San Francisco Ballet Presents: Don Quixote

Don Quixote

MARCH 20-MARCH 29, 2015

Program 5: Full-Length

Total running time: 2 hours 34 minutes, two intermissions

The classic favorite returns! Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov’s thrilling and visually resplendent Don Quixote features some of the most virtuosic dancing in the classical repertory and a dazzling array of costumes by the late Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz. Don’t miss the funny and romantic ballet the Huffington Post called “a three-act collection of ‘tales of the lovelorn’ translated into eye-popping episodes of passion and frivolity, intimacy and spectacle…an impossible dream come true.”  ADDED PERFORMANCE

MAR 28 2PM

Performance Dates

Friday, March 20, 8pm
Saturday, March 21, 2pm
Saturday, March 21, 8pm
Sunday, March 22, 2pm
Tuesday, March 24, 8pm
Wednesday, March 25, 7:30pm
Thursday, March 26, 8pm
Saturday, March 28, 2pm
Saturday, March 28, 8pm
Sunday, March 29, 2pm

Events

Pointes of View Lecture: Fans, Fandangos, and Fouettés: An Appreciation of Don Quixote

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 6pm
War Memorial Opera House – North Carriage Entrance

Carrie Gaiser Casey, PhD playfully examines the history, choreography, and comedy that make this ballet so compelling for audiences past and present.

Free and open to the public.

Meet the Artist Interviews

Friday, March 20, 2015, 7pm
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 1pm
Sunday, March 29, 2015, 1pm
Orchestra Level one hour prior to the performance

These informative talks feature artists and choreographers in conversation with a moderator. Interviews are 30 minutes and take place on the Orchestra Level one hour prior to the performance.

Open to all ticket holders.  

To purchase, please visit https://www.sfballet.org/tickets/production/overview/donquixote

San Francisco Ballet (Feb 24 - March 7) Program 3: A Quadruple Bill!

Program 3: Quadruple Bill
 A truly eclectic SF Ballet sampler featuring works by two esteemed choreographers: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude is an exhilarating work by William Forsythe, and Variations for Two Couples by Hans van Manen who was hailed by The Guardian (UK) as the “Mondrian of ballet.”

Then, as part of Helgi Tomasson’s ongoing commitment to new work, SF Ballet presents the world premiere of Manifesto by Myles Thatcher, a member of the Company’s corps de ballet since 2010. The program concludes with Natalia Makarova’s staging of The Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadère, Act II, described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “an ideal of classical purity.”

Performance Dates

Tuesday, February 24, 8pm
Wednesday, February 25, 7:30pm
Friday, February 27, 8pm
Sunday, March 1, 2pm
Thursday, March 5, 8pm
Saturday, March 7, 2pm
Saturday, March 7, 8pm

Casting

View available casting.

Events

Pointes of View Lecture: William Forsythe’s Ballets About Ballet

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 6pm
War Memorial Opera House – North Carriage Entrance
Performance scholar Rebecca Groves, formerly Dramaturg of the Ballett Frankfurt and Executive Director of the Forsythe Foundation, discusses The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and how it takes up ballet as its subject matter — empowering dancers, developing the tradition in unexpected directions, and engaging audiences in new ways.
Free and open to the public.

Meet the Artist Interviews

Friday, February 27, 2015, 7pm
Sunday, March 1, 2015, 1pm
War Memorial Opera House – North Carriage Entrance
These informative talks feature artists and choreographers in conversation with a moderator. Interviews are 30 minutes and take place on the Orchestra Level one hour prior to the performance.
Open to all ticket holders.