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Wayne McGregor awarded a Knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours
15.06.2024
His Majesty King Charles III has appointed Wayne McGregor CBE a Knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours List for his pioneering contribution to the field of dance
Wayne McGregor awarded a Knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours
15.06.2024
His Majesty King Charles III has appointed Wayne McGregor CBE a Knighthood in this year’s Birthday Honours List for his pioneering contribution to the field of dance
The appointment recognises Sir Wayne McGregor for how through progressive innovations in performance he has radically redefined dance in the modern era
“I am very honoured to be offered a knighthood and grateful to all of the incredible people who have nurtured me for over 33 years in the art form I love - dance. Building a career in the arts, creative thinkers make a vital and significant contribution to public life and to the nation’s economy whilst experimenting, risk-taking and challenging convention. Recognising that the arts matter, this honour reminds us that every young person given access to culture and creative expression has the opportunity to fly.” - Wayne McGregorStudio Wayne McGregor announces Resident 6 Artists
24.04.2024
Studio Wayne McGregor welcomes a cohort of 6 outstanding artists whose practice, both individually and collectively, pushes the boundaries of dance, performance, and physical intelligence.
Studio Wayne McGregor announces Resident 6 Artists
24.04.2024
Studio Wayne McGregor welcomes a cohort of 6 outstanding artists whose practice, both individually and collectively, pushes the boundaries of dance, performance, and physical intelligence.
“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
The 2024 RESIDENT 6 artists are:
BULLYACHE
BULLYACHE is a genre-bending dance theatre and music duo that explores working class and queer identity in relation to pop culture, creating reconstructions of classical texts through dance theatre, live music, visual art and film. They were established at the end of the pandemic as a collaboration between friends and artists Courtney and Jacob. They make working class, queer reconstructions of classical texts through the lens of a pop music video. BULLYACHE’s work uses dance theatre, live music and film. BULLYACHE have presented their work TOM at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of Horizon Showcase. TOM is a vertigo-inducing pop-culture collision of working class and queer expression. With original live music and dance, TOM oscillates between hyper-speed pop, ambient waves, and auto-tune vocals. TOM is an example of BULLYACHE’s signature brand of genre-bending artistry, music, dance, and visual art.
dkfash
dkfash is an interdisciplinary artist working across stage, film and entertainment. Her instinctual practice explores storytelling; through text, physical theatre, chorus, surrealism, and collaborative devising. Work Includes Is Dat U Yh (Brixton House), Fragments Of A Complicated Mind (Theatre 503), Eclipse Award 20-21 and Scalped (Without Walls). She's worked with Royal Shakespeare Company, Bush Theatre, National Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Royal Exchange Manchester, Sheffield Theatres, Big Freedia & Wizkid (Zinarts).
Rebecca Evans
Rebecca Evans has made innovative and pioneering digital dance experiences since 2014, in the UK and abroad. Her work uses interactive and immersive technologies combined with dance to create dystopian/utopian worlds that play with time underpinned by a neurodiverse perspective considering different intelligences and ways of sensing. Rebecca has a continued professional practice in contemporary dance and more recently completed an MA in Virtual and Extended Realities from UWE Bristol. Commissions of her work have included 2Faced Dance, Wilton’s Music Hall, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Bedford Creative Arts, DanceEast and London Borough of Culture. As part of Resident 6, Rebecca will explore how digital and movement offers ways to appreciate our mutual dependency as part of a human, environmental and technological ecology, speculating on new futures and ways of being. She will do this through the further development of mixed reality headset work HINTERLANDS, as well as exploring the potential of AI to mediate the intersection of physical and digital motion, and developing processes for dance practitioners and creative technologists to collaborate.Rowdy SS
Rowdy SS is a London-born and based multi-disciplinary artist. Their work explores the interplay between sound/music, dance/movement, video, and installation. They have been presented + commissioned internationally by Tate Britain, TATE Modern, The ICA, V&A, The Royal Academy, Pace Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary, Turner Contemporary, The Southbank Centre, Glastonbury Festival, Palais De Tokyo, Theatre De Ville, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Transmediale, and Block Universe Performance Art Festival. Drawing from the complexities of human experience and bodily existence. Their work aims to create immersive, multi-sensory experiences that challenge the audience's perceptions of the world around them. Whether through found sounds, live instrumentation, set, costume, lighting design or choreographed movement.
Sam Chester
Sam Chester is a London-based digital artist and crafts-person whose work orbits ideas of storytelling, moving between the real and the unreal, the physical and digital. Since graduating Fashion Design from Central Saint Martins in 2017 she was awarded a scholarship from Burberry to complete my Masters at the Royal College of Art in 2021. After which, she worked as a freelance digital artist and designer, and postgraduate tutor on Fashion and Digital Direction programmes at the RCA. She Chester has been involved in a series of digital technology projects working across communities from 6th form students from the Isle of Sheppey (Beyond Human Workshops) to Indigenous Artisans in Oaxaca Mexico (Swerve Collective). Their fashion costume has been seen on the likes of Bjork, Solange, Karen Elson and featured in publications such as Dazed & Confused, Another Magazine, POP, Vogue China.
tyroneisaacstuart
tyroneisaacstuart is a dance artist with a diverse skills in hip hop, Krump, contemporary dance, and Jazz music. His journey began with street dance at ‘Boy Blue Ent’ and Jazz music at 'Tomorrow's Warriors.' After completing my his BA in Jazz, he’s collaborated with contemporary artists including Jamila Johnson Small, Nora Chipaumire, Vishal Kumaraswamy, Julianknxx, and Joseph Toonga. He is actively constructing a practice that embodies an interdisciplinary vision comprising two distinct phases that lean into a fine art aesthetic: Phase One (1) revolves around writing, movement, and sound. Phase Two (2) explores movement, sculpture, video art, and sound installation. His work aims to craft bodies of work that fluidly move between hybrid performances, tangible artefacts, and critical studies.
To find out more about the RESIDENT 6 programme click here.
Clockwise from top left: Rebecca Evans (image by Neil Catchick), tyroneisaacstuart (image by John Antony Thadicaran), dkfash, Rowdy SS (image by Rosie Powell), Sam Chester and BULLYACHE (image by Andrea Fiumana).RESIDENT 6 is made possible by generous support from the Jerwood Developing Arts Fund, Aline Foriel-Destezet, our Resident6 Fund supporters (Tarsha Finney, Marina Kleinwort, Paul Mulholland, and Louise Verril), Here East, the Maria Björnson Memorial Trust and Arts Council England.Biennale Danza 2024 announcement
14.03.2024
Wayne McGregor, in his role as Director of the Dance Department of La Biennale di Venezia, will announce the programme for the Biennale Danza 2024 on Tuesday 26 March.
Biennale Danza 2024 announcement
14.03.2024
Wayne McGregor, in his role as Director of the Dance Department of La Biennale di Venezia, will announce the programme for the Biennale Danza 2024 on Tuesday 26 March.
The announcement will be part of La Biennale di Venezia’s press conference announcing the 2024 programmes for Theatre, Music, Dance and the Biennale Colleges.BIENNALE COLLEGE DANZA APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
20.02.2024
Until Friday 8 March, dancers and choreographers can apply for the Biennale College Danza 2024 international calls and undertake an intensive learning and study programme under the mentorship of Wayne McGregor.
BIENNALE COLLEGE DANZA APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
20.02.2024
Applications for the Biennale College Danza 2024 are now open.
Until Friday 8 March, dancers and choreographers can apply for the Biennale College Danza international calls and undertake an intensive learning and study programme under the mentorship of Wayne McGregor.
Between classes and workshops, the theorical and practical experiences of the Biennale College Danza will take place over a three-month residency in Venice and will conclude with the presentation of:
-A new creation by Wayne McGregor conceived for the space of the Sala Grande in the Palazzo del Cinema on Venice’s Lido
-A new experimental creation by Cristina Caprioli
-Two original new creations conceived by the selected choreographersCOMPANY WAYNE McGREGOR CREATIVE LAB
15.02.2024
Join Company Wayne McGregor dancers on Saturday 22 April for a one-day lab exploring Wayne McGregor’s repertoire and creative processes.
COMPANY WAYNE McGREGOR CREATIVE LAB
15.02.2024
Join Company Wayne McGregor dancers on Saturday 22 April for a one-day lab exploring Wayne McGregor’s repertoire and creative processes.
The day will begin with an energetic and fast-paced contemporary technique class, followed by phrases from Company Wayne McGregor’s repertoire, with the remainder of the day focusing on Wayne McGregor’s creative tools, practices, and exercises.
The lab will offer an exclusive opportunity to experience and explore our bespoke AISOMA technology, centred on Wayne McGregor’s work Living Archive: An AI Performance Experiment which was created using an A.I choreographic tool developed in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture Lab.
Participants will be introduced to the AI tool and use it to develop their own material and gain insights into McGregor’s creative practice. They will also have the opportunity to learn excerpts of Company Wayne McGregor’s repertoire.
The lab is suitable for professional dancers, graduates and students enrolled in professional dance training who are 18 and over.BOOKING FOR OPEN COMPANY CLASSES NOW OPEN
13.02.2024
Join Company Wayne McGregor dancers for their morning classes, taught by top dance professionals at Studio Wayne McGregor in East London.
BOOKING FOR OPEN COMPANY CLASSES NOW OPEN
13.02.2024
Join Company Wayne McGregor dancers for their morning classes, taught by top dance professionals at Studio Wayne McGregor in East London.
Sessions are fast paced, rigorous and highly technical, and open to dance professionals, dance graduates and students in full time professional training.
We currently have weekday morning classes available to book on select dates from Wednesday 6 March to Friday 10 May 2024, including ballet and contemporary classes.BOOKING
Classes are £8 each, and are offered on a first come, first served basis.
To book a class and for further information about the classes and teachers leading the session, please click here.
If you have any questions or require further information, please contact studioteam@waynemcgregor.com.
Image: Wayne McGregor's UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey in rehearsal, Company Wayne McGregor (Jasiah Marshall), Studio Wayne McGregor, London (2023), Photographer Ravi Deepres.ANNOUNCING RESIDENT 6: APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
07.12.2023
Creative residency programme at Studio Wayne McGregor for emerging artists pushing the boundaries of dance, movement and physical intelligence.
ANNOUNCING RESIDENT 6: APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
07.12.2023
Creative residency programme at Studio Wayne McGregor for emerging artists pushing the boundaries of dance, movement and physical intelligence.
RESIDENT 6 will invite 6 artists to make Studio Wayne McGregor their home for a year. Connected by a commitment to creative rigour rooted in physical practice, these 6 artists will have access to our full range of spaces for making, researching, experimenting, collaborating and sharing.
Each artist will receive:
- Access to world-class studios and workspaces
- £5,000 of development funding
- Personal mentorship from Wayne McGregor
- Access to Studio Wayne McGregor’s global network of creative people, places and institutions
And much more...We are looking for emerging artists who seek to push the boundaries of physical intelligence from any artform/background – including but not limited to: choreographers, creative technologists, visual artists, film makers, spoken word artists.
Thanks to generous support from the Jerwood Developing Arts Fund and Here East, RESIDENT 6 is free of charge to participants.
Applications are now open for the 2024 cohort. Find out more information here and apply by 7 January 2024.Studio Wayne McGregor announces its 2023/24 programme
31.10.2023
Studio Wayne McGregor announces a rich, dynamic, and diverse season for 2023/2024, with three trailblazing world premieres, two European premieres and five revivals.
Studio Wayne McGregor announces its 2023/24 programme
31.10.2023
Studio Wayne McGregor announces a rich, dynamic, and diverse season for 2023/2024, with three trailblazing world premieres, two European premieres and five revivals.
Opera and ballet join forces for the world premiere ofJocasta’s Line: Oedipus Rex (Igor Stravinsky)/Antigone (Samy Moussa),created on the Dutch National Opera and the Dutch National Ballet, staged at the Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam (March 2024). The ill-fated family line of the Theban queen Jocasta resonates between two works brought together under the direction and choreography of Wayne McGregor: Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex (1927) and Samy Moussa's new composition Antigone (2023).
The anticipated world premiere of Deepstaria, a Studio Wayne McGregor original performed by Company Wayne McGregor, will headline Montpellier Danse festival. It will simultaneously launch into the metaverse, using the latest AI technology, to exist across multiple dimensions as a shape shifting work in constant parallel communication with itself.
Wayne McGregor and Ben Cullen Williams join forces with conductor Edward Gardner to reinvent Szymanowski’s ballet for concert halls with A Body for Harnasie.Wayne McGregor responds by using digitally enhanced choreographic storytelling to open a portal to a new expressive world, with innovative technological interventions by Ben Cullen Williams. Conceived and produced by Studio Wayne McGregor, A Body for Harnasie is a co-production between The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and will make its world premiere at NOSPR, Katowice, Poland (February 2024), followed by the UK premiere at Southbank's Royal Festival Hall, London (March 2024).
McGregor's Olivier Award-winning Woolf Works, inspired by the writings of modernist 20th century author Virginia Woolf, makes its North American premiere on the American Ballet Theatre at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, California, US (April 2024).
McGregor's Autobiography- the evocative dance portrait inspired by the sequencing of Wayne McGregor’s genetic code and performed by the beguiling dancers of Company Wayne McGregor, will begin its 23/24 season European tour with Autobiography (v 88.0), the 88th iteration of the work, at Theatre-Senart, Lieusaint, France in November 2023. Autobiography reimagines and remakes itself anew for every performance, making each and every staging of the production a recurring world premiere with infinite possibilities. Meanwhile, McGregor’s Dyad 1929 enters the Croatian National Ballet’s repertoire for its European premiere at Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, Croatia (March 2024).Company Wayne McGregor will embark upon a European tour of UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey (February 2024) following the rapturous critical acclaim and sell-out run of its world premiere at The Royal Opera House in May 2023.
Company Wayne McGregor will then return to Sadler’s Wells with Autobiography, now in versions 95.0 and version 96.0 (March 2024) and in dialogue with Aisoma (a new AI tool developed with Google Arts and Culture utilising machine-learning trained on hundreds of hours of McGregor’s choreographic archive), along with UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey (March 2024).Further revivals include Infra, which was created in collaboration with British artist Julian Opie, Max
Richter and Lucy Carter as a response to the July 2005 London bombings, and makes its debut with Ballet Zürich (December 2023). The Dante Project makes its debut with the Royal Danish Ballet (November 2023) following the rapturous critical acclaim of its world premiere at The Royal Opera House in 2021, where it was performed by The Royal Ballet, and its European premiere at The Palais Garnier in 2023, where it was performed by the Paris Opera Ballet. The Dante Project will then return to The Royal Opera House to be performed by The Royal Ballet (November 2023).Chroma, which explores the drama of the human body and its ability to communicate extremes of thought and emotion, makes its Memphis debut with Collage Dance Collective (April 2024).Wayne McGregor, who was named Director of Venice Biennale Danza, in 2021, will announce his programme for the 18th Annual Festival of Contemporary Dance in April 2024. McGregor recently concluded his third year as Director with Altered States, a radical and genre-defying fifteen day programme of artists, performances and world premieres that explored the limitless possibilities of artistic collaboration and creation.
Finally,ABBA Voyage, the revolutionary concert that launched the Swedish pop sensations back onto the stage in May 2022 for an outstanding avatar performance choreographed by Wayne McGregor, continues to book throughout 2024.
Image: Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria.Company Wayne McGregor x Katie Grand for Moschino
25.09.2023
Company Wayne McGregor BACKSTAGE at Moschino '40 Years of Love' anniversary show with Katie Grand
Company Wayne McGregor x Katie Grand for Moschino
25.09.2023
LOUD LUXURY! When Moschino invited superstar-super-stylist Katie Grand to create a capsule collection for their 40th anniversary runway show '40 Years of Love' during Milan Fashion Week she asked Wayne McGregor to choreograph his trailblazing company of dancers, COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR, for the final act.
Wayne awarded Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art
14.09.2023
Wayne McGregor CBE received an Honorary Doctorate alongside Edward Enninful OBE, Editor-in-Chief, British Vogue & European Editorial Director, Vogue, from the Chancellor of the Royal College of Art, Sir Jony Ive, in a ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on London's Southbank.
Wayne awarded Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art
14.09.2023
Wayne McGregor said: "The RCA - a world-leading, industry-defining institution (in the best city in the world) has nurtured an inspirational alumni, changing our creative, ethical, and political landscape daily. I feel extremely fortunate to be honoured today in their company. Many of my incredible collaborators have been RCA schooled: provocative, individual and divergent thinkers, always taking the unconventional path to rich new seams of the possible."