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Yes, plus the Royal Ballet is superior to ABT, performs a large and varied repertory including new works each season, and provides first-rate coaching. He's having a wonderful career.

For details on the lawsuits and the plaintiffs' allegations, which are a matter of public record, you can go to the San Francisco County Superior Court website and put in the case numbers for these two civil actions. Ellen Hummel, Hector Pernia vs. San Francisco Ballet Association, San Francisco Free Clinic, Richard Gibbs, M.D., San Francisco County Superior Court Case. No. CGC-24-617298, was filed on August 16, 2024. The complaint is a matter of public record and available on the court website. The causes of action are negligence and medical negligence for Ms. Hummel; loss of consortium for Mr. Pernia. Mathilde Froustey vs. San Francisco Ballet Association, San Francisco Ballet Regents of the University California San Francisco Free Clinic, Richard Gibbs, M.D., Kristin Wingfield, M.D., Case No. CGC-23-607706, was filed on July 17, 2023. Causes of action are negligence, medical negligence, informed consent, and medical battery. All documents filed with the court, including the complaint, are accessible online with the SF County Superior Court.

It's beautiful, much better than Like Water for Chocolate, though I very much enjoyed The Royal Ballet in LWFC.

Fantastic! I was hoping to see it! I will go down and spend the weekend in O.C.!

Swan Lake performed by Miami City Ballet at Segerstrom Center. O.C.: June 19-22, 2025 Swan Lake performed by Boston Ballet at the L.A. Music Center: the following weekend, June 26-29, 2025 There is some overlap in attendees.

I just saw the announcement a few minutes ago as well. At last! I was told about The Winter's Tale last February and am glad to see it confirmed. It is a beautiful ballet. I saw it in May danced by The Royal Ballet. Is the Swan Lake by Miami Ballet Ratmansky's version?

Same - thanks for letting us know, BayStarer!

I saw The Royal Ballet and ABT dance Woolf Works multiple times. I love this ballet and get more from it at each performance I attend. The Insights programs don't give even a taste of what Woolf Works is like to experience in the theatre. With ABT, I greatly liked both Hee Seo and Gillian Murphy, and, of course, Alessandra Ferri is supreme. I saw her perform it twice just a year ago in spring of 2023 and I would be a fool to say she gave half of her performance from when she created the role. If you appreciate a true artist, please go and see her. The dancers in both companies love this ballet. It's worth seeing and forming your own opinion upon experiencing it.

No. of Seats Theatre 1,100 Mariinsky, St. Petersburg 1,740 Bolshoi, Moscow 1,979 Palais Garnier, Paris 2,256 Royal Opera House, London 2,359 London Coliseum 2,586 Former State Theatre, New York 2,745 Bastille Opera House, Paris 3,000 Segerstrom Auditorium, Orange County, CA 3,146 San Francisco War Memorial Opera House 3,156 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (Last dance performances sold out - July 2019 for The Royal Ballet) 3,800 Metropolitan Opera House, NY

And this is why Onegin is unlikely to show up in San Francisco any time soon as the director will not want to revisit her memories.

I've seen the casting of dancers as Tatiana and Onegin that had been originally announced being pulled from dancing the roles and replaced at the Royal Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, due to the final casting decision of the power-that-is, so these changes in casting are not surprising and to be expected. It appears that Camargo had danced Lensky at the Stuttgart.

Great news!

There's a Paris Opera Play? How did I miss this? I am subscribed to the Royal Ballet streaming and did not know about the Paris Opera Ballet.

I attended her farewell performance and the two previous performances. It was a beautiful evening.

The Bruhn pas de deux in Act III used the music we know from Tchaikovsky pas de deux adagio and, if I recall correctly, the music for the Black Swan variation is the same as what is used in the Bolshoi’s version and the Bournemeister (sp as I’m on my cell) Paris Opera Ballet version. Strangely, although I was on stage probably more than a hundred times to watch, I don’t recall the man’s solo!