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Press Release: Sunset Resident to Debut New Ballet at Herbst Theater

Sunset resident and composer JJ Hollingsworth will have her new short ballet, “Glass Suite” premiere at a concert dedicated to world peace. 

Russian-born concert pianist, Nikolay Khozyainov, will perform a peace recital called “The Night of Premieres” at Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave., on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Maestro Khozyainov recently received the Gold Medal of Peace in a ceremony from the United Nations Blue Helmets.

The United Nations Charter was signed in 1945 in Herbst Theater. Also on the program is the premier of Sunset resident JJ Hollingsworth’s composition, “Glass Suite,” a 12-minute contemporary ballet about the “depression glass” dishes that graced American tables during the ’30s and ’40s. Hollingsworth is the composer-in-residence at Forte House Productions:

For tickets, go to https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2929. For more information, call 415-627-8436 or email fortehouse1498@gmail.com.

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