Lily
Wills
Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses at The Washington Ballet, HARID Conservatory, and Oregon Ballet Theatre School. She joined Carolina Ballet as a trainee in 2015 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2016, and soloist in 2019. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2021.
While at Carolina Ballet, Ms. Wills performed principal roles in Robert Weiss’ Adagietto, Stravinsky Pas de Deux, and Four Seasons; the title role in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s The Ugly Duckling; and featured roles in George Balanchine’s Apollo, Zalman Raffael’s Rhapsody in Blue and Metaphorical Heart, and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
Allegro Brillante
The Nutcracker
(Harlequin, Hot Chocolate, Coffee)
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Bathilde)
Jiří Kylián
Petite Mort
Edwaard Liang
The Veil Between Worlds
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Roméo et Juliette
(Rosaline)
Penny Saunders
Wonderland
Kent Stowell
Swan Lake
(Queen Mother, Spanish)
Twyla Tharp
Sweet Fields
Original Roles
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Dwight Rhoden
Catching Feelings
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills
Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses at The Washington Ballet, HARID Conservatory, and Oregon Ballet [...]
A New Season Begins
September at PNB has been busy! Company dancers are back in rehearsal, the PNB School is back in session, and we're all busy preparing for our return to McCaw Hall this month. With a mixture of joy and trepidation, we're stretching our collective muscles, breathing deeply, and turning our [...]
Welcoming Our New Dancers for the 2021/22 Season
Pacific Northwest Ballet is excited to welcome new dancers to our studios this season. Jonathan Batista and James Kirby Rogers are joining the Company as Soloists, and Ginabel Peterson and Lily Wills are joining as Corps de Ballet members. Watch the episode of PNB is Listening where the four are interviewed [...]