Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
Nikisha Fogo and Joseph Walsh, “Blake Works I”, music by James Blake, choreography by William Forsythe. As part of the program “The Colors of Dance” (“Blake Works I”, “7 for Eight” by Helgi Tomasson and “Colorform” by Myles Thatcher), San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Frances Chung as “Odette” and Joseph Walsh as “Prince Siegfried”, “Swan Lake”, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky Пётр Чайковский, choreography by Helgi Tomasson after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Лев Иванов, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US.
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Sasha De Sola and Joseph Walsh, “Bloom”, music by Caroline Shaw, choreographyby Justin Peck, costume design by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung, San Francisco Ballet, 2022 Season Gala, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US.
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Wona Park박원아 as “Kitri” and Joseph Walsh as “Miguel Basilio”, “Don Quixote”, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky Александр Горский, Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов, libretto by Marius Petipa based on the novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (“The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha”) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), scenic and costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, US. (February 26 to March 6).
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Lauren Strongin and Esteban Hernández – Photographer Erik Tomasson
Lauren Strongin and Joseph Walsh – Photographer Erik Tomasson
Lauren Strongin, Esteban Hernández and Joseph Walsh, “Die Toteninsel” choreography by Liam Scarlett and music by Sergey Rachmaninoff; from “Space Between” (“Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes” choreography by Justin Peck, “Björk Ballet” choreography by Arthur Pita and “Die Toteninsel”), San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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Lauren Strongin and Esteban Hernández – Photographer Erik Tomasson
Lauren Strongin and Joseph Walsh – Photographer Erik Tomasson
Lauren Strongin, Esteban Hernández and Joseph Walsh, “Die Toteninsel” choreography by Liam Scarlett and music by Sergey Rachmaninoff; from “Space Between” (“Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes” choreography by Justin Peck, “Björk Ballet” choreography by Arthur Pita and “Die Toteninsel”), San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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Dores André, Lauren Strongin, Joseph Walsh and Carlo Di Lanno (San Francisco Ballet), “Variations for Two Couples”, choreography by Hans van Manen, music by Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer and Astor Piazzolla, costumes by Keso Decker, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 31, 2017)
Lauren Strongin and Joseph Walsh (San Francisco Ballet) “Seven Sonatas”, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky Алексей Ратманский, music by Domenico Scarlatti (seven “Keyboard Sonatas” K. 30, 39, 198, 450, 474, 481, and 547), costumes by Holly Hynes, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 30, 2017)
Victoria Jaiani (Joffrey Ballet) and Joseph Walsh (San Francisco Ballet), “Toi Moi” choreography by Yuri Possokhov Юрий Посохов and music by Ilya Demutsky. Flute by Natalia Bereslavtseva, harp by Tatiana Oskolkova, piano by Vera Chasovennaya, keyboard by Olga Sokolova, 2017 Benois de la Danse Laureates Gala, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia (May 30, 2017)
Note: World Premiere. Music, choreography and costumes are created as a gift to Benois de la Danse 25th anniversary
Julia Rowe and Joseph Walsh, “Pas/Parts” choreography by William Forsythe from Celebrate Forsythe (“Pas/Parts” by San Francisco Ballet, “The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude” by Pacific Northwest Ballet and “Artifact Suite” by The Houston Ballet), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA (October 21, 22 and 23, 2016)
Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh, Christopher Wheeldon’s “Borealis”, San Francisco Ballet 2015 Season Opening Night Gala, War Memorial Opera House (January 22, 2015)
Ballet: The Best Photographs 