San Francisco Ballet

This season our incredible Hair and Make-up Team led by Lisa Ruth Zomer, Thomas Richards-Keyes, and Timothy Santry won the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award for Best Hair and Makeup for Theatrical International and Broadway Tours for our Orange County tour of Frankenstein! (📸 Lisa Ruth Zomer, Thomas Richards-Keyes, Timothy Santry after accepting their award, Joshua Jack Price in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Sasha De Sola and Joshua Jack Price in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Wei Wang in Scarlett's Frankenstein // © San Francisco Ballet, Lindsey Rallo) #iatse706 #local706 #muahsawards

What a year! The 2025–2026 Season was one for the books. None of it happens without our devoted audiences, volunteers, crew, donors, musicians, and artists who pour everything into this art form. From all of us: thank you. See you next season!

Raising Leaders was designed for dancers who want to shape the future of this art form, and Julia Rowe is exactly that kind of artist. As the program's inaugural fellow along with Sasha De Sola, Julia spent two seasons going deep on operations, strategy, and organizational leadership, all while continuing to perform. She attended the Positioning Ballet leadership conference in Amsterdam, worked alongside SF Ballet staff on strategic planning and organizational management, and connected with mentors at Stanford and LinkedIn. Her capstone project was centered aorund producing the SF Ballet Orchestra's final Chamber Concert of the season at the Legion of Honor. As her fellowship wraps this May, we're celebrating Julia and the vision Tamara Rojo had in creating a program like this in the first place. https://bit.ly/4ulXtCt

This AAPI Heritage Month, we're spotlighting Sedley Chew — who arrived at SF Ballet School on a full scholarship, went on to dance with American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet, and today manages the backstage action as Head Carpenter. Every soaring backdrop, every precisely timed scene change, every LED wall you marveled at this season? That's Sedley. Read his full story, including that time he was offered a contract by Mikhail Baryshnikov: https://bit.ly/4uvHn8C #aapiheritagemonth #aapi #aapimonth #sfballet (📸 Head Carpenter Sedley Chew at work // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo)

Spring Festival brings the San Francisco premiere of SF Ballet Soloist and Creation House Associate Choreographer Myles Thatcher's Mayfly. "I think we’ve found something that feels really atmospheric and can capture the sensitivities of the trainees." Mayfly is onstage this Friday and Saturday: https://bit.ly/3PphFns

"Now with San Francisco Ballet, Woo is a forward-looking force in ballet: a celebrated principal who prioritizes being relatable, an exacting technician with a focus on individuality, and a multidimensional artist whose influence extends far beyond the stage." – Dance Magazine https://bit.ly/4tcw0Bq #sfballet #sfballetdancers #madelinewoo #dancemagazine #sfballetnews

📢 DRUMROLL PLEASE 📢 Introducing our newest Soloist and Demi Soloists for the 2026-2027 Season: Soloist Alexis Francisco Valdes & Demi Soloists Rubén Cítores Nieto, Jacey Gailliard, Leili Rackow, & Lucas López. Join us in celebrating and recognizing these remarkable artists! #sfballetnews #sfballet #promotions #dancernews

Principal Dancer Wei Wang visited KTVU 2 to talk about portraying the role of Hope in Mere Mortals and what it means both in the context of the Greek Myth as well as for our modern day experience. #sfballet #sfballetinthenews

Did you know there is growing evidence that dance can be incredibly beneficial for people living with Parkinson’s? Our weekly dance classes for people with Parkinson's align with common rehabilitation strategies like expansive movements, pairing steps with music, balance practice, and coordinated movement patterns, all in an engaging, supportive environment! Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/3WI80sc

Since 1999 the Shanghai International Arts Festival has been a place where civilizations meet through the shared language of art — where audiences and artists discover in each other something they did not know they were looking for. That is also a vision San Francisco Ballet was built on. We are thrilled to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to begin a three year partnership to explore bringing SF Ballet performers to Shanghai in tandem with Mayor Lurie’s work to drive San Francisco’s economic recovery through arts and culture. #sanfrancisco #artsandculture #sfballetnews Tamara Rojo, Branislav Henselmann