San Francisco Ballet performance at Stern Grove
I'll be dancing in a free San Francisco Ballet performance at Stern Grove on Sunday August 16th
More information...Review of my performance in 'On a Theme of Paganini':
"The whole thing was made to showcase the company's brilliant young Bolshoi-trained ballerina Maria Kochetkova, and exploit the contrast between her diminutive size and the huge scale on which she dances. Kochetkova is the jewel in this crown, and it's fair to say she blazes in it. Ballet, like opera, is inherently a popular art, and she has the potential to pull in a huge crowd of young people who had no idea ballet was not for snobs."
Bay Area Reporter
On a Theme of Paganini (Program 4)
I'm dancing the first ballet of Program 4 on Thursday March 12th at 8pm, Saturday March 15th at 2pm and Friday March 20th at 8pm in Helgi Tomasson's 'On a Theme of Paganini' (music by Sergei Rachmaninov).
SFB American Tour: New York
I will be dancing with the company at New York City Center between 10th-18th October in the following shows:
Within the Golden Hour:
Friday 10th Oct 8pm
On a Theme of Paganini:
Tuesday 14th Oct 7:30pm
Saturday 18th Oct 2pm
Fusion:
Wednesday 15th Oct 7:30pm
Double Evil:
Friday 17th Oct 8pm
Divertimento No. 15:
Saturday 18th Oct 8pm
The American Tour: New York
SFB American Tour: Chicago
Chicago reviews:
Within the Golden Hour and Don Quixote Pas de Deux
"Wheeldon has crafted a series of hauntingly lovely duets for three principals couples, with particularly hypnotic dancing by the petite, technically bravura, highly expressive Maria Kochetkova (a standout dancer in all of the company’s programs) and her partner, Joan Boada" "As for the gala, there were three standout sections [including the] grand pas de deux from “Don Quixote,” in which Kochetkova and Boada set the stage on fire." Chicago TribuneOn a Theme of Paganini
"At its heart is an utterly glorious pas de deux, telegraphing Tomasson's riveting sense of drama, danced exquisitely Wednesday at the Harris Theater by creamy, swarthy Davit Karapetyan and delicate Maria Kochetkova, one of the more artful ballerinas on view during this visit by the San Francisco Ballet, where Tomasson is artistic director." Chicago Tribune
"Tomasson's strongest work here is in the more intimate sequences, with tiny, delicate, Russian-bred Maria Kochetkova wholly captivating in the way she seemed to completely defy gravity with her exquisite pointe work" Chicago Sun-TimesAmerican tour: Chicago
I am doing tomorrow's matinee performance
I am doing tomorrow's matinee performance, but I have a new partner for Paganini (Joan Boada) and I would like to thank him for helping me to keep some of my shows and learning the whole ballet in two days.
SF Ballet Program 5 - On a Theme of Paganini
"The sweet innocence that made her "Giselle" heartbreaking proves magical again here, as Kochetkova kisses Davit Karapetyan's forehead and curls up so tiny inside his burly arms." San Francisco Chronicle
Program 5 - On a Theme of Paganini
I am doing Helgi Thomasson's new ballet 'On a Theme of Paganini' on Friday, March 7th and Sunday, March 9th
