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Friday, January 8th, 2010 | All Posts by Open Studio 455, SFB Scene | No Comments

The Company returned to studios Wednesday after a much deserved break following Nutcracker. Dancers are right back in the swing of things with rehearsals for the Opening Night Gala and Swan Lake, and costume fittings for The Little Mermaid.
Tomorrow is the first day of SF Ballet School’s annual audition tour, which begins in Santa Monica, CA and concludes on February 20 in San Francisco. The auditions are for admission to the School’s prestigious five-week intensive Summer Session, held from June 28–July 30, 2010. More than 1,200 students are expected to try out for approximately 200 coveted spots. Additional audition sites include Irvine, CA; Carlisle, PA; Washington, DC; Boston; New York; Seattle; Chicago; Boca Raton, FL; Winston-Salem, NC; and Fort Worth, TX. Be sure to check the School’s Facebook page for behind-the-scenes photos from life at the School.
Ever wonder who takes such gorgeous pictures of the Company? You might be surprised to learn the answer is Artistic Director & Choreographer Helgi Tomasson’s son, Erik Tomasson. Next Tuesday, the San Francisco Museum of Performance & Design will open a stunning photography retrospective by Tomasson in honor of his fifth year photographing the Company. The exhibition, entitled Captured: Erik Tomasson Photographs San Francisco Ballet, will feature more than 20 images selected from the vast body of work that Tomasson has photographed during his tenure as SF Ballet’s photographer. The exhibit, located in the Veterans Building at 401 Van Ness Avenue (4^th Floor), is free and open to the public.

Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada in Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour; one of the photos featured in Captured: Erik Tomasson Photographs San Francisco Ballet (© Erik Tomasson)

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