Writer for San Francisco Ballet and Dance Studio Life Editor in Chief Cheryl Ossola interviews Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson.

Dance Educator Mary Wood interviews Costume Supervisor Patti Fitzpatrick and Frank Morales Acting Costume Production Coordinator.

Assistant to the Senior Executive Staff Caroline Giese interviews Principal Dancer Damian Smith.

The SF Ballet premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s full-length Cinderella provides us with the opportunity to enjoy a fresh interpretation of the iconic story, set to the familiar Prokofiev score. Ballet Masters Anita Paciotti and Felipe Diaz will discuss the process of bringing this production to the Opera House stage.

Board Relations Manager Jennifer French Kovacevich interviews Cinderella choreographer Christopher Wheeldon.

Director of Education Charles McNeal interviews Principal Dancer Ruben Martin Cintas.

On the day of his last performance before retiring, Principal Dancer Pierre-François Vilanoba looks back on his 23-year career with Paris Opera Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He talks about his entry into ballet, how his perspective on dance has changed over the years, what’s been most important to him, and what he’s looking forward to in the next stage of life.

Principal Dancer Tiit Helimets discusses his roles in Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House and Edwaard Liang’s Symphonic Dances; his ongoing ties to his native country, Estonia; and his entrepreneurial endeavors, including a tour to Estonia with a small troupe (and documentary of that tour), a multimedia dance project at the de Young Museum, and private-label wines to support Estonian National Ballet’s visit to the U.S. in June 2013.

Dance Educator Mary Wood interviews Soloist Shane Wuerthner.

The repertoire for this program—George Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements, Helgi Tomasson’s Criss-Cross, and Yuri Possokov’s Francesca da Rimini, represents three generations of choreographers. Ballet Master Katita Waldo, who has performed in both Criss Cross and Symphony in Three Movements, will be joined by Soloist Garen Price Scribner and Corps de Ballet Dancer Charlene Cohen to discuss the contrasting experience of creating a new work and interpreting a classic.