Welcome to the official podcast of Pacific Northwest Ballet, located in Seattle, WA. Join us for recordings of our Dress Rehearsal & Conversations events and Pre and Post-Show Q&A sessions with choreographers, composers, dancers, and other PNB guest artists.
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Doug Fullington talks through and answers audience questions about ALL LANG. ALL LANG is made up of three dance works by Jessica Lang: the PNB premiere of her showstopping, joy-fueled work ZigZag set to the songs of Tony Bennett, audience favorite Her Door to the Sky, and the moving Ghost Variations. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA on…
Join PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal in conversation with our Resident Choreographer Jessica Lang on the eve of the final performances of PNB's 2026/27 Season. ALL LANG is made up of three dance works by Jessica Lang: the PNB premiere of her showstopping, joy-fueled work ZigZag set to the songs of Tony Bennett, audience favorite Her Door to the Sky, and the moving Ghost Variations. Listen as…
Moderator Mari Horita ( Seattle Kraken , One Roof Foundation ) and panelists Caitlin Oiye Coon (Archives Director, Denshō ), James Yoichi Moore (Former PNB Principal Dancer, PNB School Faculty ), and AC Petersen ( Librettist, Lyricist, Playwright ) discuss how arts, culture, and storytelling can help to express identity and advance inclusion. Read more about Momotaro Community Day and the…
Doug Fullington takes our audience through ballet's preeminent ghost story, Giselle. Fullington talks about the origins of the ballet including the history of multiple versions of the ballet from France and Russia, in depth on Giselle's mad scene, PNB dancers premiering in new roles, and answer audience questions. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in…
Converge Media host Trae Holiday guests as moderator for the Dress Rehearsal Conversation ahead of PNB's fifth rep of the 2025/26 Season, Giselle. Listen as Trae interviews soloist Amanda Morgan and corps de ballet member Melisa Guilliams about their careers with Pacific Northwest Ballet and their experiences playing Myrtha, queen of the Wilis in Giselle. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family…
Doug Fullington introduces Pacific Northwest Ballet's fourth repertory of the 2025/26 season, FIREBIRD. On this triple bill program are Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump, Ulysses Dove's Red Angels, and Kent Stowell's Firebird. Doug covers Alejandro Cerrudo's residency at PNB, Peter Boal's history with Red Angels, fun facts about Firebird after a 20-year hiatus including Stravinsky conducting…
Listen to Artistic Director Peter Boal and retiring PNB Principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite in conversation ahead of Rep 4 in PNB's 2025/26 Season, FIREBIRD. The two cover a brief history of Lucien's life in dance, building his legacy at PNB and beyond, and passing along choreography in Ulysses S. Dove's Red Angels. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Seattle Center's Marion Oliver…
PNB collaborator Doug Fullington talks through the history of the Cinderella story in ballet form. His Ballet Talk touches on Sergei Prokofiev's score, Kent Stowell's choreographic vision for PNB's version of the ballet, PNB's costume archives, and more! The Seattle Times calls Kent Stowell’s Cinderella “warm and joyous and deeply moving.” This ballet combines the story you know and love with…
Enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk for PNB's IN THE UPPER ROOM program. Doug talks through IN THE UPPER ROOM's triple-bill production including the premiere of AfterTime, a new work by PNB Company dancers Amanda Morgan and Christopher D'Ariano; Dani Rowe's intimate trio The Window; and Twyla Tharp's ballet blockbuster, the mesmerizing In the Upper Room. Fullington talks through each work…
The first rep of Pacific Northwest Ballet's 2025/26 season marked the return of George Balanchine’s Jewels to the stage after an eight-year hiatus. This trio of ballets features glittering scenic and costume design by Jérôme Kaplan and a perfect assortment of quintessential choreography by George Balanchine. Emeralds evokes French elegance, Rubies brings the glamor and jazz of America, and…
