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The cast of the elaborate production numbers about 100 local dancers, from kindergarten age to adults. Professionals have been hired to dance a few of the lead roles, but the rest of the performers come from the Academy of American Ballet. Ballet America is the Academy’s performance company. The founder of both, Julia Dugan, who directs the production, has streamlined “The Nutcracker” to a fast-moving 95 minutes. It’s designed to appeal to the entire family. Dugan says, “The Nutcracker’ is a ballet for children and about children. So my emphasis is to try to get as many children as possible actually performing in the show, because kids in the audience love to see peers up there dancing. But also, to me, ‘Nutcracker’ should be a charming production. So parts of it are very light and funny. We have a cowboy mouse and the Mouse King, when he dies, usually does some current pop-culture-type dance. We have kind of a heaven scene at the beginning of Act Two, based on a poem called ‘The Sugar-Plum Tree,’ where there’s a gingerbread cat and a chocolate dog, played by kids.

“I try to keep it appealing for young kids to watch, Some people have a different take on it and ballet shoes earrings - perfect gift idea for the dancer! - christmas gift idea, stocking stuffer, dance recital gift idea try to make it a mysterious, very deep-meaning ballet, That’s not my preference, Our spin on it is for it to be a family friendly production, We’ve gotten some feedback from people who’ve seen the big productions in San Francisco, and they’ve actually liked ours better, because there’s just a charm when it’s local talent, because you can see the heart in the dancer.”..

Dugan finds that the Fox is an ideal venue for seeing that heart. “I love the Fox, a beautiful art-deco building, because it has a really great feel to it. It’s an intimate theater, which I like, as do audiences and the dancers. Huge halls sometimes don’t give you that sense of connection or interaction. The Fox is, in every way, a very accessible theater.”. Dugan never tires of this ballet. “I’ve been involved with ‘Nutcracker,’ either dancing or directing, for 35 years. But each year, when I see the kids audition, it brings it to life for me again, because I can see how excited they are about it. It’s really special, a blessing.”.

For many young people, “The Nutcracker” serves as a wondrous introduction to ballet, Dugan says, “The first ballet I saw was ‘The Nutcracker.’ I just loved it, And from the age of 4 on, I wanted to be a ballet dancer, We didn’t have ballet shoes earrings - perfect gift idea for the dancer! - christmas gift idea, stocking stuffer, dance recital gift idea money and we were in a small town, so I didn’t get to do it until I was 11, But I literally begged, from the age of 4 on, because of ‘The Nutcracker.'”, At age 11, Dugan, who grew up in Sacramento, auditioned for “The Nutcracker” for the first time, “I didn’t get in, and I remember crying and crying, And then one year I was Clara, I was Snow Queen, I was Sugar Plum Fairy, So I went through all of the different ranks, Almost all of the different female roles in ‘Nutcracker,’ I have done.”..

“The Nutcracker” is as magical for the performers as it is for the audience. “I was thrilled and excited, especially when I did the role of Clara. Honestly, of all the roles I ever did, even dancing professionally, Clara was always the most special, because there was something about being that age and having that role, where there was such a defined character and storyline. I literally, when I went on, thought I was Clara. And it was just so much fun. It almost felt like I was in a different world.”.

Now Dugan’s transports the audience via her company’s production of “Nutcracker.” “My goal is for the audience to sit there, enjoy it and feel like they’re in a different time period, as well as a different place, unlike any other, And to also feel inspired somehow by the dancers, by what is coming out of these local dancers’ hearts and souls, That’s really important to me, “I am sometimes dismayed when I see large companies, where the dancers are so talented, but somehow, the direction coming from the top is not wanting those dancers to truly express something that is more internal, That bothers me very much, The artistry should ballet shoes earrings - perfect gift idea for the dancer! - christmas gift idea, stocking stuffer, dance recital gift idea never be less important than the physicality of the movement, Sometimes now, in ballet, the focus is on just the innate physical body — super high extension, super great arched feet — and the artistry is completely secondary, Audience members just want to be moved, by seeing something inspirational, And that comes more from an artistic sensibility, The dancer has to have that, But sometimes the training and direction is not supporting that process of really creating a true artist-dancer.”..

Dugan studied at Sacramento Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. After high school, she danced professionally with American Festival Ballet. She then attended Stanford University, where she earned a BA in economics and an MA in dance education. In 1993, while a student there, Dugan founded Cardinal Ballet, Stanford’s first ballet company. In 1999, she opened the American Academy of Ballet. “That was something I always had in mind to do, even when I was a professional dancer, because I felt, a lot of times, the environment was not as healthy as it could be. I’d always wanted to make a change in dance and do it in a healthier way, both with the training methods, as well as the whole psychological, spiritual aspect of it, so that people are mentored and supported as they become artists.

“I want to draw out whatever is in each student, the potential for them to shine and to reveal who they are through dance, Regardless of the innate talent ballet shoes earrings - perfect gift idea for the dancer! - christmas gift idea, stocking stuffer, dance recital gift idea that’s there, if you can teach it correctly, everyone can shine in their own way, And that’s our focus, to try to pull that out of each student, “Some kids come in and they’re natural performers, Others, they’re shy or they lack self-confidence, So it’s a more interesting challenge, But that part is very exciting, because, for me, dance is much more about the life journey versus just, ‘I’m going to go to class and become a dancer tomorrow.’ There’s a journey involved.”..

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