The Raven Q&A with Kyle Davis
When and how did you first have the idea for this ballet? Kyle Davis: Creating The Raven as a ballet was an idea that came to me almost 15 years ago. I’ve been attached to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven since I first read the poem as a student. Around 2012, I heard a composition […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Kyle Davis Announces Retirement
Principal dancer Kyle Davis announces her retirement after 18 years with PNB. Celebrate his career at the Season Encore performance.
The Missing Music: How Kyle Davis Tracked Down a Forgotten Score for The Raven
What started as a decade-long hunt for a missing piece of music is now making its way to McCaw Hall next week for Kyle Davis’s world premiere of The Raven. In 2012, a young PNB corps de ballet dancer by the name of Kyle Davis set out on an unusual mission: find a piece of […]
Nutcracker “Grow Ups”
Performing in The Nutcracker is a rite of passage for many young dancers and something they look forward to each December. From Polichinelles to Party Children, see how Pacific Northwest Ballet Company dancers began their lifelong journey of dancing in The Nutcracker! Emerson Boll (she/her) is from Bellevue, Washington. She studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and attended summer […]
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at PNB
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins today. This month and all year long, we celebrate the contributions of artists from and with cultural roots in Latin America. José Limón José Limón (1908-1972) was a crucial figure in the development of modern dance: his powerful dancing shifted perceptions of the male dancer, while his choreography continues to […]
Meet PNB’s 2026 Summer Course Resident Staff
Meet the counselors caring for PNB School’s 2025 Summer Course students. Learn about their dance backgrounds, favorite memories, and advice for young dancers.
PNB Takes on the “Millennial vs Gen Z Marketing” Trend
Here at PNB, we’re loving the “Millennial vs Gen Z Marketing” trend, where flowery millennial language is put head to head with snappy (and silly) Gen Z slang. We decided to take on the trend and highlight our upcoming season. Regardless of who does it better (Millennials or Gen Z’ers), our 2026/27 Season is guaranteed […]
Sequential Steps: How the Choreographic Pipeline Moves
By Eva Stone, PNB Faculty, New Voices Instructor Dance is weird. Agile bodies move through space with purposeful darts and slides and lunges. Movements are executed with thrusts, twists and turns, leaps and dives to the floor, while legs and arms carve the air with wild abandon or with resistance and tension. The choreography of […]
A Conversation with Jessica Lang and Peter Boal
Hello everyone, In place of my director’s notes, I’m offering this interview with PNB’s Resident Choreographer, Jessica Lang. We are thrilled to present ALL LANG, PNB’s final program of the season this May. Included in the program are Her Door to the Sky (2016), Ghost Variations (2020), and ZigZag created for American Ballet Theatre (ABT) […]
When Adult Dancers Take the Stage: Second Act Collective Performs at the Francia Russell Center
Second Act Collective, a nonprofit for adult ballet dancers, performs at PNB’s Francia Russell Center. Faculty member Ikolo Griffin shares why it matters.