Q&A with Principal Dancer Cecilia Iliesiu
How has your approach to the career changed over time? My career at PNB and the pandemic has taught me to take myself less seriously and whole-heartedly embrace my successes and struggles equally.
Global Ballet Teachers: Cecilia Iliesiu Teaches in Accra, Ghana
PNB Principal dancer Cecilia Iliesiu is the Director of the organization Global Ballet Teachers, and recently travelled to Accra, Ghana. While there, Cecilia lead a Four-Day Teacher Workshop to inspire more connection between dance teachers around the world.
Promotions: James Kirby Rogers, Jonathan Batista, & Cecilia Iliesiu
PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal Announces Three Promotions at CARMINA BURANA Opening Night.
September 23, 2022 – Seattle, WA – “It gives me great pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.” Prior to the curtain going up for on opening night of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 50th Anniversary season, PNB Artistic […]
Building confidence with young dancers: PNBS Mentorship Program November Wrap Up
This month the Pacific Northwest Ballet School Mentorship Program’s discussion topics focused on building confidence as young adults and aspiring dancers.
Major themes that emerged through our November sessions were:
- Hard work is admired in whatever field you are in.
- Re-learn to be a good dancer for yourself. […]
Promotions: Cecilia Iliesiu, Angelica Generosa, & Dylan Wald
PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal Announces Three Promotions during First Look to the Future Gala.
Seattle, WA – “It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.” As part of the festivities at First Look to the Future, […]
PNBS Mentorship: October 2020
by Cecilia Iliesiu
Fellow dancer Amanda Morgan and I used our first chats with the five groups of students (covering Level 6-8, Int/Adv Men, PDs) to catch up with them since we last saw them in June, meeting some new faces as well. We asked them about their summers, what […]
Rep 1 Casting and Program Notes
Dances at a Gathering
Opening Solo
Music: Frederic Chopin (Mazurka, Op. 63, no. 3. 1846)
Choreography: Jerome Robbins
Staging: Philip Neal & Jenifer Ringer
Costume Design: Joe Eula
Lighting Design: Jennifer Tipton, recreated by Randall G. Chiarelli
PNB School’s New Mentorship Program
In early 2020, PNB dancer Amanda Morgan made a suggestion to PNB’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (I.D.E.A.) Committee for a new mentorship program that would connect PNB School upper level students with PNB Company dancers. With the approval of Peter Boal and PNB School, Amanda and fellow Company dancer, Cecilia Iliesiu, spearheaded […]
Juliet Prine, Amanda Morgan, & Cecilia Iliesiu on being back in the studios
After about five months away, PNB has begun slowly welcoming dancers back into our studios at the Phelps Center. Safety is paramount. PNB is following local health and safety mandates, consulting public health advisors and partnering with AGMA (dancers’ union) on strict return-to-work protocols including screening measures, timed entry into the building, dancers […]
Dancer Pods & “Building Choreography”
After about five months away, PNB has begun slowly welcoming dancers back into our studios at the Phelps Center. Safety is paramount. PNB is following local health and safety mandates, consulting public health advisors and partnering with AGMA (dancers’ union) on strict return-to-work protocols including screening measures, timed entry into the building, dancers […]