Author Archives: Charlene Cohen

Charlene Cohen

member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet

Old vs. New

When I was a little girl one of my favorite movies was “The Red Shoes.” I actually wore out the tape from watching it so many times. My favorite line was when Artistic Director Boris Lermontov–with his hair slicked back, smoking a cigarette and wearing a gorgeously tailored suit–asks the budding ballerina Victoria Page, “Why [...]
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Update from the studio…

I am soaking up the last day of our three-day weekend; it was a much needed vacation after a packed rehearsal schedule last week.  We pulled Nutcracker out of the closet and dusted it off; though, I must admit there were hardly any cobwebs on that ballet.  We remembered Snow, Flowers, and Mirlitons in record [...]
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Hope for the Lost in Shanghai

Tonight is opening night for San Francisco Ballet’s performance in Shanghai. Though it has been rainy and gloomy here for the past two days, we’re anxious to get onstage and perform- it’s been far too long. We rehearsed last night, and we were still a bit off from jetlag and being away from home; wearing [...]
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Right Back at It!

After two weeks back to work at SFB, summer vacation already seems a distant memory. We got right down to business; the past two weeks were dedicated to setting Petrouchka and Ghosts, the Christopher Wheeldon premiere for this season. The two ballets are on completely different sides of the spectrum of ballet, and remind me [...]
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