NEXT STEP Choreographers

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP is a one-night-only performance for PNBS Professional Division students in an all-premiere line up created by PNB Company members. One of the most fun performances all season long, NEXT STEP is your chance to cheer the next generation of dancers and dance-makers.

Prior to 2011 the […]

Q&A: Kyle Davis on NEXT STEP

Kyle Davis is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at Rock School for Dance Education and North Carolina School of the Arts, and attended summer courses on scholarship at Milwaukee Ballet School, […]

Kyle Davis is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at Rock School for Dance Education and North Carolina School of the Arts, and attended summer courses on scholarship at Milwaukee Ballet School, […]

Q&A: Miles Pertl on NEXT STEP

Miles Pertl is from Seattle, Washington. He trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, International Ballet Academy in Kirkland, Washington, and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, and he attended summer courses at San Francisco Ballet School. Mr. Pertl […]

Miles Pertl is from Seattle, Washington. He trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, International Ballet Academy in Kirkland, Washington, and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, and he attended summer courses at San Francisco Ballet School. Mr. Pertl […]

2016-06-15T15:00:43-07:00June 15th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Q&A: Miles Pertl on NEXT STEP

Q&A: Steven Loch on NEXT STEP

Steven Loch is from Denton County, Texas. He studied at Ballet Conservatory in Lewisville, Texas, and on scholarship at Harid Conservatory and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He attended summer courses on scholarship at American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s National Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Harid Conservatory, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Mr. […]

2016-06-13T09:00:31-07:00June 13th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Q&A: Steven Loch on NEXT STEP

Q&A: Jessika Anspach

Jessika Anspach is from Bellevue, Washington. She received her training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, beginning with Creative Movement classes and progressing through to the Professional Division. In 2002, she joined the Suzanne Farrell Ballet as an apprentice. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2004 and was promoted to corps de […]

2016-06-11T11:00:11-07:00June 11th, 2016|Categories: Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , |Comments Off on Q&A: Jessika Anspach

Wardrobe: Tharp’s Waiting at the Station

As Pacific Northwest Ballet’s dancers, artists, crew, orchestra, costume shop and the rest of the PNB family prepare for the final weekend of the 2015/16 Season, I wanted to share with you a few of the incredible sketches by Costume Designer, Santo Loquasto for Twyla Tharp’s Waiting at the Station.


2016-06-08T12:00:32-07:00June 8th, 2016|Categories: Performances, PNB Wardrobe|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Wardrobe: Tharp’s Waiting at the Station

Cooking with Emma & Price: Fish tacos

Cooking with Emma & Price is a monthly PNB BLOG series featuring seasonal recipes by two of our very own dancers. I have grown to know this beautiful couple as the cookers of the company. Every weekend they are out at the Ballard […]

Cooking with Emma & Price is a monthly PNB BLOG series featuring seasonal recipes by two of our very own dancers. I have grown to know this beautiful couple as the cookers of the company. Every weekend they are out at the Ballard […]

2016-06-05T12:00:50-07:00June 5th, 2016|Categories: Life at PNB|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Cooking with Emma & Price: Fish tacos

Q&A: Ezra Thomson on NEXT STEP

Ezra Thomson. Photo by Linsday Thomas.

Ezra Thomson is from San Bernardino, California. He studied on scholarship at Riverside Ballet Arts, Orlando Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School and attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, the School of […]

Ezra Thomson. Photo by Linsday Thomas.

Ezra Thomson is from San Bernardino, California. He studied on scholarship at Riverside Ballet Arts, Orlando Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School and attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, the School of […]

2025-04-15T10:24:14-07:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Q&A: Ezra Thomson on NEXT STEP

Director’s Notebook: American Stories

Anyone ever heard of Lincoln Kirstein? It’s okay if you haven’t; even George Balanchine didn’t know who he was when Kirstein walked up to him in Paris in 1933. In the post-Diaghilev era in Europe, Balanchine was trying to find footing as a choreographer. He had just presented his new venture, titled Les […]

2016-05-31T12:00:57-07:00May 31st, 2016|Categories: American Story, Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Director’s Notebook: American Stories
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