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California -Moscow Ballet Great
Russian
Nutcracker.
Each year the Moscow Ballet offers try-outs
for youth in
local
communities to
participate and
perform with an
esteemed
world-class
ballet company
in the premier
version of The
Nutcracker.
The Moscow
Ballet presents The Great Russian Nutcracker Ballet at various
locations throughout California. Ticketmaster: (408) 998-8497 nutcracker.com
Anaheim Ballet,
Anaheim, California. Anaheim
Ballet receives much publicity for its online presence with
release videos on YouTube and other Internet venues. The
academy's Nutcracker Ballet performances can be seen at
Plummer
Auditorium.
Location: 201 E. Chapman
Ave., Fullerton,
CA. Call: (866)
468-3399. anaheimballet.org
Anaheim Ballet
Nutcracker.
Anaheim Ballet
Presents the
Nutcracker: a
Journey To
Candyland.
Anaheim Ballet's
production of
The Nutcracker
includes
Tchaikovsky's
moving score and
Anaheim Ballet's
athletic
dancers! Anaheim
Ballet is the
resident ballet
company and
school for the
city of Anaheim.
Anaheim Ballet's
mission is to
enlighten and
entertain
audiences with
classically
rooted
programming and
contemporary
presentation.
Anaheim Ballet
provides quality
performances to
audiences of
balletomanes as
well as novice
ballet-goers and
acts as a haven
to talented
Southern
California
artists and as a
magnet to
international
talents. Anaheim
Ballet's
Educational
Outreach and
Scholarship
STEP-UP! program
is committed to
the promotion of
classical ballet
and providing
its numerous
benefits to
those otherwise
not able to
receive them.
Anaheim -
Servite Theater - The Sunrise
Ballet Theatre of the
Hirschl Ballet
Company presents the Nutcracker at the
1,000 seat Servite Theater in Anaheim,
California, with a cast of 92 dancers. Servite Theater is a venue
that has hosted many musical and dance events, shows, ballets
and concerts. Because of its size and location on the campus of
the elite Servite High School (a Catholic school 50 years in
existence), the ballet and other events are popularly attended
and often sell out. hirschlballet.org
Benicia Ballet -
Benicia Ballet
performs an
annual
Nutcracker.
benicia-ballet.org
Berkeley - Julie Morgan Center for the
Performing Arts berkeleyballet.org
Chico -
Chico Community Ballet. Performed at California State University
Chico, the
annual
Nutcracker
ballet of this
company offers
beauty, grace,
and delight to
audiences
annually. chicoballet.org
Claremont -
Inland Pacific Ballet performs an annual
Nutcracker Ballet in the Bridges Concert Hall. ipballet.org
Costa Mesa - Robert B. Moore Theatre,
Orange Coast College - Festival Ballet Theatre festivalballet.org
Costa Mesa - Orange County Performing
Arts Center -
ocpac.org
Escondido - San Elijo Dance & Music
Academy - SanElijoDanceandMusicAcademy.com
Laguna Beach -
Laguna Ballet Nutcracker .
Laguna Ballet annually produces a
full length version of Nutcracker Ballet.
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA Call (949) 582-4656
Los Altos - The Pacific Ballet Company pacificballet.org
Escondido - San Elijo Dance & Music
Academy sdnutcracker.com
Fountain Valley - Festival Ballet
Theatre appears in Irvine for its
performances.
Festival Ballet
Theatre's The
Nutcracker is a
lavish
full-length
professional
production of
The Nutcracker
at the Barclay
in Irvine.
Family-friendly
and affordable,
this
professional
production of
The Nutcracker
features
spectacular
guest artists,
FBT’s
professional
company dancers,
and exceptional
budding young
talent from
across the
Southland.
festivalballet.org
Glendale -
Ballet Petit balletpetit.net
Hayward -
Ballet Petit balletpetit.com
Huntington
Beach -
Coast City Ballet Nutcracker
includes fresh choreography in Southern California region with
focus on featuring young performers seeking opportunities for
exposure. Long Beach,
California, Millikan HS Auditorium, 2800
Snowden, Long Beach, CA tickets@coastcityballet.com. Time: 1:30 & 7:30 pm
Huntington Beach -
Pacific Dance Academy - Ballet Etudes www.balletetudes.org
Huntington Beach -
Ballet Repertory Theater
will perform the Nutcracker full length version at
Golden West
College Mainstage Theater. Ticket: $15/adult,
$14/senior, $13/under 12. www.gwctheater.com Call
714-895-8150.
La Jolla - Parker Theater - Ballet Arte
Dance Theatre www.balletarte.com
Lake Arrowhead -
Lake Arrowhead Classical
Ballet Company. Located in the R.H.S. Performing Arts
Theatre, call (909)336-9206.
Lancaster - Antelope Valley Ballet.
Annual
Nutcracker
Ballet
Performance is
one of several
productions by
this company
performed
usually at the
Lancaster
Performing Arts
Center. avballet.com
Livermore - Valley Dance Theatre valleydancetheatre.com
Long Beach - The
Long
Beach Ballet's annual The
Nutcracker
production under
the direction
David Wilcox
includes Disney
sizzle and
Chinese staging
& lighting, plus
world-class
dancers &
athletes in one
of Southern
California's
most revered
productions of
the time-honored
holiday ballet. The Nutcracker At the Elegant
Terrace Theater, Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long
Beach, CA longbeachballet.com
Los Angeles
-
Los Angeles Ballet
performs The
Nutcracker in a
unique way. This
relatively new
ballet company
(formed in 2006)
offers a
not-so-traditional
Nutcracker.
Los Angeles
Ballet’s
production
reflects the
city in which it
is based. The
production
honors the
company’s
mission to
maintain an
artistic
collaboration
that invites all
genres to
participate.
losangelesballet.org
Los Angeles - The
Marat Daukayev Ballet
Theatre & School in LA maratdaukayev.com
Malibu - Smothers Theater Pepperdine Unv.
- Westside Ballet
Marin Ballet -
Marin Ballet's
full-length
production of
Nutcracker
includes a cast
of some 175
student dancers,
as well as
visiting guest
artists and
adult
performers. Annual performances at
Marin Veteran's Auditorium, Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, CA. marinballet.org
Mission Viejo - Northwood High School
Auditorium - Golden State Ballet Company goldenstatedance.com
Mountain View - Center for the
Performing Arts - Western Ballet
Moorpark -
The Moorpark Civic Ballet
features a cast
of over 100
dancers and
actors in its
annual
Nutcracker
production.
Venues have
changed to
include
Thousand Oaks,
while the
direction of
this production
also has veered
toward more
traditional
ballet
choreography in
recent years.
The result has
been a growth
curve and
increased
popularity that
has pushed the
performance into
a larger theater
to accommodate
bigger
audiences.
Northridge - Alex Theatre - The Media
City Ballet Company Mediacityballet.org
Oakland - The Paramount -
Oakland Ballet.
The Oakland
Ballet
production of
The Nutcracker
is held in the
historic
Paramount
Theatre
building, an
ideal place for
fantasies. paramounttheatre.com
Orange County - Orange County Performing
Arts Center
Palm Springs - Palm Springs High School
Theatre- CK Dance of Palm Springs
Palo Alto - Spangenberg Theater, Gunn
High School - Dance Connection Tickets,
please call: 650-852-0418
Palos Verdes - Palos Verdes Ballet
Pasadena - Sexson Auditorium -
Dancecorps
Pasa Robles - Flamson Auditorium - (805)
239-3668 The North County Dance and
Performing Arts Foundation
Poway - Poway Performing Arts Center -
California Ballet
Poway - Poway Center for the Performing
Arts - Southern California Youth Ballet
- Nominated "Best Nutcracker in San
Diego," SCYB's professionally staged
production features elaborate sets,
exquisite costumes, choreography
reminiscent of the original Russian
choreography over 100 years ago, with a
cast of almost 100 dancers!
www.southern-california-youth-ballet.org
Redondo Beach - Wadsworth Theater - The
Westside Ballet
Redwood City -
Ballet America
in Redwood City
features a
beautiful
Nutcracker
ballet with
professional
guest artists
from San
Francisco Ballet
and other
prominent dance
companies. Held
in the Fox
Theatre, the
historic
building and
huge venue lends
to the grace and
elegance of this
production from
the Academy of
American Ballet.
Sacramento -
Sacramento Ballet. Sacramento Community Center Theater, 1301
L St., Sacramento, CA sacballet.org
Sacramento - The Pamela Hayes Classical
Ballet Theatre danceballet.com.
San Bernadino - California Theatre of
the Performing Arts - idtnutcracker.org
San Diego - Spreckels Theater - The City
Ballet
San Diego - San Elijo Dance & Music
Academy sdnutcracker.com
San Diego - The San Diego Civic Youth
Ballet, San Diego's oldest ballet school, will present "The
Nutcracker" www.sdcyb.org
San Diego - Civic Theatre -
California Ballet Company
version of The
Nutcracker
offers one of
the finest
Southern
California
ballets around.
Location: San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Avenue, San Diego,
92101
(with the San Diego Symphony)
Tickets: Box Office 858-560-6741 or Civic Box Office 619-570-1100
Poway Center for
the Performing
Arts
15498 Espola
Road, Poway, CA
92064
San Diego Civic
Theatre
1100 Third
Avenue, San
Diego, 92101
(with the San
Diego Symphony)
San
Francisco -
San Francisco
Ballet
is the oldest
ballet company
in the US and
one of the
largest. It is
known and
recognized
around the
globe. sfballet.org
San Francisco - Palace of Fine Arts -
Westlake School for the Performing Arts wspadance.com .
San Francisco - San Francisco School of
Arts Theater - San Francisco Youth Ballet Theatre presents the
Nutcracker. For tickets www.sanfranciscoyouthballet.org
San Jose -
Ballet San Jose Silicon
Valley Nutcracker balletsanjose.org.
Location: San
Jose Center for
the Performing
Arts, 255
Almaden,
San Jose, CA.
Tickets:(408)
288-2800
San Jose - South Bay Dance Center southbaydancecenter.com
San Luis Obispo -
Civic Ballet of San
Luis Obispo at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center in San
Luis Obispo. pacslo.org
San Marcos - Poway Center for the
Performing Arts - New West Ballet Theatre
San Mateo -
Peninsula
Ballet - Artistic directors, Michael Lowe and Mario Alonzo,
the live
orchestra
(conductor Chirs
Christensen) and
the
heart-warming
feel of this
professional
dance
performance
makes
Peninsula Ballet
Theatre Dance
Company season a visual splendor from first curtain
rise to final
curtain call.
The season
begins with the
traditional
classic ballet
The Nutcracker
by Director
Emeritis, Carlos
Carvajal. peninsulaballet.org
Performances can
be seen in
several venues
in Pittsburg, CA
& San Mateo Performing Arts Center, San
Mateo, CA
San Mateo - San Mateo Performing Arts
Center www.pyb.org
San Pedro -
San Pedro
City Ballet. Under the direction
of
choreographers
Cynthia and
Patrick David
Bradley, The San Pedro City Ballet
has grown into a
seasoned ballet
company with a
culturally-diverse
mix of talent.
sanpedrocityballet.org
Santa Barbara - Arlington Theater
S. B. Festival Ballet
www .santabarbaraballetcenter.com/sbfestival.
Location: 1317 State St., Santa
Barbara, CA Time: 2:30 p.m.
Santa Barbara - Lobero Theatre - West
Coast Ballet - www.wcballet.org
Santa Clara - Convention Center Theatre
- Santa Clara Ballet
Santa Clarita - Valencia High Theater -
Santa Clarita Ballet
Santa Rosa - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts -
DRW, a Resident
Company of Wells
Fargo Center for
the Arts
Thousand Oaks - Fred Kalvi Theater -
California Dance Theatre californiadancetheatre.com
Torrance - Torrance Cultural Arts Center
- Metropolitan Ballet Company dancewest.org
Vacaville - Vacaville Ballet Theater
Company produces a Nutcracker ballet usually performed at the
Vacaville
Performing Arts
Theatre,
1010 Ulatis Dr., Vacaville, CA.
vpat.net
Walnut Creek -
Contra Costa
Ballet School
produces an
annual
Nutcracker at Dean Lesher
Regional Center for the Arts - Hoffman Theater in Walnut Creek,
CA. Contra Costa
Ballet Centre. contracostaballet.org
Westside Ballet -
Westside Ballet Nutcracker
is one of the
longest running
Nutcracker
Ballets in
California. N
This 2008 season, The Nutcracker will be
hosted in two
locations. It
will first
appear in
Smothers Theatre
at Pepperdine
University on
November 29 at
2:00 pm & 7:30
pm, and November
30 at 1:30 pm &
5:30 pm.
Location: 24255
Pacific Coast
Highway, Malibu,
CA. Call
310-828-6211 for
tickets or visit
www.westsideballet.com.
Performances resume at the Wadsworth Theatre
in Brentwood/Los
Angeles on
December 13 at
2:00 pm & 7:30
pm, and December
14 at 1:00 pm &
5:00 pm.
Wadsworth
Theater address:
11301 Wilshire
Blvd, Brentwood,
CA 90073. Call
Ticketmaster at
213-365-3500 or
purchase through
ticketmaster.com.
All tickets are
$26.
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