PNB Blog
Myth Busters: The Summer Course Audition Edition
When it comes to ballet summer course auditions, young dancers put a lot of pressure on themselves to be accepted by their top choice. And, [...]
Dancer Dinner Party with Jessika Anspach & Elizabeth Murphy
PNB dancer Jessika Anspach recently threw a dinner party for fellow corps de ballet dancer Elizabeth Murphy's birthday. She was kind enough to write up [...]
Peter Boal on Crystal Pite’s Emergence
Peter Boal on Crystal Pite's Emergence I expect there will be a great deal of discussion about Crystal Pite's Emergence this week, and I thought [...]
30 Magical Nutcracker Moments
You already know how this story goes.There's a sense of anticipation when the lights in the theater go down. A hush comes over the audience [...]
Queen Bee: 5 Things We Love About Crystal Pite (& You Will Too)
Forty-two year old Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite is in Seattle this week. Her own company, Kidd Pivot, is already a favorite of On the Boards [...]
Dancer Profile: Ezra Thomson on Cooking Fish, Playing Music, and Making the Northwest Home
After five years, corps de ballet dancer Ezra Thomson says he feels right at home here in the Pacific Northwest. And, apparently, so does the [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Petite Mort, Sechs Tänze, Forgotten Land, Emergence
Artistic Director's Notebook: Petite Mort, Sechs Tänze, Forgotten Land, Emergence In April of 2011, I had the pleasure of traveling to Den Hague in [...]
Soloist Lindsi Dec on Working with Crystal Pite
In 2009, Lindsi Dec saw her first work by choreographer Crystal Pite, Lost Action, at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. But she recently admitted that she [...]
Choreographer’s Notebook: Crystal Pite on Creating Emergence
“Even the most optimistic champions of self-organization feel a little wary about the lack of control in such a process. But understanding emergence has always [...]