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SCDT Presents The Gift Of Dance
November 23, 2025

Our annual performance, The Gift of Dance, features acts from dance schools across the PNW. The finale features The Magical Doll Maker, a story ballet by Randie Baker. The Magical Doll Maker is a holiday tradition performed each season for over 35 years. 

Highline Performing Arts Center
401 S 152nd St, Burien, WA 98148

The Magical Doll Maker

Our annual production of The Magical Doll Maker Ballet is a chance for more than 30 dancers to perform on a professional stage; An opportunity to develop life skills in perseverance, hard work, and dedication. 

The Story

On Christmas Eve, many years ago, in a small village in France, a magical toymaker worked in his shop. The village children would crowd outside the windows, shivering in the cold but delighted by the colorful toys inside. A schoolmistress, Mademoiselle Moire, and her charges had an appointment to visit the toy shopkeeper for a Christmas treat. 

 

The toymaker, Monsieur Grendall, readied his magical dancing dolls for the day. One special doll, unfinished but soon to be his pièce de resistance, he kept hidden from all visitors and especially from overly curious and mischievous children. The incomplete Ballerina Doll was stored behind the boutique’s curtains, away from eager eyes. 

 

The shop was clean, the dolls were on display and Monsieur Grendall thought he was ready for the day’s customers. However, he was not prepared for Mademoiselle Moire’s most curious and most mischievous charge, a girl named Annette. The mayhem and magic that ensues is sure to delight children and adults of all ages.

The Magical Doll Maker (2024)

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