Dance at Princeton Day School
PDS DANCES 2025
April 10, 7pm
McAneny Theater, Princeton Day School
Artistic Director, Ann Robideaux
Technical Director, Evan Paine
Lighting Designer, Chris Ghaffoor
Noor Choudhuri, Stage Manager
Karina Yuan, Light Board; Orion Seidler, Sound Board
Raina Marshall-Hooten, Assistant Stage Manager
Sabrina Mansour, Spotlight + Confetti
42nd Street
Adapted from the Original Broadway Choreography by Gower Champion
Performance: Mar Chen, Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Chloe Young
Music by Harry Warren
42nd Street Trailer
Performance: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin,
Sophie Takano, Chloe Young
Film: Ann Robideaux with original 42nd Street Trailer footage
Music: Harry Warren; Lyrics: Al Dubin
Happy Feet
Choreography: Ann Robideaux
Dancers: Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Anna Mesuda, Muskaan Pandrangi, Zaina Patterson, Vanilla Zhang
La Loie
A celebrated performing artists of her era, Loïe Fuller crafted a new genre of performance, combining dance, fabric, music, lighting design.
Choreography/Performance: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin, Sophie Takano, Chloe Young
Film: Ann Robideaux w film takes by Loie Fuller, c. 1901, The Serpentine Dancer
Violin: Brooklyn Jang
Music: Loin de Bal by Ernest Gillet
Cheek to Cheek
Inspired by Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Katherine Dunham’s “Stormy Weather”
Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the Dancers.
Dancers: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin,
Sophie Takano, Chloe Young
Singers: Casey Kuma and Lily Zebrauskas
Music: Cheek to Cheek by Fred Astaire
Singing in the Rain
Inspired by technicolor and Gene Kelly's musical theater style
Choreography: Mar Chen and Ann Robideaux
Dancers: Mar Chen, Raina Marshall-Hooten, Aneesha Sarkar, Yiva Yuan, Silver Zhang
Tap Dancers: Kal'El Livingston, Zoie Muschett
Song Performance: Jonas Hinsdale
Lyrics by Arthur Freed; Music by Nacio Herb Brown
What Was I Made For
Performance: Arundhati Prabhu and Arjun Prabhu
Music: What Was I Made For by Billie Eilish from Barbie
Hi Barbie!
Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the dancers.
Dancers: Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Anna Mesuda, Muskaan Pandrangi, Zaina Patterson, Vanilla Zhang
Music: Dance the Night by Dua Lipa
The Birds vs. Black Swan
Studies in theme & development and chance dance contrasted with classical structure.
Inspired by The Birds and Black Swan
Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the Dancers
Dancers: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin,
Sophie Takano, Chloe Young
Sound Collage: Ann Robideaux with Opening Soundtrack from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds;
Bird Song Ambience by Sound Forager; Nina’s Dream by Clint Mansell; Odile’s Coda by Pyotor IilyichTchaikovsky
Extra Sound Support: Jesse Neuman
《武上春》("Into Spring")
Inspired by Chinese "Wuxia" style martial arts period films
Choreography, Film and Performance: Mar Chen
Music: Raise by Roc Chen
a thousand lies
Choreography and Performance: April Kopacz
Music: Live to Tell by Madonna from the movie At Close Range
Bring it On!
A dance based off of the iconic 2000s cheerleading themed movie: Bring It On!
Two teams compete to be the top squad of the region.
Choreography: Ariyah Lamin and Amelia Nemeth
Performance by the PDS Dance Club:
Kendra Daley, Elle Haan, Jonas Hinsdale, Anne Heavers, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin, Raina Marshall-Hooten, Zoie Muschett,
Amelia Nemeth, Sophie Takano, Yiva Yuan, Chloe Young
Music: Pump It by Black Eyed Peas
Healing in Motion
Inspired by the documentary Back to Black
Choreography and Performance: Pierson DelVecchio
Music: Tears Dry On Their Own by Amy Winehouse
Nuclear
Inspired by the documentary Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Choreography and Performance: Abbey Dufort
Music: Why Can’t I Sleep by Lucas King
The Matrix
"Free your mind. Reality is a thing of the past; be afraid of the future"
Choreography and Performance by Kendra Daley, Amelia Nemeth
Special appearances by Jonas Hinsdale, April Kopacz, Casey Kuma
Music: Dragula by Rob Zombie; Rock is Dead by Marilyn Manson; Spybreak by Propellerheads; Clubbed to Death by Rob Dougan; Leave you Far Behind by Lunatic Calm
Music mix created by Amelia Nemeth
007
Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the Dancers.
Dancers: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin,
Sophie Takano, Chloe Young
Music: The Name’s Bond…James Bond from Casino Royale by David Arnold
Yeah Baby!
Performance: Kendra Daley, April Kopacz, Ariyah Lamin, Amelia Nemeth
Film: Ann Robideaux with Austin Powers Film Clips
Music by the late great Quincy Jones
Not My Responsibility
Inspired by the Documentary The World’s a Little Blurry
Choreography and Performance: Arina Maksin
Music: Not My Responsibility by Billie Eilish
Honō (Flame)
Based on the documentary, Finding Her Beat, an all-female troupe performs Taiko, the Japanese drumming art
that has been off-limits to women for centuries.
Choreographed and Performed by Sophie Takano
Music: Kyosui (O-Daiko) by Kodo
Brief Pause
Jai Ho
Bollywood inspired dance
Choreography by Sangeeta Kishore (‘19), Aditi Nagarkatte (‘28) and Ann Robideaux
MS Dancers: Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Anna Mesuda,
Muskaan Pandrangi, Zaina Patterson, Vanilla Zhang
US Dancers: Mar Chen, Kendra Daley, Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Elle Haan, Ariyah Lamin, Arina Maksin, Raina Marshall-Hooten,
Zoie Muschett, Amelia Nemeth, Aneesha Sarkar, Sophie Takano, Chloe Young, Yiva Yuan, Silver Zhang
Music: Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire by AR Rahman
With Gratitude
Many thanks to all of the performers, choreographers, musicians, and tech crew who gave their talents to this production. Thank you to Kelly Nicholson-Flynn, Katie O’Shaughnessey, Renee Price, Stan Cahill, Chris Ghaffoor, Meagan Hodson, Evan Paine, Chrissy Johnson, Edgar Mariano, Melissa Myser, Emily Dupont, Jesse Neuman, Ryan Brechmacher, Amy Wulfman, Tomasz Rzeczycki, Emily Shircliff, Scott Bertoli, Matt Pilsner (photos), Skynine (video), Cameron Dunbar (photos below) the PDS Arts Department at large and our dancer families for their support in making this production come to life.
Save the Date
Apr 24, 2025 Upper School Spring Concert
April 28, 2:30pm Jonas Hinsdale, Voice
April 30, 2:30pm Casey Kuma, Voice
May 9-10, 2025 MS Musical, “Beauty and The Beast, Jr.”
May 15, 2025 All School Arts Festival, featuring more dance!
May 22 at 2:30pm Brooklyn Jang, Violin
70% of all costumes were either re-used or upcycled in this production in order to lower our overall consumption of plastic and other harmful materials to our planet.
By using a digital program, we hope to further keep this an earth-friendly production.
