Meet the 2019 Claras
Clara is a dream role for many young ballerinas. Each year, two students alternate performing Clara in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®.
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Carmina Burana + Agon
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Carmina Burana + Agon
Lindsi Dec and PNB Company dancers in Carmina Burana © Angela Sterling.
You never forget the opening moment of Kent Stowell’s Carmina Burana. Even wildly enthusiastic applause can’t drown out the 70 voices of the Pacific Lutheran University Choral […]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor’s Pavane
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor’s Pavane
By PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal
Pacific Northwest Ballet is a choreographer’s company. In some companies, that term might imply one choreographer creates the bulk of the repertoire. That’s not the case with PNB. We celebrate choreography, devoting […]
Five years on, Jessika Anspach reflects on Midsummer
A Midsummer (er… springtime?) Night’s Dream
by Jessika Anspach McEliece
The smell of sautéing onions wafted through the air as Classic FM streamed on my husband’s computer in our English flat (what the Brits call an apartment). All of a sudden, a familiar tune, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony […]
12 Fun Facts About A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- PNB’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the first major story ballet by George Balanchine to be completely redesigned with the approval of The George Balanchine Trust.
2. The scenery and costumes, designed by Martin Pakledinaz, were influenced by 19th-century English and Italian Renaissance designs.
Announcing our 2019-2020 Season
Artistic Director Peter Boal has announced the line-up for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 47th season, running from September, 2019 to June, 2020. Highlights include George Balanchine’s masterful Agon on a double-bill with Kent Stowell’s powerhouse production of Carmina Burana; world premieres by local choreographers Donald Byrd, Eva Stone, and Miles Pertl; the return of […]
Our Favorite Balanchine Quotes for His 115th Birthday
Our Favorite Balanchine Quotes for His 115th Birthday
Everyone knows George Balanchine the choreographer, and George Balanchine the founder of New York City Ballet. How about Balanchine the wordsmith?
An iconic figure in 20th century dance, the Russian-born son of a composer shaped our current vision of […]
Answering Nutcracker FAQs
Answering Nutcracker FAQs
WE’RE GLAD YOU ASKED! A random sampling of ballet FAQs
Aren’t all Nutcracker productions pretty much the same?
Not at all! There is probably no another ballet that has been performed so many times, in so many different ways. From […]
Jerome Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering
While Jerome Robbins is best known in popular culture for this innovative work in Broadway musicals, such as On the Town, Gypsy, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof & West Side Story, for […]