Diana Yohe

Soloist

Social Media 

Instagram: @diyohe

Facebook: Diana Yohe Parr

Horoscope

Cancer

Hometown 

Born in Cleveland, OH

Grew up in Willoughby, OH

Training 

Cleveland City Dance

Joffrey Academy of Dance Trainee Program

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Graduate Program

PBT 

Joined PBT as an Apprentice in 2013

Promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2014

Promoted to Soloist in 2017

  • Alice in Wonderland (Derek Deane – “Alice”)
  • Ave Maria (Dwight Rhoden)
  • Beauty and the Beast (Lew Christensen – “Beauty”)
  • Dracula (Michael Pink – “Lucy”)
  • Depuis le Jour (Gemma Bond)
  • Duende (Nacho Duato)
  • Eternal Idol (Michael Smuin) 
  • The Exiled (Helen Pickett)
  • Fancy Free (Jerome Robbins)
  • Giselle (Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot – “Myrtha”)
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (William Forsythe)
  • In the Night (Jerome Robbins)
  • In the Upper Room (Twyla Tharp)
  • Loss (Sasha Janes)
  • The Man in Black (James Kudelka)
  • The Nutcracker (Terrence Orr – “Marie” “Sugar Plum Fairy”)
  • Petal (Helen Pickett)
  • Peter Pan (Jorden Morris – “Wendy”)
  • Petite Mort (Jiří Kylián)
  • Sinfonietta (Jiří Kylián)
  • Through the Window (Jennifer Archibald)
  • Western Symphony (George Balanchine ©The George Balanchine Trust)

Summer Intensives with The Juilliard School, San Francisco Ballet School, Cincinnati Ballet School and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School

  • Husband – PBT Artist Joseph Parr
  • Fur baby – Shiloh (dog)

Q&A

What was a defining moment in your career?

Performing “Beauty” in Beauty and the Beast. I’ve done leading roles in other ballets, but this was the first time I did one with a full Pas de deux. I also ended up performing it with two different “beasts” because of an injured dancer!

I love Pittsburgh because…

I found the love of my life, Joseph Parr, at PBT!

If I weren’t a ballet dancer, I would be…

A newscaster or journalist

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