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San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker reassures, amid a changing time with a new director

The Nutcracker, Act 1
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By Terez Rose, 10 December 2022
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“many clever, thoughtful flourishes scattered through the production”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 8 December 2022
Programme
The Nutcracker (Helgi Tomasson)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Michael Yeargan, Set Designer
Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer
James F Ingalls, Lighting Designer
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Wendall K Harrington, Video
Yuan Yuan Tan, Dancer
Misa Kuranaga, Dancer
Nikisha Fogo, Dancer
Joseph Walsh, 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.