On June 11 at 6:30 pm at McCaw Hall in Seattle and livestreaming across devices around the world, Pacific Northwest Ballet presents Season Encore, the finale to their 2022-2023 season.
The entire company, accompanied by the Emil de Cou conducted PNB Orchestra, will reprise excerpts from some of the most favorite ballets featured throughout the current season.
This one-night only performance of ballets by George Balanchine, Alejandro Cerrudo, Kiyon Ross, Penny Saunders, and Kent Stowell, will also celebrate the career of Principal Dancer Lesley Rausch, who will retire on this very evening.
Season Encore Program
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
Featured Photo of Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lesley Rausch from company website. Photo © Angela Sterling.
