San Francisco Ballet at Sadler's Wells: A second night just as good as the first

By Hanna Weibye, 21 September 2012

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 15 September 2012

Trio (Helgi Tomasson)

Ghosts (Christopher Wheeldon)

Guide to Strange Places (Ashley Page)

San Francisco Ballet

Vanessa Zahorian, Dancer

Joan Boada, Dancer

Sarah van Patten, Dancer

Tiit Helmets, Dancer

Vito Mazzeo, Dancer

Maria Kochetkova, Dancer

Yuan Yuan Tan, Dancer

Damian Smith, 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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Hanna Weibye

Hanna is a historian at King's College, Cambridge. She is currently completing a biography of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the inventor of German gymnastics ('Turnen'). She has produced, danced in and choreographed for ballet and contemporary shows in Cambridge. Follow her on twitter @hweibye.