Performed June 18, 2022 (4PM) at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre and Performing Arts Center, San Diego, CA
Artistic Director: Eglė Špokaitė
Young student Head Teacher: Caitlyn Silvas
Synopsis
The curtain rises on a toyshop, where the proprietor is working on a doll’s head, while assistants dust off other dolls. Brisk trade goes on during the day and when night falls, the dolls miraculously come to life. The poor little errand-boy who works at the toy store is drawn into this magical world. A doll dressed in Upper-Austria national costume proceeds to dance a Tyrolean Ländler. Audience then meets a baby doll that crawls around, the music clearly evoking its cries of «Papa» and «Mama». Next the visitors are shown a Chinese doll, which dances a polka, after which a Spanish doll does a fiery Spanish dance complete with castanet accompaniment. Then a Japanese doll dances a slow mazurka, and a Harlequin performs a rousing tarantella. Other toys join in as the music rises to a climax, stirring all the dolls into motion. Then comes the piece de resistance in a fairy doll, which dances a graceful waltz.
When morning comes around, everyone returns to their places. The dolls retreat to their shelves and boxes, and the boy returns to his work.
Music by Josef Bayer, Piotr I. Tchaikovsky, Anton Rubenstein, Riccardo Drigo, Anatoly Lyadov and others. Libretto by Paul-Henri Fourcher and Joseph Mazilier. Choreography by brothers Sergey and Nikolay Legat, adaptation for students of Ballet Institute of San Diego by Eglė Špokaitė.
Fairy Doll Amelie Bott-Suzuki
The Boy Zen Maxwell
Bunny Doll Anna Hay
French Doll Emma Jacobs
Spanish Doll Lysha Canseco
Japanese Doll Harmony Richardson
Chinese Doll Laura Lu
Russian Dolls Scarlett Avila and Emilio Avila
Tyrolean Doll Bianca Vezzali
Doll Bebe Hikari Oda
2 Pink Doll Twins Laura Lu & Scarlett Avila
2 Harlequin Dolls NavyaVenkat & Remi Jeffrey
Doll with the bels Kiva Brown-Sturm
Lilac & Turquoise Dolls Ellie Layog, Amelie Chaplin, Nila Arun,
Penelope Tsuji, Emily Alcantar, Ellie Nguyen, Lily Ducey, Aitana Estrada, Natalia Cossio, Sabrina Prinz, Grace Lyu
Purple Dolls Miki Wakabayashi, Renata Farkas, Adriana Oglodina,
Odalys Neri-Varela, Allison Chung, Claire Cruz, Vito Di Natale
Peasant Dolls Remi Jeffrey, Navya Venkat, Jessica Chen,
Paula Gallardo, Kiva Brown-Sturm, Suri Gao,
Sofia Lorton, Emma Torres Cano
Porcelain Dolls Anna Hay, Lillian Che, Serene Chan, Lulu Fulton,
Ashlyn Chu, Xuaner Gao, Ahana Paul, Mia Kolos
Puppet Girl Dolls Raina Olson, Ariana Syngel, Moxie Rotter,
Therese Picazo, Zahlia Fowles,
Dolls in Love to the Soldiers
Sofia Cruz, Nethra Venkat, Bianca Vezzali,
Hikari Oda, Laura Lu, Annika Chang,
Fatima Gonzalez, Romina Vega, Charlotte Bohling,
Mandy Hung, Sofia Milovanova,
Mila Maxwell, Scarlett Avila
Soldiers Zen Maxwell, Tsubasa Oda, Keir Cruz,
Vito de Natale, Anna Hay
The Owner of the Puppet Store Norman Cruz
The Rich Family Nate Sturm & Cinda Brown, Zahlia Fowles
The English Family Brandon Jeffrey, Sandra Kirkpatrick,
Raina Olson, Ariana Synge, Renata Farkas
The Post Girl Therese Picazo
Maid Moxie Rotter
First Customers Charlotte Bohling, Claire Cruz
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