Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Elizabeth Murphy Announces Retirement

Principal dancer Elizabeth Murphy announces her retirement after 15 years with PNB. Celebrate her career at the Season Encore performance.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Lucien Postlewaite Announces Retirement

Principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite announces his retirement after over 20 years with PNB. Celebrate his career at the Season Encore performance.
What Comes Next? A note from Price Suddarth about his family’s next big adventure
PNB dancer Price Suddarth reflects on 16 seasons and announces Jumpkut, a multimedia contemporary ballet company he’s launching with wife Emma Love Suddarth.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Dancers Cecilia Iliesiu, Miles Pertl, and Price Suddarth Announce Departures
Pacific Northwest Ballet will be saying farewell to principal dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, as well as soloists Miles Pertl and Price Suddarth at the end of PNB’s 2024-25 season. Iliesiu, who recently welcomed son Francis to her family, has been accepted to Duke University where she will begin MBA studies this fall at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Pertl intends […]
Dancer Promotion! Luther DeMyer

Congratulations to Luther DeMyer, promoted from corps de ballet to Soloist at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Read tributes from Peter Boal and Kiyon Ross.
Global Ballet Teachers: Cecilia Iliesiu Teaches in Accra, Ghana
PNB Principal dancer Cecilia Iliesiu is the Director of the organization Global Ballet Teachers, and recently travelled to Accra, Ghana. While there, Cecilia lead a Four-Day Teacher Workshop to inspire more connection between dance teachers around the world. Read on for Cecilia’s recap of her trip! Words and photos by Cecilia Iliesiu In May 2020, during the […]
Noelani Pantastico Announces Retirement
PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico announces her retirement after a celebrated career at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.