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Day: February 18, 2018

LIGHTS, IBSEN, ACTION AT S.F. BALLET

LIGHTS, IBSEN, ACTION AT S.F. BALLET

Every time that “Ibsen’s House” is brought out at the ballet, which is not nearly often enough, it’s a stunner of a modern dance drama. Created a decade ago by Val Caniparoli, it features five couples playing out the tensions in a male-dominated society when the wife too yearns for a role, for latitude, even for freedom. It’s a social revolution that leaves you riveted with its electricity, even if you’re unfamiliar with Henrik Ibsen’s century-old plays like “Ghosts,” “A…

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