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San Francisco Ballet School Festival
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On Thursday, June 17, San Francisco Ballet School launches its first-ever Virtual Festival with a dinner and program. The festival program will feature class observations as well as three newly captured performances by the San Francisco Ballet School Trainees: two world premieres by SF Ballet School Faculty members – Future Paper by Dana Genshaft and Graces by Viktor Plotnikov, and the SF Ballet School premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Pas de Quatre from Swan Lake. On Friday, June 18, free access to festival programming begins on the SF Ballet @ Home .
SF/Arts Curator Insight
San Francisco Ballet School closes its academic year with a showcase of work by its incredibly gifted students, including two world premieres - Dana Genshaft’s “Future Papers” and Viktor Plotnikov’s “Graces” – alongside the school’s premiere of the pas de quatre from Sir Frederick Ashton’s “Swan Lake.” The annual fundraising dinner will take place on June 17th, with the entire program streaming free the following week.
Heather Desaulniers
Contributing Writer
San Francisco Ballet, long recognized for pushing boundaries in dance, has a history of making history.
San Francisco Ballet, long recognized for pushing boundaries in dance, has a history of making history.