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Repertoire

*The Nutcracker*	*Coppelia*	Dvorak Serenade
*As the Piano Rolls*	*Cinderella*	*Tales of Beatrix Potter*
*A Midsummer Night's Dream*		Beauty and the Beast

The Nutcracker

No Ballet Company can launch a season without
The Nutcracker. Since first introduced to the United States in 1944 by the San Francisco Ballet Company, The Nutcracker has offered every ballet company the challenge to create its own unique interpretation. The Santa Clarita Ballet Company's version evolves each year to provide the best holiday entertainment for the community.

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Coppelia

The first full-length, three-act ballet performed in the Santa Clarita Valley, Coppelia, is ballet's great comedy — a tale of love and mistaken identity set in a toy shop — that is sure to be enjoyed by the whole family. The beautiful musical score by Delibes is considered by many to be the greatest ballet score ever written next to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.

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Dvorak Serenade

An impressionist, neo-classical piece that references the Slavic folk dances that inspired Dvorak’s Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major Op.22. It recalls the Sylphs dancing in the moonlight from the Romantic ballets of
the mid-19th century.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare’s great comedy about meddling and quarrelsome fairies, and their manipulation of the mortals who stumble into their enchanted forest. Danced to the beautiful score by Mendelssohn including his famous Wedding March.

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As the Piano Rolls

A story line of charming jazz age vignettes set
in a dance hall in the 1920’s- four lonely hearts: “The Two Sisters”, “The Show-off” and “The Wallflower” come to listen to the player piano, have a dance or maybe even meet that special someone. The tunes are so toe tappin' even
the piano can’t stand still. Featuring the
infectious music of one of America's great
jazz composers, George Gershwin.

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Cinderella

The Santa Clarita Ballet Company sets the beloved fairy tale to dance as Cinderella's slipper becomes a pointe shoe and the Prince's ball is a dream of waltzing motion. Featuring Serge Prokofiev's haunting melodies and the story
known to every child.

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Tales of Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter's charming tales of the animals inhabiting the English countryside are lovingly potrayed in this ballet. The misadventures of Peter Rabbit; Jeremy Fisher, the frog; Jemima Puddle-Duck and their friends all come to life with fabulous costumes and choreography that make our animal friends and their foibles seem all too human.

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Beauty and the Beast

The romantic fairytale of a devoted daughter who agrees to live with a hideous Beast in order to spare her father’s life. Love conquers all as Beauty’s growing trust and fondness for the Beast removes his curse and transforms him to a handsome young man. Set to the impressionistic themes of early 20th century composers Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Jaques Fauré.

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