PREMIERES & COMMISSIONED WORKS
Made for San Francisco and Seen Here First
San Francisco Ballet has a storied history of defining the future of dance with trailblazing commissions from the art form’s most inventive voices. In collaboration with both internationally acclaimed and rising choreographers, SF Ballet’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of dance is evident in this range of works. From full-length story ballets to edgy and abstract contemporary danceworks, these are some of the dynamic world premieres brought to life here at SF Ballet.*
Choreographer: David Dawson
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Scenic Design: John Otto
Costume Design: Yumiko Takeshima
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Assistant to the Choreographer: Rebecca Gladstone
ORIGINAL CAST
Maria Kochetkova, Sofiane Sylve, Carlo Di Lanno, Luke Ingham, Henry Sidford, Wei Wang, Kamryn Baldwin, Elizabeth Mateer, Elizabeth Powell, Skyla Schreter
World Premiere: April 21, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Mark Morris
Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
Scenic and Costume Design: Isaac Mizrahi
Lighting Design: Michael Chybowski
Assistant to the Choreographer: Megan Williams
ORIGINAL CAST
Sean Bennett, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Diego Cruz, Ruben Martin, Vito Mazzeo, Pascal Molat, Gennadi Nedvigin, Jeremy Rucker, Benjamin Stewart
World Premiere: February 14, 2012—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Stanton Welch
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Costume Design: Holly Hynes
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Sasha De Sola, Isabella DeVivo, Mathilde Froustey, Ellen Rose Hummel, Jennifer Stahl, Alexandre Cagnat, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Carlo Di Lanno, Angelo Greco, Esteban Hernández, Lonnie Weeks
World Premiere: April 24, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreography: Trey McIntyre
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Scenic and Costume Design: Thomas Mika
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Benjamin Freemantle, Jennifer Stahl, Luke Ingham, Esteban Hernández, Wei Wang
Alexandre Cagnat, Estéban Cuadrado, Davide Occhipinti, Joshua Jack Price, Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Jacob Seltzer, Myles Thatcher
World Premiere: February 13, 2020—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Arthur Pita
Composers: Björk Gudmundsdottir, Alejandra Ghersi, and Sjón
Costume Design: Marco Morante
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Visual Décor: Arthur Pita
Sound Design: Martin West
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Maria Kochetkova, Sarah Van Patten, Ulrik Birkkjaer, Luke Ingham, Wei Wang
Kamryn Baldwin, Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Mateer, Norika Matsuyama, Elizabeth Powell, Skyla Schreter, Miranda Silveira, Ami Yuki, Diego Cruz, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Blake Kessler, Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Henry Sidford, John-Paul Simoens, Hansuke Yamamoto
World Premiere: April 26, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuka Oishi
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Additional Music Composed by: Shinya Kiyokawa
Costume Design: Emma Kingsbury
Projection Design: Jun Nishida and Hiroki Inokuchi
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Orkan Christopher Dann
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Joseph Walsh, Julia Rowe, Esteban Hernández, Sasha Mukhamedov, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira
Gabriela Gonzalez, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Carmela Mayo, Angela Watson, Luca Ferrò, Joshua Jack Price, Nathaniel Remez, John-Paul Simoens, Hansuke Yamamoto
World Premiere: January 21, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
Composers: Joel Cadbury and Paul Stoney
Scenic Design: Wayne McGregor and Lucy Carter
Costume Design: Wayne McGregor
Lighting Design: Lucy Carter
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Koto Ishihara, Maria Kochetkova, Vito Mazzeo, Pascal Molat, Francisco Mungamba, Elizabeth Powell, Carlos Quenedit, Sofiane Sylve, Sarah Van Patten, Lonnie Weeks
World Premiere: January 29, 2013—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Gavin Bryars
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Joseph Walsh
World Premiere: January 22, 2015—San Francisco Ballet 82nd Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Keaton Henson
Scenic and Costume Design: Jean-Marc Puissant
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Ludmila Bizalion, Sasha De Sola, Isabella DeVivo, Jennifer Stahl, Yuan Yuan Tan, Carlo Di Lanno, Benjamin Freemantle, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Angelo Greco, Lonnie Weeks
World Premiere: April 20, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Scenic Designer: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Designer: Holly Hynes
Lighting Designer: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Maria Kochetkova, Davit Karapetyan, Yuan Yuan Tan, Luke Ingham
Thomas Bieszka, Steven Morse, Hansuke Yamamoto, Isabella DeVivo, Jillian Harvey, Ellen Rose Hummel, Lauren Parrott, Elizabeth Powell, Julia Rowe, Max Cauthorn, Diego Cruz, Esteban Hernández, Francisco Mungamba, Myles Thatcher, Wei Wang
World Premiere: April 4, 2014—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Arielle Smith
Composer: Arturo O’Farrill
Set Design by: Riccardo Hernandez
Costume Design: Gabriela Hearst
Lighting Design: Jim French
Dramaturg: Lucinda Coxon
ORIGINAL CAST
Sasha De Sola, Joseph Walsh, Jennifer Stahl, Wei Wang
Samantha Bristow, Thamires Chuvas, Carmela Mayo, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich, Seojeong Yun, Parker Garrison, Jacob Seltzer, Jasper True Stanford
World Premiere: April 4, 2024—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Rodin Shchedrin
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Lorena Feijoo, Vitor Luiz
World Premiere: January 21, 2016—San Francisco Ballet 83rd Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Assistant to the Choreographer: Jacquelin Barrett
Libretto: Craig Lucas
Scenic and Costume Design: Julian Crouch
Lighting Design: Natasha Katz
Tree and Carriage Sequence Direction/Design: Basil Twist
Projection Design: Daniel Brodie
Scenic Associate: Frank McCullough
Guest Repetiteur: Bruce Sansom
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada, Katita Waldo, Sarah Van Patten, Frances Chung, Taras Domitro
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: December 13, 2012—Dutch National Ballet, Het Muziektheater; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SF Ballet Premiere: May 3, 2013—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Cinderella was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and Dutch National Ballet.
Choreographer: Alonzo King
Composer: Jason Moran
Image Technology by: Jim Campbell
Costume Design: Robert Rosenwasser
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Assistant to the Choreographer: Arturo Fernandez
ORIGINAL CAST
Sofiane Sylve, Tiit Helimets, Jahna Frantziskonis, Joseph Warton
Lauren Strongin, Koto Ishihara, Ana Sophia Scheller, Max Cauthorn, Solomon Golding, Vitor Luiz, Sean Orza, James Sofranko, Myles Thatcher, Samantha Bristow, Madison Keesler, Swane Messaoudi, Kimberly Marie Olivier, Emma Rubinowitz, Natasha Sheehan, Maggie Weirich, Benji Pearson
World Premiere: April 20, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Steve Reich
Costume Design: Susan Roemer
Scenic and Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL FILM CAST
Jasmine Jimison, Sasha De Sola, Ulrik Birkkjaer, Frances Chung, Cavan Conley, Esteban Hernández, Isabella DeVivo, Steven Morse, Maggie Weirich, Sean Bennett
ORIGINAL STAGE CAST
Jasmine Jimison, Sasha De Sola, Aaron Robison, Misa Kuranaga, Cavan Conley, Esteban Hernández, Isabella DeVivo, Steven Morse, Maggie Weirich, Davide Occhipinti
World Premiere (film): February 11, 2021—San Francisco Ballet
Premiere (stage): March 14, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographers: Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine, after Marius Petipa
Composer: Léo Delibes
Book: Charles Nuitter, after E.T.A. Hoffman’s “Der Sandman”
Staged by: Judith Fugate and Garielle Whittle
Scenic and Costume Design: Roberta Guidi di Bagno
Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Maria Kochetkova, Gennadi Nedvigin, Damian Smith
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: July 17, 1974—New York City Ballet; Saratoga Springs, New York
SF Ballet Premiere: March 19, 2011—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
This production of George Balanchine’s Coppélia was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Choreographer: Justin Peck
Composer and Original Orchestration by: Sufjan Stevens
Orchestration for San Francisco Ballet by: Michael P. Atkinson
Costume Design: Ellen Warren
Lighting Design: Brandon Stirling Baker
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Joseph Walsh, Frances Chung, Gennadi Nedvigin, Jennifer Stahl, Luke Ingham
Max Cauthorn, Isabella DeVivo, Jahna Frantziskonis, Jillian Harvey, Steven Morse, Sean Orza, Lauren Parrott, Emma Rubinowitz, Skyla Schreter, Grace Shibley, Wei Wang, Ami Yuki
World Premiere: April 7, 2016—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky and Marius Petipa
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Staging and Additional Choreography: Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov
Scenic and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae
Lighting Design: Lisa J. Pinkham
Author of Don Quixote: Miguel de Cervantes
ORIGINAL CAST
Lorena Feijoo, Joan Boada, Benjamin Pierce, Pascal Molat, Julie Diana, Sergio Torrado, Sarah Van Patten
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: March 14, 2003—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Don Quixote (2012)
Choreography: Alexander Gorsky and Marius Petipa
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Staging and Additional Choreography: Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov
Scenic and Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Associate Scenic Designer: Arnulfo Maldonado
Associate Costume Designer: Heather Lockard
Author of Don Quixote: Miguel de Cervantes
Original Cast
Vanessa Zahorian, Joan Boada, Jim Sohm, Pascal Molat, Sarah Van Patten, Pierre-François Vilanoba
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: April 27, 2012—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Val Caniparoli
Composer: Philip Glass
ORIGINAL CAST
Sarah Van Patten, Tiit Helimets
World Premiere: January 26, 2011—San Francisco Ballet 78th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Jacques Offenbach
Costume Design: Susan Roemer
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Ulrik Birkkjaer
World Premiere: March 24, 2022—San Francisco Ballet 89th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Val Caniparoli
Composer: Dobrinka Tabakova
Costume Design: Susan Roemer
Lighting Design: Jim French
Sound Design: Ben Juodvalkis
ORIGINAL CAST
Lucas Erni, Nikisha Fogo, Angelo Greco, Ellen Rose Hummel, Misa Kuranaga, Steven Morse, Aaron Robison, WanTing Zhao
World Premiere: January 21, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Liam Scarlett
Composer: John Adams
Costume Design: Jon Morrell
Lighting Design: David Finn
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Frances Chung, Isabella DeVivo, Lorena Feijoo, Ellen Rose Hummel, Emma Rubinowitz, Sofiane Sylve, Yuan Yuan Tan, Joan Boada, Esteban Hernández, Luke Ingham, Davit Karapetyan, Vitor Luiz, Gennadi Nedvigin, James Sofranko, Wei Wang
World Premiere: January 27, 2016 —San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Darius Milhaud
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: Alexander V. Nichols
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Joseph Walsh, Isabella DeVivo, Benjamin Freemantle, Elizabeth Powell, Cavan Conley, Esteban Hernández
World Premiere: April 6, 2022—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Franz Liszt
Costume Design: Myles Thatcher and Kate Share
Lighting Design: Jeff Logue
ORIGINAL CAST
Natasha Sheehan, Angelo Greco
World Premiere: November 15, 2016—12th International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts; Toronto, Canada
Choreographer: Val Caniparoli
Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
Costume Design: Kate Share
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Jennifer Stahl, Tiit Helimets, Elizabeth Powell
World Premiere: January 16, 2020—San Francisco Ballet 87th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Jiří Bubeníček
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Scenic Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Uroš Belantič
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Sofiane Sylve, Carlo Di Lanno, Dores André, Joseph Walsh, Wei Wang, Koto Ishihara, Francisco Mungamba
Isabella DeVivo, Jahna Frantziskonis, Ellen Rose Hummel, Lauren Parrott, Elizabeth Powell, Rebecca Rhodes, Skyla Schreter, Diego Cruz, Benjamin Freemantle, Blake Kessler, Steven Morse, Davide Occhipinti, Myles Thatcher, Mingxuan Wang
World Premiere: January 24, 2017—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada, Taras Domitro
Elana Altman, Dares André, Kristina Lind, Mariellen Olson, Jennifer Stahl, Jeremy Rucker, Quinn Wharton, Luke Willis
World Premiere: February 16, 2012—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Liam Scarlett
Composer: Lowell Liebermann
Staged by: Ricardo Cervera
Scenic and Costume Design: John Macfarlane
Lighting Design: David Finn
Projection Design: Finn Ross
Benesh Notator: Gregory Mislin
Novel by: Mary Shelley
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Joseph Walsh, Frances Chung, Vitor Luiz, Sasha De Sola, Angelo Greco
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: May 4, 2016—The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House; London, United Kingdom
SF Ballet Premiere: February 17, 2017—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Frankenstein was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and The Royal Ballet.
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Composer: Moritz Moszkowski
Costume Design: Colleen Atwood
Lighting Design: Mark Stanley
ORIGINAL CAST
Vanessa Zahorian, Davit Karapetyan, Maria Kochetkova, Gennadi Nedvigin, Dores André, Pascal Molat, Sofiane Sylve, Luke Ingham, Sarah Van Patten, Garen Scribner, Dana Genshaft, Vito Mazzeo
World Premiere: March 1, 2013—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Nicolas Blanc
Composer: Anna Clyne
Scenic and Costume Design: Katrin Schnabl
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Max Cauthorn, Sasha De Sola, Wei Wang, Jennifer Stahl, Luke Ingham
Samantha Bristow, Nicole Moyer, Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Davide Occhipinti, Jacob Seltzer, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Adrian Zeisel
World Premiere: January 25, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Michael Nyman
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Susan Roemer
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Vanessa Zahorian, Joseph Walsh, Sasha De Sola, Steven Morse, Dores André, Carlo Di Lanno, Isabella DeVivo, Esteban Hernández, Emma Rubinowitz, Max Cauthorn
World Premiere: April 5, 2017—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreography: Helgi Tomasson, after Marius Petipa, Jules Perrot, and Jean Coralli
Composer: Adolphe Adam
Production: Helgi Tomasson
Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Design: Mikael Melbye
Lighting Design: Lisa J. Pinkham
Assistant to the Choreographer: Lola de Avila
ORIGINAL CAST
Lucia Lacarra, Yuri Possokhov, Damian Smith, Muriel Maffre
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: April 8, 1999—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Composers: Joe Andrews, Michel Banabila, Tom Halstead, and Charles Valentin-Alkan
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Vitor Luiz, Julia Rowe, Myles Thatcher
Jahna Frantziskonis, Madison Keesler, Koto Ishihara, Lauren Strongin, Solomon Golding, James Sofranko, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Max Cauthorn, Emma Rubinowitz, Natasha Sheehan Sean Bennett, Benji Pearson
World Premiere: April 24, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Ashley Page
Composer: John Adams
Scenic and Costume Design: Jon Morrell
Lighting Design: David Finn
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Pascal Molat, Vanessa Zahorian, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Maria Kochetkova, Gennadi Nedvigin, Sarah Van Patten, Anthony Spaulding
Courtney Elizabeth, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Victoria Ananyan, Quinn Wharton
World Premiere: March 23, 2012—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Robert Garland
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Costume Design: Pamela Cummings
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Tai Jimenez
ORIGINAL CAST
Julia Rowe, Esteban Hernández
Gabriela Gonzalez, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Carmela Mayo, Luca Ferrò, Lleyton Ho, Joshua Jack Price, Nathaniel Remez
World Premiere: January 20, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Scenic and Costume Design: Emma Kingsbury
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Misa Kuranaga, Angelo Greco, Wona Park, Max Cauthorn
Alexis Aiudi, Carmela Mayo, Leili Rackow, Julia Rowe, Lucas Erni, Diego Cruz, Luca Ferrò, Lleyton Ho
World Premiere: April 2, 2022—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Liam Scarlett
Composer: Philip Glass
Scenic and Costume Design: John Macfarlane
Lighting Design: David Finn
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Gennadi Nedvigin, Yuan Yuan Tan, Luke Ingham, Dores André, Joan Boada
Sasha De Sola, Simone Messmer, James Sofranko, Hansuke Yamamoto, Ellen Rose Hummel, Elizabeth Powell, Rebecca Rhodes, Julia Rowe, Steven Morse, Benjamin Stewart, Myles Thatcher, Luke Willis
World Premiere: April 29, 2014—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Justin Peck
Composers: Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez, Bradley Laner, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Wei Wang, Sarah Van Patten, Luke Ingham, Gabriela Gonzalez, Ulrik Birkkjaer
Kamryn Baldwin, Norika Matsuyama, Elizabeth Powell, Ami Yuki, Diego Cruz, Daniel Deivison Oliveira, Blake Kessler, Henry Sidford
World Premiere: April 20, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Edwaard Liang
Composer: Oliver Davis
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Sofiane Sylve, Tiit Helimets, Yuan Yuan Tan, Vitor Luiz
Jahna Frantziskonis, Julia Rowe, Natasha Sheehan, Lauren Strongin, Sean Bennett, Max Cauthorn, Solomon Golding, James Sofranko
World Premiere: April 26, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Claudia Schreier
Composer: Tanner Porter
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Abigail Dupree-Polston
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Isaac Hernández, WanTing Zhao, Aaron Robison
Samantha Bristow, Olivia Brothers, Isabella DeVivo, Ellen Rose Hummel, Norika Matsuyama, Pemberley Ann Olson, Lucas Erni, Andris Kundzins, Steven Morse, João Percilio da Silva, Mingxuan Wang, Adrian Zeisel
World Premiere: January 25, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Philip Glass, and Michael Nyman
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Christine Darch
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Assistant to the Choreographer: Clifford Williams
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Angelo Greco, Esteban Hernández, Sasha De Sola, Benjamin Freemantle, Jennifer Stahl, Ulrik Birkkjaer
Ludmila Bizalion, Thamires Chuvas, Isabella DeVivo, WanTing Zhao, Steven Morse, Alexandre Cagnat, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Lonnie Weeks
World Premiere: April 26, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Danielle Rowe
Composer: Pär Hagström
Music arranged by: Philip Feeney
Costume Design: Emma Kingsbury
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Garen Scribner
Original Cast
Tiit Helimets, Jennifer Stahl, Max Cauthorn, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Wei Wang, Davide Occhipinti, Henry Sidford, Sasha De Sola, Parker Garrison, Thamires Chuvas, Leili Rackow, Tyla Steinbach, Jamie Adele Stephens
World Premiere: January 20, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreography: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Matthew Naughtin
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Mary Louise Geiger
Original Cast
Jennifer Stahl, Sean Orza, Norika Matsuyama, Steven Morse, Dores André, Hansuke Yamamoto
Miranda Silveira, Francisco Mungamba, Isabella DeVivo, Wei Wang, Lauren Parrott, Max Cauthorn
World Premiere: February 24, 2015—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Aszure Barton
Music Composed by: Floating Points
Production Design and Visuals: Hamill Industries
Costume Design: Michelle Jank
Lighting Design: Jim French
Dramaturg: Carmen Kovacs
Collaborative Assistant: James Gregg
Sound Engineer: Lotta Westermarck
Copyist & Orchestral Assistant to the Composer: Lara Serafin
Creative Coordinator & Dramaturg: LeeAnn Rossi
ORIGINAL CAST
Jennifer Stahl, Isaac Hernández, Parker Garrison, Wei Wang
Kamryn Baldwin, Katherine Barkman, Raphaël Brunais Besse, Samantha Bristow, Jihyun Choi, Thamires Chuvas, Ruben Cítores Nieto, Cavan Conley, Benjamin Davidoff, Sasha De Sola, Isabella DeVivo, Luca Ferrò, Jacey Gailliard, Gabriela Gonzalez, Esteban Hernández, Lleyton Ho, Jasmine Jimison, Blake Johnston, Andris Kundzins, SunMin Lee, Norika Matsuyama, Carmela Mayo, Swane Messaoudi, Steven Morse, Sasha Mukhamedov, Pemberley Ann Olson, João Percilio da Silva, Hui-Wen Peng, Simone Pompignoli, Leili Rackow, Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Julia Rowe, Jacob Seltzer, Jasper True Stanford, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Angela Watson, Seojeong Yun
World Premiere: January 26, 2024—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Cathy Marston
Music Composed by: Terry Davies
Scenic and Costume Design: Patrick Kinmonth
Scenario: Cathy Marston and Edward Kemp
Lighting Design: Jim French
Dramaturg: Edward Kemp
Choreographic Collaborator: Jenny Tattersall
ORIGINAL CAST
Sarah Van Patten, Joseph Walsh, Madison Keesler, Luke Ingham, Jennifer Stahl, Tiit Helimets
Alexis Aiudi, Kamryn Baldwin, Samantha Bristow, Ludmila Bizalion, Olivia Brothers, Thamires Chuvas, Gabriela Gonzalez, Blake Johnston, SunMin Lee, Elizabeth Mateer, Carmela Mayo, Swane Messaoudi, Pemberley Ann Olson, Lauren Parrott, Leili Rackow, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Maggie Weirich, Sean Bennett, Cavan Conley, Lucas Erni, Joshua Jack Price, Nathaniel Remez, Jacob Seltzer, Myles Thatcher, Mingxuan Wang
World Premiere: February 1, 2022—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Michael Torke
Costume Design: Holly Hynes
Lighting Design: Mary Louise Geiger
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Lorena Feijoo, Maria Kochetkova, Yuan Yuan Tan, Vitor Luiz, Ruben Martin, Pascal Molat, Gennadi Nedvigin
Dores André, Clara Blanco, Charlene Cohen, Nicole Ciapponi, Courtney Elizabeth, Alexandra Meyer-Lorey, Rebecca Rhodes, Danielle Santos, Myles Thatcher, Matthew Stewart, Diego Cruz, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Gaetano Amico, Isaac Hernández, Sebastian Vinet, Quinn Wharton
World Premiere: April 8, 2011—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Michael Yeargen
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Projection Design: Projection Design
ORIGINAL CAST
Ashley Wheater, Tina LeBlanc, Gonzalo Garcia, Yuan Yuan Tan, Ruben Martin, Muriel Maffre
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: December 17, 2004—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Ilya Demutsky
Scenic and Projection Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Lorena Feijoo, Luke Ingham, Taras Domitro
Angelo Greco, James Sofranko, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Steven Morse, Myles Thatcher, Hansuke Yamamoto, Sean Bennett, Max Cauthorn, Benjamin Freemantle, Blake Kessler, Sean Orza, Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Mingxuan Wang
World Premiere: January 26, 2017—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Lar Lubovitch
Composer: Elliot B. Goldenthal
Scenic Design: George Tsypin
Costume Design: Ann Hould-Ward
Original Lighting Design: Pat Collins
Lighting Recreated by: Brad Fields
Projection Design: Wendall K. Harrington
Assistant Choreographer: Ginger Thatcher
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Yuri Possokhov, Yuan Yuan Tan, David Palmer, Stephen Legate, Julia Adam, Claudia Alfieri
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: May 23, 1997—American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera House; New York, New York
SF Ballet Premiere: March 31, 1998—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Othello was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre in collaboration with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company.
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: John Adams
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Sylvie Rood
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Max Cauthorn, Sean Orza, Jahna Frantziskonis, James Sofranko, Sean Bennett, Solomon Golding, Emma Rubinowitz, Maggie Weirich, Samantha Bristow, Madison Keesler, Julia Rowe, Joseph Warton
World Premiere: April 21, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composer: Wojceich Kilar
Costume Design: Susan Roemer and Myles Thatcher
Lighting Design: after Kevin Connaughton
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Dana Genshaft, Joan Boada, Jaime Garcia Castilla
World Premiere: January 24, 2013—San Francisco Ballet 80th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Shinji Eshima
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Aaron Robison
World Premiere: January 19, 2023—San Francisco Ballet 90th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Trey McIntyre
Composers: Barbara Lewis, Kevin Barnes, and Chris White
Costume Design: Trey McIntyre
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Sarah Van Patten, Luke Ingham
World Premiere: January 19, 2017—San Francisco Ballet 84th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Dwight Rhoden
Composers: Philip Glass, Rodrigo Sigal, Luke Howard, Kirill Richter, and Hans Zimmer
Costume Design: Christine Darch
Lighting Design: Michael Korsch
Assistant to the Choreographer: Clifford Williams
ORIGINAL CAST
Esteban Hernández, Frances Chung, Angelo Greco, WanTing Zhao, Benjamin Freemantle, Isabella DeVivo, Joseph Walsh, Sasha De Sola, Wei Wang
Thamires Chuvas, Henry Sidford, Gabriela Gonzalez, Mingxuan Wang, Kamryn Baldwin, Joshua Jack Price, Anatalia St. Clair, Luca Ferrò
World Premiere: April 6, 2022—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Bridget Breiner
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Scenic and Costume Design: Jürgen Kirner
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Lynne Charles
ORIGINAL CAST
Sasha De Sola, Wei Wang, Jennifer Stahl, Tiit Helimets
Henry Sidford, Myles Thatcher, Lonnie Weeks, Thamires Chuvas, Leili Rackow, Jamie Adele Stephens, Davide Occhipinti, Jacob Seltzer, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Anya Mae Krivkovich, Dashiell Snape
World Premiere: January 21, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Shinji Eshima
Scenic and Projection Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith, Pascal Molat
Gaetano Amico, Sean Orza, Jeremy Rucker, Quinn Wharton
World Premiere: February 3, 2011—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreography and Scenic Design: Jamar Roberts
Composer: Gustav Mahler
Costume Design: Jermaine Terry
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Alessio Crognale
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Isaac Hernández, WanTing Zhao, Aaron Robison
Samantha Bristow, Isabella DeVivo, Ellen Rose Hummel, Pemberley Ann Olson, Lucas Erni, Andris Kundzins, Steven Morse, Adrian Zeisel
World Premiere: January 20, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Composer: Riccardo Drigo
Costume Design: Holly Hynes
Lighting Design: Jim French
Original Cast
Misa Kuranaga, Wei Wang, Isabella DeVivo, Benjamin Freemantle
World Premiere: March 24, 2022—San Francisco Ballet 89th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Polina Nazaykinskaya
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Frances Chung, Megan Amanda Ehrlich, Gabriela Gonzalez, Maggie Weirich, Estéban Cuadrado, Joshua Jack Price, Nathaniel Remez, John-Paul Simoens
World Premiere: March 24, 2022—San Francisco Ballet 89th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Scenic Design: Benjamin Pierce
Costume Design: Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Jennifer Stahl, Luke Ingham, Garen Scribner, James Sofranko
Clara Blanco, Sasha De Sola, Dana Genshaft, Myles Thatcher, Shane Wuerthner, Hansuke Yamamoto, Jordan Hammond, Ellen Rose Hummel, Alexandra McCullagh, Kimberly Marie Olivier, Rebecca Rhodes, Emma Rubinowitz, Shannon Rugani, Shion Yuasa, Sean Bennett, Diego Cruz, Steven Morse, Sean Orza, Jeremy Rucker, Benjamin Stewart, Sebastian Vinet, Wei Wang
World Premiere: February 26, 2013—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Scenic and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae
Lighting Design: Thomas R. Skelton
Fight Scene Choreography: Martino Pistone in collaboration with Helgi Tomasson
ORIGINAL CAST
Joanna Berman, Jeremy Collins, Mikko Nissinen, David Justin, Jais Zinoun, Ashley Wheater
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: March 8, 1994—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Arthur Pita
Composer: Frank Moon
Scenic and Costume Design: Yann Seabra
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Dores André, Aaron Robison, Anita Paciotti, Val Caniparoli
Angelo Greco, Francisco Mungamba, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Myles Thatcher, Lonnie Weeks, Hansuke Yamamoto, Sean Bennett, Benjamin Freemantle, Sean Orza, Nathaniel Remez
World Premiere: March 9, 2017—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Composer: Alexander Glazunov
Staged by: Nancy Raffa
Costume Design: Robert Perdziola
Costume Design Assistant: Caitlin Rain
Lighting Design: Mark Stanley
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Misa Kuranaga, Angelo Greco, Tiit Helimets, Dores André, Yuan Yuan Tan, Sasha De Sola, Madison Keesler, Elizabeth Powell, Wona Park, Joseph Walsh, Cavan Conley, Hansuke Yamamoto, Isabella DeVivo, Benjamin Freemantle
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: May 20, 2019—American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera House; New York, New York
SF Ballet Premiere: March 15, 2022—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
The Seasons was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
Staged by: Nancy Raffa
Scenic Designer: George Tsypin
Costume Designer: Keso Dekker
Lighting Designer: Jennifer Tipton
SF BALLET PREMIERE CAST
Sarah Van Patten, Carlos Quenedit, Simone Messmer, James Sofranko, Taras Domitro, Davit Karapetyan, Sasha De Sola, Lorena Feijoo, Mathilde Froustey, Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith, Maria Kochetkova, Vitor Luiz
Artists of the Company
World Premiere (complete): May 31, 2013—American Ballet Theatre, Metropolitan Opera House; New York, New York
SF Ballet Premiere: April 2, 2014—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Shostakovich Trilogy was a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson, after Marius Petipa
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae
Lighting Design: Craig Miller
Assistant to the Choreographer: Irina Jacobson
ORIGINAL CAST
Evelyn Cisneros, Anthony Randazzo, Pascale Leroy, Anita Paciotti
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: March 13, 1990—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Cathy Marston
Composers: Amy Beach, Philip Feeney, Arthur Foote, and Arvo Pärt
Music arranged by: Philip Feeney
Scenic and Costume Design: Patrick Kinmonth
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Assistant to the Choreographer: Jenny Tattersall
ORIGINAL CAST
Ulrik Birkkjaer, Sarah Van Patten, Mathilde Froustey
Ludmila Bizalion, Gabriela Gonzalez, Ellen Rose Hummel, Norika Matsuyama, Lauren Parrott, Elizabeth Powell, Miranda Silveira, Anatalia St. Clair, Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Henry Sidford, John-Paul Simoens, Hansuke Yamamoto
World Premiere: April 21, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Swan Lake (1988)
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Black Swan Pas de Deux and Act II: after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Scenic and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae
Lighting Design: David K.H. Elliot
Assistant to the Choreographer: Lola de Avila
ORIGINAL CAST
Karin Averty, Jean Charles Gil, Jim Sohm
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: April 23, 1988—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Swan Lake (2009)
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Black Swan Pas de Deux and Act II: after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Scenic and Costume Design: Jonathan Fensom
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton
Projection and Video Design: Sven Ortel
Hair, Wig and Make-Up Design: Michael Ward
Assistant to the Choreographer: Lola de Avila
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Tiit Helimets, Damian Smith
Artists of the Company with Students of San Francisco Ballet School
World Premiere: February 21, 2009—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composers: Shinji Eshima, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, and Gavin Bryars
Choreography: Yuri Possokhov
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: David Finn
Video Design: Kate Duhamel
ORIGINAL CAST
Taras Domitro, Maria Kochetkova, Tiit Helimets, Lorena Feijoo, Vitor Luiz, Yuan Yuan Tan, Wei Wang, Gennadi Nedvigin, Pascal Molat
Isabella DeVivo, Lacey Escabar, Jordan Hammond, Jillian Harvey, Ellen Rose Hummel, Kristina Lind, Lee Alex Meyer-Lorey, Kimberly Marie Olivier, Emma Rubinowitz, Skyla Schreter, Grace Shibley, Miranda Silveira, WanTing Zhao, Gaetano Amico, Sean Bennett, Thomas Bieszka, Max Cauthorn, Diego Cruz, Benjamin Freemantle, Steven Morse, Sean Orza, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Aaron Renteria, Henry Sidford, John-Paul Simoens, Benjamin Stewart, Mingxuan Wang
World Premiere: April 10, 2015—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Mark Morris
Composer: Léo Delibes
Scenic Design: Allen Moyer
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
Assistant to the Choreographer: Susan Weber
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Gonzalo Garcia, Yuri Possokhov, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Muriel Maffre
Artists of the Company
World Premiere: April 30, 2004—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Edwaard Liang
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Jack Mehler
ORIGINAL CAST
Yuan Yuan Tan, Sofiane Sylve, Maria Kochetkova, Vito Mazzeo, Tiit Helimets, Vitor Luiz
Courtney Elizabeth, Dana Genshaft, Isaac Hernández, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Dores André, Nicole Ciapponi, Charlene Cohen, Jennifer Stahl, Sean Orza, Gaetano Amico, Luke Willis, Quinn Wharton
World Premiere: March 21, 2012—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Alberto Iglesias
ORIGINAL CAST
Lorena Feijoo, Vitor Luiz
World Premiere: January 26, 2011—San Francisco Ballet 78th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Val Caniparoli
Composer: Steve Reich
Costume and Scenic Design: Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design: Clifton Taylor
ORIGINAL CAST
Lorena Feijoo, Vitor Luiz, Sasha De Sola, Tiit Helimets, Ellen Rose Hummel, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira
Gaetano Amico, Sean Orza, Benjamin Stewart, Myles Thatcher
World Premiere: February 18, 2014—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Liam Scarlett
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Lighting and Scenic Design: David Finn
Costume Design: Sandra Woodall
ORIGINAL CAST
Esteban Hernández, Lauren Strongin, Joseph Walsh, Dores André, Vitor Luiz, Wei Wang
Isabella DeVivo, Gabriela Gonzalez, Wona Park, WanTing Zhao, Diego Cruz, Benjamin Freemantle, Henry Sidford, John-Paul Simoens
World Premiere: March 29, 2019—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Mark Zappone
Lighting Design: Christopher Dennis
ORIGINAL CAST
Vanessa Zahorian, Vitor Luiz, Sarah Van Patten, Tiit Helimets, Vito Mazzeo, Maria Kochetkova, Gennadi Nedvigin
Dores André, Nicole Ciapponi, Charlene Cohen, Sasha De Sola, Madison Keesler, Gaetano Amico, Benjamin Stewart, Myles Thatcher, Luke Willis, Jeremy Rucker, Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Isaac Hernández, Steven Morse, Matthew Stewart, Sebastian Vinet
World Premiere: February 25, 2011—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Danielle Rowe
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Costume Design: Danielle Rowe
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Sofiane Sylve, Aaron Robison
World Premiere: January 23, 2019—San Francisco Ballet 86th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Scenic Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Design: Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design: Jim French
Assistant to the Choreographer: Tilt Helimets
ORIGINAL CAST
Sasha Mukhamedov, Wona Park, Joseph Walsh, Julia Rowe, Esteban Hernández, Carmela Mayo, Cavan Conley
Juliana Bellissimo, Gabriela Gonzalez, Elizabeth Mateer, Angela Watson, Joshua Jack Price, John-Paul Simoens, Mingxuan Wang, Nathaniel Remez
World Premiere: January 25, 2023—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Trey McIntyre
Composer: Chris Garneau
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls
ORIGINAL CAST
Benjamin Freemantle, Isabella DeVivo, Steven Morse, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Jennifer Stahl, Sasha De Sola, Lonnie Weeks, Esteban Hernández, Alexandre Cagnat
World Premiere: April 24, 2018—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composers: Ivan Pavlov and Annie Bandez
Costume Design: Kate Share
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Sasha De Sola, Benjamin Freemantle
World Premiere: January 16, 2020—San Francisco Ballet 87th Anniversary Gala, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Composer: Daria Novo, after George Frideric Handel
Scenic Design: Ben Pierce
Costume Design: Christopher Read
Lighting Design: Jim French
ORIGINAL CAST
Joseph Walsh, Yuan Yuan Tan, Aaron Robison, Sofiane Sylve, Luke Ingham
Wona Park, Steven Morse, Elizabeth Powell, Henry Sidford, Koto Ishihara, Diego Cruz, Elizabeth Mateer, John-Paul Simoens
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
World Premiere: March 27, 2019—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
* This list is a work in progress, and not a comprehensive archive of all of San Francisco Ballet’s premieres and commissioned works.