Get Out: Carmina Burana @ PNB
Are you looking at that? It's the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of Carmina Burana, and that's an entire choir behind the giganto Illuminati-looking sculpture hanging from the ceiling. The sheer scale of this piece has us salivating, the chanting backdrop to Carl Orff's seminal composition coursing through our veins and pounding in our head. Choreographed by Kent Stowell, former PNB artistic co-director and epic brewer of ballet dramas, Burana kicks off the "Celebrate Seattle Festival" on Thursday evening, and we are giddy with anticipation.
The other piece featured is Pacific by Mark Morris, another Seattle native who is the Hillary of the dance world: you either love him or hate him. Seattlest loves Mark Morris. He choreographed Pacific in 1995 for the United We Dance Festival, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House. We are expecting water metaphors and numerous nods to Asian cultures across the pond.
Celebrate Seattle Festival
Weeks 1 & 2, Carmina Burana and Pacific
April 5-15, every evening @ 7:30
Tickets: $18-$145
Photo credit: Angela Sterling
