San Francisco Ballet 2008 American Tour: Programming June 10, 2008
Pascal Molat and Elizabeth Miner in Morris’ Joyride © Erik Tomasson
More specific details for SF Ballet’s 2008 American tour has just been released (click for more details). As I suspected, many of the New Works are making a nice reappearance, a great way for the rest of the US to enjoy these works outside of the Bay Area. The New Works will be underlined.
Chicago: Harris Theater, Sept 16-21.
- Program A: Helgi Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, and Jorma Elo’s Double Evil
- Program B: Tomasson’s On a Theme of Paganini, Mark Morris’ Joyride, and Yuri Possokhov’s Fusion
- Gala: Sept 18 only. Possokhov’s Fusion, Tomasson’s Concerto Grosso, and two additional works
New York: New York City Center, Oct 10-18
- Program A: George Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15, Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, Possokhov’s Fusion
- Program B: Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Morris’ Joyride, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments
- Program C: Tomasson’s On a Theme of Paganini, Val Caniparoli’s Ibsen’s House, Elo’s Double Evil.
Orange County: OCPAC, Nov 11-16
- Program A: Possokhov’s Fusion, Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments
- Program B: Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Morris’ Joyride, and Elo’s Double Evil.
Washington D.C.: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Nov 25-30
- Program A: Morris’ Joyride, Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments
- Program B: Tomasson’s full length Giselle
My reviews:
- Program A: Possohkov, Wheeldon, Taylor
- Program B: Welch, Adams, Morris
- Program C: Jenkins, Caniparoli, Elo
Lucky D.C.-ers get to see Tomasson’s heavenly Giselle! (My review here) Also I’m surprised that Welch’s Naked isn’t being performed anywhere, maybe because of its tepid critical reception. I loved it though, it was a sparkling highlight for me punctuated by equally thrilling music.
Be sure to check it out in your town!!
I saw the San Francisco Ballet when I was still in France, I loved it and hope I ll get a chance to see it again. (Should be easier since I live in SF now!
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Be sure to check them out – it’s really easy to get tickets, and there are lots of discount options available as well as cheap balcony seats which are a great vantage point for viewing the stage.
It’s such a shame that there’s a world class arts organization like SF Ballet in the city, and lots of my friends who have lived there all their lives have never gone to see it!