Entity
Random Dance Company (UK) | choreographer Wayne McGregor
He choreographed a ballet to the music of White Stripes, but he also became the resident choreographer of the Royal Ballet, the first ever of contermporary dance artists. Wayne McGregor connects his past to the early days of Dance Week Festival, and he comes back its 25th edition with a brand new work, which premiered bearly a month ago to critical acclaim and has been proclaimed a true masterpiece.
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concept & direction: Wayne McGregor
choreography: Wayne McGregor in collaboration with the dancers
dancers: Neil Fleming Brown, Catarina Carvalho, Agnès López Rio, Paolo Mangiola, Angel Martinez Hernandez, Anh Ngoc Nguyen, Anna Nowak, Maxime Thomas, Antoine Vereecken, Jessica M Wright
original music 1: Joby Talbot, performed by Navarra Quartet
original music 2: Jon Hopkins, performed by Jon Hopkins
lighting design: Lucy Carter
digital video design: Ravi Deepres
set & costumes: Patrick Burnier
about the performace
A diptych of contrasting works performed by ten dancers and set to live music, Entity follows the electrifying performances of Chroma, McGregor’s Olivier Award-winning work created in his role as Resident Choreographer for The Royal Ballet.
about the choreographer
Multi award-winning Wayne McGregor is one of the world’s most inventive choreographers, renowned for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. During the past 18 months alone he has created work for Glastonbury Festival, Paris Opera Ballet and The Royal Ballet. He has directed an opera at La Scala, Milan and was appointed to the prestigious position of Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, the first in 16 years and the only one ever to come from the world of contemporary dance.
At 22 McGregor founded his own company, Random Dance, which was invited to be the first resident company at the new Sadler’s Wells in 2001. His career to date has taken him beyond the conventional stage, choreographing for films – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – and creating site specific installations for Southbank Centre’s The Hayward, The Saatchi Gallery, the Houses of Parliament and for the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Collaborators range from composer Sir John Tavener to neuroscientists and cognitive scientists currently driving the Entity research programme.
In 2007 Wayne completed a three year project to build an inter-disciplinary artist’s retreat on the remote African island of Lamu.
