Wayne McGregor

Wayne McGregor

Nascimento : 1970-01-01,

História

Wayne McGregor CBE is a multi award winning British choreographer and director, internationally renowned for trailblazing innovations in performance that have radically redefined dance in the modern era. Driven by an insatiable curiosity about movement and its creative potentials, his experiments have led him into collaborative dialogue with an array of artistic forms, scientific disciplines, and technological interventions. His work has been re-staged and performed by more than two dozen companies including Paris Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He is in demand as a choreographer for theatre, opera, film (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Brothers’ Tarzan), music videos (Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers), fashion shows (Gareth Pugh at New York Fashion Week 2014), and TV (Brit Awards opening performance 2016, Paloma Faith’s Brit Awards performance 2015). Some of the long list of artists who have partnered with McGregor through more than twenty years of collaborative multi-disciplinary work include John Tavener, Audrey Niffenegger, Jamie xx, Max Richter, Olafur Eliasson, Lucy Carter, Ben Frost, Thom Yorke, Mark Wallinger, Random International, Jon Hopkins, John Pawson and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

Perfil

Wayne McGregor

Filmes

The Royal Ballet: The Dante Project
Choreographer
The Dante Project, which premiered in London in October 2021, is today entering the Paris Opera’s repertoire. To a colourful orchestral score by Thomas Adès, British choreographer Wayne McGregor presents a three‑act ballet inspired by the alternately chilling and sunlit landscapes of the Divine Comedy. Written in the 14th century by Dante, this seminal poem of the Italian language recounts an initiatory journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
Audrey
Choreographer
Um documentário sobre Audrey Hepburn: estrela de Hollywood, ícone da moda e das causas humanitárias. Quando ganhou seu primeiro Oscar, tinha apenas 24 anos e se tornou um dos maiores ícones culturais do mundo.
Woolf Works
Stage Director
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf.
Woolf Works
Production Design
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf.
Woolf Works
Choreographer
The first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music by Max Richter, inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf.
Sing - Quem Canta Seus Males Espanta
Choreographer
Um empolgado coala chamado Buster decide criar uma competição de canto para aumentar os rendimentos de seu antigo teatro. A disputa movimenta o mundo animal e promove a revelação de diversos talentos da cidade, todos de olho nos 15 minutos de fama e US$ 100 mil dólares de prêmio.
Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance
Himself
The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.
National Gallery
Choreographer
A portrait of the day-to-day operations of the National Gallery of London, that reveals the role of the employees and the experiences of the Gallery's visitors. The film portrays the role of the curators and conservators; the education, scientific, and conservation departments; and the audience of all kinds of people who come to experience it.
McGregor: Chroma / Infra / Limen
Choreographer
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 exploring the inner workings of the human body and mind, his many-layered and beautiful dances providing visual, sensual and kinaesthetic stimulus for the viewer. Works: Chroma (Talbot; White III); Infra (Richter); Limen (Saariaho).
Dido and Aeneas
Choreographer
The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....
Dido and Aeneas
Director
The Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, and director-choreographer Wayne McGregor bring us an interpretation of DIDO AND AENEAS, an opera composed by Henry Purcell, with a libretto by Nahum Tate; based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. We find Dido in her court with her attendants. Dido fears that her love for Aeneas will make her a weak monarch, but her attendants assure her that heroes, too, love....
Acis and Galatea (The Royal Ballet / The Royal Opera)
Stage Director
The Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera collaborate in Wayne McGregor's production of Handel and Gay's classic opera, in which the nymph Galatea falls in love with a shepherd named Acis.
Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo
Choreographer
Quando o nome de Harry Potter emerge do Cálice de Fogo, ele se transforma em um competidor em uma extenuante batalha de magia entre três escolas de feiticeiros – o Torneio Tribruxo. Mas se Harry não se inscreveu para o tal torneio, quem o fez? Agora, Harry precisa confrontar um mortal dragão, ferozes demônios da água e um labirinto encantado aonde se deparará com Aquele-Que-Não-Deve-Ser-Nomeado. Nesta quarta adaptação da série Harry Potter, criada por J.K. Rowling, tudo está modificado, a começar pelo próprio Harry e seus inseparáveis amigos, Ron e Hermione, que deixam a infância para sempre e partem para desafios maiores do que tudo aquilo que um dia eles já imaginaram.
Bent
Choreographer
Na Alemanha nazista, no período que antecedeu a guerra, Max (Clive Owen), um gay, é enviado para o campo de concentração de Dachau. Ele tenta esconder sua homossexualidade usando uma estrela amarela, que era a forma de identificar judeus, em vez do triângulo rosa usado para "marcar" os homossexuais. No campo se apaixona por Horst (Lothaire Blutheau), um prisioneiro homossexual que usa com orgulho seu triângulo rosa.
In The Spirit of Diaghilev
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Ballets Russes, Sadler’s Wells commissioned four of today’s leading and acclaimed choreographers to create one work each honouring the legacy of impresario Sergei Diaghilev. IN THE SPIRIT OF DIAGHILEV features Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun, Russell Maliphant’s AfterLight (Part One), Wayne McGregor’s Dyad 1909 and the controversial Eternal Damnation to Sancho and Sanchez by Javier de Frutos. Specially filmed interview content offer viewers the unique opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at the works in rehearsal, as the collaborators share their thoughts on the enduring influence of Diaghilev and the remarkable collaborative spirit of the Ballets Russes. The performances involve collaborations with artists and filmmakers Jane and Louise Wilson, acclaimed composer Nitin Sawhney and costumes by leading fashion designer Hussein Chalayan.