Dear Friends,
We have presented entire programs by one choreographer before, with several by George Balanchine and others featuring Jerome Robbins and Twyla […]
Dear Friends,
We are all excited for the premiere of Giselle tomorrow night after almost a year’s worth of preparation. This is a first for PNB. There are four casts of principals and each cast bring something unique to their interpretation. I hope you are able to […]
What do Peter Boal and the youth of Seattle know that most people don’t? What June 18th at 7PM will look like! On May 4th we had our first very successful TEEN NIGHT at PNB’s studios hosted by Peter Boal, and thanks to everyone who showed up and the choreographers, we have people […]
There are a few moments in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that get me every time, like when Bottom, crowned with the head of an ass, looks quizzically to his audience in mid-promenade with the willowy Titania, as if to say, “Huh?” Perhaps Balanchine took his […]
The History ~ Since its premiere in 1841, Giselle has become one of the most popular ballets of all time and is considered ballet’s great tragedy. Giselle represents the greatest achievement of ballet’s Romantic era. After it fell out of repertory at the Paris Opera, it returned to the West via Russia and […]
Giselle
World Premiere, June 3-12, 2011
Peter Boal’s World Premiere staging of Giselle marks the first time an American ballet company has revived a classic based on original material researched by Stepanov notation expert Doug Fullington in collaboration with leading Giselle scholar Marian Smith.
Our work […]
After being deposed as Prince from New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker, which happens after you reach 5′ tall, I remained part of the production. I became the “bed boy.” The “bed boy” is given a set of knee pads and a few sketchy instructions before he climbs underneath […]
My daughter, Sarah, is part of a very chatty carpool to and from ballet classes. According to one mom, the girls were discussing the foot pains that serious ballet students have to endure. (They were nine at the time.) Swapping stories, Sarah chimed in, […]
Fifty-two members of Pacific Northwest Ballet arrived in Colorado this evening for three performances with the 2010 Vail International Dance Festival. This is our third visit to Vail in four years; we brought 38 dancers, 9 ballets, 3 musicians and lots of warm clothing. The weather can be sublime in these mountains, but as I […]
By now you’ve probably heard the old story about me and Coppélia. To do it justice, I’ll have to go back to 1948, when the New York City Ballet was born. That same year, my grandfather accepted a position working for the United Nations, causing my grandparents to relocate to […]