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Artistic Director’s Notes – Season Encore 2022
Doctor, nurse, social worker, scientist, esthetician, aerialist–just a few of the professions our dancers have embraced after retiring from the company. Emotions at PNB’s Season [...]
Twyla Tharp at PNB
Twyla Tharp at PNB The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it [...]
Executive Director’s Notes – ALL THARP
Welcome to the final program of this historic season. Whether you are newly back to in-person performances with us of you've been along for the [...]
Artistic Director’s Notes – ALL THARP
Jahna Frantziskonis strutted casually across the studio floor on pointe while tapping her left palm with her right index finger. "Twyla, is she texting?" I [...]
Celebrating Music and Heritage with Michael Jinsoo Lim
As part of PNB’s celebration of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) artists in our community, PNB’s concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim has [...]
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills
Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh [...]
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall
Noah Martzall is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied at Walnut School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at [...]
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Mark Cuddihee
Mark Cuddihee is from Greenville, South Carolina. He studied at Carolina Ballet Theatre, the School of American Ballet, Boston Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet [...]
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Jonathan Batista
Jonathan Batista (he/him) is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet and attended summer courses at Miami City [...]