Les Festival des Amis

Choreography

Seth Orza

Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Music

Concerto in D Major, Op. 62, Rondo; Romance in F Major, Op. 50

Costume Design

PNB Costume Shop

Lighting Design

Randall G. Chiarelli

Cast

14 dancers

PNB Premiere

June 16, 2011 Pacific Northwest Ballet

The premiere of Seth Orza’s Le Festival des Amis is generously underwritten by Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Cremin.

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.