Christian
Poppe
Christian Poppe (he/him) is from Lake Stevens, Washington. He studied on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and Cornish College of the Arts Preparatory Dance, as well as the Dance School in Everett, Johnson and Peter’s Tap Dance, Ballet Bellevue, and Betty Spooner’s Creative Arts Foundation. He attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, National Ballet School (Toronto), Houston Ballet Ben Stevenson Academy, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and Goh Ballet Academy, and he was a 2013 recipient of the Flemming Halby Exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet School. Christian joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2013 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2014. He was promoted to soloist in 2022.
In addition to performances with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Christian has performed for Dance! Fremont and the Men in Dance Festival—Against the Grain.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
The Nutcracker
(Cavalier, Soldier Doll, Hot Chocolate, Tea, Candy Cane)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Puck)
Tarantella
Allegro Brillante
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Peasant pas de deux)
Alejandro Cerrudo
Little mortal jump
One Thousand Pieces
Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman
Cacti
William Forsythe
New Suite
One Flat Thing, reproduced
Ronald Hynd
The Sleeping Beauty
(Bluebird pas de deux, Wolf)
Jiří Kylián
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)
Jessica Lang
Her Door to the Sky
Edwaard Liang
The Veil Between Worlds
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Roméo et Juliette
(Benvolio)
Benjamin Millepied
3 Movements
Matthew Neenan
Bacchus
Justin Peck
The Times Are Racing
Crystal Pite
Emergence
Plot Point
The Seasons’ Canon
Penny Saunders
Wonderland
Kent Stowell
Carmina Burana
Cinderella
(Jester, Evil Sprite)
Swan Lake
(Jester)
Susan Stroman
TAKE FIVE…More or Less
Twyla Tharp
Afternoon Ball
Brief Fling
Waiting at the Station
Christopher Wheeldon
Tide Harmonic
Original Roles
Donald Byrd
Love and Loss
Jessica Lang
Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Eva Stone
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