SCHOOL-TIME PERFORMANCES FOR K-12 SCHOOLS

Introduce your students to the excitement of live dance and music by joining San Francisco Ballet for our 2024–2025 school-time performances for young audiences. These ballet performances captivate students’ imaginations with dazzling choreography, memorable music, spectacular sets, and costumes, and are a wonderful way to expose students to the transformative power of the performing arts

Nutcracker School-Time PerformanceS Include:

Full-length 2-hour performance of Helgi Tomasson's Nutcracker performed by SF Ballet professional dancers and SF Ballet School students, accompanied by the SF Ballet Orchestra.
A comprehensive digital Educator’s Guide with standards-based resources and context to help you and your students explore the story, characters, and art form through pre- and post-performance activities.
A souvenir program book for each attendee that includes the story of Nutcracker and kids' activities.

2024–2025 SCHOOL-TIME PERFORMANCES FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

Join San Francisco Ballet for a school-time performance of Nutcracker on December 10 and December 17, 2024.

PERFORMANCE: Helgi Tomasson’s Nutcracker

DATE: Tuesday, December 10, and Tuesday, December 17, 2024

TIME: 11:00 am–1:00 pm

PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 2 hours (includes one 20-minute intermission).

WHERE: SF War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102. Schools are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from the Opera House.

RECOMMENDED GRADES: K-12*

TICKETS: These performances are open to any one in the general public who would like to purchase tickets. You may do so here. Currently, the only discount we offer is for 20% off the current single ticket price in most sections for larger groups of 20+ tickets for the same performance in the same seating section. Please visit our groups information page for more information.

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

CHOREOGRAPHER: Helgi Tomasson

COMPOSER: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Experience the magical winter wonderland of toy soldiers, King of the Mice, Sugar Plum Fairy, and so much more. This dazzling production is a kaleidoscope of over 150 dancers accompanied by the SF Ballet Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.

GETTING HERE

The performance takes place at the historic SF War Memorial Opera House at 301 Van Ness Avenue. Public transportation via Muni and BART is convenient, and parking is available nearby. All school groups are responsible for their own transportation.

Parking and transit information is available here.