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)
Q&A with Corps Member Melisa Guilliams
What significance does being part of PNB during the 50th Anniversary have to you? I had the pleasure of growing up in Seattle, so I remember coming to watch dancers at PNB for its 40th anniversary season. It feels so surreal to now dance for this company alongside dancers I looked up to ten years ago.
PNB Welcomes Four New Apprentices
PNB is excited to introduce you to our new Apprentices Ashton Edwards, Melisa Guilliams, Zsilas Michael Hughes, and Joh Morrill! At PNB, Apprentices are the first professional position with the Company. Apprentice positions are offered to PNB School Professional Division graduates. PNB School is recognized as one of the top [...]
Promotions: Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan, Miles Pertl, & Elle Macy
“It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.” Prior to the curtain going up for BEYOND BALLET, its second season repertory program, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal announced to the audience that Soloist Elle Macy has been promoted to [...]