A Familiar Suite

OPEN AUDITIONS

WHERE: STEP BY STEP DANCE STUDIO

WHEN: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025

TIME: 10:30am – 4:00pm

WHO: DANCERS AGES 6 YEARS & OLDER

WHY: TO PERFORM IN

Step By Step’s

ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF

Sponsored by Step It Up Productions

THE PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2025 at Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, NY. THIS WILL BE AN ALL-DAY COMMITMENT. TWO PERFORMANCES 4:30pm AND 7:30pm WILL BE HELD.
$125 PRODUCTION FEE IS DUE ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 14th AUDITIONS CASH OR CHECK ONLY PLEASE Payable to STEP IT UP PLEASE NO VENMO
Rehearsals prior to December 20th are mandatory and will begin October 4th **COSTUME FITTINGS WILL BE SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH AND SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH** (Schedule To Follow)PLEASE sign up under your age group and scheduled time.WE LOOK FORWARD TO DANCING WITH YOU!HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

A FAMILIAR SUITE
AUDITIONS!!!
SIGN UP at Step by Step Dance Studio
Wednesday 8/6 and Thursday 8/7 between the hours of 9:30am-12:30pm

SIGN UP also available
Thursday 8/28
10:00am-2:00pm and 4:00-8:00pm
And
The First Week of Dance Classes beginning Friday 9/5
AUDITIONS will be held Sunday 9/14

A Familiar Suite 2025 – December 20, 2025

“A FAMILIAR SUITE” – A unique version of The Nutcracker By Step Dance Studio, a Step It Up Dance Production, is a unique version of the Holiday Classic, The Nutcracker. It showcases a surprisingly seamless infusion of ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop and modern dance into the story, as well as a few song selections exclusive to this presentation. The show features props built by Broadway set builders; a Bon Bon-spewing Mother Ginger whose girth is large enough to rival her Lincoln Center counterpart; and over three hundred costumes, from timeless platter tutus to a vintage Rockette-inspired piece worn by an adorable and impressively clean line of miniature tap dancers. There is music, color and talent to please all!

Two performances will be held Saturday, December 20th at 4:00pm and 7:30pm.

For more information, please call 845-534-3645

Nutcracker Re-Imagined:

“A Familiar Suite” Delights Audiences with Refreshing Visual Feast

Step It Up Dance Productions/ Step It Up Performing Arts in Cornwall-on-Hudson has been producing its own innovative version of the holiday dance classic The Nutcracker for twelve years. Judging by the growing size of its audiences, this particular production is fast becoming a Hudson Valley tradition. Ronda Barber, owner and Artistic Director of the studio, is the creative force behind the show which still features treasured breathtakingly iconic ballet renditions of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece. However, what makes A Familiar Suite unique is the surprisingly seamless infusion of jazz, tap, hip hop and modern dance into the story, as well as a few song selections exclusive to this presentation.

A Familiar Suite showcases the work of one hundred students ages five through eighteen, and the imaginative vision of seven renowned Hudson Valley choreographers. The show features props built by Broadway set builders; a Bon Bon-spewing Mother Ginger whose girth is large enough to rival her Lincoln Center counterpart; and over three hundred costumes, from timeless platter tutus to a vintage Rockette-inspired piece worn by an adorable and impressively clean line of miniature tap dancers. There is music, color and talent to please even the most jaded fan of this traditional production.