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SFB’s Unbound Festival promises and delivers in Program B

San Francisco Ballet in Thatcher's Otherness
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San Francisco Ballet in Marston's Snowblind
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San Francisco Ballet in Dawson's Anima Animus
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By Terez Rose, 23 April 2018
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 21 April 2018
Programme
Otherness (Myles Thatcher)
Snowblind (Cathy Marston)
Anima Animus (David Dawson)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Max Cauthorn, Dancer
Sean Orza, Dancer
Mathilde Froustey, Dancer
Ulrik Birkkjaer, Dancer
Sofiane Sylve, Dancer
Maria Kochetkova, Dancer
Carlo Di Lanno, Dancer
Luke Ingham, Dancer
Henry Sidford, Dancer
Wei Wang, 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.