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Helgi Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with his stirring Swan Lake

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's Swan Lake
© Erik Tomasson
Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh in Tomasson's Swan Lake
© Erik Tomasson
San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's Swan Lake
© Erik Tomasson
By Terez Rose, 01 May 2022
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“this company, under Tomasson’s tutelage, is as good as ballet gets”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 29 April 2022
Programme
Swan Lake (Helgi Tomasson)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Martin West, Conductor
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Cordula Merks, Violin
Frances Chung, Dancer
Joseph Walsh, Dancer
Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Dancer
Anita Paciotti, Dancer
Ricardo Bustamante, Dancer
Sasha Mukhamedov, Dancer
Henry Sidford, Dancer
John-Paul Simoens, Dancer
Elizabeth Mateer, Dancer
Alexander Reneff-Olson, Dancer
Norika Matsuyama, Dancer
Cavan Conley, Dancer
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Terez Rose
Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.