City Ballet's 'An American in Paris' - CCAE

"An American In Paris"
World Premiere
- Inspired by the story of American fashion designer Claire McCardell, a young lady, alone, arrives off a ship to find herself in blossoming Paris. Her dream is to design fashion for American women, inspired by the Chanel luxury fashion house in the early-1960s.
Choreography: Geoffrey Gonzalez (2024)
Music: George Gershwin’s An American in Paris (1928)

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"Boléro – The Awakening"
World Premiere
- Exploring the ways the heart reacts to different emotions
Choreography: Elizabeth Wistrich (2024)
Music: Maurice Ravel’s Boléro (1928)

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"Morphoses"
City Ballet of San Diego Premiere
- With Morphoses, City Ballet will add their first Christopher Wheeldon ballet to their repertoire. Morphoses is a complex, athletic ballet for four dancers that is an ideal introduction to Wheeldon, with influences from George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins, and Kenneth MacMillan.
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon (2002)