A triumphant Nutcracker: San Francisco Ballet is back!

Von Terez Rose, 13 Dezember 2021

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“Land of Snow is a blizzard extravaganza, one of the production’s big draws”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, am 11 Dezember 2021

Der Nussknacker (Helgi Tomasson)

San Francisco Ballet

Ming Luke, Musikalische Leitung

Michael Yeargan, Bühnenbild

Martin Pakledinaz, Kostüme

James F Ingalls, Licht

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Wendall K Harrington, Video

Ricardo Bustamante, Tanz

Luca Ferró, Tanz

Julia Rowe, Tanz

Isabella DeVivo, Tanz

Lucas Erni, Tanz

Norika Matsuyama, Tanz

Lauren Parrott, Tanz

Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Tanz

Joshua Jack Price, Tanz

Jacob Seltzer, Tanz

Elizabeth Powell, Tanz

Sean Bennett, Tanz

Alexander Reneff-Olson, Tanz

Sarah van Patten, Tanz

Sasha De Sola, Tanz

Aaron Robison, Tanz

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Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.