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Alonzo King's LINES Ballet takes a walk on the wild side

By Jaime Robles, 14 April 2019
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“There is something feral about Alonzo King's choreography”
Reviewed at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, San Francisco on 12 April 2019
Programme
Pole Star (Alonzo King)
Art Songs (Alonzo King)
Performers
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Alonzo King, Director
Robert Rosenwasser, Set Designer, Costume Designer
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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.