Type:
Conservatories/Music Departments
Music/Artistic Director:
Helgi Tomasson
Founded:
1933
What they do best:
As America’s oldest professional ballet company, San Francisco Ballet has enjoyed a long and rich tradition of artistic “firsts” since its founding in 1933, performing the first American productions of Swan Lake and Nutcracker, as well as the first 20th-century American Coppélia. A lively, vital ensemble, San Francisco Ballet is one of the three largest ballet companies in the United States.
Where to hear them:
War Memorial Opera House
Learn More:
www.sfballet.org