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Setting the next stage: Evelyn Cisneros left performing behind, but not her dedication to ballet.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 860 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Evelyn Cisneros era at the San Francisco Ballet ended with a gala performance on May 9, 1999, and no dancer could have had fewer artistic reasons to retire. For twenty-three years, SFB had been Cisneros' only professional home. She had survived the death of one artistic director, Lew Christensen; the firing of another, Michael Smuin; and the major overhaul of the company by successor, Helgi Tomasson. Cisneros' radiant smile, her exceptional balances, personal charm, and gorgeous line captivated audiences and choreographers alike. In the glory days of PBS' "Great Performances" Dance in America, she had won a national following, too.

"Dance was my passion. There was nothing else I would have wanted to devote my life to," says Cisneros. "except having children." At the beginning of the...



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