the sun also rises or hemingway: the sun also rises is a 2013 ballet adaptation of ernest hemingway's "the sun also rises" that was premiered by the washington ballet at the kennedy center under artistic director septime webre, whose parents had known hemingway. it is the first version of this work en pointe. it premiered from may 8 – 12, 2013. webre had previously adapted "the great gatsby" and "alice in wonderland" to ballet. according to emily cary of "the washington examiner", like the source, the plot is about "a group of american and british expatriates who meet in paris and travel to pamplona, spain, to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights." clark notes that the production was inspired by one of webre's friends who taught american literature at yale university who suggested an adaptation.