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Pacific Northwest Ballet combines prized repertory favorites with bold new additions for an adventurous season of world-class performances. PNB’s 2008-2009 subscribers may anticipate Jerome Robbins, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, an All Tharp program and springtime’s Broadway Festival alongside the classical splendors of George Balanchine’s Jewels™ and Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake. Offering ten new works for the season, including three major commissions for the Company, there is no better time to be at the ballet and no better time to subscribe to PNB. We hope you will be with us for each wonderful moment of this thrilling and historic season. – Peter Boal, Artistic Director

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Rep i all tharp September 25 - October 5, 2008Rep 2 New works November 6 - 16, 2008Rep 3 George Balanchine’s Jewels™ January 29 - February 7, 2009Rep 4 Broadway festival March 12 - 22, 2009Rep 5 swan lake April 9 - 19, 2009Rep 6 Director’s choice May 28 - June 7, 2009 Programming subject to change.

o NEW! Subscriber Rewards Card with Discounts at Lower Queen Anne Restaurants

o Subscribers SAvE up to 20% Off Regular Ticket Prices

o No increase on Full Season Subscription Prices for 2008-2009!

o No increase on Preferred Seating Contributions for 2008-2009!

o 20% Off Additional Single Tickets to Regular Season Performances

o Prepaid Reserved Parking

o Free & Flexible Ticket Exchanges

o upgrade Seating voucher for Performance of your Choice

o Split-payment Option Available (an additional postage & handling charge applies)

o First-in-line Ordering Privileges for First Look 2008, PNB’s Season Opening Performance

and the 25th Anniversary of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker–Before General Public Sales

o First to hear About Limited-time Offers, Special Event Opportunities and Advance

Performance and Ticket information–Plus the Added Advantage of Email Bulletins

with PNB Breaking News and One-of-a-kind Ways to Save!

o Fill Out Just One Form for a Whole year of PNB!

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september 25 - october 5, 2008American dance icon Twyla Tharp has permanently expanded the horizons of contemporary dance with her fusion of meticulous classical rigor and elements from jazz, modern dance and pop culture. her movement vocabulary–characterized by high energy, humor and an unpredictable physical daring—is imbued with dynamic inventiveness and a singular musical intelligence. As a thrilling start to the season, PNB has commissioned two original works for an All Tharp program that also welcomes the return of her delicious ballroom homage to Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Nine sinatra songsMusic: Songs sung by Frank SinatraChoreography: Twyla Tharp

**New tharp - Part 1 Music: vladimir Martynov Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**New tharp - Part 2 Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**World Premiere

NoVemBer 6 - 16, 2008A PNB premiere from Mark Morris and two world premieres from rising dancer/choreographers, plus the ever-provocative William Forsythe, mark an eclectic and electric mixed bill. Morris’ A Garden is “both demanding and original…technical details alone cannot explain the emotional resonance of A Garden, the way it touches the heart long after the final curtain” (San Francisco Chronicle). highly praised for his compositional unity, Kiyon Gaines, Company dancer and contributor to Choreographers’ Showcase, creates his first repertory work for PNB. Of Benjamin Millepied, a principal dancer with New york City Ballet, The New York Times notes, “[his] ballet has craft, discipline and a welcome energy…there is a sense of phrasing and driving impetus here to be greeted with applause and hope.”

*a Garden Music: Richard Strauss Choreography: Mark Morris

**New Gaines Music: Cristina Spinei Choreography: Kiyon Gaines

**New millepied Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Benjamin Millepied

*PNB Premiere

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January 29 - february 7, 2009The gems in Jewels pay tribute to three golden ages of dance and also to the beauty of the ballerinas Balanchine adored. Poetic and flowing, emeralds evokes France, the birthplace of Romantic dance. its ballerinas drift on stage in clouds of tulle, whispering of elegance, fashion and fragrance. Rubies mirrors the carefree spontaneity of America, a throwback to the musical comedies and films Balanchine created soon after he arrived in his beloved adopted country: a sassy, jazzy burst of sunshine. Diamonds dazzles as Balanchine’s tribute to the work of Marius Petipa and evokes the grandeur and precision of the imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg with each shimmering wave of classical elegance.

emeraldsMusic: Gabriel Fauré

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DiamondsMusic: Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky

march 12 - 22, 2009PNB’s salute to Broadway offers marvelously entertaining premieres by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon paired with the reprise of Susan Stroman’s TAKe FiVe. George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, created for the musical On Your Toes, offers a parody of Broadway, Russian ballet and the mob. Danced in front of a ferris wheel, Wheeldon’s salute to Richard Rodgers “…is so enriching that one hungers for more: too good to be enough” (The New York Times). The legendary singing, finger-snapping teens of Robbins’ long-anticipated West Side Story Suite are guaranteed to elicit “rock-concert cheers” (San Francisco Chronicle).

*west side story suite Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Choreography: Jerome Robbins

*carousel (a Dance) Music: Richard Rodgers Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

take fiVe … more or less Music: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond Choreography: Susan Stroman

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January 29 - february 7, 2009The gems in Jewels pay tribute to three golden ages of dance and also to the beauty of the ballerinas Balanchine adored. Poetic and flowing, emeralds evokes France, the birthplace of Romantic dance. its ballerinas drift on stage in clouds of tulle, whispering of elegance, fashion and fragrance. Rubies mirrors the carefree spontaneity of America, a throwback to the musical comedies and films Balanchine created soon after he arrived in his beloved adopted country: a sassy, jazzy burst of sunshine. Diamonds dazzles as Balanchine’s tribute to the work of Marius Petipa and evokes the grandeur and precision of the imperial Ballet of St. Petersburg with each shimmering wave of classical elegance.

emeraldsMusic: Gabriel Fauré

rubiesMusic: igor Stravinsky

DiamondsMusic: Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky

march 12 - 22, 2009PNB’s salute to Broadway offers marvelously entertaining premieres by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon paired with the reprise of Susan Stroman’s TAKe FiVe. George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, created for the musical On Your Toes, offers a parody of Broadway, Russian ballet and the mob. Danced in front of a ferris wheel, Wheeldon’s salute to Richard Rodgers “…is so enriching that one hungers for more: too good to be enough” (The New York Times). The legendary singing, finger-snapping teens of Robbins’ long-anticipated West Side Story Suite are guaranteed to elicit “rock-concert cheers” (San Francisco Chronicle).

*west side story suite Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Choreography: Jerome Robbins

*carousel (a Dance) Music: Richard Rodgers Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

take fiVe … more or less Music: Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond Choreography: Susan Stroman

*slaughter on tenth avenue Music: from On Your Toes by Richard Rodgers Choreography: George Balanchine

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april 9 - 19, 2009Classical ballet at its thrilling best and the most beloved story ballet of all time—Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake returns to the McCaw hall stage where it last appeared to standing-room-only audiences. Famous for its romantic, treachery laced plot and enchanted setting, Swan Lake is equally renowned for offering ballerinas the ultimate challenge of a dual role: Odette, trapped in the body of a white swan, and Odile, the temptress daughter of the malevolent sorcerer Baron von Rothbart, who plots the downfall of Odette’s true love, Prince Siegfried. virtuoso solos, an achingly beautiful score and a majestically ethereal corps de ballet make Swan Lake an endlessly satisfying performance experience.

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake, sumptuous with scenic, costume and lighting design and detail, made its world premiere in September 2003, as the Company’s historic grand entrance into Marion Oliver McCaw hall.

Music: Peter ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent StowellScenic Design: Ming Cho Lee

Staging: Francia Russell after Petipa/ivanovCostume Design: Paul TazewellLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

may 28 - June 7, 2009“Make more,” Balanchine said when Jerome Robbins first showed him Dances at a Gathering. A major PNB acquisition, Dances has been praised as “essential Robbins, an effortless evocation of community…just music and dance create a world of sunlight and open air.” (The New York Times). Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain pas de deux rendered audiences breathless at its premiere and was described as “Spare and poignant, the duet intimates a renewal of faith, the reburgeoning of love.” (The Village Voice). With Symphony in C, balance, harmony and the satisfying order of classical ballet goes on virtuoso display as Balanchine’s full-company pageant of technical prowess.

*Dances at a Gathering Music: Frederic Chopin Choreography: Jerome Robbins

*after the rain pas de deux Music: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

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september 25 - october 5, 2008American dance icon Twyla Tharp has permanently expanded the horizons of contemporary dance with her fusion of meticulous classical rigor and elements from jazz, modern dance and pop culture. her movement vocabulary–characterized by high energy, humor and an unpredictable physical daring—is imbued with dynamic inventiveness and a singular musical intelligence. As a thrilling start to the season, PNB has commissioned two original works for an All Tharp program that also welcomes the return of her delicious ballroom homage to Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Nine sinatra songsMusic: Songs sung by Frank SinatraChoreography: Twyla Tharp

**New tharp - Part 1 Music: vladimir Martynov Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**New tharp - Part 2 Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Twyla Tharp

**World Premiere

NoVemBer 6 - 16, 2008A PNB premiere from Mark Morris and two world premieres from rising dancer/choreographers, plus the ever-provocative William Forsythe, mark an eclectic and electric mixed bill. Morris’ A Garden is “both demanding and original…technical details alone cannot explain the emotional resonance of A Garden, the way it touches the heart long after the final curtain” (San Francisco Chronicle). highly praised for his compositional unity, Kiyon Gaines, Company dancer and contributor to Choreographers’ Showcase, creates his first repertory work for PNB. Of Benjamin Millepied, a principal dancer with New york City Ballet, The New York Times notes, “[his] ballet has craft, discipline and a welcome energy…there is a sense of phrasing and driving impetus here to be greeted with applause and hope.”

*a Garden Music: Richard Strauss Choreography: Mark Morris

**New Gaines Music: Cristina Spinei Choreography: Kiyon Gaines

**New millepied Music: Johannes Brahms Choreography: Benjamin Millepied

*PNB Premiere

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A Signature Celebration

ignore Christmas carols on the street corner and shoppers looking for bargains. The season doesn’t seem official until Pacific Northwest Ballet begins its splendid annual ritual Nutcracker at mcCaw hall. – R.M. Campbell, Seattle Post-intelligencer

Music: Peter ilyich TchaikovskyChoreography: Kent StowellScenic and Costume Design: Maurice SendakLighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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Toast a new season with hundreds of patrons and party lovers who relish PNB’s annual Season Preview Performance as an intoxicating aperitif to the year’s most exciting programs and performers. Enjoy the season-sampling performance and a champagne intermission, or opt to make yours a complete red carpet evening by joining the artists for a Gala supper in the wings, followed by Seattle’s best-dressed on-stage dance party.

Post-Performance Gala Contact events@pnb.org to add these Gala options Post-performance cocktail party & dancing onstage - $125 Post-performance dinner & dancing onstage - $375 supporter $750 Patron $2,500 Benefactor $5,000 luminary

Visit www.pnb.org/events for more information on Gala ticket levels.

Preview Performance Slaughter on Tenth Avenueemeralds pas de troisNew TharpAfter the Rain pas de deuxSymphony in CProgramming subject to change.

Season Preview Performance with champagne intermission - $75See enclosed form to order

Presenting sponsor:

PNB’s cherished Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker celebrates its 25th Anniversary with showers of silver and snow. Special guests, surprise appearances and McCaw hall shimmering with light and merriment promise this year’s Nutcracker will be the most festive event of the season. There’s no greater gift than a magical memory and no holiday entertainment quite like Nutcracker! Make plans now to give 25th Anniversary Nutcracker to family and friends before calendars fill up and seats sell out!

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Pacific Northwest Ballet combines prized repertory favorites with bold new additions for an adventurous season of world-class performances. PNB’s 2008-2009 subscribers may anticipate Jerome Robbins, Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, an All Tharp program and springtime’s Broadway Festival alongside the classical splendors of George Balanchine’s Jewels™ and Kent Stowell’s magnificent Swan Lake. Offering ten new works for the season, including three major commissions for the Company, there is no better time to be at the ballet and no better time to subscribe to PNB. We hope you will be with us for each wonderful moment of this thrilling and historic season. – Peter Boal, Artistic Director

0 8 - 0 9 “PETER BOAL, ARTiSTiC DiRECTOR OF PACiFiC NORThWEST BALLET, iS PROviNG hiMSELF A

MASTER AT ThE ART OF COMPOSiTiON, OF CONCOCTiNG AN EvENiNG OF BALLETS ThAT BALANCE EACh OThER ARTFuLLy.” – The SeATTLe TimeS

Rep i all tharp September 25 - October 5, 2008Rep 2 New works November 6 - 16, 2008Rep 3 George Balanchine’s Jewels™ January 29 - February 7, 2009Rep 4 Broadway festival March 12 - 22, 2009Rep 5 swan lake April 9 - 19, 2009Rep 6 Director’s choice May 28 - June 7, 2009 Programming subject to change.

o NEW! Subscriber Rewards Card with Discounts at Lower Queen Anne Restaurants

o Subscribers SAvE up to 20% Off Regular Ticket Prices

o No increase on Full Season Subscription Prices for 2008-2009!

o No increase on Preferred Seating Contributions for 2008-2009!

o 20% Off Additional Single Tickets to Regular Season Performances

o Prepaid Reserved Parking

o Free & Flexible Ticket Exchanges

o upgrade Seating voucher for Performance of your Choice

o Split-payment Option Available (an additional postage & handling charge applies)

o First-in-line Ordering Privileges for First Look 2008, PNB’s Season Opening Performance

and the 25th Anniversary of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker–Before General Public Sales

o First to hear About Limited-time Offers, Special Event Opportunities and Advance

Performance and Ticket information–Plus the Added Advantage of Email Bulletins

with PNB Breaking News and One-of-a-kind Ways to Save!

o Fill Out Just One Form for a Whole year of PNB!

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Season Sponsors The John Graham Foundation

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PreferreD seatiNG coNtriBUtioN amoUNts The chart below reflects the per-seat, tax-deductible portion of your subscription.

section code series a series B & D series c & G series e, f & h

First Tier Preferred FTP $125 $125 $125 $125 First Tier Box Preferred FTBP $125 $125 $125 $125 Orchestra Preferred OP $375 $125 $100 $75 Director’s Preferred DP $750 $375 $250 $125 Dress Circle Preferred DCP $1500 $375 $375 $375

*To receive discounts: Seniors 65+ who are taking advantage of the senior discount for the first time must mail/fax proof of age.Students age 13 and above must mail/fax a copy of valid student ID (not applicable for age 12 and younger).**The entire Dress Circle is preferred for opening night.

steP 2: choose YoUr seats includes a full season facility fee of $12. Preferred sections include preferred seating contribution.

Orchestra Front OF $120 / 120 $120 / 120 $120 / 120 $120 / 120Gallery Floor GF Orchestra Side OS $201 / 189 $201 / 189 $201 / 189 $201 / 189Gallery Lower GL First Tier Side FTS $273 / 258 $273 / 258 $273 / 258 $273 / 258First Tier Side interior FTSi $339 / 321 $339 / 321 $339 / 321 $339 / 321Gallery upper Gu First Tier Center FTC $411 / 390 $411 / 390 $411 / 390 $411 / 390Second Tier ST Section Tier Box STB Orchestra O $507 / 480 $507 / 480 $507 / 480 $507 / 480First Tier Box FTB $900 / 900 $900 / 900 $900 / 900 $900 / 900Dress Circle DC $2400 / 2400** $507 / 480 $507 / 480 $507 / 480First Tier Preferred FTP $536 / 515 $536 / 515 $536 / 515 $536 / 515Orchestra Preferred OP $882 / 855 $632 / 605 $607 / 580 $582 / 555First Tier Box Preferred FTBP $1025 / 1025 $1025 / 1025 $1025 / 1025 $1025 / 1025Director’s Preferred DP $1257 / 1230 $882 / 855 $757 / 730 $632 / 605Dress Circle Preferred DCP $2400 / 2400 $1275 / 1275 $1275 / 1275 $1275 / 1275

steP 1: choose YoUr series Put six performances on your calendar today!

a Thursdays at 7:30 Sept 25 Nov 6 Jan 29 March 12 April 9 May 28

B Fridays at 7:30 Sept 26 Nov 7 Jan 30 March 13 April 10 May 29

c Saturdays at 2:00 Sept 27 Nov 8 Jan 31 March 14 April 11 May 30

D Saturdays at 7:30 Sept 27 Nov 8 Jan 31 March 14 April 11 May 30

e Thursdays at 7:30 Oct 2 Nov 13 Feb 5 March 19 April 16 June 4

f Fridays at 7:30 Oct 3 Nov 14 Feb 6 March 20 April 17 June 5

G Saturdays at 7:30 Oct 4 Nov 15 Feb 7 March 21 April 18 June 6

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sUBscriBe with rewarDs PREFERRED SEATiNG CONTRiBuTiONS - CONvENiENT, REWARDiNG & TAx-DEDuCTiBLE!

As you may know, ticket sales cover only 70% of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production costs. Preferred Seating Contributions offer our subscribers a convenient way to help close this gap and in return receive the best seats in McCaw hall as well as exclusive insider’s benefits.

To learn more about PNB Membership levels and benefits please visit www.pnb.org/friends or contact PNB’s Development department at 206.441.3593 or email giving@pnb.org.

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Proud sponsors of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2008-2009 season:

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