San Francisco Ballet struts its stuff at Gala #86

By Carla Escoda, 25 January 2019

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“There was no shortage of fierce 21st century athlete-ballerinas at this gala”

Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 23 January 2019

Rubies (George Balanchine)

Agon (George Balanchine)

Études (Harald Lander)

Soirées Musicales (Helgi Tomasson)

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Justin Peck)

Handel - A Celebration (Helgi Tomasson)

Diving into the Lilacs (Yuri Possokhov)

UnSaid (Dani Rowe)

San Francisco Ballet

Ana Sophia Scheller, Dancer

Vitor Luiz, Dancer

Benjamin Freemantle, Dancer

Jennifer Stahl, Dancer

Wan Ting Zhao, Dancer

Sasha De Sola, Dancer

Misa Kuranaga, Dancer

Gabriela Gonzalez, Dancer

Dores André, Dancer

Angelo Greco, Dancer

Tiit Helimets, Dancer

Mathilde Froustey, Dancer

Yuan Yuan Tan, Dancer

Carlo Di Lanno, Dancer

Sofiane Sylve, Dancer

Aaron Robinson, Dancer

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.