Helene Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Here is the abridged press release for PNB's opening program of the 2010-2011 season, which features two company premieres, "Six Dances" and "Glass Pieces", and for which tickets go on sale next Monday, 19 July: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS DIRECTOR'S CHOICE Featuring works by NACHO DUATO – JIRI KYLIAN – JEROME ROBBINS Tickets go on sale Monday, July 19 September 24-October 3, 2010 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 September 24-25 at 7:30 pm September 25 at 2:00 pm September 30 / October 1-2 at 7:30 pm October 3 at 1:00 pm SEATTLE, WA — Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal’s annual DIRECTOR’S CHOICE program highlights the addition of new works to the company repertory and the work of great choreographers of our time. The 2010-2011 season-opening DIRECTOR’S CHOICE program features the PNB premieres of master choreographers Jiri Kylian’s Six Dances, and Jerome Robbins’ Glass Pieces, the return of Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, and a reprise of last season’s premiere, Kylian’s, Petite Mort. DIRECTOR’S CHOICE runs September 24 through October 3 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. Tickets start at $27 and may be purchased by calling 206.441.2424, online at www.pnb.org, or in person at the PNB Box Office at 301 Mercer St. The line-up for DIRECTOR’S CHOICE will include: Petite Mort Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Choreography: Jiri Kylian Staging: Roslyn Anderson Six Dances – PNB Premiere Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Choreography: Jiri Kylian Staging: Roslyn Anderson Jardí Tancat Music: María del Mar Bonet Choreography: Nacho Duato Staging: Hilde Koch Glass Pieces – PNB Premiere Music: Philip Glass Choreography: Jerome Robbins Staging: Jean-Pierre Frohlich TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets ($27-$165) go on sale Monday, July 19. (Money-saving season subscriptions starting at $162 are currently available.) Box Office Phone: 206.441.2424 (Mon.-Fri. 9am–6pm; Sat. 10am–5pm) Box Office Location: 301 Mercer Street, Seattle (Mon.-Fri. 10am–6pm; Sat. 10am–5pm) PNB Online: www.pnb.org (24 hours a day, seven days a week) Tickets are also available 90 minutes prior to each performance at McCaw Hall, located at 321 Mercer Street, subject to availability. Link to comment
California Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 . . . tickets go on sale next Monday, 19 July . . . Box Office Location: 301 Mercer Street, Seattle (Mon.-Fri. 10am–6pm; Sat. 10am–5pm) PNB Online: www.pnb.org (24 hours a day, seven days a week) Does anyone know how early the on-line ticket sales start on July 19? Do they use the kind of seat-selection map you find now at the Met, OCPAC, and NYCB on-line sales, so you can see exactly what's available? I'm looking at ways to go see their production of Glass Pieces. One unknown at this point is what kind of single performance tickets will be available for their opening night, given that they consolidated the Thursday and Friday opening week subscriptions. I haven't seen any news about how subscription sales are going or how that consolidation worked out. Link to comment
Helene Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 Online tickets will be available on the 19th. Since you want to see "Glass Pieces", which is part of the Director's Choice program, you'll be able to order from this page: http://www.pnb.org/Season/10-11/DirectorsChoice/ Where it says "On sale Jul 19", there will be buttons to purchase starting next Monday. You'll be able to choose your own seats from the seat map. With a triple bill, I don't think you'll have a problem getting tickets. Where do you generally like to sit? How much is center important to you? Link to comment
Helene Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 PNB just posted a short trailer for the upcoming season, but it includes a few clips from "Petite Mort" and "Jardi Tancat": I'm happy to see Carrie Imler featured in a number of the clips. Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks Helene for the heads up. I love this teaser. I hadn't realized how much I was missing ballet already (you spoiled NYC people don't know what it's like to have just a single season......like skiers, we in Seattle spend most of our time pinning away waiting for "snow"). I can't believe it, but I've watched this 1+ minute video some 5 times today alone. It even brought tears to my eyes. Link to comment
Helene Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 This <1 minute video introduces "Sechs Tanze" and "Glass Pieces", the new company premieres, but is cut so fast, it's hard to get the ID's: It opens with Ezra Thompson (?), Chalnessa Eames, James Moore, Josh Spell, and I'm pretty sure Kylee Kitchens in the Kylian. In the section where the women shake back and forth into second position plie, Brittany Reid is practicing in the background with maybe Andrew Bartee, and possibly it's Emma Love to her left practicing with Barry Kerollis. There's a bouncing on the floor part where the woman in black may be Rachel Foster. Jerome Tisserand is holding his face just before it switches to "Glass Pieces" (and in the still for the video above). There's a nice shot of Carla Korbes, then Jeff Stanton partnering, it looks like Ariana Lallone, and then Batkhurel Bold partnering Korbes. Eames, with the foot stomp, and Spell are in the final shots. Depending on how many casts get on stage, this program, which also includes "Petite Mort" (six couples) and "Jardi Tancat" is going to spread it around, and there are a lot of opportunities in it. Link to comment
sandik Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 This <1 minute video introduces "Sechs Tanze" and "Glass Pieces", the new company premieres, but is cut so fast, it's hard to get the ID's Oh I don't know -- you seem to have tagged a big list! And what in the world does it mean when they say that Glass Pieces isn't for the faint hearted? It's a beautiful work with a big cast to minimalist music -- how is that going to make me pass out? Link to comment
Helene Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 I'm just not sure if I got them right... Link to comment
PeggyR Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 PNB just posted a short trailer for the upcoming season, but it includes a few clips from "Petite Mort" and "Jardi Tancat"... Who's the dancer at 0:30 (looks like Myrtha)? Impressive! Link to comment
Helene Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 She's great, I agree, but it's a borrowed clip from Houston Ballet, there's no attribution, and I don't know the company well enough to recognize the dancers Edited to add: I just searched "Myrtha" in the Houston Chronicle, and only one result came up, not ballet-related. Grrrr. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 Here's the link to the "Director's Choice" video: I'm not sure of all of the ID's, but here's a shot; the music is Mozart (23rd Piano Concerto) used in "Petite Mort": Petite Mort: Ariana Lallone and Batkhurel Bold Jardi Tancat: Mara Vinson? and Batkhurel Bold Petite Mort: Chalnessa Eames Jardi Tancat: Carrie Imler (red) and Mara Vinson? (violet) Petite Mort: Lucien Postlewaite (center) and Karel Cruz (right) Petite Mort: Benjamin Griffiths (with sword) Jardi Tancat: Carrie Imler and Olivier Wevers Petite Mort: Lucien Postlewaite and Kaori Nakamura Link to comment
ViolinConcerto Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Why do they show the brief sections of Glass Pieces using the wrong music? I wouldn't think Mr. Robbins would be any too pleased. It seems very misleading. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 The precedent was set in the "Dance in America" series of Balanchine ballets, where a piece of music for one of the ballets accompanied the excerpts from all ballets in the intro and another piece in the closing credits. PNB uses the Mozart from "Sechs Tanze" for the "Sechs Tanze"/"Glass Pieces" video, more Mozart from "Petite Mort" for the "Director's Choice" video, and the Martynov from "Afternoon Ball" for the "Season's Preview" video. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 Here's "Glass Pieces" (with Glass' music): This one is really hard for me to parse -- lots of overheads and fast cutting. After the corps shots, there are two couples, Rachel Foster (in black) with Benjamin Griffiths, and Sarah Orza (in grey leotard) with James Moore. There's a longish part (for this length video) of Carla Korbes and Batkhurel Bold. I think I spotted Maria Chapman in black with Jeffrey Stanton, and I hope, hope, hope this isn't wishful thinking, and she's back from last season's foot injury. Later Chalnessa Eames in a blue leotard is lifted by maybe Jerome Tisserand in a blue shirt that matches her leotard and blue pants with white stripes. Link to comment
sandik Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I'm fascinated with the way different groups use video, especially online stuff, to market themselves, but I don't always expect the material to really do the work justice. This, however, was an excellent little video essay of/about Glass Pieces -- big congratulations to whoever shot and edited this! Link to comment
Helene Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 According to the credits at the end, the film editor is Lindsay Thomas. I loved the way they used the balcony in the main studio, even if it made it harder for me to ID the dancers. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 They're messing with my categories: Josh Spell is featured in a short video on Kylian's "Sechs Tanze": Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 It was very interesting to me to hear Josh talk about Chalnessa Eames's sense of humor. I love the way Chalnessa dances, and for my money she has no peer at PNB when it comes to female character parts and especially anything with humor in it. He says it's just part of her natural personality......just as I've always thought: after all, how could it be any other way? She's such a natural comic on stage. My day is always brightened when I see her dance. In anything more modern she is tops too.....as she will no doubt be in Sechs Tanze (even without taking the humor into account). I was thrilled to see my heroine Carrie Imler rehearsing a humorous part too. Carrie's unmatched technique plus her ability to act, including with humor, will be a joy to see. (I'll never forget her as a Tharp stomper). P.S. I noted that Josh says Chalnessa's first name with a short e rather than the long e I have always used. Good to know. (Plus it seems she has the nickname of "Challa".) Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Hey ID'er par excellence....... Who is the female dancer at 0:20 in the above video clip? Chelsea Adomaitis maybe? Now I'm thinking Rachel Foster....but somehow it doesn't look like her to me. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 That's Rachel Foster (in black). The casting is up for Week 1: Friday, 24 September 7:30pm Petite Mort Sarah Ricard Orza/Seth Orza Chalnessa Eames/Benjamin Griffiths Lesley Rausch/Jerome Tisserand Rachel Foster/Lucien Postlewaite Ariana Lallone/Batkhurel Bold Lindsi Dec/Karel Cruz Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) Carrie Imler Chalnessa Eames Rachel Foster Kylee Kitchens James Moore Josh Spell William Lin-Yee Andrew Bartee Jardí Tancat Ariana Lallone Jeffrey Stanton Rachel Foster Batkhurel Bold Carrie Imler Olivier Wevers Glass Pieces Rubric Lindsi Dec Seth Orza Lesley Rausch Lucien Postlewaite Chalnessa Eames Jerome Tisserand Facades Carla Körbes Batkhurel Bold Saturday, 25 September 2:00pm Petite Mort Carrie Imler/Kiyon Gaines Amanda Clark/James Moore Maria Chapman/William Lin-Yee Rachel Foster/Lucien Postlewaite Laura Gilbreath/Olivier Wevers Carla Körbes/Jeffrey Stanton Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) Margaret Mullin Sarah Ricard Orza Abby Relic Brittany Reid Benjamin Griffiths Jerome Tisserand Kiyon Gaines Ezra Thomson Jardí Tancat Carla Körbes Seth Orza Lesley Rausch Lucien Postlewaite Chalnessa Eames Kiyon Gaines Glass Pieces Rubric Rachel Foster Benjamin Griffiths Sarah Ricard Orza James Moore Margaret Mullin Kiyon Gaines Facades Laura Gilbreath Karel Cruz Saturday, 25 September 7:30pm Petite Mort Sarah Ricard Orza/Seth Orza — Chalnessa Eames/Benjamin Griffiths Lesley Rausch/Jerome Tisserand Margaret Mullin/Jonathan Porretta Ariana Lallone/Batkhurel Bold Lindsi Dec/Karel Cruz Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) Carrie Imler Chalnessa Eames Rachel Foster Kylee Kitchens James Moore Josh Spell William Lin-Yee Andrew Bartee Jardí Tancat Ariana Lallone Jeffrey Stanton Rachel Foster Batkhurel Bold Carrie Imler Olivier Wevers Glass Pieces Rubric Lindsi Dec Seth Orza Lesley Rausch Lucien Postlewaite Chalnessa Eames Jerome Tisserand Facades Maria Chapman Jeffrey Stanton http://www.pnb.org/Season/10-11/DirectorsChoice/#Details-Casting Link to comment
SandyMcKean Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Margaret Mullin/Jonathan Porretta ooooooooo.......I like that. Bound to be interesting! Link to comment
sandik Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 It looks like a lot of people are getting some interesting opportunities. And it will be nice to see Chapman and Stanton onstage again. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 15, 2010 Author Share Posted September 15, 2010 It was very interesting to me to hear Josh talk about Chalnessa Eames's sense of humor. I love the way Chalnessa dances, and for my money she has no peer at PNB when it comes to female character parts and especially anything with humor in it. Her Nurse in "Romeo et Juliette" was dead on. P.S. I noted that Josh says Chalnessa's first name with a short e rather than the long e I have always used. Good to know. (Plus it seems she has the nickname of "Challa".) I think he's saying "Chal". Link to comment
Helene Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Doug Fullington will give an introduction to the four ballets in the "Director's Choice Program" at the Seattle Central Library's Microsoft Auditorium this coming Tuesday, 21 September, at noon, and it's free. Link to comment
Helene Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 This new video highlights "Jardi Tancat" to what I think is the most beautiful song in the series: The couples are Ariana Lallone and Karel Cruz, Rachel Foster and Batkhurel Bold, and Carrie Imler and Olivier Wevers. The women look extraordinary. Kudos to editor Lindsay Thomas for the arresting final image of Foster and Wevers, the cherry on top. I could listen to Maria del Mar Bonet sing all day long. Link to comment
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