| Haley Day Performances include 2010 Lilac Fairy, Where the Wild Things Are, Michael Jackson Tribute, 2009 Snow Wbite, Excerpts from Les Sylphides, Tango, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, a Variation from Raymonda, Be Our Guest, Enigma, and Santana. The June 2007 National PTA Convention, Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake at Shrewsbury Community Center 2006. Selection from Paquita, Leslianna, Carribbean Blue, Mas Que Nada, Reflection & Dreams, Spring Performance 2006. St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase 2006 -2008 Leslianna III and National Dance Week at Union Station 2005- 2007. Serenade,Crazy in Love, Far and Away, Time For Us, excerpt from Pas de Quatre, Gershwin's Rhapsody Hearts & Flowers 2005- 2008, Leslianna part II, Carlotta Grisi Pas De Quatre, Tillie's Smile, They Dance Alone, Santana Supernatural. Sugar Plum Fairy, Parent, Dew Drop, Marzipan, Chinese, Flower, Mouse King, Maid, Cousin from The Nutcracker for Children 2004- 2007. Odalisque Variation from Le Corsaire, Trust, Toxic, A Whole New World from Spring Concert 2005 Friend Coppelia Where is the Love Spring Concert 2004. Gamzetti Variation La Bayadere Open House 2007. Smokey Robinson Trio Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase 2009. Haley started her dance training with Caston's Ballet Academie in the Fall of 2003. After her 8 week program with the Joffrey Summer Workshop 2008, she was invited to attend their Year Program, but decided to finish out her Senior year in St. Louis and 4 years with Caston Chamber Ballet Company! Summer 2009 with Boston Ballet Summer Workshop. She is currently a Freshman on Scholarship at UMKC as a Dance Major. Haley returned to St. Louis in December to perform Sugar Plum Fairy & Dew Drop in CCB's Nutcracker 2009. |
| APPRENTICES |
| Artists of the Company 2009-2010 |
| ALL STAR NO STAR SYSTEM Where all company members dance in the corps as well as soloist roles. Building strong technicians as well as creative artists. |
Mia Eppler
Performances include the Les Sylphides Soloist Prelude, Waltz and Corps
2009. June 2007 National PTA Convention, Tarentella Doll La Boutique
Fantastique, Vivaldi Seasons, One, Revelations, Night Creatures, Bye Bye
Bye, Circle of Life, Have Faith In Your Dreams Spring Concert 2006, 2007,
2009. Little Swans Edgewood Children's Center Charity Performance 2006,
Shrewsbury Community Center 2006. Degas Dancers in Blue, Fragile
Hearts and Flowers 2007 & 2009. Angel, Cousin, Parent, Mouse King, Snow,
Little Bo Peep, Chinese, Flower,Soldier Doll, Spanish, Kissing Doll, The
Nutcracker 2006 - 2000. Sisters Open House 2007. Smokey Robinson Trio
Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase 2009.
Mia is a junior in high school and this is her third year with the company.
Performances include the Les Sylphides Soloist Prelude, Waltz and Corps
2009. June 2007 National PTA Convention, Tarentella Doll La Boutique
Fantastique, Vivaldi Seasons, One, Revelations, Night Creatures, Bye Bye
Bye, Circle of Life, Have Faith In Your Dreams Spring Concert 2006, 2007,
2009. Little Swans Edgewood Children's Center Charity Performance 2006,
Shrewsbury Community Center 2006. Degas Dancers in Blue, Fragile
Hearts and Flowers 2007 & 2009. Angel, Cousin, Parent, Mouse King, Snow,
Little Bo Peep, Chinese, Flower,Soldier Doll, Spanish, Kissing Doll, The
Nutcracker 2006 - 2000. Sisters Open House 2007. Smokey Robinson Trio
Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase 2009.
Mia is a junior in high school and this is her third year with the company.
Jocelyn Popit
English Teacher at St. Joseph Highschool new to St. Louis originally from
California. Jocelyn danced at Carousel Dance Studio in West Hills, CA from
1992-2001 under the direction of Karen Willis and the wonderful Carousel
teachers. She was with the studio as its annual performance grew and moved
from a high school auditorium to the Fred Kavli Performing Arts Center in
Thousand Oaks. In 2000 she danced with Carousel Dance Company and the
Dance Center in "Dance is Life" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jocelyn went on to graduate from the University of Notre Dame in 2005 and
again in 2007 with a Masters degree in Education through ND's Alliance for
Catholic Education (ACE) Program. After a couple of years without so much
as a barre to plié at, Jocelyn is very excited to continue her second year with
the company....and is a new Mommy to new baby Annie in Spring 2010.
Performances include: Evil Queen Snow White, Pointe Tango, Hands and Feet
Spring Concert 2009, Queen of MardiGras Flowers, Waltz Soloist and Corps
Les Sylphides, Smokey Robinson Trio Soloist Hearts & Flowers 2009
Spanish, Snow Soloist, Soldier Doll, Flower, Lead Marzipan, Parent
Nutcracker 2008
English Teacher at St. Joseph Highschool new to St. Louis originally from
California. Jocelyn danced at Carousel Dance Studio in West Hills, CA from
1992-2001 under the direction of Karen Willis and the wonderful Carousel
teachers. She was with the studio as its annual performance grew and moved
from a high school auditorium to the Fred Kavli Performing Arts Center in
Thousand Oaks. In 2000 she danced with Carousel Dance Company and the
Dance Center in "Dance is Life" at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jocelyn went on to graduate from the University of Notre Dame in 2005 and
again in 2007 with a Masters degree in Education through ND's Alliance for
Catholic Education (ACE) Program. After a couple of years without so much
as a barre to plié at, Jocelyn is very excited to continue her second year with
the company....and is a new Mommy to new baby Annie in Spring 2010.
Performances include: Evil Queen Snow White, Pointe Tango, Hands and Feet
Spring Concert 2009, Queen of MardiGras Flowers, Waltz Soloist and Corps
Les Sylphides, Smokey Robinson Trio Soloist Hearts & Flowers 2009
Spanish, Snow Soloist, Soldier Doll, Flower, Lead Marzipan, Parent
Nutcracker 2008
Lauren Foerster
Works at Express and is a graduate of Kansas State -- Equestrian, Dance
and Interior Design Degrees. Ballet studies with Antoni Zalewski and
Ludmila Dokoudovsky St. Louis Ballet. ---More Bio to come soon
This will be her first year with the company. The Touhill Performing Arts
Center 2009 Tango. The Nutcracker Dew Drop, Flower, Spanish, Snow,
Kissing Doll, Parent.
Works at Express and is a graduate of Kansas State -- Equestrian, Dance
and Interior Design Degrees. Ballet studies with Antoni Zalewski and
Ludmila Dokoudovsky St. Louis Ballet. ---More Bio to come soon
This will be her first year with the company. The Touhill Performing Arts
Center 2009 Tango. The Nutcracker Dew Drop, Flower, Spanish, Snow,
Kissing Doll, Parent.
| Grace Cuddihee Grace works for BJC, and has her Masters from Washington University, and married to Greg Cuddihee and Stepdaughter Kendyll - who attends Caston's Ballet Academie. She started with Caston Ballet Academie in 2006, January 2007 Caston Chamber Ballet. This will be her third year with the company. Congratulations New Mommy & Baby Girl Isis November 4th 2009. Performances include The June 2007 National PTA Convention, Tarentella La Boutique Fantastique Have Faith In Your Dreams, Leslianna III, Spring Concert 2007-2009 Les Sylphides Prelude and Corps, Evil Witch Snow White, Enchantress Beauty and the Beast, National Dance Week at Union Station 2007 Carribbean Blue, Leslianna part I and II Hearts and Flowers 2007-08, Marie Taglioni Pas De Quatre, Tillie's Smile. Smokey Robinson Trio Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase 2009. Kissing Doll, Marzipan, Chinese, Parent Flowers Bo-Peep The Nutcracker 2006-2008 |
Kristen Banocy
She began her dance training in 1990 at Gou-Jon Academy of Dance in St.
Charles, MO where she studied ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and acrobatics. In 2001,
she began classes at Performing Arts Centre in St. Charles where she added hip-
hop and pointe to her repertoire. In the summer of 2004 Kristen was chosen as
one of 200 Missouri high school students to attend the Missouri Fine Arts
Academy at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. She was one of about
30 students attending for dance.
In 2007 she appeared as a dancer in the films “Air,” directed by Jeremy Osbern
and produced by Jeremy Osbern, and Chris Blunk and “Bunker Hill, directed
and produced by Kevin Willmott.
Kristen graduated from the University of Kansas in 2009 with a Bachelor of
Science in Journalism and a minor in dance. While at KU, she was a member of
its University Dance Company and expanded her training by taking classes from
several studios including The Lawrence Arts Center and Dance Gallery in
Lawrence, KS. While home from school in the summer of 2007 she began
studying under the direction of the Caston’s and has since returned after her
recent graduation.
This will be her first year with the company. Touhill 2009 Performance of
Tango. Dew Drop, Soldier Doll, Spanish, Flower, Parent, Nutcacker 2009
She began her dance training in 1990 at Gou-Jon Academy of Dance in St.
Charles, MO where she studied ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical and acrobatics. In 2001,
she began classes at Performing Arts Centre in St. Charles where she added hip-
hop and pointe to her repertoire. In the summer of 2004 Kristen was chosen as
one of 200 Missouri high school students to attend the Missouri Fine Arts
Academy at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. She was one of about
30 students attending for dance.
In 2007 she appeared as a dancer in the films “Air,” directed by Jeremy Osbern
and produced by Jeremy Osbern, and Chris Blunk and “Bunker Hill, directed
and produced by Kevin Willmott.
Kristen graduated from the University of Kansas in 2009 with a Bachelor of
Science in Journalism and a minor in dance. While at KU, she was a member of
its University Dance Company and expanded her training by taking classes from
several studios including The Lawrence Arts Center and Dance Gallery in
Lawrence, KS. While home from school in the summer of 2007 she began
studying under the direction of the Caston’s and has since returned after her
recent graduation.
This will be her first year with the company. Touhill 2009 Performance of
Tango. Dew Drop, Soldier Doll, Spanish, Flower, Parent, Nutcacker 2009
Reina Ortiz
Performances include 2010 Lead in Scubert's Serenade, Mother in Where the
Wild Things Are, Lilac Fairy Attendant Corps The Sleeping Beauty, 2009
Soldier Doll, Snow, Flower, Marzipan, Bo-Peep, Russian, Maid, Mouse King,
The Nutcracker 2007-2009. Excerpts from Les Sylphides, Tillie's Smile,
They Dance Alone, Fragile. Serenade, Smokey Robinson Trio, Waltz of the
Flowers at Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase. Tillie's Smile, Hearts
and Flowers 2008 - 2010. Friend of Belle in Beauty and the Beast Spring
Dance Concert 2008. Union Station National Dance Week Excerpts from Les
Sylphides 2007 and Pas De Quatre 2008.
Reina is currently a sophomore in highschool - she first started her dance
training at The Studio. She started with Caston's Ballet Academie in 2007 and
worked her way from trainnee, apprentice, and now the newest CCB
Company Member 2010.
Performances include 2010 Lead in Scubert's Serenade, Mother in Where the
Wild Things Are, Lilac Fairy Attendant Corps The Sleeping Beauty, 2009
Soldier Doll, Snow, Flower, Marzipan, Bo-Peep, Russian, Maid, Mouse King,
The Nutcracker 2007-2009. Excerpts from Les Sylphides, Tillie's Smile,
They Dance Alone, Fragile. Serenade, Smokey Robinson Trio, Waltz of the
Flowers at Edison St. Louis Dance Festival Showcase. Tillie's Smile, Hearts
and Flowers 2008 - 2010. Friend of Belle in Beauty and the Beast Spring
Dance Concert 2008. Union Station National Dance Week Excerpts from Les
Sylphides 2007 and Pas De Quatre 2008.
Reina is currently a sophomore in highschool - she first started her dance
training at The Studio. She started with Caston's Ballet Academie in 2007 and
worked her way from trainnee, apprentice, and now the newest CCB
Company Member 2010.
| MORGAN CAMERON Artist in Residence is a native of St. Louis who began her dance training at the age of six under the tutelage of Nathalie LeVine at Metropolitan Ballet and Ballet Conservatory of St. Louis. Ms. Cameron also received at schools such as The Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, The Kirov Academy, and Harid Conservatory. She went on to dance professionally with Milwuakee Ballet and Atrek Dance Company. Sugar Plum Fairy in Caston's Nutcracker 2008. Ms. Cameron currently performs and teaches dance around the St. Louis area. She recently started the Jackson Piano Company with her husband and is a stay at home mom with her daughter, Isabelle and a new son born Sepetember 2009. |
| ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE |
| OCTAVIO NIETO-JACOBO Artist in Residence is from Guadalajara, Mexico. His dance training includes ballet, Mexican folklore, Spanish/Flamenco, tap, jazz, ballroom, and modern. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dancing in London, as well as the American Ballet Center (Joffrey Ballet School), David Howard Studio, and the New York Conservatory of Dance, and Mexico’s National Dance Company, C.N.D./Inba under Alicia Alonso. Ocatvio has taught throughout the U.S., Mexico and has been an instructor in the Missouri Folk Arts Program. Principal dancer and Assistant Ballet Master at St. Louis Ballet. Octavio is an instructor and choreographer in Missouri, Illinois, and Mexico. Performances with Caston Chamber Ballet include: The Cavalier and Mr. Silberhaus in Caston's The Nutcracker and Tango at Gundaker Theater and The Touhill Performing Arts Center. Picture Coming Soon |
| Maria ILanos Tatum Vandam Irene Henry Brett Rutledge |
AKARI MANABE
Artist in Residence
Born in Japan she began her dance training at the age of six under Hiraki Ballet School
Yoshikazu Hiraki, and English National Ballet School under Kathryn Wade.
International Ballet Competition at Brno 1st Prize. Akari has performed professionally
with National Theatre of Prague and Brno National Theatre in the Czech Republic.
Slovak National Theatre Bratislava. Columbia Classical Ballet USA director Radenko
Pavlovich.
Some of the classics she has performed: The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Le
Corsaire 3rd Odalisque Variation, La Bayadere 3rd Shade Variation, The Sleeping
Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, La Fille Mal Gardee,.
Some of the neo-classical and contemporary works:
The Taming of the Shrew Choreography John Cranko, The Child and Magic, Romeo
and Juliet, Onegin, Bolero, Ivan the Terrible, Streetcar Named Desire, The Merry
Widow, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Good Witch in Wizard of Oz.
Choreography - My Favorite and Fluid.
Guest Taught Ballet Classes and Vairations at Caston Ballet Summer Intensive 2010.
Artist in Residence
Born in Japan she began her dance training at the age of six under Hiraki Ballet School
Yoshikazu Hiraki, and English National Ballet School under Kathryn Wade.
International Ballet Competition at Brno 1st Prize. Akari has performed professionally
with National Theatre of Prague and Brno National Theatre in the Czech Republic.
Slovak National Theatre Bratislava. Columbia Classical Ballet USA director Radenko
Pavlovich.
Some of the classics she has performed: The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Le
Corsaire 3rd Odalisque Variation, La Bayadere 3rd Shade Variation, The Sleeping
Beauty, Swan Lake, Giselle, La Fille Mal Gardee,.
Some of the neo-classical and contemporary works:
The Taming of the Shrew Choreography John Cranko, The Child and Magic, Romeo
and Juliet, Onegin, Bolero, Ivan the Terrible, Streetcar Named Desire, The Merry
Widow, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Good Witch in Wizard of Oz.
Choreography - My Favorite and Fluid.
Guest Taught Ballet Classes and Vairations at Caston Ballet Summer Intensive 2010.
