By Matt Naughtin Music Librarian for San Francisco Ballet October 20, 2009
Now that I’m back home and de-jetlagged, I have a few last thoughts and some photos I’d like to share from China. First, Michele Inaba asked about the composition of audiences in China, and the interest in ballet by the press and general public. The audiences seemed to contain a healthy mix of the young [...]
By Matt Stewart member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet. October 16, 2009
This summer was shaping up to be the best summer a person could reasonably ask for. Three weeks after the end of a successful 2009 repertory season I was able to record my first album, No Return Address, with some great friends from the Ballet, including soloist James Sofranko, former master electrician at SFB Dennis Hudson, and my twin [...]
By Quinn Wharton member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet. October 6, 2009
The Summer Palace is the most intense cultural experience I’ve had in China so far, excluding that evening I got lost in the slums of Shanghai. The Palace is where the emperor and his family would go during the summers to escape the city heat of Beijing. It’s a glorious, old place resting on a lake northeast [...]
China Wrap-up
Music Librarian for San Francisco Ballet
October 20, 2009