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Aszure Barton; San Francisco Ballet; Martin West; Hamill Industries; Michelle Jank; Jim French
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A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

Cavan Conley as Lescaut in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon © Lindsay Thomas
Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon is an unforgettable, stunning production – a classic well worth seeing.
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SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

Angelo Greco as Romeo and Jasmine Jimison as Juliet in Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet © Lindsay Thomas
There’s much to love in Helgi Tomasson’s production of Romeo & Juliet, starting with Prokofiev’s sumptuous score.
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San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

Sasha De Sola and Aaron Robison in Helgi Tomasson's Giselle © Lindsay Thomas
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.
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Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

Swan Lake is the last program of the San Francisco Ballet’s season and of the 37-year tenure of retiring artistic director Helgi Tomasson.
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Charm and wit abound in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco. 
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Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

The ballet culminates with fouettés, bravura leaps from the oversized ensemble and a rousing finish with all 44 dancers onstage. It was an exuberant end to an intelligent, satisfying production, both of thought and movement.
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