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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.
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
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