Crystal Pite: the dance genius who stages the impossible septembre 2019 Betroffenheit, our best dance show of the 21st century, takes the breath away – and reveals the Canadian trailblazer’s superb craft Luke Jennings, “Crystal Pite: 'I'm trying to excavate the truth'” The Guardian, September 21, 2013 Pite has a long and rich relationship with Jacob’s Pillow, as a dancer (first with Ballet BC), a choreographer, an artistic director, and a Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner. Creator of more than 40 works in just over two decades, she is in huge demand internationally; and the most prestigious dance companies in the world, including Britain’s Royal Ballet and the Paris Opera Ballet, have recently joined the growing procession of those commissioning her work. In Revisor, choreographer Crystal Pite and theatre-maker Jonathon Young once again sync their worlds together. September 2019. In September, The Guardian named Betroffenheit the best dance show of the 21st century. The Creator. Actors speak, dancers move. Crystal Pite is one of the top international names in choreography. Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young ... (winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production 2017 and named Best Dance Show of the 21st century by The Guardian… Canadian choregrapher and dancer Crystal Pite at the Opera Garnier in Paris, on Oct. 8, 2019. In September 2019, The Guardian named Crystal Pite’s Betroffenheit, a co-creation with playwright and actor Jonathon Young, the best dance show so far of the 21st century, praising it as a powerful study of grief and trauma. Choreographed and directed by Crystal Pite, performed by her company, Kidd Pivot, and written by theatre-maker Jonathon Young, the wonderful first part of Revisor (2019) is simultaneously highbrow and lowbrow, broad and sophisticated. Crystal Pite: the dance genius who stages the impossible. Vancouver choreographer Crystal Pite has just won another British Laurence Olivier Award--the U.K.'s answer to the Tony awards. Company Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Crystal Pite CM (born December 15, 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer.She began her professional dance career in 1988 at Ballet BC and in 1996 she joined Ballett Frankfurt under the tutelage of William Forsythe.After leaving Ballett Frankfurt she became the resident choreographer of Montreal company Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal from 2001 to 2004. Crystal Pite: dance genius behind our No1 Main image: From left: Formosa, Woolf Works, Bosque Ardora, Desh Wed 18 Sep 2019 03.00 EDT Last modified on Mon 21 Oct 2019 20.08 EDT View Gallery.