Crystal Pite News

The Australian Ballet has announced that the company will tour to the Royal Opera House in London in August 2023 as part of its 60th anniversary celebrations.

The biennial Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is awarded to an emerging Canadian dance choreographer or company demonstrating exceptional talent. Established in 1978 by the Clifford E. Lee Foundation, the award was created to encourage the development of Canadian choreographers. 

LES PRIX DE LA DANSE DE MONTREAL (PDM) today announced the winners of the 2021-2022 season during an awards ceremony held at Espace Marie Chouinard. The event was hosted by Anik Bissonnette, artistic director of the Ecole supérieure de ballet du Québec, under the honorary presidency of contemporary dance artist Frédérick Gravel—a choreographer, dancer, musician, lighting designer, teacher, and artistic director of Compagnie DLD.

What did our critic think of PNB’S “THE SEASONS' CANON” at McCaw Hall?

The 38th Adelaide Festival, to be launched this Wednesday 9 November, at Adelaide Town Hall and via livestream offers a total of 52 events in theatre, music, opera, dance, media and visual arts, including major festivals-within-the-festival Adelaide Writers' Week, UKARIA Chamber Landscapes and WOMADelaide – over 17 days and nights from Friday 3 to Sunday 19 March.

Award-winning, international touring company Complicité (The Encounter, Can I Live?) has announced the full casting for the world premiere of a new work for the theatre Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, conceived and directed by their Artistic Director and Co-Founder Simon McBurney.

Knight Theater should have been abuzz last Friday night. Yet somehow, a year after Charlotte Ballet's 50th-anniversary celebration - celebrated a year after the company's actual 50th anniversary - my own excitement wasn't reflected by the community at large. A night after Opera Carolina opened its 2022-23 season at Belk Theater to an empty upper balcony and a disappointing crowd, the curtain went up on Ballet's new era with a similarly sparse turnout.

Unavailable Memory: In Conversation with Cunningham & Cage is an evening of dance and music presenting Merce Cunningham's Totem Ancestor (1942) and Loops (1971) and six piano compositions by John Cage.

Banff Centre has been named as a recipient of a $750,000 gift from The Slaight Family Foundation to directly support theatre creators, producers and presenters as the sector continues to recover from pandemic-related closures.

As Associate Artistic Director, Mr. Ross will work in close collaboration with Mr. Boal to implement and advance PNB’s artistic vision, and consult on all artistic matters including programming, hiring, and casting. He will also provide oversight for PNB’s special projects such as Next Step, PNB Dance Film Festival, and digital programming. As part of his new appointment, Mr. Ross will continue to co-lead PNB’s I.D.E.A. (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) committee.

Crystal Pite returns to The Royal Ballet to transform her critically acclaimed work Flight Pattern into a full-length world premiere. The winner of an Olivier Award for Best Dance Production in 2018, Flight Pattern is set to Henryk Górecki's Symphony no 3 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'). This haunting work is a showcase for Pite's distinctive movement style and is a powerful response to the refugee crisis which remains one of the biggest humanitarian problems in our world today.

The full cast schedule has also been announced for the season, so patrons can be sure to book to enjoy the international guests, as well as a selection of the most gifted South African dancers.

The international touring company Complicité will present a new work for the theatre Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, directed by Simon McBurney. Previewing at Theatre Royal Plymouth in December 2022, the production will run at the Barbican London, and a UK and international tour.

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, announced promotions for the 2022/23 season. 

To designate something as a “classic,” like a diamond, is to guarantee its significance forever. The Pacific Northwest Ballet is by this definition, wholly classic, @lorastrum writes.

Hope Muir, Joan and Jerry Lozinski Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the company will tour to New York City Center March 30 – April 1, 2023. The company will present the US premiere of Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas with David Dawson’s Anima Animus and Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto.

Full programming for New York City Center’s 2022 – 2023 Season was announced, including Adam Guettel’s Tony Award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza, Jerry Herman’s 1969 musical Dear World and Lionel Bart’s Oliver! See the full schedules and how to get tickets!

Selby/Artists MGMT has announced that Ballets Jazz Montréal has been signed for touring the company's new works as well as Dance Me based on the music and words of the legendary Leonard Cohen, and other proven audience favorites from the company's eclectic repertoire. 

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC), led by Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, introduces six new artists joining their main company, each highly accomplished in contemporary dance. Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Jack Henderson, Shota Miyoshi, Cyrie Topete and Matt Wenckowski, will all join the company for its 45th season.

The Dancing on the Edge Festival Returns for its 34 th Year Festival of Contemporary Dance takes centre stage July 7 to 16 at the Firehall Arts Centre.