Ticket Season, Part Two: Pacific Northwest Ballet
“I love tickets!” squeals Cameron Diaz’s character in the first Charlie’s Angels movie. (And why has no one ever made a gif of that?) It’s...
Omakase at Pacific Northwest Ballet
Omakase, written with the character for trust, is the word you use when you order chef’s choice at a sushi restaurant. It shows that you...
Nutcracker
I’m working on an article about Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new production of the Nutcracker right now. They are hard at work rehearsing George Ballanchine’s choreography...
The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe
Before I saw Pacific Northwest Ballet’s all Forsythe repertory The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe, I never realized that in some ways, the avant-garde contemporary ballet...
Don Quixote at Pacific Northwest Ballet Makes Me Penitent
I have a confession to make. It’s a little ironic, because I’m a writer. Stories are my life and my livelihood. I don’t love story...