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Natalia Makarova and Fernando Bujones, “Don Quixote”

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Regan Kucera

Jan Burkhard (Principal at Carolina Ballet) began studying dance at the School of American Ballet in New York City at age nine. She also studied at Miami City Ballet’s summer intensive program. She performed the role of Marie in New York City Ballet’s Nutcracker as a child. Jan was selected to participate in SAB’s student choreographic workshop and in New York City Ballet’s Choreographic Institute.

Watch Jan as Odile

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Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Lindsi Dec in Kiyon Gaines’ M-Pulse

Cynthia Gregory & Fernando Bujones rehearse Miss Julie

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Mikhail Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne in The Turning Point

Kylee Kitchens (Soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet) is from Laguna Hills, California. She trained at Westside Ballet Academy, where she studied with Yvonne Mounsey and Rosemary Valaire, and on scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2000 and was promoted to soloist in 2012. Ms. Kitchens danced in the BBC’s 1999 film version of PNB’s production of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filmed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. In 2005, she performed Marius Petipa’s Paquita as a guest artist with Los Angeles Ballet.

Watch Kylee in Afternoon of a Faun

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Principal ballerina Jan Burkhard volunteers her time for a book reading

Ksenia Ovsyanick, Prix de Lausanne 2007 (Coppelia Act III)

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