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Special thank you to San Francisco Ballet for making this exhibition possible. See “San Francisco Ballet at 90” on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/zSkalPVGp2
#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
The concept coincides with his choice of music—Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov’s (1873–1943) Symphonic Dances (1940)—the composer’s final major composition, which he wrote while living in the United States. “#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
“Some people would call it dark, but I consider it spiritual,” says Liang, who was drawn to the composition’s intensity and the fantasy world Rachmaninov created through the music. This is what Liang sought to emulate in his choreography. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
For 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, Liang chose to create a “spiritual, abstract world,” he says, “what you would call the in-between, where it’s neither this world nor the next world... I don’t want to limit audiences in what they see.” #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, which premiered in 2012, was Edwaard Liang’s first major work for San Francisco Ballet. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on June 13, 2023.
See “Been Lovin' You” by Robin Dekkers, Benjamin Freemantle, & Benjamin Tarquin in the Video Arts Gallery, located pre-security in the International Terminal, open daily from 7am to 10pm. Learn more at: https://t.co/s0oA7gcWli #VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO#Pride#BalletThis tweet was posted on June 08, 2023.
Post:ballet artistic director Robin Dekkers choreographs former San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Benjamin Freemantle in this jubilant tribute to San Francisco. #VideoArts#VideoArtsSFO#Pride#Ballet https://t.co/lOFGKvecALThis tweet was posted on June 08, 2023.
Special thank you to San Francisco Ballet for making this exhibition possible. See “San Francisco Ballet at 90” on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/zSkalPVGp2
#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.
Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (b. 1973) trained at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium. She danced for twelve years before becoming a choreographer in 2003. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.
Special thank you to San Francisco Ballet for making this exhibition possible. See “San Francisco Ballet at 90” on display, pre-security, in the International Terminal and online at: https://t.co/zSkalPVGp2
#SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.
Lopez Ochoa’s ballet also encompasses flamenco dance and bullfighting. The four principal dancers wear bull horns; the bull symbolizes violence and power—aggressor and victim. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.
In her choreography, Lopez Ochoa sought to answer the question “How do you put cubism into movement?” She created cubist effects by arranging dancers into poses, so that the brain appears to see four heads and only two legs. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #BalletThis tweet was posted on April 18, 2023.