Surreal whimsy: Magrittomania at San Francisco Ballet

By Terez Rose, 26 January 2016

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“Forsythe’s signature use of syncopation and flowing counterpoint”

Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 24 January 2016

7 for Eight (Helgi Tomasson)

Magrittomania (Yuri Possokhov)

Pas/Parts (North American Premiere) (William Forsythe)

San Francisco Ballet

Martin West, Conductor

Thyra Hartshorn, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Sandra Woodall, Costume Designer

Tiit Helimets, Dancer

Mathilde Froustey, Dancer

David Finn, Lighting Designer

Vanessa Zahorian, Dancer

Gennadi Nedvigin, Dancer

Elizabeth Powell, Dancer

Koto Ishihara, Dancer

Taras Domitro, Dancer

Mungunchimeg Buriad, Piano

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Kevin Connaughton, Lighting Designer

Davit Karapetyan, Dancer

Esteban Hernandez, Dancer

Wei Wang, Dancer

Max Cauthorn, Dancer

Yuan Yuan Tan, Dancer

Sofiane Sylve, Dancer

Carlo Di Lanno, Dancer

Julia Rowe, Dancer

Joseph Walsh, Dancer

Jennifer Stahl, Dancer

Frances Chung, Dancer

Dores André, Dancer

Maria Kochetkova, Dancer

Francisco Mungamba, Dancer

James Sofranko, Dancer

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

Tomasson bows out from San Francisco Ballet with stirring Swan Lake

Terez Rose, 29th April

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.

****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.

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