McCaw Hall – Seattle Dances

FROM THE EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: NOV/DEC

New companies! New research platforms! And why Donald Byrd’s Love and Loss was exactly the kind of work we should be seeing at the ballet.

PNB’s Locally Sourced hires three local choreographers to make new work, but in some cases production value outshines the choreography.

PNB’s Sleeping Beauty gives the opportunity to imagine a previous era, and to reflect on the choreography through a contemporary perspective.

All Premiere asks the audience to dig deep into minute details to create meaning, then pulls ‘em out with some existential hilarity.

The sea of ballet dancers clothed in dark blue move with such intensity it’s as if the audience is watching

This season’s Director’s Choice features both world premieres and old favorites.

PNB’s gorgeous execution of this most storied of story ballets.

Crystal Pite steals the show at PNB’s Her Story.

PNB’s season opener is visually dazzling, but has the beloved Balanchine ballet become a bore?

David Dawson’s Empire Noir boldly opened PNB’s 2016-17 Director’s Choice, the curtain rising on ten dancers in front of John