A vehicle for emerging talent, NEXT STEP is where PNB Company dancers rise as choreographers and PNB School’s Professional Division students take center stage in an all-premiere lineup of works created just for them.

What is NEXT STEP?

Pacific Northwest Ballet fosters young choreographers in an unique program called – NEXT STEP.

What is it?

NEXT STEP is where Company dancers rise as choreographers and PNB School’s Professional Division students take center stage in an all-premiere lineup of works created just for them.

2015-04-10T17:28:57-07:00April 10th, 2015|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on What is NEXT STEP?
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NEXT STEP Choreographer: Ezra Thomson

As has been discussed on this blog before, Company dancer Ezra Thomson’s interests are diverse to say the least. In addition to dance and music, Ezra enjoys cooking, working on his family’s Gig Harbor farm, fixing up his 1965 Mustang, and creating goods to sell in the Etsy shop he runs with his girlfriend […]

2022-11-02T12:35:06-07:00June 12th, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Choreographer: Ezra Thomson
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NEXT STEP Choreographer: Margaret Mullin

Company soloist and NEXT STEP choreographer Margaret Mullin sat down with me recently to discuss her upcoming premiere of Rorshach, a contemporary duet for two women based on the famous psychological test. Moving to music by Bartók, the two dancers command the audience’s attention as they mirror each other’s movements while staying true to their own […]

2014-06-12T04:16:00-07:00June 12th, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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NEXT STEP Choreographer: Matthew Renko

Company dancer and NEXT STEP choreographer Matthew Renko has been choreographing for several years, but his upcoming premiere will provide a new experience for him: working with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, who will accompany his piece at this Friday’s performance.

2014-06-12T04:13:00-07:00June 12th, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Choreographer: Matthew Renko
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NEXT STEP Choreographer: Andrew Bartee

Before departing Seattle to join Ballet BC this summer, PNB Company dancer and seasoned choreographer Andrew Bartee will premiere a new work, Peace Out Girl Scout, on this year’s NEXT STEP program. The piece will be his fourth for PNB’s annual choreographic showcase.  

As Seattle dance audiences know, Andrew is […]

2014-06-12T04:12:00-07:00June 12th, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Choreographer: Andrew Bartee
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NEXT STEP Choreographers: Jahna & Angelica

Jahna and Angelica not only have great synergy as a directing team, but off-stage are great friends. Both are twenty years old and in their third season as members of PNB’s corps de ballet. They also share the ability to do “crazy […]

2014-06-09T23:36:00-07:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Choreographers: Jahna & Angelica
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NEXT STEP Choreographer: Price Suddarth

Company dancer and NEXT STEP choreographer Price Suddarth is premiering his third piece with PNB School Professional Division this year. While each of his premieres has been different, Price’s singular style has emerged: his goal is to create a space in which the audience can have an experience and depart from the ordinary […]

2014-06-03T22:31:00-07:00June 3rd, 2014|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Choreographer: Price Suddarth
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Choreographing Andrew Bartee

“I was always bossy,” says Andrew Bartee, though you’d never know it from his modest, playful persona. The oldest of four kids, he “always had an urge to put something on—plays, variety or talent shows, gymnastic routines.”  His first experience of choreographing was in a class at Kirkland’s International School of Ballet, where he “liked […]

2013-05-13T22:53:00-07:00May 13th, 2013|Categories: Choreographers, Dancers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Choreographing Andrew Bartee
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Musings on Teens, Choreography, Dreams, Sweet Treats & $5 Tickets

The active use of imagination and dreaming of what might be possible without limits should never be underestimated as forces for youthful creativity.  We at PNB take a lot of pride in our youth, and in our future, which is why we are continuing to provide teens around the Seattle area with a […]

2012-05-02T17:42:00-07:00May 2nd, 2012|Categories: Choreographers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on Musings on Teens, Choreography, Dreams, Sweet Treats & $5 Tickets
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NEXT STEP: Kiyon Ross, A look at the softer side of the choreographer

I have an insatiable need for speed as both a dancer and a choreographer! I‘m not quite sure when it began, but for me the faster it can be the more exciting. Much of the work that the audiences here in Seattle have seen from me has a vitality and fervor that is […]

2023-06-01T13:04:45-07:00April 4th, 2012|Categories: Choreographers, Next Step Choreographers, Performances|Tags: , |Comments Off on NEXT STEP: Kiyon Ross, A look at the softer side of the choreographer
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