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A Superb Reprise of ‘Don Quixote’ at PNB

Philippa Kiraly — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 00:18:36 +0000

For those who saw Pacific Northwest Ballet’s performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quixote three years ago, it is a welcome return. For those who missed it then it’s a chance now to see—and as of now the only place in the U.S. that you are able to see—this colorful, sparkling production. Actually, Ratmansky is not … Continue reading →

At Ratmansky’s Don Quixote at PNB, the Dazzle is in the Details

Michael van Baker — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:49:50 +0000

Everything is an occasion for a dance, and by the close, you are almost over-stuffed with petit pas, pas de chat, pas de bourré, grand jeté, fouetté.... You're dizzy with pirouettes. Can they possibly be reappearing for more? The story has been long ago left behind, there is only this paroxysm of dance, building from the precisely pointed feet stepping across the stage in Act I, to the endless pirouettes and leaps of Act III's conclusion.

Ratmansky’s Don Quixote at PNB Stars Actor Tom Skerritt as the Manchegan

Philippa Kiraly — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:47:35 +0000

“I loved the fact that Ratmansky wanted actors to do Don Quixote himself and Sancho Panza,” says Boal. Ratmansky used a comedy duo in Amsterdam, but Boal knew personally a Seattle actor, famous for his TV and movie roles, and now deeply involved in working to encourage film arts here. Tom Skerritt, he thought, would be the perfect fit, even the physical resemblance. (Skerritt is quite tall, thin, craggy-faced and even the right age, not far off 80.) “My first reaction, when Peter suggested it, was a big smile,” says Skerritt.