Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet
General information
NamePacific Northwest Ballet
Previous namesPacific Northwest Dance Association
Year founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Principal venueMarion Oliver McCaw Hall
Websitehttp://www.pnb.org/
Senior staff
DirectorPeter Boal
Artistic staff
Principal ConductorEmil de Cou
Other
OrchestraPacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra
Official schoolPacific Northwest Ballet School
FormationPrincipal
Soloist
Corps de Ballet
Apprentice

Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington. It is said to have the highest per capita attendance in the United States,[1] with 11,000 subscribers in 2004.[2] The company consists of 49 dancers and hosts more than 100 performances throughout the year; it is especially known for its performance of the Stowell/Maurice Sendak Nutcracker, which it presented from 1983 through 2014 and produced as a feature film.[3][4]

In 2006, the company was chosen to perform at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival.

PNB performs at McCaw Hall in the Seattle Center.

  1. ^ Flatow, Sheryl (July 1, 1995). "Full Length Ballets". Dance Magazine. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  2. ^ Macdonald, Moira (February 12, 2004). "Ballet's artistic directors to retire". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker". Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
  4. ^ "The Artists" (Press release). Pacific Northwest Ballet. 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.