Courte et Deuce

Choreography

Jonathan Porretta

Composer

Gunnar Madsen

Music

“Anna”

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Cast

8 dancers

Premiere

June 13, 2009
Pacific Northwest Ballet (Choreographers’ Showcase)

The premiere of Jonathan Porretta’s Courte et Deuce is generously underwritten in part by Frederick W. McDonald.

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.