PNB principals Seth Orza and Noelani Pantastico in Jerome Robbins’ Other Dances, Photo © Angela Sterling.
If you’ve been to the ballet more than a few times, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen something by Jerome Robbins. Pacific Northwest Ballet has 12 of his ballets in their repertory (New York City Ballet has sixty). This year PNB is celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth by kicking off their 2018 season with a Jerome Robbins Festival. For balletomanes, this is a major opportunity to see some of the most beloved works of a man who made modern ballet what it is. But why would normal people bother to see two whole programs by someone they’ve never heard of?
