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Pictured: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker appears in Bakersfield, Cupertino, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Santa Ynez in 2016.  The Nutcracker is the single most popular dance performance in California. The annual holiday event is based on a story published in German in 1816 by E.T.A. Hoffmann. The ballet is staged to The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a, by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

The Nutcracker 2016

ANAHEIM: Dec.10-11, 17
ANTIOCH: Dec.16-18
AUBURN: Dec.3-11
CALABASAS: Dec.17-18
CHICO: Dec.1-4
CLAREMONT: Dec.17-18
COSTA MESA: Dec.3
DOWNEY: Dec.17-18
FORT BRAGG: Dec.10-11
GLENDALE: Dec.3-4
HOLLYWOOD: Dec.10-11
HUNTINGTON BEACH: Dec.3-14, 17-18
IRVINE: Dec.10-24
LANCASTER: Dec.10-11
LIVERMORE: Dec.10-18
LODI: Dec.17
LONG BEACH: Dec.10-18
LOS ANGELES: Dec.16-18
MISSION VIEJO: Dec.15-18
MODESTO: Dec.9-18
OAKLAND: Dec.17-18
PARADISE: Dec.16-18
PETALUMA: Dec.16
PITTSBURG: Dec.10-11
REDONDO BEACH: Dec.22-24
REDWOOD CITY: Dec.2 & 4
REDWOOD CITY: Dec.16-18
RANCHO CUCAMONGA: Nov.26-Dec.4
RIVERSIDE: Dec.10-11, 17-18
ROHNERT PARK: Nov.26-27
SACRAMENTO: Dec.10-23
SAN BERNARDINO: Dec.9-11
SAN DIEGO: Dec.9-24
SAN FRANCISCO: Dec.10-29
SAN JOSE: Dec.2-11
SAN PEDRO: Dec.10-11
SAN RAFAEL: Dec.10-11
SANTA BARBARA: Dec.10-11, 17-18
SANTA CLARA: Dec.10-11
SANTA CRUZ: Dec.16-18
SANTA MONICA: Nov.26-Dec.4
SEBASTOPOL: Dec.18-20
THOUSAND OAKS: Dec.11, 17-18
UKIAH: Dec.16-18
VALLEJO: Nov.26-Dec.3
VENTURA: Dec.9-11
YOUNTVILLE: Dec.17-18