Local students from Portland and Peaks Island will be performing in the Portland Ballet Company’s presentation of “The Victorian Nutcracker” on Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. Pictured above, back row from left, are Abby Menard, Emily Belanger, Eleanor Altholz, Julia Conley, Agnes Baldenweck, Joshua Dow, Anna Fisher, Alfred Baldenweck; middle row, from left, Madeleine Walker-Elders, Sophia Morin, Emily Tabb, Eleanor Cox, Claire Devlin, Rowan Hoyt, Rose Griffin; and front row, from left, Althea Sellers, Alexis Bolduc, Molly Carbonneau, Alexandra “Sasha” Borodkina, Madeleine Surber-Vogel, Isabel Canning. For advance tickets, call Portland Ballet at 772-9671 or visit www.portlandballet.org.