Pacific Northwest Ballet to Refresh Its "Nutcracker"

Pacific Northwest Ballet to Refresh Its "Nutcracker"

This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. This year, Pacific Northwest Ballet says good-bye to its time-honored Nutcracker. Choreographed by founding artistic director Kent Stowell—with sets and costumes designed by the...
Too Fat? Too Thin? Too Tall? Too Short?

Too Fat? Too Thin? Too Tall? Too Short?

Interviews by Christopher Blank, Rosie Gaynor and Nancy Wozny A firestorm of controversy over recent reviews that singled out dancers’ bodies for criticism has raised the question of whether body type still matters in today’s ballet world. Does...
Too Fat? Too Thin? Too Tall? Too Short?

Of Myths and Men

MYTH: The guys in ballet are all gay. “Let’s just say guys in ballet are guys. And some are gay, and they’re great; some aren’t, and they’re great. They’re all just humans, like the rest of us.” —Peter Boal, artistic...
Too Fat? Too Thin? Too Tall? Too Short?

Chutzpah

What is it that makes certain performers magnetic? This past weekend I saw Pacific Northwest Ballet perform at the Joyce here in New York City. I was taken aback by the bevy of beautiful bodies onstage. Almost every female dancer had exquisitely long limbs, ideal...