Thamires Chuvas

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thamires Chuvas trained at Ateliê da Dança, Escola de Ateliê de Dança Maria Olenewa, and San Francisco Ballet School, including the School’s Trainee Program from 2013–2014. She was named an apprentice with San Francisco Ballet in 2014 and joined the corps de ballet in 2015. She was promoted to demi soloist in 2025. Before joining San Francisco Ballet, she danced with Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro. 

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  • BORN 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

  • TRAINING 

Ateliê da Dança  

Escola de Ateliê de Dança Maria Olenewa 

San Francisco Ballet School 

San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program, 2013–2014 

  • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET 

Named an apprentice in 2014 

Joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2015 

Promoted to demi soloist in 2025

  • OTHER COMPANIES 

Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro 

Repertoire - SF Ballet
  • BALANCHINE 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Divertissement Ensemble, Courtiers, Titania’s Retinue/Fairies, Hippolyta’s Hounds) 

Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (3rd movement) 

Coppélia (Swanilda’s Friends, Brides, Jesterettes) 

Diamonds (Finale) (Soloist, Corps) 

Divertimento No. 15 (Allegro – Corps) 

The Four Temperaments (Sanguinic Corps) 

Rubies  

Scotch Symphony 

Serenade 

Symphony in C (4th movement & finale) 

Theme and Variations 

  • BARTON

Mere Mortals (originated Ensemble) 

  • BLANC 

Gateway to the Sun (Principal)  

  • BOURNONVILLE

La Sylphide (Reel Couples, Sylphs) 

  • BREINER 

The Queen’s Daughter (originated The Court) 

  • CRANKO 

Onegin 

  • FORSYTHE  

Blake Works I 

  • LANDER 

Études (Ladies in White) 

  • LOPEZ OCHOA

Broken Wings (Female Skeletons, Leaf Ladies) 

  • MAKAROVA after Petipa  

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

  • MARSTON 

Mrs. Robinson 

  • MORRIS

Sandpaper Ballet (Ensemble) 

  • NEUMEIER

The Little Mermaid (Wedding Guests, The Sea, Passengers on the Ship, Wedding Guests) 

  • PECK

In the Countenance of Kings 

  • PITA 

Björk Ballet 

  • POSSOKHOV

Diving Into the Lilacs (excerpt) 

Magrittomania 

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

  • RATMANSKY

Piano Concerto #1 and Chamber Symphony in Shostakovich Trilogy 

The Seasons (Snowflakes, Cornflowers) 

  • RHODEN 

LET’S BEGIN AT THE END (originated Corps Couples) 

The Promised Land (originated Soloist) 

  • ROBBINS 

The Cage 

Glass Pieces 

Opus 19/The Dreamer 

  • ROWE 

MADCAP (originated The Oom Pa-Pa’s) 

  • SCARLETT

Frankenstein 

  • SMITH 

Carmen (originated Josephina) 

  • THATCHER  

Ghost in the Machine 

  • TOMASSON

7 for Eight 

Don Quixote (Kitri’s Friends, Seguidilla, Gitana Woman, Driads, Fandango, Bridesmaids) 

The Fifth Season  

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

Haffner Symphony 

Nutcracker (Party Guests, Snowflakes, Queen of the Snow, Spanish, Arabian, Mirlitons, Flowers)  

On a Theme of Paganini  

Prism 

Romeo & Juliet (Juliet’s Friends, Harlots, Citizens of Verona, Ballroom Ladies) 

The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Tenderness, Little Lilacs, Garland Dance, Ladies of the Court, Nymphs, Polonaise, Pas de six/Gold Fairy, Enchanted Princess, White Cat) 

Swan Lake (Aristocrats, Pas de trois, Peasants, Swan Ensemble, Cygnets, Spanish & Russian Princess, Czardas Corps, Apotheosis Vision) 

Trio 

  • WELCH  

Bespoke  

  • WHEELDON

Bound To 

Cinderella (Stepsister Edwina, Winter Principal, Spring/Lightness Corps, Puppeteers, Spanish Princess, Courtiers) 

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