Between Nostalgia and Now | A look into Lily Wills’ new work for the NEXT STEP 2025 program
PNB Company dancer Lily Wills share her inspirations for her upcoming NEXT STEP work.
PNB Company dancer Lily Wills share her inspirations for her upcoming NEXT STEP work.
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NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Lily's creative journey in this blog!
Kicking it up a notch. Elevating one’s game. Rising to the next level. It’s all right there in the name. NEXT STEP offers members of the PNB Company more than just studio space, talented dancers, and support from PNB’s incredible costume, lighting, and stage management departments. This is an opportunity to push forward in dance, and one that can have a substantial and long-term impact on a dance artist’s career.
What significance does being part of PNB during the 50th anniversary have to you? My mom and I used to have season tickets to PNB when I was in high school, and we would road trip from Portland to see shows a few times a year. I fell in love with this company and its unique dancers and rep.

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]
September at PNB has been busy! Company dancers are back in rehearsal, the PNB School is back in session, and we’re all busy preparing for our return to McCaw Hall this month. With a mixture of joy and trepidation, we’re stretching our collective muscles, breathing deeply, and turning our eyes on the horizon. […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet is excited to welcome new dancers to our studios this season. Jonathan Batista and James Kirby Rogers are joining the Company as Soloists, and Ginabel Peterson and Lily Wills are joining as Corps de Ballet members. Watch the episode of PNB is Listening where the four are interviewed by Executive Assistant […]