PNB dancer Leta Biasucci. Photo by Lindsay Thomas.

Leta Biasucci

Principal

Pronouns: She/Her
Principal: 2018
Soloist: 2014
Corps de Ballet: 2011

Leta Biasucci (she/her) is from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She studied under Marcia Dale Weary at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and became a trainee at San Francisco Ballet School in 2006. She joined Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2008.

Leta holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts Leadership from Seattle University. This degree was funded in part by Second Stage, PNB’s career transition program for dancers.

At Oregon Ballet Theatre, she performed leading roles in Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, James Kudelka’s Hush, and Trey McIntyre’s Speak. Leta was featured on the covers of the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe Magazine and the February 2019 issue of Dance Magazine.

Leading & Featured Roles

Agon // George Balanchine
Coppélia // George Balanchine

Swanilda, Waltz of the Golden Hours

Jewels // George Balanchine

Emeralds, Rubies

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® // George Balanchine

Sugar Plum Fairy, Marzipan, Dewdrop, Coffee

A Midsummer Night’s Dream // George Balanchine

Hermia, Butterfly

La Source // George Balanchine
Square Dance // George Balanchine
Symphony in C // George Balanchine
Tarantella // George Balanchine
Giselle // Peter Boal

Peasant pas de deux

Little mortal jump // Alejandro Cerrudo
Empire Noir // David Dawson
New Suite // William Forsythe
Sum Stravinsky // Kiyon Ross
Rush // Paul Gibson
The Sleeping Beauty // Ronald Hynd

Aurora, Blue Bird pas de deux

Forgotten Land // Jiří Kylián
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances) // Jiří Kylián
Petite Mort // Jiří Kylián
Cendrillon // Jean-Christophe Maillot

Sister

Roméo et Juliette // Jean-Christophe Maillot

Nurse

3 Movements // Benjamin Millepied
The Times Are Racing // Justin Peck
Year of the Rabbit // Justin Peck
Emergence // Crystal Pite
Plot Point // Crystal Pite
Don Quixote // Alexei Ratmansky

Cupid, Piccilia

Pictures at an Exhibition // Alexei Ratmansky
In the Night // Jerome Robbins
F O I L // Eva Stone
Swan Lake // Kent Stowell

Odette/Odile, Pas de trois, Neapolitan Dance

Carmina Burana // Kent Stowell
Cinderella // Kent Stowell

Cinderella, Spring

Nutcracker // Kent Stowell

Clara

Signature // Price Suddarth
Afternoon Ball // Twyla Tharp
Brief Fling // Twyla Tharp
Tide Harmonic // Christopher Wheeldon
Variations Sérieuses // Christopher Wheeldon

Young Girl

Original Roles

Dirty Goods // Andrew Bartee
Love and Loss // Donald Byrd
Las Estrellas // Kyle Davis
Do. Not. Obstruct. // Kiyon Ross
Ghost Variations // Jessica Lang
Her Door to the Sky // Jessica Lang
The Veil Between Worlds // Edwaard Liang
Bacchus // Matthew Neenan
The Window // Dani Rowe

The Watcher

The Intermission Project // Price Suddarth
Curious Kingdom // Christopher Wheeldon