Pinocchio - Pacific Northwest Ballet

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Table of Contents Page 3 ………………………………….About Pacific Northwest Ballet Page 4 …………………………………The Story of Pinocchio Pages 5-6 ………………………………….About Pinocchio Page 7 ………………………………….Discussing Dance & Movement Activities Page 8 ………………………………….Attending a Ballet Performance Page 9 ..………………………………..Additional Resources The March 25, 2011 EYES ON DANCE matinee of Pinocchio will feature the entire one-hour, narrated ballet, performed by nearly sixty students from Pacific Northwest Ballet School (PNBS). The performance will begin at 10:30am and will not have an intermission. This study guide was created by Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Community Education Programs staff for use by teachers and students attending the EYES ON DANCE matinee of Pinocchio. Reproduction of this guide in its entirety is allowed and encouraged, when proper credits are included. For questions, call 206.441.2432. PNB thanks the following for their support of PNB Community Education Programs: Bellevue Arts Commission, William Randolph Hearst Foundation, Horizons Foundation, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Kobe Foundation, Lockwood Foundation, D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, PONCHO, Safeco Insurance Foundation, Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund, Washington State Arts Commission, Peg and Rick Young Foundation, and generous individual contributors. Cover photo: Pacific Northwest Ballet School Students in Pinnochio All Photos © Angela Sterling, unless otherwise noted Page | 2
About Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundedd in 1972, Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is one of the largest and most highly regarded ballet companies in the United States. In July 2005, Peter Boal became artistic director, succeeding Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, artistic directors since 1977. The Company of forty-six dancers presents approximately 100 performances each year of full-length and mixed repertory ballets at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall and on tour. The Company is made up of dancers from across the world—including France, Japan, Brazil, Cuba, Mongolia, and the United States. The Company has toured to Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and throughout the United States, with celebrated appearances at Jacob’s Pillow and in New York City and Washington, DC. Under the direction of Peter Boal, PNB has continued to expand and diversify its repertory to include works by Ulysses Dove, Susan Marshall, Mark Morris, Victor Quijada, Twyla Tharp, Christopher Wheeldon, and others. Foundedd in 1974, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, under the direction of Francia Russell since 19777 and now under Mr. Boal's direction, is nationally recognized as setting the standardd for ballet training and offers a complete professional curriculum to more than 950 students. PNB’s Community Education Programs provide comprehensive dance education to the greaterr Seattle area and reach more than 12,000 adults and children each year through EYES ON DANCE, DISCOVER DANCE, and other community programs and activities. Photos, top to bottom: PNB Soloist Chalnessa Eames and PNB Company dancers in The Sleeping Beauty PNB Principal Dancer Jeffrey Stanton and PNB Company dancers in George Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements, © The George Balanchine Trust PNB School students in pas de deux class with PNB dancer/ PNBS faculty member Stanko Milov PNB DISCOVER DANCE teaching artist Suzanne SIngla with 3 rd grader at Graham Hill Elementary (DISCOVER DANCE photo © Bill Mohn) Page | 3
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