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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.
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.
San Francisco Ballet struts its stuff at Gala #86
Among the standouts at the San Francisco Ballet gala evening performance were Ana Sophia Scheller in Rubies, Sasha De Sola in Études, Benjamin Freemantle in Agon, and Misa Kuranaga and Angelo Greco in Handel-A Celebration.
The final program in SF Ballet's Unbound festival
Most of the pieces were choreographed at a similarly demanding level, with speed, precision and immaculate timing as necessities.
SFB's Unbound festival delivers
Unbound by restrictions, they’ve been given free rein to create, implement and demonstrate to the world what contemporary ballet looks like. Hint: it looks great.