Our final production of the season features three choreographers equally at home on Broadway and at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Here, all three combine a knack for storytelling with superb dancing, and a bit of jazz for good measure. Twyla Tharp’s Waiting at the Station, made for PNB in 2013, welcomes you to 1940’s New Orleans to the sweet strains of Allen Toussaint’s custom score. Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance) takes inspiration from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, and Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE…More or less brings a jazz classic to life in a piece The Seattle Times calls “pure dance, and pure joy.”
Enjoy an in-depth discussion between PNB artists, from choreographers to costume designers, before attending a dress rehearsal performance with PNB Company dancers and the PNB Orchestra. You’ll get behind-the-scenes perspectives and a sneak peek at the show.
Perfect for ballet fans wanting to learn more about the performance and its history, “Ballet Talks” are entertaining half-hour lectures about PNB’s current show given by dance experts. Join us an hour before your performance downstairs in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall!
Connect with PNB Company artists in these inspiring Q&A sessions directly following your performance. “Meet the Artist” is an opportunity to discuss how the ballet you just watched impacted you and to learn the performers’ unique insights.
Casting is posted five days in advance.
Carousel (A Dance)
Music
Richard Rodgers
Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon
Costume Design
Holly Hynes
Lighting Design
Mark Stanley
Premiere
November 26, 2002
New York City Ballet
PNB Premiere
March 12, 2009
TAKE FIVE…More or Less
Music
Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
Choreography
Susan Stroman
Costume Design
William Ivey Long
Lighting Design
Randall G. Chiarelli
Premiere
April 17, 2008
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Waiting at the Station
Music
Allen Toussaint
Choreography
Twyla Tharp
Scenic Design
Santo Loquasto
Costume Design
Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design
James F. Ingalls
PNB Premiere
September 27, 2013
Pacific Northwest Ballet