As Pacific Northwest Ballet’s dancers, artists, crew, orchestra, costume shop and the rest of the PNB family prepare for the final weekend of the 2015/16 Season, I wanted to share with you a few of the incredible sketches by Costume Designer, Santo Loquasto for Twyla Tharp’s Waiting at the Station.
Anyone ever heard of Lincoln Kirstein? It’s okay if you haven’t; even George Balanchine didn’t know who he was when Kirstein walked up to him in Paris in 1933. In the post-Diaghilev era in Europe, Balanchine was trying to find footing as a choreographer. He had just presented his new venture, titled Les […]
We asked friends to contribute their American stories for you, and you’ll find them all as posts on the PNB Blog {View the American Stories here.} They come from kids in our School, members of our Company, and leaders in our community. People tell their own and those of others or members […]
As dancers, we are drawn to routine and habit. From the pliés and tendus we execute every day in ballet class to the foods we eat before performances, it’s all part of a perfectly choreographed dance—one we are deeply familiar with. Our formula for success is repetition and, while boring to some, it […]
Setting: A little town in Galicia, in Eastern Europe. Located between modern-day Poland and Ukraine.
Frantz’ fiancée is […]
Swanhilda
Frantz’ fiancée is […]
George Balanchine’s Coppélia is a ballet near and dear to my heart. As I rehearse for its opening in one week, I daydream about my memories as a […]
George Balanchine’s Coppélia is a ballet near and dear to my heart. As I rehearse for its opening in one week, I daydream about my memories as a […]
This is Alejandro’s second time at PNB. Here he is (above) last time, backstage with PNB dancers following the premiere of his Memory Glow.
Memory Glow premiered in 2014.
Cerrudo became Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s first-ever resident choreographer in 2008.
Blog by PNB Dancer Cecilia Iliesiu.
I know I am biased, but PNB knocked New York’s socks off the last two days with the Balanchine Program! However, they don’t know what is coming their way with the next program – Contemporary Innovators.
On the Program —
Blog by PNB dancer Cecilia Iliesiu.
PNB’s opening night was magical! There had been a few rough rehearsals with tired bodies and swift musical tempos, but once that curtain went up Wednesday evening, we just danced!
