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San Francisco Ballet Fans: RAkU Composer Shinji Eshima and Principal Dancer Pascal Molat to Participate in San Francisco Zen Center’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, ‘A Concert for Peace’, June 4, 2012

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Odette's Ordeal

(Enjoy the slideshow above.) If this sound byte is hauntingly familiar to you, causes your tear ducts to go into overdrive, and you are not of the Buddhist faith, one can safely assume you prescribe to my religion: you are a SFBalletomane. … Continue reading →

Posted in Odette's Ordeal | Tagged A Concert for Peace, Al Farrow, Ballet, Brenda Wong Aoki, Buddhist, Buddhist Monks, Butoh, Chanting Monks, Chihiro Fukuda, Damian Smith, Jose Granero, Judith Kajiwara, Mark Izu, Odette's Ordeal, Pascal Molat, Peace Bell, RAkU, Sally Munro, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco Zen Center 50th Anniversary, SF Ballet, SF Zen Center, SFB, SFBallet, SFZC, Shinji Eshima, Shinryu-in Temple, Teri McCollum, Tova Green, Yuri Possokhov, Zen | Leave a comment
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