San Francisco Ballet 2025-2026 Season, Shows, Reviews

byCherilyn J. Lee

January 1, 2020 - Updated on May 1, 2025

San Francisco Ballet

♦ Location: San Francisco, California – United States

♦ Artistic Director: Tamara Rojo

♦ Orchestra: San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

♦ Affiliated School: San Francisco Ballet School

♦ Founded in 1933 by Adolph Bolm as The San Francisco Opera Ballet. Changed name to San Francisco Ballet in 1942.

♦ Official Website of San Francisco Ballet

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San Francisco Ballet 2025-2026 Season

The San Francisco Ballet 2025-2026 season features a world premiere of Eugene Onegin, the return of Mere Mortals, and programs highlighting the works of George Balanchine and William Forsythe.

“As SF Ballet’s repertoire continues to evolve and expand, we invite audiences to experience a season representing the best ballet has to offer, with our world-class dancers bringing to life a dynamic range of classical and contemporary choreography and stories capturing everything from the drama of the everyday to the mythic and ethereal.

In addition to our commission of a new Onegin launching the season, we are thrilled to offer another chance to experience the AI-inspired Mere Mortals, and will continue to share this spirit of innovation and excellence beyond the Opera House stage as we bring the company across the country and the world.”

Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet

After a fall tour which includes a reprieve of Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, San Francisco Ballet will return to War Memorial Opera House for the perennial favorite Nutcracker. Helgi Tomasson’s version is set in 1915 San Francisco during the Panama Pacific International Exhibition, building upon the company’s legacy as the first American company to present a full-length production in 1944.

Kicking off 2026 is Choreographer-in-Residence Yuri Possokhov’s brand new interpretation of Alexander Pushkin’s novel Eugene Onegin set to an original score by Ilya Demutsky. This co-production with The Joffrey Ballet features costume design by Academy Award-winner Tim Yip and sets by Tom Pye.

Two repertory programs follow in the winter – Balanchine: Father of American Ballet and The Blake Works – which are dedicated to New York City Ballet’s founder and William Forsythe, respectively. The triple bill of ballets by George Balanchine includes Diamonds (from Jewels), Serenade, and Stars and Stripes. That of Forsythe includes two company premieres, Prologue and The Barre Project, plus Blake Works I, all of which are set to music by Grammy Award-winning artist James Blake.

Spring sees the presentation of two full-length pieces from the classical ballet cannon, Don Quixote and La Sylphide. Using Marius Petipa’s version as a base, Tomasson and Possokhov’s additional choreography to Ludwig Minkus’ unmistakeable score brings Cervantes’ novel to the stage while August Bournonville’s ethereal, romantic ballet still enraptures audiences more than two centuries after its creation.

Closing the 2025-2026 season is the return Mere Mortals, Aszure Barton’s creation inspired by the Greek myth of Pandora’s Jar and set to music of composer Floating Points.

The upcoming season will see the addition of Demi Soloist and First Soloist levels within the San Francisco Ballet dancer ranks.

Promotions include:

Soloist Cavan Conley to Principal Dancer
Soloists Katherine Barkman and Joshua Jack Price to First Soloists
Corps de Ballet members Jihyun Choi, Luca Ferrò, Nathaniel Remez, Mingxuan Wang, and Seojeong Yun to Soloists
Corps de Ballet members Thamires Chuvas, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Alexis Francisco Valdes, and Adrian Zeisel to Demi Soloists
Apprentices Maya Chandrashekaran, Carlota Cruz, Emmitt Friedman, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Benjamin Taber, and Juliana Wilder to Corps de Ballet
SF Ballet School Trainees Anna Chaziroglou, Logi Gudmundsson, Aaliyahmarie Key, Logan Shaw, Amelia Soh, and Asher Stephenson to Apprentices

Joining the company as Principal Dancers are:

Francesco Gabriele Frola (English National Ballet)
Patricio Revé (Queensland Ballet)
Madeline Woo (Royal Swedish Ballet)

Joining the company as Soloist is Ángel García Molinero (Boston Ballet).

Also of note, the SF Ballet Orchestra celebrates its golden jubilee which also marks Music Director & Principal Conductor Martin West’s 20th anniversary at the helm.

Source: San Francisco Ballet