Elizabeth Powell

Biography

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Powell trained at Boston Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School, including the School’s Trainee Program from 2010–2011. She was named an apprentice in 2011, joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2012, and was promoted to soloist in 2018. 

Snapshot
  • BORN 

Salem, Massachusetts 

  • TRAINING 

Boston Ballet School 

San Francisco Ballet School 

San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program, 2010–2011 

  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 

Named as apprentice in 2011 

Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2012 

Promoted to soloist in 2018 

Repertoire - SF Ballet
  • BALANCHINE 

Agon 

Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (1st & 3rd movement Demi Soloist, 4th movement) 

Coppélia (Swanilda’s Friends, Villagers, Brides, War and Discord Corps) 

Diamonds 

The Four Temperaments 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia, Divertissement Ensemble) 

Scotch Symphony 

Serenade 

Stravinsky Violin Concerto 

Symphony in C (Demi-Soloist in 4th movement & finale) 

Symphony in Three Movements 

  • BLANC 

Gateway to the Sun (Principal) 

  • BOURNONVILLE

La Sylphide (Sylphs) 

  • BREINER

The Queen’s Daughter (The Queen) 

  • BUBENÍČEK

Fragile Vessels (originated) 

  • CANIPAROLI

Foreshadow (originated Kitty) 

Ibsen’s House (Rebecca West in “Rosmersholm”) 

  • CRANKO 

Onegin (Friends, Tatiana’s Double, Corps) 

  • DAWSON 

Anima Animus (originated) 

  • FORSYTHE

Blake Works I 

  • LANDER

Etudes (excerpt) | (Ladies in White) 

  • LIANG 

The Infinite Ocean 

  • LIFAR 

Suite en Blanc 

  • MACMILLAN

Concerto (Corps in Pas de Deux) 

  • MAKAROVA after Petipa 

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

  • MARSTON 

Snowblind (originated) 

  • MCGREGOR

Borderlands (originated) 

  • MILLEPIED 

Appassionata  

The Chairman Dances—Quartet for Two (originated) 

  • MORRIS 

Sandpaper Ballet (Ensemble) 

  • NEUMEIER

The Little Mermaid (Mermaid’s Sisters) 

  • NUREYEV

Raymonda—Act III (Hungarian) 

  • PECK 

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (created) 

In the Countenance of Kings 

  • PITA 

Björk Ballet (originated) 

  • POSSOKHOV

Classical Symphony 

Firebird (Friends) 

Swimmer 

“… two unite in a single soul…” 

  • RATMANSKY

Le Carnaval des Animaux (Hen) 

From Foreign Lands (Italian, Polish, Hungarian) 

Chamber Symphony and Piano Concerto #1 in Shostakovich Trilogy 

The Seasons (The Rose) 

  • RHODEN 

The Promised Land  

  • ROBBINS 

The Cage 

Glass Pieces 

Opus 19/The Dreamer 

In the Night 

  • ROWE

MADCAP (The Oracle) 

  • SCARLETT 

Frankenstein 

Hummingbird (Soloist, created Corps) 

  • TOMASSON

7 for Eight 

Caprice (originated) 

Criss-Cross 

Don Quixote (Kitri’s Friends) 

The Fifth Season (Principal) 

Giselle (Giselle’s Friends, Solo Wilis, Peasant Pas de Cinq) 

Haffner Symphony 

Nutcracker (Party Guests, Ballerina Doll, Snowflakes, Queen of the Snow, Spanish, Arabian, French, Waltzing Flowers) 

On a Theme of Paganini 

Romeo & Juliet (Rosaline, Acrobats, Harlots) 

The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Tenderness, Countess, Enchanted Princess, Little Lilacs, Garland Dance, Nymphs, Pas de Six/Silver Fairy, White Cat) 

Swan Lake (Aristocrats, Swan Maidens, Swans, Czardas Princess, Russian Princess, Act 3/4 Corps) 

Trio 

  • WHEELDON

Cinderella (Stepsister Edwina, Spring Corps, Balinese Princess, Courtiers) 

Finale Finale (originated Principal) 

Within the Golden Hour (Soloist, Corps) 

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