Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson unveils a streamed, all-digital 2021 Season that includes three world premieres by Cathy Marston, Danielle Rowe, and Myles Thatcher fully conceived for film; three story ballets including George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which had only one performance before the city-wide shut down due to COVID-19; Helgi Tomasson’s Romeo & Juliet and a new digitally conceived film version of Swan Lake; and George Balanchine’s Jewels with a newly filmed version of Emeralds. Visit http://www.sfballet.org for more information.
How do you make a new ballet during Covid? Choreographer Myles Thatcher shares the ups and downs of creating a new work for the 2021 Season in our new series, From Scratch. In this first episode, Thatcher (also a SF Ballet Soloist) works on choreography alone in the studio, consults with costume ...
“It’s always been my aim as a choreographer to immerse the audience,” says choreographer Danielle Rowe, whose world premiere Wooden Dimes is part of SF Ballet’s 2021 Digital Season. “The opportunity to make a film only makes that more possible—to completely immerse the audience so they can feel l...
Feeling on edge? Dive into the cool depths of Yuri Possokhov’s Swimmer, danced here by Joseph Walsh, for a moment of respite. Swimmer is part of SF Ballet’s 2021 Season, which will be available in its entirety online.