Yuan Yuan Tan And Tiit Helimets in Tomasson’s 7 For Eight // © Chris Hardy

This summer, San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) will return to the Stanford Live Arts Festival at Frost Amphitheater to present Starry Nights, August 5 and 6 at 8:00 pm PDT, following the success of the Company’s Frost Amphitheater debut in 2021. Featuring Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson’s 7 for Eight, Jerome Robbins’ In the Night, and concluding with the South Bay premiere performances of William Forsythe’s Blake Works I (“it will explode your ballet prejudices,” wrote the San Francisco Chronicle), SF Ballet’s two-evening residency will highlight audience favorites from the 2022 Repertory Season, plus one of Tomasson’s signature works. The Grammy Award-winning SF Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Martin West will perform live music for 7 for Eight, set to music by J.S. Bach, and In the Night, danced to Chopin nocturnes. Blake Works I is set to the sultry sounds of James Blake’s 2016 album, The Colour in Anything. Starry Nights is made possible by Sponsors Sue and John Diekman, and Nancy Kukacka.

SF Ballet will also co-present Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Stanford Live debut on August 3 at 8:00 pm, presenting STAR DUST: From Bach to David Bowie, featuring two exhilarating dance pieces inspired by musical masters. More information is available at this link.