby (Anya), Samuel Hineline (Dmitry), Clare Freng (Countess Lily), Peter Karlen (Vlad) + In the Boxes Ensemble: Elijah Heller, Anna Haun, Therese Carrano + Joey Lancaster (theater attendant)
11:10-12:00 = (Review) Act 2, scene 6 (p. 75-78) with Mrs. Hineline in Commons [Anya, Dmitry, Tsar, Tsarina, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Alexei]
- No. 20 – A Nightmare: Juney Westby, Seth Baertlein, Bella Speece, Xavier Klingele, Marian Haun, Maddie Klaas, Gianna Hineline
- No. 21 – In a Crowd of Thousands: Samuel Hineline and Juney Westby
12:00-12:30 = LUNCH BREAK
12:30-12:45 = Finale w/ Romanovs, Cadets, Anya and Dmitry
- Samuel Hineline (Dmitry), Juney Westby (Anya) + Seth Baertlein (Tsar), Bella Speece (Tsarina), Xavier Klingele (Alexei), Marian Haun(Maria), Maddie Klaas (Olga), Gianna Hineline(Tatiana) + Cadets: Thomas Joy, John Paul Draves, Isaiah Olson, and Dietrich Sommers + Maggie Freng (young Anastasia) + Hannah Freng (teen Anastasia)
12:45-1:10 = (Review) Act 2, scene 4 (p. 65-66) [Sergei, Gleb, Lily, Count Gregory & his wife, members of Land of Yesterday ensemble]
- Elijah Heller, Daniel Nornberg, Clare Freng, Seth Baertlein, Bella Speece, Lucy Tejeda, Monica Speece, Anna Haun, Lily Zellner, Bridget Tejeda
1:10-1:50 = (Review) Act 2, scene 4a (p. 67-70) [Lily, Leopold, Count Gregory, Land of Yesterday ensemble, Vlad]
- Clare Freng (Countess Lily), Thomas Joy (Count Leopold), Peter Karlen (Vlad) + Russian Dancers: (men) , Noah Cavanaugh, John Paul Draves, Isaiah Olson, Dietrich Sommers, Marian Haun, Monica Speece, Lucy Tejeda, Gianna Hineline Flapper Dancers: Seth Baertlein, Therese Carrano, Anna Haun, Adie Hartberg, Bella Speece, Bridget Tejeda, Lily Zellner + Singers/Dancers at Bar: Elijah Heller, El Thompson
1:50-2:30 = (Review) Act 2, scene 5 (p. 71-74)with Lily and Vlad only[Lily, Vlad]
- Clare Freng, Peter Karlen