In the dance world, it’s usually titles that sell tickets. The great Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine once quipped that every ballet should be named “Swan Lake” because then people ...

Choreographed by Crystal Pite (“Flight Pattern”) and Serge Lifar (“Suite en Blanc”). Until March 6 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen St. W. national.ballet.ca or ...

A question that often arises when we watch choreography is: “What does it mean?” Usually, the answer has as much to do with our personal interpretation of the work as it does with the choreographer’s ...

Crystal Pite returns to The Royal Ballet to transform her critically acclaimed work Flight Pattern into a full-length world premiere. The winner of an Olivier Award for Best Dance Production in 2018, ...

Dance can be purely about form; it can also be primarily driven by theme. If you are looking for two short works that epitomize these extremes without any overlap or connective tissue, you’re unlikely ...

The Canadian dance director has created a dazzling body of work that tackles human relationships and the big questions of our times. She talks through pivotal moments in her career ...

Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to music by Vivaldi and Ezio Bosso and lit with the rich colours suggested by sunset. In ...

Canada’s Crystal Pite partners once again with The National Ballet of Canada for the North American premiere of Flight Pattern, an urgent and emotional piece that shares the programme with Serge Lifar ...

Two full company works in dramatically different styles take the stage in this double bill as The National Ballet of Canada performs Crystal Pite’s acclaimed Flight Pattern alongside Serge Lifar’s ...