Principal

Max Cauthorn

Biography

Born in Tucson, Arizona, Max Cauthorn trained at SF Ballet School. He was named an SF Ballet apprentice in 2013 and joined the Company in 2014. He was promoted to soloist in 2017 and principal dancer in 2020. He returned to SF Ballet in 2024.

Snapshot

BORN

Tucson, Arizona

TRAINING

San Francisco Ballet School
San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program, 2011–2013

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

Named an apprentice in 2013
Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014
Promoted to soloist in 2017
Promoted to principal dancer in 2020
Returned to the Company as a principal dancer in 2024

OTHER COMPANIES

Zurich Ballet

Repertoire - SF Ballet

BALANCHINE

Allegro Brillante

Coppélia (Villagers, Grooms, War and Discord Corps)

Diamonds

Divertimento No. 15 (Allegro – Theme)

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

Prodigal Son

Rubies

Symphony in C (3rd movement)

Stravinsky Violin Concerto

Theme and Variations

BOURNONVILLE

La Sylphide (James)

From Siberia to Moscow (Jockey Dance)

CRANKO

Onegin

CANIPAROLI

Ibsen’s House (Captain Alving/Oswald Alving in “Ghosts”)

Lambarena

Tears

FORSYTHE

Pas/Parts 2016

Blake Works I

KING

The Collective Agreement (originated)

LANDER

Etudes (excerpt) | (Mazurka, Gentlemen)

LIANG

The Infinite Ocean (originated)

LIFAR

Suite en Blanc (Pas de cinq)

LOPEZ OCHOA

Guernica (originated)

MCINTYRE

The Big Hunger

MORRIS

Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes

Maelstrom

Sandpaper Ballet

NEUMEIER

The Little Mermaid (Magic Shadows)

PECK

In the Countenance of Kings (originated)

Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes (Principal, 3 Soloist Men, Corps)

POSSOKHOV

Firebird (Monsters)

Fusion (Principal)

Magrittomania

Optimistic Tragedy (originated)

The Rite of Spring (Elders)

Swimmer

“…two united in a single soul…” (Principal)

RATMANSKY

Symphony #9, Chamber Symphony and Piano Concerto #1 in Shostakovich Trilogy

ROBBINS

Glass Pieces

RHODEN

The Promised Land (originated Principal)

SCARLETT

Die Toteninsel

Fearful Symmetries (Principal)

Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein)

THATCHER

Ghost in the Machine (originated)

Manifesto

Otherness (originated)

TOMASSON

Bartók Divertimento

Caprice

Concerto Grosso

Don Quixote (Toreadors)

The Fifth Season

Giselle (Peasant Pas de cinq, Servant to the Duke)

Haffner Symphony

Harmony

Nutcracker (Party Guests, King of the Snow, Jack-in-the-Box, Dancing Nutcracker, Nutcracker Prince, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Bear, Grand Pas de deux)

On a Theme of Paganini (Principal)

Prism

Romeo & Juliet (Benvolio, Acrobats)

The Sleeping Beauty (Cavaliers, Suitors, Bluebird)

Swan Lake (Aristocrats, Act I Pas de trois, Prince Siegfried, Russian)

Trio