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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET 2008-2009 SEASON
Josh Spell, Lucien Postlewaite & Benjamin Griffiths in Mark Morris’ Pacific. © Angela Sterling.
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“ Pacific N ort h west B allet combines pri z ed repertory favorites wit h bold new additions for a dramatically diverse season, including PNB premieres by Jerome Robbins, Mark Morris, and Christopher Wheeldon; an ALL THARP program, and March’s BROADWAY FESTIVAL, alongside the classical splendors of George Balanchine’s Jewels™ and Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake. Offering ten new works, including three major commissions for the company, there is no better time to be at the ballet and no better time to subscribe. We hope you will join us for this thrilling and historic season.” – Peter Boal, Artistic Director Proud sponsors of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2008-2009 Season:
The John Graham Foundation
Generous funding provided by: 4Culture, ArtsFund, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Scandinavian Airlines and Washington State Arts Commission.
THE FIRST FOUR
INCLU DING CHOOSE YOU R OWN!
Brand New, Balanchine, and Broadway This eight-premiere package offers a rarely distilled look at what’s new at PNB. Two specially commissioned world premiere works from pioneer boundary-breaker Twyla Tharp launch the season, and more new works take the stage in November with additions from Mark Morris and rising-star dancer/choreographers Benjamin Millepied and PNB’s own Kiyon Gaines. The return of George Balanchine’s full-length Jewels™ offers a breathtaking neoclassic pause in February before March kicks up its heels with premieres of three Broadway masterworks and the return of Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE … More or Less.
ALL THARP
NEW WORKS
George Balanchine’s
September 25 - October 5, 2008
November 6 - 16, 2008
January 29 - February 7, 2009
**New Tharp Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Twyla Tharp
* A Garden Music: Richard Strauss
JEWELS™
Emeralds Music: Gabriel Fauré
Choreography: Mark Morris
Music: Valdimir Martynov Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Nine Sinatra Songs
**M-Pulse
Music: Steve Reich
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied
*PNB Premiere **World Premiere
One Flat Thing, reproduced
TAKE FIVE … More or Less
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Music: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond Choreography: Susan Stroman
Music: Igor Stravinsky
*Carousel (A Dance)
*Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Diamonds
Music: Richard Rodgers
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
**New Millepied
Music: Frank Sinatra
Music: Thom Willems
Music: from On Your Toes by Richard Rodgers Choreography: George Balanchine
SERIES
Choreography: William Forsythe
*West Side Story Suite
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Music: Cristina Spinei Choreography: Kiyon Gaines
March 12 - 22, 2009
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Rubies **New Tharp
BROADWAY FESTIVAL
ALL THARP
NEW WORKS
George Balanchine’s
JEWELS™
BROADWAY FESTIVAL
Generous sponsorship
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Thursdays at 7:30
Sept 25
Nov 6
Jan 29
Mar 12
provided by:
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Sept 26
Nov 7
Jan 30
Mar 13
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Sept 27
Nov 8
Jan 31
Mar 14
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Nov 8
Jan 31
Mar 14
Learn more about the works and artists of PNB’s 2008-2009 season
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Thursdays at 7:30
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Nov 13
Feb 5
Mar 19
by visiting www.pnb.org.
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Feb 7
Mar 21
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Nov 16
Feb 1
Mar 22
Opposite page: Kari Brunson in TAKE FIVE ... More or Less. © Angela Sterling. This page: James Moore in One Flat Thing, reproduced. © Angela Sterling.
Programming subject to change.
THE FINAL FOUR THE CL ASSICS From Balanchine’s gems to modern-day masterworks and moonlit swans, this package combines great music and dance for powerful classics to classical substance. Following Jewels’ multifaceted kaleidoscope of style and splendor, March’s trio of premieres joins Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE … More or Less to capture timeless Broadway magic. The spring’s exquisite classical centerpiece is Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, returning in full-length majesty to fill McCaw Hall’s stage with idyllic beauty and stunning performances. Two major PNB acquisitions, Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering and Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux, combine with Symphony in C’s show-stopping virtuoso technique to cap the season with significance.
George Balanchine’s
JEWELS™
January 29 - February 7, 2009 Emeralds Music: Gabriel Fauré
Rubies
BROADWAY FESTIVAL
Kent Stowell’s
March 12 - 22, 2009
April 9 - 19, 2009**
*West Side Story Suite
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE May 28 - June 7, 2009 *Dances at a Gathering
Symphony in C
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Choreography: Kent Stowell
Music: Frederic Chopin
Music: Georges Bizet
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Staging: Francia Russell
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Choreography: George Balanchine
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Music: Igor Stravinsky
after Petipa/Ivanov Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee
*Carousel (A Dance) Diamonds
Music: Richard Rodgers
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
TAKE FIVE … More or Less *PNB Premiere
SWAN LAKE
Music: Dave Brubeck and
*After the Rain pas de deux
Costume Design: Paul Tazewell
Music: Arvo Pärt
Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
**Please note: all matinee performances of Kent Stowell’s SWAN LAKE are at 1:00 pm.
Paul Desmond Choreography: Susan Stroman
*Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Music: from On Your Toes by Richard Rodgers
SERIES A
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George Balanchine’s
JEWELS™ Jan 29
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Jan 30
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Jan 31 Jan 31
Learn more about the works and artists of PNB’s 2008-2009 season by
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Thursdays at 7:30
Feb 5
visiting www.pnb.org.
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Feb 6
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Choreography: George Balanchine
This page: The Company in Diamonds. © Angela Sterling. Opposite page: Lesley Rausch & Jeffrey Stanton in TAKE FIVE ... More or Less. © Angela Sterling.
BROADWAY FESTIVAL
Kent Stowell’s
SWAN LAKE
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE
Mar 12
April 9
May 28
Mar 13
April 10
May 29
Mar 14 Mar 14
April 11** April 11
May 30 May 30
Mar 19
April 16
June 4
Mar 20
April 17
June 5
Feb 7
Mar 21
April 18
June 6
Feb 1
Mar 22
April 19
June 7
Programming subject to change.
September through June—Select Four Favorites!
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CHOOSE YOUR OWN
Just for you! Customize the season your way by choosing any four programs on any four performance dates! Refer to The First Four and The Final Four packages for program choices. Seating for Choose Your Own packages will not be the same for each performance, but as a subscriber you will receive the best available seating in the section of your choice. Series and seating prices on the next page.
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ADD ON NOW! Avoid the rush and sold-out dates by reserving seats now for FIRST LOOK 2008 and the Stowell/Sendak 25th Anniversary Nutcracker. It’s easy—simply add on to your four-program package. You’ll be glad you planned ahead! Find dates, times, seating and prices for FIRST LOOK 2008 and the 25th Anniversary Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker on next page.
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ADD-ON
6:30 pm at McCaw Hall
Toast a new season with hundreds of patrons and party lovers who relish PNB’s annual Season Preview Performance as an intoxicating aperitif to the year’s most exciting programs and performers. Enjoy the season-sampling performance and a champagne intermission, or opt to make yours a complete red carpet evening by joining the artists for a Gala dinner in the wings, followed by Seattle’s best-dressed on-stage dance party.
Preview Performance
Programming subject to change.
Series E, F & H
*The entire Dress Circle is preferred for opening night.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Emeralds pas de trois New Tharp After the Rain pas de deux Symphony in C
Series C & G
Season Preview Performance with champagne intermission - $75
Post-Performance Gala
Contact events@pnb.org to add these Gala options: Post-performance cocktail party & dancing onstage - $125 Post-performance dinner & dancing onstage - $375 Supporter $750 Patron $2,500 Benefactor $5,000 Luminary
PNB Box Office - 206.441.2424 Visit www.pnb.org/events for more information on Gala ticket levels. Ariana Lallone. © Marc von Borstel.
Series C & G $100 $100 $75 $175 $250
Series E, F & H $100 $100 $50 $100 $250
ADD-ON
25th Anniversary November 28 - December 30, 2008
NUTCRACKER
Stowell/Sendak
Ignore Christmas carols on the street corner and shoppers looking for bargains. The season doesn’t seem official until Pacific Northwest Ballet begins its splendid annual ritual Nutcracker at McCaw Hall.
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent Stowell Scenic and Costume Design: Maurice Sendak Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli
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PEAK
PNB’s cherished Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker celebrates its 25th Anniversary with showers of silver and snow. Special guests, surprise appearances and McCaw Hall shimmering with light and merriment promise this year’s Nutcracker will be the most festive event of the season. There’s no greater gift than a magical memory and no holiday entertainment quite like Nutcracker! Make plans now to give 25th Anniversary Nutcracker to family and friends before calendars fill up and seats sell out!
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Prices subject to change without notice. *Child rates are applicable to children ages 0–12. All ages require a ticket for admission, including babes in arms. Prices include a $2 per ticket facility fee, except for Second Tier Side Back.
The Company in Kent Stowell’s Nutcracker. © Angela Sterling. Nutcracker artwork by Maurice Sendak.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Karel Cruz. © Marc von Borstel.