Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's Swan Lake

Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh in Tomasson's Swan Lake

San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson's Swan Lake

Par Terez Rose, 01 mai 2022

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“this company, under Tomasson’s tutelage, is as good as ballet gets”

Critique faite à War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, le 29 avril 2022

Le Lac des cygnes (Helgi Tomasson)

San Francisco Ballet

Martin West, Direction

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Cordula Merks, Violon

Frances Chung, Danse

Joseph Walsh, Danse

Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Danse

Anita Paciotti, Danse

Ricardo Bustamante, Danse

Sasha Mukhamedov, Danse

Henry Sidford, Danse

John-Paul Simoens, Danse

Elizabeth Mateer, Danse

Alexander Reneff-Olson, Danse

Norika Matsuyama, Danse

Cavan Conley, Danse

Royal Ballet School Summer Performance: talent in abundance

Deborah Weiss, 6th July

The Royal Ballet School students shine at their annual matinée at the Royal Opera House showing exceptional talent and versatility.

*****

Next Generation Festival: Royal Ballet School in fine form

Amanda Jennings, 19th June

The Royal Ballet School deliver a promising mixed programme with some truly exceptional individual performances.

****1

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

Terez Rose, 21st April

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

****1

San Francisco Ballet enchants with a winning Giselle

Terez Rose, 24th February

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.

****1

An exciting buzz generated for San Francisco's Nutcracker

Terez Rose, 8th December

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

****1

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

Terez Rose, 26th February

Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov's restaging of the 1869 Petipa classic brings a sunny smile to faces in San Francisco.

****1

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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.

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