by Amy Brandt | Jan 7, 2021 | Instagram, News, The Latest
This week, San Francisco Ballet artistic director Helgi Tomasson announced that he will be leaving his post in 2022, after 37 years at the helm. Tomasson—a former dancer with Harkness Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and New York City Ballet—has led SFB since 1985,...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 7, 2019 | Instagram, Profiles
Jasmine Jimison is just 17, but she’s already experiencing a fairy-tale ballet career: In her first year as a San Francisco Ballet apprentice, Jimison made sparkling main- stage debuts as Cupid in Don Quixote, the Ballerina Doll in The Nutcracker and, in The...
by Toba Singer | Apr 27, 2018 | News, Profiles
In honor of its 85th anniversary, San Francisco Ballet has commissioned works from 12 internationally-recognized choreographers to contribute to the company’s Unbound: A Festival of New Works, now in progress. Pointe spoke with Belgian-Colombian choreographer...
by Claudia Bauer | Apr 19, 2018 | Career
Photography by Christian Peacock Summer is always a lively time at San Francisco Ballet, as the dancers return from vacation and launch into rehearsals for the upcoming season. But last July through September felt absolutely electric with creativity as the company...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 15, 2018 | News, Profiles
San Francisco Ballet announced this morning that principal dancer Maria Kochetkova will leave the company at the the end of the 2017–18 season. Her final performance date has not yet been announced, but it will be sometime during the company’s Unbound...
by Steve Sucato | Jan 4, 2018 | News, Profiles
Today Grand Rapids Ballet announced that longtime San Francisco Ballet soloist James Sofranko will succeed Patricia Barker as its new artistic director, effective July 1, 2018. The 38-year-old, now in his 18th season with SFB, topped a list of 40 applicants from...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 10, 2017 | Career, Viral Videos
Last Thursday was World Ballet Day LIVE, the official 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing companies across the globe. If you were busy (we know that you don’t always have the luxury to spend an entire day watching ballet), don’t fret. Many of the...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 7, 2017 | Company Life
If everyone in your ballet class has called out sick on October 5, there’s a perfectly good explanation: that’s when World Ballet Day LIVE is scheduled to return. In other words, 24 hours of binge-worthy behind-the-scenes footage featuring five of the...
