Next Step Choreographers Archives

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 […]

2025-04-15T10:26:49-07:00March 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

Meet the Artist: Calista Ruat

Calista Ruat hails from Paris, France. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a corps de ballet member in 2017, and will premiere her first choreographic work for 2019’s NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN.

Calista trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School under the direction of Claude Bessy, where her teachers were Carole […]

2019-01-08T12:00:21-08:00January 8th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Calista Ruat, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In|Comments Off

Meet the Artist: Sarah Pasch

Sarah Pasch joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2011 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012. She created her first work for PNB’s annual choreographic showcase, Next Step, in 2016; she will premiere her third […]

Sarah Pasch joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2011 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2012. She created her first work for PNB’s annual choreographic showcase, Next Step, in 2016; she will premiere her third […]

2019-01-08T11:03:19-08:00January 8th, 2019|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In, Sarah Pasch, She is...|1 Comment

Meet the Artist: Christopher D’Ariano

Company member Christopher D’Ariano joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2017 and was promoted to corps de ballet later that year. Christopher is creating his second work for NEXT STEP: OUTSIDE/IN on June 14, 2019.

2018-11-29T11:28:16-08:00November 29th, 2018|Categories: Next Step 2019, Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2018/19 Season, Christopher D'Ariano, Next Step, Next Step Outside/In|Comments Off

NEXT STEP Choreographers

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s NEXT STEP is a one-night-only performance for PNBS Professional Division students in an all-premiere line up created by PNB Company members. One of the most fun performances all season long, NEXT STEP is your chance to cheer the next generation of dancers and dance-makers.

Prior to 2011 the […]

2016-06-19T10:00:40-07:00June 19th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Andrei Vassiliev, Andrew Bartee, Angelica Generosa, Anton Pankevitch, Barry Kerollis, Charles McCall, Chelsea Adomaitis, Choreography, Christophe Maraval, Eric Hipolito, Ezra Thomson, Jahna Frantziskonis, Jonathan Porretta, Kiyon Gaines, Kyle Davis, Kylee Kitchens, Margaret Mullin, Matthew Renko, Melissa Barak, Next Step, Olivier Wevers, Paul Gibson, Price Suddarth, Sean Rollofson, Sonia Dawkins, Stacy Lowenberg, Stanko Milov, Steven Loch|Comments Off

Q&A: Kyle Davis on NEXT STEP

Kyle Davis is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at Rock School for Dance Education and North Carolina School of the Arts, and attended summer courses on scholarship at Milwaukee Ballet School, […]

Kyle Davis is from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He trained at Makaroff School of Ballet and on scholarship at Rock School for Dance Education and North Carolina School of the Arts, and attended summer courses on scholarship at Milwaukee Ballet School, […]

2016-06-17T16:00:50-07:00June 17th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, A Hundred Ways to Paint the Portion of a Plane Bounded by Such a Curve, Angeli Mamon, Choreography, Christian Poppe, Dylan Wald, Elizabeth Murphy, Jahna Frantziskonis, Kiyon Gaines, Kyle Davis, Next Step, Pauline Smith, PNB Costumes, PNB Wardrobe, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Sum Stravinksy, Sylvia Pas de Deux|Comments Off

Q&A: Miles Pertl on NEXT STEP

Miles Pertl is from Seattle, Washington. He trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, International Ballet Academy in Kirkland, Washington, and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, and he attended summer courses at San Francisco Ballet School. Mr. Pertl […]

Miles Pertl is from Seattle, Washington. He trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, International Ballet Academy in Kirkland, Washington, and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart, and he attended summer courses at San Francisco Ballet School. Mr. Pertl […]

2016-06-15T15:00:43-07:00June 15th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Choreography, Mats Ek, Miles Pertl, Next Step, Pina Bausch|Comments Off

Q&A: Steven Loch on NEXT STEP

Steven Loch is from Denton County, Texas. He studied at Ballet Conservatory in Lewisville, Texas, and on scholarship at Harid Conservatory and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He attended summer courses on scholarship at American Ballet Theatre, Canada’s National Ballet School, the School of American Ballet, Harid Conservatory, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Mr. […]

2016-06-13T09:00:31-07:00June 13th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Next Step, Steven Loch|Comments Off

Q&A: Ezra Thomson on NEXT STEP

Ezra Thomson is from San Bernardino, California. He studied on scholarship at Riverside Ballet Arts, Orlando Ballet School, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School and attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, the School of […]

2025-04-15T10:24:14-07:00June 2nd, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Choreography, Ezra Thomson, Next Step, The Perpetual State|Comments Off

Q&A: Matthew Renko on NEXT STEP

Matthew Renko is from Tampa, Florida. He studied at Columbia Conservatory of Dance, North Carolina School of the Arts with Warren Conover, Kee-Juan Han, and Melissa Hayden, and on […]

2016-05-25T12:00:30-07:00May 25th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Choreography, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Matthew Renko, Maurice Béjart, New York Choreographic Institute, Next Step, Professional Division, School of American Ballet|Comments Off