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Sensory-Friendly Performances

June 2025

Accessibility at PNB

Discover Pacific Northwest Ballet’s accessibility programs, from sensory-friendly performances and audio dance description to Dance for All and Dance for PD.

School

June 2025

PNB School 2024/25 School Year Highlights

Recap PNB School’s 2024/25 year, from Halloweek and the first Dance for All Sharing Day to NEXT STEP and the Beauty and the Beast family matinee.

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Professional Division

June 2025

PNB School 2025 Graduate Messages

Celebrate PNB School’s Class of 2025 with heartfelt messages from family honoring graduates from Level VIII through the Professional Division.

Performances

June 2025

Leah Terada on Season Encore 2025

PNB dancer Leah Terada recaps Season Encore 2025, from Price Suddarth’s retirement premiere to Crystal Pite’s Emergence closing the night.

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Summer Intensive

June 2025

Meet PNB’s 2025 Summer Course Counselors

Meet the counselors caring for PNB School’s 2025 Summer Course students, sharing dance backgrounds, favorite memories, and advice for young dancers.

NEXT STEP //
Performances

June 2025

Remembering the Unknown; “Tomorrow” in Pieces | Samuel Portillo NEXT STEP 2025

PNB Company dancer Samuel Portillo debuts his first choreographic work, Tomorrow, for NEXT STEP 2025, exploring memory and identity through dance.

Dancer Announcements

June 2025

What Comes Next? A note from Price Suddarth about his family’s next big adventure

PNB dancer Price Suddarth reflects on 16 seasons and announces Jumpkut, a multimedia ballet company he’s launching with wife Emma Love Suddarth.

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Q&A

June 2025

Celebrating Jessica Lang, PNB’s Resident Choreographer

Learn about Jessica Lang, PNB’s Resident Choreographer, her creative process, and upcoming works including ALL LANG and the new ballet Momotaro.

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Director's Notebook

May 2025

Artistic Director’s Notebook: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE 2025

Peter Boal introduces DIRECTOR’S CHOICE 2025, featuring Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, Kiyon Ross’s …throes of increasing wonder, and Cracks.

Costume and Wardrobe //
Choreographers & Staff //
Q&A

May 2025

Q&A with Meleta Buckstaff, PNB Costume Shop Manager and Costume Designer for Cracks

PNB Costume Shop Manager Meleta Buckstaff discusses designing costumes for Rena Butler’s Cracks and what a costume shop manager does day to day.

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