Konora climbed the pre-professional ballet ladder up to
Pacific Northwest Balletâs Professional Division. Along the way, she danced iconic roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy and Cinderella. Sheâs now a full-scholarship trainee at Ballet Idaho, hoping her dreams donât fade in COVIDâs shadow.
Konoraâs mother taught creativ
Once Upon a Dance, created during the pandemic, is a mother-daughter collaboration.
Konora climbed the pre-professional ballet ladder up to
Pacific Northwest Balletâs Professional Division. Along the way, she danced iconic roles such as Sugar Plum Fairy and Cinderella. Sheâs now a full-scholarship trainee at Ballet Idaho, hoping her dreams donât fade in COVIDâs shadow.
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Advocacy group wants to see more Asian dancers on the stage, and more Asian choreographers on the program
By Anying GuoThe Washington Post
Erin Baiano
Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin, the founders of Final Bow for Yellowface, an organization dedicated to eliminating offensive Asian stereotypes in dance, had been working on their virtual choreography festival for months when something suddenly shifted their focus: a shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them Asian.
The pair knew they had to respond, pulling people in their Asian creative community together to air fears and unload the emotional baggage from a year of increased hate crimes against Asians across the country.
Stagehands in front of the Paramount Theatre Credit: Courtesy of Caroline Anne and Artpunk Photography
When theatres went dark, stagehands worked to keep their unique community protected May 07, 2021
Theatres and other performance spaces around Seattle have been shuttered for over a year now. Many of us miss the magic of attending a live performance, but how often do we think about the people behind the scenes?
This interview has been edited for clarity.
Kim Malcolm: Remind us of what it was like when the performing arts spaces shut down back in March of 2020.
Crystal Paul: In other industries, it was pretty slow. There were some options for people. There was takeout for restaurants. People were kind of trying to navigate some things. For theater techs, it was literally one day they were hard at work, and the next thatâs it, thatâs a wrap. They turned off the lights and walked out. They set down their tools, and that was it.
PNB s Digital Season continues from May 6th to May 10th 2021 with a delightful archival recording from 2016 of PNB s production of George Balanchine s Coppélia , choreographed by Mr. B and Alexandra Danilova to the music of Léo Delibes. Back in 2014, I wrote a BWW Dance review of the ballet as danced by the New York City Ballet, and I can attest that PNB s production is equally superb. Digital tickets are available at https://order.pnb.org/digital/rep5. I promise that the whole family will enjoy this comedic ballet that is replete with first-rate dancing, charming mime, and well trained youngsters from the Pacific Northwest Ballet School.
Final Bow for Yellowface’s “10,000 Dreams” virtual festival focuses on promoting the work of marginalized choreographers and holding dance companies accountable.