by MerciSF | 16-12-2022 | Agenda, Dance, See All BalletGoing OutHoliday ShowTchaikovskyTradition
The quintessential holiday classic, Nutcracker is THE traditional holiday show in the USA . Did you know that its first performance in the United States was right here in San Francisco in 1944? Since then it’s been the most performed ballet in the country. The ballet...
by Isabella | 14-12-2022 | Uncategorized BalletFrench ArtistsParis OperaTeaching
San Francisco Ballet passes the baton: Tamara Rojo (English National Ballet) will start the 2022-23 season as Artistic Director, following Helgi Tómasson. If the world-famous company is well known, here we wanted to focus on its nursery, the San Francisco Ballet...
by MerciSF | 23-11-2020 | News BalletBook in FrenchChildrenXmas gifts
Carol Talmon de l’Armée, a French ballet teacher and dancer, just published her first book series called Ballerina Belle (the series is available in French and very soon in English) Trained at Rosella Hightower, the famous French Riviera dance school, Carol...
by MerciSF | 3-04-2020 | Agenda, Dance BalletOpera de ParisSwan Lake
In Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky took up the legend of the immaculate bird to create some of the most beautiful music ever written for ballet. The choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov left their distinguished mark on this story of an impossible love between an earthly...