Nutcracker – 2018

Nutcracker Tickets Are Sold Out!

2018 Public Performance Dates:

• Saturday, Nov 24th, Nutcracker performances 1pm & 5pm
• Sunday, Nov 25th, Nutcracker performances 1pm & 5pm
• Saturday, Dec 1st, Nutcracker performances 1pm & 5pm
• Sunday, Dec 2nd, Nutcracker performances 1pm & 5pm

Waltz of the Flowers

The Magic Returns!

For over 45 years, audiences have thrilled to Westside Ballet’s lavish productions of The Nutcracker.
From the moment the lights dim, you’ll be transported with Clara to a magical world filled with a Christmas tree that grows to the ceiling, menacing mice, a dashing prince who takes her through the land of the dancing snowflakes replete with falling snow led by the shimmering Snow Queen.
As the curtain rises on the second act, angels in clouds welcome Clara and her Prince to the Land of the Sweets where she meets the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy. Clara is entertained by Spanish chocolate, Arabian coffee, Peppermints, Chinese tea, marzipan Mirlitons and more as they each dance for her.
Small Polichinelles pop out from underneath Mother Ginger’s giant skirt and flowers waltz around the delicate Dew Drop Fairy before the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier dance for Clara and send her off.
Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and the Marius Petipa classic, this is the complete, traditional ballet, from the Victorian-style party scene to the glittering Sugar Plum Fairy.
Nominated in 2015 as one of Pointe Magazine’s favorite Nutcracker productions in the nation!

With a LIVE Orchestra!

Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra

Performed at the intimate Broad Stage at SMC Performing Arts Center, with the Santa Monica College Symphony Orchestra.
Made possible through the generosity of the Santa Monica College Public Policy Institute, playing Tchaikovsky’s majestic score…
It’s a holiday experience you won’t want to miss!

A Los Angeles Tradition

Westside Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker is a Los Angeles tradition dating all the way back to 1973 – the longest running Nutcracker production in Los Angeles.

As featured in the Los Angeles Times, the artistic direction captures the spirit of the legendary George Balanchine, passed on by Yvonne Mounsey, who created the Nutcracker role of Center Spanish during the peak of her career as principal dancer with New York City Ballet.
“Ours is very true to the story as is reflected in the music and the spirit,” says Caprice Walker, Associate Artistic Director of Westside’s Nutcracker. “We have all of the elements that audiences look for – the falling snow, a Christmas tree that grows, and that magical moment when the Polichinelles pop out from under Mother Ginger’s skirt.”