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- Episode 65: Patti Fitzpatrick
Planned Giving Manager Allison Groves interviews Costume Supervisor Patti Fitzpatrick. Allison and Patti discuss the creation of ballet costumes, focusing on the new production of Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine’s Coppélia. Patti explains the construction of tutus, how one costume can be made to fit many dancers, and the maintenance required to keep costumes in top condition.
0 min - Episode 61: Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer
SFB's Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer, Helgi Tomasson, presented his views on maintaining the company's widely diverse repertoire. He feels strongly that classical technique and discipline are the key to the dancers' versatility. He discussed his newest work, Trio, as well as the other contrasting works on this all-Tchaikovsky program.
0 min - Episode 60: Elana Altman
Registrar Kirsten Gamb interviews Soloist Elana Altman.
Kirsten and Elana discuss her growing up at San Francisco Ballet School and the transition into the Company. Elana also talks about her participation in the LEAP program and her senior project on Nutrition as it pertains to Dance Injury. Elana shares with the audience her insight in her role in Artifact Suite and the improvisational work in Forsythe’s pieces.0 min - Episode 59: Val Caniparoli
Writer and Editor Cheryl Ossola interviews Principal Character Dancer Val Caniparoli.
Val talks about creating the role of Jacob Schmidt in Helgi Tomasson’s Nanna’s Lied and other roles he’s performed in his 30-plus-year history at SF Ballet. An in-demand choreographer with more than 60 ballets in his repertory, he discusses his development and methods as a choreographer, including his work for the 75th-Anniversary Season’s New Works Festival, Ibsen’s House, and his latest piece for SF Ballet, Double Stop, created for this year’s Gala. He talks about how a ballet changes from rehearsal to performance, adapting his works to other companies, and upcoming projects, and he announces the launch of his website, valcaniparoli.org.0 min - Episode 57: Bruce Sansom
Board Relations Manager Jennifer Kovacevich interviews Ballet Master and Assistant to the Artistic Director Bruce Sansom.
Jennifer and Bruce discuss Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Winter Dreams. Bruce describes the creation of the piece and the intention of the choreographer to distill the characters and relationships of Anton Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters into a pure dance-drama. They discuss the unique challenges the ballet presents the dancers and touch on the use of Benesh Movement Notation in the staging of the work for SF Ballet.0 min - Episode 58: Jodie Gates
Jodie Gates, répétiteur for William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, discussed her role in staging the work. She described the works of Forsythe as she has come to know them through performing with his company, and she stressed the characteristics of musicality and physicality that dominate his choreography.
0 min - Episode 56: Mark Zappone
Charles Chip Mc Neal, Director of Education interviews Costume Designer Mark Zappone
Mr. Zappone discusses his past and present association with San Francisco Ballet. He explains how he approaches the collaborative process and how he must attend to the needs and desires of the choreographer and the dancers. He goes on to describe the design and construction process for costumes this season. Finally, Mr. Zappone describes his work with choreographer Yuri Possokhov on RakU, and goes into elaborate detail on the costumes he has designed for Helgi Tomasson’s World Premiere, Trio0 min - Episode 55: Christopher Dennis
Charles Chip Mc Neal, Director of Education interviews Technical Director Christopher Dennis. New San Francisco Ballet Technical Director Christopher Dennis discusses his strategic role as a bridge between the Artistic and Production departments. He gives insight into his dual role as Technical Director and lighting designer. Finally, Dennis relates the highs and lows of putting a production on the stage, both in SF and on tour.
0 min - Episode 53: Sofiane Sylve
Claire Sheridan of Saint Mary's College interviews Principal Dancer Sofiane Sylve. Sofiane shares her thoughts about the character of Myrtha in the ballet Giselle, and discusses how the magic of the stage supersedes the physical pain that can be part of a dancer's career. She also talks about how the world of ballet is portrayed in popular movies.
0 min - Episode 54: Martin West, Music Director and Principal Conductor and Bruce Sansom, Assistant to the Artistic Director and Ballet Master.
Martin West, Music Director and Principal Conductor; Bruce Sansom, Assistant to the Artistic Director and Ballet Master.
Martin West and Bruce Sansom discussed how music informs the movement in George Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Ashton's Symphonic Variations, and other ballets. Martin described the collaboration involved in the creation of Yuri Possokhov's RAkU to a commissioned score by SF Ballet Orchestra bassist Shinji Eshima. Bruce recounted his experience of learning and performing Symphonic Variations at the Royal Ballet.
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