Long Beach Ballet's The Nutcracker Performance Schedule

Long Beach Terrace Theater December 17-18, 2011

December 17, 2011   2 & 7:30 p.m.
December 18, 2011 Noon & 4 p.m.
Tickets: $25 - 95  ticketmaster.com
Terrace Theater, 300 E. Ocean Blvd.
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Pasadena Civic Auditorium  December 21 - 23, 2011

Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011   7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011   7:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 23, 2011   2 p.m.
Tickets: $25 - 95  ticketmaster.com
300 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA
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Shown is the trademark flying sleigh of Long Beach's Nutcracker ballet presented by the Long Beach Ballet. New in 2011 is the  South Coast Children's Chorale under the direction of Emily Dyer. Audiences can now see & hear The Nutcracker exactly as Tchaikovsky wrote it -- with angelic young voices blending harmoniously with full symphony orchestra!  Guest dancers in 2011 include Melissa, finalist on So You Think You Can Dance and Seth Orza, Principal at Pacific Northwest Ballet.

In 2011 the Scenery Design was imagined by Three Disney Designers, Flying by Foy, Pyrotechnics by John Bordeaux, Magic effects by Franz Harari, and features "Rebel" Long Beach Ballet's White Arabian!

The cast of more than 200, backed by a full symphony orchestra, features  Tickets start at $25 and VIP packages are available. For more information or tickets, stop at the box office, call (800) 745-3000. ticketmaster.com.

Terrace Theater has hosted this artfully staged rendition of The Nutcracker for well over 25 years in performances that feature internationally known and recognized dance artists under the direction of L.A.'s own David Wilcox.

The artistic director founded Long Beach Ballet in 1978 after returning from a global learning and performance schedule that took him to the best known ballet companies in London and Germany (with Berlin, Nuremberg and Heidelberg Ballet companies. He's prolific, well-liked, driven to excellence, and creative beyond compare. When you watch a Wilcox ballet presentation, the most often heard comment is "wow!" 

Long Beach Ballet features one of Southern California's most popular Nutcracker productions.  Having nearly a  million tickets,  the production includes the only  SoCal full symphony orchestra production still under the baton of Roger Hickman in 2011.