Staying Healthy at The Nutcracker

Our youngest Nutcracker performers, all students at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, are some of the most dedicated kids in the ballet world. Each year, from late September to late December, they devote themselves to telling this timeless holiday story. From our littlest golden angels, to Clara’s bed rollers, each and every student […]

2022-11-02T12:03:23-07:00November 30th, 2021|Categories: Performances, PNB School, The Nutcracker|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Staying Healthy at The Nutcracker

Leaping from Caricature into Character 

By Phil Chan, co-Founder, Final Bow for Yellowface 

As a Chinese person, the second act of The Nutcracker has always bugged me. Looking more broadly at the historic depictions of “Chinese” people on the Western performing arts stage, we see fantasy elements of what Europeans thought Chinese people looked like […]

Executive Director’s Notes – The Nutcracker 2021

Dear Friends,

From all of us at PNB, welcome to The Nutcracker! We are so wildly happy you’re here. The 2020 holiday season was simply not the same without you. You’ll see that our production and McCaw Hall’s festive atmosphere are adapted for the most up-to-date health and safety reasons. […]

2022-11-02T12:05:22-07:00November 24th, 2021|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances, The Nutcracker|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Executive Director’s Notes – The Nutcracker 2021

Artistic Director’s Notebook – George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2021

Artistic Director’s Notebook: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ 2021

“This cannon fires cheese,” Mr. Gio explained in a recent battle scene rehearsal for George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®, prompting all the nine and ten-year-old Soldiers to giggle uncontrollably.

 

“What kind of cheese?” asked Soldier Number Seven, […]

2023-09-26T13:13:37-07:00November 23rd, 2021|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances, The Nutcracker|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Artistic Director’s Notebook – George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2021

Executive Director’s Notes: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2020

Executive Director’s Notes: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2020

Dear Friends,

For many years I spent a lot of afternoons and evenings standing just inside the north door of McCaw Hall as Nutcracker audiences arrived for their show. Knowing that Nutcracker revenue supports everything we do […]

2023-09-26T14:51:27-07:00December 10th, 2020|Categories: Director's Notebook, The Nutcracker|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Executive Director’s Notes: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2020

Artistic Director’s Notebook: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2020

Artistic Director’s Notebook: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker 2020

When the days grow short and the nights cold and festive holiday lights appear all around us, we spot snow on faraway peaks and wonder whether we might see enough outside our windows to build a snowperson. We also realize […]

The Twelve Days of Nutcracker

We’ve given the lyrics of this holiday classic a fresh PNB twist. Gather ’round the yule log with your loved ones to sing about our classic production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®.

🎵 On the first day of Nutcracker, my true love gave to me: a nutcracker under the tree!

2022-11-08T10:09:11-08:00December 12th, 2019|Categories: Performances, The Nutcracker|Tags: , , |Comments Off on The Twelve Days of Nutcracker
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