Nutcracker Session and Performance
Hermann Sons Hall, 860 Western Ave, Petaluma, CA 94952
- Performing Arts
Availability!
Students must be either enrolled in classes Sept-Oct or Nov-Dec IN ADDITION to the Nutcracker Performance.
This year our Nutcracker will include an audition experience. Everyone who enrolls will have a role in the show, but your assigned dance and role will be based on an enjoyable and loving audition experience with Miss Marie and teachers at our studio on October 18th.
Rehearsal times will be assigned Wednesday - Friday in our normal class slots 3:30-5pm (each dance has one rehearsal time a week)
Students age 4 no audition! please fill out availability form for rehearsal day assignment
Students age 5 - 7 Auditions are at 10am on October 18th and will consist of a brief warm up class all together, and then small groups learning easy and fun choreography from various lands of sweets.
Students 8-15 Auditions are at 12noon on October 18th and will consist of a warm up class all together and then students will be broken up into groups to learn solos or small group land of sweet dances together.
Important Dates: Tech Rehearsal on the Stage Monday December 15th 3:30-5pm
Dress Rehearsal on the Stage Tuesday December 16th 3:30-5pm
Performance on the Stage Wednesday December 17th 6pm
Safety
- Staff is First Aid Certified
- Employee Background Checks
- Carries Liability Insurance
Policies
Full refund can be given, minus credit card fees, until October 18th, after which a credit can be discussed for special circumstances.
Location
West Hills Ballet Petaluma
Miss Marie started her teaching career with Cobble Hill Ballet in 2008 under the guidance of Colette Linton Meyer. She performed in NYC for 10 years with modern dance companies like Susan Marshall, Wally Cardona, and danscores by Ofelia Loret DeMola. She had the honor of being a US Arts and Culture envoy to the developing country of Kosovo in 2008. Her proudest moments have been in the classroom with a dozen three year olds singing and dancing to classical music. She has taught in the Bay Area with Berkeley Ballet Theatre and Shawl Anderson Dance Center, where she started taking classes herself as a young girl. She worked in the development department of San Francisco Ballet 2014-2015 before moving to the North Bay with her beloved husband and started her family - Sebastian and now baby Juniper. After taking a break from teaching during the pandemic, she is delighted to be starting her very own ballet school with West Hills Ballet, steps from her home in the beautiful space at Hermann Sons Hall. She has a BFA in acting from Purchase College, School of Theatre Arts and Film.