The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe Winter Performance
December 13, 2025
Performances: Saturday December 13th @ 2:00pm and 6:30pm
Location: Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts
Building 4000
(First building on the left as you enter campus from Collier Canyon Rd)
“The Lion, The witch, and The wardrobe” 2025
PARTICIPATION INFORMATION
PERFORMANCE
Saturday, December 13, 2025 - Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts, 4000 building
Cast A: 2:00pm
Cast B: 6:30pm
REHEARSALS - at the Studio
Choreography is learned within the student’s class times, but some additional Saturday rehearsals are required to being the students together to finalize their choreography and staging.
Please refer to your contracts, which are also linked below. Each Ballet level and Tap have certain rehearsals. Please note that some of our Upper Ballet levels may have some modifications to this schedule due to what roles they are cast in, and how choreography goes from week to week, so always check emails and notices for any time changes.
TECH REHEARSAL - at Las Positas College Mertes Center for the Arts, 4000 building
Monday, December 8th - (Ballet 2-7 & Tap 1-3 levels and Adults)
4:45-9:20pm at Las Positas College
DRESS REHEARSAL- at Radiance School of Ballet studio
Friday, December 12th - (Ballet 3-7 & Tap 1-3 levels and Adults)
5:00-9:00pm at Radiance School of Ballet
We are excited to present this new Ballet of “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” as our Christmas production! Your student will not want to miss out on the opportunity to perform with their class, while showing off what they have learned this first half of the year.
Students will perform with their class and will learn their dances within their class time. Those students given Character roles will have additional rehearsals throughout the week and on Saturdays leading up to the recital. Detailed schedules will be given once casting is finalized after our 9/20 audition for levels 4-7.
Recital is a very important time for our students as they’re able to exhibit onstage the progress they’ve made throughout the year. We know that they have worked hard and we are so proud to be able to allow them the opportunity to perform. We take very seriously our responsibility to prepare them well, so that they are confident in their steps onstage. We appreciate your cooperation in encouraging your students to participate, and enabling them to feel their best for their performance, by getting them to class and rehearsals prepared to do their best.
AUDITIONS
We will be holding auditions Saturday, September 20, from 12:15-3:00pm (during class time) for our Ballet levels 4-7. There will be technique class followed by some specific character role acting scenarios and choreography to see how the dancers perform in each. Pointe students should be prepared to put their pointe shoes on after the technique portion. Students should sign up online through your Parent Portal, by September 19.
CASTING
“The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” performances will be on Saturday, December 13th @ 2:00pm and 6:30pm. Casting will be determined by September 22 (Ballet 4-7 students) and by October 6 (Creative Movement through Ballet 3). It will be posted in studio as well as here on our website.
Our younger students, Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet & Ballet 1, will only be in 1 show, depending on participation. Ballet 2-7 and Tap 1-3 will be in both shows. We cannot always honor requests for your child to perform in a certain cast as it is quite an involved process. While priority is given to siblings performing in the same shows, due to the number of students participating, we cannot guarantee that your children will be in the same cast.
ADDITIONAL REHEARSALS
Additional Saturday rehearsals for “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” are MANDATORY. This means that your child may NOT miss Saturday rehearsals if they wish to perform. Tech rehearsal and Dress rehearsal are also mandatory rehearsals. Students who miss Tech & Dress Rehearsal will not be permitted to perform!
If you have any questions regarding a known Saturday absence, please email the office at classes@radianceballet.com for approval before September 20.
Saturday, Tech, and Dress Rehearsals will be further scheduled out after all casting is finalized. Students in levels 4-7 can expect to be required to attend the majority of the time. Students in Creative Movement, Pre-Ballet, Ballet 1, Ballet 2, and Ballet 3 will have time “blocks” that they will be required to attend. We make every effort to keep our younger students for only as long as is necessary and appreciate your compliance with getting them to their rehearsals. It is best to keep the full time-frames listed free from other commitments until the detailed rehearsal schedule is released.
***PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE ADDITIONAL SATURDAY REHEARSALS, TECH, AND DRESS REHEARSAL DATES AND TIMES. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE THESE REHEARSALS, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO PERFORM. YOU WILL NOT BE EXCUSED ONCE YOU’VE COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE.
FEES
Please refer to your contract for fee amount. Each class has its own dance, so students who take multiple times/week will have potential to be in multiple dances.
Your recital fee covers your child’s participation fee, theater rental, extra rehearsals and their costume. Our costumes are on a “rental” system due to the inflation of costume prices. In order to avoid a continued increase in participation cost, we have begun reusing the costumes for our students throughout the years, bringing in new costumes for new Ballets and upkeep.
VOLUNTEERING
We do very much appreciate and need help from you, parents/family! We had some great help this past Christmas performance, but are always in need of even more help for each new season and performance! We are opting to present an incentive for your volunteering, where if you volunteer for 1 area of need, you will receive a $15 discount on your participation fee, and if you volunteer for 2 areas of need, you will receive a $30 discount on your participation fee. The maximum discount is $30/student, even though you are more than welcome and encouraged to volunteer more than 2 times. If you have multiple students, you may volunteer more than twice and “earn” up to $30/student.
We have many areas of need, and will be sending out SignUp Genius signups when volunteers are needed. Once the volunteering area has been fulfilled, we will credit your account the appropriate amount.
Some areas include, but not limited to:
Promoting the studio and/or performances and events
Helping with Fundraising Events
Costuming - mending/steaming/adding embellishments
Rehearsals
keeping students quiet and focused during Saturday Full Cast rehearsals
checking students in and out of rehearsals
Backstage
bringing dancers to and from the dressing room to the stage
assisting in dressing rooms with bathroom breaks, helping get in/out of costumes
set load-in/out and moving sets during performances
Front of House
handing out programs
helping with Concession sales during Intermission and after performances
checking students in and out of theater rehearsals/performances
AUTO ENROLLMENT
With an understanding that most of our students do choose to participate in recital and in an effort to streamline the sign-up process, every student, except for our Adult Ballet program, is automatically signed up to participate in recital.
Your recital fee will be charged to your card on file on October 1, 2025.
RECITAL PARTICIPATION FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
In the event that you must withdraw from recital after 9/30, you will NOT receive a refund in whole or in part.
WITHDRAWING FROM RECITAL
If you decide that your student will not be participating in recital, you must let the office know by email (classes@radianceballet.com) by 9/30. Failure to decline participation before 10/1 will result in your card being charged for your participation fee. If no communication is received, Radiance will understand that you are giving authorization to charge your participation fee to your card on file.
Participation in all classes is highly recommended. Should your student wish to participate in only certain classes that they attend, this must also be communicated to the office by 9/30. Failure to do so will result in them being included in all of their class dances.
REHEARSAL CONTRACTS
A signed rehearsal contract must be returned to the office by 9/30 in order to participate in the recital. This contract lists all of your student’s mandatory rehearsals and serves to ensure there is an understanding by parents that their child MUST attend all listed rehearsals for that class. By signing the Rehearsal Contract, you are stating that you have read and understand all of the above information and agree to make sure your child attends all mandatory Saturday rehearsals, Tech rehearsal and Dress rehearsal as listed for their class level.
Any known conflicts MUST be approved by the office before signing rehearsal contracts. Should a student be in violation of their rehearsal contract, Radiance reserves the right to withdraw them from their recital dance.
TICKETS
Tickets will go on sale November 1st.
Radiance families, who are participating in the Recital, will get access to ticketing, before the general public. If families are needing to purchase handicap/accessible seating, please let us know so that we may accommodate your seating prior.
Tickets range in prices, from $24.75-$35.75. You can purchase your tickets through Tututix where you will be able to choose your seats from the comfort of your own home, at your leisure.
Tickets are digitally sent to you for printing at your home, or having the digital scan code ready on your phone for entry into the theater. Commemorative Tickets are available upon request and will be mailed to you directly.