In-Theater Performances
City Ballet offers special performances for school children. This is a great way to introduce children to ballet in a formal theater setting. Teachers are provided with a teacher's guide structured around the State of California Department of Education's challenge standards.
The Nutcracker
Performance Dates and Times
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 10:30am
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 10:30am
Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 10:30am
Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:30am
Approximate Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
Location
Spreckels Theatre
121 Broadway, Downtown San Diego
Driving Directions
Program
Tchaikovsky's classic ballet about a young girl, Clara, who is given a Nutcracker for Christmas by her godfather, Herr Drosselmeyer. But this is no ordinary Nutcracker as Clara learns that very night. After a great battle with the Mouse King, the Nutcracker turns into a Prince. He takes Clara on a magic journey through the Land of the Snow to the Kingdom of the Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy honors the couple with entertainment from around the world.
Program is appropriate for children in grades K through 12.
Tickets
Prices
- Title I Schools: $3 per ticket
- All Other Schools: $6 per ticket
- Home-School: $6 per ticket
Reservations
- Order tickets by contacting the City Ballet Box Office at 858.274.6058. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11:00am to 6:00pm.
- Minimum Number of Tickets Per Order: 10
- Maximum Number of Seats Available: 800
- Advance payment required
Peter Pan
Performance Dates and Times
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 10:30am
Approximate Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes with one 15-minute intermission
Location
Spreckels Theatre
121 Broadway, Downtown San Diego
Driving Directions
Program
Neverland, a faraway place where the sun always shines, the sky is always blue, and no one ever grows old. This is the land where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell live!
In London, the Darling children, John, Wendy and Michael, love hearing the wonderful tales of Peter Pan's adventures with the friendly Indians and nasty pirates. One night, as Wendy is telling John and Michael a story, Peter Pan arrives looking for his shadow. Finally catching it, Wendy helps Peter sew it back on as the other Darling children watch in amazement. How could Peter Pan thank them for all they had done? After all, the children were growing and Peter comes from the land where you never grow up.
So... Peter Pan sprinkles Tinker Bell's pixie dust over the children and tells them to put happy thoughts in their heads so they can fly away with him to Neverland where everyone is always a child at heart. In Neverland, the evil Captain Hook captures Tinker Bell and the Darling children and holds them captive while looking for Peter Pan. Wendy is about to walk the plank as Tinker Bell reaches Peter Pan and guides him to the ship. Peter saves Neverland and the Darling children by throwing Captain Hook back into the waters where Mr. Crocodile who took his hand years ago is ready and waiting for him. Pixie dust flies once more, taking the children back home, never to be bothered by Captain Hook again. And, as Peter Pan and Tinker Bell fly away, they promise never to forget the children, and they never do!
Program is appropriate for children in grades K through 12.
Tickets
Prices
- Title I Schools: $3 per ticket
- All Other Schools: $6 per ticket
- Home-School: $6 per ticket
Reservations
- Order tickets by contacting the City Ballet Box Office at 858.274.6058. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 11:00am to 6:00pm.
- Minimum Number of Tickets Per Order: 10
- Maximum Number of Seats Available: 800
- Advance payment required
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