#TBT: Patricia Barker in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

November 28, 2001

If you’re like me, you had at least one photo of Patricia Barker on your wall growing up. The longtime Pacific Northwest Ballet principal was a fearless, eloquent interpreter of Balanchine works, in particular, and ballet fans around the world could write sonnets about her beautiful feet. Today, she’s artistic director of Grand Rapids Ballet in Michigan.

Here’s a 2001 clip of Barker as Titania in Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Happy #ThrowbackThursday!