User:Jjwyatt/List of San Francisco Ballet 2018 repertory

San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2018 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 19, 2017. The 2018 season is the company's 85th. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.

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

The program for the gala

World Premiere: November 15, 2016 - The Twelfth International Competitioon for the Erik Bruhn Prize, San Francisco Ballet, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Tornto, Canada World Premiere: April 11, 2013 - K-Ballet, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, Japan San Francisco Ballet Premiere: January 19, 2017 - San Francisco Ballet 84th Anniversary Gala World Premiere: December 12, 1957 - New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York, New York San Francisco Ballet Premiere (complete ballet): April 10, 1976 - Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California World Premiere: January 27, 1990 World Premiere: January 19, 2017 - San Francisco Ballet 84th Anniversary Gala World Premiere (complete ballet Plamya Parizha): November 7, 1932 - Kirov Ballet, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, Russia San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 3, 1997 World Premiere: January 19, 2017 - San Francisco Ballet 84th Anniversary Gala World Premiere: February 16, 1995 World Premiere (complete ballet): June 21, 1991 - Houston Ballet, Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC San Francisco Ballet Premiere (complete ballet): February 3, 1993 World Premiere: February 3, 1997
 * 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

HAFFNER SYMPHONY World Premiere: June 25, 1991 — San Francisco Ballet, Mozart & His Time Bicentennial Celebration, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California FRAGILE VESSELS World Premiere: January 24, 2017 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California IN THE COUNTENANCE OF KINGS World Premiere: April 7, 2016 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

SEVEN SONATAS World Premiere: October 2, 2009 — American Ballet Theatre, The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, New York OPTIMISTIC TRAGEDY World Premiere: January 26, 2017 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California PAS/PARTS 2016 World Premiere: March 31, 1999 — Paris Opéra Ballet, Palais Garnier; Paris, France San Francisco Ballet Version Premiere: January 24, 2016 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

 * Frankenstein by Liam Scarlett

World Premiere: May 17, 2016 — The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; London, UK San Francisco Ballet Premiere: February 17, 2017 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

STRAVINSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO World Premiere: June 18, 1972 — New York City Ballet, Stravinsky Festival, New York State Theater; New York, New York San Francisco Premiere: March 28, 1995 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

PRODIGAL SON World Premiere: May 21, 1929 — Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, Théàtre Sarah Bernhardt; Paris, France New York City Ballet Premiere: February 23, 1950 — City Center of Music and Drama; New York, New York San Francisco Ballet Premiere: March 27, 1984 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

DIAMONDS World Premiere (Jewels): April 13, 1967 — New York City Ballet, New York State Theater; New York, New York San Francisco Ballet Premiere: January 30, 1987 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

FUSION World Premiere: April 22, 2008 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California SALOME World Premiere: March 9, 2017 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

FEARFUL SYMMETRIES World Premiere: January 27, 2016 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

 * Swan Lake

World Premiere: March 4, 1877 — Bolshoi Theatre; Moscow, Russia. Choreography by Julius Reisinger. Premiere of the Petipa-Ivanov Production: February 8, 1895 — Mariinsky Theatre; St. Petersburg, Russia San Francisco Ballet Premiere: September 27, 1940 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California. Choreography by Willam Christensen. Premiere of Current San Francisco Ballet Production: February 21, 2009 — War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

TRIO World Premiere: February 25, 2011 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California NEW THATCHER WORLD PREMIERE World Premiere: April 5, 2017 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR© World Premiere: April 22, 2008 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

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

 * Cinderella by Christopher Wheeldon

World Premiere: December 13, 2012 — Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater; Amsterdam, Netherlands U.S. Premiere: May 3, 2013 — San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House;

2018 Company Roster
The company of the San Francisco Ballet:

Changes from 2017 season
Retirements: Lorena, Davit, Vanessa

Ludmila Bizalion (formerly known as Ludmila Campos) is returning after stints with Royal Ballet of Flanders, Hong Kong Ballet, Diablo Ballet, and Smuin Natasha Sheehan (the trainee who performed at the Gala) is hired straight into the corps Only one apprentice from 2015-2016 is joining the company--the website has already been updated, so I'm not sure off the top of my head who the other apprentices were/where they're going. Does anybody have more info?

Chisako Oga posted on her Instagram that she is joining Cincinnati Ballet: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFKkoNmBq6P/?taken-by=coga715 Grace Choi is now with Tulsa Ballet II. https://tulsaballet.org/company/dancers/grace-choi/

Congratulations to Sasha de Sola who will be a principal effective January 1! I've been waiting for this one for a long time

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/San-Francisco-Ballet-to-Welcome-New-Company-Members-and-Promotions-20160523 San Francisco Ballet to Welcome New Company Members and Promotions!

Dance News Desk May. 23, 2016 San Francisco Ballet to Welcome New Company Members and Promotions!

Effective immediately, San Francisco Ballet announces six promotions, five new Company members, and five apprentices for the 2017 Season.

Soloist Carlo Di Lanno has been promoted to principal dancer and

Francisco Mungamba, Julia Rowe, Wei Wang, and WanTing Zhao have been promoted to soloist. In addition, former SF Ballet Apprentice Blake Kessler has been appointed a member of the corps de ballet. New members of the Company's corps de ballet include Ludmila Bizalion, Elizabeth Mateer, and Natasha Sheehan; Angelo Greco joins as a soloist and Aaron Robison as a principal dancer. Alexandre Cagnat, Shené Lazarus, Davide Occhipinti, Nathaniel Remez, and Isabella Walsh of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program have been promoted to the rank of apprentice.

Promotions

Carlo Di Lanno, who joined the Company as a soloist in 2014, was previously with La Scala Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Di Lanno, who hails from Naples, Italy, has performed featured roles in a wide variety of works with SF Ballet, including Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Ratmansky's Shostakovich Trilogy, and Balanchine's Serenade. His lead roles have included Romeo in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet, Green in Dances at a Gathering, and Phlegmatic in Balanchine's The Four Temperaments.

Francisco Mungamba, from Madrid, Spain, trained at the Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance and SF Ballet School, before joining the Company in 2011. He has performed in a wide range of works by choreographers including Balanchine, Cranko, MacMillan, Neumeier, Robbins, and Tomasson, among others.

Julia Rowe, from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, trained at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and SF Ballet School, before joining Oregon Ballet Theatre. In 2013, Rowe joined SF Ballet as a corps de ballet member where she's performed a wide variety of works including soloist roles in Balanchine's Serenade and Scarlett's Hummingbird, demi-soloist in Wheeldon's Rush© and Ghosts©, as well as creating a role in Tomasson's Caprice.

Wei Wang, from Anshan, China, trained at the Beijing Dance Academy and SF Ballet School. He was named an apprentice in 2012 and a corps de ballet member a year later and has performed featured roles in a wide variety of works including van Manen's Solo, Morris' Maelstrom, Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Possokhov's Classical Symphony, and Robbins' Glass Pieces, among others.

WanTing Zhao, also from Anshan, China, trained at the Beijing Dance Academy, the Rock School for Dance Education, and SF Ballet School. Since joining the Company as a corps de ballet member in 2011, she has performed Rosaline in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet; the Queen of the Snow in Tomasson's Nutcracker; the first solo in Nureyev's Raymonda-Act III; and "Cigarette," pas de deux, and pas de trois in Lifar's Suite en Blanc.

Blake Kessler, from Jacksonville, Florida, was a member of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program before becoming an apprentice in 2015. Over the past season, he has performed corps de ballet roles in works such as Balanchine's "Rubies," Scarlett's Fearful Symmetries, and Cranko's Onegin, among others.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/San-Francisco-Ballet-to-Welcome-New-Company-Members-and-Promotions-20160523-page2 New Company Members

Ludmila Bizalion, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a former dancer with SF Ballet and was named an apprentice in 2006, before being promoted to a corps de ballet member in 2007. After four years with SF Ballet, Bizalion danced with Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Hong Kong Ballet, and most recently, Diablo Ballet.

Italian-born Angelo Greco trained at the La Scala Ballet School before joining La Scala Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2013. His repertory includes Basilio in Nureyev's Don Quixote, Romeo in MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet, Prince Desiré and Blue Bird in Ratmansky's The Sleeping Beauty, and Bim in Béjart's Gaîté Parisienne. He is also the recipient of numerous awards including Outstanding Artistry Award presented by Dance Europe for 2011 and 2012.

Elizabeth Mateer's training included receiving a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet summer course, where she was invited to study full-time for two years. Mateer, from Boca Raton, Florida, also attended summer programs at Boston Ballet School and Pacific Northwest Ballet School on scholarship. In 2009, Mateer joinEd Pennsylvania Ballet II, was promoted to apprentice for the 2011-12 season and was again promoted to the corps de ballet for the 2012-13 Season. Since joining that company, she has danced in numerous ballets including works by choreographers such as Balanchine, Ratmansky, Robbins, and Wheeldon.

Aaron Robison hails from Coventry, England and trained at a number of schools in Spain, as well as London's Royal Ballet School. In 2012, he joined Houston Ballet as a soloist and in 2015, he was promoted to first soloist there. His repertory includes Oberon in Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Prince Siegfried in Welch's Swan Lake, Phlegmatic in Balanchine's The Four Temperaments, and Petruccio in Cranko's Taming of the Shrew. He is the recipient of many awards including the Encouragement award at the Prix de Lausanne.

Natasha Sheehan, from San Francisco, California, entered SF Ballet School during the 2010-11 school year and performed the role of Clara in Tomasson's Nutcracker the same year and during the 2011-12 school year. She attended the Paris Opera School summer intensive in 2014 and joined SF Ballet School's Trainee Program the same year. Sheehan's Company roles include Tomasson's Swan Lake and Giselle, as well as Tomasson/Possokhov's Don Quixote, among others.

New Apprentices

Five SF Ballet School students have been named apprentices for the 2017 Season. They are: Alexandre Cagnat (Grasse, France), Shené Lazarus (Brisbane, Australia), Davide Occhipinti (Rome, Italy), Nathaniel Remez (Washington, D.C.), and Isabella Walsh (Rolling Hills, California).

Principal character dancers

 * Ricardo Bustamante
 * Val Caniparoli


 * Rubén Martín Cintas


 * Anita Paciotti

Soloists

 * Daniel Deivison-Oliveira
 * Koto Ishihara
 * Francisco Mungamba placeholder
 * Julia Roweplaceholder
 * James Sofranko
 * Jennifer Stahl
 * Lauren Strongin
 * Anthony Vincent
 * Wei Wangplaceholder
 * Hansuke Yamamoto
 * WanTing Zhaoplaceholder

Corps de Ballet

 * Gaetano Amico III GONE
 * Kamryn Baldwin
 * Sean Bennett
 * Ludmila Bizalionplaceholder
 * Samantha Bristow
 * Kristine Butler moved to http://operanb.ro/artist/ansamblul-de-balet/  Bucharest National Opera Ballet Company of Romania!!
 * Max Cauthorn promoted mid-season
 * Thamires Chuvas
 * Diego Cruz
 * Isabella DeVivo
 * Megan Amanda EhrlichReturned to the Company in 2017
 * Jahna Frantziskonis
 * Benjamin Freemantle
 * Angelo Grecoplaceholder
 * Jordan Hammond
 * Jillian Harvey


 * Esteban Hernandez
 * Ellen Rose Hummel
 * Blake Kesslerplaceholder
 * Elizabeth Mateerplaceholder
 * Norika Matsuyama
 * Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey
 * Steven Morse
 * Kimberly Marie Olivierplaceholder
 * Sean Orza
 * Lauren Parrott
 * Elizabeth Powell
 * Alexander Reneff-Olson
 * Aaron Renteria http://www.joffrey.org/people/aaron-renteria Aaron Renteria joined The Joffrey Ballet in 2016.
 * Rebecca Rhodes
 * Emma Rubinowitz


 * Skyla Schreter
 * Natasha Sheehanplaceholder
 * Grace Shibley gone
 * Henry Sidford
 * Miranda Silveira
 * John-Paul Simoens
 * Myles Thatcher
 * Mingxuan Wang
 * Lonnie Weeks
 * Maggie Weirich
 * Ami Yuki

These SF Ballet School Trainees were promoted to the rank of apprentice:

Apprentices

 * 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