The second program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season is Locally Sourced, a mixed rep comprising three world premieres by local choreographers: Eva Stone, Donald Byrd, and Miles Pertl. Of the three, Donald Byrd is the most well-known. Byrd is the Tony-nominated (The Color Purple) and Bessie Award-winning (The Minstrel Show) choreographer in charge of the contemporary dance company Spectrum Dance Theater. I can’t remember when I first became aware of Donald Byrd, or which of his works I first saw. But by the time I saw Christopher D’Ariano perform his piece Wake the Neighbors at Next Step, I already knew I liked his work. So I was looking forward to Love and Loss, and it did not disappoint.
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Locally Sourced at Pacific NW Ballet
The second program of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season is Locally Sourced, a mixed rep comprising three world premieres by local choreographers. The title Locally Sourced is a gift to bloggers. It begs for restaurant metaphors and punny references to house-made ingredients and sound-to-stage production. But I’ve been a bit overwhelmed lately and can’t generate my usual enthusiasm for a writerly gimmick. Fortunately, enthusiasm for the actual program is in abundant supply. Locally Sourced was a high point in an otherwise bleak week.
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