Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Luca Anaya

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School’s Professional Division dancers. This year, Professional Division students performed original work from company dancers Lily Wills, Noah Martzall, Luca Anaya, Melisa Guilliams, and the co-choreographer teams of Elle Macy/Dylan Wald and Amanda Morgan/Christopher D’Ariano. Learn more Luca's experience participating in NEXT STEP below.

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-06-18T14:41:09-07:00June 18th, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Luca Anaya, Next Step|Comments Off

Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Amanda Morgan

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Amanda's creative journey in this blog!

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-06-03T13:27:44-07:00June 3rd, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Amanda Morgan, Christopher D'Ariano, Next Step|Comments Off

Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Lily's creative journey in this blog!

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-06-03T14:06:37-07:00May 23rd, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Lily Wills, Next Step|Comments Off

Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Noah's creative journey in this blog!

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-05-20T09:47:42-07:00May 20th, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Next Step, Noah Martzall|Comments Off

Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artists: Elle Macy/Dylan Wald

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Elle Macy and Dylan Wald's creative journey below.

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-05-16T10:55:52-07:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Dylan Wald, Elle Macy, Next Step|Comments Off

Meet the 2024 NEXT STEP Artist: Melisa Guilliams

NEXT STEP provides opportunity, infrastructure, and support to grow tomorrow’s choreographic talent while providing a unique performance opportunity for PNB School's Professional Division dancers. Learn more about this exciting step in Melisa's creative journey in this blog!

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2024-05-14T09:20:51-07:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2023/24 Season, Melisa Guilliams, Next Step|Comments Off

NEXT STEP 2024: Creativity on the Horizon

Kicking it up a notch. Elevating one’s game. Rising to the next level. It’s all right there in the name. NEXT STEP offers members of the PNB Company more than just studio space, talented dancers, and support from PNB’s incredible costume, lighting, and stage management departments. This is an opportunity to push forward in dance, and one that can have a substantial and long-term impact on a dance artist’s career.

Zoe Meadows-Sahr2023-10-26T12:39:01-07:00October 27th, 2023|Categories: Dancers, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School|Tags: Amanda Morgan, Christopher D'Ariano, Dylan Wald, Elle Macy, Lily Wills, Luca Anaya, Melisa Guilliams, Noah Martzall|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Lily Wills

Lily Wills (she/her) is from Los Angeles, California. She trained at The Portland Ballet, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School, and the graduate program at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. She attended summer courses […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-21T15:44:54-07:00May 19th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Lily Wills, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall

Noah Martzall is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied at Walnut School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Noah Martzall

Noah Martzall is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He studied at Walnut School of the Arts and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and he attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, Nutmeg Conservatory, and […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-21T15:49:09-07:00May 18th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Next Step 2022, Noah Martzall, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Mark Cuddihee

What is your most marked characteristic? I will try to make a joke out of any situation. Moreover, I become interested in many different activities quite often which causes me to cycle through hobbies rather quickly.

Maris Antolin2023-09-28T12:53:23-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Mark Cuddihee, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off