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Frankenstein at San Francisco Ballet: Is traditional ballet enough?

By Jaime Robles, 19 February 2017
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“The dancers infuse the movement with the totality of their formidable technical and dramatic skill”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 17 February 2017
Programme
Frankenstein (Liam Scarlett)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Joseph Walsh, Dancer
Frances Chung, Dancer
Vitor Luiz, Dancer
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Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles
Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.