Crystal Pite’s Emergence Pas de Deux excerpt (Pacific Northwest Ballet)

Choreographer Crystal Pite rarely works with dancers en pointe and was attracted not only to the dancers’ ease of movement but also to the potential for a creature-like effect. Sometimes fragmented and gestural, with traces of the isolation and popping techniques of hip hop, Pite’s choreographic method was a catalyst for change in the dancer’s bodies. Featuring Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal dancers, Lindsi Dec & Karel Cruz. EMERGENCE April 13 – 22, 2018