Leta Biasucci | Principal Dancer2024-03-26T12:49:46-07:00
Leta Biasucci

Leta
Biasucci

Leta Biasucci 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. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2011 and was promoted to soloist in 2014 and principal in 2018.

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.

Featured & Leading Roles

George Balanchine

Agon
Coppélia

(Swanilda, Waltz of the Golden Hours)

Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée”
Emeralds
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®

(Sugar Plum Fairy, Marzipan, Dewdrop, Coffee)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Hermia, Butterfly)

Rubies
La Source
Square Dance
Symphony in C
Tarantella
Theme and Variations

Peter Boal

Giselle

(Peasant pas de deux)

Alejandro Cerrudo

Little mortal jump

David Dawson

Empire Noir
A Million Kisses to my Skin

Ulysses Dove

Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven

William Forsythe

In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
New Suite
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Kiyon Gaines

Sum Stravinsky

Paul Gibson

Rush

Ronald Hynd

The Sleeping Beauty

(Aurora, Blue Bird pas de deux)

Jiří Kylián

Forgotten Land
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)
Petite Mort

Jean-Christophe Maillot

Cendrillion

(Sister)

Roméo et Juliette

(Nurse)

Benjamin Millepied

3 Movements

Justin Peck

In the Countenance of Kings
The Times Are Racing
Year of the Rabbit

Crystal Pite

Emergence
Plot Point

Alexei Ratmansky

Don Quixote

(Cupid, Piccilia)

Pictures at an Exhibition

Jerome Robbins

The Concert
In the Night

Eva Stone

F O I L

Kent Stowell

Swan Lake

(Odette/Odile, Pas de trois, Neapolitan Dance)

Carmina Burana
Cinderella

(Cinderella, Spring)

Nutcracker

(Clara)

Susan Stroman

TAKE FIVE…More or Less

Price Suddarth

Signature

Twyla Tharp

Afternoon Ball
Brief Fling
Waiting at the Station

Christopher Wheeldon

Tide Harmonic
Variations Sérieuses

(Young Girl)

Original Roles

Andrew Bartee

Dirty Goods

Donald Byrd

Love and Loss

Kyle Davis

A Dark and Lonely Space
Las Estrellas

Kiyon Gaines

Do. Not. Obstruct.

Jessica Lang

Ghost Variations
Her Door to the Sky

Edwaard Liang

The Veil Between Worlds

Amanda Morgan

This Space Left Intentionally Blank

Matthew Neenan

Bacchus

Kiyon Ross

…throes of increasing wonder

Dani Rowe

The Window

(The Watcher)

Price Suddarth

The Intermission Project

Christopher Wheeldon

Curious Kingdom

Headshot © Lindsay Thomas
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