The Nutcracker comes to Arcadia Performing Arts Center

Performances in four theaters from November 29 - December 27, 2014 Arcadia, Rancho Cucamonga, Claremont, & Riverside


Who:  Inland Pacific Ballet

What:  The Nutcracker
Enjoy a treasured holiday tradition with family and friends at southern California’s most spectacular production of The Nutcracker. Critically acclaimed Inland Pacific Ballet brings The Nutcracker to life with dazzling sets, beautiful costumes, and nearly 100 dancers on stage. The annual holiday favorite tells the story of a young girl named Clara who receives a magical nutcracker doll on Christmas Eve, and sets out on a wondrous journey to the Land of the Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets. A fantastic dream with battling mice, dancing snowflakes, waltzing flowers, and the delightful Sugar Plum Fairy stir the imagination.

Meet the cast after the performance for photos and autographs. This is family entertainment at its best!

Saturday, November 29, 2014            2:00 pm
 Sunday, November 30, 2014              2:00 pm

Saturday, December 6, 2014              1:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 7, 2014                1:00 pm

Saturday, December 13, 2014            1:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 14, 2014              1:00 pm
Saturday, December 20, 2014            1:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 21, 2014              1:00 pm

New added venue!
Fox Performing Arts Center, 3801 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501

Saturday, December 27, 2014            2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Inland Pacific Ballet, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a professional ballet company of national stature in the Inland Empire of Southern California. The Company is committed to producing exquisitely staged productions of full-length classic story ballets as well as presenting the best in contemporary choreography. Through creative marketing and an extensive Educational Outreach Program, Inland Pacific Ballet strives to introduce new audiences to the magic of ballet, and to make the experience more available and accessible to all. The Company is also committed to the nurturing of new talent and provides an essential training ground for serious young dancers. Inland Pacific Ballet’s Founders/Artistic Directors are Victoria Koenig and Kevin Myers who are southern California natives and bring a wealth of experience to their visionary leadership of this young Company. Over the past 20 years they have built Inland Pacific Ballet into the premier ballet company in the region, enjoying critical acclaim while performing the largest and most varied repertoire in the area. The Company’s repertoire includes such classics as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Les Sylphides, Graduation Ball and Swan Lake Act II. Full length classical masterpieces include Giselle, Coppélia and a lavish production of The Nutcracker. Contemporary classics include seminal works by the legendary George Balanchine including Serenade, Concerto Barocco and Who Cares? and a growing body of original work which includes creative adaptations of much loved stories such as The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and Dracula.