Beila

Choreography

Jonathan Porretta

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Music

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1006, movements 1, 5 & 6

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Cast

3 dancers

Premiere

June 14, 2013
Pacific Northwest Ballet (NEXT STEP)

The premiere of Jonathan Porretta’s Beila is generously underwritten by Frederick W. McDonald and Helene Mawyer.

Previous Performances

6/13 – NEXT STEP

Artist Biographies

Randall G. Chiarelli (1949-2024) devoted his career to lighting for dance, much of it at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and also for American Ballet Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, among others. His many collaborators included choreographers Donald Byrd, Mark Dendy, Ronald Hynd, Kent Stowell, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon. Chiarelli graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in painting and sculpture.