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Paul Taylor Dance Company at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

By Jaime Robles, 19 April 2015
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“Diggity is refreshingly simple in its movement, with a dollop of dearness and a dash of the absurd. ”
Reviewed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, San Francisco on 16 April 2015
Programme
Diggity (Paul Taylor)
Promethean Fire (Paul Taylor)
Death and the Damsel (West Coast premiere)
Performers
Paul Taylor Dance Company
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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.