CCM DANCE SERIES PRESENTS
Featuring Stretto and X
Dec. 5-8, 2024, Patricia Corbett Theater
Dance Works will last approximately 80 minutes, plus intermission
Matthew Farmer is currently the Dorothy Wiley DeLong Endowed Chair of the Dance at Hope College, the Co-Artistic Director of R.G. Dance Productions and the Co-Artistic Director of H2 Dance Co. Farmer has had great success as a director, educator, choreographer, performer, and author. He is the co-author of the book Introductory Modern Dance: A Teaching Manual, and his second book (Teaching Dance Improvisation: A Beginner’s Guide) is available beginning October 2024. He is the former Director of Dance at Anderson University, a former Associate Director and company member of LehrerDance, and former company member of The Peter Sparling Dance Co. While dancing for Sparling, Matthew received his MFA from the University of Michigan in Dance Performance and Choreography. Farmer received his BA in Theatre and Dance from Hope College. As a soloist and guest performer, his performance credits include The Stars of Ballet and Broadway, Dance Chicago, Chicago Dance Festival, Dance in the Desert Festival, Men Dance Michigan, Next Step Dance, Chicago Humanities Festival, The Rein Orange (Duesberg, Germany) The European Cultural Bid (Liverpool, UK), The Roof (Germany), The Summer Stage (Brugge, Belgium), and various other festivals. Farmer has also had the privilege of performing in works by Avi Kaiser, Sergio Antonino, Merce Cunningham, Laura Dean, Matthew Thornton, Doug Varone, and many more.
Farmer specializes in teaching Modern, Contemporary, Improvisation and Jazz technique. His teaching and faculty credits include Hope College, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Universidad Espíritu Santo, University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Anderson University, Dancer’s Inc. National Conventions, Chicago National Association of Dance Maters, Southern Association of Dance Masters, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Interlochen Arts Academy, Cecchetti Council of America, Cecchetti International Classical Ballet, and a host of festivals and master classes nationally and internationally. Farmer’s choreography spans the field of dance, and can be seen on college campuses, professional dance companies, international festivals, theaters companies, competitive dance teams, and musical theater venues throughout the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, France, and Ecuador.
A Cincinnati native, Joshua Stayton began his training at the School for Creative and Performing Arts before joining the Orlando Ballet School (Peter Stark) and Houston Ballet II (Claudio Muñoz). Prior to joining Cincinnati Ballet, Stayton was a Demi-Soloist at Sarasota Ballet and a soloist at Tulsa Ballet.
His repertoire includes leading roles in Giselle (Carney), In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe), Emeralds (Balanchine), The Green Table (Joos), Onegin (Cranko), Strictly Gershwin (Deane), A Million Kisses to My Skin (Dawson), Concerto (MacMillian), Mirror Walkers (Sir Wright), Cinderella (Morgan), Age of Innocence (Liang), Bolero (Fonte), Midsummer (Wheeldon), One/end/One (Elo), Sleeping Beauty (Angelini), Romeo & Juliet (Liang), Extremely Close (Cerrudo), among many more. Stayton has performed internationally in Hungary, Italy, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. As a choreographer, he has had world premieres for Ballet 22, Tulsa Ballet’s second company, DeLa Dance Company, Azara Ballet, and SCPA’s Dance Ensemble. Beyond his love for the stage, Joshua enjoys teaching the future generation of dance.
Aleksandr Q Schroeder started his ballet training at the age of 3 at Anderson Young Ballet Theater. In 2014 he was asked to be a part of the Anderson University dance program, which he was with until he graduated high school in 2016, during which he had the opportunity to perform at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC. After that, he joined Nashville Ballet’s Second Company where he trained and performed for two years before being promoted to Company Apprentice. In 2019 he joined the Louisville Ballet. In his time at Louisville Ballet he has performed the roles of The Nutcracker Prince in Val Caniparoli’s The Brown-Forman Nutcracker, Gurn in La Sylphide, Peasant Pas De Deux in Giselle, and The Bluebird in Adam Hogland’s Sleeping Beauty. He has also gotten his degree in Business Administration with the hopes of continuing to work more with arts nonprofit organizations after he retires from dancing.
The original four act ballet premiered in February 1877 at the Bolshoi Theatre, St. Petersburg, the setting for the ballet is “ancient India and based on the Kalidasa’s 5th-century Sanskrit masterpiece Sakuntala. It tells of the bayadère (temple dancer) Nikiya who loves the warrior Solor. Solor, although returning her love, is forced to become engaged to the Rajah’s daughter Gamzatti. Gamzatti conspires to have her rival bitten by a snake, and Nikiya duly dies. The first full-length La Bayadère in the West was staged for American Ballet Theatre in 1980.” [Craine & Mackrell, p. 54]
This work is inspired by the internal struggle for balance and is best symbolized by the unattributed Cherokee parable, “The Wolf You Feed”:
“One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, ‘My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.’ The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: ‘Which wolf wins?’ The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.’”
*Performs Thursday/Saturday
^Performs Friday/Sunday
My piece, “X” is a journey of expansive movement. It takes the fundaments of classical ballet with a touch of broad expansion. The artists here have inspired me to create movement that felt natural but also challenged them to rise to the occasion. You will see their success in this piece. My title is inspired by the music’s album cover, by XA4 and YAN. I’ve also taken inspiration from “X” being the chromosome we all share. Dance is an expression of our inner being and I believe that anyone has the ability to dance. This piece showcases movement that is universal, unified and expressive. In the dance world, there has been a big spotlight on “flat shoe dancers” transitioning into opportunities en pointe. With “X” I wanted to flip the script and create an opportunity for a “pointe shoe dancer” to have that same journey.
A ballet in four acts, The Flames of Paris is “set during the third year of the French Revolution (1792), its action contrasts the political fervor of the oppressed people of Marseille with the Court decadence at Versailles as the former march to Paris and storm the Tuileries. It was designed to suit the State’s demand for politically correct ballets, but is also a rich theatrical spectacle in its own right. The choreography ranges from vigorous folk dancing to court dances and pure classical numbers and the fourth act pas de deux [featured here] is often performed as a gala piece. Asafiev’s music was similarly eclectic, drawing on popular songs and court music, and the designs were on an epic scale. It was staged in Moscow in 1933 and an abbreviated version was filmed for the Soviet film Trio Ballet (1953).” [Craine & Mackrell, p.184]
A Stretto in music terminology, especially in relation to Bach is an overlapping of a subject and its answer, where the answer enters before the subject is finished.
Bios are listed in program order; dancers with multiple roles are listed once under their first appearance.
Elise Arcuri
Senior BFA Ballet student from Santa Barbara, California
At CCM: Soloist in La Bayadere, “Who We Are,” Corps de ballet in Giselle, Corps de ballet in Raymonda, Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, “Jux d’pose.”
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.
Bethany Roup
Senior BFA Ballet student from Crestwood, Kentucky
At CCM: Sea Queen in Little Mermaid, Zulma in Giselle, Soloist in Paquita, Soloist in Swan Lake “Pas de Trois,” Soloist in “Cornerstones,” Corps de Ballet in Les Sylphides.
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).
Iliana Rich
Senior BFA Ballet student from Taylorsville, Kentucky
At CCM: “Carmina Burana,” "Vincent, Iris, and the Starry Night,” “Pas de Quatre” in La Bayadère, An American in Paris, Temperament Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Four Little Swans in Swan Lake, Soloist in Raymonda, Soloist in “Jux d’pose,” “From The Beginning,” “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, “X” and Paquita. Elsewhere: “Tarantella”, “Boom” and “Tapestry” at the DAP Festival (Pietrasanta, Italy), “Sleep Study” and “Rhapsody in Blue” with Boca Ballet (Boca Raton, Florida), “We Call it Ballet” at Memorial Hall (Cincinnati).
Miranda Sharer
Senior BFA Ballet student from Lancaster, Ohio
At CCM: Demi-soloist in La Bayadère, Seahorse in Little Mermaid, Demi-soloist in “Its Not the Breathes We Take,” Lilac Attendant in Sleeping Beauty, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake, Corps de Ballet in “Mozart Mix,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle, Choreographer of “Where the Heart Grows.”
Caitlyn Wehner
Junior BFA Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: The Mermaid in Little Mermaid, Lilac Attendant in The Sleeping Beauty, Understudy in "Still Waters", Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake and "Mozart Mix.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet "Walpurgisnacht" at Cincinnati Ballets Professional Training Division, “Spectrum on Broadway” at Joffrey Ballet School (New York City).
Maya Gordon
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
At CCM: Lead in “Flames of Paris,” Corps de Ballet in La Bayadère, Angelfish Soloist and Corps de Ballet in The Little Mermaid, “The Hands that Hold Us Back,” Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda. Elsewhere: Lead and Corps de ballet in The Adventures of the Cipollino and “Swanhilda’s Friends” at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
Katie Griffith
Senior BFA 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: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, Ohio).
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).
Laykin Stoess
Senior BFA Ballet student from Louisville, Kentucky
At CCM: Home-made, Home-made! (But aren’t we all?) by Sydney D’Orso, Giselle, Soloist in Who We Are by Shauna Steele, Beat as One by Gracie Zamiska, It Would Feel Like This by Erin Decker, Swan Lake act II restaged by Qi Jiang, Jux’dpose by Ihaiah Miller, Soloist in Carmina Burana by Shauna Steele, The Little Mermaid.
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.
Andrea Adams
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadère and “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Winter Fairy in Cinderella, and Dewdrop, Arabian Princess, Spanish Lead, and Mirliton Lead in The Nutcracker with New Albany Ballet Company (New Albany, Ohio).
Sophia Black
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Toledo, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in La Bayadère, "The One You Feed.” Elsewhere: Pre-professional dancer in Toledo Ballet's The Nutcracker, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty (Toledo, Ohio).
Mahala Flagg
Freshman BFA Ballet student Fort Smith, Arkansas
At CCM: Excerpts from La Bayadère. Elsewhere: Pre-professional company dancer in The Nutcracker, The Wizard of Oz, and The Sleeping Beauty at Western Arkansas Ballet (Fort Smith, Arkansas).
Adrianna McCarter
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Orem, Utah
At CCM: Mersibling in Little Mermaid, Corps in “Jux d'pose” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in “Oceans and Pearls,” Corps de ballet in Coppelia with Kansas City Youth Ballet (Kansas City, Missouri).
Soyars Green
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Richmond, Virginia
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in Bayadere, "Who We Are", and “Ode.” Elsewhere: Snow and Flowers Corps de Ballet in The Nutcracker, Corps de Ballet in “Serenade,” and Parisian in An American in Paris as a Richmond Ballet Trainee (Richmond, Virginia).
Sylvia Quinio
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: Soloist in “it’s not the breaths we take,” Soloist in Carmina Burana, Soloist in “Who We Are,” Lise Understudy in An American in Paris.
Charlotte Van Dyke
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: La Bayadère, “X.” Elsewhere: Central Indiana Academy of Dance alumna (Westfield, Indiana).
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.
Kyle Rabey
Junior Ballet BFA student from Livonia, Michigan
Mary Lee
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Elsewhere: Russian soloist, Rat Queen and Flower soloist in The Nutcracker at Michigan Ballet Academy (Forest Hills, Michigan), Little Red Riding Hood in “RED” at HIS Dance (Grand Rapids, Michigan).
Dominic Vennemann
Freshman BA Ballet student from Taylor Mill, Kentucky
At CCM: “The One You Feed,” “Stretto” and “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: Dancer at Studio Dee (Fort Wright, Kentucky), Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts Alumni.
Leighton Calfee
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Columbus, Ohio
At CCM: “Ancient Music,” “The One You Feed.” Elsewhere: The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Giselle, Don Quixote, ALICE at BalletMet (Columbus, Ohio), Pas De Deux Girl in Le Conservatoire, Corps de Ballet in Le Corsaire, Featured Dancer in “Seguidilla” from Don Quixote, and “Etudes” at BalletMet Academy (Columbus, Ohio).
Bryn Cintrón
Freshman Ballet student from Tallahassee, Florida
At CCM: “it’s not the breaths we take…”, “Bare Myself”, “Consternations." Elsewhere: Corps in “Raymonda”, Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker”, “Waltz of the Flowers” Demi-soloist in “The Nutcracker.”
Kyla Hardesty
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Costa Mesa, California
At CCM: “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Spanish Soloist, Lead Candy Cane, Snow and Maid in The Nutcracker and Stepmother in Cinderella at Ballet Repertory Theater (Huntington Beach, California), Clara's Friend and Waltz of the Flowers in The Nutcracker and Boy on the Premises in Fairy Doll at V&T (Laguna Hills, California).
Shaelyn Kuipers
Junior BFA Ballet student from Midland, North Carolina
At CCM: Corps de ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Cygnet in Swan Lake, Corps de ballet in Prologue from Sleeping Beauty, soloist in Esmerelda, Mer Sibling in The Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Snow Queen, Lead Russian, Lead Chinese, Lead Marzipan, and Flowers Corps in The Nutcracker at Albemarle Academy of Dance (Albermarle, North Carolina).
Campbell Lee
Freshman Ballet student from Atlanta, Georgia
At CCM: Corps de Ballet in La Esmeralda, Corps de Ballet in “Jux D’Pose,” "The Cost of This World," "How Deep is a Soul?", "Carmina Burnana," Mer Sister in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan Soloist, and Flowers Demi Soloist in The Nutcracker at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre (Alpharetta, Georgia).
Cynthia Lutz
Senior BFA Ballet student from Wheaton, Illinois
At CCM: “Flames of Paris Pas de Deux,” "Who We Are,” “Ancient Ritual,” Esmeralda “Pas de Quatre,” Demi-Soloist in Little Mermaid, Corps de Ballet in Swan Lake Act 2, Corps de Ballet in “Waltz of the Flowers,” Corps de Ballet in Giselle.
Aidan McKee-Bruns
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Ellensburg, Washington
At CCM: “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: “Fortitude and Ascend” with Milwaukee Ballet Pre-Professional Program (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, Red Queen and Village Maiden in Alice in Wonderland, Sugar Plum Fairy and Snowflake in The Nutcracker with Central Washington Dance Academy (Ellensburg, Washington).
Riya Mathur
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: “The One You Feed,” and “Ancient Music.” Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy, Snow Queen, Clara and Lead Marzipan in The Nutcracker with Cleveland Ballet Conservatory (Cleveland, Ohio).
Mia Neslanovic
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
At CCM: Corp de Ballet in Esmeralda, "it’s not the breaths we take…,” “where the heart grows,” “inevitable truths” and Angelfish in Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty at Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory (Torrington, Connecticut), Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker at Academy of International Ballet (Chester Heights, Pennsylvania).
Isabelle Pfleger
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Cape Cod, Massachusetts
At CCM: Carmina Burana, Ship Captain and Courtier in Little Mermaid, “Ancient Ritual.” Elsewhere: Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Rosemary Scarpelli
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Libertyville, Illinois
At CCM: “The One You Feed,” “Stretto” and “Ancient Music.”
Alicia Davis
Junior BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Elsewhere: Northern Kentucky University Dance 23, Dance 24
AJ Gross
Junior Ballet student from Dayton, Ohio
At CCM: Thomas Bell's "Mozart Mix," Rothbart in Sleeping Beauty, Shauna Steele's original works titled "Still Waters" and "Who We Are," Ihiaih Miller's "Jux D'pose," Jiang Qi's "Van Gogh, Iris and the Starry Night" and An American in Paris as the waiter.
Abigail Kolb
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Canton, Michigan
At CCM: “The One You Feed,” “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet in Don Quixote at Butler Ballet (Indianapolis, Indiana), works from Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ballerina Doll in The Christmas Broadway Spectacular at Central City Dance Center (Canton, Michigan).
Celeste Lau
Junior Ballet student from Bay Area, California
At CCM: Dewdrop in Rachael Vrbancic’s Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Big Swans in Jiang Qi’s Swan Lake Act II, and The End in the Beginning and Still Waters by Shauna Steele. Elsewhere: lya Kozadayev’s The Nutcracker, August Bournonville’s Napoli and Gina Patterson’s Seven Deadly Sins at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Taegan Moran
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Barrington, Rhode Island
At CCM: "The One You Feed.” Elsewhere: Soloist Dancer in Coppélia and A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Pre-Professional Company of The State Ballet of Rhode Island (Lincoln, Rhode Island).
Regina Murphy
Senior BFA Ballet and Communications student from South Bend, Indiana
At CCM: 30 Years of Stephen: The Music of Stephen Flaherty, “Pas de Quatre” from La Esmeralda, “Jux d’pose,” Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Corps de ballet in Swan Lake, “The End in the Beginning,” Dewdrop in “Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker.
Ashley Zimmer
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Springboro, Ohio
At CCM: Corps de ballet in "The One You Feed" and "Who We Are" Elsewhere: Dulcinea in Don Quixote, Little Swan in Swan Lake, and Corps de ballet in Coppélia with Gem City Ballet (Springboro, Ohio).
Lily Guntz
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Carmel, Indiana
At CCM: "X.” Elsewhere: Dew Drop in The Nutcracker at Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (Westfield, Indiana), alumna of Central Indiana Dance Ensemble.
Emilia Mieczykowski
Senior BFA Ballet student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Myrtha in Giselle, Esmeralda in Esmeralda, Tall Swan Soloist in Swan Lake, Corps de Ballet in “X.” Elsewhere: Corps de Ballet in Serenade at Cincinnati Ballet Academy and Camel Soloist in Aladdin with Cincinnati Ballet II.
Katherine Kraal
Freshman Ballet student from Holland, Michigan
Elsewhere: The Nutcracker with Grand Rapids Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan), Internship with Deos Contemporary Ballet (Grand Rapids, Michigan).
Julia Elliott
Freshman Ballet BA student from Louiville, Kentucky
At CCM: “X.”
Katrien Feenstra
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Farmington, Michigan
At CCM: “Stretto,” “X.” Elsewhere: Sugar Plum Fairy in The Majestic Nutcracker at Gayle’s DancePhase (Wixom, Michigan).
Violet Hahn
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Fort Wayne, Indiana
At CCM: “Stretto” and La Bayadère. Elsewhere: Arabian Soloist and Spanish Soloist in The Nutcracker, “Walpurgisnacht Variation” from Faust, and Principal Dancer in Snow White and “Exurgency” with Project Ballet (Fort Wayne, Indiana).
Adeline Henninger
Freshman BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky
At CCM: “Stretto.” Elsewhere: Bluegrass Youth Ballet Pre-Professional Dancer (Lexington, Kentucky), Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts Alum.
Ben Niemczyk
First-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Hartland, Wisconsin
At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer 2 for La finta giardiniera, Lighting Designer for Dance Works, Lighting Designer for Coppelia. Elsewhere: Lighting Technician at Lighthouse Productions (Green Bay, Wisconsin), Lighting Designer for Amelie, Dance Works 2023, “Afterimages” 2023 and As We Climb at University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (Stevens Point, Wisconsin).
Cassidy Kempthorne
Second-year Masters Costume Design student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Wardrobe Head for Something Rotten, Wardrobe Head for Dialogues of the Carmelites, Draper for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Macay Smith
Senior BFA Sound Design student from Detroit, Michigan
At CCM: Production Sound Engineer for Clue: On Stage, Assistant Sound Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A1 for Little Mermaid. Elsewhere: Sound Engineer for Cincinnati Shakespeare in the Park at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Kait Naylor
Sophomore Stage Management student from Loveland, Ohio
At CCM: Frankenstein.
Sarah Anderson
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Washington, D.C.
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for Dance Works, Assistant Stage Manager for John Proctor Is the Villain, Production Assistant for Once on This Island, Wardrobe Crew for Clue: On Stage, Scenic Crew for Everybody.
Annalee Crosser
Senior BFA Stage Management student from Edmond, Oklahoma
At CCM: Production Stage Manager on The Rape of Lucretia, Assistant Stage Manager on Little Mermaid, Assistant Stage Manager on Frankenstein, Assistant Stage Manager on Something Rotten, Production Assistant on The Marriage of Figaro. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager on Sweet Charity and Gypsy at Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina), Assistant Stage Manager on Don Quixote at Cincinnati Ballet, Stage Management Intern on The Knock at Cincinnati Opera, Assistant Stage Manager on The Bridges of Madison County at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre (Winchester, Virginia).
Bethany Untener
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Cincinnati, Ohio
At CCM: Production Stage Manager for John Proctor is the Villain, Assistant Stage Manager for Rappaccini’s Daughter, Assistant Stage Manager for Fall Dance 2023. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Unto These Hills at Cherokee Historical Association (Cherokee, North Carolina), Production Assistant for SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition and Stage Manager for Kids at The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati.
Grace Ortega
Junior BFA 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,” “Still Waters” and Carmina Burana. Elsewhere: Corps de ballet in The Nutcracker, and Corps de ballet understudy in Swan Lake at Dayton Ballet (Dayton, OH).
Katherine Bracken
Sophomore BFA Ballet student from Lexington, Kentucky
Elsewhere: Bluegrass Youth Ballet Pre-Professional alum (Lexington, Kentucky), Student Company member at Central Kentucky Dance Theatre (Lexington, Kentucky).
Ashton Karp
Junior Lighting Design student from Houston, Texas
At CCM: She Loves Me, 2023 Student Choreographers Showcase. Elsewhere: The Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).
Nathaniel Hedges
Second-year MFA Lighting Design and Technology student from San Francisco, California
At CCM: Graduate Assistant, Associate Lighting Designer for Danceworks 2024, Production Manager for Blink “Insane51” mural 2024, Assistant Lighting Designer for Spring Choreographers’ Showcase, Assistant Lighting Designer for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Elsewhere: 11 years as a Creative Director in San Francisco, California.
Adam Markus
Sophomore Lighting Design and Technology student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Production Electrician for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Electrician for Million Dollar Quartet and Annie with Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, PA).
Flynn Wilson
Junior BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Portage, Indiana
At CCM: Board Operator for Clue: On Stage, Spot Operator for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Lighting Technician at Miami F1 with 4Wall (Miami, Florida), Stage Manager at Gallagher Way with DUFF (Chicago, Illinois) Rigging Technician at Robinhood for 4Wall (New York, New York).
Isaac Ludlam
Freshman Lighting Design and Technology student from Flower Mound, Texas
Halena Edwards
Sophomore BFA Stage Management student from Memphis, Tennessee
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for La finta giardiniera, Production Assistant for Let the Right One In. Elsewhere: Assistant Stage Manager for Carmen Jones at Hattiloo Theatre (Memphis, Tennessee).
Ali Fishbain
Freshman Stage Management student from Madison, Wisconsin
At CCM: Production Assistant for The Rape of Lucretia.
Carmella Somich
Freshman BFA Lighting Design and Technology student from Cleveland, Ohio
At CCM: WHAM Crew for The Winter’s Tale.
Laila Gose
Freshman Stage Management student from Canal Winchester, Ohio
Odin Hirsch
Freshman BFA Technical Production student from Elyria, Ohio
At CCM: Scenic Automation for La Finta Giardiniera. Elsewhere: Technical Director for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with the Lorain County Children's Pioneer Theatre (Elyria, Ohio).
Maya Sharma
Freshman Musical Theatre student from Delray Beach, Florida
Elsewhere: National High School Musical Theatre “Jimmy” Award finalist.
Reagan Warvel
Sophomore Sound Design and Technology student from Cincinnati, Ohio
Raeya Garcia
Junior BFA Stage Management student from Austin, Texas
At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for The Cunning Little Vixen and Duke Ellington's Jazz Nutcracker, Production Assistant for Agrippina and A Dream Play. Elsewhere: Production Stage Manager for Chicago and Million Dollar Quartet and Assistant Stage Manager for Newsies and Legally Blonde at Interlakes Summer Theatre (Meredith, New Hampshire), Assistant Stage Manager for Million Dollar Quartet and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery at Totem Pole Playhouse (Fayetteville, Pennsylvania).
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Event: April 24, 2025 8:00 PM
The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) invites audiences to experience a bold and joyful revival of "HAIR," the groundbreaking rock musical that defined a generation. Directed by Vincent DeGeorge with musical direction by Steve Goers, CCM's production of "HAIR" brings the revolutionary spirit of the 1960s to life for a new generation.
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Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Tuesday 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.
