Bruce Sansom




San Francisco Ballet Meet the Artist Interviews show

Summary: Board Relations Manager Jennifer Kovacevich interviews Ballet Master and Assistant to the Artistic Director Bruce Sansom. Jennifer and Bruce discuss Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Winter Dreams. Bruce describes the creation of the piece and the intention of the choreographer to distill the characters and relationships of Anton Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters into a pure dance-drama. They discuss the unique challenges the ballet presents the dancers and touch on the use of Benesh Movement Notation in the staging of the work for SF Ballet.