Gabriela Gonzalez (center) performs in ‘Sandpaper Ballet,’ during the SF Ballet 2020 season. Courtesy: Erik Tomasson/SF Ballet. The nonprofit SF Ballet, facing the loss of $9.5 million and more than half of its season, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to make a $2.1 million biweekly payroll to keep its…

San Francisco Ballet performs “Nutcracker” on Dec. 11, 2019, the 2019 premiere of the production. Performance photos courtesy of San Francisco Ballet. SAN FRANCISCO — “Welcome to ClaraCon!” says Kelly Tweeddale, the new director of the San Francisco Ballet. It’s the opening night of the company’s annual production of “Nutcracker,”…