Dance Review: Smuin's 'Christmas Ballet'

Holiday jollity hit the stage Friday as Smuin Ballet heralded the arrival of the holidays with a cheery, chipper opening of 'The Christmas Ballet' at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

In its 14th outing, Michael Smuin's spiffy, toe-tapping alternative to the avalanche of 'Nutcrackers' retains its lovable verve and still sports loads of eye candy for the anti-snobs of ballet."

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