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The Nutcracker Ballet

Saturday, December 13, 2014, 07:00pm

Santa Barbara Festival Ballet presents Nutcracker at The Arlington, with Live, Full Symphony Orchestra with Elise Unruh, Conductor.

TICKETS: $25 - $55

Arlington Theatre Box Office, 1317 State Street, Santa Barbara, 805-963-4408 or www.ticketmaster.com

Santa Barbara Festival Ballet presents Nutcracker at The Arlington, with Live, Full Symphony Orchestra – Elise Unruh, Conductor. Featuring Professional Guest Artists: Chase Finlay, Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet, (Cavalier),  Michele Wiles, Principal Dancer with Ballet Next, (Sugar Plum Fairy) , Devyn Lovett with Ballet West (Nutcracker), Tracy Kofford, Artistic Director of Dance SBCC (Arabian Cavalier).  

Celebrating a 40th Anniversary this year, Nutcracker At The Arlington is recognized as one of the rare and longest continuously running productions in the USA performed with a live orchestra!  Featuring Professional Guest Artists: Chase Finlay, Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet, (Cavalier), Michele Wiles, Principal Dancer with Ballet Next, (Sugar Plum Fairy) , Devyn Lovett with Ballet West (Nutcracker), Tracy Kofford, Artistic Director of Dance SBCC (Arabian Cavalier). Grace Barker, a junior at Dos Pueblos High School, as Clara, joins Santa Barbara Festival Ballet Company Dancers,  UCSB Department of Dance, SBFB Dance Conservatory students and community members, all to portray over 100 roles on the Arlington stage.  

Delighting family members of all ages, SBFB takes you on a magical journey with Clara and her Nutcracker Prince. Experience the wonderment of this classic tale by E.T.A. Hoffman, as Herr Drosselmeyer’s Clock Work Dolls dance to life, a giant Christmas Tree grows before your eyes,  Rat King and Toy Soldiers battle through canon explosions on stage,  and surprises galore unfold in the Kingdom of Sweets.   “It is an honor to provide our Central Coast communities with the full cultural experience of the classic ballet The Nutcracker , with Tchaikovsky’s music played by a full symphony orchestra, all under the stars of our historic Arlington Theater,” Denise Rinaldi, Artistic Director.   

Mayor Helene Schneider presents Santa Barbara Festival Ballet with City Proclamation and declares NUTCRACKER WEEK IN SANTA BARBARA – December 8th, 2014 through December 14th, 2014 in honor of 50 Years in business & the 40th Anniversary of Nutcracker at the Arlington.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

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