Crystal Pite

Crystal Pite
Crystal Pite in 2010
Born	(1970-12-15) December 15, 1970 (age 46) Terrace, British Columbia
Citizenship	Canadian
Occupation	Dancer and choreographer
Website	http://kiddpivot.org
Current group	Kidd Pivot
Former groups	Ballet British Columbia, Ballett Frankfurt
Dances	Contemporary dance

Crystal Pite (born 1970) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer. She began her dance career at Ballet British Columbia and in 1996 she joined Ballett Frankfurt under the tutelage of William Forsythe. Upon returning to Vancouver she focused on choreographing while continuing to dance in her own pieces. In 2002 she created Kidd Pivot which produced her original work Double Story (2002) and Dark Matters (2009). She was also commissioned by various dance companies to create new dances, including The Second Person (2007) for the Netherlands Dans Theater and Emergence (2009) for the National Ballet of Canada, the latter of which was awarded four Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

In 2010 Kidd Pivot became the resident company of Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm and for the next three years Pite premiered her work in Frankfurt. The You Show (2010) explored different types of relationships in various duets whileTempest Replica (2011) was based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. When her arrangement with Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm expired she became Sadler's Wells' associate choreographer and created Polaris based on Thomas Adès' music. Her upcoming work Betroffenheit will premiere at the 2015 Pan American Games. She resides in Vancouver with her partner Jay Gower Taylor and son Niko.

Crystal Pite was born in Terrace, British Columbia on December 15, 1970. She has two younger brothers. Pite stated that she began choreographing when she was a toddler. She grew up in Victoria, British Columbia studying dance under Maureen Eastick and Wendy Green. During this time Pite choreographed on her classmates on Saturday afternoons. She also studied at the Banff Centre in summer programs and The School of Toronto Dance Theatre.