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San Francisco Ballet shines once again in Nutcracker

By Terez Rose, 15 December 2013
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 11 December 2013
Programme
The Nutcracker (Helgi Tomasson)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Martin West, Conductor
Rubén Martin Cintas, Dancer
Juliet Doherty, Dancer
Sean Orza, Dancer
Joan Boada, Dancer
Frances Chung, Dancer
Jaime Garcia Castilla, Dancer
Vanessa Zahorian, Dancer
Steven Morse, Dancer
Daniel Deivison-Oliveira, Dancer
Dores André, Dancer
Hansuke Yamamoto,, Dancer
Max Cauthorn, Dancer
Esteban Hernandez, Dancer
Marie-Claire D'Lyse, Dancer
Kristina Lind, Dancer
Jennifer Stahl, Dancer
Maria Kochetkova, Dancer
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Terez Rose
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.