My Chosen Practitioner

I really enjoyed looking at crystal Pites work in "The Revisor" specifically because i love the fact that her work was very based of real life scenarios, and I saw in a video she explained that sometimes she will have no idea what choreography she will give the dancers until she is in the room and practically improvising it. I found this very interesting and inspiring because I believe sometimes the best work can just come from the spontaneity of the human brains creativity.


When I was watching Crystal Pites work with her dancers she was very collaborative and inclusive, and she would even try and include some of their ideas and appreciate their input.
Furthermore the trailer for The Revisor, shows she includes quite a lot of mime which I believe helps with the portrayal of the storyline to the audience. As it can include every day gestures and repetition which also make the piece extremely intruiging.


Crystal Pite has already gained a few awards over her choreography journey and aged only 50 she may be able to carry on to earn a few more, here is a short list of some awards she has won over the past few years:

•Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production- 2018, 2017
•Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance -2015
•Prix Benois de la Danse for Best Choreographer (70)
(Crystal Pite - Wikipedia, 2021)


(Crystal Pite, 2015)


Bibliography

En.m.wikipedia.org. 2021. Crystal Pite - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pite> [Accessed 18 October 2021].

Royal Opera Ballet, 2019. Crystal Pite on her ballet flight pattern. [video] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPy9TesbS8w> [Accessed 19 October 2021].
Crystal Pite, 2015. Crystal Pite. [image] Available at: <https://www.google.com/amp/s/montecristomagazine.com/magazine/summer-2015/crystal-pite/amp> [Accessed 2 November 2021]



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