PNB’s season opener is visually dazzling, but has the beloved Balanchine ballet become a bore?
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EPIC PROPORTIONS AT PNB’S DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
David Dawson’s Empire Noir boldly opened PNB’s 2016-17 Director’s Choice, the curtain rising on ten dancers in front of John
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Gilded Magic in PNB’s Cendrillon
“Don’t get me wrong, I love Disney.” So begins Artistic Director Peter Boal’s “Director’s Notebook” for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production
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PNB’s American Stories Enthrall
American Stories is Pacific Northwest Ballet’s endeavor to depict what it is to be American. Performed at McCaw Hall June
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A Lively Romp at PNB’s Coppélia
Pacific Northwest Ballet bills Coppélia as “the happiest ballet on earth,” and that’s not far off: it’s a comedy where
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PNB Shows Its Contemporary Chops
With Director’s Choice, Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal programmed a triple bill of works ranging from neoclassical to
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R et J’s Exhilarating Tragedy
Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet: the feuding families, the youthful star-crossed lovers, the passion, bloodshed, and heartbreak.
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Noelani Pantastico: Dancer in Flight
When asked what her spirit animal is, Noelani Pantastico reluctantly narrows it down to the butterfly. “I feel funny picking
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PNB Offers New Flavor of Nutcracker
For Seattleites, it’s hard to recall a more electric night at the ballet than Friday, November 27. Before a packed
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PNB’s Emerging Contemporary Edge
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Emergence program (November 6-14 at McCaw Hall) brings together four wildly different works of contemporary ballet. On
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