Firebird - San Francisco Ballet
Firebird - San Francisco Ballet
Firebird - San Francisco Ballet
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About this Guide<br />
T<br />
his guide is meant to inform, spark conversation and inspire engagement<br />
with <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Ballet</strong>’s production of Yuri Possokhov’s new<br />
ballet <strong>Firebird</strong> and Helgi Tomasson’s Blue Rose.<br />
The guide is divided into several sections including information about<br />
theater etiquette, essential ballet vocabulary, ballet history, answers to<br />
common questions about ballet, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Ballet</strong>, <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Ballet</strong><br />
School, and the <strong>San</strong> <strong>Francisco</strong> <strong>Ballet</strong> Center for Dance Education, which<br />
produces this guide.<br />
Included are questions to consider and activities to experience before or<br />
after viewing <strong>Firebird</strong>. These are designed to enhance and support your<br />
experience watching these ballets. You might consider copying portions of<br />
this guide for your class and/or bring the guide to the theater. There is even<br />
room in the margins to take notes.<br />
Ruben Martin & Sarah Van Patten rehearse Yuri Possokhov’s <strong>Firebird</strong><br />
© 2006 Erik Tomasson<br />
Available online at: sfballet.org<br />
S A N F R A N C I S C O B A L L E T 4 F I R E B I R D / B L U E R O S E S T U DY G U I D E
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