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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:

12-1:15a Warm-up class with PNB Ballet Master, Otto Neubert at City Center
1:35-4:30 Rehearsals for the […]

2016-02-25T15:30:57-08:00February 25th, 2016|Categories: Life at PNB, Performances, PNB on Tour|Tags: 2015/16 Season, A Million Kisses to my Skin, Angelica Generosa, City Center, Crystal Pite, David Dawson, Emergence, Emma Love, George Balanchine, Joshua Grant, Lesley Rausch, Leta Biasucci, Lindsay Thomas, Margaret Mullin, New York City, Otto Neubert, Prodigal Son, Sarah Orza, Square Dance, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, William Forsythe|Comments Off

NYC Tour: A Day in the City

The PNB family has made it to NYC safe and sound on our early Alaska Airline flight. It is my first time touring and traveling with a dance company and I must say it is a blast. It’s a hoot seeing everyone half awake with coffee in hand as we board our early […]

2016-02-22T23:49:24-08:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Life at PNB, Performances, PNB on Tour|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Alvin Ailey, Angeli Mamon, Batkhurel Bold, Cecilia Iliesiu, Cendrillon, Cinderella, Dammiel Cruz, Deborah Wingert, Elizabeth Murphy, Elle Macy, Henry Cotton, James Moore, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Lesley Rausch, Nancy Casciano, New York City, New York City Ballet, Nicole Rizzitano, Sarah Orza, Seth Orza|Comments Off

Roméo et Juliette with Lesley Rausch & Jerome Tisserand

A rare glimpse into the studio with Lesley Rausch and Jerome Tisserand as they prepare for Roméo et Juliette.

Photography © Angela Sterling.

2016-02-05T16:40:39-08:00February 5th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Life at PNB, Performances|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Angela Sterling, Bernice Coppieters, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jerome Tisserand, Lesley Rausch, Peter Boal, Rehearsal, Roméo et Juliette|Comments Off

Roméo et Juliette with Noelani Pantastico & James Moore

A rare glimpse into the studio with Noelani Pantastico and James Moore as they prepare for Roméo et Juliette.

Photography © Angela Sterling.

2016-02-04T01:31:32-08:00February 4th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Life at PNB, Performances|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Angela Sterling, Bernice Coppieters, James Moore, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Noelani Pantastico, Peter Boal, Rehearsal, Roméo et Juliette|Comments Off

Principal Dancer Maria Chapman Announces Retirement

SEATTLE, WA — Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and principal dancer Maria Chapman have announced that Ms. Chapman has decided to retire. Ms. Chapman joined PNB as an apprentice in 1995 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 1996, soloist in 2005, and principal in 2009.

“In […]

2015-11-17T16:44:24-08:00November 17th, 2015|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Life at PNB|Tags: 2014/15 Season, George Balanchine, Kent Stowell, Retirement Announcement, Twyla Tharp|Comments Off

Where Are They Now? With Beila Ungar

It’s the last day of PNB School Summer Course!

This weekend, PNB School Summer Course students will head back to their home studios to incorporate what they’ve learned; a lucky few will return to PNB this fall as Professional Division students. To celebrate the end of […]

2015-08-07T12:01:28-07:00August 7th, 2015|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Life at PNB, PNB School|Tags: 2014/15 Season, George Balanchine|Comments Off

Kent Stowell on the PNB Orchestra, Carmina Burana, and more

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell was instrumental in creating the PNB Orchestra; he recently sat down to share memories of the PNB Orchestra and his Carmina Burana.

2022-08-30T12:29:55-07:00May 26th, 2015|Categories: Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2014/15 Season, Carmina Burana, Kent Stowell, Peter Boal, PNB Orchestra|Comments Off

What is NEXT STEP?

Pacific Northwest Ballet fosters young choreographers in an unique program called – NEXT STEP.

What is it?

NEXT STEP is where Company dancers rise as choreographers and PNB School’s Professional Division students take center stage in an all-premiere lineup of works created just for them.

2015-04-10T17:28:57-07:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: 2014/15 Season, Kent Stowell|Comments Off

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, […]

2015-04-01T23:57:00-07:00April 1st, 2015|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Dancers, Performances|Tags: 2014/15 Season, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexei Ratmansky, Crystal Pite, George Balanchine, Retirement Announcement|3 Comments

Q&A: Principal Conductor Emil de Cou

How did you get your start in music and conducting?

EdC: 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 […]

2015-03-16T18:56:00-07:00March 16th, 2015|Categories: Life at PNB, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2014/15 Season, PNB Orchestra|Comments Off