Pacific Northwest Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; April 12, 2014 Dean Speer I’ve always throughly enjoyed Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” but hav…
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Pacific Northwest Ballet: Sleeping Beauty – Rausch Triumphs as Aurora
McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington; February 1, 2014 Dean Speer I was spoiled from the beginning. My first “Sleeping Beauty” experience was that o…
Seeing Sendak: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; November 30, 2013 Dean Speer Writing a review of a show seen well over 30 times since its1983 inception proves to be a…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence, Petit Mort, Sechs Tänze, Forgotten Land
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA; November 9, 2013 Dean Speer Many choreographers seem to feel compelled to make a bug piece. From those on a grand scal…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Air Twyla Program
McCall Hall, Seattle, WA; September 28, 2013 Dean Speer The late, great University of Washington professor, Giovanni Costigan (1905-9…
Creating Cerrudo: Interview with Alejandro Cerrudo
July 17, 2013; Seattle, Washington Dean Speer and Francis Timlin The exciting young Spanish choreographer, Alejandro Cerrudo, was recently in S…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Next Step
McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington; June 14, 2013 Dean Speer Providing the material and the means is key to developing not only current crea…
Pacific Northwest Ballet: 40th Anniversary Season Encore Performance
McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington; June 9, 2013 Dean Speer As I’ve been going through my father’s house, sorting, clearing, and cleaning, I came acro…