What happens to companies when their stars retire? Paloma Herrera will dance her final performance with ABT on May 27. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, Courtesy ABT. Shouts of “Brava!” will accompany a number of ballerinas when they take their final bows this summer. American Ballet Theatre’s Paloma Herrera, Xiomara Reyes and Julie Kent will soon […]

This Pacific Northwest Ballet principal goes for a run almost every day.   Above: In Kiyon Gaines’ Sum Stravinsky. Photo by Angela Sterling, Courtesy PNB.     As a kid, Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Maria Chapman loved sprinting, but she gave it up for ballet at age 13. She started running again only after joining […]

  Rizqi Rachmat of Urban Artistry. Photo by Isaac Oboka, Courtesy Dance Place.   Urban Dance Sampler WASHINGTON, DC Following its grand reopening in September, Dance Place continues to present weekly performances, now with expanded space and technology. Up next is the Urban Dance Theater Festival, curated by Junious “House” Brickhouse of local troupe Urban […]

IN HIS FIRST GO at a romantic role, Houston Ballet’s Joseph Walsh dove deep into the delirium of love. He’d been cast opposite Sara Webb in Manon, and danced as though every muscle in his body was longing for her. Then, as soon as bows finished opening night, the first person he ran into in […]

The PNB corps member has more than a hint of bravura.   Late fall afternoons at Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet mean Nutcracker rehearsals, and Angelica Generosa throws herself into the choreography. Despite the fast directional changes, rapid turns and shifting patterns that make up choreographer Kent Stowell’s steps for Snowflakes and Flowers, her port de […]

Impressing with control and clarity in the PNB corps Murphy caught critics’ eyes as the Peacock in Nutcracker. Photo: Angela Sterling, Courtesy PNB Last year, Elizabeth Murphy rehearsed nine different roles for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Swan Lake. Though her favorite was the Spanish dance in Act III, with its repeated backbends and fan work, she danced […]

  40 years of PNB     Pacific Northwest Ballet is celebrating its 40th anniversary with six world premieres, tours, and the return of nearly a dozen former PNB dancers to the stage. Guest appearances by Patricia Barker, Louise Nadeau, Jeffrey Stanton, Olivier Wevers, and others can be considered a validation of what artistic director […]