Wayne McGregor, CBE (born 12 March 1970) is a multi award-winning British choreographer and director. He is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. McGregor was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 2011 for Services to Dance.
The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with an all-Bernstein programme from Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Christopher Wheeldon. Leonard Bernstein was one of the fi rst classical composers in America to achieve both popular and critical…
In 2009, McGregor created a diptych of works to celebrate the centenary of the magnificent Ballets Russes – Dyad 1909 in London and Dyad 1929 in Melbourne. Dyad 1929 was performed to Steve Reich’s Double Sextet, with stage concept by…
The diversity of Wayne McGregor‘s astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues his passion for…
An hour-long breathtaking trip through a soundscape created by Coldplay and Massive Attack collaborator, Jon Hopkins, and award-winning composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy), ENTITY is a staggering blend of bodies, lights, technology and film that mark McGregor at the…
Formed in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev, Les Ballets Russes revolutionised the art of dance. One hundred years later, four ground-breaking choreographers pay a thrilling tribute to this unique artistic venture. For this special event Sadler’s Wells has commissioned brand new…
Dance and science, arts and technology – Wayne McGregor is an adventurous experimentalist with no limits to what could serve as a source of inspiration for his work. His choreographies show his unique style, impossible to categorise. The triple bill evening Portrait Wayne…
Considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors, Virginia Woolf in her writings searched for forms that defied the false order of traditional narrative conventions and enabled her to depict reality as she perceived it: heightened, startling and poignant.…
World premiere in which the Norwegian National Ballet joins forces with the Norwegian National Opera Chorus. Jocasta’s Line intertwines two Greek tragedies: Oedipus Rex and Antigone. Samy Moussa has composed new music for Antigone (2023), while Oedipus Rex will be…
The historic Sala Grande in the modernist Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, home of the Venice International Film Festival, is the site for this special, large-scale commission performed by students of Biennale College alongside the elite dancers of Company…
