Globetrotter Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 From SFB's website: Opening Night Gala Performance - Thursday, January 19, 2012 Excerpt from CLASSICAL SYMPHONY Composer: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Yuri Possokhov Conductor: Martin West Jaime Garcia Castilla, Diego Cruz, Isaac Hernandez, Steven Morse, Benjamin Stewart, Matthew Stewart Pas de deux from THE DANCE HOUSE Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich Choreography: David Bintley Conductor: Martin West Sarah Van Patten*, Tiit Helimets, Pascal Molat ARIA Composer: George Frideric Handel Choreography: Val Caniparoli Conductor: Martin West Damian Smith TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX© Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine Conductor: Martin West Vanessa Zahorian, Davit Karapetyan* Pas de deux from CONTINUUM© Composer: Gyorgi Ligeti Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Conductor: Martin West/Pianist: Michael McGraw Sofiane Sylve*, Vito Mazzeo* Pas de deux from FLAMES OF PARIS Composer: Boris Assafiev Choreography: Vassili Vainonen Conductor: Martin West Frances Chung, Taras Domitro INTERMISSION SOLO Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Choreography: Hans van Manen Gennadi Nedvigin, Garen Scribner*, Hansuke Yamamoto* San Francisco Ballet Premiere VOICES OF SPRING Composer: Johann Strauss II Choreography: Sir Frederic Ashton Conductor: Martin West Maria Kotchetkova*, Joan Boada* San Francisco Ballet Premiere Pas de deux from LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS Composer: Frédéric Chopin Choreography and Lighting Design: John Neumeier Conductor: Martin West/Piano soloist: Roy Bogas Yuan Yuan Tan, Alexander Riabko+ +Guest Artist courtesy of Hamburg Ballet NUMBER NINE Composer: Michael Torke Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon Conductor: Martin West Elana Altman, Dores Andre Courtney Elizabeth, Dana Genshaft Isaac Hernandez, Pascal Molat Ruben Martin Cintas, Anthony Spaulding Link to comment
sf_herminator Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It was a glorious night at the Opera House. Hard to pick just one favorite. In the first half, Damian Smith in Aria and Frances Chung and Taras Domitro in Flames of Paris stick out in my mind. In the second half, the trio of men in Solo Gennadi Nedvigin, Garen Scribner, and Hansuke Yamamoto) and Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada in Voices of Spring. What a vision when Joan had Maria lifted as she scattered petals!! And I was very happy to see Solo again. I first saw the piece at the final performances of Stephen Legate, Yuri Possokhov, and Peter Brandenhoff - what a tour de force for the men who dance it!! Can't wait for the regular season to begin. Onegin on 2/1!!! Link to comment
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