Hey, there are still a few tickets left for something-for-everybody Program 4 at your San Francisco Ballet over the next three days.
See what Allan Ulrich, Chronicle Dance Correspondent, thinks here and what Janos Gereben, a contributor to the Examiner, thinks here, and what Paul Parish, a writer for the Bay Area Reporter, thinks here.
And check out the casting and some photos from Seán Martinfield, Sentinel Editor and Publisher, here.
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Yuan Yuan Tan and Anthony Spaulding. Possokhov’s Diving into the Lilacs. Photo, Erik Tomasson
Program 4
Petrouchka
SF Ballet Premiere – New!
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Making its SF Ballet premiere this season, Michel Fokine’sPetrouchka, which was first performed by Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1911, is a classical tale of a Russian puppet come to life that fuses music, ballet, and history in perfect balance.
Diving into the Lilacs
Composer: Boris Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Returning after its world premiere in 2009, Yuri Possokhov’s Diving into the Lilacs transforms poignant memories of youth into emotional expressions of dance.
Watch a short video with segments from Possokhov’s
Diving into the Lilacs.
in the middle, somewhat elevated
Composer: Thom Willems
Choreographer: William Forsythe
Making an encore performance this season, William Forsythe’s dynamic in the middle, somewhat elevated investigates the ballet vocabulary, redefining its boundaries along the way.
Watch a short video with segments from Forsythe’s
in the middle, somewhat elevated.
Watch a short interview with William Forsythe on
in the the middle, somewhat elevated.
Tue Mar 2, 8pm* | Wed Mar 3, 7:30pm• | Thu Mar 4, 8pm | Fri Mar 5, 8pm* | Sat Mar 6, 2pm & 8pm | Sun Mar 7, 2pm*
Total running time: 2:14
Choose a Date:
Fri, Mar 5, 2010, 8:00 PM
Sat, Mar 6, 2010, 2:00 PM
Sat, Mar 6, 2010, 8:00 PM
Sun, Mar 7, 2010, 2:00 PM