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Interview

SPOTLIGHT: NAPHTALI ANN

“Dancing in my 40s now, personal challenges, and post-pandemic life has led me to search for what I am really passionate about and find joy in.”

SPOTLIGHT: Zsilas Michael Hughes

Joining the ranks of Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2021, they’ve also performed for Amanda Morgan with The Seattle Project and in the local Ballroom scene. Follow this exciting new artist, Zsilas Michael Hughes!

Spotlight: Leah J Russell

“I really relish dramatic work that allows you to lose yourself. Dance is such a unique space where we have the opportunity to transform ourselves into characters, animals, the elements, mystical beings, or even abstract states of being.”

SPOTLIGHT: SARA CAPLAN

“I’m willing to try anything and talk about anything in rehearsal. You need a lot of trust in a rehearsal process to make the project successful and I have figured out how to keep myself open to things to help create that environment.”

SPOTLIGHT: AKOIYA HARRIS

“At times we lend each other our sadness so that we can remember how to stand up. Carrying it all on our own will make us crumble. This ignited in me the desire to turn to community and start creating work through the support it offered me.”

SPOTLIGHT: NICOLE CARDONA

“I work in a highly collaborative process. I care very much about the perspectives that dancers and performers share and try to create dialogue around whatever concept we are working with…the intention is at the forefront of the piece.”

SPOTLIGHT: ZARA MARTINA LOPEZ

“I read, watched, contemplated, listened, talked-to, and asked a whole lot about birds. I explored movement from the idea of their locomotion and flight patterns; I went deep into the structure of feathers…” Read more about Zara Martina Lopez’s inspiration in this Spotlight Q&A!