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It is especially known for its performance of the Stowell/Maurice Sendak Nutcracker, which it has been presenting since 1983. In 2006, the company was chosen to perform in the Fall for Dance Festival at New York's City Center Theatre and at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.In October 2007, PNB dancers Noelani Pantastico, Lindsi Dec, and Benjamin Griffiths, along with Pantastico's husband Brady Hartley, created the website PNB Unleashed.

Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978. It is said to have the highest per capita attendance in the United States, with 11,000 subscribers. Its founding artistic directors, Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, left at the end of the 2004-2005 season. Both had studied with and danced for George Balanchine. Peter Boal succeeded Stowell and Russell as Artistic Director following their retirement. The company performs with 49 dancers, thirteen of whom are principals; seven soloists, twenty-six corps de ballet dancers, as well as three apprentices There are over 100 performances throughout the year.IbidIn 1974, the Pacific Northwest Ballet School was founded. Formerly directed by Francia Russell, and now directed by Peter Boal, it has been considered to be, "One of the leading, if not the definitive, professional training school in the country."PNB performs in McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center.

The website functions as a "more in-depth, behind the scenes perspective of the lives of PNB dancers and the necessary steps to creating a successful performance." The website includes dancers' personal thoughts on upcoming performances, links to dancers' personal websites, photo albums, interviews, and an "A Day in the Life" of a PNB dancer.Ibid It further includes a "Director's Blog" written by Boal discussing his role as artistic director. Principals Batkhurel BoldMaria ChapmanKarel CruzCarrie ImlerCarla KörbesAriana LalloneStanko MilovKaori NakamuraJonathan PorrettaLucien PostlewaiteJeffrey StantonMara VinsonOlivier Wevers Soloists Lindsi DecChalnessa EamesRachel FosterBenjamin GriffithsJames MooreSeth OrzaLesley Rausch Corps de Ballet Jessika AnspachAndrew BarteeAmanda ClarkKyle DavisLeanne DugeKiyon GainesLaura GilbreathEric Hipolito Jr.Barry KerollisKylee KitchensWilliam Lin-YeeEmma LoveStacy LowenbergMargaret MullinLeah O'ConnorSarah Ricard OrzaJordan PacittiBrittany ReidAbby RelicLiora ReshefSean RollofsonCarli SamuelsonSokvannara SarJosh SpellClaire StallmanJerome Tisserand Apprentices Chelsea AdomaitisRyan CardeaEzra Thomson NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, November 5th, 2007 NY Times by Alastair Macaulay, September 25th, 2007.

Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States.

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