The Nutcracker performed by students of the Academy of Ballet Arts will grace the Golden Bears stage in Temecula on Dec. 22 and 23. Valley News/Courtesy photo
A total of 75 young aspiring ballet dancers, ages 4 to 17, are working hard in Murrieta preparing for a colorful and graceful Christmas presentation of the classical Nutcracker ballet Dec. 22 and 23 at the Temecula Valley High School Theater stage.The youngsters, some perhaps destined to become dancers in the Royal Ballet, Ballet West and other prestigious companies and schools across the world, experience their first beginnings at the Academy of Ballet Arts, serving the Temecula Valley. The school, with ballet dancers and directors Alyssa and Jose Chavez and co-director Dana Nelson, has been in existence in Temecula Valley since 2011. The ABA has seen some of its students, as adults, continue on with major schools and companies around the world such as the prestigious Jacqueline Kenne
