TenduTV Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Wayne McGregor|Random Dance's Entity is now available on US and Canada iTunes in HD and SD Synopsis: 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 cutting edge of contemporary culture. Technically astonishing, emotionally uncompromising and hard-hitting, McGregor's work breaks boundaries and defies categorisation. Co-commissioned by: Het Muziektheater, (Amsterdam); Sadler's Wells, (London); Biennale de la Danse (Lyon); DanceEast (Ipswich) and Swindon Dance / Bath University ICIA / Wyvern (HST) (Swindon/Bath) and supported by The Linbury Biennial Prize for Stage Design, The Estate of Sir John Drummond, The Quercus Trust, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, University of California San Diego and PRSFoundation for new music. About Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor is a multi award-winning British choreographer, renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. He is the Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Resident Company at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London; Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet (appointed 2006) and the government's first Youth Dance Champion (appointed 2008); in 2004 McGregor was a Research Fellow at the Experimental Psychology department of Cambridge University. McGregor is a frequent creator of new work for La Scala, Milan, Paris Opera Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet, Australian Ballet and English National Ballet; as well as movement director for theatre and film (including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). His upcoming productions include a new work for the Bolshoi Ballet (summer 2011) and a new full-length work for Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (November 2010, Sadler's Wells). Edited December 25, 2010 by TenduTV Quote Link to comment
TenduTV Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Wayne McGregor was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in the Queen's New Years Honours list. Here's a great article from the Guardian describing his work and career thus far: http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/jan/0...erview-jennings Quote Link to comment
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