pnb: 2010–2011 season announcement

Subscriptions available now: Single tickets go on sale July 19, 2010.

SEATTLE, WA — Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal has announced a major addition to the company’s 2010-2011 line-up.  The final performances of the season will unveil a world premiere staging of the classic Giselle.  This production marks the first time an American company has revived ballet’s great tragedy based on original material researched by Stepanov dance notation expert, Doug Fullington, in collaboration with leading Giselle scholar Marian Smith.  Since its premiere in 1841, Giselle has become one of the most popular ballets of all time and is considered a masterpiece of the Romantic era.   (The placement of Giselle in the final slot of the season has necessitated moving Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH to the fourth slot, where it will replace the previously-announced Ancient Airs and Dances.)

Other highlights of PNB’s 2010-2011 season include the return of Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort paired with the PNB premiere of Six Dances, both from Kylian’s “Black and White” series; company premieres of works by Jerome Robbins and Alexei Ratmansky, an all-Tharp program; a world premiere by Mopey choreographer Marco Goecke; Kent Stowell’s magical Cinderella; and the return of PNB’s renowned production of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Subscriptions to PNB’s 2010-2011 six-repertory season are available now, through the PNB Box Office, either by phone (206.441.2424) or in person at 301 Mercer Street (call for hours of operation).  Discounted subscription rates are available for seniors, students, and children.  Single tickets for the subscription season, as well as Nutcracker (and other programming to be announced), go on sale to the general public Monday, July 19, 2010.  All programming and dates are subject to change.  For more information, visit PNB’s website, www.pnb.org.

2010-2011 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON LINE-UP*

Rep 1 – DIRECTOR’S CHOICE

September 24 – October 3, 2010

Six Dances – PNB Premiere

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Choreography: Jiri Kylian

Staging: Roslyn Anderson

Petite Mort

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Choreography: Jiri Kylian

Staging: Roslyn Anderson

Jardí Tancat

Music: Maria del Mar Bonet

Choreography: Nacho Duato

Staging: Hilde Koch

Glass Pieces – PNB Premiere

Music: Philip Glass

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Rep 2 – ALL THARP

November 5 – 14, 2010

Opus 111

Music: Johannes Brahms

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Afternoon Ball

Music: Vladimir Martynov

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Waterbaby Bagatelles

Music: 20th-century bagatelles (Anton Webern, Kevin Volans, John Lurie, David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Mickey Hart, John Adams)

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Staging: Shelley Washington

Rep 3 – CINDERELLA

February 4 – 13, 2011

Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography: Kent Stowell

Staging: Kent Stowell and Francia Russell

Scenic Design: Tony Straiges

Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

Rep 4 – CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS

March 18 – 27, 2011

Concerto DSCH – PNB Premiere

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich

Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky

World Premiere

Choreography: Marco Goecke

Pacific

Music: Lou Harrison

Choreography: Mark Morris

Staging: Tina Fehlandt

The Piano Dance

Music: John Cage, Frederic Chopin, Alberto Ginastera, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti

Choreography: Paul Gibson

Rep 5 – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

April 8 – 17, 2011

Music: Felix Mendelssohn

Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Francia Russell

Scenic and Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

REP 6 – GISELLE – World Premiere Staging

June 3 – 12, 2011                           

Libretto: Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier

Music: Adolphe Adam

Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa

Staging: Peter Boal

Choreography Reconstruction: Doug Fullington

Historical Adviser: Marian Smith

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal has unveiled his proposed line-up for the company’s 2010-2011 season. Highlights include the return of Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort paired with the PNB premiere of Six Dances, both from Kylian’s “Black and White” series; company premieres of works by Jerome Robbins and Alexei Ratmansky, an all-Tharp program; a world premiere by Mopey choreographer Marco Goecke; Kent Stowell’s magical Cinderella; and the return of PNB’s renowned production of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Subscriptions to PNB’s 2010-2011 six-repertory season are available now, through the PNB Box Office, either by phone (206.441.2424) or in person at 301 Mercer Street (call for hours of operation). Discounted subscription rates are available for seniors, students, and children. Single tickets for the subscription season, as well as Nutcracker (and other programming to be announced), go on sale to the general public Monday, July 19, 2010. All programming and dates are subject to change. For more information, visit PNB’s website, www.pnb.org.

September 24 – October 3, 2010

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Choreography: Jiri Kylian

Staging: Roslyn Anderson

Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Choreography: Jiri Kylian

Staging: Roslyn Anderson

Music: Maria del Mar Bonet

Choreography: Nacho Duato

Staging: Hilde Koch

Music: Philip Glass

Choreography: Jerome Robbins

November 5 – 14, 2010

Music: Johannes Brahms

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Music: Vladimir Martynov

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Music: 20th-century bagatelles (Anton Webern, Kevin Volans, John Lurie, David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Mickey Hart, John Adams)

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Staging: Shelley Washington

February 4 – 13, 2011

Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Choreography: Kent Stowell

Staging: Kent Stowell and Francia Russell

Scenic Design: Tony Straiges

Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

March 18 – 27, 2011

Music: Ottorino Respighi

Choreography: Richard Tanner

Choreography: Marco Goecke

Music: Lou Harrison

Choreography: Mark Morris

Staging: Tina Fehlandt

Music: John Cage, Frederic Chopin, Alberto Ginastera, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti

Choreography: Paul Gibson

April 8 – 17, 2011

Music: Felix Mendelssohn

Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Francia Russell

Scenic and Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

June 3 – 12, 2011

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich

Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky

And don’t forget:

Stowell/Sendak NUTCRACKER

November 26 – December 27, 2010

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography: Kent Stowell

Scenic & Costume Design: Maurice Sendak

Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

*Schedule and All Programming Subject to Change.

As you know, the performing arts community has been hit hard by the recent economic recession. While our loyal patrons continue to attend Pacific Northwest Ballet performances, ticket sales and donations have suffered significantly during this downturn. In response, we have already enacted numerous measures to lessen the impact of the downturn – administrative staff furloughs, careful reduction in expenses, contract renegotiations with artists, among others. When exploring ways to save, we always look first at what will not have an impact on the artistic integrity of our performances and school. That’s why we continue to perform to live music, commission new works, and retain the highest quality of dancers. In addition to implementing the aforementioned measures to continue to present outstanding ballet performances with fewer resources, PNB has concluded that we need to reduce the number of subscriber performances per program from eight to seven, beginning with the first program in the 2010-2011 Season. Starting in September, we will eliminate the first Thursday performance and move opening night to Friday.

The first Thursday performance is one of our least-subscribed series, with the highest number of no-shows and exchange-outs, so the fewest subscribers possible are impacted by this decision. PNB generally sells more tickets during the second week of a production, so it was important to retain the second Thursday in order to maximize ticket sales, and the second Thursday performance has good availability into which we can move first-Thursday subscribers.

For our subscribers currently attending Thursday or Friday of opening week, we are offering several options, including moving dates, seats, or switching to another series. In all scenarios, our box office staff will make every effort to place them in their same seats, or as close as possible to the seating location of their choice. Affected subscribers should call the PNB box office at 206.441.2424.

We deeply appreciate the loyalty of our PNB subscribers. We strive to make their experience with us as rewarding as possible, and we will make every effort to continue to present the standard of excellence that our audiences have come to expect from their ballet company.