San Francisco Ballet Performance

Program 6

Mixed Repertory

Considered one of Sir Frederick Ashton's signature masterpieces, Symphonic Variations makes an encore performance. Next, a collaboration between Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, Dybbuk, making its San Francisco Ballet premiere, is a dramatic portrayal based on Jewish folklore of a young man whose body is taken over by a spirit from beyond. Plus, ten years after it first wowed audiences and critics, Val Caniparoli's vivacious fusion of Bach and traditional African music, Lambarena, makes its long awaited return.

Symphonic Variations

Composer: César Franck--Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra

Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton

Dybbuk San Francisco Ballet Premiere

Composer: Leonard Bernstein

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Lambarena

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach and traditional African music

Choreography: Val Caniparoli