Swimmer (ballet) Swimmer (ballet) Swimmer is a 42-minute ballet made by Yuri Possokhov set to music he commissioned from Shinji Eshima, plus existing music by Kathleen Brennan, Gavin Bryars and Tom Waits, for the San Francisco Ballet. The première took place on Friday, 10 April 2015 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco and it was revived by the company in 2016. Based on the 1964 short story by John Cheever called "The Swimmer," it incorporates the choreographer's vision of the United States while growing up in the Soviet Union. Other sources of inspiration included Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, J.D. Salinger’s The
Parkside, San Francisco popular activity. The neighborhood is represented by District 4. The current District 4 supervisor is Katy Tang. Parkside, San Francisco The Parkside is a neighborhood in the western San Francisco, California. It is located in the southern part of the Avenues south of Quintara and north of Sloat Boulevard. The neighborhood has the unique distinction of more parks per capita than any other neighborhood in San Francisco. They include: Parkside Square, Pine Lake, Pine Lake Park (a.k.a. Dog Park), Concert Meadow (home of famous free summer concerts), Charlie Sava Pool (formerly Carl Larsen Pool), Carl Larsen Park, Stern Grove, McCoppin