This Saturday the World Premiere of Wayne McGregor's ‘Deepstaria’ will open the 44th Montpellier Danse Festival
A title inspired by an enigmatic species of jellyfish with a stellar-sounding name, Wayne conjures in ‘Deepstaria’ a highly sensory, meditative pure dance and sound experience which reflects on our profound relationship with the void and our own mortality
Utilising Vantablack Vision® technology on stage to create unfathomable darkness, Wayne visions an environment that disturbs traditional hierarchies of perception
In this void, acoustic imagery and animative music by Oscar-winning sound designer Nicolas Becker and renowned music producer LEXX create a sonic dreamscape that is continuously recomposed and performed by revolutionary digital audio engine Bronze AI
The British Council and British Council France is supporting Wayne McGregor in their performance of ‘Deepstaria’ at the Montpellier Danse Festival
Find out more information on how to book tickets at Montpellier Danse website
Concept, direction, choreography and design Wayne McGregor
In collaboration with
Choreography created with and danced by Company Wayne McGregor Rebecca Bassett-Graham, Naia Bautista, Salvatore De Simone, Jordan James Bridge, Chia-Yu Hsu, Hannah Joseph, Jasiah Marshall, Salomé Pressac, Mariano Zamora Gonzalez
Design
Set Benjamin Males
Lighting Theresa Baumgartner
Costume Ilaria Martello
Jewellery Hannah Martin
Sound Composition
Nicolas Becker and LEXX
Powered by Bronze
Dramaturgy Uzma Hameed
Lighting Associate Ben Kreukniet
Venue Berlioz Opera/ Le Corum, Montpellier
Supported by British Council & British Council France
Trailer
Footage and Editing Ravi Deepres
Sound Composition Nicholas BEck & Lexx
Performers Company Wayne McGregor
OUR 2024 RESIDENT 6 ARTISTS
A cohort of 6 outstanding artists whose practice pushes the boundaries of dance, performance, and physical intelligence.
BULLYACHE (@bullyache_)
dkfash (@dkfash @initiativedkf)
Rebecca Evans (Pell Ensemble)
Rowdy SS
Sam Chester (@sjwchester)
tyroneisaacstuart
“We all need champions, advocates who nurture our practice, support our dreams and help push forward our vision. In our inaugural RESIDENT 6 programme, all of us at Studio Wayne McGregor will be there for these six exceptional artistic teams. They have been selected for their force of ideas, passion of purpose and sheer determination to make change. We feel lucky to have them call SWM home.” - Wayne McGregor CBE
Find out more about RESIDENT 6, our year-long creative residency opportunity: https://waynemcgregor.com/relive/studio-wayne-mcgregor-announces-resident-6-artists/
RESIDENT 6 is made possible by generous support from Jerwood Arts, Aline Foriel-Destezet, Resident6 Fund supporters, Here East, the Maria Björnson Memorial Trust and Arts Council England.
📹 Studio Wayne McGregor
🎵 Joel Cadbury
“Szymanowski was a composer and an artist who understood and valued transformations. He knew for his art to live for future generations, one had to be open to new forms of expression and collaboration – forms not yet invented when his musical work originated. Liveness is a present tense form.”
- Wayne McGregor, director and choreographer
A Body for Harnasie, a contemporary interpretation of the ballet Harnasie - a pioneering project combining the beauty of Karol Szymanowski's music performed live by the NOSPR with choreography by contemporary dance icon Wayne McGregor and moving images by visual artist Ben Cullen Williams to create an exciting music and film spectacle.
February 26 at NOSPR
Tickets on sale now: https://nospr.org.pl/en/kalendarz/a-body-for-harnasie
📹 Wayne McGregor and Ben Cullen Williams' A Body For Harnasie (Company Wayne McGregor artists: Rebecca Bassett-Graham, Jordan James Bridge and Jasiah Marshall), video Ben Cullen Williams and Ricky Patel
Novacene, NYDC + Wayne McGregor
3rd June, Sadler's Wells
Guest Artistic Director Wayne McGregor
Costume Design Grace Wales Bonner
Video Design Ravi Deepres
Lighting Design Cara Hood
Lighting Design mentor Lucy Carter
Assistants to the choreographer @odettehugheswalker @neilflemingbrown @mcmilagram @catarinasbac @bexybg @whanwink
Music: A Winged Victory for the Sullen (originally composed for Atomos, 2013), Jon Hopkins (originally composed for Entity, 2008)
Dancers: National Youth Dance Company
Trailer: Ravi Deepres
Camera: Benny Wynn
Music: Jon Hopkins
World Premiere
UniVerse:
A Dark Crystal Odyssey
13.05.23
Linbury Theatre @RoyalOperaHouse
Imagery @ravison1
Soundtrack @ Joel Cadbury
VENICE. BIENNALE. DANCE. GO!
@labiennale
Accompanied by great dancers, choreographers and artists, we begin the boundary-less journey of the 16th International Festival of Contemporary Dance. First stop: FIELDS – A SCENOGRAPHIC MEDIA INSTALLATION. We then leave the virtual bodies of @tobiasgremmler to visit @indigolewin's photo exhibition or immerse ourselves in @blancalioficial's VR experience. It's the prelude to PETRUSHKA, a dark and ironic version of a renowned classic: the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement @saburoteshigawara.karas and @rihokosato staged it at the Teatro Malibran
Check out the programme and buy your tickets → www.labiennale.org - link in bio
#LaBiennaleDiVenezia #BiennaleDanza
📹 @lucio.fiorentino, @luca_gianfrancesco, @roberto.cortazzo
Such a joy choreographing @noonoouri at Studio Wayne McGregor. Grace, elegance and emotion. Thank you for collaborating with us.
A big shout out to @frankiegoestohayward for being the model dancing model.
#futurestar #passionateartist #supertrouper
No One is an Island
No One is an Island visualizes robotic and human similarities.
Watch now to learn how Superblue, RANDOM INTERNATIONAL, Studio Wayne McGregor, and BMW i helped to bring this interdisciplinary exploration to life.
Lunartic
VACO Studio
#SuperblueArt #RandomInternational #BMWi #StudioWayneMcGregor
Our #BiennaleDanza2021 programme will celebrate the diversity and dynamism of many exceptional artistic voices that express their truths through the breath-taking instrument of the human form.
15th International Festival of Contemporary Dance. Venice, 23 July > 1 August 2021.
Read more: bit.ly/FIRSTSENSE_BiennaleDanza2021
La Biennale di Venezia
Video: Lucio Fiorentino
Posted @withregram • @thealexbox Video I took of long time collaborator and visionary @studiowaynemcgregor in one of my head Pieces for our shoot @kingkongmagazine previously , beautiful costumes and fantastic collaborators @__l.a.b__ shoot shot by @ruthhogben and sets by the @simon_costin #alexbox #contemporarydance #art #artist #sculpture #makeup #mask #contemporaryart
Out of the Inferno, inside Purgatory and towards Paradise - a premiere delayed.
In a parallel non-Covid world, THE DANTE PROJECT would open tonight at Covent Garden with the incomparable Royal Ballet. We feel the void most acutely this week - away from the stage we love. Yet, we are also reminded that this moment will pass and that the art lives long. New premiere dates announced soon.
Until then, a raw glimpse into the light -- Tacita Dean's work in progress film with Tom Ades' draft musical guide...........
#thedanteproject #dreamteam #royalballet #royaloperahouse #waynemcgregor #tacitadean #thomasades #lucycarter #uzmahameed #closeencounters #readytosurprise #behindthescenes #yearsofwork
Wayne McGregor's Atomos on BBC iPlayer
#WayneMcGregor’s #Atomos is sculptural, rigorous, jarring and hauntingly beautiful. Watch the feature film now on BBC iPlayer http://bit.ly/atomosfilmbbc
Performed by the incredible dancers of #CompanyWayneMcGregor, and directed by Wayne McGregor and #RaviDeepres (film and animation design), Atomos features an original score by #AWingedVictoryForTheSullen, lighting by #LucyCarter, costumes by #StudioXO.
Supported by #ArtsCouncilEngland and #TheSpace
Designing for Dance - Part 3: The Creative Process
In the final part of Sadler's Wells' Designing for Dance series, visual artist Ben Cullen Williams discusses how the choreography by Wayne McGregor and music by Jlin influenced his set design for #Autobiography
Book now at sadlerswells.co.uk for shows this week with Jlin performing live
Thursday 26, Friday 27 and Saturday 28 July
https://bit.ly/2pD3z1R
Designing for Dance - Part 2: The Set Design
Before you see the show at Sadler's Wells next week, delve a little deeper into how artistic collaborators Ben Cullen Williams (set design, projection) and Lucy Carter (lighting design) created the stage design for Wayne McGregor's Autobiography https://bit.ly/2pD3z1R
Company Wayne McGregor - Autobiography trailer
Trailer for Wayne McGregor's Autobiography, touring internationally 2018-2019, find tour dates: waynemcgregor.com/calendar
For 25 years, British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor has made choreography that interrogates life through the experience of the body. Now McGregor turns his attention to the body as archive, with a dance portrait illuminated by the sequencing of his own genome. In a continuous reimagining, Autobiography is constantly reinvented; the order of the dance pieces algorithmically-assembled from a collection of 23 choreographic volumes which unfold uniquely at each performance.
McGregor is joined by an impressive set of collaborators: electronic musician and producer Jlin (who regularly performs the score live at performances), visual artist Ben Cullen-Williams (winner of 2018 D&AD award for Autobiography's set design) , lighting designer Lucy Carter, artist and designer Aitor Throup (costumes) and dramaturg Uzma Hameed. The Autobiography algorithm which determines the performance order was developed in collaboration with Nick Rothwell.
Trailer by Ben Cullen Williams and Andrej Uspenski
Designing for Dance - PART ONE
#CompanyWayneMcGregor returns to perform Autobiography at Sadler's Wells, London 26-28 July. Tickets selling fast!
In part one of their Designing for Dance series, visual artist and designer Ben Cullen Williams reveals the inspiration behind his striking set and projection design as part of Wayne's collaborative team https://bit.ly/2pD3z1R
#LucyCarter Jlin #BenCullenWilliams #AitorThroup #UzmaHammed #NickRothwell
