Pacific Northwest Ballet

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Photo 1, 2, 3, 5: Full Cast

Photo 4: Audrey Malek, Kuu Sakuragi, Clara Ruf Maldonado,

Photo 6: Elizabeth Murphy and Miles Pertl

Photo 7: Clara Ruf Maldonado, Audrey Malek, Elizabeth Murphy, Leah Terada, Angelica Generosa, Christopher D'Ariano.

Photo 8: Luther DeMeyer, Leah Terada, Christopher D'Ariano, Clara Ruf Maldonado, Kuu Sakuragi

Photo 9: Leah Terada and Christopher D'Ariano

Photo 10: James Moore, Christopher D'Ariano, Luther DeMeyer, Miles Pertl, Kuu Sakuragi, Audrey Malek, Elizabeth Murphy, Leah Terada, Angelica Generosa

Photo 11: Elizabeth Murphy, Miles Pertl, James Moore, Angelica Generosa

Photo 12: Elizabeth Murphy and Miles Pertl

Photo 13: Angelica Generosa and James Moore

Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee

Choreography: Jessica Lang

Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Scenic Design: Jessica Lang and Carolyn Wong

Costume Design: Jillian Lewis

Lighting Design: Carolyn Wong

Commissioned by Pacific Northwest Ballet, Artistic Director Peter Boal

World Premiere March 17, 2023

McCaw Hall Theater

Cast: Christopher D'Ariano, Luther DeMeyer, Angelica Generosa, Clara Ruf Maldonaldo, Audrey Malek, James Moore, Elizabeth Murphy, Miles Pertl, Kuu Sakuragi, Leah Terada. Singers: Christina Siemens and Sarra Sharif Doyle.
"Indeed, although the second half of “Let Me Mingle Tears with Thee” emphasizes a community sharing both pain and catharsis (several final sections with group claps are positively rousing), the work still feels sincerely religious...Lang’s continued study of this “Stabat Mater” is bold, and to see PNB’s audience welcome it is strangely refreshing. Could devotional art have a place in a secular world? Could today’s audiences embrace a genuinely devotional work by, say, a Muslim, or a Hindu?"

- Rachel Howard, Fjord, April 9, 2023

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"Jessica Lang's Let Me Mingle Tears with Thee looked like a church full of those big, velvety Renaissance paintings brought to life... the ballet felt like the most complete premiere onstage that evening, and some of the scenes were just jaw-droppingly gorgeous."

- Rich Smith, The Stranger, March 22, 2023

"Jessica Lang’s “Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee,” set to the evening’s only orchestral music (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s 18th-century religious work “Stabat Mater,” played by the PNB Orchestra), was beautifully colorful. Jillian Lewis’ flowing costumes, done in whispery pastels in the first half and rich jewel tones for the second, made for glorious eye candy, caught like museum art in Carolyn Wong’s elegant lighting design.. the ballet was pleasant and often lovely to watch..."

- Moira MacDonald, The Seattle Times, March 20, 2023

"...choreographically (and musically) the end of [Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee] is magnificent; it is Lang’s visual rendering of the fugue we hear the orchestra play. The intricacy and the dancers’ grace truly are something to behold."

- Marcie Sillman, And Another Thing, March 19, 2023

Jessica Lang
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