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PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET
Soloists
Chalnessa Eames is from Bellingham, Washington. She trained at Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton and the School of Royal Winnipeg Ballet and attended Pacific Northwest Ballet School's summer course. She joined Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1996 and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2001. She was promoted to Soloist in 2007.
Ms. Eames has danced leading roles in George Balanchine's Agon, Emeralds, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Butterfly); Todd Bolender's Souvenirs; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge and Torque; Ulysses Dove's Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven; Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat and Rassemblement; Dominique Dumais' Scripted in the Body; Nicolo Fonte's Within/Without; William Forsythe's Artifact II; José Limón's The Moor's Pavane; Kirk Peterson's Amazed in Burning Dreams; Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free; Christopher Stowell's Zaïs; Kent Stowell's Cinderella (Stepsister), Delicate Balance, Nutcracker (Flora), Quaternary, and Silver Lining; Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs; and Christopher Wheeldon's Variations Sérieuses.
She originated leading roles in Paul Gibson's The Piano Dance, Victor Quijada's Suspension of Disbelief, Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE … More or Less, and Olivier Wevers' Shindig, and featured roles in Dominique Dumais' Time and other Matter and Christopher Stowell's Quick Time.
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Christophe Maraval, Chalnessa Eames and Company dancers in William Forsythe's Artifact II. (Photo: Angela Sterling) |
She has been featured in Balanchine's Ballet Imperial, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Concerto Barocco, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Serenade, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, and Theme and Variations; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow and The Sleeping Beauty; Marius Petipa's Paquita; Kent Stowell's Swan Lake and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; and Paul Taylor's Roses.
In 2002, Ms. Eames danced in the film version of Guy Madden's Dracula.
Headshot Photography: Angela Sterling.
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