by MerciSF | 13-03-2024 | Agenda, Dance, See All BalletDanceParis OperaPerformance
San Francisco Ballet’s Midsummer Nights Dream features costumes designed by Christian Lacroix When fashion meets the world of ballet, magic is bound to happen. Christian Lacroix, the celebrated French designer renowned for his extravagant designs for his fashion... 
by MerciSF | 10-02-2024 | Agenda, Dance, See All BalletDancePerformance
San Francisco Ballet’s current program, British Icons, is a captivating showcase of two distinguished ballets rarely seen in North America: Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand and Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth. The latter, Song of the... 
by MerciSF | 1-08-2023 | Agenda, Dance, See All BalletStarry NightsSummer Performances
SF Ballet will present Starry Nights at Stanford Live Arts Festival on Thursday, August 3 and Friday, August 4 at Frost Amphitheater. Starry Nights will feature two stand out works from the next@90 festival, which commemorated the company’s 90-year history in 2023:... 
by Isabella | 23-05-2023 | SF Specials BalletPrincipal Dancer
After shining for over 10 years at the San Francisco Ballet, Mathilde Froustey embarks on new adventures. This Principal dancer, trained in part at the Paris Opera, leaves San Francisco to return to the Bordeaux Opera and get closer to her native Southwest. She opens... 
by MerciSF | 1-05-2023 | Agenda, Dance, News, See All 90th AnniversaryBalletDancePatrick ArmandSan Francisco
The Spring Festival will celebrate the 90th anniversary of San Francisco Ballet School, the official school of SF Ballet and the oldest professional ballet academy in America, and will include a fundraising dinner on May 25 honoring SF Ballet School Director Patrick... 
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...
