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San Francisco Ballet steps into a world of new dance

By Jaime Robles, 22 April 2018
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“an exciting and fulfilling evening”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 20 April 2018
Programme
The Collective Agreement (Alonzo King)
Bound (Christopher Wheeldon)
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (Justin Peck)
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.