Discover What’s Streaming On: I still remember the first time I saw any version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and that’s because I remember the first time I saw her: the Peacock in Nutcracker: The ...

When Kent Stowell and his wife, Francia Russell, took over artistic leadership at Pacific Northwest Ballet more than 30 years ago they wanted to build the tiny regional dance company into a national ...

‘Drawing the Curtain’ offers a portrait of the artist as a set and costume designer for productions including ‘The Nutcracker,’ ‘The Love for Three Oranges,’ and — of course — ‘Where the Wild Things ...

Maurice Sendak and Kent Stowell on stage at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcrack premiere curtain call. (Image courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet) Author Maurice Sendak is known by most for his ...

AS THE BIG night arrived — the one they’d all been endlessly practicing for, dreaming of — dozens of dancers and crew members buzzed around backstage as musicians warmed up in the orchestra pit of the ...

International Ballet Theater: Nutcracker They’re taking their show on the road. Runs Fri.-Sun. plus Dec. 22 & 23; see IBTbellevue.org for exact schedule. Ends Dec. 23. Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE ...

Maurice Sendak had many reasons to be unhappy. He was born to Polish Jewish immigrants in Brooklyn in 1928, and his childhood was defined by the deaths of his extended family in the Holocaust, a loss ...