Paradise, Northern California Ballet Nutcracker

December 15-17, 2023

Paradise Performing Arts Center
777 Nunneley Road
Paradise, CA 
$15-20, northerncaliforniaballet.com 

California Nutcracker

December 15, 2023, 7:15 p.m. (school performance 10 a.m.)
December 16, 2023, 2 & 7:15 p.m.
December 17, 2023, 2:15 p.m.

The Nutcracker typically includes live music by the Paradise Symphony under the direction of Dr. Lloyd Roby and the Paradise Community Chorus under the direction of Sam Gronseth.

Northern California Ballet presents The Nutcracker featuring the region's very own talented NCB dancers. Outstanding professional guest artists join the production for The Nutcracker holiday tradition for the entire family. Special Dinner and show packages may be available.

An star cast of artists and guest artists instruct in a variety of skills and levels at the Northern California Ballet.

Trudi Angel, Artistic Director,  danced with the Munich State Opera-Ballet Company (now the Bavarian National Ballet) and the Los Angeles Ballet. She continuously works to grow the Northern California Ballet company, serving its causes for more than 20 years. 

Leslie DeWitt is NCB's instructor for Pre-Ballet. Ms. DeWitt holds a California Teaching Credential and specializes as an instructor for the very young in musical and rhythmic movement.

Guest instructors

Bruce L. King has worked with NBC as Ballet Master, choreographer, and principal character artist. For NCB, King has staged two full length world premiere ballets: Heidi in 2000 and A Christmas Carol in 2002. In the spring of 2007, he co-choreographed Dracula with NCB's artistic director, Trudi Angel.

Jennifer Martin is a principle dancer with Eugene Ballet Company/Ballet Idaho. The Long Beach native  trained under the direction of Patricia Stander and David Wilcox at the Long Beach Ballet Arts Center. She has performed with Long Beach Ballet, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Francisco Martinez Dance Theater, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Montana Ballet.