Dean Speer
Representative Publications
Professional Publications
Shop Talk -- Interview with Eva Stone. Ballet-Dance Magazine, January 2013.
Mountain Climbing -- Oregon Ballet Theatre's Body Beautiful program
Men in Dance: 'Men=10, Women=1'
Dances at a Recital, Pacific Northwest Ballet School's Annual Performance, Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2012
Big, Baby, and Missed, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Next Step Program, Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2012
Young Enough to Do it Again, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Season Encore Performance, Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2012
Enamel Eyes from 1870 to 2012, Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Coppélia', Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2012
Seattle International Dance Festival Kicks Off, Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2012
Easy on Approach, Whim W'him's 'Approaching Ecstasy', Ballet-Dance Magazine, May 2012
Learning and Plies Never Stop, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Teachers' Seminar, April 18-21, Ballet-Dance Magazine, April-May 2012
An Original Thinker, Interview with Stephanie Saland, Ballet-Dance Magazine, May 2012
Third Version Perfect -- Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Apollo' and 'Carmina Burana,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, April 2012
Thanks a Million -- Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'New Works' Program, Ballet-Dance Magazine, March 2012
1841 to 2012 - 171 Years, One Great Performance: Oregon Ballet Theatre's 'Giselle,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, March 2012
What Seth Says...Interview with Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Seth Orza, Ballet-Dance Magazine, March 2012
A Moving Experience: A Preview of Oregon Ballet Theatre's 'Giselle,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, February 2012
Roper Ropes It In -- Interview with Alison Roper, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet-Dance Magazine, February 2012
New Kids on the Block -- Chop Shop: Bodies of Work, Ballet-Dance Magazine, February 2012
A Shepherd On the Rock -- Whim W'him: 'Cast the First Rock in Twenty Twelve,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, January 2012
Brahms Afoot -- Seattle Dance Project 5, Ballet-Dance Magazine, January 2012
A Sad Tail: PBS Broadcast, December 16, 2011 of San Francisco Ballet's 'The Little Mermaid,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, January 2012
Dear, Just Do the Steps -- A Review of Stephen Manes' book 'Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, December 2011
The Petunias Have it -- Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Nutcracker,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, November 2011
The Southpaws Have it -- Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Love Stories," Ballet-Dance Magazine, November 2011
An Artist First: An Interview with Oregon Ballet Theatre's Xuan Cheng, Ballet-Dance Magazine, November 2011
Going to See Merce -- Saying Farewell to a Legend: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2011
"Slower is Faster" -- Miami City Ballet on PBS: 'Square Dance', 'The Golden Section' from 'The Catherine Wheel', 'Western Symphony,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2011
A Puppet of Fate -- Oregon Ballet Theatre's Premiere of 'Petrouchka' and 'Carmen,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2011
You'll Never Dance Alone -- Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Wheeldon Program, Ballet-Dance Magazine, September 2011
'For Whom The Dance Toils' -- Seattle Dance Project 3, Ballet-Dance Magazine, March 2010
Making Seattle Dance -- Kent Stowell Talks about Seattle Dance Project 3, Ballet-Dance Magazine, February 2010
Knowing Nutcracker -- Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Nutcracker,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, December 2009
'Traditions! Traditions!'-- Oregon Ballet Theatre's 'Emerald Retrospective' Program, Ballet-Dance Magazine, November 2009
Bumbershoot 2009: Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2009
Maximizing Potential/Warding Off Dance Demons: An Interview with "Down Under" Physical Therapist Lisa Howell, Ballet-Dance Magazine, September 2009
Chita, Rita, and Louisa: Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Celebration of Louise Nadeau," Ballet-Dance Magazine, July 2009
Showcase Showdown: Pacific Northwest Ballet's Choreographers' Showcase and Annual School Performance, Ballet-Dance Magazine, July 2009
Speaking Heart to Heart: Conversation with Eugene Ballet's Vanessa Laws and Leoannis Pupo-Guillen, Ballet-Dance Magazine, July 2009
Wheeldon Wheels Into Seattle, by Dean Speer and Francis Timlin, Ballet-Dance Magazine, July 2009
Melissa Hayden & Balanchine Foundation's Interpreters Archive Project at Pacific Northwest Ballet: A Tribute to Melissa Hayden (1923-2006), Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2009
A Gathering Of Tutus: Pacific Northwest Ballet Director's Choice Program, Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2009
Compare and Contrast: Oregon Ballet Theatre -- 'Left Unsaid,' 'Tarantella,' 'Hush' and 'The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude,' Ballet-Dance Magazine, June 2009
Broadway Nelle: A personal tribute to dancer, choreographer and teacher Nelle Fisher (1920 - 1994), Ballet-Dance Magazine, May 2009
The Muse Graces Us -- Margot Fonteyn at Cornish College of the Arts, Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2008
'Ballet Now' Program Preview Rehearsal: 'Artifact II,' 'Mercury,' 'Palacios Dances' -- Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet-Dance Magazine, October 2003
Interpreting Odette/Odile – A Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Makes Her Swan Queen Debut: An Interview with Carrie Imler, Ballet-Dance Magazine, September 2003
A Dual-Edged Talent Discusses Performing and Choreography: An Interview with Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Paul Gibson, Ballet-Dance Magazine, September 2003
An Interview with Otto Neubert and Ariana Lallone: A Husband and Wife team Make Their Artistic Mark with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet-Dance Magazine, August 2003
Excerpt from Notebook to Dance Teachers II, Ballet-Dance Magazine, August 2003