“Where the bed go?” “I want to see bed.” “What happened to bed?” I’ve seen the Nutcracker countless times, and I must confess that the whereabouts of the bed never crossed my mind. But this was my little sugar plum’s primary concern at the Evergreen City Ballet’s performance. It was her very first Nutcracker experience, […]
Maurice Sendak
Where the wild things are
I read this morning that Maurice Sendak died. So much of his imagination fueled my own. From my early childhood and reading books like Where the Wild Things Are –over and over and over–to my adult years in Seattle watching Sendak’s creativity come alive with the his brilliantly designed sets for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker. […]
Mouse kings and sugar plum fairies
Girls dressed in pink tulle, tutus and sparkly ballet shoes flit and twirl across their pretend stage. Spritely young jousters parry and thrust invisible swords to ward off imagined foes. The lobby of the Seattle Opera house is abuzz with Lilliputian ballerina wanna-be’s. Big Papa and I wait until it’s time to head to our […]