2025 Summer Course By the Numbers
Explore PNB School’s 2025 Summer Course by the numbers: 262 students, 228 weekly classes, 21 variations, and dancers from 25 audition cities across the U.S.
PNB School 2024/25 School Year Highlights
From PNB School’s Halloweek to the launch of our first Dance for All Sharing Day, there’s lots to celebrate from PNB School’s 2024/25 year! Keep scrolling to read the highlights of our 2024/25 school year and see some fun photos. This year was productive and inspiring for PNB School’s year-round student choreography class, New Voices: […]
PNB School 2025 Graduate Messages
Pacific Northwest Ballet School is thrilled to congratulate the graduating class of 2025. Keep scrolling to read celebratory messages from family and friends of these graduating students, and join us in celebrating these talented students! From your profound toddler joy moving with a scarf through every twirl in the kitchen and turn on stage, we […]
Meet PNB’s 2025 Summer Course Counselors
Meet the counselors caring for PNB School’s 2025 Summer Course students. Learn about their dance backgrounds, favorite memories, and advice for young dancers.
A Sensory Prelude to a Larger Mexican Tale | Kyle Davis & Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan NEXT STEP 2025
Kyle Davis and Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan choreograph a pas de deux set in 1800s Veracruz, inspired by Día de Los Muertos, for PNB’s NEXT STEP 2025 program.
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.
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.
How To Prepare for Your Ballet Summer Intensive: Advice from PNB Soloist Leah Terada
By Leah Terada We’ve only just settled into the winter season, yet many young ballet dancers have begun preparing for a pivotal moment in their training: the ballet summer intensive. But what exactly makes a ballet summer intensive such a game-changer and why should you consider attending one? Whether you’re applying for your first one […]
Meet The Princes
One of our favorite parts of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® is seeing PNB School’s dedicated students onstage. Two of those students, Beckett and Ko, dance the role of The Prince this year. You’ll see them onstage as the mysterious nephew of Drosselmeier, the heroic Nutcracker, and the gracious prince. Meet them in the interview below. Ko: I’m […]
DanceChance in 2024 – By the Numbers!
Celebrate 30 years of DanceChance at PNB School—full-scholarship ballet training for Seattle Public Schools students. Explore the 2024 impact by the numbers.