Ballet on Broadway

Our final production of the season features three choreographers equally at home on Broadway and at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Here, all three combine a knack for storytelling with superb dancing, and a bit of jazz for good measure. Twyla Tharp's Waiting at the Station, made for PNB in 2013, welcomes you to 1940’s New Orleans to the sweet strains of Allen Toussaint’s custom score. Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance) takes inspiration from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, and Susan Stroman’s TAKE FIVE...More or Less brings a jazz classic to life in a piece The Seattle Times calls “pure dance, and pure joy.”


PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Carousel (A Dance)
Music: Richard Rodgers
Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
Costume Design: Holly Hynes
Lighting Design: Mark Stanley


TAKE FIVE…More or Less
Music: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond
Choreography: Susan Stroman
Costume Design: William Ivey Long
Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli


Waiting at the Station
Music: Allen Toussaint
Choreography: Twyla Tharp
Staging: Kiyon Ross
Scenic Design: Santo Loquasto
Costume Design: Santo Loquasto
Lighting Design: James F. Ingalls

Photo © Angela Sterling