Crystal Pite

Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2022

Past and present entwined in a sparkling postmodern revival, a sensational take on Stravinsky and Crystal Pite’s sublime dance of life

Sarah Crompton

17, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM

The best dance of 2022

Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring

Lyndsey Winship and Sanjoy Roy

16, Dec, 2022 @11:00 AM

Light of Passage review – Crystal Pite’s magnificent dance of life

The Canadian choreographer has turned 2017’s acclaimed Flight Pattern into a full-length work that brims with massed energy and profound humanity

Sarah Crompton

23, Oct, 2022 @8:00 AM

Light of Passage review – mesmerising moves from Crystal Pite

With shimmering music and a signature use of massed bodies, Pite transforms her acclaimed Flight Pattern into a full-length work

Lyndsey Winship

19, Oct, 2022 @12:37 PM

‘Don’t worry, just watch’: how do you tell a story through dance?

Even the best-known ballets can baffle newcomers so what can choreographers do to avoid audiences getting lost? From Matthew Bourne’s fairytales to staging Margaret Atwood and Peaky Blinders, we find out

Lyndsey Winship

06, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM

Royal Ballet review – Kyle Abraham’s fresh style connects to the real world

The versatility of the modern ballet dancer is showcased in a triple bill featuring works by Crystal Pite and Christopher Wheeldon

Lyndsey Winship

25, Mar, 2022 @11:38 AM

The Royal Ballet: 21st-Century Choreographers review – racing out of the blocks

Works by Christopher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite and rising star Kyle Abraham reveal a company eager to pursue expressive and exciting directions

Lyndsey Winship

19, May, 2021 @10:45 AM

Dance: Sarah Crompton's five best dance of 2020

Our critic chooses her highlights, recalling inventive lockdown venues and the emotional return of the Royal Ballet

Sarah Crompton

26, Dec, 2020 @4:00 PM

The week in dance: Revisor; Antigone, Interrupted – review

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young take Gogol to extremes, while Joan Clevillé puts the agony into Antigone

Bidisha

08, Mar, 2020 @11:00 AM

Revisor review – astonishing take on Gogol demands to be seen again

Choreographer Crystal Pite and theatre-maker Jonathon Young combine their worlds for a riveting piece

Sanjoy Roy

04, Mar, 2020 @12:54 PM

Star debuts and happy returns: theatre, dance and comedy in 2020

Tom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery

Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

02, Jan, 2020 @9:00 AM