Oakland Ballet Company and Peninsula Ballet Theatre Present Carlos Carvajal's Nutcracker Oakland, California | The Oakland Ballet Company will join forces with the Peninsula Ballet Theatre in December to present Carlos Carvajal’s Nutcracker at the Paramount Theatre and the San Mateo Performing Arts Center. >> download the press release [PDF] Vets provide interim guidance for Oakland Ballet Jesse Hamlin / The San Francisco Chronicle | Choreographer Michael Lowe couldn't say no when the Oakland Ballet asked him to step in as a guest artistic director in the wake of founder Ronn Guidi's sudden resignation in April. Lowe became a star dancer under the direction of the much-admired Guidi, who had returned in 2007 to resurrect the company that had lost its mojo and folded two years earlier. >> read more Oakland Ballet preparing for fall season, beloved 'Nutcracker' Angela Woodall / The Oakland Tribune | Back in November, Ronn Guidi, founder and lifeblood of the Oakland Ballet, excitedly described the 2008-09 season he had planned. That day he seemed ever youthful like the faun in his beloved Vaslav Nijinsky masterpiece. >> read more

Press release: Oakland Ballet Company Presents Jewels of the Bay: A Mixed Repertoire of the Bay Area's Finest Choreographers | Oakland, CA | September 4, 2009 >> Download PDF