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American Stories: Laura Gilbreath Tisserand & Jerome Tisserand, Company dancers

2016-05-16T16:54:09-07:00May 16th, 2016|American Story, Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

Jerome: I never excelled in English. But that changed after spending five weeks at the Miami City Ballet summer program. Luckily, ballet is a universal [...]

American Stories: Marjorie Thompson, Assistant Principal, PNB School

2016-05-16T16:51:40-07:00May 16th, 2016|American Story, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), PNB School|

My parents were proud to be Young Democrats for Kennedy, but I never took my own patriotism very seriously until I landed at the School [...]

American Stories: Madison Sugg, Company dancer

2024-10-08T14:25:16-07:00May 16th, 2016|American Story, Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

I stood in my tightest fifth position as the curtain came up. With the lights out in the pit, the orchestra began to play [...]

American Stories: Ryan Schultz, PNB Orchestra
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American Stories: Ryan Schultz, PNB Orchestra

American Story, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)

American Stories: Ryan Schultz, PNB Orchestra

2016-05-16T16:31:57-07:00May 16th, 2016|American Story, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

My parents settled in the Central Wisconsin city of Stevens Point, a “college town” with an active and energetic community. I was born and mostly [...]

American Stories: Stephanie Reisfeld, PNB Intern

2016-05-16T16:30:06-07:00May 16th, 2016|American Story, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

I think of myself as Californian far more than as American. I realized this identity inclination when I moved to another country a few years [...]

American Stories: Norbert Herriges, Technical Director

2016-05-15T22:45:24-07:00May 15th, 2016|American Story, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

The PNB Box Office was the unlikely conduit in sharing a story and documents with me about my namesake and great-Uncle Norbert, a Second Lieutenant [...]

American Stories: Angelica Generosa, Company dancer

2016-05-15T22:32:37-07:00May 15th, 2016|American Story, Dancers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.)|

My parents were born and raised in the Philippines. After they graduated college to become nurses and got married, they wanted to come to America [...]