community outreach performance

The Nutcracker Ballet

See the show

2025 Performances

Temple Hill Auditorium

4780 Lincoln Ave, Oakland, CA 94062

  • Friday, December 12 at 7:00 pm
  • Saturday, December 13th at 2:00 pm

Nutcracker auditions will be held in August – see Event Calendar.

Students must attend auditions to be considered for a demi-solo or soloist role!

Please check our Audition Info tab on the Parent Hub for info on both auditions and results.

All performers – Please see Parent Hub for performance details

From Temple Hill Events:

Standby seating will be available, and historically, no one has ever been turned away. Tickets will expire 10 minutes before the performance, and the standby line will be admitted to fill all empty seats. So if you missed getting tickets, arrive early and join the standby line. Chances are high that you’ll be admitted.

History of our nutcracker

The Nutcracker Ballet

Producing and presenting “The Nutcracker” ballet  for the very first time in 2010 was a dream come true for Rachel Tan, Director of Rachel’s Ballet. Each year since 2010, we have been invited back by the Temple Hill Cultural Arts Committee to perform our FREE full-length Nutcracker ballet*.  The Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra sometimes provides live music for our ballet. All performances are offered free to the public, and quickly “sell out” each year.

13+

YEARS OF sold out Performances

* These free community outreach  performances are made possible by the generosity of Rachel Tan, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Temple Hill Cultural Arts Committee, Temple Hill Public Affairs Committee, Temple Hill Symphony Orchestra), and donations.