SF Ballet Principal Dancer Nikisha Fogo and Guest Artist Daniel Camargo, Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre, talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on May 3, 2024 about Swan Lake as part of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered…

SF Ballet School Director Grace Maduell Holmes talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan about the San Francisco Ballet School and Spring Festival on stage from May 22–24, 2024. Under the combined leadership of SF Ballet School Director Grace Maduell Holmes and Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, the School has a dual mission: to train classical ballet …

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Esteban Hernández talks with Jennifer French Kovacevich on April 14, 2024 about Dos Mujeres as part of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Header Image: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and S…

SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and former SF Ballet Principal Dancer Tina LeBlanc talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan on April 7, 2024 about the next@90 Curtain Call, part of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your d…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Wei Wang talks with San Francisco Ballet’s Senior Director of Leadership Giving Kristin Bertrand on April 5, 2024 about next@90 Curtain Call and Mere Mortals as part of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered s…

On on March 22, 2024, SF Ballet Soloist Cavan Conley talks about A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Program 4 of the 2024. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Header Image: Cavan Conley in Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream //…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Jennifer Stahl talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on March 15, 2024 about A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Program 4 of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Header Image: San Francisco…

All You Need to Know About A Midsummer Night’s Dream Before You Go! Get a quick overview of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: hear about the ballet’s creation in 1960s New York, revisit the story to figure out which dancer is Hermia and which one is Helena, and find out what to look for in this magical and mystical ballet! A Midsummer …

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Nikisha Fogo talks with Dance Educator Mary Wood on March 3, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Swan Lake returns for encore performances Apri…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Frances Chung talks with Dance Educator Jessica Cohen on March 1, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Swan Lake returns for encore performances…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh talks with Dance Educator Claire Sheridan on February 25, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Swan Lake returns for encore perform…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola talks with SF Ballet Director of Education & Training Jennie Scholick, PhD on February 23, 2024 about Swan Lake in Program 3 of the 2024 Season.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Head…

SF Ballet Orchestra Company Pianist Britton Day talks with Mary Wood on February 9, 2024 about Marguerite and Armand in Program 2 of the 2024 Season.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Pianist Britton Day perfor…

All You Need to Know About Swan Lake Before You Go! Swan Lake may be the most iconic ballet in history. But despite its success today, the creation of Swan Lake in 19th-century Russia was far from smooth sailing. For one, Tchaikovsky bristled at the idea of being labeled a “ballet specialist” like Ludwig Minkus, who would compose bars of music to s…

On America’s first full-length Swan LakeAf San Francisco Ballet Association

On performing Odette and OdileAf San Francisco Ballet Association

SF Ballet Rehearsal Director Katita Waldo discusses the world premiere of Danielle Rowe's MADCAP with Director of Education & Training Jennie Scholick before the performance on January 20, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your dev…

Soloist Sasha Mukhamedov speaks with Claire Sheridan about her work with Yuri Possokhov on Violin Concerto before the performance on February 5, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Sasha Mukhamedov and Jose…

SF Ballet Soloist Katherine Barkman talks with Jasmine Yep Huynh on April 30, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Katherine Barkman in Wheeldon's Cinderella© // © Lindsay Thomas…

SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and Principal Character Dancer Ricardo Bustamante talks with Claire Sheridan about Romeo & Juliet on April 23, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Jasmine Jimison and Ricardo Bu…

SF Ballet Soloist Daniel Deivison-Oliveira talks with Mary Wood about Romeo & Juliet on April 21, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Daniel Deivison-Oliveira in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet // © Erik Tomasson…

SF Ballet Principal Dancers Dores André and Max Cauthorn talk with Kristin Bertrand about Cinderella on April 2, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Dores André and Max Cauthorn in Wheeldon's Cinderella© //…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Luke Ingham talks with Jennifer French Kovacevich about Cinderella on March 31, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Luke Ingham in the Act II pas de deux from Wh…

SF Ballet Orchestra Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West and SF Ballet Orchestra Principal Percussionist David Rosenthal talk with Mary Wood about COLORFORMS on March 19, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices…

Choreographer and SF Ballet Soloist Myles Thatcher talks with Molly LeBeau about COLORFORMS on March 17, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Thatcher's COLORFORMS // © Lindsay Thomas…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Esteban Hernández and Soloist Jasmine Jamison talk with Molly LeBeau about Giselle on March 5, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Jasmine Jimison and Esteban Hernández in Tomasso…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Wei Wang talks with Jessica Cohen about Giselle on February 24, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Wona Park and Wei Wang rehearsing Tomasson's Giselle // © Reneff-Olson Producti…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola talks with Jennie Scholick about Giselle on February 26, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Aaron Robison in Tomasson's Giselle // © Lindsay Thoma…

Lynn Charles speaks with Senior Director of Individual Giving Lynn Eve Komaromi about her work with Bridget Breiner on The Queen's Daughter before the performance on February 3, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header…

next@90 choreographer Nicolas Blanc chats with Major Gifts Officer Michael Imbimbo about his new work for SF Ballet on January 27, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Nicolas Blanc's BioA familiar face to San Francisco B…

SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and former principal dancer Joanna Berman discusses Val Caniparoli's world premiere for the next@90 festival with dance educator Mary Wood on January 29, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!H…

next@90 choreographer and Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Robert Garland discusses his new ballet Haffner Serenade with interviewer Jessica Cohen on January 22, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! ROBERT GARLA…

On his career, choreography, and his life during shelter-in-placeAf San Francisco Ballet Association

All You Need To Know About Program 6 Before You Go! Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella is part of SF Ballet’s 2023 Repertory Season. It will be performed in Program 6, from Mar 31–Apr 8, 2023. Join Jennie Scholick, PhD for a quick overview of Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella©. Hear about the ballet’s creation, both in Soviet Russia and in San Franc…

On coming back to the stage and Christopher Wheeldon’s CinderellaAf San Francisco Ballet Association

All You Need to Know About Romeo & Juliet Before You Go Ah, yes: star-crossed lovers, show-stopping swordsmanship, and a tragic ending for the ages. On the surface, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet seems like an easy fit for the balletic stage. But the conception of this now-classic ballet came with a host of challenges for its composer, Sergei Proko…

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh and Soloist Isabella DeVivo talk with Michael Imbimbo about Cinderella on April 7, 2023.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!Header Image: Isabella DeVivo and Joseph Walsh rehearsing Whe…

All You Need to Know About Nutcracker Before You Go! Join Jennie Scholick, PhD for a deep dive into Nutcracker. Learn about this iconic ballet’s history, story, and what to look for. Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices! Heade…

Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson and Principal Dancer Mathilde Froustey talk Romeo & Juliet.Af San Francisco Ballet Association

On sword fighting, fencing, and performing in Romeo & JulietAf San Francisco Ballet Association

All You Need to Know About Program 05 Before You Watch Program 05 includes three ballets made expressly for San Francisco Ballet dancers: Helgi Tomasson’s 7 for Eight, Cathy Marston’s Snowblind, and David Dawson’s Anima Animus. In this episode of To The Pointe, learn about the job of a principal choreographer, hear from Cathy Marston and Principal …

Choreographer Cathy Marston and Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten discuss Snowblind and the creative processAf San Francisco Ballet Association

Principal Dancer Jennifer Stahl on inhabiting a roleAf San Francisco Ballet

All You Need to Know About Jewels Before You Watch George Balanchine’s Jewels comprises three ballets—Rubies, Emeralds, and Diamonds—that evoke the styles and moods of the United States, France, and Russia, respectively. Get to know a bit about Jewels, its creation in 1967, and what to look for in each ballet before this dazzling classic hits the s…