All The World’s A Stage: Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Romeo & Juliet
Keller Auditorium Portland, Oregon March 5, 2016 Dean Speer Rarely does perfection come along and you know it when it does. James Canfiel…
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Chop Shop – Bodies of Work
Back To The Future Meydenbauer Center Theatre, Bellevue, Washington February 14th, 2016 Matinee Dean Speer I always feel like I’m retu…
A Prodigal Returns: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’
McCaw Hall, Seattle Saturday Evening, February 6, 2016 Dean Speer How fitting that the much beloved and missed Noelani Pantastico made her…
IN-spired to Success: Whim W’Him at Cornish Playhouse
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center Friday, January 22, 2016, 8:00 p.m. Dean Speer There is an aphorism that goes something like, “A fountai…
Book Review: Raising the Barre
Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, & My Midlife Quest to Dance The Nutcracker by Lauren Kessler DaCapo Press Book Review by Dean…
Oregon Ballet Theatre: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker
Roasting Chestnuts On An Open Fire Saturday Evening, December 12th, 2015 Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon Dean Speer As we were indulg…