{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64147e75d7071d0011436d2f/64147e7c7eb781001260a5a6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"(121) Frances Chung, Principal with San Francisco Ballet","description":"<p>Today we are returning to our time at San Francisco Ballet last April for the company’s Unbound Festival.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">  </span>This week we talk with Frances Chung, Principal Dancer with San Francisco Ballet. Frances was born in Vancouver, Canada and received her training at Goh Ballet Academy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">   </span>She<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span>joined San Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2001 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2009.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">  </span>Frances has danced countless major roles in the company’s vast repertoire as she worked her way through the ranks. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span>Frances received the Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Individual Performance for the 2013 Repertory Season and the silver medal at the 2000 Adeline Genée Awards.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">  </span>Today we talk with Frances about her training, how she became a bunhead later in life, some of the most challenging ballets she has danced, and about the company’s Unbound, a festival of new works. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p>\n<p>This episode is brought to you by <a href=\"http://yumiko.com\">Yumiko</a> and San Francisco Ballet.</p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://tendusunderapalmtree.com/frances-chung/\">(121) Frances Chung, Principal with San Francisco Ballet</a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://tendusunderapalmtree.com\">tendusunderapalmtree.com</a>.</p>","author_name":"Michael Sean Breeden & Rebecca King Ferraro"}