Originally published April 2, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified April 2, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Arts news: Dancers exit from PNB; Seattle leads nation in arts-related businesses
Noelani Pantastico and Casey Herd will leave Pacific Northwest Ballet at the end of the 2007-08 season; and Seattle leads nation in the number of arts-related businesses per capita.
2 principal dancers to leave PNB
Noelani Pantastico, a principal dancer and graceful audience favorite at Pacific Northwest Ballet, will leave the company at the end of this season to take a position with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. Pantastico, 27, has been with PNB since she was a teenager, joining as an apprentice in 1997. She recently earned much praise for dancing the role of Juliette in every performance of PNB's February production of "Roméo et Juliette" (choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot, who is the director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo).
Also leaving PNB at the end of the current season is principal dancer Casey Herd, who has accepted a position with the Dutch National Ballet. Herd, the soaring Tybalt of "Roméo et Juliette," has been with PNB since 1999.
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times movie critic
Seattle is tops in nation for arts-related businesses
You knew it in your hearts: Seattle's big on arts.
Proof has arrived in a new study showing Seattle ranks first in the nation in the number of arts-related businesses per capita. The city is home to 4,065 arts-related businesses that employ 21,025 people, according to "Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report," released Wednesday by the advocacy group Americans for the Arts.
Among the nation's 50 most-populated cities, Seattle is eighth in the total number of arts businesses; third in arts employees per capita (per 1,000 residents); and 10th for the total number of arts employees.
The full report with rankings for all 50 cities is available at: www.AmericansfortheArts.org/CreativeIndustries.
Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times music critic
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
Best bets for summer arts events
Obituary: Mary Henry, 96, Northwest painter
Buy one, get one free tickets at Imagine Children's Museum on the Fourth of July
Art and conversation flow from hands and heart of artist Mandy Greer
Rising N.Y. director brings her 'Othello' to Seattle

2009 fireworks time lapse
With strict parking rules enforced at this year's July 4th celebration on Wallingford Ave North, less cars and more spectators filled the streets.
Entertainment | Top Video | World | Offbeat Video | Sci-Tech
shopping

events for Monday, Jul. 6th
- Posh on Main Semiannual Sale
- Karan Dannenberg Clothier Progressive...
- Alhambra July Sale
- Evo Independence Sale
editors' picks
More shopping guides- Landmark Smith Tower mostly vacant
- Property taxes: Appeals shoot up in King, Snohomish Counties
- Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' and blasts media in Facebook posting
- Former NFL MVP McNair killed
- Hard times for tourist towns means good deals for travelers
- Shooting unveils very different sides of McNair
- Tukwila residents rally against light-rail noise
- Quincy Jones remembers "the biggest entertainer on the planet": Michael Jackson
- Confessions of an Idol Addict | "American Idols" on tour: Live coverage from opening date
- Plasma and LCD beware; OLED screens ready to go mainstream
- Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox: 07/05 game thread
247 - Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' and blasts media in Facebook posting
172 - Hatred for the NBA runs deep, but don't take it out on the players
137 - Tukwila residents rally against light-rail noise
125 - Former NFL MVP McNair killed
112 - Property taxes: Appeals shoot up is King, Snohomish Counties
103 - Tent City on campus: UW stalls decision
100 - Anti-tax rally in Olympia attracts about 1,500
68 - Seeking your questions
53 - Mariners did their part, now they need help
46
- Property taxes: Appeals shoot up in King, Snohomish Counties
- Hard times for tourist towns means good deals for travelers
- Landmark Smith Tower mostly vacant
- Plasma and LCD beware; OLED screens ready to go mainstream
- Tent City on campus: UW stalls decision
- The People's Pharmacy | Estrogen mimicker found in sunscreen
- Toyota's Toyoda scolds execs for emulating U.S. car companies' mistakes
- Tukwila residents rally against light-rail noise
- Outdoor-theater season kicks off at Volunteer Park
- Seattle safety project: A snake shelter on Beacon Hill
