These photos are a collection of Alameda Civic Ballet's performances of The Nutcracker that took place on December 19 & 20, 2009. Debuting in 2005, Alameda Civic Ballet's full-length Nutcracker offers a production with over 100 performers including dancers who have performed professionally with American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hawaii, Nevada Dance Theater, Oakland Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Lines Ballet, San Francisco Opera Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, as well as aspiring dance students from Alameda Ballet Academy and other dance schools in the Bay Area.
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Corey Scott-Gilbert from Lines Ballet as the Sugar Plum Prince.
Meredith Webster as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Corey Scott-Gilbert as her Prince, in their pas de deux.
Clara receives her Nutcracker in the opening Party Scene of The Nucracker.
The girls dance with their new dolls in the Party Scene.
The girls dance for joy in the Party Scene.
Drosselmeyer works his magic.
The Mother and Father dance after their guests have left.
The Rat King sneaks up on the sleeping Clara.
The Rats fight the Soldiers over Clara.
Jamielyn Duggan as The Snow Queen and Damon Mahoney as the Snow King, dance.
Clara awakes in the Land of Snowflakes.
The Snowflakes dance in the Land of the Snowflakes.
Patricia Perez as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and David Fonnegra as her Prince welcome Clara and the Nutcracker to the Land of Sweets.
Here comes the Russian Licorice!
Arabian Coffee weaves their beautiful dance.