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Val Caniparoli on Leaving San Francisco Ballet to Focus on Choreography

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Val Caniparoli on Leaving San Francisco Ballet to Focus on Choreography—After More Than Five Decades Onstage For 53 years, San Francisco Ballet audiences have watched Val Caniparoli disappear into a character, whether the eccentric Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker, the titular errant knight in Don Quixote, or the menacing Herod in Arthur Pita’s Salome. A dancer with the company since 1973 and a prin...
Val Caniparoli's decision to retire from performing and focus solely on choreography comes after a distinguished career as both a dancer and choreographer with San Francisco Ballet. This shift will allow him to dedicate more time to creating new works, including a full-length production for National Ballet of Canada and a collaboration with Richmond Ballet using Yo-Yo Ma's Goat Rodeo recordings. Patterns detected: none As a dancer, Caniparoli was known for his versatility in character roles such...