He chose to retire early and to become a pillar of San Francisco activities like the San Francisco ballet and his beloved Commonwealth Club, where he played a key role.

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Clayton worked with all of them but most notably Lucas and his Skywalker Ranch studios inMarin County, California, where he engineered sound recordings, which included the first recordings at Skywalker Sound with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra.

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After years in the corporate world (at PriceWaterhouse Coopers, the Stockholm School of Economics and Oriflame Cosmetics), she returned to her roots as a stylist for Bloomingdales, Calvin Klein and the San Francisco Ballet to help companies and private individuals with appearance and personal branding.

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The top rosters at two of America's most international companies ABT and San Francisco Ballet reads like a United Nations roll call.

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