Tiit Helimets Joined the San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A former principal dancer at Royal Birmingham Ballet, Tiit Helimets has danced major roles in Tomasson\u2019s Giselle (Albrecht), Nutcracker (Grand Pas de Deux Prince), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desir\u00e9), and Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried and Von Rothbart); Tomasson\/Possokhov\u2019s Don Quixote (Basilio); Cranko\u2019s Onegin (Gremin); Neumeier\u2019s The Little Mermaid (Prince); Scarlett\u2019s Frankenstein (Alphonse Frankenstein); and Wheeldon\u2019s Cinderella (Prince Gillaume). He created principal roles in Caniparoli\u2019s Doublestop, Ibsen\u2019s House, and Tears; King\u2019s The Collective Agreement; Liang\u2019s The Infinite Ocean; Possokhov\u2019s Swimmer (Humbert); and Wheeldon\u2019s Ghosts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His repertory includes Ashton\u2019s Symphonic Variations; Balanchine\u2019s Agon, Apollo, Allegro Brillante, Diamonds, Divertimento No. 15, The Four Temperaments, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, and Symphony in C; Bintley\u2019s The Dance House; Buben\u00ed\u010dek\u2019s Gentle Memories; Forsythe\u2019s in the middle, somewhat elevated; Liang\u2019s Symphonic Dances; Lifar\u2019s Suite en Blanc; MacMillan\u2019s Winter Dreams; van Manen\u2019s Variations for Two Couples; McGregor\u2019s Borderlands, Chroma, and Eden\/Eden; Millepied\u2019s The Chairman Dances\u2014Quartet for Two; Nureyev\u2019s Raymonda\u2014Act III; Possokhov\u2019s Firebird and Magrittomania; Ratmansky\u2019s Russian Seasons, Seven Sonatas, and Shostakovich Trilogy; Robbins\u2019 Glass Pieces and In the Night; Tomasson\u2019s 7 for Eight, The Fifth Season, On a Theme of Paganini, Prism, and Trio; and Wheeldon\u2019s Continuum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013 Tiit produced Estonian National Ballet\u2019s San Francisco tour, and in 2012 he created a dance\/music installation at the de Young Museum. He received an Isadora\u00a0Duncan Dance Award for Outstanding Performance for his 2015 performances of Giselle\u00a0and the Award for Outstanding Performance in Estonia for guest appearances in The\u00a0Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet. Official Website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tiit Helimets Joined the San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer in 2005. A former principal dancer at Royal Birmingham Ballet, Tiit Helimets has danced major roles in Tomasson\u2019s Giselle (Albrecht), Nutcracker (Grand Pas de Deux Prince), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desir\u00e9), and Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried and Von Rothbart); Tomasson\/Possokhov\u2019s Don Quixote (Basilio); Cranko\u2019s … <\/p>\n