RAkU (ballet)
| RAkU | |
|---|---|
| Choreographer | Yuri Possokhov |
| Music | Shinji Eshima |
| Libretto | Gary Wang |
| Premiere |
3 February 2011 War Memorial Opera House |
| Original ballet company | San Francisco Ballet |
| Design | Alexander V. Nichols (sets and projection), Christopher Dennis (lighting), and Mark Zappone (costumes) |
RAkU is a ballet made by Yuri Possokhov to music he commissioned from Shinji Eshima for the San Francisco Ballet. The première took place on Thursday, 3 February 2011 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. Based on the 1950 burning of Kyoto’s Golden Pavilion, the action was moved to an unspecified past era.
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