Bruce Wall Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 So pleased to see Peter Boal (PNB AD) is staging the Apollo .... I will always remember him as being one of the best! 2020-2021 SEASON LINE-UP : Rep 1 – George Balanchine’s JEWELS September 25 – October 4, 2020 Opening the season with sparkling élan, George Balanchine’s Jewels is a perfect primer of the iconic choreographer’s style: Emeralds whispers of grace, courtesy, and French perfume; Rubies sizzles with American sass; and Diamonds conjures the magnificence of old St. Petersburg. Music: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Scenic and Costume Design: Jérôme Kaplan Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli Premiere: April 13, 1967; New York City Ballet PNB Premiere: June 1, 2006 (Rubies premiere: February 3, 1988); New production, September 22, 2017 Rep 2 – ALL PREMIERE November 6 – 15, 2020 ALL PREMIERE celebrates a lineage of powerful female choreographers from Twyla Tharp, to Jessica Lang, to up-and-comer Penny Saunders, each with their own bright and arresting perspective So to Speak (PNB Premiere) Music: Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Dustin O’Halloran, and Armand Amar Choreography: Penny Saunders Staging: Nick Schultz Scenic and Lighting Design: Andrew Lees Costume Design: Dona Jefferis Premiere: August 17, 2018; Royal New Zealand Ballet Sweet Fields (PNB Premiere) Music: William Billings, William Walker, Abraham Wood, and Jeremiah Ingalls Choreography: Twyla Tharp Staging: Stacy Caddell Original Costume Design: Norma Kamali Original Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton Premiere: September 20, 1996; Tharp! (Berkeley, CA) Stabat Mater (World Premiere) Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Choreography and Scenic Design: Jessica Lang Costume Design: Jillian Lewis Lighting Design: Reed Nakayama George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® November 27 – December 27, 2020 (Not part of PNB’s subscription season. Tickets go on sale July 20.) The Northwest’s favorite holiday tradition! PNB’s production of the iconic Balanchine ballet features sets and costumes designed by children’s author and illustrator Ian Falconer (Olivia the Pig). Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staging: Judith Fugate, with Peter Boal and Garielle Whittle Scenic & Costume Design: Ian Falconer Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls Original Lev Ivanov Production Premiere: December 6, 1892, Imperial Ballet, St. Petersburg Balanchine Production Premiere: February 2, 1954, New York City Ballet PNB Premiere: November 27, 2015 Rep 3 – Roméo et Juliette February 5 – 14, 2021 "One of the most beautiful ballets adapted from Shakespeare's masterpiece that can be seen today." (Scènes Magazine) Jean-Christophe Maillot infuses Shakespeare’s tragic tale of star-crossed lovers with intoxicating emotion and heart-rending beauty. Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot Staging: Gaby Baars, Bernice Coppieters, and Giovanna Lorenzoni Scenic Design: Ernest Pignon-Ernest Costume Design: Jérôme Kaplan Lighting Design: Dominique Drillot Premiere: December 23, 1996; Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo PNB Premiere: January 31, 2008 Rep 4 – DIRECTOR’S CHOICE March 19 – 28, 2021 Contemporary masters explore life in our increasingly complicated world in this year’s DIRECTOR’S CHOICE line-up. Crystal Pite’s riveting audience favorite, Emergence, will share the stage with Bound To, Christopher Wheeldon’s essay on disconnectedness in these tech-obsessed times, and a world premiere by PNB resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo (One Thousand Pieces, Little mortal jump) completes the triple-bill. Bound To (PNB Premiere) Music: Keaton Henson Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Scenic and Costume Design: Jean-Marc Puissant Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls Premiere: April 20, 2018; San Francisco Ballet World Premiere Choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo Emergence Music: Owen Belton Choreography: Crystal Pite Staging: Hope Muir Scenic Design: Jay Gower Taylor Costume Design: Linda Chow Lighting Design: Andrew Brodie Premiere: March 4, 2009; National Ballet of Canada PNB Premiere: November 8, 2013 Snow White March 21 – 28, 2020 (Part of PNB’s “Family Matinees” series. Call the PNB Box Office for details.) Featuring students of Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Who’s the fairest of them all? Snow White, of course! Danced by the students of Pacific Northwest Ballet School, this hour-long narrated matinee version of the treasured classic was designed for younger audience members. Music: Jules Massenet Concept and Choreography: Bruce Wells Staging: Michele Curtis Scenic Design and Properties: Edie Whitsett Costume Design: Pacific Northwest Ballet Costume Shop Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli Rep 5 – Coppélia April 16 – 25, 2021 The return of the happiest ballet on earth! A hilarious and charming tale of mistaken identity, Coppélia promises bravura classical ballet, exquisite scenery and costumes, and pristine choreography for the PNB company plus 24 tiny dancers from the PNB School. Music: Léo Delibes Book: Charles Nuitter, after ETA Hoffman Choreography: Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust (after Petipa) Staging: Judith Fugate and Garielle Whittle Scenic and Costume Design: Roberta Guidi di Bagno Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli Original Production Premiere: May 25, 1870; Paris Opera Ballet Petipa Production Premiere: November 25, 1884, Imperial Ballet (St. Petersburg) Balanchine Production Premiere: July 17, 1974; New York City Ballet PNB Premiere: June 3, 2010 REP 6 – MODERN HITS June 4 – 13, 2021 This collection of works pays homage to ballet’s past while ushering the art form into the future. The program spans nearly a century of modern American ballet, from the intensely theatrical Pictures at an Exhibition by Alexei Ratmansky, to the hypnotic flow of Alejandro Cerrudo’s Silent Ghost, to the fountainhead of contemporary classicism – George Balanchine’s Apollo. Apollo Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staging: Peter Boal Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli Premiere: June 12, 1928; Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes (Paris) PNB Premiere: February 23, 1993; restaged April 13, 2012 Silent Ghost Music: Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Ólafur Arnalds, and Nils Frahm Choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo Staging: Pablo Piantino Costume Design: Branimira Ivanova Lighting Design: Michael Korsch Premiere: July 10, 2015; Aspen Santa Fe Ballet PNB Premiere: November 2, 2018 Pictures at an Exhibition Music: Modest Mussorgsky Choreography: Alexei Ratmansky Staging: Wendy Whelan Costume Design: Adeline André Lighting Design: Mark Stanley Projection Design; Wendall K. Harrington (after Wassily Kandinsky) Premiere: October 2, 2014; New York City Ballet PNB Premiere: June 2, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Looks like a great programme but what is PNB please? Paris? Perth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridiem Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, prs59 said: Looks like a great programme but what is PNB please? Paris? Perth? It's Pacific Northwest Ballet (worked this out from a few mentions in the listings!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Perregrino Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 41 minutes ago, bridiem said: It's Pacific Northwest Ballet (worked this out from a few mentions in the listings!). thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Please could a Mod change the heading for this thread to give the full name of the company? Having just the initials is a bit like using dancers' first names on the assumption that everyone knows who they are. Thanks for posting the programme, though, BruceWall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 34 minutes ago, capybara said: Please could a Mod change the heading for this thread to give the full name of the company? Having just the initials is a bit like using dancers' first names on the assumption that everyone knows who they are. Done. 34 minutes ago, capybara said: Thanks for posting the programme, though, BruceWall. Seconded. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 6 hours ago, prs59 said: Looks like a great programme but what is PNB please? Paris? Perth? The company is based in Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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