SF Ballet has announced the following promotions and new dancers for the 2007 season:

Promotions/Level
Ruben Martin, Principal Dancer
Garrett Anderson, Soloist
Jaime Garcia Castilla, Soloist
Rory Hohenstein, Soloist

New Company Members/Level
Molly Smolen, Principal Dancer
Diego Cruz, Corps de Ballet
Adeline Kaiser, Corps de Ballet
Brian Malek, Corps de Ballet
Alexandra McCullagh, Corps de Ballet
Patricia Perez, Corps de Ballet
Anthony Spaulding, Corps de Ballet
Jennifer Stahl, Corps de Ballet
Benjamin Stewart, Corps de Ballet

New Apprentices
Ludmila Campos, San Francisco Ballet School
Christopher Mondoux, San Francisco Ballet School

You can read more about these dancers here.

Peter Boal said that when he heard to announcement over the loud speaker inviting the audience to a post-performance Q&A with "corps member Jordan Pacitti" -- who had just performed the role Boal created in Ulysses Dove's Red Angels -- he thought to himself, "Jordan Pacitti is in the corps?"

I had a similar reaction reading this: "Jaime Garcia Castilla" is in the corps?"

Congratulations to all of the newly promoted and new dancers! What a company they've joined.