Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest Ballet

Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes on Ballet on Broadway. He talks about the climactic moment in Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance), reminds us about the ballet-within-a-play concept of Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and has a few stories about Jerome Robbins' reputation for being a strict task-master.

Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) introduces the three ballets included in Director's Choice: David Dawson's Empire Noir, William Forsythe's New Suite and Jessica Lang's Her Door to the Sky.

Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) discusses Jean-Christophe Maillot's Cendrillon. He talks about the evolution of full-length story ballets and the way Maillot's Cendrillon is different from your traditional Cinderella.

Doug Fullington talks about how we became the first company to perform Brief Fling music with a live orchestra, how the couples in Forgotten Land could be seen as the various stages of a relationship, and the amazing speed with which George Balanchine choreographed Stravinsky Violin Concerto, in honor of the death of Igor Stravinsky.

Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Tricolore (Benjamin Millepied's 3 Movements, Appassionata and George Balanchine's Symphony in C).

Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of American Stories (George Balanchine's Square Dance, Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and Twyla Tharp's Waiting at the Station).

Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of George Balanchine's Coppélia.

Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Director's Choice (Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit, Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump, and Paul Gibson's Rush).

Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.