Artistic Director’s Notebook: Sweet Fields, The Calling, The Seasons’ Canon
"What goes into planning a season? There are more factors to list than my word count allows."
Five Women in Choreography
Women are historically under-represented when it comes to choreographing ballets. In honor of Women's History Month, we are highlighting five women with unique choreographic points of view who have or will create works at PNB. Learn more about these women and their creative approaches in this blog post!
Twyla Tharp at PNB
The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
Twyla Tharp is extraordinary. Take one look at her bio and you can see it immediately. But Twyla’s iconic status goes […]
Executive Director’s Notes – Brief Fling, Sweet Fields, Waiting at the Station
Executive Director’s Notes: Brief Fling, Sweet Fields, Waiting at the Station
Welcome to the final program of this historic season. Whether you are newly back to in-person performances with us of you’ve been along for the thrilling ride all season, it’s wonderful to see you. So much has transpired since our cautious […]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Brief Fling, Sweet Fields, Waiting at the Station
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Brief Fling, Sweet Fields, Waiting at the Station
Jahna Frantziskonis strutted casually across the studio floor on pointe while tapping her left palm with her right index finger.
“Twyla, is she texting?” I asked “…on pointe?” Twyla nodded. “I think you’re the first person to choreograph […]
Announcing Our 2021-2022 Season
Following a year that nobody wants to revisit anytime soon, Artistic Director Peter Boal has optimistically announced the line-up for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 49th season, running from September 2021 to June 2022. A love letter to PNB’s loyal fans, highlights of PNB’s return to the McCaw Hall stage include full-evening programs devoted to […]
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Wonderland, Waterbaby Bagatelles, Arms, Ghost Variations
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Wonderland, Waterbaby Bagatelles, Arms, Ghost Variations
We are all keenly aware we are living through an unprecedented and historic time. Yes, I’m referring to a national reckoning on social and racial injustice, a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, stark political division, surging unemployment, the calamitous effects […]
Start spreading the news…PNB is going to New York!
The Joyce Theater Foundation presents Pacific Northwest Ballet in two mixed-repertory programs at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater June 23-28, 2020. All performances will be accompanied by the PNB Orchestra.
“I have long […]
Announcing our 2019-2020 Season
Artistic Director Peter Boal has announced the line-up for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 47th season, running from September, 2019 to June, 2020. Highlights include George Balanchine’s masterful Agon on a double-bill with Kent Stowell’s powerhouse production of Carmina Burana; world premieres by local choreographers Donald Byrd, Eva Stone, and Miles Pertl; the return of […]
A Performer’s Parisian Perspective
Dancer Steven Loch on PNB’s Paris Tour
Paris…I just performed in Paris…PARIS! Just writing it down seems surreal. Performing in the place where ballet itself was started feels like the pinnacle of a ballet career. I just knew PNB’s […]