Santa Susana High School Dance Department

Presents a Concert of Disney-Themed Student Work

Wish Upon a Star

Friday, Dec. 9, 2016

@7pm
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016
@2pm & 7pm
 Wi h Upon a Sta
Presented by
Santa Susana High Schools
DANCE PROGRAM
Dance Program Director............................................................................................................................. Linda Lewis
Concert Director.............................................................. Linda Lewis and Mikayla Davis (student co-director)
Producers................................................................................................................ Karen Giles-Buell and Linda Lewis
Technical Director.....................................,................................................................................................. Mikayla Davis
Shadow TD........................................................................................................................................................... Crystal Lee
Stage Manager................................................................................................................................................. Rae Marcos
Backstage Manager.................................................................................................................................. Ryan Rodgers
Lights............................................................................................... Brian Nguyen, Chase Buschke, Tanner Lauren
Spot Operator................................................................................................................. Emily Barajas, Skye Costigan
Sound............................................................................................... Raul Gomez, Ian Joslin, Eder Ruiz, CJ Schmider
Stage...................................................................................................Olivia Andazola, Brian Apodaca, Danna Avni,
Peter Gonzales, Garland Lapp, Melissa Morales,
Skyler Nguyen, Honey Rose Ross
Riggers...........................................................................................................................Dante Russo, Chris Loewenthal,
Jeremy Parkerson
Runners........................................................................................... Josh Bozarth, Ellie Burg, Charlie Hanna-Baker,
Jennifer Lopez, Megan Benkovic, Jessica Maske, Josh Ness, Kyle Reelfs, Destiny Varela
Stagecraft Teachers/Artists-in-Residence......................................................... Irene Silbert and Rick Geiger
Journalism and Broadcasting............................................................................................................... Jason Beaton
Graphic Design.................................................................................................. Olivia Holland and Felicity Gutierez
 Dance Program
The Dance Program at Santa Susana
High School offers multi- level training in
ballet, pointe, jazz, tap and modern, as
well as dance ensemble, our capstone
performing company. Through rigorous
training, ongoing student choreography
projects, guest and faculty choreogra-
phy, and workshops, we are able to
offer a thorough preparation for those
students wishing to further their educa-
tion in dance.

The Dance Program offers a ceriftfica-

tion in Dance, which is uniquely designed
with the intent of creating well-rounded
and versatile dancers who are prepared
to meet the challenges and expectations
of todays higher education as well as
the performing arts industry. Dancers
certificate by completing a specific course
of study, consisting of either a Major Em-
phasis or a Minor Focus in Dance.
Our students have studied with the Kirov
Ballet, Boston Ballet, American Ballet
Theatre, the Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theatre, Wylliams Henry Contemporary
Dance Company, and many others, and
have gone on to pursue their dance and
musical theatre educations at prestigious
universities and conservatories, as well as
with professional agencies, dance compa-
nies, and Broadway.
 Program
Step Up to The Plate
Jazz 2
Music: I Dont Dance by David Nes-
sim Lawrence (High School Musical 2
soundtrack)
Dancers: Nicole Carabajal, Eric Colorado,
Deanna Corbera, Silvia Espinosa, Julia
Jones, Elaina Kamali, Aimee Ladd, Kelli
OHora, Vivian Rangel, Lili Sanchez.
A New Hope
Ballet 1 Per 3
Music: Star Wars Main Theme by John
Williams
Dancers: Lizzie Barajas, Paige Barrella,
Faith Brodoski, Jewelia Davis, Analisa
Jugan, Desiree Rosales, Alex Valencia.
Amigas Cheetahs
Jazz 1 Per 5
Music: Amigas Cheetahs by Jamie
Houston and Will Robinson from the The
Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack
Dancers: Seleyna Figueroa, Shriya Killada,
Alyssa Prydz, Lakshanya Ramadhenu,
Aryaki Tripathy, Savannah Wells, Emily
Zomoroudi.
Free Spirits
Ballet 2
Music: Transformation by Phil Collins
from Brother Bear soundtrack
Dancers: Danae Drake, Julia Gallegos,
Nicole Nessen, Alondra Olvera, Madison
Perrin-Ackels, Julieta Rodriguez, Lara
Satler, Jennifer Vasquez.
Baby Blue
Outside Solo
Music: Baby Blue by Tor Miller
Dancer: Brianna Kurth
Lack of Armor
ROP Choreography
Music: With Tamed Eyes by Explosions
in the Sky
Dancers: Kaya Buschke, Sam DeSantis,
Jade Falkenberg, Sofya Hovhannisyan,
Cassidy Kelly, Amanda Roe, Allison Sulka.
Getting the Prince
Jazz 1 Per 3
Music: A Little Party Never Killed Nobody
by Fergie ft Q-Tip and Goonrock
Dancers: Danna Avni, Sabrina Carreno,
Tiffany Chamberlain, Paola Chavez, Evan
Churilov, Miguela Soriano, Alexa Soto,
Niesy Tejeda
 Program
Little Match Girl
Pointe
Music: String Quartet No. 2 in D major
by Alexander Borodin
Dancers: Sophia Damiani, Bella Dephil-
lipo, Abi Franks, Mackenzie Rickaby, Riley
Shapiro.
Aloha aina
Dance Ensemble
Music: Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride by
Mi Kealii Ho Omala from Lilo and Stitch
soundtrack
Dancers: Analilliah Alexander, Michele
Birkner, Arielle Castro, Maya Efrat, Kylie
LaFrenais, Crystal Lee.
A Day at Disneyland
Ballet 1 Per 7
Music: Can You Feel the Love Tonight by
Kyle Landry ft Jooh Chiu from Lion King
soundtrack
Dancers: Nicole Duke, Delaney Jones,
Alyssa Lin, Katie Patterson, Jul Pineda, CB
Rangel, Desiree Reyes, Emily Tran.
I Know You
Dance Ensemble
Music: Once Upon a Dream by Lana
Del Rey
Dancers: Marigail Bentz, Jessica Dial, Alex
Egenberg, Brianna Kurth, Amanda Man-
cinelli, Riley Moriarty, Jillyann Romero.
How Nature Flows
Ballet 1 Per 7
Music: Colors of the Wind by Alan Men-
ken from Pocahontas soundtrack
Dancers: Casey Anderson, Hailea Coch-
lin, Ashlyn Cox, Kinsey Huber, Jordyn
Lane, Sydney Markarian, Willow Mize,
Emily Rummell.
Burned
Outside solo
Music: Hurts So Good by Astrid S.
Dancer: Crystal Lee
Nightmare
Modern
Music: Making Christmas by Danny Elf-
man from Nightmare Before Christmas
soundtrack
Dancers: Mary Buffaloe, Liliana Felix,
Gisela Franco, Cass Staples, Emma Wilt.
 Program
Lilac Fairy Variation
Outside solo
Music: Lilac Fairy Variation from Sleeping
Beauty ballet by Tchaikovsky
Dancer: Sophia Damiani
Ladies of the Renaissance
Ballet 2
Music: Kingdom Dance
Dancers: Taylor Bayer, Megan Davies,
Nicole Nessen, Amanda Roe, Kayla
Schwefler, Sarah Stickell.
Mother Knows Best
Outside duet
Music: Mother Knows Best by Alan Men-
ken (Tangled soundtrack)
Dancers: Arianna Howard, Samantha
Longtin
Weighted Minds and Yearning Hearts
Dance Ensemble
Music: Fall Down, Rise Up by No Clear
Mind
Dancers: Kaya Buschke, Marigail Bentz,
Michele Birkner, Arielle Castro, Melanie
Clarizio, Sam DeSantis, Jessica Dial, Maya
Efrat, Alex Egenberg, Jade Falkenburg,
Sammy Granados, Presley Hawk, Malia
Hedrick, Olivia Holland, Sofya Hovhanni-
syan, Delaney Jones, Brianna Kurth,
Cassidy Kelly, Kylie LaFrenais, Crystal
Lee, Riley Moriarty, Amanda Mancinelli ,
Kiara Mendoza, Mason Purece, Jillyann
Romero, Alex Rios, Amanda Roe, Allison
Sulka, Antonia Vivino.
...And youre watching Disney
Channel
Tap
Music: Little Einsteins Theme song by Billy
Straus
Dancers: Samantha Brown, Aissa Carnet,
Madison Desmet, Jakob Evans, Connor
Green, Kendall Green, Daniel McGreevy,
Riley Moriarty, Ruth Regi.
Bewitched Princesses
Modern
Music: Flickers by Son Lux
Dancers: Maritza Cunado, Alex Egenberg,
Brianna Kurth.
The Artist
Pointe
Music: Once Upon a December Anastasia
by Deana Carter
Dancers: Samantha Longtin, Eilis Jen-
nings, Ariannah Howard, Sydney Boyd,
Belen Guzman.
 Program
XoXo, Gospel Girl
Jazz 2
Music: Gospel Truth by Vanessa Thomas
from
Hercules soundtrack
Dancers: Analilliah Alexander, Jacey
Garza, Sam Granados, Alex Rios, Kayla
Schwefler, Riley Stevens.
Dance for Peace
Guest performers, Megill and Company
Choreography/soundscape: Beth Megill
Dancers: Karissa Smith, Erin Sofley, Nata-
sha Wolf
Royalty Gone Bad
Hip Hop JV Team
Music: Whistle Stop/Partition/7-11 by
Beyonce and Roger Miller
Dancers: Shadi Azad, Elise Bauer, Arielle
Castro, Alondra Chavez, Paola Chavez,
Evan Churilov, Emely Cortez, Maritza
Cunado, Alex Egenberg, Delaney Jones,
Jordan Lavine, Riley Moriarty, Alex Orlino,
Trupti Sriram, Niesy Tejada, Jennifer
Vasquez.
Working Away
Ballet 2
Music: Whistle While You Work by Mosik
Van Frank Churchill from Snow White
soundtrack
Dancers: Amy Buffaloe, Nicole Carbajal,
Paola Chavez, Emily Chung, Danielle
Goudreau, Tanya Howard, Lucy Ko, Viv-
ian Rangel, Jessica Smith.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Dance Ensemble
Music: Down the Rabbit Hole by Melanie
Martinez
Dancers: Melanie Clarizio, Sam Granados,
Olivia Holland, Sofya Hovhannisyan,
Delaney Jones, Kiara Mendoza.
Dreams in New Orleans
Jazz 1, Per 5
Music: When were Human by Randy
Newman (Princess and the Frog
soundtrack)
Dancers: Kennedy Cascio, Brooke Clarizio,
Yahaika Corona, Jocelyne Daugherty,
Kelly Dizon, Bryce Phillips, Lynette Pichel,
Linda Tran.
Left Behind
Outside solo
Music: When She Loved Me by Sarah
Mclachan from Toy Story 2 Soundtrack
Dancer: Mason Purece
 Program
Corruption Learning to Fly
Modern Ballet I, Per 3
Music: Breath of Life by Florence and the Music: Peters Return by James Newton
Machine Howard from Peter Pan soundtrack
Dancers: Amanda Corpeno, Ashley Hicke, Dancers: Shayna Apelbaum, Amanda
Sofya Hovhannisyan, Stacy Lee, Alex Corpeno, Emely Cortez, Maritza Cunado,
Orlino. Alicia Griggs, Aimee Ladd

The Heros Final Dance Free

Jazz 1, Per 5
Music: Disney Villain Medley by Jonathan
Freeman
Dancers: Sarah DeBruler, Jasmine Hallack,
Sarah Harper
Getcha Tap in the Game
Tap
Music: Getcha Head in the Game by
Zac Efron from High School Musical
soundtrack
Dancers: Juliana Bellamy, Isabel Christe-
nen, Emely Cortez, Jessica Maske, Daphne
Nungaray, Marcy Oliva, Destiny Varela,
Christina White
Modern/Composition
Music: Reflection by Matthew Wilder
from Mulan soundtrack
Dancers: Eric Colorado, Jordyn Cruz, April
Hedge, Madison Perrin-Ackels, Jessica
Tapia
Your Wish is My Command
Jazz I, Per 3
Music: Friend Like Me by Alan Menken
and Howard Ashman from Aladdin
soundtrack
Dancers: Athena Bell, Ashley Bidgoli,
Alina George, Samantha Grofsky, Meryl
Guda, Daniella Jones

Bambis Innocence Be You

Pointe
Music: Little April Showers by Frank
Churchill from Bambi soundtrack
Dancers: Brianna Bon, Camryn Carbine,
Madison Perrin-Ackels
Dance Ensemble
Music: Me Too by Meghan Trainor
Dancers: Kaya Buschke, Samantha
DeSantis, Jade Falkenberg, Presley Hawk,
Malia Hendrik, Cassidy Kelly, Mason
 Program
Purece, Alexandra Rios, Amanda Roe,
Allison Sulka
A Colored Mind
Ballet I, Per 3
Music: Bundle of Joy by Michael Gi-
acchino from Inside Out soundtrack
Dancers: Shadi Azad, Elise Bauer, Danielle
Dawson, Anali Eichorn, Elisabet Lindskog,
Grace Nash, Sammy Walker, Sam Welke
Girls Talk Boys
Jazz 2
Music: Cruisin for a Bruisin by Mitch
Allan, Jason Evigan, Nikki Leonti, Jason
Charles Miller from Teen Beach Movie
soundtrack
Dancers: Karina Evans, Kennedy Forsyth,
Isabella Jackson, Lena Janiszewaki,
Jordan Levine, Michael Metzger, Ashley
Monroe, Camille Schwarz, Nandita Sun-
darapandidn.
Malevolent Villains
Pointe
Music: West Wing by Alan Menken from
Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
Dancers: Heather Diem, Liliana Felix,
Gisela Franco, Jacey Garza, Kayla Latzer,
Diamond Richardson
Skys the Limit
Jazz 1, Per 3
Music: Kiss the Sky by Jason Derulo
Dancers: Mitia Hooshmandi, Sara Krell,
Iliana Lopez, Jackie Ramirez, Maylene
Shanburn, Valerie Vega.
Finding Your Way
Ballet 1, Per 3
Music: Nemo Egg by Thomas Newman
from Finding Nemo soundtrack
Dancers: Mia Caputo, Alondra Chavez,
Lyda Harlan, Amy Jimenez, Melanie Mar-
tinez, Amy McCartt, Lavina Tran, Julianna
Williams
Constellation
Dance Ensemble
Music: Horizon 2.2 , Define Danc-
ing by Thomas Newman from Wall.E
soundtrack
Dancers: Kaya Buschke, Sam DeSantis,
Jade Falkenberg, Presley Hawk, Malia
Hendrik, Cassidy Kelly, Mason Purece,
Alex Rios, Amanda Roe, Allison Sulka,
Antonia Vivino
Kitris Variation Act 3
Outside solo
Music: Kitris var from Don Quixote by
Ludwig Minkus
Dancer: Abi Franks
 Program
The Glad in Gladiator
Tap
Music: Zero to Hero by Alan Menken
from Hercules soundtrack
Dancers:
Sydney Abdelmessih, Shayna Apelbaum,
Danna Avni, Elise Barnathan, Maddie
Cassady, Natalia Enriquez, Kate Frank-
land, Rebecca Radvinsky, Camille Schwarz
Twisted Analysis
Modern
Music: Pandoras Blackbook by Slowburn
Dancers: Kaya Buschke, Sam DeSantis,
Jade Falkenburg, Presley Hawk, Cassidy
Kelly, Amanda Roe, Allison Sulka.
Night Show
Hip Hop Varsity Team
Music: Cut it, Antidote, A Milli by OT
Genasis, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne
Dancers: Ana Alexander, Juliana Bellamy,
Nicole Carabajal, Eric Colorado, Amy
Doan, Seleyna Figueroa, Malia Hedrick,
Cassidy Kelly, Brianna Kurth, Stacy Lee,
Nicole Martin, Kiara Mendoza, Vivian
Rangel, Alex Rios, Jillyann Romero, Kayla
Schwefler, Sarah Stickell, Jocelyn Westrup,
Allison Yuan

Malamalama
Ballet 2
Music: He Mele No Lilo by Disney Mark
Kealil Hoomalu/Kamehameha Schools
Dancers: Analiliah Alexander, Sabrina
Carreno, Jacqueline Etpison, Tiffany Mota,
Alyssa Ortiz, Allison Rummell, Alyssa
Shanburn, Trupti Sriram.

Up, Up and Away

Outside Duet
Music: Married Life by Michael Giacchino
from Up soundtrack
Dancers: , Mason Purece, Antonia Vivino