The Alameda Civic Ballet (ACB), founded in 2003 by the Artistic Director, Abra Rudisill, is the official dance company

Dance company

A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a spectacle or entertainment.-Members:*Artistic Director*Choreographers*Dancers*Board of Directors*Education administrator...

 for Alameda, California

Alameda, California

Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...

, USA. It achieved non-profit 501(3) c status as a charitable organization in November 2004.

The company and associated, Alameda Ballet Academy (ABA), draws upon Rudisill's 20 years of experience as a Prima Ballerina and Ballet Mistress with Oakland Ballet

Oakland Ballet

The Oakland Ballet company is a non-profit ballet company based in Oakland, California since its foundation in 1961. It often performs in the NHL Art-Deco Paramount Theatre. Ronn Guidi served as artistic director from 1961 through 1996. In 2006, the organization closed temporarily, but was...

, and she seeks to carry on her artistic lineage through the education of Bay Area youth.

Important dates

• June 2003 - Debut performance at Kofman Auditorium in Alameda, California performing Degas Dancers, inspired by the paintings by Edgar Degas
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  Edgar Degas[p] , born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist...
  
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• November 2003 - Performance of Degas Dancers at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California
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• December 2003 - Premier performance of The Nutcracker
  The Nutcracker
  The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
  
   Act 2 excerpts.
• February 2004 - Participation in the Alameda Education Foundation
  Alameda Education Foundation
  The Alameda Education Foundation is an Alameda, California, USA organization working to provide supplemental funding to the students and teachers of Alameda's public schools....
  
   Mardi Gras Gala performing Festive Les Bons Temps (The Good Times) set to the music of Zydeco/Cajun King, Tom Rigney
  Tom Rigney
  Tom Rigney is a San Francisco Bay Area musician specializing in Zydeco and Cajun music. He is an electric violinist and Cajun fiddler.He is the leader of the American roots music band, Tom Rigney and Flambeau....
  
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• December 2004 - The Nutcracker
  The Nutcracker
  The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
  
  performance sold out five shows.

Company members

• Jennifer Beall
• Cameron Beene

• Jasmine Miller
• Michelle Jacobsen

• Fiona Murphy
• Alexandra Tom

Apprentices

• Rachel Falkner
• Katherine Hanover
• Alexis Jacobsen

• Erin McBride
• Erynn Naccarelli
• LiLi Pigott

• Isabel Saxty
• Mariko Stenstedt
• Hanako Taira

External links

• Alameda Civic Ballet, official website
• Alameda Ballet Academy, official website