Studio Wayne McGregor

AFFILIATIONS

FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Studio Wayne McGregor (1992-present)

FOUNDER AND TRUSTEE
Wayne McGregor Foundation (2011-present)

RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER
The Royal Ballet (2006-present)

DIRECTOR OF DANCE DEPARTMENT
Venice Biennale (2021-2024)

DIRECTOR OF DANCE
Dance@TheGrange Festival (2018, 2019)

ASSOCIATE ARTIST
Sadler's Wells (2005-present)

RESIDENT COMPANY, SADLER'S WELLS
Company Wayne McGregor (2002-present)

GUEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
National Youth Dance Company (2022/23 season)

ADVISOR
Cavendish Arts Science programme (2021-present)

PRESIDENT
Elmhurst Ballet School (2023-present)

AMBASSADOR
Arts Foundation (2019-present)

LEONARDO GROUP
Science Gallery London (2018-present)

JURY MEMBER
Royal Institute of British Architects International Prize (2018)

TRUSTEE
Clore Leadership Board (2017-present)

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENT
Roundhouse (2016-present)

JUDGE
BBC Young Dancer (2015 & 2019)

PROFESSOR OF CHOREOGRAPHY
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (2014-present)

ARTS ADVISOR
Rolex Mentors & Proteges Arts Initiative (2014 & 2017)

ASSOCIATE MEMBER
BAFTA (2014)

PATRON
Dance Proms (2013)

PATRON
Lisa Ullman Travel Scholarship Fund (2012-present)

TRUSTEE
Aerowaves (2009-present)

YOUTH DANCE CHAMPION
(2008-2011)

PATRON
The Place

GUEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
National Youth Dance Wales (2001)

PATRON
Swindon Youth Dance Company (1999)

TRUSTEE
Foundation for Community Dance (1996-2002)

CHOREOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE
The Place, London (1992-1999)

ACADEMIC HONOURS

- Honorary Doctor, Royal College of Art (2023)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Chester (2019)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of the Arts London (2019)
- Honorary Fellowship, British Science Association (2017)
- Honorary Fellowship, Northern School of Contemporary Dance (2017)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Leeds (2016)
- Circle of Cultural Fellows, King's College London (2016-present)
- Artist in Residence, Gatsby/Computational Neuroscience (2016)
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Plymouth University (2013)
- Innovator in Residence, University of California San Diego (2009-2011)
- AHRB/ACE Research Fellow, University of Cambridge School of Experimental Psychology (2003-2004)
- Dance and Choreography, Jose Limon Institute New York (1991)
- BA Hons (1st class), University of Leeds Bretton Hall (1988-1991)

AWARDS

COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR SERVICES TO DANCE
Wayne McGregor (2011)

WALPOLE BRITISH LUXURY AWARDS
Artistic Pioneer awarded to Wayne McGregor (2023)

PRIX DE LAUSANNE
Lifetime Achievement Award for Wayne McGregor (2021)

DANCE MAGAZINE AWARD
Awarded to Wayne McGregor (2014)

BALLET TANZ
Choreographer of the Year (2009)

INTERNATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE
Excellence in International Dance for Wayne McGregor (2009)

GROSS FAMILY PRIZE
Awarded to Wayne McGregor and Jlin in recognition of an outstanding new collaboration between dance and music for Autobiography (The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation, 2018)

EVENING STANDARD 1000 MOST INFLUENTIAL LONDONERS LIST
2018, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

SUNDAY TIMES MAKERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
2014

THE STAGE 100
Opera/Dance/Musicals category for Wayne McGregor (2007)

AESTHETICA ART PRIZE
Future Now: Aesthetica Art Prize (Installation) for Living Archive: An AI Performance Experiment awarded to Ben Cullen Williams for Studio Wayne McGregor (2021)

CLIO AWARD
Nominations:
Magpie Studio, Corporate Identity category for Mind and Movement resource (2014)

CREATIVE REVIEW
- Wide Open listed in Music Videos of the Year (2016)
- Feature category awarded to Magpie Studio for Mind and Movement resource (2014)

CRITICS' CIRCLE NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS
- Outstanding Creative Contribution awarded to Thomas Adès for The Dante Project (2022)
- Best Classical Choreography for Woolf Works (2015)
- Best Female Dancer awarded to Alessandra Ferri for her performance in Woolf Works (2015)
- Best Classical Choreography for Infra (2009)
- Spotlight Award for Modern Male Artist awarded to Anh Ngoc Nguyen for his performance in Entity (2008)
- Best Classical Choreography for Chroma (2007)
- Best Modern Choreography for Amu (2006)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for 2Human (2004)
Nominations:
- Best Classical Choreography for The Dante Project (2022)
- Outstanding Male Classical Performance for Edward Watson for The Dante Project (2022)
- Outstanding Creative Contribution for Tacita Dean for The Dante Project (2022)
- Best Classical Choreography for Yugen (2018)
- Outstanding Modern Male Performer for Alexander Whitley for his performances with Company Wayne McGregor (2012)
- Best Modern Choreography for AtaXia (2005)
- Best Modern Choreography for Nemesis (2002)
- Best Classical Choreography for Symbiont(s) (2001)
- Best Modern Choreography for The Trilogy (2001)
- Best Modern Choreography for Aeon (2000)

D&AD AWARDS
- Yellow Pencil Spatial Design / Set and Stage Design for Autobiography awarded to Ben Cullen Williams for Studio Wayne McGregor (2018)
- Yellow Pencil for Integrated Graphics awarded to Magpie Studio for Mind and Movement resource (2014)

DANCE EUROPE
Critics Choice for Best Premieres for UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey (2023)

DANCE MAGAZINE
Listed on '25 to Watch' (2001)

DANCE ON CAMERA, NEW YORK
Awarded to director Catherine Maximoff for Wayne McGregor: Going Somewhere (2012)

DANCE WEEK FESTIVAL, ZAGREB
Audience Award for Entity awarded to Company Wayne McGregor (2008)

DANZA & DANZA MAGAZINE AWARDS
- Ballet Company Production for LORE awarded to Wayne McGregor and Teatro alla Scala (2022)
- Best Contemporary Dance Performance for Autobiography awarded to Company Wayne McGregor (2018)
- Best Show of the Year for Entity awarded to Wayne McGregor and Company Wayne McGregor (2008)

DESIGN WEEK AWARDS
Print Communications category awarded to Magpie Studio for Mind and Movement resource (2014)

DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARDS
- Outstanding Sound Design/Composition awarded to Joby Talbot for Chroma (2011)
Nominations:
- Outstanding Achievement in Design for We Not I for MADDADDAM (2023)
- Outstanding Original Choreography for MADDADDAM (2023)
- Outstanding Original Sound Composition for Max Richter for MADDADDAM (2023)
- Outstanding Production for National Ballet of Canada for MADDADDAM (2023)
- Outstanding Choreography for Chroma (2011)
- Outstanding Production for National Ballet of Canada's re-staging of Chroma (2011)
- Outstanding Performance for National Ballet of Canada's re-staging of Chroma (2011)

FRAME AWARDS
Nominations:
Project with best use of digital technology for Living Archive: An AI Performance Experiment, Ben Cullen Williams for Studio Wayne McGregor (2019)

FWA OF THE DAY
Living Archive AI choreographic tool, Wayne McGregor & Google Arts and Culture Lab (16 January 2019)

GLOBE DE CRISTAL
Nominations:
- Opera or Dance category for Genus (2010)
- Musical category for Kirikou et Karaba (2010)

GOLDEN MASK AWARDS
- Musical Theatre Jury's Special Award for the Mariinsky Ballet's re-staging of Infra (2015)
- Critics' Prize for Bolshoi Ballet's restaging of Chroma (2012)
Nominations:
- Best Ballet/Production for MuzArt's PostScript mixed programme featuring McGREGOR + MUGLER (2022)
- Best Ballet/Production for Mariinsky Ballet's re-staging of Infra (2015)
- Best Dancer for Svetlana Lunkina of the Bolshoi Ballet for her performance in the company's re-staging of Chroma (2012)
- Best Conductor for Igor Dronov for his performance in the Bolshoi Ballet's re-staging of Chroma (2012)

GRAMMY AWARDS
Nominations:
Best Short Form Music Video for Lotus Flower (2011)

GREEN ROOM AWARDS
Nominations:
- Betty Pounder Award for Choreography for Dyad 1929 (2009)
- Best Dance Ensemble for The Australian Ballet for the premiere of Dyad 1929 (2009)
- Design for Wayne McGregor, Lucy Carter and Moritz Junge for Dyad 1929 (2009)

H. CLUB 100
Performance category for Wayne McGregor (2012)

HELPMANN AWARDS
- Best Ballet or Dance Work awarded for The Australian Ballet's re-staging of Chroma (2014)
Nominations:
- Best Choreography in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production for Woolf Works (2018)
- Best Original Score for Max Richter for Woolf Works  (2018)
- Best Ballet for The Royal Ballet's performances of Woolf Works at the Queensland Performing Arts Center, Australia (2018)
- Best Female Dancer in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production for Vivienne Wong of The Australian Ballet for her performance in Infra (2018)
- Best Ballet or Dance Work for The Australian Ballet for the premiere of Dyad 1929 (2010)
- Best Choreography for Dyad 1929 (2010)

HUADING AWARDS, CHINA
Nominations:
Global Best Dance Actor for Wayne McGregor (2013)

IMZ INTERNATIONAL DANCE SCREEN COMPETITION
- IMZ Choreographic Capture Award for Tremor (2008)
- Best Choreographic Film for chrysalis (2002)

INTERNATIONAL DANCE SCREEN AWARD
Awarded to BBC Two's The Dancer's Body (2002)

ISADORA DUNCAN AWARDS
Outstanding Achievement in Restaging/Revival/Reconstruction for Antoine Vereecken for San Francisco Ballet's restaging of Chroma at War Memorial Opera House (2012)

L'ADAMI PRIZE FOR PERFORMANCE
Awarded to Wayne McGregor for The Millennarium (1998)

LINBURY PRIZE
Overall Winner: Linbury Prize for Stage Design for Patrick Burnier, Entity (2005)

LONDON AWARDS FOR ART & PERFORMANCE
Nominations:
Dance category for Wayne McGregor (2012)

MANCHESTER THEATRE AWARDS
- Best Design for Tree of Codes (2015)
Nominations:
- Robert Robson Award for Dance for Tree of Codes  (2015)

MOVIMENTOS DANCE AWARDS
Movimentos Dance Prize for Entity awarded to Company Wayne McGregor (2009)

OLIVIER AWARDS
- Best New Dance Production for Woolf Works (2016)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance awarded to Alessandra Ferri for her performance in Woolf Works (2016)
- Best New Dance Production for The Royal Ballet for Chroma (2007)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for English National Ballet for the premiere of 2Human (2004)
Nominations:
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for Edward Watson for The Dante Project (2022)
- Best New Dance Production for Wayne McGregor, Olafur Eliasson and Jamie xx for Company Wayne McGregor and Paris Opera Ballet's performances of Tree of Codes at Sadler's Wells (2018)
- Best New Dance Production for The Royal Ballet for Infra (2009)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for The Royal Ballet for the premiere of Infra (2009)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for Chroma (2007)
- Best Theater Choreographer for A Little Night Music (1996)

POSITANO PREMIA LA DANZA
Leonide Massine Award: Show of the Year for Woolf Works (2015)

PRIX BENOIS DE LA DANSE
- Awarded to Tacita Dean for set and costume designs in The Dante Project (2021)
- Choreographer for Wayne McGregor for Infra (2009)
Nominations:
- Choreographer for Wayne McGregor for MADDADDAM (2023)
- Choreographer for Wayne McGregor for The Dante Project (2021)
- Composer for Thomas Adès for The Dante Project (2021)
- Female Dancer for Agnes Oaks for 2Human (2004)
- Male Dancer for Thomas Edur for 2Human (2004)
- Male Dancer for Wayne McGregor for Aeon (2002)

SENSE AWARDS
Arts Partnership of the Year awarded to Studio Wayne McGregor's Sense Creative Learning Project (2015)

SOUTH BANK SKY ARTS AWARDS
- Dance category awarded for The Dante Project (2022)
- Dance category awarded for Entity (2009)
- Dance category awarded for Infra (2008)
- Dance category awarded to The Royal Ballet's 2006 triple bill including Chroma (2007)
Nominations:
- Dance category for Woolf Works (2016)
- Best Choreography for Atomos (2013)
- Dance category for Limen (2010)
- Dance category for Company Wayne McGregor for AtaXia (2005)
- Dance category for Company Wayne McGregor for Aeon (2001)

TAGLIONI EUROPEAN BALLET AWARDS
Nominations:
Best Production for Raven Girl (2014)

THE IVORS COMPOSER AWARDS
Stage Works category awarded to Thomas Adès for The Dante Project (2022)

THE ONE CLUB DESIGN AWARD
Bronze Pencil awarded to Magpie Studio for Mind and Movement resource (2014)

THE STAGE DEBUT AWARDS
Nominations:
Best creative West End debut for Tacita Dean for The Dante Project (2022)

TIME OUT AWARDS
- Outstanding Choreography for PreSentient (2003)
- Outstanding Achievement in Dance for Symbiont(s) (2001)

UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
- Best Dance Video for Wide Open (2016)
- Best VFX in a Video for Wide Open (2016)
Nominations:
- Best Choreography in a Music Video for Ingenue (2013)

VIDEOFORMES FESTIVAL
- Prix de la Creation Video for chrysalis (2003)

WORLD DEPARTMENT STORE FORUM
World's Best Department Store Campaign for everyBODY Selfridges' campaign (2017)