Joyce Rudolph
Media City Ballet hosts holiday luncheon
BURBANK -- The Media City Ballet Company will perform excerpts from
"The Nutcracker" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, for a fund-raising holiday
luncheon at the Burbank Airport Hilton, Festival Jubilee Room, 2500 N.
Hollywood Way.
The luncheon will feature a choice of entrees, Chicken Rosemary or
Eggplant Parmesan. A no-host bar will be available.
"A delightful afternoon of festive music and dance in the traditional
holiday spirit," is planned, said company founder and Artistic Director
Natasha Middleton.
The donation for the luncheon is $40 per person and is tax deductible
to the extent allowed by law. For more information and reservations, call
The Media Arts Center in Burbank at 972-9692. Reservation deadline is
Dec. 10.
Residents to perform
in one-hour 'Nutcracker'
PASADENA -- "The Story of the Nutcracker," a short one-hour production
by Dancecorps, will feature several youngsters from the Burbank,
Glendale, La Canada Flintridge and La Crescenta areas.
The nonprofit performing arts organization, based in Pasadena, will
present the show at 2 and 4 p.m. on Dec. 15 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 16 at the
Sexson Auditorium on the campus of Pasadena City College, 1570 E.
Colorado Blvd., Pasadena.
Some of the performers are Nicole Spagnola of Burbank, Jessica
Vardanian of Glendale, Ani Avanessian of La Canada Flintridge and Kati
Raggio of La Crescenta.
Tickets are $20 and $12 for children. For more information, call (626)
792-4893.
One of the guest artists in the show are Roberto Almaguer, former
soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba.
