Today we got off to an early start as we had ballet class at 10:00 in the studio at Teatro Nuovo, which is an indoor performance venue used by the festival that is quite an uphill trek from out hotel. The dancers were all joking that we didn’t need to take class because our muscles […]
Unfortunately, even with all of the activity in Rome yesterday and forcing myself to stay up to get acclimated, I still could not sleep last night. As a result, Jordan and I were two of the first people at breakfast at 6:00am. After breakfast, I decided to head to the gym to do my […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal is pleased to announce that he has hired three new dancers: When the company returned to the rehearsal studios today they were joined by Leta Biasucci, Elizabeth Murphy and Matthew Renko as the newest members of the corps de ballet. Additionally, two new apprentices will join […]
Every year at this time, there is such a rush of energy felt around the PNB studios. There is a performance season in full swing, the school is starting rehearsals for our June performance, and the youngest and newest choreographers are quietly anxious, as they begin to feel the stress of what to […]
The rehearsal period for Director’s Choice has definitely been busy. Each ballet on the program attacks our medium from a different angle. This has made the process both grueling and immensely satisfying.
It has been really fun revisiting Mopey […]