Dance Arts Theatre of Silverdale will perform a “Babes in Toyland” ballet at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center on April 18 at 7 p.m. and April 19 at 2 p.m.
“Babes in Toyland” is a light-hearted ballet melodrama taken after the Walt Disney movie, “Babes in Toyland” based on the Operetta by Victor Herbert.
The ballet opens in Mother Goose Village where everyone is celebrating the announcement that Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son, and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, are getting married. Barnaby, the villain, kidnaps Tom and steals Little Bo Peep’s sheep. Mary thinks she can’t make ends meet and that she will have to marry Barnaby. Bo Peep and the children go into the Forest of NO Return to look for her lost sheep. They are rescued by the Slumber Princess who transports them to Toyland. Tom gets the toy soldiers to help find the sheep and leads the soldiers into a battle with Barnaby. Everyone celebrates a happy ending.
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary is played by Madison Shorter, a junior at Central Kitsap High School. Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son is played by Kiley Pugh, a junior at North Kitsap High School. Little Bo Peep is played by Robyn Harvey, a sophomore at North Kitsap High School. Barnaby, the villain is played by Macrina Sevillano, a junior at North Kitsap High School.
“Fairy Doll” is presented by the Senior Company of DANCE ARTS THEATRE.
The music is by Josef Bayer and choreography after Josef Hassreiter. “Fairy Doll” was first performed in 1888 in Vienna. The first New York performance was in 1890 in the repertoire of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
The Toymaker is at work in his shop when a peasant family and an English family arrive to look at the dolls. When he realizes they are not interested in any of them, he brings out his pride and joy – The Fairy Doll.
Fairy Doll is played by Jordan Black, a senior at Central Kitsap High School and the Toymaker is played by Clint Hawk.
“Tarantella” is performed by a lively Italian ballet dance presented by the Senior Company with music by Louis Gottschalk and choreography after Gerald Teijelo.
“Enchanted Fairies of the Forest” is presented by the Junior Company of Dance Arts Theatre. Follow Will O’ the Wisp (Emilie Scott, a seventh-grader at Klahowya), and the Fairy Queen (Rachel Robnett, an eighth-grader at Ridgetop) into a mystical forest fairyland.
Reserved seats are $20. General admission $15. Senior citizens, students and children are $10. Tickets available at the Silverdale Chamber of Commerce, Irene’s School of Dance in Silverdale, CJ’s Evergreen General Store in Bremerton. Call 692-4395 for more information.
