Wayne McGregor

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Wayne McGregor CBE is an award-winning British choreographer and director. He has been acknowledged for his trailblazing innovations in performance by exploring the creative potential of dance. In 1992, McGregor founded Random Dance that grew into Studio Wayne McGregor. The collaborative network consists of dancers, writers, composers, producers, visual artists, software engineers, scientists and more. The company fuels the creative process and development of signature works of his world-class dancers from Company Wayne McGregor.

Through his experimentation with multiple areas of artistic forms, scientific disciplines and technical interventions McGregor has influenced dance in the modern era. Since 2006, Wayne McGregor has been Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet and in 2011 was awarded a CBE for Services to Dance. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the British Science Association. He will be the Director of Dance for the Venice Biennale until 2024.

McGregor has works in the repertories of ballet companies around the world, including Paris Opera Ballet, Alvin Ailey, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He has choreographed for theatre, opera, film (Harry Potter, Sing, Mary Queen of Scots, Fantastic Beasts film series), music videos (Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers), fashion (Soma for COS, Gareth Pugh at London and Paris Fashion Week, Nick Knight for SHOWstudio), campaigns (Selfridges, Boots No 7) and TV.

Wayne McGregor CBE is an award-winning British choreographer and director. He has been acknowledged for his trailblazing innovations in performance by exploring the creative potential of dance. In 1992, McGregor founded Random Dance that grew into Studio Wayne McGregor. The collaborative network consists of dancers, writers, composers, producers, visual artists, software engineers, scientists and more. The company fuels the creative process and development of signature works of his world-class dancers from Company Wayne McGregor.

Through his experimentation with multiple areas of artistic forms, scientific disciplines and technical interventions McGregor has influenced dance in the modern era. Since 2006, Wayne McGregor has been Resident Choreographer at The Royal Ballet and in 2011 was awarded a CBE for Services to Dance. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the British Science Association. He will be the Director of Dance for the Venice Biennale until 2024.

McGregor has works in the repertories of ballet companies around the world, including Paris Opera Ballet, Alvin Ailey, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He has choreographed for theatre, opera, film (Harry Potter, Sing, Mary Queen of Scots, Fantastic Beasts film series), music videos (Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers), fashion (Soma for COS, Gareth Pugh at London and Paris Fashion Week, Nick Knight for SHOWstudio), campaigns (Selfridges, Boots No 7) and TV.

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