by Hannah Foster | Mar 31, 2016 | Training, Wellness
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. Suddenly, all I could see in the mirror was a fuzzy, dancer-shaped outline. I had accidentally rubbed out my contacts right before pliés and, frustrated, resigned myself to an unproductive two...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 16, 2016 | Company Life
Pacific Northwest Ballet is touring to NYC, with performances at City Center February 24–27. If you’re a PNW resident who can’t live without your home team, or a just a PNB fan who can’t make it to NYC or Seattle to see the company, tune in to a...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Feb 11, 2016 | Company Life
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a quick look at some of our favorite dancing couples. Stay tuned for an exclusive set of interviews on V-Day! First up: Pacific Northwest Ballet principals Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz. We’ve admired Dec for...
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
In the past few weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to film the photo shoots of two very lovely dancers: National Ballet of Canada corps member Adji Cissoko, and American Ballet Theatre principal Veronika Part. On the surface, these ballerinas could not be more...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s heartbreaking when a great ballerina retires and only a lucky few thousand people can see her final performance. Not so, with Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Carla Körbes. Her final performance with PNB will be live-streamed through PNB.org/Live on...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Andrew Bartee, a former Pacific Northwest Ballet company member and current dancer with Ballet BC, will premiere his latest work—Dirty Goods—as part of the Wolf Trap Foundation’s “Face of America” series on August 27. The piece was commissioned for...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This morning, it was 23 degrees on Hurricane Ridge in Washington’s Olympic National Park. Down on Rialto Beach, the waves poured around huge rock formations and signs warned tourists they must use bear-proof canisters for storing all food. On the Marymere Falls...