Between Nostalgia and Now | A look into Lily Wills’ new work for the NEXT STEP 2025 program
PNB dancer Lily Wills creates a new four-movement work for NEXT STEP 2025, set to Chris Cohen’s music. Explore her choreographic process and costume designs.
Unwrapping …throes of increasing wonder | Leah Terada in conversation with Kiyon Ross
By Leah Terada I’m writing this blog from a room tucked away in the Phelps Center, just above Studio C, the company’s main studio. Through the walls, I can hear the familiar sounds of rehearsal, the boisterous score of …throes of increasing wonder by composer Cristina Spinei as it seeps its way into my corner of the building, […]
Q&A with Artistic Director Peter Boal on his 20th Anniversary Season
The 2025/26 Season marks Artistic Director Peter Boal’s 20th year with the company. PNB has thrived under Peter’s leadership, and we are so excited to celebrate his remarkable achievements. Read on to learn more about Peter’s tenure and what he’s most looking forward to next season! How do you choose what ballets to include in an upcoming season? Peter: […]
Recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month at PNB
Compiled by Miriam Landis, a Pacific Northwest Ballet School faculty member. Foreword May is Jewish American Heritage Month. PNB is proud to celebrate the generations of Jewish Americans who have shaped our arts, history, and culture and continue influencing our future. Pacific Northwest Ballet is a community, and the individuals among us who bring Jewish […]
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 […]
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.
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
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.
A Day in the Life of a Professional Division Student: Operating Puppets in The Sleeping Beauty
PNB School student Cassidy Morris shares her daily routine operating Basil Twist’s puppets in The Sleeping Beauty, from ballet class to backstage rehearsals.