Plan now to attend the free lunchtime previews of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s wonderfully adventurous 2008-2009 season. PNB’s Education Programs manager, Doug Fullington, will offer entertaining insights on the ballets, complete with video excerpts. These lecture/video previews take place at noon, in the Central Library’s Microsoft Auditorium, First floor,1000 Fourth Ave. Everyone is welcome!
Tuesday, September 23 – All Tharp
Opus 111** – Johannes Brahms/Twyla Tharp
Afternoon Ball** – Vladimir Martynov/Twyla Tharp
Nine Sinatra Songs -Songs sung by Frank Sinatra/Twyla Tharp
Tuesday, November 4 – New Works
A Garden* – Richard Strauss/Mark Morris
M-Pulse** – Cristina Spinei/Kiyon Gaines
3 Movements** – Steve Reich/Benjamin Millepied
One Flat Thing Reproduced – Thom Willems/William Forsythe
Tuesday, January 27 – George Balanchine’s Jewels
Emeralds – Gabriel Fauré/George Balanchine
Rubies – Igor Stravinsky/George Balanchine
Diamonds – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky/George Balanchine
Tuesday, March 10 – Broadway Festival
Carousel (A Dance)* – Richard Rodgers/Christopher Wheeldon
TAKE FIVE …More or Less – Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond/Susan Stroman
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue* – Richard Rodgers/George Balanchine
West Side Story Suite* – Leonard Bernstein/Jerome Robbins
Tuesday, April 7 – Swan Lake
Swan Lake – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Kent Stowell
Tuesday, May 26 – Director’s Choice
Dances at a Gathering* – Frederic Chopin/Jerome Robbins
Pas de deux from After the Rain* – Arvo Pärt/Christopher Wheeldon
Symphony in C – Georges Bizet/George Balanchine
~Sheila K
*PNB premiere **World premiere
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