Pacific Northwest Ballet

Many ballet dancers are women, but far fewer women actually create the dances we see onstage.Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet school wants to help…

Lucien Postlewaite remembers exactly how he felt the first time he danced with Noelani Pantastico.“I was this young boy,” he recalls. “I’d always admired…

Gorgeous photos and gifs of Pacific Northwest Ballet's corps de ballet.

Rock stars have back up bands.Most Broadway musicals have a chorus.The ballet version of these supporting artists is the corps de ballet; "corps" is…

The hit musical, “Billy Elliot,” tells the story of a British coal miner’s son who dreams of being a ballet dancer.Billy has to keep that dream secret…

UPDATE: On Monday, Jan. 25, King County Superior Court Judge Theresa Doyle ruled against Pacific Northwest Ballet. The judge said Sound Transit may use…

A dancer stands alone on the stage. He is dressed in black tights only; his bare chest is broad and muscular.As the bassoonist plays the first plaintive…

You take a chance any time you swap out an old favorite for something new.Make a change during the holiday season and a nonprofit arts group could risk a…

The winter holidays are months away, but at Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers and crew are working at a fever pitch on the annual production of "The…

When Seattle ballerina Carla Korbes dons a white tutu in the classic ballet, “Swan Lake,” she can make you believe she’s a swan.That uncanny ability has…