Artistic Director’s Notebook: The Veil Between Worlds, The Times Are Racing, Black Wave

Welcome to the first program of the new season. What a season it promises to be with the unveiling of our much-anticipated new production of The Sleeping Beauty, the return of Roméo et Juliette, and three world premieres. There are also plenty of fan favorites like Crystal Pite’s Emergence, Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, Marco Goecke’s Mopey, and Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs. The excitement starts right here – right now, with Rep I!

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-10-24T12:06:06-07:00September 13th, 2024|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2024/25 Season, Black Wave, Edwaard Liang, Jessica Lang, Justin Peck, Peter Boal, Phil Chan, The Times Are Racing, The Veil Between Worlds|Comments Off

Artistic Director’s Notebook: Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing

Artistic Director’s Notes: Before I Was, Caught, Plot Point, The Times Are Racing

The words “ballet” and “gender-fluid” don’t often appear in the same sentence. In ballet’s early years at the court of Louis XIV, men danced in roles depicting women, but by the 20th century, gender entrenchment had set in. Princes […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-26T13:11:35-07:00March 14th, 2022|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Before I Was, Caught, Crystal Pite, David Parsons, Justin Peck, Peter Boal, Plot Point, Robyn Mineko Williams, The Times Are Racing|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

Jackson Cooper’s Top 10 Movie Dance Moments

While our staff and dancers work from home, our Major Gifts Officer Jackson Cooper has found this time to catch up on his second favorite thing: movies (PNB will always be his first!). Here, Jackson shares his favorite dance moments in movie musicals.

Since performances at PNB are at a […]

Maris Antolin2020-03-31T11:49:39-07:00March 31st, 2020|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Dancing at Home, Life at PNB|Tags: 2019/20 Season, Dirty Dancing, Dylan Wald, Elle Macy, George Balanchine, Gregory Hines, Jackson Cooper, Jacques d'Amboise, Jerome Robbins, Justin Peck, Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York City Ballet, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, The Band Wagon, The Red Shoes, West Side Story, West Side Story Suite, White Christmas, White Nights|3 Comments

Your backstage pass to LOVE & BALLET

Have you ever been backstage at McCaw Hall? It’s pretty exciting to find dancers strewn around the wings, preparing for the next act – and sneaking a peek at sets you typically can’t see up close.

Consider this your backstage pass to our upcoming production of LOVE & BALLET. Discover […]

Maris Antolin2018-05-23T18:54:13-07:00May 23rd, 2018|Categories: Performances|Tags: 2017/18 Season, After the Rain, Appassionata, Benjamin Millepied, Chistopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, Love & Ballet, Tide Harmonic, Year of the Rabbit|Comments Off

Q&A: Sarah Pasch on NEXT STEP

Sarah Pasch is from Dublin, California. She studied at San Ramon Valley Dance Academy, Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Lines Ballet, the Kirov Academy, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ms. Pasch joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as […]