Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas

Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas
Directed byChelsea McMullan
Written byChelsea McMullan
Produced bySean O'Neill
StarringCrystal Pite
CinematographyMaya Bankovic
Edited byLindsay Allikas
Music byKieran Adams
Production
companies
Release date
  • October 2, 2022 (2022-10-02) (VIFF)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Chelsea McMullan.[1] The film profiles choreographer Crystal Pite as she works with the National Ballet of Canada to stage her ballet Angels' Atlas as the company's first new stage production since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live stage productions in 2020, illuminating her creative process through the depiction of rehearsals until ending with a full, uninterrupted performance of the work.[2]

The film premiered at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2] It was subsequently screened in Toronto on October 4 at the Fall for Dance North festival,[3] before its television premiere on November 25 on the Documentary Channel.

  1. ^ Smith, Janet (October 1, 2022). "Stir Q&A: Director Chelsea McMullan discovers new ways to shoot dance for Crystal Pite: Angels' Atlas, at VIFF 2022". Stir.
  2. ^ a b Johanna Schneller, "How Chelsea McMullan produced two of this year’s most startling documentaries". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Fall for Dance North unveils lineup". Toronto Star, September 14, 2022.