City Ballet under the direction of Steven and Elizabeth Wistrich, provides quality ballet productions and education programs for the greater San Diego community. The company presents four ballet productions each season at its home theater, the hisoric Spreckels Theatre in downtown San Diego. City Ballet is one of a few ballet companies to be granted permission by The George Balanchine Trust in New York City to perform the works of the legendary George Balanchine. Each season Balanchine ballets are included in the repertorie. Education programs serve all sections of the population, including at risk youth, and reaches over 10,000 school children annually. Since 1995, City Ballet has hosted a three-week Summer Intensive program attracting dancers from across the United States and foreign countries to study with such notable dance artists as Gelsey Kirkland, David Howard, Julie Kent and Paloma Herrera.