San Francisco Ballet

09/03/2026

Come dance with us in San Francisco Botanical Garden and Gardens of Golden Gate Park! San Francisco Ballet School is offering two different programs at SF Botanical Garden's annual Flower Piano:

🌸 Friday, Sept 11 at 2:30pm - SF Ballet School faculty member Cecelia Beam, School pianist Billy Wolfe, Company soloist Julia Rowe, and participants from SF Ballet School’s Dance Classes for People with Parkinson’s will share an interactive chair-dance demonstration of Petipa’s ballet The Awakening of Flora.

🌸 Sunday, Sept 13 at 11am - SF Ballet School pianist Danny Sullivan and faculty member Phoenicia Pettyjohn will lead a Family Dance-Along showcasing the music of ballet's fantastic creatures and characters live at the piano.

Details: https://bit.ly/4cI2X1n

09/02/2026

Introducing Tiny Dances our new family series created especially for children ages 2 to 8. Designed as a joyful first ballet experience, our inaugural production reimagines the timeless magic of Swan Lake. Adapted by SF Ballet Associate Artistic Director Antonio Castilla, this enchanting version features family-friendly storytelling and an on-stage narrator who guides children through the adventure while preserving the beauty, music, and choreography of the beloved classic. Tickets go on sale Sept 15th: https://bit.ly/4zHOm1M

📍 Performed at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre by San Francisco Ballet School's pre-professional Trainees and Level 8 students, Tiny Dances is more than a performance—it’s a day of discovery.

Tiny Dances Artwork: Kristina Swarner

09/01/2026

You haven't gotten the full picture of Mere Mortals until you see what's happening inside the pit during the show. We're pulling back the curtain to see the direct relationship between the choreography and the musicians. Here we have musicians Britton Day and Susan Kang playing the Therevox to bring Madeline Woo's Pandora to life.

(🎥 Musicians Britton Day and Susan Kang with Madeline Woo and SF Ballet in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals - Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries - Costumes: Michelle Jank - Lighting: Jim French)

09/01/2026

The book Pandora's Jar cracked open the inspiration behind Mere Mortals. Join author Natalie Haynes for a pre-show talk, Friday, Sept 11, 6-6:30pm at Sadler's Wells. Details: https://bit.ly/4vKvn3G

08/31/2026

We just closed out the Edinburgh International Festival, and the reviews are in! Mere Mortals continues to prove why it's one of the most talked-about works in our repertory.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Scotsman calls it "a stunning ensemble" performance, "so visually arresting it was impossible to forget." https://bit.ly/4zLG6hc

The Guardian names it "a dazzling, maddening ballet for the AI age," praising the "spectacular collision of dance, music and digital wizardry" in this bold reimagining of Pandora's box. Simply "intoxicating." https://bit.ly/3Unq9xL

The Telegraph says: "I'd be lying if I said I was anything other than completely hooked throughout." https://bit.ly/4zKKwFj

Thank you, Edinburgh! Now on to Sadler's Wells for Tamara Rojo's return to her artistic home of many years in London!

San Francisco Ballet brings a spectacular collision of dance, music and digital wizardry to the Edinburgh international festival in this bold reimagining of Pandora’s box

08/29/2026

Last night's opening at Edinburgh International Festival was one for the books. Thank you for the warm welcome, we're onstage all weekend before we pack up Mere Mortals for London next week!

(🎥 SF Ballet in and ' Mere Mortals - Production Design & Visuals: - Costumes: - Lighting: )

08/28/2026

"Floating Points brings his niche classical music obsessions and deep love for dance clubs to his ballet score and new album Mere Mortals...Mere Mortals, said Tamara Rojo, the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, “takes away centuries of accumulation of different interpretations, and goes back to the beauty of this creation — even if it could be potentially deadly.” Originally, Shepherd had wanted to tell the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb, but then Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was announced. Still, similar themes crop up in the Pandora myth, especially in the climactic opening of the jar (popularly known as a box), which unleashes all the evils of the world." Read more from The New York Times:

Floating Points brings his niche classical music obsessions and deep love for dance clubs to his ballet score and new album “Mere Mortals.”

08/27/2026

Tomorrow night Edinburgh International Festival will experience the full scale of Mere Mortals, complete with Floating Points performing live with Royal Scottish National Orchestra led by our very own Martin West. Last chance tickets: https://bit.ly/44V21Ve

(🎥 Wei Wang in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals - Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries - Costumes: Michelle Jank - Lighting: Jim French)

08/26/2026

Edinburgh International Festival is in for a real treat. The dancers have landed in Edinburgh and preparations for Friday's European premiere of Mere Mortals are underway!

(📸 Nikisha Fogo in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Jennifer Stahl and San Francisco Ballet in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Wei Wang in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Nikisha Fogo and Parker Garrison in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Joseph Walsh in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo - Nikisha Fogo in Aszure Barton and Floating Points' Mere Mortals. Production Design & Visuals: Hamill Industries — Costumes: Michelle Jank // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo)

08/24/2026

Last week we lost a legend. For decades, costume designer Sandra Woodall was the visual architect of SF Ballet's world premieres. She designed over 50 SF Ballet premieres and built dozens more, shaping the look of our work for decades. Her imprint is on our stage this season Yuri Possokhov's Violin Concerto. Join us in remembering her legacy.

(📸 Carmela Mayo and Julia Rowe in Possokhov's Violin Concerto // © Lindsay Thomas - Clara Blanco in Caniparoli's Ibsen's House. (© Erik Tomasson) - Lorena Feijoo and Vitor Luiz in the Act II pas de deux from Caniparoli's A Cinderella Story // © Erik Tomasson - Vanessa Zahorian in Tomasson's 7 For Eight // © Erik Tomasson - Sarah Van Patten and Tiit Helimets in Tomasson's The Fifth Season // © Erik Tomasson - Pascal Molat in Possokhov's Firebird // © Erik Tomasson - Pauli Magierek and Peter Brandenhoff in Ratamasky's Le Carnival Des Animaux. (© Chris Hardy) San Francisco Ballet in Kudelka's Dreams Of Harmony // © Lloyd Englert. Photo courtesy SFMPD. - Gina Ness and Dennis Marshall in Smuin's Quattro A Verdi // © Gary Sinick. Photo courtesy SFMPD. - Betsy Erickson and Zoltan Peter in Christensen's "Variations de Ballet" Photo © Marty Sohl)