Santa Cruz City’s Nutcracker

December 21 @ 1:00 pm

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$51 – $61

Santa Cruz City’s Nutcracker

Saturday and Sunday, 1 & 4:30pm, December 21 & 22

Don’t miss the magic of the Nutcracker with Santa Cruz City Ballet (at the International Academy of Dance)’s performance is sure to WOW as you teleport to the wonderful world of Clara and friends in a twirl of holiday magic. Enjoy the festivities of the Party Scene before delving into the battle between soldiers and mice. Travel to the land of sweets and meet the Sugar Plum Fairy!

There’s something for everyone in this performance, with an all-age cast! We hope to see you there 🙂

Don’t miss this year’s performance!

Every year, Santa Cruz City Ballet (at the International Academy of Dance) puts on a premier Nutcracker performance at Cabrillo’s Crocker Theater. And every year, the stage sparkles with the magic of our cast and crew, as dancers from ages 4 to adult light up the stage. This year Nutcracker: Experience the Magic will be happening on December 21st and 22nd, 2024. Tickets go on sale in November.

History of the Nutcracker Ballet

The Nutcracker, Russian Shchelkunchik, is a ballet by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The last of his three ballets, it was first performed in December 1892. Every year, we recreate this timeless classic in Santa Cruz with our Nutcracker Performance.

The story of The Nutcracker is loosely based on the E.T.A. Hoffmann fantasy story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, about a girl who befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve and wages a battle against the evil Mouse King. Hoffmann’s story is darker and more troubling than the version that reached the stage; the Imperial Russian Ballet choreographer Marius Petipa chose to follow a light adaptation of the story written by Alexandre Dumas père.