Dance Vision Network’s Brianna Dinan (Weare) will perform as Clara in the “Nutcracker Suite.”
Dance Vision Network’s Brianna Dinan (Weare) will perform as Clara in the “Nutcracker Suite.” Credit: Courtesy

Dance Visions Network is proud to announce the 2022 role of Clara will be performed by Sara Beaudet of Manchester, NH and Brianna Dinan of Weare, N.H.

They will be dancing this role in the studio’s upcoming holiday classical ballet, The Nutcracker Suite. Both of these outstanding young women have worked very hard to dance the coveted role of Clara.

Sara Beaudet is a sophomore at Manchester West High School. She has been a student at Dance Visions Network for 13 years. Currently, she is rehearsing over six days a week as she prepares to dance the role of a lifetime.

Beaudet said, “Being Clara means the absolute world to me. It has been an ambition of mine since my first performance in the Nutcracker as a mouse when I was young.”

Outside of dance, Beaudet also plays in her high school band and is involved in DECA. After high school, she hopes to further her education by attending college in New York City and becoming a Rockette.

Brianna Dinan is a junior at John Stark Regional High School in Weare. Dinan has been dancing at Dance Visions Network since she was three years old. She currently spends over 15 hours a week at the studio dancing to prepare for her role.

Dinan said, “Playing Clara has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. Getting the opportunity to play Clara is so exciting for me and I cannot wait until the show.”

Dinan said until becoming Clara, her favorite role she danced was Angelique. After high school, she plans to attend college to study nursing while continuing her dancing career.

Beaudet and Dinan will be joined by 100 dance students, ages five to adult, all performing in the Nutcracker Suite on Dec. 11 at the Dana Center, Saint Anselm’s College, Manchester. Show times are 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at https://tickets.anselm.edu/.

Dance Visions Network is located at 699 Mast Road, in Pinardville.

This year, the studio celebrates 33 years of bringing quality dance instruction to the Greater Manchester area. Owned and directed by Heidi Sullivan Laroche, Dance Visions Network offers instruction in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, partnering, hip-hop, contemporary and tumbling.

For more information, call Dance Visions Network at (603)626-7654 or visit www.dancevisionsnetwork.com.