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Ventura County Ballet’s 27th Nutcracker Features Live Orchestra and Global Dance Stars

Ballet dancers and actors on stage after a performance, bowing to the audience, with a decorated Christmas tree in the background.

Ventura Breeze Dec. 4, 2025

Ventura seniors get preview of upcoming The ‘Nutcracker’

Two ballet dancers performing for an audience seated in a room with wood flooring and a scenic painting on the wall. One dancer is visible from the back, wearing a light green tutu with floral decorations and a large matching bow in her hair. The other dancer is mid-air, executing a grand jeté with her legs extended and arms outstretched, wearing a white tutu with black accents and floral hair accessories.

VC Star Nov. 19, 2025

The Ball comes to School! Cinderella Ballet Performs for Elementary Students

Ballet dancer wearing a pink and purple dress performing on stage with curtains in the background, and an audience watching.

KCLU Apr. 1, 2025

Ojai performers star in Ventura County Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

Group of young girls dressed in ballet costumes sitting and kneeling on a stage during a performance

Ojai Valley News Dec. 5, 2024

‘The Nutcracker’ dancers preview Christmas Classic at Ventura School

A group of children watching a stage performance featuring kids in colorful costumes, with an adult woman speaking into a microphone on stage.

VC Star Nov. 20, 2024

‘The Nutcracker’ comes to life at Oxnard youth center

A ballerina in a vintage-style cream dress is practicing ballet moves with a nutcracker decoration on a gymnasium floor. There is another woman in the background dressed in historical attire.

VC Star Nov. 29, 2023

Ventura County Ballet brings dancing clown dolls to Montalvo Elementary School

Three children performing a ballet on stage, with two children wearing snowman costumes and a girl in a ballet tutu and floral headpiece.

VC Star Apr. 12, 2023

Ventura County Ballet performs for VCMC Oncology Clinic

A young girl dressed as Cinderella in a blue and white ball gown, wearing a face mask, standing in a hospital waiting area with a woman and a child, behind a reception desk with multiple notices and signs.

VC Reporter Dec. 1, 2022

‘Nutcracker’ visits Boys & Girls Club

Young girls dressed in dance costumes and casual clothing in a gymnasium, with one girl in a cheerleading outfit, two women, and a boy in a pirate costume, all smiling and interacting.

The Acorn Nov. 26 2022

Ventura kids get preview of upcoming ‘Nutcracker’ performance

A ballet dancer performs a pose on a gymnasium basketball court while three children in costumes watch.

VC Star Nov. 16, 2022

Ventura County Ballet brings 'Nutcracker' to child patients

Five children in theatrical costumes and masks posing in an indoor space with a patterned wall and windows in the background.

VC Star Nov. 12, 2021

Prancing on the Porch | Dance returns to Ventura with “Peep From The Street”

VC Reporter Mar. 24, 2021

A Nutcracker to Remember

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Spectrum News Dec. 10, 2020

Dancers pirouette in ‘Nutcracker’ for young cancer patients at Ventura County Medical Center

VC Star Nov. 4, 2019