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How Tamara Rojo is remaking ballet

Tamara Rojo // © Karolina Kuras

Listen to Artistic Director Tamara Rojo's conversation with NPR

Artistic Director Tamara Rojo sat down with NPR to discuss how she’s transforming San Francisco Ballet, pushing the company in bold new directions with productions like Mere Mortals. Catch additional insights from choreographer Aszure Barton and Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola on working at the forefront of ballet’s evolution.

“Rojo has taken that same daring ambition from the stage to the artistic director’s chair. The Spanish native says the survival of her art form depends, at least in part, on risk-taking.” – Chloe Veltman of NPR