Ballet “Flight Pattern”

On April 22, there will be a stream of Crystal Pite’s multi-award-winning ballet Flight Pattern, created specifically for The Royal Ballet by a Canadian choreographer in 2017 in response to the refugee crisis. It remains powerfully resonant — a poignant reminder of the frailty of the human condition and the tension between despair and hope. This large-scale ensemble work, which takes a powerful and sombre look at ongoing refugee crises, is set to music from Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Górecki’s music, often associated with the Holocaust, explores themes of motherhood and the separation of families. Pite gives these themes new meaning in a work that moves from the big picture of displaced communities to focus on the emotions of individuals: the large ensemble cast moves as one body, packed together in tight rows until one distraught couple are marked out from the crowd through a poignant pas de deux.

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