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 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 Program notes in the Provocative: San Francisco Ballet 2016 Opening Night Gala booklet (2016)
"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 Swan Lake
Program four, Mar 8 - Mar 13 Full-Length Coppélia
Program five, Mar 16 - Mar 22 Mixed program Dances at a Gathering Swimmer, by Yuri Possokhov
Program six, Apr 5 - Apr 16 Mixed program Prism by Helgi Tomasson Seven Sonatas by Alexei Ratmansky Rush© by Christopher Wheeldon
Program seven, Apr 7 - Apr 17 Mixed Program Continuum© by Christopher Wheeldon In the Countenance of Kings by Justin Peck Theme and Variations
Program eight, Apr 30 - May 8 Full length Onegin
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. 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. Corps member Carolyn Lippert joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in December 2015. Corps member Raymond Tilton joined Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek, California. Corps member Kristina Lind joined the Dutch National Ballet 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. Principals Pascal Molat and Joan Boada announced they would be retiring at the end of the 2016 season. Principal Gennadi Nedvigin announced he will retire from dancing in May 2016 to become the artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet.
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. However, Alessandra Vassallo did not appear on the roster on www.sfballet.org during the 2016.
Dancers
Principal Dancers NameNationalityTrainingOther Companies Principal SinceNotesDores AndréEstudio de Danza de Maria Avila2015 Joan Boada Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba The Australian Ballet Royal Ballet of Flanders1999 Jaime Garcia Castilla Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance2008 Frances Chung Goh Ballet Academy2009 Taras Domitro Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba2008 Lorena Feijoo Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba Royal Ballet of Flanders Joffrey Ballet1999 Mathilde Froustey Marseille National School of Ballet Paris Opéra Ballet School Paris Opéra Ballet2013 Tiit Helimets Tallinn Ballet School Estonian National Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet 2005 Luke Ingham Australian Ballet SchoolThe Australian BalletHouston Ballet2014 Davit Karapetyan Armenian School of Ballet Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule Zurich Ballet 2005 Named John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer Maria Kochetkova Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Royal Ballet English National Ballet 2007Named Herbert Family Principal Dancer Vitor Luiz The Royal Ballet School Birmingham Royal Ballet2009 Pascal Molat Paris Opéra Ballet School Royal Ballet of Flanders Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo 2003 Gennadi Nedvigin Moscow State Academy of Choreography Le Jeune Ballet de France Moscow Renaissance Ballet 2000 Carlos Quenedit Cuban National Ballet SchoolCuban National BalletMiami City Ballet
Joffrey Ballet2014 Sofiane Sylve Centre de Danse l’Académie Dutch National Ballet New York City Ballet 2008 Yuan Yuan Tan Shanghai Dance School John Cranko School 1997Named Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten Ballet Workshop of New England Massachusetts Youth Ballet Royal Danish Ballet2007Named Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh Walnut Hill School of the Arts Houston Ballet IIHouston Ballet2014 Vanessa Zahorian Kirov Academy of Ballet Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet Mariinsky Ballet2002Named Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer
Principal character dancers
Ricardo Bustamante Val Caniparoli
Rubén Martín Cintas
Anita Paciotti
Soloists
Sasha De Sola Daniel Deivison-Oliveira Carlo Di Lanno Koto Ishihara James Sofranko Jennifer Stahl Lauren Strongin Anthony Vincent Hansuke Yamamoto
Corps de Ballet
Gaetano Amico III Kamryn Baldwin Sean Bennett Kimberly Braylock-Olivier Samantha Bristow Kristine Butler Max Cauthorn Thamires Chuvas Diego Cruz Isabella DeVivo Jahna Frantziskonis Benjamin Freemantle Jordan Hammond Jillian Harvey
Esteban Hernandez Ellen Rose Hummel Norika Matsuyama Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey Steven Morse Francisco Mungamba Sean Orza Lauren Parrott Elizabeth Powell Alexander Reneff-Olson Aaron Renteria Rebecca Rhodes Julia Rowe Emma Rubinowitz
Skyla Schreter Grace Shibley Henry Sidford Miranda Silveira John-Paul Simoens Myles Thatcher Mingxuan Wang Wei Wang Lonnie Weeks Maggie Weirich Ami Yuki WanTing Zhao
Apprentices Grace Choi Blake Kessler Anastasia Kubanda Chisako Oga Francisco Sebastião
Artistic Staff Source:
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,ConcertmasterMia KimWenyi Shih, Acting AssociateRobin Hansen Beni Shinohara, Assistant ConcertmasterBrian Lee Heidi Wilcox Mariya Borozina Violin II Marianne Wagner, PrincipalPatricia Van WinkleCraig Reiss, Associate PrincipalClifton Foster Jeanelle Meyer, Assistant PrincipalElbert Tsai Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Principal Viola Yi Zhou, PrincipalCaroline LeeAnna Kruger, Associate PrincipalPaul EhrlichJoy Fellows, Assistant Principal Cello Eric Sung, PrincipalThalia MooreJonah Kim, Associate PrincipalNora PirquetVictor Fierro, Assistant Principal ContrabassSteven D'Amico,PrincipalJonathan Lancelle, Assistant PrincipalShinji Eshima, Associate PrincipalMark DruryHarpAnnabelle Taubl, Principal
Woodwinds FluteBarbara Chaffe, PrincipalJulie McKenzie, 2nd & PiccoloOboeLaura Griffiths, PrincipalMarilyn Coyne, 2nd & English HornClarinetNatalie Parker, PrincipalAndrew Sandwick, 2nd & Bass ClarinetBassoonRufus Olivier, PrincipalPatrick Johnson-Whitty, 2nd & Contrabassoon
Brass HornKevin Rivard, PrincipalKeith GreenBrian McCarty, Associate PrincipalBill KlingelhofferTrumpet/CornetAdam Luftman, PrincipalRalph Wagner (Leave of Absence)Conrad Jones(Season Substitute)TromboneJeffrey Budin, PrincipalHall GoffBass TromboneScott Thornton, PrincipalTubaPeter Wahrhaftig, Principal
Percussion TimpaniJames Gott, PrincipalPercussionDavid Rosenthal, Principal
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