Enriching
Napa Valley Youth
& the Community
through dance education, performance, & symphony collaboration

NUTCRACKER | DEC 20, 21 & 22

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Napa Regional Dance Company (NRDC) was founded in 1988 with the mission to provide extraordinary classical dance training and education. NRDC instructors have professional backgrounds and have performed with such groups as the American Ballet Theater, Dance Theater of Harlem, Oakland Ballet, Ballet West, and the Joffrey Ballet. NRDC offers a year-round curriculum for boys and girls in classical ballet, contemporary dance, and choreography, in addition to several performance opportunities each year. The annual production of the classical ballet, The Nutcracker, is held during the holiday season, and a year-end student showcase presenting repertoire of classical and contemporary dance works is performed each spring. To inquire about joining Napa Regional Dance Company, please contact the Executive Director, Wanda Martin McGill.

Napa Regional Dance Foundation (NRDF) was formed in 2014 as a non-profit partner with Napa Regional Dance Company with the goal of expanding performance opportunities for young dancers in Napa County. We envision traditional partnerships, such as live musical accompaniment for dance performances, as well as creative artistic pairings with other performing arts groups. NRDF believes in the power of dance education to influence the lives of young dancers. Dance training and music teach countless life lessons — discipline, focus, body awareness, and the delayed gratification of working hard towards a series of goals, ever increasing in intensity. Dancers also learn to share their gifts through performance and, in turn, provide a great gift to our Napa Valley community.

NRDF is proud to support classical dance in the Napa Valley and the NRDC Nutcracker Symphony Project.

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NRDF elevates and celebrates the art of music and classical dance education and believes in their power to influence the lives of young dancers and our entire community.

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The Nutcracker returns to Napa, brings back full orchestra

December 6, 2023
"With the support and partnership of Festival Napa Valley, each performance will be accompanied by a live symphony orchestra once again — an element not seen since the pre-COVID era."

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