PeggyR Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ANNOUNCES NEW COMPANY MEMBERS FOR 2010 REPERTORY SEASONSAN FRANCISCO, CA, Tuesday, May 12, 2009-San Francisco Ballet has announced the addition of two new dancers for the 2010 Repertory Season. Vitor Luiz joins the Company as a principal dancer. In addition, Rebecca Rhodes, an apprentice during the 2009 Repertory Season, joins the ranks of the corps de ballet. A complete and updated announcement and Company roster will be distributed at the start of the 2010 rehearsal period in July 2009. New ApprenticesHelgi Tomasson has named six new apprentices for the 2010 season: Kimberly Braylock, Madison Keesler, Kristina Lind, Steven Morse, Myles Thatcher, and Sylvie Volosov. As apprentices, these dancers will take Company class and perform corps de ballet roles in the Company's diverse repertory. Notably, five of the newly appointed apprentices were members of the SF Ballet School Trainee Program. Here's the link to the press release on the SFB website. Link to comment
PeggyR Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 The following dancers have been removed from the SFB roster for 2010. Principals: Tina LeBlanc (retired) Ivan Popov Rachel Viselli Soloist: Mateo Klemmayer Corps de Ballet: Courtney Clarkson Isaac Hernandez Adeline Kaiser Patricia Perez Suzy Spaulding Kendall Teague Aubert Vanderlinden Note that the two new dancers announced in the May 12 press release, principal Vitor Luiz and corps member Rebecca Rhodes, are not yet listed, nor have promotions (if any) been announced. Link to comment
ami1436 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 anyone know where Kaiser or Hernandez are going? Link to comment
Helene Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I don't see anything published on the departures, apart from Leblanc's retirement. Isaac Hernandez really impressed me when I saw him this spring. Link to comment
StevenofLongBeach Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 We were lucking enough to get one of the best young dancers I have seen in years, Isaac Hernandez, and now we've lost him for whatever reason. As a subscriber for several years I am very disappointed the the company let this talented young man get away. Link to comment
Natalia Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Too bad for SFco. I would not be surprised if Isaac Hernandez is headed to ABT, as are many competition winners. Also, wasn't Hernandez an ABT II performer for a while? ABT usually tries to hold onto such dancers. Link to comment
bingham Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Too bad for SFco. I would not be surprised if Isaac Hernandez is headed to ABT, are are many competition winners. Also, wasn't Hernandez an ABT II performer for a while? ABT usually tries to hold onto such dancers. I was very surprised when he joined SFB and not ABT. He was with the ABT2 for a season or 2. Link to comment
Paul Parish Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I hope Suzy Spaulding lands on her feet. I loved her dancing -- the impulses themselves were right. ANd I have to say, I'm going to miss Aubert van der Linden. A unique presence. He'll probably end up in burlesque, but has he got a gift. They all did.... sigh. Link to comment
Helene Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 [ADMIN BEANIE ON] As a caution, while we know that SFB has acknowledged publicly that the company will be smaller next year, dancers have their own reasons for leaving companies and/or retiring, and if a dancer is removed from the roster, do not assume that he or she was part of a layoff unless there is official info to this effect. [ADMIN BEANIE OFF] Link to comment
PeggyR Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 The 2010 roster has been updated again: Vitor Luiz (principal) and Rebecca Rhodes (corps) are now listed along with -- Isaac Hernandez! Glad to see he's back, although the others will be missed. Still no word on promotions. Is there a drop dead date for such announcements? Are they usually published the first day back or might we see something later on? Link to comment
Helene Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 That is great news about Hernandez! Link to comment
Balleroger Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 It's great that Isaac Hernandez is back, but Sean Orza is now out. That's got to be tough on a young dancer. I will miss not having the Orza brothers team. This roster seems to be a work in progress, though, so maybe there is still hope. Link to comment
Helene Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 In doing some Google searches on the dancers who are not on the roster, I found that Courtney Clarkson received her degree from St. Mary's College of California this year. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/courtney-clarkson/4/891/b5a Link to comment
PeggyR Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Principal dancer Nicolas Blanc is off the roster. Although I've seen comments elsewhere that SFB has made this announcement, I can't find anything on the website. Link to comment
sf_herminator Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 It's great that Isaac Hernandez is back, but Sean Orza is now out. That's got to be tough on a young dancer. I will miss not having the Orza brothers team. This roster seems to be a work in progress, though, so maybe there is still hope. Sean Orza is now back on the roster http://www.sfballet.org/about/company/dancers.asp Still no word on any promotions Link to comment
bart Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I just noticed that the choreographer Val Caniparoli is listed among the Principal Character Dancers. What kind of roles does he perform? Has he ever worked in his own pieces? Link to comment
sf_herminator Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I just noticed that the choreographer Val Caniparoli is listed among the Principal Character Dancers. What kind of roles does he perform? Has he ever worked in his own pieces? Val has danced character roles in the full-length ballets (R & J, Giselle, Nutcracker). Last season (2008) he danced (with Katita Waldo) the High Society couple in Filling Station. Of his pieces that I have seen (Lambarena, Connotations, Ibsen's House), he has not performed in them. Link to comment
sf_herminator Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Another change (I just noticed and don't think has been mentioned) to the roster http://www.sfballet.org/about/company/dancers.asp: The following dancers, previously announced as apprentices, are now listed in the Corps de Ballet: Madison Keesler, Kristina Lind, and Steven Morse. Looking forward to the Stern Grove performance. No announcement yet on the program. Link to comment
Helene Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Thanks to this link from cubanmiamiboy in the Jordan Elizabeth Long thread, Aubert Vanderlinden is now a corps member at Het Nationale Ballet, another impressive dancer on the list of new company members: http://www.het-nationale-ballet.nl/index.p...sm=&lang=uk He caught my attention simply by the way he stood in Act III of "Swan Lake". Link to comment
Jane Simpson Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 To answer a question from some time ago, Adeline Kaiser has recently joined the corps de ballet of English National Ballet - it will be interesting to see what opportunities Wayne Eagling will give her! Link to comment
Helene Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Thanks to this link from cubanmiamiboy in the Jordan Elizabeth Long thread, Aubert Vanderlinden is now a corps member at Het Nationale Ballet, another impressive dancer on the list of new company members: From Lilac Fairy's post on Jordan Elizabeth Long, according to the Dutch National Ballet website, Vanderlinden is leaving the Company for "(new career)". Best of luck to him. Link to comment
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