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- Carlo di Lanno, Principal Dancer [podcast]Principal Dancer Carlo Di Lanno reviews his early training and performing career at La Scala, Milan, and stresses the importance of classical technique as the basis for performing contemporary as well as classical roles. He describes the challenging and satisfying process of being part of the creation of new works, and discusses three of the ballets that are part of the Unbound festival of new works.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Play to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your device!0 min
- Ana Sophia Scheller and Angelo Greco, Principal Dancers [podcast]Jennifer Kovacevich interviews Principal Dancers Ana Sophia Scheller and Angelo Greco. Scheller and Greco discuss their beginnings in ballet and their paths to San Francisco Ballet. They describe the challenges, technical and artistic, of dancing their roles of Aurora and Prince Desire in Helgi Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Play to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your device!0 min
- Sasha de Sola, Principal Dancer [podcast]Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola discusses the role of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. She reminisces about watching the ballet as a child and shares the joys and challenges of performing in this iconic role.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Play to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!0 min
- Season Overview with Helgi Tomasson [podcast]Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson comments on the 85th Repertory Season, starting by introducing the Company’s new dancers. He describes what he looks for when hiring dancers and when promoting dancers from within the ranks. He offers an overview of the repertory, looking especially at the Robbins Centennial commemoration and his selection from Robbins’s wide variety of works. Finally, he shares his passion for Unbound: Festival of New Works, as well as a description of some of the challenges experienced in putting it together.Like what you heard? Subscribe to our Meet the Artist podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Play to access archived episodes and have new ones delivered straight to your devices!View the Season0 min
- Episode 238: Sarah Van Patten, Tiit Helimets, and Betsy Erickson
Ballet Master Betsy Erickson and Principal Dancers Sarah Van Patten and Tiit Helmets speak with dance educator Mary Wood on preparing to dance Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella©. What makes this ballet as thrilling for the artists to dance as it is for the audience to watch?
0 min - Meet the Artist: Corps de Ballet Member Skyla SchreterOn Wheeldon's Cinderella and the 2017 Repertory Season29 min
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- Episode 232: Katita Waldo
Ballet Master Katita Waldo, a dancer at San Francisco Ballet for 22 years (16 of them as a principal dancer), discusses Arthur Pita’s Salome, including her role as the chilling Herodias, the imaginative concept behind this dance-theater piece, and the work’s movement and staging. She also discusses her role as a ballet master in documenting and teaching ballets, touching on George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto.
0 min - Episode 233: Sofiane Sylve and Carlo Di Lanno
Principal Dancers Sofiane Sylve and Carlo Di Lanno discuss their experiences dancing Swan Lake, at San Francisco Ballet and at other companies, and share their thoughts on the nuances and challenges of the roles of Odette/Odile and Prince Siegfried in this iconic ballet. They also discuss what it’s like to dance principal roles at young ages, very early in their careers, and their ideas about ballet’s role in educating audiences about the potential of this art form.
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