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Warming Up

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By Quinn Wharton
member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet.
April 4, 2012
As we hit mid stride in the season, a certain rhythm develops in our days. We spend most of them inside the theatre on a double cycle of sorts, so it goes in rotations. This idea of patterns and schedules reminded me of how similar what we do is to meditation, or an aesthetic Eastern [...]
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Prima Premieres at TriBeCa Film Festival!

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By Shannon Marie Roberts
member of the corps de ballet of San Francisco Ballet.
March 30, 2012
Last year I had the opportunity to star in a short film called Prima where I portrayed a young ballerina who copes with the abrupt end to her promising dance career. Alone in a studio, she recalls a life that has already passed. It was my first experience working on camera and also choreographing. I [...]
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Photo Album: Ed Liang’s Symphonic Dances

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By Open Studio 455

March 28, 2012
Choreographer Ed has chosen some of his favorite pics for this blog, from his recent world premiere Symphonic Dances – which he describes as “spiritual” and “abstract.”        
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Thoughts on Raymonda

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By Beth Genné
San Francisco Ballet 2012 Visiting Scholar
March 26, 2012
Raymonda was first performed in 1898 in St. Petersburg, the center of Russian Imperial Ballet, at the blue and gold Mariinsky Theater with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Alexander Glazunov.  The young George Balanchine, who as a student danced in the ballet, thought the choreography “superb,” the music beautiful, and the convoluted story [...]
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