PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
2010–2011 Season Announcement—Revised
They’ve added Giselle! We lose Ancient Airs and Dances, but that’s about it. Who’s your pick for Giselle?
They’ve added Giselle! We lose Ancient Airs and Dances, but that’s about it. Who’s your pick for Giselle?
Kaori Nakamura and Lucien Postlewaite in Kylian’s Petite Mort (Photo by Angela Sterling)
new press release
PRESS RELEASE FROM 3/26/10
(verbatim)
Pacific Northwest Ballet announces addition/change to 2010-2011 season line-up.
World premiere staging of classic Giselle
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
OLD PRESS RELEASE…THE ONE ABOVE IS THE CORRECT AND CURRENT ONE, BUT I’M LEAVING THIS SO YOU CAN COMPARE IF YOU WANT TO.
(verbatim)
Pacific Northwest Ballet announces 2010-2011 season line-up.
–Plus–
Reduction in performances per program. Thank you, economy!
Subscriptions available now: Single tickets go on sale July 19, 2010.
Opening nights moved from Thursday to Friday.
PNB 2010-2011 Season Line-Up
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.
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 – ANCIENT AIRS/MODERN DANCES
March 18 – 27, 2011
Ancient Airs and Dances
Music: Ottorino Respighi
Choreography: Richard Tanner
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
June 3 – 12, 2011
A ballet to be announced, and
Concerto DSCH – PNB Premiere
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.
AND NOW, SOME NEWS ABOUT BELT-TIGHTENING
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.
