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The entire class lay on their stomachs with their arms bent so they looked like they were in the middle of a pushup. Then on Hays’ cue, 15 little bodies quickly pushed up off the floor and looked, if only for a millisecond, as if they were floating in the air like Superman. Los Altos resident Emma Lucero said her two children, both students in Hays’ hip hop dance, had been practicing their “Supermans” at home that day before they came to class. “They really seem to be liking it,” Lucero said of the weekly lesson.

JUNETEENTH SAN JOSE: Featuring vocalist Keke Wyatt, food and drinks, arts and crafts and other vendors, Noon-8 p.m, June 27; Discovery Meadows Park, 180 Woz Way, San Jose; free admission; ballet slippers vs mademoiselle www.bayareajuneteenth.org, MARIN COUNTY FAIR: Carnival rides, food and drink, food, garden and other demonstrations and contests, concerts featuring Kansas, Marshall Tucker Band, La Misa Negra, Judy Collins, more, July 1-5; Fairgrounds, Civic Center Drive (off Highway 101), San Rafael; $12-$14 advance/$15-$20 gate, passes $45-$80; www.marinfair.org..

Details: 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 17, 2 p.m. Dec. 18; Paramount Theatre, Oakland; $29-$90, www.oaklandballet.org. “The Nutcracker” with Symphony Silicon Valley: The demise of Silicon Valley Ballet doesn’t mean that the South Bay is going Nutcrackerless, not with Symphony Silicon Valley on the scene. Taking matters into its own hands, the orchestra has hired a glittering cast of dancers from Russia, including Bolshoi Ballet star Andrei Bolotin and Mariinsky Ballet principal Oksana Bondareva. Under the direction of George Daugherty, Tchaikovsky’s score is in estimable hands.

The event drew several dozen guests, including many from other parts of the Bay Area, “Thank you all for coming, It’s such a nice day to be outside together and united in our celebration of Philippine Independence Day and the anniversary of our sister city with Dumaguete,” said Cynthia Bonta, one of the event organizers, “With so many of the Independence Day events happening today in the Bay Area, we are so honored that Consul General Henry Bensurto Jr, has chosen to be with ballet slippers vs mademoiselle us here in Alameda.”..

Now try to follow the wacky story line. Billy Crocker (versatile Adam Cotugno) tells Reno (who has a romantic interest in him) that he has fallen in love with a young woman without even knowing her name. When he shows up the next morning at a cruise dock to wish Reno bon voyage and deliver some papers to his Wall Street boss Elisha Whitney (a disarmingly funny Ron Dritz), who is sailing that day on the S.S. American from New York to London, he spots the girl, socialite Hope Harcourt (a too-subdued Samantha Cardenas), and instantly decides to stow away on the ship. Fortunately for Billy, he inadvertently helps gangster Moonface Martin (a mobile-faced Ray D’Ambrosio) and his man-hungry girlfriend Erma (delightful Katherine Goldman), so they, eventually, give Billy the passport and ticket intended for their gangster buddy Snake Eyes Johnson, who was a no-show.