Celebrating Kabby Mitchell III
Honor Kabby Mitchell III, PNB’s first Black dancer, through Kiyon Ross’s tribute. Learn about Mitchell’s career, teaching legacy, and lasting impact on Seattle.
Staging The Sleeping Beauty at PNB
Dance historian Doug Fullington explains how 1890s Stepanov notation shaped PNB’s new Sleeping Beauty, restoring Petipa’s original choreography and pantomime.
Prodigal Son Through the Years at PNB
PNB first performed George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son in 1984. Today on the PNB Blog, celebrate Prodigal Son‘s 95th anniversary, as well as the beloved ballet’s 40th anniversary here at PNB! Travel back in time with these archival photos of PNB’s Prodigal Son performances through the years. Prodigal Son has been performed three times at PNB’s special Season Encore performance. Season Encore […]
PNB by the Decades: 1980s at PNB, the Origins of Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker
PNB took tremendous leaps toward establishing itself as an acclaimed ballet company in the 1980s. As the company grew artistically, it was compelled to grow administratively. More and more staff were hired, which led to an important physical move for the company. PNB’s original productions of Swan Lake and the Nutcracker, which both premiered in the ‘80s, were pivotal steps […]
Story Ballets in PNB’s History
Stories are the bridge between the public and the art form. We can’t get them to watch The Four Temperaments until we get them on that bridge. And I can do those stories in ways that haven’t been done before. -Kent Stowell in Mindy Aloff’s essay, Balanchine and Beyond, Melbourne International Festival of Arts Program, October 1995. Within a […]