Save Our Ballet: A Story of Hope During a Recession
Anton Ness was born and raised in San Francisco, California.  He studied and performed at an early age with his sister Gina Ness with the Ballet Celeste directed by Merriem Lanova, a former dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.  At the age of twelve, he joined the San Francisco Ballet School under the direction of Harold Christensen and trained with Anatole Vilzak of the Maryinsky and the Diaghilev Ballets Russes.  Vilzak replaced Nijinsky as the premier dancer of that period.  Anton went on to train and graduated with the North Carolina School of the Arts.  He briefly appeared with The Bejart Ballet in Brussels, Belgium, Carlos Carvajal’s Dance Spectrum and the San Francisco Opera Company before returning to dance with the San Francisco Ballet directed by Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin. Mr. Ness has six wonderful children and one grandchild. He is happily married to Mariza and resides in San Francisco.