Alexandra Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR FALL 2008 AMERICAN TOUR WITH ENGAGEMENTS IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, COSTA MESA, CA, AND WASHINGTON, D.C. San Francisco Ballet—America’s Oldest Professional Ballet Company—Embarks on a Four-city American Tour as Part of Its Year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Tuesday, June 10, 2008—In fall 2008, as part of its 75th Anniversary Celebration, San Francisco Ballet–America’s oldest professional ballet company–will embark on a four-city national tour with 30 performances total. The American Tour will include prestigious engagements at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, in Chicago (September 16–21); New York City Center in New York (October 10–18); Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California (November 11–16); and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (November 25–30). Much of the tour’s mixed-repertory programming will feature works from the Company’s acclaimed New Works Festival held in spring 2008. As the culmination of San Francisco Ballet’s recent 75th Anniversary Repertory Season, the festival featured 10 new works by 1o renowned choreographers that premiered over three consecutive evenings. San Francisco Ballet at 75: The American Tour San Francisco Ballet will kick off the tour with seven performances over six days at the Harris Theater in Chicago (September 16–21), marking the first full-Company engagement in Chicago in over two decades. For its Chicago engagement, San Francisco Ballet will perform two mixed-repertory programs of three works each. Additionally, in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Harris Theater, San Francisco Ballet will perform a special one-time-only gala program for the Harris Theater’s Fifth Anniversary Celebration on September 18. This engagement includes a total of six Chicago premieres. Program A includes the Chicago premieres of Helgi Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, and Jorma Elo’s Double Evil, and will be performed at 7:30pm on September 16 and 19, and at 1:30pm on September 20. Program B, featuring the Chicago premieres of Tomasson’s On a Theme of Paganini, Mark Morris’ Joyride, and Yuri Possokhov’s Fusion, will be performed at 7:30pm on September 17 and 20, and at 1:30pm on September 21. The gala at 6:30pm on September 18 will include Possokhov’s Fusion, Tomasson’s Concerto Grosso, and two additional works to be announced. Over eight days and nine performances (October 10–18) at New York City Center, the Company will present three mixed-repertory programs that include seven New York premieres. San Francisco Ballet last performed in New York in July 2006, as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, and most recently performed at City Center in 2002. Program A, which features George Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15 and the New York premieres of Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour and Possokhov’s Fusion, will be performed at 8pm on October 10 and 18, and at 7:30pm on October 15. Program B features the New York premieres of Tomasson’s The Fifth Season and Morris’ Joyride, as well as Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, and will be performed on October 11 at 8pm, October 12 at 3pm, and October 16 at 7:30pm. Program C will be performed on October 14 at 7:30pm, October 17 at 8pm, and October 18 at 2pm, and includes the New York premieres of Tomasson’s On a Theme of Paganini, Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House, and Elo’s Double Evil. The third engagement of the American Tour will be at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California (November 11–16) and includes five Southern California premieres. San Francisco Ballet will present two mixed-repertory programs over six days and seven performances. The Company last performed in Southern California at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 2003, and most recently performed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 2002. Program A will be performed on November 11, 13, and 15 at 7:30pm and on November 16 at 2pm and includes the Southern California premieres of Possokhov’s Fusion and Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, along with Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments. Program B will be performed on November 12 and 14 at 7:30pm and on November 15 at 2pm, and includes the Southern California premieres of Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Morris’ Joyride, and Elo’s Double Evil. The American Tour concludes with an engagement at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (November 25–30) that includes two Washington, D.C. premieres. The Company will present a mixed-repertory program, Program A, as well as the full-length production of Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle, over five days and seven performances. Program A, a mixed-repertory program of three works, will be performed on November 25 and 26 at 7:30pm and includes the Washington, D.C. premieres of Morris’ Joyride and Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, as well as Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments. Tomasson’s full-length classic Giselle, which the San Francisco Chronicle hailed as “Tomasson’s finest achievement,” will be performed on November 28, 29, and 30 at 7:30pm and on November 29 and 30 at 1:30pm. San Francisco Ballet last performed at The Kennedy Center in 2000. Link to comment
carbro Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Tickets are already on sale for SFB's City Center season. You can place your order and/or find the calendar of programs and other details here. It may be worth remembering the $15 tickets for Rear Mezz available after you have bought your Fall for Dance tickets, which go on sale Sunday, Sept. 7. Link to comment
Dale Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Casting is available for the Chicago leg of the tour: http://www.sfballet.org/performancestickets/casting.asp CHICAGO Program A Opening Night Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 7:30pm THE FIFTH SEASON Conductor: Martin West Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith Katita Waldo, Davit Karapetyan Sarah Van Patten, Pierre-François Vilanoba INTERMISSION WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR Conductor: David Briskin Katita Waldo, Damian Smith Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada Dana Genshaft, Mateo Klemmayer INTERMISSION DOUBLE EVIL Conductor: David Briskin Elana Altman, Pierre-François Vilanoba Sarah Van Patten, Garen Scribner* Vanessa Zahorian, Pascal Molat Pauli Magierek, Jaime Garcia Castilla CHICAGO Program B Opening Night Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 7:30pm ON A THEME OF PAGANINI Conductor: Martin West Piano: Roy Bogas Vanessa Zahorian, Pascal Molat, Joan Boada Maria Kochetkova, Davit Karapetyan INTERMISSION JOYRIDE Conductor: Martin West Sarah Van Patten, Elizabeth Miner, Jennifer Stahl, Dana Genshaft Gennadi Nedvigin, Pascal Molat, Martyn Garside, James Sofranko INTERMISSION FUSION Conductor: Martin West Piano: Michael McGraw, Natal’ya Feygina Saxaphone: Dale Wolford Lorena Feijoo, Joan Boada Kristin Long, Gennadi Nedvigin Vanessa Zahorian, Jaime Garcia Castilla Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith CHICAGO Gala Performance Opening Night Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:30pm Excerpt from FUSION Piano: Michael McGraw Sarah Van Patten, Ruben Martin NO OTHER Conductor: Martin West Lorena Feijoo, Pierre-François Vilanoba CONCERTO GROSSO Conductor: Martin West Pascal Molat James Sofranko, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Garen Scribner, Hansuke Yamamoto DISTANT CRIES Conductor: Martin West Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith Pas de deux from DON QUIXOTE, ACT III Conductor: Martin West Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada Third Movement and Finale from PRISM Conductor: Martin West Taras Domitro* Frances Chung*, Anthony Spaulding*, Jaime Garcia Castilla* CHICAGO Program A Evening Friday, September 19, 2008, 7:30pm THE FIFTH SEASON Conductor: Martin West Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith Lorena Feijoo, Joan Boada Rachel Viselli, Ruben Martin INTERMISSION WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR Conductor: David Briskin Katita Waldo, Damian Smith Tina LeBlanc, Nicolas Blanc* Sarah Van Patten, Pierre-François Vilanoba INTERMISSION DOUBLE EVIL Conductor: David Briskin Elana Altman, Pierre-François Vilanoba Sarah Van Patten, Garen Scribner Vanessa Zahorian, Pascal Molat Pauli Magierek, Jaime Garcia Castilla CHICAGO Program A Matinee Saturday, September 20, 2008, 1:30pm THE FIFTH SEASON Conductor: Martin West Nutnaree Pipit-Suksun, Tiit Helimets Katita Waldo, Davit Karapetyan Sofiane Sylve*, Ivan Popov* INTERMISSION WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR Conductor: David Briskin Lily Rogers*, Brett Bauer Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada Dana Genshaft, Mateo Klemmayer INTERMISSION DOUBLE EVIL Conductor: David Briskin Lily Rogers, Ruben Martin Maria Kochetkova, Nicolas Blanc Dores Andre, Gennadi Nedvigin* Dana Genshaft, James Sofranko CHICAGO Program B Evening Saturday, September 20, 2008, 7:30pm ON A THEME OF PAGANINI Conductor: Martin West Piano: Roy Bogas Vanessa Zahorian, Pascal Molat, Joan Boada Yuan Yuan Tan, Tiit Helimets INTERMISSION JOYRIDE Conductor: Martin West Vanessa Zahorian, Rachel Viselli*, Elana Altman, Frances Chung Ruben Martin, Nicolas Blanc, Jaime Garcia Castilla, Hansuke Yamamoto INTERMISSION FUSION Conductor: Martin West Piano: Michael McGraw, Natal’ya Feygina Saxaphone: Dale Wolford Lorena Feijoo, Joan Boada Maria Kochetkova, James Sofranko* Frances Chung, Jaime Garcia Castilla Sarah Van Patten, Ruben Martin CHICAGO Program B Matinee Sunday, September 21, 2008, 1:30pm ON A THEME OF PAGANINI Conductor: Martin West Piano: Roy Bogas Frances Chung, Hansuke Yamamoto*, Jaime Garcia Castilla Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada INTERMISSION JOYRIDE Conductor: Martin West Sarah Van Patten, Elizabeth Miner, Jennifer Stahl, Dana Genshaft Gennadi Nedvigin, Pascal Molat, Martyn Garside, James Sofranko INTERMISSION FUSION Conductor: Martin West Piano: Michael McGraw, Natal’ya Feygina Saxaphone: Dale Wolford Clara Blanco, Hansuke Yamamoto Kristin Long, Gennadi Nedvigin Frances Chung, Garen Scribner* Yuan Yuan Tan, Damian Smith * Designates premiere in a role. Casting subject to change. Link to comment
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