Val Caniparoli

Caniparoli was born in Renton, Washington, to Francisco Caniparoli, a clothing manufacturer, and Leonora (Marconi) Caniparoli, who worked at Boeing.{{cite web|title=Val Caniparoli Biography (1951-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Val-Caniparoli.html|publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=January 6, 2013}} He attended Washington State University (WSU), where he studied music and theater.{{cite news|last=Pumphrey|first=Lew|title=Vintage western opens Summer Palace|newspaper=Summer Evergreen|date=July 5, 1971}} When the First Chamber Dance Company was touring Eastern Washington, they did performances at WSU, and offered workshops in ballet.{{cite web|last=Speer|first=Dean|title=Evoking Ethnic Ballet: Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros on 'Lambarena'|url=http://www.ballet-dance.com/200505/articles/Lambarena200504.htm|publisher=Ballet Dance Magazine|access-date=January 12, 2013}} Caniparoli attended one and was told he had talent, and should audition at the San Francisco Ballet School.{{cite web|last=Speer|first=Dean|title=Evoking Ethnic Ballet Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros on 'Lambarena'|url=http://www.ballet-dance.com/200505/articles/Lambarena200504.htm}} Thereafter he decided to pursue a career in ballet, and left WSU.{{cite web|last=Speer|first=Dean|title=Evoking Ethnic Ballet: Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros on 'Lambarena'|url=http://www.ballet-dance.com/200505/articles/Lambarena200504.htm|publisher=CriticalDance|access-date=December 12, 2012|date=May 2005}} He received a scholarship from the Ford Foundation that enabled him to attend the San Francisco Ballet School. Caniparoli performed with San Francisco Opera Ballet, and in 1973, just a year and a half into his studies, he was offered a contract with San Francisco Ballet. In his debut season, he worked under Co-Artistic Directors Lew Christensen and Michael Smuin,{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Katy|title=S.F. Dancers Stunned by Smuin's Departure|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=August 31, 1984}} and later, under Helgi Tomasson.{{cite web|title=Transcript Val Caniparoli|url=http://www.sfballet.org/interact/listen/special_feature_podcasts/transcript_val_caniparoli|work=Backstage|publisher=San Francisco Ballet|access-date=January 16, 2013}}

Caniparoli became interested in choreography when he attended a choreography workshop offered by the Pacific Northwest Ballet.{{cite web|last=Speer|first=Dean|title=Evoking Ethnic Ballet, Val Caniparoli and Evelyn Cisneros on 'Lambarena'|url=http://www.ballet-dance.com/200505/articles/Lambarena200504.htm|publisher=Ballet Dance Magazine|access-date=January 23, 2013}} After that work, his choreography career expanded and he was appointed resident choreographer for the San Francisco Ballet in the mid-1980s.{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Kathy|title=Dance: Earning a solo in 'The Lottery'|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobilemobileopinion/55149588-82/ballet-caniparoli-lottery-west.html.csp|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=December 12, 2013}} In 1984, Caniparoli co-founded a choreographic collective called OMO in San Francisco, and a documentary about OMO's founding was broadcast that year on PBS.{{cite web|title=The creation of OMO|url=http://archive.danceheritage.org/assets/290ec20b-b5a6-468e-91e1-96c9b6b807cc|publisher=Dance Heritage Coalition|access-date=January 16, 2013}} In 1994, he created his first full-length ballet entitled Lady of the Camellias, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, and with a score by Frédéric Chopin.{{cite web|last=Keane|first=Erin|title=Doomed Love Affair Opens Ballet Season|url=http://wfpl.org/post/doomed-love-affair-opens-ballet-season|publisher=WFPL News: The News for Louisville|access-date=January 16, 2013|date=1 October 2012}} Lady of the Camellias became one of Caniparoli's most popular works, and a part of the repertoire of several ballet companies, including Ballet West, Ballet Florida, Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.{{cite web|last=Gantz|first=Jeffrey|title=Grande Dame: Boston Ballet makes Lady of the Camellias worth the price|url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/arts/dance/documents/03691841.asp|publisher=The Boston Phoenix|access-date=January 12, 2013}}

Caniparoli was resident choreographer for Ballet West from 1993 to 1997, and for Tulsa Ballet from 2001 to 2006.{{cite web|last=Watts Jr.|first=James|title=Ballet by Ma Cong to be performed at London's Royal Opera House|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx?/Ballet_by_Ma_Cong_to_be_performed_at_Londons_Royal_Opera_House/34-13748|access-date=January 24, 2013|date=11 January 2012}} He continues to create works for San Francisco Ballet.{{cite web|title=Val Caniparoli Choreographer|url=http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/performances/live-and-kicking/val-caniparoli|publisher=Milwaukee Ballet|access-date=December 22, 2012}}

In 1995, Caniparoli choreographed a new work entitled Lambarena,{{cite news|last=Kisselgoff|first=Anna|title=Dance Review|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 10, 2001}} set to a musical blend of J.S. Bach with Traditional African music composed by Pierre Akendengue and Hughes de Courson.{{cite web|title=Pierre Akendengue, Hughes de Courson and musicians from Africa and Europe|url=http://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/lambarena.shtml|author=RootsWorld|access-date=March 5, 2020}} Lambarena has become another of Caniparoli's most popular creations, a blend of classical ballet and African dance.{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=R.M.|title=PNB's 'Lambarena' crackles with energy|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=April 10, 1997}} This ballet has been performed more than 20 companies, including Atlanta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and State Ballet of South Africa.{{cite news|last=Sichel|first=Adrienne|title=Bach to Africa|newspaper=The Star Tonight|date=May 4, 1999}}{{cite web|last=Gruener|first=Kasandra|title=Outreach|url=http://www.obt.org/outreach_links/SPS_Lambarena_curriculum.pdf|publisher=Oregon Ballet Theatre|access-date=December 2, 2012|date=February 26, 2009}}

In 2002, Caniparoli was invited to choreograph a pas de deux to be performed by Evelyn Hart and Rex Harrington for Queen Elizabeth II to celebrate her Golden Jubilee visit to Canada.{{cite web|title=From the Choreographer|url=http://canadadance.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2004-Brochure.pdf|publisher=Canada Dance Festival|access-date=January 2, 2013}}

In May 2010, San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) premiered Tosca Cafe, a theater/dance work co-created and co-directed by Caniparoli and A.C.T.'s Carey Perloff; Caniparoli also did the choreography.{{cite web|last=Jane|first=John|title=Tosca Cafe|url=http://reviewvancouver.org/th_toscacafe2011.htm|publisher=Review Vancouver|access-date=January 17, 2013}} "'Tosca Cafe"', which started as The Tosca Project, chronicles a wide cast of characters who inhabit Tosca, a bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco in the same location for decades.{{cite news|last=Hamlin|first=Jesse|title=The Tosca Project: 'Tosca': Acting, dance are worth drinking in|newspaper=Datebook: The San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 6–13, 2010}} Caniparoli and Perloff saw this work as a unique opportunity for collaboration between dancers and actors.{{cite news|last=Ulrich|first=Allan|title=Years of prep for a work that has no script|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 6, 2010}} Since its 2010 premiere in San Francisco, Tosca Cafe has been performed internationally.{{cite web|last=Renne|first=Kathryn|title=Tosca Cafe: More than just coffee|url=http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/arts/theatre/tosca-cafe-more-than-just-coffee-8052/|publisher=Fast Forward Weekly|date=15 September 2011}}

While growing up in Renton, Washington, Caniparoli studied music for 13 years.{{cite web|title=Renton High Centennial: Val Caniparoli, Class of '69|date=27 April 2011 |url=http://renton.patch.com/articles/renton-high-centennial-val-caniparoli-class-of-69|publisher=Renton Patch|access-date=December 15, 2012}} His study included private lessons on alto saxophone, clarinet, and flute.{{cite web|last=LaRocque|first=Marilyn|title=Troupe tries Vivaldi, Pink Floyd|date=21 February 2003 |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/feb/21/troupe-tries-vivaldi-pink-floyd/|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=January 19, 2013}} He credits his study of music with nurturing his eclectic interest in world music and composers, and varied genres.{{cite news|last=Canavan|first=Craig|title=Blissful Meeting of classical, ethnic dance|newspaper=Pretoria News|date=May 4, 1999}} He has become well known for his use of widely diverse music as a principal foundation for his choreographic work.{{cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Sandra|title=Dance: PNB's Director's Choice|newspaper=Seattle Weekly|date=11 November 2009}}{{cite news|last=Kimmel|first=Penni|title=Dancer-Choreographer: Stravinsky in Bloom|newspaper=The Sentinel|date=April 1, 1982}} He was also influenced by the dancing of film stars Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.{{cite web|last=Bressler|first=Susan|title=Renton High Centennial: Val Caniparoli, Class of '69|url=http://renton.patch.com/articles/renton-high-centennial-val-caniparoli-class-of-69|work=Renton Patch|date=27 April 2011 |publisher=Renton High School|access-date=December 30, 2012}} Caniparoli's work has been described as "rooted in classicism but influenced by all forms of movement: modern dance, ethnic dance, social dancing, even ice skating."{{cite web|title=The Legacy of Goh Choo San in Memory and Tribute|url=http://www.singaporedancetheatre.com/media/pdf_release/PDF%20-%20The%20Legacy%20of%20Goh%20Choo%20San%20-%20Media%20Release.pdf|publisher=Singapore Dance Theatre|access-date=January 13, 2013|date=June 26, 2007}}

Caniparoli lives in San Francisco, California.{{cite web|title=Val Caniparoli Biography (1951-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/89/Val-Caniparoli.html|publisher=FilmReference.com|access-date=January 7, 2013}}

• Jekyll & Hyde, 2020 (Composers: Krzysztof Penderecki, Frédéric Chopin, Henryk Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Wieniawski) Finnish National Ballet
• Foreshadow, 2018 (Composer: Ludovico Einaudi) San Francisco Ballet
• The Nutcracker, 2018 (Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Royal New Zealand Ballet
• If I Were A Sushi Roll, 2018 (Composer: Nico Muhly) Smuin Ballet
• Dances for Lou, 2017 (Composer: Lou Harrison) Ballet West
• 4 in the Morning, 2016 (Composer: William Walton) Amy Seiwert's Imagery
• Twisted 2, 2016 (Composer: André Previn, Jacques Offenbach, Arnold Schoenberg) BalletMet
• Repeat After Me, 2016 (Composer: Johann Paul Von Westhoff) Menlo Ballet
• Without Borders, 2016 (Composer: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble) Texas Ballet Theater
• Beautiful Dreamer, 2016 (Composer: Stephen Collins Foster) Oakland Ballet
• Stolen Moments, 2015 (Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau) Richmond Ballet
• Das Ballett, 2015 (Composer: Leopold Mozart) Oakland Ballet
• The Nutcracker 2014 (Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Grand Rapids Ballet
• Twisted, 2014 (Composer: Benjamin Britten, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini) BalletMet
• Tutto Eccetto Il Lavandino (Everything But The Kitchen Sink) 2014 (Composer: Antonio Vivaldi) Smuin Ballet
• Spaghetti Western 2014 (Composer: Ennio Morricone) Louisville Ballet
• Tears, 2014 (Composer: Steve Reich) San Francisco Ballet
• In Pieces, 2013 (Composer: Poul Ruders) Colorado Ballet
• Triptych, 2013 (Composer: John Tavener & Alexander Balanescu), Amy Siewert's Imagery{{cite news|last=Ulrich|first=Allan|title=Imagery reanimates thrill of duet in third 'Sketch'|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Imagery-reanimates-thrill-of-duet-in-third-4689320.php|publisher=SF Gate|access-date=July 27, 2013|date=July 26, 2013}}
• Caprice, 2013 Premiere: Cincinnati Ballet
• The Lottery, 2012 (Composer: Robert Moran) Premiere: Ballet West{{cite news|last=Adams|first=Kathy|title=Review: Exceptional choreography in Ballet West's "The Lottery"|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/55199072-223/ballet-west-choreographer-lottery.html.csp|access-date=January 20, 2013|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=November 3, 2012}}
• Chant, 2012 (Composer: Lou Harrison) Premiere: Singapore Dance Theatre{{cite web|title=Dance Review (Singapore): Masterpiece in Motion by Singapore Dance Company|url=http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/dance-review-singapore-masterpiece-in-motion/page-2/|publisher=BC Blog Critics|access-date=January 23, 2013}}
• Incantations, 2012 (Composer: Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky) Premiere: Joffrey Ballet{{cite news|last=Escoda|first=Carla|title=Prokofiev's Grandson's Techno-scored Ballet|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/val-caniparoli|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=December 26, 2012|date=4 July 2012}}
• Swipe, 2012 (Composer: Gabriel Prokofiev) Premiere: Richmond Ballet{{cite news|last=Lewis|first=Julinda|title=Studio 4 stuns with two ballet works|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/studio-stuns-with-two-ballet-works/article_314148f5-0d5e-57e0-8e65-db443981a321.html|access-date=January 16, 2013|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=April 4, 2011}}
• Tears From Above, 2011 (Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin) Premiere: Diablo Ballet{{cite news|last=Hunt|first=Mary Ellen|title=Diablo Ballet season premiere review|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Diablo-Ballet-season-premiere-review-2288688.php|access-date=January 21, 2013|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 21, 2011}}
• Double Stop, 2011 (Composer: Philip Glass) San Francisco Ballet{{cite web|last=Renouf|first=Renee|title=San Francisco Ballet|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_11/feb11/rr_rev_sfb_gala_0111.htm|publisher=Ballet Magazine|access-date=January 20, 2013}}
• Blades of Grass, 2010 (Composer: Tan Dun) Premiere: Milwaukee Ballet{{cite web|last=Strini|first=Tom|title=That 'Rooster' Guy returns to Milwaukee Ballet|url=http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2010/03/that-rooster-guy-returns-to-milwaukee-ballet/|publisher=Third Coast Digest|access-date=January 2, 2013}}
• Still Life, 2010 (Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin) Premiere: Scottish Ballet{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Mary|title=Scottish Ballet Frames its own Still Life|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/stage-visual-arts/scottish-ballet-frames-its-own-still-life-1.1054823|newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow|access-date=January 2, 2013}}
• Amor Con Fortuna, 2009 (Composer: Jordi Savali, Various) Premiere: Tulsa Ballet{{cite web|last=Watts|first=James|title=Lightness, joy bubble up in ballet's 'sea symphony'|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/printerfriendlystory.aspx?articleid=20090504_272_D2_TulsaB509603&PrintComments=1|publisher=Tulsa World|access-date=January 6, 2013}}
• The Seasons, 2009 (Composer: Alexander Glazunov) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet{{cite web|last=MacDonald|first=Moira|title=A 'lost' ballet is re-envisioned by Val Caniparoli at Pacific Northwest Ballet|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2010163666_pnb30.html|publisher=Seattle Times|access-date=January 2, 2013}}
• The Nutcracker, 2009 (Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Premiere: Louisville Ballet{{cite web|title=Louisville Ballet's Nutcracker|url=http://www.wuol.org/2011/11/louisville-ballet-3/|publisher=Classical 90.5 WUOL|access-date=January 3, 2013}}
• Ebony Concerto, 2009 (Composer: Igor Stravinsky) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Ibsen's House, 2008 (Composer: Antonín Dvořák) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite news|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|author-link=Alastair Macaulay|title=Complicated Heroines, Puzzling Partnering|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/arts/dance/26elo.html?_r=0|access-date=January 7, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 26, 2008}}
• Suite, 2007 (Composer: George Frederic Handel) Premiere: American Repertory Ballet
• Violin, 2006 (Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber) Premiere: Richmond Ballet
• Songs, 2005 (Composer: Chick Corea) Premiere: Central West Ballet
• Ikon of Eros, 2005 (Composer: John Tavenor) Premiere: Washington Ballet
• Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 2004 (Composer: Béla Bartók) Premiere: Boston Ballet{{cite news|last=Ternin|first=Christine|title=The Ballet steps into new scenes|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/03/26/the_ballet_steps_into_new_scenes/?camp=pm|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=December 12, 2012|date=March 26, 2004}}
• Val Caniparoli's A Cinderella Story, 2004 (Composer: Richard Rodgers) Premiere: Royal Winnipeg Ballet{{cite web|title=Royal Winnipeg Ballet Val Caniparoli's A Cinderella Story Ballet Meets Ballroom|url=http://wn.com/royal_winnipeg_ballet__val_caniparoli's_a_cinderellla_story_ballet_meets_ballroom|publisher=WorldNews.com|access-date=December 29, 2012}}
• Gustav's Rooster, 2003 (Composer: Hoven Droven) Premiere: Tulsa Ballet{{cite web|last=Strini|first=Tom|title=Acting with their Feet|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/44888407.html|publisher=Journal Sentinel|access-date=January 12, 2013}}
• Vivace, 2003 (Composer: Franz Schubert) Premiere: Tulsa Ballet
• Untitled, 2003 (Composer:: Dmitri Shostakovich) Premiere: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
• No Other, 2002 (Composer: Richard Rodgers) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Unspoken, 2002 (Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns) Premiere: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
• Misa Criolla, 2002 (Composer: Ariel Ramirez) Premiere: Tulsa Ballet
• Devil's Sonata, 2002 (Composer: Guiseppi Tartini) Premiere: Sacramento Ballet
• boink! 2002 (Composer: Juan Garcia Esquivel) Premiere: Lawrence Pech Dance Company
• The Nutcracker, 2001 (Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Premiere: Cincinnati Ballet
• Torque, 2001 (Composer: Michael Torke) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Jaybird Lounge, 2001 (Composer Uri Caine) Premiere: Pennsylvania Ballet
• Death of a Moth, 2001 (Composer: Carlos Surinach) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite news|last=Roca|first=Octavio|title=Drawn to the Lights / Moth choreographer Val Caniparoli finds his muses in San Francisco |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Drawn-to-the-Lights-Moth-choreographer-Val-2961618.php|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=January 5, 2013|date=January 21, 2001}}
• Bird's Nest, 2000 (Composer: Charlie Parker) Premiere: Washington Ballet
• Already Dusk, 2000 (Composer: Johannes Brahms) Premiere: Lawrence Pech Dance Company
• Fade to Black, 2000 (Composer: Nina Simone) Premiere: L. Feijoo and Y. Possokhov
• Going for Baroque 1999 (Composer: Antonio Vivaldi) Premiere: Tulsa Ballet
• Attention Please, 1999 (Composer: J.S. Bach) Premiere: Richmond Ballet
• Aquilarco, 1999 (Composer: Giovanni Sollima) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite journal|title=Val Caniparoli: The Choreographer Stays Open to All Possibilities|url=|publisher=Dance Magazine|access-date=}}
• Separations, 1999 (Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich) Premiere: Ballet Florida
• Open Veins, 1998 (Composer: Robert Moran) Premiere: Atlanta Ballet{{cite news|last=Roca|first=Octavio|title=Sadness, Wisdom Course Through Diablo's Veins / Caniparoli dance highlights Zellerbach program |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Sadness-Wisdom-Course-Through-Diablo-s-Veins-2964702.php|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=January 2, 2013|date=January 15, 2001}}
• Aria, 1998 (Composer: George Frederic Handel) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Book of Alleged Dances, 1998 (Composer: John Adams) Premiere: Ballet West
• Slow, 1998 (Composer: Graham Fitkin) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• The Bridge, 1998 (Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Djangology, 1997 (Composer: Django Reinhardt) Premiere: Richmond Ballet{{cite web|last=von Mangan|first=Celeste|title=Richmond Ballet at Hayes Center Friday|url=http://www.highcountrypress.com/weekly/2008/09-25-08/richmond_ballet.htm|publisher=High County Press|access-date=December 22, 2012}}
• Ciao, Marcello, 1997 (Composer: Nino Rota) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Prawn-watching, 1996 (Composer: Michael Nyman) Premiere: Ballet West{{cite news|last=Iwasaki|first=Scott|title=Caniparoli Work Opens Friday at Ballet West|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/534078/CANIPAROLI-WORK-OPENS-FRIDAY-AT-BALLET-WEST.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042809/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/534078/CANIPAROLI-WORK-OPENS-FRIDAY-AT-BALLET-WEST.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|newspaper=Deseret News|access-date=December 3, 2012}}
• Bow Out, 1995 (Composers: David Bedford and Roy Powell) Premiere: Richmond Ballet
• Lambarena, 1995 (Composer: J.S. Bach and Traditional African) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite web|title=Q+A: Val Caniparoli|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2007/apr/19/qa-val-caniparoli/|publisher=Las Vegas Sun.com|access-date=January 15, 2013|date=19 April 2007}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Catherine|title=Ballet Review: Anne Mueller a must-see in OBT's Lambarena|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2009/02/ballet_review_anne_mueller_a_m.html|access-date=January 21, 2013|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=February 23, 2009}}
• La Folia, 1994 (Composer: Gregorio Paniagua) Premiere: Marin Ballet
• Tangazzo, 1994 (Composer: Amadeo Roldan) Premiere: Marin Ballet
• Lady of the Camellias, 1994 (Composer: Frédéric Chopin) Premiere: Ballet West{{cite news|last=Montee|first=Kristy|title=This Ballet: Premiere is Saga in Itself|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-02-20/entertainment/9402160688_1_san-francisco-ballet-norbert-vesak-val-caniparoli|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722163032/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-02-20/entertainment/9402160688_1_san-francisco-ballet-norbert-vesak-val-caniparoli|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2013|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|access-date=December 23, 2012}}
• Seeing Stars, 1993 (Composer: Erno Dohnanyi) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Concerto Grosso, 1992 (Composer: Arcangelo Corelli) Premiere: Marin Ballet
• Pulcinella, 1991 (Composer: Igor Stravinsky) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Tryst, 1991 (Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Gran Partita, 1990 (Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet{{cite news|last=Stowe|first=Dorothy|title=Haws and Johnson Triumph as Dancers and Choreographers|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/105295/HAWS-AND-JOHNSON-TRIUMPH-AS-DANCERS-AND-CHOREOGRAPHERS.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043804/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/105295/HAWS-AND-JOHNSON-TRIUMPH-AS-DANCERS-AND-CHOREOGRAPHERS.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|newspaper=Deseret News|access-date=December 20, 2012}}
• In Perpetuum, 1990 (Composer: Arvo Pärt) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Ritual, 1990 (Composer: Alfred Schnittke) Premiere: Johann Renvall and Stars of American Ballet
• A Door Is Ajar, 1990 (Composer: Kronos Quartet) Premiere: Ririe Woodbury
• Between Ourselves, 1989 (Composer: Béla Bartók) Premiere: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Kinetic Impressions, 1989 (Composer: Francis Poulenc) Premiere: Ballet West
• Connotations, 1989 (Composer: Benjamin Britten) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite news|last=Roca|first=Octavia|title=A Ballet Waltz into the big city / Caniparoli's Connotations also a hit, Nanna's Lied boring |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-Ballet-Waltz-into-the-big-city-Caniparoli-s-2657889.php|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=December 22, 2012|date=April 3, 2003}}
• White Mourning, 1989 (Composers: Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler) Premiere: Ballet West
• Ophelia, 1988 (Composer: Bohuslav Martinu) Premiere: Ballet West
• Narcisse, 1987 (Composer: Claude Debussy) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite news|title=S.F. Ballet – A Season of the Unexpected|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-17-ca-392-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 30, 2012|date=May 17, 1987}}
• Hamlet and Ophelia Pas de Deux, 1985 (Composer: Bohuslav Martinu) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Aubade, 1985 (Composer: Francis Poulenc) Premiere: Israel Ballet
• Accidental or Abnormal Chromosomal Events, 1984 (Composer: Al Aguis-Sinerco) Premiere: Bay Area Playwrights Festival
• Tar Marmalade, 1984 (Composer: Douglas Adams) Premiere: Oakland Ballet
• Chansons de Scheherazade, 1983 (Composer: Maurice Ravel) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Windows, 1983 (Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet
• Loves-Lies-Bleeding, 1982 (Composer: Igor Stravinsky) Premiere: San Francisco Ballet{{cite web|title=Val Caniparoli Extends His Reach|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Val+Caniparoli%3A+extending+his+reach.-a014986726|publisher=Free Online Library|access-date=December 29, 2012}}
• Deranged Dances, 1982 (Composer: Charles Ives) Premiere: Marin Ballet
• Six-for-Eight, 1981 (Composer: George Frederic Handel) Premiere: Palo Alto Dance Theatre
• Street Songs, 1980 (Composer: Carl Orff) Premiere: Pacific Northwest Ballet{{cite web|title=Triple Threat Nevada Ballet Theatre to present three short ballets|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Feb-21-Fri-2003/weekly/20709422.html|website=ReviewJournal.com|access-date=December 23, 2013}}
• Concertino, 1979 (Composer: Carlo Ricciotti) Premiere: Contemporary Dance Theatre of Tucson

• A Little Night Music (Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim) American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), San Francisco
• Arcadia (2013) American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), San Francisco
• Tosca Café (2011) Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse
• The Tosca Project (2010) American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.), San Francisco
• Tis Pity She's a Whore (2008) A.C.T., San Francisco
• A Christmas Carol, (2005) A.C.T., San Francisco
• A Doll's House, (2003) A.C.T., San Francisco

• Two Women (2015) (Music by Marco Tutino) (Adapted on the novel La Ciociara by Alberto Moravia) San Francisco Opera
• Andrea Chenier (1995) Lyric Opera of Chicago{{cite web|title=Dance Company Grants and Awards|url=http://www.nea.gov/about/AnnualReports/NEA-Annual-Report-1996.pdf|publisher=NEA Annual Report|access-date=December 12, 2012}}
• Capriccio (1990) San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago{{cite news|last=Ramey|first=Samuel|title=Two Premieres Planned by the Met|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/19/arts/two-premieres-planned-by-the-met.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 30, 2012|date=March 19, 1997}}
• Manon (1986) San Francisco Opera{{cite web|title=Opera Performers Make Manon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=drM0AAAAIBAJ&pg=4399,3211917&dq=caniparoli+manon+san+francisco+opera&hl=en|publisher=Lodi News Sentinel|access-date=January 5, 2013}}

• Mlada (2003) San Francisco Symphony{{cite web|last=Ulrich|first=Allan|title=Mlada at the San Francisco Symphony|url=http://www.voiceofdance.com/v1/features.cfm/1277/calendarEvent.cfm?id=1565|publisher=Voice of Dance|access-date=January 22, 2013}}
• Psycho, The Ballet (1996) San Francisco Pops
• Embraceable You (1995) San Francisco Pops

• Metropolitan Opera Live in HD, R. Strauss: Capriccio (2011){{cite web|title=Val Caniparoli|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4894846/filmokey|publisher=IMDB|access-date=December 23, 2012}}
• Great Dancers of our Time: In der Hauptrolle Vladimir Malakhov, Lucia Lacarra und Kiyoko Kimura; choreography for Lady of the Camellias (DVD, 2005)

In 2015, co-choreographed with Helgi Tomasson, a commercial for the 50th Anniversary Super Bowl with dancers from San Francisco Ballet.

Choreography from Lambarena featured on Sesame Street with dancers Lorena Feijoo and Lorna Feijoo.

Caniparoli appeared on PBS in The San Francisco Ballet in Cinderella Dance in America (the Great Performances Series) in the role of Cinderella's father. In addition, he appeared in three television specials:

1. The Creation of OMO (1987) in which he discussed the experimental dance company he co-foundedFilm Reference, Val Caniparoli Biography (1951–) www.filmreference.com{{full citation needed|date=October 2023}}
2. A Song for Dead Warriors (1984)
3. Romeo and Juliet, Michael Smuin's ballet production, which aired on PBS in 1976

• Recipient, 10 grants for choreography, National Endowment for the Arts{{cite web|last=Fanger|first=Iris|title=Flower child Val Caniparoli's Lady of the Camellias comes to Boston Ballet|url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/events/perform/documents/03659400.asp|publisher=The Boston Phoenix|access-date=January 4, 2013}}
• Recipient, (2001) Isadora Duncan Dance Award for Choreography, Death of a Moth, San Francisco Ballet
• Nominated, (1997) Lambarena nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse for Best Choreography.
• Recipient, (1997 & 1994) awards from the Choo-San Goh & H. Robert Magee Foundation{{cite journal|last=Patrick|first=K. C.|title=In The News: Janek Schergen: Preserving the Legacy of Choo-San Goh|journal=Dance Magazine|date=May 1998|page=32}}

: 1997: Open Veins, Atlanta Ballet

: 1994: Lambarena, San Francisco Ballet

• Recipient, (1997) Isadora Duncan Award for Sustained Achievement
• Recipient, (1991–1992) Choreographers Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
• Recipient, (1991) Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council
• Recipient, (1991) Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council
• Recipient, (1987) Isadora Duncan Award for Aubade, Bay Area Dance Coalition
• Recipient, (1981–1988), Choreographers' Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
• Recipient, (1972) Ford Foundation Scholarship

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