FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: September 26, 2007

Contact: Stephanie Thompson

E-Mail: stephanie.thompson@cityballet.org

Phone: 619.840.7353

City Ballet of San Diego presents
"Ballet On Fire" at Kroc Theatre
to Launch 2007-08
Fifteenth Anniversary Season

SAN DIEGO - City Ballet of San Diego, under the direction of Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich, launches its 15th anniversary season of performances with "Ballet On Fire," November 3-4, 2007, at the Joan B. Kroc Theatre.

"Ballet On Fire"
Joan B. Kroc Performing Arts Center
6611 University Ave., San Diego

Saturday, November 4 at 8pm
Sunday, November 4 at 2pm

"Ballet On Fire" includes two critically acclaimed Stravinsky works, The Firebird and Stravinsky Suites, both choreographed by Resident Choreographer Elizabeth Wistrich.  The Firebird (1979) is a classic Russian tale that tells the story of a mystical bird that saves fair maidens from an evil magician.  It was the composer Stravinksy's first entry into the field of ballet music.  This full production with elegant costumes with its forest setting and the mystical firebird has a magic all its own.  Stravinsky Suites (2003) consists of eight delightful pieces composed by Stravinsky to entertain his children studying music.

Additionally, the company will present Flames of Paris Pas de Deux (music by Boris Asafiev, choreography after Vasili Vainonen, 1932) and Spartacus Pas de Deux (music by Aram Khachaturian, choreography after Yuri Grigorovich, 1968), both from the Russian repertoire.  These ballets are virtuoso showpieces, designed to leave audiences breathless and cheering.

The program will conclude with George Balanchine's famous George Gershwin ballet Who Cares?, which delightfully captures the energy and vitality of life in New York City (1970).  This piece is performed with permission from the New York-based Balanchine Trust.

Approximate Run Time: 2 hours 15 minutes, with one 15-minute intermissions.  (All programs are subject to change without notice.)

VENUE

"Ballet On Fire" will be performed at the Joan B. Kroc Performing Arts Center, 6611 University Ave., San Diego.

DATES AND TIMES

Saturday, November 3 at 8pm

Sunday, November 4 at 2pm

TICKETS

Tickets: $29, $39, $49 (Students, Seniors and Military $10 off)

For tickets or more information, please call City Ballet's Box Office at (858) 272-8663.  Please go to City Ballet's web site at www.cityballet.org to order online.

ABOUT CITY BALLET

Heralded as "a top-tier dance company" and "an oasis of classical dance in a city otherwise too often a desert," City Ballet is San Diego's world-class professional ballet company, now celebrating its fifteenth season, and under the direction of former Boston Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet dancers Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich.  City Ballet is a non-profit organization committed to furthering the ballet art form.  The company produces classic and contemporary ballet programs that critics rave as "polished, eye-catching and delightful," and "highly entertaining and professional."  International dance critic Sheila Orysiek wrote in 2006, "San Diego finally has a classical ballet company that is worthy of the name."

Unsurpassed training programs for children and pre-professionals are offered at City Ballet School, the official school for the City Ballet Company, whose alumnae dance with companies including American Ballet Theatre, Pittsburg Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet.  City Ballet's innovative education programs range from arts outreach to inner-city children to bringing the world's best ballet instructors to San Diego.

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