Artistic Director’s Notebook: DIRECTOR’S CHOICE 2025
Peter Boal introduces Director’s Choice 2025 featuring Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, Kiyon Ross’s …throes of increasing wonder, and Cracks by Rena Butler.
Unwrapping …throes of increasing wonder | Leah Terada in conversation with Kiyon Ross
By Leah Terada I’m writing this blog from a room tucked away in the Phelps Center, just above Studio C, the company’s main studio. Through the walls, I can hear the familiar sounds of rehearsal, the boisterous score of …throes of increasing wonder by composer Cristina Spinei as it seeps its way into my corner of the building, […]
A Sensory Prelude to a Larger Mexican Tale | Kyle Davis & Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan NEXT STEP 2025
Kyle Davis and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan choreograph a pas de deux set in 1800s Veracruz, inspired by Día de Los Muertos, for PNB’s NEXT STEP 2025 program.
Q&A with Rena Butler
PNB is excited to present a world premiere by a choreographer who isn’t yet familiar to PNB audiences, Rena Butler. Read on to learn more about Rena and her work! What was your path to becoming a choreographer? Rena: It started from the tender age of ten. There was a show on MTV called Making the Video. You saw the inner […]
Legacies in Motion: A Tribute to Lynn Lindsay | Jonathan Batista, NEXT STEP 2025
By Leah Terada On June 13, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP program will feature a powerful new work, Suddenly, O FIM (The End), by Principal Dancer and choreographer Jonathan Batista. This piece marks a deeply personal choreographic debut, created in honor of Lynn Lindsay– a devoted PNB supporter and a dear friend of Batista’s. Lynn’s presence in Seattle’s […]
The Man Behind the Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Explore Sergei Prokofiev’s life and legacy, from his early training in Russia to iconic ballet scores for Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, and Prodigal Son.
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Roméo et Juliette 2025
Peter Boal reflects on PNB’s fifth staging of Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, the role of former dancers in coaching, and the production’s cinematic power.
Artistic Director’s Notebook: Roméo et Juliette 2025
Dear Friends, This is the fifth time PNB has presented Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette since our first performance in January of 2008. With tours and Season Encore performances that adds up to about fifty shows. I know what you’re thinking – have we ever done it without Noelani Pantastico? The answer is no. Even when Noe was […]
Grief, Hope, and the Ethereal
PNB dancer Amanda Morgan choreographs Ether for NEXT STEP 2025, exploring grief, connection, and the ethereal body through movement with 16 student dancers
Roméo et Juliette Character Guide
In Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, we see the story from Friar Laurence’s perspective. This adaptation focuses on the characters in the story and their powerful emotions. Keep scrolling to familiarize yourself with the key characters in this ballet!