San Diego Ballet will perform two ballets, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and their original piece Carnival of the Animals.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream takes the audience on a journey with frolicking fairies, star-crossed lovers, and bounding Amazons in this fast, fleet, and funny adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal comedy.

The second half of the show takes the audience on a colorful journey through the animal kingdom in Carnival of the Animals. Featuring modern/ballet fused with hip-hop dance performed by San Diego’s first and finest hip-hop crew, Culture Shock San Diego. Carnival of the Animals was created specifically for young children to enjoy. But that doesn’t mean the level of dancing is any less. As a matter of fact, it contains one of the most famous solos in ballet: the Swan, made famous by Anna Pavlova.

This year the production will be joined by the fantastical puppets of Animal Cracker Conspiracy and will be introduced by a special guest from the Living Coast Discover Center.