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NEXT STEP Showcases Talent from PNB’s Company and School

byNews Desk
May 28, 2021
in The Latest Ballet News, Ballet Schools & Training
Reading Time: 2 mins read
NEXT STEP

NEXT STEP Showcases Talent from PNB's Company and School

From June 4 – 18, 2021 on Pacific Northwest Ballet’s YouTube channel, viewers from across the globe will have the opportunity to watch this year’s NEXT STEP performance.

Choreographed on the Professional Division students of Pacific Northwest Ballet‘s school, NEXT STEP features world premiere dance films by company artists Christopher D’Ariano, Joshua Grant, Miles Pertl, Lucien Postlewaite, and Leah Terada.

The NEXT STEP program which is managed by PNB faculty member and choreographer Eva Stone serves two significant purposes – to develop the talents of emerging choreographers from within the company and to give students from PNB School who are on the verge of dancing their way into the professional space an opportunity to have new works created on them.

For 2021, considering the unique circumstances that the pandemic has presented, the performance will be streamed rather than performed life. Stone describes the process:

“Five talented artists were selected for this year’s program with the clear understanding that the traditional live stage performance opportunity would shift to an online format. NEXT STEP artists were asked to create a dance for film. With that in mind, these artists began a journey to explore their knowledge of dance in a vastly new and challenging form. After several sessions that included discussions about creative process, filming, editing, and artistic arc, the choreographers set off to define and build their artistic visions.

Creating art, specifically dance, during these current times can be some of the most difficult and frustrating experiences in a dance artist’s life. This project was extremely challenging due to the constraints of social distancing and COVID-19 protocols, but these incredible choreographers persevered and all five have created some of the best dance films I have seen all year. These films beautifully demonstrate the thriving spirit of dance, the indestructibility of hope and love, and offer windows to our shared humanity. This year’s NEXT STEP is an event not to be missed!”

2021 NEXT STEP Program

Follower
Choreography and Videography: Christopher D’Ariano
Music: Thomas Nickell & Fiona Stocks-Lyons

Bright Young Things
Choreography and Videography: Joshua Grant
Music: William Lin-Yee

Grow to Give, Give to Grow
A Film by Miles Pertl
Movement and Creation by the cast
Music: Tomi Oladunjoye
Spoken Word Improvisation: Brian Pertl and Leila Ramagopal Pertl
Videography: Sydney M. Pertl, Miles Pertl, and Leah Terada

this is Us, now
Choreography and Film Direction: Lucien Postlewaite
Music: Olafur Arnalds; Jóhan Jóhannsson; Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq; Max Richter, Daniel Hope, and Jachen Carls
Videography and Editing: Noel Pederson

On Being
Choreography and Direction: Leah Terada
Seattle Videography: Leah Terada, Miles Pertl
Chicago Videography: Jaryd Jensen, Andre Alabastro
Editors: Leah Terada, Jaryd Jensen
Music: Cosmo Sheldrake, Oleg Stepanov
Lighting Design: Reed Nakayama
Costume Design: PNB Costume Shop in collaboration with Marilyn Burbank and Leah Terada

Featured Photo of PNB School students in Christopher D’Ariano’s Youthquake © Lindsay Thomas from the PNB Blog

Tags: ballet schoolsNEXT STEPPacific Northwest BalletPacific Northwest Ballet School
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