Andrew Bartee is a Pacific Northwest–born dancer and choreographer whose work bridges the worlds of classical ballet and contemporary dance. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Bartee began his formal training at the PNB School and joined Pacific Northwest Ballet’s corps de ballet in 2009. Early in his career, he earned recognition as the first recipient of the Flemming Halby Exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet School, and later received a Princess Grace Award for dance, the youngest recipient that year.
Known for his long limbs and graceful, angular movement, Bartee dances fluidly across genres. During his years with PNB, he also performed regularly with Seattle contemporary company Whim W’Him, expanding his range across styles and choreographic voices. His passion for modern and experimental dance led him to become a recurring contributor to PNB’s annual NEXT STEP choreographic showcase, where works such as arms that work earned critical comparisons to the enduring power of Balanchine and Arpino.
Bartee was selected as a choreographer for Wolf Trap’s Face of America PBS series, creating a site-specific work filmed on location at Olympic National Park — a commission that brought his choreography to a national audience. He later left PNB to join Ballet BC in Vancouver, drawn by the opportunity to engage more deeply in the choreographic process and expand the range of his artistic collaborators.
At Ballet BC, Bartee has embraced an environment where dancers question everything and are constantly creating — a fitting home for an artist whose movement has always been driven by curiosity, individuality, and an unflinching personal voice.