10 Things About Crystal Pite

6. In 2002, Pite formed the company Kidd Pivot in Vancouver. World-renowned for hybrids of dance and theatre, Kidd Pivot tours internationally, striving to distill and translate universal questions into artworks that connect us to essential parts of humanity.

7. In 2008, Pite became an associate choreographer with Netherlands Dans Theater, where she has created 11 works, beginning with Pilot X in 2005.

8. Pite is a recipient of The Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honor that recognizes achievement and contribution to the nation.

9. Pite’s work has earned widespread acclaim, with awards including the 2022 Governor General of Canada’s Performing Arts Award, the 2011 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, and the Canada Council’s 2012 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize. In 2017, she received the prestigious Benois de la Danse award for her The Seasons’ Canon created for Paris Opera Ballet. In 2018, she received the Grand Prix de la danse de Montréal. She is the recipient of five Sir Laurence Olivier awards for creations with Kidd Pivot and The Royal Ballet.

10. Pointe shoes are rarely seen in Pite’s work. “I’ve used pointe shoes when I’ve wanted to create an otherworldly, dangerous or creature-like quality in dancers,” she says, “but in most of my work I am looking for more rootedness and unity in the cast.” This is true of her groundbreaking work, The Seasons’ Canon, which Boston Ballet performed in Winter Experience in March 2026.