Archive for the 'Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Nutcracker' Category

Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and called the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, he was separated from the opera in 1977 and adopted its current name in 1978. They say that there is a high attendance per capita in the United States, with 11000 subscribers. Its founding artistic director, Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, left at the end of the 2004-2005 season.Both of them studied and danced with George Balanchine.Peter Boal succeeded Stowell and Russell’s artistic director after their retirement. The company carries out with 44 dancers, fourteen of which are the principles, six soloists, twenty-four corps de ballet dancers and two apprentices. There are more than 100 performances throughout year. Pacific Northwest Ballet PNB acts McCaw Hall Seattle Center. He is particularly known for his performance Stowell / Maurice Sendak “Nutcracker,” which was the presentation since 1983.In 2006, the company was selected to perform at the fall festival of dance in downtown New York and the theater Jacob pillow dance festival.In October 2007 the PNB dancers Noelani Pantastico, Lindsi Dec, and Benjamin Griffiths, along with her husband Pantastico’s Brady Hartley, has created a web site PNB Unleashed. The site functions as a “more in-depth, behind the scenes perspectives of the life of a dancer BNP and the necessary steps to create a successful work.” Web site includes dancers personal thoughts about the upcoming speech, references to the dancers personal websites, photo albums, interviews, and “One Day in the Life” Dancer BNP. In addition, it includes a “Blog of the Director,” written by Boal to discuss his role of artistic director.