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Monday, April 23, 2007

PNB Success, Ballerinas Wear AssAss

posted by on April 23 at 15:58 PM

When I interviewed Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Peter Boal for this column about the inaugural spring dance festival (this year’s theme: Northwest choreographers) he seemed, in his gently subdued way, excited and nervous about everything: Will our subscribers come see modern dance? Will non-PNB regulars buy tickets? Will people notice? Will people care?

“There might even be press in from New York,” he said. “Or, I think there will be. I hope there will be.”

Judging from today’s New York Times story on Northwest choreographers and PNB, Mr. Boal got his wish.

And judging from reports by attendees (including Annie Wagner and an Unpaid Intern), lots of people, both PNB regulars and newbies, noticed, cared, and showed up.

Now please enjoy this surprisingly dirty etymology of the word “tutu”:

tutu
ballet skirt, 1910, from Fr. tutu, alteration of cucu, infantile reduplication of cul “bottom, backside.”

That entry is too polite. Cul is less bottom and more “ass.”

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Regarding "Will our subscribers come see modern dance?"... my mom and I are subscribers to the ballet and were really excited to see the Celebrate Seattle festival. Our season tickets were for the show that played the first two weeks (a more traditional program with NW ties), so my mom called the ballet to change our tickets to the last week (something subscribers can usually do). However, she was told that it was not allowed, that all subscribers must attend the first two weeks, which meant that subscribers wishing to see the exciting new stuff must buy an additional ticket. So, despite our interest, we didn't attend the real Celebrate Seattle festival. We didn't have the money or time to go twice in a month.

Posted by Kate | April 24, 2007 10:36 AM

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