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2 unusual facts about San Francisco Ballet


Conrad Ludlow

He also danced at San Francisco Ballet and founded and directed Ballet Oklahoma (now Oklahoma City Ballet).

Richard M. Tobin

Tobin maintained homes in San Mateo and San Francisco, and was active in several San Francisco organizations as a board member, officer, and benefactor, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Musical Association, and Catholic church.


Aubert Vanderlinden

. choreographed by James Kudelka at the occasion of the new works festival 2008 organized for the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Ballet, he also danced Ibsen's House of Val Caniparoli created for the same occasion.

Ballet Theatre of Maryland

The school's professional faculty trains students from an anatomically-based syllabus with expertise in styles from such schools as the American Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Connecticut Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet.

Heather Parisi

Born in Los Angeles, Parisi worked some time in the United States, including the San Francisco Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre in New York, then, during a vacation in Italy, she was noticed by the coreographer Franco Miseria who made her do an audition in RAI; in 1979 Parisi debuted in the show Luna Park hosted by Pippo Baudo.

Icelandic American

Helgi Tómasson is a former ballet dancer and current artistic director for the San Francisco Ballet and its ballet school is originally from Iceland.

Mendocino Ballet

Students are given the opportunity to audition for summer programs for world renowned companies such as American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet.

Mikko Nissinen

Launching his professional dance career at the age of fifteen, Nissinen went on to perform with the Dutch National Ballet, Basel Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, where he was Principal Dancer for nine years.

Palle Jacobsen

but internationally with the American Ballet Theatre, the London Contemporary Dance School, the London Festival Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, the Norwegian National Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet, the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle.

Valery Panov

There he choreographed several ballets, including Cinderella, Sacre du printemps, The Idiot, and War and Peace. He also staged Heart of the Mountain for the San Francisco Ballet (1976), Scheherazade and Petrushka for Vienna State Opera Ballet (1981), The Three Sisters for the Royal Swedish Ballet (1983), and Hamlet to music by Shostakovich for the Norwegian National Ballet (1984).


see also

Maria Kochetkova

Kochetkova performed the Grand Pas de Deux in San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker which was broadcast by PBS in 2008 and won the solo gold medal in the NBC series Superstars of Dance which was watched by over 10 million viewers.

San Francisco Ballet School

The San Francisco Ballet School was founded in 1933 as part of the San Francisco Operatic and Ballet School when Gaetano Merola, the founder of the San Francisco Opera, perceived a need for an institution where dancers could be trained to perform in opera productions.

The Ford Foundation established its first ballet training program in 1958; beginning in 1959, the Foundation offered grants covering tuition and expenses for advanced ballet students selected to attend either New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet or San Francisco Ballet School.