Bulls Head resident Analise Scarpaci, left, in a scene from Broadway's "A Christmas Story, the Musical" (Photo from Staten Island Advance)
Staten Island evacuees to see 'The Nutcracker'
Snowflake dancers perform during one of the Staten Island Ballet's "Nutcracker" 2011 performances. (Photo by Staten Island Advance/Bill Lyons)
Staten Island Ballet hosts International Choreographers' Festival Saturday at CFA
Former New York Ballet principal dancer Charles Askegard is among the guest performers at Saturday's 2012 International Choreographers' Festival. (Bob Bailey/Staten Island Advance)
Golden boy at the Staten Island Ballet
Staten Island Ballet director Ellen Tharp said, of Valentin Rosso (left),"He has things to work on, but he's very humble, and open, like a sponge. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)