Melisa
Guilliams
Melisa Guilliams is from Seattle, Washington. She studied at the International Ballet Academy, Souterre Ballet, Evergreen City Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet and attended summer courses at Houston Ballet, Juilliard, Miami City Ballet, Arts Umbrella, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2021 and the corps de ballet in 2022.
Featured & Leading Roles
George Balanchine
The Nutcracker
(Dewdrop, Marzipan, Harlequin)
Peter Boal
Giselle
(Berthe)
Donald Byrd
Love and Loss
Jiří Kylián
Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)
David Parsons
Caught
Justin Peck
The Times Are Racing
Crystal Pite
The Seasons’ Canon
Dwight Rhoden
Catching Feelings
Penny Saunders
Wonderland
Kent Stowell
Swan Lake
(Pas de Quarte, Pas de Trois (Act I & Act II), Spanish)
Twyla Tharp
Sweet Fields
Original Roles
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Khepri
Alexei Ratmansky
Wartime Elegy
Kiyon Ross
…throes of increasing wonder
Dani Rowe
The Window
(The Watcher)
PNB Dancers You Should Follow on Instagram
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Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Melisa Guilliams
NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Melisa's creative journey in this blog!
Nutcracker Grow Ups!
Performing in The Nutcracker is a rite of passage for many young dancers and something they look forward to each December. From Polichinelles to Party Children, see how Pacific Northwest Ballet Company dancers began their lifelong journey of dancing in The Nutcracker!
NEXT STEP 2024: Creativity on the Horizon
Kicking it up a notch. Elevating one’s game. Rising to the next level. It’s all right there in the name. NEXT STEP offers members of the PNB Company more than just studio space, talented dancers, and support from PNB’s incredible costume, lighting, and stage management departments. This is an opportunity to push forward in dance, and one that can have a substantial and long-term impact on a dance artist’s career.