Artistic Director’s Notebook: Circus Polka, In the Night, Afternoon of a Faun, Other Dances, West Side Story Suite, Dances at a Gathering, The Concert

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Circus Polka, In the Night, Afternoon of a Faun, Other Dances, West Side Story Suite, Dances at a Gathering, The Concert

By Artistic Director Peter Boal

At about 5’8”, Jerome Robbins was a truly towering figure in ballet. I know he was 5’8” because he frequently […]

2023-09-26T16:22:51-07:00September 20th, 2018|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Artistic Director’s Notebook: Circus Polka, In the Night, Afternoon of a Faun, Other Dances, West Side Story Suite, Dances at a Gathering, The Concert
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Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), and Dances at a Gathering.

Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), and Dances at a Gathering

PNB kicks off the 2018-2019 season with a festival dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of Jerome Robbins’ birth. We wanted to make it BIG, so we’re performing two alternating programs. It’s something we haven’t done […]

2023-10-10T11:51:59-07:00August 31st, 2018|Categories: Choreographers, Performances, Tell the Tale|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), and Dances at a Gathering.
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Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, In the Night, West Side Story Suite, Afternoon of a Faun, and Other Dances

Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, In the Night, West Side Story Suite, Afternoon of a Faun, and Other Dances

PNB kicks off the 2018-2019 season with a festival dedicated to Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthday. We wanted to make it BIG, so we’re performing two alternating programs. It’s something we haven’t done in […]

2023-10-10T11:54:16-07:00August 31st, 2018|Categories: Choreographers, Performances, Tell the Tale|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Jerome Robbins Festival: Circus Polka, In the Night, West Side Story Suite, Afternoon of a Faun, and Other Dances
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A history of Jerome Robbins at PNB

PNB is so grateful for the work of our archivist, Sheila Dietrich. Sheila collects materials from our history and often exhibits them for lobby displays at McCaw Hall. In honor of Jerome Robbins’ 100th birthday and PNB’s centennial celebration of the choreographer’s life, Sheila dug into the archives to recount Robbins’ longtime relationship […]

2018-08-14T14:58:26-07:00August 14th, 2018|Categories: Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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Jerome Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering

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Photo © Angela Sterling

While Jerome Robbins is best known in popular culture for this innovative work in Broadway musicals, such as On the Town, Gypsy, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof & West Side Story, for […]

2018-04-25T16:16:52-07:00April 25th, 2018|Categories: Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Jerome Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering
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