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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET

WASH OF GRAY

CREATED BY MILES AND SYDNEY PERTL

CHOREOGRAPHY BY MILES PERTL

This ballet is a love letter to the city of Seattle. The backdrop is a series of time-lapse paintings depicting different aspects of the region: City, Water, Mountains, etc.

The score, written by local composer Jherek Bischoff, is overlayed atop of field recordings made about the city.

In the final section, the city's famous weather is realized with mist that falls throughout the end of the piece.

Music by Jherek Bischoff

Art by Sydney Pertl, Eli Lara, Maxfield Woodring

Costumes by Patrick Stovall

Nov 2019

© 2023 R Nakayama.

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