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“I do want to be able to feel the dynamic of — for lack of a better way to put it — selling the song. The song needs to have that arch, where you take it somewhere and it does have a dynamic moment. The dynamic moment might not always be about belting it out really loud. It could very well be about how subtly you bring it into a simmering moment — and then, of course, it gets more explosive. Sometimes you play in rooms where it’s very noisy. And in those situations, then, yeah, you’re going to have to be a little louder and more aggressive towards your audience.

Details: Dec, 10-29, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; $42-$498; 415-865-2000, www.sfballet.org, Oakland Ballet: While New Jersey’s American Repertory Ballet premiered Graham Lustig’s “Nutcracker” in 2000, this lovely production set in the early 20th century feels right at pink ballet grosgrain ribbons, ballerina ribbons, available in 7/8” home amid the Paramount Theatre’s Art Deco finery, Showcasing the company’s impressive cast of professionals and more than three-dozen young dancers ages 7 to 17, Lustig’s choreography offers a series of captivating moments, With the Michael Morgan-directed Oakland Symphony and the Mt, Eden Women’s Ensemble joining the orchestra for the Snow Scene, the ballet brings together several East Bay institutions..

Nineteen, “Big Band Christmas,” Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro St., San Jose. The group Nineteen returns with its concert of holiday music done big band style. Special guest Tony Lindsay will also perform. 8 p.m. Also 2 p.m. Dec. 14. $13-$38 at tabardtheatre.org. Karen Gabay’s “The Nutcracker,” San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose. Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley presents Karen Gabay’s staging of the holiday classic inspired by the traditional E.T.A. Hoffmann story. Gabay was a longtime dancer with the company. The production, which premiered in 2012, features nearly 100 performers, sets by Paul Kelly and costumes by Broadway legend Theoni V. Aldredge. 1:30 and 7 p.m. Also various times Dec. 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28. $25-$110 at balletsj.org or 408.288.2800.

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Five decades after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, he continues to inspire immigrants in the diverse Silicon Valley community known internationally for being the home of Apple. Helen Kung, the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, said the civil rights leader’s message of inclusion and justice is relevant to new Americans. “It’s absolutely important to us,” said Kung, secretary at Good Samaritan United Methodist Church. “It is universal.”.