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WESTSIDE BALLET ANNOUNCES 2008 PERFORMANCES OF THE NUTCRACKER
Westside Ballet's 36th Annual "The Nutcracker"
Brought to life by falling snow and a Christmas tree that grows, Westside Ballet's Nutcracker is not only the longest running production in Los Angeles history – it's the closest to George Balanchine's original version in quality, integrity, and musicality.
Special attention to costumes, choreography and characters come from the input of an esteemed faculty at Westside School of Ballet, located in Santa Monica.
Overseeing the production as Artistic Director is Yvonne Mounsey, founder of Westside Ballet and former soloist and principal dancer with New York City Ballet. During her distinguished career as a performer, she joined New York City Ballet as a principal dancer for George Balanchine. There she created roles in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and La Valse, Jerome Robbins’s The Cage, Fanfare, and The Concert, and Frederick Ashton’s Picnic at Tintagel.
Westside Ballet draws its company from the affiliated Westside Ballet School, customarily considered the premier ballet school in Los Angeles. Students have gone on to distinguished careers with the country’s top ballet companies.
As a special engagement, this year's cast was invited to perform excerpts of the Nutcracker with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Concert Hall.
Past Nutcracker productions have included Monique Meunier (New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater), Anna Liceica (American Ballet Theater), Martine Harley (Houston Ballet), Melissa Barak (New York City Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet), Andrew Veyette (New York City Ballet), Kylee Kitchens (Pacific Northwest Ballet) and many more.
This 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 www.ticketmaster.com. All tickets are $26.
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About Westside Ballet Company - Westside Ballet Company, a nonprofit organization, is one of the nation's premier ballet training companies. This pre-professional company was created by Yvonne Mounsey and Rosemary Valaire in 1970. The company provides the promising young dancers of the Westside School of Ballet the performance opportunities that are so vital to their growth — and makes dance more accessible to local children and families. Based in Santa Monica, California, Westside Ballet Company now comprises approximately 100 dancers, ages 8 to 18. For more information, visit www.westsideballet.com
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Phone: 310-828-2018
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