A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

Cavan Conley as Lescaut in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon

Max Cauthorn and Jasmine Jimison in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon

San Francisco Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon

Max Cauthorn and Jasmine Jimison in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon

By Terez Rose, 26 January 2025

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“tour jetés that were so artfully unbalanced and awful, I was laughing out loud”

Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 24 January 2025

Manon (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

San Francisco Ballet

Martin West, Conductor

Nicholas Georgiadis, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Jacopo Pantani, Lighting Designer

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Max Cauthorn, Dancer

Jasmine Jimison, Dancer

Cavan Conley, Dancer

Frances Chung, Dancer

Myles Thatcher, Dancer

Nathaniel Remez, Dancer

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****1

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****1

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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.