Genus
Genus
2007
Company
Paris Opera Ballet
Duration
45 minutes
Concept, Direction and Choreography
Wayne McGregor
Original Music
Joby Talbot and Deru
Set and Costume Design
Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Design
Lucy Carter
Video Design
Ravi Deepres
Originally danced by
Jérémie Bélingard, Audric Bezard, Matthieu Botto, Alexandra Cardinale, Adrien Couvez, Fanny Fiat, Mathilde Froustey, Grégory Gaillard, Mathieu Ganio, Dorothée Gilbert, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Emilie Hasboun, Laura Hecquet, Mathias Heymann, Agnès Letestu, Laurène Levy, Allister Madin, Sabrina Mallem, Julien Meyzindi, Myriam Ould-Braham, Benjamin Pech, Marie-Isabelle Peracchi and Fabien Revillion
Premiere date and venue
26 October 2007, Palais Garnier, Paris, France
'GENUS SUSTAINS A BREATHLESS TENSION FROM THE OUTSET AS IT PUTS AN ASTOUNDING SUCCESSION OF SUPERB DANCERS THROUGH THE EXTREME AND COMPLEX ARTICULATIONS THAT CHARACTERIZE [McGREGOR'S] CHOREOGRAPHY'
- Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times
Commissioned by Opera National de Paris, Genus, a ballet for 23 dancers, was inspired by Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species, published in 1859.
Images: Laurent Phillipe
