Get Out Saturday: Ballet Critic Greskovic Keeps It Simple

Pacific Northwest Ballet has been putting on a terrific series of educational events the last few weeks: there was the Twyla Tharp-narrated rehearsal of her two new works, and then Doug Fullington gave us firsthand foreign policy experience by showing us real Russian choreography.

That last was in a rehearsal studio at the Phelps Center and included PNB principals and the corps de ballet doing live excerpts, and if you missed it, you really missed out. Fullington has some of Russian-ballet poobah Petipa's notations for 1877's La Bayadère, and so what we saw is deemed a more "authentic" representation of what the Czar saw, and from about 20 feet away. Different than the McCaw Hall experience.

This Saturday there's Robert Greskovic, from the Wall Street Journal, with a Ballet 101 seminar, cunningly based on his popular book, Ballet 101: A complete guide to learning and loving the ballet. Count us in.

2:00–5:00 p.m. // PNB's Phelps Center, 301 Mercer Street // $20

Photo of Robert Greskovic by Beverley Gallegos