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Biographie

Choreographer, Angels' Atlas

Crystal Pite is a Canadian choreographer and former company member of Ballet BC and William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt.

Crystal’s professional choreographic debut was in 1990 at Ballet BC. Since then, she has created over 50 works for companies such as Paris Opéra Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater I, Cullberg Ballet, Ballett Frankfurt, The National Ballet of Canada, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Resident Choreographer, 2001 – 2004), Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet and Ballet British Columbia. She has also collaborated with Electric Company Theatre and Robert Lepage. The recipient of numerous awards for artistic excellence, including the 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and the 2018 Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal (PDM), Crystal is an Associate Choreographer of Nederlands Dans Theater, Associate Dance Artist of Canada’s National Arts Centre and Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London.

In 2002, she formed her own company Kidd Pivot in Vancouver.