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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 Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses at The Washington Ballet, HARID Conservatory, and Oregon […]

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 Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses at The Washington Ballet, HARID Conservatory, and Oregon […]

Maris Antolin2022-09-20T10:26:23-07:00May 19th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Lily Wills, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|0 Comments

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 the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Mr. Martzall joined Pacific […]

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 the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Mr. Martzall joined Pacific […]

Maris Antolin2022-09-20T10:27:27-07:00May 18th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Next Step 2022, Noah Martzall, Proust Questionnaire|0 Comments

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 School, and he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet […]

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 School, and he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet […]

Maris Antolin2022-09-20T10:28:01-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Mark Cuddihee, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|0 Comments

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 Ballet and The Royal Ballet School on scholarship. He joined the National Ballet of […]

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 Ballet and The Royal Ballet School on scholarship. He joined the National Ballet of […]

Maris Antolin2022-09-20T10:28:28-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Jonathan Batista, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|1 Comment

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Malena Ani

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. […]

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. […]

Maris Antolin2022-09-20T10:28:55-07:00May 16th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Malena Ani, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|0 Comments

PNB Soloist Joshua Grant Announces Retirement at End of 2021-22 Season

SEATTLE, WA — Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Joshua Grant has announced that after a 21-year dancing career, the majority spent at PNB, he has decided to retire at the end of the 2021-2022 season. Joshua attended Pacific Northwest Ballet School, joined PNB as an apprentice in 2001, and was promoted to corps de […]

Maris Antolin2022-05-03T11:00:00-07:00May 3rd, 2022|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Dancers, Life at PNB|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Joshua Grant, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, National Ballet of Canada, Retirement Announcement, Season Encore|0 Comments

PNB Principal Dancer Noelani Pantastico Announces Retirement

SEATTLE, WA — Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Noelani Pantastico has announced that after a 25-year dancing career, she is retiring to accept a position on the faculty of Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB). Pantastico trained at CPYB before being hired at PNB in 1997. She was promoted to soloist in 2001 and […]

Maris Antolin2022-01-14T09:30:00-08:00January 14th, 2022|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Dancers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Noelani Pantastico, Retirement Announcement, Roméo et Juliette|2 Comments

Q&A: Elle Macy

Elle Macy 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 School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Pacific […]

Elle Macy 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 School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Pacific […]

Maris Antolin2016-06-26T09:00:40-07:00June 26th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season|Comments Off

American Stories: Emma Love Suddarth, Company dancer

Blonde. Blue eyes. Fair skin. It doesn’t take an extensive examination of my family genealogy to guess what might make up my heritage—largely Scandinavian, more specifically, Swedish roots. My mother’s side is entirely, completely, 100% Swede—in fact, it […]

Blonde. Blue eyes. Fair skin. It doesn’t take an extensive examination of my family genealogy to guess what might make up my heritage—largely Scandinavian, more specifically, Swedish roots. My mother’s side is entirely, completely, 100% Swede—in fact, it […]

Maris Antolin2016-05-16T22:34:52-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|Tags: 2015/16 Season|Comments Off

American Stories: Laura Gilbreath Tisserand & Jerome Tisserand, Company dancers

Jerome: I never excelled in English. But that changed after spending five weeks at the Miami City Ballet summer program. Luckily, ballet is a universal language, but I still found myself a bit lost outside of the studio.

Maris Antolin2016-05-16T16:54:09-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|Tags: 2015/16 Season|Comments Off