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Q&A: Peter Boal talks Red Angels
Red Angels, coming up on PNB's DIRECTOR'S CHOICE program March 16–25, has caught our attention around PNB's offices. Four incredibly athletic dancers (plus the resounding [...]
Seeing Cues: One Flat Thing, reproduced
Complicated and mesmerizing, One Flat Thing, reproduced follows a cueing system that unfolds in a rapidly shifting network of relationships. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, the music [...]
Unpacking One Flat Thing, reproduced
Watching a complicated ballet without any prior knowledge can feel like watching the season finale of a TV show without having seen a single episode, [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Swan Lake
Artistic Director's Notebook: Swan Lake by Artistic Director Peter Boal Ask anyone to name two ballets they have seen. I'm willing [...]
2017 Holiday Gift Guide
Looking for something to buy the ballet lover in your life this holiday season? Hoping to find something local, or maybe to share a [...]
Bringing Screenplays to Life: Q&A with Crystal Pite
GETTING TO KNOW: CRYSTAL PITE Crystal Pite © Michael Slobodian Crystal Pite is a former company member of Ballet British Columbia and William Forsythe’s Ballett [...]
What it takes to be Crystal Pite
Let’s just soak in the genius of Crystal Pite for a moment. You’ve probably heard us gushing about this groundbreaking choreographer ever since we first [...]
Her Door to the Sky: Q&A with choreographer Jessica Lang
PNB’s upcoming HER STORY program features three of our favorite choreographers: Twyla Tharp (Afternoon Ball), Crystal Pite (Plot Point), and Jessica Lang (Her Door to [...]
An Historical Look at George Balanchine’s Jewels
Jewels. The name sounds expensive and perfect for a box-office hit. But when Balanchine’s “plotless full-length ballet,” as it was touted, premiered at New York [...]