A Tribe Called Michio

Choreography

Calista Ruat

Composer

Avi Lasser, Garrett Overcash

Costume Design

PNB Costume Shop

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Cast

8 dancers

Premiere

June 14, 2019
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP: Outside/In

The world premiere of Calista Ruat’s A Tribe Called Michio is generously underwritten by Terrel Lefferts & Jo Anne Iaciofano and Joe Norman.

Previous Performances

6/19 – NEXT STEP: Outside/In

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.