Founded in 1974, Pacific Northwest Ballet School is recognized as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States. Under the direction of Peter Boal, the School offers a complete, professional curriculum to more than 1,000 students. The School’s Open Program attracts 600 teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting.

A New Season Begins

September at PNB has been busy! Company dancers are back in rehearsal, the PNB School is back in session, and we’re all busy preparing for our return to McCaw Hall this month. With a mixture of joy and trepidation, we’re stretching our collective muscles, breathing deeply, and turning our eyes on the horizon. […]

2022-12-02T09:26:51-08:00September 9th, 2021|Categories: Life at PNB, PNB School|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on A New Season Begins
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PNB School Faculty Spotlight: Meg Potter

This month’s PNB School Spotlight features PNB School Assistant Principal Meg Potter!

Meg Potter is originally from Metuchen, NJ, and trained on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School in NYC. She danced with Joffrey II Dancers, then joined American Ballet Theatre under the direction of Mikhail Baryshnikov.  After relocating to the […]

2021-05-18T13:44:37-07:00May 18th, 2021|Categories: Life at PNB, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |4 Comments
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Q & A: Marjorie Thompson, PNB School Faculty

PNB School faculty member Marjorie Thompson has had a legendary career – first working with George Balanchine at New York City Ballet, then teaching the Company and at School of American Ballet before becoming a faculty member at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, where she also developed the PNBConditioning program.

2021-03-15T14:02:58-07:00March 15th, 2021|Categories: PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment
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Q&A with Deborah Kenner

PNB School students know Deborah Kenner for her active, playful ballet classes for all ages and fun Instagram videos. But did you know she is also a dancer and has even been an artistic director? Keep reading to learn more about Ms. Kenner’s background and a few of her favorite things in […]

2025-05-15T16:17:49-07:00January 25th, 2021|Categories: Life at PNB, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Q&A with Deborah Kenner
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PNBS Mentorship: October 2020

by Cecilia Iliesiu

Fellow dancer Amanda Morgan and I used our first chats with the five groups of students (covering Level 6-8, Int/Adv Men, PDs) to catch up with them since we last saw them in June, meeting some new faces as well. We asked them about their summers, what […]

2020-11-18T16:06:06-08:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), PNB School, PNBS Mentorship Program|Tags: , , |Comments Off on PNBS Mentorship: October 2020
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PNB School’s New Mentorship Program

In early 2020, PNB dancer Amanda Morgan made a suggestion to PNB’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (I.D.E.A.) Committee for a new mentorship program that would connect PNB School upper level students with PNB Company dancers. With the approval of Peter Boal and PNB School, Amanda and fellow Company dancer, Cecilia Iliesiu, spearheaded […]

2020-09-28T16:14:33-07:00September 28th, 2020|Categories: Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), PNB School, PNBS Mentorship Program, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on PNB School’s New Mentorship Program
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Q&A with Kuu Sakuragi

Kuu is local to the PNW. He grew up in Bellevue, WA, and started his dance journey on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, through the DanceChance program.

2024-07-25T12:17:02-07:00September 22nd, 2020|Categories: Dance Happens Everywhere, Dancer Announcements, Dancers, Life at PNB, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Q&A with Kuu Sakuragi
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Q&A with Josh Spell, PNBS Consulting Therapist

PNB School is thrilled to introduce you to Josh Spell, former PNB Company Dancer, and our new Consulting Therapist! Josh officially joined the PNBS Consulting staff in July to present health and wellness seminars for our 2020 Seattle Summer Course students, and he will oversee student health and wellness programs and initiatives moving […]

2020-09-10T14:30:41-07:00September 10th, 2020|Categories: Life at PNB, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Q&A with Josh Spell, PNBS Consulting Therapist
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Ballet Evolved

Royal Opera House in London, England has created a series of 15 educational dance videos called Ballet Evolved. The series is hosted by former Ballet Mistriss Ursula Hageli and feature demonstrations by dancers from The Royal Ballet.

We’ve chosen a few favorites to feature! Check out the rest of […]

2020-04-28T10:00:00-07:00April 28th, 2020|Categories: Dancing at Home, Life at PNB, PNB School|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Ballet Evolved
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