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.
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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.