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Our first local production was NUTCRACKER 2005, held at Bainbridge Performing Arts Center, December 9-18, for a total of 9 performances. Attendance was over 1500, boasted a cast of over 80 with guest artists, Caring Clowns International, professional actor, Guy Sidora (Mother Ginger), Ivan Koumaev (of "So You think You Can Dance"), dancers from ARC Dance in Seattle, Irene's School of Dance in Silverdale and "Just for Kicks" studio in Port Orchard. The technical aspects included a dancer on a wire trapeze, snow created by machine, fog and smoke effects and video projection backdrop.
In the winter of 2007, we hosted the National Dance week event "Make Your Move". It included a variety of events such as dance workshops, a vignette of performances of many different dance types all from the local. We also hosted an evening event for a special guest tap artist, Brenda Bufalino of New York showcasing her book "Tapping the Source". She also performed and taught some master tap workshops. The number of participants and attendees were over 1500. The event framework has been adopted by other communities.
In 2007, we presented our second production of Nutcracker for 6 performances, as well as our own original production of Cinderella in the spring of 2008. Both of these productions were held at venues on Bainbridge and Poulsbo. For Cinderella we collaborated with a local writer, Elizabeth Heffron, to create a narrative for one of the characters and used music not only from the classical ballet, but also from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical.
In 2008, we had our third production of Nutcracker with a cast of 85 held at North Kitsap Community Auditorium, sponsored by local businesses, Cook Family Funeral Home and Islandental (Nathan Russell). For our spring production we did a rendition of Coppelia also held at NKCA.
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