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Lucien Postlewaite is from Santa Cruz, California. He trained on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. While a Professional Division student at PNBS, he received a Level II Award for ballet in the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts' 2003 Arts Recognition and Talent Search. Mr. Postlewaite joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2003, was promoted to corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2007, and principal in 2008. He was a 2008 recipient of a Princess Grace Award. Mr. Postlewaite has performed as a guest artist with New York City Ballet and in China with Utah Regional Ballet. He has also performed Marius Petipa's Paquita and Olivier Wevers' A Midsummer Night's Dream with Reiko Yamamoto Ballet Company in Japan, and George Balanchine's Tarantella with Los Angeles Ballet. Leading RolesGeorge Balanchine's Agon, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon), Prodigal Son, Rubies, La Sonnambula, Square Dance, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Theme and Variations, and La Valse; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge and Torque; Ulysses Dove's Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven and Red Angels; William Forsythe's In the middle, somewhat elevated and One Flat Thing, reproduced; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow (Camille) and The Sleeping Beauty (Gold and Silver pas de trois); Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette (Romeo); Mark Morris' A Garden and Pacific; Jerome Robbins' The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, and West Side Story Suite (Tony); Kent Stowell's Nutcracker (Prince), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE … More or Less; Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances; Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring; Twyla Tharp's Afternoon Ball, In the Upper Room, and Waterbaby Bagatelles; Olivier Wevers' Shindig; and Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia. Originated leading roles: in Kiyon Gaines' Interrupted Pri'si'zhen, Paul Gibson's The Piano Dance, Benjamin Millepied’s 3 Movements, Victor Quijada's Suspension of Disbelief, and Twyla Tharp's Opus 111, and for Pacific Northwest Ballet's 2005 Choreographers' Showcase, Olivier Wevers' One Symphony. Featured RolesMr. Postlewaite originated a featured role in Paul Gibson's Sense of Doubt. He has been featured in George Balanchine's Ballet Imperial; Nicolo Fonte's Within/Without, Christopher Stowell's Quick Time, Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana, and Paul Taylor's Roses. Photos of Lucien Postlewaite |
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