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 Kristin Schwab | Sep 23, 2014 | Profiles, Studio to Street
This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe. Yuan Yuan Tan is one of San Francisco Ballet’s most stunning classical dancers, but her flair for timeless elegance reaches beyond the stage. Her street look is grounded in clean...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 19, 2013 | Company Life
To watch Irina Kolpakova coach Swan Lake is to witness a true artist at work. Although long retired from the stage, the American Ballet Theatre ballet mistress still possesses a commanding presence and an instinctive artistic spirit. “Don’t think about...
by Allan Ulrich | Nov 29, 2010 | Profiles
You have been at San Francisco Ballet for 15 years. How do you feel your dancing has changed or improved? I feel I am more myself these days. There was something bottled up in me that needed to come out emotionally. It wasn’t just the steps. Surprisingly, the process...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The following is a guest blog by San Francisco Ballet principal Yuan Yuan Tan, currently on tour with the company in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stay tuned for more posts from Yuan Yuan! Today is Friday [August 21] and I’m in Copenhagen—jet-lagged, big time!...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The following is a guest blog by San Francisco Ballet principal Yuan Yuan Tan, currently on tour with the company in Copenhagen, Denmark. Stay tuned for more posts from Yuan Yuan! Things are going very well here on our tour to Copenhagen, but there was a bit of drama...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
When a ballet dancer hears Cesare Pugni’s familiar score, and sees a dancer holding a tambourine, she knows the imperishable variation from La Esmeralda will follow. One of the most recognizable pieces of choreography, it is often taught and performed to...