12 BALLET WORLD PREMIERES: AND NO STUMBLES
What a way to end a ballet season! By any conventional measure, the 12 world premieres within a month unreeled by the San Francisco Ballet in its “Unbound” Festival were a cheeky challenge and a collective success. Though costly, time-consuming and for performers undeniably fatiguing, the final ticket income was well above budget, with near sellouts at the Opera House prevailing for programs like the “Björk Ballet.” Undeniably it showed off the creativity of youngish choreographers (48 or younger, mostly)…