PNB dancers in Alexander Ekman’s Cacti Photo © Angela Sterling. c/o PNB
All Premiere, the second program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2018-2019 season, is an annual tradition that features some of the most interesting and innovative dance in the ballet world. I’ve already talked about A Dark and Lonely Space, which surprised me with its – literally – cosmic scope, and about the ballet I was most looking forward to, Silent Ghost by Alejandro Cerrudo. The final piece in the program was Cacti, a comic ballet that provides an ironic perspective on the arts world.