Choreography with the camera in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Rep 2

By Annie Nikunen, 17 November 2020

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“solo piano enhanced the solitude, and the body was its echo, filling the pauses as it rang”

Reviewed at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle on 16 November 2020

Wonderland (World premiere) (Penny Saunders)

Waterbaby Bagatelles (Excerpt) (Twyla Tharp)

Arms (Susan Marshall)

Ghost Variations (World premiere) (Jessica Lang)

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Christopher D'Ariano, Dancer

Angelica Generosa, Dancer

Elle Macy, Dancer

Elizabeth Murphy, Dancer

Lucien Postlewaite, Dancer

Yuki Takahashi, Dancer

Dylan Wald, Dancer

Genevieve Waldorf, Dancer

Leah Terada, Dancer

Miles Pertl, Dancer

Leta Biasucci, Dancer

Kyle Davis, Dancer

Jerome Tisserand, Dancer

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Annie Nikunen

A NYC-based flutist, composer, writer and radio broadcaster, Annie studies composition/music theory at Barnard College, Columbia University, and flute at Manhattan School of Music. She performs contemporary, classical, jazz, Taizè and film styles, and is a founding member of Blackbox Ensemble. Annie has written for International Contemporary Ensemble, Yarn/Wire and Fonema Consort, among others. A ballet dancer of many years, she loves researching sound-body connections. She is a DJ and former Business Manager/Classical Head at WKCR, hosting a show highlighting contemporary ballet music of New York City Ballet and lesser-known orchestral/choral/flute repertoire.