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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS ITS 2012-2013 Season Encore Performance Performance to include works by George Balanchine, Kent Stowell, Ulysses Dove, and more!   ONE NIGHT ONLY! Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 6:30 pm Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   SEATTLE, WA – Encore! Encore! Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrates [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS Director’s Choice A Tribute to George Balanchine Featuring Agon, Diamonds, and a World Premiere by Christopher Wheeldon   May 31-June 9, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   7:30 pm on May 31, June 1, 6, 7 and 8 Matinees on June 1 at [...]

Pacific Northwest Ballet Announces 2013-2014 Line-Up PNB Box Office Opens for 41st season ticket sales on Monday, July 15 Special Offer: NO SERVICE FEES through July 31   September 2013 – June 2014 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, Washington 41st Season to feature two world premieres including a new work [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS Director’s Choice                           Featuring two works by GEORGE BALANCHINE   And a world premiere by CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON   May 31-June 9, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   7:30 pm on May [...]

Pacific Northwest Ballet proudly presents Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake                         Made possible by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation   April 12-21, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   7:30 pm on April 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 7:00 pm on April 14 and 21 1:00 pm matinees on [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS MODERN MASTERPIECES Featuring works by George Balanchine – Ulysses Dove – Twyla Tharp Plus a world premiere by Paul Gibson   March 15 – 24, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   7:30 pm on March 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 Matinees on [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS KENT STOWELL’S SWAN LAKE Made possible by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation   April 12-21, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   April 12 & 13 at 7:30 pm April 13 & 14 at 1:00 pm April 14 at 7:00 pm April 18 – 20 [...]

Pacific Northwest Ballet Announces Promotion and New Hires James Moore Promoted to Principal Dancer  SEATTLE, WA – At yesterday evening’s conclusion of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal announced to the opening night audience that James Moore, a member of the company since 2004, has been promoted to principal dancer. [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS SPECIAL FAMILY MATINEES  Hansel & Gretel 3 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES ONLY! Sunday, March 17 at 12:00 noon & 3:30 pm Saturday, March 23 at 3:30 pm   Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   Music by Oskar Nedbal Conceived and Choreographed by Bruce Wells Scenic Design [...]

Casting Announced for Pacific Northwest Ballet at New York City Center, February 13 – 16       First Full-Company NY Performances Since 1996   New York, NY, January 28, 2013 – New York City Center will present Pacific Northwest Ballet in its first full-company performance in NYC since 1996, February 13–16, 2013. PNB, celebrating [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS Modern masterpieces Featuring works by George Balanchine – Ulysses Dove – Twyla Tharp Plus a world premiere by Paul Gibson   March 15 – 24, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   March 15 & 16 at 7:30 pm March 16 at 2:00 pm [...]

Pacific Northwest Ballet Presents Two Special Events in Conjunction with Seattle/New York Runs of Roméo et Juliette   SEATTLE, WA – In January 2008, Pacific Northwest Ballet brought Jean-Christophe Maillot’s masterful Roméo et Juliette to Seattle for its west coast premiere, making PNB the first American company to perform the work. Maillot’s contemporary interpretation of [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET CONTINUES 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH SEATTLE AND NEW YORK RUNS OF JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT’S  Roméo et Juliette   A CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDY Choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot Music by Sergei Prokofiev (Op. 64, 1935-36)   February 1 – 10, 2013 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 [...]

KAY MAZZO and PETER MARTINS TAPE VIDEO SERIES for THE GEORGE BALANCHINE FOUNDATION   Former principal dancers with New York City Ballet coach roles Balanchine created on them                                                                                                                                                                      New York City –Kay Mazzo and Peter Martins, former principal dancers with New York City Ballet, have coached their roles in Duo Concertant and Stravinsky Violin Concerto for [...]

Pacific Northwest Ballet receives NEA grant to support DIRECTOR’S CHOICE   Grant one of 832 Art Works grants totaling $23.3 million in funding nationwide   SEATTLE, WA — National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced yesterday that Pacific Northwest Ballet is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art [...]

THE NORTHWEST’s FAVORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION! The Nutcracker Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent Stowell Scenic and Costume Design: Maurice Sendak Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli Featuring the PNB Orchestra under the direction of Emil de Cou   December 7 – 29, 2012 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109   [...]

Ballet News reviews | dancers among us Do you remember back when you were a kid ? When your wide-eyed innocence set your imagination free and inspired you to dream ? Living in the moment, unselfconsciously, is something we forget about as adults; responsibility and routine snatching our time and blurring our thoughts.   But…. Celebratory photographs with evocative names : Meter Maid, Alone Together, Sticky Situation, Late [...]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET presents All premiere Featuring a world premiere by Mark Morris Plus new works by PNB artists Kiyon Gaines, Margaret Mullin, and Andrew Bartee   November 2 – 11, 2012 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 SEATTLE, WA – For the second production of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 40th Anniversary [...]

NEW YORK CITY CENTER PRESENTS PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET First Full-Company New York Performances Since 1996 -Accompanied by the PNB Orchestra- Season Features a Balanchine Mixed Bill and Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette February 13–16, 2013   New York, NY, September 27, 2012 –New York City Center will present Pacific Northwest Ballet in its first full-company [...]

JACQUES D’AMBOISE TAPES VIDEO SERIES FOR THE GEORGE BALANCHINE FOUNDATION   Celebrated former principal dancer Jacques d’Amboise coaches defining role of Apollo   New York City­­­—Jacques d’Amboise, former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet for over three decades, who is recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of the role of Apollo, recently coached [...]