PNB's production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® opens this Friday, November 28, 2025! To celebrate the opening of the Northwest's favorite holiday tradition, we sat down with Sugar Plum fairy extraordinaire and PNB Principal dancer Elizabeth Murphy. Click here to learn Murphy's post-show ritual, her favorite cafe, and more!
Following the opening night world premiere performance of AfterTime in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s current mixed rep program, PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal announced the promotion of four corps de ballet dancers to the rank of soloist, and two soloists being elevated to principal dancers. Read all about it here!
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite has announced that after a 23-year career with the company, he is retiring at the end of PNB’s 2025-26 season. Postlewaite joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2003, was promoted to corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2007, and principal in 2008. He joined Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 2012 and re-joined PNB in 2017. His career will be celebrated at the Season Encore Performance, Sunday, June 7, at McCaw Hall.
PNB Company dancer Samuel Portillo share his inspirations for his upcoming NEXT STEP work titled Tomorrow.
"After 16 seasons with PNB and 30 years of performing on stage, I’m stepping away from the curtain call. Together, Emma and I are launching Jumpkut, a multimedia contemporary ballet company that blends movement, cinema, and storytelling."
PNB Company dancer Lily Wills share her inspirations for her upcoming NEXT STEP work.
PNB Company dancers Kyle Davis and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan share their inspirations for their upcoming, collaborative NEXT STEP work.
PNB Company dancer Jonathan Batista shares his inspirations for his upcoming NEXT STEP work, Suddenly, O FIM (The End).
PNB says farewell to principal dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, as well as soloists Miles Pertl and Price Suddarth at the end of the 2024-25 season.
PNB Company dancer Amanda Morgan shares her inspirations for her upcoming NEXT STEP work.