Fun Facts about PNB’s Cinderella
This winter, PNB presents the beloved fairytale Cinderella on the McCaw Hall stage. This ballet combines the story you know and love with spectacular choreography, Prokofiev’s familiar score, and superb design. Keep reading to learn what makes this ballet so special!
PNB Company dancers in Kent Stowell’s Cinderella, photo © Angela Sterling.
1. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Cinderella was choreographed by PNB’s Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell. At its premiere in 1994, PNB’s production was the first Cinderella to be created in the United States in 15 years. The Company has now toured the production to California, Arizona, and Canada.
2. The score for PNB’s Cinderella includes seven different musical pieces by composer Sergei Prokofiev, played live by the PNB Orchestra at every performance.
Kent Stowell and Patrica Barker during a rehearsal for Cinderella in 1994, photo © Jeffery Stanton.
3. There are over 120 costumes and 30 custom wigs worn in Cinderella. A mile of tulle was used in constructing the costumes for the production!
4. Over 60 kids from PNB School perform in various roles, including bugs, pumpkins, sprites, and memory boys and girls! Many of these young performers are DanceChance students. DanceChance is one of PNB School’s programs that partners with Seattle Public Schools to provide access to classical ballet training through full scholarships, transportation, and dance attire.
PNB School students in Kent Stowell’s Cinderella, photo © Angela Sterling.
5. Cinderella’s white and gold carriage was constructed by hand in the PNB scenic shop. The carriage measures 23 feet and took six-months to build for two scenic carpenters.
6. Cinderella‘s design team includes Tony Straiges (sets) and Martin Pakledinaz (costumes). Together, they created a lavish 18th-century French setting for the ballet. They are both Tony Award-winners for their work on Broadway (Striages: Sunday in the Park with George; Pakledinaz: Kiss Me, Kate & Thoroughly Modern Millie).
PNB Company dancers and PNB School students in Kent Stowell’s Cinderella, photo © Angela Sterling.
7. The clock that is suspended above the stage actually works and strikes midnight during the ball! It is run by remote control and operated by a stagehand with the help of a video transmission from a camera above the clock.
8. The trim on Cinderella’s beautiful ball gown took over 100 hours to create and sew.
Angelica Generosa and Dylan Wald, photo © Lindsay Thomas.
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