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The old, the new: Avant-garde works at San Francisco Ballet

By Jaime Robles, 09 April 2016
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“how illusory the spell of romantic perfection can be in the context of our contemporary life.”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 7 April 2016
Programme
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (Mark Morris)
Unknown (world premiere) (Justin Peck)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
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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.