Past, Present and Future: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore Performance
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA June 7, 2015 Dean Speer We all build, particularly in the arts, on the shoulders of those who came before us and oft…
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Hitting the Jackpot: Pacific Northwest Ballet in Concerto DSCH and Carmina Burana
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA May 30, 2015 Dean Speer You just knew going into it, even before the curtain went up, that PNB’s Spring Show, Carmin…
Feathers, Fins, and Fine Capes: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s <i>Swan Lake</i>
McCaw Hall, Seattle. WA; April 11, 2015 Dean Speer From the plaintively evocative opening strains in the oboe, you know you’re in for a good …
The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythia
Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, New Suite, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; March 14, 201…
The Sun Came Out Today: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Don Quixote
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; January 31 2015 (e) Dean Speer Blockbuster. Exciting. Energetic. Engaging. Enthralling. Fun and funny. Lively. Sligh…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Nutcracker
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; November 28, 2014 Dean Speer In this its 32nd year it seems hard not only to say good-bye to the Kent Stowell/Mauric…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
A Million Kisses and More A Million Kisses to my Skin, Before After, Rassemblement, Debonair Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; November 8, 201…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Jewels
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; September 27, 2014 Dean Speer Polishing the Family Jewels Showing the ‘family’ of “Jewels” - emeralds, rubies, an…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Tide Harmonic, Memory Glow, Debonair
Joyce Theater, New York, NY; October 8, 2014 Jerry Hochman Performances by major companies at the Joyce Theater are welcome, but problematic.…