Choreography
Christopher D'Ariano and Amanda Morgan
Composer
Various
Music
Roméo Poirier, “Impression Couleurs” from Living Room; Photo (Evan Shornstein), “Pressure” from Waking Hours; Teen Daze (Jamison Isaak), “Dream City” from Themes for a Dying Earth; Alex North (music) & Hy Zaret (lyrics), “Unchained Melody,” performed by The Fleetwood from Come Softly to Me: The Very Best of the Fleetwoods
Costume Design
PNB Costume Shop
Lighting Design
Reed Nakayama
Cast
12 dancers
Premiere
June 4, 2024
Pacific Northwest Ballet
The NEXT STEP world premiere of Christopher D’Ariano and
Amanda Morgan’s DreamCity is sponsored by Dr. Frank & Lynn Lindsay.
Where does a memory truly live? DreamCity seeks to explore this idea through a protagonist whose mundane city life is interrupted by a past fond memory of a connection she once had. This piece is dedicated to the dreamers, and the ones who continue to live in our memories.
Reed Nakayama is a Seattle-based Lighting and Projection Designer. He joined PNB in 2013 as a stagehand, and in 2019, was promoted to caretaker of the company’s copious designs. Here, he has illuminated stages in collaboration with artists such as Alexei Ratmansky (Wartime Elegy), Jessica Lang (Ghost Variations), Danielle Rowe (The Window), and Christopher Wheeldon (Curious Kingdom). He received a BFA in Performance Production from Cornish College of the Arts.