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Born: San Francisco, California, United States
A native of San Francisco, Elana Altman trained at the San Francisco Ballet School before being named apprentice in 2000. She joined the Company a year later and was promoted to soloist in 2005.
She has danced a variety of roles including Myrtha in Tomasson’s Giselle, the Lilac Fairy in Tomasson’s The Sleeping Beauty, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Snow Queen in Tomasson’s Nutcracker, and Mercedes in Tomasson/ Possokhov’s Don Quixote. Her repertory also includes principal roles in Balanchine’s “Rubies”, Apollo, The Four Temperaments, and Stravinsky Violin Concerto; Forsythe’s Artifact Suite and in the middle somewhat elevated; van Manen’s Grosse Fuge; Morris’ Joyride and A Garden; Robbins’ Fancy Free, The Concert, and In the Night; and the title role in Possokhov’s Firebird.
In addition, Altman has created roles in Elo’s Double Evil, Jenkins’ Thread, Kudelka’s The Ruins Proclaim The Building Was Beautiful, and Tomasson’s On Common Ground.
A native of San Francisco, Elana Altman trained at the San Francisco Ballet School before being named apprentice in 2000. She joined the Company a year later and was promoted to soloist in 2005.
She has danced a variety of roles including Myrth…
© Erik Tomasson
SF Ballet - Elo's Double Evil
San Francisco Ballet in Jorma Elo's Double Evil. Double Evil will appear on Program 8, opening April 28, 2009 at the War Memorial Opera House. For more information and tickets, visit sfballet.org.
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