Pacific Northwest Ballet

Based in Seattle, Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a well-known American ballet company. Developed as a part of the famous Seattle Opera in 1972, it was originally named as Pacific Northwest Dance Association. In 1977, this ballet got separated from the Seattle Opera and was renamed as Pacific Northwest Ballet in the year of 1978. One of the most successful ballet companies of America, Pacific Northwest Ballet has got the highest per capita audience in US. With more than eleven thousand subscribers Pacific Northwest Ballet is certainly doing very well. This ballet has experienced some of most talented artistic directors such as Francia Russell as well as Kent Stowell. Both of them belonged to George Balanchine in terms of dance and studies.
 
After these two great personalities in the world of ballet left PNB, Peter Boal joined in as the new Artistic Director. With a variety of forty nine dancers, Pacific Northwest Ballet is famous for giving more than hundred performances all around the year. Out of their forty nine talented dancers, there are seven soloists and three apprentices along with corps de ballet dancers which are twenty six in number. Developed in 1974, Pacific Northwest Ballet School is a part of this ballet company. Forming some of the best ballet dancers for the world, this school is certainly doing very well. Being one of the most prominent and leading dance training schools of the world, Pacific Northwest Ballet School is a great place to learn ballet. Currently the school is directed by Peter Boal.
 
The home venue for Pacific Northwest Ballet is at the Seattle Center, McCaw Hall. All of their shows are smashing hits. People from all over the world specially come to visit Seattle to enjoy their performances. All of their shows are great including Nutcracker and Snow White. The popularity of Nutcracker can by gauged by the fact that it has now been made into a feature film as well. Pacific Northwest Ballet has also performed in several dance festivals like,Fall for Dance Festival in 2006, which is held at City Center Theatre in New York, as well as at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
 
If you have not seen the famous show Nutcracker then you are certainly missing out on great fun. With enchanting music by P.I. Tchaikovsky and Choreography of Kent Stowell the show is a superb treat for eyes. You will be enchanted to see the incredible Sets and Costumes which are created by Maurice Sendak. For more than twenty eight years this show has been entertaining Pacific Northwest Ballet fans in a lavish way. A perfect holiday entertainment, Nutcracker is going to bestow you with some magical memories which you can cherish all your life.
 
With a show like Nutcracker you can enjoy the charm of live orchestra and more than two hundred dancers performing professional ballet. Pacific Northwest Ballet is famous for entertaining its fans in an elegant way. You can also enjoy its show called Snow White. With marvelous music by Jules Massenet and creative Choreography of Bruce Wells this show is definitely going to blow your mind away. A family matinee this show features the best students from the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. This superb classic is an hour long show which you are going to remember forever. Story is same, but the execution of this show is done in a completely brand new style which you have surely never seen before.
 
Pacific Northwest Ballet has been doing tours all over the world to entertain the ballet fans. If you haven’t seen this production yet, then you can do that by getting your Pacific Northwest Ballet tickets right away. This ballet company has recently done tours like Dance Victoria, Ballet Across America II as well as Vail International Dance Festival. Get ready to enjoy them live, because you never know your city may be their next stop. So hurry up and grab you share of Pacific Northwest Ballet tickets.