Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Elizabeth Murphy Announces Retirement
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Elizabeth Murphy has announced that she will be retiring at the end of PNB’s 2025-26 season. Murphy joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2011, was promoted to soloist in 2013, and principal in 2015. Said Murphy, in her announcement: “My earliest memories of dance are: 1. […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Lucien Postlewaite Announces Retirement
Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite has announced that he will be retiring at the end of PNB’s 2025-26 season, in anticipation of launching his new career as a certified life coach. Postlewaite joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2003, was promoted to corps de ballet in 2004, soloist in 2007, and […]
Dancer Promotion! Luther DeMyer
Moments before Pacific Northwest Ballet launched its 2024-25 season, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and Associate Artistic Director Kiyon Ross stepped out in front of the sparkly-red McCaw Hall stage to announce to the audience that corps de ballet dancer Luther DeMyer has been promoted to Soloist. “Luther is sometimes the quietest person […]