List of San Francisco Ballet 2017 repertory

San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2017 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 19, 2017. The 2017 season is the company's 84th. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.

2017 Gala "Ever Magical"
Thursday, January 19, 2017,

The program for the gala


 * Foragers by Myles Thatcher
 * Pas de deux from Promenade Sentimentale by Liam Scarlett
 * Pas de trois from Agon by George Balanchine
 * Valses Poeticos by Helgi Tómasson
 * World Premiere Presentce by Trey McIntyre
 * Pas de deux from Flames of Paris by Vasili Vainonen
 * World Premiere The Chairman Dances by Benjamin Millepied
 * "Purple" from Terra Firma by James Kudelka
 * "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B)" from Company B by Paul Taylor
 * Pas de deux from La Cathedrale Engloutie by Stanton Welch
 * Diamonds by George Balanchine

Program one, Jan 24 - Feb 4 Mixed program "The Joy of Dance"

 * Haffner Symphony by Helgi Tomasson
 * Fragile Vessels, a world premiere by Jiří Bubeníček
 * In The Countenance of Kings by Justin Peck

Program two, Jan 26 - Feb 5 Mixed program "Modern Masters"

 * Seven Sonatas by Alexei Ratmansky
 * Optimistic Tragedy, a world premiere by Yuri Possokhov
 * Pas/Parts 2016 by William Forsythe

Program three, Feb 17 - Feb 26 Full-Length "Frankenstein"

 * Frankenstein by Liam Scarlett

Program four, Mar 7 - Mar 18 Mixed program "Must-See Balanchine"
Each piece choreographed by George Balanchine
 * Stravinsky Violin Concerto
 * Prodigal Son
 * Diamonds

Program five, Mar 9 - Mar 19 Mixed program "Contemporary Voices"

 * Fusion, by Yuri Possokhov
 * Salome, a world premiere by Arthur Pita
 * Fearful Symmetries, by Liam Scarlett

Program six, Mar 31 - Apr 12 Full-Length "Swan Lake"

 * Swan Lake

Program seven, Apr 5 - Apr 18 Mixed Program "Made for SF Ballet"

 * Trio by Helgi Tomasson
 * Ghost in the Machine, a world premiere by Myles Thatcher
 * Within the Golden Hour© by Christopher Wheeldon

Program eight, Apr 28 - May 7 Full length "Cinderella"

 * Cinderella by Christopher Wheeldon

2017 Company Roster
The company of the San Francisco Ballet:

Promotions and Additions

 * In May 2016, the company announced the following promotions and additions:
 * Soloist Carlo Di Lanno was promoted to principal dancer.
 * Corps de Ballet members Francisco Mungamba, Julia Rowe, Wei Wang, and WanTing Zhao became soloists.
 * Apprentice Blake Kessler joined the corps de ballet.
 * Aaron Robison, formerly a soloist with Houston Ballet, joined as principal dancer.
 * Angelo Greco joined as soloist. Greco previously danced with La Scala Ballet.  Greco was subsequently promoted to principal in February 2017.
 * Elizabeth Mateer (from Pennsylvania Ballet II and Natasha Sheehan (from the San Francisco Ballet Trainee program) joined as corps de ballet members.
 * Ludmila Bizalion, formerly Ludmila Campos returned to the corps de ballet. Bizalion was with the San Francisco Ballet as an apprentice in 2006 and a member of the corps de ballet from 2007 to 2010.  Before returning, she danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Hong Kong Ballet, Diablo Ballet, and Smuin Ballet.
 * Five SF Ballet School Trainees were promoted to the rank of apprentice: Alexandre Cagnat, Shené Lazarus, Davide Occhipinti, Nathaniel Remez, and Isabella Walsh.
 * Former corps members Gaetano Amico III and Grace Shibley were removed from the company roster.
 * Former corps member Kristine Butler joined Bucharest National Opera Ballet Company of Romania.
 * Megan Amanda Ehrlich returned to the Company in 2017 after leaving to dance with Grand Rapids Ballet in 2016.
 * Former corps member Aaron Renteria joined The Joffrey Ballet in 2016.
 * Five former apprentices moved on from the company:
 * Chisako Oga joined Cincinnati Ballet
 * Grace Choi joined Tulsa Ballet II.
 * Haruo Niyama joined The Washington Ballet.
 * Anastasia Kubanda and Francisco Sebastião were removed from the company roster.
 * Soloist Sasha De Sola was promoted to principal dancer, effective January 1, 2017.
 * San Francisco Ballet announced the following mid-season promotions:
 * Soloist Jennifer Stahl was promoted to the rank of principal dancer, effective July 1, 2017
 * Max Cauthorn was promoted to soloist
 * Isabella DeVivo, Jahna Frantziskonis, Esteban Hernandez, and Steven Morse were promoted to soloists, effective July 1, 2017.

Principal character dancers

 * Ricardo Bustamante
 * Val Caniparoli


 * Rubén Martín Cintas


 * Anita Paciotti

Soloists

 * Max Cauthorn
 * Daniel Deivison-Oliveira
 * Koto Ishihara
 * Francisco Mungamba
 * Julia Rowe
 * James Sofranko
 * Jennifer Stahl
 * Lauren Strongin
 * Anthony Vincent
 * Wei Wang
 * Hansuke Yamamoto
 * WanTing Zhao

Corps de Ballet

 * Kamryn Baldwin
 * Sean Bennett
 * Ludmila Bizalion
 * Samantha Bristow
 * Thamires Chuvas
 * Diego Cruz
 * Isabella DeVivo
 * Megan Amanda Ehrlich
 * Jahna Frantziskonis
 * Benjamin Freemantle
 * Jordan Hammond
 * Jillian Harvey


 * Esteban Hernandez
 * Ellen Rose Hummel
 * Blake Kessler
 * Elizabeth Mateer
 * Norika Matsuyama
 * Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey
 * Steven Morse
 * Kimberly Marie Olivier
 * Sean Orza
 * Lauren Parrott
 * Elizabeth Powell
 * Alexander Reneff-Olson


 * Rebecca Rhodes
 * Emma Rubinowitz
 * Skyla Schreter
 * Natasha Sheehan
 * Henry Sidford
 * Miranda Silveira
 * John-Paul Simoens
 * Myles Thatcher
 * Mingxuan Wang
 * Lonnie Weeks
 * Maggie Weirich
 * Ami Yuki

Apprentices
These SF Ballet School Trainees were promoted to the rank of apprentice:
 * Alexandre Cagnat
 * Shené Lazarus
 * Davide Occhipinti
 * Nathaniel Remez
 * Isabella Walsh

Artistic Staff
Source:


 * Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
 * Ballet Master & Assistant to the artistic director: Ricardo Bustamante
 * Ballet Masters
 * Felipe Diaz
 * Betsy Erickson
 * Anita Paciotti
 * Katita Waldo
 * Company Teachers
 * Helgi Tomasson
 * Ricardo Bustamante
 * Felipe Diaz
 * Choreographer in Residence: Yuri Possokhov
 * Music Director and Principal Conductor: Martin West
 * Other Artistic Staff
 * Caroline Giese, Artistic Administrator
 * Alan Takata-Villareal, Logistics Manager
 * Abby Masters, Assistant to the Artistic Staff

Music Director and Musicians

 * Music Director & Principal Conductor: Martin West

Percussion
* Extra Player ** Season Substitute