Crystal Pite's Betroffenheit

By Pia Lo, 01 March 2016

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“Pite serves the narrative with a theatricality that dance or theatre alone would not be able to do”

Reviewed at Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver on 26 February 2016

Betroffenheit (Crystal Pite)

Kidd Pivot

English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag

Deborah Weiss, 19th March

English National Ballet presents a double bill of contrasts at Sadler’s Wells with startlingly mixed results, not all positive.

***11

Strength to strength: NDT 1’s Resonance feels like a victory lap

Mark Vicente, 10th December

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

*****

NDT1 in Figures in Extinction: cerebral and physical excellence

Deborah Weiss, 5th November

An extraordinary evening of dance theatre of the highest quality, Figures in Extinction for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is a thought provoking experience worth repeating.

*****

Figures in Extinction: a thrilling evening with NDT 1

Kathy Elgin, 22nd August

An evening focused on the separation of humanity from the natural world and the destruction of that world, either because of ignorance, greed or just not caring.

*****

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Zoë Anderson, 20th May

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful

Amanda Jennings, 20th February

Overall, Light of Passage is one of those glorious pieces where music, choreography and design meld together to make theatrical magic.

*****

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Pia Lo

Pia Lo is a Dance Ambassador for the Canadian Dance Assembly and travels extensively to find the stories that shape the dance world. In her travels, she has taken company class with the Bolshoi Ballet, pirouetted on the Mariinsky stage and shimmied with belly dancers of The Reda Troupe. She is trained in Ballet, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop and other styles. In her other life, she holds a Finance degree and works at an international bank. Pia shares her stories on here.

Betroffenheit is stunning and revealing.