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Video: Behind the Scenes of THE NUTCRACKER at Pasadena Dance Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 17, 2025

Pasadena Dance Theatre will present THE NUTCRACKER in a limited engagement at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. Led by Artistic Director Ashleigh Doede with choreography by Jessamyn Vedro, the production features more than 50 dancers. Go behind the scenes in a newly released video featuring Doede and Vedro discussing the staging alongside a peek inside rehearsal.

Pasadena Dance Theatre To Present THE NUTCRACKER In A New Interpretation
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2025

Pasadena Dance Theatre will debut a refreshed staging of The Nutcracker featuring choreography by Jessamyn Vedro and direction by Ashleigh Doede. Performances run December 20–21 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.

Review: ANASTASIA at Moonlight Stage
by ErinMarie Reiter - Jul 12, 2025

Moonlight Stage Productions’ “Anastasia” offers a glittery train ride through royal rumors, sweeping ballads, and animated-movie nostalgia, with just a few detours into brooding Soviet angst.

Ballet LET IT SNOW: A HOLIDAY REVUE to Open at the Whidbey Island Center for the Art
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2024

The Whidbey Island Center for the Arts will be aglow in snowy glamour and brilliance with the jazzy, sophisticated, and lighthearted classical ballet, “Let it Snow: A Holiday Revue.” Learn how to attend.

BWW Review: JUMP JIVE with the California Ballet
by E.H. Reiter - Oct 17, 2016

California Ballet invites you to JUMP JIVE with them as they explore dance through the 20's, the 40's , and the 60's, with a little classical thrown in to keeps things interesting.