Sondra Forsyth is a member of the Dance Critics Association and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. A former ballerina who danced principal roles with New York Dance Theatre and Huntington Ballet Theatre, she is a faculty member at Centralia Ballet Academy/Ballet Theatre of Washington in Centralia, Washington. Sondra founded Ballet Ambassadors in New York City and was the Artistic Director for 17 years with support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. She has served as a guest teacher for the American Ballet Theatre open classes and on the faculty of The School at Steps on Broadway, the Harkness Dance Center of the 92nd Street Y, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and Studio de Ballet Opera in Beirut, Lebanon. She was Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director with Jan Hanniford Goetz of Huntington School of Ballet and Huntington Ballet Theatre (now called Long Island Ballet Theatre) on Long Island. Her most notable teachers for dance were David Howard, Frank Ohman, Ana Roje, Mme. Gabriela Darvash, Thalia Mara, and Yurek Lazowski. Sondra is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of thirdAGE.com and formerly held the posts of Executive Editor at Ladies’ Home Journal, Features Editor at Cosmopolitan, and Articles Editor at Bride’s. Her byline has appeared in Dance Magazine and Dance Teacher as well as many major publications. She is the author, co-author, or ghostwriter of twelve books and holds an M.A. from Harvard. Sondra has a grown son and daughter, a son-in-law, and two grandsons.
April 29, 2023
What did our critic think of PNB’S “A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” at McCaw Hall?
March 31, 2023
What did our critic think of PNB REP 4: “BOUNDLESS”, A TITILLATING TRIPLE BILL at McCaw Hall?
February 18, 2023
What did our critic think of PNB’S HAUNTINGLY MESMERIZING “GISELLE” RETURNS FOR THE THIRD TIME at McCaw Hall?
November 18, 2022
What did our critic think of PNB’S “THE SEASONS' CANON” at McCaw Hall?
October 7, 2022
What did our critic think of AN AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING TO PNB’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON at McCaw Hall?
September 21, 2022
As Associate Artistic Director, Mr. Ross will work in close collaboration with Mr. Boal to implement and advance PNB’s artistic vision, and consult on all artistic matters including programming, hiring, and casting. He will also provide oversight for PNB’s special projects such as Next Step, PNB Dance Film Festival, and digital programming. As part of his new appointment, Mr. Ross will continue to co-lead PNB’s I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) committee.
May 13, 2022
Kent Stowell’s “Swan Lake” was back on stage from April 15th to 24th 2022 as part of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s post-pandemic return to live performances at Macaw Hall in Seattle.
March 31, 2022
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Rep 4 for the 2021-2022 season is “Plot Points”, a quadruple bill of mesmerizingly inventive works that includes a PNB Premiere by Justin Peck and a World Premiere by Robin Mareko Williams.
February 24, 2022
PNB’s mesmerizing production of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s contemporary interpretation of “Roméo et Juliette”, filmed live on February 13th 2022 at McCaw Hall in Seattle and streaming digitally from February 24th to February 26th, is the exquisite Noelani Pantastico’s farewell performance after a 27-year career.
December 20, 2021
‘Tis the season for Nutcracker performances.
November 19, 2021
A triple bill by three choreographers with global acclaim
October 7, 2021
The Pacific Northwest Ballet was back on stage in Seattle’s McCaw Hall in September of 2021, dancing for a live audience for the first time since the pandemic closed dance studios and theaters worldwide. Yet as welcome as that return to in-person performing was, PNB chose not to do away with the digital programming that had been its only option for over a year.
June 18, 2021
From June 18th to June 22nd, PNB’s final digital performance of the 2020-2021 season bids a bittersweet good-bye to seven dancers who are leaving to begin new chapters of their lives.
June 10, 2021
PNB’s eminently satisfying all-digital season for 2020-2021 continues with Rep 6, livestreamed from June 10th to June 14th, 2021.
May 6, 2021
PNB’s Digital Season continues from May 6th to May 10th 2021 with a delightful archival recording from 2016 of PNB’s production of George Balanchine’s “Coppélia”, choreographed by Mr. B and Alexandra Danilova to the music of Léo Delibes.
May 4, 2021
Pacific Northwest Ballet will be bidding an adieux passionnés to principal dancers Jerome Tisserand and Laura Tisserand at the end of the company’s 2020-2021 season: The couple have announced that they will be leaving Seattle this summer, to accept positions with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
April 20, 2021
Pacific Northwest Ballet School’s annual “Spring Fling”, including an archival video from 2018 of students performing Jerome Robbins’ “Fanfare”, is online now until May 3rd.
April 1, 2021
PNB’s all-digital season continues with Rep 4, a varied and enjoyable triple bill that streams from April 1st to April 5th 2021. Digital ticket holders can watch as many times as they like until the link expires.
March 9, 2021
As PNB’s digital offerings continue, Price Suddath’s innovative “The Intermission Project” is offered free to all from March 8th to March 24th 2021.
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