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Putting on a production of “The Nutcracker” is no small feat, despite the bevy of local performances on offer during the holiday season.
Mountain View’s Western Ballet allowed Voice and Almanac photographer Magali Gauthier behind the scenes at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts to document the controlled chaos as about 120 student and professional dancers prepared to delight audiences with the beloved Christmas ballet.
Click through the photo gallery for a backstage pass to the making of a “Nutcracker” performance.
By Andrea Gemmet
By Andrea Gemmet
By Andrea Gemmet
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Assistant Artistic Director Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, practices her performance onstage between Acts I and II, while a man quickly sweeps fake snow from the stage for Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Judy Liang gets dressed in her elf costume for Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Dancers watch Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, rehearse before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Share is a professional dancer. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Mirana Omg, Natalie Young and Katie Thomas get ready before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Matthew Ebert, who plays the Nutcracker Prince, applies last-minute lipstick before heading out onstage for Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Suzanne Pallo applies lipstick to her daughter, Sophie, who plays a mouse in Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Alison Share, the assistant artistic diretor who dances role of the Sugar Plum Fairy, snips worn out satin from the toe of her pointe shoe for Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Joe LaChance, who plays the Snow King, stretches in the men’s dressing room backstage before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Midori Saito quickly changes into her flower costume during Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Ernest Hui holds his fake mustache in place while it dries backstage in the men’s dressing room for Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Polina Bortok applies her makeup backstage before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Brushes covered in makeup in the men’s dressing room backstage of Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Little elves, ages 5 to 12, line up to go onstage during Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Dancers rehearse the Waltz of the Snowflakes before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Dancers perform the Waltz of the Snowflakes at the end of Act I of Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Assistant Artistic Director Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, adjusts her pointe shoes backstage at Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Performers offstage watch the Candy Canes dance during Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Alison Share, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy, rehearses with Jacob Dal Porto, who plays the Cavalier, before Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
A dancer waits offstage at Western Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 2. Photo by Magali Gauthier
