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The final program in San Francisco Ballet's wonderful Unbound festival

Sofiane Sylve and Tiit Helimets in Liang's The Infinite Ocean
© Erik Tomasson
San Francisco Ballet in Pita's Björk Ballet
© Erik Tomasson
Esteban Hernandez in Rhoden's Let's Begin at the End
© Erik Tomasson
By Jaime Robles, 28 April 2018
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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 26 April 2018
Programme
The Infinite Ocean (Edwaard Liang)
Let's Begin at the End (Dwight Rhoden)
Björk Ballet (Arthur Pita)
Performers
San Francisco Ballet
Maria Kochetkova, Dancer
Dores André, Dancer
Luke Ingham, Dancer
Sarah van Patten, Dancer
Ulrik Birkkjaer, Dancer
Sofiane Sylve, Dancer
Tiit Helimets, Dancer
Max Cauthorn, Dancer
Lauren Strongin, Dancer
Yuan Yuan Tan, Dancer
Vitor Luiz, Dancer
Heeguen Song, Violin
Angelo Greco, Dancer
Frances Chung, Dancer
Esteban Hernandez, Dancer
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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.