)! Choreographed by Kyle Davis for Angelica Generosa, Leta Biasucci, Laura Tisserand, Noelani Pantastico and Lesley Rausch, with costumes by Elizabeth Murphy, PNB Catches Up with Locally Sourced Artists
In November 2019, PNB presented Locally Sourced, featuring three Seattle-based choreographers. One of them, Miles Pertl, highlighted additional Seattle-based artists in a pop-up art exhibit as part of his world premiere. He and his sister, artist Sydney M. Pertl, formed Seapertl Productions and issued a call for artist submissions. […]
Q&A with dancers from The Intermission Project
“‘Intermission’ implies a period of time spent between. In 2021, most artists find themselves frozen in isolation, caught in between – between what their normal was, the lights, the curtain, the stage and the audience; and what their post-COVID 19 “normal” will look like. A nine-part film project presented in three acts, The […]
PNB Celebrates Kiyon Ross
In honor of his birthday month, we are celebrating Kiyon’s personal and professional excellence as well as his many contributions to the field of dance. This blog post is a companion to the interview conducted by Kiyon’s best friend, Jonathan Porretta, which you can view below – we hope you enjoy both. Happy Birthday, Kiyon!
Juliet Prine, Amanda Morgan, & Cecilia Iliesiu on being back in the studios
After about five months away, PNB has begun slowly welcoming dancers back into our studios at the Phelps Center. Safety is paramount. PNB is following local health and safety mandates, consulting public health advisors and partnering with AGMA (dancers’ union) on strict return-to-work protocols including screening measures, timed entry into the building, dancers […]
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 […]
Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), and Dances at a Gathering.
Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), and Dances at a Gathering
PNB kicks off the 2018-2019 season with a festival dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of Jerome Robbins’ birth. We wanted to make it BIG, so we’re performing two alternating programs. It’s something we haven’t done […]
Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, In the Night, West Side Story Suite, Afternoon of a Faun, and Other Dances
Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, In the Night, West Side Story Suite, Afternoon of a Faun, and Other Dances
PNB kicks off the 2018-2019 season with a festival dedicated to Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthday. We wanted to make it BIG, so we’re performing two alternating programs. It’s something we haven’t done in […]
A history of Jerome Robbins at PNB
PNB is so grateful for the work of our archivist, Sheila Dietrich. Sheila collects materials from our history and often exhibits them for lobby displays at McCaw Hall. In honor of Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthday and PNB’s centennial celebration of the choreographer’s life, Sheila dug into the archives to recount Robbins’ longtime relationship […]
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 […]