Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Melisa Guilliams

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Melisa's creative journey in this blog!

2024-05-14T09:20:51-07:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Melisa Guilliams, Next Step|Comments Off

NEXT STEP 2024: Creativity on the Horizon

Kicking it up a notch. Elevating one’s game. Rising to the next level. It’s all right there in the name. NEXT STEP offers members of the PNB Company more than just studio space, talented dancers, and support from PNB’s incredible costume, lighting, and stage management departments. This is an opportunity to push forward in dance, and one that can have a substantial and long-term impact on a dance artist’s career.

2023-10-26T12:39:01-07:00October 27th, 2023|Categories: Dancers, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School|Tags: Amanda Morgan, Christopher D'Ariano, Dylan Wald, Elle Macy, Lily Wills, Luca Anaya, Melisa Guilliams, Noah Martzall|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]

2023-09-21T15:44:54-07:00May 19th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Lily Wills, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall

Noah Martzall is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied at Walnut School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall

Noah Martzall is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied at Walnut School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and […]

2023-09-21T15:49:09-07:00May 18th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Next Step 2022, Noah Martzall, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Mark Cuddihee

What is your most marked characteristic? I will try to make a joke out of any situation. Moreover, I become interested in many different activities quite often which causes me to cycle through hobbies rather quickly.

2023-09-28T12:53:23-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Mark Cuddihee, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Jonathan Batista

Jonathan Batista (he/him) is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet and attended summer courses at Miami City Ballet and The Royal Ballet School […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Jonathan Batista

Jonathan Batista (he/him) is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet and attended summer courses at Miami City Ballet and The Royal Ballet School […]

2023-09-21T15:55:29-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Jonathan Batista, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|1 Comment

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Malena Ani

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Malena Ani

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, […]

2023-09-21T15:56:53-07:00May 16th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Malena Ani, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Mark Haim

Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and six […]

Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and six […]

2025-04-15T10:23:32-07:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Mark Haim, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Noelani Pantastico, This Land is Your Land, Velocity Dance Center|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Ron Gatsby

Ron Gatsby is a dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer based in Seattle. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Purple Lemonade, an artist collective which he founded in 2016. Ron’s work reflects a desire to create movement that makes queer art in general – and black art in particular – visible and […]

2019-04-02T14:28:51-07:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Events, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Purple Lemonade, Ron Gatsby|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Dammiel Cruz

Dammiel is also a teaching artist for REACH […]

Dammiel Cruz is from New York, New York. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to corps de ballet later that year.

Dammiel is also a teaching artist for REACH […]

2019-04-01T15:51:50-07:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: Life at PNB, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Angeli Kiana Mamon-Urrea, Dammiel Cruz, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, REACH Student Dance Group, School of American Ballet|Comments Off