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The Joffrey Ballet eventually settled down in New York City, under the name the Robert Joffrey Theatre Ballet. In 1962, modern choreographer Alvin Ailey was invited to make a work for the company. Rebekah Harkness was an important early benefactor and she made international touring possible (Soviet Union, 1963), but in 1964 she and Joffrey ...
Founded in 1975 to serve as San Francisco Ballet's official permanent orchestra, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (SFBO) holds the rare position of being one of three major orchestras in a single city. The orchestra debuted at the end of 1975 with Nutcracker and has met with both audience and critical acclaim ever since, becoming known by the ...
San Francisco Ballet Premiere: March 27, 1984 Promenade Sentimentale by Liam Scarlett [1] World Premiere: April 11, 2013 - K-Ballet, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, Japan; San Francisco Ballet Premiere (pas de deux): January 19, 2017 - San Francisco Ballet 84th Anniversary Gala
When Helgi Tomasson became San Francisco Ballet's new artistic director and leader of the School in 1985, he appointed San Francisco Ballet ballerina Nancy Johnson as its head. In 1993, Lola de Avila was appointed to lead the School (Associate Director, SF Ballet School), and she held that position until 1999.
In 2010, the Ballet’s opening night gala, Silver Celebration, honored Tomasson’s 25 years as artistic director of San Francisco Ballet. [ 9 ] In 2012, Helgi Tomasson was named recipient of the Dance/USA Honor, acknowledging individuals’ contributions to dance in America and the role they play in the national dance community.
For 2012, contestants included the following: the London Royal Ballet's The Nutcracker, Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!, the Bolshoi Ballet's The Nutcracker, Nutcracker: The Story of Clara, two Mariinsky Nutcrackers (2008 and 2012 respectively), and the San Francisco Ballet's The Nutcracker. The winner was the San Francisco version. For 2013, the ...