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Principal Dancers
Miranda Weese is from San Bernardino, California. She trained at Laguna Dance Theatre and the School of American Ballet. She became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1991 and a member of the corps de ballet in 1993. She was promoted to soloist in 1994 and principal in 1996. In 2007 she left New York City Ballet and performed as a guest artist with Pacific Northwest Ballet. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a Principal dancer in July 2007.
Ms. Weese has performed leading roles in George Balanchine's Agon, Ballet Imperial, Rubies, and La Sonnambula; Kent Stowell's Nutcracker (Clara, Flora); Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances; Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room; and Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia. At New York City Ballet, Ms. Weese danced leading roles in Balanchine's Apollo, Concerto Barocco, Divertimento No. 15, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, Rubies, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Theme and Variations, and La Valse; Peter Martins's The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) and Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Jerome Robbins's The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, and The Four Seasons; Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances; and Wheeldon's Polyphonia. Ms. Weese originated a principal role in Tharp's The Beethoven Seventh. Ms. Weese danced the role of Odette/Odile on the nationally televised broadcast of Peter Martins's Swan Lake on PBS's Live from Lincoln Center. She also appeared in the May 2004 Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," dancing in Balanchine's Liebeslieder Walzer. In 2007 she performed in the worldwide company debut performance of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. Ms. Weese was the recipient of the Princess Grace Foundation—USA Dance Fellowship for 1995–1996. Headshot Photography: ©Angela Sterling |
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