Josh Spell

PNB Corps de Ballet

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Josh Spell © Angela Sterling

Josh Spell is from Beaumont, Texas. He trained at the School of American Ballet and attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as member of the corps de ballet in 2001.

Leading Roles

George Balanchine's Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck, Lysander, Bottom); Todd Bolender's Souvenirs; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge; Nacho Duato's Rassemblement; William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow (Pritich) and The Sleeping Beauty (Gold and Silver pas de trois); Mark Morris' A Garden and Pacific; Brian Reeder's Lost Language of the Flight Attendant; Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free and In the Night; Kent Stowell's Hail to the Conquering Hero; Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs; and Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia.

Originated Leading Roles: Kiyon Gaines' {SCHWA} and M-Pulse, Paul Gibson's The Piano Dance and Sense of Doubt, and Olivier Wevers' Shindig.

Featured Roles

George Balanchine's Prodigal Son, La Sonnambula, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, and La Valse; Val Caniparoli's Torque; Nicolo Fonte's Within/Without; Peter Martins' Fearful Symmetries; Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; Paul Taylor's Roses; Twyla Tharp's Waterbaby Bagatelles; and Christopher Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance).

Originated Featured Roles: Christopher Stowell's Quick Time.

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