Beila

Music

Johann Sebastian Bach
(Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1006, movements 1, 5 & 6)

Choreography

Jonathan Porretta

Lighting Design

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.

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.