Nikisha Fogo

Biography

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Nikisha Fogo trained at Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan and The Royal Ballet School. She danced with Vienna State Ballet before joining San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2020. 

Snapshot
  • BORN 

Stockholm, Sweden 

  • TRAINING 

Kungliga Svenska Balettskolan 
The Royal Ballet School 

  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET

Joined the Company as a principal dancer in 2020 

  • OTHER COMPANIES 

Vienna State Ballet 

Repertoire - SF Ballet
  • BALANCHINE

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania, Hippolyta) 

  • BARTON 

Mere Mortals (Pandora) 

  • CANIPAROLI

Emergence (originated) 

  • FORSYTHE 

Blake Works I 

  • LOPEZ OCHOA

Broken Wings (Frida) 

  • TOMASSON

Giselle (Myrtha) 

Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Grand Pas de deux) 

Romeo & Juliet (Juliet) 
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile) 

  • AFTER VAGANOVA

Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux 

Repertoire - other companies
  • ASHTON 

La Fille mal gardée (Friends) 

  • BALANCHINE 

Allegro Brillant 

Rubies 

Stars and Stripes 

Tarantella 

Theme and Variations 

  • CRANKO 

Onegin (Olga) 

  • FORSYTHE 

The Second Detail 

  • KAYDANOVSKIY 

Der Feuervogel (originated Putzfrau)  

Movements to Stravinsky (originated) 

  • LACOTTE 

Coppélia (Swanilda) 

  • LEGRIS 

Sylvia (Sylvia) 

  • MACMILLAN 

Concerto 

  • MCGREGOR 

EDEN | EDEN 

  • NEUMEIER 

Le Sacre 

  • NUREYEV after Ivanov and Petipa 

The Nutcracker (Snowflake Solo) 
 

  • NUREYEV  

Don Quixote 

Raymonda (Clémence) 

Swan Lake (Little Swans, Hungarian Dance) 

  • PETIPA 

Giselle (Peasants) 

Le Corsaire (Medora, Odalisque) 

Don Quixote (Kitri’s Friends, Amor) 

Honors
  • Awarded the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Individual, 2025
  • Awarded first prize at the Stora Daldansen competition in Falun, Sweden 
  • Awarded first prize at the Grasse Ballet Competition in France 
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