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A Dazzling Return of San Francisco Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

By Terez Rose, 25 January 2018
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“Watching this ballet, one is offered a glimpse of a past world and aesthetic, beautifully preserved”
Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 23 January 2018
Programme
The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa, Helgi Tomasson)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Jens-Jacob Worsaae, Set Designer
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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.