Dracula

LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE

Performances and Tickets

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Balboa Theatre
Downtown San Diego

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Sat, Nov 9, 2024
8:00pm

Sun, Nov 10, 2024
2:00pm

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Concert Hall
California Center for the Arts, Escondido

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Sat, Nov 16, 2024
8:00pm

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Program

A diverse collection of ballets by three different choreographers, where each ballet conveys a spirit and emotion in the choreographer’s signature style

Programming subject to change

Dracula

World Premiere

Reimagining Bram Stoker’s horror classic, Resident Choreographer and master storyteller Geoffrey Gonzalez weaves a tale around Countess Dracula and the other women she turns into vampires.

Choreography

Geoffrey Gonzalez (2024)

Music

Various pieces by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

Emeralds

The genius of the great Russian-born choreographer, George Balanchine, has never blazed more brightly than in Emeralds, Act 1 of his famous full evening ballet Jewels. Emeralds is a representation of French elegance, considered “an evocation of France – the France of elegance, comfort, dress, perfume,” recalling the 19th century dances of the French Romantics.

Choreography

George Balanchine (1967)

Music

Pelléas et Mélisande (1898) and Shylock (1889) by Gabriel Fauré

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in November 2016

City Ballet of San Diego’s performance of Emeralds is licensed by The George Balanchine Trust

Ecliptic

City Ballet of San Diego Premiere

Meet the signature versatility of international sensation choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochao as nine dancers move with and manipulate hoops, evoking harmony and continuity. Ecliptic is the ideal introduction to the inventive works of this prolific contemporary choreographer.

Choreography

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (2019)

Music

Ludovico Einaudi

City Ballet of San Diego’s performance of Ecliptic is licensed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

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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