Golden State Ballet in Allied Gardens, San Diego, is the city's resident classical ballet company, founded in 2021 by Artistic Director Raúl Salamanca and headquartered in a 6,000-square-foot studio at 6338 Riverdale Street in the 92120 ZIP. The company produces a full season of classical and contemporary works, anchored by an annual Nutcracker staged at the downtown Civic Theatre with a live score performed by the San Diego Symphony. Dancers sharing the Allied Gardens dance corridor at Majesty in Motion Dance Studio in College Area represent the Latin side of the neighborhood's dance ecosystem, while Golden State Ballet anchors the classical end. Salamanca's choreography draws on Vaganova and Balanchine technique while integrating contemporary movement vocabulary, and the company's roster trains in the Riverdale Street facility across sprung Marley-floor studios equipped for pointe, partnering, and contemporary repertory. The Allied Gardens campus runs parallel programming through Golden State Ballet Academy, which offers instruction in classical ballet, contemporary dance, modern dance, urban choreography, and Pilates apparatus training for students ages six and older, including a weekly adult intermediate and advanced class. The Waring Road commercial district and Kaiser Permanente Zion campus sit within a mile of the studio, and the residential streets of Allied Gardens provide the family enrollment base that feeds the academy's youth divisions. Production photography and headshots for the company's marketing and audition materials route through Grantville studios at Bauman Photographers, which shoots portrait and commercial work on Mission Gorge Road. The spring showcase and seasonal performances give the academy's advanced students proscenium stage experience, and the company's audition process draws dancers from across Southern California to the Allied Gardens facility each season.