The Nutcracker is back this holiday season, and it's ditching racist caricatures Covid precautions have led to a new way of performing the Nutcracker ballet. But there's another big change that has nothing to do with Covid: the character of the Chinese Tea dancer, which plays on racist stereotypes about Asian people, won’t be in this year’s production. Clare McGrane Patricia Murphy
PNB launches program to foster female choreographers Many ballet dancers are women, but far fewer women actually create the dances we see onstage. Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet school wants to help... Marcie Sillman
A longtime partnership reunites, to Seattle's dancing delight Lucien Postlewaite remembers exactly how he felt the first time he danced with Noelani Pantastico. “I was this young boy,” he recalls. “I’d always... Marcie Sillman
Hard corps: The baddest dancers you never heard of Gorgeous photos and gifs of Pacific Northwest Ballet's corps de ballet. Marcie Sillman
Seattle's hardest working dancers you've never heard of Rock stars have back up bands. Most Broadway musicals have a chorus. The ballet version of these supporting artists is the corps de ballet; "corps" is... Marcie Sillman
Meet Seattle's real life Billy Elliot The hit musical, “Billy Elliot,” tells the story of a British coal miner’s son who dreams of being a ballet dancer. Billy has to keep that dream secret... Marcie Sillman
Pacific Northwest Ballet Takes A New Stage: A Courtroom UPDATE: On Monday, Jan. 25, King County Superior Court Judge Theresa Doyle ruled against Pacific Northwest Ballet. The judge said Sound Transit may use... Marcie Sillman
The Tiny Dancer Who Became A Big Star In Seattle A dancer stands alone on the stage. He is dressed in black tights only; his bare chest is broad and muscular. As the bassoonist plays the first plaintiv... Marcie Sillman
Why Shaking Up Seattle's 'Nutcracker' Is So Risky You take a chance any time you swap out an old favorite for something new. Make a change during the holiday season and a nonprofit arts group could risk... Marcie Sillman
See New 'Nutcracker' Costumes At Pacific Northwest Ballet The winter holidays are months away, but at Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers and crew are working at a fever pitch on the annual production of "The... Marcie Sillman
