Founded in 1974, Pacific Northwest Ballet School is recognized as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States. Under the direction of Peter Boal, the School offers a complete, professional curriculum to more than 1,000 students. The School’s Open Program attracts 600 teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting.

Next Step: 6 Choreographers chosen by Artistic Director Peter Boal

There is a new tradition brewing around Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Phelps Center this time of year, and that is the beginning of the wonderful process of NEXT STEP. This distinctive performance where PNB Company dancers choreograph new works for our most advanced students in PNB School’s Professional Division is set for June 16, […]

2012-02-17T23:11:00-08:00February 17th, 2012|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, Performances, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , |Comments Off on Next Step: 6 Choreographers chosen by Artistic Director Peter Boal
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New Hires: 3 Corps de Ballet & 2 Apprentices

Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal is pleased to announce that he has hired three new dancers: When the company returned to the rehearsal studios today they were joined by Leta Biasucci, Elizabeth Murphy and Matthew Renko as the newest members of the corps de ballet. Additionally, two new apprentices will join […]

2011-07-18T20:49:00-07:00July 18th, 2011|Categories: Dancer Announcements, Dancers, Life at PNB, PNB School|Tags: , |Comments Off on New Hires: 3 Corps de Ballet & 2 Apprentices
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NEXT STEP Update #3

The best thing about the NEXT STEP performances is that you never know what to expect. The reason you do not know what to expect is because most people involved with this process are new to it; not only the choreographers, but the Professional Division students as well. They will be the ones […]

2011-04-25T21:25:00-07:00April 25th, 2011|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, PNB School|Tags: |Comments Off on NEXT STEP Update #3
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Artistic Director’s Notebook: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Artistic Director’s Notebook: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

There are a few moments in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream that get me every time, like when Bottom, crowned with the head of an ass, looks quizzically to his audience in mid-promenade with the willowy Titania, as if to say, “Huh?” Perhaps Balanchine took his […]

2023-10-10T15:57:17-07:00April 12th, 2011|Categories: Director's Notebook, Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Artistic Director’s Notebook: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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Backstage with the Midsummer Bugs

In this blog, Parent Volunteer Coordinator Di Anna Kurriger talks about life backstage with the youngest dancers in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

PNB School students get ready to perform in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at […]
2011-04-04T17:30:00-07:00April 4th, 2011|Categories: Performances, PNB School, Q&A with Dancers, Choreographers & Staff|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Backstage with the Midsummer Bugs
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NEXT STEP: Company Dancers Creating New Works

As many of you know, Pacific Northwest Ballet presents an annual performance that highlights Company dancers choreographing on the young and rising talent in the school. That newly named performance is called Next Step (this performance was previously title Choreographers’ Showcase). What you may not know, however, is that what you see at […]

2011-01-28T21:26:00-08:00January 28th, 2011|Categories: Next Step Choreographers, PNB School|Tags: |Comments Off on NEXT STEP: Company Dancers Creating New Works
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PNB School & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Collaboration

Forty or so lanky teenagers sat on the very lip of the stage peering over the edge to see forty or so young musicians playing a rousing rendition of John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes from our vast orchestra pit. Awed expressions could be seen on the young dancers’ faces as timpanis pounded […]

2010-06-18T18:21:00-07:00June 18th, 2010|Categories: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (I.D.E.A.), Performances, PNB School|Tags: , , |Comments Off on PNB School & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Collaboration
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