City Ballet of San Diego

Founded in 1993, City Ballet of San Diego is devoted to the advancement of ballet as a major art form in San Diego through performances, education programs, and community outreach

Mission

The mission of City Ballet of San Diego is to provide excellence in professional ballet for cultural enhancement through performances, education, and outreach programs to diverse communities.

Vision

The vision of City Ballet of San Diego is to create a world-class ballet company, immediately recognizable as San Diego’s unique resource for vital, creative, and professional ballet, both contemporary and classical, on local, regional, and national levels. City Ballet of San Diego envisions becoming the ballet of choice in San Diego.

Values

Serving the Community:

We are dedicated to serving the San Diego community, enhancing the cultural enrichment and quality of life for every resident. Our audience members at performances, our students enrolled in education programs, and our community members participating in outreach events are at the center of everything we do.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):

We strive to serve everyone in San Diego. We create a safe and inclusive environment where patrons, artists, students, staff members, and volunteers are respected, and their diverse backgrounds are celebrated. We design programs and initiatives to address inequities, enabling us to represent and serve all segments of the San Diego community.

Uncompromising Quality and Integrity:

We incorporate the finest artistic traditions of the world’s greatest ballet companies, lending the City Ballet of San Diego name only to works of art that are of the highest professional caliber and achievement. Programs are developed and presented by trained professionals and accredited staff members, always respecting the communities being served.

Dance Artists

Dance artists from across the country and around the world – including Brazil and Japan – bring the highest caliber of ballet to the San Diego community.

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Artistic Staff

A diverse artistic leadership team, including an internationally acclaimed women resident choreographer and a Cuban-American resident choreographer, bring new perspectives to the world of ballet.

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Photography provided by Chelsea Penyak, Jaroslav Richters, Sophie Robertson, Anna Scipione, Dale Stokes, and Carly Topazio. The photography on this website depicts choreography copyrighted by the individual choreographers. Videography provided by Gary St. Martin of Convention Video. Choreography by George Balanchine is copyrighted by The George Balanchine Trust.

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