Choreographer and SF Ballet Soloist Myles Thatcher talks with Molly LeBeau about COLORFORMS on March 17, 2023.

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Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Thatcher's COLORFORMS // © Lindsay Thomas

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Esteban Hernández and Soloist Jasmine Jamison talk with Molly LeBeau about Giselle on March 5, 2023.

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Header Image: Jasmine Jimison and Esteban Hernández in Tomasson's Giselle // © Chris Hardy

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Wei Wang talks with Jessica Cohen about Giselle on February 24, 2023.

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Header Image: Wona Park and Wei Wang rehearsing Tomasson's Giselle // © Reneff-Olson Productions

SF Ballet Principal Dancer Sasha De Sola talks with Jennie Scholick about Giselle on February 26, 2023.

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Header Image: Sasha De Sola and Aaron Robison in Tomasson's Giselle // © Lindsay Thomas

Lynn Charles speaks with Senior Director of Individual Giving Lynn Eve Komaromi about her work with Bridget Breiner on The Queen's Daughter before the performance on February 3, 2023.

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Header Image: Wei Wang, Sasha De Sola, and Bridget Breiner rehearsing Breiner's The Queen's Daughter // © Chris Hardy

next@90 choreographer Nicolas Blanc chats with Major Gifts Officer Michael Imbimbo about his new work for SF Ballet on January 27, 2023.

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Nicolas Blanc's Bio

A familiar face to San Francisco Ballet, Nicolas Blanc returns to the Company as a choreographer for next@90.

Blanc began his dance training in Montauban, France. After winning a scholarship in the 1994 Prix de Lausanne, he continued his early dance education at the Academie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace’ in Monte-Carlo and the Paris Opera Ballet School. He then danced with Nice Opera Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dusseldorf, Zurich Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet, where he was made Principal Dancer in 2004. In 2009, he joined Scottish Ballet as Ballet Master and has worked as a rehearsal director and principal coach for the Joffrey Ballet since 2011.

Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Blanc's Gateway to the Sun // © Lindsay Thomas

SF Ballet Rehearsal Director and former principal dancer Joanna Berman discusses Val Caniparoli's world premiere for the next@90 festival with dance educator Mary Wood on January 29, 2023.

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Header Image: WanTing Zhao and Steven Morse in Caniparoli's Emergence // © Lindsay Thomas

next@90 choreographer and Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Robert Garland discusses his new ballet Haffner Serenade with interviewer Jessica Cohen on January 22, 2023.

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ROBERT GARLAND’S BIO

Robert Garland’s passion for dance ignited when he witnessed his first Dance Theatre of Harlem performance. He moved to New York City, attended The Juilliard School, and then quickly rose through the Dance Theatre of Harlem ranks to become a principal dancer. Soon after Dance Theatre’s founder and former artistic director Arthur Mitchell invited Garland to create a work for the company, he was appointed their first resident choreographer and director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School. He has since been selected to succeed Virginia Johnson as Artistic Director of the company, beginning his new role in 2023.

Header Image: San Francisco Ballet in Garland's Haffner Serenade // © Lindsay Thomas

On his career, choreography, and his life during shelter-in-place

On coming back to the stage and Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella