STARS OF TOMORROW
Bye Bye Blackbird
Choreographer: Heather Rogers
Music: Fosse Ensemble
Charlie Breton-Whipple, Camille Cacatian, Meredith Fleming, Caroline Graham, Nadia Howard, Cydney Jackson, Tabitha Lotter, Elsie Nabb, Dorothy Shirley, Kate Thompson, Gretchen Traud, Aislin Wolfman, Beatrice Zarnegar
Wildfire
Choreographer: Natalie Macbeth
Music: Audiomachine
Maria Barzun, Bea Campanelli, Elliana Clayborne, Ysolte Green, Genevieve Hegge, Maeve Hutchinson, Adrienne Largiader, Emma Maurer, Maxwell Miller, Lucrecia Mullins-Aviles, Polina Salerno, Harper Scaglione, Virginia Stipe, Eleanor Walter
Don’t Slack
Choreographer: Kathryn Tokar
Music: Justin Timberlake
Miriam Lotter, Aria Magula, Luisa Shoch, Cate Suggs DeSorbo
The Art of Fugue
Choreographer: Mikey Knight
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Caroline Bruton, Avery Davis, Imogen Fagan, Sofia Jardim, Sylvia Moses, Evelyn Popescu, Abby Stiffler
Never Say Impossible
Choreographer: Emily Cloyd
Music: Antonio Spaziani
Charlie Breton-Whipple, Camille Cacatian, Meredith Fleming, Caroline Graham, Nadia Howard, Cydney Jackson, Tabitha Lotter, Elsie Nabb, Dorothy Shirley, Kate Thompson, Gretchen Traud, Aislin Wolfman, Beatrice Zarnegar
Budapest
Choreographer: Jeanne Berthy
Music: George Ezra
Maria Barzun, Bea Campanelli, Elliana Clayborne, Ysolte Green, Genevieve Hegge, Maeve Hutchinson, Adrienne Largiader, Emma Maurer, Maxwell Miller, Lucrecia Mullins-Aviles, Polina Salerno, Harper Scaglione, Virginia Stipe, Eleanor Walter
Yellow
Choreographer: Lily Lischke
Music: Stringspace
Miriam Lotter, Aria Magula, Luisa Shoch, Cate Suggs DeSorbo
I Got Rhythm
Choreographer: Kathryn Tokar
Music: Ella Fitzgerald
Caroline Bruton, Avery Davis, Imogen Fagan, Sofia Jardim, Sylvia Moses, Evelyn Popescu, Abby Stiffler
Mystery
Choreographer: Jessica Grant
Music: Sizzle Bird
Charlie Breton-Whipple, Camille Cacatian, Meredith Fleming, Caroline Graham, Nadia Howard, Cydney Jackson, Tabitha Lotter, Elsie Nabb, Dorothy Shirley, Kate Thompson, Gretchen Traud, Aislin Wolfman, Beatrice Zarnegar
Good Vibrations
Choreographer: Audrey Sikes-Dorman
Music: Ricky Reed
Maria Barzun, Bea Campanelli, Elliana Clayborne, Ysolte Green, Genevieve Hegge, Maeve Hutchinson, Adrienne Largiader, Emma Maurer, Maxwell Miller, Lucrecia Mullins-Aviles, Polina Salerno, Harper Scaglione, Virginia Stipe, Eleanor Walter
Find Your Self
Choreographer: Jessica Grant
Music: Sizzle Bird
Miriam Lotter, Aria Magula, Luisa Shoch, Cate Suggs DeSorbo
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Choreographer: Heather Rogers
Music: Michael Nyman
Caroline Bruton, Avery Davis, Imogen Fagan, Sofia Jardim, Sylvia Moses, Evelyn Popescu, Abby Stiffler
MOMENTUM
Theme In Search Of A Movie
Choreography: Keith Lee (2024)
Music: Theme in Search of a Movie by jazz musician Eddie Harris, which was gifted to Keith during his childhood by his father Laurence F. Lee.
Costumes: Ty Cooper Grace (Attire borrowed from Low Vintage)
Trainee Dancers: Isabella Becchi, Gabriella Fedewa, Taylor Friesen, Gillian Grossman, Emiley Harig, Ayana Leblans, Ryland Mettee, Adelyn Nicholson, Nekya Perry, Alyssa Robey, Sophie Satoh, Exodis Ward
TITLE TBD
Choreography: Michael Knight (Premiere)
Music: By Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue | Karl Münchinger - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Cannon a 2 Violini in Unisono, No. 13a, Contrapunctus V, Contrapunctus IV
Costumes: Ty Cooper Grace
Trainee Dancers: Isabella Becchi, Gabriella Fedewa, Taylor Friesen, Gillian Grossman, Emiley Harig, Ayana Leblans, Ryland Mettee, Adelyn Nicholson, Nekya Perry, Alyssa Robey, Sophie Satoh, Exodis Ward
La Bayadère Variation
Choreography: Originally by Marius Petipa, Restaged by Anna Sides
Music: La Bayadère, Act III: 44. Variation - 1st Soloist Shade by Ludwig Minkus
Costume: Ty Cooper Grace
Trainee Dancer: Gabriella Fedewa
Room of Angels
This work was deeply inspired and dedicated to those we have lost, but who surround us and guide us in our tangible world, especially during times of transition.
Choreography: Shannon Alvis (2018)
Music: Bitter and Sweet and III Breath, Crying Breath by Ezio Bosso
Costumes: Ty Cooper Grace, Heather Rogers
Trainee Dancers: Gillian Grossman, Emiley Harig, Ryland Mettee, Adelyn Nicholson, Sophie Satoh
Company Artists: Michael Knight, Isaac Lee
TBD
Choreography: Ty Cooper Grace (Premiere)
Music: TBD
Costume: Ty Cooper Grace
Trainee Dancer: Exodis Ward
Giselle Variation
Choreography: Originally by Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli, Restaged by Anna Sides
Music: Giselle, Act I Variation by Adolphe Adam
Costume: Ty Cooper Grace
Trainee Dancer: Nekya Perry
Amaryllis
“Amaryllis” is a multi-generational piece that features both the professional company and pre-professional students from Charlottesville Ballet Academy. The amaryllis flower is symbolized both in the costumes and in the dancing that represents the flower’s strength, resilience, and beauty.
Choreography: Sara Clayborne (2024)
Music: “Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56” by Béla Bartók
Pianist: Katherine Nies
Costumes: Kate Arnson, Derek Lauer
Trainee Dancers: Isabella Becchi, Ryland Mettee, Adelyn Nicholson
Company Artist: Edgardo Lacaba
Also Featuring CBA Pre-Professional Students:
Julia Aguirre, Georgia Barrow, Serita Barzun, Ela Bassett-Taurel, Carson Fields, Hazel Fulton, Kasumi Furukawa, Narumi Furukawa, Jocelyn Hurd, Elizabeth Gay, Ailyn Green, Rowan Green, Alicia Jiang, Juliana Kelly, Walker Kretlow, Lily Lischke, Layla Quinton, Natalie Macbeth, Erin Megonigal, Tilda Rajagopalan, Preston Silvers, Solveig Stewart, Eleanor Trimble, Gracie Toe
The Student Ensemble Program offers dancers performance opportunities throughout the academic year with a focus on ballet & other optional genres. This program emphasizes training, choreography, and performance while offering students the flexibility to pursue other interests.
Student Ensemble 1
Front Row: Elliana Clayborne, Eleanor Walter, Lucrecia Mullins-Aviles, Beatrice Campanelli, Harper Scaglione
Middle Row: Maxwell Miller, Adrienne Largiader, Emma Maurer, Ysolte Green
Back Row: Genevieve Hegge, Polina Salerno, Virginia Stipe, Maeve Hutchinson
Not Pictured: Maria Barzun
Student Ensemble 2
Front Row: Cate Suggs DeSorbo
Back Row: Miriam Lotter, Aria Magula
Not Pictured: Luisa Shoch, Vivienna Reyes Smithley
Student Ensemble 3/4
Front Row: Beatrice Zarnegar, Gretchen Traud, Nadia Howard, Meredith Fleming, Elsie Nabb
Back Row: Katelyn (Kate) Thompson, Rowan (Charlie) Petres, Tabitha Lotter, Charlie Breton-Whipple, Aislin Wolfman
Not Pictured: Camille Cacatian, Caroline Graham, Cydney Jackson, Dorothy Shirley
Student Ensemble 5
Front Row: Avery Davis, Imogen Fagan, Sylvia Moses
Back Row: Caroline Bruton, Abby Stiffler, Evelyn Popescu
Not Pictured: Sofia Jardim
Thank you to everyone who made Stars of Tomorrow & Momentum possible!
Our Mission
To elevate the art of dance through wellness, performance, education, and community outreach.
About the Ballet
Charlottesville Ballet is a professional ballet company, academy, and nonprofit organization founded by Sara Clayborne and Emily Hartka in 2007. The organization has three parts:
PROFESSIONAL COMPANY
Charlottesville Ballet has no rigid physical aesthetic for its dancers and all body types are celebrated. The company includes dancers from across the United States and abroad and is the Resident Dance Company in Lynchburg’s Academy Center of the Arts.
ACADEMY
Charlottesville Ballet Academy (CBA) is a nonprofit center for dance education serving ages 1.5 through adult in all dance genres.
CB MOVES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Our FREE programming designed to serve underrepresented populations including seniors, disabled individuals, and those facing economic challenges. Classes are currently offered for ages 1-100 through the following programs:
- Chance To Dance (C2D) serves students in grades K-5 in local public elementary schools. Each year, students are selected to receive lifetime scholarships to continue their dance training at CBA.
- Movement For Parkinson’s weekly class for participants with movement disorders and their care partners; currently serving ages 50-100.
- Silver Swans offers ballet classes for seniors age 50+ in partnership with The Center at Belvedere.
- Adaptive Dance classes for students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, or any other developmental or intellectual disabilities to explore the joy of dance.
- Once Upon A Ballet and other free programming for schools, libraries, and communities across Virginia.
An integral part of the Ballet’s mission is to increase access and inclusion in dance. Classical ballet has historically catered to a specific body type and level of physical ability — we aim to change that stereotype and believe that dance is for everyBODY.
COME DANCE WITH US!
We launched a new scholarship initiative in July 2024, and we are still accepting applications! See more at www.CharlottesvilleBallet.org/KLDF
