San Diego Ballet | Professional Ballet Company & School — San Diego, CA
EXPLORING THE ASIAN COLLECTION Artistic director Javier Velasco takes inspiration from The San Diego Museum of Art’s world-class Asian art collection to create an evening of evocative dance. “Evocative is the word,” says Velasco. “I’m not trying to simulate Asian dance styles. I want to make something that can exist in harmony with these beautiful […]
A San Diego institution takes the stage with another San Diego institution in an unforgettable celebration of dance and live music. “Beloved by jazz aficionados, swing dancers and San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community, Sue Palmer—The Queen of Boogie Woogie—burns up center stage surrounded by some of San Diego’s finest classical dancers.. The second half of the
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D“San Diego Ballet celebrates the Latin soul with the return of two audience favorites on one program. Audiences will be swept away by the evocative and romantic QUE BONITO AMOR, set to a rapturous score of mariachi music, and MAMBOMANIA, one of artistic director Javier Velasco’s sizzling signature works.” The San Diego Museum of Art,
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What ignited your passion for dance?I fell in love with dance at a very young age. It’s always been something that has felt so natural to me, and I feel like I get to be fully be myself when I’m dancing. Growing up in a supportive and inspiring dance environment also helped keep that passion
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I Love Paris Impressionism: An art movement characterized by an emphasis on light and movement.Jessica Conniff dancing in front of “Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jane Avril, 1899. Lithograph, poster on wove paper. The San Diego Museum of Art, Gift of the Baldwin M. Baldwin Foundation, 1987.10.” Celebrating the world class exhibit featuring the work of Toulouse
Imagine The next generation of dance makers joins forces with the iconic works of The San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego Ballet dancers take center stage to create, perform and produce a program showcasing original choreography by company dancers inspired by the Museum’s Forging a Legacy exhibition. The unique production celebrates the creative voices
