Principal dancer Carrie Imler’s fouettes in Act 3 of Swan Lake are legendary. But what does she do to unwind? She reads. We recently asked Carrie to share a list of some of her favorite books with us and this is […]
PNB dancer Jessika Anspach recently threw a dinner party for fellow corps de ballet dancer Elizabeth Murphy’s birthday. She was kind enough to write up the recipe and share it with us… and you!
November? Really? Where’d you come from? How did you get […]
After five years, corps de ballet dancer Ezra Thomson says he feels right at home here in the Pacific Northwest. And, apparently, so does the rest of the Thomson family. Originally from San Bernadino, California, Ezra moved to Seattle as a Professional Division student in Pacific Northwest Ballet School in 2009 and joined […]
In 2009, Lindsi Dec saw her first work by choreographer Crystal Pite, Lost Action, at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. But she recently admitted that she didn’t actually buy a ticket. Here’s what happened…
PNB sent a group of dancers to the festival to perform a program of three works […]
A ballet dancer is often thought of as the antithesis of a football player. Comparing these two professions is intriguing, as people commonly view them as completely different from one another. Yet, at the heart, they are quite similar. After sitting down to chat with Pacific Northwest Ballet corps dancer Leah Merchant and […]
Every summer seems to generate at least one Company wedding, but this year boasts a true bumper crop of PNB brides and grooms.
Company soloists Laura Gilbreath and Jerome Tisserand […]
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 […]
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work with a dance legend like Twyla Tharp? PNB corps de ballet dancer Sarah Pasch recently had that opportunity and has all good things to say.
Judith May Austin: This piece, Waiting at the Station, is your first time working with Twyla?
We were disappointed to see a modified version of this backstage photo of PNB dancer Chelsea Adomaitis is being shared on Tumblr and Pinterest (the original image photographed by Lindsay Thomas is in color on the left). The black and white image […]
“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 […]