Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest Ballet
Episodes
PNB Company Dancer Lucien Postlewaite - PNB Conversation Series
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Artistic Director Peter Boal and retiring PNB Principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite in conversation ahead of Rep 4 in PNB's 2025/26 Season, FI...
Rep 3 - Kent Stowell's Cinderella (2025-26 Season)
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
PNB collaborator Doug Fullington talks through the history of the Cinderella story in ballet form. His Ballet Talk touches on Sergei Prokofiev's scor...
Rep 2 - AfterTime, The Window, In the Upper Room (2025/26 Season)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk for PNB's IN THE UPPER ROOM program. Doug talks through IN THE UPPER ROOM's triple-bill production includ...
Rep 1 - George Balanchine's Jewels (2025/26 Season)
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first rep of Pacific Northwest Ballet's 2025/26 season marked the return of George Balanchine’s Jewels to the stage after an eight-year hiatus. ...
Rep 6 - ...throes of increasing wonder, cracks, Nine Sinatra Songs (2024/25)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen along as dance historian Doug Fullington takes the Ballet Talk audience through the three works featured in Pacific Northwest Ballet's final pe...
Choreographer Rena Butler - PNB Conversation Series
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this episode featuring Pacific Northwest Ballet Associate Artistic Director Kiyon Ross in conversation with choreographer Rena Butler ahead of t...
Premiering Roméo et Juliette dancers Angelica Generosa, Dylan Wald, Luther DeMyer, Kuu Sakuragi - PNB Conversation Series
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Christophe Maillot’s contemporary version of Roméo et Juliette requires that dancers tap into unique skills of storytelling. Converge Media ...
Rep 5 - Roméo et Juliette (2024/25)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen as guest Ballet Talk lecturer Anne Searcy takes an introductory tour through PNB's fifth repertory program of the 2024/25 Season, Jean-Christop...
Building a New Work with Price Suddarth and Collaborators - PNB Conversation Series
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to local Seattle arts journalist Marcie Sillman in conversation with PNB Company dancer Price Suddarth and collaborators on his new ballet Dawn...
Rep 4 - Emergence (2024/25)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk for PNB's EMERGENCE program. Doug talks through EMERGENCE's quadruple-bill production including the premi...
Rep 3 - The Sleeping Beauty (2024/25)
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join dance historian and The Sleeping Beauty stager Doug Fullington as he introduces Pacific Northwest Ballet's brand new production of The Sleeping...
Rep 2 - All Balanchine (2024/25 Season)
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dance historian Doug Fullington gives an ALL BALANCHINE overview. He covers the brief histories of George Balanchine and his legacy, including the fou...
Premiering Prodigal Sons with Jonathan Batista and Kuu Sakuragi - PNB Conversation Series
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Peter Boal in conversation with two PNB dancers dancing the titular role in George Balanchine's Prodigal Son for the first time. Jonathan B...
Hispanic Heritage Month Panel
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, and in partnership with Casa Latina Seattle, El Centro de La Raza, Joyas Mestizas, KEXP, and Union Cultural ...
Rep 1 - The Times Are Racing (2024/25 Season)
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington introduces PNB's 2024/25 Season with our first performances of the year, THE TIMES ARE RACING. This program includes Edwaard Liang's ...
Resident Choreographer Jessica Lang - PNB Conversation Series
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen and learn more about PNB's new Resident Choreographer Jessica Lang! Artistic director Peter Boal interviewed Lang ahead of the premiere of her ...
Rep 6 - Coppélia (2023/24 Season)
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen and enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk on George Balanchine's Coppélia. Fullington recaps this comedic ballet, its history, ...
Retiring Rehearsal Director Otto Neubert - PNB Conversation Series
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Doug Fullington as he interviews PNB's retiring rehearsal director Otto Neubert and PNB School students performing in our final production of the...
Rep 5 - The Seasons' Canon (2023/24 Season)
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join dance historian Doug Fullington as he takes us through the three works of Pacific Northwest Ballet's THE SEASONS' CANON. On stage this rep are T...
Retiring Dancer James Yoichi Moore - PNB Conversation Series
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and retiring PNB Principal dancer James Yoichi Moore talk about the ins and outs of James' caree...
Rep 4 - One Thousand Pieces (2023/24 Season)
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington talks PNB audience members through the exciting double-bill program consisting of Matthew Neenan's Bacchus and Alejandro Cerrudo's O...
PNB Orchestra - PNB Conversation Series
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PNB's music director and principal conductor Emil de Cou moderates this Dress Rehearsal Conversation with four members of the PNB Orchestra. Michael J...
Rep 3 - Swan Lake (2023/24 Season)
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pacific Northwest Ballet welcomes a new host of our pre-show Ballet Talk series, Dr. Anne Searcy! Anne is an Assistant Professor of Music History at t...
Lucien Postlewaite & James Kirby Rogers - PNB Conversation Series
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PNB's associate artistic director Kiyon Ross moderates this Dress Rehearsal Conversation with two PNB Principal dancers. Lucien Postlewaite and James ...
Rep 2 - Love & Loss (2023/24 Season)
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join dance historian Doug Fullington as he takes us through the three works of Pacific Northwest Ballet's second production of the 2023/24 season, LOV...
Donald Byrd & Dani Rowe - PNB Conversation Series
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PNB artistic director Peter Boal moderates this Dress Rehearsal Conversation with choreographers Donald Byrd and Dani Rowe. Both Byrd and Rowe have...
Rep 1 - Petite Mort (2023/24 Season)
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to PNB's 2023/24 Season opener, PETITE MORT. We’ve packed as much whimsy, artistry, and drama as possible into our 2023/24 season opener. B...
Rep 6 - WORLDS TO COME (2022-23 Season)
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Doug Fullington introducing the final program of PNB's 50th Anniversary Season, WORLDS TO COME. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hal...
Edwaard Liang, Kiyon Ross, & Oliver Davis - PNB Conversation Series
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoy this Dress Rehearsal Conversation for the closing rep of PNB's 50th Anniversary season, WORLDS TO COME. This conversation between choreographers...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2022-2023)
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Doug Fullington's pre-performance talk for George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, he outlines the plot of the ballet (based on the Shakes...
Giselle (2022-2023 Season)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington takes our audience through ballet's preeminent ghost story, Giselle. Fullington talks about the origins of the ballet including the ...
In Observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Panel Discussion
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, PNB hosted a Community Open House in partnership with Holocaust Center for Humanity, the Jew...
Rep 2 - The Seasons’ Canon (2022-2023 Season)
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Doug Fullington introducing our second program of the 2022-2023 Season. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in McCaw Hall in Seattle...
Crystal Pite - PNB’s Conversation Series
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of PNB's Conversation Series features choreographer Crystal Pite. She and PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal talk about community and ment...
Rep 1 - Carmina Burana (2022-2023 Season)
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Doug Fullington in kicking off Pacific Northwest Ballet's 50th Anniversary Season with CARMINA BURANA. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lectur...
Alexei Ratmansky - PNB’s Conversation Series
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
PNB's Dress Rehearsal Conversation series returns! Enjoy this conversation between PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal and choreographer Alexei Ratmansky...
Rep 6 - All Tharp (2021-22 Season)
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington closes out PNB's 2021-22 Season with an overview of our final rep of the season, ALL THARP. ALL THARP features three of the many varie...
Swan Lake (2021/22 Season)
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at McCaw Hall, enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk about Kent Stowell's Swan Lake. Fullington covers a brief history of the ba...
Rep 4 - Plot Points (2021-2022 Season)
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington talks all things PLOT POINTS, PNB's fourth rep of the 2021-2022 Season. Fullington's pre-performance talk from the Saturday night show...
Ballet Talk Roméo et Juliette (2021-22 Season)
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Doug Fullington's opening night talk about Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette. Fullington talks through the history of the ballet...
Rep 2 - Beyond Ballet (2021-22 Season)
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ballet Talk is back in person! This episode was recorded was recorded on opening night of PNB's second rep of the 2021/22 Season, BEYOND BALLET. Forme...
Rep 1-Singularly Cerrudo (2021/22 Season)
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join PNB's former Manager of Audience Education Doug Fullington in kicking off the 2021/22 season with SINGULARLY CERRUDO. The triple bill celebrates ...
Rep 6 (Digital Season)
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington talks about PNB's conclusion of our first-ever digital season with two world premiere works choreographed, rehearsed, and filmed exclu...
Coppelia (2020-2021 Digital Season)
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk on George Balanchine's CoppĂ©lia. Â
Rep 4 (2020-2021 Digital Season)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk for Rep 4 of PNB's Digital Season features your behind the scenes look at Doris Duke Artist award winner...
Rep 2 (2020-2021 Digital Season)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington is back to guide us through his Ballet Talk for Rep 2 of PNB's Digital Season. Rep 2 celebrates a lineage of female choreographers ea...
Rep 1 (2020-2021 Digital Season)
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington kicks off Pacific Northwest Ballet's first rep of our digital season. Rep 1 features solos and socially distanced gems from Kent Stowe...
Roméo et Juliette (2020-2021 Digital Season)
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.
Q & A - Music Librarian, Mona Butler
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mona Butler has been a bassoonist in Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra since the orchestra was founded in 1989, and PNB's Music Librarian since the p...
Themes & Variations (2018-2019 Season)
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Price Suddarth was the youngest choreographer to create a work for Pacific Northwest Ballet - we're happy to have Signature back this season....
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2018-2019 Season)
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have performed A Midsummer Nights' Dream over 100 times in the history of  Pacific Northwest Ballet, we have taken it on tour to many places inclu...
Q & A - Costume Shop Manager, Larae Hascall
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After 36-years of working in the PNB costume shop, Larae Hascall has some stories to tell. In her final season as Costume Shop Manager, we get to ask ...
Director's Choice (2018-2019 Season)
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington always has the inside scoop on all things PNB: we learn why Bacchus’ costumes are hues of purple, his admiration of Alicia Walter’...
The Sleeping Beauty (2018-2019 Season)
02 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No one is better suited to take you through the rich history of The Sleeping Beauty than Doug Fullington. He explains the "Vision Scene" and how it em...
All Premiere (2018-2019 Season)
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The ALL PREMIERE program includes three new-to-Seattle dance works and Doug Fullington, Audience Education Manager gives you all the information you n...
Love & Ballet (2017-2018 Season)
02 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington brings you the behind the scenes of LOVE & BALLET. All four of these ballets were choreographed in the last 13 years, Christopher Whe...
Emergence (2017-2018 Season)
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington dives into the histories and complexities of this mixed bill (called EMERGENCE) that includes Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jum...
Director's Choice (2017-2018 Season)
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington, our Audience Education Manager, talks about how Ezra Thomson's world premiere, The Perpetual State, is inspired by the real-life pas...
Swan Lake (2017-2018 Season)
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager Doug Fullington changes up the regular lecture format, and dedicates the 30-minutes of Ballet Talk to a Q&A for the attend...
Her Story (2017-2018 Season)
04 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington shines the light on the unique-to-PNB works in Her Story. While Peter Boal did not intend to create a repertory including exclusively ...
Q&A with Crystal Pite
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We were fortunate to have choreographer Crystal Pite in our studios for 4 weeks as she choreographed and reworked Plot Point. Originally choreograph...
Jewels (2017-2018 Season)
25 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know the first performance of Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds a) wasn't even called Jewels and b) was on a mixed bill that included Pro...
Pictures at an Exhibition (2016-2017 Season)
03 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes on the last rep of our season, Pictures at an Exhibition. George Balanchine choreographed La Source to hel...
Q&A with Wendy Whelan
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Boal does a Q&A with Wendy Whelan, chatting about her first staging experience (with Ratmansky's Pictures at an Exhibition), her new documenta...
Ballet on Broadway (2016-2017 Season)
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
Director's Choice (2016-2017 Season)
18 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) introduces the three ballets included in Director's Choice: David Dawson's Empire Noir, William For...
Cendrillon (2016-2017 Season)
11 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) discusses Jean-Christophe Maillot's Cendrillon. He talks about the evolution of full-length story ...
Brief Fling (2016-2017 Season)
07 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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 coul...
Tricolore (2016-2017 Season)
10 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Tricolore (Benjamin Millepied's 3 Movements, Appassionata and George Balanc...
American Stories (2015-2016 Season)
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of American Stories (George Balanchine's Square Dance, Jerome Robbins' Fancy ...
Coppélia (2015-2016 Season)
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of George Balanchine's Coppélia.
Director's Choice (2015-2016 Season)
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Director's Choice (Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit, Alejandro Cerrudo's L...
Romeo et Juliette (2015-2016 Season)
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.