Mountain View Western Ballet's The Nutcracker

December 13-15, 2024

Mountain View Center For The Performing Arts
500 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA
$47, mvcpa.com  | westernballet.org

December 13, 2024, 7 p.m.
December 14, 2024, 1 & 7 p.m.
December 15, 2024, 1 p.m.

Alexi Zubiria has served as the Artistic Director of Western Ballet since 2007, following a distinguished career as a dancer and guest artist with some of the most renowned ballet companies in the world. During his tenure with Western Ballet, Zubiria has created four full-length ballets.

His studies began in Bogota, Colombia at the Ballet Gran Colombia with Hernando Monroy, and within a few of years of training, he joined the International Ballet of Caracas under Vicente Nebrada. Zubiria’s education was significantly impacted by Nina Novak, renowned Ballet Russe ballerina, with whom he refined his ballet training. In 1982, she prepared him for the Jackson International Dance Competition, where he won the silver medal.

Nutcracker in China - New Century Dance

Friday, December 30, 2022, 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 31, 2022, 7 p.m.

Mountain View Center For The Performing Arts - MainStage
500 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA
$30, $27 Students ages 21 & Under, $25 ages 12 & under, mvcpa.com
 (650) 903-6000 

A Nutcracker like no other! The original NUTCRACKER IN CHINA from New Century Dance is an enchanting collage of classical Chinese dance and classical ballet by the students of New Century Dance with special guests. "Yellow River" a modern work will also be performed. This performance is 2 hours and 15 minutes long with one intermission and is appropriate for all ages.

 
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Pacific Ballet Academy Nutcracker Ballet

November 25-27, 2022

Mountain View Center For The Performing Arts
500 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA
$30 approx., mvcpa.com

Friday, Nov. 25, 2022,  6 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, 1 & 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, 12 p.m. (Act I Only is an Autism/Sensory Friendly presentation costing $15)

Pacific Ballet Academy proudly presents its 31st Annual Nutcracker. This exciting production has been widely praised for its excellent choreography and dancers. Pacific Ballet's dancers greet you as you enter the theater. See the holiday brought to life as young Clara journeys to the Land of Sweets with her Nutcracker Prince.

MVCPA’s Autism/Sensory Friendly performances offer guests and families living with autism and other sensory disorders, an opportunity to enjoy MVCPA performances in a safe and accepting environment. An inclusive, judgment-free space is created with special considerations such as scaled-down production elements (lights, sound, etc.), extra wheelchair accommodations, a quiet zone outside the performance space, specially trained staff and a Pre-Visit Guide to help familiarize patrons with spaces and experiences they will encounter while attending the show.

Only at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.  

Marion Chaeff founded Pacific Ballet Academy after dancing professionally. Chaeff received teacher's training in Vienna, Austria and is accredited to teach the Bolshoi School (Moscow Choreographic School) syllabus. She received her professional dance training at American Ballet Theatre in New York under world renowned teachers, including Alexandra Danilova, Igor Schwezoff, Anatole Vilzak, Ludmilla Schollar, Yurek Lazovsky and Valentina Pereyaslavec. She directed her own school and company in Oakland, New Jersey and has served as Artistic Director of the San Jose Ballet Association.

When she established a small studio locally in 1985 she shared her deep love of the classical ballet as enrollment grew over the next 30 years.  Her daughter, Rima Chaeff, joined the school as co-Director. She completed three years in the professional division of San Francisco Ballet School and danced in their Nutcracker and Showcase performances. She appeared as soloist with San Jose Dance Theatre and toured Europe with Ballet San Jose as Principal dancer.

The ballet school has built a reputation with its highly trained professionals with many years of experience teaching students of all ages. Guest faculty have included well known dancers and instructors.