Students Discover Dance with Pacific Northwest Ballet

Posted on 03/15/2018

Graham Hill Elementary dancers rehearsing in school. Photo credit: Joseph Lambert

Seattle Discover Dance Community Performance March 24

More than 200 Seattle Public Schools students will perform an original dance performance at McCaw Hall on March 24, 2018.

The student performance has been created and choreographed through in-school Discover Dance residencies with Pacific Northwest Ballet teaching artists.

1. Graham Hill Elementary dancers rehearsing on stage at McCaw Hall. Photo credit: Todd Gardiner Students from Daniel Bagley Elementary, Graham Hill Elementary and Licton Springs K-8 worked for 10-14 weeks with the ballet teaching artists to learn dance and choreography skills and create dances inspired by a topic from their classroom curriculum, such as social studies or science.

This event will also feature a performances by the Graham Hill Elementary Chorus, Pacific Northwest Ballet Company members dancing excerpts from Pacific Northwest Ballet repertoire and REACH Student Dance Group. Tickets are available through the Pacific Northwest Ballet Box Office.