May 11, 2022—San Francisco Ballet School (SF Ballet School) today announced the promotion of six SF Ballet School alumni to the corps de ballet, and seven students from SF Ballet School will be promoted to the Company for the 2023 Season.
May 6, 2022—Smuin Contemporary Ballet is ending its 28th season with a diverse program of four contemporary works, including two successful world premieres by company dancers. Currently, at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, the diverse program, titled "Dance Series 2 P.S. Forever Smuin," includes Val Caniparoli's quirky and fun Confessions ...
April 25, 2022—How do you say goodbye to a cherished institution? Last night friends of Helgi Tomasson, his colleagues, and former and present members of the San Francisco Ballet company praised Tomasson's accomplishments and vision as he ended his 37 years as the Company's artistic director. The one-night-only celebration began with in-person...
April 7, 2022—San Francisco Ballet has been packing spectacular performances into the farewell season of departing Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson. Last night's opening of Program 6 was no exception, including one of Tomasson's audience favorites and world premieres by Christopher Wheeldon and Dwight Rhoden.
March 17, 2022—San Francisco Ballet's Program 4 contrasts a timeless, classic Bournonville ballet with a west coast premiere by Ratmansky. La Sylphide, staged by Helgi Tomasson with Anita Paciotti and Katita Waldo, lives up to its venerable tradition. Bournonville's La Sylphide (not to be confused with Fokine's Les Sylphides), with music by Herman...
February 28, 2022—Emerging from the seemingly endless pandemic lockdown, choreographer Dexandro Montalvo is excited to get back on the floor with dancers and create his art. To express his relief and pent-up creativity, Montalvo is choreographing his new world premiere Vamonos, Spanish for "we're leaving," that is, leaving the isolation of the...
February 27, 2022—San Francisco Ballet's spectacular full-length Don Quixote opened last evening to an explosively enthusiastic audience. SFB's first full-length production of the season, the sumptuous staging and dynamic dancing filled the longstanding need of an audience craving quality performance while still emerging from pandemic deprivation....
February 25, 2002—While most dance companies keep to a home venue, Smuin Contemporary Ballet brings their performances to different cities and venues around the Bay Area. Opening Dance Series 1 on February 4th at Cowell Theater in San Francisco, the Company went on to perform it at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, and then again, opening it last...
February 7, 2022—When Lauren Jonas, Artistic Director of Diablo Ballet, commissioned choreographer Julia Adam with setting a ballet on Cinderella's Wedding, Adam was confronted with a particular challenge. Known for creating works with an edge, she was faced with creating a family-friendly work set on a classic fairy tale. Adam's earlier piece, The...
January 11, 2022—Concluding a ten-month search, San Francisco Ballet today announced the appointment of Tamara Rojo to succeed Helgi Tomasson as Artistic Director. A former Artistic Director of the English National Ballet, Rojo is an award-winning principal dancer with thirty years as a professional ballerina, including over ten years as a...