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All Premiere at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Christian Poppe in Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, which PNB is presenting as part of ALL PREMIERE, November 2 – 11, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

PNB dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Christian Poppe in Alexander Ekman’s Cacti Photo © Angela Sterling c/o PNB

All Premiere is the second program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2018-2019 season. In contrast to the Jerome Robbins Festival, which was a unique sort of double feature, All Premiere is an annual tradition at PNB. Every year, PNB does one program of all new ballets. Sometimes they are literally brand new, and sometimes they are just new to PNB. Usually there’s some of both. Like Director’s Choice, you can count on All Premiere to feature some of the most interesting and innovative contemporary ballet available. This year was no exception in being exceptionally good. Read More