- Principal
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.
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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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