Qualia
Qualia
2003
Company
The Royal Ballet
Duration
30 minutes
Concept, Direction and Choreography
Wayne McGregor
Original Music
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Design
Wayne McGregor and Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Design
Lucy Carter
Video
Ravi Deepres
Originally danced by
Christina Arestis, Leanne Benjamin, Helen Crawford, Lauren Cuthbertson, Cindy Jourdain, Laura Morera, Sian Murphy, Samantha Raine, Christina Elida Salerno, Jaimie Tapper, Ricardo Cervera, Paul Kay, Adam Linder, Tim Matiakis, Ernst Meisner, Ludovic Ondiviela, Ivan Putrov, Edward Watson and Thomas Whitehead
Premiere date and venue
3 December 2003, Royal Opera House, London, UK
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'McGREGOR SEEMS TO PUT HIS DANCERS IN TOUCH WITH A FUTURE THE REST OF US HAVEN'T REALLY GLIMPSED.'
- Judith Mackrell, The Guardian
Qualia, meaning
a raw and sensory experience, marked Wayne McGregor's debut on The
Royal Opera House stage in London in 2003. The thirty-minute work was
performed by The Royal Ballet to great critical acclaim.
Qualia features
a sensorial pas de deux, originally created on The Royal Ballet dancers
Edward Watson and Leanne Benjamin, that has since been performed at
galas around the world including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Italy,
Japan, UK, and USA.
Qualia was originally commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden.
Images of The Royal Ballet in the original production of Qualia, 2003: Bill Cooper.
Images of Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood performing the pas de deux from Qualia at the Youth America Grand Prix 'Stars of Today Meet Stars of Tomorrow' Gala, 2015: © VAM/Visual Arts Masters.
