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Independent photo by Tricia Carzoli Former Judith Svalander Dance Theatre company member Nicole Ouimette reminisces about a nighttime performance of The Nutcracker where she used the windowsill as a barre and watched the snow coming down and the lights out in the Square while patrons “dressed to the nines” to watch their performance.

Opera House offers public tours to showcase history, reveal renovation plans By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com When Nicole Ouimette, former company dancer with Judith Svalander Dance Theatre and 1997 graduate of […]

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