San Francisco Ballet - Meet the Artist: Recent Episodes
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San Francisco Ballet’s Popular Pre-Performance Meet the Artist Interviews spotlight a work to be performed that afternoon/evening. These informative talks feature artists and choreographers in conversation with a moderator.
SF Ballet Soloist Julia Rowe talks with Associate Director of Education Jasmine Yep Huynh on May 5, 2024 about Swan Lake as part of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Julia Rowe and Cavan Conley in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo.
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Nikisha Fogo and Guest Artist Daniel Camargo, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on May 3, 2024 about Swan Lake as part of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Nikisha Fogo and Daniel Camargo in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo.
SF Ballet School Director Grace Maduell Holmes talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan about the San Francisco Ballet School and Spring Festival on stage from May 22–24, 2024. Under the combined leadership of SF Ballet School Director Grace Maduell Holmes and Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, the School has a dual mission: to train classical ballet dancers capable of joining the ranks of SF Ballet and other world-renowned companies and to offer young children and adults in the Bay Area an introduction to ballet and the joy of moving to music.
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Header Image: Grace Holmes // © Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Esteban Hernández talks with Jennifer French Kovacevich on April 14, 2024 about Dos Mujeres as part of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and San Francisco Ballet rehearsing Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo
SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and former SF Ballet Principal Dancer Tina LeBlanc talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan on April 7, 2024 about the next@90 Curtain Call, part of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Tina LeBlanc and Sasha De Sola rehearsing Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson.
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Wei Wang talks with San Francisco Ballet’s Senior Director of Leadership Giving Kristin Bertrand on April 5, 2024 about next@90 Curtain Call and Mere Mortals as part of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Wei Wang in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd’s Mere Mortals // © Chris Hardy.
SF Ballet Soloist Cavan Conley talks with San Francisco Ballet School Associate Director of Administration Molly LeBeau on March 22, 2024 about A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Program 4 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Cavan Conley in Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream // Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust; Photo © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Jennifer Stahl talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on March 15, 2024 about A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Program 4 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in an excerpt from Act II of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream // Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust; Photo © Chris Hardy.
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Nikisha Fogo talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on March 3, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season.
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Swan Lake returns for encore performances April 30th through May 5th.
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Header Image: Nikisha Fogo and Aaron Robison in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Frances Chung talks with Dance Educator Jessica Cohen on March 1, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Frances Chung in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan on February 25, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Joseph Walsh in Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola talks with SF Ballet Director of Education & Training Jennie Scholick, PhD on February 23, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Isaac Hernández in the Black Swan pas de deux from Tomasson’s Swan Lake // © Chris Hardy.
SF Ballet Orchestra Company Pianist Britton Day talks with Mary Wood on February 9, 2024 about Marguerite and Armand in Program 2 of the 2024 Season.
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Header Image: Pianist Britton Day performing Mere Mortals with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Sam Shepherd // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo
SF Ballet Rehearsal Director Katita Waldo discusses the world premiere of Danielle Rowe's MADCAP with Director of Education & Training Jennie Scholick before the performance on January 20, 2023.
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Header Image: San Francisco Ballet rehearsing Rowe's MADCAP // © Lindsay Thomas
Soloist Sasha Mukhamedov speaks with Claire Sheridan about her work with Yuri Possokhov on Violin Concerto before the performance on February 5, 2023.
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Header Image: Sasha Mukhamedov and Joseph Walsh in Possokhov's Violin Concerto // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Soloist Katherine Barkman talks with Jasmine Yep Huynh on April 30, 2023.
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Header Image: Katherine Barkman in Wheeldon's Cinderella© // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and Principal Character Dancer Ricardo Bustamante talks with Claire Sheridan about Romeo & Juliet on April 23, 2023.
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Header Image: Jasmine Jimison and Ricardo Bustamante in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Soloist Daniel Deivison-Oliveira talks with Mary Wood about Romeo & Juliet on April 21, 2023.
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Header Image: Daniel Deivison-Oliveira in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet // © Erik Tomasson
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh and Soloist Isabella DeVivo talk with Michael Imbimbo about Cinderella on April 7, 2023.
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Header Image: Isabella DeVivo and Joseph Walsh rehearsing Wheeldon's Cinderella© // © Lindsey Rallo
SF Ballet Principal Dancers Dores André and Max Cauthorn talk with Kristin Bertrand about Cinderella on April 2, 2023.
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Header Image: Dores André and Max Cauthorn in Wheeldon's Cinderella© // © Chris Hardy
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Luke Ingham talks with Jennifer French Kovacevich about Cinderella on March 31, 2023.
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Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Luke Ingham in the Act II pas de deux from Wheeldon's Cinderella© // Courtesy of The Music Center © Will Tee Yang
SF Ballet Orchestra Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West and SF Ballet Orchestra Principal Percussionist David Rosenthal talk with Mary Wood about COLORFORMS on March 19, 2023.
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Header Image: San Francisco Ballet Orchestra performing at San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala 2022 // © Drew Altizer Photography
Choreographer and SF Ballet Soloist Myles Thatcher talks with Molly LeBeau about COLORFORMS on March 17, 2023.
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Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Thatcher's COLORFORMS // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Esteban Hernández and Soloist Jasmine Jamison talk with Molly LeBeau about Giselle on March 5, 2023.
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Header Image: Jasmine Jimison and Esteban Hernández in Tomasson's Giselle // © Chris Hardy
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Wei Wang talks with Jessica Cohen about Giselle on February 24, 2023.
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Header Image: Wona Park and Wei Wang rehearsing Tomasson's Giselle // © Reneff-Olson Productions
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola talks with Jennie Scholick about Giselle on February 26, 2023.
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Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Aaron Robison in Tomasson's Giselle // © Lindsay Thomas
Lynn Charles speaks with Senior Director of Individual Giving Lynn Eve Komaromi about her work with Bridget Breiner on The Queen's Daughter before the performance on February 3, 2023.
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Header Image: Wei Wang, Sasha De Sola, and Bridget Breiner rehearsing Breiner's The Queen's Daughter // © Chris Hardy
next@90 choreographer Nicolas Blanc chats with Major Gifts Officer Michael Imbimbo about his new work for SF Ballet on January 27, 2023.
Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Nicolas Blanc's Bio A familiar face to San Francisco Ballet, Nicolas Blanc returns to the Company as a choreographer for next@90.
Blanc began his dance training in Montauban, France. After winning a scholarship in the 1994 Prix de Lausanne, he continued his early dance education at the Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace’ in Monte-Carlo and the Paris Opera Ballet School. He then danced with Nice Opera Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dusseldorf, Zurich Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet, where he was made Principal Dancer in 2004. In 2009, he joined Scottish Ballet as Ballet Master and has worked as a rehearsal director and principal coach for the Joffrey Ballet since 2011.
Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Blanc's Gateway to the Sun // © Lindsay Thomas
SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and former principal dancer Joanna Berman discusses Val Caniparoli's world premiere for the next@90 festival with dance educator Mary Wood on January 29, 2023.
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Header Image: WanTing Zhao and Steven Morse in Caniparoli's Emergence // © Lindsay Thomas
next@90 choreographer and Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Robert Garland discusses his new ballet Haffner Serenade with interviewer Jessica Cohen on January 22, 2023.
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ROBERT GARLAND’S BIO
Robert Garland’s passion for dance ignited when he witnessed his first Dance Theatre of Harlem performance. He moved to New York City, attended The Juilliard School, and then quickly rose through the Dance Theatre of Harlem ranks to become a principal dancer. Soon after Dance Theatre’s founder and former artistic director Arthur Mitchell invited Garland to create a work for the company, he was appointed their first resident choreographer and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. He has since been selected to succeed Virginia Johnson as Artistic Director of the company, beginning his new role in 2023.
Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Garland's Haffner Serenade // © Lindsay Thomas
Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Principal Dancer Mathilde Froustey talk Romeo & Juliet.
Choreographer Cathy Marston and Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten discuss Snowblind and the creative process
A conversation with National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon, Transgender Law Center Executive Director Kris Hayashi, and choreographer Arthur Pita for Pride Month
SF Ballet School Leadership and Alumni celebrate Jeffrey Lyons’ 20th Anniversary at SF Ballet School
In honor of SF Ballet School’s Annual Spring Festival, Dana Genshaft and Pemberley Ann Olson call in from Shelter-in-Place.
Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson and Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh discuss the role of Oberon in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Yasmine Naghdi chats with Jennie Scholick about her career, the role of Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, […]
Martin West, SF Ballet’s Music Director and Principal Conductor, gives an engaging account about how ballet conducting requires both mind […]
Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer, Helgi Tomasson reflects on his 34 years as Artistic Director and his commitment to serving […]
Join SF Ballet’s Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West as he previews the music and ballets of the 2019 […]
Helgi Tomasson, Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, and Ellen Sorrin on Robbins’ legacy