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Singularly Cerrudo at PNB in Person (and Online)

Friday, September 24, 2021 may not go down in the history books as anything special, but it was a momentous occasion for me. It was my first night out since the pandemic started. The last time I attended a public event was Charlie Parker’s Yardbird at Seattle Opera on March 7, 2020, just days before the first lockdown. Under those circumstances, the experience itself would threaten to upstage whatever performance I went to see. Except that I saw the Singularly Cerrudo program at Pacific Northwest Ballet. And nothing upstages Cerrudo.

Ezra Thomson with company dancers in Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump, which PNB will Photo © Angela Sterling c/o PNB

Little Mortal Jump at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Price Suddarth in Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump, which PNB is presenting as part of EMERGENCE, April 13 – 22, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

PNB soloist Price Suddarth in Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

It’s been a few days now and I’m still thinking about Little mortal jump, the opening piece in the Emergence mixed-rep ballet I saw at Pacific Northwest Ballet last weekend. That’s odd, because it wasn’t the first time I’ve seen it. When I look back at what I wrote then, it’s obvious that I liked it. But somehow that first viewing faded in my memory and I completely had the wrong idea about it going in for the second view. Read More

Pacific Northwest Ballet company dancers in Crystal Pite’s Emergence, which PNB is presenting as part of a mixed rep with two other works, April 13 – 22, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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Emergence Mixed Rep at Pacific Northwest Ballet

The ballet has left me breathless before, but breathless and speechless? That’s new. There is so much to say about the current mixed rep at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Emergence, that I’m paralyzed before I begin. The title comes from the final piece in the rep, Crystal Pite’s Emergence. It’s an audience favorite capping off Little Mortal Jump and the Seattle premiere of RakU. I always go on about how Director’s Choice is the best rep of the season, but this one is so powerful. I wanted to go to the artist Q&A after the performance, but I was too wiped out and had to go straight home. Emergence left me exhausted and wrung out, like I had been through something. But in a good way. Mostly. Anyway, it felt more like an experience than a performance. Read More

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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 trust the skill of the chef to know better than you what is in season and what will taste best together. When you say omakase, instead of giving an order, you are trusting the chef to create the best experience for you, like a DJ controlling the atmosphere of a party by selecting the right beats. You are likely to be served dishes outside of your comfort zone, and while you might not like all of them, a good chef will create a more delicious and memorable meal than you could have selected for yourself.

Each spring, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Director’s Choice program is ballet omakase. The mixed rep program is Director Peter Boal’s opportunity to express his own taste and to stretch the audience and the dancers with dances that are more challenging or unusual than the regular season fare. Read More

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