Performances

Moscow Ballet Returns to Santa Rosa with Great Russian Nutcracker!

Moscow Ballet’s celebrated Great Russian Nutcracker will be at Santa Rosa's Wells Fargo Center for the Arts on Wednesday, December 18th at 7:30 PM, & Thursday, December 19th at 7:00 PM.

The holiday favorite dramatizes the traditional story of Masha meeting her “Prince” and, exclusive to Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, adds a tribute to world peace as well.  The “Dove of Peace,” for which 2 dancers become one bird with a 20 foot wingspan, escorts Masha and Prince to the “Land of Peace and Harmony.”Celebrate the beauty of the holidays and the best of Russian ballet in Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker!

Tickets start at $28.00. Groups of ten or more and Girl Scout Troops receive discounts by calling 800-320-1733. For VIP and single tickets call Wells Fargo Box Office 707-546-3600 or online: 

Santa Rosa Area Student Dancers to Perform with Moscow Ballet Russians on Stage in December!

Santa Rosa area youth will be selected to perform alongside 40 Moscow Ballet professionals in the Great Russian Nutcracker at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in December.

O'Brien Center of the Arts will be the host studio for Moscow Ballet’s Student Program in Santa Rosa. A Moscow Ballet soloist will serve as Audition and Rehearsal Director.

Pictured: Students in cities across the country auditioned for a part in the Great Russian Nutcracker.

O’Brien Center for the Arts Hosts Summer Intensives With Moscow Ballet Soloist!

Moscow Ballet andO’Brien Center for the Arts announce weeklong Summer Intensive opportunity in Petaluma August 12 to 16.

Moscow Ballet soloist and Audition Director Natalia Miroshnyk is in the U.S. to teach the Vaganova method and classic ballet repertory this summer. At the O’Brien Center for the Arts, Miroshnyk will lead two 2 hour classes daily in technique, pointe, and variations from the classics such as Sleeping Beauty andRomeo and Juliet and more. Pre-pointe (less than 1 year pointe training) and en pointe ballet students of all ages are invited to attend the classes Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.Intensive participants develop their strength and discipline as well as gain invaluable ballet experience in the Russian tradition, known the world over for excellence in training and execution.

The Moscow Ballet Intensive offers young dancers, who may otherwise have limited access to the classical Russian style, a unique opportunity to work personally with a professional Russian ballerina. The O’Brien Center for the Arts is the newest resource for up and coming dancers in the area. The new facility features three dance studios offering many styles of dance as well as an art gallery. In addition to the Summer Intensive, O’Brien Center for the Arts is Moscow Ballet’s Host Studio for the “Dance with Us” program auditioning and rehearsing local student dancers to perform alongside the company of 40 Russian dancers in the Great Russian Nutcracker December 18 and 19. 

Enrollment in the Summer Intensive is limited, to register contact Martha O'Brien at JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING or 707-338-0718. To learn More about Summer Intensives, Call 1.800.320.1733 ext. 21.

"Spectacular dancing...kaleidoscope of colorful costuming."
Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

The Wells Fargo Center for the Arts was opened to the public in 1981, with debut performances by the Santa Rosa Symphony and featured artists such as Anne Murray and Steve Allen. It has been owned and operated by the Luther Burbank Memorial Foundation, which was established in the 1970s, for the past 30 years. Today, the theater hosts a variety of performances, including the American Philharmonic, Gladys Knight, and the Vienna Boys Choir, as well as educational and community events. The center also hosted George Carlin's last recorded performance.

2012 Highlights & Events

Meet the Masters at The Dance Shop , Sun, Oct 28, 1-3pm

Sunday, October 28, 1 to 3pm, The Dance Shop, 19 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, CA 94952

• Win prizes!
• See demonstrations!
• Meet a Moscow Ballet ballerina!
• Get 25% off CAPEZIO, BUNHEAD, & HARMONIE items!
• Win tickets to experience Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker!

New in 2012, Moscow Ballet and Capezio have teamed up to bring you the finest dancers, great prizes, and biggest discounts in local dance stores in 20 cities across the US. Moscow Ballet ballerina Svetlana Todinova answers questions, poses for photos, signs autographs, gives away Moscow Ballet and Capezio prizes (including tickets to Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker), talks about her career, and demonstrates the proper wear and care of hand-made Capezio Pointe shoes that were personally fitted by Capezio Master Fitter Paul Plesh.

One hundred dance lovers attended the first Meet the Masters event in Tampa, FL recently, and more are being planned and held across the country. For more information, visit www.nutcracker.com/capezio or call Lati Thagui at (703) 560-7047.

Pictured right: Capezio Master Pointe Fitter Paul Plesh fits Moscow Ballet's Anastasia Kazakova for pointe shoes.

Capezio – 125 years ago Salvatore Capezio opened a shop on Broadway and created his hand-made pointe shoes. Today, Capezio continues to value and support the worldwide dance community, offering the highest quality dance shoes, dance wear, and street wear internationally. www.capezio.com.

Enhance Your Skills with a Moscow Ballet Pro!

Master Class with Moscow Ballet soloist Olga Aru
Saturday, October 27
Roosevelt School of the Arts
4250 E. Tulare Avenue, Fresno, CA 93702

Area dance students (intermediate to advanced level) are invited to join Moscow Ballet soloist Olga Aru for a Master Class on Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm. She will teach students in the Russian Vaganova ballet method.

This is a unique opportunity for any dance student! 

There is a fee of $20 per student. There is no fee for those performing in Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker.

Olga Aru (pictured right) is a rising star ballerina and ballet teacher. She received her degree in ballet and dance pedagogy from the the Kiev State Ballet College in Ukraine, and most recently performed with Les Ballet Persans in Stockholm, Sweden. In Cairo, Egypt she danced in Tut Ankh Amon at the Cairo National Opera House. She has also toured Portugal and China. Olga’s repertoire includes Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote, as well as the Heart of the Snow Queen, a modern ballet choreographed by Alla Rubina.

Register by calling (707) 765-1771. For more information about the Master Class, call (800) 320-1733 ext. 21.