Wayne McGregor
Choreographer and Dancer
100% La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet...young men and women - among them Nicolas Le Riche, Marie-Agnes Gillot, and Agnes Letestu - rehearsing the choreography of Mats Ek, Wayne McGregor, Rudolf Nureyev and Pina Bausch. For balletomanes and the curious alike, LA DANSE serves up a... In this article: Ballet, Frederick Wiseman, Paris, Palais Garnier, Nicolas Le Riche, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Pina Bausch, and Rudolf Nureyev |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 06, 2009
Royal Ballet Mixed Bill Royal Opera House review
...it formidably well, with Watson excelling himself and Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae matching him. And if, despite McGregor's claims that he wanted to explore "the idea of liminality, thresholds of darkness and light, presence and absence, life...
In this article: Edward Watson, Glen Tetley, Kenneth MacMillan, Mayerling, and George Balanchine
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | November 05, 2009
In the Bolshoi you learn to keep secrets
...of the Australian Ballet's triple-bill, Concord, which opens next week and also comprises Dyad 1929, by the British choreographer Wayne McGregor, and a revival of Nacho Duato's Por Vos Muero. Scuola di Ballo is Ratmansky's first work for...
In this article: George Balanchine, Leonide Massine, The Sydney Morning Herald, Luigi Boccherini, Don Quixote, and Russia
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Guardian Unlimited | October 30, 2009
This week's dance previews
...score - with music throughout played by Rambert's orchestra. Sadler's Wells, EC1, Tue to 7 Nov Resident choreographer Wayne McGregor creates his third ballet for the Royal, a collaboration with Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and...
In this article: Sadler's Wells, Igor Stravinsky, Kaija Saariaho, Orchestration, Giselle, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, and Vaslav Nijinsky
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Independent.co.uk - Theater | October 30, 2009
Life in the fast lane: Steven McRae
...such as Bratfisch the coachman in Mayerling and the Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, and having had roles choreographed for him by Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, now he is also facing debut upon debut in the great classical...
In this article: Royal Ballet School, The Sleeping Beauty, Miyako Yoshida, Mayerling, The Nutcracker, and Romeo
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Guardian Unlimited | October 27, 2009
Vanishing pointe
...the dance scene has never appeared healthier, it is also one that looks distinctly alpha male. In the UK, choreographers such as Wayne McGregor, Matthew Bourne, Michael Clark and Russell Maliphant dominate our stages and our press. Even...
In this article: Ninette de Valois, Matthew Bourne, Martha Graham, Britain, Bronislava Nijinska, and London
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Guardian Unlimited | October 13, 2009
Zen and the art of dance
Wayne McGregor: Zen and the art of dance Wayne McGregor is one of the world's busiest choreographers. He's also into neuroscience, Antarctica - and walking his dog on a remote African island. guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 13 October 2009 21.35...
In this article: Dog, Sergei Diaghilev, Julian Opie, YouTube, Covent Garden, and Opera House
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Guardian Unlimited | October 10, 2009
When ballet met science
...us. We really are learning from this. All the team are fascinated by it." Last week, when I caught up with McGregor back on this side of the world, he told me: "It's an ongoing thing, far from finished, but already we're realising that this...
In this article: University of California, San Diego, Europe, Les Sylphides, and Karl Lagerfeld
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The Australian | August 23, 2009
Triple treat for AB's Russian project
...balance and clumsy feet even when delivering multiple, alternating fouettes. Dyad 1929, a new abstract piece by British choreographer Wayne McGregor, compliments a work created for the London stage, Dyad 1909. The dates refer to Diaghilev's...
In this article: Polarisation, Ricky Ponting, Garcilaso de la Vega, Luigi Boccherini, News Corporation, and Steve Reich
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Times Online | August 15, 2009
The best dance events for autumn 2009
...Carlos Acosta and Edward Watson reprise this challenging role, in which Rupert Pennefather and Thiago Soares make debuts. Wayne McGregor's latest ballet has its world premiere on a triple bill with Balanchine's Agon and Glen Tetley's...
In this article: Sadler's Wells, Mayerling, Sergei Diaghilev, George Balanchine, Carlos Acosta, London, Afternoon of a Faun, and A Suite of Dances
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Independent.co.uk - Theater | November 17, 2008
Wayne McGregor premiere, Royal Opera House, London
...torsos Infra, Wayne McGregor's world premiere for the Royal Ballet, is full of changes. You can see McGregor trying things that are new for him, new for his dancers. It makes for a less finished work than his recent Chroma, with some rough...
In this article: Julian Opie and Leanne Benjamin
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Wayne McGregor (born 12 March 1970, Stockport, Cheshire, England) is a multi-award winning British choreographer, dancer and director.
McGregor is renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. He is Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, the first in 16 years and the only one ever to come from the world of contemporary dance; the Government’s first Youth Dance Champion (appointed April 2008); and the Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor Random Dance Company, Resident Company at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. McGregor is also a frequent creator of new work for La Scala, Milan, Paris Opera Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and English National Ballet; as well as movement director for theatre and film (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).
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