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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Elizabeth Murphy and Karel Cruz in Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata, which PNB is presenting as part of LOVE & BALLET, June 1 – 10, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.
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Love and Ballet: Passionate Rabbit at PNB

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Elizabeth Murphy and Karel Cruz in Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata, which PNB is presenting as part of LOVE & BALLET, June 1 – 10, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Elizabeth Murphy and Karel Cruz in Benjamin Millepied’s Appassionata. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Last weekend I took my daughter to see the final program in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2017-2018 season. It was the mixed rep “Love and Ballet.” The program began with Christopher Wheeldon’s “Tide Harmonic” and the pas de deux from “After the Rain,” which I wrote about earlier this week. The other pieces in the program were Benjamin Millepied’s “Appassionata” and Justin Peck’s “Year of the Rabbit.” There were several reasons I was excited to for this program of non-narrative ballets. Read More

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Ex Post Facto Laws – Constitution Article 1 §9.3

ConstitutionOn Wednesdays we study the Constitution. I thought I’d never finish Article 1, Section 8, which lists the powers of Congress. But a couple weeks ago I finally got to Section 9, which denies Congress specific powers. It started off weak with a 20-year timeline for denying the importation of slaves. Last week I read how it established habeus corpus by defining its limits. This week I’m on to Article 1 §9.3, which – actually, I don’t even know what these words mean.     Read More

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Rachel Foster and James Moore in Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux, which PNB is presenting as part of LOVE & BALLET, June 1 – 10, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.
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Love and Ballet and Christopher Wheeldon at PNB

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Rachel Foster and James Moore in Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux, which PNB is presenting as part of LOVE & BALLET, June 1 – 10, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

After the Rain. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Last weekend I took my daughter to see the final program in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2017-2018 season. It was the mixed rep “Love and Ballet.” The first two pieces in the program were Christopher Wheeldon’s “Tide Harmonic” and the pas de deux from “After the Rain.” There were several reasons I was excited for this program of non-narrative ballets.

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Music I Liked – Sofi Tukker, Thunderpussy, Pärt, Gluck

Thunderpussy album coverWomen dominated my music last week, but the sounds were all over the place. The music swung between the cheeky and sublime. But whether I was listening to Sofi Tukker, Thunderpussy, Arvo Pärt or Christoph Gluck, it was all good music. Read More

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By Any Other Name

Epimedium acuminatum 'Night Mistress'

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. This plant is called Epimedium acuminatum ‘Night Mistress’. The variety name has some style. Common names for Epimedium include barrenwort and horny goat weed, which will not do at all. Bishop’s hat and fairy wings are better. Whatever you call it, this tiny, shade-loving plant is my favorite thing in the garden.

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