Preview: 2009 San Francisco Ballet Program 4 March 13, 2009
Maria Kochetkova in Tomasson's On a Theme of Paganini. © Erik Tomasson
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
‘Til I can rest again.
- Maya Angelou
I always get a high number of hits from people googling information about San Francisco Ballet towards the beginning of each run, but this time I can’t make it to the War Memorial Opera House until later this week. So keep your eyes peeled for my review but in the meantime, here are some gorgeous preview photos which will hopefully encourage people to go see it. Program 4 opened last night, with Tomasson’s On a Theme of Paganini, Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas, and the piece I’m most looking forward to, Jerome Robbins’ comedic ballet The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), especially intriguing after I saw a brilliant Robbins’ documentary on PBS fairly recently (click here to pre-order). It shed light on a choreographer I knew very little about, other than being the choreographer for Fancy Free and West Side Story. Interesting costumes for the Robbins’ piece, no?
Lorena Feijoo and Ruben Martin in Tudor's Jardin aux Lilas. © Erik Tomasson
San Francisco Ballet in Robbins' The Concert. © Erik Tomasson
Click here for tickets and more info on Program 4. Program 5 opens tonight – a tribute to one of my all-time favorite choreographers, Mark Morris.
Oh how fun — I wish I could be there. I’ve seen either ABT or NYCB do practically all of those pieces but it’s always so interesting seeing another company. After seeing Julie Kent and Melissa Thomas (who floored me) in Jardin aux Lilacs, I wonder what Lorena Feijoo would be like in that main role? I love the top picture of Maria Kochetkova!
Hm, I saw ABT do Jardin once a REALLY long time ago, but I don’t remember much about it aside from an impending sense of drama. Did you like the Concert? Ah I’m so curious – but I’ll be seeing them this weekend.
Have you seen Sandpaper Ballet? Just curious – I haven’t heard of another American ballet company that’s performed this aside from SFB. It’s one of my faves.