PNB’s DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
This season’s Director’s Choice features both world premieres and old favorites.
Karel Cruz
OPULENT OPENING AT PNB
PNB’s season opener is visually dazzling, but has the beloved Balanchine ballet become a bore?
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 the one hand, the show… Read More »PNB’s Emerging Contemporary Edge
A Study in Density at PNB
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s final rep of the season opened Friday, May 29, with a study in density and depth. Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH (2008) and… Read More »A Study in Density at PNB
Exquisite Final Flight for Körbes
Classical ballet doesn’t get much more pure than Swan Lake. So even if you’re disillusioned with story ballets or with companies trotting out the same… Read More »Exquisite Final Flight for Körbes
PNB’s Sunny, Funny Don Quixote
Don Quixote is not your average 19th-century ballet classic. First, it’s a comedy. Second, there’s no magic. Third, it’s about mostly normal people and a… Read More »PNB’s Sunny, Funny Don Quixote
PNB Showcases Ever-Evolving Field of Contemporary Ballet
American choreographer Alvin Ailey is often quoted stating that his dancers needed a “ballet bottom” and a “modern top,” and this idea accurately applies to… Read More »PNB Showcases Ever-Evolving Field of Contemporary Ballet