Noelani Pantastico


Noelani Pantastico is a ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. She previously danced at the Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Monaco.

Early life

Pantastico was born in Oahu, Hawaii, to a Hawaiian-Filipino father and an Australian mother, and is one of six children. In her early life, her family moved around in the country. She started training at the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet at the age of 11. She also attended Pacific Northwest Ballet's summer intensives for three years

Career

In 1997, Pantastico joined the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle as an apprentice, and became a member of the corp de ballet a year later. She was named soloist in 2001 and a principal in 2004.
In 2008, she left the PNB and joined Jean-Christophe Maillot's Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in Monaco as a soloist, having previously danced Maillot's Roméo et Juliette at PNB. She was named first soloist a year later.
In 2015, she returned to PNB, again as a principal dancer. During her time in PNB, she has danced danced in productions such as Cendrillon, The Nutcracker and Giselle. She was also featured in the 1999 filmed version of PNB's A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
In 2017, Pantastico choreographed Picnic for Sculptured Dance.
Outside of PNB, in 2004, she made a guest appearance at the New York City Ballet, dancing the second movement of Balanchine's Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet at NYCB's Balanchine Centennial. She also founded Seattle Dance Collective with fellow PNB principal dancer James Moore.

Selected repertoire

Created roles