San Francisco Ballet announces promotions and joiners
- Ikuko
- 16 hours ago
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San Francisco Ballet announced its company roster for the 2026-2027 on 1st May 2026. The roster includes promotions and joiners.
Promotions effective July 1
Alexis Francisco Valdes from Demi-Soloist to Soloist
Jacey Gailliard, Leili Rackow, Rubén Cítores Nieto, and Lucas López from Corps de Ballet members
Anna Chaziroglou, Amelia Soh, Logi Gudmundsson, and Logan Shaw from apprentices to the corps de ballet
Katherine Barkman was promoted to Principal Dancer effective March 2026
Joiners
Christiana de Blank is joining as a corps de ballet member from the Royal Swedish Ballet.
Julieta Castro, Carly Graham, Luna Mae Pao, Sawyer Jordan, Donghui Kim, and Raúl Noyola Morale will join as apprentices.
I personally compared the company roster to the company dancers page of the San Francisco Ballet website. Following dancers are not listed in the roster. Please contact me if you spot any mistakes.
Guest Princpal Dancer Misa Kuranaga
Soloists Isabella DeVivo, Lonnie Weeks, Elizabeth Powell, Sasha Mukhamedov
Corps de ballet members Samantha Bristow, Hui-Wen Peng, Jamie Adele Stephens
Principal Character Dancer Val Caniparoli retired from the stage in March.