Hannah Kendrick has been pirouetting, chasséing, and sautéing for more than a decade. It’s where she found her passion, her community, and herself.

“Dancing makes me feel good in my heart for myself because it’s really fun,” she said.

Now she’s taking center stage as Clara as part of United Dance Company’s production of The Extraordinary Nutcracker.

The enchanting performance at the Calderwood Pavilion is putting inclusivity on pointe. Dancers living with disabilities perform alongside professional dancers, with performers from Boston Children’s Hospital and the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress setting the barre high.

“We wanted to do a show where they are the ones driving the show — they were the main characters, they were the main reason for the show,” said choreographer Gianni D

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