Pacific Northwest Ballet

📢 PNB is hiring! We are currently seeking: -PNB Ballet School Supervisor -Gift Officer -Stewardship Coordinator -Accompanist – PNB Ballet School Find more details at https://lnkd.in/gfdCGNie.

Free Seattle Showing of the PNB Dance Film Festival is one week away! 📽️ In partnership with SEATTLE CENTER, we are presenting the third edition of the PNB Dance Film Festival at a free outdoor screening at the Mural Amphitheatre. This festival was born from an explosion of dance film creativity during the pandemic and showcases dance films by artists all over the world. We will be showing the winning seven short films on Saturday, August 3 at 9pm at Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre. It's a free, non-ticketed event, just bring a blanket, warm clothes and your friends! 2024 PNB DANCE FILM FESTIVAL LINE UP Ballroom Dancing > Loughlan Prior Shapes of Aether > Elias Benedikt Choi-Buttinger A Place For Us > Leigh-Ann Esty and Ellie Gravitte 5678 With A Chance Of A Hurricane > Gunta Liepina-Miller Dancing With ALS | Breanna’s Story > Ballet Rising and Casey Herd As Big as the Sky > Lindsay Clipner Dawn Chorus > Henry Wurtz and Amanda Morgan

This summer, be a gold medal winner🥇 Single tickets are now on sale! Buy tickets to The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and more while the best seats are still available. Whether this is your first time at the ballet or we're a part of your family tradition, you can medal in ballet magic today! Buyer Beware: Look for PNB.org in the URL when ordering online to avoid inflated prices from ticket resellers. Purchase tickets >> https://lnkd.in/gurUZWkC

Today marks the first day of PNB's Summer Course! ☀️ This year, we welcome more than 200 Summer Course Students from 36 states, plus Bulgaria, Canada, England, and France, to Seattle and the PNB studios. We're looking forward to 5 weeks of extraordinary ballet training, growing friendships, and fun exploring the city. Join us in welcoming these ballet students to Seattle! 📸 PNB Summer Course students, photo © Angela Sterling.

The 2023/24 season is over 🥲 This season was nothing short of spectacular. From Swan Lake to The Seasons’ Canon and everything in between, PNB created beautiful ballet magic on stage and off - and we couldn’t have done it without you. It takes the perfect pas de deux of ticket sales and generous contributions to make that PNB magic happen. We need your generous gifts to ensure that the 2024/25 season is just as magical as the one we're drawing to a close. Every gift made by June 30 will be matched 100% up to $100,000 by an anonymous donor. Double your impact when you give today >> https://lnkd.in/gGXw4fYd. 

Another bittersweet retirement 💙 Tad Margelli, an English Horn player, Oboist, and founding member of PNB's Orchestra, will retire at the end of the 2023/24 season. Tad has been playing with the PNB Orchestra since 1989; join us in celebrating his remarkable tenure! Learn more about Tad and his career at PNB on the blog >> https://lnkd.in/gSGayrug 📸 Courtesy of Tad Margelli

🎓Congradulations to Genevieve! PNB Company dancer Genevieve Waldorf recently graduated from Harvard University with a degree in applied math with a focus on government, and a secondary degree in computer science. Genevieve has been working towards this degree since 2015, as she’s balanced her professional dance career with her studies. Join PNB in celebrating Genevieve, her recent graduation, and her dedication to balancing her education and dance career! Genevieve was featured in the Harvard Gazette. Learn more about her educational journey in this lovely article >> https://lnkd.in/eEeGyrVM

⚡ NEXT STEP opens next week! We are eagerly anticipating 6 premieres next week at the culmination of PNB’s annual choreographic workshop, NEXT STEP. Every one of these pieces is choreographed by PNB Company dancers and performed by PNB Professional Division students. The program will include: Spectators | Luca Anaya Dream City | Christopher D’Ariano and Amanda Morgan The Spotlight Effect | Melisa Guilliams Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Elle Macy and Dylan Wald Fracture into pieces | Noah Martzall Isle of Woman | Lily Wills Tickets are $30 for this one-night-only event. Join us >> https://lnkd.in/dBv-MthC

Did you know Coppélia was choreographed by prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova AND George Balanchine? Alexandra Dionisyevna Danilova (1903–1997) was a Russian-born dancer who later became an American citizen. Danilova was one of the most popular dancers of her time, premiering roles in many of Balanchine’s ballets. She also appeared in a role as a venerated ballet coach in the movie The Turning Point! Ballet fun fact for the day ✅

PNB News 📣 PNB has announced that beloved rehearsal director Otto Neubert will retire at the end of the 2023/24 season. PNB audiences will know Otto for his performances of Baron von Rothbart in Swan Lake; PNB School students will remember his humor and patience at the front of the studio. “For twenty years I have watched Otto welcome countless students into the studio to start the arduous process of learning to be a gliding angel, scampering mouse, darting bug, or raucous Fritz,” says Artistic Director Peter Boal. “His talent to nurture and empower dancers of all ages and abilities is unmatched. Otto has always believed in dancers’ strength and artistry. He has guided hundreds to find the best path to success. Beyond his vital role as a coach, he's a shoulder to lean on and the go-to guy for a much-needed laugh. I can’t quite imagine PNB without this gentle lion, but I take comfort in knowing his legacy of care and commitment lives on in our students and our company.” PNB’s dress rehearsal of Coppélia will include an interview with Otto and PNB School students he is currently coaching for Coppelia. Join us in celebrating him at this unique event on Thursday, May 30th at 5:30 PM. Tickets and Info >>https://lnkd.in/gNYi6-RV 📸 Otto Neubert teaching Company class; Otto Neubert in Kent Stowell's Swan Lake, photos by Angela Sterling. Rehearsal directors Otto Neubert and Anne Dabrowski in rehearsal with PNB School students, photo by Kurt Smith.