Memorial Day Closure Reminder
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TICKET REMINDER!!!
Dear PNB Families,
We are so excited for the 43rd annual School Performance on Saturday, June 15th at McCaw Hall! Don’t forget to purchase your tickets!
Advanced C combined with Level VII’s on 5/24
Due to teacher availability on Friday, May 24th, we will be combining the Advanced C’s with the Level VII’s.
Technique class will be from 5:15-6:45pm.
Pas de Deux class is still scheduled to take place from 6:45-8:15pm.
SEATTLE: IV C combined with level IV for second class – 5/23
Due to teacher availability on Thursday, May 23rd, the IV C’s will not have strength class and will instead be combined with the level IV’s for pointe.
Pointe class will be from 7:15-8:15pm.
Technique is still scheduled to take place from 5:45-7:15pm.
Invitation to New Voices I & II showing
Dear Level VII and Level VIII Families,
You are cordially invited to attend a showing of work by the students of New Voices I and New Voices II. We are very excited to share with you all the wonderful work that has been created over the past five months for this course.
New Voices I
Date: Wednesday, June 5
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Studio C
Students will be presenting solo, duet, and trio work as well as a preview of our school performance piece.
New Voices II
Date: Wednesday, June 5
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Studio C
Students will be presenting solo, duet, and group work as well as an excerpt from Emergence by Crystal Pite.
We look forward to seeing you at the showing!
Warmly,
Eva Stone
Modern/New Voices Instructor
Level I School Performance Handbook
Dear Level I Families,
The 2024 School Performance is just around the corner, and we hope you are just as excited as we are to see our PNB students in Level I on stage at McCaw Hall on Saturday, June 15 at 12:30pm!
We understand this milestone event will be a first for our level I students, so we have created a special School Performance Handbook for you. This handbook contains important final rehearsal and performance information, including rehearsal dates; drop-off and pick-up times for rehearsals and performance; ticket information; what to wear; what to bring to the theater; and where to pick up students after the performance.
Please be sure to review this handbook with your student and feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
School Performance tickets are now on sale at the PNB Box office in front of the Phelps Center. Box office hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00am-6:00pm. You may also order tickets online.
We look forward to seeing your student onstage at the performance!
PNBS Merchandise Pick up!
Hello PNBS families!
If you placed a merchandise order by Friday, April 12th, it is ready for pick up where your student attends classes!
If you placed an order after April 12th, your items will be shipped to the location you entered at checkout.
If you would like to purchase PNB School merchandise, it is still available here: PNB School Merchandise Shop
I you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!
Levels I-V FRC Summer Course Schedule
Please find the FRC Summer Schedule for Levels I-V via the links below! As always, the class schedule is subject to change.
We look forward to seeing your dancer with us at PNB School this summer!
REMINDER: Donald Byrd + Leah Terada Choreography Workshop – August 5-9, 2024
Spectrum Dance Theater & PNB School present the Donald Byrd Summer Workshop
Pacific Northwest Ballet School and The School of Spectrum Dance Theater are thrilled to announce a new collaborative summer intensive experience. PNB School will host an extension of SDT’s annual Donald Byrd Workshop for dancers ages 12 and up at the Francia Russell Center in Bellevue. Developing dancers are invited to a week-long contemporary dance workshop with Spectrum Dance Theater’s artistic director and choreographer Donald Byrd (whose work Love and Loss was recently performed during PNB’s 2023/24 Season) or PNB Company dancer Leah Terada.
The workshop portion for dancers ages 12-15 will be led by Leah Terada. What does it mean to exist in the space of a new choreography? How does one tap in to their own self-expression in order to make choreographic choices? This week-long workshop with Pacific Northwest Ballet Soloist Leah Terada will give young dancers the tools they need to discuss and think critically about the choreographic process, create thoughtful movement with intention, and provide a guide to learn to explore their own voice through dance and the choreographic process.
Participating dancers ages 16 to 30 will take the workshop portion led by Mr. Byrd. Each day will include technique class and choreography class where students will work with Mr. Byrd or Terada on new choreographic phrases as well as excerpts of classic Donald Byrd dance works. Technique class focuses on Mr. Byrd’s movement aesthetics. It emphasizes a relaxed, strong, and flexible torso with highly articulated feet and legs with increasing rhythmic and spatial exactness. With this focus, the dancer becomes more efficient in managing energy and more able to control the visual, emotional, and physical impact of their body moving.
The PNB School + Spectrum Dance Theater Donald Byrd Workshop will take place August 5-9, 2024. The week-long workshop will culminate in an informal showcase of learned choreography.
PNB School + Spectrum Dance Theater Donald Byrd Workshop
Ages 12-15 | Led by PNB Company dancer Leah Terada
Ages 16-30 | Led by Spectrum Dance Theater artistic director Donald Byrd
August 5 -9, 2024 | 11:30am – 4:30pm | Francia Russell Center – Eastside
Daily Schedule: 2 hour class | 30 minute break | 2.5 hour process/repertory workshop
Click the link to register for the workshop led by Leah Terada for ages 12-15 – priority registration ended May 1st.
Click the link to register for the workshop led by Donald Byrd for ages 16-30 – priority registration ended May 1st.
Reminder: Teen Night is Back!
Teen Night is Back!
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Studio C at the Phelps Center
5:00 – 6:00 PM – Snacks, drinks, photo booth
6:00 – 7:30 PM – Studio presentation
Join us for a FREE up-close and personal look at brand new dance and your favorite dancers at Teen Night! Our annual Teen Night is a teens-only preview of NEXT STEP.
There are no classes on May 16th for
Levels V, VI, VII, VIII, and Advanced C, so you can attend Teen Night!