by Hannah Chang Foster | Oct 28, 2015 | Company Life
Proceed with caution: This emotionally charged death scene is balletic but brutal. San Francisco Ballet principal Yuan Yuan Tan and former American Ballet Theatre principal Desmond Richardson perform in this excerpt of Lar Lubovitch’s Othello. The ballet, based...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
What you might not know about some of America’s leading male dancers might surprise you. Rasta Thomas, Desmond Richardson, Damian Woetzel and Julio Bocca have all reached the top of their field earning accolades from audiences and critics alike. What they are...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Ballet superstars don’t get much bigger than Wendy Whelan and Desmond Richardson. This winter, the two inimitable dancers teamed up for a one-night-only performance in New Orleans to commemorate Richardson’s last season as a performer with Complexions. If...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s been a dramatic ride for the ballet dancers on this season of “So You Think You Can Dance” so far. I was thrilled when three—three!—ballet specialists made the Top 20 a few weeks ago: former San Francisco Ballet dancer Daniel Baker,...