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Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate. GREETINGS FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Thank you for joining us at the Opera House for The Sleeping Beauty. One of the pillars of the classical ballet tradition, The Sleeping Beauty is also a beloved story of a cursed princess, good and bad fairies, and the triumph of true love’s kiss. I staged San Francisco Ballet’s first full-length production of The Sleeping Beauty in 1990. It was one hundred years after the original, choreographed by Marius Petipa, premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg with Tchaikovsky’s score. There’s a reason this ballet is an enduring favorite: it has drama and spectacle and also pure classical ballet technique: precise, specific, regal. I kept much of Petipa’s exquisite choreography and added a few elements as well. Performing The Sleeping Beauty requires a shift from our dancers, from the freer movement of contemporary ballet. Just as orchestras return to the classical canon for inspiration and to strengthen their skills, this is an important return to the source for us. Truly mastering the deceptively difficult classical technique translates into doing FP 2 everything else well. Although it’s one of the most challenging ballets to perform, our dancers make it look wonderful. I look forward to seeing how our dancers will embody the many different roles in The Sleeping Beauty. I appreciate you coming to San Francisco Ballet. Your support enables us to perform the classics and to take artistic risks—like commissioning new work—that keep the art form vibrant. Our 2019 Season continues through May with world premieres by Yuri Possokhov and Liam Scarlett; Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy, John Neumeier’s beautiful, haunting version of The Little Mermaid; and much more. I hope you’ll join us once again this spring as we explore the full range of what ballet can be. Sincerely, Helgi Tomasson Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer PROGRAM 04 | 415 865 2000 | 3 Monet_Encore full page FINAL.indd 1 2/1/19 1:18 PM SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES | 2018–19 Carl F. Pascarella, Chair of the Board and Executive Committee John S. Osterweis†, Immediate Past Chair Lisa Daniels Robert G. Shaw Pamela J. Joyner† Margaret G. Gill, Vice Chair Susan P. Diekman Christine E. Sherry David A. Kaplan James H. Herbert, II†, Vice Chair Sonia H. Evers Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Mary Jo Kovacevich Lucy Jewett, Vice Chair Shelby M. Gans Catherine Slavonia James J. Ludwig† James D. Marver, Vice Chair Joseph C. Geagea David Hooker Spencer Stephanie Marver Diane B. Wilsey, Vice Chair Richard Gibbs, M.D. Fran A. Streets Nancy H. Mohr Nancy Kukacka, Treasurer Beth Grossman Judy C. Swanson Marie-Louise Pratt Jennifer J. McCall, Secretary Matthew T. Hobart Richard J. Thalheimer George R. Roberts Susan S. Briggs, Assistant Secretary Patrick M. Hogan Miles Archer Woodlief Kathleen Scutchfield Thomas E. Horn Timothy C. Wu Robert M. Smelick Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director Hiro Iwanaga Zhenya Yoder Susan A. Van Wagner & Principal Choreographer Thomas M. Jackson, M.D. Janice Hansen Zakin Dennis Wu Glenn McCoy*, Executive Director Elaine Kartalis Akiko Yamazaki James C. Katzman Yasunobu Kyogoku Kelsey Lamond TRUSTEES EMERITI Jola Anderson Brenda Leff Michael C. Abramson ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES Kristen A. Avansino Marie O’Gara Lipman Thomas W. Allen Ann Kathryn Baer, President, Richard C. Barker† Alison Mauzé Marjorie Burnett San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary President Karen S. Bergman Marissa Mayer Charles Dishman Steve Merlo, , BRAVO President Gary Bridge John T. Palmer Garrettson Dulin, Jr.† Daniel Cassell, , ENCORE! Chaomei Chen Fritz Quattlebaum Millicent Dunham FP 3 Hannah Comolli Stewart McDowell Brady, Kara Roell J. Stuart Francis† Patrice Lovato, Christine Leong Connors Sally Hambrecht Christine Russell Co-Chairs, Allegro Circle David C. Cox Randee Seiger Ingrid von Mangoldt Hills SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 2018–19 James D. Marver, President John S. Osterweis, President Emeritus J. Stuart Francis, Vice President Thomas E. Horn, Treasurer Richard C. Barker Hilary C. Pierce Kevin Mohr‡, Chief Financial Officer Susan S. Briggs Larissa K. Roesch Elizabeth Lani‡, Assistant Secretary Nancy Kukacka †Past Chair *Non-Trustee ‡Non-Director PROGRAM 04 | SFBALLET.ORG | 5 Monet_Encore full page FINAL.indd 1 2/1/19 1:18 PM SAN FRANCISCO BALLET LEADERSHIP HELGI TOMASSON GLENN MCCOY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL CHOREOGRAPHER Helgi Tomasson, one of the supreme SF Ballet pays tribute to Glenn McCoy classical dancers of his generation, this season, which is his 31st and final has led San Francisco Ballet for 34 years season with San Francisco Ballet and is the longest-serving sole artistic before retirement. After working director of a major ballet company. Born for San Francisco Opera and the in Iceland, he danced with Harkness Metropolitan Opera, McCoy joined Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, and New York San Francisco Ballet in 1987. He served City Ballet, where he distinguished himself as a dancer of technical as company manager and general manager before being appointed purity, musicality, and intelligence. Tomasson assumed leadership of executive director in April 2002. McCoy has overseen the production SF Ballet in 1985. Under his direction, SF Ballet has developed into a of more than 130 new repertory and full-length ballets and more than Company widely recognized as one of the finest in the world. Tomasson 50 domestic and international tours, including engagements in Paris, has balanced devotion to the classics with an emphasis on new work, London, New York, Beijing, and Washington, DC.