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Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 4 - Emergence (2024/25)Enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk for PNB's EMERGENCE program. Doug talks through EMERGENCE's quadruple-bill production including the premiere of Dawn Patrol, a new work by PNB Company dancer Price Suddarth; Jerome Robbins' intimate Afternoon of a Faun; Marco Goecke's solo work Mopey; and another audience favorite of Crystal Pite's, the mesmerizing Emergence.
Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA on March 15, 2025.
2025-03-2531 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 3 - The Sleeping Beauty (2024/25)Join dance historian and The Sleeping Beauty stager Doug Fullington as he introduces Pacific Northwest Ballet's brand new production of The Sleeping Beauty in this Ballet Talk episode. Fullington covers the history of the ballet's original choreography by Marius Petipa and score by Peter Tchaikovsky, the process of restaging an 1890 ballet for modern audiences, this new productions talented collaborators (including Preston Singletary, Paul Tazewell, and Basil Twist), and answers audience questions.
Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA on February 9, 2025.
2025-02-1331 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 2 - All Balanchine (2024/25 Season)Dance historian Doug Fullington gives an ALL BALANCHINE overview. He covers the brief histories of George Balanchine and his legacy, including the founding of New York City Ballet, staging Balanchine ballets and the George Balanchine Trust, and Balanchine's collaborators on the three works in PNB's ALL BALANCHINE program. This triple bill features Square Dance (1957), Prodigal Son (1929), and Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1972).
Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington in November 2024.
2024-11-1330 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 1 - The Times Are Racing (2024/25 Season)Doug Fullington introduces PNB's 2024/25 Season with our first performances of the year, THE TIMES ARE RACING. This program includes Edwaard Liang's The Veil Between Worlds, Jessica Lang's Black Wave, and Justin Peck's The Times Are Racing. Doug talks through these three works, the role of rehearsal directors in the ballet creation process, Jessica Lang's appointment as PNB's latest Resident Choreographer, recently promoted soloist dancer Luther DeMyer, and more!
Recorded in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington in September 2024.2024-09-2030 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 6 - Coppélia (2023/24 Season)Listen and enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk on George Balanchine's Coppélia. Fullington recaps this comedic ballet, its history, and more!
Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA in June, 2024.
2024-06-0828 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRetiring Rehearsal Director Otto Neubert - PNB Conversation SeriesJoin Doug Fullington as he interviews PNB's retiring rehearsal director Otto Neubert and PNB School students performing in our final production of the 2023/24 Season, Coppélia. Listen to Otto as he recounts his incredible career from dancing to rehearsal directing, how dance steps and roles are passed dancer to dancer, and Otto's advice to dancers of all ages.
This episode was recorded live in the Nesholm Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA in June, 2024.
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Conversations on Dance[RE-RELEASE] Baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), with dance historian, Doug FullingtonMichael is currently at the Dutch National Ballet setting Alexei Ratmansky's 'Fairy's Kiss.' This inspired us to go back into our vault and find this 2017 episode with dance historian, Doug Fullington, on the history of the ballet, also known as 'Baiser de la fée.' Ratmansky's 'Fairy's Kiss' was originally made on Miami City Ballet while we were in the company, and during the time this was recorded. We hope you enjoy! WATCH -> Doug's presentation at Works and Process at the Guggenheim in Feb 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-aX7sYMKQA&t=4s...2024-05-2228 minConversations on Dance(394) Phil Chan on 'Star on the rise : La Bayadère ... reimagined!'Today on Conversations on Dance, we welcome back Phil Chan, author and co-founder of 'Final Bow for Yellowface.' Back in May of 2023 in episode 339, we had Phil on the podcast with Doug Fullington and Sarah Wroth to tell us about how the idea for 'Star on the rise : La Bayadère ... reimagined!' came about, and what made Indiana University a great place to mount this production. Now, following the premiere, Phil joins us again to tell us about the finished product and what the reactions have been.We are thrilled to share that 'Star o...2024-04-2642 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 5 - The Seasons' Canon (2023/24 Season)Join dance historian Doug Fullington as he takes us through the three works of Pacific Northwest Ballet's THE SEASONS' CANON. On stage this rep are Twyla Tharp's Sweet Fields™, Jessica Lang's stunning solo The Calling, and Crystal Pite's mesmerizing work for 54 dancers, The Seasons' Canon. Doug Fullington is the founder and director of The Tudor Choir who sing the Shaker hymns featured in Sweet Fields, as well as the music for The Calling.
Recorded in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington in April 2024.
2024-04-1727 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 4 - One Thousand Pieces (2023/24 Season)Doug Fullington talks PNB audience members through the exciting double-bill program consisting of Matthew Neenan's Bacchus and Alejandro Cerrudo's One Thousand Pieces. Doug covers the music of Oliver Davis and Philip Glass, the costuming, and how dancing in water works in the Cerrudo work. Tune in for this behind the scenes look at Rep 4 of PNB's 2023/24 Season!
Recorded in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Seattle Center's McCaw Hall in Seattle, Washington in March 2024.
2024-03-2829 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 2 - Love & Loss (2023/24 Season)Join dance historian Doug Fullington as he takes us through the three works of Pacific Northwest Ballet's second production of the 2023/24 season, LOVE & LOSS. This trio of works created for PNB shines a light on some of the stunning world premieres that our New Works Initiative has created in recent years.
Donald Byrd’s haunting Love and Loss premiered in 2019, Alexei Ratmansky’s stunning tribute to his homeland of Ukraine, Wartime Elegy, followed in 2022, and and the newest new work at PNB, Australian choreographer and Oregon Ballet Theatre's artistic director Dani Rowe's The Window.
Recorded in the Ne...2023-11-1433 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 1 - Petite Mort (2023/24 Season)Welcome to PNB's 2023/24 Season opener, PETITE MORT. We’ve packed as much whimsy, artistry, and drama as possible into our 2023/24 season opener.
Built on a foundation of music from Mozart to Beethoven, this triple bill looks at the world of dance through unique shifts in perspective. Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort and Sechs Tänze return after a long hiatus, along with Alexander Ekman’s delightful Cacti. Host Doug Fullington talks through the origins of each of the three works, including the featured musical scores from Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert.
Recorded in the Nesholm Family...2023-10-0425 min
Wrestling History XEp 222 - Ultimate Jeopardy 1996Ep 222 – Ultimate Jeopardy 1996
The most heinous thing we've ever seen
0:24 - Welcome
15:29 – Doug Furnas vs Louie Spicolli
17:17 - JT Smith (w/ the FBI (Little Guido/Sal Bellomo), Devon Storm and Bad Crew (Dog/Rose)) vs Mikey Whipwreck
21:14 - Johnny Smith vs Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz) in a Submissions match
25:41 - The Samoan Gangsta Party (Matty Smalls/Sammy Silk) vs The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus)
26:50 - “Public Enemy” (“Flyboy” Stevie “Rock” /Meanie “Grunge”) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Saed) for the ECW World Tag Team Championships
31:08 - The Eliminators (Perry Saturn/John Kronus) vs the Gangstas (New Jack/Mustafa Sae...2023-07-051h 17Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 6 - WORLDS TO COME (2022-23 Season)Join Doug Fullington introducing the final program of PNB's 50th Anniversary Season, WORLDS TO COME. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in McCaw Hall in Seattle, Doug takes us through the three works that make up the program. Works include the onstage premiere of Edwaard Liang's The Veil Between Worlds, featuring music composed by Oliver Davis, which first premiered during PNB's digital-only season in 2020. Two world premieres round out this triple-bill: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Khepri, Kiyon Ross' ...throes of increasing wonder danced to new music composed by Christina Spinei. 2023-06-1229 min
The Compline Service from St. Mark's CathedralThe Office of Compline for June 11, 2023The Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) PSALM 4 – Plainsong, Tone IV.1 HYMN: ‘Christe qui lux es et dies,’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) NUNC DIMITTIS in G – Charles Wood (1866-1926) ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Motets – Grayston Ives (b. 1948) Ken Pendergrass, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • […]2023-06-1229 minWrestling History XEp 217 - Natural Born KillazEp 217 – Natural Born Killaz
It's hot in Philly....
0:23 - Welcome
16:05 - NBK Opening
16:16 - Devon Storm (w/ Damien Kane and Lady Alexandria) vs Louie Spicolli
18:51 - Little Guido (w/ JT Smith, Big Guido and Sal Bellomo) vs Mikey Whipwreck for the EWA European Junior Heavyweight Championship
24:18 - D-Von Dudley and Axel Rotten vs the Dudley Brothers (Buh Buh Ray/Big Dick Dudley) (w/ Chubby, Sign Guy and Dances With Dudley)
30:06 - “Prime Time” Brian Lee vs “Bamm Bamm” Terry Gordy in a No Rules Bad Street match
33:05 - Rob Van Dam vs Doug Furnas
41:09 - Taz (w/ Bill Alfonso and Team Taz...2023-05-311h 32Conversations on Dance(339) Reimagining La Bayadère with Phil Chan, Doug Fullington, and Sarah WrothToday on Conversations on Dance we are happy to bring you a panel discussion on a very special project: the reimagining of La Bayadère. Joining us are Phil Chan, of Final Bow for Yellowface, Doug Fullington, dance historian and musicologist, and Sarah Wroth, Associate Professor and Chair at Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. The trio talk with us about the idea to reexamine La Bayadère for a 21st century audience, how they are transforming the ballet while preserving it's history, and Indiana University's important role in it's creation.THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS:Ball...2023-05-0953 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletA Midsummer Night’s Dream (2022-2023)In Doug Fullington's pre-performance talk for George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, he outlines the plot of the ballet (based on the Shakespeare play of the same name), details the 1997 PNB-specific redesign of the ballet, and the international touring history of the ballet at PNB. Fullington also answers questions from the audience including details about working with The Balanchine Trust and approaching redesigns of works by George Balanchine as well as classical choreographers.
This episode was recorded live in the Nesholm Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA in April 2023.
2023-04-2531 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletGiselle (2022-2023 Season)Doug Fullington takes our audience through ballet's preeminent ghost story, Giselle. Fullington talks about the origins of the ballet including the history of the spectral maidens, the Wilis, Giselle's pantomime and classic choreography, Jerome Kaplan’s costumes and sets, and Adolphe Adam's score.
Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle, WA on February 3, 2023.
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CHORAL CHIHUAHUAA morning in YorkIn the space of a single morning but several coffees in York, Robert meets Roderick Williams the night after he premieres a new version of Dichterliebe in English, T.J.Callahan to find out what Shape Note singing is, and asks singing teacher Susan Young what three things she thinks choral conductors would benefit from knowing.TRACKLISTING -Schubert - 'A stormy morning'Roderick Williams & Christopher GlynnSchubert - 'The Linden Tree'Roderick Williams & Christopher Glynn'Schenectady'The Tudor Choir2023-01-231h 04Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 2 - The Seasons’ Canon (2022-2023 Season)Join Doug Fullington introducing our second program of the 2022-2023 Season. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in McCaw Hall in Seattle, Doug takes us through the three works that will be on this program. Works include Catching Feelings, a world premiere from Dwight Rhoden, George Balanchine's Duo Concerto and closing with the North American premiere of Crystal Pite's The Seasons' Canon.
2022-11-1628 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 1 - Carmina Burana (2022-2023 Season)Join Doug Fullington in kicking off Pacific Northwest Ballet's 50th Anniversary Season with CARMINA BURANA. Recorded live in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall in McCaw Hall in Seattle, Doug takes us through the three works that make up this first rep of the season. Works include George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante, Alexei Ratmanky's world premiere work for PNB, Wartime Elegy, and founding artistic director Kent Stowell's epic Carmina Burana.
2022-10-0529 minThe Compline Service from St. Mark's CathedralThe Office of Compline for July 10, 2022The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) PSALM 25:1-8, 10-11, 13-14, 21 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O God of earth and altar (Tune: KING’S LYNN) – English folk melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS in G – […]2022-07-1127 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 6 - All Tharp (2021-22 Season)Doug Fullington closes out PNB's 2021-22 Season with an overview of our final rep of the season, ALL THARP. ALL THARP features three of the many varied dance works by legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp. Fullington talks through the Scottish-themed Brief Fling, the nod to Tharp's Shaker roots Sweet Fields, and PNB fan favorite Waiting at the Station.
2022-06-1629 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletSwan Lake (2021/22 Season)Recorded live at McCaw Hall, enjoy Doug Fullington's pre-show Ballet Talk about Kent Stowell's Swan Lake. Fullington covers a brief history of the ballet, Swan Lake's history at PNB, and answers audience questions.
2022-05-1025 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 4 - Plot Points (2021-2022 Season)Doug Fullington talks all things PLOT POINTS, PNB's fourth rep of the 2021-2022 Season. Fullington's pre-performance talk from the Saturday night show takes you through Robyn Mineko Williams' world premiere work for PNB Before I Was, David Parsons' Caught, Crystal Pite's Plot Point, and the PNB premiere of Justin Peck's The Times Are Racing.
2022-03-3029 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletBallet Talk Roméo et Juliette (2021-22 Season)Listen to Doug Fullington's opening night talk about Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette. Fullington talks through the history of the ballet from Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Sergei Prokofiev's haunting score, and answers a few audience questions including a few about retiring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico.
Recorded at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle on February 4, 2022.
2022-02-2328 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 2 - Beyond Ballet (2021-22 Season)Ballet Talk is back in person! This episode was recorded was recorded on opening night of PNB's second rep of the 2021/22 Season, BEYOND BALLET. Former Manager of Audience Education Doug Fullington walks a small live audience through the three works that make up BEYOND BALLET. As we celebrate internationally acclaimed choreographers Ulysses Dove, Jessica Lang, and Alonzo King, we can find even more beauty in their common threads. The combination of Ulysses Dove's mournful Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Jessica Lang's haunting Ghost Variations, and the PNB Premiere of Alonzo King's The Personal Element promises unmatched emotion, exp...2021-11-1830 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 1-Singularly Cerrudo (2021/22 Season)Join PNB's former Manager of Audience Education Doug Fullington in kicking off the 2021/22 season with SINGULARLY CERRUDO. The triple bill celebrates the creative power of PNB’s Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo in the presentation of his most beloved work. Breathe in the moving tranquility of Silent Ghost, get a tantalizing look at the spectacular teamwork in an excerpt from One Thousand Pieces, and journey through the unexpected twists and turns of Little mortal jump. At the center of it all? Spectacular dancing and Cerrudo’s compelling perspective on humanity.
2021-09-1411 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 6 (Digital Season)Doug Fullington talks about PNB's conclusion of our first-ever digital season with two world premiere works choreographed, rehearsed, and filmed exclusively for the digital stage by Tony-award winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, and artistic director of Ballet Met, Edwaard Liang. PNB's Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's cheeky work, PACOPEPEPLUTO, closes out the triple bill.
2021-06-0706 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletCoppelia (2020-2021 Digital Season)Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk on George Balanchine's Coppélia.
2021-05-0311 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 4 (2020-2021 Digital Season)Doug Fullington's pre-performance Ballet Talk for Rep 4 of PNB's Digital Season features your behind the scenes look at Doris Duke Artist award winner Donald Byrd's world premiere work And the sky is not cloudy all day, and residenct choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo's second premiere for PNB, Future Memory, both created and produced just for the digital stage.
Joining the program is an encore presentation of Alexei Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
2021-03-2910 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 2 (2020-2021 Digital Season)Doug Fullington is back to guide us through his Ballet Talk for Rep 2 of PNB's Digital Season. Rep 2 celebrates a lineage of female choreographers each with their own bright and arresting perspective. Doug guides us through the world premiere works Ghost Variations by Jessica Lang and Penny Saunders' Wonderland; each created for the digital stage, conceived, rehearsed, and produced during the pandemic. These new works were joined by a series of male solos from Twyla Tharp's Waterbaby Bagatelles and a new-to-PNB work by Susan Marshall, Arms.
2021-03-2912 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRep 1 (2020-2021 Digital Season)Doug Fullington kicks off Pacific Northwest Ballet's first rep of our digital season. Rep 1 features solos and socially distanced gems from Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s Jewels, and Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering to PNB audience favorites like Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Jessica Lang’s The Calling, and Marco Goecke’s Mopey.
2021-03-2922 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRoméo et Juliette (2020-2021 Digital Season)Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.
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The Don Tony ShowTWIWH S2 E20 (05/14 – 05/20) This Week In Wrestling HistoryRUNNING TIME: 2 Hours 59 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: S2 E20 (05/14 - 05/20) The era of Bruno begins: Bruno Sammartino def Buddy Rogers to win WWWF Championship. Andy Kaufman passes away from Lung Cancer at 35 years old. Audio: AWA fu**ery: Playboy Buddy Rose & Doug Somers win the AWA Tag Team titles on a count out (from Scott Hall and Curt Hennig). Looking back at WCW Capital Combat: The Return Of Robocop (1990). Looking back at WCW SuperBrawl (1991). Audio: Sid Vicious vs El Gigante: Stretcher Match Looking back at WCW WarGames (1992). Papa Shango places a voodoo curse on a vomiting Ultimate Warrior, and...2019-05-182h 58
Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletA Midsummer Night's Dream (2018-2019 Season)We have performed A Midsummer Nights' Dream over 100 times in the history of Pacific Northwest Ballet, we have taken it on tour to many places including Istanbul, Hong Kong and Scotland. In fact, Doug Fullington went on the 2001 tour to London (where it was filmed and released by the BBC) and was in charge of the 24 student "bugs"! Learn how ballet companies have to get permission from the Balanchine Trust to alter George Balanchine's works, and who started out as a Hound, and is now performing the role of Titania.
2019-04-1730 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletQ & A - Costume Shop Manager, Larae HascallAfter 36-years of working in the PNB costume shop, Larae Hascall has some stories to tell. In her final season as Costume Shop Manager, we get to ask questions about the original build of A Midsummer Night's Dream and all the nitty gritty behind the scenes details. The interview was led by Audience Education Manger, Doug Fullington.
2019-04-1348 min
Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletDirector's Choice (2018-2019 Season)Doug Fullington always has the inside scoop on all things PNB: we learn why Bacchus’ costumes are hues of purple, his admiration of Alicia Walter’s voice in Robyn Mineko Williams’ The Trees The Trees, and the challenges of conducting an Orchestra for ballet (which Doug is doing in Director’s Choice!).
2019-03-1832 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletThe Sleeping Beauty (2018-2019 Season)No one is better suited to take you through the rich history of The Sleeping Beauty than Doug Fullington. He explains the "Vision Scene" and how it emulates the super natural ballets of the 1800's, like Giselle and La Sylphide. This production closely follows the Royal Ballet's version of The Sleeping Beauty. It's staged by Ronald Hynd who joined the Royal Ballet in 1951 and his wife Annette Page often danced the role of Aurora there. They set the ballet on us in 2001, and eighteen years later, this will be the last time we perform this version of The Sleeping B...2019-02-0230 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletAll Premiere (2018-2019 Season)The ALL PREMIERE program includes three new-to-Seattle dance works and Doug Fullington, Audience Education Manager gives you all the information you need to know to best enjoy this performance. Kyle Davis' A Dark and Lonely Space uses the music of cinematic composer, Michael Giacchino (Up, Coco, the new Stars Wars) and a cast of 24 dancers for his first commission for PNB. Silent Ghost is the second work on the program, choreographed by Alejandro Cerrudo. It is an intimate work without being sentimental, and leaves you wanting more. Cacti is Alexander Ekman's response to the culture of arts critics. This...2018-11-0632 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletLove & Ballet (2017-2018 Season)Doug Fullington brings you the behind the scenes of LOVE & BALLET. All four of these ballets were choreographed in the last 13 years, Christopher Wheeldon created After the Rain pas de deux for New York City Ballet in 2005 and Tide Harmonic for Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2015. Benjamin Millipied created Appassionata for Paris Opera Ballet in 2016 and Year of the Rabbit put Justin Peck on the map in 2012. Thank you for supporting the ballet!
2018-06-0230 minThe Don Tony ShowTWIWH Episode 20 (05/15 – 05/21) #ThrowbackTuesdayRUNNING TIME: 2 Hours 50 MinutesHosted by Don Tony SYNOPSIS: Episode 20 (05/15 - 05/21) The era of Bruno begins: Bruno Sammartino def Buddy Rogers to win the WWF Heavyweight Title. SD Jones' greatest WWF house show performance ever? Scott Hall and Curt Hennig lose AWA Tag Titles to Buddy Rose and Doug Somers by countout. Jerry Lawler wins local lawsuit (Memphis) case against WWF. Ted Dibiase returns to WWF after seven year absence. Sean Mooney makes his WWF commentary debut. Or does he? Teddy Long loses Hair vs Hair match against Paul Ellering. Sid Vicious vs El Gigante: Stretcher Match. Blue Blazer loses Mask...2018-05-192h 49Ballet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletEmergence (2017-2018 Season)Doug Fullington dives into the histories and complexities of this mixed bill (called EMERGENCE) that includes Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump, Yuri Possokhov's RAkU and Crystal Pite's Emergence. Thank you for listening!
2018-04-1533 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletDirector's Choice (2017-2018 Season)Doug Fullington, our Audience Education Manager, talks about how Ezra Thomson's world premiere, The Perpetual State, is inspired by the real-life passing of his father, why William Forsythe removed Slingerland Duet from PNB's program the year it premiered, and the "trigger choreography" of Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced. If you would like to do a deep dive into One Flat Thing, reproduced, Doug recommends visiting Ohio State University's Synchronous Objects.
2018-03-1835 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletSwan Lake (2017-2018 Season)Audience Education Manager Doug Fullington changes up the regular lecture format, and dedicates the 30-minutes of Ballet Talk to a Q&A for the attending audience. He answers questions like, "do the dancers look forward to this ballet?" and "are there different endings to Swan Lake?". Of course, as always, Doug is an encyclopedia of dance and music history and he has the audience laughing with his replies.
And don't forget, you can always listen to Ballet Talk live, one hour before every performance at McCaw Hall.
2018-02-0429 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletHer Story (2017-2018 Season)Doug Fullington shines the light on the unique-to-PNB works in Her Story. While Peter Boal did not intend to create a repertory including exclusively female choreographers, that's what happened with works by Twyla Tharp, Crystal Pite and Jessica Lang.
2017-11-0431 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletJewels (2017-2018 Season)Did you know the first performance of Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds a) wasn't even called Jewels and b) was on a mixed bill that included Prodigal Son? PNB Audience Education Manager Doug Fullington is back with all of his historical fun facts and insider knowledge about how we get our ballets from studio to stage. And don't forget, you can always listen to Ballet Talk (previously Pre-Performance Lectures) live, one hour before every performance at McCaw Hall.
2017-09-2531 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletPictures at an Exhibition (2016-2017 Season)Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes on the last rep of our season, Pictures at an Exhibition. George Balanchine choreographed La Source to help push an upcoming dancer (John Clifford) to his highest potential, Jerome Robbins choreographed Opus 19/The Dreamer on Mikhail Baryshnikov during the year he was a dancer at New York City Ballet, and we learn why Alexei Ratmansky chose Wassily Kandinsky's work as the backdrop for Pictures at an Exhibition.
2017-06-0332 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletBallet on Broadway (2016-2017 Season)Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes on Ballet on Broadway. He talks about the climactic moment in Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance), reminds us about the ballet-within-a-play concept of Balanchine's Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and has a few stories about Jerome Robbins' reputation for being a strict task-master.
2017-04-1728 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletDirector's Choice (2016-2017 Season)Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) introduces the three ballets included in Director's Choice: David Dawson's Empire Noir, William Forsythe's New Suite and Jessica Lang's Her Door to the Sky.
2017-03-1826 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletCendrillon (2016-2017 Season)Doug Fullington (PNB's Audience Education Manager) discusses Jean-Christophe Maillot's Cendrillon. He talks about the evolution of full-length story ballets and the way Maillot's Cendrillon is different from your traditional Cinderella.
2017-02-1127 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletBrief Fling (2016-2017 Season)Doug Fullington talks about how we became the first company to perform Brief Fling music with a live orchestra, how the couples in Forgotten Land could be seen as the various stages of a relationship, and the amazing speed with which George Balanchine choreographed Stravinsky Violin Concerto, in honor of the death of Igor Stravinsky.
2016-11-0729 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletTricolore (2016-2017 Season)Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Tricolore (Benjamin Millepied's 3 Movements, Appassionata and George Balanchine's Symphony in C).2016-10-1034 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletAmerican Stories (2015-2016 Season)
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of American Stories (George Balanchine's Square Dance, Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and Twyla Tharp's Waiting at the Station).2016-10-0531 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletCoppélia (2015-2016 Season)
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of George Balanchine's Coppélia.2016-10-0530 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletDirector's Choice (2015-2016 Season)
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Director's Choice (Justin Peck's Year of the Rabbit, Alejandro Cerrudo's Little mortal jump, and Paul Gibson's Rush).2016-10-0531 minBallet Talk with Pacific Northwest BalletRomeo et Juliette (2015-2016 Season)
Audience Education Manager, Doug Fullington takes us behind the scenes of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.2016-10-0526 min
ThisChoirNerd Podcast03 The Ins And Outs Of Running A Professional Choir04/21/16
A conversation with Doug Fullington (director, Tudor Choir) and Scott Kovacs (singers, arts manager guru) about running a professional choir. We talk about the ideal singer and the importance of paying them, venue and much more through the lens of Doug Fullington's experience with the The Tudor Choir and Scott Kovacs's new venture with Gary D. Cannon, The Emerald Ensemble.2016-04-211h 08ThisChoirNerd Podcast03 The Ins And Outs Of Running A Professional Choir04/21/16
A conversation with Doug Fullington (director, Tudor Choir) and Scott Kovacs (singers, arts manager guru) about running a professional choir. We talk about the ideal singer and the importance of paying them, venue and much more through the lens of Doug Fullington's experience with the The Tudor Choir and Scott Kovacs's new venture with Gary D. Cannon, The Emerald Ensemble.2016-04-211h 08