Elle
Macy

Elle Macy (she/her) is from Huntington Beach, California. She studied at Orange County Dance Center and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Netherlands Dans Theatre, School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Elle joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2012 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2013, soloist in 2019, and principal in 2021.

In 2017, Elle participated in the Nederlands Dans Theater Summer Intensive. She performed at Ballet Sun Valley, Jacob’s Pillow, and Wolftrap Festival. She won awards from Youth America Grand Prix, Spotlight Scholarship Competition, and Dance Masters of America.

Featured & Leading Roles

George Balanchine

Agon

Coppélia

(Dawn)

Allegro Brillante

Emeralds

The Nutcracker

(Sugar Plum Fairy, Hot chocolate, Coffee, Dewdrop)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

(Titania, Hippolyta)

Rubies

La Source

Andrew Bartee

arms that work

Peter Boal

Giselle

(Myrtha, Berthe)

Donald Byrd

Love and Loss

Alejandro Cerrudo

Little mortal jump

One Thousand Pieces

Silent Ghost

David Dawson

Empire Noir

A Million Kisses to my Skin

Nacho Duato

Rassemblement

William Forsythe

In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated

New Suite

Ronald Hynd

The Sleeping Beauty

(Fairy of Generosity, Gold and Silver pas de trois)

Jiří Kylián

Forgotten Land

Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)

Jean-Christophe Maillot

Cendrillon

(Fairy/Mother)

Roméo et Juliette

(Lady Capulet)

Benjamin Millepied

3 Movements

Appassionata

Matthew Neenan

Bacchus

David Parsons

Caught

Justin Peck

In the Countenance of Kings

The Times are Racing

Crystal Pite

Emergence

Plot Point

The Seasons’ Canon

Alexei Ratmansky

Pictures at an Exhibition

Jerome Robbins

Dances at a Gathering

Fancy Free

Kent Stowell

Carmina Burana

Cinderella

(Godmother, Stepmother)

Swan Lake

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

Nutcracker

Susan Stroman

TAKE FIVE…More or Less

Twyla Tharp

Brief Fling

Christopher Wheeldon

Tide Harmonic

Original Roles

Andrew Bartee

Dirty Goods

Alejandro Cerrudo

Future Memory

Black on Black on Black

Kyle Davis

A Dark and Lonely Space

Jessica Lang

Ghost Variations

Her Door to the Sky

Edwaard Liang

The Veil Between Worlds

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Khepri

Noelani Pantastico

Picnic

Alexei Ratmansky

Wartime Elegy

Dwight Rhoden

Catching Feelings

Kiyon Ross

…throes of increasing wonder

Penny Saunders

Wonderland

Price Suddarth

Signature

Twyla Tharp

Waiting at the Station

Christopher Wheeldon

Curious Kingdom

Robyn Mineko Williams

The Trees The Trees

Headshot © Lindsay Thomas