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Sweet Dreams is the 36th annual dance production by the Academy of Dance. This show features about 130 dancers, ranging in age from toddlers to seniors. These dream dances run the stylistic gamut, from tap and ballet to hip-hop and karate. All dances choreographed by Darlene Nosworthy. Pictured are gun-toting military tap dancers (top row to bottom) Natalie Hubbard, Brittany Reeve, Lauren Goebel, Michelle Lee, Bree Smith, Gretchen Ainsworth and Jennifer Kolko. Tickets: $16, front row reserved; $13.50, general; $9, seniors; and $9, 11 and under (free for lap-sitters). Happens at the Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd., Paradise. 872-8454. More info: Academy of Dance, 877-9717.