Is Your Child Old Enough for The Nutcracker?
Wondering if your children are old enough for The Nutcracker? Check out this guide.
PNB dancers you should follow on Instagram
Whether you’ve just joined the Instagram world or you’re looking to beautify your feed with more ballet, we have the solution! Here’s a comprehensive list of all the PNB dancers with public Instagram accounts.
Have you heard of STG Dance for PD?
PNB is proud to partner with Seattle Theatre Group to present STG Dance for PD®, a program of free dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners.
Naomi Glass, a former Houston Ballet soloist, teaches classes […]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor’s Pavane
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Theme and Variations, Signature, Tarantella, The Moor’s Pavane
By PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal
Pacific Northwest Ballet is a choreographer’s company. In some companies, that term might imply one choreographer creates the bulk of the repertoire. That’s not the case with PNB. We celebrate choreography, devoting […]
Meet the Artist: Mark Haim
Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and […]
Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and […]
Five years on, Jessika Anspach reflects on Midsummer
A Midsummer (er… springtime?) Night’s Dream
by Jessika Anspach McEliece
The smell of sautéing onions wafted through the air as Classic FM streamed on my husband’s computer in our English flat (what the Brits call an apartment). All of a sudden, a familiar tune, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony […]
Rachel Foster to retire at the end of 2018-19 season
Pacific Northwest Ballet artistic director Peter Boal has announced that principal dancer Rachel Foster will retire at the end of the 2018-19 season. Ms. Foster joined PNB as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002. She was promoted to soloist in 2008 and principal in 2011.
12 Fun Facts About A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- PNB’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was the first major story ballet by George Balanchine to be completely redesigned with the approval of The George Balanchine Trust.
2. The scenery and costumes, designed by Martin Pakledinaz, were influenced by 19th-century English and Italian Renaissance designs.
Meet the Artist: Ron Gatsby
Ron Gatsby is a dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer based in Seattle. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Purple Lemonade, an artist collective which he founded in 2016. Ron’s work reflects a desire to create movement that makes queer art in general – and black art in particular – visible and […]
