Ahead of her new work, which is based on a profound real-life tragedy, the sought-after choreographer discusses dancing with William Forysthe, motherhood and why there are so few women at the top of ...

The pioneering Canadian choreographer talks about the challenge of reinventing story-led dance for modern audiences There's a new spirit abroad in choreography. It offers us beauty and exhilaration, ...

From a distance, it might seem like things come easily to Crystal Pite. The well-known Vancouver artist’s genre-mashing work—as likely to feature dancers sporting dinosaur spines as astronaut ...

“I have an imaginary post-it note on my fridge,” Crystal Pite tells me. “It says: Remember, you do not like choreographing. It is supposed to remind me to never say yes to another project.” I’ve made ...

Watching choreographer Crystal Pite in rehearsal with Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers is an experience both brisk and spellbinding. She’s cheerily pragmatic in the directions she gives. Yet the steps ...

Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite might actually be better known in Europe than here on the North American continent. The Vancouver Island native trained in ballet and danced with Ballet British ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern premiered at the Royal Opera House in 2017, it was the first new ballet by a ...

Anna is a freelance dance critic and arts journalist. Founder of dance company Kidd Pivot, Crystal Pite is one of the world’s most sought after choreographers. She speaks to Anna Winter about ...

It was 2015 and Crystal Pite was supposed to be working on a ballet. But every time the Canadian choreographer sat down to think about it, she ended up watching the news, consumed by its daily horrors ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Crystal Pite has been top of every ballet company’s wishlist for more than a decade and the Olivier-winning ...