San Francisco Ballet Meet the Artist Interviews
Summary: A highly popular pre-performance discussion program, Meet the Artist Interviews spotlight the specific San Francisco Ballet repertory program to be performed that evening/afternoon. These highly informative talks feature Company dancers, guest artists, choreographers and conductors in conversation with a moderator. Meet the Artist Interviews last 30 minutes and take place in the War Memorial Opera House one hour before performance time on selected evenings and Sunday matinees. Meet the Artist Interviews are open to all ticket holders.
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Podcasts:
Principal Dancer Pascal Molat cites Michael Jackson as his first dance inspiration. Hear more about what Molat has done since taking up breakdancing in the 1980s and how he has met the challenges of being a professional ballet dancer for more than 10 years.
San Francisco Ballet Soloist Rory Hohenstein talks about the gutsy move he made to become a member of the Company, the physical demands of being a professional dancer, and his brush with celebrity as the subject of a children's book-about dance, of course.
San Francisco Ballet Principal Dancer Joan Boada made a risky decision in fleeing his native Cuba to dance in countries around the world, and finally the United States. In this Meet the Artist Interview, hear more about that, his training regimen, and how he ended up with eight stitches in his head after playing Albrecht in Giselle.
Tina LeBlanc, a principal dancer with SF Ballet since 1992, has balanced a challenging and eminently successful career with raising two children. She talks about her involvement with dance beyond performing onstage, her relationships with younger dancers, and bringing her two young sons to see the ballet.
Dance critic, historian, professor, and author Lynn Garafola talks about ballet's current period of transition, her fondest memories of dance, and the job of the dance critic. She advises even newcomers to dance to trust their instincts about what they like or don't like in a performance.
After staging Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free for San Francisco Ballet, Jean-Pierre Frohlich talks about what is involved in preserving the legacy of this legendary choreographer as a member of the Robbins Rights Trust.
Eden/Eden, Wayne McGregor's thought-provoking contemporary ballet that envisions a world of cloned humans, enjoyed its U.S. premiere during Program 4 this repertory season. McGregor, Costume Designer Ursula Bombshell, Lighting Designer Charles Balfour, and Filmmaker Ravi Deepres talk about their partnership in bringing Eden/Eden to the stage.
SF Ballet Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West, a native of England, talks about the many hats he wears, what it takes to be a conductor and to become a member of the ballet orchestra, and what he thinks is the most difficult orchestral score, The Sleeping Beauty.
