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Sal Pizarro: San Jose Dance Theatre recovers some of its stolen costumes [Mercury News] Jan. 23 After a truly terrible start to the year, there’s been some good news lately for San Jose Dance Theatre. You might remember that nearly 100 of the company’s handmade costumes were stolen when its storage space was broken into this month. That amounted to thousands of dollars of work and threatened the upcoming May production of “The Sleeping Beauty,” not to mention future productions including San Jose’s longest-running version of “The Nutcracker.” Artistic Director Linda Hurkmans says that on Jan. 19 a woman named Cynthia Trujillo-Houde saw something sparkly coming out of big black bags left in the street at Bernal Park, at Seventh and Hedding streets. Sixteen tutus were inside, and she posted the strange find on Next Door. Two people who were aware of the theft read her post and told her to contact San Jose Dance Theatre. ....
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) At a time when the San Jose Dance Theatre should be focusing on their upcoming performance of Sleeping Beauty, the nonprofit dance company is asking for the public s help after a devastating theft of nearly a hundred costumes. Linda Hurkmans, the artistic director says this year has already been challenging enough with the setbacks of COVID-19. Virtual classes and performances have been a learning curve. Now they must get through an unexpected setback. It s a really sad week for us says Hurkmans via Zoom from her dance studio at home. Thieves got in and stole countless of our precious ballet costumes . ....