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Heide VanDoren Betz San Francisco Ballet - The Future is Now What a pleasure, honor and learning experience it was creating the editorial content, with Vincent Gotti, Editorial and Fashion Photographer, for the March Issue of LUXURY TRENDING honoring our history-making San Francisco Ballet as the company celebrates its 90th Anniversary. At times it may be difficult to fathom a dance company with approximately 85 dancers - 20 Principals, 4 Principal Characters, 17 Soloists, 40 Corps De Ballet and 5 Apprentices. You will read about several of these amazing talents in the following pages. Then there is a full orchestra, artistic crew, wardrobe, stage crew, a ballet school, and office personnel. The feature about the History of the Ballet will give you some insight into the past. How does it…
Growing up in the Philippines, she graduated from an all-girls Catholic high school at the young age of 16 and soon after, migrated to America. “I celebrated my sweet sixteen with a big party and a few weeks later, boarded a plane to embark on a new journey in San Francisco to attend college in the fall. The transition was significant, going from a sheltered life in Manila to the freedom and opportunities of a big city like San Francisco,” she shares. Jacquelyn followed in her father’s footsteps and pursued a bachelor’s degree in Engineering. “I was influenced by my father’s stability and success in his career. However, my mother saw that Engineering wasn’t what made me happy and encouraged me to follow my passion. I’m grateful that I took…
Shieny was born in Indonesia. As a child, Shieny had numerous dreams, including becoming a car racer because she loved being in control and driving. Another unfeasible aspiration was to become a fashion or interior designer, but her lack of drawing skills hindered her. One more practical dream was to be a journalist or news anchor so that she could be the first to know about world events. “Racism was still prevalent in that field in Indonesia, making it challenging for someone of Chinese descent like me to be accepted. Eventually, I realized that my outgoing personality, love of people and travel, and interest in fashion made Public Relations, Communication, and Hospitality Management the perfect fit for me,” she shares. Shieny draws inspiration from various sources throughout the different seasons…
“For 90 years, San Francisco Ballet has contributed to the cultural richness of the Bay Area and has served as an ambassador for the city around the world and as a dedicated community member at home,” Executive Director Danielle St. Germain-Gordon states. “For 37 of those years, Helgi Tomasson has been an exemplary leader for our company and community. We are thrilled with our upcoming season celebrating the joy of ballet, gathering our community in support of our mission. This year Tamara Rojo (the first woman to lead the Company) succeeds Helgi Tomasson as the Ballet’s Artistic Director.” With Tamara Rojo and Danielle St. Germain, San Francisco Ballet has a dynamic female duo to lead it into the future. OH! WHAT A HISTORY: 1933 The San Francisco Opera Ballet is…
Isaac Hernández joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in December 2021 following his appointment as a lead principal with English National Ballet (ENB) beginning in 2015. Hernández was born in Guadalajara, Mexico in April 1990 and first trained with his father, Hector Hernández, followed by training at Philadelphia’s The Rock School for Dance Education. He performed with ABT II prior to joining San Francisco Ballet in 2008 where he was promoted to soloist in January 2011. In 2012, he went on to join the Dutch National Ballet in Holland as a second Soloist, and in 2013 was promoted to Principal Dancer before joining ENB. Lead roles at ENB have included Ali and Conrad in Le Corsaire, Romeo in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet, Franz in Ronald Hynd’s Coppélia, the…
Born in Osaka, Japan, Misa Kuranaga trained at Jinushi Kaoru Ballet School and School of American Ballet. She was named an SF Ballet apprentice in 2001, then joined Boston Ballet where she became a principal dancer. She joined SF Ballet as a principal dancer in 2019. “Misa Kuranaga stopped our hearts when, at top speed, she stopped a fast pirouette dead, still on pointe, facing the back corner, then opened to a new position with the bent leg behind her—and then melted out of that at top speed and repeated the combination exactly.”—Bay Area Reporter Since returning to San Francisco Ballet in 2019, Kuranaga has danced in lead roles—to mention only a few—such as Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Tomasson’s Swan Lake and Don Quixote, and the divertissement principal in Balanchine’s A Midsummer…
