Tamara Rojo

📢 ANNOUNCING THE 2025 2026 SEASON 📢 We're bringing Artistic Director Tamara Rojo’s vision for ballet’s future into view and expanding the boundaries of the art form. Check it out: 🔹 EUGENE ONEGIN - A world premiere from Yuri Possokhov 🔹 DIAMONDS, SERENADE, & STARS AND STRIPES 🔹 THE BLAKE WORKS 🔹 LA SYLPHIDE 🔹 DON QUIXOTE 🔹 MERE MORTALS 🔹 NUTCRACKER 🔹 SF Ballet on Tour: 2025 2026 Season tours to Southern California include Orange County’s @segerstromarts and Los Angeles' iconic @hollywoodbowl 🔹 New to Creation House is a multi-year Creation House Associate Choreographer program. This year's inaugural recipient is Soloist Myles Thatcher. 🔗 Link in bio to learn more. #discoversfballet 📷: Nikisha Fogo // © RJ Muna for San Francisco Ballet - Maggie Weirich and San Francisco Ballet in Balanchine's Serenade // Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust; Photo © Erik Tomasson - Jasmine Jimison in Balanchine's Stars and Stripes // Choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust; Photo © Lindsay Thomas // - Frances Chung in Tomasson/Possokhov's Don Quixote // © Erik Tomasson - San Francisco Ballet in Tomasson/Possokhov's Don Quixote // © Erik Tomasson - Wona Park and Joseph Walsh in Forsythe's Blake Works I // © Erik Tomasson - Dores André in Bournonville's La Sylphide // © Erik Tomasson. - Wei Wang in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals // © Chris Hardy - San Francisco Ballet in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals // © Chris Hardy - Yuri Possokhov's in rehearsal // © Lindsay Thomas - Jasmine Jimison and Fernando Carratalá Coloma in Tomasson's Nutcracker // © San Francisco Ballet, photo by Lindsey Rallo

📢 24/25 SEASON ANNOUNCED 📢 Next season includes high-drama story ballets, inventive contemporary voices, and works rarely seen by U.S. audiences: • MacMillan’s Manon • Khan’s Dust • McGregor’s Chroma • Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour • Hans van Manen’s Solo, Grosse Fuge, Variations for 2 Couples, 5 Tango’s • Rojo’s Raymonda • Scarlett’s Frankenstein • Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings • Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand Link in bio to learn more #discoversfballet

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Thanks @townandcountrymag and @erinleighcarlson for featuring the @sfballet Opening Night Gala curated by Artistic Director @rojotamara . Rita Moreno is bringing Old Hollywood glamour to the @sfballet . The ageless icon, one of 21 artists who’ve achieved EGOT status, was the honorary chair at the Ballet’s 2026 Opening Night Gala on January 14. Moreno, sporting a black Hervé Léger jacket and black gown, attended the event with her daughter, Fernanda Fisher, and mingled with guests including Tamara Rojo, the artistic director at SF Ballet, as well as San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie @danielluriesf and First Lady Becca Prowda. “She’s Hispanic and she speaks Spanish,” Moreno gushed of Rojo, who joined the cultural institution in 2022. “What could be better? For this little Puerto Rican girl. It’s exciting. And it’s exciting because she’s so good at what she does. She knows how to run a company.” Moreno and Fisher dined at City Hall with hundreds of ballet enthusiasts, notably Moreno’s fellow gala chair @terrasollman , ballet auxiliary president @michellecurtisharris (wearing a black dress by Emily Dumitrescu), Lillian Phan Pickering @lilphancy (in Oscar De La Renta), Pam Preston @pampreston (in Monique Lhuillier), @linderbetsy (in Tadashi Shoji). Other attendees included @zacposen and his partner, Harrison Ball, Dede Wilsey, Dr. Carolyn Chang, Stephanie Block @howdyblock , Jayson Johnson @jayistobe , Betty Yu @bett_yu , Jennifer Walske, and Maryam Muduroglu @maryammuduroglu The Champagne-fizzy, diamond-drippy evening, which concluded with a performance and after-party, supported the company’s new works, @sfballetschool scholarships, and community outreach programs.—Erin Carlson 📸 @drewaltizerphotography

Tamara Rojo: How to Lead an Art Form Forward 🎙️ @rojotamara ✨ In this episode Tamara Rojo reflects on a career shaped by courage, curiosity, and conviction. This conversation explores what it means to lead by honoring the past while making space for new voices, new audiences, and new ideas. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify & Apple Music 🔎 The Grace and Form Podcast #graceandform #graceandformpodcast

Tamara Rojo Photo by Johan Persson @perssonphotography

Another fabulous fundraiser in the books for @sfballet ! The proceeds raised from this event benefit over 13,000 young people across the Bay Area through dance partnerships with the Boys & Girls Club, SF Ballet’s School and Youth Programs with residency programs at San Francisco Public Schools, the SF Ballet School Scholarship Fund, and our broader community partnerships. So honored to co-chair with @skheck

Please join us on January 14, 2026, at our Opening Night Gala featuring Honorary Chair @theritamoreno and Gala Chair @terrasollman 🩰 Curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, the event will feature a black-tie dinner and a one-night-only performance at the War Memorial Opera House celebrating the best of San Francisco’s vibrant dance community, including an appearance by special guest artist Adji Cissoko, Principal at Alonzo King @linesballet , followed by the legendary After Party in City Hall—a highlight of the evening year after year. The Gala will celebrate the launch of a new season at SF Ballet guided by @rojotamara ’s bold vision for the Company, featuring previews of what’s to come in 2026, including Don Quixote, Blake Works I, and Stars and Stripes, as well as gala-exclusive excerpts from bold contemporary works by American choreographers and revered classics that pay tribute to SF Ballet’s rich legacy of artistic excellence. Proceeds from the Gala support SF Ballet’s artistic initiatives, including the creation of new works, scholarships for @sfballetschool students, and community education programs that reach thousands of youth, families, and seniors. 🎟 Tickets now available | sfballet.org/gala-performance 📋 Gala Chair @terrasollman 🍽️ Dinner Chair @rochellelacey7 ⚜️ Decor Chair @brigitta.h.whiting

Tamara Rojo's amazing fouttés!

Thanks San Francisco Chronicle for the feature of our upcoming 2026 San Francisco Ballet Opening Gala! @sfchronicle • Legendary performer @theritamoreno is teaming up with the San Francisco Ballet for its opening night gala next year as one of several special guests at the institution’s biggest night. The Puerto Rican-born actor, singer and dancer, who has lived in Berkeley since the 1990s, has been named honorary chair at the gala, the Ballet’s annual fundraiser. Best known for her turn as Anita in 1961’s “West Side Story,” Moreno is one of the last remaining stars from Hollywood’s Golden Age and is among the few artists to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award to achieve EGOT status. The Ballet’s black tie event, scheduled for Jan. 14, will begin with a dinner at City Hall before guests make their way to the War Memorial Opera House for a dance program curated by Ballet Artistic Director @rojotamara , which previews the company’s 2026 performances. This year’s performance includes an excerpt from Mark Morris’ “A Garden,” which had its world premiere at the Ballet in 2001; “Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan” by Sir Frederick Ashton, which honors the San Francisco-born pioneer of modern dance; and the Epilogue pas de deux from Alonzo King’s “Deep River,” which will feature an appearance by Adji Cissoko, principal at Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Other excerpts on the bill include performances from Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov’s “Don Quixote,” William Forsythe’s “Blake Works I” and George Balanchine’s “Stars and Stripes,” which are among the works on the calendar for the Ballet next year. DJ Shellheart, the official DJ of the Golden State Valkyries, plans to join for the after-party over at City Hall. San Francisco DJ Chris Clouse and live band Wonderbread 5 are also scheduled to perform at the late-night celebration. —Zara Irshad More Information San Francisco Ballet’s Opening Night Gala: 🍽️ Dinner at 6 p.m. Jan. 14. | City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, S.F. 🎟️ Tickets start at $2,000. 🩰 Performance at 8 p.m. Jan. 14. | War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. sfballet.org 💪 Gala Chair @terrasollman

Sometimes when we say art saves lives we mean literally. From a letter titled “Saved by Stoppard” on today’s Times. Written by Professor Emeritus Michael Baum. “Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia” @thetimes

Tamara Rojo and Federico Bonelli, Manon, Nureyev and Friends 2013