Lucien Postlewaite: Lessons from a Lifetime of Dance

About this episode

Lucien Postlewaite reflects on his career as a principal dancer and his transition to becoming a personal excellence coach.

After nearly two decades at Pacific Northwest Ballet—where he was one of the company’s longest-running principal dancers and an audience favorite— Lucien Postlewaite is stepping into retirement at the end of the season. In this episode of the Seattle podcast, Seattle magazine editor-in-chief Rachel Gallaher sits down with Postlewaite as he candidly reflects on his storied career (he’s performed every major role in the ballet canon) and shares how dance has shaped him on all levels and prepared him for his next big role as a personal excellence coach.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Gallaher

Guest: Lucien Postlewaite

Topics covered

• dance
• retirement
• personal excellence
• ballet
• career reflection

Keywords

• dance
• ballet
• retirement
• career
• personal excellence
• Lucien Postlewaite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pacific Northwest Ballet

Books & works: ballet canon

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