Wonderland
Original Music & Adaptations
Michael Wall
Additional Music
Jean-Philippe Goude, Hugues Le Bars, Erik Satie, Camille Saint-Saëns, Stephen Foster
Choreography
Penny Saunders
Sound Design
Penny Saunders
Costume Design
Melanie Burgess
Lighting Design
Trad A Burns
Assistant to the Choreographer
Pablo Piantino
Duration
23 minutes
Cast
8 dancers
Premiere
November 12, 2020; Pacific Northwest Ballet (digital release)
The 2020 world premiere of Penny Saunders’ Wonderland is principally supported by the Jane Lang Davis New Works Fund and Glenn Kawasaki, with additional support by T.R. Ko.
Program Notes
Wonderland pays homage to the marvel and magic of live theater—a love letter to the immense power and delight one finds within those walls—and the shared experience so many of us are profoundly missing at the moment.