San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2016 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts [1] beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 21, 2016. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.
Gala
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The program for the gala [2] [3]
- "Waltz of the Hours" from Coppélia
- World Premiere "Adagio" from the ballet based on Carmen, by Yuri Possokhov
- Bartok Divertimento
- Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Pas de deux from Carousel (A Dance)
- Pas de deux from Don Quixote, Act III
After intermission, SF Ballet Orchestra performed "Infernal Dance" from The Firebird, in Celebration of San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary. (No dancers were on stage during this.)
- San Francisco Ballet Premiere Gentle Memories
- Rubies pas de deux
- Solo, by Hans van Manen
- Pas de deux from Swan Lake, Act III
- North American Premiere Pas de deux from Pas/Parts by William Forsythe
- Theme and Variations finale
Programs
Program one, Jan 24 - Feb 5 Mixed program
- 7 for 8 by Helgi Tomasson
- Magrittomania by Yuri Possokhov
- Pas/Parts 2016 by William Forsythe
Program two, Jan 27 - Feb 6 Mixed program
- Rubies
- Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes by Mark Morris
- Fearful Symmetries (World Premiere) by Liam Scarlett
Program three, Feb 19 - Feb 28 Full-Length
Program four, Mar 8 - Mar 13 Full-Length
Program five, Mar 16 - Mar 22 Mixed program
Program six, Apr 5 - Apr 16 Mixed program
Program seven, Apr 7 - Apr 17 Mixed Program
Program eight, Apr 30 - May 8 Full length
2016 Company Roster
The company of the San Francisco Ballet:
Changes from 2015 season
- Soloist Dana Genshaft retired from dancing and joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet School. [4]
- Soloist Clara Blanco left to be both a ballet teacher and head of the classical dance department at Escuela Profesional de Danza de Castilla y León, in Valladolid, Spain. [5]
- Corps member Carolyn Lippert joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in December 2015. [6]
- Corps member Raymond Tilton joined Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek, California. [7]
- Corps member Kristina Lind joined the Dutch National Ballet [8]
- Corps members Thomas Bieszka, Megan Amanda Ehrlich, Lacey Escabar, Emily Kadow, Shannon Marie Rugani, and Benjamin Stewart were removed from the roster for the 2016 season. [9]
- Principals Pascal Molat and Joan Boada announced they would be retiring at the end of the 2016 season. [10]
- Principal Gennadi Nedvigin announced he will retire from dancing in May 2016 to become the artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet. [11]
Promotions and Additions
- San Francisco Ballet announced five promotions, four new Company members, and six apprentices for the 2016 Repertory Season:
- Soloist Dores André has been promoted to principal dancer.
- Lauren Strongin from Houston Ballet joined as a soloist.
- Added to the corps de ballet were former SF Ballet Apprentices Samantha Bristow, Benjamin Freemantle, John-Paul Simoens, and Maggie Weirich, as well as Jahna Frantziskonis from Pacific Northwest Ballet, Alessandra Vassallo from Teatro alla Scala, and Kamryn Baldwin from the San Francisco Ballet School.
- Grace Choi, Blake Kessler, Anastasia Kubanda, Haruo Niyama, Chisako Oga, and Francisco Sebastião of the San Francisco Ballet School were promoted to the rank of apprentice. [12]
- However, Alessandra Vassallo did not appear on the roster on www.sfballet.org during the 2016.
Dancers
Principal Dancers
Principal character dancers
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Soloists
Corps de Ballet
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Apprentices
- Grace Choi
- Blake Kessler
- Anastasia Kubanda
- Chisako Oga
- Francisco Sebastião
Artistic Staff
Source: [13]
- Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
- Ballet Master & Assistant to the Artistic Director: Ricardo Bustamante
- Ballet Masters
- Felipe Diaz
- Betsy Erickson
- Anita Paciotti
- Katita Waldo
- Company Teachers
- Helgi Tomasson
- Ricardo Bustamante
- Felipe Diaz
- Choreographer in Residence: Yuri Possokhov
- Music Director and Principal Conductor: Martin West
- Other Artistic Staff
- Caroline Giese, Artistic Administrator
- Alan Takata-Villareal, Logistics Manager
- Abby Masters, Assistant to the Artistic Staff
Music Director and Musicians
- Music Director & Principal Conductor: Martin West
Strings
| Violin I | |
|---|---|
| Cordula Merks,Concertmaster | Mia Kim |
| Wenyi Shih, Acting Associate | Robin Hansen |
| Beni Shinohara, Assistant Concertmaster | Brian Lee |
| Heidi Wilcox | Mariya Borozina |
| Violin II | |
| Marianne Wagner, Principal | Patricia Van Winkle |
| Craig Reiss, Associate Principal | Clifton Foster |
| Jeanelle Meyer, Assistant Principal | Elbert Tsai |
| Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Principal | |
| Viola | |
| Yi Zhou, Principal | Caroline Lee |
| Anna Kruger, Associate Principal | Paul Ehrlich |
| Joy Fellows, Assistant Principal | |
| Cello | |
| Eric Sung, Principal | Thalia Moore |
| Jonah Kim, Associate Principal | Nora Pirquet |
| Victor Fierro, Assistant Principal | |
| Contrabass | |
| Steven D'Amico,Principal | Jonathan Lancelle, Assistant Principal |
| Shinji Eshima, Associate Principal | Mark Drury |
| Harp | |
| Annabelle Taubl, Principal | |
Woodwinds
| Flute | |
|---|---|
| Barbara Chaffe, Principal | Julie McKenzie, 2nd & Piccolo |
| Oboe | |
| Laura Griffiths, Principal | Marilyn Coyne, 2nd & English Horn |
| Clarinet | |
| Natalie Parker, Principal | Andrew Sandwick, 2nd & Bass Clarinet |
| Bassoon | |
| Rufus Olivier, Principal | Patrick Johnson-Whitty, 2nd & Contrabassoon |
Brass
| Horn | |
|---|---|
| Kevin Rivard, Principal | Keith Green |
| Brian McCarty, Associate Principal | Bill Klingelhoffer |
| Trumpet/Cornet | |
| Adam Luftman, Principal | Ralph Wagner (Leave of Absence) |
| Conrad Jones(Season Substitute) | |
| Trombone | |
| Jeffrey Budin, Principal | Hall Goff |
| Bass Trombone | |
| Scott Thornton, Principal | |
| Tuba | |
| Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal | |
Percussion
| Timpani | |
|---|---|
| James Gott, Principal | |
| Percussion | |
| David Rosenthal, Principal | |
References
- ^ "2016 Repertory Season". www.SFBallet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Casting: San Francisco Ballet". January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- ^ Program notes in the Provocative: San Francisco Ballet 2016 Opening Night Gala booklet (2016)
- ^ "Dana Genshaft". San Francisco Ballet School. November 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Adios, Clara Blanco". Woolywesterneye. September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "ABT: Dancers". www.ABT.org. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ Claudia Bauer (February 8, 2016). "New talent rises at Diablo Ballet". SFGate.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Kristina Lind". operaballet.nl. November 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Corps de Ballet". www.SFBallet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Principal Dancers Joan Boada and Pascal Molat to Retire from SF Ballet Following the 2015-16 Season". SFBallet.org. November 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ Allan Ulrich (March 1, 2016). "SF Ballet's Nedvigin takes Atlanta Ballet post". SFGate.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "San Francisco Ballet Announces 2016 Repertory Season Company Members". www.SFBallet.org. June 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Artistic Staff". www.sfballet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
