About Ballet Costumes and Production Staging A partnership with Seattle University offers PNB dancers college courses at convenient times that work with their busy schedules. PNB dancers transition to become Pilates instructors, real estate agents, interior designers, small business owners, medical students, and law students. Second Stage provides resources for dannces to take classes, access mentors and career counseling, and receive grants. PNB school has two facilities: The Phelps Center at Seattle Center and The Francia Russell Center in Bellevue.įinally, PNB created Second Stage in 1999, a career transition program to support PNB dancers in achieving their goals following a career in dance. The School’s Open Program attracts another 600 teens and adults who wish to pursue recreational dance instruction in a supportive and encouraging setting. The PNB School offers a professional curriculum serving more than 1,000 students. Pacific Northwest Ballet is also recognized as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States. The Company has toured to Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, and throughout the United States, with celebrated appearances at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Centre in Massachusetts, and in New York City and Washington DC. The regular season runs from September through March, with special additions through June. The Company became an independent organization in September 1977 and was renamed Pacific Northwest Ballet in 1978.Įach year, the company of nearly fifty dancers presents more than 100 performances, including full-length and mixed repertory ballets in Seattle, as well as on tour. For the regular season, PNB performs at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. PNB was founded in 1972 as Pacific Northwest Dance Association under the aegis of Seattle Opera Association.

Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is one of the largest and most highly regarded ballet companies in the United States.

Used (consignment, thrift, garage, flea & vintage).

Seattle opera cinderella