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Midterm elections are coming up on Tuesday, November 8! A reminder that the election doesn't start that day, it ends that day. Get your ballots in today! More info about King County Elections can be found here, and if you live in King County and don't have your ballot yet, you can request a new one here.
Each month the I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility) Newsletter will give you updates from PNB's I.D.E.A. Committee and Board EDI Task Force, along with PNB events, resources like workshop opportunities, and book recommendations.
Do you have an idea, event, or a story you would like to share with the PNB community? Submit your ideas using the link below and we will include your submission in a future I.D.E.A. Newsletter.
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*Ideas can be submitted anonymously
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Wednesday, November 9 at 6:00PM
DISCOVER DANCE provides dance education and world-class professional dance resources to schools that otherwise offer little or no dance instruction. This year, our partner schools will be back performing their original choreography at McCaw Hall!
Performances by: Arbor Heights Elementary, Daniel Bagley Elementary, Licton Springs K-8, PNB School New Voices Students, & PNB Company dancers.
Call the PNB Box Office at 206.441.2424 for tickets or click here for more information.
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Kiyon Ross on The Dance Edit
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PNB's Associate Artistic Director Kiyon Ross is the latest guest on The Dance Edit podcast speaking about the evolution of ballet leadership! Kiyon and host Margaret Fuhrer talk about the importance of new works, the opportunities and challenges that come with being one of the few people of color in an artistic leadership position at a major ballet organization, about developing a vision for a more inclusive future at PNB, and more! Click here to listen to Kiyon's episode.
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PNB is proud to present an inclusive, sensory-friendly performance of The Nutcracker on December 20 at 2PM. This performance features a supportive and welcoming environment so children and adults affected by autism or with other sensory needs can enjoy the shared experience of live ballet with their friends and family. Modified lighting and sound levels, fidgets, entry/exit privileges, trained staff, allowance of devices, and a quiet room will be offered at this matinee.
Thanks to our partners at Sensory
Access for their help planning the event!
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Enjoy this new PNB is Listening episode! PNB dancer Dylan Wald moderates a panel of his PNB peers James Yoichi Moore, Lesley Rausch, and Leah Terada, all of whom have had to take breaks from their professional dance careers to recover from injuries. The panel talks about the mental and physical lessons of the healing process, their experiences moving through injuries healthily, and more.
Click here to watch and listen!
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In honor of World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
we're resharing the episode featuring the conversation between PNB School Consulting Therapist and former PNB dancer Josh Spell and New York City Ballet principal dancer Megan Fairchild about her book, The Ballerina Mindset: How To Protect Your Mental Health While Striving For Excellence.
Click here to watch and listen!
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Do you have a story or lived experience you'd like to share? Email Kristen Ramer Liang at kliang@pnb.org or Maris Antolin at mantolin@pnb.org for more information.
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Last year's PNB School Performance included a piece by PNB School Faculty Member Eva Stone entitled, Shahar...according to plan. Originally created in 2017, Shahar...according to plan is inspired by the life and death of Ms. Stone's third cousin, Jacqueline Morgenstern. She was murdered in the Holocaust at the age of 12, along with 19 other children who were chosen for medical experimentation. Though her story is a difficult one to tell, Ms. Stone, "[...]wanted to create a work that brings forward the concepts of loss, family tradition, community belonging, and how to inevitably find grace in such ferocious atrocities."
Learn more about the local Seattle Jewish community from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and about Jewish life in America through David Grubin's documentary for PBS, The Jewish Americans.
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PNB's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (I.D.E.A.) Committee is looking for at-large members!
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The I.D.E.A. Committee is encouraging "at-large" membership in an effort to include and make use of the many valuable perspectives, life experiences, and skill sets of our larger PNB community.
Some examples of ways that "at-large" members could participate include:
• Bringing ideas to the I.D.E.A. Committee for any of the subcommittees to work on.
• Offering to help with specific committee needs (ie. language translation, event planning).
• Supporting specific events (ie. extra hands on deck for Community Engagement events).
• Participating in the I.D.E.A. Committee’s monthly media club activities (ie. book club readings and discussions).
• Volunteering as a facilitator for I.D.E.A. Committee’s trainings of PNB staff.
• Submitting stories, events, and resources that could be shared in the monthly I.D.E.A. newsletters
Contact IDEA Committee co-leads Naomi Glass (she/her) at nglass@pnb.org or Kiyon Ross (he/his) at kross@pnb.org for more information!
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| Top banner: PNB School students in George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, choreography by George Balanchine © The Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling
Article Images: Students performing at DISCOVER DANCE, photo © Joseph Lambert. Kiyon Ross headshot © Lindsay Thomas. PNB
School student in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®, photo © Angela Sterling. Destiny Wimpye © Lindsay Thomas. PNB headshot photography © Lindsay Thomas. PNB School Professional Division students in Eva Stone's Shahar...according to plan, photo © Lindsay
Thomas.
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