Ballet
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Sleeping Beauty – Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New Production
By the time Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new production of Sleeping Beauty debuted on January 31, 2025, anticipation seems to have been sky high. It certainly was for me. There were tantalizing sneak peaks of the costumes by Paul Tazewell (Hamilton, PNB’S Swan Lake, the movie Wicked) or the sets by glass artist Preston Singletary. There Continue reading
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Pacific Northwest Ballet – An Overview of 2024-2025
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2024-25 season is finished and out of six reps, not including The Nutcracker, I was fortunate to see four in person – All Balanchine, Sleeping Beauty, Emergence, and Romeo et Juliette – and all six reps digitally through PNB’s unique offering of a digital season. I wanted to provide an overview of Continue reading
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Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Balanchine – 11/2/2024
A meditation more than a review It is not always convenient for me to attend the ballet in the evening – I both drive and must catch a ferry – so I frequently attend Saturday matinee performances at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. The disadvantage is that one is apt to see a Continue reading
Freedom of My Mind 