Recent & Upcoming Works
COAL + ICE SAN FRANCISCO • courtesy Scenic Inc.
2026
EUGENE ONEGIN
BY YURI POSSOKHOV
JUNE • THE JOFFREY BALLET
LUBDUB
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY ASZURE BARTON.
MAY • HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
MERE MORTALS
BY ASZURE BARTON. MUSIC BY FLOATING POINTS
APRIL • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
FUTURE FORWARD
WITH WORLD PREMIERE BALLETS BY ANDREA SCHERMOLY AND AMY SEIWERT
APRIL • SMUIN CONTEMPORARY BALLET
PRINCESS AND THE PEA
BY DANI ROWE
MARCH • OREGON BALLET THEATRE
BROKEN WINGS
BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA
MARCH • HOUSTON BALLET
PARALLEL PLAY
A VIRTUOSIC DUET BY DANCER MYLES THATCHER AND PERCUSSIONIST ANDY MEYERSON
JANUARY • THE LIVING EARTH SHOW presented by SF PERFORMANCES
EUGENE ONEGIN
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY YURI POSSOKHOV WITH MUSIC BY ILYA DEMUTSKY
JANUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Photo by Lindsey Rallo, courtesy San Francisco Ballet
2025
MATTERS OF THE HEART
BROKEN WINGS BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA, AND THE WORLD PREMIERE OF WABASH AND YOU BY CHANEL DASILVA
NOVEMBER • THE JOFFREY BALLET
LILIOM
A BALLET BY JOHN NEUMEIER
OCTOBER • CZECH NATIONAL BALLET
FRANKENSTEIN
SF BALLET ON TOUR AT SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTS, COSTA MESA, CA
OCTOBER • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
WOZZECK
BY ALAN BERG. DIRECTED BY ELKHANAH PULITZER
AUGUST • WEST EDGE OPERA
SF DANCEWORKS SEASON 8
WORKS BY EMMA PORTNER, YUE YIN, AND A WORLD PREMIERE BY JA COLLECTIVE
JULY • SF DANCEWORKS
OBT COLLECTION
WORKS BY DANI ROWE, LAUREN FLOWERS, AND A WORLD PREMIERE FROM NICOLAS BLANC
JUNE • OREGON BALLET THEATRE
MRS ROBINSON
BY CATHY MARSTON
MAY • BALLETT ZÜRICH
JEKYLL & HYDE
BY VAL CANIPAROLI
MARCH • ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET
THE SHINING
AN OPERA BY PAUL MORAVEC, LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEVEN KING
MARCH • PORTLAND OPERA
THE VERTIGINOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE
BY WILLIAM FORSYTHE
MARCH • DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
GOLDEN HOUR
WORKS BY CATHY MARSTON, YURI POSSOKHOV, AND A WORLD PREMIERE FROM DANI ROWE
FEBRUARY • THE JOFFREY BALLET
WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR
THE ENDURING CLASSIC FROM CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON GETS REFRESHED DESIGNS FOR THE 2025 SEASON
FEBRUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
2024
SF DANCEWORKS SEASON 7
WORKS BY MARCO GOECKE, JA COLLECTIVE, AND A WORLD PREMIERE BY RENA BUTLER
NOVEMBER • SF DANCEWORKS
Photo by Beau Pearson
SWAN LAKE
SF BALLET ON TOUR AT TEATRO REAL IN MADRID, SPAIN
OCTOBER • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
SOMEWHERE TO LAND
BY MELECIO ESTRELLA
SEPTEMBER • BANDALOOP
THE LITTLE MERMAID
BY JOHN NEUMEIER
AUGUST • HOUSTON BALLET
BROKEN GLASS
BY BRIAN ARIAS
AUGUST • SF DANCEWORKS
STARRY NIGHTS
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET’S 4TH SEASON OF DANCE UNDER THE STARS AT STANFORD’S FROST AMPITHEATER
JULY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL
JULY • DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS
BIRD STRIKE
BANDALOOP ON THE ICONIC SUNDIAL BRIDGE BY SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
JUNE • BANDALOOP
Photo by Winter Ramos
SALOME
BY RICHARD STRAUSS • CONDUCTED BY JURAJ VALČUHA • DIRECTED BY ADAM LARSEN
MAY • HOUSTON SYMPHONY
DOS MUJERES
WORK BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA, AND A WORLD PREMIERE BY ARIELLE SMITH
APRIL • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
MERE MORTALS
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY ASZURE BARTON. MUSIC BY FLOATING POINTS
JANUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
photo by Chris Hardy
2023
DRACULA
BY BEN STEVENSON
OCTOBER • BALLET WEST
JEKYLL & HYDE
BY VAL CANIPAROLI • US PREMIERE
OCTOBER • KANSAS CITY BALLET
THE SHINING
AN OPERA BY PAUL MORAVEC, LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEVEN KING
SEPTEMBER • THE ATLANTA OPERA and ALLIANCE THEATRE
SAN FRANCISCO DANCEWORKS SEASON 6
WORKS BY BRYAN ARIAS, PAM TANOWITZ, LAURA O’MALLEY, ALBA CASTILLO, ALEXANDER ANDERSON, AND JOSE LIMON
JUNE • SFDANCEWORKS
THE SHINING
AN OPERA BY PAUL MORAVEC, LIBRETTO BY MARK CAMPBELL, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY STEVEN KING
JUNE • OPERA PARALLELE
FRENCH KISS
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY AMY SEIWERT
MAY • SMUIN BALLET
THE LITTLE MERMAID
BY JOHN NEUMEIER
APRIL • JOFFREY BALLET
COLORFORMS
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY MYLES THATCHER
MARCH • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
TEN DUETS ON A THEME OF RESCUE
BY CRYSTAL PITE
FEBRUARY • NEDERLANDS DANCE THEATER
PROGRAM 4: GISELLE
FEBRUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
SLEEPING BEAUTY
FEBRUARY • BALLET WEST
NEXT@90, a Festival of New Works
World Premiere Ballets by: Nicolas Blanc, Bridget Breiner, Val Caniparoli, Robert Garland, Yuka Oishi, Yuri Possokhov, Jamar Roberts, Danielle Rowe, and Claudia Schreier
JANUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
2022
RODEO
WORKS BY: BALANCHINE, DE MILLE, KYLIAN
NOVEMBER • BALLET WEST
AWAY WE GO
WORKS BY MARSTON, PICKETT, PIRES
OCTOBER • ALBERTA BALLET
ONEGIN
OCTOBER • BALLET WEST
BALLET MET: AT THE OHIO
WORKS BY EDWAARD LIANG
SEPTEMBER • BALLET MET
FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL
JULY • DANCERS RESPONDING TO AIDS
SF DANCEWORKS SEASON 5
Klug, Rowe, Yue, O’Malley, Johnson, Graham
JULY • SF DANCEWORKS
TEN DUETS ON A THEME OF RESCUE
BY CRYSTAL PITE
JUNE • LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL
SEASONS
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY EDWAARD LIANG
MAY • BALLET MET
Photo courtesy Jamie Lyons/Alonzo King Lines Ballet
LOOM
A WORLD PREMIERE VERTICAL DANCE BY MELECIO ESTRELLA
APRIL • BANDALOOP
NO ALIBI
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY AMY SEIWERT
APRIL • ODC DANCE
•San Francisco Chronicle review by Rachel Howard
PROGRAMS 5 & 6
Possokhov, Rhoden, Tomasson, Wheeldon
APRIL • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
HARMONY
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY HELGI TOMASSON
APRIL • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Photos by Erik Tomasson / San Francisco Ballet
COAL + ICE
MARCH • KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
PROGRAM 4
Bournoville, Ratmansky
FEBRUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
SINGLE EYE
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY ALONZO KING
MARCH • AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
Photos by Leonard Ortiz / Orange County Register
PROGRAM 3: DON QUIXOTE
Alexander Gorsky after Petipa
FEBRUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
ROMEO & JULIET
FEBRUARY • BALLET WEST
MRS. ROBINSON
A WORLD PREMIERE BALLET BY CATHY MARSTON
JANUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Photos by Erik Tomasson / San Francisco Ballet
•San Francisco Chronicle review by Rachel Howard
PROGRAMS 1 & 2
Balanchine, Forsythe, Marston, Robbins, Tomasson
JANUARY • SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
BANDALOOP
SALESFORCE TOWER
JANUARY • INDIANAPOLIS