SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ASSOCIATION
455 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 www.sfballet.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: San Francisco Ballet, long recognized for pushing boundaries in dance, has a history of making history. Founded in 1933, we staged the first full-length American productions of Coppélia (1938) and Swan Lake (1940) and, in 1944, we launched an annual holiday tradition when we produced the first full-length production of Nutcracker in the US. (Continued on Schedule O)

SF Ballet's mission is to share our joy of dance with the widest possible audience, both locally and around the world, and to provide the highest caliber of dance training in our school. (Continued on Schedule O, Statement 1)

Under the direction of Helgi Tomasson for three decades, the Association has achieved an international reputation as one of the preeminent ballet companies in the world. During the fiscal year, the Company performed in one local festival and presented four performances on tour to Copenhagen, 31 performances of the Nutcracker, 11 performances of Cinderella and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and 14 performances spread out over two other programs representing classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballet works. However, as a result of the closure of the War Memorial Opera House due to the precautions around the coronavirus crisis, the Association cancelled a total of 40 performances during the fiscal year.

The Association operates the San Francisco Ballet School and a student residence for 28 advanced students from across the US and around the world. The Ballet School curriculum is designed and taught by an eminent faculty, emphasizing a strong classical technique and a flow of movement that suggests a sense of energy, freedom, and joy - reflecting the kind of dancing favored by the Ballet. Girls and boys aged 8 to 18 follow a structured sequence of training stages designed to increase their technical skills, stamina, and discipline in accordance with their age and physical development. The program includes classes in technique, pointe work, pas de deux, men's technique, conditioning, contemporary dance, dance history, and music. Seminars on nutrition and related issues are offered throughout the school year. The Ballet School provides a limited number of tuition and housing scholarships to intermediate and advanced level students based on their financial need or potential to achieve a professional career in ballet. More than sixty percent of the dancers in the Ballet's professional company trained in the School. Students have also gone on to dance with such companies as English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet; Royal New Zealand Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Vienna Opera Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Boston Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Washington Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Atlanta Ballet, among others. The Ballet School also operates summer sessions in San Francisco for professional ballet career-bound students from the U.S. and abroad. SF Ballet School offers scholarships to talented youngsters recruited from SF public schools through the Community Scholarship Program. Additional programming includes pre-ballet classes for children ages 4-7, adult open ballet classes, master classes, specially-designed dance classes for seniors and adults with Parkinson's Disease, and a week-long ballet camp for adults.

The Association provides dance education programs in K-12 schools and the community at large, sometimes in coordination with other community-based organizations, and they are geared to children, youth, families, and adults. The Dance in Schools and Communities (DISC) program is the largest offering targeting youth, and it provides free interactive dance education to approximately 3,000 students in 35 San Francisco Unified School District Elementary Schools through a 9-week residency each year. Additional programs include professional development for classroom teachers, workshops for the special needs community and families, after-school dance classes, a summer dance camp, adult education programs for learners at all levels, and student matinees geared to school groups who wish to see a live performance of San Francisco Ballet. An estimated 30,000 community members are engaged in the Association's education programs annually.

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