by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 23, 2017 | Company Life
From April 20–May 6 2018, San Francisco Ballet will host a festival featuring an impressive roster of top choreographers. SFB artistic director Helgi Tomasson has chosen choreographers with massive reputations and tons of experience. The full lineup is as...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Jan 9, 2017 | Company Life
Longtime San Francisco Ballet principals (and husband and wife) Davit Karapetyan and Vanessa Zahorian have announced their retirement at the end of the 2017 season. They’ll make a cross-country move to become the joint artistic directors of the Pennsylvania...
by Julie Diana Hench | Jul 31, 2016 | Company Life
In Balanchine’s comedic Coppélia, San Francisco Ballet’s Frances Chung brings out Swanilda’s playful side. All of Swanilda’s actions come from a place of pure fun. She’s kind of sassy, but I like bringing out her playfulness...
by Suzannah Friscia | May 31, 2016 | Profiles, Studio to Street
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. Dores André doesn’t like shopping, but she loves clothes. Her favorite source of style inspiration is the 1964 comedy What a Way to Go!, starring Shirley MacLaine and a closet of...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 18, 2016 | Company Life
Three of San Francisco’s most stunning leading men have just retired from the company. After multi-decade careers, Joan Boada, Pascal Molat and Gennadi Nedvigin took their final bows during an emotional farewell performance on April 17. Nedvigin will join...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Mar 24, 2016 | Company Life
There’s something compelling about the pristine classicism of ballet contrasted against a gritty setting. The viral success of videos like Sergei Polunin and David LaChapelle’s “Take Me to Church” doesn’t lie. Here’s another video...
by Gavin Larsen | May 31, 2014 | Company Life
Pennsylvania Ballet’s Evelyn Kocak, who spent seven years in the corps de ballets of several companies, was ecstatic when she was finally promoted to soloist. But once in the role, she found it difficult to understand how she fit into the company’s dynamic. She...
by Hanna Rubin | Jan 25, 2010 | Company Life
The streets of Beijing’s Forbidden City witnessed some impromptu tendus when San Francisco Ballet’s dancers went sightseeing during their November tour to China. The company’s first visit to the People’s Republic, arranged by private donors to coincide with the...