by Amy Brandt | Apr 6, 2021 | Dance Media Live, News
Simply put, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan is a dazzling performer. We couldn’t take our eyes off of her when she danced the lead pas de deux from “Rubies” during an online company performance in October. In...
by Emily Gordillo | Sep 22, 2020 | Studio Owners, teacher stories
When legendary Black ballet dancer Kabby Mitchell III died unexpectedly in 2017, two months before opening his Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center, his friend and business partner Klair Ethridge wasn’t sure she had what it took to carry his legacy. Ethridge had...
by Peter Boal For Dance Magazine | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
In a windowless subterranean studio under the New York State Theater, I pulled back an imaginary arrow and let it fly. “Good!” said ballet master Tommy Abbott. “I think you’re ready. Tomorrow you rehearse with Mr. Robbins.” I was slated...
by Betsy Farber | Dec 11, 2017 | News
These four ballet companies refreshed their productions of the beloved holiday classic. Pacific Northwest Ballet School student Eden Anan as Clara. Photo courtesy of PNB. From 1983 to 2014, PNB had performed its own Nutcracker, choreographed by founding artistic...
by Andrea Marks | May 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last year, dance teacher Elaine Mannix of Commonwealth Dance Academy in Walpole, Massachusetts, learned a 10-year-old student had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The dancer had just added hip hop and lyrical to her class schedule and would sometimes dance three...
by Andrea Marks | May 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
To create a multimedia piece that premiered at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in 2014, choreographer Andrew Bartee filmed Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers performing in vastly different surroundings, all within Olympic National Park. While dancing in...
by Dance Teacher | Dec 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s important to keep a student with a chronic health condition safe and happy in class. One step you can take is to understand that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all plan for dealing with chronic illness. Part of the reason it’s important for you and...
by Rachel Rizzuto | Nov 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
For many dancers, performing in some version of The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition—albeit an inescapable, monthlong one that can quickly grow tedious. But for Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Noelani Pantastico, it’s a welcome return to her roots. After an...
by Rachel Caldwell | Oct 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
William Forsythe University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance hosts a series of events in honor of William Forsythe this month. Kaufman.usc.edu The series kicks off September 29–30 with a look at his creative process and presentation of his current...
by Andrea Marks | Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last Saturday, Carla Körbes gave her final Swan Lake performance. The Pacific Northwest Ballet principal will retire at the end of the season, and we’re sure we speak for all ballet fans when we say NOOOOO! Fortunately, photographer Lindsay Thomas captured Körbes’...