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Wilson's 'The Old Woman', performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe

By Jaime Robles, 24 November 2014
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“It’s a wonder of fastidious timing and conceptual integrity. ”
Reviewed at UC Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley on 22 November 2014
Performers
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Choreography, Dancer
Willem Dafoe, Actor
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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.