• Created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young
  • Written by Jonathon Young
  • Choreographed and Directed by Crystal Pite

Choreographer/director Crystal Pite and playwright/actor Jonathon Young have reinvented dance theatre, and gained the unanimous admiration of both critics and the general public. Following their powerfully moving and highly successful piece Betroffenheit, this next collaboration is a contemporary adaptation of an archetypal comic plot that serves as the basis for stunning choreography.

Featuring eight dancers in Pite’s exquisite gestural style, Revisor transcends parody to tackle themes of corruption and deception with razor-sharp wit and unsurpassed visual, movement and sonic invention.

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Company

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness and rigour, balancing sharp exactitude with irreverence and risk. Under the direction of internationally renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, the company’s distinct choreographic language – a breadth of movement fusing classical elements and the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation – is marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention.

Touring inquiries: Menno Plukker

Creative team

  • Created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young
  • Written by Jonathon Young
  • Choreographed and Directed by Crystal Pite
  • Composition and Sound Design Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe
  • Set Design Jay Gower Taylor
  • Lighting Design Tom Visser
  • Costume Design Nancy Bryant

National Creation Fund investment

The National Creation Fund’s investment of $200,000 increased the number of performers, provided additional in-studio creation and rehearsal time, and supported an enhanced script and sound score development and production process.

Credits

Co-produced by Sadler’s Wells (London, UK), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, France), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CanDance Network Creation Fund*, Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, DanceHouse, Dance Victoria, Danse Danse, Seattle Theatre Group (Seattle, US).

Developed with support from the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter Program and the NAC’s National Creation Fund.

* supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

Performance dates

Past performances

Presented by Seattle Theatre Group in partnership with On The Boards Mar 1 2023 Paramount Theatre (Seattle)
Presented by the Auckland Arts Festival Mar 9 - Mar 11, 2023 Aotea Centre (Auckland, NZ)
Presented by the Adelaide Festival Mar 17 - Mar 19, 2023 Her Majesty’s Theatre (Adelaide, Australia)
Presented by the schrit_tmacher Festival Mar 28 - Mar 29, 2023 Theater Heerlen (Heerlen, Netherlands)
Presented by the Esplanade Theatre May 5 - May 6, 2023 Singapore
Presented by the National Theatre of Taipei May 12 - May 14, 2023 National Theatre of Taipei (Taiwan)
Presented by the Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre May 19 2023 Aichi Prefectural Art Theater (Aichi, Japan)
Presented by Dance Base Yokohama May 27 - May 28, 2023 Kanagawa Kenmin Hall (Yokohama, Japan)

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