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San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle
The ballet’s second act, following Giselle’s death, is set in a spooky, mystical realm, precisely the kind of thing that so intrigued its 19th century audiences and made this ballet an instant classic.
A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!
With Tchaikovsky’s dear, familiar overture, the reassuring sameness of Wendall K Harrington’s slide show projecting 1915 San Francisco scenes onto the curtains, we were all, most decisively, back.
Shostakovich Trilogy opens San Francisco Ballet residency
A welcome return to London for America's oldest ballet company begins with a highly personal interpretation of Shostakovich in dance
A strong close to the SF Ballet season
Ulrich Birkkjaer presented an affecting portrait of a tormented Shostakovich, as he paced, leapt, slumped, was propped back to standing, and relentlessly propelled forward.