The Misty Effect: Amanda Morgan, Corps de Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet
With her endless limbs and regal bearing, Amanda Morgan is an arresting presence onstage. Born in Tacoma, WA, Morgan studied at Dance Theatre Northwest and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and attended summer courses at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Boston Ballet School, and the School of American Ballet. In 2016, Morgan was offered an apprenticeship with PNB, and, in 2017, she joined the main company as a member of the corps de ballet.
Only a year into company life, Morgan is already making her mark. In addition to her demanding corps schedule, she’s danced Rosalia in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, and originated a role in Dani Tirrell’s Suckle, which premiered last August. “Growing up in the school at PNB, I was never able to see a woman in the company who looked like me,” Morgan says. “That pushed me even more. Now, as I’m dancing in the company, it means little brown girls in Seattle are finally able to see themselves onstage. It’s because of them that I continue to strive to be the greatest dancer I can be. They’re our future.”