Michael Wall
Jean-Philippe Goude, Hugues Le Bars, Erik Satie, Camille Saint-Saens, Stephen Foster
Melanie Burgess
Trad A Burns
25 minutes
19 dancers
November 12, 2020
Pacific Northwest Ballet (digital release)
The 2020 world premiere of Penny Saunders’ Wonderland is principally supported by the Jane Lang Davis New Works Fund and Glenn Kawasaki, with additional support by T.R. Ko.
Wonderland pays homage to the marvel and magic of live theater––a love letter to the immense power and delight one finds within these walls. This work was originally made for film during the height of the Pandemic. Now we happily inhabit this beautiful space again with a renewed sense of gratitude for the shared experience of live performance.
Program note by Penny Saunders