It's the Royal Ballet's first commission from a woman in 18 years, but Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite's gender is much less important than her talent. Pite has a distinctive way of handling large ...

If the world wasn’t terrible, this wouldn’t be the Royal Ballet’s first full-length work by a female choreographer in almost 30 years. Crystal Pite’s commission is long overdue and the Canadian ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Choreographer Crystal Pite and the Royal Ballet reveal the making of Flight Pattern, Crystal's moving debut with the company. Show more Choreographer Crystal Pite and the Royal Ballet reveal the ...

Crystal Pite’s 30-minute Flight Pattern, her first work for the Royal Ballet, was first staged in 2017. It’s a remarkable achievement – a moving meditation on the plight of refugees, using the first ...

Abuse of power, victim-blaming, emasculation and female rage – the Medusa myth contains so much that resonates today. It’s disappointing that superstar choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s ...