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I was among the lucky people who found themselves with more work than usual during the pandemic. As things have started opening back up, my work load has not changed. But as I find myself budgeting more time for shuttling kids to activities, something has to give, and so far that something has been blogging. So, better late than never, here is part one (the May part) of a round up of articles I wrote that were published in May and June.
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I had heard Icelanders complain about traffic, and just rolled my eyes. More than once I’ve taken longer than an hour to get to McCaw Hall from my house in Seattle (it’s 11 minutes from parking spot to parking lot when there’s no traffic). But on the drive from Reykjavik to Neskaupstadur for the Eistnaflug festival, I found myself idling on the road. Just as if I was stuck in traffic at home, I sat unmoving for nearly fifteen minutes waiting for the road to clear.
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One of the first times I visited Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park was for a special performance of site-specific ballets commissioned by Pacific Northwest Ballet. The event, called Sculptured Dance was such a big hit that it became an annual event for several years. I’m not sure if I’m remembering correctly, but I think this was also the first time I saw Donald Byrd’s choreography.
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The sixth program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s digital season is here. It’s a mixed program with three filmed performances of ballets that are new to PNB. Two of them are world premieres. Rep 6 is the final program of the regular season. Not that there has been anything regular about this season, with McCaw Hall closed to the public and everything produced for film. But it has been a wonderful season nonetheless, filled with beautiful performances of exquisite ballets. So far I’ve enjoyed everything so much more than I expected. So, in their bold leap into digital production, did PNB stick the landing with their final program?
