Sarah-Gabrielle
Ryan
Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan (she/her) is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied on scholarship at the Rock School for Dance Education, Metropolitan Ballet Academy, and the School of Pennsylvania Ballet; she attended summer courses at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Ellison Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, the School of American Ballet, the School of Pennsylvania Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Sarah-Gabrielle joined Pennsylvania Ballet II in 2014 and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2017 and soloist in 2021 and principal in 2023.
Sarah-Gabrielle has performed as a guest artist at Shut Up & Dance in collaboration with MANNA, Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival, and the Seattle International Dance Festival. In 2021, she performed for Matthew Neenan’s residency at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, South Dakota Ballet, and Ballet Sun Valley. She was named as one of Dance Magazine’s On the Rise in 2018 and was on the March 2021 cover of Pointe Magazine.
In 2020, Sarah-Gabrielle choreographed Before You Know It for PNB’S NEXT STEP to music by PNB’s violist Alex Grimes and Solo commissioned by Gonzaga University Dance Program and Department of Theatre and Dance.
In addition to her dance work, Sarah-Gabrielle earned a certificate for Management of Successful Arts and Cultural Organizations from the DeVos Institute of Arts Management and is the Vice-Chair of Community Engagement for the Moulin Belle Arts Residency in Périgord, France.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
Agon
Allegro Brillante
The Nutcracker
(Sugar Plum Fairy, Dewdrop, Coffee, Marzipan, Hot Chocolate)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Butterfly, Hermia)
Rubies
Tarantella
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Giselle, Peasant Pas)
Alejandro Cerrudo
Little mortal jump
One Thousand Pieces
Silent Ghost
Kyle Davis
Sylvia Pas de Deux
David Dawson
Empire Noir
Ulysses Dove
Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven
Alexander Ekman
Cacti
William Forsythe
New Suite
One Flat Thing, reproduced
Ronald Hynd
The Sleeping Beauty
(Fairy of Temperament, Blue Bird pas de deux)
Jiří Kylián
Petite Mort
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)
Jessica Lang
Ghost Variations
Edwaard Liang
The Veil Between Worlds
Justin Peck
The Times Are Racing
Miles Pertl
Wash of Gray
Crystal Pite
Emergence
Plot Point
The Seasons’ Canon
Alexei Ratmansky
Wartime Elegy
Jerome Robbins
West Side Story Suite
(Maria)
Eva Stone
F O I L
Kent Stowell
Carmina Burana
Cinderella
(Spring, Summer, Columbine)
Swan Lake
(Czardas, Pas de Trois, Neapolitan Dance)
Twyla Tharp
Brief Fling
Waiting at the Station
Original Roles
Donald Byrd
Love and Loss
Kyle Davis
A Dark and Lonely Space
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Amanda Morgan
This Space Left Intentionally Blank
Matthew Neenan
Bacchus
Noelani Pantastico
Picnic
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Ezra Thomson
The Perpetual State
Dancer Promotions! Clara Ruf Maldonado, Kuu Sakuragi, and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan
Before the curtain-raiser performance of Alexei Ratmansky’s Wartime Elegy on opening night of LOVE & LOSS, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and Associate Artistic Director Kiyon Ross announced to the audience that corps de ballet dancers Clara Ruf Maldonado and Kuu Sakuragi have been promoted Soloists, and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan has been promoted to Principal dancer.
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month at PNB
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month at PNB Written and compiled by PNB Company dancer Amanda Morgan Foreword As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, I found it important to highlight the many Latine artists that help make Pacific Northwest Ballet what it is. We range from being onstage to [...]
Q&A with Soloist Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan
Do you have talents or passions outside of dance? Acting and karate (Kenpo) are two of my favorites. I find they’re helpful in dance as well. Acting helps with the storytelling we convey in ballets. The moves I learn in karate often feel like picking up combinations in class.
Promotions: Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Miles Pertl, & Elle Macy
“It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.” Prior to the curtain going up for BEYOND BALLET, its second season repertory program, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal announced to the audience that Soloist Elle Macy has been promoted to [...]