How Tamara Rojo is remaking ballet

San Francisco Ballet artistic director Tamara Rojo is known for taking risks. She says that, with the exception of Nutcracker, “every time you bring back the same work, less people will come. You are cannibalizing yourself. So that’s not really a long-term strategy that you can rely on.” Karolina Kuras

Karolina Kuras

One of the first things Tamara Rojo did when she became artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet in 2022 was to commission