SF Ballet Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson. Courtesy: Erik Tomasson/SF Ballet. The San Francisco Ballet earlier this month announced the 2022 departure of Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson, after more than four decades with the company. Tomasson, who’s currently overseeing SF Ballet’s “Digital Season,” which…

Esteban Hernandez as Puck in Balanchine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ Rendering courtesy of Erik Tomasson and Sky Alsgaard. San Francisco Ballet launches its 2021 Digital Season on Jan. 21 with George Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which was filmed on stage at the War Memorial Opera House in March 2020,…

SF Ballet Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson. Courtesy: Erik Tomasson/SF Ballet. After nearly four decades as artistic director and principal choreographer of the San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson today announced that he will be concluding his tenure by mid-2022. Tomasson will continue to actively lead the company in…

Yuan Yuan Tan and Tiit Helimets in Tomasson’s Swan Lake. Courtesy: Erik Tomasson/San Francisco Ballet. The San Francisco Ballet, which had previously announced a delayed 2021 season at the War Memorial Opera House, has shifted to a streaming model with new performances and debuts that will be filmed live…

Ellen Rose Hummel and Daniel Deivison-Oliveira in Millepied’s Dance of Dreams. Courtesy: San Francisco Ballet. Not many Bay Area arts organizations can say they’ve been able to keep employees paid during the pandemic, but the San Francisco Ballet recently announced that it was closing its employee relief fund after…

SF Ballet principal dancer Mathilde Froustey practices at Aziza Moroccan restaurant in San Francisco on April 11, 2020. Onome Uyovbievbo/STAFF. When San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Mathilde Froustey, finally hangs up her pointe shoes—perhaps at 42; hopefully at 45, but only if she continues to work harder and harder…

Dores André and Joseph Walsh in Peck’s ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming,’ Courtesy: Erik Tomasson. The San Francisco Ballet has announced its programming for its 2021 season, which the nonprofit organization hopes to begin in mid-January and run through June 27. the theme for the season is “Leap of Hope;”…

The San Francisco Ballet, which was the first ballet company nationwide to shutter due to the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to share filmed performances online in lieu of actual of staged productions, and this week’s stream is its “Björk Ballet.” Set to nine songs by Björk, the 33-minute  ballet tells…

San Francisco Ballet in Peck’s ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.’ Courtesy: Erik Tomasson. In 2018 San Francisco Ballet premiered a ballet set to sections of M83’s critically acclaimed double album, Hurry Up We’re Dreaming. Beginning Friday at 3 p.m., the production will be streamed for seven days on the company’s Facebook and YouTube pages,…

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…