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''Flight Pattern'' is a one-act [[contemporary ballet]] performed in 30 minutes.<ref name=Watts>{{cite news|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-light-passage-crystal-pite-gorecki-royal-ballet-october-2022|title=Hauntingly beautiful: Crystal Pite's Light of Passage at The Royal Ballet|work=Bachtrack|last=Watts|first=Graham|date=19 October 2022|access-date=2023-04-10|archive-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105153100/https://bachtrack.com/review-light-passage-crystal-pite-gorecki-royal-ballet-october-2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The music inspired the structure of the [[choreography]], with a long and slow [[crescendo]] that transitions to a single voice. [[Crystal Pite]], the choreographer of this piece, mimicked this structure in the creative process. She focused first on the large scale of the crisis, then on a singular story. Pite felt that an emotional connection with a single story would be more impactful to the audience than many dancers on stage.<ref name=Winship>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/crystal-pite-on-responding-to-the-refugee-crisis-working-at-the-royal-ballet-and-the-purpose-of-art-a3477506.html|title=Crystal Pite on responding to the refugee crisis, working at the Royal Ballet and the purpose of art|newspaper=Evening Standard|last=Winship|first=Lyndsey|date=28 February 2017|access-date=2023-04-10|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831223924/https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/arts/crystal-pite-on-responding-to-the-refugee-crisis-working-at-the-royal-ballet-and-the-purpose-of-art-a3477506.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The piece begins with 36 dancers arranged in three equal rows, standing in profile to the audience and staring at a light while rocking in packed rows.<ref name=Monahan /><ref name=Jennings /><ref name="OBrien">{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Roisin |date=2020-11-30 |title=Review: Crystal Pite taps into current questions of connection, understanding and culpability in Flight Pattern |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-crystal-pite-taps-into-current-questions-of-connection-understanding/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724020648/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-crystal-pite-taps-into-current-questions-of-connection-understanding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The dancers then move in [[Canon (music)|canon]], their spines extending and rotating to cause their heads to look back, then forward in a bow.{{sfn|Golomb|2023|pp=310-311}} Vignettes of choreography are then performed by various dancers who break away from the ensemble to perform solos, duets, or small group choreography.<ref name="Mackrell">{{Cite news |last=Mackrell |first=Judith |date=2017-03-17 |title=Royal Ballet triple bill review – gripping vision of the refugee crisis |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/mar/17/royal-ballet-triple-bill-review-refugee-crisis-crystal-pite-christopher-wheeldon-david-dawson |access-date=2023-04-09 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107054755/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/mar/17/royal-ballet-triple-bill-review-refugee-crisis-crystal-pite-christopher-wheeldon-david-dawson |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Schabas 2017" /> These include dancers who fight with each other and perform frantically in couples,<ref name=Jennings /> a body that is left on the ground as the other dancers move forward, a man that frantically moves over the other dancers,<ref name="Winship Review 2017">{{Cite news |last=Winship |first=Lyndsey |date=2017-03-20 |title=Flight Pattern, dance review: Crystal Pite's extraordinary talent shines in Royal Ballet triple bill |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/flight-pattern-dance-review-crystal-pite-s-extraordinary-talent-shines-in-royal-ballet-triple-bill-a3493816.html |work=Evening Standard |access-date=2023-04-09 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409204120/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/flight-pattern-dance-review-crystal-pite-s-extraordinary-talent-shines-in-royal-ballet-triple-bill-a3493816.html |url-status=live }}</ref> an energetic duet with two men, and the reunion of a romantic couple.<ref name="Mackrell" /> Contrasting the vignettes are the rest of the dancers, who are performing different choreography at other parts of the stage.{{sfn|Piquero Álvarez|2021|pp=463-464}} The set then opens at the back of the stage, mimicking the entrance to a holding area in a migration centre or transportation . The dancers enter the holding area and try to find a place to sleep.<ref name=Monahan />

[[Image:Marcelino Sambé at USAIBC2010.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=See caption|[[Marcelino Sambé]], one of the soloists, in 2010]]