Summer Recap
Each year during June and July, PBT Company artists have a well-deserved summer break before the new season begins. Some of the PBT artists shared the different ways they spent their breaks outside of the PBT studios during the summer of 2024!
Corey Bourbonniere
PBT Soloist
“This is a photo of my friends and I backstage at Jacob’s Pillow, where we performed in MOBBallet’s Pathways to Performance: An Exercise in Reframing the Narrative.”
Pictured from the left: Ashley Murphy-Wilson (The Washington Ballet), Joshua Bodden (formerly Kansas City Ballet), Princess Reid (formerly Joffrey Ballet), Raquel Smith (Collage Dance Collective), Victoria Watford (Ballet Met), [Corey], Whitney Huell (Kansas City Ballet), and Ashton Edwards (Pacific Northwest Ballet).
Diana Yohe
PBT Soloist
“My husband Joe [Parr – former PBT artist] and I traveled to Sint Maarten, which is known as ‘the friendly island’ of the Caribbean. It had the most beautiful beaches we have ever visited and we finally got to properly celebrate his retirement from the stage. Truly a vacation of a lifetime!”
Caitlyn Mendicino
PBT Corps de Ballet
“While I was mostly teaching in PBT School’s summer intensive program, I did go camping with my husband Brian and dog Raven up in Cooks Forest.”
Amanda Morgan
PBT Corps de Ballet
“My husband and I went to Disney this summer to celebrate our 6th anniversary. The weather was absolutely beautiful, and we had a perfect week together.”
Kurtis Sprowls
PBT Corps de Ballet
“My boyfriend Philip and I took a vacation to Spain this summer. The photo was taken in the city of Toledo.”