Carrie Imler

Carrie Imler trained on scholarship at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School and attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet. She joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as an apprentice in 1995. In 1996, she was promoted to corps de ballet. She was made a soloist in 2000 and principal in 2002.

Ms. Imler danced in the BBC's 1999 film version of PNB's production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. She was also featured in the PBS documentary about Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Children with a Dream.

Leading Roles
George Balanchine's Apollo, Ballet Imperial, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Chaconne, Concerto Barocco, Coppélia, Diamonds, Divertimento No. 15, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania, Hippolyta), Rubies, Serenade, Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, Symphony in C, Symphony in Three Movements, Theme and Variations, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, La Valse, Western Symphony, and Who Cares?; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge, Lambarena, The Seasons, and Torque; Ulysses Dove's Vespers; Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat; William Forsythe's In the middle, somewhat elevated and One Flat Thing, reproduced; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow (Hanna) and The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Lilac Fairy, Gold and Silver pas de trois); Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort; Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette (Lady Capulet, Nurse); Peter Martins' Fearful Symmetries; Mark Morris’ A Garden; Kevin O'Day's Aract; Kirk Peterson's Amazed in Burning Dreams; Marius Petipa's Le Corsaire Pas de Trois, Don Quixote (Kitri), and Paquita; Victor Quijada’s Suspension of Disbelief; Jerome Robbins' The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, and In the Night; Kent Stowell's Carmen, Carmina Burana, Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), Coppélia (Dance of the Hours, Dawn), Delicate Balance, Dumbarton Oaks, Firebird, Hail to the Conquering Hero, Kammergarten Tänze, Nutcracker (Clara, Flora), Poème St. Saëns, Quaternary, Silver Lining, Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, Queen Mother), and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Juliet, Lady Capulet); Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances; Lynne Taylor-Corbett's Mercury; Paul Taylor's Roses; Glen Tetley's Voluntaries; Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room, Nine Sinatra Songs, and Waterbaby Bagatelles; and Rudi van Dantzig's Ginastera.

Originated leading roles: Kiyon Gaines' M-Pulse, Nicolo Fonte's Almost Tango, Christopher Stowell's Zaïs, Susan Stroman's TAKE FIVE … More or Less, Twyla Tharp’s Opus 111, and Olivier Wevers' Shindig.

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