Dores André

Biography

Born in Vigo, Spain, Dores André trained with Antonio Almenara and at Estudio de Danza de Maria de Avila. She joined the Company in 2004 and was promoted to soloist in 2012 and principal dancer in 2015. She returned to SF Ballet in 2024. 

Snapshot
  • BORN

Vigo, Spain

  • TRAINING

Antonio Almenara

Estudio de Danza de Maria Avila

  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2004

Promoted to soloist in 2012

Promoted to principal dancer in 2015

Returned to the Company as a principal dancer in 2024

  • OTHER COMPANIES

Zurich Ballet

Repertoire - SF Ballet
  • BALANCHINE

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia)

Agon (1st Pas de trois)

Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (1st movement Soloist, 3rd movement Principal)

Coppélia (Swanilda, Swanilda’s Friends, Jesterettes)

Diamonds

Divertimento No. 15 (3rd Solo)

Emeralds (Pas de trois)

The Four Temperaments (1st Theme and Melancholic Demi-soloist)

Rubies

Scotch Symphony (Scotch Girl, Principal)

Serenade (Angel)

Stars and Stripes (Finale)

Stravinsky Violin Concerto 

Symphony in C (1st movement Principal, 2nd movement Demi-soloist)

Symphony in Three Movements (1st movement)

Theme and Variations (Demi-soloist)

Who Cares?

  • BOURNONVILLE

La Sylphide (The Sylph)

  • BINTLEY

The Dance House

  • BUBENÍČEK

Fragile Vessels (1st, 2nd, & 3rd movement Principal)

  • CANIPAROLI

Ibsen’s House (Rebecca West, Hedda Gabler)

Lambarena (Principal)

  • CRANKO

Onegin (Olga)

  • ELO

Double Evil

  • FOKINE

Petrouchka (Ballerina)

  • FORSYTHE

Artifact Suite

Blake Works I

Pas/Parts 2016 (originated)

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

  • JENKINS

Thread (originated)

  • KOBBORG

Les Lutins (Principal)

  • KUDELKA

The Ruins Proclaim The Building Was Beautiful

  • LIANG

The Infinite Ocean (Principal)

Symphonic Dances

  • LIFAR

Suite en Blanc (Pas de cinq, Sieste)

  • LOPEZ OCHOA

Guernica (originated)

  • MAKAROVA AFTER PETIPA

La Bayadère, Act II (Solo Shade in “The Kingdom of the Shades”)

  • VAN MANEN

Variations for Two Couples

  • MARSTON

Mrs. Robinson (originated Mrs. Robinson)

Snowblind (Mattie Silver)

  • MCGREGOR

Borderlands

  • MCINTYRE

The Big Hunger (Principal)

  • DE MILLE

Rodeo

  • MILLEPIED

Appassionata

  • MORRIS

Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes

Maelstrom

Sandpaper Ballet

  • NEUMEIER

The Little Mermaid (Henriette/The Princess, Bridesmaids)

  • NUREYEV

Raymonda—Act III (2nd Solo, Pas de trois)

  • PAGE

Guide to Strange Places (Principal)

  • PECK

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (originated Principal)

In the Countenance of Kings (originated Quantus)

Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (Principal Couple)

  • PITA

Björk Ballet (originated)

Salome (Salome)

  • POSSOKHOV

Classical Symphony (Principal)

Diving into the Lilacs

Firebird (Princess)

Francesca da Rimini

Fusion (Principal)

Magrittomania (Principal)

The Rite of Spring (Principal)

Swimmer (Lolita)

  • RATMANSKY

Le Carnaval des Animaux (Hen) 

From Foreign Lands (Italian, Polish, Hungarian)

Seven Sonatas

Symphony #9 and Chamber Symphony in Shostakovich Trilogy

The Seasons (Frost, Hail)

  • ROBBINS

The Concert

Dances at a Gathering (Blue)

Glass Pieces (Soloist)

In the Night (1st Pas de deux)

Opus 19/The Dreamer (Principal Couple)

West Side Story Suite (Maria)

  • RHODEN

The Promised Land (originated Principal)

  • ROWE

For Pixie

  • SCARLETT

Die Toteninsel (originated) 

Fearful Symmetries (originated)

Frankenstein (Elizabeth Lavenza)

Hummingbird (Principal)

  • TAYLOR

Company B

  • THATCHER

Drum Roll, Please! (originated Principal)

Ghost in the Machine

In the Passerine’s Clutch

Manifesto (originated)

  • TOMASSON

7 for Eight (Principal)

Criss-Cross (Principal)

Don Quixote (Kitri, Mercedes, Kitri’s Friends, Gitanos)

The Fifth Season (Principal)

Giselle (Myrtha, Solo Wilis, Peasant Pas de cinq)

Haffner Symphony (Soloist)

Meistens Mozart

Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Grand Pas de deux, Queen of the Snow, Maid, Ballerina Doll, Snowflakes, Spanish, Mirlitons, Flowers)

Prism

Romeo & Juliet (Juliet, Acrobats, Harlots)

The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Serenity, White Cat, Little Lilacs, Nymphs, Pas de six/Diamond Fairy, The Enchanted Princess/Bluebird Pas de deux)

Swan Lake (Act I Pas de trois, Aristocrats, Cygnets, Swan Maidens, Neapolitan, Russian Princess)

Trio (2nd movement Principal)

  • WHEELDON

Bound To (originated)

Carousel (A Dance) 

Cinderella (Cinderella, Stepsister Clementine, Spirit of Spring/Lightness, Spanish Princess)

Continuum

Finale Finale (originated Principal)

Ghosts (Soloist)

Number Nine

Quarternary

Rush (Principal)

Within the Golden Hour (Principal)

  • ZANELLA

Underskin

Repertoire - other companies
  • MORAU

Nachtträume

  • SPUCK

Mesa de Requiem

Honors
  • Awarded 1st place at the Ciudad de Torrelavega competition, 1996.
VIDEO

© Video by RJ Muna