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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 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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The Mountain View Day Worker Center is one of seven nonprofit organizations serving Mountain View residents that benefit from the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund. Donations are divided among the nonprofits and are administered by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation at no cost, with 100 percent of contributions going to the recipients. Go to siliconvalleycf.org/mvv-holiday-fund for information. -
Lucas Ramirez speaks at the candidate forum in City Hall on August 30, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Alison Hicks answers a question at the candidate forum at City Hall on August 30, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Maria Esther Garcia Rodriguez listens during a meeting at the Day Workers Center on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
María Marroquín, executive director of the Day Worker Center, and Moses Nerio, associate director, discuss holiday jobs with workers at the Day Worker Center on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Melchor Callezas Relles listens during a meeting at the Day Workers Center on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Richard E. Grant and Melissa McCarthy star in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” the true story of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel. Photo by Mary Cybulski, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. -
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to Stanford Live and Weyni Mengesha to produce a contemporary rendition of “Treemonisha,” by Scott Joplin. Photo by André Zandona. -
Many fruit trees, such as varieties of stone fruit, grape vines and berry plants, are sold bare root. Photo by Roberta Barnes. -
In about a month, local nurseries will start selling bare-root roses wrapped in burlap or paper, rather than placed in containers with their roots buried in soil. Bare-root plants typically are less expensive and tend to establish more quickly than containerized plants. Photo by Roberta Barnes. -
GreenWaste of Palo Alto will alter its regular schedule for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Trash pickup will be the following day for both holidays. Call 650-493-4894 with questions. Photo courtesy of PhotoSpin. -
Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks. Image courtesy of PhotoSpin. -
Vyas Chandramouli shakes Santa’s hand at the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
The Mountain View High School Madrigals perform at the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Deanne Godd helps her son, Owen, stomp through the snow at the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Attendees leave the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
Enzo Sapojnikoff acts like the Grinch during a performance by the Mountain View High School Madrigals at the Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. -
Anastasia and Sebastian Kozlenko tell Santa want they want for Christmas at the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier -
The tree in front of City Hall is lit at the annual Mountain View Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Dec. 3, 2018. Photo by Magali Gauthier
