Artistic Director’s Notebook: Future Memory, Pictures at an Exhibition, and And the sky is not cloudy all day

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Future Memory, Pictures at an Exhibition, and And the sky is not cloudy all day

Language changes based on the times we are living in. New words are introduced. Words that used to mean one thing take on a whole new meaning. This past year has […]

Behind the scenes at PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

On opening night of each repertory production, Artistic Director Peter Boal sends a note to PNB staff with a few bullet points about the show. Secrets are revealed, names are dropped, and questions are answered! We look forward to these behind-the-scenes notes as each production comes around the corner.

PICTURES AT […]

2017-06-02T23:52:53-07:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Behind the scenes at PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Artistic Director’s Notebook: La Source, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Pictures at an Exhibition

Artistic Director’s Notebook: La Source, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Pictures at an Exhibition

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION is a program of three PNB premieres: George Balanchine’s La Source, Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer, and Alexei Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Read on for PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal’s notes on the program, including […]

2023-10-10T11:59:56-07:00May 16th, 2017|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Artistic Director’s Notebook: La Source, Opus 19/The Dreamer, Pictures at an Exhibition

Opus 19/The Dreamer: A PNB premiere

Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer follows one main character, “the dreamer,” through a night of sleep. An ethereal romantic interaction crescendos into a fevered dream, then peacefully fades. Opus 19’s hectic and passionate score, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, completes the dream’s obscurity with three movements of frenzied violin.

2017-05-10T00:02:57-07:00May 10th, 2017|Categories: Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Opus 19/The Dreamer: A PNB premiere
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