Leta Biasucci | Principal Dancer

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. Ms. Biasucci 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.

In addition to her PNB repertory, Ms. Biasucci performed leading roles at Oregon Ballet Theatre in Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, James Kudelka’s Hush, and Trey McIntyre’s Speak.

Ms. Biasucci was featured on the covers of the October/November 2014 issue of Pointe Magazine and the February 2019 issue of Dance Magazine.

Ms. Biasucci 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.

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, Columbine, Marzipan, Dewdrop)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia, Butterfly)
Rubies
La Source
Square Dance
Symphony in C
Tarantella
Theme and Variations

Andrew Bartee
Dirty Goods*

Peter Boal
Giselle (Peasant pas de deux)

Donald Byrd
Love and Loss*

Alejandro Cerrudo
Little mortal jump

Kyle Davis
A Dark and Lonely Space*
Las Estrellas*

David Dawson
Empire Noir
A Million Kisses to my Skin

Ulysses Dove
Red Angels

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

Kiyon Gaines
Do. Not. Obstruct.*
Sum Stravinsky

Paul Gibson
Rush

Ronald Hynd
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Blue Bird pas de deux, Red Riding Hood)

Jiri Kylian
Forgotten Land
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)