PNB Conversations: NEXT STEP Program Manager Kiyon Ross

Kiyon Ross wears many hats at PNB: PNB School faculty member, DanceChance mentor, and NEXT STEP program manager, a position he has held since 2012. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Kiyon trained at Baltimore School of the Arts, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre […]

Kiyon Ross wears many hats at PNB: PNB School faculty member, DanceChance mentor, and NEXT STEP program manager, a position he has held since 2012. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Kiyon trained at Baltimore School of the Arts, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre […]

2019-03-05T12:00:50-08:00March 5th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on PNB Conversations: NEXT STEP Program Manager Kiyon Ross

So You Want to be a NEXT STEP Choreographer


PNB’s NEXT STEP initiative is designed to foster choreographic talent among PNB company dancers. A nine-month process which includes educational seminars, professional development tools, rehearsal time and space, and access to PNB’s production resources, NEXT STEP gives aspiring and rising choreographers […]

Former DanceChance student stages PNB’s latest premiere

We’re so lucky to welcome artists from all over the world to PNB’s studios to stage ballets. Each ballet requires a stager, the artist who teaches the steps, timing, and intention of a ballet on behalf of the choreographer.

For our upcoming mixed bill EMERGENCE, RAkU choreographer Yuri […]

2018-04-10T00:57:38-07:00April 10th, 2018|Categories: Choreographers, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), PNB School|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Former DanceChance student stages PNB’s latest premiere

Assistant to the Choreographer: A New Role for PNB soloist Kiyon Gaines

Soloist Kiyon Ross is well-known to PNB audiences as an outstanding performer and accomplished choreographer. Recently, he’s taken on a new role assisting choreographer Twyla Tharp in creating her latest work, Waiting at the Station. I sat down with him last week to discuss how he fits in to her the process of […]

2023-06-01T13:01:44-07:00September 11th, 2013|Categories: Dancers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Assistant to the Choreographer: A New Role for PNB soloist Kiyon Gaines

Choreographing Andrew Bartee

“I was always bossy,” says Andrew Bartee, though you’d never know it from his modest, playful persona. The oldest of four kids, he “always had an urge to put something on—plays, variety or talent shows, gymnastic routines.”  His first experience of choreographing was in a class at Kirkland’s International School of Ballet, where he “liked […]

2013-05-13T22:53:00-07:00May 13th, 2013|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Choreographing Andrew Bartee

Italy Tour: Benjamin Griffiths on Opening Night

Today was the first day that I was able to sleep in! I didn’t wake up until my alarm went off at 9:30. After breakfast, Jonathan, Kiyon, and I ventured to the laundromat with our significant others. The laundromat was easy to figure out, and we met a lot of colorful Italians while waiting for […]

2012-07-07T15:08:00-07:00July 7th, 2012|Categories: Dancers, Life at PNB, Performances|Tags: , |Comments Off on Italy Tour: Benjamin Griffiths on Opening Night

Musings on Teens, Choreography, Dreams, Sweet Treats & $5 Tickets

The active use of imagination and dreaming of what might be possible without limits should never be underestimated as forces for youthful creativity.  We at PNB take a lot of pride in our youth, and in our future, which is why we are continuing to provide teens around the Seattle area with a […]

2012-05-02T17:42:00-07:00May 2nd, 2012|Categories: Choreographers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on Musings on Teens, Choreography, Dreams, Sweet Treats & $5 Tickets

NEXT STEP: Kiyon Ross, A look at the softer side of the choreographer

I have an insatiable need for speed as both a dancer and a choreographer! I‘m not quite sure when it began, but for me the faster it can be the more exciting. Much of the work that the audiences here in Seattle have seen from me has a vitality and fervor that is […]

2023-06-01T13:04:45-07:00April 4th, 2012|Categories: Choreographers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP: Kiyon Ross, A look at the softer side of the choreographer

PNB School & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Collaboration

Forty or so lanky teenagers sat on the very lip of the stage peering over the edge to see forty or so young musicians playing a rousing rendition of John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes from our vast orchestra pit. Awed expressions could be seen on the young dancers’ faces as timpanis pounded […]

2010-06-18T18:21:00-07:00June 18th, 2010|Categories: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , |Comments Off on PNB School & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Collaboration
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