Val
Caniparoli
- Resident Choreographer
Val Caniparoli has been called a choreographer of uncommon ability and rare dramatic vision. A member of San Francisco Ballet since 1973, he has had a multi-faceted career which includes choreography, dance, music and theater. Caniparoli has created fourteen ballets for San Francisco Ballet since 1982, contributing dynamic works to the repertoire of America's oldest professional ballet company. In addition to his work with San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West has eight of Caniparoli's ballets in their repertoire.
Caniparoli has been praised for the inventiveness of his eclectic and unusual selection of music and for the implicit theatricality in his movement. His style and sensibility are uniquely his own. Over the years, Caniparoli's ballets have earned him national and international praise from critics and audiences alike - from Paris to New York, to Tokyo and across the nation. His works are performed by several companies including Ballet West, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Florida, Singapore Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Oakland Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet and Israel Ballet, among others. In 1994 he had a major success with his first full-length ballet, Lady of the Camellias, a co-production of Ballet West and Ballet Florida.
Since 1981 Caniparoli has been the recipient of ten grants for
choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1991 he was awarded
his first Artist Fellowship from the California Arts Council. He performed
with San Francisco Opera Ballet before joining the San Francisco Ballet
in 1973.