RAkU (ballet) about "RAkU" called "Fire and Ashes, Making the Ballet RAkU" had its world premiere at the Brava Theater Center on October 20, 2017 as part of the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. The documentary had its New York premiere on July 21, 2018 as part of the Dance on Camera Festival at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. RAkU (ballet) RAkU is a 37-minute ballet choreographed by Yuri Possokhov that was commissioned by San Francisco Ballet (Possokhov's 13th work for the company) and set to original music composed by Shinji Eshima. The première took place on Thursday, 3 February
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