San Francisco Ballet - Meet the Artist San Francisco Ballet Association
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San Francisco Ballet's popular pre-performance Meet the Artist Interviews (MTAs) spotlight a work to be performed that afternoon/evening. These informative talks feature artists and choreographers in conversation with a moderator and take place before Friday evening and Sunday matinee performances during the San Francisco Ballet season.
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SF Ballet Principal Dancer Nikisha Fogo
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.
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Swan Lake returns for encore performances April 30th through May 5th.
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Header Image: Nikisha Fogo and Aaron Robison in Tomasson's Swan Lake // © Lindsay Thomas -
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Frances Chung
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.
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Swan Lake returns for encore performances April 30th through May 5th.
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Header Image: Frances Chung in Tomasson's Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson -
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Joseph Walsh
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.
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Swan Lake returns for encore performances April 30th through May 5th.
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Header Image: Joseph Walsh in Tomasson's Swan Lake // © Erik Tomasson -
SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola
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.
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Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Isaac Hernández in the Black Swan pas de deux from Tomasson's Swan Lake // © Chris Hardy. -
SF Ballet Orchestra Pianist Britton Day
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.
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Header Image: Pianist Britton Day performing Mere Mortals with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Sam Shepherd // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo -
Episode 197: Debra Sowell, PhD
Visiting Scholar, Debra H. Sowell, PhD, offers a lively description of America’s first full-length Swan Lake, produced by the San Francisco Ballet in 1940, and choreographed by Artistic Director, Willam Christensen. She begins by describing the role of a dance historian, and references the interviews she conducted in preparing her book, The Christensen Brothers, An American Dance Epic, the definitive biography of the three brothers, Willam, Harold, and Lew.