The gala performance included principal dancers from the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Karel Cruz and Lesley Rausch, who performed Swan Lake Act 2- White Swan Pas De Deux and a Neoclassical piece "After the Rain" choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon. The GDC gala also featured principal dancers from Ballet Manila, Katherine Barkman and Joseph Phillips, who performed Grand Pas Classique and Simon Hoy's "The Distance between us".