Helene Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 From the press release:PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET PRESENTS ITS 2015-2016Season Encore PerformancePerformance to include works by Balanchine, Cerrudo, Lang, Peck, and more!Featuring the mighty PNB Orchestra.Bon voyage performances of company dancers Kylee Kitchens and Jessika Anspach.ONE NIGHT ONLY!Sunday, June 12, 2016 – 6:30 pmMarion Oliver McCaw Hall321 Mercer Street, Seattle CenterSeattle, WA 98109SEATTLE, WA – The curtain comes down on Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 43rd season with its annual Season Encore Performance, a crowd-pleasing reprise of some of PNB’s greatest hits. An evening of thrilling selections and inspired performances, the program will feature PNB’s entire Company, along with the world famous PNB Orchestra under the baton of Music Director/Principal Conductor Emil de Cou. Highlights of the evening will include reprises of two of this season’s most popular works, Alejandro Cerrudo’s Little mortal jump, and Jessica Lang’s The Calling. Other selections for the evening include excerpts from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, Price Suddarth’s world premiere Signature, and Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit, among others.The evening also celebrates the careers of PNB’s departing dancers: In addition to the previously announced retirement of corps de ballet member Jessika Anspach, the Season Encore performance will also be the audience’s chance to offer a fond farewell to soloist Kylee Kitchens. The Season Encore Performance will be presented one night only, Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street. Tickets may be purchased exclusively through the PNB Box Office (206.441.2424, online at PNB.org, or in person at 301 Mercer Street at Seattle Center.)“We are pleased to pay tribute to two longstanding members of the Company with this year’s Season Encore performance,” said PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal. “We are also afforded an opportunity to look back at favorite works from the past season and savor them for the last time. With too many triumphs to include, I’m forced to pick a few highlights. From Clara’s new dress to Price’s new Signature, this was a season to remember. World premieres, company premieres, and role debuts plus Jessika and Kylee’s poignant farewell performances will make for one of the most exciting and emotional nights of the year.”“I dreamt of joining PNB ever since I was 11 years old, when I went to see the company perform Cinderella near my hometown in California,” said Ms. Kitchens, when announcing her retirement. “That dream was realized when Kent Stowell and Francia Russell hired me from the professional division at PNB School and I have had the honor of dancing with this incredible company for the past 16 years. I have come to a point in my life where I feel it is time to end this career which I have been so fortunate to have. I will carry with me so many unforgettable moments on stage and in the studios. I have had the privilege of dancing and working with this extraordinary group of people, and I have been and will continue to be inspired by so many of these wonderful artists. While I'll be stepping off of the stage I'll be stepping into a new adventure with my son Simon and husband Steve. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart to everyone who has supported me and this beloved company of mine.”“Kylee has brought true elegance and quiet power to our stage for over 16 years,” continued Mr. Boal. “She arrived in our Professional Division in 1998 and quickly caught the eye of Francia Russell. I was proud to promote Kylee to soloist in 2012. Though she might be pegged for more lyrical roles, Kylee has never shied away from a challenge evidenced in her fearless attack in Ulysses Dove’s Vespers and her mastery of the fluid contusions of Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort. She proved herself a true comedienne in Jerome Robbins’ The Concert and Kylian’s Sechs Tanze, and I will not forget her Jardí Tancat or her seductress in Afternoon of a Faun. Kylee was a mainstay of the corps for many years, but watching the inner artist bloom over the past few years has yielded true rewards for all of us. She will be missed, but not by son Simon, who now gets to see quite a bit more of his leading lady.” (See below for further information.)The line-up for the 2015-2016 Season Encore Performance includes: After the Rain pas de deuxMusic: Arvo PärtChoreography: Christopher WheeldonThe CallingMusic: Anonymous, 12th-13th centuryChoreography: Jessica LangLittle mortal jumpMusic: Beirut, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, Desplat, Glass, Richter, Waits, BrennanChoreography: Alejandro CerrudoMozartiana (excerpt)Music: Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine TrustGeorge Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ (excerpt)Music: Peter Ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine TrustSignature (excerpt)Music: Barret AnspachChoreography: Price SuddarthSum Stravinsky (excerpt)Music: Igor StravinskyChoreography: Kiyon GainesWaiting at the Station (excerpt)Music: Allen ToussaintChoreography: Twyla TharpYear of the Rabbit (excerpt)Music: Sufjan StevensChoreography: Justin Peck Link to comment
Helene Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 TICKETS & INFORMATION Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore Performance will be performed one night only, Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 pm at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street at Seattle Center. Tickets range in price from $30 to $180 (PNB subscribers receive 20% off) and may be purchased through the PNB Box Office: · By calling 206.441.2424 (Mon.-Fri. 10am–6pm; Sat. 10am–5pm) · In person at 301 Mercer Street, Seattle (Mon.-Fri. 10am–6pm; Sat. 10am–5pm) · Online 24/7 at our website, pnb.org · 90 minutes prior to the performance at McCaw Hall, subject to availability. Please Note: No student/senior rush tickets or Teen Tix discounts are available for this performance. ABOUT THE ARTIST Kylee Kitchens is from Laguna Hills, California. She trained at Westside Ballet Academy, where she studied with Yvonne Mounsey and Rosemary Valaire, and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined PNB as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000 and was promoted to soloist in 2012. Ms. Kitchens has performed leading roles in George Balanchine’s Agon, Apollo, Coppélia (Prayer), Divertimento No. 15, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream (Titania, Helena), George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Arabian, Dewdrop), and Serenade; Peter Boal’s Giselle (Moyna); Val Caniparoli’s The Seasons; Merce Cunningham’s Inlets 2; David Dawson’s A Million Kisses to My Skin; Ulysses Dove’s Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Serious Pleasures and Vespers; Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat; Kiyon Gaines’ Sum Stravinsky; Paul Gibson’s Sense of Doubt and The Piano Dance; Jiri Kylian’s Forgotten Land, Petite Mort, and Sechs Tänze (Six Dances); Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette (Rosaline); Mark Morris’ A Garden, Kammermusik No. 3, and Pacific; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Cylindrical Shadows; Crystal Pite’s Emergence; Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, The Concert, and Fancy Free; Kent Stowell’s Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), Firebird, Nutcracker (Clara, Flora, Peacock), Quaternary, Silver Lining, and Swan Lake (Pas de trois, Persian Dance); Twyla Tharp’s Brief Fling, In the Upper Room, and Opus 111; and Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux and Polyphonia. She originated a leading role in Margaret Mullin’s Lost in Light, and in 2003, Lynne Taylor-Corbett re-choreographed the second movement of Mercury for Ms. Kitchens. She has also been featured in Balanchine’s Apollo, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Diamonds, and La Valse; Trisha Brown’s Spanish Dance; William Forsythe’s Artifact II; Ronald Hynd’s The Sleeping Beauty (White Cat); Peter Martins’ Fearful Symmetries; Marius Petipa’s Paquita; Kent Stowell’s Carmina Burana and Cinderella, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; and Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance). Ms. Kitchens danced in the BBC’s 1999 film version of PNB’s production of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filmed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. In 2005, she performed Petipa’s Paquita as a guest artist with Los Angeles Ballet. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Peter Boal is staging the Preghiera movement of Balanchine's "Mozartiana" for Jessika Anspach, and Kylee Kitchens will dance "After the Rain 'Pas de Deux;" with Seth Orza for this program. PNB posted a link to this 2013 video from Vail with Kitchens and Orza: https://www.facebook.com/PNBallet/videos/vb.21358443951/10153869192803952/ It looks like Alan Dameron (piano) and Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin) are the musicians. Link to comment
Helene Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Casting is up for the program:Sum Stravinsky 1st Movement Generosa, Griffiths The Calling Wald Year of the Rabbit Year of Our Lord Pantastico, Griffiths Mozartiana Preghiera Anspach Little mortal jump Murphy,WaldMacy, J. TisserandMerchant, MooreAdomaitis, DavisLochPoppe GEORGE BALANCHINES THE NUTCRACKER® Overture/Act Two Opening to Dance of the Sugar Plum FairyMurphy Signature 1st Movement Clark, L. Tisserand, Rausch. Love Suddarth. Biasucci, Macy, Mullin, Ricard Orza, Adomaitis, Grant, Cruz, J. Tisserand, Wald. Thomson, Davis After the Rain Pas De Deux Kitchens, Orza Waiting at the Station Epilogue MooreSuddarthPantastico, Lin-YeeL. Tisserand, Porretta https://www.pnb.org/season/15-16/encore/ Link to comment
Helene Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 PNB sent an email promo today announcing a "flash sale" on tickets to Season Encores: 50% off until noon on Saturday, June 11. There's no promo code in the email. I'm having issues reaching the PNB site, but I'd guess that the discount is included in the ticket prices on the website. Link to comment
sandik Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Just noticed the heading of this thread -- the show starts at 6:30, not at 6. Link to comment
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