Created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young, the award-winning BETROFFENHEIT is a boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance that explores the psychological states of trauma, grief and addiction.

The title of the piece is a German word that roughly translates as a state of shock, bewilderment or dismay. Betroffenheit is based on Young's own experience - his teenage daughter, niece and nephew died in a fire whilst on a family holiday in 2009.

Combining tap, salsa, spoken word, song and puppetry with Pite's emotionally charged choreography, Betroffenheit is a witty and tender-hearted exploration of disconnection, isolation and what it means to come to terms with such a tragedy. Described as raw and riveting, this genre-busting dance-theatre hybrid was the Dance Critics' top pick of 2016, and won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production. Jonathon Young was also deservedly awarded Outstanding Performance in Modern Dance at the Critics' Circle National Dance Awards.

Five astonishing performers create the mindscape of Young's tormented central character as he moves from despair towards the hope of recovery. Powerfully staged, the result is a genre-defying piece of dance theatre that has stunned critics and audiences.

Betroffenheit was recorded during its sold-out performances at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London in April 2017.

In a choreographic career spanning three decades, Crystal Pite has  created more than 50 works for companies such as The Paris Opera Ballet,  The Royal Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada. She is an  Associate Artist at three institutions: Nederlands Dans Theater,  Sadler’s Wells, London, and Canada’s National Arts Centre. She holds an  honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University and is a  Member of the Order of Canada.

In 2002, she formed her company Kidd Pivot in Vancouver. Kidd Pivot tours internationally with works such as Betroffenheit and Revisor, both co-created with playwright Jonathon Young, as well as The Tempest Replica, Dark Matters, Lost Action, and The You Show.

Pite’s many awards include the Benois de la Danse for her creation The Seasons’ Canon  (2016) at the Paris Opera Ballet, the Governor General of Canada’s  Performing Arts Award: Mentorship Program (2008), and the Grand Prix de  la danse de Montréal (2018). She is the recipient of three Sir Laurence  Olivier awards for creations with Kidd Pivot and The Royal Ballet.

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Jeff Tudor is an award-winning director, producer and writer. His first  feature, Coppelia, mixes live action dance and animation, in a  collaboration with Steven De Beul and Ben Tesseur of Beast Animation.

Before  Coppelia, Jeff was known for capturing and adapting outstanding dance,  music and theatre productions for the screen. He has directed many  multi-camera, feature-length performance films for television and event  cinema.

Awards include the Rose d'Or (Category: Arts), Golden  Prague International Television Festival Czech Crystal (Category:  Performing Arts), Dance Screen Award (Category: Best Live Performance  Relay & Camera Re-Work) and San Francisco Dance Film Festival  (Category: Performance Capture).

Jeff is co-founder of Dutch-British production company 3 minutes West.

Artistic direction: Crystal Pite

Creation: 2002

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.

Crystal Pite has collaborated with celebrated dance artists, theatre companies and filmmakers in Canada, Europe, and the United States. Since 2002, she has created and performed under the banner of her own company. Her work and her company have been recognized with numerous awards and commissions. Kidd Pivot tours extensively around the world with productions that include The Tempest Replica (2011), The You Show (2010), Dark Matters (2009), Lost Action (2006), and Double Story (2004), created with Richard Siegal. Kidd Pivot is the recipient of the 2006 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, and was resident company at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, with the support of Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, in Frankfurt, Germany from 2010 to 2012.

Source: Kidd Pivot 's website

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EuroArts  Music is one of the worldwide leading independent producers and rights  owners of audio-visual classical music programs for TV and DVD.
EuroArts Music International was founded in 1979 by Bernd Hellthaler.  Soon, the company became internationally renowned for the production  and distribution of audio-visual classical music recordings, acclaimed  documentaries, Opera and Ballet films, jazz as well as other music and  art programs for TV and home video.
Today, the company sells the catalogues of EuroArts Music, Stingray,  Montréal and London, Idéale Audience, Paris and Loft, Munich. EuroArts  Music also distributes programs of various independent producers. It is  active in TV licensing to more than 150 clients in 40 countries around  the world, in DVD as well as in digital distribution on several  platforms. The current TV broadcast catalogue contains about 1800 titles  or more than 2500 hours of music material that includes all noteworthy  artists in classical and contemporary music of the past five decades.  The EuroArts label distributes its catalogue with more than 700 titles  on Blu-ray Disc and DVD worldwide through distribution partners Warner  Classics (worldwide exclusive Japan and South Korea), King Records,  Japan and Aulos, Korea.
Our Berlin-based production team have – over a period of more than 30  years – built a reputation for meeting the highest artistic standards,  as well as for a never ending innovative spirit. Multi-camera music  events have been produced in countries all over the world, amongst them  China, Japan, Russia, USA, Israel, Palestine, Turkey and Argentina.  EuroArts Music was the first company to produce a live concert, which  was broadcast in 50 cinemas all over Europe.
Since 1990, EuroArts Music has a close cooperation with the Berliner  Philharmoniker on prestigious regular concert events, such as the annual  Europakonzert, the famous open air concerts at the Waldbühne, Berlin  and the annual New Year’s Eve concerts.
It has relations to prestigious festivals like the Verbier Festival,  and to several opera houses like San Francisco Opera, Los Angeles Opera,  Berliner Staatsoper, Teatro Real or Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.
Owing to long lasting relationships with artists and conductors like  Sir Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, the late Claudio Abbado, Daniel  Barenboim, Valery Gergiev, with renowned directors Bruno Monsaingeon and  Peter Rosen and world-class performers such as Martha Argerich,  Anne-Sophie Mutter, Grigory Sokolov and András Schiff or, from the  younger generation, Lang Lang, Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang, Sol Gabetta,  Gustavo Dudamel, Leonidas Kavakos and the ever young Menahem Pressler -  the company has become one of the few big names in the classical music  industry.
Innovation and quality characterize the company’s business. The  achievements include numerous awards such as a Peabody Award and Grammy®  Award Nomination (for “Blue Note – A Story of Modern Jazz”), Emmy  Awards (for “Robbie Robertson" and “Knowledge is the Beginning”), the  Grammy® Award (for “Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of  Mahagonny”), the National Education Award (USA), three German ECHOs, a  Dance Screen Award (for “C(h)oeurs”) and the Grand Prix at the Golden  Prague Festival 2015 for “Menahem Pressler - The life I love”.
EuroArts Music always strives to spearhead innovation: for instance  with impressive 3D productions and new sound productions, such as the  first HD Audio on Blu-ray Disc or the first-ever 4k opera release on  Ultra HD Blu-ray.

More information: euroarts.com