SF Ballet Salutes Helgi This Week
In honor of Helgi Tomasson, San Francisco Ballet’s Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer who, after 37 years, will retire following the Company’s 2022 Season, SF … Read more
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SF Ballet Bids Farewell to Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten in Final Salute Performance
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) announced that Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten will be leaving the Company following the 2022 Repertory Season, her 20th season … Read more
SF Ballet’s Lauded “Program 6” Runs Through April 15
While reviews have yet to gathered, last San Francisco Ballet’s Opening of Program 6 proved last evening to be a rousing success with the audience. The … Read more
SF Ballet to Bring on “The Promised Land”
As noted in an earlier post, The San Francisco Ballet has been introducing a series of world premieres. Opening on April 6, Program 6 features the world … Read more
“The Seasons” Makes a Splash at SF Ballet Performance
Rachel Howard, a prominent dance critic and Bay Area freelance writer, told readers of the San Francisco Chronicle that “history came to life at San … Read more
SF Ballet’s Program 4 Gets Under Way Next Week
BOURNONVILLE’S LA SYLPHIDE RETURNS AFTER 25 YEARS San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) and Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson will present the west coast premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The … Read more
Critics Laud SF Ballet’s “Don Quixote”
As noted in an ealier post, Don Quixote marks the first of two evening-length story ballets in the San Francisco Ballet’s 2022 Season. The performance received … Read more
Kaleidoscopic Spectacle: “Don Quixote” is a Story Ballet to Cherish
San Francisco Ballet will open Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Choreographer-in-Residence Yuri Possokhov’s Don Quixote on February 26. With performances at the War Memorial Opera House through March … Read more
Program Two is Another Success for San Francisco Ballet
As noted in an earlier post, SF Ballet Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, in his 37th and final season, presented Program 1 last Tuesday to critical acclaim. … Read more
SF Ballet Season Gets Off to a Rousing Start
Last evening, SF Ballet Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson, in his 37th and final season, presented George Balanchine’s Symphony in C on Program 1. Hailed as one of the … Read more