Diving Deeper with New Works: A conversation with Resident Choreographer Jessica Lang

Pacific Northwest Ballet's New Works Initiative has been an important part of realizing the Company's artistic vision since 2005. Countless choreographers, including Donald Byrd, Edwaard Liang, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robyn Mineko Williams, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, and Twyla Tharp have created new ballets through this initiative. This season, after several successful creations for the company, Jessica Lang becomes PNB's newest Resident Choreographer for the next three seasons. Her work for the company has always been richly layered and deliciously complex. We sat down with Lang to discuss her residency and her new work.

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-09-10T11:46:13-07:00September 5th, 2024|Categories: Choreographers, Life at PNB, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2024/25 Season, Black Wave, Jessica Lang, New Works|Comments Off

Soloist Ezra Thomson on Why New Works Matter

PNB soloist Ezra Thomson is no stranger to New Works. His resume includes originating roles in works by Alejandro Cerrudo, Edwaard Liang, Robin Mineko Williams, Donald Byrd, several current PNB dancers and more. For BOUNDLESS, he’s taking on the role of stager for Jessica Lang’s Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee. So we got his perspective on New Works, PNB, and the upcoming Rep IV.

Maris Antolin2023-03-09T12:56:51-08:00March 6th, 2023|Categories: Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2022/23 Season, Jessica Lang, Let Me Mingle Tears with Thee, New Works|1 Comment

Building a World Premiere with Jessica Lang

PNB is performing a world premiere at BOUNDLESS choreographed by audience favorite Jessica Lang: Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee. We asked her about choreography, costumes, music, and all the elements that make a PNB world premiere possible.

Maris Antolin2023-03-09T12:55:32-08:00February 27th, 2023|Categories: Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2022/23 Season, Jessica Lang, Let Me Mingle Tears with Thee, New Works|Comments Off

Q&A with Penny Saunders: Returning to PNB and to Wonderland

During our 2020 digital season, PNB premiered Wonderland by choreographer Penny Saunders. Wonderland, a New Work and world premiere, paid homage to the marvel and magic of live theater, and has only ever existed digitally, until now. More than two years later, Penny is back at PNB to transpose her piece for in-person performances in March 2023. So we asked her about returning to Wonderland.

Pacific Northwest Ballet2023-03-02T11:21:49-08:00February 21st, 2023|Categories: Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: New Works, Penny Saunders, Wonderland|Comments Off

Artistic Director’s Notebook: One Thousand Pieces and Empire Noir

Recently, we made an exciting announcement: Alejandro Cerrudo will be PNB’s first Resident Choreographer. I’m a big fan of Alejandro’s work and hope you are, too. If you’re not, you may soon become one. One Thousand Pieces is the fourth […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T15:32:53-07:00February 11th, 2020|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2019/20 Season, Alejandro Cerrudo, Ana Lopez Garcia, David Dawson, Dylan Wald, Elizabeth Murphy, Elle Macy, Empire Noir, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New Works, One Thousand Pieces, Pablo Piantino, Peter Boal, Rebecca Gladstone, Yumiko Takeshima|1 Comment

A Q&A with F O I L choreographer Eva Stone

Seattle-based choreographer Eva Stone has been creating dance for more than 30 years. In addition to running her dance company, The Stone Dance Collective, she is on the faculty at Spectrum Dance Theater […]

Maris Antolin2019-10-15T14:31:40-07:00October 15th, 2019|Categories: Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2019/20 Season, Eva Stone, F O I L, Locally Sourced, New Voices, New Works|Comments Off