La Grande Fête’s performance included three world premieres by longtime San Francisco Ballet collaborators Alexei Ratmansky (working with SF Ballet since 2003), Yuri Possokhov (working with SF Ballet since 1992), and Myles Thatcher, also an SF Ballet Soloist, whose premiere was his eighth ballet created on the Company and was sponsored by Isaac Hall.
The program also included the first live performance of the pas de deux from Danielle Rowe’s Wooden Dimes following its virtual premiere earlier this year, the SF Ballet premiere of Justin Peck’s Bloom from 2021, and Tomasson’s White Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, highlighting beloved SF Ballet principal dancer Yuan Yuan Tan. “For my final opening night gala, I am thrilled to bring together choreographers that have been integral to our work at San Francisco Ballet in a true celebration of this company and its accomplishments,” said Tomasson.
