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Choreographed by an artistic genius, George Balanchine, Shakespeare’s comedy of magic and love’s delusions set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn is a guaranteed audience pleaser. The Pacific Northwest Ballet displays all the vitality, brilliance and versatility of its wonderful dancers in this award–winning production of Balanchine’s first original full-length ballet.

Titania: Patricia Barker
Oberon: Paul Gibson
Puck: Seth Belliston
Helena: Lisa Apple
Hermia: Julie Tobiason
Lysander: Ross Yearsley
Demetrius: Jeffrey Stanton
Bottom: Timothy Lynch

Pacific Northwest Ballet
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leader: Cynthia Fleming
Conductor: Stewart Kershaw

TV Director: Ross MacGibbon

Reviews

'lavish…full of colour and brilliant images… Such productions surely guarantee the survival of classical ballet well into the next millennium.’  Morning Star (USA)

‘...a production brimming with style and unexpected humour, perfectly timed and expertly choreographed. This is a delightful re-imagining of a familiar story that should leave Balletomanes gasping with pleasure.’  What DVD

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