Director's Choice September 24, 2010

For his fourth DIRECTOR'S CHOICE mixed-bill, Peter Boal compiles his selection of enticing premieres and repertory hits for a kaleidoscopic view of the Company's talent. Signifying a major arrival at PNB, Petite Mort fully validates European Jiri Kylian's reputation as one of the most inventive and daring choreographers in the world. In this breathtaking, postmodern visualization of Mozart, a corseted ensemble of six men (with fencing foils) and six women suspend time and dimension in a two-part wonder of precision, grace, and sensuality. Mopey's 15-minute solo blitzkrieg through adolescence had audiences leaping from their seats in 2005, "beautiful, label-defying... masterfully embodies the chameleonic nature of teens" (The Seattle Times). A newly commissioned work by Val Caniparoli (Lambarena and The Bridge) set to Alexander Glazunov's The Seasons makes its World Premiere, and the program is topped off by the happy return of Jerome Robbins' West Side Story Suite.