PNB Blog
Announcing our 2022/23 Season
Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal has announced the line-up for PNB’s 50th Anniversary Season, running from September 2022 through June 2023. Highlights include six world premieres, a major PNB premiere from Crystal Pite, and story ballets Giselle and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as works by George Balanchine, Edwaard Liang, Penny Saunders, and PNB Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell.
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Hollywood
By Jackson Cooper Film Noir is one of Hollywood's most inventive artistic movements. Beginning in the 1940s, a number of screenplays in Hollywood moved away [...]
Executive Director’s Notes – Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing
Executive Director's Notes: Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe that we haven’t [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing
Artistic Director's Notes: Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing The words “ballet” and “gender-fluid” don’t often appear in [...]
Pay What You Can at the Ballet
Everyone could use a little ballet magic in their life, and we don’t want the cost of tickets to keep anyone from attending. To [...]
Romeo & Juliet: The Timeless Story of Young Love
By Noel Pederson While it is one of the most famous examples in modern Western culture, Romeo and Juliet is just one of many tales [...]
Executive Director’s Notes – Roméo et Juliette
Dear Friends, As I write this, we are in the homestretch of 37 performances of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®. [...]
The Enduring Popularity of Romeo and Juliet
By Leah Dooley The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s second most popular play. It is one of the most produced and most depicted [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook-Roméo et Juliette
Artistic Director's Notebook-Roméo et Juliette The story of Roméo et Juliette offers many takeaways: humor, drama, tears, and passion, to name a few. From [...]