Executive Director’s Notes – The Personal Element, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations

Thank you for joining us today at McCaw Hall or from your digital viewing space—wherever that may be! It is difficult to describe the elation we […]

Executive Director’s Notes: The Personal Element, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations

Dear Friends,

Thank you for joining us today at McCaw Hall or from your digital viewing space—wherever that may be! It is difficult to describe the elation we […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T13:19:14-07:00November 4th, 2021|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Beyond Ballet, Ellen Walker, George Balanchine, Ghost Variations, Jessica Lang|Comments Off

Artistic Director’s Notebook – The Personal Element, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations

Artistic Director’s Notes: The Personal Element, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations

It happened. On September 22, the curtain rose, the orchestra played, bejeweled costumes caught the light, and dancers floated. It was exactly as we had witnessed countless times before, and yet, it felt […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T13:18:35-07:00October 28th, 2021|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Alonzo King, Beyond Ballet, Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations, Jessica Lang, Kanji Segawa, LINES Ballet, Peter Boal, The Personal Element, Ulysses Dove|Comments Off

Announcing Our 2021-2022 Season

Following a year that nobody wants to revisit anytime soon, Artistic Director Peter Boal has optimistically announced the line-up for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 49th season, running from September 2021 to June 2022. A love letter to PNB’s loyal fans, highlights of PNB’s return to the McCaw Hall stage include full-evening programs devoted to […]

Maris Antolin2022-11-02T11:40:49-07:00May 11th, 2021|Categories: Performances|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Alejandro Cerrudo, Alonzo King, Crystal Pite, David Parsons, George Balanchine, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jessica Lang, Justin Peck, Kent Stowell, Robyn Mineko Williams, Twyla Tharp, Ulysses Dove|2 Comments

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Wonderland, Waterbaby Bagatelles, Arms, Ghost Variations

We are all keenly aware we are living through an unprecedented and historic time. Yes, I’m referring to a national reckoning on social and racial injustice, a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, stark political division, surging unemployment, the calamitous effects […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T14:55:56-07:00November 10th, 2020|Categories: Dance Happens Everywhere, Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2020/21 Season, ALICE, Arms, Digital Season, Distance Dances, Ghost Variations, Jessica Lang, Penny Saunders, Peter Boal, PNB Premiere, Rep 2, Susan Marshall, Twyla Tharp, Waterbaby Bagatelles, Wonderland|6 Comments

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Dances at a Gathering, F O I L, One Body, Swan Lake, Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds, The Calling, Mopey, The Trees The Trees, Red Angels

Dance Happens Everywhere. That’s the title of our 20-21 digital season, and it’s true; dance does happen everywhere. I’m not just referring to different cultures […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T15:28:07-07:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Dance Happens Everywhere, Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2020/21 Season, Albert Evans, Dances at a Gathering, Diamonds, Digital Season, Emeralds, Eva Stone, F O I L, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Jessica Lang, Jewels, Kent Stowell, Marco Goecke, Mopey, One Body, Peter Boal, Red Angels, Robyn Mineko Williams, Rubies, Swan Lake, The Calling, The Trees The Trees, Ulysses Dove|7 Comments

Elle Macy & Dylan Wald on being back in the studios

After about five months away, PNB has begun slowly welcoming dancers back into our studios at the Phelps Center. Safety is paramount. PNB is following local health and safety mandates, consulting public health advisors and partnering with AGMA (dancers’ union) on strict return-to-work protocols including screening measures, timed entry into the building, dancers […]

Maris Antolin2020-08-20T17:27:52-07:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Dance Happens Everywhere, Dancers, Dancing at Home, Life at PNB, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2020/21 Season, Digital Season, Dylan Wald, Elle Macy, Ghost Variations, Jessica Lang, Kanji Segawa|1 Comment

Dancer Pods & “Building Choreography”

After about five months away, PNB has begun slowly welcoming dancers back into our studios at the Phelps Center. Safety is paramount. PNB is following local health and safety mandates, consulting public health advisors and partnering with AGMA (dancers’ union) on strict return-to-work protocols including screening measures, timed entry into the building, dancers […]

Maris Antolin2020-08-17T13:19:41-07:00August 17th, 2020|Categories: Dance Happens Everywhere, Dancers, Life at PNB, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2020/21 Season, Amanda Morgan, Cecilia Iliesiu, Digital Season, Elizabeth Murphy, Elle Macy, Emeralds, George Balanchine, Health & Safety, Jessica Lang, Leta Biasucci, Lucien Postlewaite, Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan|1 Comment

A Performer’s Parisian Perspective

Dancer Steven Loch on PNB’s Paris Tour

Paris…I just performed in Paris…PARIS! Just writing it down seems surreal. Performing in the place where ballet itself was started feels like the pinnacle of a ballet career. I just knew PNB’s […]

Maris Antolin2018-07-08T09:58:24-07:00July 8th, 2018|Categories: Dancers, PNB on Tour|Tags: Appassionata, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite, Emergence, Her Door to the Sky, Jerome Robbins, Jessica Lang, Opus 19/The Dreamer, PNB Paris Tour, Steven Loch, Summer 2018, Tide Harmonic, Twyla Tharp, Waiting at the Station|3 Comments

Her Door to the Sky: Q&A with choreographer Jessica Lang

PNB’s upcoming HER STORY program features three of our favorite choreographers: Twyla Tharp (Afternoon Ball), Crystal Pite (Plot Point), and Jessica Lang (Her Door to the Sky). You can get a taste of all three groundbreaking choreographers’ work this November 3–12 at McCaw Hall, but if you can’t wait until […]

Maris Antolin2017-10-02T13:55:53-07:00October 2nd, 2017|Categories: Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2017/18 Season, Benjamin Britten, Bradon McDonald, Georgia O'Keeffe, Her Door to the Sky, HER STORY, Jacob's Pillow, Jessica Lang|Comments Off

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Empire Noir, Her Door to the Sky, New Suite

With each Pacific Northwest Ballet production, Artistic Director Peter Boal creates a Director’s Notebook. We’re inspired today to bring you his latest editorial for DIRECTOR’S CHOICE, opening March 17.

Even though I try to steer clear of […]

Maris Antolin2023-10-10T12:01:39-07:00March 16th, 2017|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2016/17 Season, David Dawson, Director's Choice, Empire Noir, Her Door to the Sky, Jessica Lang, New Suite, William Forsythe|1 Comment