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Nikisha Fogo

Biography

Nikisha Fogo joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2020.

Snapshot
  • 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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