Artiste: Lorena Feijoo

Adams and Peter Sellars demand that the audience take a cold, hard look at the Gold Rush and the founding history of California.

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

San Francisco Ballet opens Program 2 of the 2016 season with pieces by two cornerstone American choreographers, George Balanchine and Mark Morris, and a world première by British choreographer Liam Scarlett.