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Grosse Fuge • Golden Hour • Dust

Feb 16–21

Three choreographic giants. One stage. No equal.

Grosse Fuge
CHOREOGRAPHER

Hans van Manen

COMPOSER

Ludwig van Beethoven

Within the Golden Hour
CHOREOGRAPHER

Christopher Wheeldon

COMPOSERs

Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi

DUST
CHOREOGRAPHER

Akram Khan

COMPOSER

Jocelyn Pook

Visuals Credit

Katherine Barkman and Wei Wang in Khan’s Dust // © Stephanie Berger Photography, Inc

Run Time

Performance One – 49min
Intermission – 20min
Performance Two – 36min

Location

War Memorial Opera House

Experience the brilliance of three major European choreographers in a program that celebrates the range, nuance, and stylistic diversity of contemporary ballet. Van Manen’s Grosse Fuge strips movement to its essence—precise, sensual, and utterly exacting. Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, costumed by Zac Posen, moves from virtuosic clarity into sweeping romantic lyricism. Khan’s Dust draws from the haunting legacy of WWI—visceral, dramatic, and emotionally unsparing. From Dutch precision and British elegance to Khan’s singular fusion of South Asian and Western movement — this curation presents a portrait of the art form at its most inventive, disciplined, and alive.

Run Time

Grosse Fuge – 49 min
Intermission – 20 min
Within the Golden Hour – 36 min
Intermission – 20 min
Dust – min

Total – min

Location

War Memorial Opera House

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© Video by RJ Muna

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Saturday January 24 – 8PM
Saturday January 24 – 2PM (MAT)
Sunday January 25 – 8PM

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Casting & Credits

I – GROSSE FUGE
Choreographer:

Hans van Manen

Composer:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Scenic Design:

Jean-Paul Vroom

Costume Design:

Hans van Manen

Lighting Design:

Jan Hofstra

World Premiere:

Nederlands Dans Theater; Scheveningen, The Netherlands

SF Ballet Premiere:

February 24, 2004—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

II – WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR
Choreographer:

Christopher Wheeldon

Composers:

Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi

Costume Design:

Gap Inc. Creative Director Zac Posen

Lighting Design:

Jim French

World Premiere:

April 22, 2008—San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

Within the Golden Hour© by Christopher Wheeldon

III – DUST
Director & Choreographer:

Akram Khan

Composer:

Jocelyn Pook

Costume Design:

Kimie Nakano

Lighting Design:

Fabiana Piccioli

Dramaturg:

Ruth Little

Scenic Design:

Sander Loonen

World Premiere:

October 17, 2013—English National Ballet; Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

SF Ballet Premiere:

February 13, 2025—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

FRI JAN 23 - 8PM

Find out which dancers will take the stage in the current productions at San Francisco Ballet. Please note Casting subject to change.

Conductor

Martin West

Dores André, Max Cauthorn, Frances Chung, Cavan Conley, Nikisha Fogo, Esteban Hernández,Jasmine Jimison, Victor Prigent, Archie Sullivan, Wei Wang

Concept, Direction, and Choreography:

Sir Wayne McGregor

Music:

Joby Talbot and Jack White III

Arranged by:

Joby Talbot

Orchestrated by:

Christopher Austin by arrangement with Chester Music

Set Design:

John Pawson

Costume Design:

Moritz Junge

Lighting Design:

Lucy Carter

Staged by:

Antoine Vereecken

World Premiere:

November 17, 2006–The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House; London, England

SF Ballet Premiere:

April 7, 2011—War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California

II – WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR

Dores André, Max Cauthorn, Frances Chung, Cavan Conley, Nikisha Fogo, Esteban Hernández,Jasmine Jimison, Victor Prigent, Archie Sullivan, Wei Wang

violin:

Cordula Merks

Viola:

Yi Zhou

Sasha De Sola and Harrison James

jennifer stahl and rubén cítores nieto

frances chung and joseph walsh

Thamires Chuvas, Luca Ferrò
SunMin Lee, Dylan Pierzina
Tyla Steinbach, Lleyton Ho
Seojeong Yun, Benjamin Davidoff

Choreographer:

Sir Wayne McGregor

Composers:

Joby Talbot and Jack White III

Costume Design:

Joby Talbot

Lighting Design:

Christopher Austin by arrangement with Chester Music

World Premiere:

John Pawson

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