Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest Ballet

Cendrillon (2016-2017 Season)

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.

Brief Fling (2016-2017 Season)

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.

Tricolore (2016-2017 Season)

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).

American Stories (2015-2016 Season)

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).

Coppélia (2015-2016 Season)

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

Director's Choice (2015-2016 Season)

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).

Romeo et Juliette (2015-2016 Season)

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