Mark Zappone
| Costume Designer
Mark Zappone served Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) from 1983–1988 as costume designer, shop supervisor, and wardrobe master. He then moved to Monte Carlo, where he managed costume shops for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and Le Cabaret de Monte-Carlo, continuing on to Switzerland and Amsterdam with Holiday on Ice. Zappone has collaborated with renowned choreographers and designers such as Lucinda Childs, Maurice Sendak, Christopher Wheeldon, Kent Stowell, Twyla Tharp, the George Balanchine Trust, Helgi Tómasson, Molissa Fenley, Dominique Dumais, Kevin O’Day, James Kudelka, Martin Pakledinez, Christopher Stowell, Yuri Possokhov, Jérôme Kaplan, Donald Byrd, Nicolo Fonte, Paul Tazewell, Paul Gibson, Edwaard Liang, and Nuno Côrte-Real. In addition to his numerous designs for PNB’s repertory, he has designed for San Francisco Ballet, Peter Boal: Solos, New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Perm Opera Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Spectrum Dance Theater, Teatro ZinZanni, and Wear Moi Dancewear of London.
