Not a huge college basketball fan? Yeahhhh…me neither. But I can’t help feeling a little left out come March, when it seems like everyone in the world is busy keeping tabs on some elaborate March Madness bracket. Enter Pacific Northwest Ballet, the company that’s already proven it knows how to make the dance and sports […]
Those of us in NYC were lucky enough to catch Pacific Northwest Ballet in performance last week. I’m totally jealous of Seattle audiences right now, because this company is amazing! I’m still recovering from the brilliant dancing in on the contemporary program, which included David Dawson’s A Million Kisses to My Skin, William Forsythe’s The […]
Körbes in Swan Lake (photo by Angela Sterling, courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet) Carla Körbes’ Words of Wisdom After an illustrious career at Pacific Northwest Ballet, ballerina Carla Körbes is leaving the company this June. But as sad as it is to say goodbye, the happy news is Körbes, who’s been a PNB principal since 2006, […]
Körbes looking impossibly beautiful in “Diamonds” from Jewels (photo by Angela Sterling, courtesy PNB) We still can’t quite believe Carla Körbes is retiring. The gorgeous ballerina—who has been a principal at Pacific Northwest Ballet for much of her career—announced last fall that her June 7 performance with PNB would be her last. The news came […]
The marketing department at Pacific Northwest Ballet has been going absolutely nuts, posting tons of photos of the company during their latest run of Swan Lake. And of course, we love it. Keep ’em coming, folks. With beloved ballerina Carla Körbes retiring at the end of the season, this is the last Swan Lake she’ll […]
In a battle of East Coast vs. West Coast, who reigns supreme? For many Americans, the answer to this question came on February 1, when the New England Patriots (#teameast) defeated the Seattle Seahawks (#teamwest) in Superbowl XLIX. But the dancers among us were not so sure. Earlier this week, we raved about Pacific Northwest […]
We don’t generally think of ballet directors as “fun.” But Peter Boal, artistic director of Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet, has broken the mold. In fact, a recent YouTube video proves that he is possibly the most fun, most good-spirited, most trash-talkiest AD out there. But I’m getting ahead of myself. And the award for Best […]
Wouldn’t it be great if our favorite dancers could just continue dancing forever? I mean, retirement, shmetirement—we can’t bear to see the good ones go! We’re still reeling from New York City Ballet’s announcement about Wendy Whelan a few months ago, and on Thursday, Pacific Northwest Ballet dropped this doozy: Beloved principal Carla Körbes will […]