Dance at Princeton Day School 

PDS DANCES 2026: Americana

Wednesday, April 15, 2026; 7pm

McAneny Theater

Artistic Director: Ann Robideaux

Technical Director: Evan Paine; Technical Assistant: Chrissy Johnson

Lighting Design: Chris Ghaffour

Sound Assistant: Orion Seidler; Lighting Assistant: Charlotte Lenihan

Stage Manager: Raina Marshall-Hooten; Middle School Assist: April Kopacz; 

 

America

Celebrating West Side Story and the music of Leonard Bernstein

Choreography: Ann Robideaux

US Dancers: Brielle Emmich, Isabella Winkler, Yiva Yuan with Kendra Daley, Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Amara Martin, Zoie Muschett, Aneesha Sarkar, Silver Zhang

MS Dancers: Alice Chen, Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Poppy Henson, Jennifer Ju, Catherine Li, Jacqueline Li, Anna Mesuda, Zaina Patterson, Bella Su, Monisha Tiwari, Hannah Wang

Music Performance by Joshua Cha, viola; Valentina Chen, violin; Brooklyn Jang, violin; 

Gracie Lin, cello; Sophie Yao, violin

Music by Leonard Bernstein; arranged by Stephan Bulla

 

Great Expectations

Performance by Arjun Prabhu

Music by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, Justin Levine from The Outsiders  

 

Appalachian Waltz

Inspired by American modern dance pioneer Martha Graham, the natural American landscape and Appalachian photographs from the 1930s. 

Choreography: Brielle Emmich, April Kopacz, Ann Robideaux, Isabella Winkler, Yiva Yuan

Dancers: Brielle Emmich, Isabella Winkler, Yiva Yuan

Music Performance: Brooklyn Jang and Sophie Yao  Music: Mark O’Connor

 

American Symphony 

Choreography: Ann Robideaux

Dancer: Hana Fang

Music: Jon Batiste

 

American Requiem

Choreography and Performance: Ariyah Lamin

Music: Beyoncé

 

Another Life

Performance by Arundhati Prabhu 

Music by Jason Robert Brown from The Bridges of Madison County 

 

Ventura Highway

Choreography and Performance: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort

Music: Dewey Bennell; performed by America

 

Protector

A reflection on growing up and remembering our youth. 

Choreography: Kendra Daley and Ariyah Lamin

Performance: Kendra Daley, Ariyah Lamin, Zoie Muschett, Chloe Young

Music: Beyoncé

 

Untamed border

Choreography and Performance: Yiva Yuan

 

Indivisible

Dancers: Pierson DelVecchio, Abbey Dufort, Ariyah Lamin, Chloe Young

Music: Orion Seidler

Film: Ann Robideaux

 

Reaching the Dream

Choreography and Performance: Brielle Emmich and Isabella Winkler

Music: Jack Lawrence and Sammy Fain; performed by Lana Del Ray

 

Feeling Good

Choreography by: Amelia Nemeth, Ariyah Lamin, Kendra Daley, Zoie Muschett, Chloe Young, and Yiva Yuan

Performed by: Ariyah Lamin, Anne Heavers, Kendra Daley, Yiva Yuan, Chloe Young, Zoie Muschett, Izzy Li, Amara Martin

Music: Nina Simone

 

L-O-V-E

Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the Dancers

Dancers: Alice Chen, Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Poppy Henson, Jennifer Ju, Catherine Li, Jacqueline Li, Anna Mesuda,

Zaina Patterson, Bella Su, Monisha Tiwari, Hannah Wang

Music: Natalie Cole

 

Amen

Choreography and Performance: Kendra Daley

Music: Beyoncé

 

Man’s World 

Ann Robideaux with the Dancers

Choreography: Brielle Emmich, Ann Robideaux, Isabella Winkler, Yiva Yuan

Dancers: Brielle Emmich, Isabella Winkler, Yiva Yuan

Music: Aretha Franklin; James Brown

 

Diva

PDS Cheer Club!  

Choreography: Ariyah Lamin and Amelia Nemeth 

Performance: Kendra Daley, Ariyah Lamin, Yemaya Mahjied, Zoie Muschett,

Amara Martin, Raina Marshall-Hooten, Chloe Young

Music: Beyoncé

 

Dancer’s Delight

Joyfully playing with old school hip hop 

Choreography: Ann Robideaux with the dancers

Dancers: Alice Chen, Hana Fang, Lily Farrington, Ava Harris, Poppy Henson, Jennifer Ju, Catherine Li, Jacqueline Li, Anna Mesuda,

Zaina Patterson, Bella Su, Monisha Tiwari, Hannah Wang

Music: The Sugarhill Gang

 

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, Jonathan Martin, Tomasz Rzeczycki, Emily Shircliff, Scott Bertoli, Matt Pilsner (photos), Skynine (video), the PDS Arts Department at large, middle school dance assistants Kendra Daley, Abbey Dufort, Brielle Emmich, Yiva Yuan, Silver Zhang; and our dancer families for their support in making this production come to life.

 

Save the Date

Apr 23, 2025 Upper School Spring Concert

May 8-9  MS Musical, “Finding Nemo, Jr.”

May 14-15 All School Arts Festival, featuring more dance!

May 20 Jacobson Senior Recital; Angela Du and Brooklyn Jang

May 28 Jacobson Junior Recital; Sophie Yao, Emma Salas, Sam Konin 

 

Happy Earth Day April 22/Earth Day is Everyday! 

At least half of the costumes we use for the dance concert have been upcycled or repurposed.

By using a digital program, we hope to further keep this an earth-friendly production.