Company dancer and fellow choreographer, Leah Terada, sat down with Eva Stone in November of 2024 to scratch at the core of the NEXT STEP program and peek at Stone’s pedagogy for this admirable choreographic endeavor. Click here to read more!
PNB first performed George Balanchine's Prodigal Son in 1984. Today on the PNB Blog, we celebrate Prodigal Son's 95th anniversary, as well as the beloved ballet's 40th anniversary here at PNB! Travel back in time with these archival photos of PNB's Prodigal Son performances through the years.
PNB is the home of so many artists: dancers, costumers, musicians, and more. In this series, we highlight PNB Orchestra members through their musical taste. Today, meet PNB Concertmaster and Solo Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, who will be featured in Stravinsky Violin Concerto, part of PNB's upcoming ALL BALANCHINE program! Click here to read more about Michael and the music (and musicians) who influence him.
Looking to beautify your feed with more ballet? We have the solution! Here’s a comprehensive list of all the PNB dancers with public Instagram accounts. Plus, be sure to follow the PNB Instagram and PNB School to stay up to date with the company.
The old dictum, “timing is everything,” is everywhere in dance—the precise timing of a lift, the coordination of a musical phrase with a physical gesture, a moment of complete unison from the corps de ballet—timing is at the core of everything PNB does. Last year, we received a generous grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to expand our accessibility offerings. We saw the opportunity to grow our accessibility options to include the Blind and Visually Impaired community by introducing Audio Dance Description to our regular season programming. In November 2023, the timing lined up, and a bit of fate intervened... Click here to read how PNB's Audio Description programming began!
This year, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, PNB is excited to share that we've created a podcast version of our 2023 Baila Conmigo Panel discussion, with transcripts in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Click here to access the podcasts, as well as many other resources PNB has curated in honor of this celebratory month!
On September 25, 2024, PNB welcomed new Governing Trustee Cindy Runger and new Advisory Council Members Anne Brinson, Collett Cox, and Andrea Snyder. Click here to meet these new members!
The premiere of Jessica Lang's Black Wave was an exciting celebration of many "firsts." Black Wave is the first work of Jessica Lang's Choreographic Residency at PNB. Black Wave is also the first work in PNB's repertory with music composed by award-winning artist Salina Fisher. In fact, this is Fisher's first experience collaborating with a choreographer! Click to learn more about Salina Fisher and her work in this interview!
Moments before Pacific Northwest Ballet launched its 2024-25 season, Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal and Associate Artistic Director Kiyon Ross stepped out in front of the sparkly-red McCaw Hall stage to announce to the audience that corps de ballet dancer Luther DeMyer has been promoted to Soloist. Click to read more about Luther and his career at PNB!
Choreographer Jessica Lang is busy in PNB’s studios putting the finishing touches on Black Wave, her first work as PNB’s resident choreographer. Jessica’s work for PNB is both thought-provoking and emotionally moving, and Black Wave is no different. Click to learn about Jessica’s unique inspirations for this piece.