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NEXT STEP Choreographers: Jahna & Angelica
Jahna and Angelica not only have great synergy as a directing team, but off-stage are great friends. Both are twenty years old and in their [...]
NEXT STEP Choreographer: Price Suddarth
Company dancer and NEXT STEP choreographer Price Suddarth is premiering his third piece with PNB School Professional Division this year. While each of his premieres [...]
The Story of Giselle-Act 2
The curtain opens in a dark and gloomy forest on the banks of a pond. Giselle's tombstone can be seen at the left; the bluish [...]
The Story of Giselle-Act 1
As the curtain rises on a picturesque scene in a small German village, vinegatherers depart for the harvest. Hilarion the gamekeeper arrives, hoping to see [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Giselle
Artistic Director's Notebook: Giselle Though it's now been three years since the premiere of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Giselle, the idea for staging our own [...]
Q&A: Giselle Designer Jérôme Kaplan
Peter Boal’s radiant staging of Giselle returns with all-new scenery and costumes by award-winning designer Jérôme Kaplan (above) who is best known to PNB audiences for his [...]
Inside the Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Pacific Northwest Ballet
As the hints of mid-summer weather start to be felt, along comes George Balanchine's enchanting production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This production is unique [...]
PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal’s Staging of Giselle
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2011 production of Giselle has been staged by PNB artistic director Peter Boal, based in part on primary sources from Paris and St. Petersburg, [...]
Photo Shoot: Kaori Nakamura as Giselle
Recently, during a rare photo shoot in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s studios, the work of three exceptional artists–principal dancer Kaori Nakamura, costume designer Jérôme Kaplan, and photographer [...]