08-09 Season Brochure, Pacific Northwest Ballet

2008-2009 Season

Pacific Northwest Ballet

2008 - 2009

“Peter Boal, artistic director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, is proving himself a master at the art of composition, of concocting an evening of ballets that balance each other artfully.” – The Seattle Times

Season Savings

Rep I Rep 2 Rep 3 Rep 4 Rep 5 Rep 6

All Tharp September 25 - October 5, 2008 New Works November 6 - 16, 2008 George Balanchine’s Jewels™ January 29 - February 7, 2009 Broadway Festival March 12 - 22, 2009 Swan Lake April 9 - 19, 2009 Director’s Choice May 28 - June 7, 2009

Programming subject to change.

O NEW! Subscriber Rewards Card with Discounts at Lower Queen Anne Restaurants O Subscribers SAVE Up to 20% Off Regular Ticket Prices O No Increase on Full Season Subscription Prices for 2008-2009!

O No Increase on Preferred Seating Contributions for 2008-2009!

O 20% Off Additional Single Tickets to Regular Season Performances O Prepaid Reserved Parking

Special

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O Free & Flexible Ticket Exchanges O Upgrade Seating Voucher for Performance of Your Choice O Split-payment Option Available (an additional postage & handling charge applies) O First-in-line Ordering Privileges for First Look 2008, PNB’s Season Opening Performance

and the 25th Anniversary of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker–Before General Public Sales

O First to Hear About Limited-time Offers, Special Event Opportunities and Advance

Performance and Ticket Information–Plus the Added Advantage of Email Bulletins

with PNB Breaking News and One-of-a-kind Ways to Save!

O Fill Out Just One Form for a Whole Year of PNB!

Season Sponsors

The John Graham Foundation

All photography © Angela Sterling, unless noted. Cover: Maria Chapman in Emeralds. Choreography by George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust.

Pacific Northwest Ballet combines prized repertory favorites with bold new additions for an adventurous season of world-class performances. PNB’s 2008-2009 subscribers may anticipate Jerome Robbins, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, an All Tharp program and springtime’s Broadway Festival alongside the classical splendors of George Balanchine’s Jewels™ and Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake. Offering ten new works for the season, including three major commissions for the Company, there is no better time to be at the ballet and no better time to subscribe to PNB. We hope you will be with us for each wonderful moment of this thrilling and historic season. – Peter Boal, Artistic Director

Maria Chapman & Jordan Pacitti in In the Upper Room. Twyla Tharp. Photography by Richard Avedon.

September 25 - October 5, 2008 American dance icon Twyla Tharp has permanently expanded the horizons of contemporary dance with her fusion of meticulous classical rigor and elements from jazz, modern dance and pop culture. Her movement vocabulary–characterized by high energy, humor and an unpredictable physical daring—is imbued with dynamic inventiveness and a singular musical intelligence. As a thrilling start to the season, PNB has commissioned two original works for an All Tharp program that also welcomes the return of her delicious ballroom homage to Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Nine Sinatra Songs

Music: Songs sung by Frank Sinatra Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Generous sponsorship provided by:

**New Tharp - Part 1

Music: Vladimir Martynov Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**New Tharp - Part 2

Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**World Premiere

NOVEMBER 6 - 16, 2008

Patricia Barker, Lesley Rausch & Kylee Kitchens in Pacific.

A PNB premiere from Mark Morris and two world premieres from rising dancer/choreographers, plus the ever-provocative William Forsythe, mark an eclectic and electric mixed bill. Morris’ A Garden is “both demanding and original…technical details alone cannot explain the emotional resonance of A Garden, the way it touches the heart long after the final curtain” (San Francisco Chronicle). Highly praised for his compositional unity, Kiyon Gaines, Company dancer and contributor to Choreographers’ Showcase, creates his first repertory work for PNB. Of Benjamin Millepied, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, The New York Times notes, “[His] ballet has craft, discipline and a welcome energy…there is a sense of phrasing and driving impetus here to be greeted with applause and hope.”

*A Garden

Music: Richard Strauss Choreography: Mark Morris

**New Millepied

Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Benjamin Millepied

*PNB Premiere

**New Gaines

Music: Cristina Spinei Choreography: Kiyon Gaines

One Flat Thing, reproduced

Music: Thom Willems Choreography: William Forsythe

**World Premiere

Noelani Pantastico in Emeralds (left). Stacy Lowenberg in Diamonds (right).

Choreography by George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust.

Jeffrey Stanton (left). Jonathan Porretta (right). Photography by Marc von Borstel.

January 29 - February 7, 2009 The gems in Jewels pay tribute to three golden ages of dance and also to the beauty of the ballerinas Balanchine adored. Poetic and flowing, Emeralds evokes France, the birthplace of Romantic dance. Its ballerinas drift on stage in clouds of tulle, whispering of elegance, fashion and fragrance. Rubies mirrors the carefree spontaneity of America, a throwback to the musical comedies and films Balanchine created soon after he arrived in his beloved adopted country: a sassy, jazzy burst of sunshine. Diamonds dazzles as Balanchine’s tribute to the work of Marius Petipa and evokes the grandeur and precision of the Imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg with each shimmering wave of classical elegance.

Emeralds

Music: Gabriel Fauré

Rubies

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Diamonds

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

March 12 - 22, 2009 PNB’s salute to Broadway offers marvelously entertaining premieres by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon paired with the reprise of Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE. George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, created for the musical On Your Toes, offers a parody of Broadway, Russian ballet and the mob. Danced in front of a ferris wheel, Wheeldon’s salute to Richard Rodgers “…is so enriching that one hungers for more: too good to be enough” (The New York Times). The legendary singing, finger-snapping teens of Robbins’ long-anticipated West Side Story Suite are guaranteed to elicit “rockconcert cheers” (San Francisco Chronicle).

*West Side Story Suite Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Choreography: Jerome Robbins

*Carousel (A Dance)

Music: Richard Rodgers Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

TAKE FIVE … More or Less Music: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond Choreography: Susan Stroman

*Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Music: from On Your Toes by Richard Rodgers Choreography: George Balanchine *PNB Premiere

April 9 - 19, 2009 Classical ballet at its thrilling best and the most beloved story ballet of all time—Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake returns to the McCaw Hall stage where it last appeared to standing-room-only audiences. Famous for its romantic, treachery laced plot and enchanted setting, Swan Lake is equally renowned for offering ballerinas the ultimate challenge of a dual role: Odette, trapped in the body of a white swan, and Odile, the temptress daughter of the malevolent sorcerer Baron Von Rothbart, who plots the downfall of Odette’s true love, Prince Siegfried. Virtuoso solos, an achingly beautiful score and a majestically ethereal corps de ballet make Swan Lake an endlessly satisfying performance experience.

Staging: Francia Russell after Petipa/Ivanov Costume Design: Paul Tazewell Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake, sumptuous with scenic, costume and lighting design and detail, made its world premiere in September 2003, as the Company’s historic grand entrance into Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

PNB Company dancers in Swan Lake.

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent Stowell Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee

*Dances at a Gathering Music: Frederic Chopin Choreography: Jerome Robbins

Carla Körbes and Batkhurel Bold in Polyphonia. PNB Company dancers in Polyphonia (background).

*After the Rain pas de deux Music: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Symphony in C

Music: Georges Bizet Choreography: George Balanchine *PNB Premiere

May 28 - June 7, 2009 “Make more,” Balanchine said when Jerome Robbins first showed him Dances at a Gathering.

A major PNB acquisition, Dances has been praised as “essential Robbins, an effortless evocation of community…just music and dance create a world of sunlight and open air.” (The New York Times). Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux rendered audiences breathless at its premiere and was described as “Spare and poignant, the duet intimates a renewal of faith, the reburgeoning of love.” (The Village Voice). With Symphony in C, balance, harmony and the satisfying order of classical ballet goes on virtuoso display as Balanchine’s full-company pageant of technical prowess.

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent Stowell Scenic and Costume Design: Maurice Sendak Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

November 28 - December 30, 2008

– R.M. Campbell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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!

PNB Company dancers in Nutcracker.

See enclosed form to order

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.

Presenting sponsor:

A Signature Celebration Saturday, September 20, 2008

Kaori Nakamura (left). Chalnessa Eames (right). Photography by Marc von Borstel.

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 supper in the wings, followed by Seattle’s bestdressed on-stage dance party.

Preview Performance Slaughter on Tenth Avenue Emeralds pas de trois New Tharp After the Rain pas de deux Symphony in C

Season Preview Performance with champagne intermission - $75 See enclosed form to order

Programming subject to change.

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

Visit www.pnb.org/events for more information on Gala ticket levels.

2 0 0 8 - 2 0 0 9 Season Tickets

Easy Steps to Your

Step 1: CHOOSE YOUR SERIES

Subscription seating chart

Put six performances on your calendar today!

Series Rep I Rep II Rep III Rep IV Rep V Rep VI Thursdays at 7:30

Sept 25

Nov 6

Jan 29

March 12

April 9

May 28

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Fridays at 7:30

Sept 26

Nov 7

Jan 30

March 13

April 10

May 29

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Sept 27

Nov 8

Jan 31

March 14

April 11

Saturdays at 7:30

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Nov 8

Jan 31

March 14

April 11

May 30

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Thursdays at 7:30

Oct 2

Nov 13

Feb 5

March 19

April 16

June 4

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Oct 3

Nov 14

Feb 6

March 20

April 17

June 5

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Oct 4

Nov 15

Feb 7

March 21

April 18

June 6

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Sundays at 1:00

Oct 5

Nov 16

Feb 1

March 22

April 19

June 7

Step 2: CHOOSE YOUR SEATS Includes a full season facility fee of $12. Preferred sections include preferred seating contribution.

Series A Series B & D Series C & G Series E, F & H

Section Code

Orchestra Front Gallery Floor Orchestra Side Gallery Lower First Tier Side First Tier Side Interior Gallery Upper First Tier Center Second Tier Section Tier Box Orchestra First Tier Box Dress Circle First Tier Preferred Orchestra Preferred First Tier Box Preferred Director’s Preferred Dress Circle Preferred

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OF $120 / 120 $120 / 120 $120 / 120 GF OS $201 / 189 $201 / 189 $201 / 189 GL FTS $273 / 258 $273 / 258 $273 / 258 FTSI $339 / 321 $339 / 321 $339 / 321 GU FTC $411 / 390 $411 / 390 $411 / 390 ST STB O $507 / 480 $507 / 480 $507 / 480 FTB $900 / 900 $900 / 900 $900 / 900 DC $2400 / 2400** $507 / 480 $507 / 480 FTP $536 / 515 $536 / 515 $536 / 515 OP $882 / 855 $632 / 605 $607 / 580 FTBP $1025 / 1025 $1025 / 1025 $1025 / 1025 DP $1257 / 1230 $882 / 855 $757 / 730 DCP $2400 / 2400 $1275 / 1275 $1275 / 1275

Standard/ Senior Student Child*

$120 / 120 $201 / 189 $273 / 258 $339 / 321 $411 / 390

$507 / 480 $900 / 900 $507 / 480 $536 / 515 $582 / 555 $1025 / 1025 $632 / 605 $1275 / 1275

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Orchestra Front Gallery Floor Orchestra Side Gallery Lower First Tier Side First Tier Side Interior Gallery Upper First Tier Center Second Tier Second Tier Box First Tier Preferred First Tier Box Orchestra Orchestra Preferred First Tier Box Preferred Director’s Preferred Dress Circle Dress Circle Preferred

*To receive discounts: Seniors 65+ who are taking advantage of the senior discount for the first time must mail/fax proof of age.

Students age 13 and above must mail/fax a copy of valid student ID (not applicable for age 12 and younger). **The entire Dress Circle is preferred for opening night.

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As you may know, ticket sales cover only 70% of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production costs. Preferred Seating Contributions offer our subscribers a convenient way to help close this gap and in return receive the best seats in McCaw Hall as well as exclusive insider’s benefits.

To learn more about PNB Membership levels and benefits please visit www.pnb.org/friends or contact PNB’s Development department at 206.441.3593 or email giving@pnb.org.

Preferred Seating Contribution Amounts

The chart below reflects the per-seat, tax-deductible portion of your subscription.

Proud sponsors of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2008-2009 Season:

Section Code Series A Series B & D Series C & G Series E, F & H First Tier Preferred First Tier Box Preferred Orchestra Preferred Director’s Preferred Dress Circle Preferred

FTP FTBP OP DP DCP

$125 $125 $375 $750 $1500

$125 $125 $125 $375 $375

$125 $125 $100 $250 $375

Step 3: ORDER TODAY! O Fill out enclosed form and mail O Call 206.441.2424 our Customer Service Representatives will walk you through your Season Tickets O Online www.pnb.org

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The John Graham Foundation

Sponsored in part by: 4Culture, ArtsFund, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Scandinavian Airlines and Washington State Arts Commission

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2008-2009 Season The return of Swan Lake - All Tharp Program - NEW Jerome Robbins NEW Mark Morris - NEW Christopher Wheeldon - Spring’s Broadway Festival 206.441.2424 www.pnb.org

Louise Nadeau in Adieu.

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