By Marcie Sillman Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new season, opening later this month, will be the first in more than two decades without longtime principal Lesley Rausch. The ballerina was acclaimed for nuanced performances in everything from Swan Lake to Ulysses Dove’s very contemporary Red Angels. She will be missed, but Rausch’s retirement is an inflection
By Kaija Pepper Broken Chord is based on a true story of the racism encountered by a South African choir that toured North America and England in the 19th century, but the most memorable impression it left this viewer is of tremendous warmth. The fascinating rhythms of voices and bodies were deeply stirring, the bold whirl
By Maggie Foyer Siphesihle November, who left South Africa at age 11 to follow his dream, returned to dance Romeo with Cape Town City Ballet at Artscape Opera House on August 25. The return to his homeland required the generosity of sponsors and the coordinating of busy timetables for Cape Town City Ballet and the