Q&A with Rena Butler
PNB is excited to present a world premiere by a choreographer who isn’t yet familiar to PNB audiences, Rena Butler. Read on to learn more about Rena and her work! What was your path to becoming a choreographer? Rena: It started from the tender age of ten. There was a show on MTV called Making the Video. You saw the inner […]
Legacies in Motion: A Tribute to Lynn Lindsay | Jonathan Batista, NEXT STEP 2025
By Leah Terada On June 13, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP program will feature a powerful new work, Suddenly, O FIM (The End), by Principal Dancer and choreographer Jonathan Batista. This piece marks a deeply personal choreographic debut, created in honor of Lynn Lindsay– a devoted PNB supporter and a dear friend of Batista’s. Lynn’s presence in Seattle’s […]
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 […]
Have you heard of STG Dance for PD?
Learn about STG Dance for PD®, free dance classes for people with Parkinson’s disease offered at PNB’s Francia Russell Center in partnership with STG.
PNB School Retirements: Denise Bolstad and Abbie Siegel
PNB School honors retiring faculty Denise Bolstad (45 years) and Abbie Siegel (34 years) for their extraordinary contributions to ballet education in Seattle.
Grief, Hope, and the Ethereal
PNB dancer Amanda Morgan choreographs Ether for NEXT STEP 2025, exploring grief, connection, and the ethereal body through movement with 16 student dancers
Choreographer’s Notebook: Crystal Pite on Creating Emergence
Notes by Crystal Pite “Even the most optimistic champions of self-organization feel a little wary about the lack of control in such a process. But understanding emergence has always been about giving up control, letting the system govern itself as much as possible, letting it learn from the footprints.” —Steven Johnson “The ants go marching […]
Celebrating Kabby Mitchell III
Honor Kabby Mitchell III, PNB’s first Black dancer, through Kiyon Ross’s tribute. Learn about Mitchell’s career, teaching legacy, and lasting impact on Seattle.
Contemporizing a Classic
Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary discusses designing sets for PNB’s new Sleeping Beauty, blending Indigenous Northwest Coast art with classical ballet.
Staging The Sleeping Beauty at PNB
Dance historian Doug Fullington explains how 1890s Stepanov notation shaped PNB’s new Sleeping Beauty, restoring Petipa’s original choreography and pantomime.