Christopher
D’Ariano
Christopher D’Ariano (he/him) is from the Bronx, New York. He studied at Ballet Tech, the School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at Ballet Tech, Boston Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. He was the recipient of the School of American Ballet Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2017 and was promoted to corps de ballet later that year. Christopher was promoted to soloist in 2022.
Christopher has danced as a guest artist at Fire Island Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Hudson Valley Dance Festival, and Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival. He has choreographed three works for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP, along with creating a work for Pacific Northwest Ballet School’s annual School Performance. In 2021, he choreographed for you for PNB’s digital Season Encore. He has been commissioned to create for the Seattle AIDS Memorial Pathway, Seattle International Dance Festival, The Seattle Project, and the Seattle Art Museum.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
Agon
Duo Concertant
The Nutcracker
(Cavalier, Mouse King, Hot Chocolate, Mother Ginger)
Allegro Brillante
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Demetrius, Theseus)
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Wilfride)
Alejandro Cerrudo
Little mortal jump
One Thousand Pieces
PACOPEPEPLUTO
Silent Ghost
Ulysses Dove
Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven
Alexander Ekman
Cacti
Albert Evans
One Body
Jiří Kylián
Petite Mort
Justin Peck
The Times Are Racing
Miles Pertl
Wash of Gray
Crystal Pite
Plot Point
The Seasons’ Canon
Alexei Ratmansky
Wartime Elegy
Eva Stone
F O I L
Kent Stowell
Carmina Burana
Swan Lake
(Pas de Trois, Spanish)
Twyla Tharp
Brief Fling
Original Roles
Donald Byrd
And the sky is not cloudy all day
Love and Loss
Alejandro Cerrudo
Black on Black on Black
Jessica Lang
Let Me Mingle Tears With Thee
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Robyn Mineko Williams
Before I Was
The Trees The Trees
Nia-Amina Minor
And yet here we are
Amanda Morgan
This Space Left Intentionally Blank
Matthew Neenan
Bacchus
Alexei Ratmansky
Wartime Elegy
Dwight Rhoden
Catching Feelings
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Dani Rowe
The Window
Penny Saunders
Wonderland
