The Sunrise Ballet has been serving Orange County since 1987, starting with a production of an original story-ballet “The Dream”. Since 1988 it has done the “Nutcracker” with bright new and original staging and choreography each year. In January 1999, it became a California 501-C3 non-profit organization and changed its name to Sunrise Ballet. The excecutive director has lived in the immediate area since 1964.