Category: principal ballerina

Katita Waldo, San Francisco Ballet - Conversations on Dance Podcast

(94) Katita Waldo, Ballet Master with San Francisco Ballet

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This week we are joined by Katita Waldo, Ballet Master with San Francisco Ballet. Katita trained at San Francisco Ballet School, prior to joining the company in 1988 and becoming a Principal dancer in 1994.  She  performed Principal roles in a diverse repertory of works by acclaimed choreographers including George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch, Read More

Conversations on Dance podcast on Balanchine's Jewels

(72) Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ with Bob Gottlieb: author, editor, and dance critic

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  As our final episode of 2017, we are saluting this year’s biggest ballet celebration, 50 years of George Balanchine’s “Jewels.”  Today we take an in depth look at Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ with Bob Gottlieb: author, editor, and dance critic.  Bob has been editor-and-chief of Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf, and the New Yorker.   Read More