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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.

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Scarlett’s Frankenstein returns to the San Francisco Ballet stage

Par Terez Rose, 20 mars 2025

Seeing Frankenstein in its 2025 incarnation feels worthy and redemptive. It’s as vivid and cinematic as ballet gets.

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Scarlett’s Frankenstein returns to the San Francisco Ballet stage

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A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

Par Terez Rose, 24 janvier 2025

Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Manon is an unforgettable, stunning production – a classic well worth seeing.

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A Manon premiere opens San Francisco Ballet’s 2025 season

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Broken Wings soars in SF Ballet’s Dos Mujeres

Par Terez Rose, 06 avril 2024

Annabel Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings is a ballet you’ll want to see again and again, one that illuminates, empowers and soars.

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Broken Wings soars in SF Ballet’s Dos Mujeres

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SF Ballet’s world premiere of Mere Mortals explores the Pandora myth, AI, in sensory extravaganza

Par Terez Rose, 26 janvier 2024

Mere Mortals, an immersive sensory-experience ballet that merges dance, lights, visuals and sound, is clever.

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Mere Mortals explores the Pandora myth in a sensory extravaganza

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SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

Par Terez Rose, 21 avril 2023

There’s much to love in Helgi Tomasson’s production of Romeo & Juliet, starting with Prokofiev’s sumptuous score.

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SFB concludes its 90th season with a stirring Romeo & Juliet

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San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

Par Terez Rose, 24 février 2023

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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San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

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San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker reassures, amid a changing time with a new director

Par Terez Rose, 08 décembre 2022

This irresistible Nutcracker is a reliable delight in an increasingly unreliable world.

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An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

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

Par Terez Rose, 29 avril 2022

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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Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

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Charm and wit abound in revival of San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

Par Terez Rose, 26 février 2022

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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Charm and wit abound in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote

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A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

Par Terez Rose, 11 décembre 2021

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.

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A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

Par Terez Rose, 13 février 2020

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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Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

San Francisco Ballet opens repertory season with Wheeldon’s magical Cinderella

Par Terez Rose, 21 janvier 2020

Wheeldon’s Cinderella is the kind of production that so enthralls, you immediately want to make plans to see it again.

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San Francisco Ballet opens season with Wheeldon’s magical Cinderella

San Francisco Ballet celebrates 75 years of Nutcracker

Par Terez Rose, 11 décembre 2019

In Helgi Tomasson's production, Michael Yeargan’s scenic design and the late Martin Pakledinaz’ sumptuous costumes create a scene so charming, you just want to climb inside and stay in that world all evening and beyond.

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San Francisco Ballet celebrates 75 years of Nutcracker

San Francisco Ballet’s Shostakovich Trilogy brings a strong close to the season

Par Terez Rose, 07 mai 2019

Ulrich Birkkjaer presented an affecting portrait of a tormented Shostakovich, as he paced, leapt, slumped, was propped back to standing, and relentlessly propelled forward.

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A strong close to the SF Ballet season

The Sleeping Beauty Reawakens in San Francisco

Par Terez Rose, 10 mars 2019

In this era that venerates the contemporary, it’s rewarding to see the classics faring so well, and San Francisco Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty is a winner for all.

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The Sleeping Beauty Reawakens in San Francisco

SF Ballet's Program 2 is a Kaleidoscope of Vibrant Works

Par Terez Rose, 12 février 2019

Artful patterns come to life in San Francisco Ballet’s Program 2, Kaleidoscope, which opened last Tuesday night at the War Memorial Opera House.

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SF Ballet's Program 2 is a Kaleidoscope of Vibrant Works

A festive, spirited Don Quixote opens San Francisco Ballet’s 86th season

Par Terez Rose, 25 janvier 2019

San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote is ultimately a winning production with surprising warmth and heart.

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A festive, spirited Don Quixote opens San Francisco Ballet’s season

San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker proudly carries on the tradition

Par Terez Rose, 12 décembre 2018

San Francisco Ballet returns to the War Memorial Opera House with the beloved holiday classic that had its North American debut here.

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San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker proudly carries on the tradition

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SFB’s Unbound Festival promises and delivers in Program B

Par Terez Rose, 21 avril 2018

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.

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SFB's Unbound festival delivers

San Francisco Ballet offers winning works in a "Distinctively SF" Program 3

Par Terez Rose, 15 février 2018

San Francisco Ballet delivers the distinct and the relevant in a mixed-bill program of choreographic works that includes Ghosts in the Machine.

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A Dazzling Return of San Francisco Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

Par Terez Rose, 23 janvier 2018

Watching this ballet, one is offered a glimpse of a past world and aesthetic, beautifully preserved.

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SFB: Sleeping Beauty

San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker an oasis of delight

Par Terez Rose, 13 décembre 2017

Wednesday night at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Ballet’s opening night, offered a deeply comforting, festive return to a sparkling production that never fails to delight.

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SFB: Nutcracker

Wheeldon’s Cinderella infuses elegance with the weird and wonderful

Par Terez Rose, 28 avril 2017

The show stealer is the opening scene of Act III, as the curtain rises to reveal a line of females, both human and forest-creature, seated, waiting to try on the slipper the prince holds. It’s brilliant, laugh-out-loud clever.

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Wheeldon's Cinderella, SFB

Precision and Beauty in San Francisco Ballet’s Swan Lake

Par Terez Rose, 31 mars 2017

It’s here where the full onslaught of Kochetkova’s formidable talent comes into play. As Odile, she was virtuosic, wondrously flashy, whipping off multiple pirouettes and high arabesques with a powerful attack.

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Arthur Pita’s Salome for San Francisco Ballet is both sexy and sinister

Par Terez Rose, 09 mars 2017

Set to Frank Moon’s moody, thematic score, the curtain rises on a foggy night scene as a shiny black stretch limousine glides onstage—the real deal, dazzling to behold, like a noir film come to life.

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Contemporary Voices in San Francisco

Possokhov’s Optimistic Tragedy provokes and pleases in San Francisco Ballet’s Program 2

Par Terez Rose, 26 janvier 2017

Resident choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s Optimistic Tragedy is dedicated “to those who sacrificed their lives for future generations.”

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SFB: Ratmansky / Possokhov / Forsythe

San Francisco Ballet brings on the holidays with Tomasson's elegant, classic Nutcracker.

Par Terez Rose, 10 décembre 2016

Tomasson's Land of Snow is a feast for the eyes. Principals Mathilde Froustey and Carlo di Lanno were a gorgeous, impeccable Snow Queen and King in one of the most reliably spectacular sections of this production.

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SFB: Nutcracker

Smuin kicks off its 23rd season with Dance Series 01

Par Terez Rose, 01 octobre 2016

Smuin Contemporary American Ballet presents a trio of works ranging from the sublime to the eclectic in the company’s 2016-17 opening program.

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Smuin: Dance Series 1

San Francisco Ballet concludes season with Cranko’s masterful Onegin

Par Terez Rose, 30 avril 2016

The San Francisco Ballet's 2016 season culminates in a dazzling, masterful rendition of John Cranko's Onegin, bringing passion, fury and drama to the War Memorial Opera House stage.

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Cranko's Onegin in San Francisco

SFB’s Program 5 makes a splash with Swimmer and Dances at a Gathering

Par Terez Rose, 16 mars 2016

San Francisco Ballet pairs Possokhov’s irresistible multimedia dazzler “Swimmer” with Robbins’ elegant “Dances at a Gathering”, for a compelling night of dance.

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San Francisco Ballet: Robbins / Possokhov

Surreal whimsy: Magrittomania sets San Francisco Ballet’s season off to a promising start

Par Terez Rose, 24 janvier 2016

San Francisco Ballet's first program of 2016, featuring Forsythe's rarely performed Pas/Parts and the revival of 7 for Eight and Magrittomania, leads the way into an exciting season.

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Surreal whimsy: Magrittomania at San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker ushers in the holiday

Par Terez Rose, 16 décembre 2015

San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker returns to the War Memorial Opera House, with its festive, distinctively San Francisco rendition of the classic ushering in the holiday season.

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A San Francisco Nutcracker

Rebranded Silicon Valley Ballet takes on Alonso’s Cuban Giselle

Par Terez Rose, 16 octobre 2015

Rebranded Silicon Valley Ballet, the former Ballet San Jose makes history with its première of Alicia Alonso's Giselle, a US première from National Ballet of Cuba that seduces and enthralls.

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Alonzo's Giselle premieres in the States

Ballet San Jose’s Cinderella casts its magic spell

Par Terez Rose, 09 mai 2015

Ballet San Jose brings Ben Stevenson's Cinderella to the stage, in a lively production that appeals to adults and kids both.

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Ballet San Jose's Cinderella

Alexei Ratmansky's Ravishing Shostakovich Trilogy

Par Terez Rose, 08 avril 2015

San Francisco Ballet's Program 6 brings a dazzling return of Alexei Ratmansky's highly acclaimed Shostakovich Trilogy.

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Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy in San Francisco

San Francisco Ballet delivers romantic comedy and impressive dancing in Don Quixote

Par Terez Rose, 20 mars 2015

Petipa's 1869 classic receives a splendid treatment in San Francisco Ballet's 2003 restaging of Don Quixote.

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SFB's Don Quixote

Classically modern: San Francisco Ballet's Program 3

Par Terez Rose, 24 février 2015

San Francisco Ballet's Program 3 explores the boundaries of classicism, from both ends, with La Bayadère's 'Kingdom of the Shades' , and neoclassical works from Hans van Manen, William Forsythe and Myles Thatcher.

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San Francisco Ballet : Classical twists

San Francisco Ballet commences its 2015 season

Par Terez Rose, 27 janvier 2015

San Francisco Ballet’s 2015 season opener at the War Memorial Opera House offers a triple bill of neoclassicism, high drama and joyous celebration.

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San Francisco Ballet commences its 2015 season

San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker ushers in the holiday season

Par Terez Rose, 12 décembre 2014

San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker delivers the perfect holiday diversion for children and adults alike, in a dazzling rendition you'll savor year after year.

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SFB: Tomasson's Nutcracker

Smuin Ballet delivers satisfying fare in its UNTAMED Dance Series

Par Terez Rose, 03 octobre 2014

Smuin Ballet's open their 21st season with a Serenade you've heard but never seen, Smuin's Cuban-infused classic, Frankie and Johnny, and Amy Seiwert's compelling Objects of Curiosity.

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Smuin Ballet. Untamed Series

Ballet San Jose concludes its season with a stellar Carmen and In the Upper Room

Par Terez Rose, 10 mai 2014

Ballet San Jose brings its season to a strong, satisfying close, with performances of Carmen and In the Upper Room drawing praise from critics and audiences alike.

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Ballet San Jose concludes its season with a stellar Carmen and In the Upper Room

San Francisco Ballet's world premiere of Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird

Par Terez Rose, 29 avril 2014

San Francisco Ballet's Program 7 presents a satisfying triple-bill event, featuring a world premiere of Liam Scarlett's Hummingbird, as well as the memorable Suite en Blanc and The Fifth Season.

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San Francisco Ballet's Program 7

Diablo Ballet Celebrates Twenty Years

Par Terez Rose, 06 mars 2014

Diablo Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a one-night performance of dance, film, shared memories and surprise performances.

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Diablo Ballet's 20th Anniversary

Can Dance Exist Without Music?

Par Terez Rose, 10 mars 2014

Through the years, music and dance have come together to entertain, enlighten and provide art in our lives. Take a look at historical roots and cultural differences, with personal experiences of a ballet dancer and audience member.

Can Dance Exist without Music?

Ballet San Jose impresses with season opener Neoclassical to Now

Par Terez Rose, 14 février 2014

Ballet San Jose opens its 2014 season with Neoclassical to Now featuring works by Balanchine, Jorma Elo and Gaga founder Ohad Naharin, with delightful results.

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Ballet San Jose's Neoclassical to Now

Giselle returns in fine form to the San Francisco Ballet

Par Terez Rose, 25 janvier 2014

The San Francisco Ballet delivers a memorable Giselle with the finesse and classicism the ballet demands, at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.

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San Francisco Ballet's Giselle

San Francisco Ballet shines once again in Nutcracker

Par Terez Rose, 11 décembre 2013

San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker delivers world class entertainment and features such stars as Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada, Vanessa Zahorian, Frances Chung, Jaime Garcia Castilla. A holiday classic with a fresh spin that's a must-see for adults and children alike.

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San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker

Dancers Among Us: Dance Photography by Jordan Matter

Par Terez Rose, 01 décembre 2013

Read our article about dance photographer Jordan Matter.

Dance photographer: Jordan Matter

Ballet San Jose Gala hails the arrival of new artistic director

Par Terez Rose, 16 novembre 2013

Change is in the air at Ballet San Jose, and Saturday night’s star-studded gala to welcome new artistic director José Manuel Carreño proved this in a big way.

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Ballet San Jose

Smuin Ballet offers San Francisco ballet fans an October treat

Par Terez Rose, 05 octobre 2013

San Francisco’s dance performance pickings are sparse in September, for such a cultured, cosmopolitan city, amid the seasonal return of the symphony and the opera. Thank goodness for October and the Smuin Ballet, which provides hungry-for-dance patrons with a feast of a performance. This year Smuin Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary season.

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Smuin Ballet offers San Francisco ballet fans an October treat