I had the opportunity last night to check out a preview/rehearsal of PNB’s “Sculptured Dance” event, premiering as part of Summer at SAM on August 11. The video PNB just posted on YouTube (below) gives a little glimpse of the event, which features choreography by PNB’s Kiyon Gaines and Ezra Thomson (whose work wasn’t shown last night),… Read More Sculptured Dance, Summer at SAM, Rehearsal
Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins in Diamonds Wednesday night’s coaching session of Diamonds with Jacques d’Amboise was both everything I wanted it to be and left me wanting more. Although billed as a “coaching session” for the pas de deux, d’Amboise seemed to approach it as more of a lecture-demonstration, even as Peter Boal tried to coax… Read More Diamonds Coaching with Jacques D’Amboise at PNB 8/20
Having just moved to Seattle from the San Francisco Bay Area, the strongest first impression I have of the dance scene in this city is of how friendly and accessible it is! That’s not meant, in any way, to be a dig at the SF dance scene, which is fabulous, vibrant, and always doing something… Read More PNB In-Studio Showing 7/31
The Wayward Muse 