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Crystal Pite – Light of Passage

February 20th – March 12th, 2025 Royal Ballet & Opera, London
90 minutes with one interval

A Ballet that Cuts to the Heart of the Human Condition

© Tristram Kenton

Masses of dancers move as a mesmerising whole. Bodies, fluid and yearning, are bathed in shafts of light. A single voice emerges, a lament that distils the magnitude of human suffering. A journey begins… 

Crystal Pite, in her distinctive choreographic style, grapples with themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality. Set to Gorecki’s affecting Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, this award-winning work is a reminder of the power of human connection in our turbulent times.