Welcome to mutable ARTS’ Spring 2025 Dance Concert entitled All About Musicals! This year-end production has our ACADEMY Dance students dancing (and singing!) to some amazing show tunes. We hope you enjoy the show!
The performance is a little over an hour long, with no intermission. Washrooms are located out the back right of the hall, both on the main level and at the top of the stairs.
Please note that there is absolutely no audience photography or videography allowed.
Thank you for coming!
Georgie Donais
Director, mutable ARTS dance and aerial arts studio
REMINDERS
After the show: Students will remain on stage for a group photo, then go backstage to change and put away their costumes (Junior Dancers stay in their costumes). Students will return to the stage where carers will sign them out before leaving.
Picture Week! Students attend class at their regular time next week, with hair and makeup done and tights/shoes at the ready, and will put their costumes on one more time for group and individual pictures. Don’t miss it!
Watch Party! On Monday, June 9, all students are invited to watch the video of the performance, chat about their experience, and be together with their friends one last time before the holiday break. We will start at 5:45p and head out at 7p.
PROGRAMME
Choreography by Georgie Donais, unless otherwise noted
Introduction: A Musical, from Something Rotten
The Schuyler Sisters (Cast 1), from Hamilton
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile, from Annie
JAZZ / TAP: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Nova Dorey | Blake Higginson | Helen Kaminski | May Primak |
Friend Like Me, from Aladdin
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Rip Up The Recipe, from Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
JAZZ / TAP: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Nova Dorey | Blake Higginson | Helen Kaminski | May Primak |
Popular, from Wicked
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
VIDEO: Defying Gravity (Part 1), from Wicked
AERIAL SILKS: Youth: Charlotte Anderson | Clara Anderson | Nicola Clifford | Victoria Cross Reinhardt | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Iryna Lazor | Emersyn Marshall | Mila Miller | Abigail Yeoman |
No Me Diga, from Washington Heights
Choreography by Christopher Scott, through partnership with CLI Studios
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Elsa & Anna, from Frozen
BALLET 1: Madalyn Campbell | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Kyliee Kavanagh | Mila Miller | Arianna Robison |
Heart of Stone, from SIX
Choreographed by Chantel White, in collaboration with Georgie Donais
Performed by Chantel White
VIDEO: Graduate Tribute: Chantel White
For The First Time, from The Little Mermaid
BALLET: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Kirra Fulford | Loralea Haney | Alexander den Hengst |
Epic 3, from Hadestown
Choreography by Georgie Donais, in collaboration with the students
MODERN / CONTEMPORARY: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
When I’m Older, from Frozen 2
For The First Time, from The Little Mermaid
BALLET: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Kirra Fulford | Loralea Haney | Alexander den Hengst |
Children Will Listen / Into The Woods, from Into The Woods
BALLET 2: Eilis Armstrong | Lilly Cornell | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Clara Murphy | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Singin’ In The Rain, from Singin’ In The Rain
TAP: Adult: Gracinda Borges Maloney | Georgie Donais | Sophia Donais | Joanne Perry | Louise Stewart Potts |
Jazz Hands, from The Grunch
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
VIDEO: Defying Gravity (Part 2), from Wicked
AERIAL SILKS: Youth: Charlotte Anderson | Clara Anderson | Nicola Clifford | Victoria Cross Reinhardt | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Iryna Lazor | Emersyn Marshall | Mila Miller | Abigail Yeoman |
The Schuyler Sisters (Cast 2), from Hamilton
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
One, from A Chorus Line
JAZZ: Adult: Gracinda Borges Maloney | Georgie Donais | Sophia Donais | Joanne Perry | Louise Stewart Potts |
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
This song also acts as our Finale!
CREDITS
Georgie Donais: Show Concept; Dance Choreography; Costume and Uniform Design and Creation / Curation; Video Design, Shooting and Editing; Photography and Editing; Music Editing; Rehearsal Direction; Staging, Production, Direction, and Administration
Sophia Donais: Lighting Design, Costume Creation, Consulting, and Production Assistance
Elizabeth Armstrong: Backstage Manager
Sarah Vail: Lighting Operator
Martin Rice: Sound Coordinator and Consultant, and Equipment Support
Emory Shisko: Sound Consultant and Operator
Alan Shisko: Performance-Day Videographer / General and Equipment Support
Thank you to our volunteers for their work as Front-of-House, Backstage Help, and Set Up and Strike Crew.
For Meaford United Church: Sound Technician: Trudi Wiley; Facility Supervisors: Jim Bromley and Bob Feltrin; Administrator: Liz Smith; Liaison: Patricia Kennedy
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
A project like this one takes staff many months both in class, and behind the scenes, to develop. Students also put in extra effort through rehearsals, run throughs, and practicing at home. Families support their students in so many ways, including in getting them to and from class, and checking to see if they really do have both of their tap shoes! Student family volunteers are an essential part of making the production run. It truly does take a community!
Georgie Donais
Director, mutable ARTS dance and aerial arts studio
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Please note that there is absolutely NO audience photography or videography allowed.
~~~~~~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We understand that many of the dance forms that our studio shares with our students have their roots in Black dance. As acknowledgement, we contribute to Dance Immersion, an organization that has been supporting artistic work of the African diaspora all along, and educating the rest of us along the way.
We acknowledge that indigenous peoples, including the Haudensaunee (Iroquois), Ojibway/Chippewa and Anishnabek peoples, are the traditional keepers of this land. This territory is covered by Treaty 18, 1818. As part of our studio's work towards reconciliation with the original peoples of Turtle Island, we contribute to the Youth Programming Fund at Indigenous Dance Theatre, Red Sky Performance.
STUDENT SUPPORT
We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations that provide funding support for students in need:
A special shoutout to Brass Ring Dance Project, a local not-for-profit organization that raises funds for dancers who need support to attend their classes. It was founded by Allie Laliberte from Midland, who is now a professional dancer in Los Angeles.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you for coming to our show!
The performance is a little over an hour long, with no intermission. Washrooms are located out the back right of the hall, both on the main level and at the top of the stairs.
Please note that there is absolutely no audience photography or videography allowed.
Thank you for coming!
Georgie Donais
Director, mutable ARTS dance and aerial arts studio
REMINDERS
After the show: Students will remain on stage for a group photo, then go backstage to change and put away their costumes (Junior Dancers stay in their costumes). Students will return to the stage where carers will sign them out before leaving.
Picture Week! Students attend class at their regular time next week, with hair and makeup done and tights/shoes at the ready, and will put their costumes on one more time for group and individual pictures. Don’t miss it!
Watch Party! On Monday, June 9, all students are invited to watch the video of the performance, chat about their experience, and be together with their friends one last time before the holiday break. We will start at 5:45p and head out at 7p.
PROGRAMME
Choreography by Georgie Donais, unless otherwise noted
Introduction: A Musical, from Something Rotten
The Schuyler Sisters (Cast 1), from Hamilton
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile, from Annie
JAZZ / TAP: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Nova Dorey | Blake Higginson | Helen Kaminski | May Primak |
Friend Like Me, from Aladdin
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Rip Up The Recipe, from Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
JAZZ / TAP: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Nova Dorey | Blake Higginson | Helen Kaminski | May Primak |
Popular, from Wicked
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
VIDEO: Defying Gravity (Part 1), from Wicked
AERIAL SILKS: Youth: Charlotte Anderson | Clara Anderson | Nicola Clifford | Victoria Cross Reinhardt | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Iryna Lazor | Emersyn Marshall | Mila Miller | Abigail Yeoman |
No Me Diga, from Washington Heights
Choreography by Christopher Scott, through partnership with CLI Studios
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Elsa & Anna, from Frozen
BALLET 1: Madalyn Campbell | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Kyliee Kavanagh | Mila Miller | Arianna Robison |
Heart of Stone, from SIX
Choreographed by Chantel White, in collaboration with Georgie Donais
Performed by Chantel White
VIDEO: Graduate Tribute: Chantel White
For The First Time, from The Little Mermaid
BALLET: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Kirra Fulford | Loralea Haney | Alexander den Hengst |
Epic 3, from Hadestown
Choreography by Georgie Donais, in collaboration with the students
MODERN / CONTEMPORARY: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
When I’m Older, from Frozen 2
For The First Time, from The Little Mermaid
BALLET: Junior: Hadley Anderson | Kirra Fulford | Loralea Haney | Alexander den Hengst |
Children Will Listen / Into The Woods, from Into The Woods
BALLET 2: Eilis Armstrong | Lilly Cornell | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Clara Murphy | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
Singin’ In The Rain, from Singin’ In The Rain
TAP: Adult: Gracinda Borges Maloney | Georgie Donais | Sophia Donais | Joanne Perry | Louise Stewart Potts |
Jazz Hands, from The Grunch
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
VIDEO: Defying Gravity (Part 2), from Wicked
AERIAL SILKS: Youth: Charlotte Anderson | Clara Anderson | Nicola Clifford | Victoria Cross Reinhardt | Serena Dorey | Iyla Fry | Arya Gonzalez | Iryna Lazor | Emersyn Marshall | Mila Miller | Abigail Yeoman |
The Schuyler Sisters (Cast 2), from Hamilton
JAZZ / TAP: Youth: Eilis Armstrong | Madalyn Campbell | Lilly Cornell | Sara Doran | Kyliee Kavanagh | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Arianna Robison | Melina Secchiano | Chantel White | Abigail Yeoman |
One, from A Chorus Line
JAZZ: Adult: Gracinda Borges Maloney | Georgie Donais | Sophia Donais | Joanne Perry | Louise Stewart Potts |
PERFORMANCE COMPANY: Eilis Armstrong | Grace Leming | Elle McLennan | Cosette Muller | Georgia Rice | Chantel White |
This song also acts as our Finale!
CREDITS
Georgie Donais: Show Concept; Dance Choreography; Costume and Uniform Design and Creation / Curation; Video Design, Shooting and Editing; Photography and Editing; Music Editing; Rehearsal Direction; Staging, Production, Direction, and Administration
Sophia Donais: Lighting Design, Costume Creation, Consulting, and Production Assistance
Elizabeth Armstrong: Backstage Manager
Sarah Vail: Lighting Operator
Martin Rice: Sound Coordinator and Consultant, and Equipment Support
Emory Shisko: Sound Consultant and Operator
Alan Shisko: Performance-Day Videographer / General and Equipment Support
Thank you to our volunteers for their work as Front-of-House, Backstage Help, and Set Up and Strike Crew.
For Meaford United Church: Sound Technician: Trudi Wiley; Facility Supervisors: Jim Bromley and Bob Feltrin; Administrator: Liz Smith; Liaison: Patricia Kennedy
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
A project like this one takes staff many months both in class, and behind the scenes, to develop. Students also put in extra effort through rehearsals, run throughs, and practicing at home. Families support their students in so many ways, including in getting them to and from class, and checking to see if they really do have both of their tap shoes! Student family volunteers are an essential part of making the production run. It truly does take a community!
Georgie Donais
Director, mutable ARTS dance and aerial arts studio
~~~~~~
Please note that there is absolutely NO audience photography or videography allowed.
~~~~~~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We understand that many of the dance forms that our studio shares with our students have their roots in Black dance. As acknowledgement, we contribute to Dance Immersion, an organization that has been supporting artistic work of the African diaspora all along, and educating the rest of us along the way.
We acknowledge that indigenous peoples, including the Haudensaunee (Iroquois), Ojibway/Chippewa and Anishnabek peoples, are the traditional keepers of this land. This territory is covered by Treaty 18, 1818. As part of our studio's work towards reconciliation with the original peoples of Turtle Island, we contribute to the Youth Programming Fund at Indigenous Dance Theatre, Red Sky Performance.
STUDENT SUPPORT
We gratefully acknowledge the following organizations that provide funding support for students in need:
- Municipality of Meaford Recreation Fund, administered through Meaford Food Bank and Outreach
- Meaford Culture Foundation
- Grey County Social Initiatives Funding
- Canadian Tire Jumpstart
- KidSport
A special shoutout to Brass Ring Dance Project, a local not-for-profit organization that raises funds for dancers who need support to attend their classes. It was founded by Allie Laliberte from Midland, who is now a professional dancer in Los Angeles.
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Thank you for coming to our show!
