- Principal
Jennifer Stahl
- DIANA DOLLAR KNOWLES PRINCIPAL DANCER
Biography
Born in Dana Point, California, Jennifer Stahl trained at Maria Lazar’s Classical Ballet Academy and San Francisco Ballet School. She was named an apprentice with San Francisco Ballet in 2005, joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2006, promoted to soloist in 2013, principal dancer in 2017, and appointed Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer in 2024.
- BORN
Dana Point, California
- TRAINING
Maria Lazar’s Classical Ballet Academy
San Francisco Ballet School
- SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Named an apprentice in 2005
Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2006
Promoted to soloist in 2013
Promoted to principal dancer in 2017
Appointed Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer in 2024
- ADAM
Night
- BALANCHINE
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania, Hippolyta, Divertissement Ensemble)
Agon (1st Pas de trois)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
Coppélia (Waltz of the Hours Soloist, Mazurka, Czardas)
Diamonds
Divertimento No. 15
Emeralds
The Four Temperaments (2nd Theme, Choleric)
Prodigal Son (Siren)
Rubies
Serenade (Dark Angel)
Stars and Stripes (Finale)
Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Aria I)
Symphony in C (4th movement)
Symphony in Three Movements (3rd Pas de deux)
Theme and Variations
- BARTON
Mere Mortals (originated Pandora)
- BINTLEY
The Dance House
- BLANC
Gateway to the Sun (originated)
- BREINER
The Queen’s Daughter (originated The Queen)
- BUBENÍČEK
Fragile Vessels
- CANIPAROLI
Foreshadow (originated Anna Karenina)
Ibsen’s House (Mrs. Alving in “Ghosts”)
- CRANKO
Onegin
- ELO
Double Evil
- FOKINE
Petrouchka (Nursemaid)
- FORSYTHE
Artifact Suite
Blake Works I
in the middle, somewhat elevated
Pas/Parts 2016 (originated)
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
- KUDELKA
The Ruins Proclaim The Building Was Beautiful
- LIANG
Symphonic Dances
- LIFAR
Suite en Blanc (Flute, Sieste)
- MACMILLAN
Song of the Earth (Woman)
- MARSTON
Mrs. Robinson (originated Mrs. Braddock)
Snowblind (Zeena Frome)
- MCGREGOR
Borderlands
- MCINTYRE
The Big Hunger (originated Principal)
Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem (originated)
- MILLEPIED
Appassionata
The Chairman Dances—Quartet for Two
- MORRIS
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
A Garden
Joyride (originated)
Maelstrom
Sandpaper Ballet
Sylvia
- NEUMEIER
The Little Mermaid (Mermaid Sisters, Nuns)
- NUREYEV
Raymonda—Act III
- PAGE
Guide to Strange Places
- PECK
In the Countenance of Kings (originated Botanica)
- POSSOKHOV
Firebird (Firebird)
Magrittomania
Reflections
The Rite of Spring (originated)
Swimmer (Nighthawks Pas de deux)
“… two united in a single soul…”
- RATMANSKY
Le Carnaval des Animaux (Swan, Jellyfish)
From Foreign Lands (German Principal, Polish)
Russian Seasons (Purple Woman)
Symphony #9 and Chamber Symphony in Shostakovich Trilogy
The Seasons (Frost)
- RHODEN
LET’S BEGIN AT THE END (originated)
The Promised Land
- ROBBINS
The Cage (Queen)
Glass Pieces
In the Night (2nd Pas de deux)
Opus 19/The Dreamer
West Side Story Suite
- ROWE
MADCAP (originated The Oracle)
- SCARLETT
Fearful Symmetries
Frankenstein (Caroline Beaufort, Madame Moritz)
- SMITH
Carmen (originated Escamillo)
- THATCHER
Ghost in the Machine
Manifesto (originated)
- TOMASSON
Criss-Cross (Aves–Schoenberg movement)
Don Quixote (Mercedes, Queen of the Driads, Driads, Seguidilla, Fandango)
Giselle (Myrtha)
Nutcracker (Mrs. Stahlbaum, Party Guests, Queen of the Snow, Snowflakes, Mirlitons, Arabian, Sugar Plum Fairy, Flowers, Grand Pas de deux)
On a Theme of Paganini
On Common Ground (originated)
Prism
Romeo & Juliet (Lady Capulet)
The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Fairy of Darkness/Carabosse, Fairy of Courage, Garland Dance, Nymphs)
Swan Lake (Swan Maidens, Swans, Peasants, Mazurka, Spanish Princess)
- WELCH
Bespoke (originated)
Naked
- WHEELDON
Bound To (originated)
Carousel (A Dance)
Cinderella (Stepmother Hortensia, Spirit of Winter/Fluidity, Russian Princess, Courtiers)
Continuum
Within the Golden Hour
- ZANELLA
Underskin
Gallery
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