by Sarah McKenna Barry | Nov 25, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Everything "Nutcracker", Pointe+
Even to those on the periphery of the ballet world, The Nutcracker’s Sugar Plum Fairy is a familiar character. She appears on Christmas ornaments, wrapping paper, and on the pages of children’s storybooks. The celesta music that accompanies her variation is used in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 31, 2019 | Profiles
We might be biased, but we think that ballet dancers are unusually good at Halloween. After all, they wear costumes for a living, are familiar with elaborate hair and makeup techniques and own leotards in most colors of the rainbow (the perfect base for any costume)....
by Marcie Sillman | May 31, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2016 issue of Pointe. On any given day, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s rehearsal studios are filled with ballerinas decked out in a rainbow of colorful, innovative leotards—many designed and hand-sewn by...
by Pointe Magazine | Dec 1, 2015 | Company Life
Christmas came early this year for Elizabeth Murphy. Last Friday, the Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer made her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the company premiere of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. But the excitement didn’t stop there. Just...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Two years ago, Elizabeth Murphy was in the corps of Pacific Northwest Ballet (check out Dance Magazine’s feature of Murphy in August 2013) and sewing leotards for her friends as a hobby. Today, Murphy’s dance career has taken leaps and bounds—both...