RAkU (ballet)

RAkU[1]
ChoreographerYuri Possokhov
MusicShinji Eshima
LibrettoGary Wang
Premiere3 February 2011
War Memorial Opera House
Original ballet companySan Francisco Ballet
DesignAlexander V. Nichols (sets and projection design), Christopher Dennis (lighting design), and Mark Zappone (costume design)

RAkU is a 37-minute ballet choreographed by Yuri Possokhov that was commissioned by San Francisco Ballet (Possokhov's 13th work for the company)[2] and set to original music composed by Shinji Eshima.[3] The première took place on Thursday, 3 February 2011 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco.

  1. ^ "San Francisco Ballet - Production". Sfballet.org. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 Season : Programmes 1 & 2" (PDF). Encoreartssf.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  3. ^ "S.F. bassist Eshima layers ballet with history". Sfgate.com. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2018.