Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff Archives

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 […]

Maris Antolin2016-06-15T15:00:43-07:00June 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. […]

Maris Antolin2016-06-13T09:00:31-07:00June 13th, 2016|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Next Step, Steven Loch|Comments Off

Q&A: Jessika Anspach

Jessika Anspach is from Bellevue, Washington. She received her training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, beginning with Creative Movement classes and progressing through to the Professional Division. In 2002, she joined the Suzanne Farrell Ballet as an apprentice. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 2004 and was promoted to corps de […]

Maris Antolin2016-06-11T11:00:11-07:00June 11th, 2016|Categories: Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Jessika Anspach|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 […]

Maris Antolin2016-06-02T12:00:57-07:00June 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 […]

Maris Antolin2016-05-25T12:00:30-07:00May 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

Q&A: Sarah Pasch on NEXT STEP

Sarah Pasch is from Dublin, California. She studied at San Ramon Valley Dance Academy, Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She attended summer courses at Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy, Lines Ballet, the Kirov Academy, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. Ms. Pasch joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as […]

Maris Antolin2016-05-12T09:00:47-07:00May 12th, 2016|Categories: Dancers, Next Step Choreographers, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, Choreography, Justin Peck, MASH, Next Step, Professional Division, Sarah Pasch, Twyla Tharp, Waiting at the Station, Year of the Rabbit|Comments Off

Q&A: Angeli Mamon

Angeli Mamon is from Seattle, Washington. She trained on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, beginning as a DanceChance student in 2003. She attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Miami City Ballet, […]

Maris Antolin2016-04-22T12:00:48-07:00April 22nd, 2016|Categories: Life at PNB, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: 2015/16 Season, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Angeli Kiana Mamon-Urrea, Carla Körbes, Carrie Imler, Circus Polka, DanceChance, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Karel Cruz, Kyle Davis, Lesley Rausch, Next Step, SemperOper Ballett|Comments Off

Q&A: Noelani Pantastico

Noelani Pantastico. Photo by Linsday Thomas.

Noelani Pantastico is from Oahu, Hawaii. She trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School from 1994 to 1996. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice […]