Pacific Northwest Ballet’s free streaming of Season Encore Performance

Pacific Northwest Ballet celebrates its 50th Anniversary and salutes the career of departing dancer Lesley Rausch on Sunday 11 June 2023.

The Season Encore Performance will be streamed live at 6:30 pm Pacific (which is 3.30 in the morning in Europe Rome/Paris, but catch-up may be available).

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Artistic Director, Peter Boal, announced the line-up for the company's 2022-2023 gala, a crowd-pleasing reprise of audience favourites from PNB's repertoire, and a bittersweet but celebratory salute to the career of retiring principal dancer Lesley Rausch.

The programme will feature PNB's entire company and orchestra and includes several works by George Balanchine, as well as Alejandro Cerrudo, Kiyon Ross, Penny Saunders, and Kent Stowell, among others.

The Season Encore Performance is a one-night-only affair in Seattle: live-streaming at www.PNB.org/season/season-encore

The line-up for Pacific Northwest Ballet's 2022-23 Season Encore Performance includes:

Wonderland (excerpt)
Music: Michael Wall, Jean-Philippe Goude, Hugues Le Bars, Erik Satie, Camille Saint-Saens, Stephen Foster
Choreography: Penny Saunders

Duo Concertant (excerpts)
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Black on Black on Black (excerpt)
Music: Oliver Coates; Hidden Orchestra; Natalia Tsupryk; Parra for Cuva; Timber Timbre
Choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo

Giselle (Peasant pas de deux)
Music: Adolphe Adam, with additional music by Friedrich Burgmuller, Riccardo Drigo, and Ludwig Minkus
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, with additional choreography by Peter Boal

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (excerpt)
Music: Richard Rodgers
Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

…throes of increasing wonder (excerpt)
Music: Cristina Spinei
Choreography: Kiyon Ross

A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpt)
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Swan Lake (excerpt, Act II)
Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Kent Stowell

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