Summary: Principal dancer Nicolas Blanc was born in Montauban, France. His training included work at Paris Opera Ballet School, and before joining San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 2003 he danced with Zurich Ballet, among other companies. He was promoted to principal dancer in 2004, after just one year with San Francisco Ballet. Blanc has danced principal roles in Balanchine's Symphony in C and The Four Temperaments, and created roles in a number of works including Tomasson's 7 for Eight and Blue Rose as well as Possokhov's Study in Motion and Wheeldon's Quaternary. Here he talks about the ballet's 75th Anniversary Season, his interest in choreography, and his dreams for the future.
