San Francisco Ballet
T0888576389
Archive :: production:T0888576389, dance or ballet:S096686519, venue:V224
Programme One: Square Dance/Continuum/Le Carnaval des Animaux
America's first professional ballet company and now the third largest ballet company in the USA, San Francisco Ballet continues to push boundaries with cutting-edge new works, while remaining committed to excellence in the classical tradition. The full Company of 69 dancers returns to Sadler's Wells with three programmes which affirm their diverse range and international stature. Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson brings two ballets;
7 for Eight, and
Concerto Grosso. As a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Tomasson was one of the foremost interpreters for Balanchine, who created several roles expressly for him. In turn, Tomasson's Company now dances four of Balanchine's most technically challenging masterpieces. Other highlights include Christopher Wheeldon's neoclassical work
Continuum©, Possokhov's abstract whirlwind
Study In Motion, the pyrotechnic
Pas de Trois from Makarova's staging of
Paquita and, on a lighter note, Ratmansky's colourful and often hilarious menagerie of animals, Le Carnaval de
s Animaux. Music ranges from Vivaldi, Verdi and Tchaikovsky to Camille Saint-Saens and Ligeti.
