# List of San Francisco Ballet 2016 repertory

San Francisco Ballet dances each year at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, and tours; this is the list of 2016 San Francisco Ballet repertory season with ballets and casts beginning with the opening night gala, Thursday, January 21, 2016. The Nutcracker is danced the year before.

## Gala

Thursday, January 21, 2016
The program for the gala
* "Waltz of the Hours" from Coppélia
* World Premiere "Adagio" from the ballet based on Carmen, by Yuri Possokhov
* Bartok Divertimento
* Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
* Pas de deux from Carousel (A Dance)
* Pas de deux from Don Quixote, Act III
After intermission, SF Ballet Orchestra performed "Infernal Dance" from The Firebird, in Celebration of San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary. (No dancers were on stage during this.)
* San Francisco Ballet Premiere Gentle Memories
* Rubies pas de deux
* Solo, by Hans van Manen
* Pas de deux from Swan Lake, Act III
* North American Premiere Pas de deux from Pas/Parts by William Forsythe
* Theme and Variations finale

## Programs
### Program one, Jan 24 - Feb 5 Mixed program

* 7 for 8 by Helgi Tomasson
* Magrittomania by Yuri Possokhov
* Pas/Parts 2016 by William Forsythe

### Program two, Jan 27 - Feb 6 Mixed program

* Rubies
* Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes by Mark Morris
* Fearful Symmetries (World Premiere) by Liam Scarlett

### Program three, Feb 19 - Feb 28 Full-Length

* Swan Lake

### Program four, Mar 8 - Mar 13 Full-Length

* Coppélia

### Program five, Mar 16 - Mar 22 Mixed program

* Dances at a Gathering
* Swimmer, by Yuri Possokhov

### Program six, Apr 5 - Apr 16 Mixed program

* Prism by Helgi Tomasson
* Seven Sonatas by Alexei Ratmansky
* Rush© by Christopher Wheeldon

### Program seven, Apr 7 - Apr 17 Mixed Program

* Continuum© by Christopher Wheeldon
* In the Countenance of Kings by Justin Peck
* Theme and Variations

### Program eight, Apr 30 - May 8 Full length

* Onegin

## 2016 Company Roster

The company of the San Francisco Ballet:

### Changes from 2015 season

* Soloist Dana Genshaft retired from dancing and joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet School.
* Soloist Clara Blanco left to be both a ballet teacher and head of the classical dance department at Escuela Profesional de Danza de Castilla y León, in Valladolid, Spain.
* Corps member Carolyn Lippert joined the corps de ballet of American Ballet Theatre in December 2015.
* Corps member Raymond Tilton joined Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek, California.
* Corps member Kristina Lind joined the Dutch National Ballet
* Corps members Thomas Bieszka, Megan Amanda Ehrlich, Lacey Escabar, Emily Kadow, Shannon Marie Rugani, and Benjamin Stewart were removed from the roster for the 2016 season.
* Principals Pascal Molat and Joan Boada announced they would be retiring at the end of the 2016 season.
* Principal Gennadi Nedvigin announced he will retire from dancing in May 2016 to become the artistic director of the Atlanta Ballet.

#### Promotions and Additions

* San Francisco Ballet announced five promotions, four new Company members, and six apprentices for the 2016 Repertory Season:
** Soloist Dores André has been promoted to principal dancer.
** Lauren Strongin from Houston Ballet joined as a soloist.
** Added to the corps de ballet were former SF Ballet Apprentices Samantha Bristow, Benjamin Freemantle, John-Paul Simoens, and Maggie Weirich, as well as Jahna Frantziskonis from Pacific Northwest Ballet, Alessandra Vassallo from Teatro alla Scala, and Kamryn Baldwin from the San Francisco Ballet School.
** Grace Choi, Blake Kessler, Anastasia Kubanda, Haruo Niyama, Chisako Oga, and Francisco Sebastião of the San Francisco Ballet School were promoted to the rank of apprentice.
** However, Alessandra Vassallo did not appear on the roster on www.sfballet.org during the 2016.

### Dancers
#### Principal Dancers

| Name | Nationality | Training | Other Companies | Principal Since | Notes |
| Dores André | Spain | Estudio de Danza de Maria Avila | | 2015 | |
| Joan Boada | Cuba | Cuban National Ballet School | National Ballet of Cuba The Australian Ballet Royal Ballet of Flanders | 1999 | |
| Jaime Garcia Castilla | Spain | Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance | | 2008 | |
| Frances Chung | Canada | Goh Ballet Academy | | 2009 | |
| Taras Domitro | Cuba | Cuban National Ballet School | National Ballet of Cuba | 2008 | |
| Lorena Feijoo | Cuba | Cuban National Ballet School | National Ballet of Cuba Royal Ballet of Flanders Joffrey Ballet | 1999 | |
| Mathilde Froustey | France | Marseille National School of Ballet Paris Opéra Ballet School | Paris Opéra Ballet | 2013 | |
| Tiit Helimets | Estonia | Tallinn Ballet School | Estonian National Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet | 2005 | |
| Luke Ingham | Australia | Australian Ballet School | The Australian BalletHouston Ballet | 2014 | |
| Davit Karapetyan | Armenia | Armenian School of Ballet Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule | Zurich Ballet | 2005 | Named John and Barbara Osterweis Principal Dancer |
| Maria Kochetkova | Russia | Moscow State Academy of Choreography | The Royal Ballet English National Ballet | 2007 | Named Herbert Family Principal Dancer |
| Vitor Luiz | Brazil | The Royal Ballet School | Birmingham Royal Ballet | 2009 | |
| Pascal Molat | France | Paris Opéra Ballet School | Royal Ballet of Flanders Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo | 2003 | |
| Gennadi Nedvigin | Russia | Moscow State Academy of Choreography | Le Jeune Ballet de France Moscow Renaissance Ballet | 2000 | |
| Carlos Quenedit | Cuba | Cuban National Ballet School | Cuban National BalletMiami City Ballet Joffrey Ballet | 2014 | |
| Sofiane Sylve | France | Centre de Danse l’Académie | Dutch National Ballet New York City Ballet | 2008 | |
| Yuan Yuan Tan | China | Shanghai Dance School John Cranko School | | 1997 | Named Richard C. Barker Principal Dancer |
| Sarah Van Patten | United States | Ballet Workshop of New England Massachusetts Youth Ballet | Royal Danish Ballet | 2007 | Named Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer |
| Joseph Walsh | United States | Walnut Hill School of the Arts Houston Ballet II | Houston Ballet | 2014 | |
| Vanessa Zahorian | United States | Kirov Academy of Ballet Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet | Mariinsky Ballet | 2002 | Named Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer |

#### Apprentices

* Grace Choi
* Blake Kessler
* Anastasia Kubanda
* Chisako Oga
* Francisco Sebastião

#### Artistic Staff

Source:
* Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
* Ballet Master & Assistant to the Artistic Director: Ricardo Bustamante
* Ballet Masters
** Felipe Diaz
** Betsy Erickson
** Anita Paciotti
** Katita Waldo
* Company Teachers
** Helgi Tomasson
** Ricardo Bustamante
** Felipe Diaz
* Choreographer in Residence: Yuri Possokhov
* Music Director and Principal Conductor: Martin West
* Other Artistic Staff
** Caroline Giese, Artistic Administrator
** Alan Takata-Villareal, Logistics Manager
** Abby Masters, Assistant to the Artistic Staff

### Music Director and Musicians

* Music Director & Principal Conductor: Martin West

#### Strings

Violin I :
| Cordula Merks,Concertmaster | Mia Kim |
| Wenyi Shih, Acting Associate | Robin Hansen |
| Beni Shinohara, Assistant Concertmaster | Brian Lee |
| Heidi Wilcox | Mariya Borozina |
| Violin II ||
| Marianne Wagner, Principal | Patricia Van Winkle |
| Craig Reiss, Associate Principal | Clifton Foster |
| Jeanelle Meyer, Assistant Principal | Elbert Tsai |
| Rebecca Jackson, Assistant Principal |
| Viola ||
| Yi Zhou, Principal | Caroline Lee |
| Anna Kruger, Associate Principal | Paul Ehrlich |
| Joy Fellows, Assistant Principal |
| Cello ||
| Eric Sung, Principal | Thalia Moore |
| Jonah Kim, Associate Principal | Nora Pirquet |
| Victor Fierro, Assistant Principal |
| Contrabass ||
| Steven D'Amico,Principal | Jonathan Lancelle, Assistant Principal |
| Shinji Eshima, Associate Principal | Mark Drury |
| Harp ||
| Annabelle Taubl, Principal ||

#### Woodwinds

Flute :
| Barbara Chaffe, Principal | Julie McKenzie, 2nd & Piccolo |
| Oboe ||
| Laura Griffiths, Principal | Marilyn Coyne, 2nd & English Horn |
| Clarinet ||
| Natalie Parker, Principal | Andrew Sandwick, 2nd & Bass Clarinet |
| Bassoon ||
| Rufus Olivier, Principal | Patrick Johnson-Whitty, 2nd & Contrabassoon |

#### Brass

Horn :
| Kevin Rivard, Principal | Keith Green |
| Brian McCarty, Associate Principal | Bill Klingelhoffer |
| Trumpet/Cornet ||
| Adam Luftman, Principal | Ralph Wagner (Leave of Absence) |
| Conrad Jones(Season Substitute) |
| Trombone ||
| Jeffrey Budin, Principal | Hall Goff |
| Bass Trombone ||
| Scott Thornton, Principal ||
| Tuba ||
| Peter Wahrhaftig, Principal ||

#### Percussion

Timpani :
* James Gott, Principal
* Percussion |
* David Rosenthal, Principal