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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.

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Love and Ballet and Christopher Wheeldon at PNB

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Rachel Foster and James Moore in Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux, which PNB is presenting as part of LOVE & BALLET, June 1 – 10, 2018. Photo © Angela Sterling.

After the Rain. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Last weekend I took my daughter to see the final program in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2017-2018 season. It was the mixed rep “Love and Ballet.” The first two pieces in the program were Christopher Wheeldon’s “Tide Harmonic” and the pas de deux from “After the Rain.” There were several reasons I was excited for this program of non-narrative ballets.

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