Queen Elizabeth Theatre
8pm
Nov 7 8 9
Opening the 2024/25 season, DAWN introduces a world premiere from a choreographer new to the company alongside the return of a striking piece of repertoire, plus a rarely-seen work from a visionary choreographer reimagined for Ballet BC. Experience a new creation from Pierre Pontvianne, Heart Drive from Imre and Marne van Opstal, and Crystal Pite’s Frontier.
New Pontvianne
Pierre Pontvianne
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Pierre Pontvianne
French dancer and choreographer Pierre Pontvianne creates his first work for North American audiences. Winner of the 1999 Prix de Lausanne, Pontvianne held roles with Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Frankfurt Ballet, and Carte Blanche before founding his own company, PARC, in 2004. He has been an Associate Artist at the Atelier de Paris / CDCN since 2021 and works regularly on a variety of freelance choreographic projects. Known for defying genre and expectation with a deep commitment to all aspects of the creative process, his movement language is intimate and organic with a strong capacity for political resonance.
WorkHeart Drive
Imre and Marne van Opstal
Music
Amos Ben-Tal
The primal and electric Heart Drive returns to the Ballet BC stage for the first time since its world premiere in the 2022/23 season. Highly sought after, Dutch choreographic duo Imre and Marne van Opstal’s reputation has been skyrocketing ever since with commission after commission. In line with much of their buzzed-about work known for exploring human relationships, Heart Drive invites you to acknowledge the fundamental energies we all possess—energies which allow us to form bonds by entertaining our fantasies of love, commitment, and pleasure.
WorkFrontier
Crystal Pite
Music
Owen Belton
Eric Whitacre
Crystal Pite’s visionary, enigmatic Frontier examines the unknown—the characterization of dark matter, the personification of shadows. “As a creator, I find a pleasing parallel between what we don’t know about the universe, and what we don’t know about consciousness” says Pite. “Creation for me is about venturing into unknown territory and being in a generative relationship with doubt.” Featuring the full company, this is a chance for West Coast audiences to experience a large-scale work of Pite’s—a rarity for hometown fans of one of the world’s most in-demand choreographers.
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