Our San Francisco Ballet is on the road after just completing its 79th season.
This week it’s San Francisco>London>Moscow>Yekaterinburg.
Here’s the view from a baggage carousel deep inside Russia, from Maria Kochetkova:
Indeed, these are pretty high for the airport.
Here’s your ballet update for May 2012:
“The 80th Season
A world of dance awaits you as part of San Francisco Ballet’s 80th Season. The 2013 Season includes world premieres by Yuri Possokhov, Wayne McGregor, and Alexei Ratmansky; Onegin— back by popular demand! Hamburg Ballet performing John Neumeier’s epic dance-theatre work, Nijinsky; the return of audience favorites by Robbins, Wheeldon, and Balanchine; and the U.S. premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, a production you don’t want to miss!
View the 2013 Season Overview
Subscribers, renew now to reserve your seats, or call415.865.2000, Mon through Fri, 10am to 4pm.
If you’d like to join the SF Ballet family as a subscriber, call 415.865.2000, Mon through Fri, 10am to 4pm, and you’ll have access to the best seats in the house when seating begins in July.”
SF Ballet School Student Showcase
May 30 – June 1
Each year, the SF Ballet School Student Showcase gives Bay Area audiences the rare opportunity to experience the extraordinary talents of the next generation of world-class dancers, many of whom will go on to perform with SF Ballet and other companies around the world. The performance highlights not only the breadth and depth of the School’s students — ranging from youngsters to SFBallet’s pre-professional Trainees — but also the outstanding caliber of its world renowned faculty. The performances are held in the intimate Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Watch highlights of the 2011 SF Ballet Student Showcase
Purchase tickets to Student Showcase
SF Ballet School 2012 Student Showcase Dinner and Performance Thu, May 31
Performance: 6pm, Novellus Theater at YBCA
Reception: 7:30pm, The St. Regis Hotel
Dinner: 8:30pm, The St. Regis Hotel
Hosted by the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary, the Student Showcase Dinner celebrates the SF BalletSchool. The event raises funds to support the scholarship and financial aid programs of the School, one of the leading ballet schools in the world. The evening features the Student Showcase performance in the Novellus Theater at YBCA, followed by a reception and seated dinner across the street at The St. Regis Hotel.
Information and tickets for Student Showcase Dinner and Performance
“Get in Front” Benefit Performance June 6 featuring SFBallet Dancers
The “Get in Front” Performance is the first-ever event of its kind, featuring performers from 11 of the Bay Area’s most respected dance companies. The creative team behind this event are SF BalletSoloists Garen Scribner and James Sofranko. They have partnered with the Cancer Prevention Institute of California to “Get In Front” of cancer with this one-night-only benefit. Enjoy performances by Yuan Yuan Tan, Maria Kochetkova, Sarah Van Patten, Frances Chung, Pierre-Francois Vilanoba, Joan Boada, and others in the intimate Herbst Theater.
Performance tickets start at $35. The After Party and Silent Auction, to be held upstairs in the Herbst Green Room, are included in tickets priced at $125 or higher. Buy tickets online or call 415-392-4400.
Watch a “Get in Front” video featuring Garen Scribner and James Sofranko
Artist Spotlight: Vito Mazzeo
This month’s artist spotlight video features Principal Dancer Vito Mazzeo. Enjoy exclusive performance footage, and learn more about Vito’s life growing up in Italy, his training and career, and how he came to become a member of SF Ballet.
Watch Vito Mazzeo’s Artist Spotlight video.
