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San Francisco Ballet

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Stern Grove 2012 Lineup: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ozomatli, OK GO, and More to Play Free This Summer

    Festival season is now in full swing. And San Francisco's own Stern Grove Festival -- which brings free performances to that serene grove on the western side of the city -- just announced its 2012 lineup, which includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ozomatli, and OK Go. Along with the unique artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    S.F. Ballet Masters the Joy and the Tragedy in Heavy Russian Onegin

    It's winter in San Francisco, it's cold (or at least gray), and the San Francisco Ballet's 2012 season has kicked off this week with a heavy, Russian tragedy. (Save the whimsical Don Quixote for spring when spirits are lighter.) Through Friday, the War Memorial Opera House is sunk into 1820s Russia, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Stern Grove Festival 2011: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Neko Case, the Dodos, the English Beat, and More

    What you're doing on Sundays this summer.​ You know what summer means in San Francisco -- uh, besides fog? It means free concerts on Sundays at Stern Grove, courtesy of the long-running Stern Grove Festival. Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the festival's 74th consecutive ye ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    You Are My Shiny Star

    What you're doing on Sundays this summer.​ You know what summer means in San Francisco -- uh, besides fog? It means free concerts on Sundays at Stern Grove, courtesy of the long-running Stern Grove Festival. Today, festival organizers announced the lineup for the festival's 74th consecutive ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Psycho Beach Party, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Manuok and Pez's Sticker Art

    Manuok plays The Make-Out Room this Sunday​In the mood to shimmy and shake to '90s hits or live Motown-esque bands? You've got it. You say you'd rather check out some gallery'd street art, free ballet or an outdoor movie screening? Sure. San Francisco's got a wild and varied lineup this weekend, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2010

    San Francisco Ballet Dancer Beats Down Mugger in BART Brawl

    That's not stage makeup on Ben 'Pupi' Stewart's face...​Mugger wants ballet dancer's iPhone. Gets bloody face instead.Ben 'Pupi' Stewart, a 5-foot-7, 140-pound dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, was about to become the next victim of an iPhone theft on BART. Instead, Pupi gave the dude a ballet ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Deep in Odette

    That's not stage makeup on Ben 'Pupi' Stewart's face...​Mugger wants ballet dancer's iPhone. Gets bloody face instead.Ben 'Pupi' Stewart, a 5-foot-7, 140-pound dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, was about to become the next victim of an iPhone theft on BART. Instead, Pupi gave the dude a ballet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Stern Grove Festival Announces Lineup

    EKAphotographySeun Kuti performs at Stern Grove, 2008 The 72nd annual series of free summer concerts at Sigmund Stern Grove--one of San Francisco's best traditions--has been announced. As always, the lineup of artists spans a diverse range of genres and styles. Performers include Roberta Flack and D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Tipple Time for Twinkletoes

    EKAphotographySeun Kuti performs at Stern Grove, 2008 The 72nd annual series of free summer concerts at Sigmund Stern Grove--one of San Francisco's best traditions--has been announced. As always, the lineup of artists spans a diverse range of genres and styles. Performers include Roberta Flack and D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Master of Puppets

    EKAphotographySeun Kuti performs at Stern Grove, 2008 The 72nd annual series of free summer concerts at Sigmund Stern Grove--one of San Francisco's best traditions--has been announced. As always, the lineup of artists spans a diverse range of genres and styles. Performers include Roberta Flack and D ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    Dancing of a White Christmas

    EKAphotographySeun Kuti performs at Stern Grove, 2008 The 72nd annual series of free summer concerts at Sigmund Stern Grove--one of San Francisco's best traditions--has been announced. As always, the lineup of artists spans a diverse range of genres and styles. Performers include Roberta Flack and D ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 17, 2008

    Also Playing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Sax and Dancing

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    Dance Events to Check Out This Fall

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    September 3, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008
  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    Blood, Sweat, and Tutus

    Tear your knee, wrench your back, pirouette, and bow: dancing at the San Francisco Ballet.

  • Culture

    February 6, 2008

    San Francisco Ballet's Filling Station Pumped with Acting

    Tear your knee, wrench your back, pirouette, and bow: dancing at the San Francisco Ballet.

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2005

    Tutus and Cocktails

    Drinkin' and dancin' with S.F. Ballet

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 14, 2003
  • Calendar

    April 30, 2003

    Stepping Out

    An electrifying experiment: a night of new choreography by not-yet-household names

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2003

    And Now We Dance

    A 10-day spree of performances, parties, open studios, and classes

  • Culture

    December 18, 2002

    The Tired Nut

    The last days of San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker as we know it

  • Calendar

    May 16, 2001

    Big Is Better

    Who says large women can't be ballerinas?

  • Culture

    May 9, 2001

    Dance to the Music

    Two local choreographers bring the songs onto the stage

  • Culture

    January 24, 2001

    Youth and Beauty

    Innovation is alive and well in Helgi Tomasson's S.F. Ballet

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    As a Matter of Fat

    The city's new weight discrimination law is badly reasoned, legally defective, costly, and bad for public health

  • Culture

    December 20, 2000

    The Hard Nut

    Or, Cracking the San Francisco Ballet

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2000

    Standing Alone

    AfroSolo Arts Festival

  • Culture

    August 23, 2000

    Improving by Leaps and Bounds

    Diablo Ballet is the best suburban troupe in the state, as its new season will attest

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2000

    Of Satin Toes and Celluloid

    Dance Film Series presented by Summerfest/Dance 2000

  • Culture

    May 3, 2000

    Revival of the Fittest

    Medea and Shinju

  • Culture

    March 22, 2000

    New Territory

    Medea and Shinju

  • Culture

    September 29, 1999

    Imports and Domestics

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    January 27, 1999

    Night + Day

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    November 11, 1998

    Night +Day

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    August 5, 1998

    Night + Day

    Medea and Shinju

  • Culture

    March 11, 1998

    Stage

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    February 25, 1998

    O'er Rambert We Watch

    Medea and Shinju

  • Culture

    February 11, 1998

    Stage

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    July 30, 1997

    Night+Day

    Medea and Shinju

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1997

    Night+Day

    Medea and Shinju

  • Culture

    July 17, 1996

    Home-Grown

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

  • Culture

    June 12, 1996

    Aisle Seat

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

  • Calendar

    May 22, 1996

    Night+Day

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

  • Culture

    November 22, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

  • Calendar

    June 21, 1995

    Night+Day

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

  • Culture

    April 26, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    The movement imagination of Robert Henry Johnson

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