SF Ballet gala to feature premiere of Peck’s ‘Rodeo’
Justin Peck’s “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes ” will get an earlier San Francisco Ballet premiere than expected as the piece will be shown in its entirety at the Ballet’s annual gala, on Thursday, Jan. 18, at the War Memorial Opera House.
Choreographed in 2015 for New York City Ballet, Peck’s vivacious ballet (which is part of Program 2’s repertoire) picks up the baton from Agnes de Mille, who made her iconic 1942 “Rodeo” to an earlier version of Aaron Copland’s score, for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
In addition to “Rodeo,” Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson has curated an appealing mix of classical showstoppers and glimpses of the coming season.