This Saturday, May 2, the San Francisco Ballet School will hold auditions for its 2009-2010 school year. Aspiring students from ages 7 ½ – 18 will audition for a spot in the prestigious program. For more details, click here.
The final program of the 2009 season (Program 8) opens tonight. The Company will be busy this afternoon with a dress rehearsal and then enjoy a brief break before tonight’s 8pm performance. Program 8 features works by three contemporary choreographers: Yuri Possokhov, Alexei Ratmansky, and Jorma Elo, and runs today through May 8. Click here for a preview of Possokhov’s Fusion and Elo’s Double Evil on SF Ballet’s YouTube channel.
Want to learn more about ballet firsthand from dancers and choreographers? Did you know that SF Ballet offers free lectures that are open to the public? The Pointes of View lecture series continues tomorrow, April 29 from 6pm-7pm at Herbst Theater, across from the Opera House. Local Dance Scholar and Educator Mary Wood will interview a panel about the challenges and thrills of dancing Balanchine’s works. The panel includes Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson; Repetiteur for The George Balanchine Trust, Elyse Borne; and SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sarah Van Patten. Click here for more information.
SFB Scene
April 28, 2009
San Francisco Ballet in Possokhov's Fusion (© Erik Tomasson)