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“O Fortuna” in Pop Culture
PNB Company dancers in Carmina Burana © Angela Sterling. "O Fortuna" is one of the most dramatic, and memorable, pieces of music in the modern [...]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor’s Pavane
Artistic Director's Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor's Pavane By PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal Pacific Northwest Ballet is a [...]
Meet the Artist: Mark Haim
Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for [...]
Five years on, Jessika Anspach reflects on Midsummer
A Midsummer (er... springtime?) Night's Dream by Jessika Anspach McEliece The smell of sautéing onions wafted through the air as Classic FM streamed on my [...]
Rachel Foster to retire at the end of 2018-19 season
Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal has announced that principal dancer Rachel Foster will retire at the end of the 2018-19 season. Ms. [...]
12 Fun Facts About A Midsummer Night’s Dream
PNB's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream was the first major story ballet by George Balanchine to be completely redesigned with the approval of The [...]
Meet the Artist: Ron Gatsby
Ron Gatsby is a dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer based in Seattle. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Purple Lemonade, an artist collective which [...]
Meet the Artist: Dammiel Cruz
Dammiel Cruz is from New York, New York. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to corps de ballet [...]
Meet the Artist: Eva Stone
Eva Stone is a teaching artist, choreographer, and founder/producer of CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work, an annual contemporary dance festival. She received her BFA in [...]