FROM THE EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: NOV/DEC
New companies! New research platforms! And why Donald Byrd’s Love and Loss was exactly the kind of work we should be seeing at the ballet.
McCaw Hall
LOCALLY SOURCED
PNB’s Locally Sourced hires three local choreographers to make new work, but in some cases production value outshines the choreography.
TIME TRAVEL
PNB’s Sleeping Beauty gives the opportunity to imagine a previous era, and to reflect on the choreography through a contemporary perspective.
PNB ALL PREMIERE
All Premiere asks the audience to dig deep into minute details to create meaning, then pulls ‘em out with some existential hilarity.
A LOVELY NIGHT OF PNB
The sea of ballet dancers clothed in dark blue move with such intensity it’s as if the audience is watching an ocean wave. Chaotically spinning… Read More »A LOVELY NIGHT OF PNB
PNB’s DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
This season’s Director’s Choice features both world premieres and old favorites.
OPULENT OPENING AT PNB
PNB’s season opener is visually dazzling, but has the beloved Balanchine ballet become a bore?
EPIC PROPORTIONS AT PNB’S DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
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