Baby, It’s Cold Inside! Making the Nutcracker Snow Scene
SF Ballet’s Nutcracker is known for the sheer amount of snow that falls during the Snow Scene—the final moments are a legitimate […]
75th-Anniversary Nutcracker Preview
On Christmas Eve 1944, the audience at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House experienced the American premiere of the complete Nutcracker. […]
About David Dawson’s Anima Animus
David Dawson’s Anima Animus is part of SF Ballet’s 2020 Season. It will be performed as part of Program 05, […]
Preview SF Ballet’s 2020 Season
View the season Header image: Yuan Yuan Tan in Wheeldon’s Cinderella© //© Erik Tomasson
About Edwaard Liang’s The Infinite Ocean
All about Edwaard Liang's The Infinite Ocean, which is part of San Francisco Ballet's 2020 Season, from Program Notes to a choreographer video to a Spotify playlist.
About Stanton Welch’s Bespoke
All about Stanton Welch's Bespoke: program notes, choreographer video, and Spotify playlist.
The Little Mermaid Trailer
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SF Ballet School Spring Festival Highlights
San Francisco Ballet School Spring Festival will include works by Helgi Tomasson, Jiri Kylian, Marc Brew, and SF Ballet School choreographers.
Marc Brew Creates quicksilver on SF Ballet School Trainees
Marc Brew discusses creating a new work, quicksilver, on the San Francisco Ballet School Trainees.
Composer Lera Auerbach on using a Theremin in The Little Mermaid’s Score
Composer Lera Auerbach on how a theremin illustrates the mermaid's voice in her score for John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid.
Arthur Pita on Creating Björk Ballet
Arthur Pita talks about creating Björk Ballet for San Francisco Ballet.
Christopher Wheeldon On Creating Bound To
A tech-influenced ballet for a tech-obsessed city, Bound To© by Christopher Wheeldon explores what we’re missing by being glued to […]
Trey McIntyre On Creating Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem
Choreographer Trey McIntyre talks about creating his ballet Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem—and how a lunar eclipse affected his […]
The Story of John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid
A synopsis of John Neumeier's ballet The Little Mermaid.
San Francisco Ballet School’s New Spring Festival
The much-anticipated annual spring performance of students at SF Ballet School has a new format. SF Ballet School Spring Festival […]
The Story of The Sleeping Beauty
The story of Helgi Tomasson's The Sleeping Beauty for San Francisco Ballet.