SF Ballet's 2020 Opening Night Gala (2020)

Conductor: Martin West
2020 Gala Presenting Sponsor Osterweis Capital Management

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MEN’S REGIMENT FROM STARS & STRIPES

Composer: John Philip Sousa, arranged by Hershy Kay
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Staged by: Sandra Jennings
Additional Coaching by: Helgi Tomasson
Costume Design: after Karinska

CASTING
Lucas Erni

Sean Bennett, Alexandre Cagnat,
Diego Cruz, Estéban Cuadrado,
Davide Occhipinti, Joshua Jack Price,
Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson,
Jacob Seltzer, Myles Thatcher,
Mingxuan Wang, Joseph Warton

FORESHADOW

Composer: Ludovico Einaudi
Choreographer: Val Caniparoli
Costume Design: Kate Share
Lighting Design: Jim French

CASTING
Anna Karenina: Jennifer Stahl
Count Vronsky: Tiit Helimets
Kitty: Elizabeth Powell

PAS DE DEUX FROM SWAN LAKE

Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: David Dawson
Costume Design: Yumiko Takeshima
Lighting Design: Bert Dalhuysen
Assistants to the Choreographer: Tim Couchman, Hope Muir, Oliver Rydout

Violin: Cordula Merks
Cello: Eric Sung

CASTING
Sofiane Sylve, Carlo Di Lanno

JOCKEY DANCE

Composer: Carl Christian Møller
Choreographer: August Bournonville
Staged by: Ulrik Birkkjaer

CASTING
Max Cauthorn, Esteban Hernandez

FOR PIXIE

Music: Nina Simone
Choreographer: Danielle Rowe
Costume Design: Lauren Strongin
Lighting Design: Jim French

CASTING
Dores André, Joseph Walsh

PAS DE DEUX FROM LE CORSAIRE

Composer: Riccardo Drigo
Choreography: after Marius Petipa

CASTING
Misa Kuranaga, Angelo Greco

INTERMISSION PRESENTATION
DEDICATED TO…

Composer: Victor Osadchev
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Director: Erik Tomasson
Assistant to the Choreographer: Anita Paciotti
Director of Photography: Erik Tomasson
Operator: Mike Norman
Gaffer: James Childers
Editor: Hidetoshi Oneda

CASTING
Yuan Yuan Tan, Su Zhang

Violin: Cordula Merks
Viola: Yi Zhou
Cello: Eric Sung
Double Bass: Jonathan Lancelle
Vibraphone: Victor Avdienko
Piano: Natal’ya Feygina

BALCONY PAS DE DEUX FROM ROMEO & JULIET

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Choreographer: Helgi Tomasson
Scenery and Costume Design: Jens-Jacob Worsaae
Lighting Design: Thomas R. Skelton

CASTING
Mathilde Froustey, Joseph Walsh

05:49

Composers: Ivan Pavlov and Annie Bandez
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Costume Design: Kate Share
Lighting Design: Jim French

CASTING
Sasha De Sola, Benjamin Freemantle

GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE

Composer: D. F. E. Auber
Choreographer: Victor Gsovsky

CASTING
Wona Park, Wei Wang

PAS DE DEUX FROM HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING

Composers: Anthony Gonzalez, Yann Gonzalez, and Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Choreographer: Justin Peck
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls

CASTING
Sarah Van Patten, Henry Sidford

PAS DE DEUX FROM BELLS

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Costume Design: Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design: Jack Mehler

Piano: Mungunchimeg Buriad

CASTING
Yuan Yuan Tan, Vitor Luiz

FINALE FROM DIAMONDS

Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Staged by: Sandra Jennings
Additional Coaching by: Helgi Tomasson
Costume Design: Karinska

CASTING
Sasha De Sola, Tiit Helimets

Megan Amanda Ehrlich, Madison Keesler, Elizabeth Mateer, Ami Yuki
Cavan Conley, Steven Morse, Myles Thatcher, Hansuke Yamamoto

Samantha Bristow, Thamires Chuvas, Gabriela Gonzalez, Anatalia Hordov,
Blake Johnston, Swane Messaoudi, Kimberly Marie Olivier, Leili Rackow,
Skyla Schreter, Miranda Silveira, Bianca Teixeira, Maggie Weirich

Sean Bennet, Alexandre Cagnat, Rubén Cítores, Diego Cruz,
Estéban Cuadrado, Davide Occhipinti, Joshua Jack Price, Jacob Seltzer,
Nathaniel Remez, Alexander Reneff-Olson, Mingxuan Wang, Joseph Warton

Please note that all donors recognized represents the accurate and complete list as of June 22, 2020 at 10 am.