A SPACE FOR UNAPOLOGETIC BLACKNESS IN BALLET
Theresa Ruth Howard, Kiyon Gaines, and Donald Byrd preview the upcoming MobBallet digital symposium centering Blackness in ballet.
Kiyon Gaines
Shining Success at Sculptured Dance
On a warm and sunny late afternoon, Olympic Sculpture Park was packed in a way I have never seen it before. The reason? Dance. The… Read More »Shining Success at Sculptured Dance
Sculptured Dance brings PNB to the Park
Seattleites love getting outside during those few summer months when the sun shines. There are outdoor concerts, festivals, movie screenings, and now, a dance performance.… Read More »Sculptured Dance brings PNB to the Park
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
Mid-Summer Lovin’ at PNB
“If we shadows have offended / Think but this, and all is mended / That you have but slumber’d here / While these visions did… Read More »Mid-Summer Lovin’ at PNB
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
Dancing on AIR with PNB
Pacific Northwest Ballet has many Twyla Tharp works in their repertory, and they’ve even performed an all-Tharp bill before, but AIR Twyla, which opened this… Read More »Dancing on AIR with PNB
Spotlight on Seattle Showcases Best in Technique, Creativity
Coriolis Dance Photo by Ernie Sapiro In an evening curated by innovative PNB soloist and choreographer, Kiyon Gaines, it seemed fitting that classical and… Read More »Spotlight on Seattle Showcases Best in Technique, Creativity
Twists and Turns: Kiyon Gaines’s Road to Recovery
Written by Steve Ha Choreographer Kiyon Gaines (right) rehearses a section of his ballet, Sum Stravinsky, with Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Laura Gilbreath and principal dancer… Read More »Twists and Turns: Kiyon Gaines’s Road to Recovery