📢 24/25 SEASON ANNOUNCED 📢 Next season includes high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by U.S. audiences: • MacMillan's Manon • Khan's Dust • McGregor's Chroma • Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour • An Evening of Hans van Manen • Rojo's Raymonda • Scarlett's Frankenstein • Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings • Ashton's Marguerite and Armand Learn more: https://bit.ly/3W0EgYl We also look forward to welcoming to the company, and welcoming back, established artists and emerging talent, including the return of Dores André and Max Cauthorn as principal dancers; the promotion of SF Ballet corps de ballet members Kamryn Baldwin, Carmela Mayo, and Joshua Jack Price to Soloist; and the appointment of soloists Fernando Carratalá Coloma and Victor Prigent, both from English National Ballet. Additionally, SF Ballet Apprentices Sofia Albers, Jacey Gailliard, and Dylan Pierzina have been promoted to the corps de ballet, and Rebecca Blenkinsop (English National Ballet), Jakub Groot (Czech National Ballet), Lucas López (Joffrey Studio Company), Archie Sullivan (English National Ballet), and Juliette Windey have been appointed to the corps de ballet. Six SF Ballet School Trainees have been named apprentices for the 2024-2025 season: Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Emmitt Friedman, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Ben Taber, and Juliana Wilder. Company roster details: https://bit.ly/4aAfh2t #discoversfballet
About us
The mission of San Francisco Ballet is to share our joy of dance with the widest possible audience in our community and around the globe and to provide the highest caliber of dance training in our School. We seek to enhance our position as one of the world’s finest dance companies through our vitality, innovation, and diversity, and through our uncompromising commitment to artistic excellence based in the classical ballet tradition. Interested in working with us? Visit https://www.sfballet.org/about/employment for current opportunities!
- Website
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http://www.sfballet.org/
External link for San Francisco Ballet
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1933
- Specialties
- ballet, classical ballet, contemporary ballet, dance, theater, and artistic innovation
Locations
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Primary
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455 Franklin St
San Francisco, California 94102, US
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San Francisco, US
Employees at San Francisco Ballet
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Russell E. Adamson III
Lighting System Administrator, Assistant Department Head at San Francisco Opera
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Dominic Casazza
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Tony Hurd
Producer at San Francisco Ballet
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Rowan Paul, M.D.
Sports Medicine, Interventional Regenerative Orthobiologist, Pioneer, Educator, Entrepreneur, MedTech Advisor, @SFBaySportMD
Updates
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Tamara Rojo's Raymonda is set against the backdrop of the 19th-century Crimean War, expertly drawing on the figure of Florence Nightingale to create a work that explores the period that redefined the role of women in wartime society. https://bit.ly/3VUOjxD #discoversfballet
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A special element of bringing Raymonda to our stage is the opportunity for our dancers to work with new stagers and coaches. Huafang Zhang has been in-house teaching the choreography and coaching Tamara Rojo's masterpiece. https://bit.ly/3VUOjxD #discoversfballet
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For Choreologist Daniel Kraus, it’s important to preserve the legacy of ballet history. "Without it these the work of these choreographers that would otherwise be lost....This is my small contribution to the art form." Learn more about what it means to be a choreologist and preserve the work for future generations: https://bit.ly/4bUXkvr #discoversfballet #balletnews #choreography #choreologist
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Flower Piano will transform Gardens of Golden Gate Park into an alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen. Join us Sept 13 in the Flower Piano Lounge for interactive dancing and music including a Family Dance-Along and performance by the SF Ballet Orchestra. Details: https://bit.ly/4cI2X1n Schedule: 12-1:30pm - San Francisco Ballet: Family Dance-Along Interactive family-friendly and sensory-friendly program for all ages and abilities. 5-6:30pm - San Francisco Ballet Orchestra Featuring pianist Britton Day and members of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.
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📢 Just Announced 📢 Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola & Soloist Julia Rowe are the inaugural fellows of Raising Leaders, our newest artist development initiative offering selected company dancers individually tailored curriculum to support their growth as future leaders of ballet beyond the stage. Led by Director of Artist Development Kerry Nicholls, Raising Leaders is a bespoke leadership training program designed to complement the fellows’ performance careers and guided by their professional interests. As the program’s inaugural fellows, De Sola & Rowe will receive one-on-one coaching, mentorship, and professional observation opportunities, with the goal of gaining a greater understanding of how ballet companies work as businesses and cultivating their leadership skills. To enhance the curriculum of Raising Leaders, SF Ballet is partnering with the Stanford School Of Medicine and LinkedIn to offer leadership training sessions and access to professional development specialists. #discoversfballet
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Meet Grace Holmes, our new School Director whose history with the School dates back to 1979 when she was a student here herself! https://bit.ly/3LfwKT7
Meet Grace Holmes
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Juneteenth, or “Freedom Day” is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Today, Juneteenth serves as a celebration for the freedoms and rights attained through the fight of many generations, and is a reminder of the work that remains to ensure a more equitable world for future generations. San Francisco Ballet honors and joins that fight during Juneteenth and beyond. #discoversfballet #juneteenth
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Our adult ballet summer workshop is in full swing, this year we're welcoming 45 adults from the US, Australia, France, Mexico & Canada into our studios of technique and repertory classes taught by our acclaimed faculty along with live piano accompaniment. Details: https://bit.ly/3l5m7bZ #discoversfballet #adultballet #balletclassesforall
SUMMER WORKSHOP
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Check out these familiar faces of Company dancers when they were students performing in Spring Festival. Did you know over 60% of our Company are SF Ballet School alumni? This year, each show features a gala-style performance showcasing the breadth and talent of our advanced students' dancing and choreography. Programing includes Messerer's Flames of Paris, Mazillier's Paquita, and Balanchine's Symphony in C. Plus, enjoy new works from our Trainees and Corps de Ballet member Pemberley Ann Olson. School Spring Festival performances run this week: May 22–24. Tickets start at $29: https://bit.ly/4cOg8ye
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