How did Long Beach Ballet’s Nutcracker become the most beloved in Southern California?
Nutcrackers come and go but only one is so spectacular, so charming, so heart-warming and memorable that it has become southern California’s favorite. For 40 years, David Wilcox’s production of The Nutcracker has been seen by over one million people at the Long Beach Terrace Theater, the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, throughout the Asian continent, as well as on television.
About Long Beach Ballet
Long Beach Ballet is one of Southern California’s leading classical ballet institutions. The academy’s reputation is based on excellence, dedication and passion for the art. Students from this academy have gone on to join companies like San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, and the Dresden Ballet.
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David Wilcox, Artistic Director of the Long Beach Ballet
Los Angeles native David Wilcox began studying the dance at the age of eleven. He continued his studies in London and at the age of nineteen began his professional career in Germany where he danced with the Berlin Ballet, the Nuremberg Ballet and the Heidelberg Ballet. In 1981, he co-founded Long Beach Ballet which became Southern California’s most successful ballet company for 15 years. Many of Wilcox’s students have gone on to join companies like San Francisco Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Milwaukee Ballet and New York Ballet Theater. He has produced and directed nine ballet tours to Asia and has staged three full-length ballets for the Classical Ballet of Guangzhou, China: The Nutcracker, La Bayadere and Cinderella. He lives with his wife and daughters in Long Beach.
Official Long Beach Ballet Nutcracker Sponsors
DR. ALLEN & CHARLOTTE GINSBURG