2008.4.19. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Laughing Out Loud spring dance festival. Fitting title. Was fun.

• Variations Sérieuses
  - a backstage ballet rehearsal and performance (great acting).
  Music: Mendelssohn (Op. 54, 1841)
  Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon (for New York City Ballet)
  Scenic and Costume Design: Ian Falconer (great set design)
• One Tiny Dance - energetic, funny!
  - in the lobby on a 6'x6' podium during the 1st intermission
  Performer: Mike Barber, Jenn Gierada
• Shindig
  • The Wall - Mozart (from Fünf Contretäänze, K. 609)
  • Bumble Bee - Rimsky-Korsakov (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57)
  • Tango - Stravinsky
  • Forellenquintett - Schubert (from Piano Quintet in A major [Trout Quintet], D. 667)
  • Sweet Suite - Stravinsky ("Waltz," from Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra)
  • Plink, Plank, Plunk! - Leroy Anderson
  Choreography: Olivier Wevers (a principle dancer at PNB)
• TAKE FIVE ... More or Less
  Music: Dave Brubeck (Strange Meadow Lark and Blue Rondo a la Turk), Paul Desmond (Take Five)
  Choreography: Susan Stroman
• The Dying Swan - commic
  Music: Saint-Saëns ("The Swan," from Carnival of the Animals)
  Choreography: after Michel Fokine
  Costume Design: Mike Gonzales (fabulously feather shedding skirt)
  Performer: Joshua Grant
• Ordinary Festivals - lots of running and oranges.
  Music: Italian folk music recorded by Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Padano di Piadena Choir & Matteo Salvatore
  Conceived, directed, choreographed: Sara Pearson & Patrik Widrig