PNB Bids Adieux to Principal Dancers Jerome and Laura Tisserand

Pacific Northwest Ballet will be bidding an adieux passionnés to principal dancers Jerome Tisserand and Laura Tisserand at the end of the company’s 2020-2021 season: The couple have announced that they will be leaving Seattle this summer, to accept positions with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Laura Tisserand (formerly Gilbreath) trained at PNB School […]

Kyle Davis’ Notes on Las Estrellas

We’re on the edge of our seats and tips of our toes in anticipation for Monday’s world premiere release of Las Estrellas (The Stars ✨)! Choreographed by Kyle Davis for Angelica Generosa, Leta Biasucci, Laura Tisserand, Noelani Pantastico and Lesley Rausch, with costumes by Elizabeth Murphy,

West Side Story Suite Trivia

Warning: Contains spoilers!

The story of Romeo and Juliet never gets old. Perhaps that’s why West Side Story, the Broadway musical about star-crossed lovers first performed in 1957, still feels poignant 60 years later.

“As powerful and relevant as the theme was in Shakespeare’s time […]

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Laura Tisserand on Twyla Tharp, insecurities, and giving it your all

As dancers, we are drawn to routine and habit. From the pliés and tendus we execute every day in ballet class to the foods we eat before performances, it’s all part of a perfectly choreographed dance—one we are deeply familiar with. Our formula for success is repetition and, while boring to some, it […]

2016-05-18T18:27:27-07:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Performances|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Laura Tisserand on Twyla Tharp, insecurities, and giving it your all

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

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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.

2016-05-16T16:54:09-07:00May 16th, 2016|Categories: American Story, Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on American Stories: Laura Gilbreath Tisserand & Jerome Tisserand, Company dancers

NYC Tour: Contemporary Innovators

Blog by PNB Dancer Cecilia Iliesiu.

I know I am biased, but PNB knocked New York’s socks off the last two days with the Balanchine ProgramHowever, they don’t know what is coming their way with the next program – Contemporary Innovators.

On the Program —

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