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In fall 2009, San Francisco Ballet made its first trip to the People's Republic of China, with performances in Shanghai and Beijing. In 2012, San Francisco Ballet embarked on the longest tour in the company's history, with engagements in London and Washington, DC, as well as first-time visits to Hamburg, Germany; Moscow; and Sun Valley, Idaho.
Along with American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet has been described as part of the "triumvirate of great classical companies defining the American style on the world stage today." [5] With its origins in turn-of-the-century traveling companies, the San Francisco ballet routinely rented practice studios.
San Francisco Ballet School was founded in 1933 as part of the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School when Gaetano Merola, the founder of the San Francisco Opera, perceived a need for an institution where dancers could be trained to perform in opera productions.
Born in Missoula, Montana, Smuin was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet, for which he served as co-artistic director from 1973 through 1985. In 1994 he founded Smuin Ballet. [1] He also choreographed for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Washington Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet. [2]
The San Francisco Ballet, founded as the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1933, [1] predates both American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet. Barbara Crockett founded the Sacramento Ballet in 1954 [ 2 ] and hosted the first festival for the Pacific Western Region of Regional Dance America in 1966. [ 3 ]
San Francisco Ballet Premiere: April 5, 2016; Shostakovich Trilogy; Souvenir D'Un Lieu Cher. World Premiere: February 16, 2012 - Dutch National Ballet; San Francisco Ballet Premiere: January 22, 2015 [2] Stravinsky Violin Concerto by George Balanchine [4] World Premiere: June 18, 1972 — New York City Ballet, New York State Theater; New York ...
Willam Farr Christensen (August 27, 1902 – October 14, 2001) [1] was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the San Francisco Ballet and Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is known for bringing the complete version of the Russian ballet The Nutcracker to the United States, as well as staging the first American ...
Sylvia, originally Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, is a full-length classical ballet in two or three acts, first choreographed by Louis Mérante to music by Léo Delibes. The ballet's premiere took place on 14 June 1876 at the Palais Garnier , but was largely unnoticed by the critics .