A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Performances

Epstein Family Amphitheater
UCSD

Directions

Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:00pm

Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 8:00pm

Doors open at 7:00pm for a pre-performance picnic

Program

Enjoy a beautiful San Diego evening under the stars with gourmet food, refreshing beverages, and an exciting ballet performance.

Pre-Performance Picnic

Enjoy a light picnic dinner, refreshing beverages, snacks, and sweets prior to the performance.

Picnic dinner pre-order from Social Luxury Picnics will be available starting Monday, July 1, 2024

Pre-order Picnic

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Elizabeth Wistrich’s one-act ballet based on William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fairies and love-torn mortals cross paths in the forest outside Athens, Greece. Much confusion ensues, until the mischievous fairy Puck brings things back to their natural order.

Choreography

Elizabeth Wistrich (1980) with Amphitheater Staging (2024)

Music

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61 by Felix Mendelssohn (1842)

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in November 2008

Summer Wind

World Premiere

The music from Frank Sinatra’s songbook sets a romantic tone for the world premiere of this all-new Geoffrey Gonzalez ballet.

Choreography

Geoffrey Gonzalez (2024)

Music

Orchestrations of classic Frank Sinatra music

Programming subject to change

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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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