PNB School 2025/2026 School Year Highlights
From PNB School’s Halloweek to the launch of our first Strike Up the Band fundraiser, there’s lots to celebrate from PNB School’s 2025/2026 year! Keep scrolling to read the highlights of our 2025/2026 school year and see some fun photos. New Voices kept Level VII students engaged in the choreographic process with multiple showings of […]
Sequential Steps: How the Choreographic Pipeline Moves
By Eva Stone, PNB Faculty, New Voices Instructor Dance is weird. Agile bodies move through space with purposeful darts and slides and lunges. Movements are executed with thrusts, twists and turns, leaps and dives to the floor, while legs and arms carve the air with wild abandon or with resistance and tension. The choreography of […]
6 Professional Division Students Answer Your NEXT STEP Questions!
NEXT STEP, PNB’s choreographic incubator program, culminates on May 15th and 16th! NEXT STEP provides PNB Company dancers with opportunity, infrastructure, and support as they choreograph new work on PNB School’s Professional Division students. This year’s choreographers include Luther DeMyer, Ashton Edwards, Zsilas MichaelHughes, Leah Terada, Lily Wills, and the co-choreographer team of Dylan Wald […]
When Adult Dancers Take the Stage: Second Act Collective Performs at the Francia Russell Center
Second Act Collective, a nonprofit for adult ballet dancers, performs at PNB’s Francia Russell Center. Faculty member Ikolo Griffin shares why it matters.
A Day in the Life of a Professional Division Student: Rehearsing Momotaro
Follow PD student Christopher Karhunen through a busy rehearsal day as he prepares to dance the lead role in PNB’s new ballet Momotaro.
PNB School Announces New Partnership with MoBBallet!
PNB School partners with Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet so Summer Course students can attend both programs, with week five fees waived. Learn how to apply.
Jessica Lang and Kanji Segawa on Momotaro
Choreographer Jessica Lang and Kanji Segawa discuss creating Momotaro (The Peach Boy), PNB’s new family ballet featuring live taiko and PNB School students.
Get Ready for Momotaro at PNB!
Get ready for PNB’s world premiere of Momotaro with books, videos, recipes, and tips to explore this classic Japanese folktale before the show.
Audition Season Tips from Elle Macy, PNB Principal Dancer
PNB principal dancer Elle Macy shares audition tips on managing nerves, positive self-talk, handling rejection, and letting your love of dance shine through.
Meet the 2026 Summer Course Auditioners
Meet the PNB School faculty heading to a city near you for the 2026 Summer Course Audition Tour. Get tips and advice from the expert team.