Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Jonathan Batista

Jonathan Batista (he/him) is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet and attended summer courses at Miami City Ballet and The Royal Ballet School […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Jonathan Batista

Jonathan Batista (he/him) is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He trained on scholarship at the English National Ballet and attended summer courses at Miami City Ballet and The Royal Ballet School […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-21T15:55:29-07:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Jonathan Batista, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|1 Comment

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Malena Ani

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, […]

Meet the NEXT STEP Artist: Malena Ani

Malena Ani is from Los Angeles California. She studied with Olga Tozyiakova, Natalia Sinitsyna, and Zippora Karz, and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at the Chautauqua Institution, […]

Maris Antolin2023-09-21T15:56:53-07:00May 16th, 2022|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers|Tags: 2021/22 Season, Malena Ani, Next Step 2022, Proust Questionnaire|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Mark Haim

Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and […]

Originally from New York City, Mark Haim has been making dances and teaching dance for 35 years. He is creating a new work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, featuring PNB Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico and […]

Maris Antolin2019-04-30T15:25:40-07:00April 30th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Mark Haim, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Noelani Pantastico, This Land is Your Land, Velocity Dance Center|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Ron Gatsby

Ron Gatsby is a dancer, teaching artist, and choreographer based in Seattle. He is the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Purple Lemonade, an artist collective which he founded in 2016. Ron’s work reflects a desire to create movement that makes queer art in general – and black art in particular – visible and […]

Maris Antolin2019-04-02T14:28:51-07:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Events, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Purple Lemonade, Ron Gatsby|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Dammiel Cruz

Dammiel is also a teaching artist for REACH […]

Dammiel Cruz is from New York, New York. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to corps de ballet later that year.

Dammiel is also a teaching artist for REACH […]

Maris Antolin2019-04-01T15:51:50-07:00April 1st, 2019|Categories: Life at PNB, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Angeli Kiana Mamon-Urrea, Dammiel Cruz, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, REACH Student Dance Group, School of American Ballet|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Eva Stone

Eva Stone is a teaching artist, choreographer, and founder/producer of CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work, an annual contemporary dance festival. She received her BFA in Performance & Choreography from Arizona State University, and later earned an MA in Choreography […]

Eva Stone is a teaching artist, choreographer, and founder/producer of CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work, an annual contemporary dance festival. She received her BFA in Performance & Choreography from Arizona State University, and later earned an MA in Choreography […]

Maris Antolin2019-03-27T11:16:24-07:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Life at PNB, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Chop Shop, Eva Stone, New Voices, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Steven Loch

Steven Loch is from Denton, Texas. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2011. He was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012 and soloist in 2018. He will present his latest work for NEXT STEP at 2019’s NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN; tickets go on sale April 1.

Maris Antolin2019-03-27T10:11:44-07:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Life at PNB, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, 3 for Ed, Avi Lesser, Garrett Overcash, Hevanti Productions, Madison Taylor, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Steven Loch|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Nancy Casciano

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Nancy Casciano joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2014 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2015. She will present her second work for Next Step at 2019’s NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN; tickets […]

Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Nancy Casciano joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2014 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2015. She will present her second work for Next Step at 2019’s NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN; tickets […]

Maris Antolin2019-03-27T10:06:31-07:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Life at PNB, Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Nancy Casciano, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Olafur Arnalds, Solu, We Were Little|Comments Off

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 […]

Maris Antolin2019-03-05T12:00:50-08:00March 5th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, DanceChance, Kiyon Gaines, Kiyon Ross, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Sum Stravinsky|Comments Off

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 […]

Maris Antolin2019-03-05T12:00:38-08:00March 5th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Amanda Morgan, Calista Ruat, Christopher D'Ariano, Kiyon Ross, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Sarah Pasch|Comments Off