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Encounters: The Royal Ballet at its versatile best

By Amanda Jennings, 22 October 2024

In a quadruple bill of contemporary works, The Royal Ballet's dancers shine in this diverse programme, creating an immersive experience.

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London

23 Oct 2024

Encounters: The Royal Ballet at its versatile best

By Amanda Jennings

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London

The National Ballet of Canada: an impressive return to the UK

By Graham Watts, 02 October 2024

A long-awaited return to the UK, showcasing the work of Canadian choreographers in an outstanding mixed programme.

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London

03 Oct 2024

The National Ballet of Canada: an impressive return to the UK

By Graham Watts

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Berlin

Overture and Angels’ Atlas: transcendental in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi, 28 April 2024

Pondering upon society and the human condition: Marcos Morau’s Overture and Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas at the Staatsballett Berlin.

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Berlin

30 Apr 2024

Overture and Angels’ Atlas: transcendental in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi

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New York City

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

By Ivy Lin, 30 March 2023

Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas offers a strange closer for the NBC's program in their brief run at New York City Center.

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New York City

01 Apr 2023

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

By Ivy Lin

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Zurich

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 October 2021

World-renowned choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke bring their unparalleled electricity and imagination to the Zurich stage.

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Zurich

03 Oct 2021

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

London

The reawakening: 21st-Century Choreographers celebrated by The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts, 18 May 2021

The first post-lockdown performance by The Royal Ballet offer an important indicator for the company's future.

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London

19 May 2021

21st-Century Choreographers celebrated by The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts

Tokyo

Afternoon of Fauns and Nymphs shows diversity of Japanese contemporary dance

By Naomi Mori, 26 March 2021

New National Theatre Tokyo's gala evening of six works by six pairs of dancers was a brilliant evening showing works from Japan's leading choreographers and dancers.

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Tokyo

31 Mar 2021

Fauns and Nymphs shows diversity of Japanese contemporary dance

By Naomi Mori

Zurich

Shooting for the stars: Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

By Sarah Batschelet, 08 March 2020

Three different and highly-spirited works, each choreographed for the Junior Ballett Zürich, were recently performed at the city’s opera house.

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Zurich

10 Mar 2020

Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

By Sarah Batschelet

London

NDT brings a successful mixed programme to London

By Graham Watts, 26 June 2018

Everything Pite choreographs turns to gold and when Young is also involved it’s an especially rich vein.

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London

29 Jun 2018

NDT brings a successful mixed programme to London

By Graham Watts

Zurich

A stunning double-bill of ballets by León/Lightfoot and Crystal Pite in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 13 January 2018

Zurich recently welcomed the Swiss premieres of two extraordinary ballets, one by choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, the other by Crystal Pite.

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Zurich

15 Jan 2018

León/Lightfoot & Crystal Pite in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Berlin

It was not a dream! Four aces of choreography in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi, 29 November 2017

NDT's main company is back in Berlin, at the House of the Berliner Festspiele, with works by four aces of contemporary choreography. More classically abstract works are successfully paired with ones for the digital-literate.

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Berlin

01 Dec 2017

NDT in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi

Portland

Thrilling New Work by Women for Oregon Ballet Theater

By Carla Escoda, 29 June 2017

Oregon Ballet Theater closed its season with the first instalment of a new program in support of emerging female choreographers. New work by Helen Simoneau and Gioconda Barbuto made a particularly striking impression.

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Portland

04 Jul 2017

Thrilling New Work by Women for Oregon Ballet Theater

By Carla Escoda

London

Scottish Ballet: MC14/22 (Ceci est mon corps)/ Emergence

By Graham Watts, 07 June 2017

Scottish Ballet meets the complex challenges of two great contemporary choreographers with considerable beauty

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London

09 Jun 2017

Scottish Ballet, Sadler's Wells

By Graham Watts

New York City

Nederlands Dans Theater: An affirmation of our humanity

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 16 November 2016

This was a terrific performance by a world class troupe of dancers.

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New York City

17 Nov 2016

Nederlands Dans Theater: An affirmation of our humanity

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Glasgow

Scottish Ballet's Emergence and Sibilo at Theatre Royal in Glasgow

By Kirsty Morgan, 29 September 2016

From whistles to buzzing bees, Scottish Ballet’s October double-bill of Siblio and Emergence delight the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

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Glasgow

01 Oct 2016

Scottish Ballet: Sibilo / Emergence

By Kirsty Morgan

New York City

Plus ça change at Pacific Northwest Ballet

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 26 February 2016

If there’s no surefire, bankable star without Körbes then there is more time to reflect on some of Pacific Northwest Ballet's other wonderful dancers.

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New York City

28 Feb 2016

Contemporary Innovators: PNB visits NY

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Seattle

Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence

By Pia Lo, 07 November 2015

Emergence is certainly the draw in this program, but the other works are also worth admiring.

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Seattle

10 Nov 2015

Crystal Pite's Emergence

By Pia Lo

London

The Associates at Sadler’s Wells: new horizons

By Cristina de Lucas, 06 February 2015

New works by Kate Prince, Crystal Pite and Hofesh Shechter make up the stimulating The Associates programme at Sadler’s Wells.

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London

08 Feb 2015

Sadler's Wells Associates

By Cristina de Lucas

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Paris

Par-delà le Bien et le Mal : le Ballet national du Canada au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Jade Larine, 12 October 2024

Avec trois premières françaises de chorégraphes canadiens, le Ballet a marqué son territoire dans une soirée qui est allée crescendo, jusqu'à l'époustouflant Angels' Atlas de Crystal Pite.

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Paris

15 Oct 2024

Par-delà le Bien et le Mal : le Ballet national du Canada au TCE

By Jade Larine

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Paris

Dialogues et pas-de-deux mémorables au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Laurine Mortha, 03 December 2021

Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite, Sasha Waltz, Emma Portner... Convoquant une palette d'artistes fameux au TCE, Dialogues est un très beau panorama chorégraphique, interprété avec beaucoup de qualité.

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Paris

04 Dec 2021

Dialogues et pas-de-deux mémorables au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Laurine Mortha