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a href= https://www.sfballet.org/ target= _blank San Francisco Ballet /a today announced the appointment of Tamara Rojo, its first new artistic di

Rojo, who has given the English National Ballet a new allure, succeeds Helgi Tomasson as just the fifth director to lead the San Francisco company.

The Spanish ballerina and administrator, who currently heads the English National Ballet, is poised to take over at the end of 2022.

San Francisco Ballet's Helgi Tomasson to conclude tenure as Artistic Director by mid-2022 Helgi Tommason with Nikisha Fogo and Julian MacKay rehearsing Tomasson's new work © Erik Tomasson. SAN FRANCISCO, CA .- Helgi Tomasson today announced that he will be concluding his tenure as Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer of San Francisco Ballet by mid-2022, following nearly four decades of creative leadership. As SF Ballet embarks on its first digital season, Tomasson will continue to actively lead the Company and work with the Board of Trustees and Ballet leadership to help implement a...

Joshua Kosman January 6, 2021Updated: January 7, 2021, 3:56 pm Helgi Tomasson has served as artistic director and principal choreographer for the San Francisco Ballet since 1985. Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle Helgi Tomasson will step down as artistic director and principal choreographer of the San Francisco Ballet by June 2022, the company announced Wednesday, Jan. 6. The move will put the seal on nearly four decades of artistic leadership that has helped propel the ballet company to the forefront of the dance world. Since being named to the position in 1985, Tomasson, 78, has...