
Ballet Blake's Spring Production '24
Program Notes and Casting
Saturday, May 25th 7:00 pm, Lourdes High School Auditorium
Kingdom of Shades
(excerpt from La Bayadere)
Re-Staged by Julie Blake
Corps de Ballet - Ballet 6/7
First Soloist - Mariel Haring
Second Soloist - Elizabeth Rettmann
Third Soloist - Asia Vang
Secret Garden
Choreographed by Julie Blake
Ballet 1 and Ayaka Nakai
Parrot Dance
Re-Staged by Julie Blake
Ballet 5
Coppelia Waltz
Choreographed by Julie Blake
Ballet 1
Esmeralda’s Friends
Re-Staged by Julie Blake
Sophie Hendrickson, Seung-Yoon Lee, Sophie Madsen, Amelya Qiu
Jewels Pas de Trois
(Excerpt from The Sleeping Beauty)
Re-Staged by Daniel Blake
Ruby - Sadie Bonikowske
Topaz - Myla Holtorf
Emerald - Ellie Owen
Presto
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Melanie Decker, Mariel Haring, Sophie Hendrickson, Seung-Yoon Lee, Sophie
Madsen, Elizabeth Rettman, Asia Vang
~15 minute intermission~
Becca and Molly
Choreography by Rachel Rettmann
Melanie Decker, Dahlia Fox, Mariel Haring, Sophie Madsen, Anna Rettmann
Elizabeth Rettmann, Beatriz Titan-Pereira, Asia Vang
Mascherata
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Ballet 5
Vix 9
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Dahlia Fox, Mariel Haring, Sophie Hendrickson, Madeline Isham, Amelya Qiu
Elizabeth Rettmann, Francis Sauer, Lily Shanahan, Asia Vang
~Pause~
Curtain will close momentarily
Ancillae
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: Synaulia
Mariel Haring, Sophie Madsen, Elizabeth Rettmann, Beatriz Titan-Pereira,
Asia Vang
Monkey Business
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: RUSH
Corps de Ballet - Ballet 5
Soloists -
Melanie Decker, Dahlia Fox, Madeline Isham, Anna Rettmann, Francis Sauer,
Lily Shanahan
Hope
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: RUSH
Elizabeth Rettmann
Anticipatory
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: Ólafur Arnalds
Sophie Hendrickson
St. Agnes and the Burning Train
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: Sting
Anna and Elizabeth Rettmann
Sundresses
Choreography by Daniel Blake
Music: Yes
Kira Blake, Melanie Decker, Sophie Hendrickson, Madeline Isham, Amelya Qiu
Francis Sauer, Lily Shanhan, Asia Vang
Beatriz Titan-Pereira, Sophie Madsen
Mariel Haring
Ballet Blake’s Spring show ‘24 dancers by listed by level
Ballet 6/7
Kira Blake, Melanie Decker, Dahlia Fox, Mariel Haring, Sophie Hendrickson
Madeline Isham, Seung-yoon Lee, Sophie Madsen, Amelya Qiu, Anna Rettmann
Elizabeth Rettmann, Francis Sauer, Lily Shanahan, Beatriz Titan-Pereira,
Asia Vang
Ballet 5
Taylor Caffrey, Markay Fowler, Evelynn Fritzinger, Farrah Hansen, Hailey
Hoffman Ellie Lacy, Naomi Meyer, Nora Peloquin, Charlotte Price, Kiko Sato,
Matilda Wojchik, Kylie York
Ballet 4
Sadie Bonikowske, Myla Holtorf, Ellie Owen
Ballet 2
Emilia Chiarella-Perez, Evelyn Ferrara, Miles Gryzwa, Kohanna Kaiser, Kirsten
Madsen Ayaka Nakai, Clara Netzel, Emma Olson, Edith Routman, Rei Sato,
Charles Spencer
Ballet 1
Ily Dibble, Anita Jevremovic, Jane Little, Ellie Schroder, Alexandra Stish,
Macy Wang April Zhang, Felicity Zheng
Thank you to all of our wonderful families and students! It has been an
amazing year of dancing with you!
Special thanks to all our wonderful volunteers! We couldn’t do it without you!
We’d also like to extend a special thanks to our beloved life-time sponsor:
MANGO THAI
Seriously… Go eat there and tell them Ballet Blake sent you!