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About George Balanchine's Jewels

A ballet of emotions and contrasts >>

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Reconsidering Mrs. Robinson

Cathy Marston's world premiere for San Francisco Ballet reconsiders the character of Mrs. Robinson from The Graduate. >>

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About David Dawson's Anima Animus

"Don't do what you know. Do something beyond. Unbound." >>

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About Yuri Possokhov's Classical Symphony

A tribute to ballet training and an important ballet teacher >>

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About Benjamin Millepied's Appassionata

Elegant precision becomes passionate abandon over one tempestuous evening in Appassionata. >>

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About Helgi Tomasson's 7 for Eight

Discover how Tomasson's 7 for Eight came to life. >>

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About Alexei Ratmansky's The Seasons

Homage meets contemporary creative energy in this SF Ballet premiere >>

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About Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Enter a magical, moonlit world. >>

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About Trey McIntyre's The Big Hunger

"We all came to be in this place, at this moment, for a reason." >>

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About Mark Morris' Sandpaper Ballet

Morris, musicality, and unmitigated joy >>

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About Stanton Welch's Bespoke

Discover a ballet all about loving ballet >>

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About Harald Lander's Etudes

Etudes takes dancers’ prosaic daily ritual—ballet class—and transforms it for the stage. >>

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About the Pas de Deux from After the Rain

A lifetime of emotion in eight minutes >>

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About Concerto Grosso

"That incredible joy, that high, you can get as a dancer" >>

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About Edwaard Liang's The Infinite Ocean

Read, watch, and hear the inspiration behind The Infinite Ocean >>

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About Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet

A story that transcends time, race, class, and gender >>

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About Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella

There may be no fairy godmother, but you won't miss her a bit in Wheeldon's Cinderella. >>

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About Alexei Ratmansky's Shostakovich Trilogy

An exploration of the most fundamental human emotions. >>

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About Christopher Wheeldon's Bound To

What happens to us when we're tucked behind our screens? >>

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About John Neumeier's The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid reveals the depths of Neumeier's imagination and demands the height of artistry. >>

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About Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem

Trey McIntyre makes physical the delight and pain of remembering someone we've loved. >>

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About "...two united in a single soul..."

"I think, inside, all men have a side of Narcissus." >>

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About Arthur Pita's Björk Ballet

A ballet rave featuring the music of superstar Björk >>

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About The Sleeping Beauty

Simple and clean, The Sleeping Beauty is the epitome of classical technique and style. >>

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About Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

A Life Cycle of Dream States >>

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About Divertimento No. 15

A jewel of a ballet >>

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About Don Quixote

A romantic comedy done ballet style. >>

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About Snowblind

Bittersweet. Beautiful. Human. >>

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About Let's Begin at the End

Love, connection, and discord >>

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About The Fifth Season

Melodic Minimalism >>

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About Tomasson's Swan Lake

Ballet at it's most beautiful >>

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About Possokhov’s Swimmer

An Odyssey through American Culture, Memory, and Beauty >>

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