RAkU (ballet) 2012 and 2015. In 2014, Yuan Yuan Tan won the Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) for her portrayal of the Princess in "RAkU". On March 13, 2012, an audio recording of "RAkU" was released. It was performed by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and chanters of the San Francisco Zen Center, and led by San Francisco Ballet Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West at Skywalker Sound on April 22, 2011. San Francisco Ballet also mounted "RAkU" on tour at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa in September 2011. The orchestra, led
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