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Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein is a thrilling new work for the Royal Ballet

Hollywood has taken Frankenstein and turned it into a horror story featuring an iconic green monster with bolts sticking out the sides of his neck. But Mary Shelley’s original novel, as choreographer Liam Scarlett emphasizes, is more of a love story than anything else. Broadcast live from the Royal Opera House in London to cinemas in 26 countries around the world, this new three-act ballet was co-commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet and the Royal Ballet, and will be seen in San Francisco in February 2017. At only 30 years old, Scarlett has not long transitioned from the role of…

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