City Ballet's 'An American in Paris' - Balboa Theatre

"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)

"Boléro - The Awakening" - World Premiere
Exploring the ways the heart reacts to different emotions

Choreography | Elizabeth Wistrich (2024)
Music | Maurice Ravel’s Boléro (1928)

"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)