David Dawson’s Empire Noir boldly opened PNB’s 2016-17 Director’s Choice, the curtain rising on ten dancers in front of John Otto’s massive set piece: a… Read More »EPIC PROPORTIONS AT PNB’S DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
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
Pacific Northwest Ballet is by all accounts a versatile company: they are capable of tackling a broad range of contemporary work as well as the… Read More »PNB Displays its Crown Jewels
“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
Despite its advertising, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty, which premiered on Friday, January 31, 2014, at McCaw Hall, may not be the accessible tutu ballet… Read More »Sleeping Beauty Offers Long, but Magical Evening
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