Principal Yuan Yuan Tan is interviewed in Time Out Hong Kong!
’Number Nine’ is just one of the works we’re bringing to London’s Sadler’s Wells in September!
Do the twist!
THE ART OF THE DANCE
Saks Fifth Avenue, Donna Karan and The San Francisco Ballet
“I love dance – the sensuality, the movement, the pure expression of the body. I always say if I wasn’t a designer, I’d want to be a dancer like Martha Graham (or a singer like my friend Barbara Streisand.) My love of dance has inspired my design, starting with the foundation of the bodysuit and pair of tights. So we were delighted when Saks Fifth Avenue invited us to join them in doing a luncheon/fashion show in support of the San Francisco Ballet on Friday, May 18th. The oldest professional ballet company in America, the San Francisco Ballet was founded in 1933 and is the company behind some of the world’s most extraordinary dancers. Philanthropy has many worthy paths, and I believe we need to support the arts any way we can, most of all by experiencing them. Dance remains an endless source of inspiration for me. I may not be a dancer, but I design clothes that freely move with the body and enhance its expression. If you can, try to attend a dance at The San Francisco Ballet or at any dance theater near you. Go as often as you can. Dance, music, design…it’s all connected and one of the most rewarding ways you can treat yourself. ”
Yesterday’s pic of our dancers under the Golden Gate Bridge is OFFICIALLY our most popular social media photo! Since so many of you asked, here are the old and the new shots side-by-side…
So many of you loved our archive shot of SFB dancers posing under the Golden Gate Bridge on the eve of the 1957 Far East Tour. So, to honor both the Bridge’s 75th Anniversary and our upcoming 2012 Tour, we’ve recreated the image for you in (almost) exactly the same spot under this San Francisco icon!
Another clue about the surprise we’ll be showing you tomorrow..
We’ve just received a FB message from the ‘Don Quixote’ donkey (via his human companion)! He says he has “returned to my usual dusty donkey self and am very very happy to be home”, and thanks us “for the wonderful trek through this latest adventure”.
We love this guy.
What are these dancers looking at? All will be revealed next week…
This ‘RAkU’ image is one of Yuan Yuan Tan’s own favorites; flying high with a sword is no mean feat! See it on tour: http://www.sfballet.org/tour
Season over = touring begins! First up next month… http://www.sfballet.org/tour
…and that’s all, folks: goodbye to Don Q, and to the 2012 Season! We’ve loved every minute, and we hope you have too :)
Sunday May 6 is your last chance to see us in the Opera House for SEVEN whole months! Don’t miss out on the Don Q experience:http://www.sfballet.org/donquixote
Snapped: Sarah Van Patten ‘ruffles’ some feathers in Don Quixote—just 5 more performances this season!
Luke Willis, aka Don Quixote himself, will be joining us for our first-ever dancer Q&A on Twitter tomorrow! Start tweeting us your questions for him (https://twitter.com/sfballet) using hashtag #AskADancer, and he’ll be answering them 5-6pm PDT Wednesday. Don’t be shy!
