by Emma Love Suddarth | Dec 15, 2020 | Career, Everything Nutcracker, Instagram
“What is that?” the TSA agent asked last year when I placed the giant circular bag onto the conveyer belt. “It’s a tutu—for ballet. You know…like The Nutcracker?” I was quick to explain. “Oh, I see. How do you plan on...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Jun 25, 2020 | Career, Profiles
For Pacific Northwest Ballet corps dancer Emma Love Suddarth, the Seattle shutdown had a special twist: During her time at home, she was in her third trimester of pregnancy and, in May, gave birth to her son Milo, with husband and PNB soloist Price Suddarth. Dance...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Nov 11, 2018 | Career, Company Life, Profiles
It’s Monday, June 25. Armed with neck pillows, compression socks and loads of coffee, we are ready for our flight to Paris! Les Étés de la Danse, a French festival held at the beautiful La Seine Musicale theater, invited Pacific Northwest Ballet...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Apr 9, 2018 | Career
Romantic couples within the dance world are fairly common; it’s not surprising that a dancer might find a deeper connection with another who appreciates ballet’s unique triumphs and trials (not to mention someone else who doesn’t mind eating dinner...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jul 21, 2017 | Health & Body
Monday morning class after a three-day weekend? Stiff. After eight weeks off? Agonizing. For most professional dancers on their summer layoff, a break from the daily grind is simultaneously exciting and unnerving. These months are often reserved for recovery and...
by Emma Love Suddarth | Jun 1, 2017 | Company Life
Company class is a little more exciting these days at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Look over in the corner of the studio and it’s obvious why—Wendy Whelan is here. Dressed in a vest, with her pants tucked into her socks, one might almost forget that her name...
by Emma Love Suddarth | May 25, 2017 | Career
“Wait—explain it to me once more. If I move my phone around like this, then what will it look like?” This was me, last August. Pacific Northwest Ballet had commissioned my husband, corps member Price Suddarth, to choreograph Silent Resonance, the...