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Wash of Gray
Leah Merchant, Company

Wash of Gray
Elizabeth Murphy, Luther Demeyer

Wash of Gray
Olympic Mountains

Wash of Gray
Leah Merchant, Company
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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.
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The score, written by local composer Jherek Bischoff, is overlayed atop of field recordings made about the city.
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In the final section, the city's famous weather is realized with mist that falls throughout the end of the piece.
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Music by Jherek Bischoff
Art by Sydney Pertl, Eli Lara, Maxfield Woodring
Costumes by Patrick Stovall
Nov 2019
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