Press Release Archive

PDFs available by Release Date:

2012
• Dalia Rawson Appointed Ballet San Jose School's New Principal Feb 2012
  
• Clear added to Program 2 Feb 2012
  
• BSJ Announces 2012 Season & More Jan 2012
  

2011
• BSJ Partners with ABT Dec 2011
  
• BSJ Awarded Grant Aug 2011
  
• Wilkes Bashford Holiday Fashion Preview Aug 2011
  
• Ballet San Jose Gets Off on the Right Foot with Martin Lighting May 2011
  
• Arts Council Awards Mark 20th Anniversary April 2011
  
• Swan Lake Blows Roof Off CPA February 2011
  
• Ballet San Jose Announces Carlos Acosta to Guest in Swan Lake February 2011
  

2010
• Elegant Fashion Show to benefit Ballet San Jose School December 2010
  
• Ballet San Jose Announces 2010-2011 Season August 2010
  
• Ballet San Jose School adds NEW programs for very young children August 2010
  
• Ballet San Jose Wins BIG at Isadora Duncan Dance Awards January 2010
  

2009
• Gentry Magazine presents the 4th Annual Nutcracker Opening Night Celebration October 2009
  
• A Video Overview of Ballet San Jose, 2009 September 2009
  
• Meng Lu will dance the lead role of Franz in Company's Season-Opening production of Coppélia September 2009
  
• Ballet San Jose 2009-2010 Season Announcement June 2009
  
• Holding new student auditions for the Fall 2009 semester May 2009
  
• Le Mai Linh Retires from Ballet San Jose after 15 years with the Company April 2009
  
• Ballet San Jose School announces Kids Dance Day Camp April 2009
  
• Fashion Show to benefit Ballet San Jose School Febuary 2009
  
• HIDDEN TALENTS-A Program Of World Premieres Febuary 2009
  
• Audition Tour - For 2009-10 Season January 2009
  
• Looking for a few Greek Gods: Male Body Builders Needed January 2009
  

2008
• Nutcracker "High Tea"... Especially for the Little Ones November 2008
  
• What makes this 'Nutcracker' So Special? September 2008
  
• Ballet San Jose Scores a Coup September 2008
  
• AZADEH Presents 'Unforgettable' Benefit for Ballet September 25th, 2008 August 2008
  
• Gloria J. Sheridan joins Ballet San Jose Operating Board July 2008
  
• Ballet School New Student Auditions August 2nd, 2008 July 2008
  
• Dennis Nahat Awarded DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA PRESIDENT'S AWARD July 2008
  
• In Memory of Sigrun Corrigan July 2008
  
• “A Night In Casablanca” Gala Event July 2008
  
• Free Ballet Classes for Boys 7 and Up July 2008
  
• The Toreador June 2008
  
• Marcia Riedel Joins Operating Board June 2008
  
• Ballet San Jose Announces 2008 / 2009 Seson April 2008
  
• Goodwill Tour From Silicon Valley Features 3 Chinese Ballet Dancers April 2008
  
• Comcast interview with Lee Kopp (link to video) April 2008
  
• Fashion Show Raises Over $25,000 for the Ballet School April 2008
  
• Mercury News: "Ballet San Jose Hits Milestone with Balanchine" March 2008
  
• Marie LoPresto Named to Governing Board March 2008
  
• Mercury News: "In Balanchine's Dancing Shoes" March 2008
  
• Fashion Show to Benefit Ballet School February 2008
  
• Maria Jacobs Finds Happy Ending to Swan Lake February 2008
  
• Company Announces Goodwill Tour of China February 2008
  

2007
• Lise la Cour Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award December 2007
  
• 2008 Ballet Gala - "A Night on Swan Lake" September 2007
  
• In Memorium - Donald Gansheimer November 2007
  
• 2007 Nutcracker High Teas September 2007
  
• Dancers to Perform at the XII International Ballet Festival of Miami September 2007
  
• Swan Lake Tickets Available Beginning September 10th September 2007
  
• Ballet San Jose Adds New Dancers; Says “Goodbye” To a Local Favorite September 2007
• 
  
• Giselle Parry Farris Appointed President of the Ballet’s Operating Board August 2007
  
• Peggy Fleming Jenkins & Greg Jenkins Named Honorary Chairs for Celebration August 2007
  
• New Professional Division Student Auditions for Ballet School June 2007
  
• A Day at the Races to benefit Ballet San Jose School June 2007
  
• Haley Henderson & Easton Smith Wed June 2007
  
• Nutcracker Opening Night Celebration June 2007
  
• 2007 / 2008 Season Announcement May 2007
  
• Blue Suede Shoes Gala March 2007
  
• In Studio Outreach Program March 2007
  
• San Jose Sharks Foundation Presents Check to Ballet for Community Service March 2007
  
• Middle Kingdom--Ancient China February 2007
  
• Ballet San Jose Nominated for Prestigious Dance Award February 2007
  
• Free Ballet Program March 23rd January 2007
  
• A Valentines Potpourri January 2007
  

2006
• 5 Performances of Blue Suede Shoes Added December 2006
  
• Nutcracker Ball a Roaring Success December 2006
  
• Mini Series Subscriptions Now Available December 2006
  
• Los Gatos Holiday Parade Includes Nutcracker Appearance December 2006
  
• Dancer Auditions set for 2007-2008 Season December 2006
  
• Ballet Tea Party Thrills TIny Dancers November 2006
  
• Children's Nutcracker Teas November 2006
  
• Point to Pointe Children's Series October 2006
  
• Nutcracker Black Tie Ball September 2006
  
• Company Shortenes Name & Adds Dancers July 2006
  
• TENSILICA Launches Campaign to Riase $20,000 for Ballet June 2006
  
• 2006-2007 Season Announcement Update June 2006
  
• Blue Suede Shoes Added to Season June 2006
  
• Ostriches Support Ballet School May 2006
  
• High Tech & High Art Meet at the Ballet April 2006
  
• FEI/Rehersal Event April 2006
  
• 2006-2007 Season Announcement April 2006
  
• World Premiere Chinese dance featured in season closing program March 2006
  
• Dancer Diagnosed With Hodgkin's Lymphoma March 2006
  
• Nahat Awarded Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Fellowship Grant March 2006
  
• Les Sylphides, Slavonic & Hungarian Dances, Moon Reflection On Crystal Spring and Strange Fruit January 2006
  

2005
• Auditions for the 2006-2007 Season November 2005
  
• Free Event at Downtown Ice Opening November 2005
  
• Ballet Gala Event October 2005
  
• Ballet Council Garden Party September 2005
  
• Ballet School Receives Commendation From City Council September 2005
  
• Supernumerary Audition September 2005
  
• Husband & Wife Dancers to Retire September 2005
  
• Nine New Board Members Appointed September 2005
  
• School Adds Renown Chinese Dancer As New Instructor August 2005
  
• Knight Foundation Funds Ballet August 2005
  
• Ostriches Support Ballet August 2005
  
• Ballet School Takes 2 Firsts at International Competition July 2005
  
• 2005-2006 Season Announcement May 2005
  
• Ballet School Outreach Program April 2005
  
• Dancers to Appear in RENT Film April 2005
  
• Ballet Celebrates National Dance Week April 2005
  
• A Grande Finale April 2005
  
• Another Ballet Dancer Announces Wedding Engagement March 2005
  
• Ballet Dancer to Wed March 2005
  
• Macy's Community Shopping Day Supports Ballet March 2005
  
• Gala Garners Ballet Over $150K March 2005
  
• The Ugly Duckling - US Premiere March 2005
  
• Spring Repertory - SHINJU, CANNONADE, LOVE & POWER March 2005
  
• SBC Makes Donation March 2005
  
• Ballet School Spring Semester January 2005
  
• MIDDLE KINGDOM—ANCIENT CHINA World Premiere January 2005
  

2004
• Company Audition Notice December 2004
  
• Special Tribute to Oakland Ballet December 2004
  
• Docents Needed for NUTCRACKER November 2004
  
• Ballet for the Blind Outreach Program November 2004
  
• Fry's to Sponsor Opening — Now That's a Party! October 2004
  
• Men Needed for the NUTCRACKER October 2004
  
• Gala Event — Gateway to Ancient China September 2004
  
• Children's Ballet Receives a Grant September 2004
  
• "LOVE & POWER" A Repertory Program of Dance August 2004
  
• Ballet School Fall Placement August 2004
  
• 2004-2005 Season August 2004
  
• Cocktails, Cars & All That Jazz August 2004
  
• Barefoot Coffee Roasters & Ballet San Jose Partner June 2004
  
• Ballet School Summer Program June 2004
  

2003
• $1 Million Gift From Fry's Electronics April 2003
  
• 2003-04 Season April 2003
  
• COPPÉLIA April 2003
  
• The Nutcracker April 2003
  
• New CEO Announced September 2003
  

2002
• Summer School Program January 2002
  
• Blue Suede Shoes & District Storyville January 2002
  
• Carmen & Who Cares January 2002
  
• 2002-2003 Season April 2002
  
• Isadora Duncan Award May 2002
  
• Ballet School Announces New Director July 2002
  
• Lainie Kazan to appear in Dennis Nahat ballet August 2002
  
• The Nutcracker Dates August 2002
  
• Blue Suede Shoes & In Concert Winter 2002
  

2001
• Gaite Parisienne & Flemmiing Flint's Phaedra January 2001
  
• Adds 5 Dancers February 2001
  
• 2001-2002 Season Announcement April 2001
  
• Ballet Auditions May 2001
  
• 2001-2002 Season July 2001
  
• Legs of Fire or The Red Shoes 2001 August 2001
  
• SILJA SCHANDORFF TO DANCE August 2001
  
• New Dancers September, 2001
  
• Local Dancer Receives Scholarship September 2001
  
• Michael Smuin’s THE TEMPEST September 2001
  
• Legs of Fire or The Red Shoes Storyline
  
• Graduation Ball 2001 Winter 2001
  
• Shake, Rattle & Roll Gala December 2001
  

2000
• Examines Options for New Company September 2000
  
• Company Announces Name Change September 2000
  
• Mission and Background September 2000
  
• Charter Company Members September 2000
  
• Ballet Company Secures Sets & Costumes October 2000
  
• Local Stage Workers Com To The Aid October 2000
  
• New Name—Same Dancers October 2000
  
• Resonate Establishes Charitable Foundation October 2000
  
• Gaîté Parisienne October 2000
  

as Ballet San Jose

2010-2011
Ballet (Choreographer/Composer)
• Giselle (Nahat/Adam)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Swan Lake (Nahat after Petipa/Tchiakovsky)
• Who Cares? (Balanchine/Gershwin)
• Carmen (Petit/Bizet)
• Silly Simon (la Cour/ Fabricius-Bjerre)
• Company Photo

2009-2010
• Coppelia
• Daryl Gray's Pirates of Penzance!
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Romeo & Juliet (Nahat/ Prokofiev)
• Spring Repertory 1
  • Moments (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
  • Salut D'Amour (Mahler/Elgar and Brockway)
  • Square Dance (Balanchine/Vivaldi and Corelli)
• Spring Repertory 2
  • Agon (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
  • Jardin Aux Lilas (Tudor/Chausson)
  • Gaîté Parisienne (Massine/Offenbach)
• The Ugly Duckling (la Cour/ Fabricius-Bjerre)

2008-2009
• The Toreador (Flindt / Bournonville)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Hidden Talents (Dugger/Bjork, Gabay/various, Glenn/Legend, Meijer/Loop!Station, Rawson/Ligeti)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• Song & Dance (Martins/Puccini, Tudor/Mahler, Tharp/various)
• The Little Mermaid (La Cour/Bjerre)

2007-2008
• Carmina Burana/Summerscape (Nahat/Orff, Nahat/Shostakovich)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Swan Lake (Nahat after Petipa/Tchiakovsky)
• Just Balanchine (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky, Hindemith)
• The Firebird/Mendelssohn Symphony (Nahat/Stravinsky, Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (la Cour/ Fabricius-Bjerre)

2006-2007
• Giselle (Nahat/Adam)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Valentines' Potpourri (Nahat, Christensen, Ben lida/Mozart, Husa, Haydn, Hardin)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Nahat/Presley, Ross)
• Baker's Dozen (Tharp/Smith)
• Middle Kingdom - Ancient China (Nahat, Yao/Young)
• The Tinderbox (la Cour/ Fabricius-Bjerre)

2005-2006
• The Firebird / Phaedra (Nahat, Flindt/Stravinsky, Glass)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Grand Pas De Dix / Cinema Soundtracks (Nahat, Gray/Glazounov, Various)
• Romeo & Juliet (Nahat/ Prokofiev)
• Slavonic & Hungarian Dances / Les Sylphides (Nahat, Fokine/Dvorak & Brahms, Chopin)
• The Little Mermaid (la Cour/Fabricius-Bjerre)

2004-2005
• Pirates of Penzance (Gray/Gilbert & Sullivan)
• Middle Kingdom - Ancient China (Nahat/Yao)
• Spring Repertory (Nahat, Smuin/ Bach, Chihara, Mendelssohn)
• Grand Finale (Nahat, Flindt/Ogerman, Mendelssohn)
• The Ugly Duckling (la Cour/Fabricius-Bjerre)

2003-2004
• Frontier (Graham/Horst)
• Vivaldi Concerto Grosso (Christiansen/Vivaldi)
• Hallelujah Junction (Martins/Adams)
• Go Daddy O! (Nahat)

2002-2003
• Starlight (Nahat/Glazunov)
• In Studio D (Nahat/Wright)
• A Polovstian Tale (Prince Igor) (Nahat/Borodin)
• Summerscape (Nahat/ Shostakovich)
• Miraculous Mandarin (Flindt/Bartók)
• Rodeo (deMille/Copland)
• The Tempest (Smuin/Chihara after Henry Purcell)
• District Storyville ( McKayle/Bechet, Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, others)
• Death and Eros (McKayle/Mahnussen)
• House of Tears (McKayle/Piazzolla)

2001-2002
• Legs of Fire - The Red Shoes (Flindt/Norby)
• Rivulet (Dennis Nahat Block)
• Apollo (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
• Graduation Ball (Lichine/Strauss)
• In Concert (Nahat/Verdi and Gounod)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Nahat/Presley)
• Who Cares? (Balanchine/Gershwin)
• Carmen (Petit/Bizet)

2000-2001
• Moments (Nahat/Mendelsohn)
• Napoli (Bournonville/Helsted)
• Theme and Variations (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/ Tchaikovsky)
• Gaîté Parisienne (Massine/Offenbach)
• Phaedra (Flindt/Philip Glass)
• Celebrations and Ode (Nahat/Beethoven)
• Brahms Quintet (Nahat/Brahms)
• Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (McKayle/from the collection of John Alan Lomax)
• Piano Man (Horvath/Hyman)

Previous repertory as San Jose Cleveland Ballet

1999-2000
Ballet (Choreographer/Composer)
• Ballet Folklorico De Mexico
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Carmen (Petit/Bizet/Clavé)
• The Four Temperments (Balanchine/Hindemith)
• Mendelssohn Symphony (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchaikovsky) Based on the original ballet of 1895 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
• Russian Blue (Gabay)
• De Profundis (Evert/Pärt)
• Cris D'Enfant (Hawkins)
• Babae (Domingo/Naito)
• Go Daddy O! (Nahat)

1998-99
• Houston Ballet - Dracula
• Rivulet - Pas de Deux (Nahat/Bloch)
• Involución (Herrera/Hernandez)
• Nous Sommes - Pas de Deux (Gamonet de los Heros)
• Strange Fruit (Hawkins/Holiday)
• Le Corsaire - Pas de Deux (Nahat, after Petipa/Drigo)
• Don Quixote - Pas de Deux (Nahat, after Petipa/Minkus)
• Giselle - Pas de Deux (Nahat, after Coralli and Perrot/Adam)
• Marilyn (Nahat/Arlen, Porter)
• Grand Pas de Dix (Nahat, after Petipa/Glazunov)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Sydney Dance Company - Free Radicals
• Blue Suede Shoes (Nahat/Presley, Ross)
• Go Daddy O! (Nahat)

1997-98
• Ballet Folklorico De Mexico
• The Paul Taylor Dance Company
• Brandenburgs
• Eventide
• Offenbach Overtures
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Serenade (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
• Carmina Burana (Nahat/Orff)
• Coppélia (Nahat/Delibes)

1996-97
• Cannonade (Nahat/Bach)
• In Studio D (Nahat/Wright, Sussman)
• Rodeo (de Mille/Copeland)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Limón Dance Company
• Suite from A Choreographic Offering
• Carlota
• Heartbeats World Premiere)
• Quicksilver (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Nahat/Presley, Ross)

1995-96
• Ballet Folklorico De Mexico
• Games (McKayle/traditional children's songs)
• The Swan (Nahat/Chopin)
• Eclipses (Nahat/Shostakovich)
• House of Tears (McKayle/Piazolla)
• Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchaikovsky) Based on the original ballet of 1895 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
• Kirov Academy - Nutcracker
• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
• Quartet for IV (and sometimes one, two or three...)
• Fait Accompli
• Nine Sinatra Songs
• Summerscape (Nahat/Shostakovich)
• Wu T'Ai Shih - Fire Movement (Nahat/Sussman)
• Slavonic Hungarian Dances (Nahat/Dvorak, Brahms)
• Grand Pas de Dix (Nahat, after Petipa/Glazunov)
• Tarantella (Balanchine/Gottschalk)
• The Green Table - Death Solo (Jooss/Cohen)
• Le Corsaire Pas de Deux (Nahat, after Petipa and Chabukiana/Minkus, Drigo)
• Laura's Women - Poverty Train Solo (Horvath/Nyro)
• Gaîté Parisienne (Massine/Offenbach)
• US (Nahat/Berlin, Dorsey, Morton, Hancock)

1994-95
• Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
• The Mighty Casey (de Ribere/Moricz)
• Allegro Brillante (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
• Rubies (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
• Who Cares (Balanchine)
• Slavonic and Hungarian Dances (Nahat)
• Kirov Academy - Nutcracker
• The Paul Taylor Dance Company
• Esplanade
• Big Bertha
• Funny Papers
• Company B
• Romeo and Juliet (Nahat/Prokofiev)

1993-94
Ballet (Choreographer/Composer)
• Mysteries and Raptures (World Premiere) (McKayle/Subramanian)
• The Overcoat (Flindt/Shostakovich)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat)
• Giselle (Nahat, after Coralli and Perrot/Adam)
• Brahms Quintet (Nahat/Brahms)
• Ontogeny (Nahat/Husa)
• Tarantella (Balanchine/Gottschalk)
• Stravinsky Piano Pieces (Smuin/Stravinsky)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nahat/Mendelssohn)

1992-93
• Some Times (Nahat/Ogerman)
• Apollo (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
• Rave (Emmannuelle/Albeniz)
• Gaîté Parisienne (Massine/Offenbach)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Starlight (Nahat/Galzounov)
• House of Tears (McKayle/Piazola)
• Square Dance (Balanchine/Corelli, Vivaldi)
• Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas
• Moshiron Desu
• Herencia
• A Khachaturian
• A Buenos Aires
• Cinco Tangos
• Ojos del Amazonas
• Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchaikovsky) In collaboration with The Atlanta Ballet. Based on the original ballet of 1895 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

1991-92
• Fall River Legend (de Mille/Gould)
• Summerscape (Nahat/Schostakovich)
• Contra Concert (Nahat/Vivaldi)
• Suite Characteristique (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• The Unsung (Limón)
• Wu T'Ai Shih (Nahat/Sussman)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Ballet West
• Anna Karenina (Prokovsky/Tchaikovsky)
• Martha Graham Dance Company

1990-91
• Quicksilver (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• The Overcoat (Flindt/Shostakovich)
• Coppélia (Nahat/Delibes)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Romeo and Juliet (Nahat/Prokofiev)
• Agon (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
• La Ventana - Pas de Trois (Flindt, after Bournonville/Lumbrye)
• Laura's Women (Horvath/Nyro)
• Grand Pas de Dix (Nahat, after Petipa/Glazunov)

1989-90
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• The Four Temperments (Balanchine/Hindemith)
• The Moor's Pavanne (Limón/Purcell)
• If He Were Mine (World Premiere) (Sappington/Sussman)
• Rodeo (de Mille/Copeland)
• The Gift (Nahat/Chobanian)
• Theme and Variations (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Toreador (Flindt, - Bournonville/Bjerno, after Helsted)
• Serenade (Balanchine/Tchaikovsky)
• The Lesson (Flindt/Delerue)
• Rivulet (Nahat/Bloch)

1988-89
• Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchaikovsky) Based on the original ballet of 1895 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
• Mendelssohn Symphony (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
• Three Virgins and a Devil (de Mille/Respighi)
• Don Quixote Pas de Deux (Nahat, after Petipa/Minkus)
• The Green Table (Jooss/Cohen)
• The Gift (Nahat/Chobanian)
• Grand Pas de Dix (Nahat, after Petipa/Glazunov)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Coppélia (Nahat/Delibes)
• Cannonade (Nahat/Bach)
• There is a Time (Limón/Purcell)
• Graduation Ball (Lichine/Strauss)

1987-88
• Les Sylphides (Fokine/Chopin)
• Ontogeny (Nahat/Husa)
• Gaîté Parisienne (Massine/Offenbach)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Romeo and Juliet (Nahat/Prokofiev)
• Agon (Balanchine/Stravinsky)
• Starlight (Nahat/Galzounov)
• Piano Man (Horvath/Hyman)

1986-87 - Debut Season
• Wu T'Ai Shih (Nahat/Sussman)
• In Studio D (Nahat/Wright, Sussman)
• Celebrations (Nahat/Beethoven)
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)
• Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchaikovsky) Based on the original ballet of 1895 by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
• Spring 1986 - "Get Acquainted Preview"
• In Concert (Nahat/Verdi, Gounod)
• Quicksilver (Nahat/Mendelssohn) 1985
• The Nutcracker (Nahat/Tchaikovsky)