Pacific Northwest Ballet is back with four contemporary works

By Philippa Kiraly, 19 March 2022

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“Christopher D’Ariano and Leah Terada... were exquisite to watch”

Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 18 March 2022

The Times are Racing (Justin Peck)

Plot Point (Crystal Pite)

Before I Was (World premiere) (Robyn Mineko Williams)

Caught (David Parsons (Bass))

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Josh Archibald-Seiffer, Conductor

Emil de Cou, Conductor

Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra

Christopher D'Ariano, Dancer

Leah Terada, Dancer

Elle Macy, Dancer

Kyle Davis, Dancer

Elizabeth Murphy, Dancer

Lucien Postlewaite, Dancer

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Philippa Kiraly

Philippa Kiraly has writing classical music criticism since 1980, for several newspapers in northern Ohio and Seattle, magazines, both local and national, and blogs. She has covered dance in Seattle for a decade. Pippa has been steeped in classical music since early childhood and is passionate about the importance of independent criticism for the fine arts, an art in itself. Pippa is a keen gardener, a keen grandparent, and can get lost in a good book.

Plot Points: Pacific Northwest Ballet is back with four contemporary works