Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) corps de ballet dancer Jessika Anspach will retire at the end of PNB’s 2015-2016 season.
Anspach plans to continue her pursuit of a degree in English, with a focus on creative writing. She has written for Dance Magazine, 4dancers.org and PNB’s blog.
A true “PNB baby,” Anspach literally grew up dancing at PNB over 26 years, first in classes at PNB School and then with the company. She took her first PNB School Creative Movement dance class at age 5 in 1990, joined the company as an apprentice in 2004 and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2005.
Anspach recently performed in PNB’s “Coppélia,” which ended its run April 24. She will appear in “American Stories” in early June and then in PNB’s annual Season Encore Performance on June 12, her final performance.