Tag Archives: Petrouchka

Old vs. New

By Charlene Cohen
member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet
March 3, 2010

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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Petrouchka Vignette

By Christina Hecht
Former-president and current member of BRAVO, an active group that contributes thousands of hours of volunteer assistance every year and provides vital services to support SF Ballet.
March 1, 2010

As a BRAVO chaperone for the thirteen children in Fokine’s Petrouchka, I was amazed and rather moved when I went downstairs in the Opera House backstage and saw stacks of the hampers that the production’s costumes came to us in, shipped all the way from the Birmingham Royal Ballet in the United Kingdom. So old-fashioned! [...]

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