Ballet’s Latine Inspirations, Part 2
Written and researched by PNB Company dancer Kyle Davis In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are looking at some of the incredible Latino and Latina ballet dancers who have, and continue, to deeply impact the ballet industry by breaking barriers, inspiring others through representation, and giving back to their communities. Read on to […]
Ballet’s Latine Inspirations, Part 1
Written and researched by PNB Company dancer Kyle Davis In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are looking at some of the incredible Latino and Latina ballet dancers who have, and continue, to deeply impact the ballet industry by breaking barriers, inspiring others through representation, and giving back to their communities. Read through and […]
PNB by the Decades: Dancing around the Globe and in Seattle in the ’90s
As PNB celebrates our 50th anniversary season, we are looking back to our past. We’ve discussed the company’s beginning during our “Far-Out” first years and the creation of Kent Stowell’s productions of Swan Lake and Nutcracker during the ‘80s. Now, we’re turning our sights to the ‘90s, which were “all that and a bag of chips” when it comes to PNB. Now […]
Remembering Ulysses Dove
Honor the legacy of choreographer Ulysses Dove, whose powerful works like Red Angels and Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven continue to thrill PNB audiences.
Leaping from Caricature into Character
By Phil Chan, co-Founder, Final Bow for Yellowface As a Chinese person, the second act of The Nutcracker has always bugged me. Looking more broadly at the historic depictions of “Chinese” people on the Western performing arts stage, we see fantasy elements of what Europeans thought Chinese people looked like handed down to us from the baroque era. Sallow “grotesque” […]
Celebrating our Latinx, Chicana, & Hispanic Dancers
September 15 to October 15 is Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month. To celebrate, we asked PNB artists identifying as Hispanic and Latinx share the many ways their heritage informs their artistry. Keep reading to hear from dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Amanda Morgan, Dammiel Cruz, Jonathan Batista, and Clara Ruf Maldonado. “My mom is from Puebla, Mexico […]
PNB Celebrates Kiyon Ross
Kiyon Ross has had an illustrious career at PNB: from Company Soloist (you may remember him as Kiyon Gaines) to PNB School faculty member, Next Step Program Manager, and most recently PNB’s Director of Company Operations, he has moved our organization and art form forward over the past twenty years. Kiyon is also an established […]