NEW! BALANCHINE'S PETIPA Wednesday, October 1, 5:30–7:00 pm,
Studio C, The Phelps Center, 301 Mercer Street, Seattle
Tickets: $20.
Education Programs Manager Doug Fullington will discuss the influence of Balanchine's Russian training on his choreography, with a particular focus on pas de deux and corps de ballet choreography. Excerpts from PNB's 2008–2009 repertory will be performed by Company dancers and students from Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ballets include Balanchine's Symphony in C and Jewels and, as a reference, Marius Petipa's La Bayadère.
