by Marcie Sillman | Dec 15, 2017 | Profiles
Lucien Postlewaite’s Prince was anything but charming last February in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of Cendrillon, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s contemporary take on the Cinderella story. He strutted and preened, egged on by his friends. But...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 5, 2016 | Profiles, Show and Tell
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. You’d be hard pressed to find a pair of ballet slippers in Noelani Pantastico’s dance bag. Instead, you’ll find a pair of socks—and plenty of pointe shoes. The Pacific...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Dec 12, 2015 | Company Life
Former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Noelani Pantastico has returned to the company after a seven-year stint with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. She made her first appearance in November, in PNB’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker....
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Maria Kowroski As a 13-year-old ballet student in Michigan, Maria Kowroski was surprised to be cast in a jazz work set to Nine Inch Nails for a school show. “I liked that I wasn’t labeled a ballet dancer,” she remembers, “and that someone took...