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List of San Francisco Ballet 2016 repertory

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San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2016 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts[1] beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 21, 2016. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.

Gala

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

The program for the gala [2] [3]

After intermission, SF Ballet Orchestra performed "Infernal Dance" from The Firebird, in Celebration of San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary. (No dancers were on stage during this.)

Programs

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Program one, Jan 24 - Feb 5 Mixed program

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Program two, Jan 27 - Feb 6 Mixed program

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Program three, Feb 19 - Feb 28 Full-Length

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Program four, Mar 8 - Mar 13 Full-Length

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Program five, Mar 16 - Mar 22 Mixed program

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Program six, Apr 5 - Apr 16 Mixed program

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Program seven, Apr 7 - Apr 17 Mixed Program

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Program eight, Apr 30 - May 8 Full length

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2016 Company Roster

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The company of the San Francisco Ballet:

Changes from 2015 season

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Promotions and Additions

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Dancers

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Principal Dancers

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Name Nationality Training Other Companies Principal Since Notes
Dores André  Spain Estudio de Danza de Maria Avila 2015
Joan Boada  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba
The Australian Ballet
Royal Ballet of Flanders
1999
Jaime Garcia Castilla  Spain Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance 2008
Frances Chung  Canada Goh Ballet Academy 2009
Taras Domitro  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba 2008
Lorena Feijoo  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School National Ballet of Cuba
Royal Ballet of Flanders
Joffrey Ballet
1999
Mathilde Froustey  France Marseille National School of Ballet
Paris Opéra Ballet School
Paris Opéra Ballet 2013
Tiit Helimets  Estonia Tallinn Ballet School Estonian National Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
2005
Luke Ingham  Australia Australian Ballet School The Australian BalletHouston Ballet 2014
Davit Karapetyan  Armenia Armenian School of Ballet
Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule
Zurich Ballet 2005 Named John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer
Maria Kochetkova  Russia Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Royal Ballet
English National Ballet
2007 Named Herbert Family Principal Dancer
Vitor Luiz  Brazil The Royal Ballet School Birmingham Royal Ballet 2009
Pascal Molat  France Paris Opéra Ballet School Royal Ballet of Flanders
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
2003
Gennadi Nedvigin  Russia Moscow State Academy of Choreography Le Jeune Ballet de France
Moscow Renaissance Ballet
2000
Carlos Quenedit  Cuba Cuban National Ballet School Cuban National BalletMiami City Ballet

Joffrey Ballet

2014
Sofiane Sylve  France Centre de Danse l’Académie Dutch National Ballet
New York City Ballet
2008
Yuan Yuan Tan  China Shanghai Dance School

John Cranko School

1997 Named Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer
Sarah Van Patten  United States Ballet Workshop of New England
Massachusetts Youth Ballet
Royal Danish Ballet 2007 Named Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer
Joseph Walsh  United States Walnut Hill School of the Arts
Houston Ballet II
Houston Ballet 2014
Vanessa Zahorian  United States Kirov Academy of Ballet
Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Mariinsky Ballet 2002 Named Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer

Principal character dancers

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Soloists

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Corps de Ballet

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Apprentices

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  • Grace Choi
  • Blake Kessler
  • Anastasia Kubanda
  • Chisako Oga
  • Francisco Sebastião

Artistic Staff

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Source:[13]

  • Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
  • Ballet Master & Assistant to the Artistic Director: Ricardo Bustamante
  • Ballet Masters
  • Company Teachers
    • Helgi Tomasson
    • Ricardo Bustamante
    • Felipe Diaz
  • Choreographer in Residence: Yuri Possokhov
  • Music Director and Principal Conductor: Martin West
  • Other Artistic Staff
    • Caroline Giese, Artistic Administrator
    • Alan Takata-Villareal, Logistics Manager
    • Abby Masters, Assistant to the Artistic Staff

Music Director and Musicians

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  • Music Director & Principal Conductor: Martin West

Strings

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Violin I
Cordula Merks,Concertmaster Mia Kim
Wenyi Shih, Acting Associate Robin Hansen
Beni Shinohara, Assistant Concertmaster Brian Lee
Heidi Wilcox Mariya Borozina
Violin II
Marianne Wagner, Principal Patricia Van Winkle
Craig Reiss, Associate Principal Clifton Foster
Jeanelle Meyer, Assistant Principal Elbert Tsai
Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Principal
Viola
Yi Zhou, Principal Caroline Lee
Anna Kruger, Associate Principal Paul Ehrlich
Joy Fellows, Assistant Principal
Cello
Eric Sung, Principal Thalia Moore
Jonah Kim, Associate Principal Nora Pirquet
Victor Fierro, Assistant Principal
Contrabass
Steven D'Amico,Principal Jonathan Lancelle, Assistant Principal
Shinji Eshima, Associate Principal Mark Drury
Harp
Annabelle Taubl, Principal

Woodwinds

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Flute
Barbara Chaffe, Principal Julie McKenzie, 2nd & Piccolo
Oboe
Laura Griffiths, Principal Marilyn Coyne, 2nd & English Horn
Clarinet
Natalie Parker, Principal Andrew Sandwick, 2nd & Bass Clarinet
Bassoon
Rufus Olivier, Principal Patrick Johnson-Whitty, 2nd & Contrabassoon

Brass

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Horn
Kevin Rivard, Principal Keith Green
Brian McCarty, Associate Principal Bill Klingelhoffer
Trumpet/Cornet
Adam Luftman, Principal Ralph Wagner (Leave of Absence)
Conrad Jones(Season Substitute)
Trombone
Jeffrey Budin, Principal Hall Goff
Bass Trombone
Scott Thornton, Principal
Tuba
Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal

Percussion

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Timpani
James Gott, Principal
Percussion
David Rosenthal, Principal

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Repertory Season". www.SFBallet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Casting: San Francisco Ballet". January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Program notes in the Provocative: San Francisco Ballet 2016 Opening Night Gala booklet (2016)
  4. ^ "Dana Genshaft". San Francisco Ballet School. November 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Adios, Clara Blanco". Woolywesterneye. September 4, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "ABT: Dancers". www.ABT.org. December 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Claudia Bauer (February 8, 2016). "New talent rises at Diablo Ballet". SFGate.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Kristina Lind". operaballet.nl. November 1, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Corps de Ballet". www.SFBallet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "Principal Dancers Joan Boada and Pascal Molat to Retire from SF Ballet Following the 2015-16 Season". SFBallet.org. November 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  11. ^ Allan Ulrich (March 1, 2016). "SF Ballet's Nedvigin takes Atlanta Ballet post". SFGate.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "San Francisco Ballet Announces 2016 Repertory Season Company Members". www.SFBallet.org. June 2, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "Artistic Staff". www.sfballet.org. January 24, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
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