Crystal Pite

Quick Facts

Full Name	Crystal Pite
Occupation	Ballet Dancer
Date Of Birth	Dec 15, 1970(1970-12-15)
Age	54
Birthplace	Terrace
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Crystal Pite Biography

Crystal Pite is one of the most popular and richest Ballet Dancer who was born on December 15, 1970 in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. Crystal Pite was born in Terrace, British Columbia on December 15 in 1970. She has two brothers younger than her. Pite said that she started choreographing since she was an infant. She was raised living in Victoria, British Columbia studying dance with Maureen Eastick and Wendy Green. At this time, Pite choreographed her classmates during Saturday evenings. She also took classes at in the Banff Centre in summer programs as well as The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.

Pite came back to British Columbia in 2001 and began her new life in Vancouver. The following year, she composed a duet titled Tales The Tales New and Abridged, which she performed with Cori Caulfield. The year 2001 saw her selected to a residency of three years together with Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal to choreograph new work. The first performance she choreographed in The company Short Works: 22 which premiered in the same year. The piece was expanded to be part of the initial portion of the Stolen Show, also performed by Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal. The second section included choreography known as The Stolen Show and the third piece was titled Xspectacle.

Pite choreographed a solo on Louise Lecavalier called Lone Epic in 2006. Lecavalier acted as a conductor of an orchestra while the stage was littered with music stands. As she danced she turned the music stands to reveal messages, including “What is she really thinking?” and “What do you really want, really, really, really?” Lecavalier then knocked over music stands with her dramatic movement. As the choreographer, Pite was commended for developing a dramatic story that depicts the physical breakdown of a conductor.

While creating for Kidd Pivot, Pite was also commissioned to choreograph pieces for other companies in Canada and around the world. In 2006 Pite returned to Ballet BC to create Arietta. The title of the piece shares the same name as the second movement in Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32, which is also the music that the choreography is danced to. The dance departed from Pite’s usual style of using props and text and focused abstract movement by the eight performers.

Pite was drawn by Forsythe’s choreography and his extravagant version of ballet. She was in 1995 when she was a dancer auditioning for his company of dancers, Ballett Frankfurt. She was selected as a dancer. Later, the year 1996 saw Pite quit Canada to Germany to be a part of the company. Pite was seen around the globe as part of Ballett Frankfurt in EIDOS : TELOS, The Loss of Small Detail as well as Endless House. Pite was also thrilled to create choreography for Forsythe making use of his improvisational techniques and, in 2000, created excerpts from the Future Work. She was also involved in the development of the educational film by Forsythe “William Forsythe: Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye” as one of the four principal dancers.

Crystal Pite Net Worth

Crystal Pite is one of the richest Ballet Dancer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Crystal Pite 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Crystal Pite (born December 15 in 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer from Canada. She began her professional career in dance in 1988 with Ballet BC and in 1996 she was a part of Ballett Frankfurt under the tutelage of William Forsythe. After quitting Ballett Frankfurt she became the choreographer in residence for the Montreal the company Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal between 2001 and 2004. After that, she returned to Vancouver and specialized in choreographing and dancing in her own works up to 2010. In 2002, she established her own company, Kidd Pivot, which produced her original work, The Uncollected Work (2003), Double Story (2004), Lost Action (2006), Dark Matters (2009), The You Show (2010), The Tempest Replica (2011), Betroffenheit (2015) in addition to Revisor (2019) up to now. In her professional career, she has been requested by several multinational dance organizations to develop new works, such as The Second Person (2007) for the Netherlands Dans Theater and Emergence (2009) for the National Ballet of Canada, the latter was given the four Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

She was accepted into Ballet BC as a dancer in 1988, and danced with Ballet BC throughout eight years. In 1990, she developed her first professional choreography for the company Between the Bliss and Me. The popularity of the work led her to develop further pieces for Ballet BC, as well as choreography for Les Ballets Jazz De Montreal and Canada’s Ballet Jorgen. Pite performed at her very first William Forsythe ballet in 1990 named In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, which was her first introduction to the work of William Forsythe.

Pite formed Kidd Pivot in 2002 as an inter-disciplinary performing arts company based in Vancouver. Her first dance shows with the company showcased her shorter works and sometimes featured other choreographers. Among her first pieces was Double Story, which explored two perspectives of a romantic relationship. Pite and Richard Siegal each choreographed a perspective and danced each section as a duet. Pite’s choreography was called Man Asunder and was created two years after Siegal’s section. It contained a through line of childhood friends who were having various dreams. At some points in the dance the performers became adults that contemplated the mysteries of the universe. At other moments they stepped out of character into a deconstruction setting by rearranging the sets or drinking water on stage. The set on stage included two large mirrors and the choreography included puppetry and masks.

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In 2010, Kidd Pivot signed a two-year deal (which was later extended to three years) to become the resident dance company of Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt. As part of the deal, the company changed their name to Kidd Pivot Frankfort RM and premiered new choreography by Pite at the theatre house. This resulted in Pite splitting her time between Frankfurt and her hometown of Vancouver. Kidd Pivot also increased their touring schedule during this time as the company was invited to perform in various countries. Also in 2010, Pite chose to stop performing in her own work. Pite worried that this decision might take the joy out of choreographing but later said; “I have more knowledge and understanding of certain things, but less ability in my body… So it’s an interesting pull in two directions there. What I do have are incredible people around me. I have incredible dancers — I dance through them.”

Facts & Trivia

Crystal Ranked on the list of most popular Ballet Dancer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Crystal Pite celebrates birthday on December 15 of every year.

In 2011, Pite premiered Tempest Replica. At first she explored film noir movies but felt these stories did not have enough humanity or spirituality. When she read The Tempest she was inspired to recreate the shipwreck at the beginning of the play. In the first half of the show Prospero was the only dancer dressed in street clothes while the other dancers dressed in grey clothing and face masks. Prospero manipulated the other dancers as if they were robots. In the second half all of the dancers are dressed in street clothes and Prospero danced a duet or trio with each character, showcasing his relationship with them. Throughout the piece Pite projected the act and scene number from the original play with a short scene description to help the audience understand the plot. At dramatic moments she also projected the corresponding line from The Tempest. Pite used puppets and shadows to help explain the plot, creating a play-within-a-play feeling.

Top Facts about Crystal Pite

1. Crystal Pite is a Canadian choreographer and dancer born in 1970.
2. She founded her own company, Kidd Pivot, in 2002.
3. Pite has won numerous awards for her choreography.
4. She has created works for major dance companies worldwide.
5. Pite was the associate choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet from 2016-2019.
6. Her work explores themes of human relationships and emotion.
7. Pite’s style blends contemporary dance with classical ballet techniques.
8. She has collaborated with artists from various disciplines, including music and film.
9. Pite’s most famous works include “Betroffenheit” and “Emergence.”
10. In 2021, she was awarded the prestigious Princess Grace Award for Choreography.

What is the statement by Crystal Pite about?

Pite herself describes The Statement as a “one-act play,” and in it, we watch four characters battle for their own exoneration and moral high ground. The entirety of the work takes place around a sleek black table. Coupled with business-attire costumes, the mood evokes a growing sense of corporate dread.

Where did Crystal Pite train?

Pite received her dance training from Maureen Eastick and Wendy Green of Pacific Dance Centre in Victoria, and at summer programs at the BANFF CENTRE and the School of the Toronto Dance Theatre.

How did Crystal Pite start dancing?

Crystal Pite was born in Terrace, BC, and grew up in Victoria. She began her dance career as a company member of Ballet British Columbia (Ballet BC), then William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt.