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San Francisco Ballet pulls out all the stops in its new 'Cinderella' by Christopher Wheeldon

Alice and Cinderella: All Wheeldon Last Week

May 15, 2013

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Last week was Chris Wheeldon Week in San Francisco, with Ballet in Cinema's broadcast of the Royal Ballet in Alice in Wonderland in Bay Area theatres, and the premiere of Cinderella at San Francisco Ballet. It [..]

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Falling in Love with the Bolshoi, All Over Again

April 24, 2013

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Like a Fabergé egg: rarely seen outside Russia, the Bolshoi's full-length 'Esmeralda', based on Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris, was rebroadcast in brilliant HD in cinemas worldwide last night.

San Francisco Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Symphony in Three Movements' (Photo: Erik Tomasson)

Glamour, Wit and Bombast at San Francisco Ballet

April 17, 2013

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[caption id="attachment_3197" align="alignnone" width="300"] San Francisco Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Symphony in Three Movements' (Photo: Erik Tomasson)[/caption] Tweets from intermission at the War Memorial Opera House, Tuesday, 16th Apr 2013