Setting the stage for holiday season

The holiday line-up includes:

“The Nutcracker”

North Bay Performing Arts Center and Contessi Ballet. 7 p.m. Nov. 24, 2 p.m. Nov. 25. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. $15-$25. 588-3400, rpcity.org.

Petaluma School of Ballet. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Evert B. Person Theatre, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. $12-$25. 762-3972, petalumaschoolofballet.com.

Susan Lopez School of Ballet, 6 p.m. Dec. 8, 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 9. Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School, 4400 County Day School Place, Santa Rosa. $15-$24. susanlopezballet.com.

Ballet Califia. 8 p.m. Dec. 9, 2:30 and 8 p.m. Dec. 10, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. Ticket prices and information: 588-3400, rpcity.org.

Santa Rosa Dance Theater with Santa Rosa Youth Ballet Company. 7 p.m. Dec. 14, 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 15, 2 p.m. Dec. 16. $20-$25. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. 588-3400, rpcity.org.

Sebastopol Ballet School. 7 p.m. Dec. 21-22, 2 p.m. Dec. 22-23. Analy High School Theater. 6950 Analy Ave., Sebastopol. $10-$20. (800) 838-3006, sebastopolballet.com.

Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker.” 3 and 7 p.m. Dec. 23. $28-$102. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 546-3600, wellsfargocenterarts.org.

Other dance

“Nightmare Before Christmas,” Classical and Contemporary Dance with Tamara Grose. 7 p.m. Nov. 28-29. Spreckels Performing Arts Center, 5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park. $15-$20. 585-1137, tamcandance@prodigy.net.

“Posada Navideña.” Compañía Mazatlán Bellas Artes de Sacramento. Live music and dance. 7 p.m. Dec. 7. $15-$20. Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa. 546-3600, wellsfargocenterarts.org.

“‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” Teresa Lubarsky’s Healdsburg Ballet.Dec. 8-9. Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg. Show times, ticket prices: 431-7617, healdsburgballet.com.