Q and A with Elle Macy
Elle Macy is from Huntington Beach, California. She studied at Orange County Dance Center and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ms. Macy joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2012 and was promoted to corps […]
Kylee Kitchens to Retire at the End of the 2015/16 Season
SEATTLE, WA–Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and soloist Kylee Kitchens have announced that Ms. Kitchens will retire at the end of PNB’s 2015-2016 season. Ms. Kitchens has been with Pacific Northwest Ballet since her first Pacific Northwest Ballet School Summer Course in 1995. She joined the company as an apprentice in 1999, was […]
6 Things You Need to Know About Alejandro Cerrudo
Meet choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo and discover six essential facts about his innovative style and creative works featured at Pacific Northwest Ballet.
PNB on Tour: George Balanchine’s Square Dance, Prodigal Son, Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Blog by PNB dancer Cecilia Iliesiu. PNB’s opening night was magical! There had been a few rough rehearsals with tired bodies and swift musical tempos, but once that curtain went up Wednesday evening, we just danced! My favorite moment of opening night performance was the curtain rising on George Balanchine’s Square Dance. As a 5′ 10″ tall dancer, […]
NYC Tour Day 1: Rehearsals
Yesterday (Tuesday) was our one-and-only full rehearsal day before our four-days of consecutive Dress Rehearsals & Performances coming up. Company dancers warmed-up and rehearsed in the beautiful City Center Studio 4. My schedule for yesterday was as follows: Today, we ran the ballets on the City Center stage and have our first performance. PNB is bringing two programs to […]
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ by the Numbers
The whole town will be buzzing when the curtain goes up on PNB’s new production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™, freshly imagined by celebrated author and illustrator Ian Falconer (Olivia the Pig), plus Tchaikovsky’s timeless score, more than 150 roles, and McCaw Hall all aglitter with new décor and surprises! Over 50 drapers, stitchers, first hands, […]
PNB Says Farewell to Brittany Reid
Swan Lake marks Company member Brittany Reid’s final performances with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ms. Reid is from Huntington Beach, California, and trained at the School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. In her farewell, Ms. Reid shares, “I am going […]
Q and A with Principal Conductor Emil de Cou
Emil: I’m the only person I know of all my colleagues who went into music because of loving ballet music. Growing up in Orange County where there was no orchestra, the only orchestra nearby was LA, which I couldn’t get to. So I went to the movie theater and saw Fantasia, then got the record from […]
10 Things You Need to Know About Tom Skerritt
Need more Tom? Watch this video of him and Carla Körbes talking about the acting skills he brings to Don Quixote!
Laura Tisserand on Suzanne Farrell
I’ll never forget how I felt walking into the studio at the Kennedy Center so many Augusts ago. I was an eager 14 year-old ready to start my three-week summer intensive at Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell (EBSF). For me, this was the chance of a lifetime. I knew that Suzanne only picked about thirty […]