Tag Archive Haydn

ByGD

Cacti at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet company dancers in Alexander Ekman’s Cacti, which PNB is presenting as part of ALL PREMIERE, November 2 – 11, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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.

Read More

ByGD

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