Dear PNB School Families,
For this year’s performances of Family Matinee, PNB is pleased to present a new production of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harold was originally created for six dancers of the second company of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2010 by choreographers Terry Marling and Robyn Mineko Williams. You will love this whimsical tale of Harold’s adventures in a world born of imagination, exploration and, of course, a purple crayon.
Both choreographers will be with us in February and March, working alongside Ezra Thomson who will serve as rehearsal director. While I’ve worked with Robyn and Terry to expand the cast in order to include more students, the cast will be smaller than those from past Family Matinees. Twelve Professional Division students and six Level VIII or Advanced C students will be needed for one cast. We will have at least two casts perform. These students will be selected by artistic staff during classes.
Though there will be less students involved in this production, there are many other performing opportunities for our students throughout the year in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake, Harold, Coppélia and School Performance, where selected students will perform a new staging of the Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty.
Sincerely,
Peter Boal (he/him)
Artistic Director