Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble celebrates 20th with 'The Nutcracker'
Barrington Youth Dance Ensemble will present its 15th annual production of "The Nutcracker" Dec. 4, 5 and 6 at Barrington High School, 616 W. Main St., Barrington.
This year's cast will feature returning guest artists Roman Antonov, Melanie Hortin, Holly Pace, Ricky Ruiz, Buddy King, Karen Janet, Valerie Murray and Jessica Wolfrum.
Monique Haley will reprise her role as the evil Mouse Queen and Hiroko Sakakibara will return as the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy with her Cavalier, Guillermo Leyva.
Making their BYDE debuts are Christian Denice as Spanish Chocolate; Michael Gross as Arabian Coffee; Nicole Larson and Abdelazis Roque as the Snow Queen and King; and Vilma Machin as the Dew Drop Fairy.
BYDE is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2009 and is welcoming back several BYDE alumnae: Megan Brennan, Katelyn Hanna, Stephanie Schwartz and Stephanie Cihlar, who will join the cast.
Barrington area dance students who will perform in "The Nutcracker" include:
Barrington residents Nicole Barcroft, Annabel Buxton, Megan Clement, Megan Clifford, Molly Clifford, Franceska Karasinski, Anne Lenz, Theresa Lieblang, Madeline Lunn, Jessica Malec, Katie Muto, Linnea O'Brien, Maggie Pechan, Grace Ransom, Hannah Ray, Caroline Rees, Justine Rehak, Alana Riemenschneider, Alexa Riemenscheneider, Heather Ross, Eva Shirley, Camille Stidham, Sailor Streeter, Sofia Totten and Audrey Wallace.
From Barrington Hills: Francesca Bentley, Christina Fortsas, Joyce Gaffney, Delaney Halloran, Emma Landenberger, Ali Lidbury, Becca May, Alexandra Skopek, and Georgina Spence.
From North Barrington: Jessica Jones; from Lake Barrington: Lucy Abrahamson, Ana Argyros, Diana Donnelly, Tiffany Frankel, Hannah Harris, Hayden Harris, Eve Hoeltgen, Sophie Hoeltgen, Alexa Mohsenzadeh, Katie Moore, Juliana Nikolich, Kristen Raasch, Charlotte Richardson, Eliza Seagrist, Melissa Stathakis, Victoria VanHollen and adult dance student, Mary Ann Seagrist.
From Tower Lakes: Faith Dettman, Julie Hancock, Lauren Kolasinski, and Maxine Patronik.
From South Barrington: Kelly Corless, Julia Homola, Lana Homola, Sarah Merchant and Isabella Stojka.
From Deer Park: Katherine Czarnik, Grace McIlwain, Emma Vojack and Leah Wetterling.
From Kildeer: Nicole Banakis, Ariana Davis, Jessica Eggers, Stephanie Eggers, Alex Schwartz and Lindsay Schwartz.
From Lake Zurich: Brittany Bonefas, Abby Hunt, Ellie Hunt, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mackenzie Jaekel, and Katie Kipperman.
Other performers are: Caleigh Meehan, Fox River Grove; Gabrielle Zimmer, Wauconda; Nicole Ricken, Palatine; Emma Jensen, Long Grove; Isabelle Tilford, Round Lake Beach; Spencer Davis and Megan Levine, Schaumburg; Lindsey George, Cary; Sabena Byerly and Kate Miller, Inverness; Raquel Acosta, Island Lake; Marlaina Mathisen, Daniel Monarrez, and Melanie Monarrez, Carpentersville; Allison Leczycki, Hoffman Estates; and Chelsea White, Deerfield.
The Nutcracker is made possible by The Duchossois Family Foundation, The Sanfilippo Family, The Roberts Family Foundation, The Benson Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, Rose Packing Co., Barrington Junior Women's Club, The Barrington Area Community Foundation and The Demar Family Foundation.