by Lucy Spencer Mason | Aug 4, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This August, San Francisco Ballet makes a historic return to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for the first time since its East Coast debut there 70 years ago. In 1956, under the direction of Lew Christensen, SFB went to the Pillow with three programs featuring eight...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 11, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This year’s Fall for Dance Festival kicks off New York City Center’s ballet-heavy season with a bang. Running September 16–27, the multi-genre dance festival offers five unique programs that, together, span classical ballet to contemporary, tango, and jookin’. Every...
by Garth Grimball | Jan 24, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
“We need to know where we’re going to as we’re going.” Aszure Barton addresses this to 67 San Francisco Ballet dancers. It’s Halloween, the rehearsal time for her world premiere Mere Mortals is coming to an end, and camera crews are stationed in the studio’s corners...
by Claudia Bauer | Jan 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
San Francisco Ballet’s longtime artistic director, Helgi Tomasson, handed the reins to Tamara Rojo last December. But his presence will be strongly felt when the 2023 season opens on January 20 with next@90, a three-week festival of new works programmed by Tomasson....
by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
This month has brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Julie Kent will join Houston Ballet as co-artistic director alongside Stanton...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Jan 11, 2022 | The Latest
San Francisco Ballet has just announced that Tamara Rojo will become its next artistic director, following the retirement of Helgi Tomasson, who steps down at the end of this season after 37 years. Rojo will move to San Francisco with her husband, Isaac Hernández, who...
by April Deocariza | Jan 4, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
Updated 01/06/2022 This month, English National Ballet artistic director and lead principal Tamara Rojo will add another title to her growing list of credentials: choreographer. For her choreographic debut, Rojo decided to revisit a classic from the ballet canon,...
by April Deocariza | Oct 29, 2020 | Career, Company Life
English National Ballet first soloist James Streeter has practically grown up with the company. Since completing his training at the English National Ballet School, he went on to join the main company in 2004, rising up the ranks to first soloist in 2018. He’s...