A series of article from the SF Chronicle about the anniversary and the companies history.
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San Francisco Ballet celebrates its 75th year
Allan Ulrich
Friday, January 18, 2008
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Ballet is simply to celebrate the hesitant first steps of a major art form in America.
Ballet has come a long way in the past 75 years. Indeed, it has come all the way. When, on June 2, 1933, the San Francisco Opera Ballet performed its first program on the stage of the recently opened War Memorial Opera House, the company pretty much danced alone. Catherine Littlefield didn't start her renowned Philadelphia troupe until a year later. George Balanchine's first company, the American Ballet, didn't rev up until 1935. And Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre) began operations in 1940.
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Former dancers express gratitude to San Francisco Ballet
Allan Ulrich
Friday, January 18, 2008
During the past 75 years, hundreds of dancers have passed through the San Francisco Ballet, and all of them have stories about their experiences. We asked a few illustrious former members of the company to tell us what the Ballet has meant in their lives.
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Glenn McCoy runs the business of San Francisco Ballet
Steven Winn
Friday, January 18, 2008
For Glenn McCoy, the even-tempered, silver-haired executive director of San Francisco Ballet, taking the long view has always been important. Twice in his career as an arts administrator, jobs he has held have gotten off to disconcerting starts, only to pan out very nicely in the end.
The first time was in 1980, when McCoy, freshly graduated from Appalachian State University in North Carolina, moved to New York and found work in the marketing department of the Metropolitan Opera. No sooner had he arrived than the Met went dark because of a strike by the musicians union.
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I'm glad to see such a nice piece about such a nice guys. Glenn was really great tome when my husband was diagnosed with cancer several years ago.[/url]