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▪️Pushing the boundaries of ballet 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Summer Season July 25 & 26, 2026 🩰
Ticket link down below ⬇️ 🎟️

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CHIC × MARCELINO

Spontan choreo moment during the final hours of my first trip to Leipzig with this icon ✨

Originally created in 2019 on a select dancers from the National Ballet of Canada @nationalballet and revived in 2022 by @ballet22_ , this work finds a new life with @marcelinolibao .

I came to Leipzig spontaneously, after more than six years of conversations with an artist I’d always wanted to meet. I left feeling full, loved, and reminded of the possibilities that open when we take a leap of faith.

Marcelino is the first trans Filipina principal dancer in @leipzigerballett history. Creating with her was iconic. Trans artists deserve more visibility, more platforms, and more opportunities to share their artistry. I’m so happy to see this company giving her the FLOWERS she was made to receive!
May this soulful Black music find its way into more ballet spaces. 🤍

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This summer, @w.illiamrobinson will make their Ballet22 debut as part of our 2026 Summer Season. ✨ This reel features their variation from the Act III Wedding of Coppélia.

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A summer to remember with @ballet22_ 🌈🫶🏾
Beyond thankful to have experienced such a wonderful group of people sharing their love for this art form! 🥹
Thank you to @dani_durrett @teese1021 and @elorris for creating a space for queerness to thrive!
To my fellow ballerinas; Victor, Lucas, Jake, Liam, Taiyo, and Dani - forever obsessed with each of you and hope we can dance together again soon! 🫂
To our choreographer @keelanwhitmore Thank you for letting us play and for your unwavering support and trust 🩰
To our coaches and team; @b2r9 @mereweb @ogasawara74 @isaacdektor @fortmasoncenter thank you for being apart of this journey and brining us to life!
San Francisco I’ll be back, until then 🤟🏾💛🦖

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So much gratitude for this beautiful experience surrounded by these wonderful people 💕 @ballet22_

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Still waking up from this dream ☀️🌁

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“In a dance world that continues to operate in a binary way, driven by heteronormative stories, iconography, and esthetics, “Intimité Révélée” intends to… normalize what queer love could look like in dance film.”
– Lorris Eichinger, choreographer

Watch our Co-Laboratory film with Ballet22 in full on our YouTube channel. You can also catch more of @ballet22 in their summer season this weekend - July 25th and 26th at the Cowell Theater. Tickets in their bio!

“Intimité Révélée” directed by Natasha Adorlee, choreographed by Lorris Eichinger, Hope Mohr, Olivia Evans

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BTS photoshoot with @ballet22_ #bts #photoshoot #dance

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Staging “La Follia” BTS

Company: @ballet22
Dancers: @dani_durrett @vonggangvickie
Choreo: @verzolaballet @durante_verzola

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Behind the scenes with @ballet22_

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In celebration of Pride Month, we are sharing a few ballet organizations working to make ballet spaces more inclusive and amplifying LGBTQ+ ballet representation.

@queertheballet (founded by Adriana Pierce, who is also a faculty member of Eglevsky Ballet)

@ballez.company

@ballet22_

Queer the Ballet was co-founded by Adriana Pierce(Eglevsky Ballet faculty member) and Patricia Delgado.

Ballez was founded by genderqueer trans choreographer Kade Pyle in 2011.

Ballet22 was founded in 2020 and is based in Oakland, California. The company is currently led by co-founders Theresa Knudson, Daniel R. Durrett, and Lorris Eichinger.

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Who’s ready for the weirdest, wildest kickoff to Fourth of July weekend? Join me this Thursday, July 2, as I take over the Howard Street Stage at @dftsanfrancisco with Peaches Christ’s Great American Variety Show, a FREE outdoor celebration of the America I believe in: freedom of expression, outrageous entertainment, and the glorious art of bringing people together. We’ll have drag, burlesque, live music, comedy, audience participation, Mario B’s fashion show, DJ Bobby Friday, Carnie Asada’s Lips & Lashes, Kat Robichaud’s Misfit Cabaret, Roryography, the return of our infamous Hot Dog Eating Contest, and a massive grand finale featuring the ghouls of Terror Vault.

Thursday, July 2
5:00–10:00 PM
2nd Street between Market & Howard
FREE!

Free w/ RSVP: DFTSF.COM

#DowntownFirstThursdays #SanFrancisco #PeachesChrist #Drag #Burlesque

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Ballet22 @ballet22_ makes stunning, beautifully crafted work, featuring highly skilled, well-trained dancers. They focus on featuring men, trans, and nonbinary dancers en pointe, and they do it very, very well. They ALSO have a show coming up July 25th - 26th at the Cowell Theater at @fortmasoncenter. Check the link in our bio for tickets!

📸: Ballet 22 @ballet22_, photographed by Maximillian Tortoriello @maxtphoto, featuring Jake Speakman @jake.speakman, Daniel R. Durrett @dani_durrett, and Victor Maguad @vonggangvickie.

📽️: Ballet 22, filmed by Alexander Irwin (alexander_zane_), featuring the above dancers as well as Trevor Williams (buffballerino)

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