THANK YOU FOR OUR 2014-2015
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Nutcracker Sponsor ($5,000+)
Hip Hop Producer Sponsors
($1,000+)
Shock Family Supporters
($100+)
Mark Bennett
Liz Bernal
Spiridonov Family
Brian Trotier
Witt Lincoln
Michelle Adams
Association of African-American
Educators
Christopher Ayson
Dawne Ellison
Dominique Molina
Keely Tidrow
Audrey Trottier
Stacie Wissler & Lee Wilczek
Kathie Wickstrand
Choreography Producer Sponsors
($500+)
Michelle Renee Gutierrez-Mendoza
Lorne and Cindy Polger
Associate Producer Sponsors
($250+)
Bella Associate Producer
Yvonne Hansen and Diana Cantu
Alex and Carlos Perez
Jeanette Stevens
Lisa & Scott Witt
In-Kind Supporters
($250+)
Sarah McNew
Skyline San Diego
Keely Tidrow
Lisa Witt
CORPORATE PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
NUTCRACKER
A Holiday Hip Hop Dance Theatrical
JANUARY 3 & 4, 2015
HISTORIC SPRECKELS THEATRE
www.cultureshockdance.org/nutcracker
We encourage you to continue supporting Culture Shock Dance Troupes
by making a donation at www.cultureshockdance.org/SanDiego
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING A CULTURE SHOCK NUTCRACKER
A Culture Shock Nutcracker is sponsored in part by a grant from the Commission for Arts & Culture
A CULTURE SHOCK NUTCRACKER
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Director
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Culture Shock Dance Center
Technicians (our special crew-Michael, Ashley, Andrea & Sal)
Culture Shock Volunteers and Parents
Angie Bunch
Artist: Franky Agostino
Production Assistants
Nutcracker Choreographers
Artistic Assitants/Rehearsal Asistants
San Elijo Dance & Music Academy & Ben Houk -Backdrops & Toy
Soldier Costumes
Annette Delozier, David Henry, David Silvas, Richie Prospal
Jonathan Sison, David Silvas, David Henry, Richie Prospal, Sean Memije,
Jerome Villar, Marco Herrera
Administrative Assistant
CYT Rentals
Sets and costumes, San Diego Ballets Javier Velasco for Nutcracker
tutorial, guidance and support!
Annette Delozier
Choreographers
Arnel Calvario, Angel Gibbs, David Henry, Marco Herrera, Jake Ellis, Matt
Millen, Jason ‘Booogie’ Santana, David Silvas, Jonathan Sison, Nick Zavala,
Freddie Thompson, Eddie Madueno, Leo Matsuyama, Miguel “Igi’ Echave, Beau
Fournier, Ray Basa, Justin Arcega, Patrick Samokhvalof, Darwin ‘Dee’ Browne,
Anthony Rodriguez, Ivan Deleon, Ricky Cole, Richie Prospal, Sean Memije
Stage Manager
Graphic Designer
Lighting Designer
Drosselmeyer Painting
Sal Agostino
San Diego Ballet & Robin – Growing Tree Drop
Nutcracker Committee Volunteers
Corporate Partners & Sponsors who helped to market the event!
Board of Directors
Entire Cast of the Nutcracker!
Culture Shock Dance Center
Alfredo Vilano
Michael VonHoffman
Dance Classes are offered for Youth,
Teens and Adults, all levels, Beginner
through
Professional.
Youth classes age range,
3&4, 5&6, 7-12 and Teens
Franky Agostino
Wigs & Make-up
Set Creations:
Ashley VonHoffman
Liz Bernal & Bridget
MacConnel
Make-up Assistant
Nutcracker Apparel Design
Michelle Cohn
Liz Bernal
Costume Design/Consultant
Adria Sanchez-Chaidez
Program
Keely Tidrow & Alfredo Vilano
Music Composer
Photographers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and
various other artists
Music Mixing & Engineer
Andrea Hatfield
Videographer
Rich Clark,
Al Fernandez IMAGES,
Ralph LoVulo Photography and
Marilen Tran
Video Teasers
Gerald Nonato
Fitted Films by Richie P
San Diego's Premier
Urban Contemporary Dance
Training Facility
C U LT U R E S H O CK
DANCE CENTER
2110 Hancock Street, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92110
Located Near Old Town, West of I-5
Between Old Town Ave and Washington
619.299.2110
www.cultureshockdancecenter.com
Classes Include
Hip Hop– All levels, Youth and Adult
Contemporary Dance
Breakin’, Youth and Adult
Cardio Hip Hop
House
Toddler Hip Hop
Burlesque
Belly Dance
Stretch and Conditioning
Improvisation Dance and Exploration
Nutcracker Committee Chair
Lisa Witt
Nutcracker Committee
Carole Badt, LaShae Collins, Alexander Eaker, Monica Jaikaran,
Sarah McNew, Geneva Roman, Keely Tidrow, Lisa Witt
VIP Reception
Keely Tidrow & Lisa Witt
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Culture Dance Center is the official school
for the Culture Shock Dance Troupes.
Culture Shock Dance Center Co-Owners: Angie Bunch & Joseph Savant
Culture Shock Dance Center Studio Manager: Bridget Savant
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CULTURE SHOCK NUTCRACKER SYNOPSIS
Culture Shock's modern re-interpretation of the NUTCRACKER stays
true to E.T.A. Hoffman's story and honors the brilliance and beauty of
Tchaikovsky's score. Set in the present day amidst a fusion of contemporary
music and 'youtube culture' references with references with old-world magic,
A Culture Shock Nutcracker will entertain and delight audiences of all ages.
ACT 1: SCENE I
It’s a festive Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum’s house as the annual celebration is
well underway. Several generations come together in harmony as the DJ plays
everyone’s favorite Jams.
ACT 1: SCENE II
A mysterious guest arrives, dressed in vibrant purple attire, spellbinding the guests with his
energetic presence! It is Godfather Drosselmeyer, a toymaker known for his fantastic creations –
specifically, his lifelike mechanical Dancing Dolls! The Stahlbaum children are given their gifts,
and Drosselmeyer presents Clara Stahlbaum with a wooden Prince Nutcracker. Fritz, Clara’s pest
of a younger brother, is more enchanted with what she receives than with his own gift. He grabs
the Nutcracker and accidentally breaks it. Drosselmeyer repairs the doll and ‘suggests’ that Clara
rest by the tree. The party continues as she slips into a deep sleep.
ACT 1: SCENE III
Clara awakens in a dream-state to find her home magically transformed, turning the
Stahlbaum’s living room into a Battle Zone. The Rats infest, the Nutcracker and his
Army retaliate, and we meet the Rat Queen. She is the one responsible for cursing the
Prince, turning him into the wooden doll. Clara’s belief in her Doll Prince, combined
with his unparalleled skill, leads to the defeat of the Rat Army. The curse is broken,
and the Nutcracker returns to his human Princely form. Drosselmeyer’s magic whisks
them off on a celebratory adventure.
ACT 1: SCENE IV
Drosselmeyer guides Clara and her Nutcracker Prince through the enchanted forest to the
Sugar Plum Fairy’s Palace for a celebration in their honor. En route, they meet a
benevolent Snowman and his Snowflake Fairies who assist them in their journey.
INTERMISSION
ACT 2: SCENE I
At the Sugar Plum Fairy Palace, preparations are being made for the celebration by the
Court Members. The Sugar Plum Fairy, her Cavalier, Clara, and the Nutcracker Prince are
seated for the show. They enjoy a dance journey through different lands and street dance
genres. The finale of this special celebration is the duet between the Sugar Plum Fairy and
Cavalier. Drosselmeyer then reappears to return Clara to the family party.
ACT 2: SCENE II
Clara awakens to find herself, sadly, exactly where she was when she fell asleep. At that
moment, Drosselmeyer re-enters the party with a very special guest, his long-lost nephew, the
Nutcracker Prince. Clara is elated, and the family and party guests rejoice with a final dance.
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LEAD CAST
Nutcracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jake Ellis
Clara Stahlbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaelynn Clark
Drosselmeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Samokhvalof
Rat Queen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simone Swift
Sugar Plum Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aimee Ferguson
Cavalier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beau Fournier
Mr Stahlbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marco Herrera
Mrs Stahlbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Pentland
Fritz Stahlbaum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan DeLeon
Drosselmeyer’s Apprentice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darwin “D” Brown
Captain Ginger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richie Prospal
Olaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miguel “Igi” Echave
Beatboxer/DJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brent “Beehive” Campbell
Drosselmeyer’s Dolls:
Matt Millen & Angel Gibbs
Chinese Dancers:
Kenneth Barlahan,
Jonathan “JB” Broadas,
Julia Fernandez, Kaylar Preite,
Elias Vasquez, Joey Williams
Snowflakes:
Jonathan “JB” Broadas,
Gabe Butler, Joseph
Christensen, Nicholas Delgado,
Cindy Grethel Fuentes,
Cameron Greene, Rian “RJ”
Johnson, Shawn Jones-Nguyen,
Eien Kobayashi, Sienna
Mendoza, Matt Millen, Jacob
Nakhohthap, Joey Ortiz,
Baisley Ruiz, Colin Spiridonov,
Hirari Watanabe,
Joey Williams
Arabian Dancers:
Eddie Madueno, Miles McKee,
Tee On, Anthony Rodriguez,
Joshua Rosario, Jonathan Sison,
Jerome Villar
Russian Dancers:
Daniel Aparicio, Timothy
“Junior” Brammer, Jonathan
“JB” Broadas, Jake Ellis,
Danny Flores
Captain Ginger’s Scallyswags:
Sebastiani “Tiani” Capozzoli,
Britney Haire, Henry Klam,
Andrew Molina, Anthony Quintero,
Collin Spiridonov, Max Spiridonov
Spanish Dancers:
Ivana D’Souza, Cailee Duenas,
Carmen Macias, Sean Memije,
Joshua Rosario, Ivan Velasco
Flute Dancer:
Freddie Thompson
Flower Dancers:
Elisse Chow, Kaelynn Clark,
Natalie Parun
Sugar Plum Fairy &
Cavalier Duet:
Aimee Ferguson &
Beau Fournier
Toy Solders:
Maria Ali, Elijah Andrews,
Gabe Butler, Elana Cadapan,
Kailani Cancel, Rylei Frazier,
Merrick Hanna, Eien
Kobayashi, Nina Drew
Laxamana, Myka Manalo,
Sienna Mendoza, Jacob
Nakhohthap, Baisley Ruiz,
Faline Separa, Gavin Wilson
ALL CAST
Aaliyah
Philavanh-Hernandez
Aimee Ferguson
Alanna Alexander (Clark)
Alexis LoVuolo
Alicia Kleiner
Amanda Zimmerman
Amara Nicoletti
Amerie Davis
Amethyst Goff
Andrew Molina
Angel Gibbs
Anjanae "AJ" Hassell
Annette De Lozier
Anthony Quintero
Anthony Rodriguez
Arnel Calvario
Ashley Jesus
Audrey Fernandez
Baisley Ruiz
Beau Fournier
Bella Jaikaran
Billie Fields
Brent "Beehive" Campbell
Britney Haire
Brittni Hammett
Cailee Duenas
Cameron Greene
Carmen Macias
Cassie Gonzalez
Cindy Grethel Fuentes
Colin Spiridonov
Daniel Aparicio
Daniel Flores
Daniel Macias
Darwin "Dee" Browne
Davin Lawson Kibblewhite
Delina Dilargachew
Diana Lim
Eddie Madueno
Eien Kobayashi
Elana Cadapan
Elias Vasquez
Elijah Andrews
Elisse Chow
Evan Wadley
Faline Separa
Freddie Thompson
Gabby Lo Coco
Gabe Butler
Gavin Wilson
Halle Taft
Henry Klam
Hirari Watanabe
Isabella Medina
Ivan Gelacio De Leon
Ivan Velasco
Ivana D'Souza
Jacob Nakhohthap
Jake Ellis
Jerome Villar
Jihad Ali
Joey Ortiz
Joey Williams
Jonathan "JB" Broadus
Jonathan Sison
Joseph Christensen
Joshua Rosario
Juan Antonio Ponce Torres
Julia Fernandez
Julia Fulton
Kaelynn Clark
Kailani Cancel
Kaitlyn Baghbeh
Kalista Cancel
Katie Flegal
Katie Pentland
Kaylar Preite
Keely Tidrow
Kenneth Barlahan
Kimberly Baghbeh
Kirsti Telleson
Lainie Sivila
Logan Edra
Maazi Chery
Maelin Janus
Marco Herrera
Maria Ali
Markus Hallmark
Matt Millen
Max Spiridonov
Maya Sofia Matthies
Merrick Hanna
Miguel "Igi" Echave
Miles McKee
Myka Manalo
Nan Pieper
Natalie Parun
Nathalya Lopez
Nicholas Delgado
Nina Drew Laxamana
Patrick Samokhvalof
Paulina Separa
Rayonna Davis
Rian "RJ" Johnson
Richie Prospal
Rob Gabriel
Rylei Frazier
Scotty Spinks Jr
Sean Memije
Sebastian Arredondo
Sebastiani “Tiani” Capozzoli
Shadrac Contreras
Shawn Jones-Nguyen
Sienna Mendoza
Sierra Gilmore
Simone Swift
Taya Brionne Lee
Taylor Edwards
Tee On
Tessa Hatlelid
Tianna Lopez
Tiffany Hohle
Timiya Richardson
Timothy "Junior" Brammer
Tiyonna Clark
Tommy Chu
Veronica Velasco
Wyatt Norberg
Zorihya Collins
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CULTURE SHOCK SAN DIEGO
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
2015 Culture Shock Dance Troupe
Founder, Artistic Director
Angie Bunch
Executive Director
Cheyenne Kibblewhite
Dance Troupe Directors
Culture Shock Artistic Director: Sean Memije
Administrative Director: Lovelyn Layug
Artistic Assistant: Jonathan Sison
Dance Captain: Jerome Villar
Future Shock: Sherman Shoate & Simone Swift
Mighty Shock: David Silvas & Cailee Duenas
Assistants: Eddie Madueno & Freddie Thompson
Mini Shock: Marco Herrera, Taylor-Grace Freiberg &
Lauren Pangcog
Afta Shock: Richie Prospal
Culture Shock Board of Directors
Chair: Keely Tidrow
Vice President Co-Chair: Sarah McNew
Vice President Co-Chair: Lisa Witt
Treasurer: Alexander Eaker
Members: Cristal Gerrick, LaShae Collins
Advisory Committee: Brian Trotier & Liz Bernal
Are you interested in being on the board, volunteering and getting more involved?
Please contact Cheyenne Kibblewhite at [email protected]
or [email protected]
TROUPE AUDITIONS
Culture Shock: Sunday, January 11, 12:30pm
Future Shock (17 & under): Sunday, January 18, 12:30pm
Afta Shock (25 years and older): Friday, January 16, 7:30pm
Mighty Shock (13 and under): Saturday, January 17, 4:30pm
Mini Shock (8 and under): Saturday, January 17, 2:30pm
MASTER CLASSES
Every Tuesday evening 8:30-10pm, $15
Open to the public to learn a new style of hip hop dance
from award-winning guest choreographers
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A CULTURE SHOCK DANCE TROUPES
Culture Shock® San Diego is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Hip Hop dance troupe
dedicated to innovative performance (Entertainment) , artist development
(Education), and community outreach (Enrichment).
Culture Shock San Diego is the originator of the world-wide network of Culture
Shock Dance Troupe, Inc.® We are a highly diverse group of individuals who,
through the power of Hip Hop music and dance, cultivate self-worth, dignity,
and respect for all people throughout our global community.
The world-renowned company, founded and headquartered in San Diego since
1993, has outposts in Los Angeles; Oakland; Las Vegas; Chicago; Atlanta;
Washington, D.C.; and in Ottawa and Toronto, Canada.
ANGIE BUNCH
Founder, Artistic Director
Angie formed Culture Shock, gathering a group of
hip-hop street dancers to develop and perform intricate
choreography combining the best of the raw, urban
forms of dance burgeoning onto the scene in the early
1990’s. Adding break dancing to this mix in the late
1990s, Culture Shock has become a hip-hop powerhouse
under Bunch’s direction.
The Culture Shock concept—to bring the urban dance form into the professional dance
arena and then let that influence go back the other way. Angie touts the addition of
break dancing as a key moment in the history of Culture Shock. “That was the big
blossoming for Culture Shock,” she says. “To pull the two genres together: the original
and the ‘commercial.’”
Angie began her 20-plus-year professional dance career primarily in jazz and musical
theater. She then became a Nike-sponsored dance athlete, a job that took her all over
the world to present dance and fitness programs. She has created dance/fitness videos
and is featured in the book Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits, written by Nancy
Alspaugh and Marilyn Kentz.
Creating the Culture Shock brand and nonprofit was Angie’s first child, and paved the
way for the real deal; Dominica Angel Savant-Bunch was born August 2000, fulfilling
her love of family and raising a beautiful, talented daughter.
Angie’s vision of Culture Shock is always evolving and the next goal is to add a full
educational division to the company in the near future and see her creation of A
CULTURE SHOCK NUTCRACKER as a future Broadway production.
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