Founded in 1991 by co-directors Morgan and Velasco, San Diego Ballet performs in Point Loma as a 501(c)(3) professional company. Studios run from Suite 102 at Dorothea Laub Dance Place inside Liberty Station, with repertoire collaborations under resident choreographer Javier Velasco reaching cross-genre dance organizations including Culture Shock San Diego and symphonic partners for live-orchestra productions. Velasco's output exceeds 125 original pieces over three decades, including signature works Mambomania, Luna Lunera, Opus Swing, and Sweet Dreams alongside licensed Balanchine rep — Serenade, Concerto Barroco, and Rubies — plus full-length productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Co-founder Robin Sherertz-Morgan trained at the School of American Ballet under a Ford Foundation scholarship with faculty including Alexandra Danilova and Muriel Stuart, and the company pulls dancers internationally from Russia, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Australia while local recruiting threads through Point Loma ballet training programs including California Ballet School. Full-length evening productions with live orchestral accompaniment, including Nutcracker runs paired with the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Chamber Orchestra, represent the company's most ambitious undertakings, drawing casts of thirty-plus dancers and commissioned scores.