Kids and their families can immerse themselves in the performing arts during an afternoon of music, dance and other art on Saturday in Edmonds.
“A Happening for Kids”: 3 p.m. Saturday at the Frances Anderson Cultural Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds. Admission free, but reservations required. 425-774-7570.
“Valentine”: Pacific Northwest Ballet mixed-repertoire program at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Feb. 3, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4. Additional performances Feb. 9-12. $20 to $134, 206-441-2424, www.pnb.org. |
Olympic Ballet Theatre is hosting its annual “A Happening for Kids” at 3 p.m. at the Olympic Ballet studio at Frances Anderson Center as a way to introduce children to the theater arts. The event is free but reservations are required.
During this one-hour interactive event the children involved will be given a chance to improvise with music, dance and art. In the end, together with musical instruments, paints and props, the participants will have the experience of how dance uses music, art and drama come together to create a production.
The event is a memorial tribute to the late John Wilkins, who with his wife, Helen, founded Olympic Ballet Theatre.
As a memorial to his life and legacy, OBT is supporting the efforts of Edmonds officials to create the new Edmonds Center for the Arts in the auditorium of the old Edmonds High School building on Fourth Avenue N.
Olympic Ballet, Cascade Symphony Orchestra and other arts groups will perform there, and OBT would like to name the stage of the new facility in honor of Wilkins, who was a long-time supporter of the project.
Pacific Northwest Ballet: “Valentine” is the title of a mixed-repertoire dance program that Pacific Northwest Ballet opens Thursday at McCaw Hall in Seattle. The program, presented in eight performances through Feb. 12, will showcase contemporary dances that are all PNB premieres.
Among the works is a landmark dance that pays tribute to Frank Sinatra, incorporating many of his greatest songs. In “Nine Sinatra Songs,” choreographer Twyla Tharp re-imagined classical ballroom dance styles performed to such Sinatra classics as “Softly as I Leave You,” “Strangers in the Night,” “One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)” and “All the Way.” Designer Oscar de la Renta’s dresses and tuxes provide the final touch.
Also on the program are “Ancient Airs and Dances,” Richard Tanner’s modern interpretation of baroque dance, and “Kiss,” Susan Marshall’s aerial duet in which the dancers are suspended in harnesses above the stage floor.
Ulysses Dove’s “Red Angels,” which completes the program, is an athletic workout for four dancers set to music for electric violin by composer Richard Einhorn.
Performances are Thursday through Feb. 4, and Feb. 9-12.
Angela Sterling photos
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Ariana Lallone and Olivier Wevers in Ulysses Dove’s “Red Angels.”
Dancers Lesley Rausch and Jordan Pacitti in “Red Angels.”
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