Q and A with Louise Nadeau
Louise Nadeau is from Long Island, New York. She trained at the Alexandra School of Ballet in St. Louis and the School of American Ballet. Ms. Nadeau danced with Basel Ballet and Kansas City Ballet before joining Pacific Northwest Ballet as a Soloist in 1990. She was promoted to Principal in 1992 and retired from the […]
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.
Q&A with Dave Jensen, Summer Residence Director
Meet Dave Jensen, PNB School’s longtime Summer Residence Director, in this Q&A about student life, Seattle adventures, and 30+ years of summer courses.
PNB School Faculty’s Favorite Dance Movies
With the Oscars happening at the end of April, this month’s PNB School Spotlight is all about our PNB School faculty’s favorite dance films! Read on for favorites (spoiler alert: everybody loves Billy Elliot and Dirty Dancing), guilty pleasures, and movies that inspired our faculty to become dancers. [Parental Advisory: Please note that not all of these movies […]
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 […]
Tutu Tuesday PNB’s Second Stage Program
Discover PNB’s Second Stage, a career transition program providing grants, scholarships, and mentorship to help dancers achieve their post-company goals.
Remembering Designer Ming Cho Lee
PNB remembers legendary set designer Ming Cho Lee, who created iconic designs for Kent Stowell’s ballets including The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Firebird.
Letters from PNB Artists: PNB Orchestra Member Joyce Ramée
The Pacific Northwest Ballet Future Fund ensures that the artists at PNB are able to dance, create, and bring you joy during these times of uncertainty and change. We ask that you consider a gift to the fund, which will help keep our dancers, musicians, staff, and production teams employed and insured. We could not do this […]
Balanchine Foundation Interviews
The Balanchine Foundation has conducted recorded interviews with dancers and stagers of Balanchine’s works like Maria Tallchief, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Mitchell, Patricia Wilde, and more. The Balanchine Foundation’s YouTube Channel is a seemingly bottomless resource of amazing interviews. Below are just a few videos from The Balanchine Foundation about works in PNB’s current repertoire including Agon, Emeralds, The […]
Donald Byrd on Love and Loss
It is challenging, and nearly impossible, to summarize Donald Byrd in one blog post. He has choreography credits from all around the country across the genres of dance, theater, and opera. His list of accomplishments and awards is staggering: Tony-nominated (The Color Purple), Bessie Award-winning (The Minstrel Show), Doris Duke Artist Awardee, winner of the […]