After the Rain pas de deux
Music
Arvo Pärt
(Spiegel im Spiegel, 1978)
Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon
Staging
Damian Smith
Costume Design
Holly Hynes
Lighting Design
Mark Stanley
Duration
11 minutes
Premiere
January 22, 2005; New York City Ballet
PNB Premiere
September 20, 2008
The 2008 Pacific Northwest Ballet premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux was generously underwritten by Ernest & Diane Burgess.
Program Notes
Christopher Wheeldon’s pas de deux from After the Rain is the second half of a two-part work, the first of which features an ensemble of three couples dancing to Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa. The following pas de deux is performed to Pärt’s spare and tender duet for piano and violin, Spiegel im Spiegel. In a series of unfolding partnering movements, the dancers explore the shifting emotions of their relationship.