List of San Francisco Ballet 2016 repertory

San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2016 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts[1] beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 21, 2016. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.

Gala

Thursday, January 21, 2016

The program for the gala [2] [3]

After intermission, SF Ballet Orchestra performed "Infernal Dance" from The Firebird, in Celebration of San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary. (No dancers were on stage during this.)

Programs

Program one, Jan 24 - Feb 5 Mixed program

Program two, Jan 27 - Feb 6 Mixed program

Program three, Feb 19 - Feb 28 Full-Length

Program four, Mar 8 - Mar 13 Full-Length

Program five, Mar 16 - Mar 22 Mixed program

Program six, Apr 5 - Apr 16 Mixed program

Program seven, Apr 7 - Apr 17 Mixed Program

Program eight, Apr 30 - May 8 Full length

2016 Company Roster

The company of the San Francisco Ballet:

Changes from 2015 season

Promotions and Additions

Dancers

Principal Dancers

Name Nationality Training Other Companies Principal Since Notes
Dores André  Spain Estudio de Danza de Maria Avila 2015
Joan Boada  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba
The Australian Ballet
Royal Ballet of Flanders
1999
Jaime Garcia Castilla  Spain Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance 2008
Frances Chung  Canada Goh Ballet Academy 2009
Taras Domitro  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba 2008
Lorena Feijoo  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba
Royal Ballet of Flanders
Joffrey Ballet
1999
Mathilde Froustey  France Marseille National School of Ballet
Paris Opéra Ballet School
Paris Opéra Ballet 2013
Tiit Helimets  Estonia Tallinn Ballet School Estonian National Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
2005
Luke Ingham  Australia Australian Ballet School The Australian BalletHouston Ballet 2014
Davit Karapetyan  Armenia Armenian School of Ballet
Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule
Zurich Ballet 2005 Named John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer
Maria Kochetkova  Russia Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Royal Ballet
English National Ballet
2007 Named Herbert Family Principal Dancer
Vitor Luiz  Brazil The Royal Ballet School Birmingham Royal Ballet 2009
Pascal Molat  France Paris Opéra Ballet School Royal Ballet of Flanders
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
2003
Gennadi Nedvigin  Russia Moscow State Academy of Choreography Le Jeune Ballet de France
Moscow Renaissance Ballet
2000
Carlos Quenedit  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School Cuban National BalletMiami City Ballet

Joffrey Ballet

2014
Sofiane Sylve  France Centre de Danse l’Académie Dutch National Ballet
New York City Ballet
2008
Yuan Yuan Tan  China Shanghai Dance School

John Cranko School

1997 Named Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer
Sarah Van Patten  United States Ballet Workshop of New England
Massachusetts Youth Ballet
Royal Danish Ballet 2007 Named Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer
Joseph Walsh  United States Walnut Hill School of the Arts
Houston Ballet II
Houston Ballet 2014
Vanessa Zahorian  United States Kirov Academy of Ballet
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Mariinsky Ballet 2002 Named Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer

Principal character dancers

  • Rubén Martín Cintas

  • Anita Paciotti

Soloists

Corps de Ballet

Apprentices

Artistic Staff

Source:[13]

Music Director and Musicians

Strings

Violin I
Cordula Merks,ConcertmasterMia Kim
Wenyi Shih, Acting AssociateRobin Hansen
Beni Shinohara, Assistant ConcertmasterBrian Lee
Heidi Wilcox Mariya Borozina
Violin II
Marianne Wagner, PrincipalPatricia Van Winkle
Craig Reiss, Associate PrincipalClifton Foster
Jeanelle Meyer, Assistant PrincipalElbert Tsai
Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Principal
Viola
Yi Zhou, PrincipalCaroline Lee
Anna Kruger, Associate PrincipalPaul Ehrlich
Joy Fellows, Assistant Principal
Cello
Eric Sung, PrincipalThalia Moore
Jonah Kim, Associate PrincipalNora Pirquet
Victor Fierro, Assistant Principal
Contrabass
Steven D'Amico,PrincipalJonathan Lancelle, Assistant Principal
Shinji Eshima, Associate PrincipalMark Drury
Harp
Annabelle Taubl, Principal

Woodwinds

Flute
Barbara Chaffe, PrincipalJulie McKenzie, 2nd & Piccolo
Oboe
Laura Griffiths, PrincipalMarilyn Coyne, 2nd & English Horn
Clarinet
Natalie Parker, PrincipalAndrew Sandwick, 2nd & Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Rufus Olivier, PrincipalPatrick Johnson-Whitty, 2nd & Contrabassoon

Brass

Horn
Kevin Rivard, PrincipalKeith Green
Brian McCarty, Associate PrincipalBill Klingelhoffer
Trumpet/Cornet
Adam Luftman, PrincipalRalph Wagner (Leave of Absence)
Conrad Jones(Season Substitute)
Trombone
Jeffrey Budin, PrincipalHall Goff
Bass Trombone
Scott Thornton, Principal
Tuba
Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal

Percussion

Timpani
James Gott, Principal
Percussion
David Rosenthal, Principal

References

  1. "2016 Repertory Season". www.SFBallet.org. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "Casting: SanFrancisco Ballet". January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. Program notes in the Provocative: San Francisco Ballet 2016 Opening Night Gala" booklet (2016)
  4. "Dana Genshaft". San Francisco Ballet School. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. "Adios, Clara Blanco". Woolywesterneye. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. "ABT: Dancers". www.ABT.org. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. Claudia Bauer (8 February 2016). "New talent rises at Diablo Ballet". SFGate.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. "Kristina Lind". operaballet.nl. 1 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. "Corps de Ballet". www.SFBallet.org. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  10. "Principal Dancers Joan Boada and Pascal Molat to Retire from SF Ballet Following the 2015-16 Season". SFBallet.org. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. Allan Ulrich (1 March 2016). "SF Ballet's Nedvigin takes Atlanta Ballet post". SFGate.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. "San Francisco Ballet Announces 2016 Repertory Season Company Members". www.SFBallet.org. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  13. "Artistic Staff". www.sfballet.org. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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