SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SCHOOL SPRING FESTIVAL
From May 22—24, please join San Francisco Ballet School as we welcome and celebrate School Director Grace Holmes, an alumna of SF Ballet School and company, at the SF Ballet School 2024 Spring Festival. Held at the Blue Shield Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this year’s event will include three evenings of SF Ballet School ON STAGE performances, and a fundraising dinner on Wednesday.
SF Ballet School ON STAGE will honor the school’s history and bright future by featuring different programs across three evenings of performances. A dynamic range of works curated by Ms. Holmes will also be featured including a demonstration by students choreographed by Karen Gabay and upper-level students and Trainees performing in work by School Faculty, as well as pieces selected from the School’s Choreographic Workshop. This year’s program will also include a new work from Company corps de ballet member, Pemberley Ann Olson, created as a part of Creation House, SF Ballet’s new initiative to support dancers through mentorship and fostering diverse career development opportunities. Closing the performance will be the fourth movement and finale of George Balanchine’s magnificent Symphony in C.
SF BALLET SCHOOL SPRING FESTIVAL DINNER
Join us for a special fundraising dinner taking place on May 22 at the Four Seasons San Francisco. This year’s dinner will be a special opportunity for us to celebrate the arrival of SF Ballet School’s new School Director Grace Holmes.
School Demonstration
Composer: Various TBC
Choreographer Karen Gabay
Becoming a Mountain *
Composer: Dan Deacon
Choreographer: Mia Schlosser
Wake of Thunder *
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographer: Kenzie Andrews
Flames of Paris
Composer: François-Joseph Gossec
Choreographer: Mikhaïl Messerer
Eternal Echoes *
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographers: Tenley Connors and Nicholas Kosanovich-Ware
Danse Sacrèe et Danse Profane
Composer: Claude Debussy
Choreographer: Dana Genshaft
Symphony in C
Composer: Georges Bizet
Choreographer: George Balanchine
* Indicates a work that emerged from the SF Ballet School Choreographic Workshop
School Demonstration
Composer: Various TBC
Choreographer Karen Gabay
Becoming a Mountain
Composer: Dan Deacon
Choreographer: Mia Schlosser *
Flames of Paris
Composer: François-Joseph Gossec
Choreographer: Mikhaïl Messerer
New Work **
Composer: Steve Reich
Choreographer: Pemberley Ann Olson
Danse Sacrèe et Danse Profane
Composer: Claude Debussy
Choreographer: Dana Genshaft
Wake of Thunder *
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographer: Kenzie Andrews
Paquita
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Choreographer: Joseph Mazillier
Eternal Echoes *
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographers: Tenley Connors and Nicholas Kosanovich-Ware
Symphony in C
Composer: Georges Bizet
Choreographer: George Balanchine
* Indicates a work that emerged from the SF Ballet School Choreographic Workshop
** Indicates a new work from Creation House
School Demonstration
Composer: Various TBC
Choreographer Karen Gabay
Becoming a Mountain
Composer: Dan Deacon
Choreographer: Mia Schlosser *
Canvas
Composer: Maurice Ravel, arranged by Viktor Plotnikov
Choreographer: Viktor Plotnikov
Wake of Thunder
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographer: Kenzie Andrews
New Work **
Composer: Steve Reich
Choreographer: Pemberley Ann Olson
Flames of Paris
Composer: François-Joseph Gossec
Choreographer: Mikhaïl Messerer
Danse Sacrèe et Danse Profane
Composer: Claude Debussy
Choreographer: Dana Genshaft
Paquita
Composer: Ludwig Minkus
Choreographer: Joseph Mazillier
Eternal Echoes *
Composer: Ezio Bosso
Choreographers: Tenley Connors and Nicholas Kosanovich-Ware
Symphony in C
Composer: Georges Bizet
Choreographer: George Balanchine