LOCALLY SOURCED
PNB’s Locally Sourced hires three local choreographers to make new work, but in some cases production value outshines the choreography.
Margaret Mullin
A Lively Romp at PNB’s Coppélia
Pacific Northwest Ballet bills Coppélia as “the happiest ballet on earth,” and that’s not far off: it’s a comedy where young and old do silly… Read More »A Lively Romp at PNB’s Coppélia
PNB Offers New Flavor of Nutcracker
For Seattleites, it’s hard to recall a more electric night at the ballet than Friday, November 27. Before a packed and anxious house, the curtain… Read More »PNB Offers New Flavor of Nutcracker
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 Vertiginous Thrill Indeed
Again! More! That is how I felt after every piece of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s aptly-named program, The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe. The brilliance of the… Read More »A Vertiginous Thrill Indeed
Dazzling Displays in Director’s Choice
The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet showed themselves at their best in the four contemporary works of Director’s Choice. Though ostensibly the big story was… Read More »Dazzling Displays in Director’s Choice
PNB Displays its Crown Jewels
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
Stirring Tragedy, Spellbinding Visions at Giselle
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of Giselle is a dream for any dance enthusiast or historian, but it’s also a moving, accessible introduction to nineteenth-century ballet… Read More »Stirring Tragedy, Spellbinding Visions at Giselle
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