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Coast City Ballet's
"The Nutcracker"
Huntington Beach, Calif.--California Christmas Events
includes ballets. Coast City Ballet returns
to Long Beach, Calif. for
its annual performance of
The Nutcracker. Note: in
2009 Coast City Ballet
booked its event at the
Historic Huntington Beach
Theater at Huntington
Beach High School. That
original venue was under
renovation for two seasons
but is thankfully open once
again as of this printing.
Coast City Ballet is one of
the rising stars of the
beach cities ballet
companies. Located in an
efficient dance studio in
Huntington Beach, Calif.,
it's hard to believe that
great dance talent comes
from cities that tout
surfing and sun. But
Huntington Beach has
produced a fair share of
ballet dancers, believe it
or not!
Coast City Ballet is a company to watch for that very
reason--and for the fact
that the founders are
passionate about ballet, and
one of them has previously
lived the dream as a
professional traveling the
globe.
Though one of the newest companies has a modest budget and
continues to seek corporate
sponsorship, this small
group amazingly produces an
annual Nutcracker ballet,
complete with exquisite
costumes that are made
in-house. It's just the kind
of story you have to
embrace, when you understand
that the company rose out of
passion and dreams, and has
risen in several years to
esteem. Established in 2005,
the young dance company
jokes about such things as
costumes for the Nutcracker
production.
"We hope our dancers don't grow too fast," said Aly,
co-owner who makes most the
costumes by hand. Having a
dancer grow means a new
costume is required in this
small, intimate company,
where a loyal, talented
group takes the parts in The
Nutcracker sometimes one
season to the next.
In 2008 as the company continued its pace and nearly
doubled its space in its
studios, beautiful new
costumes were added to the
ballet and incredible
talents grew stronger in
their parts of this beloved
ballet that is the most
performed holiday show.
Ballet Performance Venue:
Millikan High School,
2800 Snowden,
Long Beach, California
Held each December
Website where Nutcracker
event is announced annually:
www.coastcityballet.com
Coast City Ballet is a
501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. For
information on
participation, sponsorships
and opportunities to study
Ballet - Pas de Deux -
Pointe - Cecchetti Method,
Jazz - Lyrical - Modern -
Hip Hop
Contact: Clara D’Autilia
(714) 963-9771
Coast City Ballet, 9596
Hamilton, Huntington Beach,
CA
714-963-9771
admin@coastcityballet.com
www.coastcityballet.com
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