CCM DANCE SERIES PRESENTS
April 13-16, 2023, Corbett Auditorium
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The Corbett Endowment at CCM
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Fairies, Swans and Still Waters will run approximately 95 minutes, including a short pause and one 15-minute intermission
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Still Waters” in this new video produced as part of CCM’s Production Master Class led by Melissa Godoy.
The department collaborates with practicing professionals in diverse fields and with departments within CCM and the university including the orchestra, symphony, costumes, lighting design and MA/MBA arts administration faculty and students.
The program is designed to expose and inspire, rooting in both traditional and contemporary styles, and approaches to performance and technique leading towards a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree for traditional incoming freshmen and a Bachelors of Arts (BA) for current company dancers or retired professionals desiring to complete or earn their bachelors. The degrees are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).
Emphasizing a mind, body, spirit balance between technical dedication and artistic aesthetic through a holistic approach to health, wellness and fitness. This includes dedicated physical therapists, embedded counselors, and opportunities for students to earn advanced standing for summer activities, study abroad, senior year co-operative internships and international art and cultural travel opportunities. Curriculum includes ballet, pointe, variations, men’s technique, modern, contemporary, jazz, choreography, dance and ballet history, pedagogy, somatics, professional practice, ensemble, repertoire and audition techniques. The department presents two mainstage concerts and one Student Choreographers Concert. Mainstage concerts feature one act and full ballets and original works by faculty and guest choreographers across a wide range of classical, contemporary, dance theater and trending movement styles and aesthetics.
Special thanks to Rodney & Laurie Gasch, Will Brenner, Dr. Kyuran Ann Choe, Dr. Michael Donaworth, Rachel Gleason, Rose Smith, Heather Graden, Alan Husarchik, Dale Pickett and Diana Queen of Diana’s Dancewear. The Dance Department gratefully acknowledges the support of The Corbett Endowment at CCM.
Program note:
Several fairies are invited to the ceremony to bestow gifts on the christening of the Princess. Each fairy brings a gift of a virtue or positive trait, such as beauty, courage, sweetness, musical talent and mischief. The powerful Lilac Fairy arrives with her entourage, but before she can bestow her gift, the evil fairy Carabosse arrives with her minions, angrily demanding to know why she did not receive an invitation. Carabosse curses Princess Aurora and foretells that she will indeed grow up to be a beautiful and accomplished, but on her 16th birthday she will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Horrified, the King and Queen beg for mercy, but no quarter is given. However, because the Lilac Fairy has yet to bestow her blessing is able to intervene. Though she does not have the power to completely undo the curse, she is able to alter and unravel the ‘death’ aspect. Aurora will indeed prick her finger on a spindle but instead of dying, it will cause a peaceful 100-year sleep for the princess and all those within the realm, rather than death. At the end of those 100 years, she will be woken by true loves kiss.
Note from the Choreographer:
This began as a small seed, just an idea casually discussed with Aik Khai Pung when we spoke last year of how orchestra and dance would be working together in spring of 2023. Would dance be interested in collaborating with a 2nd year DMA student to create an original composition and original choreography? It then became a fully collaborative project that inspired multiple departments and students, including costume design students, lighting design students and media production students. Which is exactly what ‘Still Waters’ was meant to embody, that nothing is ever really what we see on the surface but if we take the time to share our inner selves, we then begin to see the rich color and texture, trust and faith that others will share with us. While there were many inspirations for the movement sequences, the motif played with most was what does the ’ground’ mean? What is the force or texture or weight in the ‘low space’ can it be embodied in high space? My creative point for two of the choreographic sequences was the poem that Grace shared.
Note from the Composer:
We can observe various forms of the sea. Its surface is sometimes calm and sometimes dynamic. Its color also changes from moment to moment as the light in the sky changes. It makes us feel various emotions, and sometimes it makes us romantic. On the other hand, the deep sea is always calm. It is unaffected by the outside world and is covered in muddy darkness. I expressed the moment when these two irreconcilable parts meet and accept each other through music with the meaning of inclusion and sacrifice.
Program Note:
Prince Siegfried arrives at the lakeside, just as a flock of swans land, He aims his crossbow but freezes when one of them transforms into a beautiful maiden named Odette. At first, she is terrified of him. When he promises not to harm her, she explains that she and her companions are victims of a spell cast by the evil owl-like sorcerer, named Rothbart. By day they live as bespelled swans. Only at night, by the side of the enchanted lake, do they return to human form. The spell can only be broken if one who has never loved before swears to love Odette forever. Rothbart suddenly appears, Siegfried threatens to kill him, but Odette intercedes – if he dies before the spell is broken, it can never be undone.
As Rothbart disappears, the swan maidens fill the clearing, Siegfried breaks his crossbow, and sets about winning Odette's love and trust. But as dawn arrives, the evil spell draws Odette and her companions back to the lake and they once again are transformed into graceful swans.
Morgan Montour
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Death and the Maiden choreographed by Qi Jiang, La Bayadere staged by Deirdre Carberry, Paquita soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Falling Upwards set to an award-winning composition by Aya Yoshida choreographed by Shauna Steele, dancer in Giselle, dancer in Student Choreographers' Showcase.
Madelin Talbot
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).
Hazel Alexander
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).
Gracie Zamiska
Senior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Canary Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Soloist in “In The Beginning/Who We Are,” Pas de Deux in “Mozart Mix,” Wili/Villager in Giselle, Demi-Soloist in Paquita, Corps Member in “Falling Upwards,” Corps Member in La Bayadere, Soloist in “Handel’s Concerto.” Elsewhere: Flower Corps in The Nutcracker with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Soloist in Paquita Act and Ensemble Member in The Wizard of Oz with Performing Arts Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky).
Iliana Rich
Junior Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Pas" choreographed by Jiang Qi, Demi Soloist in An American in Paris, Soloist in "Jux d’pose" by Ihaiah Miller, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Danse des Cygnes Allegro Moderato in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, "Mozart Mix" by Thomas Bell, Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "From The Beginning" by Jennie Creer-King, Corps de Ballet in Paquita, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele, "Beat as One" by Gracie Zamiska, "Forgive Me Father For (I) Have Sinned" by Hazel Beatrice, "Aurora Borealis" by Keenan Pennington.
Sophia Gray
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Katie Griffith
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American In Paris. Elsewhere: Clara and Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet.
Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina
At CCM: Who We Are, “Waltz of the Flowers.” Elsewhere: Maria, Snow Queen, Coffee Corps, Trepak Corps, Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker.
Grace Mitchell
Senior Ballet student from Darien, Connecticut
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadere and Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Mozart Mix,” Wilis & Villager in Giselle, demi-soloist in Paquita.
Miranda Sharer
Junior Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, "Mozart Mix," Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "Falling Upwards." Elsewhere: Performed in The Nutcracker at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Attended BalletMet Summer Intensive 2018, 2020, 2021.
Maddie Weber
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois
At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).
Caitlyn Wehner
Sophomore Ballet student from Beavercreek, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in “Still Waters,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake and “Mozart Mix.”
Mandi Weitz
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides. Elsewhere: Various performances with the Dayton Ballet company including corps de ballet in Swan Lake.
Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida
At CCM: "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Royal Hunting Party and Willi Corps in Giselle restaged by Qi Jiang and Dierdre Carberry, Understudy in Galileo Galilei, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Rae Verbancic, "Still Waters" by Shauna Steele, Swan Lake Corps restaged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in "Juxtapose" by Ihaiah Miller, The Baker and Artist in An American in Paris by Peter Davidson. Elsewhere: Snow White in Snow White with Naples Ballet, Cinderella in Cinderella with Naples Ballet, The Temperament Fairy and Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty with Naples Ballet, Candy Cane and Soldier in The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet, Dewdrop and Clara in The Nutcracker with Naples Ballet.
Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.
Eva Moore
Senior Ballet student from Richfield, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Excerpt of Paquita, In The Beginning, Falling Upwards, Handel Concerto, Kingdom of Shades, In Transit, Faux Pas. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, Illinois).
Grace Ortega
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers. Elsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia
Garrett H.T. Steagall
Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Cornerstone choreographed by Shauna Steele, La Bayadère soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Napoli soloist staged by Tricia Sundbeck.
Sofia Stitz
Senior Ballet student from Dumont, New Jersey
At CCM: Odette in Swan Lake, soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas soloist in Giselle, soloist in Paquita, soloist in La Bayadere, “Kingdom of Shades,” “Still Waters,” “From the Beginning,” “Enigma Station,” and Handel Concerto.
Madelin Talbot
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).
Caitlyn Wehner
Sophomore Ballet student from Beavercreek, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in “Still Waters,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake and “Mozart Mix.”
Mandi Weitz
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides. Elsewhere: Various performances with the Dayton Ballet company including corps de ballet in Swan Lake.
Eva Moore
Senior Ballet student from Richfield, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Excerpt of Paquita, In The Beginning, Falling Upwards, Handel Concerto, Kingdom of Shades, In Transit, Faux Pas. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, Illinois).
Sofia Stitz
Senior Ballet student from Dumont, New Jersey
At CCM: Odette in Swan Lake, soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas soloist in Giselle, soloist in Paquita, soloist in La Bayadere, “Kingdom of Shades,” “Still Waters,” “From the Beginning,” “Enigma Station,” and Handel Concerto.
Garrett H.T. Steagall
Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Cornerstone choreographed by Shauna Steele, La Bayadère soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Napoli soloist staged by Tricia Sundbeck.
Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina
At CCM: Who We Are, “Waltz of the Flowers.” Elsewhere: Maria, Snow Queen, Coffee Corps, Trepak Corps, Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker.
Eva Moore
Senior Ballet student from Richfield, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas in Giselle, Excerpt of Paquita, In The Beginning, Falling Upwards, Handel Concerto, Kingdom of Shades, In Transit, Faux Pas. Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet (Chicago, Illinois).
Iliana Rich
Junior Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Pas" choreographed by Jiang Qi, Demi Soloist in An American in Paris, Soloist in "Jux d’pose" by Ihaiah Miller, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Danse des Cygnes Allegro Moderato in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, "Mozart Mix" by Thomas Bell, Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "From The Beginning" by Jennie Creer-King, Corps de Ballet in Paquita, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele, "Beat as One" by Gracie Zamiska, "Forgive Me Father For (I) Have Sinned" by Hazel Beatrice, "Aurora Borealis" by Keenan Pennington.
Hazel Alexander
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).
Grace Ortega
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers. Elsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia
Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.
Sofia Stitz
Senior Ballet student from Dumont, New Jersey
At CCM: Odette in Swan Lake, soloist in Raymonda, Peasant Pas soloist in Giselle, soloist in Paquita, soloist in La Bayadere, “Kingdom of Shades,” “Still Waters,” “From the Beginning,” “Enigma Station,” and Handel Concerto.
Madelin Talbot
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).
Katie Griffith
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American In Paris. Elsewhere: Clara and Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet.
Emilia Mieczykowski
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake. Elsewhere: Corps in George Balanchine’s Serenade performed with Cincinnati Ballet Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), soloist in Aladdin performed with Cincinnati Ballet II (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Morgan Montour
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Death and the Maiden choreographed by Qi Jiang, La Bayadere staged by Deirdre Carberry, Paquita soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Falling Upwards set to an award-winning composition by Aya Yoshida choreographed by Shauna Steele, dancer in Giselle, dancer in Student Choreographers' Showcase.
Hazel Alexander
Senior Ballet student from Killbuck, Ohio
At CCM: Soloist in "its not the breathes you take…," Lead in "Jux d’pose," Soloist in Sleeping Beauty Prologue, Dance of the Cygets in Swan Lake, Demi Soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers," Raymonda, Wilis and Villager in Giselle, Piquita, "Falling Upwards," Choreographer of Galileo Galilei, Three-time choreographer in Student Choreography Showcase. Elsewhere: Choreographer of Dear Odette at DanceCincinnati24, Dancer in short film "PAS DE DEUX," Choreographer of "The Selkie" at Dancing Under the Stars (Berlin, Ohio).
Hannah Altmiller
Sophomore Ballet student from Springfield, Oregon
At CCM: corps de ballet in Raymonda, Swan Lake Corps in Swan Lake Act 2, Soloist and corps member in "It's Not The Breaths We Take," and corps member in "Jux'd Posed." Elsewhere: Lady Winter and corps de statue in Adventures in Narnia at Dance Veritas (Eugene, Oregon), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at SLC Ballet (Salt Lake City, Utah), Dulcinea, Spanish woman and Bridesmaid in Don Quixote.
Elise Arcuri
Junior Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California
At CCM: Corps de ballet dancer in Swan Lake Act 2 set by Qi Jiang, "It Would Feel Like This" coreographed by Erin Decker, Corps de ballet dancer in Raymonda set by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elfson, Corps be ballet dancer in "Waltz of the flowers" set by Rae Vrbancic, Villager in Giselle act 1 set by Qi Jiang, "The Ideal of Love" coregraphed by Hazel Alexander, "Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid" choregraphed by Gracie Zamiska.
Sarah Bartlett
Junior Ballet student from Baltimore, Maryland
At CCM: Corp de ballet in Giselle, Paquita, La Bayadère, Handel Concerto. Elsewhere: corp de ballet in L’amore, corp de ballet in Vampiri with Étoile Ballet Theatre (Piacenza, Italy).
Erin Decker (they/them)
Junior Ballet student from Naples, Florida
At CCM: "Twilight Tango" by Thomas Bell, Royal Hunting Party and Willi Corps in Giselle restaged by Qi Jiang and Dierdre Carberry, Understudy in Galileo Galilei, "Waltz of the Flowers" by Rae Verbancic, "Still Waters" by Shauna Steele, Swan Lake Corps restaged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in "Juxtapose" by Ihaiah Miller, The Baker and Artist in An American in Paris by Peter Davidson. Elsewhere: Snow White in Snow White with Naples Ballet, Cinderella in Cinderella with Naples Ballet, The Temperament Fairy and Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty with Naples Ballet, Candy Cane and Soldier in The Nutcracker with Miami City Ballet, Dewdrop and Clara in The Nutcracker with Naples Ballet.
Sophia Gray
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, and Paquita, “Who We Are,” “Mozart Mix,” “Pas de Poisson,” “In the Beginning,” “Home-made, Home-Made! (But aren’t we all?),” “Words Unspoken, Thoughts Unsaid.” Elsewhere: Soloist in Paquita “Pas de Trois Variation 2,” Corps de Ballet and Swanhilda’s Friends & Wedding Suite in Coppélia, Tea & Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker with The Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadére with Philadelphia Ballet Summer Intensive (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
Katie Griffith
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Willis Corps in Giselle, Demi-soloist in "Waltz of the Flowers", Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Tall Swan in Swan Lake, Dame in An American In Paris. Elsewhere: Clara and Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella with Dayton Ballet.
Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina
At CCM: Who We Are, “Waltz of the Flowers.” Elsewhere: Maria, Snow Queen, Coffee Corps, Trepak Corps, Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker.
Emerson Lecrone
Senior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Principal in Raymonda staged by Tricia Sundbeck and Isabel Elefson, principal in "Waltz of the Flowers" original choreography by Rachael Vrbancic, Friend in Giselle act 1 staged by Qi Jiang, soloist in Paquita staged by Dierdre Carberry, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: Raymonda, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire, Sugarplum.
Kelsey Lewis
Sophomore Ballet student from Glenwood, Illinois
At CCM: Mozart Mix. Elsewhere: “Tailsman Variation,” “Coppelia Suite,” Corps in “Mazurka” and Corps in “Dance of the Hours” with Boston Ballet Professional Division at Walnut Hill School for the Arts (Natick, Massachusetts).
Cynthia Lutz
Junior Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois
At CCM: Falling Upwards, Ethereal Relations, The Unforgotten, corp de ballet in Giselle, “Waltz of the Flowers.”
Emilia Mieczykowski
Junior Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake. Elsewhere: Corps in George Balanchine’s Serenade performed with Cincinnati Ballet Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio), soloist in Aladdin performed with Cincinnati Ballet II (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Grace Mitchell
Senior Ballet student from Darien, Connecticut
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadere and Les Sylphides, Soloist in “Mozart Mix,” Wilis & Villager in Giselle, demi-soloist in Paquita.
Morgan Montour
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Death and the Maiden choreographed by Qi Jiang, La Bayadere staged by Deirdre Carberry, Paquita soloist staged by Deirdre Carberry, Falling Upwards set to an award-winning composition by Aya Yoshida choreographed by Shauna Steele, dancer in Giselle, dancer in Student Choreographers' Showcase.
Regina Murphy
Junior Ballet student from South Bend, Indiana
At CCM: Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps Member in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Little Dancer in 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty.
Grace Ortega
Sophomore Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Lise in An American in Paris, Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Demi-soloist in Waltz of the Flowers. Elsewhere: Second Movement in Western Symphony, Swanhilda's Friends in Coppelia
Iliana Rich
Junior Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Pas" choreographed by Jiang Qi, Demi Soloist in An American in Paris, Soloist in "Jux d’pose" by Ihaiah Miller, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Danse des Cygnes Allegro Moderato in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, "Mozart Mix" by Thomas Bell, Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "From The Beginning" by Jennie Creer-King, Corps de Ballet in Paquita, "Falling Upwards" by Shauna Steele, "Beat as One" by Gracie Zamiska, "Forgive Me Father For (I) Have Sinned" by Hazel Beatrice, "Aurora Borealis" by Keenan Pennington.
Miranda Sharer
Junior Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, "Mozart Mix," Corps de Ballet in Giselle, "Falling Upwards." Elsewhere: Performed in The Nutcracker at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Attended BalletMet Summer Intensive 2018, 2020, 2021.
Laykin Stoess
Junior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: "Home-made, Home-made! (But aren't we all?" by Sydney D'Orso, Giselle staged by Qi Jiang, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Beat As One by Gracie Zamiska, Swan Lake Act II staged by Qi Jiang, Juxdpose by Ihaiah Miller, Soloist in Carmina Burana by Shauna Steele, Little Mermaid.
Madelin Talbot
Senior Ballet student from Zanesville, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Dancer in Handel’s Concerto. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Walpurgisnacht (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19), Corps de ballet in Etudes (intended to perform, unable due to COVID-19) at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio).
Isabella Thoroughman
Sophomore Ballet student from Williamstown, Kentucky
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Raymonda. Elsewhere: Esmeralda in Esmeralda (CCM Prep), Principal in La Bayadere(CCM Prep), Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and Don Quixote (CCM Prep), Clara, Marzipan, and Flower Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de Ballets in Don Quixote with Cincinnati Ballet Academy, Magic Dress Party Girl and Clara Double in The Nutcracker with Cincinnati Ballet.
Maddie Weber
Junior Ballet student from Naperville, Illinois
At CCM: “Short Story Long,” Prologue of Sleeping Beauty, “Waltz of the Flowers,” Act Two of Swan Lake, “Esmeralda Suite,” “Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “it’s not the breaths you take…” Elsewhere: Cinderella in Cinderella with Chicago Festival Ballet (Naperville, Illinois).
Caitlyn Wehner
Sophomore Ballet student from Beavercreek, Ohio
At CCM: Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in “Still Waters,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake and “Mozart Mix.”
Mandi Weitz
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadere, Corps de ballet in Les Sylphides. Elsewhere: Various performances with the Dayton Ballet company including corps de ballet in Swan Lake.
Gracie Zamiska
Senior Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Canary Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Soloist in “In The Beginning/Who We Are,” Pas de Deux in “Mozart Mix,” Wili/Villager in Giselle, Demi-Soloist in Paquita, Corps Member in “Falling Upwards,” Corps Member in La Bayadere, Soloist in “Handel’s Concerto.” Elsewhere: Flower Corps in The Nutcracker with Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio), Soloist in Paquita Act and Ensemble Member in The Wizard of Oz with Performing Arts Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky).
Aik Khai Pung, music director and conductor
Alaina Pizzoferrato
Third-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Lemont, Illinois
At CCM: Lighting Designer for Xanadu, Sunday in the Park with George and The Light in the Piazza.
Dani Silver
Senior Sound Design and Technology student from East Brunswick, New Jersey
At CCM: A1 for Something Rotten, Production Sound Engineer for Giselle, Assistant Sound Designer for Pippin, A1 for Once, Production Sound Engineer for Our Town Elsewhere: A1 for A Chorus Line, The SpongeBob Musical, Something Rotten; A2 for America the Beautiful, Rock, Roll and Soul, and Showtune at Plays-in-the-Park (Edison, New Jersey).
Sage Shepard
Junior Stage Management student from Cornwall Bridge
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for The Wild Party and Dance Works, Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia, Sunday in the Park with George, and Le Nozze de Figaro, Production Assistant for Ariadne Auf Naxos Elsewhere: Stage Management Intern for Chicago, Camelot and Mary Poppins at The Muny (St. Louis, Missouri)
Clara Cavins
Second-year MFA Costume Design and Technology student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
At CCM: Costume Design for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: First Hand at Santa Fe Opera, Wardrobe Technician at The Guthrie Theater, Costume Design at Saint Paul Academy, Minneapolis Musical Theater, Design Assistant at Theater Latte Da, The Ordway Center.
Jie Min
Second-year MFA Stage Management student from Harbin, China
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for Dance Works 2022, Assistant Stage Manager for L'Amant Anonyme, Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Works 2021 Elsewhere: ASM for Ushuaia Blue, ASM for Babel at Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia), Co-director and Media Designer for Am I Still Alive, Film Producer for A Painting at Beijing Dance Academy (Beijing, China), Executive Director and Dance Choreographer of Gala Celebrate the Spring Festival at China Central Television (Beijing, China).
Katie Reus
Junior Stage Management student from St. Louis, Missouri
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for A Dream Play, Assistant Stage Manager for Giselle, Blue Stockings, Dance Works (Fall 2021), Student Choreographer's Showcase 2021, Production Assistant for From Broadway with Love.
Emma King
Senior Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager of Wings, Assistant Production Manager of TDP Projects 2021, Production Assistant of Clybourne Park. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager of Little Shop of Horrors and Newsies with Performing Arts, Inc. (Cincinnati).
Andrew Gange
Junior Lighting Design and Technology student from Flower Mound, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for She Loves Me, Assistant Media Designer for Hughes Project 2.0, Assistant Lighting Designer for Galileo Galilei, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Burials, Assistant Lighting Designer for Light in the Piazza
Nick Hunley
Junior Technical Production student from Worthington, Ohio
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Cinderella, Programmer for Sunday in the Park with George, Head Carpenter for Pippin. Elsewhere: Stage Crew Lead at The Santa Fe Opera, Stage Crew Apprentice at The Santa Fe Opera
Hannah Kate Hawver
Sophomore Stage Management student from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Cincinnati Dionysia and Choreographer's Showcase; Production Assistant for Xanadu, Orpheus in the Underworld and Galileo Galilei; Deck Electrician for Something Rotten and Dance Works 2023
Benji Lookatch
Sophomore Technical Production student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Something Rotten and Cinderella, Wardrobe Crew for Our Town, Scenic Crew for The Marriage of Figaro, L'Amant Anonyme and Galileo Galilei.
El Bowers
Freshman Stage Management student from Liberty Township, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Stage Manager for 101 Dalmatians at Rise Up Performing Arts (Hamilton, Ohio).
Willow Heichel
Freshman Technical Production student from Granville, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic crew for Something Rotten Elsewhere: Deck Electrician for Crazy for You with the Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina).
Lily Landoch
Freshman Stage Management student from Chicago, Illinois
At CCM: Production Assistant for Spring Awakening, Production Assistant for Dialogues of the Carmelites. Wardrobe Crew for Frankenstein, Wardrobe Crew for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Pippin at North Shore Center for Performing Arts (Skokie, Illinois).
Maddi Myer
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: Followspot Operator for Something Rotten!
Evan Reinhart
Freshman Technical Production student from Zionsville, Indiana
At CCM: Scenic Run Crew for Fellow Travelers, Cinderella, and She Loves Me, Wardrobe Crew for A Dream Play.
Moira Seger (she/they)
Freshman Stage Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio.
At CCM: Something Rotten!, Cincinnati Dionysia.
Morgan Terry
Freshman Technical Production student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Crew for Something Rotten. Elsewhere: Spot Op for Jersey Boys and Deck/Scenic Crew for White Christmas at Fulton Theatre (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
Bethany Untener
Freshman Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Assistant for Cincinnati Dionysia: Lysistrata + The Trojan Women.
McKenna Brennan
Senior Technical Production student from Los Alamitos, California
At CCM: Automation Op on Clybourne Park, Wardrobe Crew on 42nd Street, Master Carpenter on Little Shop of Horrors, Automation Op on Light in the Piazza.
Iz Dillon
Sophomore Technical Direction student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: Head Carpenter for Frankenstein, Run Crew for Xanadu and Blue Stockings, Wigs and Makeup for Once, Spotlight Crew for She Loves Me.
Lukas Hummeldorf
Junior Technical Design and Production student from Covington, Kentucky
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Something Rotten!, Master Carpenter for Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Intern Technical Director for Indecent and Big Fish at the Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre (Covington, Kentucky), and the Shop Foreman for Radium Girls and Tuck Everlasting at Notre Dame Academy (Covington, Kentucky). Overhire with IATSE Local 5, and carpenter with CVG Made.
Hunter Lee
Junior Technical Production student from Amelia, Ohio
At CCM: Deck Electrician for Pippin, Head Carpenter for Xanadu, Production Assistant for The Good Trouble Project.
Grace Mayo
Senior Technical Production student from Dublin, Ohio
At CCM: Technical Director for Cinderella, Assistant Technical Director for Galileo Galilei and Dance Works 2021-22, Head Carpenter for The Good Trouble Project. Elsewhere: Technical Director for The Addams Family and Smokey Joe's Café, Assistant Technical Director for Legally Blonde, Cinderella, The Comedy of Errors, and Brigadoon, Carpenter for Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, Indiana).
Janay Sukkarieh
Senior Technical Production student from Irvine, California
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Opera Gala, Scenic Carpenter for CCM’s 2019-20 season. Elsewhere: 2021 Stage Crew at the Santa Fe Opera, Production Assistant at South Coast Repertory, Lighting Assistant for The Britney Runs a Marathon Movie Premiere.
Gabby Ullman
Junior Technical Production student from Scottsdale, Arizona
At CCM: Master Carpenter for Galileo Galilei and Assistant Technical Director for She Loves Me. Elsewhere: she’s worked on installations for Disney World, and built for news studios and Super Bowls.
Logan Vanderpool
Senior Technical Production student from Fairfield, Ohio.
At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Xanadu, Master Carpenter for Say What You Want to Say, Scenic Crew for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Rocky Horror show, Secret Garden. Elsewhere: Carpenter for Cinderella at Trollwood Performing Arts School.
Bryan Pivaral
First-year Master’s Sound Design and Technology student from Miami, Florida
At CCM: A2 for She Loves Me Elsewhere: Sound Designer for Daughter and When 5 Years Pass at California Institute of the Arts (Santa Clarita, California). Sound Designer for Pipeline, Italian Futurist Project, Red Velvet and Children's Hour at Florida International University (Miami, Florida).
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April 4, 2024
UC College-Conservatory Music presents "Little Mermaid" on April 12-14, 2024 in Corbett Auditorium. Directed by Shauna Steele, the performance features music by David Arkenstone. Tickets on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
February 14, 2024
Show your school spirit this spring with official CCM apparel! New UC College-Conservatory of Music apparel is available for purchase online. CCM's Spring 2024 t-shirt and hoodie designs can be ordered online now through March 18, 2024.
January 16, 2024
UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) students and Broadway alumni took the stage at Carnegie Hall to present a one-night-only performance and fundraiser to help support the next generation of performing and media artists. The January 14 event honored CCM alumnus Stephen Flaherty while also raising money for CCM scholarships and educational initiatives.
CCMpower is a volunteer group of fans, advocates and alumni dedicated to empowering students and fueling the future of the arts through scholarship opportunities and more.
The competitive scholarships CCMpower provides help attract and retain the best and brightest students, nurture professional development opportunities and – in turn – continue CCM’s tradition of excellence for the next generation of student-artists. Join or renew your CCMpower membership today to help provide critical scholarship funds.
Join or renew your CCMpower member today to help provide critical scholarship funds. Visit foundation.uc.edu/ccmpower to learn more.
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Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for all ticketed performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted.
Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.
If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.
If you have lost an item, contact lost and found at 513-556-9413.
The House Manager has been instructed to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times. Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted.
The video or audio recording of performances is prohibited.
The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.
Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective May 1, 2017, smoking and tobacco use (including chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes) shall be prohibited by students, staff, faculty, visitors, vendors and contractors at all times in or on University of Cincinnati properties, including events on university property during non-school hours. This includes all shelters, indoor and outdoor theaters and athletic facilities, bridges, walkways, sidewalks, residence halls, parking lots, and street parking and garages owned by the university.
Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.
Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.
The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.
CCM's faculty and staff and its state-of-the-art facilities make possible the professional training and exceptional education on which CCM believes the future of the arts relies. The school's roster of eminent faculty regularly receives distinguished honors for creative and scholarly work, and its alumni have achieved notable success in the performing and media arts. More than 150 internationally recognized faculty members work with students from around the world, specializing in eight areas of study.
Performance dates and repertoire are subject to change. View CCM's current calendar of events.
The purpose of these performances is educational, and they are part of a University of Cincinnati academic program.
