How Tamara Rojo is remaking ballet

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May 16, 2026

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San Francisco Ballet artistic director Tamara Rojo is known for taking risks. She says that, with the exception of <em>Nutcracker, </em>"every time you bring back the same work, less people will come. You are cannibalizing yourself. So that

From championing women choreographers to upending classics, the former Royal Ballet star turned artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet doesn’t play it safe.

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